STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
TOWNSHIP GRANTS
LANDS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
INCLUDED IN THE
MASONIAN PATPKNT
ISSUED SUBSEQUENT TO 1746 BY THE MASONIAN PROPRIETARY.
Arranged and Presented in Alphabetical Order and
Comprising All from N to W Inclusive, with
Plans, Bibliographical Citations,
AND Complete Indexes.
VOLUME XXVIII.
Town Charters, Volume V.
Masonian Papers, Volume II.
ALBERT STILLMAN BATCHELLOR,
Editor of State Papers.
CONCORD:
EDWARD N. PEARSON, PUBLIC PRINTER.
1896.
JOINT RESOLUTION relating to the preservation and publication of portions
of the early state and provincial records, and other state papers of New Hamp-
shire.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court cotivetied :
That His Excellenc}' the Governor be hereby authorized and empowered, with
the advice and consent of the Council, to employ some suitable person — and fix his
compensation, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated— to collect, arrange, transcribe, and superintend the publication of such
portions of the early state and provincial records and other state papers of New
Hampshire as the Governor may deem proper ; and that eight hundred copies of
each volume of the same be printed by the state printer, and distributed as fol-
lows : namely, one copy to each city and town in the state, one copy to such of the
public libraries in the state as the Governor may designate, fifty copies to the New
Hampshire Historical Society, and the remainder placed in the custody of the state
librarian, who is hereby authorized to exchange the same for similar publications
by other states.
Approved August 4, 1881.
PREFACE.
This volume completes the presentation of the text of the original township
charters emanating from New Hampshire province authority, from grants by Massa-
chusetts, and from the Masonian proprietary. The New Hampshire grants of
townships west of the Connecticut River occupy, with the notes relating to them,
a separate volume. The charter series consists of five volumes, viz., 24, 25, 26,
27, and 28. This arrangement brings this class of documents into consecutive
volumes and into the most serviceable classification that is practicable. It neces-
sitates the postponement of the presentation and treatment of the Masonian papers
of a more general nature to a subsequent volume. The slight change of the logi-
cal order, wherein these papers might have preceded the subsidiary Masonian
charters, will doubtless be considered of little moment when considered with refer-
ence to the desirability of bringing the Masonian township grants into immediate
sequence with the province grants of a similar character.
The methods of administration which prevailed in the business of the Masonian
proprietary in the period in which they were actively engaged in disposing of the
lands which had been conceded to be subject to the Masonian title after more
than a hundred years of controversy, are deserving of special consideration. It
was suggested in our preface to Vol. 27 that this would receive attention in this
connection. The observations which follow, therefore, should be read in reference
to the editor's preliminary note to the preceding volume.
The lands included within the Masonian Patent were conveyed to the twelve
original associates by deed of Robert Tufton Mason, January 30, 1746. The con-
sideration paid was fifteen hundred pounds, and the purchase was held in fifteen
shares. Theodore Atkinson held three, Mark Hunking Wentworth two, and the
ten others one share each.
At the first meeting of the members of this proprietary the original purchasers
were the only persons in interest, but, previous to the disposal of any of the lands
within their purchase, a further distribution or allotment was made, so that no
associate owned more than one share, and four of these fifteenth parts were sub-
divided. Mark Hunking Wentworth sold one of his two shares to John Rindge
June 2, 1750; Theodore Atkinson, two of his three to John Tufton Mason,
IV PREFACE.
August I, 1746; and Mason, one of his two in equal interest to Samuel Solly and
Clement March, May 26, 1748; he also sold one half of his remaining share
to John Thomlinson, June 9, 1749. On various dates Nathaniel Meserve sold
fractional interests in his share. Col. Samuel Moore having died, his share was
held by his widow, Mary Moore, and her brother, Daniel Peirce. Although in
several instances, the original purchaser died before the dissolution of the associa-
tion, the shares appear in the records accredited to the several owners as follows :
1. Theodore Atkinson.
2. Mark Hunking Wentworth.
3. Richard VVibird.
4. John Wentworth.
5. George Jafifrey.
6. Nathaniel Meserve and others [Joseph Blanchard, Joseph Green, and Paul
March] .
7. Thomas Packer.
8. Thomas VVallingford.
9. Jotham Odiorne.
10. Joshua Peirce.
1 1 . Daniel Peirce and Mary Moore.
12. John Moffatt.
13. John Rindge.
14. John Tufton Mason and John Thomlinson.
15. Samuel Solly and Clement March.
The deed of Mason to the associates conveyed the towns, as well as the
ungranted lands, within the patent. The conveyance, says Belknap, "raised a
great ferment among the people." As an act of justice, as well as a measure of
prudence, and to quiet the people, the associates immediately quitclaimed all the
lands and improvements within the organized towns of the province. Having
satisfied and placated the residents within the towns, they encountered a serious
problem in another direction, and frequent contentions arose in their dealings with
the grantees of several towns granted by Massachusetts, and which, on account
of their isolation and weakness, were not included in the general deed of quitclaim.
Many of the persons claiming under the Massachusetts charters were admitted
among the grantees in the Masonian grant of the same town, or were given equiva-
lent privileges in some other township. A few of the settlers who had made
improvements under the Massachusetts title resisted all overtures. Several law-
suits ensued, but these always ended in verdicts for the purchasers from Mason.
Several settlers in Rindge, New Ipswich, and other towns of this class certainly
suffered serious losses and possibly injustice. As a rule, however, the Masonians
were ever ready to hear complaints and to grant redress ; and they generally suc-
ceeded in allaying the contentions that were incident to the existing conditions.
PREFACE. V
Nothing in the nature of quit-rents, which were characteristic of the province
charters, were reserved in these Masonian grants. A prudential stipulation was
incorporated to the effect that none of the lands reserved to the fifteen proprietors'
shares should be taxed until improved by the owners or some person holding title
under them.
In the administration of the business of the association, their methods and plans
were simple, and probably more in harmony with the usages of that time than of
the present. If the proprietors had existed a century later they would have formed
a corporation. Following the custom of the day they were an association, gov-
erned only by the dictates of a common interest. For many years the association
did not have a common treasury. In the grant of a township a certain quantity of
land was reserved to each shareholder, and the division was made as nearly as
practicable in equal shares. In the distribution which accompanied the partition
of a township or grant, each grantee and each of the fifteen shares was ac-
corded an original title to one of these sections, all of which were supposed to be
equal, generally about three hundred acres. The association paid the common
charges in equal shares, and each associate sold the land thus acquired on his own
account. The measure of profit or loss of a shareholder in any particular case
depended upon the result of the sales made by individual members of the asso-
ciation.
Upon the division of a township, one of the equal shares or lots was reserved
for schools, one for the ministry and one for the first settled minister.
Anticipating expenses of a legal nature in maintaining and defending suits at
law, the association reserved two additional shares in a majority of the towns and
styled them ♦' law lots." These were granted to Matthew Livermore and Wil-
liam Parker, the attorneys of the association by vote of July 25, 1750. Whenever
the names of these two appear in the lists of grantees, it is on account of their
legal services. They were not, as sometimes inferred, members of the association.
The tract of land known for many years as Society Land, the towns of Alton
and Alienstown, several small tracts or gores, and the islands in Winnipesaukee
Lake were not granted as townships according to the general rule, but were divided
into fifteen equal parts and one part drawn to each share. The subsequent sale of
the individual interests thus acquired and the creation of titles in severalty opened
the way to settlements. In a few instances before the division of a tract of land
with a view to the customary distribution among the proprietors, a lot might be set
aside to compensate a surveyor or some other person who had charges against
them ; and, in general, so far as it was possible, the Masonian proprietors paid the
expenses of the association with land.
In a very few cases, in the disposal of small gores that did not admit of easy
division and partition, a sale was made. The money received was not suffered to
lie in a treasury but was immediately divided. Whenever there was a necessity for
VI PREFACE.
money to be used for the association it was raised by an assessment on tlie several
shares.
The political status of the townships granted under Masonian authority was not
necessarily like that which marked the province grants. The grantees under the
latter were sometimes vested with political privileges by the terms of the charter,
similar to those contemplated by the ordinary act of incorporation. This was not
the invariable rule and possibly not the general custom in the granting of townships
by the provincial government (see preface to Vol. 24). The Masonian proprietary
could not invest the grantees of their towns with political or municipal privileges or
powers. For this in vesture recourse was had to the assembly in the ordinary
course of events. Not infrequently, however, the inhabitants assumed the func-
tions of municipal government and procedure, and regarded themselves as invested
with the ordinary municipal prerogatives without invoking the aid of legislation.
Long exercise of corporate powers by a town without objection has been recognized
by our courts as evidence on which an act of incorporation would be presumed.
(Bow vs. Allenstown, 34, N. H. Reports, 351.)
In added reference to the tracts afterwards known as Alton and Allenstown, and
that formerly designated as Society Land, it may be stated that the demarkation of
town boundaries and the adoption of town names were occurrences subsequent to
the conversion of the lands to ownership in severalty and actual settlement, and the
result of after-consideration by the inhabitants. In these particular incidents, a
variation from the custom of the proprietary is observable. It will be found that it
was their usual method to designate town boundaries at the outset, and settlement
was a subsequent aiiair.
The substantial character and commanding influence of the persons associated
in the Masonian purchase is sustained by the annals of the state. The ties of
kinship that held them in close relations are worthy of mention.
Mark Hunking Wentworth and John Wentworth were brothers. They were
sons of Lieut. Governor John Wentworth, and brothers of Governor Benning
Wentworth, Mark Hunking Wentworth was the father of Governor John Went-
worth, and was a member of the governor's council from 1759 ^'^ ^775-
Theodore Atkinson married a sister of Mark Hunking and John Wentworth.
Jothani Odiorne was an uncle, and Jotham Jr., was a cousin of the wife of Mark
Hunking Wentworth. Ann Odiorne, a sister of Jotham, senior, was the mother of
John Rindge, and after the death of Mr. Rindge, her husband, became the wife of
Nathaniel Meserve.
George Jaffrey was a son of a sister of Mark Hunking and John Wentworth ;
and Samuel Solly married Jaffrey's sister.
Richard Wibird's sister married a brother of the two Wentworths.
Thomas Packer married a sister of the two Wentworths. His second wife was
the mother of John Rindge and a sister of Jotham Odiorne, senior.
PREFACE. Vll
John Rindge was the brother of the wife of Mark Hunking Wentworth.
Joshua and Daniel Peirce were brothers. Daniel married Ann Rindge, sister
to John Rindge.
Samuel Moore was the colonel of the New Hampshire regiment at Louisburg.
He married a sister of Joshua and Daniel Peirce.
Clement March was a relative of the Peirce family.
John Moffatt and Thomas Wallingford, so far as known, were not connected by
blood or marriage to each other or to the other proprietors.
The interest in the propriety acquired later by John Tufton Mason and John
Thomlinson was the natural sequence of their early connection with the patent.
The Masonian proprietors, closely allied among themselves, were also firmly
identified with, and were an important factor of the provincial government of
New Hampshire. Mark Hunking Wentworth, Theodore Atkinson, Richard
Wibird, Samuel Solly, George Jaftrey, Daniel Peirce, and Jotham Odiorne were
members of the council.
The editor acknowledges himself specially indebted to Hon. Ezra S. Stearns,
Secretary of State, for the statement of facts which he has incorporated in this
chapter. No living student of the Masonian element in New Hampshire history
has a more accurate or extensive knowledge of the subject and its literature than
Mr. Stearns. His good offices in aid of the work have contributed materially to
its value. It is a privilege to renew the expressions of an obligation of which we
have not been unmindful in the past.
The continued interest of His Excellency, Charles A. Busiel, and the Honorable
Council, and their efficient cooperation will enable the editor at an early date to
complete the publication of the series of Masonian papers, and to place a most im-
portant part of the archives of our state before the public in a form for general
use and special examination.
Mr. Otis G. Hammond continues as our office assistant, and is deserving of com-
mendation for the painstaking industry and special fitness which he brings to the
performance of his duties.
THE EDITOR.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Nelson
New Boston
Newbury
New Durham
Newington .
New Hampton
New Ipswich
New London
Newport
Ossipee
Pelham
Pembroke
Peterborough
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Rindge
Rochester
Rumney
Salem
Salisbury
Sanbornton
Sandwich
Shelburne
Society Land
Somersworth
Stoddard
Stratham
Sunapee
Sutton
3
52
76
95
109
no
112
127
136
137
173
178
185
194
195
198
208
210
211
215
228
244
247
256
263
263
299
302
303
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Temple
Thornton
Tuftonborough
Wakefield .
Warner
Washington .
Weare
Wilmot
Wilton
Windsor
Wolfeborough
Unlocated Lands
Index ,
335
342
345
353
365
394
421
442
445
455
468
485'
497
GRANTS
NEW HAMPSHIEE TEKEITOEY
PROPRIETORS OF THE MASONIAN PATENT
WITH OTHEK DOCUMENTS RELATING THERETO.
G^RANT^
NEW HAMPSHIBE TEREITORY
PROPRIETORS OF THE MASONIAN PATENT.
NELSON.
[Granted by the Masonian Proprietors as Monadnock No. 6, Ma\' lo, 1752, to
John Hutchinson and others. The grant was renewed Sept. 30, 1767, and again
Feb. 23, 1774. Incorporated as Fackersficld Feb. 22, 1774, and named in honor
of Thomas Packer. The present name was adopted June 14, 1814, to take eifect
Oct. I, 1814. In 1777 an unsuccessful attempt was made to change the name to
Sullivan, The north-west part of the town, combined with other territory, was
incorporated as Sullivan Sept. 27, 1787. The southwest corner was combined
with other territory to form the town of Roxbury Dec. 9, 1812. The line between
Nelson and Roxbury was changed June 15, 1820, by which Nelson lost a small
tract. A small piece of land was severed from Stoddard and annexed to Nelson
June 25, 1835.
See New Hampshire charters in preceding volumes ; XII, Hammond Town Papers,
635 ; Index to Laws, 394, 416 ; sketch, Hurd's History of Cheshire County. 1886, p.
318; sketch. Child's Gazetteer of Cheshire County, 1885, p. 340; Baptist Churches
in N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, p. 17; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856,
p. 283 ; Biographical Notices of Physicians, by O. P. Newell, i, N. H. Repositorv,
277.]
{^Charter of Nelson, 1752.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 1, and Proprietors' Records, Vol. 6, p.
117.]
Province of | Pursuant to the Power And Authority Granted
New Hamp' \ And vested in me the Subscriber by the Prop''^ of
Lands Purchassed of John Tuffton Mason Esq in the Province of
4 CHARTER RECORDS.
New Hamp'" by their vote passed at their meeting held at Portsmouth
in Said Province The Sixth day of December A D 1751.
I Do by these presents on the terms & Limitations with the
Reservations hereafter expressed Give and Grant all the Right title
property & possession of the prop"^** afores'' unto John Hutchinson
two Shares Alexander Park two Shares Robert Park two Shai-es
James Miller two Shares Alexander Park Jun' two Shares Joseph
Park two Shares John Chamberlain Four Shares Zacheus Lovewell
four Shares Samuel Searles two Shares John Kendall four Shares
Joseph Danforth two Shares Sampson French four Shares Benjamin
French two Shares Eleazer Farwell four Shares John Tollford two
Shares William Tollford two Shares James Quenton Two Shares
James B^erson two Shares Samuel Person two Shares Alexander
Calso two Shares William Calso two Shares Robert M'Curdey Two
Shares Thomas Christy two Shares Robert Gillmore two Shares
Thomas m^^Claughlan two Shares Robert Fletcher Jun"^ four Shares
Jacob Fletcher four Shares James Minot two Shares Thomas
Blanchard four Shares John Marchall four Shares Josiah Willard
Four Shares Benjamin Farwell two Shares Ephraim adams four
Shares John Searles four Shares Jonathan French four Shares Ben-
jamin Bellows four Shares
of in & to that tract of Land or township Called Manadnock
Nomber Six Lying in the Province of New Hampshire Bounded as
followeth Begining at the Sow- west Corner of the Premises at a
beach tree Li the Westeren line of Mason Patent Lately marked
fifteen mills to The Northward of the Province line beino; the North-
westerly Corner Of Manadnock Nomber five from thence Runing
South Eighty Degrees East Eight mills to a piller of Rocks ; bound-
ing Southerly on the townships Called manadnock Nomber five &
Nomber three, & from the piller of Stons Afores^' Runs North ten
Degrees East five mills to a beach tree from thence North Eighty
Deg" west one mill to the South East Corner of manadock Nomber
Seven And to Continue the Same Corce by manad'^ N'' 7 : Seven
mills to y*^ Patent line afores^^ thence Southerly by that line to the
first bounds mentioned To them their Heirs And Assigns To
Have And To Hold On the following terms And Conditions with the
Reservations herein After Expressed viz' that the tract of Land Or
township afores'^ be Divided into One Hundred And twenty Equal
Shares two lotts at the least in Each Share to be finished and Drawn
for in Some Equitable & publick manner at or before the last day of
November which will be in the Year of Our Lord 1754
That three of the Afores'' Shares be Granted free from Charge
one for the first Settled minister one for the Ministry and One for
NELSON. 5
the School there for ever, One lot in each of the S'^ three Shares to
be first Lay'd out in Some Convenient place, near the middle of the
town and lotts Coupled to them so As not to be Drawn for
That twenty more of S'' Shares be Reserved for the Grantors their
Heirs And Assigns forever and Acquitted from all Duty And Charge
untill Improved by the Owners or Some holding them Respec-
tively
That the Owners of the Other Shai^es make Settlement at their
Own expence in the following manner viz' each Grantee At the
Expiration of three years from the Last day of November next after
the date hereof on each Double Share have three Acres parcel of his
Right Respectively Cleared Inclosed And fitted for mowing or tillage
three Acres more in like manner Clered Inclosed And fitted as
afores*^ then next Annually for three Years, And at the end of the
S'' thi-ee Years which will be on the last day of November 1758 Have
a Dwelling house Built And finished fitt and Comfortable for a family
to Dwell in. And a family or Some person on Each Share to Inhabit
And to Continue Residency there for three years then next Com-
That a Convenient meeting house be built in S'' Township As
near the Centre as Convenience will Admitt within ten Years from
this date and ten Acres of Land Reserved there for Publick use
That the Lands in S'' Township Belonging to Grantors And
Grantees be Subjected to have all Necessary Roads Lay'd through
them As there Shall be Occasion for the future without any pay or
Allowance for Damages thereby
That the afores'' Grantees their Heirs or Assigns by A Major vote
in publick meeting Called for that purpose Grant and Assess in
Equall proportion Such Sum or Sums of money as thej^ Shall think
necessary from time to time for Carrying forward and Compleating
the Settlement afores'' And every of the Grantees Exclusive of the
three publick lotts who Shall neglect for the Space of thirty days
next after Such Assessment Shall be granted And made (to pay the
Same) so much of Such Delinquents Rights Respectively Shall and
may be Sold as will pay the tax and all Charges Ariseing on the Sale
by a Com'itte to be Appointed by the Grantees for that purpose
And in Case any of the Grantees Shall neglect or Refuse to Per-
form any of the Articles afores'' by him Respectively to be done he
Shall forfeit his Share & Right in S'^ township And every part
thereof to those of the Grantees who Shall have Complyed with the
Conditions on their part herein Expressed And it Shall And may be
LawfuU for them or any person by their Authoiity to enter into &
upon The Right Share or part of Such Delinquent Owner in the
O CHARTER RECORDS.
name and behalf of the Whole of the Grantees Who Shall Comply
as afores'^) to Amove Oust and expell for the use of them their heirs
And Assigns Provided they Settle or Cause to be Settled each Such
Delinquent Right within the term of One Year At the furthest from
the Period that is by this Instrument Stipulated to be done As the
Condition of this Grant And fully discharge and Comply with the
Whole duty Such delinquent Ought to have done within One Year
from time to time After the Respective periods thereof. And in
case y*^ Grantees fullfilling their parts as afores'^ Shall neglect full-
filling as afores'' the duty of any Delinquent Owner nor he himself
perform it as afores'^ that then Such Share or Shares Shall be for-
feit Revert and belong to the Grantoi's their Heirs And Assigns And
be wholly at their Disposall
Further that the Grantees within thirty days after the S'^ township
is Lotted Out And Drawn for Shall Return a plan and Schedule of
Such Allottment And Draught Certified by the Clerk of S'' Township
on Oath into the Grantors Clerks office
Always Provided there Shall be no Indian War within any of the
terms Limitted As afores'^ for doing the duty Conditioned in this
Grant to be done — And in Case that Shou'd Happen the Same
time to be Allowed for the Respective matters afores'^ After Such
Impediment Shall be Removed
Further that all White pine trees fitt for masting his Majestys
Royal Navey Growing on s'' tract of Land be and hereby are Granted
to his Majesty his heirs And Successors forever —
To all Which Premises I Joseph Blanchard Agent for and in
behalf of the Grantors have hereunto Sett my hand And Seal this
tenth day of may 1752 and — in y'^ 26"' year of his Majestys Reign —
Joseph Blanchard ] L S
A true Copy Examined
p"' Mathew Thornton Prop'"' Clerk
\_Acceptance of Charter^ 1753.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 2.]
Whereas Joseph Blanchard Esq as Agent for And in the name
And behaff of the Prop"^" of the Lands in the Province of New Hamp"
Purchased by them of John Tufton Mason Esq Who Sold to them
[Plan of Nelson, 1750.]
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NELSON. 7
Under the title made to them by a Com'on Recovery Did on the
tenth day of may A D. 1752 Grant the Contents of Eight Miles Long
and five miles Broad Part of Said Lands being the Contents of about
Six miles Square Bounded As Followeth Begining at the Southwest
Corner of the Premises at a Beacli tree in the Western line of masons
Pattent Lately marked fifteen miles to the Northward of the Province
line being the Northwesterly Corner of Manadnock Nomber five from
thence Runing South Eighty degrees East Eight miles to a Pillar of
Rocks Bounding Southerly on the Townships Called Manadnock
Nomber five And three And from the Pillar of Stones afores'^ Runs
North ten degrees East five miles to a Beach tree from thence North
Eighty Degrees west One mile to the South East Corner of Manad-
nock Nomber Seven And to Continue the Same Course by Manad-
nock N° Seven Seven miles to the Patent line afores'' thence South-
erly by that line to the first Bounds mentioned — Under Certain Con-
ditions Limitations & Reservations in Said Grant Mentioned As by
S'^ Grant Refi^erence thereto will fully Appear, Unto John Hutchin-
son Alexander Park Robert Park James Miller Alexander Park Jun''
Joseph Park John Chamberlain Zacheus Love well Samuel Searls
John Kendall Joseph Danforth Sampson French Benjamin French
Eleazer Farwell John Talford William Talford James Quenton James
Ferson Samuel Person Alexander Calso William Calso Robert
M'Curdy Thomas Christe Robert Gillraore Thomas M*"Claughlan
Robert Fletcher Jun'" Jacob Fletcher James minot Thomas Blanchard
John Marshall Josiali Willard Benjamin Farwell Epliraim Adams
John Searles Jonathan French Benjamin Bellows
Therefore Unanimously voted that we do hereby Accept Said Title
And for Our Selves our Heirs & Assigns Do Acknoledge that we
do hold Said Lands under Said Title Conditions and Limitations with
the Reservations therein Mentioned —
Extract From the votes of y** Prop"^* of the Township Called Ma-
nadnock N° Six at their meeting the 15"^ of June 1753 —
Copy Examined "^ Mathew Thornton Prop"^*^ Cler
CHARTER RECORDS.
[^Plan of Nelson.']
TAis /rlan. descriLcs Man^Ldnock 71° Slk and Coniains
Jl'^ooo Jlcrtz Lai^'d Out 2? -Jo^e^k. 3lanckcLrd Jun' 3urv''
[^Extension of Time Granted, 1767.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, Sept. 30, 1767, and Masonian Papers,
Vol. 7, p. 3.]
Whereas by a Grant of a Tract of Land made by Joseph Blanchard
Esq"" unto John Hutchinson, Alexander Park Rob*^ Park and others,
dated the Sixth day of December 1751 (pursuant to a power Granted
to him by said Proprietors) of the Right and Claim of said Proprie-
tors in and to that Tract of Land or Township called Menadnock
Number Six lying in said Province and bounded as in said Grant, on
the Terms, Limitations and Conditions thereon Expressed, and among
other Things, the several things to be done by the Grantees is Limit-
ted to different times which by Reason of sundry Impediments they
could not Comply with, but as they had done much towards making
the Settlement agreeable to said Grant but wanted some further time.
Wherefore they prayed that such further time should be Granted as
they Suppos'd would be Sufficient for said Settlement to be made,
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which they tho't would not Require more than two or three Years —
all which being Consider'd, the said proprietors being Willing to En-
courage the Settlement & to Favour the said Grantees. Therefore
Voted that the Term of two Years be and hereby is Granted to
the said Grantees, and those who hold under them to fullfill and per-
form the said Articles, Matters & things which the said Grantees
originally were obliged to do & perform —
\_Deed from Reheeca Blanchard to Samuel Cook^ 1770.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 4.J
Know all Men by these Presents, That I Rebecca Blanchard of
Dunstable In the province of New Hamp"^ Wid° Executrix to y" Tes-
tament of Joseph Blanchard Esq'' Deceas'' by virtue of a Clause in y^
s'' Will Impowering me to Sell any part of the Estate of the s'^ Joseph
For and in Consideration of the Sum of Ten pounds Lawful Money of
said Province to me in Hand, paid before the Delivery hereof, by
Sam'' Cook of a place Called Monadnock N° 6 in said province Hus-
bandman the Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, have given,
granted, bai'gained, sold and released ; and by these Presents do give»
grant, bargain, sell, alien, release, convey and confirm to him the said
Sam'^ Cook his Heirs and Assigns all that Lot of Land Lying & being
in s'' Township of N" 6 part of the Right of John Kendall Lying Near
the Easterly End thereof Begining at the south East Corner of y^
Primises at a Spruce tree from thence Running West Ten Degrees
North on Hundred & Sixty Rod to a Beach Tree Marked from thence
North Ten Degres East one Hundred Rods to a Hackmetack tree
from thence to the first Bounds Containing by Estimation One Hun-
dred Acres —
To Have and to Hold, the said granted Premises, with the Appur-
tenances thereof, to him the said Sam" Cook his Heirs and Assigns,
to his & their proper Use, Benefit and Behoof forever : Hereby engag-
ing to Warrant and Defend the said granted Premises, against all
Claims or Demands of any Person or Persons claiming by, from or
under me or the s'' John Kendall the Grantee Under the Charter
of the said Town —
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal thi&
12^'' Day of October in the lOtli Year of His Majesty's Reign. Anno-
que Domini, 1770.
Signed, Sealed and Rebecca Blanchard Seal
Delivered in the Presence of us,
Tim° Dustin
Hannah Blanchard
lO
CHARTER RECORDS.
Province of } October 19''^ Day 1770
New Hamp"^ j^ Then The above-named Rebecca Blanchard Per-
sonally appearing acknowledged the above-written Instrument to be
her Voluntry Act and Deed, before me,
Ezekiel Chase Justice Peace.
[Endorsed] Blanchard to Cook Rec'^ 15"' June 1771 Recor'^ in Lib
A, Fol 6, a True Copy
f Jon=^ Willard Cler
[On the back of this deed are the following names :]
Abner Stanford
Spencer Smith
Elias Squire
John Day
Benj : Nurse
Eliu Higby
W" Bachelor
North East Quarter
Josh^ Lawrence
James Grove
John Eastebrook
Benj Day
John Frink
South West
Benj : Lines
Breed Bachelor
Stephen West
I. & J Stanhope
Breed Bachelor
Cornelius Cornell
Zephaniah Bacheloi
\_Settlements in Nelson^ 1770,]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 6, p. 134.]
Li Monadnock N° Six The first Settler Breed Batchelder
Settled Doct' Breed built one house on two Lotts Lotts 4"' R 9"' :
R 10"^
Settled Stanhop L 3 : R 8 and Improves L 3 : R 7
Settled Nuton L 3 : R 12—
Settled Parkest L 4 : R 1 and Improves L 5 : R 1 :
[^Remonstranoe and Petitioii of Inhabitants^ 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 5.]
To the Proprietors of the Lands Purchased of John Tufton Mason
Esq"^ Gentlemen
The Inhabitants of the Township of Monadnock N° 6 : Beg Leave
to Remonstrate to this Propriety that the Duties & Settlements En-
joined on the Grantees of this Township is not Done as you Will See
NELSON. II
by Applying to the office Where the Invoices of the Towns in y*"
Province are Depositted and We are Greatly Obstructed In our Set-
tlements for Want of a Sufficient number to Make Roads as our
Lands are Very Uneaven & Rough & it Requiies much Labour to
Clear off the Trees when we find by Experience it Produces Such
Grain & Vegetables as Will be Sufficient to Support us & Our fami-
lies & we are Unwilling to Leave Our Lands We therefore pray that
for your own Interest you Woud Send a Committee to View the
Prirneses & Cause the Delinquent Rights to be Granted to Persons
that Will Promote our Settlem' And Your Petitioners In Duty Bound
Shall Ever Pray— Monadnock N^* 6. August 23 1773—
James Bancroft David Marshall John farwell
John newhall Joseph Mason Aaron Beel
Philip Bilhash Eleazer Twitchel Josiah Stanford
William Follet
\^Breed Batchellor to G-eorge Jaffrey, 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 6.]
Monadnock N° 6 ocf 4''^ 1778
Honoured S'
the Last time I had the Hapiness to be in your Company you
ware pleased to tell me as I was mentioning to your Honour that the
Blanchards ware forming a Comeplaint against me and trying to git a
Number of the Settlers of monadnock N° 6 to Sign against me to the
Grantors — that if any Such Complaint Should Come I Should be
Served with a Copy of the Comeplaint and Names Signed against me
and have an oppertunity to Defend my Self in the affair. Sir if it
has, or Should Come pray Dont for Git me in tliis affair you may
Send any time by m' Porter the post In Comeplying with the above
you Greatly oblige your Honours most Hum'' Serv*
Breed Batcheller
To Honourable Geo. Jefferj^ Esq
\Improveme7its in Nelson, 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 7.]
A List of the Northeast Quarter of monadnock Number Six as was
Taken by us the Subscribers, with the Names of Each Settler Living
12
CHARTER RECORDS.
on s'' Northeast Quarter now — and the Number of the Lots & Ranges
they Live on and the Number of Ratable poles also the Number of
persons in Each Family and Number of acres Improving by Each Set-
tler and also the Number of acres Improving by them that Dont Live
Stidy in s'^ Tovrn vrith Each owners Name anexed to the Lots
Mens Names
N° of the
Lots
N° of the
Ranges
N° of Rat-
able poles
Persons in
Each
Family
No of acres
Improving
D'- Nathaniel Breed
Nathii Breed J-- .
John Breed
William Follet
Jonathan Nickols
Abijah Brown
Thomas upham .
John wellman
abraham Griffeth
John Stroud
Joseph Stanhope
John Estabrook .
Isaac & John Stanhope
4&5
9 & lo
3
9
4
9
2
7
I
3
2
9
I
8
5
7
5
6
4
6
3
8
3
ID
e
o
O
14 poles
54
ih
15
20
15
35
20
10
18
19
40
12
o
278^ acres
The above is an Exact account of those Now Living on the North-
east Quarter of monadnock Number Six
and the Following is an Exact account of those that are Improving
on the above mentioned N. E. Quarter but Dont Live there Stidy
NELSON.
N" of the
N« of the
N" of acres
Mens Names
Lots
Ranges
Improving
John Day .......
2
6
1 6 acres
Benja Day
,
I
7
7
iireed Batcheller
I
6
20
Ditto small Grist mill .
I
5
-5
Ditto ....
I
4
23
Ditto ....
o
3
2
Benja Nurse ]■■
2
12
8
D>- John Frink
3
12
12
Cornehus Cornell .
2
8
2
Elihu Higbe .
n
ID
12
lo — Carried over the Last mentioned to the
127 acres
other Side ......
Abner Stanford
2
3
0
Joshua Lawrance
I
9
Id
Breed Batchellers .
4
12
3 with
a Sawmill
Ditto
5
12
7
Ditto Center Farm
5
I I
15
Ithamar Smith
4
7
5
Joseph Blancard i Lot
4
8
0
James G rover ^ Lot
4
8
5
Stephen Treat
3
7
7
Elias Squire .
3
6
8
Brought from the other Side
127
added these that Live in Town
Sume Total of acres Clearing
30 Duties 12 acres Each is .
182^ acres
278^
461 acres
360
loi acres
more then
30 Duties
May it Pleas your Excellency these two pages Represent the True
State of the Northeast quarter of monadnock N° 6 with those that
Live on S*^ Quarter & those that Dont Live there Stidy that are Im-
proving— Taken by us the Subscribers according to the Best of our
Skill and Judgment which we are Ready to make oath to if Required
ocf 4"' 1773 Abijah Browne
Thomas uphara
Breed Batcheller
14
CHARTER RECORDS.
[Plan of Nelson.^
l i
N
4^
NELSON. 15
\_Improve'me7its in Nelson, 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 8.]
An account of all the Rights in the Southeast Quarter Except the
Seven Rights Belong to the Heirs of the Late Coll Blanchard De-
ceased— Being 8 Rights)
that are
Improving
on John Chamberlin Right
. Salvanus morse .
Jabez Grover
. ariel peck .
• Seth Higbe
. oseph Chilson
Beriah wetmore .
Samuel Everit
James millers Right
Breed Batchellers
amos Skiner
Alexander Parks J'' Right
no Body on it .
alexander Parks Right
John Adams
Josiah Parks Right
Aaron Beel
John Speney
Philip Billash
Robert Parks Right
. Daniel wood
. Spencer Pratt
John Ferwell
John Scarlet Newhall
Benj* Frenches Right
James Bancroft .
Duties
I Duty
Estabrooks
I Duty
I Duty
I Duty
I Duty
a Grist mill &
place
I Duty
Boh
16 acres
.6
.1
.1
.6
20
10
17
13
25
40
.2
IS
10
4
40
244 acres
Note those that have Dotts against there Names Dont Live in Town
the others are Living in the above mentioned Rights
Pleas to Look on the other Side
Brought from the other Side ...... 244 acres
the Eight Rights was to Clear 12 acres on Each Right is . 96
stidy and
which 8 Rights have 12 Settlers on them
148 acres over
l6 CHARTER RECORDS.
The above and what is on the other Side is a Trew account Taken
according to the Best of our Skill & Judgement
ocf 4^'' 1773 — Abijah Browne
Thomas upham
Breed Batcheller
\_Petition of Inhabit ants to Crovernor, 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. /, p. 9.]
To his Excellency John wentworth Esq"" Captain General Govonor
& Commander in Cheif in and over his majestys Province of New
Hampshire & Vice admeral of the Same &C —
The Subscribers Inhabetants of a Place Known by the Name of
Monadnock Number Six Beg Leave Humbly to Shew to your Excel-
lency, that whareas, a Petition or Remonstrance, has been Prefferd to
your Excellecy by Sundry of the Settleis of Said Number Six Set-
ting forth there Desire, not to have Said Number Six Incorperated,
and also a Complaint against Breed Batcheller for not fulfilling his
obligations with Regard of Settling Said Number Six and making
Roads &. C. which has Occasioned Several Families to Leave the
Town, and that by the Original Grant the Grantees where obliged to
Settle Said Township within a Certain Limeted time with Sixty
Families and that there was not but Twenty Families in said Town-
ship, Eleven of which are on Land Called Blanchards Quarter, and
also an oppertunity to Chuse another Clerk & Treasurei', with an
Insinuation that no Votes Can be obtained with out Said Batchellers
Consent
your Petitioners Beg Leave to make the Following answers to the
Premises, and with Regard to an Incorperation of said Township j^our
Petitionei's Beg Leave to Shew to your Excellency that there was a
proprietors meeting Last march (Leagally held as your Petitioners
apprehend) when a majorrety of Votes was obtained to have Said
Number Six Incorperated, though Said Batcheller Did not Vote but
Publicly Say in open meeting before Said Vote Passed, that if Said
Township Should be Incorperated the Bui'den would Lie on the
Inhabetants and Desired that they would Consider well on the mat-
ter But your Petitioners are not anxcious wheatlier it is Incorperated
or not but would be Glad to Leave it to your Excellencys wise Deter-
mination—
your Petitioners would Shew to 3-our Excellency there is Dwelling
in Said Township Twenty one Families Besides thirty or forty other
NELSON. 17
Persons that have began and made Considerable Improvements, and
your Petitioners are of opinion that there would have been Settled in
Said Township, man}" more Families or Persons had it not been for
the Scarset}^ of Provisions, for Several years Past, which Scarsety
occasioned the Removel of Several Families or Settlers and not the
Bad Roads as mentioned in the Remonstrance — and your Petitionrs
Trust that your Excellency will Excuse them if they Shew to your
Excellency that Said Township was to be Settled within a Certain
Limeted time with Fifty Families or Persons, and not Sixty Families
as mentioned in Said Remonstrance, and as to the Eleven Families on
Blanchards Quarter your Petitioners trust your Excellency will
Pardon them if they Shew to your Excellency that they are Settled
in that Part of the Town where Blanchards Lands Lies, and are on
other Lands, three Families only Excepted which are the only
Settlers that are on the the Seven Rights Belonging to the Heirs of
the Late Coll. Blanchard and also an Lisinuation that no Votes Could
be obtained with out Said Batchellers Consent, we trust your Excel-
lency will pardon us if we Shew to your Excellency that we have
Generally attended the Proprietors meetings and Dont Remember
that m'' Batcheller Ever Exersised any othorret}^ Lawful or unLawful,
or that he Ever Voted Except in three or four Listances, some of
which we Beg Leave to Shew to your Excellency when the first meet-
ing was Called by a Justice who Moderated Said meeting Some of the
Proprietors where Desirious of having said meeting adjorned, but
Said Batcheller Voted to have it Go on to Save the Cost of the
Justices Coming again — the Second was that M'' Batcheller Voted
that the Proprietors Should have Leave to work out there Taxes in
Stid of paying the money — the Third was Said Batcheller Voted one
hapeney per acre Laid on Each Right for Reparing the Roads, and as
to an oppertunity to Chuse another Treasurer & Clerk, your Peti-
tioners suggest that your Petitioners are Fully Convinced that your
E'xcellency will not Interfeer in that affair, but Leave them to Chuse
there Treasurer and Clerk as Derected by Law — the Present
Treasurer and Clerk we have no objections to tho he him Self is not
fond of the office and your Petitioners would Beg Leave to Liform
your Excellency that y*^ Roades are well made for the time Said
town has been Settled and that M'' Batcheller Never was Surveyor in
the East half of the Town where Said Remonstrance was taken — and
your Petitioners Beg Leave to Suggest to your Excellency that they
are of opinion that Said Batcheller has Done all he Could to Bring
Forward the Settlement of Said Township and what he thought Best,
for the Literest of the Proprietors and Settlers, and your petitioners
2
lb CHARTER RECORDS.
Iraagain that there has been as good Progreess made in Settling said
Townsliip as any other New Town in the Connty Notwithstanding
Said Batcheller lias Laboured under Great Disadvangages on account
of his 111 State of helth which Obliged him to Leave the Town one
Burner your Petitioners are Very Sorry that any Disputes Should
Happen with Regard to Settling said Township, and are Sorry to
make mention of what they Immagain to be the occasion of said
Remonstrance, but Justice at this time seems to Require it we there-
fore hope your Excellency will not take it a miss if they Inform your
Excellency that the Before mentioned Remonstrance was Procured
by the Influence and at the Request of Some of Coll. Blanchards
Heirs, Because Said Batcheller as Collector had Disposed of Some of
there Land at Vandue for payment of there Taxes, after Being Due
Several years — your Petitioners therefore Humbly pray that the
Settlement and peace of Said Number Six may not be Disturbed by
Privet animossetys, and that your Excellenc}^ would take the
Premises into Consideration, and Do that which your Excellency in
your Great wisdom Shall See fit all which is most Humbly Submited
by your Excellencys most Humb. Serv'^
oct'- 14*^ 1773—
John Stroud Beriah Wetmore Joseph vStanhope
Jonathan Nickols Thomas upham Abraham Griffeth
Abijah Browne John Le Bourveau James Phillips
Nath'^ Breed Nathanael Breed jiin
\_Retraetion by Signers of Remonstrance^ 1773. J
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 10.]
To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq Cap' Generall & Govern-
our in Chief in & over the Province of New Hampshire & Vice
Admiral of the same —
the Subscribers Humbly Shew & give your Excellency to Be
informed that some time Since We Sign'd a Petition as Inhabitants
of Monadnock Number Six setting forth that the Duty which was
Enjoyned in said Grant was not Compleated & Particularly that M'
Batchellor had not fulfilled his Obligations with regard to Setling
said Township jNIakeing Roads, &c We not being so well acquainted
with Circumstances of said Number Six as we are now, & Confiding
too much in what M"" James Blanchard Said & at whose Request said
Remonstrance was made, find the Affairs are not as Represented in
NELSON. 19
said Petition & therefore Humbly pray that your Excellency will
take no further Notice thereof but Ask your Excellencys forgiveness
for Troubling your Excellency with said Petition
as in Duty Bound shall ever pray
Monadnock N" 6 oof 18"' 1773
Phillip Balyah John Adams Joseph mason
Aaron Beel John Scarlet newhall William Foliet
John Farwell Eleazer Twitchel James Bancroft
Josiah Stanford
\_Petition of Nathaniel Breeds 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 11.]
To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq'' Cap' General and Gov-
ernour in ChiefE in and Over his Majesties Province of New Hamp-
shire and Vice admiral of the Same &c —
May it Please Your Excellency I the Subscriber beg Your Excel-
lencys Favour and Clemency while I Relate a Few facts Relating to
the affairs of Monadnock N" 6 Whereas a Petition has bin Presented
to Your Excellency against the Proprietors of Said N° 6 & in Partic-
ular Seems to be Mainly Pointed against Ens" Breed Batcheller to
Do Justice to the Proprietors and M' Batchellor 1 would Inform Your
Excellency that I was with M'' Batcheller In Laying Out the town-
ship when I Moved into town Was the Seacond family that was in it
which is Just Five Years this Month and Believe Know as Much as
any or More of the affairs of S*^ town I think the town is as forward
as an}'^ & as Good Roads or Better for the time it has bin Setling the
Scarcity of Provisions I believe is the Reason that hath hindred Some
from Comeing in and Caused Others to Move Out of the town & Not
bad Roads as has bin Represented Likewise great Numbers have had
Lands Given them and Others have bought in Order to Settle and
above Sixty Lots to My Certain Knowledge have Considerable
Cleared & Some Others a Little & Many are Preparing now to Move
into the town Soon as Possible M' Batcheller has Sold land to None
but Such as Promised him to settle it tho to ^ly Knowledge Many have
fel back and he hath Done all that he thought Was best to forward
the Settlement of the township & Never sued any that Lived in the
town but helped them what he Could to live I Believe No One has
Just Reason to Complain of him as Treasurer or Clerk and he Never
was & is Not now a Surveyor for the East half of the town where
Chief of the Setlers and all the Complainers live if the town was In-
20 CHARTER RECORDS.
corporated I believe it would Very IVIuch forward the Settlement of
the town and the Gospel in it as it will Put us in a way to Do it as to
M'' James Blanchard (the first time I Ever Saw him we Travilling
alone) he told Me that he Would Do M'' Batcheller what Ingury he
Could if he would Not Give up the Vendue Land, which I think he
m"^ Bacheller .Tustly Sold (and he has told Me he would Return on
their setling all & Paying Lawful Charge and he has Returned the
Land to several) & I believe is the only lieason that he James Blanch-
and & M'' James Bancroft got those People who I believe were Mostly
Innocent to sign against the Incorporation and M'' Batchellor which
has a Tendency to Destroy and Hurt the Settlement of Said township
and Break Up the Harmony that hath Conspicuously subsisted
amongst the setlers but a few that Signed against M'' Batcheller
have bin long in the town or Known what has bin Done to for-
ward the settlement of it as I was the Proprietois Modera-
tor at the Meeting last jNIarch when Vote Was Obtained to
have the town Incorporated & Can Certifie Your Excellency that
those People that Signed the Petition against the Incorporation and
Proprietors were those that Voted for it j\P' Batchellor & Others ad-
vised them at the Meeting to think well Over what they Did & told
then the Consequence it shews their Unconstancy I beg Leave
Humbly to beseach Your Excellencys favour to the Proprietors and
Inhabitants as We begin to live and take Courage Much More Might
be Said but fear to Incur Your Displeasure and tire Your Patience
beg Leave to Subscribe Your Excellencys Most Obedient Most
Obliged & Humble serv' and well wisher
Monadnock N^^ Six Nath" Breed
Ocf^ 20^'^ 1773
[Letter in Behalf of Breed Batchellor, 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 12.]
Monadnock N" 6 Oct: 22'^ 1773
Ma?/ it Please Your Excellency
We the Subscribers Make Bold to write a few Lines to Your Ex-
cellency we Trust Your Excellency will Pardon us for So Doing when
You Consider that we do it in behalf of the Township of Monadnock
N° 6 and Ens" Breed Batcheller as their Hath bin Complaints against
them both we have bin in the towii five Years or More ifc have bin
acquainted with the affairs of the town & in particular with M'^ Batch-
eller and We think it strange to hear their is Such a Report Gone to
Your Excellency for We are of Opinion that None of y^ Inhabitance
NELSON. 21
of S'^ N" 6 have Just Reason to Complain of M'' Bacheller for being
Slack about Setling the Town or for Oppressing the People or for his
Not Making Roads or for his Not being faithful in any Post to which
he hath bin Chosen for we think that he hath Done his Utmost for
the forwarding the Settlement of the town & he hath bin a Very
Obliging friend to those that were in Disstress and to Us in Particu-
lar but Some have Signed against M"" Batcheller tho We trust Most
of them ware Prevailed with by the Insinuation of M"" James Blanch-
ard as Some of them have acknowledged & we are of Opinion that
this Town is as forward in Settelment as any for the time it hath bin
Setling thus begging Your Excellencys Favour for the town & beg
Leave to Subscribe Your Excellencys Very Humbl Serv'*
Abijah Brown
Thomas Upham
[^tStatisties of Families Moved Atvai/, 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 13.]
A List of the People that have Lived on the Northeast Quarter of
monadnock N** 6 — that have moved out of Said Township and the
Number of the Lots and Ranges they Lived on — Term of time they
ware Resident in S'^ Township N" of Ratable polls — N° of Persons in
Each Family and N° of acres Improving by Each Settler
22
CHARTER RECORDS.
mens Names
(U <u
N" of the
Lots on
No of the
Range
N" of Rat-
able poles
N° of persons
in Each
Family
N° of acres
Im Proving
Jonathan Parkhurst
3l
I & I
in 4 & 5
3
II
48
John Proute .
3i
2
6
I
4
16
Samuel willson
3
2
7
I
I
20
Johnson Proute
2
I
7
I
I
7
Robert Graham
2
I
6
I
I
7
William Graham
h
I
6
I
I
2
Kphariam Segers .
I
I
6
I
I
1 1
Seth & John Higbe
I
5
12
2
4
10
Elihu Higbe
I
2
lO
I
I
4
Stephen Treat
h
3
7
I
I
7
Elias Squire
h
3
6
I
I
8
Thadeus Estabrook
I
3
lO
I
I
12
Richard Newton .
3i
3
12
I
6
12
wentrop Hoit
h
O
lO
I
I
4
Nehemiah Eliot
h
4
8
2
2
6
Ithamar Smith
I
4
7
2
2
6
Nathan Barns
o
2
lo
I
I
4
abner Stanford
2
3
3
I
I
2
michel woodcock .
2
5
7
I
I
3
michel woodcock Jr
I
5
7
I
7
49
The above is an Exacb account Taken according to the Best of our
Skil & Judgment
Oct'- 22"' 1773—
To his Excellency John wentworth Esq''
A List of the People that have Lived in the Southwest Quarter of
N" 6 that are Not in Town
on the Right of James Quenton —
William Batchellor 3J years 1 pole 1 Li family 8 acres cleard
Ditto on the Right of Samuel Person —
Jabez Billings Deceased 1^ years
william Herrington 2 D"
Benj-^ Lynds 1^ —
Joseph Symmonds li —
John Davis 1^ —
16
1
— 3 —
(1
1
— 3 —
4
1
— 1 —
2
1
— 1 —
7
1
— 1 —
6
NELSON.
23
S. E. Quarter James Millers Right
Itliamar Smith J-" H year 1—1 — 12
John Chamberlins Right
Salvanus Morse
i years
1 — 1 — 16
8 poles 12 in family 77 acres
\_Improvements in JVelson, 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 14.]
A Trew State of the 5 Rights in the Southwest Quarter of monad-
nock N'' 6 with an account of those Living on Said Quarter & those
that are Improving and not Stidy here
on the Right of James Quenton
Breed Batcheller Gi years with 4, or 5, Labouring men 100 acres
John Le Bourveau 82 . . • • • • • 13 —
. william Batcheller 3^ .
on the Right of Samuel Ferson
Breed Batcheller 0
. Joseph Symraonds i
william Batcheller 0
. Benj" Lynds i
. Henry Bemis i
James Phillips 1
. John Davis 2
. Zephaniah Batcheller
40
7
16
4
4
william Tolfords Right
205 acres
Did the Duties of the Right of John Tolford & James Ferson on
the other three Rights
The above is Taken according to the Best of our Skill & Judgement
oct' 22'!^ 1773
N B. those that have a Dott against there Names Dont Live in
Town Stidy
Abijah Browne
Thomas upham
Breed Batcheller
5 Rights whare to Clear 12 acres Each which is 5 times 12 or 60
acres — Substracted from 205 acres
60
Leaves over & above-
145 ar
24 CHARTER RECORDS.
[_Letter in Behalf of Breed Batchellor, 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 15.]
Charlstown October 22"' 1773 —
may it Pleas your Excellency we the Subscribers Formerly Being
Inhabetants of monadnock N° 6 for sundry years Beg Leave Humbly
to Shew to your Excellency that whereas there is a Remonstrance to
your Excellency against the Proprietors of monadnock N° 6, but In
perticular it Seems to pint out Ens" Breed Batcheller and our Leaving
the Town for want of Roads and his opressing the People and us we
hope your Excellency will Excuse us if we Inform your Excellency that
was not the Case — and as to the s'' Batchellers not making Roads — we
would Shew to your Excellency, that he Never was Surveyor for high
ways in the East half of the Town where the people Lived that Signed
the Petition against him — but we Beleve that s'' Batcheller has Done
all in his Power to have the Roads made which are well made for the
time said Township has been Settled and as to his opressing the peo-
ple or us we would inform your Excellency that Never was the Case
— but that he the said Batcheller used his utmost Indevor to help the
People to our Certian Knowledge and has Repetedl}^ Releved us when
in Destress and Deffulty, and has been as Kind to us seemingly as a
Brother — Likewise we would Inform your Excellency that the Town
Settles Very Fast, for a New place, and that the people and Said
Batcheller Goes on Heart and hand, Except a few that we Judge are
Led astray by m"^ James Blanchard as he has Tryed his best to Git us
to Signe against said Batcheller — and has Ketched those people to
sign against Said Batcheller in favor of the Blanchards as the}^ Seem
to Thretin his Rewing but not only his but we fear this Avill stop peo-
ple Coming into the town to Settle as the Famely of the Blanchards
seem to be so wormly Ingaged against him — we hope your Excellency
will Excuse us for writing the above as we are Bound iu Duty to your
Excellency to Tell the Truth in favor of m'' Batcheller, tho, we Dont
Speak one half what we Could Say in his Favor — & Beg Leave to
Submit the above to y'' Excellencys wise Consideration & Beg Leave
to Subscribe our Selfs y^ Excellencys most Humb Serv'*
John proute
Michol woodcock
To his Excellency John Wentworth Esq"" Portsmouth New Hamp-
shire
NELSON. 25
[bepodtions of Amos Skinner and John Wellman, Jr., 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 16.]
To his Exeleiicy Jolin Went worth Esq"^ &''
This may let your Exelency know that I the Subscribor Amos
Skinner have ben Sumthing knowing to a Peticion signed by Sundry
of the settelers of Monadnock N. 6. to your Exelency against M'
Breed Batcheller and I heard James Blanchard Say that he had now
got that fixt that would tare him mening Said Batcheller all to raggs
and that he would forfit all he had in the world if he did not do it for
he was then a going to the Lord Propriators with Sum of the Inhab-
tents and had sent a Complaint before as I understood on that afair
and that he beleived he should parsafy the Lord Propriators and Set
the Governor to Sue the Bond that was against said Batcheller — what
is above written is true to my knowledge and Remembrance
Amos Skinner
Mansfield October the 28"' 1773
Bristol ss Mansfield October the 28"' 1773 Then Amos Skinner made
oath to the truth of what is above written which is by him Subscribed
Sworn Before nie —
Eph™ Leonard Justice of Peace
To His Exelency John Wintworth Esq"" Governor &''
This may let your Exelency know that I am Sumthing knowing to
a Peticion Signed by Sundry of the Settelors of Monadnock N. 6. to
your Exelency against M"" Breed Batcheller and I heard James
Blanchard Say that he had got that fixt against him that would
tare him all to pecis but if Said Batcheller would give up
the vandue Land that he had sold that he would Send to porch-
mouth and git that Peticion back again that was sent against Said
Batcheller as I understood by his tolk — what is above written is
true to my knowledge and Rememberance
John wellman junor
Mansfield October the 28"' 1773
Bristol ss Mansfield October the 28'^ 1773 Then John Wellman
Junor made oath to the truth of what is above written which by him
Subscribed — Sworn Before me
Eph'" Leonard Justice of Peace
2b CHARTER RECORDS.
\_Testimony of Ahijah Broion^ 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 17.]
Abijah Brown of Monadnock N-6 at the Request of M"^ James
Blanchard in Behalf of the porpriators of Masons Right was asked
the Following Questions
Q did you Ever work on M'' Breed Batchellors farme for which
you was discharged of any of your Taxes and how much
2^y whether you Ever heard any threatning or Complaining to the
Governor or the proprietors from the Setlors against m'" Breed Batch-
ellor for not doing the Dutis on that part Called the North East
Quarter
A he worked on m"' Breed Batchellors farme to the am' of one
pound four Shillings L : M : of his Taxes, which was the proportion
the propriators owed him (as he Said) as to peopel Complaing
against M"^ Batchellor Not doing his Deuty on the North East Quar
he Could not Tell much abought that
Cheshire ss Monadnock N" 6 Nov"^ 12"^ 1773
After Due Caution & Carefull Examination the foregoing Interroga-
tories was Impartially taken upon the Spot, at the Request of m"^
James Blanchard
Before Sam Blodget Jus: peace
\_Testimony of Beriah WhUmore, 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 19.]
Beriah Whitmore of Monadnock N° 6 — at the Request of m' James
Blanchard in behalf of the proprietors of Masons Right was asked the
Following Questions
Q did you evei- here M"" Breed Batchellor Say any thing to any
Person for signing a Complaint to the Governour or heard him tell
them that he would Summon them to portsmouth and that they
signed a Complaint Contrary to Law and they would Suffer for it un-
less they would Recant and sign a paper to the Governour that they
was misled
A that he heard M"" Breed Batchellor say he beleaved the Govern-
our would Send for them and If he did not he would petition him to
send for them But If they would Recant he would not be Instromen-
tal of hurting them
NELSON.
27
Cheshire ss Monadnock N° 6 Nov"^ 12"> 1773
After Due Caution & Carefull Examination the foregoing Interrog-
atories was Impartially taken upon the Spot, and at the Request of
M'' James Blanchard
Before Sam Blodget Jus : peace
Original Grantees
Names
Jn° Kendals Right
Jos" Danforths Right
Tho^ McLaughlins Right
\_WiUarcVs Report of Conditioti of Settlements, 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 18.]
By whome owned y® Number of
acres Cleared & worked on Houses
Built & Familys on
David Marshall.. H.. B. F.. O. 1 acre
Cleared 8 acres cut over
James Blanchard owner 8 acres cleared
30 acres of understuff cut. Camp Built.
N. F. O—
Jos" Eyars there at work C. B. 7 acres
Cut Down 3 acres understuff Cut N..
F.. O.
Jos" Eayrs H.. B.. 8 acres Cleared N.. F..
O. a Man at Work
Eleazer Twitchel H.. B.. 25 acres Cleared
F.. O—
Jos^ Stanford H.. B.. 7 acres Cleared
F.. O..
John Adams 20 acres Cleared H.. B.. res-
ident.
Aaron Beels 20 acres Cleared H.. B..
F.. O
Jos" Mason H. B. 12 acres Cleared F.. O
Jn° Fairwell H. B. 4 acres Cleared F.. O
Jn« Newhalls H B. 3 acres Cleared F.. O..
Jn° Spring H.. Building 2 acres Cleared
F.. O
Phillip Billhash H.. B.. 8 acres Cleared
F.. O one Camp Built 15 acres Choped
over & one Grist Mill Built
The above five Settlers are Purchasers under Rob' Boyce Esq"^
Josiah Stanford H.. B. 7 acres Cleard
F.. O..
Alexander Parkes Right
Josiah Parkes Right
Rob' Parks Right
Jn*' Hutchinsons Right
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CHARTER RECORDS.
Benj'^ Frenchs Right
Jn° Chamberlains Right
James Millers Riaht
James Bancroft H.. B.. 20 acres Cleared
F.. O
Sam" Averet H.. B.. 7 acres Cleared
F.. O.. on y*^ Same Right 3 acres Cleared
13 acres Choped over N.. H.. B.. N..
F.. O
Beriah Whitmore H.. B.. 12 acres Cleared
6 acres Cut over F.. O
Amos Skinner C. B.. 7 acres Cleared 2
acres choped over N.. F.. O
above Rights are all in y*" Southeast Quarter of Monadnock
: H.. B.. for house Built.. F.. O for family on C. B. for Camp
• H. B. for no house built N. F. O. for no Family on
The
N° 6
N: B
Built N
Original Grantees
Names
James Minotts Right
Eleazer Fairvvells Rio-ht
'One Lot is Thought
To be in y*" Right
of James Minot but
not Certain —
By whome owned y*' N° of acres Cleard
& worked on Houses Built & Familys on
Jon** Nickols Lot N° 1 in y'^ 3'^ range 7
acres Cleared 7 acres Cut over, H.. B..
F. O
H.. B.. 12 Cleared 22 acres Cut over
N.. F.. O a Family has Resided there 3
years owned by Breed Batchellor
Benj Day Lots N" 2 in the 6 & N° 1 in y*"
7"' range H.. B.. on lot N° 2 in y*" 6"^
range 5 acres Cleared & 20 acres Cut over
on y*^ Lot N*' 1 in y*" 7"' range 2 acres
Cleared 8 acres Cut over W" Follet lives
'^ house on v*" Lot N° 2 in v** 6"'
m
y nouse on y LiOt IS" 'J, in y"
range
Breed Batchellor owns Lot N" 1 in y^
Sixth range N,. H.. B. 2 acres Cleared 20
acres cut over
W"' Follet H.. Building on lot N° 2 in y*^
7"' range 12 acres Cleard 8 acres Cut over.
Tho'^ Upham H.. B.. resident 6 acres
Cleared 12 acres Cut over Lot N^ 2 In the
8'" range
Tho' Blanchards Right — Abijah Brown Lot N° 2 in y^ 9"' range H
& Barn.. B.. F.. O.. 25 acres Cleard 10
acres Cut over.. Elihu Higby Lot N° 2 in
ye jQth i-ange 8 acres worked over 4 acres
Cleared. John Frink 2 acres Cleared 7
acres worked over
NELSON.
29.
Jn° Searles's Right —
Eph'" Adams's Right
W" Calso's Rieht
Jos" Stanhope Lot N° o in y'^ 8"' range
H.. B.. F.. O 20 acres Cleared 16 acres-
Worked over.. Elias Squire Lot N'' 3 in
y'^ 6"' range 2 aci-es Cleared 4 acres Cut
Down N.. H.. B.. N.. F. O.. Stephen
Treat on the same Lot 3 acres Cut Down
N.. H.. B.. N.. F. O
Jn" Eastabrooks Lot N° 3 in y"" 10'" range
5 acres Cleard 8 acres Cut Down N.. H..
B. N.. F.. O. Nath' Breed Owns Lots N°
3 4 «&: 5 in the 9"^ range and N« 4 in y'' 10
range one of s'^ Lots is in the right of
Sam^ Searles Viz. Lot N° 5 in y*" 9"' range
H. B. F.. O 45 acres Cleared 15 acres
Cut over, Benj'^ Nurse Lot N° 3, in y^
12'" range 2 acres Cleared 11.. B.. 10 acres
worked over N.. F.. O —
Wellmans H.. B 7 acres Cleared 2 acres
Cut over N.. F.. O Jn° Stroud H.. B.. F..
O.. 7 acres Cleared 8 acres Choped over
Abraham Griffith H.. B.. Resident 12
acres Cleard 6 acres Cut over, Ethimar
Smith C. B. 3 acres Cut over 1 acre
Cleared N. F. o
Belongs to Breed Batchellor H & Mill.
B.. 2 acres Cleared 5 acres Cut over Meet-
ing house Built 5 acres partly Cleared C
B. 1 acie Cleared 15 acres under Stuff cut
Down Breed Batchellor
Breed Batchellors H. & Barn. B. F. On,
100 acres Cleared 60 acres sawed into
Pasturing 7 acres Worked over Henry
Beemus H.. B.. 3 acres Cleard 2 acre
worked over N.. F.. O. James Phillips
H.. B . 8 acres Cleard 1 acre worked over
Resident.. Jn° Libarvau H.. B. F.. O 12
acres Cleared 5 acrs worked over John
Davis li acre Cleard 2^ worked over
Resident Joseph Simons 8 acres Cleared —
N B. the Persons on the Last three Rights (viz) Sam" Farsou
James Quenton & James Farson are in the South West Quarter
Sam' Searles
Sam' Fersons Right
James Quentons Right
James Fersons Right
30 CHARTER RECORDS.
What is Contained on tlie Sheet is an account of the Settlers Resi-
dents Houses & Camps Built Lands Cleared & worked over Except-
ing Some small Peices not worth Mentioning Being in the Town of
Monadnock N° 6. Taken at y*" request of Geo. Jeffry Esq"^ Clerk To
Masons Propriety which I have made according to the best of my
Judgment and y*^ Information of those on y^ Lands. Some I have
omitted going over where there was nobody at work I Tooke the
Judgement of those who were acquainted with what was done with
respect to that those that I Could Depend on giveing them to under-
stand that I Came at the request of the Lords Proprietors and I Ex-
pected that they would not Impose upon me or their Honors l)y give-
ing me a wrong account.. Impartially Taken the 11"^ & 12"' Days of
November 1773
attest Josiah Willard
Cheshire ss Keen Nov'' 13'^ 1773
Josiah Willard Personally appeared and After Due Caution and
CarefuU Examination Made Solemn Oath that the foregoing Repre-
sentation of the Setlers & Settlements in Monadnock N° 6 by him
Subscribed; was Impartial ; and according to the Best of his Judg-
ment
Before Sam Blodget Jus : peace
\_TeBtimony of Josiah Willard^ 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 20.]
Josiah Willard of Keen at the Request of M'^ James Blanchard in
behalf of the Proprietors of Masons Right was asked the Following
Questions
Q did you heare any of the Settlers of N'^ 6 make any Com-
plaints against M' Breed Batchellor when you was Viewing thire
Settlements and what there Complaints were
A som said they looked on it that they were hardly Delt with for
want of Roads as they could not go any where with a Cart and M''
Bachellor or the Survayors would not let them work out thire Taxes
on the Roads ; and Som said they Could not git to there houses with
a horse
Q did you here any of the Setlers say they had Requested M""
Batchellor to work out thire Taxes on the Road
A they said they had Requested it but was Refused the Liberty
Q did you hear James Blanchard ask them the Reason why they
NELSON. 31
Signed a Recantation to the Governour that theire Complaints they
Sent were Wrong
A yes and they Repleyd M"' Batchellor Told them they had
signed a paper Contrary to Law and he would Summon them to
Portsmouth and Saying it would undo them but If they would Sign a
Recantation he would not hurt them and they ware poor and Just
begining and was not Acquainted with it and that was the Reason
why they signed the Recantation
Cheshire ss Keen Nov^ 14"' 1773
Josiah Willard Personally appeared and after Due Caution & Care-
full Examination Made Solem Oath that the foregoing Interroga-
tories was Just and True
Before Sam Blodget Jus : peace
\_Petition of Breed Batchellor, 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 21.]
May it Please your Excellency.
The many and great favours I have already Recievd from your
Excellency, and your Excellencys Known desire to have All men
Rewarded according to their demerits, And your Excellencys wonted
disposition to Investigate the Truth in All matters & more Especially
in those that Concerns your Excellency, Emboldens me at this Time
to trouble your Excellency with this letter Respecting Number Six.
for it Appears to me the Blanchards are Endeavouring by Every
Sinister method they Can Invent to destroy my Property and Repu-
tation, for it now Appears that M*" Jaffrey at the Request of Mes''*'
Blanchard^ (which I Knew nothing of when I was at Portsmouth
last,) had wrote to Major Willard of Keene, the Blanchards near
Kinsman and an Inverate Enemy of mine to make a survey of What
had been Actually done in N° 6. I wou'd not be understood by your
Excellency, to impeats M'' Jaif rey of any unfair dealing for I dont
suppose that M"" Jatfrey Knew any thing of the Affinity before men-
tion'd or Major Willards unfriendljaiess to me. In Consequence of
which letter Major Willard with M"^ James Blanchard and M''
Justice Blodgett to take Depositions Repaird to Number Six while I
was with your Excellency at Portsmouth & made such a survey &
Report as they thot proper a Copy of Which I have Inclosed to your
Excellency & Beg leave to suggest to your Excell^ that this Account
was taken Exparte & by Maj Willard Riding thro the Town only as
32 CHARTER RECORDS.
I am inform'd. They have also taken sundry depositions to prove
my unfair dealings with the People that Signd the Recantation with
Regard to the Remonstrance that was some time since preferd to
your Excell^ and also some Depositions to prove that y** Taxes
granted by the Proprietors w^ere workd out on my farm, with Respect
to my unfair dealing with the People I Can procure sundry deposi-
tions to prove the Contrary from Men of Reputable Characters and I
immagine from the People themselves w^ho signd the Recantation
tho' I have not seen any of them Since my Return. And I Can
likewise procure Depositions from Reputable ]Men to prove that
James Blanchard offerd them large sums of money to pay me what
they Respectively owed me so as to Induce them not to sign a
Petition in my favour. — and also, I Can procure sundry depositions to
prove that when Maj Willard & M"^ Blanchard wei-e upon the afores'^
Survey Sundry Persons Came to Number Six to purchase Lands of me
and in my Absence they Discouraged them telling them that I had
no Right to the Lands & that they wou'd all Revert to the Propri-
etors which Induced them to leave the Town & purchase Els-
where — And with Regard to the Pioprietors money being Expended
on my Farm, I beg leave to make this Answer the Witnesses that
have deposed in this Particular are Abijah Brown and Nathaniel
Breed who have uot deposed all they Know but only part, because
M"" Blanchard Refused to have any thing wrote Except what wou'd
make for him. the Witnesses aforesaid Refused to depose for a long
time unless all they had to say with Regard to the Affair Coud be
wrote, but the Justice told them that unless they would depose as
they Requested he woud make Report of their Conduct to your
Excellency & Rather than be Complained of to your Excellency as
Obstinate & bad Inhabitants as they Supposed they should be Rep-
resented they were Induced to depose only what they did which will
Appear hj their Depositions the said Brown & Breed stand ready
to make Oath to the Truth of what is above written and also that
the Occasion of their working on my land was because they were
unable to pay their taxes in money and that out of Pity to them I
sufferd them to pay their Taxes in Labour, for if y" Taxes had been
paid in money, it was to have Come to me to have paid me for my
Service in laying out the Town —
I now pray your Excellency to Entertain of me the Same favoura-
ble Opinion that your P^xcell^ Seem'd to manifest when 1 was at
Portsmouth last til I Can have Opportunity to Appear before your
Excellency to Exculpate myself of those charges that will probably
be laid before Your Excellency, and in the Mean time I will
Endeavour to procure tw^o or more disinterested Persons Men of Rej>
NELSON. 23
utation within the County & Well Known to Your Excell^ to Repair
to Number Six take a survey thereof Enquire Concerning the Prem-
isses in Every Particular & Report to your Excell^ as they shall
think Right or do anything Else that your Excellency shall
direct.
S"" I am with the greatest Respect
Your Excellency most
Devoted Hum'*' Servant.
Breed Batcheller
N° 6. Nov^ 18. 1773.
To his Excell^ Governor Wentworth
\_Deposltion of Ah ij ah Brown., 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 28.]
To the Proprietors of Mason patent — These are to Certify That on
the twelveth da}^ of november Last Samuel Bloget and m'^ James
Blanchard Came to the town of Monaednock N° Six and Said they
were Sent by the Governeur and the Lords Proprietors to Give mv
oath with others relating to what I Knew Conserning Monadnock N°
6, and Ensine Breed Batcheler. But as Esq"" Bloget was a Strainger
to me and m'' Blanchard no friend to the town Ship I was not free to
Make oath as they produced no authorithy from the Lords Proprie-
tors, but I freely told them what I Knew — But m"^ Bloget Said he
would make Return to the Governeur that I Despised authority and
Said that I was Likly to bee Imprisoned or pay a Large fine or Both,
I told him I was Ready at his Excellency request to go to Portmouth
and Make oath to what I Knew Relating the affair — But when I
inquired of m'' Bloget of his orders that he owned that he Came on
m'" Blanchard Desire, But m"" Blanchard Said that the Lords proprie-
tors Sent him, on with m'' Blanchard Set Down and wrote two question
the Purport as follows first whether I Ever worked out my Tax or Ever
Knew of any others that Did work out their Tax on m"" Batcheller
Land, and weather I Ever heard any person Say that they whare
uneasy with m"^ Batcheller for not filling up the town, or Mention
any thing of Petioning to the Lords Proprietors before m' James
Blanchard got the people to Sign a petition of Complent against the
propritors of Said N** 6, and Ensine Batcheller on wich the Said
Bloget adminestread to me an ooth to the above Questions to the first
34 CHARTER RECORDS.
I ansured four Dolars was Due to me from m"^ Bateheller for work,
which was of Set towards the Taxes that was Due to him for Laying
out the town Ship as to the Second Question I ansured according to
the Best of my Remembrance I had heard of Sums mentioning of
Complaining but by them that Did not intend it as I immagin and I
have no Reason to think that any was unesay about it till mowed by
m'' Blanchard — i\'P Bloget Said the ansewers where Reather yea then
nay and So Set them Down yes under the Questions and I Desired
Esq'' Bloget to Set the ansewers Down under the Questions as I Gave
them he Said he had Minuted them and Should Draw them when he
had time
The Same day maj'' willard of Keen Came into the town- Ship of
Monadnock N° 6, and he Said that he was requesed by the Lords
Proprietors to take accounts of the Setlements and tlie people that
were in the town witch Surweay he took Cheafly as he pased by in
the Road through the town, and he Refused to go ower the forms of
Seaveral of the Inhabitants when Desired to my Certain Nolege, and
as to those that where at Distance from the Road he Liquired of me
and others and Set them Down as he thought fit Sum of tliem much
under what I Judge them to be — also Several persons and houses and
Sundry pieces of Land wich there is no mention made to George
Juffrey Esq'' in his Return and Several of the persons have been in
the town for Seaveral years that is not to be found in maj'' willard
Return
fui'ther more I was with m'' Bateheller when Sundry of those that
had Signed the petition against the proprietors of Monadnock N° 6,
and m^ Bateheller when they Signed a Recentation of what they had
before Signed to his Excellency and I never heard m"^ Bateheller
threten them in the Least but Said that he did not want them to Sign
unless they where Convinced that they had Don wrong in Signg Said
petition
Abijah Browne
Cheshire ss monadnock (No 6) Decemb'' y^ 2"' 1773
Abijah Brown Personaly appeared and after Due Caution made
Solemn oath that the within & above by him Signed was the whole
truth So far as had Cum to his Remembrance
before Tho^ Frink Just Peace
[A duplicate of this on page 22 of the manuscript volume is
addressed to the Governor. Ed.]
NELSON. 35
\_Stateynent of Josei^h Stanhope and Beriah Wetmore^ 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 29.]
May it Please the Proprietors of Masons Grant this is to Let You
Know tliat when Sundry Persons Signd the Recantation to the Com-
plaint that thev had Signed to the Governor against the Proprietors
of Monadnock'N*' 6 &^ M'' Breed Batchellor we Did Not hear M''
Batehellor threaten them in the Least but on the Contrary he told
them that he Would Not have them Sign Back Except they were
Convinced that what they had Signed to in the Petition was falce he
would have them stand to it & Not sign the Recantation by any
Means
Joseph Stanhope
Beriah Wetmore
Cheshire ss Monadnock (No 6) Decerab' y« 2"^ 1773
Joseph Stanhope & Beriah Whetmore Personaly appeared & after
Due Caution made Sollemn oath that the above by them Signed was
the truth & the whole Truth
before me Tho^ Frink Just Peace
[A duplicate of this on page 23 of the manuscript volume is
addressed to the Governor. Ed.]
\_Statement of Aaroyi Beal and William Follet, 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 24.]
To the Proprietors of Masons Grant
this is to Let You Know tliat whereas it is Reported that M"" Breed
Batchellor Scared Us to Sign the Recantation to the Governor in Regard
to the Complaint we Signed against Monadnock N° 6 and M"^ Breed
Batcheller that the Said Batchellor Said he would Not have us Sign
the Recantation to the Governor if we ware Not Convinced that the
Petition we had signed was Rong
Aaron Beel
William Follet
Cheshire ss monadnock (No 6) Decemb^ y*^ 2"" 1773
Aaron Beel & William Follet Personaly appear'^ & after Due
Caution made Solemn oath that the above by them Signed was the
whole truth So far as had Cum to theire Remembrance
Before Tho^ Frink Just Peaoe
36 CHARTER RECORDS.
[A duplicate of this on page 23 of the manuscript volume i&
addressed to the Governor. Ed.]
[^Deposition of Nathaniel Breeds 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 25.]
To the Proprietors of Masons Grant So Called &c Gentelmen —
on or about the Twelvth Day of Novemb'' 1773 Samuel Blodget Esq""
& m"" James Blanchard Came to my house and said they waire Sent
by y"^ governor & Proprietors of masons grant to take my oath with
others Relative to what 1 Knew Conserning the affairs of monadnock
(No 6) & the proceedings of Ensine Breed Batchelors in S'^ town of
(No 6) Justice Blodget being a Stranger to me & m^ Blanchard no
frind to y'' township I was not free to make oath as they Prodused no
authority from his Exelency or the Proprietors afore mentioned, but
I freely told them what I Knew, but m'' Blodget Said he would make
a Return to the governor that I Dispised authorrity and Say® that I
was Likely to be Impprisoned or Pay a Large fine or both I told him
I was Ready on his Exelency'' Request to appear at Poartsmouth and
make oath to all I Knew Conserning the affairs of (No 6) & when I
Literrogated \\V Blodget about his orders & what they waire that he
had from the Governor he owned he Came onley on m"" Blanchards
Desier : m"" Blanchard Immediate Said that the Governor Sent him ;
on which Blanchard Set Down & wrote two questions the Purport as
followeth Viz 1**^ Did you Ever work oute your taxes or Know any
body Elce working oute theire taxes on m"^ Batchelors Land 2'^' Did
you Ever heare any Person Say they waire unezey with m' Batchelors
for not filling up the township with Setlors or theire making any
Complaint to y*^ Proprietors of masons Pattent against S*^ Batchelor
before m'^ James Blanchard had got the Peapol to Sign a Complaint
against the Proceedings of m^ Batchelor & the Inhabitants of S^^
township on which Justice Blodget administered to me an oath to
answer to y® above questions to the first I answered I never worked
out rav highway tax on m"^ Batchelors Land but oneley what was Due
to m'^ Batchelor for Laying oute the township as to y*^ Second question
I answerd I Could not be Certain but had Some thoughts that About
a year ago I heard a woman Complain for want of Neighbours and
Asked if a Complaint was Sent against m'' Batchelor it would not
Conduse thereto : Justice Blodget Say^ y*^ answers are yeather yea
than nay & So Set it Down yea under y*^ questions : I Desiered Jus-
tice Blodget to Set Down my answers as I gave then but he Refused
NELSON.
37
& neglected to Do it — on the above S'^ Day major willard came to
my house &; Said he was Sent by y*^ Proprietors of masons grant to
take accompt of the Settelments in (No 6) & asked how much I had
Cleared or Chopt over Desiered him to go & View my farmn he Re-
fused & said he would not go over for my whole farmn he Insisted on
my telling I then told he Set Down Ten acres Less than I told him or
Supposed I had Likewise he asked me whether I had any Knowledge
of Sundry other farms in the town for he Said he Could not go to all
the Places off from the Koads & Insisted on my telling him how much
their was on Six or Eight Lott I told him I Did not Know about Sev-
eral of y*^ Places he further Insisted on my Saying when I told him
Possibli So much he Set it Down withoute any further accompt or
Viewing & I think he Set Down Several Places in the town much
under what they had Cleared and according to the Coppy of Maj''
Willard Survay Return'' to S'' Proprietors of masons grant which I
have Seen he Left oute Several Places that have ben work on &
Likewise Sundry Settlers that are on & have ben on Several years &
Likewise one I told him of that he Did not Return & Sundry Dwell-
ing housen —
Nath" Breed
Cheshire ss Monadnock (No 6) Decemb^' y^ 2"' 1773
Natha^' Breed Personaly appeared & after Due Caution made Sol-
emn oath that the above by him Signed was the whole truth So far as
had Cum to his Rembrance
Tho^ Frink Just Peace
[A duplicate of this on page 32 of the manuscript volume is
addressed to the Govei'nor. Ed.]
l^Statemeiit of Berialt Wetmore, 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 27.]
To the Proprietors of Masons Grant —
this is to Let You Know that I heard M"^ Batcheller Say to the
Signers of the Petition or Complaint against M"" Batcheller that the
Governor would send for them it was Likely & if Not he would Peti-
tion to his Excellency to do it and No Doubt he would Do it but ac-
ording to the best of j\Iy Remembrance he Said it after they had
Signed it Except AP adams —
38 CHARTER RECORDS.
Likewise about the 12*^ of Nov"^ Last Esq'' Bloclgit & M' Jame&
Blancliard Came to No Six and Demanded Me to answer On Oath to
what Questions m'' James Blanchard had writ Down & Esq"^ Blodgit
said it Was to favour Us that the Governor Did Not send for Us to
Portsmouth the Question M'" Blanchard Rote was whether I heard
M'' Batchellor threatten the People that signed the Complaint against
J\P Batchellor if they would Not Recant the Complaint against him
to which I answered I Did Not hear him threaten them on which Esq""
Blodgit Said the Oath was Rather Yea then Nay & Set it Down Yea
Under the Question
Beriah Wetmore
Cheshire ss monadnock (No 6) Decemb'" y'^ 2'^'^ 1773
Beriah Whetmore Personaly appeared and after Due Caution made
Solemn oath that the above by him Signed was the whole truth so far
as had Cum to his Rembrance
before Tho* Frink Just Peace
[A duplicate of this on page 26 of the manuscript volume is
addressed to the Governor, Ed.]
[^Statement of John Stroud to Masonian Proprietors, 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 27.]
To the Proprietors of Masons grant &c
Gentelmen
this is to Inform you that m'" James Blanchard was in the Town-
ship of (N° 6) Asked me to Sign a Petion to S'^ Proprietors which
was Send to the Proprietor of masons Grant against the Town of
(no 6) & Ensine Breed Batchelor and offerd me money to y®
amount of upwards of Twenty Pounds Lawfull money if would not
Sign in favour of S'' Batchelor & also he told me that Batchelor
Land would all be taken away from him & given to them that Signed
the Petition in his favour against Batchelor
John Stroud
Cheshire ss monadnock (No 6) Decemb^ y"' 2"' 1773
John Stroude Personaly appeared and after Due Caution made
Solemn oath that the above by him Signed was the whole Truth So
far as had Cum to his Remembrance
before Tho'' Frink Just Peace
NELSON. 39
\_Statement of John Stroud to Governor^ 1773.]
[Masoniaii Papers, Vol. 7, p. 29.]
To His Excellency John Wentworth Esq'"
May it Please y'' Excelency —
This is to inform your Excellencey M"" James Blanchard was in the
Township of N° 6 & Asked me to Sign a petition to y*" Excellencey
which was Sent to y"^ Excellencey against the town of (N" 6) &
Ensine Breed Batchelor but I Declined Signing for him & that the S*^
Blanchard Said he would not have me Sign a Petition to y'' Excel-
lencey in favour of Batchelor & offer'' to Let me have money to the
amount of upwards of Twenty pounds Lawfull money if I would not
Sign S'^ Batchelors Petition to y"^ Excellencey in his favour & allso
he told me that Batchelor' Land would all be taken away & given
to them that Signed the Petition to your Excellency against S' Batch-
elor in his favour
John Stroud
Cheshire ss monadnock (N° 6) Decemb'"y*' 2*^ 1773
John Stroud Personaly appeard and after Due Caution made
Solemn oath the above by him Signed was the whole truth So far as
had Cum to his Rembranee
before Tho* Frink Just Peace
[James Blanchard to G-eorge Jaffrey, 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 30.]
Dunstable 6'^ Dec^ 1773
Worthy Sir
I have Been to Monad'' N° 6 and have Completed the Business
Requested "^ the Proprietors and Shall bring the Papers to Ports-
mouth when the General Court Sits, the Gentlemen Who Went
With me will be at Portsmouth then, & Will be Better Able to Give
the Prop""* a Better Account than Can be given Any other Way M"^
Batchellor is Creating Materials to Exculpate himself by Deceiving
and Imposing on the Governor & the Proprietors : that Shou'd you
give Credit to his Depositions which are mad & Extorted you will
Afterwards find you have been Deceived ; there is Twenty Six
Rights Now Delinquent ; and the plan M'' Batchellor Returned & the
Lines Described to be run ; are not Done, (as I am Informed from
40 CHARTER RECORDS.
the Settlers) Only on M'' Batchellers own Land and the Lines Round
the Township) ; (Tis True) he has not Run tlie Lines of mj^ Rights
as Described on the plan Notwithstanding he has Appropriated a
Considerable Sum for the Survey — I have Inclosed a Copy of One
Deposition As a Specimen of his Conduct the other Depositions Were
Sealed up and Directed to your Honour by the Justice before I had
an Opportunity to Take a Copy — if it Shou'd be Convenient I Shall
be Glad if you woud Communicate the Inclosed to the Proprietors
I am Sir"^ Most Dutifuly and most Respectfully Y" Oblidged Hum-
ble Serv —
James Blanchard
To the Hon'''*' George Jaffrey Esq
[^Deposition of James Bancroft.']
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 31.]
I James Bancroft of Monadnock N° Six Do Testify and Say that I
have been Well Knowing to its being the General Complaint from
the Settlers in s'^ N° 6 against M'' Breed Batchelor for Carying the
major vote & voting the m° for his own Services & the Road not
made & they said they wou'd be Glad to Complain to the Gov'' for
Relief if they Could (for this two Years past) & I Requested of IVP
Batcheller (who Protended to be the Surveyor) to work out my
Taxes on the Roads and m'" Batcheller said (I Sware none of
Blanchards men Shall have the liberty but they shall pay the M° &
I will Make the Roads my Self) & I paid my Taxes '^ James
Blanchard) and Sometime in Octo'' Last M^ Batcheller Came to me
and said I had Signed a Paper Contrary to Law and the Proprietors
had a Good Right to Send for any one y' had signed & Take them
Singularly & make them pay the Cost & it wou'd Cost them a Great
Deal ; & if the People woud Recant & Sign he woud Give them a
Barrel of rum & I was well Knowing to its being Generally said
that the Settlers Were Threatened by m' Batcbellor and that was
the Reason they Signed the Recantation & I have been Will Know-
ing to all the Work Done on the Road & I am very Certain that
it has not Cost ,£12.. 0.. L" M^ at a Reasonable Rate for Laying out
and Clearing all the Roads in the South East Quarter and I heard
(W" Follet Say) M'' Batchellor Requested him to Make Oath that
the Day he Signed the Recantation he m"" Batchellor Did not
Threatten him but that M' Batchellor had before said that Unless he
NELSON. 41
Did Sign he woud Sue him & Tare him in Pieces & he was Oblidged
to Sign it and all the Persons that I Know (or Ever heard) that
Live in the North East Quarter Called Batcheller Quarter are
Nath" Breed Abijah Brown Joseph Stanhope John Stroud W"
Follet Jos: Nichols Abram Griffin & Tho* Upham and Several
others I have been Knowing to & have heard have began Got Dis-
couraged and are Gone off
Earth'' Saith Not James Bancroft
A True Cop}
Sworn before Rob^ Fletcher J. Peace
[A duplicate of this on page 33 of the manuscript volume has the
following additions :]
Province of New Hamp"" jl Dunstable Decern"" 7'^ 1773
County of Hillsbor" \ Then the Subscriber To the foregoing
Deposition James Bancroft Personally Appearing Made Solomn
Oath to the Truth of the above & within Deposition before me
Rob' Fletcher J^ P^
N B the Persons Above jNIentioned who Live or M"' Batchellors
Quarter ar Six families & two Single men who Work there at
Times
M' Batchellor Himself Lives at the South West Corner of the
Town Adjoining to Keene
[^Breed Batchellor to Theodore Atkinson, 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 34.]
may it pleas your Honour & the Gentlemen of masons Grant, the
Last time I had the Pleasure of Being in your Company was not Long
Sense, which was when I was making my Defence against m' Blanch-
ard In Regard of the Complaint against the Proprietors of monad-
nock N° 6, and my Self — for not fullfilling the Conditions of Settle-
ment as was Repersented by m"" Blanchard. — and Knowing that your
Desire is to have all men Rewarded according to there Demerit and
your Honours wonted Disposition to Investigate the truth in all mat-
ters and more Especally in those that Conserns your Honour and the
Gentlemen of masons Proprietors — Emboldens me at this time to
Trouble your Honour and the Proprietors afore said with this Letter
Respecting monadnock N° 6, for it appears to me the Blanchards are
Endeaverino: bv Everv sinister methord thev Can Invent to Destroy
42 CHARTER RECORDS.
my Property and Reputation for it apears now that m*' Jaffrey at the
Request of mes'^* Blanchards which I knew nothing of to be Certain
when I was at Portsmouth had wrote to maj' willard of Keene the
Blanchards Near Kinsman and an Inverate Enemy of mine to make a
survey of what had been actually Done in N° 6. I would not be
understood by your Honour and the Gentlemen of masons Patent to
Impeach m'" Jaffrey of any unfair Dealings for I Dont Suppose that
m' Jatfrey Knew any thing of the affinity before mentioned or maj"^
willards unfriendlyness to me —
In Consequence of which Letter maj'' willard with m*^ James Blanch-
ard and m^' Justice Blodget to Take Depositions Repared to N° 6
while I was at Portsmouth and made such a Survey and Report as they
Thought Proper, which Depositions taken by m"^ Justice Blodget and
maj'' willards Return of the Settlements of Said N° 6, I Sopose you
have Received before now. which S'*^ I think was Very ungenerous in
taking it in my absence in the form they Proceeded — I have here In-
closed Sundry Depositions to Shew the Proseedings of m"" Justice
Blodget maj"" willard & m"" Blanchard on the affair above mentioned.
I therefore Humbly pray that your Honour and the Gentlemen afores'^
would take the Depositions on the affair into your wise Considera-
tion— and When you have Vewed them with maj'' willards Return I
Doubt not but your Honour & Gentlemen will think with me that
there Proseedings are Errigular — and that the Survey of No. 6, is not
taken as it ought to have been taken, and the Depositions Shews m"^
Blanchards Spite and malice on the affair — and Likewise m'' Justice
Blodgets New Fashoned way of Takeing Depositions I therefore now
pray your Honour & the Gentlemen afore said, that the affairs of s'^
Number Six may be put of till the Spring of the year, as it is to Late
for a Committee Properly to take a Survey of N° 6, this wenter and
then I will Endeavor to Procure two or more Desinterested Persons
men of Reputation Viz, maj'' Benj^ Bellows of walpole and Leiu' Benj'"'
Hoit Representtitive for Keene, or any other that you Shall Judge
Proper to Repare to N° 6, take a Survey thereof Inquireing Consern-
ing the Premises in Every Particular, and Report to your Honour and
the Gentlemen aforesaid as they Shall think Right, or Do any thing
Else that your Honour Shall Direct.
m' Blanchard has Reported that he will Return the Right of Samp-
son French Delinquent and Git a Grant to him Self of S'' Right — I
would Beg the Favor of your Honour and the Gentleme afore Said
that there may not be any Grant made of it to him — for the Greater
part of S'^ Right is my Property by Deed —
I therefore Humbly pray that your Honour would be So Kind as to
Lay this Letter with the Depositions before the Gentlemen Proprie-
tors, at your Next meeting —
NELSON. 43
which Kindness I Shall Esteem as a Great Favor
S"^ I am with the Greatest your Honours most Devoted Humb.
Serv''
Breed Batcheller
monadnock N° 6, Dec"^ 11'" 1773—
To the Honourable Theodore Atkinson Esq''
\_Statement of Thomas TJpliam to G-overnoi\ 177'3.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 35.]
may it Pleas your Excellency.
this is to Certifie to your Excellency that I was Present with Ensign
Breed Batcheller, when Sundry of those Persons Signed the Recanta-
tion to your Excellency. In Regard of the Complaint against the
Proprietors of monadnock N° 6, & Said Batcheller, & the said Batch-
eller Shewed them wherein they had Signed to Fallhoods against the
Settlements of s'' N° 6, & him Self — and Said that he would not have
them Sign the Recantation to your Excellency, that unless they ware
Convinced, that the Complaint to your Excellency against S'' N° 6 &
s'^ Batcheller was Rong and Fallse
Thomas upham
Cheshire ss Keene y^' 13"' of Decemb'' 1773
Thomas Upham Personaly appeared and after Due Caution made
Solemn oath that the above by him Signed was the whole truth so far
as had Cum to his Remembrance
before Tho'^ Frink Just Pacis
\_Statement of Thomas Upham to Masonian Proprietors^ 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 35.]
To the Proprietors of masons Grant. —
Gentlemen This is to Certifie that whereas it is Reported by m'"
James Blanchard as I heard that Ensign Breed Batcheller Scart those
Persons that Signed the Recantation to his Excellency In Regard of
the Complaint against the Proprietors of Monadnock N° 6, & said
Batcheller and the s'^ Batcheller Shewed them wherein they had
Signed to Fallshoods against the s'^ N° 6 & him Self & said that he
would not have them Sign the Recantation to his Excellency, that
unless they ware Convinced that the Complaint against s'^ N° 6, & s'^
Batcheller was Ronge & False
Thomas upham
44
CHARTER RECORDS.
Cheshire ss Keene y'' 13"' of Decemb"^ 1773 —
Thomas Upham Personaly appeard and after Due Caution made
Solemn oath that the above by him Signed was the whole truth So
far as had Cum to his Remembrance
before Tho^ Frink Just Peace
[^Condition of Settlements^ 1774.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 36.]
A Survey of the South East Quarter of Monadnock No. 6
Names of the origi-
nal Grantees
Settlers Names
u
<
■a
0
<" S
oj 0
0
<
Jon" Kendals .
David Marshall
m
8
Pole House & Family
Right ....
James Blanchard
9
30
Camp
Jos. Danfords Right .
o
8
CamjD
Tho' McLavvlin' . .
Phin« Stanford
5
—
Family
Right ....
8
5
Board House
Eleaz^ Tvvichel
20
7
Pole House & Family
Jos. Stanford
7
3
Pole House & Family
Alexandf Park' Right
John Adams
15
10
Board House «S; Residant.
Josiah Paries Right .
Aaron Beels
12
15
Pole House & Family
Philip Bilhash
9
6
Pole House & Family
Rob* Park= Right
Jo' Mason
12
10
Board House & Family
Gristmill
Jn° Farwell
6
3
Board House & Family
Jn" Newell
4
Pole House & Family
Jn° Spiny
0
o
Board House & Family
0
13
Camp —
John Hutchinsons
Jos'! Stanford
7
I
Pole House & Family.
Right ....
0
6
Benjii French' Right .
James Bancroft
20
14
Board House & Family
John Chamberlanes .
3
15
Right ....
Sam^ Averett
6
I
Pole House & Family
Beriah Whitmore
12
6
Pole House & Family
James Miller . .
7
2
Camp
NELSON.
45
A Survey of tlie South west Quarter of Monadnock N'' 6.
Names of the Origi-
nal Grantees
Settlers Names
•8
^
OJ
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in
o
SS
u
u
u
(J
<
<
James Ouentons .
Righr . . .
Sam" Farsons
Right . . .
Henry Bemus
John Davis
Joseph Simons
Jonn Libervau
James Philips
Breed Bachellor
3
2
2
2
6
O
13
5
7
I
55
3°
Pole House
Pole House & Family
Pole House & F^amily
Board House & Family
The North west Quorter of Monadnock Nq. 6 is not yet laid out —
neither is there any Settlement.
The Survey of the different Parts of Monadnock No. 6, was made
on the 11*1^ 12^^ 13^^ 14^ Ib"^ & IT"" Days of Jonuery 1774 by Me
Ephraim Heald
A Survey of the North East Quorter of Monadnock N° 6.
Mens Names
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J no Nichols
\Vm Follet
Lot
Lots
Lot
Lot
Thos Upham .
Abijah Brown
Lot
Jos^ Stanhope ....
Nathan^ Breed ....
Nathi Breed Minor aged 20
Jonas Breed Minor aged 16
Lot
Welmons Lot ....
Abraham Griffin ....
John Stroud
Lot
Lot
Lot
I
3
7
7
2
7
12
7
I
6
0
20
i I
4 I
5 S
12
20
2
6
5
12
I
7
2
4
I
8
6
12
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9
20
10
2
10
4
10
3
8
18
15
4
10
30
10
4
9
10
4
5
9
3
0
3
9
0
^7
5
8
7
2
4
5
II
5
4
7
7
7
4
6
I
3
5
12
8
3
5
II
I
ID
Pole House & Family
Pole House & Family
Double Pole House
Board House
Pole House & Residant
Board House & Family
Pole House & Family
> Double Pole House & Family
5 & a Resident
Residant
Pole House & Residant
Pole House
Pole House & Family
Pole House
Pole House Sawmill & Meeting
House
Camp.
46 CHARTER RECORDS.
Pursuant to tlie Request of the Proprietors of the Lands purchased
of John Tufton Mason Esq in the Province of New Hampshere to
Preambulate and View the Tract of Land or Township known by the
name of Manadnock Number Six & to survey and View what Land
was clear'd & Cultivated & Settlements made and what buildings
were on said Tract and the Number of Settlers on said Tract, I have
Perambulated and Viewed said Tract and do report that all the Land
Cleared and Cultivated and Settlements made and the buildings on
said Tract, are describd on this sheet of paper and on what part of
the said Tract of Land and on whose Rights or Lotts they are made
and what Settlers are thereon according to best observation I could
make and do make return thereof accordingly Portsmouth Jan^ 21**
1774—
Ephraim Heald
Province of New Hampshire | Portsm° Jan^ 21** 1774 Then per-
Rockingham — ss — \ sonally appeared before me the
above named Ephraim Heald and made Solem oath to the truth of
the above written Return by him made and Subscribed —
James Stoodly Jus pac
\_Petitio7i of Breed BatcheUor, 1774."]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 37.]
To the Gentlemen Proprietors of masons Grant or the Grantors
of the Township of monadnock N° 6. —
The Petition of Breed Batcheller for & in Behalf of the Proprietors
of Said N° 6—
1 Humbly Pray the Gentlemen Grantors afore Said that the Gran-
tees of Said monadnock N° 6 may have one year to Compleat the
Settling Duties in with my Giving a Bond to Preform the Settling
Duties in one year
2"'"y if the above Request is not Consented to he the S'^ Batcheller
Humbly Pray that there may be a New Committee appointed to Take
a New Survey of S'' N° 6 Next Spring if Done at the S'^ Batchellers
Expence as there is Sundry Settlements Left out and not Returnd
Gentlemen all of which is most Humbly Submited to your wise De-
termination— not Doubting but that you will Consider my Case &
grant me my Request —
I am Gentlemen with the Greatest Respects
your most Humble Serv'
Portsmouth Feb"^ 16"' 1774 Breed Batcheller
NELSON. 47
[^Timefor Settlement Extended^ 1774.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 38.]
Whereas M'' Breed Bachellor Agent for the Proprietors of town of
Monadnock N° six hath given his note bearing even date with these
Presents for the sum of One hundred Pounds Lawful Mony Payable
to George Jaffery Esq^" for the use of the Masonian Proprietors in
Consideration that said Masonian Proprietors allow two Years from
this date to Compleat the Settlement of said town agreeable to the
Charter granted by said Masonian Proprietors, We the Subscribers
ingage in behalf of said Proprietors that said Charter shall be
Lngthen'd out two Years from this date otherwise the Contents of s*^
note shall not be demanded
Portsm*^ y*^ 18"^ Feb> 1774 D. Pvogers J
a Copy — John Penhallow > Committee
W" Whipple )
[^Charter Menewed, 1774.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, Feb. 23, 1774.]
Province of ) Portsmouth February 23'* 1774 Wednesday three
New Hampsh'' ) of the Clock afternoon The Proprietors meet ac-
cording to adjournment —
Whereas Breed Bacheller as Agent for the Grantees of a tract of
land called Manadnock Number Six, hath given a note of hand promis-
ing to pay to George Jaffrey Esq'" for the use of the Masonian Proprie-
tors, the Sum of one hundred pounds lawfull money, in one year from
the 18'^ day of February 1774 with lawfull Interest till paid — which
Sum was intended as a Consideration for Damage the Grantors of
Said Tract of land Sustained, by the Grantees aforesaid, not comply-
ing with and performing the Terms and Conditions of the Grant of
Said Tract of land — upon the Prayer and Request of the Said Bach-
eller, as agent for Said Grantees — and other Considerations, it is re-
solved— and therefore Voted that the Grantees of the Tract of land
Monadnock Number Six aforesaid, and Such as hold under them —
are allowed, and hereb}^ is granted to them the Space of two years
from the 18"' day of February aforesaid, to do and perform all mat-
ters and things conditioned to be done in the Said Grant of Manad-
nock Number Six — and at the Expiration of y*^ two years hereby grant-
ed for the compleating and performing all the Terms conditioned to be
48
CHARTER RECORDS.
performed in Said Manadnock Number Six, in Said Grant mentioned
— if any Neglect or Omission of the performance or complying with
any Article or Term of said Grant — then the forfeiture and reversion
mentioned in Said Grant, to be in full force and Effect, as tho this-
Vote had not passed —
[^Reserved Lots in Nelson^ 1774.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, Feb. 23, 1774.]
Whereas the twenty Shares reserved by y® Grantors, in their Grant
of the Tract of land called Manadnock number Six, for their use, and
for publick uses — are not Severed to each Proprietors share, but three
Shares are marked for the publick use of Said Town, and delineated on
the Plan of said Monadnock Number Six in Ranges & Lotts — Voted that
the two Lotts laid out for each Proprietor or Grantor's Right or share-
be now drawn for at this meeting, and that the two Lotts drawn to each
Proprietors Right, be entered and recorded as drawn, and that the same
Lotts as entered to each Proprietors Right or share, shall be the sev-
erance and determination of the Respective right or share of each
Proprietor, of the Reservation in said Manadnock Number Six and
that three Shares for publick uses for the Town be not drawn for, but
entered in this Record, as they were Severed and noted in the Plan of
the Said twenty reserved shares —
The Draft of the Proprietors Lotts of their Reservation in the
Tract of Land called Manadnock Number Six, and entry of the Lotts
reserved for publick Uses in Said Town
Lots Eange Lots Kange
drawn 1^' To the Right of John Rindge
'^'i . . Law Lot N'' 1
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Blanchard Meserve &>'^
George Jaffrey Esq'
Jotham Odiorne Esq
John Moffatt Esq''
Thomas Walingford Esq' 2
Law Lot N« 2
Richard Wibird Esq''
Solley and March
Thomlinson & Mason
Joshua Peirce Esq''
Peirce and Moore
N° 1 in
4 N°3
in
11
4 in
4 NM
in
6
^c O
4 N°2
—
5
5 —
4 N«5
—
5
1 —
5 N«l
—
6
o
O ■ — ■
10 N°5
—
9
.sq'-2 —
6 NM
—
8
4 —
9 N« 2
—
11
4 —
7 N°3
—
9
3 —
8 N° 2
—
10
1 —
10 N° 1
—
11
2
8 NM
—
11
o
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CHARTER RECORDS.
The above is a plan of the Lord Prop"''* Land Lying in nionadnock
No Six which are Cuppled as follows Viz'
Lots N"
Range
Lots N«
Range
first Settled minister
5
10
5
II
For the use of tlie ministry
I
8
5
8
School Lots
3
5
4
10
The Grantors Lots
I
4
3
1 1
I
5
I
6
2
4
2
5
3
4
4
4
G J-
5
4
5
5
5
6
5
7
4
5
4
6
2
6
4
8
Said Lots are Cuppled according to the
I
7
2
7
Best of my Skill & Judgement
4
9
2
II
^i- Breed Batcheller
4
7
3
9
3
6
3
7
I
9
2
9
I
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II
3
8
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10
2
8
4
II
3
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5
9
[^Improvements in NorlheaM Quarter.'\
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 39.]
North East
Acres
Chop'd
Quarter
Clear'd
Over
Jon^ Nichols —
7 —
7 —
House — Family
Breed Batcheller
12 —
22
House a family has Lived
3 Years
Benj'' Day —
5 —
20 —
House — Talks of Coining
2.
8 —
Breed Batcheller
2
2
W'" Follet—
12 —
8 —
House Building Family
Tho" Upham
6 —
12 —
House — Resident
Abijah Brown
28 —
10 —
House — Family
Elihu Higby
4 —
8 —
Jn° Frink—
2
7 —
Jos : Stanhope
Elias Squire —
Stephen Treat —
Jolm Easterbrook
Nath" Breed
Beiij'^ Nurse —
Wei man
Jno Stroud—
Abraham Griffin
Itlimer Smith.
Bi-eed Batchelle
D° —
NELSON.
1
20 —
16 —
House — Family —
2
4 —
3 —
5 —
8 —
Talks of Coming
45 —
15
House — Family —
2
10 —
House —
7 —
2
House — Talks of Coming
7 —
8 —
House — Family —
12 —
6 —
House — Resedint
1 —
3
Camp —
2
5 —
House mill —
1 —
15.
Camp Built —
51
{^Improvements in Southeast Quarter.']
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 40.]
South East
Quarter
David Marshall —
James Blanehard —
Joseph Eayrs —
Joseph Eayrs (Alies)
Jn° Lund —
Eleazer Twitchel —
Joseph Stanford — ■
John Adams —
Aaron Beels —
Jo*" Mason —
Jn° Far well —
Jn° Newhall—
Jii" Spiny —
Philip Billhash.
Jos'' Stanford —
Ja'* Bancroft —
Sam" Averet —
Beriah Whitmore
Amos Skinner —
Acres Chop'd
Clear'd Over
1.
8.
House — Family
8 —
30
10
— Camp
— Camp — at Work
8 —
House — at Work
25 —
House — Family —
7 —
House — Family —
20 —
House — Resident
20 —
House — Family —
12 —
4 —
House — Family
House — Family
3 —
House — Family
2
House Building — Family
8 —
House — Family —
—
15
Camp— One Grist Mill
7 —
House — Family
20 —
House — Family
7 —
House — Family —
3
13
— —
12 —
6
House — Family
7
2
Camp —
52 CHARTER RECORDS.
NEW BOSTON.
[Granted by Massachusetts Jan. 14, 1735-6, to John Simpson and others. The
grant was confirmed by the Masonian Proprietors Feb. 2, 1748-9. Sometimes
caWtd Lajie's-to^vn 3.wA Boston Fisca/aqiiog Toivtis/iip. Regranted Dec. 24, 175 1,
to Job Lewis and others. Incorporated as New Boston P"eb. 18, 1763, and named
from Boston, Mass. A small tract of land was severed and annexed to Goffstown
June 18, 1836.
See Massachusetts and New Hampshire charters in preceding volumes ; IX,
Bouton Town Papers, 553; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 642; Index to Laws,
395; History, by Elliott C. Cogswell, 1864, pp. 470; sketch, by Neil McLane,
Hurd's History of Hillsborough County, 1885, p. 585 ; Lawrence's N. H. Churches,
1856, p. 229; Articles of Faith and Covenant of First Presbyterian Church, with
history of church and catalogue of members, 1869, pp. 32; Baptist Churches in
N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, pp. 14, 19.]
\_Petltion of Thomas Thomas^ 1748. j
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 42.]
Portsm" Nov-^ V 1748
To y" Gent'" Purchasers & Proprietors of John Tufton Mason
Esqu'' his Right in Lands in New Hampshire —
I y® Subscriber pray your favour that when 3'ou are pleased to grant
that tract of land scituated between New Boston so called & a Town-
ship called N** 7 — You would Suffer me to have two Shares to Settle
upon y'^ Terms that said tract shall be granted upon, and shall be
ready to lay Under Obligation to perform y'' Terms of your grant,
having before y*^ the Indian War built a house and made Considerable
Improvements there your Consideration of my Petition and your fa-
vour therein will very much Oblige
Your most Hum : serv'
Tomas thomas
[^Original Proprietors' Naynes, 1748.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 43.]
SList of the Names of the Proprietors of the Township
Granted by y^ Generall Court of y*" Province of the Massach'*
Lying on y** branches of Piscataquaog River viz'
NEW BOSTON.
Andrew Lane 3 Sliaros
Bvfield Lvde Esq''
John HiirEsq^
John Spooner
John Read Esq-
Samuel Tyley
John Boydell
John Homans
Jon''' Williams 2 shares
Joshua Henshaw Esq'
Benj'^ Clark
Jacob Hurd
James Townsend
W" Salter 2 Shares
Zachariah Jolionnott
Daniel Loring
William Speakman
Thomas Greene 2 Shares
Gilbert Warner
John Larrabee
John Green
Rufus Greene
Tho^ Foster
John Arbuthnott
Jn° & Jon'^ Simpson
Humphrey Keys
James Goold
Joseph Greene
Isaac Walker
Robert Jenkins 2 Shares
Benj'' Bagnald
Richard Checkley
John Maverick
Tho* Hancock
John Carnes
James Halsey
John Steel Esq"^
Charles Coffin
Daniel Pecker 2 Shares
Jon'^ Clark
Henry Howell
Job Lewis Esq'^
Tho^ Bulfinch
John Indicott
John Erving Esq'^
James Day
W" Dudley Esq-^
Edward Durant
W'" Bant
Robert Auchmooty Esq"^
Joseph Wright 2 Shares
John Tyler
Att a Meeting of y*^ Above Proprietors John Hill Esq"" be Desired
when he Comes to Portsmouth to Lay before y® Claimers of Masons
Right y® Above list of s'' Proprietors y*^ Charges they have been at in
Laying out s'^ Township building a Meeting house Saw mill & Sixty
Dwelling houses also Bridges over y*" Tvyo Great Rivers of Nashaway
& Piscataquaog & Clearing Roads & making Cawsways to y® Amount
of Four thousand Five hundred pounds old Tennor in y' Day and as
we are now Inform'd said Township Comes within y*^ Aforesaid Claim
Desire their Favour that we may Go on with the Settlement under s''
Claim Which we shall Do with all Speed & Chearfulness Nottwith-
standing y'' Many Dissapointments & Losses we have Sustain'd by
Reasons of the Warr in which most if nott all y" Houses are burnt
Down
by order of y® Proprietors
Boston Jan>- 20"' 1748
W'" Salter Proprietors Clerk
54 CHARTER RECORDS.
Prov'' of New
u . r ( Portsm° Jan^ 26 1748
Col° John Hill of Boston Esqii"" presenting y" within Request of
y'" Petitioners within mentiond It is Considered by y® Proprietors
that they will grant the within mentioned Tract of land to be laid
out into eighty equal Shares Sixty whereof to be for y® Petitioners
and three of said shares to be Reserved for public Uses and the other
Seventeen shares to be for y*^ Use of y*^ Grantors agreeable to such
Conditions Limitations & Restrictions as lands by Said Proprietors
have been granted upon to Thomas Parker & others and y*^ Clerk to
write to y*' Said Petitioners to inform them hereof —
Gentlemen
at a Meeting of the Proprietors of the Lands purchased of John
Tufton Mason Esqu'^ lyiiig in the Province of New Hampshire on y*^
25"' of last Jan>' Coll° John Hill Esqu'' of Boston preferred a list of
the names of the Proprietors of the Township granted by the general
Court of the Province of the massachusetts lying on the Branches of
Piscataquaog River (which Township he informed us is called New
Boston, with a Declaration of a Considerable Expence they have been
at in Consequence of s'^ grant for the Settlement of Said Tract, and
which they are inform'd lay's within our claim, & that you desire to
proceed in the Settlement of Said Township under our Claim in
mason's Right The Proprietors taking into Consideration your Re-
quest & the motion of Coll° Hill in that Behalfe Resolv'd — That they
will grant the Said Tract of land to be laid out into Eighty equall
shares
\_Proposals of Masonian Proprietors, 1748.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 44. J
Gentlemen
At a Meeting of the Proprietors of the Lands purchased of John
Tufton Mason Esqu"^ ly'i^g in the Province of New Hampshire on the
25"^^ of January last; ColP John Hill Esqu' of Boston preferred a
List of the Names of the Proprietors of the Township, granted by the
general Court of the Province of the Massachusetts, lying on the
Branches of Piscataquaog River ; (which Township he inform'd us is-
Called New Boston) with a Declaration of a considerable Expence
they have been at in Consequence of said Grant, for the Settlement
of Said Tract : which you are inform'd lay's within our Claim under
mason and that you desire to proceed in the Settlement of said Town-
ship under our Claim aforesaid
NEW BOSTON. 55
The Proprietors taking into Consideration your Request and the
Motion of ColP Hill in that behalfe Resolv'd that they will grant
Said tract of land to be laid out into eighty equal Shares or Divisions ;
Sixty of which to be granted to the Petitioners their heirs and
Assigns for ever — and twentj^ Shares to be reserved for the Proprie-
tors the Grantors for their Disposal, and for the Use of the Town — the
said Grant to be made agreable to Such Conditions Restrictions and
Liraittations, as lands by said Proprietors have been granted upon, to
Thomas Parker & others. —
(viz^) That the whole Township be laid out & divided into eighty
equal Shares, each Share into three Lots and numbred with the
Same number on each of said Lots, which Lots to be drawn for at the
same time
The Numbers to begin with one and end with Eighty —
That one of the said twenty Shares reserved to be for the Use of
the first Gospel minister, who Shall be Settled on the Said Tract for
ever &'' —
That one other of Said Twenty Reserved Shares be for the Support
of the Ministry there for ever —
And one other of said twenty Shares reserved to be for the Support
of a School there for ever —
The other Seventeen Shares of Said twenty reserved to be for the
Use of the Proprietors the Grantors their heirs and Assigns for ever
— and to be at no Expence of Settlement till improved by the Owners
or Some Person holding under them Respectively
That the Owners of the Said Sixty Shares shall carry on and make
the Settlement at their own Expence —
All the Lots to be laid out by the last day of May next, ready to
be drawn for, the Lots to be laid out in Ranges where the land will
admitt of it, and land be left for high ways of four Rods wide between
the Ranges & for cross ways between the lots of two Rods wide —
That the first Lots for the first Minister & for the Ministry be laid
out near where the Meeting house is to be built & not drawn for as
the other Lots —
That within one year from the Said last day of may each owner of
the Said Sixty Shares have a house of Sixteen feet Square with
a Chimney & Cellar, upon one of the lots belonging to his Share and
Some person living in Said house and Four Acres of land enclosed
cleared and fitted for mowing or Tillage, and within one year after
that to have four Acres more enclosed cleared & fitted for mowing or
Tillage & at the end of three years from the last day of May next to
have four Acres more enclosed & fitted for mowinti" or Tillaore —
56 CHARTER RECORDS.
That the Settlers at their own Expence build a Meeting house by
the last day of may in the year 1751. fit for publiek Worship —
That Six Acres of land be left & laid out in a Suitable place to
build a meeting house upon, a Burying Yard, a school & other publiek
Uses —
That each owner of the Said Sixty Shares shall at or before the
drawing for their Lots Advance and pay the Sum of thirty pounds
old Tenor (including what they have already advanced towards
carrying on Said Settlement) to be deposited in the hands of Such
persons as the said Owners shall chuse to receive the Same to defrey
the Charge of Surveying and laying out the land into lots building
a meeting house maintaining the publiek Worship the first Six
months, from the End of three years after drawing for Said Lots,
clearing high ways making necessary Bridges, & making and Return-
ing a Compleat Plan of the said Survey & laying out of the lots to
the Grantors —
That all white Pine trees fit for his Majesty's Use for Masting the
Royal Navy be Reserved for that purpose for ever —
That the Owners of the Said Sixty vShares shall have the Use of all
meadows within any of the lots of the twenty Reserved Shares for
the term of five Years commencing at the time of drawing said
Lots —
That no Obstruction or Incumbrance be made or built whereby the
Passage of the Fish may be any ways hindered or Impeded
A grant of a Privilege for a Saw Mill for the Benefit of y*^ Settlers
is also made upon Condition of the Mill being fit to go by the last
day of August next, and Sawing Lumber for the Inhabitants of y®
Town to the halves for tlie Term of Six Years from that time when &
so often as they shall have Occasion
And in Case any of the owners of the said sixty shares shall refuse'
neglect or Omit to perform & fully discharge any y*" Conditions Arti-
cles Matters & Things by him Respectively to be done he shall forfeit
his Right or share in said Town —
And in Case of an Indian War within any of the Terms & Limita-
tions of time above mentioned for performing the Said Articles and
things aforesaid to be done & performed by Said Settlers — then the
Same times to be allowed for the Respective Matters aforesaid after
Such Impediment Shall be removed — and it is to be understood that
y*^ said Lots shall be drawn at Portsm° in y*^ Province of New Hamp-
shire
and Sundry Reservations for Grants of particular Improvem'*
The above are the general Terms & Limitations of the grant of
lands made by the Proprietois for a Township to Thomas Parker and
NEW BOSTON. 57
others wliieli by their Direction is communicated to you by Gent'"
your Humble Serv*
Portsm" Feb> 2'' 1748 Geo : Jaffrey Prop-"^ Clerk
To the Proprietors of a Township called New Boston
\_Masonian Proprietors^ Projjositions Rejected., 1748.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 41.]
Boston March 20"' 1748
S'' I Rec'^ Yours of Feb^ 2"' last with proposalls from y*" Proprie-
tors of Lands purchasd of John Tufton Mason Esq'' desired by them
to be laid before y*" Proprietors of y"" Township Commonly Called
New Boston of which I had sent you by John Hill P^sq'^ their Names,
s'^ Township being Granted to them by y" Generall Court of y" Prov-
ince of the Massachusetts bay, & now in Answer thereto I Inform you
y'^ by order of their Committee I warned y*^ Proprietors thereof to As-
semble & Accordingly on the ninth day of march Instant they did
Assemble when & where I Layd before them s'^ Proposalls which be-
ing Read Sundry times to them and after the Same being fully De-
bated, A Vote being putt Whether they will Accept y*" Same Agreea-
ble to said Claimers Proposalls
It Passed in the Negative
The Above is what I am Directed bv y'' Proprietors to Inform you
of
I am S' Your most Humble Servant
W" Salter Proprietors Clerk
To M"" Georo-e Jaffrev Jun""
\_Petition of Thomas Smith, 1749.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 45.]
To the Hon''"'' The Proprietors & Purchasers of Lands of John
Tufton Mason Esqu'' in New Hampshire
The Memorial of Thomas Smith of Chester in y*" Province of New
Hampshire Humbly shews
Whereas I have purchased a Right in New Boston so called of
Jacob Hurd Gold-Smith of Boston in y'' Prov: of y*" Mass'' Bay and
have Settled or improved Land in Said New Boston for Seven years
past and have a built a house there and am about to Remove myself
58 CHARTER RECORDS.
& Family into Said Land, and have four Sons — young men fit for
improving Lands —
I therefore humbly Petition that your HonV® Propriety would
grant me and my four Sons aforesaid five Rights or shares in said
New Boston and your Petitioner shall every Pray &c &c
Portsm" Ocf 26*^ 1749 Thomas Smith
[^Charter of New Boston, 1751.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 46.]
Province of ) Pursuant to the Power and Authority Granted and
New Hamp"^ \ Vested in me by the Prop''^ of Lands Purchased of
John Tuffton Mason Esq"^ in the Province of New Hampshire by
Their Vote passed at their Meeting Held at Portsmouth in said Prov-
ince the Tenth Day of June 1751:
I do by these Presents on the Terms and Conditions hereafter Ex-
pressed give & Grant all the Right, Title, Property, and Possession of
the Prop'* aforesaid, unto Job Lewis, Henry Howell, John Steel,
Thomas Bullfinch, Robert Jenkins, John Spooner, Benjamin Bagnall,
Samuel Tyley's Heirs, James Townsend's Heirs, Isaac Walker, Joseph
Wright, Elear Boyd, Daniel Pecker, William Dudley's Heirs, Robert
Boyes, Thomas Smith, Thomas Cockran Patrick Doughlass, John
Homans, James Day, James Caldwell, Gilbert Warner, Richard
Checkley's Heirs, James Wilson, Jonathan Clark, William Speak-
man's Heirs, Benjamin's Clark's Heirs, John Ervin, William White,
John Hill Esq"", John Taylor, John M'Callester Edward Durant's
Eleirs, William Bant, John Maverick, Rufus Green, James Halsey,
Daniel Boring's Heirs, Joseph Green, James Hunter, Thomas Wilson,
of in & to that Tract of Land or Township called New Boston in the
Province of New Hampshire Aforesaid of the Contents of Six Miles
broad, and Seven Miles long. Bounded thus. Beginning at a Beach
Tree, the Southeast Corner, and from thence North by the Needle
Two Degrees Westward Six Miles, or untill it comes unto the North-
east Corner, formerly made under the Massachussetts Grant, for the
Northeast Corner of said Tract, And from thence West by the Needle
Two Degrees to y*^ Southward, And from the first Bounds mentioned
the Southeast Corner aforesaid. West by the Needle Two Degrees
Southward Six Miles or untill it meet with Salem Canada line (so
called) and Turning and Runing North — by the Needle Two Degrees
Westward, Two Miles or untill it come to the most Northeasterly
Corner of Salem Canada Township as formerly laid out, then turning
NEW BOSTON. 59
and riming West as aforesaid Two Degrees Southerly so far, And
extending the North Line of the Premisses likewise Westward untill
a Line Paralel with the East Line will include the Contents of Seven
Miles long and Six Miles broad as aforesaid.
To Have and To Hold, To them, their Heirs & Assigns forever,
excepting as aforesaid on the following Terms, Conditions, and Limi-
tations (that is to say) that as the greatest Part of the Tract afore-
said has heretofore been divided into Sixty three Shares, now there-
fore that there be reservec^ for the L^se of the Grantors their Heirs &
Assigns forever, out of the Lands aforesaid already divided Nine
Shares or Sixty third Parts as followeth Viz^ The Home Lotts Num-
ber four. Number Twenty five. Numbers Thirty three, nine, Twenty
Eight, Five, Twenty Nine, Eighteen, and Ten with the several Lotts
annexed to the same, as in the Schedule hereafter, also so much of
the common Lands, or undivided, to be laid out in that Part of said
Tract near the great Meadows, as shall be equal to one half Part of a
Share reserved as aforesaid. Which half Share is appropriated to-
Joseph Blanchard jun'' with the same proportion of the Common Land
each in that Part formerly within the Bounds called New Bos-
ton, exclusive and excepting Five Hundred Acres hereby
Granted and Appropriated to the Grantees to be by them
disposed of for Encouragement for building and Supporting
Mills in said Township, also Reserving unto the Grantors
their Heirs & Assigns, after the Five hundred Acres afore-
said is laid out and compleated in the Common, One Fourth
Part for Quantity and Quality of the Lands by this Grant added
within the Bounds aforesaid, over and above what was contained
within the Bounds of that called New Boston as formerly laid oat,
the said Grantors Parts to be divided Lotted and Coupled together
and drawn for with the Grantees, according to the Number of Shares
as before reserved, so as for the Grantors to have one full Quarter
part as aforesaid, said Work to be finished within Twelve Months
from this Date, at the Charge of the Grantees only. Also that the
Grantors Right in Three of the Shares laid out as aforesaid, be and
hereby is granted and Appropriated free of all Charge, One for the
first settled Minister, One for the Ministry and One for the School
there forever, as they are set down in the Schedule hereafter.
That the aforesaid Reservations for the Grantors, and as well for
Joseph Blanchard jun'' be free from all Dutys, Taxes, Charges, or
Expence whatsoever, untill improved by the Owner or Owners, or
some holding under them —
That all the Lotts in said Township be subject to have all necessary
Roads or Highways laid thro them, as there shall be necessary occa-
sion for, free from Charge of purchasing the same. —
6o
CHARTER RECORDS.
That the Grantees on their parts make Forty five Settlements in
said Township in the following Manner Viz* each to have a House
built of One Room at the least of Sixteen feet Square fitted and fin-
ished for comfortable dwelling in, And Three Acres cleared, Inclosed,
and fitted for mowing or tillage on each of the said forty five Shares
ut or before the first Day of August 1754. And within One Year
afterwards a family or some Person inhabiting there on each Settle-
ment, and to continue Residency there for three Years then next, and
within that terra to fitt four Acres more, each, for mowing, or tillage as
aforesaid. —
That the Grantees build a Meeting House there in four Years from
this date.
That the Grantees at their own Expence, make the Settlement
aforesaid — And within Six Months from this Date assertain the
particular Grantees, who they shall determine to make Settlement
and inhabit there as aforesaid and certifie the same under their Clerks
hand into the Grantors Clerks office. —
And in Case any of the Grantees be Delinquent, who shall be en-
joined the Settlement as aforesaid, or any part of Duty enjoined by
this Grant on such Share hereafter assertained, the whole Share or
Right of such Delinquent shall and hereby is Granted to such of the
Grantees, who shall comply on their parts, provided they fullfiU such
Delinquents Duty in two Years after each period next coming, that
such duty should have been done, and on their Neglect then all such
Delinquents rights or Shares to revert to the Grantors their Heirs and
Assigns free and clear from all future Charges thereon —
That the Grantees hold under the Conditions herein the several
Lotts of Upland and Meadow already laid out in said Township, as
sett forth in the Schedule annexed, and the future Divisions to be as-
sertained by and according to the Massachusetts Grant to them or
their Vendors.
That one Home lott (so called) viz* Number Sixty be set and relin-
quish'd unto John & Jonathan Simpson's Assignee, Joseph Wright,
ahvays provided and on this Condition only that he build, clear, In-
close & settle a Family on said Lott, according to the periods, and
several Articles of Duty enjoined and Specified for one of the forty
five rights aforesaid, and this Settlement to be over and above the
said forty five, and in case of failure or Neglect of any Part of y''
said Duty, the said Lott N° Sixty to revert to the Grantees and
Grantors in common to be Apportioned with the other common Lands.
Also provided that y'' said Wright or his Assigns, pay the propor-
tionable part of Charge for that Lott, in carrying forward the Settle-
ment.—
NEW BOSTON.
6l
That the Grantees or their Assigns, at any publick meeting called
for that Purpose by a Majority of Votes of the Interest present^
Grant, and Assess such further Sura or Sums of Money, as they shall
think necessary, for compleating, and carrying forward the Settlem^
aforesaid from Time to Time, and all other necessary Charges, untill
the same shall be incorporated. —
And every of the Grantees who shall refuse, and neglect making
payment of their respective Sums and Taxes, for the Space of three
Months next after such Tax or assessment shall be granted and made
That then so much of Such Delinquents Right respectively, shall
and msij be sold as will pay the Tax or Taxes, and all charges arising
thereon by a Committee to be appointed by the Grantees for that
purpose.
That all White pine Trees fitt for masting his Majesty's Royall
Nav3% growing on said Tract of Land, be and hereby are granted to
his Majest)'^ his Heirs and Successors forever. —
And as a further Condition of this Grant, that the Grantees herein
mentioned wnthin three Months from the Date hereof, Sign ifie their
consent and Acceptance as well as their fullfillment and conformity to
the whole of the Conditions herein specified by counter signing these
Premises with their Hands and Seals, and on failure thereof to receive
no Benefitt by the aforewritten Grant. Always provided there be no
Indian Warr, within any of the Terms and Limitations aforesaid, for
doing the Duty conditioned in this Grant, and in case that should
happen, the same Time to be allowed for the respective Duties, mat-
ters, and things as aforesaid, after such impediment shall be re-
moved.—
To all which Premisses Joseph Blanchard Agent for and in behalf
of the said Grantors, on the One Part, and the Grantees on the other
Part have hereunto Interchangeably sett our Hands and Seals, this
Twenty fourth Day of December 1751. —
John Hill
seal]
Rob* Jenkins
"seal"
Jonathan Clarke
seal]
Sam^ Checkley
"seal"
William Blair Townsend
seal]
Job Lewis
seal"
James Halsey
seal]
John Steel
seal"
John Erving
seal]
Gilb' Warner
seal"
Joseph Green
seal]
Isaac Loring
^seal"
Isaac Walker
[seal]
Samuel Swift for
John Homans
[seal]
S. Tyleys heirs
[seal]
Hannah Speakman
[seal]
James Day
[seal]
John Maverick
[seal]
Tho** Bulfinch
[seal]
Will'" Bant
[seal]
patrick douglass
[seal]
62
CHARTER RECORDS.
Rufus Greene [seal]
John Phillips Execu'
to Benj'^ Clark's last will [seal]
John Spooner [seal]
Beny' Tyler in be-
half of my father
John Tyler [seal]
Dan' Pecker [seal]
Henry Howell [seal]
Joseph Wright [seal]
his
william X white
mark
John macallester
James wilson
thomas Willson
Eliezer Boyd
Tho* Cochran
James Caldwell
Robert Boyes
James Hunter
Benj'^ Bagnall
Joseph Richards in behalf of Con' Dudleys Eyers
Robert Boyes for Edward Durents hairs
[seal]
[seal]
[seal]
[seal]
[seal]
[seal]
[seal]
[seal]
[seal]
[seal]
[seal]
[seal]
Grantees Names
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Job Lewis ........
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43
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Henry Howell
6
22
124
John Steel Esq"" .
26
39
107
Thomas Bullfinch
I
98
117
Robert Jenkins .
45
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John Spooner
3
35
Benjamin Bagnall
13
59
38
Samuel Tyley's heirs .
40
17
113
James Townsend's heirs
47
76
82
47
Isaac Walker
105
119
Joseph Wright
61
40
21
60
Eleazar Boyd
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6
48
Daniel Pecker
3
74
91
William Dudley's heirs
44
57
93
44
Joseph Wright .
62
55
13
62
Robert Boyes
54
46
106
54
Thomas Cochrean
16
14
10
16
Thomas Cochrean
2
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65
John Homan
26
30
27
Jonathan Clark .
5
25
Thomas Cochrean
20
77
63
James Day .
17
67
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17
Robert Jenkins .
7
49
Gilbert Warner .
80
89
Benja Clarks heirs
53
109
9
53
Will™ Speakmans heirs
15
18
27
15
Robert Boyes
7
54
103
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34
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26
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John Ervin Esq^
48
68
109
48
John Hill Esq'' .
8
2
John McCallester
19
23
Edward Durant's heirs
92
56
John Tyler .
88
81
James Halsey
41
121
William Bant
59
52
102
59
John Maverick .
30
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112
Rufus Green
24
32
62
Daniel Loring's heirs .
52
73
90
Daniel Pecker
23
4
24
James Huntur
99
116
Joseph Green
8
15
104
Publick Right for y* Grantee
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19
33
96
First Ministers Lott
63
70
161
Ministry
64
36
123
School Right
65
53
79
Patrick Doughlass
22
94
64
William White .
31
115
James Caldwell .
51
86
James Caldwell .
20
72
James Caldwell .
27
37
James Wilson
12
75
84
James Wilson
16
114
James Wilson
125
85
Thomas Wilson .
13
66
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Thomas Smith .
21
Joseph Wright .
60
Robert Boyes Esqr
58
58
38
46
46
50
31
31
57
57
32
32
27
37
51
42
42
56
56
45
45
39
55
55
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CHARTER RECORDS.
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Lotts Reserved to the Grantors-
To Joseph Blanchard junr ^ Right to be lay'd out
with 2 Lotts in the great Meadow
41
43
49
4
78
«3
25
29
108
33
42
71
28
«7
122
5
95
118
9
120
126
29
69
60
18
44
12
10
28
50
41
43
61
33
The afoiewritten Schedule is a true Draught of the Lotts as they
now stand granted by this Charter, the Home lotts were laid out for
Fifty Acres of the best Land and qualified for poor land with a larger
Quantity, the Second Division contain two Lotts for each Share of
One hundred and fifty three Acres each —
As returned ^ Robert Boyes Esq'' authorized by the Grantees for
that Purpose. —
The Date within I the said Joseph Blanchard in behalf of the
Grantors, further engage to the Grantees, their Heirs and Assigns.
If need be to defend thro the Law to King and Council, One Action
that shall or may be brought against them or any Number of them,
by any Person or Persons claiming the said Land or any Part thereof,
by any other Title, than that of the said Grantors, or that by which
they hold and derive theirs from, provided the Grantors are avouched
in to defend the same. And in Case the same shall be recovered over
against the Grantors the said Grantees shall recover nothing over
against the Grantors for the said Land, Improvements, or Expences
in bring^' forward the Settlement &c — As Witness my Hand & Seal
Joseph Blanchard & a Seal
The above is a True Copy Exarain'd
■^ William Blair Townsend
Prop'^ Clerk—
NEW BOSTON. 65
\_Reserved Lots, 1754.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, March 27, 1754.]
The Draft of the Proprietors Shares & Rights in the Tract of Land
called New Boston — viz^ according to Plan as drawn
viz^ 1st cii-awn N° 18, to .Joshua Peirce Esqu'^ & Daniel Peirce Esqu''
& Mary Moore
2 5 to Joseph Blanchard Esqu'" & Coll° Meserve & Comp'"'
3 29. to Theodore Atkinson Esqu' & John Wentwortli Esqu"^
4 28. to Mess" Thoralinson & Mason & jNIess'" SoUey & March
5 33. to Thomas Wallingford Esqu^ & Thomas Packer Esqu-^
6 4 to Mark Hunking Wentworth Esqu'' & Jothara Odi-
orne Esqu'^^ Right
7 10 to Richard Wibird Esqu'' & George Jaffrey —
8 25 to John Moffatt Esqu^ & M^ John Rindge
9 9 to Mathew Livermore Esqu' & William Parker Esqu"^
\_James CaldtvelVs Improvements^ 1759.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 47.]
These may Certifie all whom it may concern That on the Twenty
second Day of March A D 1759 I the subscriber (at the Desire of
M"" James Caldwell of Londonderry in the Province of New Hamp-
shire) Took a view of the Improvements done on a Certain Tract of
land Laid out to Joseph Blanchard Esq'" Lying in that Tract of land
Commonly called New Boston New Addition and I find one Famely
liveing on the same (viz) John Carson with his wife and four Chil-
dren in a house made of Round Loggs about Twenty feet squar
with a Chimney made of stones and about Eight or nine Acres of
Land under improvement for plowing with a young orchard of abouc
fifty Apple trees with the frame of a house of about 26 or 28 feet in
length and 20 D° in breadth with 4000 feet of boards as said Carson
said lying at said frame and a Cellar under the same and 14 Neat
Cattle and a horse and the said Carson said he cut the hay on said
land that keeps them with and said Carson told me that there was at
first a famely settled on the same along with him but was Moved
away and that there was a famely to come and live on said farm alono-
with him as soon as the snow was so much gone as that they could
66 CHARTER RECORDS.
get up Said Farm is said to be sold by said Joseph Blanchard Esq"^ to
his Hon" Father and by him to said James Caldwell and by him to
said John Carson
Math"' Patten
At a Meeting of y' Proprietors held 28"^ Sept^ 1759 The Proprietors
desire Geo : Jaffrey Prop"^* Clerk to write to y** Grantees of New Bos-
ton and acquaint them that S'' Prop'^* are Content that the Improvem'*
made by Ja* Calwell within New Boston be in full for his Settling
one of y® forty five shares conditioned in their Grant of New Boston
&c^
[^CaldivelVs Settlements Accepted, 1759.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 48.]
Gent'"
M"" James Calwell having manifested to the Proprietors of y® Lands
purchased of John Tufton Mason Esq"" that he has made two Settle-
ments within the Tract of Land granted to you by y*^ name of New
Boston — & altho' either of the Said Settlements he has made is not
upon one of the forty five Settlements Conditioned in y* Grant made
to you by ColP Blanchard Deceas'd in our behalf, but as the two
Settlements made on Said Calwells Lands within Said New Boston is
more than equivalent to Settlement of one of the forty five Settle-
ments Conditioned as aforesaid — The Proprietors have ordered &
directed me to Signif}'^ to y'* Grantees of New Boston that they are
willing & desirous to Accept of m"^ James Cal well's Settlements
within Said New Boston as the fulfilling y* Condition of Settlement
•of one of the forty five Settlements to be made within Said New Bos-
ton, and also desire that Said Calwell may not be called upon for the
Settling his Lot in one of the forty five Settling Lotts So as to incurr
the forfeiture or Penalty for not Complying as aforesaid — by order
and direction of the Proprietors
I am y' Humb"' Serv'
Portsm« Sept^ 29"' 1759 Geo : Jaffrey Prop'^* CI
To the Grantees of New Boston within Mason's Patent in new
Hampsh''
NEW BOSTON. 67
[^Ayiswe)' to Masonian Proprietors^ 1759,]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 49.]
Boston Nov-^ 24*" 1759—
Gen"
We Receiv'd yours of the 29'^ Sej:)tem'^ but Yesterday, About
James Calwells forfited Rights in New Boston, by which find he has
Impos'd on you, as he has on us, by false Misrepresentations from
time to time & only trifled with us all to Avoid the forfiture of his
Lands, which in Justice Should been two, for want of Duty done
on both which Misrepresentations we have and Can Confront him in
being well know'n to all the Inhabitance, there, who thought us too
favourable in the Affair & was his own fault and owing to his Negli-
gence as haveing allways Notice years before by which might pre-
vented it.
We have proceeded in every Step Agreeable to Law and our Char-
ter— and Blam'd by the Inhabitance for Shew^ too much Lenity.
After 2 or 3 years time, for Returning the Duty done on Each Lott,
we Advertised and Chose a Committee — Viz' John Hill & Rob' Boyce
Esq'- Rob' Jenkins & Tho*^ Cochran who proceeded over Each Lot
throughout the Town, A Twell Month After: given Notice for their
view, (In order for the Accomplishment of Duty omitf^ on the view,
found Calwell had 3 Rights in the 45 to perform Duty of Settlement,
one of which found Agreeable, the other two nothing preform'd Ex-
cept one or Two Acres of Trees Cut Down and there Lay without
Houses Built or any other Improvement at all, Accordingly on the
Return we forfited only one in full Meeting, who Insisted on both but
through Lenity we gave Six Months Longer to Compleat them and
Stade near 12 INIonths after. Still found nothing done, then we Ad-
vertis'd at sundry times the forfited Lots & Numbers to be Sold,
which a Considerable time After Sold at Vandue to the highest bid-
der with some others to the Satisfaction of the Inhabitance for the
Benifet of the whole Consern'd
He pretended by Selling John Cassen a Right in the New Addision
some Years ago which he now Lives on, by which one of his Lotts
was to Answer, the Duty done and Said he Sold it and Agreed it Ac-
cordingly, on which we pointed it and Agreed to Refer it to Cassen
an be Govern'd by the Bargin made with him and Likewise Leave it
to M'^ Atkenson and the Proprietors, on Cassens Appearance he De-
clar'd there was nothing in it, but bought it of him at a high Price
without any taulk thought or Agreement of Covering any Lott but
what then bou' which he now Lives on, by which may perceive his
Trifeling on all Sides So Gen" as we have no Sinister Views, but to
Act for the good of the whole. As your Interest is Equaly Consern'd
68 CHARTER RECORDS.
— hope you wont Interfear, If you Should It might Lead Us into
many Illconvenances so as to Discourage in our Duty — As to what is
Done is to the Satisfaction of the present Settlers, whom in Generall
we meet a few weeks ago in Chelmsford and all Agreeable & mostly
Condem'nd Calwells proceedings as Acting only with a View of
Stockjobing y^ Land and thought both Lotts Should have been for-
fited as all Three belongs to the 45 to be Returnd —
We Shall forward the Settlement as fast as Possible & Agreed to
Build a Meeting House and Cut Conveanant Roads through all Parts
of The Town which will Make it very Valueable Soon &: may De-
pend Shall not be wanting in our Duty to forward it, though with
much time & Trouble on Us from the begining, the Lott Cant be
Recall'd as farely Sold with Others and Recorded, and warranted by
the Proprietors to be made good, M'' Boyce Cochran & many others
Can Inform more Perticulers, which we now Omit & Air
Gen" Your HV^ Ser^^
James Halsey ) f e
Jonathan Clarke > r^ -4.1.
T-, , t T , . I Committee
Kob* Jenknis )
To George Jeifery Esq' In behalf of y*^ Gen"^ Proprietors of Mas-
sons Clame In New Hampshire
[John Hill to Proprietors^ 1763.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 50.]
Boston August 22-1763
S'' I Greatfuly Acknowledg Your favour of the tenth Instant it
Gave me Great satisfaction to find my Grant of Hillbrough to be five
year before the Vote Impowering Col° Blanchard to Make the Grant
to Baldwin of the farm I mentioned — S'' please to present my Com-
plents to the Gentlemen proprietors of Alasons Clame — I think it my
Duty to Inform them — that some time ago as I was Journeing to New
Boston I man unknown to me stopt me on the Road and told me he
had a mind to Go & Setle on some of the Lands between New Bos-
ton & Hillbrough he ask;d my advice if he did wither they Could
amove him or put him to trouble — I advised him by No
means to do it, If he did he would sertanly bring himself
into Difecultys — since which about a week ago one of the
setlers of Hillbrough was at my House in Boston and Told rae one
Garret Rowen of New-Boston had Cutt the Medows that Lie;s be-
tween New-Boston & Hillbrough that my setleres had Cutt Several
times before and was a great servis to them in there first going on —
NEW BOSTON. 69
when thay Inquired of him the said Rowen upon what Account he
Cut them — he told them he had got a grant of five hundred Acres of
s'' Land from the proprietors by my means & my Recommending him
to the Gentlemen — which thay must be sensable is Absolutly fallse —
for I Never say the said Rowen in my life to my Knowledg Except
he be the man I mentioned above that mett me on the Road — as the
above affare of Rowen Semes to be fall;s and without foundation—
and as the said Meddows will be servisable to the setlers of Hill-
brough in there first settlement until there Lands are more bro;t to
Eing'lish grass — I Humble begg the favour of the Gentlemen Proprie-
tors if thay have not allready made a grant of s' Medows — that thay
would make me a grant of Said medows — for the Use of the setlers of
Hiilbrough and for the more forwarding the Setlement — until thay
otherways dispose of them or Improve them for there own Use and as
in dutv bound shall Ever pray
John Hill
S'^ please to present this to the Gentlemen proprietors — and you;l
Greatly Oblige Your Very Humble Servent
John Hill
please to Make the Grant to me for the Use above
\_Rohert Jenkins to Proprietors, 1772.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 51.]
Boston June 8 1772
Sir
Y'' Rec-' of 25 Untemat : & Obserive y® Contents : You Say y^
Proprietors of Masons Patten are Dissatisfied in y® laying out y*" land
in N Boston Town & Adisstion I Should be glad you'^ point Out
wherein thay have done wrong If thare is A Mistake I am Sattisfied
thaye are Ignorant of It & done nothing but what thay Are willing &
Ready to Rectify : but as Col" Blanchaid Settled y" whole Affair &
Set of ye Mason Share in y*" addistion & y*" plan Was Signed : Ex-
cepted by Y'^ Self as Clark to jMasson Proprietors The Boston Pro-
prietors Allways Understood what Col" Blancherd had done which he
had full Power to do from Mason Proprietors was fully to y*" Sattis-
faction to Mason Proprietores & thay allways thought Masson Propri-
etors was Intirely Sattisfied as thay had Excepted the Plan & had
made No Objections to It for So long a Space time but as time doth
Not Rectitie wrongs tliay are & will be Ready to doe whats Right &
just between y*' S'^ Proprietors Nottwithstanding y*^ hard treatment M"^
Price Oxnerd & Self Meet with in y*" Affair of New Concord &c :
70
CHARTER RECORDS.
After Exspending So much mony time & laiighbour & brought it
neigh a Close of Settehiient of Neigh 30 familys ready to go On :
And At last Chounch'' Out of It by Dissuite & lyes If nothing
worse but we have Not Yet given it Up or Over Entending as We
have Encouragement to Searcth to the Bottom of y*^ Clame As y*'
town might now been Settled As well as New Boston If justice had
been done As it Should from
Sir Y^ Injured frind
Rob* Jenkins
Direct Y^ Litters post free As ntring in Stock to Answare y®
Charge Direct in my Absance to m'^ Lewis Deblois in Boston
[Pla7i of Common Land., 1772.]
This Plan Discribes the Common land in New Boston that lies
South of the Great Medow So Called, and leiut. John Smiths land
lay'd in a scale of thirty Perch to an Inch, lay'd out under the Care of
]VP Thomas Cockran ]\P James Caldwell and Capt. Robert Moor Com-
mittee for the Proprietors of Said New Boston August the 27"' A D
1772
This Certifies that this is a true Plan as above
Per William Clark Survayer of land
NEW BOSTON.
[^Plan of Neiv Boston and Addition.']
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[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 52.]
Amherst New Hampshire September O**" 1772
We the Subscribers, comf^ for the management of the prudential
affairs of New Boston, raett this day, and as the grantors. Viz' the
proprietors of Masons clame, have not as yet had there reservation of
a quarter part of the new addition land of New Boston set of to
them ; We have, and do sett of to the said Grantors the following
Lots, Viz' Lot N° two, Lot N'' five. Lot N° fourteen. Lot N° seventeen,
each containing one hundi'ed Acres, as laid out, and may be seen on
the Plan of said Town. Allso N° one, N° two, N<» three, and N° four,
being the farm that lieth in the south west corner of the said new
addition ; being one hundred Acres each, which contains the whole of
said farm. Allso N° five, N° six, N° seven, N° eight, each of said Lots
containing one hundred and seven Acres, and three fourths of an Acre,
which lieth in, and is contained in the farm, and is one quarter of said
72 CHARTER RECORDS.
farms lying in the soutli east corner of the said additional Land, as laid
out in the Plan of said town. Allso N" nine, N° ten, N° eleven, contain-
ing one hundred Acres each ; and N° twelve containing fifty Acres, as
by the Plan herewith inclosed. This whole plan, as it is laid out by M'"
Clarke, the surveyor, contains twelve Acres more, than three hundred
and fifty Acres. And as you will draw Lots for them, each proprie-
tor has his chance for the Lots, be the same more or less. Perhaps
the Grantors may conjecter there may be some design, that the Lot
N° six which was one of the Lots, that was agreed for, the reservation
was not in this return, the reason is, it was unknown to John Hill
Esq' when he agreed that, to be one of the Lots. He did not then
know that it was set of to the Minister of the town, the Rev'^ M"^
Moor, for his part of the addition land. And the hundred Acres,
now contained in the Plan, in the room of N° six, is much better than
that, as M'^ Clarke the surveyor will acquaint you.
Gentlemen. We the Com'*''* have undertakin to do this, without
calling the proprietors togeather, for these reasons, first, it would
have been attended with considerable trouble and expence ; and if
they had met, & we could not have got a vote, as is possible, by rea-
son of diferant Minds you must have had your remedy in the Law ;
which would have been expensive to both. And as the Com'*^*^ have
now laid them out and you take possession ; Nobody can ever disturb
you. Besides wee think that sufficient power lyeth with the commit-
tee to do what we have done.
John Hill J
Thomas Cochran > Committee
James Caldwell )
To the Grantors of Masons Clarae
[^Draft of Reserved Lots in Addition, 1772.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, Nov. 4, 1772, and Masonian Papers,
Vol. 7, p. 55.]
Province of ) Portsmouth November 4'^ 1772. Wednesday
New Hampshire j three of the Clock afternoon at the dwelling house
of James Stoodly Esq'^ Innholder the Proprietors meet according to
adjournment —
Whereas John Hill Esq'^ Thomas Cochran and James Caldwell the
Committee of the Grantees of New Boston hath made a Return of
NEW BOSTON.
73
Plans of the Proprietors the Grantor's Reservation in the New Bos-
ton addition, which Return of the Said Committee is accepted, and
therefore — Voted that the Lots returned for the fifteen Proprietors
shares be now drawn for at this Meeting and that the fifteen lots
drawn to the Rights of the fifteen Proprietors be Severed by Said
draft & be to them their Heirs and assigns in Severalty, as they shall
be drawn and entered to them — and also that the Lot N° twelve as
returned in one of Said Plans, reputed to contain about forty four
Acres, be the Same more or less, is reserved out of the draft of Said
Lots, and that the Same shall be Sold by order & direction of Said
Proprietors, and the Sum it shall be Sold for, be distributed to y*"
owners of the fifteen Proprietors Rights —
The Draft of the Lots in New Boston addition and entered to the
Rights of the fifteen Proprietors — viz' —
1"' drawn to the Right of Richard Wibird Esq"" —
2'' — to the Right of Joshua Peirce Esq"^ —
in s° East Corner
— to Daniel Peirce Esq"' & Mary Moor —
— to m"^ John Rindge —
— to Mark Hunks Wentworth Esq""—
— to Mess^* Solly and March—
— to George Jaffrey Esq'' —
— to Theodore Atkinson Esq"^ —
— to John Moffat Esq" —
to the Right of Thomas Packer Esq' —
— to the Right of Tho^ Walingford Esq'—
in S° west Corner
to mess'* Meserve Blanchard and Comp'"-
to the Right of Jotham Odiorne Esq' — .
to mess'* Thomlinson and Mason —
to the Right of John Wentworth Esq' —
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14th
15
N° 3 —
5 —
6
7
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9
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CHARTER RECORDS.
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Thai JPlans JDcsci 1-Ae.s iAc Gna-niovi 'Pcseivafioni
Zn'tAat Pari of Tlcw Boston ^nonn ^y iht Tlo-me. of
fAi (xidLiiicn and is Lax-d Do<^n. in u Sca^c of one nu.r
died. Tiods Co a.n znca
Tcr Wiii'" Clark 5u.,.ayc,
\_Petition of Samuel Atkinson., 1778.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 53.]
To the Honrable Committee for the Proprietors of the Lands Pur-
chased of John Tuften mason Esqr. in the State of Newhampshire,
Gentlemen, the Petetion of Samuel Atkenson, who humbly Sheweth
that your Petitioner Some years Past Did Sundry Servises for S'^
Proprietors in Carying on the Proprietors Lawsuit in Sundry Corts,
with the Strongest Encouragement of haveing a Sattisfaction in Land,
which your Petetioner has Never yet had — your Petetioner Now
Prays for a Small Range of Land adjoyning to Alexandria Adition,
which wos threw a mistake Run out and market by the Proprietors
of S*^ Adition, which Range of Land your Petetioner would Settle
uppon Terms Advantagious to S'^ Proprietors, and your Petetioner
as in Duty Bound Shall Ever Pray
June 25"" 1778 Sam^ Atkinson
NEW BOSTON. 75
\_Se)'vices and Petition of Samuel Atkinson, 1779.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 53.]
Servises Done by Samuel Atkinson foi- the Proprietors of Mason
Pattent So Called, in the year 1772 —
to Attending Court as an Evedence at Severall Terms and Travel-
ing to and from Court —
to a Journey from Exeter to Newchester to Summons Evedence
to fifteen Days Takeing Possession of all ye Lots in Alexandria
Horse hire & Expences
1779 February 25'^' To the Proprietors of the Lands Purchased of
John Tufton Mason Esqr. in Newhampshire, Gentlemen — the Petetion
of Samuel Atkinson, who Humbly Sheweth that your Petetioner Did
the above Services which weare Attended with uncoman Fatigue Cost
& Trouble. — but Performed with a full Expectation of being well
Rewarded for Said Servises by y** Proprietors, by their Grant of
Some Land which wos Promised by Some proprietors which has Not
yet been Done, your Petetioner humbly Prays that your Honours
would Take this Case into their Consideration and Grant your
Petetioner Such Consideration in Land in the Range Adjoyning
Alexandria Adition, as your Honours think Proper and your Perti-
tionor as in Dutey Bound Shall Ever Pray
Sam" Atkinson
\_'Jonas Minors Recommendation, 1779.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 54.]
Portsmouth Feb^^ 25'^ 1779
Sir, I hope you will See that Cap' Atkinson is Sattisfied for his Ser-
vises Done for y*^ Mason Proprietors, which to my Knowledge wos Cost-
ley hard & Very Fatigueing — whom if you Reward well, will I am Per-
swaded for y*" future be willing to Do you any Servises, which you
may Need — these from Sir your most humble Ser'
Jonas Minot
To M"^ John Penhollow
76 CHARTER RECORDS.
\^Petitio7i of Thomas Smith.'\
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 54.]
Province of ) To the Proprietors of the Land Purchased of
New Hampsh'^ ) John Tufton Mason Esq"^ in Said Province
Humbly Shews Thomas Smith of New Boston So Called in Said
Province That about four or five Years ago the Said Proprietors
Gi'anted to him five Rights in Said New Boston to him & his four
Sons Since which Robert Boyes Esq Claims one of them that your
Petitioner has lived there 12 Years Come August next & has made
Considerable Improvements there but has never had a Copy of the
Grant made to him as afores'^ whereby to Quiet him in his possession
wherefore he Prays that the Premises may be Inquired into & that he
may have what was So Granted to him he also Prays that you would
Grant to him that Gore of Land lying between Hales Town & Said
New Boston on which he has also made Some Improvements for him
& his four Sons w*^'^ they are willing to Purchase at the Value & Im-
mediately Settle for all w*^^^ Your Petitioner shall pray &c —
Thomas Smith
Resolved in y'' negative
NEWBURY.
[Granted by the Masonian Proprietors to James Minot, Jr., and others as
Dantzic, June 4, 1753. Regranted Feb. 5, 1772, to John Fisher. Incorpor-
ated as Fishersheld Nov. 27, 1778, and named in honor of John Fisher. The
present name was adopted June 28, 1837, to take effect July 4, 1837. The
Masonian grant of Hereford Aug. 7, 1754, was included within these limits.
Newbury was taken from Cheshire County and annexed to Hillsborough at the
time of incorporation, and became a part of Merrimack County on its formation.
A portion of the town was included in the limits of Goshen, incorporated Dec. 27,
1791. Two tracts of land were severed and annexed to Bradford, one Dec. 6,
1796, and the other June 23, 1859.
See XII, Hammond Town Papers, 662 ; Index to Laws, 188, 403; sketch by
N. C. Lear, Hurd's History of Merrimack County, 1885, p. 415 ; Stewart's History
of the Free Baptists, 1862, p. 252 ; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 400.]
\_G'harter of Dantzic^ VlbZ.'\
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 56.]
Province of \ Pursuant to the Power & Authority Granted &
New Hamp'^ \ vested in me the Subscriber by the Prop'^* of Lands
purchased of John Tuffton Mason Esq"" in the Province of New Hamp''
NEWBURY. 77
bv their vote passed at their meeting held at Portsm° in s'' Province
the Sixth day of December 1751
I do by these Presents on the Terms and Limetations with the
Reservations here after expressed give & grant all the Right Title
Property & Possession of the Prop""* afores'^ unto James Minott Jun''
Jabez Hatch John Martain Willfret Fisher Tho'' Downe Tho^ Down
Jun'' Ebenezer Stevenes Benj'^ Stevenes Hugh Sunderlin John Mel-
lidy James Bulkley John Deney Tho^ Hake John Haskins Rob^ Ers-
kins John Wai-dell Sara^ adams Joseph adams Joseph Elson Benj^
White John Hill Jun-" Will'" Hill Henry Maxwell Hill, John Fowle
Jun"" James Fowle Jun'' Josiah Fowle Lenoard Fowle Jere'' Gridley
Esq^ John Fowle Esq^ Jn° Hill Esq"" Isaac Colburn Will"" Cox Jona-
than Butterfield Charles Cox Oliver Colburn W"' Eayres Benj''^ Far-
well Will'" Harris Jonathan Farwell Beny' Thomson Samuel Searles
Eleaz'^ Farwell Sam' Hueston Philip Olerike Joseph Peirce Will'"
Parker Jun"" Caleb page Edward Russell Tho^ Parker Jun'' & Abeel
Richardson of In & to that Tract of Land or Township lying in the
Province of New Hamp'' afores'^ Containing Twenty three thousand
and Forty acres Bounded a followeth Begining at the Southwest Cor-
ner of the Premises in the Western Line of Masons Patant as Lately
run fifty one miles & a Quarter northerly in the Course of the Patant
line from y*^ northern boundarys of y^ Massachusetts, from thence
runing south 65 Degrees East Six miles and an half to a tree marked
from thence North 42 Degrees East three miles and three Quarters to
a tree marked from thence N. 46 Degrees East two miles and three
Quarters to a tree marked from thence North 65 Degrees West Six
miles & an half to the s'^ Patant Line from thence by the Said Patant
line to the first Bounds mentioned which Tract of Land is called
Dantzwick —
To them their Heirs & Assigns To Have & to Hold on the follow-
ing Terms & Conditions with the Reservations hereinafter expressed
viz' that the Tract or Township afores'' be devided into one Hundred
& twenty three Equal Shares two Lotts at the Least to Each Share
to be finished & drawn for in Sone equitable Manner at or Before
the Last day of November 1755
That three of the afores'' Shares be & hereby are granted free from
Charge one for the first Setled Minister one for the ministry & one
for the School there forever
That twenty more of the s'^ Shares be Reserved for the Grantors
their Heirs & Assigns forever & Aquited from all Duty and Charge
untill Improved by the owners or Some Holding under them Re-
spectively—
That the owners of the other Shares make Setlem'^ at their own
78 CHARTER RECORDS.
Expence in y® following Manner viz' Each Grantee at the Expiration
of five Yeares from the Last Day of November next after the Date
Hereof have three acres Parcell of his Right respectively clered in-
closed & fitted for mowing or Tillage, three Acres more clered In-
closed & fitted as afores'' then Next annually for three Yeares & at
the End of three Yeares which will be on the Last Day of Novem''
1761 have each a dwelling house built & finished fit & Comfortable
for a famaly to Dwell in & a family or Some Person to inhabit & con-
tinue Inhabitancy there for three Yeares then Next coming —
That a conveniant Meeting house be built in Said Township with-
in Eight Yeares from this Date and ten Acres of Land Reserved
there for Public Use, That the Lands in Said Township belonging to
Grantors & Grantees be Subjected to have all Necessary Highways
lay'd thr8 y'" as there Shall be Ocation for the future
That the Afores'' Grantees their Heirs or Assignes by a Maj' Vote
in public meeting called for that Purpose grant & assess in Eaqual
Proportion such sum or sums of money as they shall think necessary
for Carrying forward & Compleating the setlem' Afors'^ & every of
the Grantees (Exclusive of the three Public Lotts) or his Assigne
Who Shall Neglect for the space of sixty Days after Such Assessment
Shall be granted to pay the Same so much of Such Delinq'* Right
Shall & may be Sold as will pay the Respective Taxes and all Charges
ariseing thereon, by a Com*^*^ to be appointed by the Grantees or their
Assignees for that purpose and In Case any of the Grantees or their
assignees Shall Neglect or Refuse to perform any of the articles Mat-
ters or things Afores'' by him Respectively to be don he Shall forfit
his Right in said Township & every part thereof to those of the
grantees or their Imeadiate assignes who Shall have Complyed with
the Conditions on their part Herein Expressed as it Shall and may be
LawfuU for them or any Person by their Authority to enter Into and
upon the Right of Such Delinq' owners and any and every part in the
Name and Behalf of the whole of the Grantees or their Imeadiate As-
signes Who Shall Comply as afores'^ to amove oust and Expell for the
Use of them their Heirs and Assignes provided they Settle or Cause
to be Settled Each Such Delinq'* Right within the Term of one Year
at the furthest from the Periods this is by this Instrument Stipulated
to be Don as the Condition of this Grant and fulh^ Comply with the
Whole Duty Such Delinq' ought to have Don within one Year from
time to time After the Respective periods thereof and In Case the
Grantees or their assignees fullfilling on their parts as afore'^ Shall
Neglect fullfilling as afores'^ the Duty of any Delinq' owner as afores'^
then Such Right or part Shall be forfit Revert & Belong to the
grantors their Heirs and Assignes and be WhoUey at their Disposeal
NEWBURY. 79
allways provided there be no Indian War within any of the Terms
afores'^ for Doing the Duty Conditioned in the Grant and in Case that
Should Happen the Same Time to be allowed for the Respective mat-
ters afores'^ after Such Impidiment Shall be Removed
Lastly that all White pine trees fit for Masting his jNIajestys Royal
Navy growing on s'^ Tract of Land be and Hereby are granted to his
Majesty his Heirs and Successors forever to all Which Premises I
Joseph Blanchard agent for and In Behalf of the prop" the Grantors
have here unto set my hand and seal this fourth Day of June in the
Twenty Sxth Year of His Majestys Reign Annoq Domini 1763 —
Joseph Blanchard [l. s.]
A True Coppy Examined
^ Robert Fletcher Proprietors Clerk
l_Aceeptance of Charter, 1753.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 57.]
Att a meeting of the Prop" (the Grantees) of the tract of Land or
Township Called Dantzwick in the Province of New Hampshire held
at Dunstable the twelfth day of July — 1753 —
The following vote passed Unanimously —
Whereas the Prop" of Lands in the Province of New Hampshire
purchased by them of John Tufton Mason Esq who Sold them under
the title made by a Comon recovery did on the fourth day of June
1753 Grant the Quantity of twenty three thousand & forty acres (by
Estimation part of S'' Lands Bounded as followeth Begining at the
Southwesterly Corner of the Premises on the Western line of Masons
Patent as Lately run forty Six: miles and a Quarter northwardly in
the Course of the Patent line from the Northern Boundary of the
massachusetts from thence runing South Sixty five degrees east Six
miles And an half to a tree marked from thence north forty two deg*^*^*
East three miles And three Quarters to a tree marked from thence
north forty Six deg* east two miles and a Quarter to a tree marked
from thence north Sixty five dg'^ west Six miles And An half to the
S'^ Patent line from thence by the S'' Patent line to the first Bounds
mentioned Which tract of Land or Township is Called Dantzwick.
Unto James Minot Jun' Jabez Hatch John jNIartin Welfrett Fisher
Thomas Down Jun"^ Eben'^ Stevens Benj^ Stevens Hugh Sunderlin
John Melledy James Bulkley John Denney Thomas Hake John
Haskins Robert Erskins John Wardwell Samuel Adams Joseph Adams
Joseph Elson Benjamin White John Hill Jun'' William Hill Henr}^
8o
CHARTER RECORDS.
Maxwell Hill John Fowle Jun'' James Fowle Jun"" Josiah Fowle Leon-
ard Towle Jerrymiah Gridley Esq John Fowle John Hill Esq'' Isaac
Colburn William Cox Jonathan Butterfield Charles Cox Oliver Col-
burn William Eayres Benj'^ Farwell William Harris Jonathan Farwell
Benjamin Tompson Sam^ Searles Eleazer Farwell Samuel Huston
Phillip Olerick Joseph Peirce William Parker Jun^' Caleb Page
Edward Russell Thomas Parker Jun'' & Abiel Richardson under Cer-
tain Conditions Limitations & Reservations in S"* Grant mentioned As
by Refference thereto will fully Appear Therefore voted —
That wee do hereby Accept S'' Title And for our Selves our Heirs
And assigns do acknowledge that we hold said lands under Said Title
Conditions & Limitations with the Reservations Therein Mentioned —
Extract from y*^ votes Exam'^ '^ J Blanchard Mod*"
Copy from the Files Examined "^
Robert Fletcher Proprietors Clerk —
\_Plan of Dantzic, 1753.]
, ,^rv . '^
1
•f. ,
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■; J ^
[Charter of Hereford, Aug. 7, 1754.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 58.]
Province of ) Pursuant to the Power And Authority Granted
NewHamp'' \ And vested in me by the Prop"' of Lands purchased
of John Tufton Mason Esq in the Province of New Hampshire by
their vote pass'd at their meeting held at Ports" the Sixth day of
December 1751 —
NEWBURY. 8l
I do by these presents on the terms Conditions & Limitations with
the Reservations herein After Express'd Give And Grant all the
Right title property & possession of the prop" afores'^ in the following
pi'oportions of Inteiest viz'' unto Robert Jenkings of Boston Merchant
One full Sixth & One full twelfth part Unto Jeremiah Gridley Esq
One full Sixth part & unto M"^ Henry Price One full Sixth part, both
of Boston afores'^ & unto M'' Robert Fletcher Jun'' of Dunstable One
Sixth part & unto Capt Peter Prescott of Concord One full Sixth &
One full twenty fifth part & to Benjamin Hatch & James Hatch both
of Boston One fiftheth part each Of in And to that tract of Land
Lying in the Province of New Hamp"^ afores'^ Containing by Esti-
mation twenty four Thousand Acres be it more or less Bounded as
followeth — Begining at tlie Southwesterly Corner of a tract of Land
Called Dantzick the western line of Masons Patent As lately run
forty Six miles And a quarter in the Course of the S'^ Patent line,
Northerly from the northern Boundary of the Massachusetts And
Runs from thence in the Soutlierly line of Dantzick afores'^ South
Sixty five degrees East untill it Litersects a line of that tract of Land
Called Perrys town And from thence by s'^ Perrys town*^ Westerly
bounds till it Comes to the Southwesterly Corner thereof, And from
thence South five And An half Degrees East two miles And An half
to a Beech tree marked from thence South Eighty four and an Half
degrees west About one mile And three quarters to the Northeasterly
Corner of that tract of Land Called New Concord (or Manad"^ N° 8),
and from thence westerly by the Northern line of the S'^ New Con-
cord to the Northwesterly Corner thereof in the Afores'^ Patent line
And from thence runing northerly in the Afores'' Patent line
to the first Bounds mentioned which S'^ tract of Land is & hence for-
ward Shall be Called Hereford, To Have and To Hold to the afore
named Grantees their Heirs and Assigns According their Severall
And Respective Interests as afore Specified, On the following terms
and Conditions with the Reservations herein After express'd viz'' —
That There be One Hundred And twenty three lotts Lay'd out in
s'' tract of As Equall valine as may be Situation And Goodness of
Land Considered none to be less than Thirty Acres nor none more
than fifty in the most Convenient place within the S'' tract for making
Settlement of a town, And drawn for in Some Open Equitable man-
ner Att or before the last day of August 1756 —
That the Remainder of S'' tract (Exclusive of the Barron Moun-
tains which is Supposed to be About Five Thousand Acres) be
Divided in the most Equitable Manner they Can into One Hundred
And Twenty three Shares of Equal vallue As near as may be and
82 CHARTER RECORDS.
Drawn for in manner As afores'^ within One Year at Farthest next
After ten men Shall be Settled & Inhabit On S'* tract —
That the Remaining part of s'^ tract in like manner be Divided &
Drawn for when the s'^ Grantors & Grantees by majority of votes
According to Interest Shall Determin
That three of the Afores'' Shares be And hereby Are Granted
free from Charge One for the first Setled minister One for the
Ministry And One for the School there forever
That twenty More of the S'^ Shares Accounting An Hundred and
Twenty Third part to a Share be Reserved to and for the Grantors
their Heirs And Assigns forever And Acquitted from all duty and
Charge untill Improved by the Owners or Some holding under them
Respectively —
That the Afores'' Jeremiah Gridley Henry Price & Robert Fletcher
make five Settlements each, every of which Settlement on One Sep-
erate lott of the first to be lay'd Out as afores'' Respectively & in
like manner That Cap' Peter Prescott make four Settlements Benj*
Hatch & James Hatch Two Settlements each & Robert Jenkings
Seven Settlements in the following manner. — viz"^ that at or before
the expiration of five years from the date hereof they Respectively on
Each lott where each Such Settlement is to be made have three Acres
Clered Inclosed And fitted for mowing or tillage three Acres more
then next Annually Clered Inclosed & fitted for mowing or tillage as
afores'' for three years then next — And That at the end of three
Years and four months from the first Period of Improvements which
will be on the Seventh day of December 1762 they have On Each
Such Settlement a Dwelling house fitted and finished for Com-
fortable Dwelling in And a family or Some person Inhabit & Con-
tinue Inhabitancy there for three Years then next Coming —
Also that Jeremiah Gridley Henry Price Robert Fletcher &
Peter Prescott make two Settlements more Each in Manner afores*^
to be Compleated And finished at or before the first day of Decem-
ber 1766 — And That the S'' Robert Jenkins at the Same period &
in like Manner have three more Settlements Compleated & finished
which Settlements Severally to be made on One lot Respectively
That a Convenient Meeting house be built in the most Conven-
ient place, for the first Settlers, On S'' tract within Eight Years
from this date & finished & ten Acres of Land Reserved there for
publick Use —
That the afores'' Grantees their Heirs or assigns by a major vote
Grant And Assess Such further Sum or Sums of money as they
Shall Think necessary for Carrying forward And Compleating the
Settlement Afores'' & every of the Grantees (exclusive of the
NEWBURY. 83
three publick lotts) or liis Assignee who Shall neglect for the Space
of Sixty days after Such Tax Shall be granted to pay his Respec-
tive Proportion Therein so much of Such Delinquents Right or
Share Shall & may be Sold as will pay the Respective taxes And all
Charges Ariseing Thereon by a Com'itte to be Appointed by the
Grantees or their Assignees for that purpose
And in Case the Grantees or Any of their Assignees Shall neglect
or Refuse to Perform Any of the Articles matters & Things afoi'es''
by him Respectively to be done he Shall forfeit his Right & part in
S*^ Township to those of the Grantees or those of their Imediate
Assignees who Shall not be Delinquent on their parts, And it Shall
And may be Lawfull for them or Any person or Persons by Their
Authority to Enter into And upon the Right of Such Delinquent
Owner And Any & every part thereof & him or them to Amove
Oust & expell for their use their heirs & Assigns Provided they
Settle or Cause to be Settled & Comply with the whole duty Such
Delinquent Owner Ought to have done Avithin the term of One Year
at the Furthest from the Severall Periods that is by this Instrument
Stipulated to be done as the Condition of this grant
And in case the Grantees or their Assignees fullfilling On Their
parts as afores'' Shall neglect fullfilling the Duty of any Delinquent
Owner as afores'^ that then all Such Right and Interest part and
parts That Such Delinquent grantee and his Assigns hold or might
hold in consequence of this grant Shall be forfeit Revert and belong
to the Grantors their Heirs and Assigns and be wholly at Their dis-
posall
Always Provided there be no Indian war within Any of The
Terms afores^^ for doing the duty conditioned in this grant & in Case
that Should Happen the Same time to be Allowed for the Respec-
tive Matters afores'* after Such Impediment Shall be Removed —
Lastly That all White pine trees fit for masting his Majest^^s
Royall Navy Growing On Said tract of Land be and hereby are
Granted to his Majesty his Heirs And Successors forever
To all Which Premises I Joseph Blanchard for and in behalf of the
Prop''** the Grantors have hereunto Sett my hand & Seal this Seventh
day of August in the twenty eighth Year of his Majestys Reign
A D. 1754
Memorandum before Signing and Executing this Instrument Any
thing beforewritten to the Contrary Notwithstanding — it is to be
understood — That, That tract of Land aforementioned Called
Dantzick is Supposed to lap and Interfere with that tract Called
Perrys town And the true Intent And design of the Grantors is, that
the Prop"^ of Dantzick Should hold & Enjoy the Same quantity as is
84 CHARTER RECORDS.
by their grant Sett forth & if prejudiced or Ehided by Any Prior
Grant, to be Recompensed witli Equall Quantity of Land On their
Southerly line Bounding Easterly On Perrys Town Westerly on y''
Patent line And Southerly by a parell line with the Southerly line of
Dantzick Including Such quantity by that line And there being Only
Perrys town that Interferes, therefore Within the Bounds Specified
in this grant is Reserved to the Order & Direction of the Grantors
in the form afores'^ so much Land as the S'^ Dantzick Interferes or
Lap's on S*^ Perrys town Accordingly
Signed Sealed & Deliv' Joseph Blanchard | L. S. [
In presence of ' -^ — '
Tempel Kendall
David Aadames
A True Copy Examined by
Peter Prescott Prop" Clerk
l^AccejJtance of Charter, 1754.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 59.]
Whereas Joseph Blanchard Esq'' as agent for & in Behalf of y*^
Prop" of the Lands Laying' in the Province of New Hampshire,
Purchased by them of John Tufton Mason Esq^ Who Sold them
under the Title Made by a Common Recovery Did on v^ Seventh
Day of August 1754 Grant the Quantity of Twenty four Thousand
Acres Bounded as Followeth Begining at y*^ Southwest Corner of a
Tract of Land Called Danzick on y*' Western Line of Masons Pattent
as Lately Run Forty Six Miles and a Quarter in y® Course of y*^ Said
Pattent Line Northerly from the Northern Bounderys of y^ Massa-
chusets and runs from thence on the Southerly Line of Danzick
afores'^ South Sixty five Degrees East untill it Intersects a Line of
that Tract of Land Called Perrys Town and from thence by Said
Perrys Town Westerly Bounds Till it comes to y*^ Southwesterly
Corner thereof and from thence South five and an half Degrees
East two Miles and an half to a Beach Tree, from thence South
Eighty four and an half degrees West about one Mile and three
Quarters to the Northeast Corner of that Tract of Land Called New
Concord or Monadnock N° Eight and from thence Westerly by*^
Northern Line of y" aforesaid New Concord to y*" Northwestwardly
Corner thereof in y*^ aforesaid Pattent Line and from thence runing
Northerly by y*^ Said Pattent Line to y*^ first Bounds Mentioned
NEWBURY. 05
under Certain Conditions, Limetations & Reservations in S'^ Grant
mention'd as by S'' Grant Refference thereto will fully appear unto
Rob' Jenkins Jeremiah Gridley Esq"" Henery Price, Robert Fletcher
Ju' Peter Prescott, Benjamin Hatch & James Hatch. —
Therefore unanimously Voted that we do hereby accept Said Title
and for our Selves our Heirs And assigns Do Acknowledge that we
do hold Said Lands under Said Title Conditions and Limetations
with the Reservations therein Mentioned Extract from the Votes of
the Prop'* of y*' Township Called Hereford at their Meeting August
j« 8"' 1754
Copy Examined p'" Peter Prescott Prop''* Cle"^
This certifies that Cap* Peter Prescott after his choice to y*^ office
of Prop'^'' Clerk in y*" Propriety of y* Township of Hereford was
Sworn to y*" faithfull Discharge of that Trust —
Before Joseph Blanchard J* p*
Copy Examin'^ P"" Peter Prescott p''* Cle'
[^Petition of Crrantees of Hereford, 1768.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 60.]
To the Hon'^^® the Proprietors of Mason's Patent
The Memorial of Henry Price Esq"' On behalf of himself &
Associates Humbly Shews
That some time in the Year 1755 Your Memorialists obf a Grant
under said Patent of a Township in Menadnoc N° 9. known by the
name of Hereford under certain Limitations & reservations which
by reason of the War in the first part of the time, & the Inaccessi-
bility of Roads in the Latter Your Memorialists have not hitherto
been able to comply with, and conclude the said Grant forfeited.
That inasmuch as (notwithstanding the premises) Your Memorial-
ist & associates have been at great Expence in laying out & Survey-
ing to the Amount of £50. lawful. And as Your Memorialists are
now extreamly desirous to settle the same Township according to
Charter & have it fully in their Power (with Y^our Honours leave)
now so to do
They pray a Confirmation of the same Grant, And shall Ever
pray &c
Portsmouth Henry Price
24"' March 1768. Rob' Jenkins
for Selfs & Associates
86
CHARTER RECORDS.
[^Petition for Grant.']
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 61.]
Province of ) To the Honourable the Purchasers of the Claim
New Hampshire \ of John Tufton Mason Esq"^ in New Hampshire. —
We the Subscribers Inhabitants of the Town of Merrymac in said
Province having a great mind to promote the Settlement, Cultiva-
tion, and Improvement, of the Land that Lyes unimproved in said
Province belonging to your Honours, We do Humbly request your
Honours to grant us a Certain Tract of Land lying North from Hills-
borrough about Fifteen or Twenty Miles near a Pond called Sanapy
Pond which Tract of Land lyes Invironed in with Mountains on every
side, and is near Fifteen Miles from any Settlements and has hitherto
been Esteemed of Little Value, which we presume is the reason it
has not yet been petitioned for or granted.
But we think that if your Honors would be so kind as to grant us
a Tract of Land there Containing Six Miles Square it will be a
Means of Promoting and Improveing the uncultivated Lands in Said
Province and we hope of no Disadvantage to your Honours — Your Pe-
titioners in Duty bound will ever Pray. —
Merrimack Octo' 21** 1768.
John Neal
Benj'^ Hassell
Henry Parkinson
Elezer Usher
Joseph McClenche
Tho^ Clark
Willam melven
Jesse Willson
Andrew Shannon
thomas Gillis
John Alld
Timothy Taylor
thomas mCluer
Robert Usher
Harris Ellery Fudger
John Thompson
Will"' Gibson
Beiij'^ Goold
Solomon Hutchinson
W'" Usher
James Cochran
John Patten
Timothy Clark
John Stearns
James Clark
Jonathan willson
William Howard
Eben-^ Hill
David Ttruel
George Lancey
Hugh gillis
Ebenezer Parker
Samuel Spaulding
William Neal
Willi'" Patten
Abner Hutchinson
William Patten juner
John m'Clenche
David Hubbard
James Underwood
John Combs
Abel Hassall
Jacob willson
Alexander Orr
Amos Truel
John taggard
Thomas Cowan
daniel Stearns
William Thompson
James Taylor
NEWBURY.
87
[Another Petition for Grants 1769.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 61.]
/ To the Honourable the Purchasers of the
j Claim of John Tufton Mason Esq"^ in said Prov-
Province of
New Hampshire
ince
We the Subscribers Humbly request your Honours would be so
good as to Grant us a Tract of Land bounded Southerly by Hills-
borrough & Campden Westerly by the Curve line, Northerly by
Sanapy Pond (so Called) and Easterly by Perrys Town (so Called)
& New Bradford (so Called) being a Gore of Land left there, which
piece of Land we Humbly Request your Honours would be so good
as to Grant to us as it will be a means of forwarding the Settlement
of your Land in this Province and we hope Beneficial to us — Your
Petitioners in Duty Bound will ever Pray —
Merrymack March 6"' 1769
John Neal
James Alld
Henry Paikinson
John Combs
Jonathan Willson
Willom Patten
John alld
James Underwood
Jacob Willson
John Patten
William Patten Juner David trwl
Abner Hutchinson
Daniel Stearns -
Ephraim Hildrith
John Stearns
W'" Gibson
John M'^Clenche
James Cochran
William Thompson
Francis Dimon
John Goffe
Thomas Mitchell
Thomas Clark
willam mcluer J""
John taggart
William Usher
Ebenezer Parker
Joseph M'Clenche
Timothy Clarke
William Lloward
Eliph' Neal
Amos Truel
James Nichols
W" M'Cluer
William Alld
Harris Ellery Fudger
Elezer Usher
Jesse Willson
George Lancey
Solomon Hutchinson
William Neal
Thomas Cowan
Ebenezer Hills
James Taylor
Thomas M'Cluer
Robert Usher
John Quigely
Samuel Spaulding
James Clark
william mitchel
Jon'^ Moulton
[Plan and Petition for Grant, 1769.]
Wyseman Clagett Esq"" Sir
Please to inform the Purchasers of the Claim of John Tufton
Mason Esq'^ that there was a Petition Lodg'd in the Office of George
Jaifery Esq"" for a Tract of Land Lying North of Hillsborrough (about
88
CHARTER RECORDS.
Three Months past) which Petition was Sign'd by the Inhabitants
of Merrymac, and they were afterwards informed that a Township
lying thereabonts was Promised to Mattliew Thornton and Stephen
Holland Esq"^'' The said Petitioners were afterwards to the Cost of
sending up three Persons and Viewing the Township which the said
Thornton & Holland had Run Round & Spotted, & found that there
was near Land enough left between that Tract & the Curve Line to
make a Township, which the said Petitioners would be very glad to
Obtain, and we the Subscribers in Behalf of said Petitioners would
be much Obliged to you if you'l be so good as to Present our Peti-
tion to their Honours and pray them to Grant said Tract to us
We are with due Regard Your Very Humble Serv'*
Portsm° March 11"' 1769 " John Neal
John Quigely
To meet on Wednesday
><•■• v^
fcrrys T.r.
J^,iu,.
'-^'^ /WMac,,„ufk Tlu^h,, SiK ?/o/lK
\_Vote of Masonian Propr'ietors\ 1770.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 62.]
At a Meeting of y^ Proprietors of y*^ Lands purchased of Jn° Tufton
Mason Esq"' in New Hampsh"" Convened at y'' Request of Maj'' Ezek^
Price at Portsm° on Fryday y*' 8"' day of June 1770 —
In Conference on y*" Subject of a grant of y" forfeited Tract of land
formerly granted by y^ name of Hereford — It was concluded that
maj'' Price at his own Expense get a true Plan made by actual Survey
by a Skillfull Surveyor of s'' Hereford by y'' bounds as expressed in y*"
former grant, and describing in y*^ Plan the large Rivers Ponds, and
NEWBURY. 89
large mountains not fit for any proportionable Lot or share in S'' Tracts
and to have y" lines on any other Town granted described and to have
y'' whole laid out into five hundred Acre Lots as equaly laid out as
may be with a Suitable Reservation for y*" first minister — and for y**
ministry, and for a School for a meeting House Training Field bury-
ing Gi'ound &c and to have a particular description of y'' whole ex-
pressed in y*" Plan — and y*^ Same to be perform'd & Returned to Said
Proprietors by y^ 20"' day of September next
attest Geo : Jaffrey CP
\_IIenry Price to George Jaffrey^ 1770. ]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 63.]
Boston Sep"^ 10 : 1770
Sir/ As the Orders 1 Rec'^ of your Honour Was to Return a Survey
of Hereford by the 20th of this Instant I aplyed to M' Robert Fletcher
in time but liea Was Soe Ingadged in Beiesness that liea Could Not
Attend tell the Begining of October I Considered Noe Survoyer Can
Doe that Perticulor Work Soe Well as hea I have a Mind to be very
Correct in the Watter as Well as the Lime of perrys town Soe I hope
by the time hea is redy the Leaves Will fall and the town Will be
B"^etter Laid Out and the Rode Better Made for Basing Nothing Shall
be Wanting on My Part to Give the Lords proprioters the best Dis-
covery I Can of the Lands thare abouts in the Mean Wheile Gentel-
men 1 Remeain your Obediant Hura^'^'' Sar'
Henry Price
N : B : My Compliment to your Lady Wee Seem to have a Deall
of News its Said Oar Cassell is in the Kings hand and Our Charter is
Not Much Better then Gon all the Men of Warr from Hallafax are
Coming to Boston With the troops
[Henri/ Price to George Jaffrey^ 1770.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 64.]
Boston Nov''^ 19 : 1770
Sir/ I have Wrote to you by INP John Wendell of Ports Mouth Con-
serning the Setteling of Hereford Which I Should be glad to be Laid
before the proprieter the Only Way is to Intrest INP Wendell on this
go CHARTER RECORDS.
Side the pattern Line Which May bring him to a trew way of think-
ing it Was Col" Lutchwich opinnion When I went up With him M'
Wendell Will Inform the Lords proprietors More of Our Converta-
tion More plain then 1 Can Right Soe I Rest the Whole With you and
Sir Remeain your Most Obediant Hum''' Sar' allways to Comand —
Henry Price
[^Heiiry Price to Proprietors, 1770.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol, 7, p. 65.]
Boston Nov'" 19 1770
Gent"—
I wrote y'^ Hon'"^ some time Agoe That I would proceed to Herri-
ford to lay Out &c When M"" Flecher could Attend who promiss me
y^ Second week in Octo' — I left word At his house for him to Send
me word to Col" Lutwich'' what time he could Attend bute when I
got thare could Not hear Any Ace*'' of him : Nor Since : Only that he
could Not Attend at all : I find y*" Committee had Agread with a Man
to Clear y*^ Roads through Herriford: As I belive thare Duty So to
doe
M"^ John Wendell of Port"' will take Care to pay the Men for Clear-
ing y*" roads & See y^ Town lay'^ Out & A proper plane Exhibeted to
y*^ Proprietors Accordeng to y*^ Instructions Given Me & he will give
in bond for that performance : If A Charter Can be given him &
Me : — As he is better Acquained with y*' people on that part of y''
Country then I Can possable be : So y'' town may Soon be Settled by
him & Me So Reffar y*^ Whole to y-^ Hon^^ Judgment: & think with
my Own to be the best for all partys Conseirn'^ So Conclude with y'"
Cora'^* & remain
Gent"' y Most Obed* hum^ Ser'
Henry Price
To y*" Hon' y'' Proprietors of Masson Clame In New Hamp*"
\_Petition of Jonas Minot, 1771.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 6>5.^
To the Hon''^'' Theodore Atkinson Esq' and others Proprietors of
Mason's Patent so called —
NEWBURY. 91
The humble Petition of Jonas iNIinot of Concord in the County of
Middle"" & Prov'^ of the Massachusets Bay for himself & in Behalf of
others —
Praying the Grant of a Township of Land within said Patent com-
monly called Hereford upon the Curve Line, which Town he would
take upon Conditions as advantageous to the Grantors as any hereto-
fore granted, and will engage to fulfil said Conditions on his Part —
Portsm° June 24'" 1771 Jonas Minott
\_Petition of John Fisher, 1771.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 67.]
To the Hon'''*^ Theodore Atkinson Esq'' and the other Gentlemen
Purchasers of Masons Patent the Petition of John Fisher sheweth
That being some time since informed that the Township of Herre-
ford within the said Patent was forfeited by the former Grantees for
default of performing the Conditions of the Grant but that a Promise
had been made to the said Grantees Price & Jenkins of a Regrant of
the said Town — That your Petitioner on the strength of that Promise
have been and still is in Treaty with the said Grantees for their Claim
for that Town — Your Petitioner therefore prays that your Honors
will grant to him and his Associates the said Township, and he is
ready to enter into any securities for the immediate settlement of the
said Town and for the fulfilling of such Terms as Your Honors shall
think fit
and your Petitioner shall ever pray &°
Portsm° 24"^ June 1771. J Fisher
\_Charter of Fishersfield, 1772.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, Feb. 5, 1772.]
Voted that there be and hereby is granted (on the Terms Condi-
tions and Limitations herein after declared) unto John Fisher of
Salem in the County of Essex and Province of the Massachusetts Bay
Esq'^ all the Right, Title, Interest, Claim Property and Demand of
Said Proprietors in and unto a certain Tract of Land in said Province,
now known by the name of Fishersfield, twenty two thousand Acres
more or less bounded as follow's viz*^^ Begining at a Beach Tree marked
92 CHARTER RECORDS.
Standing in the Curve line of Mason's Patent so called, thence run-
ning South eighty degrees east Seven miles and one hundred and forty
four Rods to a Beach tree marked, thence north thirty degrees east
one mile and a half to Parry's town South line so called, from thence
South eighty five degrees West Sixty Rods to a white Oak tree the
South West corner of Parry's Town thence north Sixteen degrees
West on Said Parrystown line Six miles and two hundred and forty
Six rods to a beach tree the north west Corner of Parrys town, then
West one mile and one hundred rods to Sunnapee Pond and to meet
the Curve line in the Pond, thence Southerly on Said line to the west
Side of Said pond, thence Six miles and one half to the first men-
tioned bounds on Said Curve line-To Have and to Hold the Said
Granted and Bargained Premises with all the Privileges and Appur-
tenances to him the Said John Fisher his Heirs and assigns to his and
their proper use benefit and behoof on the following Terms and Con-
ditions and on no other viz*^ That one Third of the Said Tract of Land
be reserved and appropriated to the use of the Said Proprietors the
Grantors in these Presents exempted freed and discharged of and from
any and all Charge of Settlement viz' towards laying out making re-
pairing and rendering passable any publick roads or high Ways in
Said Township or any publick Buildings that shall be necessary and
made or erected and built in Said Township untill the Same shall be
improved by the Owners of the parts so reserved or sold by them, or
in proportion to the Quantity which shall be sold or improved, which
Privilege of Exemption shall extend to all kind of Charges and
Expences that shall arise in and about the Settling said Tract of land
from the beginning to the perfect Completion thereof — That the said
Reservation be laid out in three equal Divisions one on each of the
longest Sides of Said Tract of Land and each Division to be severed
into five equal Shares or Lotts by visible metes and Bounds, and these
Lotts are to be numbered one two and so on to fifteen inclusively
which are to be mark'd number'd and delineated on a Plan by the
grantee returned to the Grantors within twelve months from the date
of this Vote the Appropriation of each Lott to y" respective Owner
be drawn for as usual — That there be High ways laid out and cleared
to each of said Lotts from the main publick Road or high Way in
Said Township for the Conveniency of the Owner of each of Said
Lotts — That twenty five Families be Settled on Said Tract of land
each to have a dwelling house and resident on the Same each Family
to have at least three acres of land cleared fenced and fitted for mow-
ing or Tillage within three years from the fifteenth day of May next
ensuing The date hereof — That two hundred Acres be laid out and
granted to the fiist Minister of the Gospel who shall Settle and con-
NEWBURY. 93
tinue there during his life, unless the Inhabitants and he shall other-
ways agree, and two hundred Acres more for the use of the Ministry
or as a Glebe or Parsonage forever, and a Convenient Spot be
assigned and left for building an House for the publick Worship of
God and that a Suitable one be built in three years fiom the date of
this Grant — That there be a Lot of Land of two hundred Acres laid
out and appropriated to and for the use of a publick school for ever,
and a Lot of ten Acres of Land be laid out and left for the use of a
Train Field and other publick Uses —
That the main or principal road or high Ways through the Town-
ship be laid out four rods wide and the Cross roads or high Ways two
rods where Such Ways shall be necessary and convenient for the
Inhabitants — and lastly that in case of failure or default of Comply-
ing with and Performance of the Articles Matters and things above-
mentioned to be done by the Grantee in these Presents the said Tract
of Land shall be forfeited and revert to the Grantors, and it shall be
lawfull for them or any of them in behalf of the rest or any one whom
they shall order to reenter into the Premises without Suit and to be
again Seized in their aforesaid Right as if these Presents had not been
granted and made and it shall be lawfull for the Grantois their
Agents or Attorney or attorneys to enter into and upon said Premises
before the Expiration of Said Term to examine and See whether the
Terms aforesaid are like to be fulfilled Seasonably — The Grantors
also reserve all white pine trees fit for His Majesty's use growing on
the Premises according to the Statutes in that Case provided
Lastly the Grantors do hereby promise and engage to the Grantee
aforesaid, to defend him his Heirs and assigns, against all and every
Action and law Suit, that shall be prosecuted, moved, and Stirred
against him or them, by any Person or persons whomsoever, claiming
the said land or any part thereof, by any other title than the title of
the Grantors aforesaid, or that from whence their's is derived, with
this Condition and Limitation, that in Case the Said Grantee his
Heirs or assigns be ejected and ousted by any Such Right or Title,
that then they shall recover nothing of and from the Grantors afore-
said their Heirs Executors or Administrators, for the land or any part
thereof, hereby granted nor for any labour or Expence whatsoever
which they have been or shall be at in consequence of this Grants-
94
CHARTER RECORDS.
\_Reserved Lots, 1774.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, Vol. 4, p. 12.]
Province of ( Portsmouth April 20"' 1774 Wednesday five of the
New Hampsh' \ Clock Afternoon The Proprietors meet according
to adjournment
Voted That the Proprietors the Grantors Lots reserved in Fishers-
field be now drawn for to each of the Grantor's Rights, and being
entered, as drawn to each Respective Proprietors Right Shall be a
Severance thereof, to them their heirs and Assigns : as represented in
the Plan returned by John Fisher Esq^ drawn by Zeph: Clark Sur-
vey'
The Lots were drawn for as follow's — viz*
1**^ Mary Moore & Dan'' Peirce
2'' Thomas Wallingford Esq''
3'^ John Rindge .
4^" Richard Wibird Esq^
5 John Moffatt Esq'
6"' Joshua Peirce Esq'^
7"' Solly & March
8"' Mark Hunk^ Wentworth Esq'
9 Jotham Odiorne Esq'
10'" Blanchard Meserve & C°
11"' Theodore Atkinson Esq'^ .
22th XJiomas Packer Esq'^
IS'" John Wentworth Esq'' .
14 George Jaffrey Esq"^
15"' Mason & Thomlinson
N° 2
N° 8
6
9
5
10
12
13
15
3
14
1
11
4
7
l^John Peirce s Bond, 1801.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 68.]
I hereby Agree to sell and Convey to Benjamin Cook of Haverhill
Massachusetts and William Ay res Jun'' of Bradford in the County of
Hillsborough all that lot of Land Number Eleven on the original
south line of Fishersfield Containing two hundred Acres more or less
as surveyed & laid out by Col° Henry Gerrish, whether it lay in
Bradford or Fishersfield or partly in both the said Cook to have one
hundred & fifty Acres and said Ayres Fifty Acres, the whole Lot for
the Consideration of Twelve hundred Dollars, one third to be paid at
or before the last day of November Next and one third thereof in two
"t^
[I'lari of Netchwry. 1809.]
NEW DURHAM. 95
Years and the Other third in three Years, with Interest on the whole
annually until paid for all which sum the said Cook & Ayres have
this day given me their several Notes of this date
Now I promise on their making me the first payment aforesaid I
will at or before that day give them a good & Lawful Deed for the
premises taking a mortgage Deed from them for the same Land as
security for the balance, or any other security to my compleat
satisfaction —
And I hereby bind my self my heirs Exec'^* & Administrators in
the penal sum of Two thousand Dollars to keep and perform this
agreement — Portsmouth March 7, 1801
Witness John Peirce
J Tilton Slade
[Endorsed] Deed Given Mary Ayer May 27, 1802
{John Peirce to 3Iary Ayres, 1802.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 69.]
Portsmouth JNIarch 6, 1802
Madam
Your son M'' Benj'^ Cook agreed to purchase from me a Tract of
Land in Bradford or Fishersfield agreeably to my Bond dated May 7,
1801 in which M'' William Ayres Jun'' Join'd in the agreement to
purchas if either M'"Cook or M"" Ayres complies to make the payments
the Deed shall be given either to them or you as he intimates will be
agreeable to you — And I have no intention to injure them for not
making their payments according to their agreement, and the first
payment shall be postponed to the first day of June next — when I
will give the deed on recovering satisfactory security for the balance —
Your Hum^ Ser
John Peirce
M""" Mary Ayres— Haverhill
NEW DURHAM.
[Granted by the Masonian Proprietors May 5, 1749, to Jonathan Chesley and
others, and sometimes called Cochecho TownsJiip. Incorporated Dec. 7, 1762. The
town was settled partly by people from Durham whence it derived its name. The
Free Baptist denomination had its origin here. New Durham Gore was incorpo-
rated as Alton June 16, 1796.
See New Hampshire charters in preceding volumes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers,
g6 CHARTER RECORDS.
127, 456, 569; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 701 ; Index to Laws, 395 ; papers
under titles Kingswood and Coulerain ; sketch, Hurd"s History of Strafford County,
1S82, p. 658; Stewart's History of the Free Baptists, 1862, p. 53; Lawrence's
N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 338; Free Baptists in N. H.,, by Joseph Fullonton, i,
Granite Monthly, 277; Souvenir of the Centennial Yearly Meeting of N. H. Free
Baptists Association, 1892, pp. 154; Life of Benjamin Randall.]
[^Petition of Jonathan Chesley and Ehenezer Smithy 1748.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 71.]
Prov*' of New ) To The Hon^ The Purchasers & Proprietors of
Hampshire \ Mason's Right (so called) —
The Petition of Jonathan Chesley & Eben"" Smith of Durham Gent"
Humbly Shews — That your Petitioners are appointed Agents for& on
behalf of a Number of y** Freeholders & other Inhabitants of S'^ Dur-
ham who are desirous of having a certain Tract of Land granted them
within S'^ Mason's S'' Right & being convinced (upon y*' best Informa-
tion we can get) that y*" Property is yours & consequently that you
can give us a Title to what we desire Therefore We Humbly pray
that we <Sc our Constituents may have y*^ Grant of a Township bound-
ing upon Rochester Head Line & Barnstead upon Such Terms as
Shall be most likely to promote your & our Interest
Jonathan Chesley
Ebenezer Smith
\_Names of Chedey's Associates, 1749.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 72.]
Province of } To the Honb^'^ Theodore Atkinson Esq""^ and
New Hampshire i other Gentlemen Purchasers and Proprietors of
John Tufton mason Esqu'" his Right in Lands in said Province a List
of the Subscribers to the Petition for a Tract of land above Roches-
ter, to the abovesaid Proprietors, preferred by the hands of Capt
Jonathan Chesley & m*^ Ebenezer Smith viz' —
Durham April 11"> 1749
Jonathan Chesley Ebenezer Smith
James Drisco Thomas Young of Newmarket
Joseph Duda Juner John Cromet
Joseph Wheeler Benjamin Mathes
Benjamin Jackson Thomas Tash
William Bruce Samuel Wille
NEW DURHAM.
97
Borth 1 Shire
Borth 1 Shire
J^am" Stevins I t? ^i ^ • Joseph Sias
T rill } Both one sheir o ^ r^^ i c t\ ^
James Ihompson ) Samuel Cliesle of Durham
Jeremiah Drisco } r, .i ^ a^ Thomas Wille Juner
, } Both 1 Shear tvt-, t-, i ,
petor moo \ Miles Randel
Job Runels Junr Samuel Sias ) ,^ ,, -, oi •
\\T ^^- \) 4- Q 1 c- 1 Both 1 Shire
Walter Bryent Solomon Sias \
Jonathan Durgin Treworthy Durgin
Abednego Lethers John Burnum
Jeremiah Burnum Juner Joseph Chesley
Joseph Hall of newmarket Daniel Rogers
Joseph Smith of newmarket Samuel Smith Juner
Philip Cromet and ) ry 4.1101 John Ben nick
T 1 ^ 1 Borth 1 Share j , t^,,. ^
John andras ) John Ji,lliot
Benjamin Smith Benj Jenkens
Simon Rendel David Davis
Robert Burnum whentrop Burnum
Robert Kent Ichabod Denbo
John Bickford John wille Juner
Joseph Burnum James Smith
Sam'^ Adams Jeremiah Burnam
John Edgerly Joseph Thomas
Abraham Benniek Juner Stephen Jones Juner
Thomas Langly william Jackson Juner
Ebenezer Jones Philip Chesely
Eliphelet Daniels John Durgin &
John footman & ) Borth francis Durgin
Thomas Stevenson Juner ) 1 shire Benmore Duda
Volintine Mathes
Ichabod Chesley
thomas Chesley
Jonathan Chesley Juner
Abraham Stevenson ^ Borth
francis Drew \ 1 share
John Jonson ) j^ ,-, ^ , .
,1 . 1 n , } Borth 1 shire
nathaniel irost )
Joseph Smith Juner
Abraham mathis
Elezer Bickford
Beniamin Benniek ) j^ -i -1 i •
T 1 } Borth 1 shire
John mason )
William weeks of Greenland
Lemuel Chesley
Borth 1 shire
,,•„! ^1 T^ J c Borth 1 shire
nicholas Duda
Joseph Jones
thomas Chesley Juner
Joseph Drew ) r, .-, -, i •
John Drew \ ^«^*^ ^ ^^"^^
John Adams minister
thomas york
william Durgin
theodore wille &
John Bickford Juner
Valintine hill
Richard Denbo & } t> ^i -, , .
Caleb wakham ( ^°^'*^^^ ^ ^^^^^
Joseph weeks of Greenland
Joseph Bickford
Borth 1 shire:
Borth 1
shire
[The names are then repeated and numbered from 1 to 80. Ed 1
7 '-J
98 CHARTER RECORDS.
\_Charter of Ne2v Durliam^ 1749.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, May 5, 1849.]
Province of \ Portsmouth May y'' 5"^ 1749 Frj^day three of
New Hampshire ( y*^ Clock afternoon at the Dwelling house of
Sarah Prust widow The Proprietors meet according to adjournment
Voted that there be & hereby is Granted unto Jonathan Chesle
Ebenezer Smith James Drisco Joseph Duda Jun"^ John Cromet
Joseph Wheler Benjamin Mathes Benjamin Jackson Thomas Tash
W" Bruce Samuel Wille Sam^ Stevens & James Thompson both one
Share Joseph Sias Samuel Chesle Jeremiah Drisco & Peter Moo
both one Share Thomas Wille Jun^ Miles Randel Job Runels Jun""
Sam' Sias & Solomon Sias both one Share Walter Bryant Jonathan
Durgin Treworthy Durgin Abednego Lethers John Burnum Jere-
miah Burnum ju"^ Joseph Chesle Daniel Rogers Sam' Smith Jun"^
John Andras «& Philip Cromet both one Share John Bennick & John
Elliot both one Share Benjamin Smith Benjamin Jenkins Simon
Rendel David Davis Robert Burnum Winthrop Burnum & Ichabod
Denbo both one Share Robert Kent John Bickford John Wille Ju""
Jo® Burnum James Smith Samuel Adams Jeremiah Burnum John
Edgerly Joseph Thomas Abraham Bennick Jun"^ Stephen Jones Ju"^
Thomas Langly William Jackson jun^ Ebenezer Jones Philip
Chessly Eliphalet Daniels John Durgin & Francis Durgin both one
Share John Footman & Thomas Stevenson Ju"^ both one Share
Benmore Duda & Nicholas Duda both one Share Volentine Mathes
Ichabod Chesle Joseph Jones Thomas Chesley Thomas Chesly
Jun"^ Jonathan Chesley Jun' Joseph Drew and John Drew both one
Share Francis Drew and Abraham Stevenson both one Share John
Adams Minister John Jonson & Nath' Frost both one Share
Thomas York & William Durgin both one Share Joseph Smith
jun"^ Theodore Wille »& John Bickford jun'' both one Share Abraham
Mathis Elezer Bickford Valentine Hill Benjamin Bennick «& John
Mason both one Share Richard Denbo & Caleb Wakham both one
Share Lemuel Chesly Joseph Bickford All of Durham Thomas
Young & Joseph Smith of Newmarket William Weeks Joseph
Weeks Both of Greenland & Nicholas Ferryman Esq'' of Exeter
all in Said Province of New Hampshire in Equal Shares Excepting
as Aforesaid and as Hereafter is herein Excepted on the Terms
Conditions & Limitations herein After Expressed all that tract of
Land within the Province Aforesaid Containing the Quantity of
Six Miles Square Bounded as follows Viz*^ Beginning at the
Southwesterly Corner of a Tract of Land granted unto Ebenezer
NEW DURHAM. 99
Variiey William Wentwortli and Others upon & at Rochester
liead Line and from thence to run Westerly By said Head line of
Rochester five Miles and to Continue the Breadth of five Miles
extending from tlie head Line of Rochester so far Northwardly as to
Make a Tract of Land Equal to Six Miles Square Adjoining to the
said Tract of Land granted to the said Ebenezer Varney William
Wentwortli and Others and the Head Line of the said Tract of
Land hereby granted to be a Parallel Line with the Head Line of
Rochester and the Side Lines to be Parallel with Each Other to
Have and to Hold to them their Heii's & Assigns forever in Equal
Shares Excepting as Aforesaid on the following Terms Conditions
& Limitations That is to Say that the whole Tract of Land within
the said Boundaries (Saving what is Herein After mentioned to be
Otherwise Improved) be Divided into one hundred Shares or Rights
and Each Share be Laid out into two Distinct Lots one of which
to Contain one Hundred Acres and the Other all the Land Belong-
ing to Each Share Respectively. That the whole be so Laid out
and the two Lots belonging to Each Share be Nuraber'd with the
Same Number Beginning with one and Ending with one hundred
That the said Land be so Laid out within one Year from the Grant-
ing thereof and then the Lots Drawn for in the usual Manner of
Drawing for Lots of Land in Such Cases and that this be done at
Portsm" Aforesaid Under the Care & Direction of the Grantors
Aforesaid and so done as to make but one Draft to Each Share That
one of the said Shares be for the first Minister of the Gospel who
Shall be Settled on Said Land and Continue there During his Life
or until he Shall be Regularly dismist to Hold to him his Heirs &
Assigns And one Other of said Shares be for and towards the Sup-
port of the Gospel Ministry there forever and the hundred acre
Lots belonging to these two Shares Respectively Shall be Laid out
as near the Place where the Meeting house Shall be built as May
Conveniently be done without being Drawn for as the other Lots
That there be Six Acres of Land left in Some Convenient Place
within the said Boundaries for building a Meeting House & School
house upon & to be used as a Training Field a Burying Place or
Other Public use the Inhabitants there may have Occasion to
Improve it for
That one Other of Said Shares be for y*^ use & Maintainance of a
School there forever
That Seventeen of the Said Shares be and hereby are Reserved to
the use of the said Grantors and their Heirs & Assigns forever:
That the owners of the other Eighty Shares make a regular Settle-
ment there at their own Charge in the following Manner viz that
lOO CHARTER RECORDS.
Each owner of the said Eighty Shares Build an House of Sixteen
foot Square or Equal thereto upon Some part of his Land there
That there be thirty families Settled upon Said Tract of Land
within four years next after a Peace is Proclamed between the
English French and Indians and Each Family to have Such an
House as Afores'^ and three Acres of Land cleared & fitted for Mow-
ing or Tillage and that Ten Families more be Settled there Each
having an House as Aforesaid within five years next After the
Proclamation of Said Peace with three Acres of Land more fitted
as Aforesaid And within Six years next After the Said Peace to
have a Meeting House Built there for the Public Worship of God
fitted for that Purpose for the use of the Inhabitants there And to
Maintain the Constant preaching of the Gospel there from and After
the End of Seven years from the Proclaming Peace as Afores'^
That there be twenty acres of Land Left in Some Suitable Place
for a Privilege and Accommodation of a Saw mill which Shall be
for him His Heirs & Assigns who will build Such Mill within the
term of Five years next After Peace as Aforesaid with the Privelege
of the most Convenient Stream and place for doing the Same and
in Consideration thereof for the Benefit of Said Inhabitants the
owner or owners of Such mill Shall Saw the Logs of the Said
Inhabitants to the Halves for the Term of Ten years next After the
Said Mill Shall first work if Desired so to do. And if no Particular
Person or Persons of the owners of Said Shares or Such other Per-
son or Persons as the Majority of them Shall admit Permit & Suffer
to do the Same Undertake to Build Such Mill on the Terms Aforesaid
then the said owners Shall do the Same at their Common Expence
& Charge & put the Said Mill under Such A Regulation as that they
and Others Inhabiting there may Have their Logs and Timber
Sawed as Occasion may Require for Building on the Land Hereby
Granted — That Each owner of the said Eighty Shares Pay to
Such Person or Persons as y*^ Majority of them Shall Elect for that
Purpose all Such Sums of Money or Bills of Publick Credit as the
said owners or the Major part of them Shall Determine to be Nec-
essary from time to time and as Occasion Shall Require to Defray
the Charges of Laying out Said Land as Aforesaid and Other Mat-
ters and Things Necessary to be done for the Making a Settlement
as Aforesaid and performing the Other Matters And things herein
Directed to be Done
That in Laying out the said Lots Care be taken to Sort them
in Such a Manner as to make the Shares as Equal as Possible.
That the Lots be Laid out in Ranges where the Land will Admit
of it and Land Left Between the Ranges for Highways four Rods
NEW DURHAM. lOI
wide and Between the Lots for ways of two Rods wide and that a
Plan of the whole when so Laid out be made at the Charge of the
Said owners and Returned to the said Grantors as soon as may be
done with Conveniency
That the Remaining Seventeen Shares Reserved as Aforesaid be
Exonerated Acquitted and fully Exempted from paying any Charge
towards Making the said Settlement and not Held to the Conditions
of the Eighty Shares Aforesaid nor be Liable to any Tax or Assess-
ment Untill Improved by the Respective owners thereof — That All
white pine trees fit for His Majestys use for masting y'' Royal navy be
and Hereby are Reserved And are Hereby Granted to His Majesty
his heirs & Successors for that Purpose — That in Case the said
Grantees Shall fail Neglect and Omit to Settle forty Families upon
the Said Granted premises within the Term of Five Years next After
a peace Shall be Concluded and Proclaraed as Aforesaid Each Family
Having the Quantity of three Acres of Land Cleared and fitted as
Aforesaid and to do and Perform the Several Articles Matters &
things Above Mentioned to be Performed and Done by the owners of
the said Eighty Shares it Shall and May be LawfuU for the Said
Grantors or any of them or any person or persons in their Name and
Behalf & By their Authority or the Major Part of them to Enter
into & Upon the Said Granted Premises or Any Part thereof for the
whole and thence to Amove oust and Utterly to Expel the Said
Grantees and the Said Granted Premises Shall be forfeited to the use
of the Grantors and they Shall Thereby be Reseized and Vested in
their former Estate Right Title and Interest to and in the Said
Granted premises as though this Grant had never been made and the
Same Shall thence forward be null and Void to All Intents and pur-
poses Any Thing Herein Contained to the Contrary thereof Notwith-
standing and all and Every of the Said Grantees who Shall not do and
perform his Respective part and Duty in Making and Carrying on the
Said Settlem' (in Case of the Settlement of forty families as Afore-
said) Such Delinquent owner Shall forfeit his Share and Right in the
Said Premises to those Who Shall Have so performed and done their
Duty as Aforesaid in Making the Said Settlement who Shall have
full power and Authority into the Said forfeited Right and Share to
Enter and Thereof to become Seized to their own use in Manner
Aforesaid —
Provided Nevertheless that the said Grantees do and Shall when they
Shall be thereunto Respectively Requested Enter into a Contract and
Personally Oblige themselves and their Respective Heirs & Assigns to do
and perform the Several Articles Matters & Things by these Persons be-
fore Mentioned to be Performed and Done by Signing and Executing
I02 CHARTER RECORDS.
Such Instrument or Instruments in Writing as by Council Learn'd in
the Law Shall be Advised and Devised for that purpose
And in that Case & Not Otherwise the said Grantors do Hereby
promise & Ingage to the Said Grantees that they the Said Gi'antors
their Heirs Exec'* Adm''^ or Assigns Shall and will at their own Cost
& Expence try the Title of the Said Granted Premises by Pursuing
and Prosecuting an Action for the whole or any part thereof thro'
the whole Course of the Law to a Final Judgment before the King in
Council (if need be to Carry the Same So far) with Such Person or
persons as Shall be thereto Disposed and desirous thereof Who Shall
Dispute the Title of the Said Grantees Hereby Conveyed —
But in Case the Title of the Grantees Derived from the Said
Grantors by these presents to the Said Premises Shall be Condemned
and the Title of the Person or Persons So Disputing with the Grant-
ors to the Premises Shall by Such Final Judgment be Prefer'd then
the Grantees in these Presents Shall Recover Nothing of the Said
Grantors for the Said Premises nor for Any Labour Expence Charge
& Disbursement they the said Grantees their Heirs or Assigns Shall
have been at in Consequence of this Grant —
And it is to be Understood that the Number of Years Mentioned
herein for the Said Grantees to do and Perform the Several articles
Matters and things afores-^ is to be So many Years free from the Im-
pediment and Interruption of an Indian War
[Draft of Lots, 1750.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 73, and Proprietors' Records, Vol. 6, p.
227, and Vol. 7, p. 61.]
Province of New Hampshire Portsmouth May y*^ 2'^ 1750 — At a
Proprietors meeting held at the House of Ann Slayton — The Draft
of y*^ shares or Lots of y*^ Township granted to Jon'^ Chesly Eben""
Smith & others —
1 Ministers Lot N° 9 8 Richard Wibird Esqu^ 68
2 Ministry Lot 10 9 Jeremiah Burnam 13
3 Thomas Packer Esqu"" 72 10 Benj"^ Mathews 48
4 Rich'i Denbo & 11 School Lot 33
Caleb Wakeham 59 12 Benj** Bennick & ) g^
5 Ebenezer Smith 63 John Mason )
6 John Edgerly 62 13 Joseph Chesly 37
7 Eleazer Bickford 27 14 Jn" Tufton Mason j gg
& Jn° Thomlinson Esqu^"
[Pla7i of Ni^j)^rhanu 1750.]
All the Roads that Run North are tour Rods whide & those Crose Roads that Run north forty Eight Degrees East are two Rods Broad —
In the first Division the Lotts are one hundred fifty & Six Rods Long & one hundred thirty & five Rods Broad —
the Lotts in the Second Division are one hundred fifty & Six Rods north 48 Degrees East and the Said Lotts are one hundred Seventy & five Rods north by )' neadle —
there is nine Roads Runing north & South and there is Seven Roads Runing north forty Eight Degrees East there is Six acres Laid out for publick use & is taken out
of number's nine ten Eleven & twelve out off Each an Equal quantity on accompt of them Lotts being good Land & well Situated
memorandum there is no Reservation of a mill privelege there being nown found Walter Bryent Surveyor
We the Subscribers of y« Committee of the Grantees of y« foregoing Tract of Land desire the foregoing Plan may be accepted by y Grantors notwithstanding no Mill
Privilege is reserved and that no advantage may be taken against the Grantees on that Account
Portsmouth Mav
1750
Province of J Portsmo iMay 2'' 1750
New Hampshire ) at a Proprietors Meeting held at y<^ House of Ann Slayton—
Voted that this Plan of y« Township Granted to Jonathan Chesle Eben' Smith & others^he accepted notwithstanding no Mil
tage be taken against y Grantees on that account
' Benjamin Smith
philip Chesle
Ebenezer Smith
Daneel Rogers
Walter Bryent
Benjamin Mathes
Privilege is reserved and that no advan-
attest Geo : JafTrey Prop" Clerk
NEW DURHAM.
103
15 Winthrop Burnan & 1 -vro
Icliabod Denbo
16 Eliphalet Daniel
17 John Bennick &
John Eliot
18 Jonathan Chesly
19 John Johnson & ^
Nathaniel Frost \
20 Joseph Dude jun'^
21 John Footman &
Thomas Stevenson jun''
22 Jotham Odiorne Esqu'"
23 Benjamin Jenkins
24 Jeremiah Drisco &
Peter Mow
25 Joseph Burnam
26 Lemuel Chesly
27 Joseph Wheeler
28 Joseph Bickford
29 Daniel Peirce & )
Mary Moor j
30 Volentine Mathews
31 Robert Kent
32 Joseph Smith Jun''
33 Tho** Wallingford Esqu
34 Daniel Rogers
35 Nath" Meserve
& others
36 David Davis
37 Joseph Jones
38 James Smith
39 John Andros & |
Philip Cromett (
40 George Jaffrey
41 Theodore Willey &
John Bickford jun'^
42 Joseph Smith
43 Philip Chesly
44 Jonathan Chesly jun
45 Benjamin Smith
46 John Bickford
47 Joshua Peirce Esqu""
48 John Durgan & )
Francis Durgan ^
Esqu""
97
58
11
73
23
43
67
76
42
28
50
15
22
36
21
84
35
34
60
24
16
94
8
89
7
38
6
55
53
95
66
64
83
17
4
85
82
39
14
65
79
93
71
52
86
49 Joseph Sias N** 80
50 Jonathan Durgan 100
51 Simon Randel 57
52 Volentine Hill
53 Miles Randel
54 Joseph Drew &
John Drew
55 Abraham Mathews
56 John Moffatt Esqu^
57 Francis Drew &
Abraham Stephenson
58 Thomas Chesly jun"^
59 Jeremiah Burnam jun
60 Samuel Wille
61 Benjamin Jackson
62 Sam^^ Solly and
Clement March Esqu'
63 Thomas Langly 88
64 Job Runnells jun"" 81
65 Joseph Thomas 32
66 Theodore Atkinson Esqu"" 46
67 John Wentworth jun'' Esqu'' 78
68 William Weeks 12
69 Samuel Chesly 1
70 Mark Hunk^ Wentworth
Esqu-- 31
71 Abednego Leathers 3
72 Samuel Stevens & ) ^jr
James Thompson )
73 John Burnam 77
74 Mark Hunk^ Wentworth
Esqu^ 87
75 Trueworthy Durgan 91
76 Thomas Wille jun"^ 70
77 Thomas Tash 99
78 Benmore Dude & ) jq
Nicholas Dude (
79 William Jackson jun*' 47
80 Samuel Smith jun"^ 30
81 Thomas Chesly 96
82 John Cromett 51
83 John W^ille jun"- 44
84 Law Lot N*' 1 26
85 Robert Burnam 5
I04
CHARTER RECORDS.
86 Joseph Weeks
87 Abraham Bennick jun'^
88 Stephen Jones jun"^
89 John Addams Minister
90 Samuel Sias and |
Sollomon Sias j
91 William Bruce
92 Thomas York & )
William Dui
50
20
90
41
92
29
19
93 Law Lot N« 2 61
94 Walter Brient 74
95 Nicholas Ferryman Esqu"^ 2
96 Sam" Addams 18
97 Ichabod Chesly 25
98 Thomas Young 45
99 Ebenezer Jones 49
100 James Drisco 54
nam JJurgan )
Voted that this Draft of Lots of Land in the Tract above mentioned
be and hereby is Ratifyed & confirmed and that each Lot be held to
the Respective Prerson to whose name it is affixed & to his heirs &
assigns in severalty on the Terms first Granted —
Geo : Jaffrey Prop-^ CI :
[ Condition of Settlements, 1770.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 74.]
An Inventory of the Familys Houses improved Ground & Fell Trees
in the Township of New Durham Viz'
improved
Ground
fel! Trees
Eben"" Dow
Edw & W™ Peavey
John Benrick
Rob Boody
Nick' Glidden .
Benja Bickford .
John Glidden .
Zeb° Glidden
Nath"" Kenneston
Jon* Buzzell
Zach Boody
Jer™ Dow .
Jos Libbey.
Eben'' Bickford .
James Berry
Lot
No 2
I
No 4
2
N«5
I
3
I
34
I
36
I
37
I
44
I
43
I
45
0
0
47
I
49
I
50
0
0
52
I
53
I
55
0
0
27
I
54
0
0
56
0
30
I
4 acres
18
6
20
5
3
7
6
10
r
4
o
6
I
12
o
o
II
4
o
7
10
3
6
5
I
4
2
3
7
14
20
acres
acres
NEW DURHAM.
105
Lot
Fam»
Houses
improved
Ground
fell Trees
David Allard .
Benj» Mathes .
Josi Doe & Jn° CoUonie
John Doo .
JNIarriam Berry
Benj" Mooney
James Palmer
jgi-m Taylor
Henry Allard
James Stillson .
Tim° Murry
Sidy Allard
Benja Berry
Jn° Rogers
The° Atkenson .
Second Division
Tim*' Davis
Jon'' Allard
Paul March
Paul March
Paul March
Paul March
Tim° Murry
63
I
I
62
I
I
99
2
2
97
I
I
65
0
0
64
I
I
66
0
I
8
I
I
91
0
I
92
0
0
89
I
I
87
I
I
88
0
0
16
I
I
73
I
I
71
I
I
69
I
I
1 1
I
I
24
I
I
94
0
0
46
0
0
No 19
n
2
No 18
0
0
17
I
I
15
I
I
80
0
0
86
0
0
71
0
0
3
3
14
3
o
4
5
3
4
o
18
5
o
9
16
6
12
14
9
4
o
13
30
9
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o But
2 Mills
o
o
o
I
2
6
6
3
o
o
o
o
o
o
4
3
4
o
A Mill
6 was Burnt
Down
o
8
N° 9 Thar is the Meeting House Inclosed shingled & under floor
Laid under pined & window frames in and no more finished towards it.
Timothy Murray
Shadrach Allard
Province of ) New durham 4 January 1770 then the above
New Hampshire \ named timothy murry and Shadarch allard Person-
aly appeared Before me and maid Solemn oath that the above Inven-
tory is Just and true according to the Best of ther Judgment Errors
Exepted John Plummer Just Peace
io6
CHARTER RECORDS.
[Anoihei' Report of Settlements, Ajiril, 1770.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 75.]
An Inventory of the Improvements made In N; Durham
-a
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_
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5
^y
-J -a
-*- ??
Mens Names that Is Setled
No of Lots
Houses
0 a
0 2
oi
^0
1-1
u
CJ
0
0
<
<
<
Joseph Small
No 40
00
GO
00
14
No 39
GO
3i
00
GO
,
No 42
00
00
3
4
NO 93
00
ih
GO
GO
NO 94
00
OG
2h
2
No 92
00
00
3
GO
Joseph Durgan
No 9 1
I
4h
GO
5
James Palmer
No 89
I
19
IG
8
No 77
00
GO
OG
3i
Jere** Taylor ....
No 87
I
7
4
4-
No 67
00
OG
3
00
John Younge
No 66
I
II
GO
OD
No 65
2 Mills
OG
Ih
GO
Eben^ Bickford J'' .
NO 55
00
2
GO
3
No 54
GO
00
GO
4
Zeb° Glidden
No 44
I
6
2
3
No 46
00
I
li
I
No 50
00
0
3
15
No 5 1
GO
GO
GO
4
James Berry ....
No 30
I
13
3
GO
Eben^ Dow ....
No" 2
I
5
GO
I I
Edward Pevey
NO 4
I
15
00
10
Rob' Boodey
No 3
I
2G
OG
12
John Bennick
NO 5
1
7
3
lO
Josiah Doe ....
No 99
I
5
3
2
Benj» Bickford
No 36
I
5
I
5
Nicholas Gleddon .
No 34
I
3
GO
3
Ichabod Buzzy
No 47
I
7
'->
9
Zachariah Boody .
No 49
I
00
li
IG
Jeremiah Dow
No 52
I
GO
2
38
Nathan Kenistone .
No 43
I
12
3
5
widow Sarah Gledon wife of
benja ....
NO 34
GO
3
GO
3
Joseph Libbey
NO 53
I
6
00
6
Eben' Bickford
No 27
I
16
OG
6
No 56
00
GO
I
9
Benj* Berry ....
No II
I
15
GO
GO
NEW DURHAM.
107
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a
Mens Names that Is Setled
N« of Lots
Houses
^1
(J
<
<:
0 0)
0
<
John Rogers ....
No 24
I
30
00
00
NO 22
Burnt
00
8
00
No 13
Burnt
00
4
00
William Peavey
NO 4
I
5
00
4
Jonathan Allard
No 19
I
13
00
00
Paul March ....
No 17
2
30
10
8
NO 80
GO
00
8
0
Timo Davis ....
No 19
I
25
00
00
NO 18
00
00
2
00
NO 23
I Burnt
4
00
00
No 7
I Burnt
8
00
00
No 9
00
6
00
00
No 17
00
5
00
00
No 26
00
5
00
00
John Glidden
NO 37
I
7
00
4
No 10
a
Meeting
House
00
Tho' Younge
NO 45
I
00
2
Shadrach Allard .
NO 69
12
4
00
James Stillson
NO 73
20
00
00
Henry Allard
NO 16
18
00
00
Tim« Murray
NO 71
12
00
00
Benj« Mooney
NO 8
14
00
00
No 15
00
2
00
00
David Langley
NO 88
00
I
3
James Chesley
NO 96
00
00
5
David Allard ....
NO 63
4
00
4
widow Merriam berry
NO 64
3
00
4
John Collema
NO 99
20
00
5
John Doe ....
NO 97
6
0
00
Benj« Mathas
No 62
9
6
00
No 100
00
I
0
NO 70
00
00
I
3
NO 17
a Saw
mill &c
was
Burnt
Number of Families
Number of Houses .
Number of Ditto Burnt .
1 Meeting House
1 Saw Mill & 1 Grist Mill
42
41
4
1
2
I08 CHARTER RECORDS.
1 Saw Mill Burnt 1
Number of Acres Improv'd ....... 448^
Number of Ditto Clear'd 98
Number of Ditto fell Trees 251i
The foregoing is a True Inventory Taken by us The Subscribers
According to The Best of Our Judgement
Tho^ Tash ) ^ ., ,
Volintine Mathes
\_Account of Several Lots.']
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 76.]
N° 7 A House 18 feet by 16 Was built on S'^ Lot and was Burnt,
And Three or four acres of Land Improv'd for mowing on S'* Lot
N° 23 A House has been built And Burnt and more than three
Acres on Said Lot has been Improv'd for mowing & Planting —
N° 93 One Acre Clear'd
N» 94 Three Acres fell Trees & Mostly Clear'd Up
N" 77 Three or four Acres fell Trees
N° 42 Ab^ Seven Acres fell Trees & Mostly Clear'd
N° 22 A House built & Burnt with ab' four acres Improv'd
N° 13 A House built & Burnt about four acres Improv'd —
N° 51 four Acres fell Trees
N° 54 Three Acres D° D°
N° 56 five Acres — D°
N° 40 Eight Acres— D°
N** 80 four Acres — Ditto — and a House —
N° 44 Three Acres Clear'd & Two acres : Fell
[Thomas Task's Bill, 1824.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 77.]
Mark Peirce Esq. of Portsmouth
to Thomas Tash — D''
1824 )
June 7 ] To 3 days running out his lots of land Numbered | Dol. Cts.
21inthefirst, &2linthesec''Div"ofNewDurham i 4, 50
To i a day planning the same — 50
$5 — 00
Errors Excepted p'' Tho'' Tash Surveyor.
NEWINGTON. IO9
Note. The reason why it took 3 days to run this land was ; we
had to run and measure other lots, before we could find the right
corners, besides we had some interruption by foul weather.
Note. 2nd. The Chain men's bill will be 6 dollars, that is 3 dol-
lars each, and the bill of the axe man or spotter will, I suppose, be 3
dollars also, that being the customary price in such cases.
Note 3rd. Samuel Wille Esq. was with us the greater part of the
time ; he also found me, and part of the rest of the company, while
engaged in the business.
To Mark Peirce Esq. Portsmouth
NEWINGTON.
[Formerly a part of Dover known as Bloody Point. The date of incorporation is
doubtful but is given by some authorities as July, 1764. A small portion of the
town was annexed to Portsmouth June 29, 1821.
See papers under title Dover; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 153; XII, Hammond
Town Papers, 710; Index to Laws, 404; sketch, Kurd's History of Rockingham
County, 1882, p. 392; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 100; Church Rec-
ords, 1716-1731, by C. W. Tuttle, N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, vol. 22, p. 23, to
vol. 25, p. 284; Report of an Indian Massacre at Fox Point, by Chas. Wesley
Tuttle, Historical Papers, edited by Albert H. Hoyt, 1889.]
[Petition of Neivington Men, 1748.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 79.]
Prov® of ) To the Honb'*^ Theodore Atkinson Esq'' & others
New Hamp ) Purchasers and Propriators of Masons Rights So
Called
The Petition of the Subscribers Humbly Shews that j^our Petition-
ers who are underneath Subscribed are Desireous to have Granted
to them a Tract of Land for a Township on Merrimack River or as
Near the River as you think Proper and on Such Terms and Limita-
tions as others who have Asked the Same Favour and as Speedely
as shall be Consistant with your Conveincey and your Petitioners as
in Duty bound Shall Ever Pray
John Knight Ju"^ Christopher Huntriss Richard Daram
Thomas Pickrin niclous Pickrin James Colbroth
John Trecke Joshua Trecke Moses furbur
Jonathen Trecke Josapli Trecke Elezer Colman
no
CHARTER RECORDS.
Josaph Colman
John Hoyt
thomas Bickford
Iclibord Bickford
Ichabod Rolings
John Coleman
Joseph Smith Jur
Jonathan dam
anthony : nutter
Joseph Rollings Ju""
John Hunttres
Lemuel bibkford Ju""
John Hodgsdon
W" Shackford
John Leighter rowell
Nicholas Knight
Ebenzear Bickford
William Colbroth
Eleazar Colman Junr
Nehemiah furbur
alexender Hodgsdon
Samuel Trecke
Jonathen Downings
Noor Rollings
Jonathen Hunttres
Habebel Nutter Ju^
sam'^ Rollings
Sam^^ Shackford
Hutson Pene
Joseph Colbroth
Joseph Bickford
Edward Rolings
Samuel rawUings Ju''
Sam : Nuther
John dam
Georg Knight
Josaph Rollengs
William Huntris
Chrestepher Hunttres Ju'
Nathanel burnam
Jonathen Chasele
[Endorsed] Newington f Jn° Knight jun' Rece'^ Dec^ 1"^ 1748
NEW HAMPTON.
[Granted as Moultonborough Addition Jan. 24, 1765, to Jonathan Moulton and
others, proprietors of Moultonborough. Incorporated as New Hampton Nov. 27,
1777, and named from the town of Hampton. Centre Harbor was set off and
incorporated Dec. 7, 1797.
See papers under title Moultonborough; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 706;
Index to Laws, 401 ; sketch, Hurd's History of Belknap County, 1885, p. 870;
Reminiscences of, by F. H. Kelley, 1889, pp. 147; Stewart's History of the Free
Baptists, 1862, p. 252; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836,
p. 18; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 503; Historical Sketch of the
Academical and Theological Institution, by W. E. Wording, 14, American Quar-
terly Register, 351 ; Historical Sketch, 1876-, The Town of New Hampton and
Her Two Celebrated Revolutionary Officers, by G. W. Nesmith, 3, Granite
Monthly, 221.]
\^GrTant as Moultonborough Addition., 1765.]
[Masonian Proprietoi-s' Records, Jan. 24, 1765.]
Province of ) Portsmouth January 24"' 1765. Thursday five
New Hampshire \ of the clock afternoon, at the dwelling house of
Cap* James Stoodly Innholder The Proprietors meet according to
adjournment
Whereas the said Proprietors on the 17"" day of November 1763
Granted a tract of Land of Six miles Square, or Equal thereto unto
NEW HAMPTON. Ill
Jonathan Moulton Esq"^ Ephraim Marston Jeremiah Marston, and
others part of the Land of said Proprietors, which having been Since
View'd & Examind is found to much Inferior in Qualit}^ to what it
■was Supposed to be, which is Discouraging to the Grantees —
Therefore Voted That there be & hereby is Granted to the same
Grantees mentioned in the Grant above refer'd to, and on the same
Terms & Conditions & Limitations, an Addition, all the Right title
Interest Claim Property, & Demand of the said Proprietors, of in &
unto all that tract & parcel of Land joining to the said former Grant,
contained within the following bounds Beginning, at the North East
Corner of New Salem so called, thirty rods from Winnipissiokey
Pond thence running South fifty five Deg: West bounding on said
New Salem & Sandburn Town so Called to Pemigewasset River,
thence running Northerly up said Pemigewasset River bounding by
the middle of said River, to the South westerly Corner of the Town-
ship of Holderness so Called, thence running East, bounding on the
Southerly line of said Holderness, Six miles to the Southeasterly
Corner of Holderness aforesaid, thence running North bounding on
the Easterly line of Holderness to the Curve line so Called, which
is the head line of the said Proprietors Land thence by said Curve
line to the tract of Land first Granted to these Grantees, thence
running on the Westerly line of said tract to the place where it
begins To have and to hold the said tract of Land, hereby granted
to the said Grantees in Equal Shares & to their Heirs & Assigns
forever, on the same Terms, limitations & Conditions in all respects
as the former Tract of Land was to them granted & on which they
hold the same said Tract of Land being joined to the former for one
Township — and whereas by the former grant of the 17"^ day of
November 1763, the Tract then Granted was to be Divided into Eighty
two Shares, & Each Share into two Lots, which by this Addition may
not be so Convenient — Therefore 'tis now agreed & Voted the
whole of the said former & this Grant shall be Divided into Eighty
two Shares & each Share, into Three Seperate Lots & whereas it
may forward the Settlement to have a Plan return'd & the Lots
drawn for of the first Division as soon as may be, & that the whole
tract be laid out & a Plan returned, and the lots ready to be drawn
for with the Remainder within one Year from this Date at farthest,
which is at the Request of the Grantees & is agreed to & Voted to be
done & performed
112 CHARTER RECORDS.
NEW IPSWICH.
[Granted by Massachusetts Jan. 15, 1735-6, to John Wainwright, John Choate,
and others, inhabitants of Ipswich, Mass. Granted by the Masonian Proprietors
April 17, 1750, to Reuben Kidder and others. Incorporated as Ipswich Sept. 9,
1762. Incorporated as New Ipswich March 6, 1766.
See Massachusetts and New Hampshire charters in preceding volumes ; IX»
Bouton Town Papers, 604; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 730; Index to Laws,
402; Sketches of History, by Charles Walker, 5, Collections of N. H. Historical
Society, 155 ; History, by F. Kidder and A. A. Gould, 1852, pp. 488; Historical
Discourse, centennial celebration of First Congregational Church, i860, by Sam-
uel Lee, 1861, pp. 88; sketch, Hurd\s History of Hillsborough County, 1885,
p. 610; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, p. 16; Law-
rence's N. H. Churches, 1856, pp. 231, 236.]
[ Votes of Proprietors of New Ipswich^ 17-48.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 80.]
At a Legal Meeting of the Prop''® of New-Ipswich at the Dwelling
House of Joseph Newhall in Ipswich on Tuesday the 14'^ of February
A D 1748—
Col° Thomas Berry Moderator —
Voted That Col° Daniel Appleton CoP John Choate & Col° Thomas
Berry be a Committee fully Authoriz'd & Impower'd in the Name &.
Behalf of the Proprietors to Treat with the late Grantees of Mason's
Grant so call'd, or with CoP Joseph Blanchard or both as they shall
see meet respecting their Supposed Title to s'^ New Ipswich and to
make a full & final Agreement and Settlement of any Differences or
Disputes that are between y'' s^^ Grantees of s'^ Mason & y^ s'^ New
Ipswich Prop''^ relating to y*^ Title & Settlement thereof; and what
they, or either two of them do on the premisses to be Binding to the
Proprietors. And if they Apprehend it not best to Agree, than to
Report to the Prop''^ (as soon as may be) what may be best further to
be done
A Copy Exam*^ ^ Tho Norton Pro Cler
At a Legal Meeting of the Prop""® of New Ipswich by Adjournment
at y® Dwelling House of Joseph Newhall in Ipswich February the
28"^ Anno Domini 1748
Andrew Burley Esq"^ Moderator
Voted That either two of the Com''^*' appointed by the Prop'^® at their
meeting the Fourteenth of February instant to Treat with Col
Blanchard about Masons Title &c as set forth therein be fully
Authoriz'd & Impower'd to go & to Act in that affair as amply &
fully to all Intents & purposes as if they all three went & wei-e pres-
ent
A Copy Exam'^i ^ Tlio Norton Pro Cler
NEW IPSWICH. 113
[Joseph Blanchard to Masonian Proprietors^ 1748.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 81.]
Gentlemen
Coll° Choat & Collo' Applton a Com'^'^' On Belialf of New Ipswich
has bin With me Treating Ab' your title to that township And are
disposed to Accom'odate Matters if they Can the lines of the town
may be Continued, near the Same, & you wall See by their plan 120
Lotts are Lay'd out & Drawn they Request to hold them lotts as
Lay'd out and their Town Lines to Stand, of, Which the northeast
Corner ; I must take off, I Expect it will Intersect and Cut of ab^ 8
Letts, it Should Shut Home to the province line & in Lieu of What
I take off on y® East made up as "^ a plan Fl Send you the Seasona-
ble & Effectuall forwarding the Settlem^ they Are Willing to. But
they are not Willing to Comply with the quantity to be Reserved
therefore I have for that Article in Special Referred them to your
determination, And to have them Easyly dealt with & their being
Accom'odated, in the best way will be very pleasing to y"^ Hum' Ser'
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[Chai'ter of New IpsudcK 1750.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, pp. 82, 83.]
Province of [ Pursuant to tlie Power & Authority Granted,
New Hampshire \ & Vested in me by the Proprietors of Lands pur-
chased of John Tufton Mason Esq'" in tlie Province of New Hamp-
shire aforesaid by their Vote the 16"' of June 1749, passed at their
Meeting held at Portsmouth in said Province. —
I Do by these Presents give & grant unto Reuben Kidder, Archible
White, Jonas Woolson, Abijah Foster, John Brown, Benj'^ Hoar jun""
Timothy Heald, Joseph Kidder, Joseph Bullard, Ebenezer Bullard,
Joseph Stevens, Henr}'' Putney, John Chandler all of a place called
New Ipswich, Hannali Dinsmore, Peter Powers, Daniel Emerson,
David Nevens, all of Holies, Zaccheus Lovewell, Joseph French both
of Dunstable, & all in the Province of New Hampshire, Jon''' Hub-
bard, John Stevens Esq' of Townsliend, Isaac Appleton, Thomas
Adams, Robert Choat, William Brown, Nathaniel Smith, Col° Jolin
Choat, Francis Choat, Thomas Dennis all of Ipswich, Andrew
Spaulding of Westford, Isaac Patch of Groton, William Peters of
Medfield, John Marsh of Mendon, & Benj* Hoar of Littletown. To
them, their Heirs & Assigns, on the Terms, Conditions, Reservations
& Limitations, & in the Respective Proportions, hereafter expressed,
all the Right, Title, Interest & Property of the Grantors aforesaid, of,
in & to that Tract of Land, or Township lying in the Province of
New Hampshire aforesaid Extending Six Miles in length, & five
Miles in Breadth bounded as followeth, beginning at the line between
the Province of New Hampshire aforesaid & the Province of the
Massachusetts Bay at the Southwest Corner of the Township call'd
N° 1, from thence North Eighty Degrees West Six miles to the South
West Corner of the Township called South Manadnock or Manadnock
Number one, from thence North by the Needle five Miles to the North
East Corner of said South Manadnock, from thence South Eighty
Deg'' East by the Line of Peterborough Slip, Six Miles to the North
West Corner of N° one, & from thence South five Miles to the Bounds
first Mentioned, To have and to hold to them, their Heirs & Assigns
Excepting as aforesaid, & on the following Terms & Conditions with
the Reservations aforesaid, tlie Lots already laid out, & the several
Proportions of Common Land, yet to be divided to each one as fol-
loweth, To Reuben Kidder, in the North Division, the Lots N° 55,
and N® 46, «& in the Ranges of Lots N" 1, & N" 3 in the fourteenth
Range, N" 1 in the thirteenth, & N° 3 in the third Range, & three full
Shares in the after Divisions To Archible White, N° 19, in the North
NEW IPSWICH. 115
Division, & one half Share to be joyned with Joseph BuUaid, in the
after Divisions, To Jonas Woolson N° 2 in the fourth Range, & N° 2
in the fifteenth Range, & one Share in the after Division, To Abijah
Foster N° 33 in the North Division, & N" 3 in the first Range & one
Share in the after Divisions. To John Brown N° 31 in the North
Division one Eighty Acre Lot to be laid out in the Common, & one
Share in the after Divisions — To Benj'' Hoar jun'' N° 40, in the North
Division, N*^ one in the second Range. N" 2 in the fifth, & one in the
sixth Range, & two Shares in the after Divisions To Timothy Heald,
N° 65, & ii6, new lay'd out, & one Share in the after Divisions, Joseph
Kidder N" 48, in the North Division, N° 1, in the ninth Range, & one
Share in the after Divisions. Joseph Bullard N** 2 in the first Range,
one half Share in the after Divisions with Archible White. To Eb-
enezer Bullard N° 2 & N° 3 in the second Range & one Share in the
after Divisions, To Joseph Stevens N°35 in the North Division N^S in
the Seventh Range, & one Share in the after Division. To Henry
Putney 49 in the North Division, & N** 7 in the new lay'd out, & one
Share in the after Divisions, To John Chandler, N° one in the third
Range, N° one in the fourth Range, & one share in the after Division.
To Hannah Dinsmore N° 54 in the North Division, N" 4 in the 9'^
Range & N° 2 in the Seventh Range, & one Share in the after Di-
visions. To M'" Daniel Emerson one Eighty acre Lot, to be lay'd out
in the Common Land, & one share in the after Division to Compleat
the right of N'' 2 in the Seventh Range of Hannah Dinsmore's, To
David Nevens N'' 187, new laid out, N° 4 in the Eleventh Range, &
one Share in the after Divisions, To Peter Powers, N° 1 & N" 12 in
the lots new laid out, & one Share in the after Divisions, To Zaccheus
Lovewell, N" 3 in the twelfth Range, & N° 3 in the Eleventh Range,
& one Share in the after Divisions. To Joseph French, N" 4 in the
third, & 3 in the tenth Range, and one share in the after Divisions, To
Jon^ Hubbard N° 47 in the North Division, & N° 2 in the ninth
Range, & one Share in the after Division, To John Stevens Esq"", N°
34, in the North Division, N" 52, in the North Division & one in the
fifteenth Range, N° 5, new laid out, N** 2 in the 12"' Range N» 4, in
the 10"^ Range, & three Shares in the after Divisions To Isaac Apple-
ton, N° 63 & N" 42, & N° 41, N° 64 & N'' 9 all in the North Division
& N° one in the Eleventh, N° 2 in the le'*' & N*' 69 & 72 New lay'd
out, & 2 in the Eighth, & two in the third, & 2 in the Sixth Ranges, &
Six Shares in the after Divisions, To Thomas Adams the Lots N° 25
& 21, & 22, & 17, & 18, & 50, & 51, in the North Division & Lots N"
4 in the fourteenth & 1 in the Sixteenth, & 2 in the tenth Ranges, &
five Shares in the after Divisions, To Cap'' Robert Choat N° 4 in the
first Range, N° 1 in the tenth Range, & one Share in the after Di-
Il6 CHARTER RECORDS.
visions, To William Brown N" 30, in the North Division, & 4 in the
Sixth Kange, and one Share in the after Divisions, To Nathaniel
Smith N" 45 in the North Division & N" 3 in the 13"' Range, 4 in the
12''' Range, one Eighty Acre Lot to be laid ont in the Common Land,
& two shares in the after Divisions, To Thomas Dennis N° 57 in the
North Division & one Eighty Acre lot to be laid out in the Common
land & one Share in the after Divisions, To Andrew Spaulding N° one
in the twelfth Range, & half a Share in the after Divisions to joyn
with John Marsh, To Isaac Patch N" 4 in the fifth Range, & half a
Share in the after Divisions, To William Peters of Medfield, one
Eighty Acre Lot to be laid out in the Common Land, To John Marsh,
N° 37, in the North Division, & half a Share in the after Division to
joyn with Andrew Spaulding, To Major Zaccheus Lovewell N" 2 in
the Eleventh Range, and one P^ighty Acre Lot to be laid out in the
Common, & one Share in the after Division, To Francis Choat N° 3
in the Sixth Range, one Eighty Acre Lot to be lay'd out in the Com-
mon Land, and one Share in the after Division To CoP John Choat,
N° 27, in the North Division, & one Share in the after Division, To
the first Settled Minister in said Township the Lots N° 2 in the 13"^
Range, & N" 32, in the North Division & one Share in the after Div-
ision to the Use of the Ministr}^ there, the Lot N" 20, in the North
Division, & one Eighty Acre lot to be lay'd out in the Common
Land, & one Share in the after Division, To the Use of the School
there forever, two Eighty Acre lots to be lay'd out in the Commons,
& one Share in the after Division, To Benjamin Hoar Jun'^ N° 16 new
lay'd out, & N« 26 & N" 36, & N° 53, all in the North Division, &
two shares, in the after Divisions. — That is to say that Eighteen full
& equal Shares in said Town in the following Manner viz' Thirty Six
Lots of Eighty Acres each alread}^ laid out & Eighteen Shares in the
after Divisions to be drawn for in some Equitable Manner, that is to
sa}'' two Lots of Seventy Acres each for each Share to be reserved
for the Use of the Grantors, their Heirs & Assigns forever, & the like
Number of Lots & Quantit}^ of Land for each Share of each Grantees
holding in the after Division, & the Remainder besides what is before
Granted to be to the Use of the Grantees. — that the Divission of the
said two Seventy acres Lots for each Share be laid out, & Equitably
Coupled together & drawn for in some open Equitable Manner at or
before the last day of August 1751, & that the aforesaid Eighteen
Shares reserved as aforesaid for the Grantors be Exonerated, acquitted
& fully Exempt from paying any Charge towards making a Settlement,
& not held to the Conditions of the other Shares respecting a Settle-
ment nor liable to any Tax or Assessment or Charge, until improved
by the owners or some holding under them Respectively, that the
NEW IPSWICH. 117
Grantees at their own Exjjence make Settlement, be at the Charge of
dividing the whole of the Lands, Clearing & making feacible Roads
& that all the Lots in said Town be Subject to have all necessary
Roads lay'd thro' them as their shall be Occasion free from Charge,
that the Grantees according to the Number of their Shares or Lots
herein after named make Settlement in the following Manner viz*^ that
within two Years from this Date on each Settling Lot or Share there
be three Acres of Land Cleared & fitted for jNlowing or Ploughing &
have a Comfortable Dwelling House, the Room to be at least Six-
teen feet Square, & a Family or some Person dwelling in each
House, & that within five Years from this Date there be nine Acres
more cleared inclosed, & fitted for Mowing or Tillage on some Lot
to each Settling Right as aforesaid, that the Grantees to make Set-
tlement, & the Number of each be as followeth viz^ Reuben Kidder
to make Settlement on three shares or Rights, Archible White, Jonas
Woolson, Abijali Foster, John Brown, on one Share each, Benjamin
Hoar Jun'' on two Shares, Timothy Heald on one Share, Joseph
Kidder on one Share Joseph Bullard one, Ebenezer Bullard one,
Joseph Stevens one, Henry Putney one, John Chandler one, Hannah
Dinsmore two, Peter Powers one, David Nevens one, Jonathan
Hubbard one, John Stevens one, Isaac Appleton Six, Thomas xVdams
five, Robert Choat one, William Brown one, Nathaniel Smith two,
Francis Choat one Thomas Dennis one, Andrew Spaulding one,
Isaac Patch one, William Peters one, John Marsh one, & Benjamin
Hoar two in manner as aforesaid. That each of the Grantees
at the Executing of this Instrument, pay fourteen Pounds Cash old
tenor, to pay the Charges risen and Ariseing in said Township, to be
Deposited in the hands of some Person chosen b}- them for that Pur-
pose—
That a Convenient Meeting House be built in said Townvship,
within Seven Years from this Date as near the Center of said Town,
and at such place as the Major part of the Interest of Grantors and
Grantees shall Determine by a Major Vote in publick Proprietors
Meetings called for that Purpose, Giving forty days Notice of such
Meeting, & ten Acres of Land reserved there for publick Use
That the aforesaid Grantees or their Assigns assess such further Sura
or Sums of Money in equal Proportion to each Grantees Interest,
Exclusive of the publick Lots as shall be Necessary for Compleating
any of the publick Articles aforesaid, & for such further Payment
of any Sum or Sums that shall by the said Grantees or their Assigns
be raised for hireing Preaching, or settling & Support of the Minister
there and on Failure of Payment for the Space of three Months
after such publick Tax is agreed upon & Posted up, at such Place or
no CHARTER RECORDS.
Places US the Proprietors, the Grantees aforesaid, or their Assigns
shall appoint for calling Proprietors INIeetings, that so much of such
Delinquents Right be disposed of as will pay such Tax or assessment
& all Charfjes arisino- thereon.
That all White Pine Trees fit for his Majesties Use for Masting his
Royal Navy Growing on said Land be and hereby are Granted to his
Majesty his Heirs & Successors for ever, and in Case any of the s'^
Grantees or their Assigns, shall neglect or refuse to perform any of
the Articles, Matters & Things aforementioned by him Respec-
tively to be done he shall forfeit his Share & whole Right in said
Township, & every part thereof to those of the said Grantees or
their immediate Assigns that shall have Complyed with the Con-
ditions on their parts herein Exprest. and it shall and may be law-
full for them or any Person or Persons in their Stead, & by their
Authority, to enter into & upon the Right or part of such Delin-
quent Owner, & any and every part thereof, in the name of the
whole of the Settlers that shall fuUfill as aforesaid, & him utterly
to amove. Oust & Expel for their Use, their Heirs & Assigns Pro-
vided they Settle or cause to be Settled each such Delinq'* Right
or Share, within the Space of One Year at the furthest from the
Period of such Condition, Articles, Matters & things that is by this
Instrument Stipulated to be done as the Condition of this Grant,
& fully discharge & Comply with all the whole Duty & Expence
such Delinquents ought to have done, & every part of Duty en-
joyn'd, such Right to be finished at the Several Periods thereof,
& in Case the said Grantees or their Assigns that shall fullfill their
parts as aforesaid, & shall omit & neglect for the Space of one Year
as aforesaid, improveing. Building, & Settling and fullfiUing every
part as herein is Conditioned to be done that all such Share & Right
as are thus delinquent in said Township, & every part & Parcel
of such Delinquents shall be forfeited, revert & belong to the
Grantors of the Premises their Heirs & Assigns with full Authority
to enter into and upon all such Delinquents Rights & the Possessor
thereof utterly amove, oust & expel for the Use of the said Grantors,
Provided there be no Indian Wars within any of the Terms & Lira-
tation of time aforesaid for doing the Duty Condition'd in this Grant,
and in Case that should happen the same time to be allowed for
the Respective Matters aforesaid after such Impediment shall be
removed. Lastly the said Grantors do hereby promise and engage
to the said Grantees their Heirs & Assigns, to defend thro' the Law
to King & Council, if need be One Action that shall & may be
brought against them or any Number of them, by any Person or
Persons whatsoever Claiming the said Land or any part, thereof by
NEW IPSWICH.
119
any other Title than that of the said Grantors, or that by which
they hold & derive their's from Provided the said Grantors are
avouched in, to defend the same, and that in Case on final Tryal the
same shall be recovered against the Grantors, that such Person or
Persons shall recover nothing over against the Grantors for the
Lands, Improvements or Expence in bringing forward the Settle-
ments, and further that the said Grantors will pay the Necessary
Expence of time & Money that any other Person or Persons shall
be put to by any other Suit or Suits that shall be brought against
them or any of them the said Grantees for tryal of the Title before
one Suit shall be fully Determined in the Law —
To all which Premises Joseph Blanchard Esq'' Agent, for & in
Behalf of the Grantors hath hereunto set his Hand & Seal this
seventeenth day of April 1750
Joseph Blanchard
LS
this being a true Copy of the Original Charter Examiu'd Decem-
ber 25"^ 1753,
attest Benj'^ Adams Prop"^* Clerk
Copy from the Files Examin'd
f Geo: Jaffrey Prop-"-^ CI
\_Benjamin Adams'^ Copy of Plan. ~\
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CHARTER RECORDS.
[j^Tohn Stevens's Certificate, 1752.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 84.]
Midd'' ss Wheareas in'' Benjamin Adams on the 24 Day of June :
1752 was Chosen Clerk of The Proprietors of the Township of New
Ipswich so Called lying in the Province of New Hampshire
This may Certefie that the above Said Adams Personall}^ Appeare-
ing was Sworn To the faithfiill Discharge of that Trust
Before me John Stevens Jus*^ of Peace
Townshend July A: D 1762
\^Rese7'ved Lots, 1751.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 86.]
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NEW IPSWICH. 121
Taken from the Records of the Propr^ of Lands Called New Ips-
wich the 25"^ of Deee-^ 1753—
The men above mentioned are the Eighteen Grantors of the Town
Ship of New Ipswich and they have Drawn their lotts as they are
above Entered the First Two lotts was Drawn at Donstable July y®
10"' 1750: the other two lotts was drawn at New Ipswich the 28*'' day
of May 1751—
This being a True Copy
at* Benj=^ Adams Prop" Clerk
[^Acceptance of Cliarte)\ 1753.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 85.]
Whereas the Proprietors of the Lands, in the Province of New-
hampshire purchased by them, of John Tuftin Mason Esqr, who Sold
them Under the Title made by A Common Recovery, did on the 17"'
day of April 1750 Grant the Quantity of thirty Square Miles part of
S*^ Lands, bounded &c Under Certain Considerations, Limitations,
Reservations, in S*^ Grant, Mentioned as by the Charter of S'^ Town
Refference thereto being had as will fully Appear, Unto the Grantees,
of S** Township ; Voted that we do hereby except S** Title, and for
Ourselves, our Heirs and Essigns, do Acknowledge that we hold S*^
Lands, Under S*^ Title, Conditions, & Ijimitations, with y® Reserva-
tions in S*^ Charter Mentioned : Taken from the Records of the Prop"
of Lands Call'' New-Ipswich the 25 of Dec"^ 1753 This being Voted
at their Proprietors Meeting held at the house of M' Benj** Hoar* on
December y^ 19, 1753.
This being a Trew Copy of the Vote :
attest Benj''' Adams Prop'* cler
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CHARTER RECORDS.
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Tho' Adams ....
18
2
10
178
180
Tho^ Adams ....
50
70 tor
2 lotts
Cap' Rob' Choat
51
4
I
I
10
73 for
2 lotts
William Brown
30
4
6
120
144
Nathaniel Smith
45
3
13
i54fo
r 2 lotts
Tho^ Dennis ....
57
67
56 for
2 lotts
Natha" Smith ....
3
16
91
103
Andrew Spaulding
4
I
1 2
12
and John Marsh
37
153 fo
r2 lotts
Isaac Patch halfe a Right .
4
5
part of the old
80 acre lott
No 15 for his
after Right
Major Zacheus Lovewell
2
II
186
115
143
the first Minister Right
32
2
13
75
106
the ministerall Right
20
4
16
Two lotts in the
west end of the
Strip Joyning to
strip Town line
the Schoole Right .
13
174
134
180
III
Benja Hoar ....
26
16
135
136
Benj» Hoar ....
36
69
104
Francies .....
53
3
6
66
97 for
2 lotts
Co" John Choat
27
113
114
William Peters ....
70
124
CHARTER RECORDS.
Taken from the Records of the Prop"^* of Lands Called new Ips-
wich the 25^^ of Dec' 1753—
This being a True Copy of the Schedule of the Grantees lotts,
attest Benj* Adams Prop" Clerk
\_Plan of Lots.]
[Isaac Howe to Greorge Jaffrey, 1768.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 89.]
Sir be pleas'd to Give me Leave to mind your Honour of a few
things, first, your Honour may Remember you Desier'd me to Sum-
mons Evedences to prove Sum Trespases, which I did, and I went
Seven miles to the Town of Renge for two, to prove the Trespas on
m'^^ Wiberts Land, and Ever Sence til I paid them, they keept asking
me for the pay, I told them the Lords would pay them when the bil
of Cost was made up. So keept them Easey til the Cost was Recov-
erd, then they Said they went Seven miles to the Stumps to Sware
NEW IPSWICH. 125
and they would Sue if I would not pay them the fee, So Rather than
they Should Sue I paid them, my Self, So be pleasd to think of the
Servis I have Done, and my paying them to prevent Suing (your
Honour told me, if you Remember, that if I would persue the Rioters
in the Law, I Should have Sum Consideration made me, I did it So
that they quit pretention to the Land and Left the Province) but I
Leave all to your jenerosity not Douting but that your Honour will
think I Deserve Sumthing for these things ; I Should be glad if your
Honour would Send by the barer Esq Hobard, your mind on the affair
or whether there is anything for me, if nothing, I Shall think no
more of it, nor ask no more, any way. So I Remain your most Hum-
ble and most obedient Servent
New Ipswich Dec ye SV^ 1768 Isaac How
To the Honourable George Jeffry Esq
P S be pleasd to perdon me whatever may appear harsh, insiped,
Superfluus or a mis in this Letter
Isaac How
[ Writ in Jaffrey vs. Pratt, 1790.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 90.]
Hillsborough, )>THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
j J q I To the sheriff of our county of Hillshorouyh his undersher-
I ^ ' S W ^'*' deputy,
— — Greeting.
We command you to summon John Pratt of New Ipswich in said
County Gentleman (if he may be found within your precinct) to
appear before our justices of our inferiour court of common pleas,
next to be holden at Amherst, within and for our said county of Hills-
borough, on the second Tuesday of June next then and there in our
said court to answer unto George JafTrey of Portsmouth in our
County of Rockingham Esq' in an action of ejectment wherein the
Pla' demands against the said Pratt seizen and possession of a certain
tract of land situate in said New Ipswich being the lot numbered one
hundred & seventy in the second division and containing by estima-
tion sixty five aci'es more or less & bounded north on lot number one
hundred and sixty nine west on lot number one hundred & eighteen
south on lot number one hundred & seventy one »& east on lot num-
ber sixty seven as originally laid out in s'' Town whereupon the Pla*^^
saith that within twenty years last past he was seized of the premises
126 CHARTER RECORDS.
in his demesne as of fee and ought now to be in the actual possession
thereof Yet the said Pratt hath since entered upon the s'' premises
ejected the Pla' therefrom and stil unjustly withholds the possession
thereof from him
To the damage of the said George as he saith the sum of one hun-
dred pounds, which shall then and there be made to appear, with
other due damages. And have you there this writ, with your doings
therein.
Witness Timothy Farrar esquire, at Amherst the thirteenth day of
Mav anno domini, 1790
Rob' Fletcher Clerk.
True copy Att Rob' Fletcher CI
Hillsboro ss IT. May 1790 Pursuant to this precept I have sum-
moned the within named Pratt to appear at the Court within men-
tioned as the law directs by giving him an attested copy of this writ
Travel service & copy 6/8
Isaac Appleton D Sheriff
True copy Att Rob' Fletcher CI
\_Judgme7it, Jaffrey V8. Pratt^ 1791.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 90.]
May 1791
Hillsbo ss agreeable to this Rule of Court, We the Refrees having
met and duly notified the Parties (who appeared) and having fully
heard their respective proofs and Allegations beg leave to Report, that
y® plaintiff recover against the Defen' Pratt, Seizen & Possession of
the following tract of Land, described in the Plan'^ declaration, that
is to Say, the lot numbered one hundred & Seventy as mentioned in
the before recited Declaration — begining at y*^ Northeasterly Corner
of said Lot, at a heap of Stones about eighty rods Southerly of a cer-
tain Beach tree fairly marked & reputed as the North east Corner
of the Lot Numbered 169 & from said heap of Stones — which is
adjudged the original Corner of said Lot Numbered 170 Westerly
about 196 rods by Lot Numbered 169 about 146 rod to the westerly
line of the gore so called, also that the Plan' recover Cost of Court to
be taxed in Legal form and Cost of Reference being —
for Smith's Defe'* 2.18.0 which was Deducted from Plan'^ Demand
5.3.3 —
NEW LONDON. 1 27
[^Note about Bounds.'\
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 90.]
William Clary Nath" Carlton Isaac Appleton j' are knowing to the
marks of 3 *" bounds between Lot 169 — 170 — in New Ipswich Roger
Cilniore of Jaffrey Survey' & Chainman Cap* Eph"' Hartwell of New
Ipswich a Survej'^ & Referree
[^Charles Barrett's Bond, 1792.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 90.]
Received of John Peirce Eliz"^ Wentworths Deed to John Cutter for
two Lots of Land in New Ipswich for the Consideration of one hun-
dred & Forty four pounds, for the Securit}^ of which payment said
Cutter is to o-ive a Note & mortgage on said Land, I have also received
of said John Edw'^ B. Longs and Wifes Deed to Ephraim Adams for half
of two Lots of Land in said Town for the Consideration of thirty nine
pounds 12/ for which I am to take said Adams Note to pay in two
Years with interest from the date of the Deed, said Cutters Note is also
to be on interest, which I will get done or return said Deeds in Six
Months— Jan>- 4'^ 1792
Charles Barrett
for Thomlinsons Land in New Ipswich & Peterborough
NEW LONDON.
[Granted by the Masonian Proprietors to William Symes and others as Heidle-
bii7-g June 5, 1753. Regranted as Alexandria Addition July 7, 1773, to Jonas
Minot and others. Incorporated as New London June 25, 1779, ^"^ named from
London, Eng. A part of Kearsarge Gore was annexed June 19, 1793. Portions
of Sunapee were annexed Dec. 11, 1804, and June 19, 1817. The northerly part
was combined with a part of Kearsarge Gore and incorporated as Wilmot, June
18, 1807.
See Xin, Hammond Town Papers, i ; Index to Laws, 403; sketch, by J. E.
Sargent, Hurd's History of Merrimack County, 1885, p. 421 ; Centennial, 2,
Granite Monthly, 311, 341, 369; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cummings,
1836, p. 1 1 ; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 400; Notes, by J. Farmer, 18,
Collections of Mass. Historical Society, 173 ; Great Whirlwind, 1821, Collections of
N. H. Historical Society, 241 ; New London Scythe Co., 5, Granite Monthly, 33 ;
The Dividing Line. A Sketch of New London, 19, id., 93.]
128 CHARTER RFX'ORDS.
{^Charter of Heidleburg, 1753.]
[Masoiiian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 91.]
Province of ^ Pursuant to the Power & Authority granted &
New Hamp' \ vested me the Subscriber by the Proprietors of Lands
purcliased of John Tufton Mason Esq' in the Province of New Hamp'"
by their vote passed at their meeting Held at Portsmouth in Said
Province the Sixth Day of December 1751 —
I Do by these Presents on the Terms Conditions with the Reserva-
tions herein after expressed give & grant all tlie Right Title Property
& Possession of the Proprietors aforesaid unto William Symes Esq"^
Eleazer Far well Samuel Sarles Samuel Huson Philip Olerick Abial
Richardson, John Hutchinson Thomas M'Claughlin Isaac Colburn
William Cox Jonathan Butterfield Charles Cox Benjamin Farwell
Oliver Colburn, William Eyers Benjamin French William Harris
Jonathan Farwell Benjamin Thompson Phinehas Underwood Ezekiel
Greale Robert Fletcher Joseph Butterfield Jun. Joseph Wright Zacheus
Spaulding Mark Gould Benoni Juel Thomas Juel Reuben Butterfield
Jonathan Griffin Daniel Merril, Samuel Merril Jun. Nehemiah Love-
well Henr}^ Snow Peter Prescott Stephen Hosmore Jun^ John Fox
Jacob Fletcher Elijah Fletcher Samuel Burbank Henry Chase Samuel
Grele Jun"^ Benjamin Winn Samuel Grele Sen"" William Taylor
Thomas Parker Robert Fletcher Jun' Joseph Blanchard Jun' Stephen
Addams John French Jun'' — of In and to that Tract of Land or
Township lying in the Province of New Hamp' afores'' Contain-
ing Twenty Three Thousand and Forty Acres Bounded as Fol-
lowetli Begining at a Beach Tree in the western Line of Mason's
Patent fifty eight Miles Northwardly from the Province Line at the
Southwestward Corner of a Tract of Land or Township Granted to
Joseph Butterfield Jun' and His Associats (Cal'' Alexandria) From
thence Run'ing South Sixty five Degrees East Six miles and One half
to an Elm Tree mark'' with a heep of Stones about it from thence South
Forty Eight Degrees West Six Miles to a Tree mark'' from thence
North Sixty five Degrees west Six miles and one half To a Beach Tree
Mark'' Standing in the afore Said Line of Masons Pattent from thence
on the Pattent Line afore said to the Bounds first Mentiond said Tract
or Township is Call'' Hiddleburg — to them their Heirs & Assigns To
have & to hold on the following Terms and Conditions with the Reser-
vations herein after expressed viz' that the Tract or Township aforesaid
be Divided into One Hundred and Twenty three Equal Shares Two
Lots at the Least to each Share to be finished & Drawn for in Some
equitable and Publick manner at or before the last Day of November
1755—
NEW LONDON. 1 29
that three of the aforesaid Shares be and hereby are granted free
from Charge one for the first settled minister one for the ministry
and one for the School There forever that Twenty more of the said
Shares be reserved for the Grantors their Heirs and Assigns forever
and acquitted from all Duty & Charge untill Improved by the
Owners or Some holding under them Respectively —
That the Owners of the other Shares make Settlements at their
own Expence in the following Manner Viz*^ Each Grantee at the
Expiration of five years from the Last Day of November next
after the Date hereof have three Acres Parcel of his Right Respec-
tivel}^ Cleared inclosed & fitted for mowing or Tillage, three Acres
more Cleared inclosed and fitted as aforesaid then next Annually for
three Years & at the End of the three Years which will be on the
last Day of November 1761 have Each a dwelling house built &
finished fit and Comfortable for a Family to Dwell in & a Family or
some Person to inhabit & Continue Inhabitancy there for three
Years then next Coming. That a Convenient Meeting House be
built in Said Township within Eight years from this Date & Ten
Acres of Land Reserved there for Publick use. That the Lands in
Said Township Belonging to Grantors & Grantees be subjected to
have all Necessary High-ways laid thro' them as there Shall be
Occasion for the Future
That the afore said Grantees their Heirs or Assigns by a Major
Vote in Publick Meeting Called for that Purpose Grant and Assess
in Equal Proportion Such Sum or Sums of Money as they Shall
think necessar}^ for Carrying forward & Compleating the Settlement
aforesaid and every of the Grantees exclusive of the three public
Lots or his Assignes who Shall neglect for the Space of Sixty Days
after Such Assessment vShall be Granted to Pay the Same so much
of Such Delinquents Right Shall and may be Sold as will Pay the
Respective Taxes & all charges arising thereon by a Committee to
be appointed by the Grantees or their Assignees for that Purpose —
And in Case any of the Grantees or their Assignees Shall neglect
or Refuse to Preform any of the articles matters or things aforesaid
by Him respectively to be Done he Shall forfit his Right in Said
Township and Every Part thereof to those of the Grantees or their
immediate Assigns who Shall Have Comply'd with the Conditions on
their Part herein Express'd And it Shall and may be Lawful for
them or any Person by their Authority to Enter Into and upon
the Right or Part of Such Delinquents Owners & any and every
Part in the name and behalf of the whole of the Grantees or their
immediate Assigns who Shall Comply as aforesaid to amove Oust
130 CHARTER RECORDS.
And expel for the use of them their heirs and Assigns — Provided
they Settle or Cause to be Settled Each Such Delinquents Right
within the Term of One Year at the furthest from the Perieods that
is by this Instrument Stipulated to be Done as the Condition of
this Grant and fully Comply with the whole Duty such Delinquent
Ought to have Done within One Year from time to time after the
Respective Perieods thereof And in Case the Gratees or their
Assignees fuUfilling their Parts as afore said Shall neglect fullfilling
as afore Said the Duty of any Delinquent owner As afore said then
such Right or Part Shall be forfit Revert and belong to the Grantors
their Heirs & Assigns and be wholly at their Disposal — Always pro-
vided there be no Indian War within any of the Terms Afore said
for Doing the Duty Conditioned in this Grant and in Case that
should Happen the Same Time to be Allow'd for the Respective
matters aforesaid after Such Impediment Shall be Removed.
Lastly that all White Pine Trees fit for Masting his Majestys
Royal Navy growing on said Tract of Land be & hereby are
Granted to his Majestys his heirs & Successors forever. To All
which Premises I Joseph Blanchard agent for and in behalf of the
Proprietors the Grantors Have hereto Set my Hand and Seal this
fifth Day of June in the Twenty Sixth Year of his Majestys Reign
Anno. Dominiq 1753
Joseph Blanchard J L. S. |
Copy Examined '^ , Robert Fletcher Proprietors Clerk
l^Acceptance of Charter^ 1753.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 92.]
At a Meeting of the Prop"^- (the Grantees) of the Tract of Land or
Township Cal'^ Hiddleburg in the Province of New Hampshire held
at Dunstable the twelfth Day of June 1753
the Following Vote Passed unanimously
Whereas the Prop''* of Land in the Province of New Hampshire
purchased by them of John Tufton Mason Esq who sold them under
the Title made by a Comon Recovery did on the fifth Day of June
— afore s'^ Grant the Quantity of Twenty Three Thousand and forty
acres (by Estimation Part of S'' Lands Bounded as P'olloweth Begin-
ing at a Beach Tree in the western Line of Masons Pattent fiffty
Eight miles northwardly from the Province Line at the Southwest-
NEW LONDON. I3I
wardly Corner of a Tract of Land or Township Granted to Joseph
Butterfiekl Jun"' and His Associates Cal'^ Alexandria From thence
Runing Soutli Sixty five Degrees East Six miles and one half to an
Elm Tree mark'^ with a heep of Stones about it from thence Runing
South forty Eight Degrees west Six miles to a Tree mark'* from
thence North Sixty five Degrees west Six miles and one half to a
Beach Tree mark'* Standing in the afore s'* Line of Masons Pattent
from thence on the Pattent Line afore s'* to the Bounds first men-
tioned Which Tract of Land or Township is Cal'' Hiddleburg —
unto William Symes Esq Eleazer Farwell Samuel Sarles Samuel
Huson Philip Olerick Abial Richardson John Hutchinson Thomas
M'^Claughlin Isaac Colburn William Cox Jonathan Butterfield
Charles Cox Benjamin Farwell Oliver Colburn William Eyers
Benjamin French William Harris Jonathan Farwell Benjamin
Thompson Phinehas Underwood Ezekiel Greale Robert Fletcher
Joseph Butterfield Ju'' Joseph Wright Zacheius Spaulding Mark
Gould Benoni Juel Thomas Juel Reuben Butterfield Jonathan Grifiin
Daniel Merril Samuel Merril Ju"" Nehemiah Lovewell Henry Snow
Peter Prescott Stephen Hosmore Jun"" John Fox Jacob Fletcher
Elijah Fletcher Samuel Burbank Henry Chase Samuel Grele Jun"^
Benjamin Winn Samuel Grele Sene"" William Taylor Thomas
Parker Robert Fletcher Jun^ Joseph Blanchard Jun"" Stephen
Addams John French Jun"^ — Under Certain Conditions Limitations
and Reservations in s'* Grant mention'* as by Referance thereto will
fully Appear therefore voted —
That wee do hereby acept s'* Title & for our Selves our Heirs &
assigns do accknowledge that we hold s'* Lands under said Title Con-
ditions & Limetations with the Reservations therein Mentioned
Extract From y*^ votes Examined
f ^ J Blanchard Moderator
Coppey from the files Examined
^' Rober"^ Fletcher Propietors Clerk
132
CHARTER RECORDS.
l_Plan of Heidlehurg^ 1753.]
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l^Grant As Alexandria Addition^ 1773.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, July 7, 1773.]
Voted Also That there be and hereby is granted unto the before-
named Jonas Minott, Jonathan Bagley, William Bailey, John Talford,
William Talford, Matthew Thornton, Robert McMurphy, Daniel
Rindge and Joshua Talford, on the Terms, conditions Limitations &
reservations herein after exprest, a Certain tract of land situated in
the County of Hillsborough & Province of New Hampshire, bounded
as follow's viz* begining at the Southwesterly Corner of Alexandria
aforesaid on the Pattent line, and Runing on said Pattent line, to
Fishersfield Corner, in Great Sunnipe Pond, from thence East, on the
Northerly side line of Fishersfield, four hundred seventy two Rods to
Parrys Town Corner, then North eighty five degrees East about four
miles to a beach tree marked, on Parrystown Line, from thence North
thirty nine degrees East, about Sixteen hundred & seventy two rods
to a beach tree marked in Alexandria Corner, from thence North
twelve degrees West, to the Pattent line aforemention'd on the
westerly side of said Alexandria, To Have & to Hold to the said
Minot his heirs & assigns forever the one moiety of said Land, and to
the said Jonathan Bagley, William Bailey, John Talford, William
Talford, Matthew Thornton, Robert McMurphy, Daniel Rindge, &
Joshua Talford, and to their i-espective heirs and Assigns forever, the
other Moiety thereof, according to their respective Rights and shares
in said Alexandria, upon the following Terms, Conditions, Limitations
& Reservations, That is to Say, That one third part of said Land, is
NEW LONDON. I33
hereby reserved to the said Grantors, their heirs and assigns forever,
Viz* Lott Number 74, N« 40, N° 128, N° 38, N° 49, N" 12-2, N« 24, N«
94, N° 119, N° 121, N° 70, N° 95, N" 58, N« 10, N° 50, N° 36, N« 55,
N° 67, N« 136, N'' 126, N« 3, N° 84, N« 125, N° 17, N° 42, N° 29, N°
61, N° 90, N° 18, N° 37, N" 83, N^ 102, N° 120, N° 48, N° 92, N"' 118,
N« 4, N° 106, N" 19, N-^ 14, N° 71, N° 7, N° 15, N° 39, & N° 46, and
two lotts in the Plan return'd of said Tract, a third of which said two
Lotts is reserved to said Grantors, and belongs to their said third part,
of said land, besides the particular lotts beforemention'd, which said
reserved third part shall be held by said Grantors, free from all Taxes,
and charges whatever, that may arise concerning the Roads, building.
Ministry, settlements and other Publick affairs, whatever, until the
Grantors Lands shall be improved, & then only the particular Lott so
improved, shall be liable, and all the white pine trees fit for his
Majesty's Use, for Masting his Royal Navy, growing on said Premises
are hereby reserved for that Use, — That said Grantees shall have
thirty Families on every twenty thousand Acres on said Tract hereby
granted, and so in the same proportion for a greater or less quantity
of land, and all the settlers to be got on and reside on said Land
within three years from the date of this Grant, which tract of land
being supposed of an Oblong form, shall be divided in the Centre into
two Parishes, and that in each parish shall be laid out in the center
thereof, or as near as may be, a lot in a square form, containing at
least ten Acres, for a Burying Yard, Training Field, Meeting house
and other Public Uses forever. And nearly adjoyning to said Lot,
another of one hundred & fifty Acres, for the use of a Publick School,
also another Lott of One hundred & fifty Acres, for the use of the
first settled Minister forever, another Lott adjoyning thereto of one
hundred & fifty acres, for the use of the Ministry forever. That said
Grantees build an house for Publick Worship, of thirty Six feet
square at Least On said ten Acre lot within three years from the date
hereof and Also within that time shall build a Saw Mill and Grist
Mill, and if any Grantee or Grantees, in three years from this date,
shall not settle the Number of Families required to be settled, by this
Grant in proportion to his Right or Share in said Land, such delin-
quent Grantee or Grantees, shall forfeit to said Grantors their heirs
and assigns so much of such delinquents Right or shares in said land,
as shall amount to one thirtieth part of the whole of said Grant for
the use of said Grantors, as if this Grant had never been made, and it
shall be lawful! for them their Heirs & Assigns, or their attorney duly
appointed to reenter into any such Rights or Lands and become
reseised & repossessed of the same. The Duty of Settlement is hereby
meant, that upon each settling Lott there shall be built a dwelling
134 CHARTER RECORDS.
house equal to sixteen feet square, and six Acres improved in Mowing,
Tillage and under fence, — That within Ninety days from this date,
the lotts of said Grantees, shall be drawn or divided, and a Schedule
of the Numbers returned to the said Grantors within that time, with
a list of the settling Lotts, & the lotts thereto belonging, and that
said Grantees within said ninety days, shall Vote an Acceptance of
both said Grants, and make a record of such Acceptance, — The land
in said Tract given to the abovenamed William Bailey is to be under-
stood as granted to him, upon this condition, that in case he consent
to take his part given in said Alexandria, as in the Grant thereof of
even date urith this, and to draw for the share given herein to him, in
Proportion to his Right or Siiare beforemention'd, Then he shall be
intitled to what is herein given to him, otherwise the same is hereby
granted, to the other Grantees and to their heirs and Assigns in the
same Proportion as the other lands herein given them, —
That each Grantee Shall give to the Grantors Bonds in the penal
sum of five hundred pounds lawfull Money in the whole, for the per-
formance of the said terms and conditions of Settlement according to
this Gi'ant, which Bonds shall be given within three months, in pro-
portion to each Grantee's Right in said Lands, and if any Grantee or
Grantees, shall refuse or neglect to sign such Bonds within that time,
his or their Rights or Shares, shall be forfeited for the use of the
Grantees who shall sign such bond. To Hold to them their Heirs &
assigns in proportion to each Grantees Right in said Grant, —
l^Plan mid Description of Alexandria Addition, 1773.]
June y® 1 : 1773 by the Desire of Mathew Thornton Esq"" and M""
Robart M'murphy boath of Londonderry I have Ben and Tock a Sur-
vay of all the Land Laying betwen Alaxandrea and fishersfeald and
Part of Parytown on the Easterly Side of the Patten Line as is Shewn
by the Plan here in Closed and acording to the Best observation I
Cold make of the Qulety of Said Land in General it appears to be
more Ruff and Poor Land than anney I Saw in the Nabeiing Town it
being Very mountanes and Rockey the Lower Land Generly Cold and
Sproosey boggs I Did not See a Grat Deal of Alaxandrea but Perry
town is acording to the best of my Judment much beter l^and in Gen-
eral than the Adition To Alaxandrea which I Lotted out Gentleman
m'' Minort Desii'ed my Judgment and to take Porticuler Notes as to
the Goodnes of the Land and To Send it in writing with the Plan,
Genl" your most Humble Sar*
Jeremiah Page
NEW LONDON.
135
Jane y*^ 1:1773 This Plan Sheweth y^ Number of Lotts in the addi-
tion of Alaxandrea Joyning on the Souuth westerly Sid of Said Alax-
andr and the Easton side of the Patten Line to Grate Sunipe Pond
then by Said Pond to fisherfield then Easterly on fisherfeald to Parry-
ton North Line then Down Parrytown Line Easterly to a Beach Tree
marked thence North 39 Degrees East to a beach tree which is the
Corner of Said alaxandra: it is Divided into 137 Lotts Each Lott
Containing 150 acrs Numbered as is Set Down in the Plan Lay'' Down
by a Scale of one Mild to one Inch and as Convenant as the Land
wold alow I Laid Tew Senter Squars of Ten acrs Each for Publick
Uses as marked in the Plan the Ponds are as Near as Posable Laid in
their Shape and Bignes and the Streems Drawd as thay Run throw
Said Land Said Streems Run Easterly from the Patten Line mesured
by me
Jeremiah Page Svayar of Land
John Tolford and Robart Mcmrphey Jun"^ Cheen man
136 CHARTER RECORDS.
June y*' 23 : 1773 Then Jeremiah Page apperead and made Solomn
oath that this Plan of the addition of Alaxandrea by him Drafted is
Just and Trew acording to the Best of his Skill and Judgment —
Before me — Benj* Day Just Peac
the Lotts N" 55 : and N° 43 : and N° 86 — Laying is two Peacs Each
by Reason of Ponds Taken away Land out of them the D rawed Lins
are Run and spoted the Pricked Lins are Not Run Nor Spoted but
the Bounds are made at Each End of the Lotts and Numbered on the
Bounds and I have a Record of what Sort of wood Each Bound is
made upon or Stak
[^Jonas Minot to George Jaffrey^ 1780.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 94.]
Sir M"^ Day, one of the Persons for whom I applied for Land Near
Newlondon Prays ye Proprietors to Adjourn their Meeting to the
twenty Ninth Day of this Instant when he Expects to Bring ye money
for his Land, the oather persons will Send at ye Same Time or as
Soon as possable, which is all at present from your Most humble Ser'
Concord June 9th 1780 Jonas Minot
To the Hour'''" George Jeffery
NEWPORT.
[Granted as Greni'iUe ]a.n. i, 1753, to Isaac Pennell and others. Granted Oct.
6, 1 76 1, to Nathaniel Fish and others, and incorporated as Newport. Named from
Newport, R. I. The charter was renewed Feb. 2, 1769.
See New Hampshire charters in preceding volumes ; X, Bouton Province and
State Papers, 394, 398, 400, as to participation in movement for union with Ver-
mont towns; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 46; Index to Laws, 405 ; History,
by Edmund Wheeler, 1879, pp. 600; sketch, by J. VV. Parmelee, Hurd's History
of Sullivan County, 1886, p. 200 ; sketch, by J. VV. Parmelee, 3, Granite Monthly,
228, 269; address, centennial of Congregational Church, 1879, by A. S. Wait;
Stewart's History of the Free Baptists, 1862, p. 302 ; Baptist Churches in N. H.,
by E. E. Cummings, 1836, pp. 9. 11, 17; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p.
456; Great Whirlwind, 1821, i. Collections of N. H. Historical Society, 241.]
OSSIPEE.
\^Plan of Peirce Land.^
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Surveyed by Cutting Noyes.
Land is in Newport
This is a plan of 500 Acre Lot in Newport Laid out to Benning
Wentwortli & now owned by J P —
N° agred to sell to Jason R. Hall & Luther Hawes — Deeds del'* M"
S. Gunnison Dec 25 1805
It is probable there is a mistake in the holders of this Land — it is
believed that Jacob Kelly & Israel Kelley bought Lot N" 2 & 4 &
that they sold Lot N° 2 to Jos Pearson & Rich'* K Sawyer and the
Kelley still hold Lot N° 2
Abraham Patterson of Henniker wishes to purchase N° 1 — an
answer in 30 Days at 600— April 14, 1808
Dan Putney to have Lot N° 5 at 450 Notes taken deed to be given
March next by bond Sep 24 1807
OSSIPEE.
[Formerly known as Ossipee Gore and New Garden. Incorporated as Ossipee
Feb. 22, 1785. That part of Ossipee Gore which was not included in Ossipee was
annexed to Effingham Dec. 23, 1820. Named from a tribe of Indians who once
lived in that vicinity. A part of the town was annexed to Tamworth Jan. 13,
1837. A portion of the same territory was reannexed to Ossipee June 23, 1859.
See XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 138 ; Index to Laws, 415, 416; sketch, Fer-
gusson's History of Carroll County, 1889, p. 579; Stewart's History of the Free
Baptists, 1862, pp. 252, 302; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 585; Indian
Mound in, 2, Farmer and Moore's Historical Collections, 45.]
138 CHARTER RECORDS.
[Petition of Joseph Wait, 1770.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 95.]
To The Honorable The Gentleman, Claimants of the Right of John
Tufton Mason Esquire &c In New hampshire —
The Petition of Joseph Wait in behalf of himself and a number of
others, who are very desirous of being Interested in the said Province
— Most humbly Praying for a Grant of the unappropriated land in
said Propriety, of the content of about 3000 Acres — where it may be
found suitable for Settlement, near Ossapee Pond on the Road lately
marked out by M"" Nash — Hereby engaging to enter on the Premises
immediately, & actually to improve & cultivate the same, agreable to
the Terms, upon which Your Hon'' usually grant the said Lands. And
y"^ Petitioner will ever Pray &c —
Portsmo 12*i> Sep* 1770— Joseph Wait in behalf
of himself & others
[JV^otes about Settlements.^
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 96.]
The Terms and Conditions for the Setlers on the hundred Acre
Lots to be granted on the Road from Wolfborough to Leavets Town
viz* That the Setler before entry on the Lot agreed by y^ Com'®® to
be granted, to give a Bond with a Penalty of X30 — lawfull money to
clear three acres of land fitt for mowinor or Tillage and have a house
built on the Lot of Sixteen feet Square or equal thereto finished Suita-
bly for a family for to reside in comfortably and conveniently the whole
of the year, which to be performed within twelve months from the date
of y" Bond and to clear three Acres more of the Lot annually for Seven
years Successively from the first year fit for mowing or tillage and
that a Family constantly reside on the Lot for y*" whole term above
mentioned —
and The Com*''® are to give the Persons who give the Bonds for Set-
tlements of y® Lots a Certificate that at the expiration of y® Term of
the first twelve months if the Terms of y® bond are then fulfilled a
grant shall be ma'de of the Lot on the usual Terms
Setling Lotts on the Road between Wolfborough & Leavits town —
N° 2— Benj : Scedgel 18 Highlanders
3 John Scedgel 19
7 — Mill Privaledge Brassbree 22
10 — Sam : Lear 23 Abel Leathers
11 Jos : Levy 26
14 Highlanders 27
15 Highlanders
[Flan of Ompe^^ l'^^'* 3
WolfioToualt JliUdf"
Lay-d out and Survey'd forty five Hundred Acre lotts & one four hundred Acre lot, and Run y« back lines of y' hundred
Acre lotts on Pigwacket Road Every lot is run on every Side and Spoted, & Numbered on every Corner, of each lott.
Said Lotts in the Flan are Numbered with Red ink . , j , , , . „ . .
N. B. y« Doted lines are y" Roads, which is done withj^hk. on y« out Side of S'' tract of land is a'lowed three
Rod Road, all y^ others Roads are allowed four Rod Roads.
N. B. the lott N" 46 is a four hundred Acre Lott —
Portsmouth Sep' I" 1774 „ By James Hersey
I
OSSIPEE. 139
26'^^ Ap^ 1774
only ten Lots between Wolfborough & Leavits town to be given to
setlers five of which to be above N'' 18
Nath' Weeks Greenland desires to have a Lot in the new Road he
is a Going up to Look upon Said Lots and will give an Answer by the
Latter End may Next April 29, 1774—
Cornelius Denbow of Lea & Richard Glover of ditto Desires to have
a settlement in that p^ of the Land Lately Lav'd out by James Hersey
Octob^ 11, 1774
Setlers on the Road between Conway &, Ossepee River from N" 34
& 35 to 68 & 69 which includes 32 which the settlers have liberty to
chuse their 10 Lots out of
[^Division of Ossipee, 1775.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, March 3, 1775, and Masonian Papers,
Vol. 7, p. 97.]
Province of | Portsmouth March S'^ 1775 Fryday three of the
New Hampsh'' \ Clock afternoon at the Dwelling house of James
Stoodly Esq'' Linholder — The Proprietors meet according to adjourn-
ment—
Whereas the Proprietors hold in Common and undivided a certain
tract of Land, Scituate in the county of Strafford adjoining East-
Town (now Wakefield) Leavetts Town, Ossipee pond, Tuftonborough
and Wolfborough; in which tract of land, hath been lately laid out
into forty five Lotts each lott containing five hundred Acres, by James
Hersey, as by his Plan thereof dated September 1*' 1774 and returned
into the Clerks office of the Proprietors, which plan was taken in order
to prepare the way for a Division and Severance thereof among the
Proprietors ; but the Proprietors judgeing it expedient and necessary
to have Speedy Settlements on the Lotts — do reserve one hundred
Acres in each of Said five hundred Acre Lotts, in common, to be
hereafter appropriated for the encouragement and Use of Settlers
thereon — Therefore Voted That each Proprietor to whose Right and
share any one of Said five hundred Acre Lotts shall be drawn, shall
hold in Severalty only four hundred Acres thereof, that the remain-
ing one hundred acres belonging to each of Said Lotts shall continue
in common & undivided, to be disposed of for the Encouragement of
Settlers, or any other Purpose the Proprietors may think proper — and
that Daniel Rogers Esq*^ m"" John Penhallow and m"" John Peirce, and
m"" William Whipple be tlie Committee to put a Settler on each of
140 CHARTER RECORDS.
Said one hundred Acre lotts So reserved, on Such Terms, as they may
think best for the Interest of Said Proprietors ; and that the Said Com-
mittee be and hereby are impowered to give Quit Claim Deeds for any
•of the Said reserved one hundred Acres to Settlers — and also Voted,
the Said forty five, five hundred Acre Lotts, be now drawn for to the
Right of each of the fifteen Proprietors, or to those who hold under
any of them and when so drawn, to be held in Severalty, to whose
Right they are respectively drawn, except the Said one hundred Acres
in each lott, before reserved — The Lots were drawn and entered in the
following manner —
drawn 1^' To Theodore Atkinson Esq"^ N«> 34— N° 9— N° 45
2'' Jotham Odiorne Esq"" Right N'' 4— N° 32— N° 29
3 John Moffatt Esq^ N° 5— N° 31— N° 43
4 John Rindge N° 21— N'' 19— N° 7
5thxho« Walingford Esq^ Right N° 12— N» 36— N'' 14
6 Blanchard Messerve & Comp'^ N° 42— N° 35— N° 44
7 Tho« Packer Esq^^ Right N° 30— N° 37— N° 1
8 Dan' Peirce & Moor's Right N° 3— N° 39— N« 13
9 George Jaffrey Esq^ N° 8— N° 38— N° 6
10 Richard Wibird Esq-" Right N° 17— N° 28— N" 33
11 Mark Hunk^ Wentworth Esq"" N° 24— N° 2— N° 20
12 Josh'^ Peirce Esq^^ Right N° 16— N° 40— N« 11
13 Solly & March N° 23— N° 25— N° 10
14 Jn° Wentworth Esq^ Right N° 41— N'' 27— N° 15
15'^ThomHnson & Mason N" 22— N° 26— N° 18
whereas in the laying out and Division of the foregoing forty five
hundred Acre Lotts, there is no proper reservation for Roads and
high Ways through Said Lotts Therefore Voted that all necessary
high Ways and roads may be laid out through any of Said Lotts that
may best accomodate the Inhabitants of Said Lotts, and the publick —
\^Grrant of Certaiii Improvements, 1775.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 98.]
We The Subscribers a Committee of Masons Propriety ingage in
our said Capacity to give to Duncan ; James & Alexander Mack-
naughton and John Young a proper Quit Claim Deed of one hundred
Acres of Land to each one of them between y*' Lots N" 10 & 20 &
between the lots N° 11 & 19 laying on the Road from Wolfeborough to
Conway in Such a Manner as to Save to each Man the improvements
already made there by them
OSSIPEE. 141
Poi-tsm" April 28'" 1775—
a Copy of Agreem' given to the Scotch Setlers
D' Rogers ) ^
John r en hallow )
Duncan M N'^— 17
James M ....... 18
Alexand' — 15
Jn° Young — ....... 16
Peter Stewerd — ...... 14
[iVbies about Settlements.']
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 99.]
Terms for Setle [torn] Each Setler to have one [torn]
The first year [torn] Build a conveniet dwelling [torn] feet square
or equal thereto
The Second Year to clear three acres more & have the first three
Acres under improvement
A Family to reside constantly on the premises five Years after y®
first Year
to be allowed a fortnight after application to return the number of
the lot chosen —
The Committee to give an obligation that they shall have a proper
Conveyance as soon as the first Years duty is fulfilled they giving
Bond for their full Compliance with the terms
Lent Henry Rust Esq' Samuel Mallows Obligation for Lot N" 45
in Osseepee which he is to Return —
N° 1 and N" 24 is Engaged to Henry Rust Esq'^ If he Liclines to
Settle them —
N° 1 Henry Rust Esq^
2 N. Frost
3 Rob' Hardy
4 Jos : Bickford
5 Sol : Muncy
6
7
8 Con : Denmore
9. Rich: Glover
10 mill S'^ reserved
24
Henry
Rust Esq''
25
26
27
28
J. D
29
J. D
30
31.
JD
32
Jon" P(
enniman
33
mill Privledge
34.
J.
D.
35
a
Penniman
36
37
38
39
40
41
S.
Mallows
42
J.
D
43
J.
D.
44
45
s.
Mallows
142 CHARTER RECORDS.
11 mill S'^ Reserved
12 E Burn am
13 Sol: Crochet
14 mill S'^ Reserved
15 mill S'^ Reserved
16 Jos. Pitman
17 Tho^ Triggs
18 Arch: Camell
19 J. D.
20
21. J. D.
22 J. D
23 John Wadley
Mem'' the Lot N** 27 Opposite this to be Reserved Six Weeks from
this 26*^^ Day of November '^ agreem'^ for Jonathan Penniman
State of New Hamp""
Articles of Agreement made this ll''^ Day of Jan'' 1778 Between
Dan' Rogers & Will'" Whipple Esq^^ and John Penhallow Mei'ch' a
Committee of the Proprietors of Mason Patent and John Dudle}^ of
Ossipee in the County of Strafford and State afores'' Husbandman
We agree to give to Cap' John Dudley a Quit Claim deed of the
Lot N** 10 on Conway Road upon the Conditions Following, that he
Build an House on said Lots of Thirty feet Square or Equal thereto
and a good Barn Twenty by Thirty feet and Set out Two hundred
Apple Trees on said Lot and a Famely to Move on Said Lot by the
First Day of October Next Ensuing and to Reside on the Same for
Five Years next Ensuing and Also that he Quite Claim to us that hun-
dred Acre Lot that he Chose out of Lot N° 19 and Clear up and fit for
Sowing as many Acres of Land on said Lot as is Cleared on Lot N° 10
Aforesaid and to Raise a Substantial House Frame on said Lot Thirty
feet by Sixteen Also a Good Barn Fi-ame Thirty Two feet by Twenty
and Bring a sufficient Quantity of Bords to the Spot for covering
Inclosing and Bring also for Building a Partition a Cross said House,
the Bords to be sufficient to Cover both Buildings Above Mentioned
— Col° Rust to be the Sole Judge of the Quantity of Land Cleared
on Lot N° 10, and Also of that to be Cleared on Lot N° 19 Also of
the Quality of the Land on Each Lot and the Buildings thereon the
Land to be Cleared on Lot N° 19 by the 15'" day of October Next Ensu-
ing at Furthest and the Houses and Barn Frames be Raisd on Said
Lot by the 15''' August Next Ensuing. Also the Bords to be hailed
upon the Spot by the afores'' 15"' Day of August Next Ensuing
OSSIPEE. 143
Lot 32
Begining at the westerly Corner of said lot on Tuftenborough line
thence runing on said line to the Easterly corner of Tuftenborough
thence runing by the Easterly line of Tuftenborough to the South-
erly Corner of Lot N** 35 then runing North Easterly on the line of
said Lot 35 so far as will make 160 Rods on an North Easterly course
from the first mention'd Bounds thence runing South East so far as a
South west line to the North Easterly line of Lot 33 will Liclude 100
acres and no more
N° 35 Begining at the Southerly corner of said Lot and running 160
Rods on Tuftenborough line thence runing from said line 100 Rods
on a parrelel line with the North westerly side line of Lot 32 thence
runing South Easterly 160 Rods to the last mentioned line then on
said line to the Bounds first mentioned to contain 100 Acres and no
more
l_Report on Capt. Dudley's Road, 1777.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 100. J
Wolfborough Aug' 25"' 1777
Gentlemen
Agreeable to Your Desire I have again Servey'd Cap' Dudleys
Road & find it much better than it was so that it may be call'd a pass-
able Waggon Road except Bridging over the Two largest Rivers Tho
not compleated according to his Agreement with You for the Agreem*
is that it shall be a Good & Compleat Waggon Road I have allso Seen
S'' Road Measured begining at the Conway Road near Bear Pond
from which to Beach River is Three & a half Miles & Thirty Rods
from thence to Lovel River Two & a half miles & 21 Rods from
thence half a Mile which carried us near a small pond on the Easterly
side of the Road whereabouts Cap' Dudley thinks the Notherly side
Line of the Township of Ossipe Crosses S'' Road tho we could not
find it — from thence to Josh" Nickinsons Field Three Miles & 20 Rods
Your Obed' Hum'^ sarv"
Henry Rust
Miles Rods
3i .30
21 24
6i 54
3 20
H 74
The Hon" Dan" Rogers & others Com"
144 CHARTER RECORDS.
Lots pitch'd by Cap* John Dudley —
N° 29 the south corner to run 160 Rods on lot N" 28 and 100 rods
back on lot n'' 18 —
28 the east corner to run 160 Rods on lot N° 29— & 100 Rods on
the North west side line of lot N"* 18
21— the West corner— 160 Rods on lot N° 22— and 100 rods lot 26
22 the North corner 160 on 21— & 100 rods on 26 & 25—
34 the West corner runing 160 rods on Tuftonborough line & 100
rods on that strip land between Wolfborough & Tuftonborough —
42 the south corner to run 160 rods on lot N° 43—100 on lot 37 —
43 the West corner 160 rods on lot N° 42 100 rods on lot N° 30—
19 the West corner to run 160 on lot N° 21 and 100 rods on lot
N«27
31 the east corner to run 160 rods on lot 28 100 on lot 30 —
Also a hundred acre lot N° 9 on the Easterly side of the Conway
road —
Nathan Lee is to have lot N° 8 on the West side of the Conway
road provided he makes his Settlement within one year
Cap' John Dudley is to have proper securities for the several tracts
of Land herein ment'^ according to our former agreem*^ with him pro-
vided he demands it in three month from the date Aug* 29, 1777 —
John Dudley
{John Dudley Recommends Somebody^ 1777.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 102.]
To Daniel Rogers Esq
Sir I Make free to Recomend to your Honer a Nabeor of mine for
a setlor in the New garden and I Do the More freely Recomend him
as I take him to be a Claver honest man and one that will be sarvesa-
ble to the Place on account of his trade as wall as a Good townsman
and as he Hath a fancy for a settelment on the Lot No 4 I Desier
that you wold Do him the favor to Lat him have it one Reson of my
Riteing to your honer is becaus one of his Nabors is about to under
mind him aftor he hath Ben at Consadrable troble abut it your honers
Compliance will Very Much ablidge your Very humble sarvet
M : burrough October John Dudley
y'^ 13:: 1777
OSSIPEE. 145
[^■Jonatlixoi Pennimaii's Request^ 1778.]
[Masoniaii Papers, Vol. 7, p. lU3.]
Moultonborougli Jan>' y^ 7'^ 1778
Sir I Should Be glad of one more favour of your bonnor Sir I & my
Son was Down at portshmouth & the Committe met & we took
the Engagement of two Setlers Lots Laying in the township of New
Garden & your honner and the rest of the gentleman Committe gave
me incorridgement that you,r honners would hang up two Lots for
two young men which are out at Labour & their times is not out till
the first of Next march & please your honner Sir I Should Be glad if
your honner would Do me the Cines to hang these two Lots up untill
the first of Next march the Numbers of these are no : twenty seven &
no thirty six & in So Doing you will oblidge
your humble Serv :
Jon*^ penniman
Mem" Jacob Scadgel has Sold to Benjamin Scadgel Jun*' 100 Acres
of Land Lots N° 11 on Conway Koad for 9 Dollars June 1777, and
Went upon Said Lot and fell 10 Acres of s'^ Land and put up a Frame
House, but not Inclous'' ; and then went aprivateering, and in his
Absence the Spring 1778 his futher Clear"^ 3 or 4 Acres and planted
the same, Sence which the Above Named Jacob Scadgel has Sold it
to One Nich^ Leathers and is now Sowing of Rye upon the Improved
part of Said Land where Corn was Started
[John Dudley's Request^ 1778.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 104.]
To the Honrable Committe of tofton Masons propriate Gentlemen —
you May Remember that one m'' Peniman had the promis of a Lot of
Land in the New garden being Lot No 27 for a Sartain yong man
Who has fall thrue and Mr. peneman hath Given the Chance up to
me and I under Stand that Adom Brown of this Town had a promis
of a Lot from your honers for Sattleing and I Should Be glad if he
might have the afore Lot as I have Given it up to him if it is agrea-
ble to Your Honers from your homble Sarvent
John Dudley
Moultonborougli September 1778
10
146
CHARTER RECORDS.
\_Proprietors' Lots, 1780.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 104.]
[Endorsed] The Numbers of the Proprietors Lots of Land in
Ossipe 1780—
Numbers of Lotts Quality 1 Numbers of Lotts Middleing lotts
I
NO 3
good Lott.
I
No 2
Middleing lott
2
No 4
good Lott.
2
NO 9
Midd. lot.
3
No 5
good lott.
3
No 25
Middleing lott.
4
NO 8
good lott.
4
NO 26
Doto lott"
5
NO 12
good lott.
5
NO 27
Doto lott.
6
No 16
good lott.
6
NO 28
Do lott.
7
NO 17
good lott.
7
NO 32
DO lott.
8
No 21
good lott.
8
No 31
DO lott.
9
NO 22
good lott.
9
NO 35
Do lott.
10
No 23
good lott.
10
No 36
DO lott
II
No 24
good lott.
II
NO 37
Do lott
12
No 34
good lott.
12
NO 38
Do lott
13
NO 30
good lott.
13
NO 39
Do lott
14
NO 41
good lot
14
No 40
Do lott
15
NO 42
good lott.
15
No 19
DO lott
\_Deed, MclSfaughton to Dudley, 1780,]
[Masonian Papers, VoL 7, p. 105.]
To all People to whom these Presents shall come Know ye that I
Duncan M'Naughton of Tamworth in the County of Strafford &
State of New Hampshire Yeoman do by these Presents for the Con-
sideration of Five Pounds received hereby, remise. Release & forever
Quit Claim unto Capt. John Dudley his Heirs & Assigns forever all
the Right, Title, Claim & Demand that I have or ought to have unto
Two Hundred Acres of Land in New Ossipee so called — by Virtue of
a Bond of the same from a Committee of the Purchasers of Masons
Patent to make settlements upon One of which Hundred Acres my
Brother James IVPNaughtan who is now Deceasd, began a Settlement
upon, the other Hundred Acres my Brother Alexander M'^Naughton
OSSIPEE. 147
began a Settlement upon who has now left this Country — The Bond
of which Land I agree to give up to the said Dudley to his own Use
Witness my Hand & Seal May 20, 1780—
Duncan mcNaghtan
Witness David Folsom
M"" Duckon mc'^onton Pise to Give up the bond to mr John Kinnis-
ton that Set foreth in the With in as it is his Rite and Due and it
Will oblige me
September y*^ 7'^ 1781 John Dudley
[Certain Lots Wanted, 1780.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 105.]
1780 July 5^^ IVr John Dearburne of North Hampton desires that
he might have the Lot N*' 2. which J Frost has forfeighted by not Set-
tling also Lot N° 5. to Solomon Munsey, but Nothing done and Also
the Lot N° 6 — the Above Lots for Setling
Portsm° July 6^^ Henry Rust Esq*^ Desires that he may have Lot
N° 1 on Conway Road, and be Inform'd as soon as may be
148
CHARTER RECORDS.
[James Hersei/'s Plan, 1781.]
Ar^.,:, /,
This Plan is laid oat into one hnndred Acre lots one half Mile in
length & one hundred Rods in wedth — allowed four Rod Road at the
end of the lots & allow'd two Rod between the lots — all the Double
lines Denotes a Road — the Range Runs Parrellel with the Province
OSSIPEE. 149
line North 8 degrees East & South 8 Degrees West the Side line of
the lots Runs off at Right angles from the Range lines — the lots are
Nnmber'd at the Westerly end —
N B N° 19 & 19 are coppled for one hundred acre lot likewise N°
82 & 8*2 are coppled
this Survey is Made 1781 By
James Hersey
[Statement about Milh, 1781.]
[Masonian Papers. Vol. 7, p. 10(3.]
This May Sartify Whome it May Consarne that Cap"^ John Dudley
Buielt a Sowy mill and a Griss mill on Loat ]Si° 33 in Osepey Goore
In the moneth of September 1777 the Sowy mill Cut Bords in Octo-
ber fouling a fraim House I Built the Same foil two tiers Biases is in
it and three liumes Seeled Rownd with Good Bords a famaly Rumovd
on the Primises the Same foil and Reamaind in the town Eaver Sence
the Griss mill I Have Leased ouet to one m"^ Brown for the Spse of
teen years and Give him the Priveleg of all he Can Rais on fifty
accors of the Land by Reason the Land is meain and not fit for a
faram the Land that is Clered Round the mils is Eight or teen accors
Exept Sum Large Loags m"^ Brown the Miller Gives us Good Sattis-
faticon as a good Miller We Whose Names are under written attest to
the Same —
March y'^ 15*" 1781
Phe® Graves Joseph Garland David Been
Rich^ Beacham Josiah Poland Samuel Sias
Jacob Brown Joseph Pitman John Wadligh
John Goldsmith Benjamin Seeggel Benjamin Sceggel
John Sceggel Thomas Prows John Young
Isaac goldsmith
-&&^
[Certificate in Favor of John Dudley.^
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 126.]
This May Certify whome it May Consarne that Cap* John Dudley
of Ossipee goare has Erected a Comfortable Dwelling hous of Two
goods Rums well Seeld of workmanlike on the lot N*' 41 in said goare
— & has fitted 20 Acres fit for the plow — Ten Acres of which Was
plowed & put under improvement Last season Avith Indian Corn wheet
& oates & Removd a famely on the premisses Last fall — the house is
built of Good Hew'd timber — And it appears Verry Likely a fine Set-
I50
CHARTER RECORDS.
tleraent will bee Carried on there — we whose Names are Under writ-
ten Attest to the same Winthrop Smith
John Sanderson
Obadiah Dudy
\_Herseifs Plan, 1782.]
^ r
\^'4
3andr*tiJi Xasi Uric
^o.>t cf Sandwich.
OSSIPEE. 151
A Plan of a Strip of Land in Ossipee Gore that Layes North of
What they caU'd Tarn worth & between Said Tam worth ^ the cure
line So on the West to Sandwich — & So on the East to the North
Division in ossipee Gore — the said Strip or tract of land, is laid out
into hundred Acre lots one half INIile long & one hundred Rod wide —
& is Numbered at the North end of Said lots as will appear on the
Plan-the Range lines Run East & West, the cross lines run at Right
angles from the Range lines — allowing four rod wide for Highways on
the South Side of the Range lines — all the cross Roads are two Rod
wide one rod out of each lot, all Double lines denote for roads Run out
& Bounded in the Year 1782 P'
James Hersey —
[Petition of Isaac Groldsmith and Others, 1781.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 107.]
To The Honourable Commity of the Land Ownd by John Tuften
Masson Esq'' Gentleman —
as we the Subscribers have settled On your Land in the Town of
Ossipee gore or New Garden so calld — Sirs our Land was Laid Out
100 Rods on the Roade & to Extend one hundred & Sixty rods back
from Conway Roade — and b}^ Reason of the Roade Not being Streight
Our Land will fall Short of the obligation — but Cap* John Dudley of
Said goore has Given his oblegation to Leet us have Boards at his
Mill to help us a Long with our Buildings to Our Satesfaction Sirs its
For the Land that is wanting —
We Being Verry Por & anable to Travel the Roade to Your Hon-
ours-we have concluded to Deliver Our Boands to S'' Dudley Praying
that y"" Honours will take the Boands & Give said Dudley Deeds in
Our Names — Your Honours Regarding our Verry Hum' Petitions
will Much Oblige vour Very Hum' Petioner
March 29"' 1781—
Isaac Goldsmith Joseph Pitman
Samuel Sias Corneal: Denmore
John Sceggel binjmen scaggall
[Deed to Winthrop Smith, 1781.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol, 7, p. 108.]
Know all Men by these Presents, that We William Whipple
Esquire John Penhallow and John Peirce Merchant all of Ports-
152 CHARTER RECORDS.
mouth in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire
the major part of a Committee appointed & Impowerd by the Pro-
prietors of JNIasons Patent to sell, convey and give foi' Settlement any
Lands in the Township of Ossipee in the County of Strafford and
State aforesaid For and in Consideration of the Sum of one Shilling
Lawful Money of said State to us in Hand, paid before the Delivery
hereof, for the use of said Pi-oprietors and for certain Settling duties
to the same use already performed by Winthrop Smith of said Town-
ship of Ossipee Husbandman the Receipt whereof we do herebj'^
acknowledge, have given, granted, bargain'd, sold and released ; and
by these Presents do give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, release, convey
and confirm to him the said Winthorp Smith his Heirs and Assigns all
the Right and Claim of the said Proprietors of in and to One hundred
Acres of Land being part of Lot Number forty one containing five
hundred Acres, bounded as followeth begining at the northerly cor-
ner of Lot Number forty two on ossipee pond and runing on the line
between said Lot number forty two & N" fort}^ one so far that turn-
ing at right angles and runing to Lovels River will contain one hun-
dred acres and no more between said Pond, said River, and the said
line between lots number forty two and forty one —
To have and to hold, the said granted Premises, with the Appur-
tenances thereof, to him the said Winthorp Smith his Heirs and
Assigns to his & their proper Use, Benefit and Behoof forever : we
in our said Capacity Hereby engaging to warrant and defend the said
granted Premises, against all Claims or Demands of any Persons
claiming b}', from or under the said Pi'oprietors —
Li Witness whereof we have hei'e unto set our Hands and Seals this
23^^ Day of April Ann. Domini 1781—
Signed Sealed and W'" Whipple [st^Jil]
Delivered in the Presence John Penhallow [seal]
of us, the words contain- John Peirce [seal]
ing said Capacity
benig first interlined
H Wentworth
Tho Martin
State of New Hampshire ) Portsmouth the 23 day of April
Rockingham ss \ 1781
Then the above named W'" Whipple J Penhallow J Peirce per-
sonally appearing acknowledged the above written Instrument to be
their voluntary Act and Deed, before me,
H Wentworth Justice Peace
OSSIPEE. 153
\Jolin Dudleys Report, 1781.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. f, p. 109.]
Labour Don on Land in osepey gore By Teackler men as sellers on
the Lord Prirters Land and Examand By John Dudley the Quantyof
Land under Improvement on Each Lot
i I find on Lot n° 2 Don by m'' Benjmun Scaggel 16 accors under
improvement and 4 accors fell
1 find on Lot n" 3 under improvement Don by mr John Scaggel 10
accors and 3 accors fell —
I find on Lot n° 12 under enprovemen Don by m' Samuel Sias 18
accoors and 8 accors fell —
I find on Lot n° 6 under inprovement Don by m^ Jacca goldsmeath
16 accors and 4 acars fell —
the 500 accors Lots —
I find on Lot n° 16 under inprovement 14 accors and 4 accors fell
Don By m Joseph petman
I find on Lot no 8 under inprovement Don by m^ Corniels Denmor
16 accors and 4 fell
upon Strict Exseminnation of the Land menshend above is now
under inprovement h\ the men menshed above which I am Rad}^ to
a test to the Best of my Knowledg
April the 19 1781 John Dudley
\_List of Deeds to Settlers, 1781.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 109.]
Deeds given this 23'^ April 1781
to Winthorp Smith 100 Acres part of Lot N° 41
to John Dudley 100 Acres part of Lot N° 33 on which are the
mills —
John Schedgel' & Martha his wife Lot N° 3 on the east side rode
Samuel Sias Lot 12 on the West^ side d°
Benj'^ Schedgel Lot N° 2— ditto
Isaac Goldsmith Lot N° 6 on ditto
Cornelius Denmore 100 Acres part of Lot N° 8 —
Joseph Pitman 100 Acres part of Lot N*^ 16 — across s'* Lot &
bound on the one hundred acre lots —
John Dudley for Lot N'* 5 on the Easterly side of the Conway
road —
154 CHARTER RECORDS.
I hereby ingage to have the above menf' deeds on record in office
with Thomas W Waldron Esq and produce in three months from the
date his certificate thereof
Portsmouth April 23'^ 1781— John Dudley
[On the reverse are the following descriptions :]
begining at the northerly corner of lot no 42 on ossipe pond & run-
ing on the line between 42 & 41 so far that turning at right angles &
runing to Lovels River will include one 100 acre & no more between
s'' pond & said River & the s'^ line between lots no 42 & 41 — Win-
throp Smith
so far that a line run parrallel with the easterly line on the hundred
lots to the notheasterly line of said Lot n*' 16 to be of equal widths at
both ends & to contain one hundred acres & no more
One hund Acres being part of Lot 33 — bound as followeth begin on
the river 20 Rods N East>' from his Saw & Grist mills from thence run
parrall with the N Easterly begin on the S E>' line of s'' & the to run
across said line parrellel to the N E^ line thereof to the N W>' line
just 20 Rods N E^ of his Saw and Grist Mill & to run so far South W^
on Said South easterly & North W^ lines as that a line run parrall to
the first ment'^ line across said lot will enclude 100 Acre & no more —
[John Budleij to Proprietors?^ 1781.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 110.]
To the Honrable Commity of Masons Pattan
I Have had a hint that one M' Brown is a Coming Down to Git Lib-
erty of your Honours to build a Sowy mill and a Griss mill on Loat
N° 7 on Conway Road on a Smoll Brock but I think it will hurt your
Intrest much and be of but Littel Profit to the Setlers but if he
will agree to build them on Pine River at the Lore End of the town
I think it will be much for your Intrest for thair is a Good Place for
mills Gentell men m"^ Brown think he is not yused well in Reespet of
Loat n° 5 for he Sease he Had the Promis of it Last year of your
Honours and thinks hard of me allso I Pray your Honours to Leat m^
Brown know how the Case Was that y*' Loat went for to make up the
Settlers Loat that fell Short m'^ Parse minsters fogg of kinnitown
Sun he is Seen your Loat n° 16 and Conoluds to bie it if he Can git
Sum Good Parterner and no fear I told him the Prise is 20 Shilings
p'^ accor Si'' I think you will a Gee j^ou will Git hold of a Good man if
you trade gentlemen I Should be glad to build the Brige if wee Can
OSSIPEE. 155
a gree by Reason I am in Sum Difiklty aboute Sum Land that I
wanted of your Hounors and it ouing to m'' Langdon a geement with
me Gentlemen m'' Havsey is Com to Lay ouet all youi- Lands a
Cording to his order and is now Gon to Beagin at Conway I Reamein
your Neady frind and Hum'' Sarv'
osepee Gore June y*" IS'*" 1781 John Dudley
\_J()h)i Dudley to John Penhallow, 1782.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 111.]
Ossipee Gore May 1"' 1782
Sir '
Doubless you remember the frequent Applications I have made to
the Proprietors for the Hundred Acre Lot numberd One adjoining
Tuftonborough which Lot I had engaged (If obtaind) to the Bearer
]\P' Joseph Garland, who is a steady Young Man, & is lilcely to make
a good Settler — I was the more earnest to obtain that Lot for him
because he had fancied that Lot & no other on Account of an old
Neighbour, & I was unwilling that he should leave the Place — The
Lot is no more than midling for Quality — the Bearer has assisted M""
Hersey in his Surveys 5 or 6 Weeks this Spring exclusive of his
Labour last Fall — & 1 suppose will ever stand ready for your Service —
any Favour the Proprietors may shew him in the Sale of that Lot, I
dare venture to engage a Suitable Conduct on his part —
You likewise Sir no Doubt remember that I have often mentiond
the Case of Cap' Brown to the Piop'"^ but I woud once more beg
Leave to mention that Matter — He at first ventured to lay out a large
Interest in the Town without any Eiicouragent of the Proprietors, &
what has been unfortunate for him he has not got upon the first Rate
Land — however his Enterprising Genius has overcome the many
Obsticles in his Way — his Proficiency in Clearing Land has been
great for the Time & his Buildings are large & commodious, & carried
on through almost every Inconveniency — & he has ever through great
Expence kept best Entertainment for Travellers — he still Labours
under great Discouragements : the Low Circumstances of the Settlers
round him often call for his Assistance which he readily affords he
has Two Mills upon his own Bottom now in Building — & in short the
Business he carries on there give Life & Spring to the Settlements of
the Place & will still greatly tend to promote the Interest of the
Propriety — & give me Leave Sir to add that his whole Conduct is
156 CHARTER RECORDS.
worthy the Notice of the Proprie^' & any Flavours they may shew him
I humbly conceive woud be for the Interest of the Town —
I am Sir Your most Ob"^ hble S'
John Dudley
To John Penhallow Esq'^ to be communicated to the Comm^"'^ of
Masons Prop'" —
Mem° the said Joseph Garland has Agreed to give Cap' Duly Eighty
Dollars for the said Lot & he jDromised to git it for him
\^Assistance to Fill Toini Quota, 1782.]
[Masonian Papers. Vol. 7, p. 112.]
Memorandum as the Town of Osspee is Called upon for Two men
as Soldiers to Fill up the States Battlians, for the Present year 1782
and the Town has Furnished one Man for the Purpose Aforesaid find
it Impossible in their Present Situation to Furnish the Other man
Therfore desires that the Masonian Proprietors woud Assist them in
gitting the Other Man, and it Appears to be Necessary that the man
Should be procured Immediately, therefore William Whipple Esq''
and John Penhallow Engages for the Proprietors that they will give
to the Selectmen of the said Town of Osspee for the Use of the Town
the hundred Acre Lot N° 1 in Ossepee Road ; provided they Furnish
the other Soldier Immediately to go on to Jovn the Armv —
Portsm° July 12"^ 1782.
\_Certain Lots Wanted, 1783.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 112.]
M'' Rewbin Nichason Desires the Favour of the Pi-opretors that
they Woud Consider him for the Lot of Land sold Richard Jackman
on which the said Nichason has Got a Framed, House Also a barn 30.
by 40.. and the Said Jackman Takes into his Inclosir all the Build-
ings of the said Nichson, and Nichason has paid Taxes in Ossipee, as
■^ rec\ but Since Jackman has had a Deed the Said Nichson has paid
no Tax — Sanderson Carter has Got upon a Lot of Land and his Name
upon the Plan, Also Winthrop Smart upon Another Lot has Cleared
and got under Improvement Near Thirty Acre of Land both the Last
Persons desire that the Proprietors Would give them Lots for Setling
upon which they have Improved — Portsm" Sep' 3'^ 1783 —
OSSIPEE. 157
\_Petition of Inhabitants, 1783.]
[JNIasoniaii Papers, Vol. 7, p, 113.]
Gentlemen
We 3'onr humble petitioners Who have Setld the hundred acre
Lots on Conway Rods We Labor under grat dis advantags by Reason
of the Lots not Being Run out disputes a Rise Concarning the Corse
of the Side Lines for We Cant enprove ouer Lands after We have
Cleard them
We therfor beg your honors to determin Wliat point of Compass
the Side Lines of Said Lots Should Run and We the Subscribers
hereby engage to Conform to your determination Sirs your Comply-
sance Will a Blige your Setlers in osipey gratly
osipey gore September the 9 1783
Jacob Brown bingeman Sagel
Benjamin Sceggel jun John Seggel
Josiah Poland Samuell Lear
Jabes Garlincj
[^Comjjlaint of Inhabitants, 1783.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 114.]
To the onerable Committy the propriters of Mason Patten of
Ossipee Gore to them Gentelman : we the setlers of the foresaid
Ossipee unhumble Petions to inform the gentelman that we are dis-
commoted that we cannot in Joy our lands becaus there is a set of
Peopel settels for Eaton wich ther Lots run Contray to our Lots we
should be glad and Desire the favour of the gentelman whether now
we may bring an acsion agaienst them whether now thay will support
it so now more for present we remain your humble Servents —
Barok Ellis
Manoah Ellis
Stanton Carter
John Cooley
Manoah Ellis Juner
[Endorsed] This Petition preferred Sept' 18"^ 1783.
158 CHARTER RECORDS.
[jDget?, Winthrop Smart to Proprietors^ 1784.]
[Masonian Papers. Vol. 7, p. 115.]
Know All iNIen By These Presents, That I Winthoi'p Smart of
Ossipee Gore in the County of Strafford Husbandman and in the
State of New Ilampshire For and in Consideration of the Sum of five
Shillings Lawful Money of said State to me in Hand, paid before the
Delivery hereof by William Whipple John Penhallow & John Peirce
all of Portsmouth in the County of Rockingham a Committe of the
proprietors of Masons Patent — The Receipt whereof I do hereb}''
acknowledge, have remised, released, and forever quit claimed, and
by these Presents, do remise, release, and forever quit claim to them
the said Whipple Penhallow & Peirce — Heirs and .\ssigns, all ni}''
Right, Title, claim or Demand whatsoever in and to any Land in
Lots number Sixty one, Sixt}^ two. Sixty three, or Seventy one or to
any other Lot or Lands in said Ossipee Gore as surveyed by James
Hersey excepting such part of Lot N° Seventy three as 1 hertofore
purchased of person or persons holding by Deed duely exibited from
said Committee —
To Have And To Hold, said quit claimed Premises, with the Appur-
tenances thereof, to them the said Penhallow Whipple & Peirce their
Heirs and Assigns I hereby engaging to warrant and defend tlie said
quit claimed Premises, against all Claims or Demands of any Person
or Persons claiming by, from, or under me
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal, this
19"^ Day of April Annoque Domini, 1784 —
Signed, Sealed, and Winthrop Smart [seal]
Delivered in Presence of us,
Prudence Penhallow
Sam^ Penhallow
State of New Hampshire )
Rockingham ss \ Portsmouth April the 19"' 1784
The above-named Winthrop Smart Personally appearing acknowl-
edged this Instrument to be his free Act and Deed.
Before me, Sam^ Penhallow Justice Peace
[^Complaints and Requests, 1784.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 116.]
M'' John Goldsmith Complains that the Lot of Land he has Got
upon in Ossepe is Very Mean and the Line Runs so that it Takes of
OSSIPEE. 159
one half of the Lot, therefore desires the Favour of the Proprietors
that they would Consider him, and Give him some more Land for
Settlement as he has Got a Large Family Consisting of Eleven in
Number
Portsm^ Octob^ 20"' 178-i—
Also Cap' Brown Desires that the proprietors would Impower him
to Put Setlers upon the Five hundred Acre Lots that are not Already
Disposed off— Portsm" Octo>^ 20'" 1784—
\^Iron Ore Privilege Wanted^ 1785.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 116.]
Portsmouth Jany 19"' 1785
M' Abraham Morrill and Jacob Blazdell of Brentwood Desires the
Priveledge of the L'on Oar that is in Ossipee Pond for Such a Num-
ber of Years as the proprietors shall think propper as the Said Mor-
rill and Blazdell upon Propper Incouragem' by Granting them the
Priveledge of the Oar will go and Set up L'on Works forBarr Lon
in that part of the Country for Twenty or Thirty Years —
[John Peirce to Captain Broivn^ 1785.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 117.]
Portsmouth March 10"' 1785
Cap' Brown
The bearer M"" Samuel Hide has some claim to a Settling
lot in ossipee part of Number five which Munsey first undertook to
fulfil and says that he has a family on it and in other Respects has
complied with the usual terms Required & that no person has any
claim to it except one Garlands who has felld about one Acre & half
trees on it which he is ready to pay him for, If these things are all
true and you will certify it in a Letter under your hand, It's my opin-
ion the Committee will give him a Deed without further troul)le —
Your Hum^ Serv
John Peirce
We are of opinion and agree that M' Hide or any Person holding
under him may have the one hundred Acres within mentioned laying
l6o CHARTER RECORDS.
in the following manner beging at the sontherly corner of N*^ 12 and
bounding on s'' Lot one hundred Rods and laying one hundred and
Sixty Rods bounding on Lot N° Six instead of the form & manner in
which said Lot was to lay by an Agreement with Solomon Munsey as
specified in said Munseys bond. Provided General Whipple who owns
the residue of Lot Number five should not object to this alteration
But if it should not be agreeable to him in that Case M'' Hide must
take it as originally designed by Munsey — Not intending by this writ-
ing to authorise Samuel Hide to hold this Lot on other or stronger
terms than he has already a right to by General Whipples Letter to
John Dudley
John Penhallow
John Peirce
It is also to be understood that the land to be laid out must cover
the improvements already maid one said Sittling Lot by jNIunsey
or any other person under him — and that the Bond given by the
Committee to Munsey must first be returned before a Deed can be
given
John Peirce
Portsm° Aug' IS'"^ 1785 This Day give a Deed to Sam^ Tasket of
New Durham for One hundred Acres of Land out of Lot N° 5 Cont^
Five hundred Acres in Ossipee, bounded as Follows begining at the
Northerly Corner of Lot N*^ 6 and Running on Said Lot South East-
erly one hundred and Sixty Rods then Turning at Right Angles and
Running North Easterly one hundred Rods then Turning at Right
Angles and Running Northwesterly one hundred and Sixty Rods to
Lot N°12 then Turning and Bounding on Said Lot one hundred Rods
to the Bounds first Mentioned to Contain one hundred Acres and no
More —
the Above Deed dd Cap* Jacob Brown Aug' 18"^ 1785
[Col. Henri/ Must's Lois, June 17, 1786.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 118.]
Memorandum of Lots in the Town of Ossipee Conts 500 Acres
each which CoP Rust was impowered to Settle by instructions from
the Committee Dated July 1*' 1778 — which has been conf' to this
time June — 17"^ 1786 & now extended for one Year
500 Acre Lot N° 44— N° 40 N° 39 N° 26 Deed given Isaac Williams
N° 25 N° 24 Deed given Ric'' Beacham N° 7 N» 6 N'^ 1 N° 20 N« 37
Deed given Andrew Folsom N° 38 N° 36 N° 30
OSSIPEE. l6l
\_EUjali Davis's Lot.']
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 118.]
Discription of Elijah Davis* Lot in Ossibe begin ing at the N west-
erly Corner of Lot N^ 6 & Runing S W'^ on the Divid» line between
S*i N° 6. & N° 11. 160 Rods— thence Turns at Right Angles and Run^
S. E'-^ 100 Rods thence Turns at Right Angles & Runing 160 Rods to
the Dividing line between Said N° 6 — & Lot N° 5 then on S'' Line to
the bounds first Mentiond to Contain One hundred Acres & no more
[Endorsed] Discription of Elijah Davis's Lott part of N° 6 Deed
Del'i Col° Rust this 2^^ Nov 1789
[Division of Ungranted Land., 1796.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, June 6, 1796, and Masonian
Papers, Vol. 7, p. 121.]
State of New ) Portsmouth June 6"' 1796 monday three of the
Hampshire ) Clock afternoon The Proprietors meet according to
adjournment —
Your Committee having examined the Plans of the Several Surveys
of y*^ ungranted lands in mason's Patent, within the Winter Curve
line as run by Fletcher do report a tract of Seven Thousand acres
allotted into hundred Acre Lots which lye's as we Suppose chiefly
within the Township of Ossipee, but will more fully appear by the
plan returned by James Hersey in 1781 — also another tract about ten
thousand Acres lying at the head of Ossipee, bounded easterly Efiing-
ham. Northerly by said Curve, westerly the aforesaid Seven thousand
Acres, and Southerly by the Pond, which is also allotted into one
hundred Acre Lots — also one thousand four hundred fifty nine Acres
unappropriated in Kiarsarge Gore, and an indifinite Quantity on
Crotched Mountains in Frances Town, Supposed four or five hundred
Acres — also a Small Gore between Lyndborough and Corner of
Petersborough, say one hundred and fifty Acres — these Several Quan-
tities comprehend the whole, which your Committee has been able to
Ascertain as free from incumbrance or intervening Grants — June Q^^
1796—
John Peirce Nath' A. Haven Jn° Sam. Sheiburne
11
l62 CHARTER RECORDS.
Voted that all the land included in the above Report Surveyed and
laid out into one hundred Acre lots by James Hersey in Ossipee, con-
taining about Seven thousand Acres and that adjoining Effingham,
containing about two thousand Acres be divided into fourteen equal
parts or Shares, by assorting and joining all the Said one hundred
Acre lots into fourteen shares as nearly equal as the nature of the
Case will admitt of, to be drawn for when the Proprietors by a future
Vote may order —
Voted that John Peirce and Nathaniel A. Haven be a Com'ittee
To assort and join the one hundred Acre lots into fourteen equal
Shares, as mentioned in the foregoing report, in order for drawing the
Same to y^ Rights of the Proprietors, at the next meeting of the Pro-
prietors— M"" John Penhallow Protests against the next preceeding
Vote
The meeting was adjourned to monday next, the 13^*^ Instant nine
of the Clock before noon, to be held at this place
A true Record attest: Geo : Jaffrey Prop" CI
State of New ) Portsmouth June 13"^*^ 1796 monday nine of the
Hampshire ] Clock beforenoon, the Proprietors meet according to
adjournment —
Whereas it is found that the above lotts cannot be assorted into
fourteen equal Shares without uniting with one Share, the Gore men-
tioned above, in a preceeding vote, as lying between Petersborough,
and Lyndeborough — Therefore Voted that the aforesaid Gore be
included in one of the Shares and that the Committee unite the Same
with the other lots —
Voted that the Proprietors do now proceed to divide and Sever all
the one hundred Acre lots as laid out by James Hersy by his Survey
and plan in the year 1781 as Sorted and classed by their Committee
John Peirce and Nathaniel A. Haven and John Sam' Sherburne,
called the first divission bounded, as followeth, viz' The hundred Acre
lots laid out by James Hersey in the year 1781 — are bounded South
easterly by the 500 Acre lots in Ossipee and Ossipee pond. South
westerly by Tuftonborougli, north westerly, on part of Tamworth,
and north Easterly, on a tract of land laid out into hundred Acre
lots, and to be drawn for this day — Said Survey contain's one hun-
dred and Seventeen lots, besides Gores, numbered from 1 to 117 as
will more fully appear, reference being had to Said Plan, and when
drawn and recorded shall be A compleat Severance and division of the
Same and Shall be abided by and taken as a full Share, and whether
the lots be better or worse as a final division of the tract aforesaid-
and whereas the shares could not be made equal without the addition
OSSIPEE.
163
of two lots ; therefore the Gore between Lyndsborough and Peters
borough as classed by said Committee be included in the above Divi
sion, and now drawn for, and one lot of 100 acres Number 28 in the
8"' Range in the 2'' division of Hersey's Survey to be drawn for this
day —
The Draft of the Shares and Lots in the first Division of Shares-
viz'
N°of
To whom drawn
No of Lots drawn to each Right
Shares
N« I
Joshua Peirce
No 8, 92, 21, 52, 31, 112.
2
John Moffatt
80, 91, 27, 67 in two lots 32, 109.
3
Thomas Wallingford .
14, 28, 70, 68, loi, Gore between
Lyndsborough & Petersborough
4
George Jaffrey .
15, 37, 71, 69. Ill in 6"' & 28 in 8«i
Range in the other Division to be
drawn this day —
5
Thomas Packer .
19, 79, 40, 66, 81, no —
6
Richard Wibu'd .
22, 78, 44, 65, 82, 107 —
7
John Rindge
23, 74, 45, 64, 87, 108—
8
D Peirce & Moore
24, 60, 53, 63, 88, 115—
9
Thomlinson & Mason
25, 57, 55, SI, 89, 114—
10
Jotham Odiorne .
34, 56, 58, 46, 93, 106—
II
Theodore Atkinson
38, 54, 59, 33, 97, 113—
12
Blanchard Meserve & Co
41, 43, 75, 13, 98, 105—
13
M : Hs Wentworth
76, ID, 99, 26, 42, and two Gores or
parts of lotts 74 acres & 24 Acres,
bounding on Ossipee 500 Acre lotts
14
Solley & March .
90, 20, "]■], 9, TOO, 94 —
Voted that the Proprietors do now proceed to draw. Sever, and
divide all that tract of land surveyed by James Hersey as by his plan
returned, as the Lotts are joined and classed by the Committee
appointed for that purpose — bounded as followeth viz' bounded north-
erly by a line run by Robert Fletcher, Southeasterly by Effingham,
Southerly by Ossipee pond and bays, westerly by the first division of
hundred Acre lots this day drawn ; this Second division lying on both
Sides of the Conway Road so called, as will more fully appear by the
plan of the Survey made by said Hersey, reference thereto being had
—and when drawn for and recorded Shall be a compleat Severance of
all Said tract of Land and shall be taken, as drawn, to each Proprie-
tors Right, better or worse, as a full Share, in this Second division, as
joined and classed by Said Committee
The Draft of the Second Division
164
CHARTER RECORDS.
No of
Shares
Proprietors to whom drawn
Numbers of Lots drawn to each Right —
N"!
13
Solley & March
Theodore Atkinson
Thomlinson & Mason
Dan' Peirce & Mary Moore
Thomas Packer
Mark. H. Wentworth
Blanchard Meserve & O
John Moffatt .
Joshua Peirce .
John Rindge
George Jaftrey .
Jotham Odiorne
Richard Wibird
No 200 & No 19 in 2<i Range No 2 in 7"> No
36 in 9'i» No 74 in ii<i» No 99 in I2'i^ &
No 112 in 1 3th Range —
No 42 in 9'h Range —
No 59 in 2^ Range No 3 in 7th No 37 in 9th
No 43 in 9'!' No y^ in ii"» No 100 in I2"i
No III in 13th Range —
No 60 in 3'! No 4 in 7'h No 38 in 9'^ No 44 in
gth No 72 in I I'h No loi in 12th No 137 &
part of No 136 in 14th Range —
No 197 in 4'^^ Range No 5 in 7'^ No 39 in 9"^
No 45 in 9"^ No 71 in iitii No 102 in I2'ii
and No 138 in 14th Range —
No 198 in 4'h No 6 in 7'^ No 40 in 9'h No 63
in io"» No 75 in 1 5'h No 116 & No 1 17 in
I3»> No 139 in I4<ii —
No 61 in 4tii Range No 7 in 7'^ No 41 in 9*'^
No 64 in iQthNo 70 in I !'•» No u^ jn 13th
No 141 in 14th —
No 102 in 5tii Range No 8 in 71^ No 30 in S'^^
No 65 in io"» No 107 in I2"i No 114 in
13th No 142 in 14'h —
No 103 in 5'i> Range No 9 in 7*^ No 31 in S>^^
No 66 in lo'h No 106 in I2ti» No 169 and
part of Lot No 170 in I7"» Range No 146
& No 147 in 15'h
No 104 in 5'h No ID and part of No 1 1 in 7111
No 32 in 8"i No 67 in lot^ N" 105 in I2«h
No 145 in 15*11 part of No loi in 5'^ and
part No 1 14 in 6th Range —
No 107 in 6th Range No 25 and part No 24 in
gthNo ^2 in S'h No 79 &80 in i I'h No 144
in 15th No 140 in I4t't Range & No 104 in
the 12'h Range —
No III in 6'h No 26 in 8'^ drawn in first
draft of lots No 34 in 8th n'o 78 in nth
No 103 in 12th No 143 in 15th part of No
58 in 3d & part No 62 in 4th Range
No 112 in 6th No 27 in 8th No 35 in 8th No
yy in nth N" 108 in 13th No 113 in 13th
& two Gores on Effingham line being 59
acres in 3<i Range & 58 acres in 4th
No 113 in 6th Range 69 and a small gore on
the pond in loth No 76 in nth No 109 in
13th No 167 & part of No 166 in 1 6th part
No 46 in 9th & part No 62 in loth Range
OSSIPEE.
165
N" of
Shares
Proprietors to whom drawn
Numbers of Lots drawn to each Right —
N«i4
Thomas Wallingford
No I in 7"i Range N" 29 in 8'h N« 68 in io'*»
No 98 and part of N^ 97 in I2«i' N" no
in 13"^ N° 168 & small Gore adjoining
the I'' Division in 16"^ 2 small Gores on
the Pond one in the 12"^ and the other in
the 14"^ Range
Daniel Rindge and John Penliallow Esqu" desire tlieir Protests
may be entered against the Votes passed at this meeting, and the
drawing of the Lotts of land in Severance of the land, in consequence
of the Votes referred to —
[Petition of Broivn and Fogg^ 1800.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 119.]
Gentlemen Proprietors of the Town of Ossipee —
We the Subscribers in behalf of the Town of Ossipee Humbly
shew, that the Town have never been favour'd with any Lands for
the use of Building a Meeting-House Settleing a Minister or for the
encouragement of Schools in the Town of Ossipee —
Therefore we humbly petition the Proprietors of said Town to
grant us some of your undivided Lands in said Town for the sole pur-
pose of building a Meetinghouse — Namely one Tract called the Gore
also four of five one hundred Acre Lots on Conway Road of all which
we suppose you know nearly the true value — And as we have labourd
under great disadvantages in not having a House for publick Worship
and holding Town meetings We at this period wish to build a Decent
House in said Town for publick Services and pray you Gentlemen to
assist us in our proceedings and think it will advantageous to the
Proprietors and Inhabitants — for which we your humble Petitioners
ever pray
Ossipee 25"' March 1800 Jacob Brown
Joseph Fogg
l66 CHARTER RECORDS.
[Atiswer to Foregoing Petition^ 1801.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 120.]
State of New ) At a Meeting of the Proprietors of the Lands pur-
Hampshire ] chased of John Tufton Mason Esqu"" in New-Hamp-
shire ; held at Portsmouth, on the Second day of February 1801 —
Upon Considering the Petition of Jacob Brown & Joseph Fogg,
praying for a grant of Certain unappropriated Lands in Ossipee for
the purpose of aiding the Lihabitants of Said Town towards building
a Meeting house Voted That John Penhallow Esqu'^ John Peirce
Esqu"" And N. A. Haven be a Committee in behalf of this Propriety
to Convey all the Right and Title of this Propriety of in & to four
Lots of One hundred Acres Each, lying On Conway Road, and a
Certain Gore of unappropriated Land in Said Ossipee to the Petioners
and others for the use of the Inhabitants, the Avails of which to be
Appropriated Solely to the purpose of building a Meeting house, and
that Said Committee take suficient Security that the Avails thereof
Shall be So Applied And that a Return of their Doings be Made to
this Propriety —
a true Copy of Record —
Attest Geo : Jaff rey Prop^^ CI—
Pursuant to the Authority vested in us by the within vote, we the
Subscribers on the 20'^ Feb^ 1801 conveyed by Deed to Jacob Brown,
& Joseph Fogg, four Lots of Land of one hundred Acres each lying
in Ossipee on Conway Road, & also a Gore of Land in said Town, &
that we have taken a Bond from Jacob Brown that the Proceeds shall
be applied as directed in the Vote of the Proprietors — which Bond
we now hand in to the Clerk of the Propriety —
Ports" Jan>' 1 1806— John Peirce
Nath' A. Haven
OSSIPEE.
[Plan of Northwest Corner^ 1806.]
167
^^^'^^,^,
°<b
[Information from Surveyor CooTc, 1820.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 122.]
Portsm" 16 June 1820
Information from M"" Cook surveyor
Gore 3oi Sold by Jacob Brown as part of 500 Acre Lot to Ichabod
Hodgdon of Ossipee — about 9 ys Since
i68
CHARTER RECORDS.
Gore 11 3i has been Many Years in possession of Silas White (now
in Dover jail) Who says he has been in possession more than Twenty
years, which is doubted — he has a Log House and his family lives
there — He has two Sons living in One house Near this Land, but not
on it
n-ifh,a-",'f(:l£^
i Let numUnJ Icn and /"H
ti,,,, ,n if:. i-Mnd D.viH.n.
0/1.1. ,n /ke Tc^r. cf O.u/,,,
tkc cnointt.' Bcundl rtniid
d Qimntdf cjeo-ch Ger.
Lot '
,Uu,d by Jl ClLJtful
£. Cock Ju.
llxhj.dd l"'Ju,
I'.l.^dai h^ASc^U cf S.-^l-i "i> '' on. Inci-
ILots Taxed and Sold, 1810-20.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 123.]
The following Lots of Land were Taxed in the Town of Ossipee
for the Year 1810 in the upper Division for the first time
Nos I 147 > righ of John Ringe
( 155 )
Also in right of M H Wentwortli
(126)
Nos \ 144 [
(154)
The above Lots of Land were sold by Eliphalet Sias Collector of
the Town of Ossipee for 1810 to the following Persons and were not
redeem 'd
Lot N" 155 — 71 Acres to Eliphalet Sias
Do — Do 147 — 94 Do to Sandborn Blake
OSSIPEE. 169
Do — Do 144 — 100 Do to Chase Wiggin
Do — Do 12(3 — 100 Do to Jonathan Dodge
Do — Do 154 — 44 Do to Joseph Nay
Do — Do 124 — 85 Do to Samuel Sias
Lot N° 124 Tax'd for 1819, sold Feb^ 8'^^ 1820—93 Acres to Went-
worth Lord
N° 155 Tax'd for 1819, not sold
N° 126 Claim 'd by Samuel Quarles —
[Lots Taxed and Sold, 1813-19.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 125.]
Lands in Ossipee
N" 124 in the upper Division in Said Town Claim'd by Wentworth
Lord
Sold in 1816 to John Ayrs, not redeemed
Sold in 1817 to John C Young not redeem'd
N'^ 147 was not Tax'd in nonresident List in 1819 — Claim'd by M''
Nay or William Goldsmith —
N° 155 was not Tax'd in 1819 in the nonresident List — Suppos'd to
have been sold for Taxes — and Tax in the resident List —
N° 126 has been Sold sundry times for Taxes Present Claimant Col
Samuel Quarles
N° 154 was not Tax'd in 1819 — Claimant unknown —
'N" 144— Taxed in 1819— advertised— but not Sold
Lot N° 147 Tax'd in 1818, sold for non payment of Taxes for the
same year to John Brown
Sold in 1814, to Joseph Fogg, and not redeem'd
[■JoJm Ke^iniston'' s Letter.~\
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 124.]
S'" penhollow Sir I wold inform your Sir as you are one of the
commitee of osepe gore togather with Mr Landon did agree with me
and my son samuel kenison to give us two Hundred akers of Land out
of the Lot number 15 and the Ivot number 27 privided we cleared
ten akers of Land on Eich Lot buld a house and have a famaly on
170 CHARTER RECORDS.
Eich Lot to wicli I have cleared and planted 3 akers Last spring on
the Lot number 15 and I allso have cleard ten or 12 akers that is
well feted and reddy to soo to riy this foil and I shall buld a hous
and move a famuly on the Lot this foil and shall clear doubel the
land before the agreament is out and my son has fell and bornt some
of his trees but not all — and I am informed that your honnors are
about take it from us before our agrement is out and if you due I shall
think very hard of your honnors as I have done all the labour and
more then the agrement was this from your humbel Servent and well
wisher
John kenison
\_ Condition 8 f 07' Kennuton Lots.^
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 126.]
2 Lotts in Ossipee N° 27 & 15
they are to have one hundred Acres out off each for settling agreing
now which corner to take —
they are to fell 10 Acres on each Lot this Season and to clear the
same next Season & build a House and afterwards clear &c in pro-
portion as others
Southeast Corner of Lot N° 27 the Son Sam" Kenniston — and the
Southwest Corner of Lot N° 15 y® Father John Kenniston are pitched
upon
l_ Miscellaneous JVotes.^
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 127.]
Charles Danilson of Barringtown Gore out this 4'" Day of April
1775, to make Return of a Lot in Fourteen Days from Date.
Winthrop Frost, & John Hicks, Desires that they may have the
Two Lots Viz' N° 12 for Frost and N" 4 for Hicks. " If they are not
pitched upon by Burnum, Crochit Clerk & Munsey, who are to Return
the 15'^ of this Instant April.— April 6'*^ 1775
If Danilson Above mentiond Does not pitch upon Lot N° 17 then
m"^ Tho* Triggs to have. If he does then jNP Triggs to have Southerly
Corner N° 18—
Bond givn
the Lot N° 16 Engaged to Cornelius Denmore
Lots N° 1 — 30 — 37 — Disposed of by his Excellency —
OSSIPEE. 171
Lot N° 8. Cornelius Dinmore and Bond Given
ditto N° 9. Rich'^ Glover — Bond Given
ditto N° 6. the Easterly Corner of said Lot Samuel Hardy of
Stratham be not being of Age the Committee Agree to Reserve said
Lot Until tbe 15'^ June Next
Lot N° 5. Solomon Munsey — Bond Given
ditto N'^ 4. Josepb Bickford — Bond Given
ditto N" 13 — Solomon Crocbit — Bond Given
ditto N° 12. Ebenezar Burnum — Bond Given
ditto N° 3 — Robert Hardy — Bond ditto
ditto N° 2. Nath" Frost— Bond ditto-
ditto N° 10. N° 11. N° 14— N« 15 Mill Priveledge
ditto N** 17. Thomas Triggs — Bond Given
ditto N° 41. Sam^ Mallows — Bond given
ditto N° 45. Samuel Mallows Bond given.
ditto N° 18. Archibald Camel Bond Given
ditto N° 16. Joseph Pitman Bond Given
ditto N° 23 John Wadley Bond Given
ditto N° 6 — Isaac Goldsmith on Conway Rode Bond Given
[Endorsed] Sundry Persons Names that have given Bonds for Set-
ling Lots
Job Ranulls Will'' Laskey Zacli"" Cluff Gone out to Look upon the
four Lots for a Mill Priveledge in order to Undertake to Build the
mills If they Can Agree with the Proprietors April 20^^ 1775 —
James Ahern of Chester has the Promise of 50 Acres of Land in
tbe Township of Newbradford by Dan^ Rogers Esq'' and J Penhallow
Samuel Mallows of Wolfborough has the promise of one hundred
acres of Land out of the Great Lot N° 41. Also one hundred Acres of
Land Adjoying Ossipee Bridge
The Numbers of the Proprietors 500 Acre Lots in the Town of
Ossipee
g m b
John Rindge & C^' N° 21 „ 19 „ 7
Meserve Blanchard & C° N° 42 „ 35 „ 44
George Jaffery Esq"^ N° 8 „ 36 „ 6 one hundred acres
of Lot N° 8, given to Cornelius Dinmore & Bond Taken for
Complyance therewith
Back Corner of N'^ 8 not the Front
Jotham Odiorne Esq''
John Moffatt Esq''
Tho* Wallingsford Esq"^
Richard Wibird Esq'^
N
4„
32 „
29
NO
5„
31 „
43
N
12 „
36 „
14
17 „
28 „
33
172
CHARTER RECORDS.
Solley & March
Thomlinson & Mason
Joshua Peirce
Peirce & Moore
Theodore Atkinson
23 25 10
22 „ 26 „ 18
16 „ 40 „ 11
3 „ 39 „ 14
34 ., 9 „ 45
One hundred Acres of Lot K° 9 liicliard Glover — 1>! Bond given —
Mark H Wentworth Esq^ 24 „ 2 „ 20
Thomas Packer Esq' 30 ,, 37 „ 1
Disposed of by his Excellency
John Wentworth 41 „ 27 „ 15
Copy of the division of the 500 Acre Lots in the Township, laid
out by James Hersey 1774, between Leavetts Town and Ossipee
Pond Exclusive of the Lots laid out on the Conway Road by Eben-
ezer Thompson Esq'" 1772 —
M'' Jonathan Hoit of Poplin desires the Offer of a Stript of Land 1
Mill wide 2 Miles Long Between New Salisbury and New Almsbury
& upon Boscawen, & Runs up to Kiasorge Mountain Contains 1280
Acres
[Plan of a Lot 18^1.]
^
■^^•' Tn,?^ ^,Rirec Isir J.anJi ^ia^',f /3i 7^i,ds
PELHAIVI. 173
Mark Peiice Esqr
I have agreeable to your Derections emplovd Joseph Drake as Sur-
vayer and Surveyed Lot N° 106 as by the plan and found the Con-
tents of the whole Lot to be 145 acres 65 Kods & found the old Line
between yours & M^ Mills Land on said Lot the Contents on your
part 73 aers 136 Rod. also Mills part to be 71 acrs 89 rods Shewn the
Road near the Corner on Watsons Lot and also about 10 acrs of
Mowing on the lower Lot also went round the Chellis Lot and made
the Lines and Corners Certain
the reason that we have not attended to the Survey befor this be-
cause of Bad weather
Peter Downs by
Joseph Drake
Survayers bill !^2.50
Effingham April 15'^ 1831
PELHAM.
[Constituted from parts of Old Dunstable and Dracut, Mass., and incorporated
July 5, 1746. Named in honor of Thomas Pelham Holies, Duke of Newcastle.
The charter was confirmed by the Masonian Proprietors April 27, 1774. The
town was divided into two parishes Jan. 4, 1787, but the act was repealed in
1792. The town was taken from Rockingham County and annexed to Hillsbor-
ough Dec. 10, 1824. A gore of land between Pelham and Windham was annexed
to Pelham June 29, 1830.
See Massachusetts and New Hampshire charters in preceding volumes ; papers
under title Dunstable, IX, Bouton Town Papers, 652 ; XIII, Hammond Town
Papers, 142 ; Index to Laws, 424; sketch, by A. Berry, Hurd's History of Hills-
borough County, 1885, p. 631 : Instances of Longevity, 1799-1824, by Dr.
Church, 2, Collections of N. H. Historical Society, 36; Life of William M. Rich-
ardson, 1839; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 237.]
[Fetilion of Pelham 3Ien, 1774.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 128.]
Pelham March y« 7'^^ 1774—
To The Honourable Proprietors of the Patentee Land, which is
known by the Name of Masons Grant &c Greeting —
The Petition of us the Subscribers, being the Inhabitants of the
Town of Pelham, Humbly Sheweth, that Whereas there are Cer-
174
CHARTER RECORDS.
tain Parcels of Land within the Limits of this Town Laying in Dis-
pute, Unsettled, and no Proper owner to be found, and some Partic-
ular men. Pretend to own S'^ Land ; but have no Warrantable Claim,
Security, or Title thereof as we apprehend although b^^ their Pre-
tended Title, they have Ventui-ed to fence some of it & Taken almost
all the Timber off without any molestation, Excepting those Pretended
owners to Each other —
Therefore we Pray if it be Consistent with your minds, that you
would Grant us a title of S'^ Parcels of Land or any Part there-
of for a Towns use and Benefit, So that we may Dispose of the
Same as we think Proper, Untill a Better owner appears for the
Same — &c —
and So in Duty Bound we Shall Ever Pray —
Daniel Barker
Jacob Butler Jan"^
Joshua Atwood
Ebenezer Palmer
John Mussey
Barnabas Gibson
John Wyman
Nathan Butler
Daniel Gage
Uriah Abbot
Nehemiah Butler
John Marsh Jun^
Asa Richardson
Joel WRight
Simon Beard
Richard Hall
Jesse Wilson
Silas Coburn
John Willson
David gage
Richard Barker
Daniel Coburn
Daniel gage Junr
Cyrus Hardy
Nath^^ Currier
Moses Eatton
Selectmen
of
Pelham
Josiah Gage Jun'^
Caleb Sawyer
James Gibson
David Butler
Daniel Tinney
Eri Richardson
Joshua Hamblet
Jacob Butler
James Richardson
James Gage
Nathan Whiting
Josiah Gage
Jonathan Gage
Jonathan Girffin
Josiah Johnson
Josiah gutterson
Joseph Richardson
Eliphalet Knight
James Heath
Joseph Bayley
Ebenezer Webster
Thomas Hardy Jun
Pars Gage
Timothy Clark
Amos Gage
Robert Nevens Ju
Aaron wyman
Caleb Butler
Thomas Johnson
Amos Gage Ju^
Joseph Wright
John Marsh
Samuel Butler
Philip Hardy
Benjamin Gage
William Wyman
Nathan ael gage
Ezra Ross marsh
Daniel Hutchinson
Jonathan Kimball
Jacob Kemp
Asa Hardy
Timothy Clark Jun"^
William webber
Ebenezer Richardson
William Varnum
Abijah Richerson
Isaac Barker
Ebenezer Barker
Asse Gage
PELHAM. 17s
[^Quitclaim to Pelham, 1774.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, April 27, 1774.]
Province of ) Portsmouth April 27'^'' 1774 Wednesday five of
New Hampsh'' \ the Clock afternoon The Proprietors meet according
to adjournment —
Whereas the Inhabitants of the Town of Pelham, in the Count}' of
Rockingham in y*" Province of New Hampshire, have applyed to said
Proprietors, by Amos Gage, Moses Eaton and Jacob Butler, a Com-
mittee appointed by Said Town of Pelham, for a Conveyance of the
Right of Said Proprietors, to the Said Town of Pelham and Said Pro-
prietors being desirous and willing to quiet and confirm to the Pro-
prietors of Pelham, in their Several Rights and Properties in Said
Town of Pelham — Therefore —
Voted that there be and hereby is released and quit-claimed all the
Right Title and Interest of the Said Proprietors and Purchasers of
the Right of John Tufton Mason Esq"" aforesaid, of, in, and to the
tract of Land, contained within the following bounds, viz^ beginning at
the boundary Pitch pine tree made by m"" Mitchell, and running on
the north boundary line of the Massachusetts, uutill it come's within
two miles and eighty Rods of Merrimack river, then north twenty
degrees east to Londonderry, then by Londonderry east South east
five miles, and one hundred and forty rods ; then South to Methuen
line, and to meet the curve line, called MitcheH's line; and then by
the Said Curve line, to the Pitch pine tree where it began. Which
tract of land is called Pelham, before mentioned — which is released
and quit-Claimed to the Proprietors of Said Pelham, according to
their Several Rights and Properties, within Said boundaries. To
have and to hold to them and their Heirs and Assigns for ever, in the
Same iSIanner, as though, the Said tract of land, had not been within
the lands purchased of John Tufton Mason Esq'" aforesaid. —
[ Votes of the Toton, 1774.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 129.]
at a Town Meeting March 29'^ 1774—
James Gibson moderator Voated as followeth Viz
firstly Voated Deacon Amos Gage Barnabas Gibson & moses Eat-
ton : for a Committee to Take the aCoumpt of the unsettled Lands
In Said Town —
2'^' Voated Deacon Amos Gage and Moses Eatton a Committee to
176 CHARTER RECORDS.
Go to the Honorable Lord Proprietors to gat a Grant of the above
Said Lands —
Test — Josiah Gage Jun'^ Town Clerk
att a Town meeting April the 21'^ 1774 —
Voated as followeth (Viz)
1'^' Choose m' Moses Eatton moderator to Govern Said meeting —
2^^ Choose Dacon Amos Gage moses Eatton Jacob Butler a Com-
mittee to a gree with the Honorable the Lord Proprietors of masons
Grant for a Conveyance of all the Land within Township of Pelham —
and Likewise to Empowr them the Said Committee to agree with
the Honorable Proprietors before mentioned and to Take a Deed of
Said Land in the Towns Behalf and to Give Security in the Towns
name for the Same
Josiah Gage Jun'^ Town Clerk
\_Re2)ort of Town Committee^ 1774.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 130.]
In Obedience to y*^ Vote of the Town of Pelham apointing us y*^
Subscribers a committee to take an account of the uniraproven Land
Lying in y® Town of Pelham, the Number of Acres in Each lote as
near as we can acording to Origenal records, & the mens names to
whome the are reputed to belong, Residing in y^ Massechnsitts Gov-
ernment & find them standing in y'^ following order (viz)
1**^ A Lote Belonging to Cei- Benjamin Brown Containing 124
Acres —
2^y 2 Lots Belonging to y*^ widow Sarah Martain heirs Containing
200 Acres—
3^y 4 Lotes Belonging to Philip Demerick Containing 225 Acres —
^thiy ^ Lote Belonging to Ebenz^ Engails Containning 24 Acres —
5^*ly a Lote Belonging to William Coburn Containning 45 Acres —
&^' A Lote Belonging AP' Minat Containning 24 Acres —
7''^ly A Part of a Lote on y*^ westerdly side of y® Town not know-
ing y*^ owner s*^ Part we sepose Containing 30 Acres —
H'^'ly the one half of a Lot Belonging to Co' John Tying y" other
half sold to Pelham Ldiabitants in Common & undevided, and still
remains so the one half first mentioned Contains 400 Acres
also the ministra Lot Containing 300 Acres Laid out by Dracutt
Pelham ]\Iarch Amos Gage ^
the 31 Anno Barnabas Gibson > Committee
Domini 1774 Moses Eatton )
PELHAM. 177
\_De8cription of Lots.']
[Masonian Papers. Vol. 7, pp. 131, 132.]
B Thomas Wymaii
Midesex March the 25 — 1721 A lott of land laid out to Thomas
Wyraan of Dracket in the Reserv'd Land in the Said Dracket in the
County of jNIidelsex in Newengland Contaning 100 and 50 Acers
being more or less the Seventh loot in Order Southward of
gouldins pond Bounded Northerdly with A line of Marked trees
letterd with W numberd with Seven Chops and heaps of Rooks in
the line the Northeast Corner is a Rook with Stones on it Bounded
Easterdly one the est side of Draket Bounded Suderdly by a line of
marked trees letterd with W and S B westerd by the land Will'"
Coughburn by Marked trees And heaps of Stones N B Also Another
loot of Land laid out to Said Wyman in the above said Reserv'd land
the third Northward of Collicuts and gouldins farm Containing 100
and 80 Acers being more or less Bounded Suderly with a line of
Marked trees Letterd with W Numberd with three Choops westerdlv
on Dunstable Line Northerd by a line of Marked trees with W and
S B Bounded Esterdly by a Track of Land laid out to make the Gun-
pus loots Equel to the Other Loots N B Allso with another loot layd
out to the Above Said Wyman the Seventh part of a tracked of Land
laid out one the west of Gouldins Brook to make the Gumpus Loots
Equel with Other loots the Second loot in Order being it More or Less
Numberd with two Choops bounded Esterdly one the Meddow of
Con'' Brown and Gouldings Bounded Sutherdly by A Line of Marked
trees Letterd W Crossing the said Track of Land Westerdly, North-
erdly by a line of Marked trees Letterd W N B Also Another
Loot lying Northerdly of Bever brook Containing 30 Acars be it
more or Less Bounded Sutherdly on the Said Wymans Medows that
Iveth on Beaver Brook westerdly by A line of Marked trees Letterd
P W N B Also the 12"' Lott upon Gouldins is laid out to Said
Thomas Wyman Twelve Acers be it more or less as it is Bounding
Sutherdly upon the Elevnth Lott westerdly upon Gouldings Medows
Northerdly by a line of Marked trees Esterdly by a line of Marked
trees the North West Corner A pine tree Layd out And Recorded by
us with Sum healp in the Layin out by Nattanel Foox
Wittness Joseph A^urnum ^ p
Joseph Vurnum Ezeckel Chivers / 0 • i ttt 1
Ezeckel Chivers James Fales ) ^^'^ ^ ovke
M"" Hugh Tallent of Pelham desires a Purchase of a number of
Lotts in Pelham original Dracut & old Dunstable
12
178 CHARTER RECORDS.
[The copy of this on p, 132 of the manuscript vohime has the fol-
lowing note added:]
Moses Eaton & Josiah Gage June 22*^ appearing requested that the
Proprietors would make an Alteration of their Quit Claim to the
Prop''* of Pelham — and make a Quit Claim to the Inhabitants of
Pel ham
PEMBROKE.
[Granted by Massachusetts Aug. 6, 172S, to Capt. John Loveweirs men, and
known as Siincook and LoveweW s-tozun . Incorporated as the parish of Pembroke
Nov. I, 1759, ^i^*^ named probably in honor of the Earl of Pembroke. The town
was divided into two parishes Dec. 17, 1763. The boundary line was extended to
the bank of Suncook River Dec. 24, 1798, to settle a dispute between Pembroke
and Allenstown. All that part of Bow on the east side of Merrimack River was
annexed to Pembroke and Concord Dec. 13, 1804.
See Massachusetts charters in preceding volumes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers,
657; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 153; Index to Laws, 424; sketch, by J. N.
McClintock, Kurd's History of Merrimack County, 1885, p. 560; History, by
N. F. Carter, 1895, 2 vols.; Brief History of First Congregational Church, by
Isaac Willey, 1876, pp. 48 ; discourse, 40th anniversary of ministry, by Rev. Abra-
ham Burnham, 1848, pp. 20; Pembroke Academy, 11, Granite Monthly, 397;
Proceedings of 60th Anniversary of Pembroke Academy, in catalogue of 1879.]
\_Petition8 fo7' Land in Several Toums, 1748.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 133.]
Portsmouth November y^ 2^ 1748 —
To the Gentlemen Purchasers & Proprietors of Cap' John Tufton
Mason's Right to Land in the Province of New Hampshire
Whereas I the Subscriber with others the proprietors and Purchas-
ers of a tract of land granted by y*^ Massachusetts Govei-nment by y*^
name of Suncook lying within y*^ Province of New Hampshire & not
granted by y*^ Governour & Council of New Hampshire & Apprehend-
ing the said Tract of Land is within your Purchase of Cap' Jn° Tufton
Mason — This is therefore to Petition your favour that whereas many
of y*^ claimers of Suncook have made considerable Improvements in
said Suncook, I pray you would not grant or dispose of y*" Same till
three weeks from y® date hereof in order for a further Application to
YOU from S*^ prop"^* & purchasers upon the Premisses at which time
shall not fail thereof
Aaron Whittemore
PEMBROKE. 179
Povtsiuouth November y'^ 2'' 1748
To the Gentlemen Purchasers & Proprietors of Cap* John Tufton
Mason's Right to Lands in the Province of New Hampshire —
I the Subscriber liaving heretofore purchased seven Rights or
Shares of y" Proprietors of a Township called Gorhara's Town granted
by y'' Massachusetts Government which is now in the Province of
New Hampshire and as I presume the Right of y*^ land in Said Town-
ship is in you and as I have made considerable Improvements thereon
and as you are about making a grant of Said tract of land I pray your
favour that you will Consider and Suffer me to be a grantee for Seven
shares in Said Gorham's Town upon Such Terms as you shall giant
to others, in said Tract ; & for compliance with y® Terms I will give
Such Bonds or Obligations as you will desire, to perform y® same, or
if you do not think fit to grant to me upon the said Conditions or
otherwise as shall Seem to you meet — your favour herein will oblige
y'' Hum Serv* —
Nathan Simonds
Portsm" November 2'^ 1748 —
To the Gentlemen Purchasers & Proprietors of Cap' John Tufton
Mason's Right to Lands in the Province of New Hampshire —
I the Subscriber having a Deed of a Right in y*^ Town of Souhegan
East, except y® Home Lot, bearing date October 10"^ 1748 — from
Sam" Renkin, which if you please to Confirm you will oblige y'' Hum :
Servt
John mac Curdey
N B this Right Said Renkin has a Deed from W™ Patterson bear-
ing y*" same date with his to M'curdy neither of y'' Deeds upon
Record —
Portsm° Nov^ 2'^ 1748—
To the Gent™ Proprietors & Purchasers of Cap' John Tufton
Mason's Right to Lands in the Province of New Hampshire —
Whereas we the Subscribers in our Own behalf e and James Moore
David Dickey & Alex'' M'collom having Encouragement from y® Gov-
ernour to make improvement upon waste Lands within said Province
whereupon we went upon the tract of land called Gorham's Town
about six years ago and have fenced & improved between forty &
fifty Acres of land, and as it lies within y*^ Plan that Cap' Goffe has
taken by your order or in Archibald Stark's Plan made by the Same
order, we desire your Consideration and favour when you determine
upon y® disposal of y*^ land we have so improved you would let
l8o CHARTER RECORDS.
Portsmouth Nov'' 3'' 1748—
To the Gentlemen Proprietors & Purchasers of Cap^ John Tufton
Mason of Lands in the Province of New Hampshire —
I y^ Subscriber desire y^ favour of you to grant me fifty Acres of
land Scituate on Merrimack River about a mile & half above y® Dwel-
ling house of Archibald Stark and will oblige Gent"'
Your most Hum : serv*^
William Eayrs
N B : in y* abovesaid 50 Acres there is not more than 6 or 7 Acres
manureable Land & y^ remainder of y® s'' 50 Acres broken land —
Portsmouth Nov^ 3^' 1748—
To the Gent'" Proprietors & Purchasers of Cap' John Tufton
Mason his Right in Lands in New Hampshire —
I the Subscriber having improved about five Acres of land upon a
home Lot in New Boston so called which was intended to fullfil y*"
Terms of Settlement of a Right in said Township laid out to Cap'^
John Ervin of Boston on which five Acres is a house in which I dwelt
for four years till y*^ War with y® Indians — This is to pray your
favour that when you dispose of y** Said land you would Consider and
preserve to me y'' Said land & y'^ Improvement I have made upon y*^
Terms you dispose of to others & you will oblige y'' humble Petitioner
Hugh B Blair
mark
Ports"^ Nov-- y*^ 3'^ 1748.
To the Gentlemen Purchasers & Propi'ietors of Cap* John Tufton's
Masons right to land in the Province of New Hampshire —
Whereas James macCaley late of Hilsbourough was the first Person
that Setled in Said town and RemainVl there till the war with the
french & Indians Brok out and then was oblig'd to leave his place and
Come away with his wife & familey & have Ever Since been in un-
settled State &c and Some time aggo he had leave of his Excelency
upon the afores'^ Considerations to take up a peace of land upon the
northerly Side of Sowhagen East upon Common land not then in any
town and accordingly Gott m"" Paton of Said place to lay out one
Hundred acres but by reason of warr was prevented from makeing a
Settlement &c Wherefore the Said James prays that he may have the
Said peace of land, or be admitted to have a right in the township
where S'^ land lyes upon the terms you Dispose of to others and in So
doing you will oblige Gentlemen your most Humble & obedient
Servants John macmurphy in
Behalf of the afores'^
James macCaley
PEMBROKE.
i8i
\_Plan of Pembroke and Bou\ 1748.]
A Plan of SunCook & Bow Rece'^ Feb^ 1^' 1748
SunCook Plan is taken down from a Plan that is a Coppy from the
origanal and in that thare is an alouance of one Chain in thirty for
suag of Chaineand uneven Land and alouance of seven Hundred Acors
for Ponds and Rivers Laid Down By me
Joseph Baker Survayor
■j^Efy-^ ;
[Petition of Samuel Grault^ 1748.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. lo4.]
Province of New Hampsh' —
To the Proprietors of the Right of Land in Said Province purchased
of Cap' Mason
Humbly Shews Samuel Gault in behalf of himself & Andrew Otter-
son & James Otterson & W" Knox That it is now about thirteen
152 CHARTER RECORDS.
Years Since they Settled upon a Tract of Land under the right of
Suncoke lying on the Eastward Side of Merrimack River in the whole
not Exceeding three hundred & twenty Acres & have made Consider-
able Improvements there — That Lately the Proprietors of Chester
have Sued Your Petitioners & have Extended their bounds much as
your Petit"''* Conceive to Comprehend the said Settlements within the
Township of Chester But as they have run the Lines even giving
Large Measure the Seven Miles from the head of Exeter Bounds
mentiond in the Charter of Chester falls Short of the old Markd Line
which runs Westword to the river afores'' fifty Eight rods, whereby
they leave a Strip of Land of that width all the way to the river.
That the Said Suit is now Depending & if they the Pla^'* prevail they
will take away your Petitioners Improvements afores'^ & all y^ build-
ings and so gain the whole Substance of your Petitioners which they
think hard of because the Proprietors of Chester knew of their Set-
tling there never Claim'd the Land but on y'' Contrary Some of them
have often Said they did not think they were within Said Township —
Wherefore the Said Samuel for himself & Companions afores'^
Prays that you would be pleased to Grant to them So much out of
the Said Strip of Land as is Equal to that they have in possession that
they may have wherewith to purchase their peace with Said Proprie-
tors or to Remove to in case they are ejected & may not be Ruind
March lo'"^ 1748 Samuel Gaut
\_Petition of Joseph 3IiUiken, 1752.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 135.]
To the Honb^*^ Proprietors of y*" lands Purchased of John Tuftoii
Mason Esqu'^ in y*^ Prov of New Hampshire — Humbly shew"s — That
I the Subscriber an Inhabitant of Bradford purchased about Sixty
Acres of land held under a Grant of y*^ Mass'^ by y* name of Suncook
(so called) upon which Lot one w'" martin (y® last winter built a
house upon) and Said Lot lay's in y® Gore of land Adjacent to
Allen's Town so called, and as I have purchased y** said Lot and
some Small improvement has been made thereon by my order, of
Sowing and Planting, I pray in your laying out said lot you would
Consider me, in preference to any other purchaser or grantee espec-
ialy as I have been at Expence of Taxes to y^ Propriety of suncook
and you will ever oblige Gentlemen your
Most Hum serv'
Portsm° June 15"' 1752 Joseph Mulicken
PEMBROKE. 1S3
l^Bond of Mary James, 1758.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 136.]
Know all Men By these Presents That I Mary James of Exeter in
the Province of New Hampshire Widow am holclen and stand firmly-
Bound & Obliged unto Thomas Packer of Portsmouth in the Prov-
ince aforesaid Esq'" in the full & just Sum of five hundred Pounds
Lawful Money to be paid to the Said Thomas Packer his Executors
Admin'* & assigns to the which payment well & truly to be made I
bind my Self my Heirs Execut'*' and Admin" firmly by these Presents
Sealed with my Seal Dated the 17"' Day of April Anno Domini
1758—
The Condition of the above Obligation is Such Whereas by
Certain Articles of Agreement Dated the 16"' Day of May 1750
made between the abovenamed Thomas Packer of the One Part
& Daniel iNIarston Andrew McCleary Samuel Blake and others
Relating to the Granting & Settling a Certain Large Tract of Land
Containing One thousand Acres Situate & Bounded as in Said
Articles which Tract of Land is Divided into Lots & Conveyed by
Deeds to the Several Parties therein Named among whom is Kinsly
Hall James the Son of the above 13ounden Mary James who being a
Minor & not able to Perform the Conditions of Said Grant and as it
was Agreed by the Said Mary & she Ingaged to Perform Said Con-
ditions for One Lot there instead of her Said Son & to give the
said Thomas Packer Seasonable Security for her So doing In Consid-
eration that the Said Thomas woud.& Shoud Convey the Said Lot
to her So as that She might have the Property & Right thereof So
far as he is Authorized to do the Same, which he by Deed Dated the
14"' Day of Jan""'' 1755 has Done viz Lot N° Seven
If therefore the Said Mary her Heirs Executors Admin'* or Assigns
shall well and truly Perform all the matters & things mentiond in
Said Articles to be done by the Grantees as the Condition of Said
Grant So far as belongs to and is the duty part & proportion of the
Owner of One of Said Lots according to the true Intent & meaning
of Said Articles which by Reference to Said Articles (one Part of
which is in the hands of the Said Thomas) may more Particularly
Appear Then the above Obligation is to be Void & of None Effect or
Else is to Remain in full force & Virtue
The words Hall James were Interlin'd in the Condition before
Signing & Sealing
Signed Sealed & De- Mary James [seal]
livered In presence of us
James Kielle
Noah Emerv
184 CHARTER RECORDS.
Province of ) Portsm° June 13^'^ 1758. Then Mary James above
New Hampsh'' ) named Acknowledged the above Instrument to be
her act & Deed
Before me D Peirce Jus Pac
[^Joseph Connor s Stateme)it, 1761.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 137.]
Exetor Febuary y*" 16 1761
To The Gentlemen Now oners of Masons Right Please to Look
into your Grant That you made of the Gore of Land Now Called
Buck Street And you will See what we ware to Doe for The Land
I think you will See my Draft for my Lot Gentlmen I attended the
afair untill the hole Was Perfected after a while Epsom Line was
Pun And Cut of the bigest Part of my Lot I aplied to Esquire
Pierce who Said my Lot Should be made up in a nother Place but
not Soon Dun I was Dis Curaged and Sold my Chance to Cap' Israel
Gilman and Desire you to Let him have What Would be my just
Due if I had not Sold it to him in Cumpling here with you will a
Blige Your humble Servant
Joseph Conner
[Israel Gilman s Letter of Transmittal, 1761.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 137.]
Newmarket febu y*^ 17 1761
Gentelmeen
I here in close to you by my sun Joseph Connars Pettion to
3^ou makeing no doute but you will grant it your troubbul would
have bin saved if m"" parce had livad a littal Longger he toold mee
that Indan Gimey must have Joseph Conars lot my answar was his
undar minding mee was soo mene that I Could not bare it all thoug
their was but peart of a lot I had Rether keep it his answar was I
will Give you a hundrad acrs in anither place I told him what land
was laft was only pitch pine land than he said I Should have ye tini-
bar on Connors lot besides y" hundrad acrs Gontel men this is the
last Convursation I Ever had with Esq' pearce I lave it with you to
due as you would be dun by — and asigene my Self your Humbul
sarv'
Israel Gilman
PETERBOROUGH. 185
PS it has bin Suggasted that Connor did not due his peart I
have from under the hands of Saveral of the Grantes that he Did his
full Peat but have mislaid it I think sum of you Gentel meen have
sene y*" same
IG
PETERBOROUGH.
[Formerly known as 6'(?«//6^^«. Granted by Massachusetts Jan. 16, 1737-8, to
Samuel Hayward and others. Incorporated as Peterborough Jan. 17, 1760, and
named probably in honor of the Earl of Peterborough. The charter was renewed
Jan. 8, 1762. A small portion of the southeast corner was annexed to Temple
Jan. 29, 1789. A part of this town was included in the limits of Greenfield incor-
porated June 15, 1791. An act was passed July 5, 1867, by which Sharon was to
be annexed to Peterborough whenever a majority of voters in both towns should
adopt the provisions of the act, but this has not yet been done.
See Massachusetts and New Hampshire charters in preceding volumes ; IX,
Bouton Town Papers, 665; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 174; Index to Laws,
427; Ecclesiastical History, i. Farmer and Moore's Historical Collections, 55;
Topographical and Historical Account, by Elijah Dunbar, id., p. 129; Centennial
Address, by John H. Morrison, 1839, PP- 99! Centennial, New Hampshire Book,
1841, p. 122; History, by Albert Smith, 1876, pp. 375; sketch, Hurd's History
of Hillsborough County, 18S5, p. 650; Proceedings at Sesqui-Centennial Celebra-
tion, 1S89, pub. 1890, pp. 131 ; numerous historical articles and documents in the
files of the Peterbo7'ough Transcript \ Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cum-
mings, 1836, p. 17; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 240; Life of Jeremiah
Smith, by John H. Morrison, 1845; Town Library of Peterlaorough, by J. F.
Brennan,i893, pp. 28; Petition for Defence, 1750, 6, N. E. Hist. Gen. Register,
367 ; Recollections of, by J. Wilson, Jr., New Hampshire Book, 1844, p. 109.]
{Petition of Hill and Fowle, 1748.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 138.]
Portsmouth Jan>' 2*'! : 1748
To the Prop'* Purchassers of the Grant made To Cap'" John ]\Iason
Merch' in London, by the Council of Plimoth Lying in the Province
of New Hamshii-e in New England Gentle"
the Town of Peterbourugh which Now wee suppose falls wdthin
said Clame was Granted by the Massechusets's Goverment to A
number of setlers : Jer^ Gridly Esq"" John Vassel Esq'' Maj'' John
Fowles & Jolin Hill purchas'' of s'^ Grantees for & p'' a Yalewable
Consideration for said Township and have since bin at Great Charg
1 86
CHARTER RECORDS.
& Exspenc in bringing forward said setlement by Laying oute the
Horn lots Balding A Meeting House & Bridges. Contracting for a
saw mill & Griss Mill & Balding nigh 40 Dwelling Houses & Bring-
ing forward the setlements ; that at the time of Braking oute of the
warr there was there 30 famelys setled in s'* Township able to rase
provitions to support Each Famely which wee are ready to return
there again ; wee pray that wee may setle under your Clame and
JNIeet with suth Incurgement as you in Youre Great wisdom shall see
meet wee in Behalf of oure Bretheren are Gent^'" Your Most Obedient
Humble servents
John Hill
John Fowle
\_Quit Claim to Peterborough^ 1748. J
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, Jan. 26, 1748.]
Upon Reading and Considering the Petition of John Hill & John
Fowle Esqu'* to have a grant of the Said Proprietors of their Right in
tliat Tract of land called and known by the name of Peterborough
made to them and Jeremiah Gridley Esqu'' and the Heirs of John
Vassell Esqu^ deceased for the Reasons Set forth in y*^ Said Petition on
file-
Voted That for the Said Reasons first reserving to the Said Pro-
prietors their Heirs & Assigns the Quantity of thirty four hundred
Acres of the Said Tract of land to be laid out as the Said Petitioners
and others interested as aforesaid shall think most convenient for pro-
moting the Said Settlement (but not to be Subject to any Charge or
Tax untill improved by the Said Proprietors or those who hold under
them or any of them) they have and hereby do grant (on the Terms
and Conditions hereafter mentioned) all their Right Title Estate In-
terest & property of in and unto the Said Tract of land and Quit their
Claim unto the said John Hill John Fowle Jeremiah Gridley & the
Heirs of the Said John Vassell their Heirs & Assigns in equal shares
that is to Say the share of the said Heirs of the said John Vassell
being equal to the one of the other shares of the said Grantees, they the
said Grantees making a Plan of the whole Township & of the Lots therein,
and how the said Reserved lands are laid out and Returning the Same to
the said Proprietors Provided that in Case Either of the Said Grantees of
the Said Shares Shall neglect to perform and pay a proportionable part
of all the Duty & Charge of making the Settlement there, such Delin-
quent Grantee Shall forfeit his Right & share in Said Lands to the
PETERBOROUGH.
187
owners or owner of the other shares who shall perform & pay y®
same —
Provided also that the said Grantees Settle forty Families on said
Tract of land within four years from this time & each Family have
fifteen Acres of land cleared & fitted for mowing or Tillage have a
Meeting house biult there & preaching in the Same Constantly Sup-
ported thence forward but in Case of an Indian War within the said
Term the same Time to be allowed after that Impediment shall be
removed —
Provided also that all Trees fit for his Majesty's use for masting the
Royal Navy be kept preserved & Spared from waste & Destruction
which are hereby Reserved for & Granted to the Use of his majesty
his Heirs & Successors for the Use aforesaid —
\^Plan of Peterlorouf/h.']
l88 CHARTER RECORDS.
\_Jeremiah G-ricUeys Letter, 1753.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 139.]
Boston Feb : 14, 1753-
S'' I have rec'' your favour & am extreaml}' Oblidged to You And
the Gent of the prop''' Your design is Generous, and will Engage rae
to the Utmost of my Abilities to Serve you —
The expression of the Prop'*' in their votes Allow me to Say is
Something Wanting in Matter of form ; if 'tis designed as the Vote
upon Which You Are to execute a Deed I Should Rather it had bin
a grant for Advice to them had, and to be had, and for five Shillings
Rec'^ of me, of so much of their Lands on the north or East of Peters-
borough so Called as You Should think fitt to me And my heirs and
that you were Authorized to Execute A Deed Accordingly — not
that I Imagine, the Gent" Intended Otherwise, but Formality In
titles is always best — This Shall not hinder me in the mean time
from Proceeding on the State of your Case my mind has been upon
it Constantly, in the Course of my Reading & out of it Since I have
Conversed with the Gent" upon it — Judge Lynde lately Spoke to
me for a Charter for Salem Town to be executed by You ; I Beleive
I was not Useless in past Conversation with him upon the Goodness
of Your title — I am Y" &c
Jere. Gridley
My CompP* to the Gen'
To Joseph Blanchard
Dunstable Feb"^ 24'^^ 1753—
S"" The Above letter I rec'^ Yesterday & not knowing how Soon I
might have Opertunit}", to Send, Wou'd be Ready — You See the
Contents, M'' Gridleys proposal of the Amendment of the vote for
his Grant, As You ]?*urpose to Divide as fast as You Can the Whole
of the Royal Society lands Which Undoubtedly is best to be done,
this Spring, the necessity of M'' Gridleys being first Lay'd off.
Therefore if the Pi'opriety see good to make any Alteration the
Sooner the Better. I give you the Earl3'est Notice I can for that
Reason
M"" Fletcher has Compleated the Five Hundred Acre Farmes
on Contoocook River And a Plan Ready to Return for Your Drawing
I dout not but Judiciously & faithfull}^ his men he hired would be glad
of their pay, doubtless. And he to know if you Intend him to finish
the Division And As you may be Glad of many Enquirys being
Answered by him, before You proceed Further, I propose his Coming
PETERBOROUGH. 189
Down with the plan of What is clone & In case I can know of your
meeting which Shall be Glad it may be as Soon as You Can Send
word (that he may know) he has Faithfully Divided as to Quallifi-
cation Marking & Runing the lines You may expect — he has like-
wise Lay'd out the Grant made to me Joyning to Petersborough
line thO I might had better land I Chose not to break on y** next
Division, I have nothing to Ad but the tender of my best Service
to the Prop'^, My Comple'^ to You And Assure You that I am
Your very Humble Ser' at Com'and
J Blanchard
Daniel Peirce Esq
\_Complaints of Inhabitants, 1758.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 140.]
To their Hon'^® Lord Proprietors In Portsmouth & Elsewhere
The Petition of the Inhabitents & settlers of Petersborough ;
Humbly Sheweth. That being obliged to address y^' Hon''^ hitherto,
Shewing our desire to make Application to you for ratifying some
mistakes & fears from our Proprietors with respect to the fatigue, we
have had in settling here, least a part of our Labours Should be lost ;
& our Title to a small Inheritance or settlem' frustrated. Further
the obligation they required of us upon reception of the Deeds they
have given ; occasions our suspicion of their Treatment to us so much
the more as may be seen under their hands.
And as to our Encouragment at the beginning we were to have
Sixty Settlers Twenty four of which was to have, one hundred & fifty
acres, fifty of a Home Lott & one hundred out, & the rest one hun-
dred, lying together and a min'^'' Lot, a school Lott, & a Personage,
& they also to pay to the first Settled Min'' Two hundred Pounds ^
annum, for four years.
Now with the Premisses, be further Inform'd, that notwithstand-
ing, we Several times addressed our Grantees for Deeds, we never
could obtain them, & when we did, that is, some that took them,
were not Satisfy'd with them because of their lameness & insuffi-
ciency, as we suppos'd.
Further being Inform'd by a Copy of their Grant, that they had
not perform'd their Conditions themselves, we scrupled them so much
the more ; Especially when so much is Conveyed away, as fourteen
hundred Acres Quantity & Quality to be drawn in Equal draughts
to one mon, (^ no mention where it lyes, that we know not, but it
190
CHARTER RECORDS.
may be Some of ours ; that we have toil'd very much for. Not to be
Tedious to yo'' Hon"^* we leave these & all our other Grievances not
mention'd to be by our Committee Elected for that Purpose to yo''
Hon" serious Consideration and yo"^ Petitioners as bound in duty
shall ever Pray.
Dated at Petersborough Novemb"" the 14th 1758 & subscrib'd by
Capt" Hugh Wilson
John Grean
Lieut Thomas Morison
Margaret stuart
Thomas Cuningham )■ Comittee
John sooat
Gustavus swan
John morison
Ensign Jonathan Morison j
William nee
Jo" Harvev
Thomas Davison
Thomas Turner
Will'" Smfth
Will"' Smith
Will"' Walles
William mitclie
Isaac mitchel
Abigail swan
william Scott
William mCay
samull mills
Hugh Gregg
Joseph Caldwell
will'" Richy
James Robbe
Samuel Stinson
moor Stinson
Jeams stinson
Joshua Todd
John Fargusson
William Robbe Juner
Halbord morison
Neal Hamill
John Swan Juner
John morison
James Templeton
James mitchell
John Leech
William speer
James Rogers
Joseph Hogg
John Smith
John Taggart
Jean m'^Cay
[^3Iaso7iian Projjrietors to G-rayitees^ 1758.]
Portsm° Dec^ 28 1758
Gentlemen
I am Directed by the Proprietors of mason's right to Acquaint
you that they have had Sundry Visits & Petitions from the Settlers
in Petersbourrow Setting forth that they think themselves hardly
Dealt by in not having from you Such Assurences of their Land as
they Expected when they Entred thereon & that they cannot obtain
Deeds at this Day tho they have done the Duty required if this is
realy the Case 'tis to be feard it will greatly retard the Settlement —
We would also now Inform you that the Tenure of your Grant is
not only a Number of Family s Should be Settled & remain there —
& Preaching the Gospell &C''^ but that we Should have a Plan of the
Town & Survey of the Lotts reserved by us Lodged in our Clerks
office nothing of which is as yet come to our View We therefore
most Earnestly Desire that you would come to Some Terms that
PETERBOROUGH. I9I
may' be Equitable & Satisfy the Settlers & Let us have a Plan with
the reservations for s'' Proprietors that We may make Improvements
& y® Settlement of y"" Township go on without the Difficulty which
now Seems to be in the way & we do Expect that the reservations
made for said Prop""' be made for us in haveing respect to Quantity
& Quallity of y'' land & not be laid out on Mountains &c^ & we must
insist upon your doing these things without any further delay which
will Prevent our takeing the Steps in the Premises
by order and in behalf of Said Prop"^* I am Gen'
y"^ most Hum. serv'
G J Prop" CI
To ColP Jn° Hill Maj^ Fowle &•' Grantees of Petersborough
[_Lette7' about Belinquerits, 1759.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 142.]
Soughegen Ocf^ y*^ 30*'^ 1759
May' please your Hon''^ we take this opertunity to Inform you that
the Proprietors and Inhabitants of Souhegen very Chearfully in the
General pay their Arears and settle the Patent yet there are several
Gentlemen are vastly in the arears that we very much suspect (by
Certain hints) determin to wait upon y^ Hon""* for a Grant of their
Land and so defraud the Proprietors of their delinquant money — We
shall therefore look upon ourselves heighly favoured if your Hon'''^
would if any such motion should be Made by any person before Leu'
Peabody and M"^ Mitchel Wait upon your Hon'^* be so good before
you give them a Grant of their Land as to demand a Certificate of the
standing Com"'^ of Souhegon and indeed we doubt not but your Hon''*
upon receiving these lines will enquire into the Cause if occasion
serves —
And so with the greatest Submission we subscribe our selves your
very humble Servants
Moses Barron | p j
Solomon Hutchinson (
192
CHARTER RECORDS.
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This is a plat of Peterborough Town — and the Lots Marked Mason
& Numbered from one to 34 Inclusive are lade out by the Grantees of
Said Town of Peterborough Agreeable to the Grantors the proprietors
of the Lands purchased of John Tufton Mason Esq"" the said lots Con-
tain thirty foure hundred acres — they are lade out where the said
Grantees think it most Conveniant for promoteing the settlement of
said Town — as by the said Proprietors Quit Clame to the Grantees
w^ll Appear —
these prict lines and the Numbered lots Shews So much of Said
Town that Colo' Blanchard left out on the West side of Said Town
and thro;d the Town So much farther to the East which was a Great
dammage to the Setlers and Exspence as well as Dam mage to the
Proprietors for what Reason Colo' Blanchard Sho;d take of So much
of the Best of the Town wee Cannot tell
this Plan is presented to the Proprietors of Land purchased of
John Tufton mason Esq'' by order of the Grantees of Said Peterbor-
ough— by Youre
Humble ser*
Boston May 22-1765 John Hill pro^ Clark
PETERBOROUGH.
193
\^Reserved Lots, 1774.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, Aug. 10, 1774.]
Province of ) Portsmouth August 10"' 1774. Wednesday four
New Hampsh^' ) of the Clock afternoon, at the dwelling house of
James Stoodly Esq'" Innholder the Proprietors meet according to ad-
journment—
Whereas the Proprietors granted a Quit Claim to Sundry persons,
of a tract of land or Township called Peterborough, and reserved
thirty four hundred Acres of land in Said Township, to Said Proprie-
tors the Grantors, to be laid out, as should be convenient to the
Grantees &'' who were to return to Said Proprietors, a Plan of Said
Township, with the reserved Lots for Said Proprietors, who have re-
turned a Plan of the Said Town, with the aforesaid Thirty four hun-
dred Acre, lots delineated and numbered therein —
Thefore Voted that the Said thirty four hundred Acre Lots be
coupled and drawn for at this meeting — and that the Same as drawn
and entered to each Proprietor, Shall be a Severance of his right to
the Same to him his Heirs and assigns —
The Lots were drawn for and entered to each Proprietor as follow's
viz*^
1st
2d
To Law Lot N° 1 .
To Jotham Odiorn's Right
To Mark Hunks Wentworth .
4"' To Josh'^ Peirce Esq' Right .
5 To George JafTrey Esq"^ .
6 To Jn** Wentworth Esq'* Right
7 To Thomlinson & Mason
8 To Law Lot N° 2 .
9 To Tho^ Walingford Esq'
10 To John Rindge
11 To Jn" Motfatt Esq'
12 To Solly & March .
13 To Peirce & Moore
14 To Blanchard Meserve & C° .
15 To Theodore Atkinson Esq' .
16 To Tho* Packer Esq'* Right .
17 To Rich'' Wibird Esq' .
13
Lotts
N° 27 & 28
N° 7 & 8
21 &22
11 & 12
25 & 26
13 & 14
9 &10
3 & 4
33 &34
31 & 32
23 & 24
17 &18
29 & 30
5 & 6
19 & 20
1 & 2
15 & 16
194 CHARTER RECORDS.
PLYMOUTH.
[Granted July 15, 1763, to Joseph Blanchard and otiiers, and sometimes called
New Ply)iwjct]i. Portions of Plymouth and Cockermouth were combined and in-
corporated as Hebron June 15, 1792. A tract of land formerly severed by a bound-
ary line committee was restored to Plymouth, June 21, 1793. The "Everett
Farmland " Withey Lot," owned by Nathaniel Peabody, were annexed at the
same time. A portion of Hebron was annexed June 26, 1845, '^'^^ ^ portion of
Campton, June 27, i860.
See New Hampshire charters in preceding volumes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers,
685 ; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 222 ; Index to Laws, 437 ; sketch, Child's
Gazetteer of Grafton County, 1886, p. 377; Organization of Church, 28, N. E.
Hist. Gen. Register, 88 ; discourse, centennial of Congregational Church, by H.
A. Hazen, 1865, pp. 38; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 571 ; History of
the Coos Country, by Grant Powers, 1841, p. 168; Note, 13, Mass. Historical
Society Collections, 109; Biography of John Fenton, by C. R. Corning, i. Pro-
ceedings of Grafton and Coos Bar Association, p. 9 (153) ; Life and Writings of
N. P. Rogers, 1847 ; In the Heart of the White iMountains, by S. A. Drake, 1882,
p. 209; Central New Hampshire, by G. F. Bacon, 1890, p. 54; History of Hollis,
byS. T. Worcester, p. 126.]
[Petition of Robert Boyes, 1752.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 143.]
Province of \ To the Gentilmen purcbers of Cap' John Tuff-
new Hampshire \ ton raeasons Patten
The Humble jjetition of Robert Boyes in behalf of himself and
assoceits most Hombly shevveth
That your petitionr being Ineoraged by several of your sossceity
that ther might be a township granted by you to a nomber of good
protestins which would go in to the woods and make a settelment and
further being Ineoraged by your sossceity at ther mitting the twelft"'
of this Instant and desired to leve in writting what I had to aske of
said sossceity so that you might Consider of the affair
may it therfor please you Ho"'^^ to grant me in the Capacity as afore-
said the following tract of Land (I being the first that have asked for
it) viz that tract of Land Laying to the westtrly sid of the river
pimissewaset and Joying on said river taking in the mouth of Bakers
river so Called, and so Extending north and south and westrly till is
make up the Contents of six mills squar — under such Conditions and
Limetations as you in your Great wisdoms shal think meet, and there
shal be returned into your office the name of said assacity, when you
desier it, and your petitioner as in dutty bound shal Ever pray deatted
this thirteen day of feberuary 1752 Robert Boyes
PORTSMOUTH. 195
IPetition of Moses Little, 1770.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 14J:.]
Province of New \ To the Honorable the Gentlemen, Propri-
Harapshire \ etors of the Right of John Tafton Mason Esq"",
in the Province aforesaid. —
The Petition of Moses Little of Newbury Port in behalf of the Pro-
prietors and Inhabitants of the Townships of Campton & Plimouth in
the Province aforesaid — Shews —
That they the said Inhab*^ are setled on the said Tract of Land
under Patents issued bj^ the Governor and Council of the said Prov-
ince, and in pursuance of the Terms stipulated in the said Grants
have long since Enter'd, & with great Expense of Time, Labour and
Charge have Improved & Cultivated the said Lands, built Mills, cut
Roads &c — but have been informed that by the late running of the
Line between the King's Land & Mason's Propriety so called, the line
of Division interferes with and has taken off some part of the said
Grants so as to include the same within the limits of the said Pro-
priety— if so — the Inhab'* afores'^ Pray the favour of the Proprietors
of Mason's Right that they would be pleased to confirm their Title
under the Province, as has been generously done to other Grantees in
like circumstances — and You'l greatly Oblige Your Petitioner's Con-
stituents who will ever retain a grateful sense of the same.
Moses Little
In behalf of the said Towns
Portsm" March 20"^ 1770
PORTSMOUTH.
[This territory was granted for a township by the Council of Plymouth in 1631,
and was called Fiscataqiia and Strawberry Bank. Submitted to the Massachusetts
government in 1641. Incorporated by iMassachusetts as PortsiiioiUh, May 28, 1653.
Newcastle was set off and incorporated May 30, 1693. Greenland was set off par-
tially in 1704, and completely in 172 1. A part of Newington was annexed June 29,
1821. A city charter was granted July 6, 1849.
See Massachusetts charters preceding ; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 688 ; XIII,
Hammond Town Papers, 236 ; Index to Laws, 440 ; Farmer's Belknap's History
of New Hampshire, chapters i and 2, et seq. ; Annals of Portsmouth, by
Nathaniel Adams, 1825; republished with annotations by George E. Hodg-
don, in files oi Portsi?wjit]i yoitrnal, 1887-g; Rambles about Portsmouth, by
Charles W. Brewster, first series 1859, second edition, 1873; second series, by
same author, 1869; Portsmouth Records, i645-'56, A Transcript of the First
Thirty-Fiv'e Pages of the Earliest Town Book, with Notes, by Frank W. Hackett,
privately printed, 1886 ; Centennial History of the U.S. Navy Yard at Portsmouth,
196
CHARTER RECORDS.
by Walter E. H. Fentress, 1876, pp. 84; History of the U. S. Navy Yard, Ports-
mouth, by George Henry Preble, 1892, pp. 219; Life of John Mason, by C. W.
Tuttle and J. W. Dean, 1887 ; sketch, by James De Normandie, Hurd's History of
Kockingham County, 1882, p. 41 ; The Isles of Shoals, An Historical Sketch, by
John Scribner Jenness, 1873, second edition, 1875 > New Castle, Historic and
Picturesque, by John Albee, 1885 ; Memoir of Jeremiah Mason, by R. M. Mason,
1873; Memoir of W. H. Y. Hackett, by F. W. Hackett, 1879; Memoir of N. A.
Haven, by George Ticknor, 1827; An Old Town by the Sea, by T, B. Aldrich,
1893; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, p. 19; Lawrence's
N. H. Churches, 1S56, p. 117; i. Granite Monthly, 119; Methodism in Ports-
mouth, by T. L. Tullock, 6, Granite Monthly, 209, 229, 314, 347 ; History of the
Catholic Church in the United States, by John G. Shea, 1890, vol. 3, p. loS;
Batchelder's History of the Eastern Diocese, P. E. Church, 1876, p. 133; Uni-
versalism in N. H., by Lemuel Willis, i. Granite Monthly, 312; Centennial Cele-
bration of Universalism in Portsmouth, 1873, PP- 108; Universalism in America,
by Richard Eddy, 1886, p. 394; sermon, at dedication of new church for south
parish, by Nathan Parker, 1826; dedication sermon in North Meeting-House,
1855, by L. Whiting, 1856, pp. 24; discourse, 200th anniversary of North
Church, by G. M. Adams, 1871 ; Account of the Several Religious Societies,
etc., by T. Alden, Jr., 1808; same, 10, Mass. Historical Society Collections,
37 ; St. John's Church, by H. E. Hovey, Perry's History of American P. E.
Church, vol. i, p. 577; Historical Sketch of Portsmouth Baptist Sunday School
Convention, by B. R. Jewell, 1880, pp. 16; Wealth, Industry, and Resources of
Portsmouth, lecture, by A. P. Peabody, 1844; discourse, dedication of Univer-
salist Meeting House, by Thomas Jones, 1808, pp. 19; Queen's Chapel, now St.
John's Church, 25, N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, 245 ; Discourse, Occasioned by the
Late Desolating Fire, by Joseph Buckminister, 1803: Valedictory Discourse, by
T. Alden, Jr., 1805, pp. 16; Discourse Delivered in St. John's Church, on Occa-
sion of the Opening of the New Church, by James Morse, 1808, pp. 24; Dis-
course Delivered in the Chapel of Aims-House, at opening, 1834, by Charles Bur-
roughs, 1835, pp. 108; Farewell Sermon, by J. W. Putnam, 1835. PP- 4° i
Historical Sketch of the North Church, discourse, by Edwin Holt, 1838, pp. 30;
Sermon at Closing of Sunday School Room in Court Street, by A. P. Peabody,
1857, pp. 24; Century Sermon, in South Church, by T. Alden, Jr., 1801, pp.
47 [5] ; Sermons Connected with Reopening of Church of South Parish, by A. P.
Peabody, 1859, PP- ^'^~ '■> address, 70th anniversary of South Parish Sunday School,
by A. P. Peabody, 1888, pp. 27 ; Portsmouth Jubilee, Reception of Sons of Ports-
mouth Resident Abroad, July 4, 1853, pub. 1853 ; address, centennial of St. John's
Lodge, by C. W. Moore, 1836, pp. 80; address, 150th anniversary of St. John's
Lodge, 1886, pp. 22 ; The New Hampshire Gazette, by F. W. Miller, 26, N. E.
Hist. Gen. Register, 132; same, pamphlet, 1872, pp. 18; Agreement of Inhabi-
tants upon Piscataqua River for Government, 1642, i. Collections of N. H. His-
torical Society, 322; Witchcraft, 1656, i, zd., 255; Attempt to Establish a Play
House, 1762, 5, z'd., 247; 20Qth Anniversary of Settlement of N. H., 1823, 6,
zd., 245 ; Bills of Mortality, 1801-3, g, Mass. Historical Society Collections, 236;
Communication on Supposed Massacre by Indians at Fox Point, by C. W. Tuttle,
17, Proceedings of Mass. Historical Society. 105 ; Copy of a Printed Letter Sent
by the Committee of Correspondence of the Town to All Ye Towns, 1774, 22, zd.,
481 ; Journey to Portsmouth, 1754, by H. Flynt, 16, z'd., 5; Early Papers, 1669-
'76, by F. W. Hackett, 38, N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, 58; Early Settlers, by J.
PORTSMOUTH.
197
Wentworth, 9, id., 179: Inscriptions in Portsmouth Burying-(]round, by J. R.
Rollins, 10, id., 51 ; Record of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, i7o6-'42, by J. W.
Pierce, id., vol. 23, p. 269, to vol. 27, p. 8 ; Record of Deaths, 1740-71, by J. C.
Odiorne, 15, id., 172; Vessels of War Built at Portsmouth, 1690-1868, by G. H.
Preble, 22, id., 393; First Settlement of N. H., 2, Farmer and Moore's Histori-
cal Collections, 51, 123; Point of Graves Cemetery, 3, Maine Hist, and Gen.
Record, 44; The Langdon Mansion, by F. M. Colby, 3, Granite Monthly, 76;
Presidential Appointments at, by T. L. Tullock, 6, id., 107 ; The Sir John Went-
worth Mansion, by F. M. Colby, 3, td., 215 ; The Warner Home, by same, 7, id.,
16S ; The Jaffrey Mansion, by same, 7, id., 153.]
\_Petition of Port smo nth 3Ien, 1748.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 145.]
Province of | To the Hon''^*' Theodore Atkinson Esq' & other
New Hampshire \ Purchasers and Proprietors of Masons Right
within Said Province
The Petition of the Subscribers Inhabitants of Portsmouth and
other places Desire a Grant of a Tract of Land in Said Province for
a Township at Winnepissioky pond to be laid out in Such manner as
to you shall Seem meet on Such Terms & under Such limitations as
you Shall think will be best for promoting a Settlement there and
your Petitioners shall pray &
Portsm° Nov-- 18"> 1748"^
John Wentworth
Marmaduke Browne
Joseph Hanson
James Basford
John Nelson
Job Hussy
Samuel Toby
H : Wentworth
Nath" Jones
John phillips
George Mitchell
Geo : Grainger
Arthur Browne
S'^ Wentworth
his
Jeremiah Wheelwright Richard x Hussy
mark
David Horney
Nathaniel Randall
Joshua Winslo Ju""
Dan^ Little
John Mills
L' Samuell Gerrish
Clem' Jackson
Richard Mattoon
William Langdon Juner Andrew Todd
Daniel Crockford
Cap' Tho* Adams
Joseph hodsden
Peter mathes
Wiilam Simson
W'" Shackford
Richard Elliot
John hix
Stephen Hardison
Will"" Wentworth
Nathaniel Beck
Henry Winslow
James Gooch
W'" Kennedy
Hugh Hall Wentworth
Peter Stillings
David Gilnior
John Mellin
Noah Emery
Samuel Wentworth Boston
Jerem'' Veasey
his
Benj" X Kenniston
mark
Samuel Tripe
Joshua Gate
John Grant
N. Peirce
198 CHARTER RECORDS.
RINDGE.
[Granted by Massachusetts Feb. 3, 1736-7, to inhabitants of Rowley, Mass.,
who were in the Canada expedition. Hence called Rowley-Canada. Granted by
the Masonian Proprietors Feb. 14, 1749-50, to Solomon Stewart and others, and
known as Monadnock No. i or South Monadnock. Incorporated as Rindge Feb.
II, 1768, and named in honor of David Rindge. The line between Rindge and
Fitzwilliam was established June 17, 1847.
See Massachusetts and New Hampshire charters in preceding volumes ; IX, Bou-
ton Town Papers, 720; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 320; Index to Laws, 476;
History, by Ezra S. Stearns, 1875, pp. 788; sketch, Hurd's History of Cheshire
County, 1886, p. 532; sketch, Child's Gazetteer of Cheshire County, 1885,
p. 361 ; discourse, 40th anniversary of pastorate, by A, W. Burnham,
1862; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 285; The Offering of Lunen-
burg, Mass., to Cheshire County, by Ezra S. Stearns, 2, Proceedings of
N. H. Historical Society, 92 ; John Fitch, a historical address by Ezra S. Stearns,
on the occasion of the dedication of the Fitch Memorial Tablet July 4, 1894.]
\_Charter of Rindge^ 1749.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 146, and Proprietors' Records, Vol. 6,
p. 83.]
"^ •
Province of \ Pursuant to the Power and Authority Granted
New Hampshire \ and vested in me by the Proprietors of Lands,
purchased of John Tufton Mason Esq"" in the Province of New Hamp''
by their Vote passed at their Meeting held at Portsmouth in s'^
Province the IG'*" Day of June 1749
I Do by these Presents on the Terms Conditions and Limitations
hereafter Expressed Give and grant all the right Possession and
Property of the Prop'^afores'Umto Solomon Steward John Stevens John
Combs Jonathan Hubbard jun' Thomas Symms Stanton Prentice, Coll°
John Hill Samuel Cummings Thomas Prentice Peter Powers jun'
William Spaulding Joseph Blanchard jun"^ Joseph French Jonathan
Powers Samuel Greele Jonathan Hubbard William Downe Peter
Stevens Sampson Fi-ench James Stewart Robert Fletcher jun""
Eleazer Blanchard David Cheever, Samuel Reed Jonathan Whit-
ney John Hubbard Jacob Gould Nehemiah Gould Robert Melvin
Jerahmeel Powers Joseph Jackson James Colman Peter Power
Daniel Taylor Sam" Greele jun'' Zaccheus Lovewell Steven Pow-
ers John Lovewell jun'^ Joseph Winn Nathaniel Page Timothy
Taylor one Right each; Benjamin Bellows Six Rights Samuel John-
son jun"^ two Rights — One Right for Encouragement for build-
ing of Mills and two share more to be disposed of by the Grantees
RINDGE. 199
for Publick Uses of in and to that Tract of Land or Township
Lying in the Province afores'^ Containing by Estimation thirty
five Square Miles Bounded thus Beginning on the Line between y"
Province afores'^ and tlie Province of the Massachusetts Bay Six
Miles Westerly from the Southwest Corner of the Township called
N° 1 : North of Townshend and runs North Eighty degrees West in
s'' Line Seven miles, thence North by the Needle Five miles from
thence South Eighty degrees East Seven Miles, Thence South by the
Needle to the first Bounds mentioned.
To Have and To Hold to them their Heirs and Assigns in equall
Shares on the following terms and conditions with^ the reservations
hereafter expressed (That is to say) That the tract afores'' be
divided into Seventy three Equall Shares And that each Share or
Right be divided into Three Lotts and drawn for on or before the
last Day of November next Ensuing in some equitable Manner
That Three of the afores'' Rights be and hereby are granted One
for the first Settled Minister One for the Ministry & One for the
School there forever ; One Lott for each such Right to be first lay'd
Out (and not Drawn for) near the Middle of the Town
That Eighteen of the said Shares be reserved for the Use of the
Grantors their Heirs & Assigns for ever Exempted and free from all
Charges whatsoever in making or bringing forward y'' Settlement
Untill improved by them or some holding under them respectively.
That the Grantees shall make Settlement in the following Manner
Viz' That the aforesaid Tract be lay'd Out as afores'^ at the Grantees
Expence. That all necessary Highways be lay'd Out through
the lotts of either Grantors or Grantees as there shall be occasion
hereafter free from Cliai-ge for the land, such wedtli as the major
part shall judge necessary That Forty of the Shares belonging to
the Grantees afores'^ be settled in the following Manner, Viz* Each
of the s-^ forty shares to have three Acres of Land on some One Lott
cleared, inclosed & fitted for Mowing or tillage in s'^ tract at or before
the last Day of December 1752 And in like manner Three Acres
more Annually for two Years more then next coming — That on each
of the said forty Lotts so cleared as afores'^ there be a Convenient
House of One Room Sixteen feet Square at the least fitted for Com-
fortable dwelling therein, and the Grantees or some person Resident
on each of the Lotts to be settled as afores*^* at or before the last Day
of December 1753 And Continue resident there for Two Years then
next coming & Build a Convenient Meeting House there in Five
Years from this Date.
That the following Nine shares be exempted from making settle-
ment only to pay their proportion to all publick Taxes as Other the
200 CHARTER RECORDS.
Grantees Viz* Benjamin Bellows for four Rights Samuel Reed one,
Jonathan Whitney One, Jonathan Hubbard jun'' One, Sam'^ Johnson
One Timothy Taylor One. That Each of the said Grantees at the
Executing this Instrument pay fifteen pounds Old Tenour to defrey
the necessary Charges risen or arising in bringing forward the settle-
ment aforesaid to be deposited in the hands of such Person as they
shall appoint being a Freeholder and Resident in this Pi'ovince.
That the aforesaid Grantees or their Assigns Assess such further
Sum or Sums of Money Equally in proportion to their Right on the
Share of Each Grantee (exclusive of the Three Publick Lotts) as may
be thought Necessary for carrying on the Settlement aforesaid or any
Publick matter And on failure of payment for the space of Three
Months after Such Assessment is agreed upon and posted np at such
place or places as the Grantees aforesaid shall appoint for Notifying
Prop'* Meetings That so much of such Delinquents Right respectively
be disposed of as will pay the s'^ Tax & all Charges arising thereon
And in case any of the said Grantees shall Neglect to perform any
of the Articles aforementioned he shall forfeit his Share or Right in
s'^ Township unto those of the s'^ Grantees who shall not then be
Delinquent in the Performance on their Part And it shall be Lawfull
for them by their Agent or Agents to enter into and upon the Right
of such Delinquent Owner and him to Amove Oust & Expell for
their Use tiieir Heirs and Assigns Provided they settle such Delin-
quents Right within the Term of One Year After the Periods
Conditioned in this Grant And fully comply with the whole Duty
such Delinquent ought to have done within the Space of One Year
from Time to time after the respective Periods thereof
And in case they omitt complying as aforesaid in that Term that
all such delinquents Rights shall revert and belong to the Grantors
their Heirs & Assigns for Ever, free from the Incumbrance of Settle-
ment or Charge Always provided there be no Indian Warr within
Any of the Terms afores'^ and in case that should happen The same
Time be Allowed for the respective Matters afores'^ after such Imped-
iments shall be Removed.
That all White Pine Trees fitt for masting his Majestys Royall
Navy be and hereby are Granted unto his Majesty, his Heirs and
Successors for Ever.
Lastly The S'' Grantors do hereby Promise to the s'^ Grantees
their Heirs & Assigns to Defend through the Law to King and
Councill if need be One Action that shall and may be brought
against them or any Number of them by any person or persons
Whatsoever Claiming the said Laud or any part thereof by any
other Title than that of y* s'^ Grantors or that by which they hold
and derive theirs from — Provided the s'' Grantors are avouched
RINDGE. 20I
in to Defend the same And tliat in case of finall Triall the same
shall be recovered Against the said Grantors, the Grantees shall
recover nothing Over against the Grantors for the s'^ Land Improve-
ments or Expence in Bringing Forward the Settlement In Witness
whereof I the Subscriber Joseph Blanehard of Dunstable have here-
unto In Behalf of the Prop" afores'' Sett to my hand and Seal this
fourteenth day of February 1749
Joseph Blanehard and Seal
A True Copy Examined
Attest : William Downe Prop" Clerk —
Att a Meeting of the Prop" of the South Monadnock N'' 1, held at
Dunstable on y*^ 4'*' day of August 1752, held by Adjournment. —
Whereas the Prop'^ of the lands in the Province of New - Hamp-
shire Purchased by them of John Tufton Mason Esq"" Who sold
them Under the Title made b}^ a Com'on Recovery, Did on the 14"'
Day of February 1749 grant the Quantity of Thirty Five Square
miles part of s*^ Land Bounded as Followeth, Beginning on the Line
between the Province of New Hampsh^ and the Province of the
Massachusetts Bay Six Miles Westerly from the Southwest Corner
of the Township Called N" 1 North of Townshend And runs North
Eighty degrees W^est in said Line Seven miles thence North by the
Needle five Miles from thence South Eighty Degrees East Seven Miles,
thence South to the first Bounds mentioned, under certain Condi-
tions Limitations and reservations in s'^ Grant mentioned as by
reference thereto will fully appear — L^nto Solomon Stewart John
Stevens John Combs Jonathan Hubbard jun"" Thomas Symms Stanton
Prentice Coll° John Hill Sam^ Cunimings Tho* Prentice Peter
Powers Jun"" William Spaulding Joseph Blanehard jun'' Joseph
French Jon* Powers, Sam^ Greele, Jon'*^ Hubbard William Downe
Peter Stevens Sampson French James Stewart Robert Fletcher Jun*^
Eleazer Blanehard David Cheever Samuel Read Jonathan Whitney
John Hubbard Jacob Gould Nehemiah Gould Robert Melvin Jerah-
meel Powers Joseph Jackson James Coleman Peter Powers Dan'^
Taylor Samuel Greele jun'' Zaccheus Lovewell Stephen Powers John
Lovewell Jun'" Joseph Winn Nath' Page Timothy Taylor One
Right each Benjamin Bellows Six Rights Sam^ Johnson jun'' Two
Rights
Voted That we do hereby accept said Title and for Our Selves
our heirs and Assigns do Acknowledge that We hold said Lands
under said Title Conditions and Limitations with the Reservations
therein mentioned —
Extract from the Votes of s'^ Meeting Copy Examined —
f William Downe Prop" Clerk
202
CHARTER RECORDS.
[Draft of Lots.']
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 146, and Proprietors' Records, Vol.
6, p. 90.]
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A List of the Names of the Prop""^ of the Township Called South
Manadnock N° One and of the lotts by them Respectively drawn (a&
Sett against each persons name) in S'^ Township
William Downe Prop'^'^ Clerk
204
CHARTER RECORDS.
[^Plan of Mindge, 1749.]
Copy of Plan of South Monadnock or N" 1 Beginning at a Maple
Tree at the Line between y*^ Provinces and Runs North by the Needle
five Mile to a Stake then due West Seven Miles to a Beach then
Runs South by the Needle five Miles to a Spruce Tree in s*^^ Province
Line then due East Seven Miles to y** first mentioned Corner, & Sett
out as p'' this plan Appears Surveyed Febry 1749 as Attested p"" Beny'
Bellows Surveyor
This Copy drawn from s'^ Plan bv
Will'" Downe Prop^^ Clerk
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RINDGE. 205
\_Petition of Hale and Brid(/es, 1759.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 147.]
To the Gentlemen Proprietors of Lands purchased of John Tufton
Mason Esq"^ in the Province of New Hampshire —
The Memorial of John Hale & Moody Bridges Agents for the Pro-
prietors of a Township Called Rowly Cannada Humbly Sheweth
That A. D. 1738 The great & General Court of his "Majesty's Prov-
ince of the Massachusetts Bay in New England made a Grant of a
Tract of Land of the Contents of Six Miles Square to Cap*^ John
Tyler Joseph Pike & others Officers & Soldiers in the Expedition to
Cannada A D 1690 Lying Scituate to the Southward of Grand monad-
nock Mountain as a Gratuity for their Service in s'^ Expedition
That before the time Limmitted by s'^ Court for the Settlement of
s'^ Township was Expired s'' proprietors began to bring forwards Set-
tlements Pursuant to Court Act but were Retarded by the Commence-
ment of a War with the French & Indians & as Soon as the War was
Over they Entred upon the premises Again & were at Great Labour
& Expence in Clearing Roads Building of Mills & Dwelling Houses
& in bringing forward Settlements to the Amount of Forty pounds
Sterling to those who brought forward Settlements & to the Delin-
quents the Taxes Amounted to upwards of Ten pounds Sterling
That A. D. 1749 The Hon"'« Joseph Blanchard Esq'- Signified to
our proprietors That s'^ Township was Claimed by the afores'' proprie-
tors of the Lands purchased of the s'^ John Tufton Mason Esq"^ &
Desired a Conference with our prop"^^ in the aifair which was Comply'd
with by way of Com"*''' who Reported that if the prop''^ of Rowly Can-
nada would measure from the Sea Sixty Miles west & Should find
that Rowly Cannada Lay to the west of the Sixty Miles End he the
s'^ Joseph Blanchard Esq"" had no pretentions to s'^ Township which
line being measured as Afores'^ Did not go into s'' Township So as to
take off any Considerable part thereof but would only take off a Gore
at one Coner of the Township which was So Trifeling that the prop"
were willing to Relinquish & Disclaim it provided they Could Enjoy
the rest of the Township peaceably & Acquainted CoP Blanchard Ac-
cordingly & So Rested Easie not Expecting any further trouble or
Difficulty. But So it was s'^ Township was Granted by CoP Blan-
chard to People who were not of the prop'* of s'^ Rowly Cannada
Neither had we an offer of takeing the Township Under the afores''
Prop" of Masons Patent after s'' Com"'''' had Treated with CoP Blan-
chard & Reported as afores'' —
That Soon After CoP Blanchard made the Afores'' Grant An
206 CHARTER RECORDS.
Action was Commenced by one of the prop'^ of s'' New Giant Against
one of our Settlers in s*^ Rowly Cannada in which Action Judgment
went Against us & Execution Terminated in the Imprisonment of s'^
proprietor which put a Stop to the Settlement of Rowly Cannada and
it hath not been in our power to Recover any Consideration of the
New Grantees For our Labour in bringing forward Settlements as
afores''. But they begin to Enter into the Houses we have built & Im-
prove the Lands we have Clear'd Notwithstanding they Neglected
Settleing till years after the Time Limmitted for Settleing was Ex-
pired which Circumstance of their Neglect we would beg Leave to
take Encouragement from —
Therefore Gentlemen we Now lay our Selves at your Clemency &
Justice Praying that you would take our Case & Circumstances into
your wise Consideration & Let us have a Grant or Charter of Monad-
nock Number one (Seeing it Now Reverts to you) Agreeable to the
Grant thereof made by CoP Blanchard Afores'' That So we may En-
joy the Benefit of our Labour as Also what Seems Dearer to us the
Gratuity intended as a Reward for the Services our Ancestors Did in
Defence of our Country A. D. 1690 And may it please the Gentle-
ment Proprietors of s'^ Patent your Memorialists as in Duty Bound
Shall Ever Pray—
Dated Boxford Oct^ 24*'" 1759
John Hale \ Com"*"® for
Moody Bridges J s'^ Proprietors
l^Petition of John Hale, 1766.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 148.]
To the Honourable Theodore Atkinson Esq"^ And Others Grantees
to John Tuften Mason Esq'^
The Memorial of John Hale of Boxford in the Prov''^ of the Massa-
chusetts Bay Humbly Sheweth
Whereas Your Memoralist about 24 Years ago Purchas'd of Nath'
Fellows of Portsmouth a Proprietors Share in the Township called
Rowley Canada Granted 1738 by the Prov*^® of the Massachusetts Bay
To Joseph Pike and others — And Entred upon it Built a House and
Cleared about 30 or 40 Acres of the Land and Paid the Taxes on it
And possess'd it for Some Years Not Doubting but he had a Legal
Title to Said Lands and that on your Extending M'' Masons Claim to
those Lands he gave them up whereby He Suffered Great Loss Hav-
ing Expended more then An Hundred Pounds Lawful Money on
RINDGE. 207
them : And others Under Your Grant Rec'^ the Benefit of his Cost &
Labours He Therefore Prays Gent : that you' take the matter under
Consideration (his Loss and Interest on it Amounting to More then
Two Hundred Pounds Lawfull money) And According to your
wonted Goodness make him a Grant of Some Tract of your Lands
forfeited for not Settling according to Grant in a place called the mid-
dle menadnick N" 2 or Else where or Grant him a Propriety in Some
Lands who by Your Clemency may in Some measure have And obtain
for his Great Loss — and as in Duty Bound Ever Pray
Boxford Dec-^ 8"^ 1766 John Hale
\_Petition of Richard Peahody^ 1767.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 149.]
To the Honourable Theodore Atkinson Esq'^ and others Grantees to
John Tuften Mason Esq""
The Memorial of Richard Peabody of Boxford in the Province of
the Massachusetts Bay Humbly Sheweth
Whereas Your Memorialist was formerly a Grantee in a tract of
Land Granted by the Province of the Massachusetts Bay Called Row-
ley Canada And had 2 Contiguous 80 Acre Lotts in it by allotment
and purchase of which he has had the Quiet possession for more then
20 Years And has made large improvements on it by clearing More
then 60 Acres of the Land and by Building a Good House And Barn
on it
Which Land on Settlement of the Province Line fell within the
Province of New Hampshire and Masons Grant : and at the Laying
out the Menadnocks N° 1 and N° 2 fell within the Grants of those
Towns
Your Memorialist further Shews that he has purchased part of his
Said Lotts of a Proprietor of Said N° 1 and the remainder of them is
Contained in a Lott of Land of 100 Acres Allotted for the Ministry in
Said N" 2 — And that Considering the great costs he had been at on
Said 100 Acres he has often apply'd to the Proprietors of said N** 2 to
take other lands for the Ministry in lieu of Said 100 Acres And let
him enjoy his Improvements on it, who gave him Encouragem' they
would do it but have Since Utterly refused — Gent : You may remem-
ber your letter to them Some time Since which was faithfully Deliv-
ered— They called a Meeting to take the Exchange of Lands under
Consideration Agreeable to your Proposal but would Not at the Meet-
ing make the Exchanges — Your Memorialist therefore Prays that You'
take the matter Under Consideration And According to Your wonted
208 CHARTER RECORDS.
clemency, and the Encouragem* he had when last with you Provide
that he may be Secured in his Possession of said Lands by Exchange
or otherwise or grant him relief Some other way And he as in duty
bound will Ever Pray
Boxford Feb: 2'' 1767 Richard Peabody
ROCHESTER.
[This town, as incorporated May lo, 1722, included the present towns of Farm-
ington and Milton. The westerly part was set off and incorporated as Farmington
Dec. I, 1798. Milton was set off and incorporated June 11, 1802. A part of the
town was annexed to Harrington, July 10, 1846. A city charter was granted March
31, 1891.
See Massachusetts and New Hampshire charters in preceding volumes ; IX,
Bouton Town Papers, 721 ; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 332; Index to Laws,
479 ; Historical Notices, by Joseph Haven, 2, Farmer and Moore's Historical Col-
lections, 169; sketch, by Franklin McDuffee, Hurd's History of Strafford County,
1882, p. 719; History, by Franklin McDuffee, in two volumes, 1892, pp. 688;
Bill of Mortality, 1776-1824, by Joseph Haven, i. Collections of N. H. Histori-
cal Society, 283; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 338; Biographical Noti-
ces of Physicians, i, N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, 276.]
\^Part of Rochester Charter.']
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 151.]
Do give and grant unto sundry our beloved Subjects whose names
are enrolled in a schedule hereunto anexed in the Proportion and
after The maner therein mention'd all that Tract of Land lying and
being between the river of salmons falls and the North Esterly side
line of Barrington being bounded at the south East End by Dover
head line and to Run norwesterly into the Country and South west-
erly upon Barrington headline according to the discretion of a Com-
mitte which shall be appointed by the Proprietors to lay out the same
not Exceding the quantit}^ of ten milles square to gether with all the
waters Rivers
The abov a true Coppy of part of Rochester Chartar —
atest — John Gage Propri"'^ Clark
Dover Apral y'' 17th 1749
IBeed of Part of Packer Lot, 1793.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 152.]
Know all Men by these Presents, That We Sylvester Dering &
Henry Packer Dering both of Shelter Island in the County of Suf-
ROCHESTER. 209
folk and State of New York Esquires by our Attorney John Peirce
of Portsmouth in the County of Rockingham and State of New
Hampshire merchant — For and in consideration of the sum of one
Hundred & three pounds Twelve Shillings Lawful Money to us in
hand before the delivery hereof, well and truly paid Ijy Moses
Hodgdon of Dover in the County of Strafford & State of New Hamp-
shire Yeoman the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, have
given, granted, bargained, sold ; and by these presents do give, grant,
bargain, sell, aliene, enfeoff, convey and confirm unto the said Moses
Hodgdon his heirs and assigns forever Two full and undivided
Seventh parts of the Second Division Lot in Rochester Originally
Laid out to the Right of Doctor Thomas Packer late of Portsmouth
Esquire Deceased, and are the parts or Shares of our Father
Thomas Dearing late of said Shelter Island Deceased he beino-
the oldest Son of Elizabeth Dearing who was the Daughter of
said Packer said Lot of Land Laid Out for Two Hundred &
Forty Acres be the same more or less
To Have and to Hold the said granted premises, with all the
privileges and appurtenances to the same, belonging to him the said
Moses Hodgdon his heirs and assigns, to his &; their only proper
use and benefit forever ; And We the said Sylvester Dering & Henry
Packer Dering our heirs, executors and administrators do hereby
covenant, grant and agree to and with the said Moses Hodgdon his
heirs and assigns, that until the delivery hereof we are the lawful
owner of the said premises, & are seized and possessed thereof in our
our own right in fee-simple, and have full power and lawful authority
to grant and convey the same in manner aforesaid : That the said
premises are free and clear of all and every incumbrance whatsoever :
And that we & our heirs, executors and administrators, shall, and
will warrant the same to him the said Moses Hodgdon heirs and
assigns, against the lawful claims & demands of any person or per-
sons whomsoever.
In Witness whereof we by our said Attorney have hereunto set our
hands and seals this Seventh day of March In the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and ninety three
Signed, sealed and Sylvester Dering by his
delivered in presence of us, Attorney John Peirce [seal]
the words hy our said Henry Packer Dering by
Attorney of Land his Attorney John Peirce [seal}
being first Interlined
Flip' Ladd
George Gains
14
2IO CHARTER RECORDS.
State of New Hampshire ) Portsmouth the 8"' day of March one
Rockingham ss \ thousand seven hundred and ninety three
Then the above Henry P. Bering & Sylvester Deering by their
Attorney John Peirce personally appearing, acknowledged the above
written instrument to be their free act and deed before me,
George Gains Justice Peace,
[Endorsed] It is belived the within deed was taken up & one
from direct from the Dering obtained
There was a nother share conveyed to Hodgdon as executor to a
Brother Deces'^ whose name was Henerv
RUMNEY.
[Granted Oct. 4, 1761, to Samuel Olmstead and others. Regranted March 18,
1767, to Daniel Brainard and others.
See New Hampshire charters in preceding volumes; IX, Bouton Town Papers,
730; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 354; Index to Laws, 483; sketch. Child's
Gazetteer of Grafton County, 1886, p. 601; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856,
p. 581 ; Biography of Josiah Quincy, by J. E. Sargent, i. Proceedings of Grafton
and Coos Bar Association, 43 ; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cummings,
1836, p- 9; grant to Samuel Holland with Plymouth papers; Proceedings of Cele-
bration, July 4, 1876.]
\_Rumney Petitioners.']
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 153.]
S"^ If any Grants Should be made before I Return (which will be
in about a Fortnight) pray ward the applyers from Ruraney tis a
Mountainous Town But well Scituated and a Little Peace of Good
Land Adjoyning to Spencer & Cockermouth — here the Doctor
pitches and May have it if is Not Gone Before I Return Y'' Remem-
brance will Greatly gratifie y"^^ to the Last
J Blanchard
John Gillmore Jonathan Gillmore James Gillmore
Hugh Ramsey John Moore Thomas Christy
John Cristy John Morrow Gain Armour
John Miller Joseph Parks John L'sher
William M^Clure John M*=Clenche William Patten
John Combs Samuel Spaulding William Wright
Robert Usher Zacheriah Sterns Daniel Sterns
SALEM. 211
Hugh Gillis John Smith Robert Park
Samuel Morison John Tuft David Criage
William Wallace Joseph Cochran James Cochran
James Cochran Jun"" Samuel Alison William Willson
Joseph Blanchard Esq Isaac Farwell Isaac Farwell Jun''
Benj'"^ French Ebenezer Farwell Thomas Cowen
James Cowen Peter Russell William Alld
Jonathan Cumings Jonathan Cumings Jun'Benj'^ Davis
William Lancy William Read John Parker
John Stearns Jesse Cristy And" Pack
Robert Gillmore Samuel Willson James Miltmore
Samuel Steel And"' Clindinin Robert Clindinin
Thomas Morison Beiij'' Butterjfield Mathew Thornton
Romney
SALEM.
[This town was constituted from parts of Haverhill District, Methuen, and
Dracut, Mass., and was incorporated Alay n, 1750. A new line between Salem
and Windham was established Jan. 9, 1752-3. The charter was confirmed by the
Masonian Proprietors, March 8, 1759.
See New Hampshire charters in preceding volumes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers,
744; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 371 ; Index to Laws, 486; sketch, by A. H.
Merrill, Hurd's History of Rockingham County, 1882, p. 469; Lawrence's N. H.
Churches, 1856, p. 130; Two Sermons, 1816, by John Smith, 1817, pp. 30;
Account of, Poore's Merrimack Valley, 1857-8, p. 239; Proceedings of 150th
Anniversary of Congregational Church, 1890.]
\_Petition of Samuel Hale, 1748-9.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 154.]
To the Honoui-able Theodore Atkinson Esq"^ and the Other Pro-
prietors of Masons Right
The Petition of Samuel Hale for Himself and Others Humbly
Sheweth
That whereas a Grant of three hundred Acres of Land was made
hj the Government of the Massachusets Bay to the Heirs of our
Grandfather John Hale of Beverley deceased for reward of Service in
the Canada Expedition Anno 1690 which Grant was laid out in
Methuen District (so called) Bounded East on Haverhill old Line
North on Woodbury's Farm West on Land Owners unknown South
on (Land since known by) Greanleafs Farm and was then Claimed
212 CHARTER RECORDS.
by that Province but by the late Settlement of the Line it falls within
this Prov : & within your Claim We therefore Pray that You would
Confirm or Quit unto us said tract of Land and as in Duty bound
shall ever Pray
Your Petitioners
Portsmouth New Hampshire ) Sam^^ Hale
March the V 1748/9 for Himself & Others
\_Petitio7i and Plan, 1759.]
Salem in J To the Honarable Propreatiers that Clame Under
Newhamsher > Masons Patten tees
Jan'' 22 : 1759 ) Whereas We the under siners have This Day Be-
ing informed that there is sume of the inhabetants of the Town of Sa-
lem afore Said who have Pertitiond or about to Pertition to the S'^^ Pro-
prters for the Land in S'* Township Taking to their Sosierty home they
Plese and Whome they Plese they Refuse —
The Humbel Pertition of the We Subscribers to the Said Proprij^ei-
ters that if there is aney Right that belongs to the Propriters that the
Town of Salem in Genrel might be a Quainted With it and that Your
Portitions Prays that it might Plese Your Honers to Give the Town
of Salem afore S'^ the Liberty of Purcheusing By a raaigeroty and in
So Doing it mighe Prevent a grate Disturbence in S'^ Town your
Partitions further Prays that you Would Signify in Wrighting Your
minds to us before you Doe aney thing as to Sale that the Town of
Salem afore S'' have their Voice in the Purches : as Your Portition-
ers as in Duty Bound Shall Ever Pray
Daniel Peaslee Jon than Wheeler Isaac Clough senr
Ebenezer Ayer Timothy Johnson Jonathan Collis
Jonathan Wheeler juner Daniel Mussey Thomas Duston
Nathaiel Woodman Abial Asten Obadiah Duston
John Baley Joshua baylay John Lowel
Stephen wheeler Benj'^ Rawlings Nathaniel merrill
Caleb Duston James Hasting william wheeler
John Cross James Gregg william Curtis
James Chase John Lowel juner Edw'^ Clark
Israel Young Sen"^ Israel young ju"" John Corrier
Evan Jones Edw'^ Carlton William Townsend
SALEM.
2i;
Ca^^^Rnc
\_Quitclaim to Salem, 1759.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, March 8, 1759.]
Whereas thee Persons whose names are hereafter Express'd have
applied to this Propriety for their right and Title to the lands they
severally claim in the Township of Salem in the Province of New
Hampshire excepting what is within the bounds of Londonderry & in
214 CHARTER RECORDS.
Consideration of their Improvements & for encourageing the Set-
tlers—
Voted that there be and hereby is Granted to the said persons their
heirs and assigns all the right, Title, Interest claim property and
demand of said Proprietors according to the several and respective
rights and claims of said Persons as they have or shall derive the
same from the Proprietors of Haverhill or other grants made by the
Government of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay and also to all
such particular lotts of lands Situated as aforesaid which any of them
hold in Common and undivided, but as to the hundred acres of land
within said Township of Salem which was appropriated the one half
for the first minister and the other half for the use of the ministry it
is not intended to be comprehended in the foregoing vote, but all the
right, title. Claim property and demand of this propriety or of the
Proprietors first abovenamed, be and hereby is granted to the rev-
erend AP Abner Bayly his heirs and assigns, the one half of said
hundred acres to be taken where he has made his Improvements and
the other half be and hereby is o-ranted to remain for the use of the
ministry in said Town of Salem forever —
Reverend M'' Abner Bayley, John Bayley William Johnson, Stephen
Wheeler, Timothy Johnson, James Hastings Edward Clark, James
French, Thomas Dusten, Obadiah Dusten, Abiel Astin, James Ford,
Ebenezer Page John Lowel Jun"" Daniel Greenough, David Corlis
William Townsend, Benjamin Rawlins Daniel ^Nlassey Timothy
Beadle, Nathaniel Woodman, Israel Young Ju^' Jacob Beadle, Benony
Rowell, Samuel Ordway, Wid : Mary Clough, James Gragg, Samuel
Clements Caleb Marble, Isaac Clough, the heirs of John Johnson,
Even Jones Jun'', Israel Young, Samuel Parker, Caleb Dusten David
Heath, Micah Amey, Wid: Hannah Webster Jonathan Corlis Jun'',
John Lowel, David Burbank, Abraham Annis, Ruth Clements, John
Currier, Daniel Peaslee Esq% John Beadle, John Rowell, Joshua Bay-
ley, Jonathan Tenney, Joseph Harris, Edward Carlton, Joshua Web-
ster, Asa Pattee, Timothy Beadle Jun"", Jonathan Corles the 3'', Jona-
than Corles, John Allen, Sarah Sanders John Pattee, Joseph Wright,
James Swan, Richard Dow Nathaniel Dow, Obadiah Eastman, Wil-
liam Sanders Benjamin Wheeler Jun'', Andrew Balch, Jemima Kim-
ball, William Wheeler, Timothy Swan, Ebenezer Ayer Seth Pattee,
Richard Pattee, Peter Merrill, William Kelley, John Merrill, David
Merrill, Jonathan Bayley Peter Uran, Benjamin Hilton Samuel Hil-
ton, Oliver Sanders Alexander Gorden, Jonathan AVheeler Jun'', Ben-
jamin Wheeler, Raphe Hall, Meshech Weare Esq^ Nathaniel Peaslee
Esq% John Greenleaf Esq^ Philip Haseltine, Joseph Corlis, Jonathan
Sheppard, Richard Messer, John Simons, Thomas Eaton, Stephen
SALISBURY. 215
Webster, Moses Eaton. John Jaquish Josiah Brown Jeremiah Bayley,
Ebenezer Webster, William Webster Martha Mitchell, Andrew
Mitchell, William Mitchell, John Mitchell Ebenezer Mitchell, Hum-
phry r>ayley, John Hastings, Dinah Kimball, John Tippit James
Jones, Richard Carrier Nathaniel Lovejoy, John How John Smith
Ithamar Emerson, Caleb Hall, Timothy Emerson Thomas Cross Kich-
ard Kelley Benjamin Clements, John Ladd, Docf Anthony Emery,
Joseph Badger, ISTathaniel Kimball Richard W^hittier, Thomas Whit-
tier, William Geoi'ge Enoch Bartlett, Nathaniel Messer, John Watts,
Richard Swan, Robert Swan, James Ayer, John Moores, John Haz-
zen Moses Hazzen, Abigail Hazzen, Isaac Kimball, Thomas Whittier
Jun% Samuel White, Esq% John White, Asa Swan, Abiel Messer,
Even Jones, Joseph Stevens, Ebenezer Ayer Jun% Joseph Whitaker,
Thomas Eaton Jun"", James Pecker, Stephen Dow, Peter Ayer, Wil-
liam Moss Nathan Ames, Abraham Day, Nathaniel Merrill.
SALISBURY.
[Granted by Massachusetts Feb. 3, i7;^6-j, and called Baker' s-tcnvn. Granted
by the Masonlan Proprietors Oct. 25, 1749, to Ebenezer Stevens and others,
and called Ste^'ens-toiun. Also called at times, Gerrisii-toiun and Nexu Sal-
isbury. Incorporated as Salisbury March i, 1768. A tract of land from the east
part of the town was combined with portions of Andover, Northfield, and Sanborn-
ton, and incorporated as Franklin Dec. 24, 1828. A part of Franklin was an-
nexed to Salisbury July 7; 1869.
See Massachusetts and New Hampshire charters in preceding volumes ; IX, Bou-
ton Town Papers, 753 ; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 381 ; Index to Laws, 486,
522; Topographical and Historical Sketch, by M. Eastman, 3, Farmer and
Moore's Historical Collections, 296; History, collated by John J. Dearborn, edited
by James O. Adams and Henry P. Rolfe, 1890, pp. 888; sketch by J. J. Dear-
born, Hurd's History of Merrimack County, 1885, p. 602; Life of Daniel Webster,
by George Ticknor Curtis, 1889: Reminiscences of Daniel Webster, by Peter
Harvey ; Letters Explanatory of Difficulties Existing in the Baptist Church, 1827 ;
Stewart's History of the Free Baptists, 1862, p. 252; Baptist Churches in N. H.,
by E. E. Cummings, 1836, pp. 7, 12, 13 ; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856,
p. 409.]
\Petition of Stephen Chase, 1748.]
[Masonian Papers, A^ol. 5, p. 133.]
Portsmouth Nov^ 16**^ 1748
To the Gentlemen Proprietors & Purchasers of Cap* John Tufton
Mason Esqu"" his Right in Lands in y*" Prov* of New Hampshire —
2l6
CHARTER RECORDS.
I the Subscriber humbl}^ Shew that in or about y^ year 1743 being
a Proprietor in the Grant of a Township called Baker's Town did in
my own Right & in y*' Right of y" other Proprietors build a Saw Mill
and Cleared and Sowed an Acre of Ground and also built a meeting
house for y^ Said Proprietors but now understanding the Right of
Said Land is in you I earnestly Request that I may be a Grantee in
Said Tract of land called Baker's Town, and that I may also have y®
Benefit of the Mill I built upon Such Conditions & Terms as the Said
Tract of Land Shall be granted & disposed of by you and you will
oblige your very Hum : Serv'
Stephen Chese
[^Hames of Petitioners.']
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 155.]
A List of the Petitioners for a New Township
Ebenezer Stevens
Benjamin Clougli
Nathan Swett
Elisha Winslow
Benjamin Tucker
John Hun toon
William Sanborn
Benjamin Wadleigh
John Lad
Joseph Bean Jun''
Sam^' Eastman Ter :
Sam" Fifield
Benjamin Choat Jun''
Ebenezer Eastman
Elisha Swett
Sam" Sanborn
Benjamin Sleeper
Joshua Webster Jun''
Daniel Moodey
Sam" Colcord
Kinp'stown
Jedidiah Philbrick
Sam" Bean
Joseph Fifield
Jacob morril
William Calf
John Huntoon Ju"^
John Lad Jun"^
Abraham Green
Ebenezer Sleeper
Nathanael Huntoon
Sam" Eastman Jun''
Joseph Seecomb
Jonathan Choat
Tristram Sanborn Ter.
Samuel Stevens
William Buswel Ter:
Jeremy Webster
Jonathan Sanborn Jun'
Ephraim Collins
Nathanael French Jun''
John Judkins
Benjamin Stevens
John Fifield Jun"^
Moses Quinbe
Joshua Woodman
Tristram Sanborn Jun""
Ebenezer Long
Nathanael Lad
Ebenezer Stevens Jun''
Benjamin Sanborn
Jeremiah Philbrick
Joseph Clifford
Stephen Gillman
Peter Sanborn
Joseph Grele
Daniel Gillman
Sam" Webster
Sam" winslowe Jun'"
Humplny Hook
John Currier
SALISBURY. 217
[^Petition of Stevens and Pldlhrick, 1748.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 156.]
Portsmouth Nov^ y« 12'^ 1748
To the Gen"" Purchasers & Proprietors of Cap' John Tufton
Mason Esqu"" his Right of Land in y® Province of New Hampshire —
We y*^ Subscribers in behalf of ourselves & others Inhabitants of
Kinston do request the favour of your Grant to Such a Number of us
as you shall think best, a Tract of Land joining northerly upon Con-
tocook on y® west of Merrimack upon Such Terms & Conditions as
you shall think best and if not in that place wdiere otherwise you shall
find most Convenient & you will very much oblige us & others in
whose behalfe we are Gent your most Hum : serv^*
Eben'' Stevens
Jedi' Philbrick
[^Charter of Salisbury, 1749.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, Oct. 25, 1749.]
Voted That there be and hereby is granted unto Ebenezer Stevens
Esq, Jedidiah Philbrick, Ebenezer Page, Thomas Newman, Samuel
Bean, Samuel Colcord, Benjamin Stevens, Jonathan Greely jnn'',
Nathan Swett Joseph Eastman jun^ John Fifield jun', Elisha Wins-
low, Henry Morrell, Moses Quinby, William Calf, Joshua Woodman,
John Hontoon, John Hontoon jun^ Tristram Saraborn jun"^ John Ladd
jun% Eben"" Long, Benj-' Wadleigh, Abr"am Green Nath' Ladd, Benj-'
Ladd, Ebenezer Stevens jun"", Joseph Bean jun^, Nath' Hontoon,
Tristram Quinby, Samuel Eastman jun^ Jeremiah Philbrick, Samuel
Fifield, the rev'' Joseph Secomb, Joseph Clifford, James Toppan,
Ebenezer Eastman, Tristram Sanborn tertius, Peter Sanborn, Elisha
Swett, Cap' Joseph Greely, Samuel Sanborn, William Russell tertius,
John Darling jun^ Jeremiah Webster, Samuel Webster, Joshua Web-
ster jun'', John Currier, Jonathan Sanborn jun"", Samuel Winslow j^'
Ephraim Collins, Humphrj^ Hook, Jacob Quinby, Jon'* Greely,
Samuel Stevens all of Kingston in s'' province, Peter Ayres of Haver-
hill, Jabez True & David Grely both of Salisbury, Benj'^ Sanborne of
Kingston afores'' and Phillip Call living on part of the Land herein
after mentioned, & Peter Dearborn of Chester Li Equal Shares on the
Terms, Conditions & Limitations herein after expressed, all that
Tract of Land within the province of New hampshire containing the
Extent & Quantity of Six Miles Square Bounded as follows viz' — Be-
ginning at a White Oak Tree Standing on the Brink of Merrimack
2l8
CHARTER RECORDS.
River Six Rods Southerly from a deep Gutter running into the River
said Tree being marked on four Sides thence running West seventeen
Degrees South nine Miles — then beginning again at the River at the
said white Oak & running upon the River northerly about a Mile
above the Crotch upon Peraigiwasset River to a large Rock in y®
Bank of y® River at y** Head of Pemigiwasset great Falls thence run-
ning West fifteen Degrees South nine Miles — thence on a strait Line
from the Westerly End of this Line to y*" westerly End of the Line
first mentioned on the other Side — To have and to hold to them, their
Heirs & assigns, in equal Shares on the following Terms, Conditions
& Limitations, That is to say, That the whole Tract of Land within
the said Boundaries (saving what is herein after mentioned to be
otherwise Lnproved) be divided into Eighty Shares or Rights & eacla
Share into four Distinct Lots one of which is to contain Sixty Acres,
and the other Three the rest of the Land belonging to each respec-
tive Share of which the Interval to be one Lot, That the Lots which
belong to one Share be numbi-ed with the same Number beginning
with One & ending with Eighty — That the said Land be so laid out
within one Year after the proclaiming of a peace with the Indians &
then the Lots drawn in the usual manner of Drawing for Lots of
Land in such Cases — And that this be done under the Care & Direc-
tion of the Grantors, & that there be but one Draft for the Lots
which belong to one share That One of the said Shares be for the
first Minister of the Gospel who shall be settled on said Land & Con-
tinue there during his Life or untill he shall be regularly dismissd,
to hold to him his Heirs & Assigns. And one other of the said
shares be for and toward the Support of the Gospel Ministry there
for ever. And the Sixty Acre Lots belonging to these two Shares
shall be laid out as near the place where the Meeting House shall be
built as conveniently may be and drawn for as the other Lots. That
there be ten acres of Land left in some Convenient place (as the
Major part of the said Grantees shall Determine) within the said
Boundaries for Building a Meeting house & School house upon & to
improve for a Training field a Burying place & other public Use to
which the Inhabitants there shall see Cause to apply it. That one
other of said Shares be for the Use & Support of a School there for
ever. That seventeen of said Shares be & hereby are reserved to the
Use of the said proprietors the Grantors in these Presents their Heirs
& Assigns. That the Owners of the other Sixty Shares make a regu-
lar Settlement there at their own Expence in the following Manner,
viz' that within two Years after the said peace the said Owners or
Grantees shall clear & make a good Cart Way from the place called
Contoocoke to the place left for public Uses as afores'^ within the
SALISBURY. 219
said Boundaries — That within the three Years after the said peace
the said Owners shall have a Saw-Mill built fit for sawing & making-
Boards & other Timber for the Use of the Settlers there & that the
same be put under such a Regulation as shall best serve the Interest
of the Settlement & that each Settler may be served in that Respect
on reasonable Terms — That within four Years from the said Term
Each Owner of the said Shares shall fell the Trees upon three Acres
of the Land belonging to his Share and within one Year more shall
clear and fit the same for mowing or Tillage — That within Six Years
each of the said Owners shall build a House of sixteen foot Square or
equal thereto on his respective Share & have two Acres of Land more
fitted for Tillage or Mowing & the said House fitted to live in — That
within seven Years after the said peace the said Owners build a Meet-
ing House within the said Boundaries to be placed as aforesaid and
finished fit for publick Worship within Eight Years from said Term
& some person living in each Owners House there, & that within nine
Years from said Term the said Owners & Settlers there maintain the
preaching of the Gospel in said House. That each Owner of the
said Sixty Shares pay to such person or persons as shall be appointed
by the major part of the said Owners to receive the same, his propor-
tion of all Sums of Money from time to time as the said major part of
the said Owners shall Determine to be necessary to be paid for the
carrying on the said Settlement & accomplishing the matters &
Things afores'^ & what shall be herein after mentioned for the making
perfecting & finishing the said Settlement — That in laying out the
said Lots Care be taken to sort them in such a manner as to make the
Shares as equal as possible — That the Lots be laid in Ranges where
the Land will admit of it and Land left between the Ranges for high
Ways of four Rods wide & between the Lots of two Rods wide where
the Land will admit of it — That a plan of the whole when so laid out
be made at the Charge of the said Owners & returned to the said
Grantors as soon as may be Conveniently done at the Charge of the
said owners — That the seventeen reserved Shares be Exonerated,
acquitted & fully exempted from paying any Charge towards making
the said Settlement & not held to the Conditions limited to the other
Shares, nor liable to pay any Charge Tax or Assessment untill Im-
proved by the respective Owners thereof or any under them — That all
white pine Trees fit for masting the Royal Navy be & hereby are re-
served & Granted to his Majesty his Heirs & Successors for ever for
that purpose — That in Case the Grantees & Owners of the said Sixty
Share shall neglect fail & omit to make & perfect the said Settlement
in Manner aforesaid according to the True Intent & Meaning of the
several Articles, Matters & Things herein before mentioned by them
220 CHARTER RECORDS.
to be done, the said Grantees & Owners shall forfeit their Right
share & Interest in the said Granted premises to the Grantors their
Heirs and Assigns (saving to such of the said owners as shall have
done & performed his part & proportion of the said articles matters &
Things his Respective Right & Share of the said premises) and the
said Grantors their Heirs & Assigns may & it shall be lawful for
them or any person or persons for them & in their Name & Stead to
enter into & upon the Rights & Shares so forfeited, & the same again
to seize, take possession of, & apply to their own use — Provided that
if a War with the Indians should again happen before the Expiration
of the several Limitations of Time for the doing & performing the
said Matters & Things respectively then the same Term of Years to be
allowed after that Impediment shall be removed —
And in Case any Action or Suit shall be brot against the said
Grantees or Owners for the said Tract of Land or any part thereof
the said Grantees or Owners or such of them as shall be so sued shall
be & hereby are obliged to Vouch the said Grantors their Heirs or
Assigns & they the said Grantors hereby promise and Ingage that
they their Heirs or Assigns shall & will at their own Cost & Charge
Defend One Action or Suit upon one Title & pursue the same to final
Judgment through the whole Course of the Law (if there shall be
Occasion) and in Case the final Judgment in such Trial Shall be
against the said Grantors, the Grantees or Owners shall recover noth-
ing over in Satisfaction of & from the said Grantors their Executors
or Administrators or any of them. And farther it is the true Intent
& Meaning of the Grantors & the Grantees in these presents, That in
Case any of the said Sixty Shares shall be forfeited to the Grantors
by Default of performing the proportion of Duty in making the said
Settlement as afores'', the said Grantors shall oblige those to whom
the}' shall dispose of such shares to do & perform their proportion of
those Articles Matters & Things herein Enjoined & required of the
Original Grantees & in Case the said Grantors shall hold such for-
feited Rights to themselves or any of them they shall do & perform
all their proportion of Duty & pay their proportion of all Charge as is
herein required of the Original Grantees
SALISBURY.
221
[Draft of Lots.^
[Masoniaii Papers, Vol. 7, p. 157, and Proprietors' Records, Vol. 6,
p. 233.]
Proprietors Names
Numbers of y« Lots & Quantity
Ebez. Eastman
17.100
10.80
45.60
15.1
nter
Tho» Packer Esq-- .
62.100
57.80
62.60
58.1
nter
Tho' Wallingford Esqr
30.100
39. So
57.60
28. ]
nter
Tho' Newman .
25.100
16.80
52.60
23-
nter
Jonathan Greely jun""
15.100
8.80
27.60
13-
nter
Sami Sanborn .
1 1. 1 00
4.80
41.60
9-
nter
John Wentworth jun'' Esq
2.100
2.80
3.60
I.
nter
Sam' Stevens .
52.100
21.80
23.60
48.
[nter
David Greely .
72.100
71.80
72.60
68.
nter
Joshua Woodman
8.100
45.80
32.60
6.
nter
Joseph Eastman jun""
38.100
53.80
14.60
36.
nter
Samuel Webster
68.100
65.80
68.60
64.
Inter
Sam' Colcord .
50.100
19.80
21.60
46.
[nt
John Huntoon jun' .
33.100
29.80
6.60
31-
nt
John Fifield jun^
21.100
14.80
48.60
19.
[nte
Sami Winslow jun"' .
77.100
75.80
77.60
73-
[nt
Tristram Ouinby
9.100
44.80
29.60
7-
[nt
Benj Stevens .
20.100
13.80
47.60
18.
[n
D Peirce & Mary Moore
7.100
47.80
31.60
5-
nter
John Ladd jun'
75.100
68.80
75.60
71-
[nte
Jotham Odiorne Esq'
67.100
64.80
67.60
63-
[nte
Ricli<i Wibird Esq' .
18.100
11.80
26.60
16.
[nte
Ephraim Collins
41.100
79.80
39.60
78.
n
Tristram Sanborn Ter's
74.100
72.80
74.60
70.
[nt
Law Lolt No I
61.100
62.80
61.60
57-
[nt
Jonathan Greely
35.100
31.80
8.60
33-
[nter
Joseph Bean jun'
71.100
76.80
71.60
67.
[nt
John Darling jun'
51.100
20.80
22.60
47-
[nt
Mark H. Wentworth Esq'
34-190
30.80
7.60
32.
[nt
Humpy Hook .
58.100
28.80
38. 60
54-
[nt
Joseph Cliford
22.100
15.80
49.60
20.
[nt
Will"" Bussell tert» .
23.100
42.80
50.60
21.
[nt
Peter Dearborn
70.100
77.80
70.60
66.
[nt
Sam' Solly & Clem' March
Esq'
3
69.100
73-80
69.60
80.
[nt
Nath' Huntoon
13.100
6.80
43.60
II.
[nt
Tristram Sanborn jun'
53.100
22.80
24.60
49.
[nt
Josh Peirce Esq'
5.100
55-80
28.60
4-
[nt
Will^" Calf
80.100
78.80
80.60
76.
[n
Nathan Swett .
14.100
7.80
30.60
12.
[n
Henry Morrill .
36.100
32.80
9.60
34.
[n
Peter Aires
56.100
28.80
36.60
52.
[n
222
CHARTER RECORDS.
Proprietors Names
Numbers of y* Lots & Quantity
Benj° Sanborii
Jacob Ouinby .
Jedediah Philbrick .
John Currier .
Jonath Sanborn jun""
Benjn Wadleigh
Jabez Trew
Elish Swett
Theod"" Atkinson Esq""
Josliua Webster jun''
Sami Eastman jun"" .
Eben'' Long
Ebenz Stevens jun'' .
Jeremy Webster
Abra"> Green .
John Huntoon
Nathi Ladd .
John MotYatt Esq^ .
Joseph Greely .
Elisha Winslovv
Sam' Fifield .
M. H. Wentworth Esq"-
Law Lot No 2 .
Benj Ladd
Jeremiah Philbrick .
Sam' Bean
Eben'' Stevens Esq'' .
Mess''' Mason & Thomlinson Esq
Mess Meserve Blanchard Green }
& P. March \
Eben'' Page
Moses Ouinby
Joseph Secomb ReV^
James Toppan
Peter Sanborn
Geo Jafrev Esq''
Phillip Ca'll .
first Minister .
Ministry .
School .
GO
54-
00
10.
00
43-
00
29.
00
6v
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6.]
GO
73-
CO
49-
00
79-
00
55-
00
37-
00
44.
00
27.
00
12.
00
66.
00
39-
00
47-
00
48.
00
■63.
00
26.
[00
45-
00
57-
00
16.
00
19.]
00
24.
00
78.
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4-
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28.
00
40.
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31-
00
60.
00
76.1
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42.]
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64.]
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I.
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46.]
00
59-
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48.80
23.80
43.80
34.80
40.80
60.80
46.80
70.80
52.80
67.80
24.80
54.80
35-80
18. 8g
5,80
63.80
50.80
38.80
51.80
58.80
17.80
36.80
25.80
9.80
12.80
80.80
66.80
56.80
41.80
69.80
49.80
61.80
74.80
80.33
59.80
1.80
3.80
37.80
27.80
5.60
25.60
40.60
12.60
56.60
65.60
19.60
73.60
34.60
79.60
35.60
10.60
15.60
54.60
42.60
66.60
58.60
20.60
33-6o
63.60
60.53
16.60
37.60
44.60
46.60
c;i.6o
78.60
2.60
55.60
13.60
4.60
60.60
76.60
1 1.60
64.60
1.60
18.60
17.60
49.60
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50.
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39-
27.
61.
79-
69.
45-
75-
51-
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62.
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44.
57-
29.
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SALISBURY.
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Voted that this Draft of y® Lots of Land in that Tract of Land
granted by the Proprietors of the Lands purchased of John Tufton
Mason Esq'' to Maj'' Eben'' Stevens Jedidiah Philbrick & otliers so
far as they have been drawn be & hereby is ratified & confirmed as a
full & final Division & Partition thereof & the Plan of Said Division
•as made & numbered by the Grantees & return'd by them to the
•Grantors be receiv'd allow'd & confirmed for the Purpose aforesaid
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Sfc^yi'li
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A Plan of the Division of tliat Tract of Land (togeatlier with the Plan of (he Intervel herewith Exhibited & to be joyned to the foot hereof) Granted by the Proprietors of the Land Purchassed of John Tiifton Mason Esq to Ebenez'
Stevens Esq & Jedediah Philbrook & others as Said Division has been made by the grantees to be returned to the Grantors in order to the Drawing of the Lots agreable to the Vote by which it was Granted attest'
The Hund** Acres Lots are Laid out to be one mile Long & about 50 Rods wide
The 80 acre Lots are Laid out to be One mile Long & about 40 Rods wide
The Home Lots or 60 Acres are Laid out to be One mile Long & about 32 Rods wide
u
SALISBURY. 225
\_Petition of InJiabitants, 1754.]
[Masoiiian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 158.]
To the Hon''"' Theodore Atkinson Esq & Associates in the purchase
of Masons Right (so Calld)
Tlie Petition of the Grantees of that tract of Land Granted to the.
Hon'''® Maj"^ Stevens & Associates, Now Called Stevens Town Humbly
shews :
Whereas your Hon'^^ Grant to Us was on Terms & Conditions and
Limitations ; & among others this (viz) : That in Case any of the
Grantees shall Neglect fail or omit to make & perfect the Settlement
according to the Terras & Conditions of the Grant, that then every
such share to be forfieted to the Grantors, Now we Humbly pray that
your Hon''^ will be pleas'd to Invest the Grantees with power &
authority to Dispose of the shares of such Delinquents which we
Humbly Conceive would Conduce more to the Settlement of s'' Tract
of Land, than as it now stands, for —
jst Your Hon'® Interest is now in s'^ Tract of Land so Connected
together with the Grantees that the One Cannot be sought without
the other & so the Grantees Cannot seek their own Interest in this
Case separate & distinct from the Grantors, And if the Grantees have
power to Dispose of such Rights or shares, by their Majority voteing,
then that would save the Grantees A great deal of Trouble & Cost in
Comeiug to Portsmouth, and also save your Hon'* the trouble of heer-
ing us, and disposing of the Rights, And further
As the Case now Stands If any person shall fail tho but in a small
Article there is but one decree for him (viz*^) then his whole Rio-ht
Must be forfeited, whereas if it were in the power of the Grantees
then at their Discretion, the Right might be disposed of Either the
whole or in part according to the Deficiency of the Grantee or owner,
again
The Grantees Liveing in the Country have a greater advantage of
Judging who is Likely to settle, and so would do their utmost in all
such Disposals to sell such shares or parts thereof to such persons as
would be Likely to Settle, And so we Humbly submit this Case to
your Hon" Consideration praying that we may be heard & answerd —
and this we Humbly Apprehend would greatly promote the settle-
ment and so we are sincerely desirous of promoting the same under, and
with your Hon"
Kingston May Samuel Fifield ^ ^ ^^^
the '2V day 1754 Ebenezer Stevens 1 c ?i
Elisha Swett K"!'^ ^^f
Jeremy Webster J G^'^ntees
15
226 CHARTER RECORDS.
\_Forfeited Lots Granted to Town Proprietors^ 1758.]
[Masoiiian Proprietors' Records, March 6, 1758.]
Province of \ Portsmouth March 6"^ 1758 — Monday five of y^
New Hampshire ( Clock afternoon — at the house of James Stoodly
Innholder — The Proprietors meet according to Adjournment —
Whereas the said proprietors on the 25"' day of October 1719
Granted their Right to a Certain Tract of land Containing the Extent
and Quantity of Six miles Square the bounds of which are Particu-
larly set forth in said Grant To Ebenezer Stevens Esq"^ Jedediah Phil-
brick and others therein named on Certain Conditions Limitations and
Reservations as may more particularly appear by Reference to
said Grant, among which Reservations is this viz* that every one of
the said Grantees wdio shall not compl}' with and perform the Several
Terms and Conditions, according to the true Tenor & meaning of the
same as expressed in the said Grant should forfeit his respective Right
in the same Grant made, to the Grantors, as may more fully apjjear
by the said Grant, and whereas the Grantees have Petitioned the said
Proprietors to Grant to those of the said Grantees who shall have per-
formed the said terms and Conditions, all such rights and shares afore-,
said, as are or shall be forfeited to them the said Grantors as afore-
said therefore —
Voted That all the said Rights Shaves and parts thereof that are or
shall be forfeited to the Grantors for the reasons aforesaid, all the
right, property, Interest & Demand of the said Grantors of in and
unto such forfeited rights and Shares and any and every part thereof
are hereby Granted to Such of tlie said Grantees as have and shall do
perform and Comply with the terms of said Grant to be determined
by the majority of the said Grantees and disposed of as they shall
agree and determine with this Limitation, that the said Grantees
cause the same to be settled according to the tenor of said Grant
within two years after the Indian Warr, shall be ended but in Default
thereof the same shall revert to the said Proprietors as is Declared in
said above recited Grant —
\^Votes of Town Proprietors, 1781-9.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 159.]
June 1781 at an adjournment of a meeting of the Proprietors of
Salisbury the 5'*^ article in the warrant was to See if the Proprietors
will Choose a Committee to Settle the Bounderies of s'' Salisburv with
SALISBURY. 227
Col.l Henry Gerrisli who is Impowered By the Grantors to Settle the
Same
agreeable to the 5"' article in the above mentioned warrant Voted
to Choose a Committee of three men to Join with Col.l Henry Gerrisli
to Perfix the Bounderies at the Western End of said Salisbury Pro-
vided he Comes with authority from the Grantors to Settle and Per-
fix the same Nextly Capt John Webster D" John Collins and Joseph
Bean Esqr Chosen for the above Committee and the Meeting ad-
journed
at the adjournment the above Committee made a Report to the
Meeting which is as follows (Viz) This may Certify the Gentle-
men Proprietors of Salisbury that Col.l Gerrisli Came to us with a
Power of attourney that we Esteem Sufficient to settle the Bounderies
at the western End of the Township of Salisbury and as it appeareth
to us that there is a mistake in the Grantors in the Charters of Salis-
bury and Andover Interfering one upon the other and also a mistake
in the Grantees in Laying out their Lots beyond the Limits of Nine
Miles from Meremack River, we think it best to Give up our Claims
to the Land North of the Seventeen Degrees upon the North side upon
their Confirming to us as far westerlv as to take in all our Lands that
is Lotted which we have Encouragement from s'^ Gerrisli upon a
straight line
i in behalf
Salisbury octr 9"' 1781 John Webster \ of the
( Committee
the above Report being Read was Concur'd by a vote Provided the
Grantors will Concur the Same
John Collins Proprietors Clerk
1789 at a Legal meeting of the Proprietors of Salisbury Voted that
Joseph Bean Esq' Shall be the man to Perfix the boundaries at the
western End of the Township of Salisbury if the Grantors will Settle
the Same agreeable to the Proposals of the above Committee
J Collins P-^^ Clerk
\_Letter from Henry Gerrisli, 1801.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 160.]
Boscawen May S'** 1801
S'' I receiv"^ a Line from you in which was a Note of the Proprie-
tors Moson Patten appoint^ me an Agent in Behalf of Said Proprie-
tors to Join with the Select men of Salisbury and Andover in Per-
228 CHARTER RECORDS.
ambulating & endavour to Establish the Lines between Said Towns
and Kyasarge Gore I have CalP upon the Select men of Salisbury &
as thev never have run & established the Line nor bounds on the west
end of Salisbury the Select thinks they are not authorised to run any
new line to perambulate those heretofore run but rather thinks it
belongs to their Proprietors Committee the Committee thinks as I
was only authorized to Join with the Select men that I am not author-
ised to settle the bounds & line with them — Now if your Propritor
Shall think proper to authorise me or any other person to Join with
their Proprietors Committee the will attend the Business
I am your very Hemble Servant
Henry Gerrish
George Jaffray Esq"" to be Communicated to the Proprietors
SANBORNTON.
[Granted by the Masonian Proprietors, Dec. 31, 1748, to John Sanborn, of
Hampton, and others, and called Sanborntoivn. This territory was previously
mentioned as First Toiunship. Incorporated as Sanbornton March i, 1770. San-
bornton Bridge was set off and incorporated as Tilton June 30, 1869. Partof Tilton
was annexed to Sanbornton July i, 1870, and parts of Sanbornton were annexed to
Tilton July i, 1S70, and July 3, 1872.
See New Hampshire charters in preceding volumes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers,
755; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 392; Index to Laws, 488; Historical
Sketch, 3, Farmer and Moore's Historical Collections, 351 ; sketch, Hurd's His-
tory of Belknap County, 1885, p. 893 ; History, by M. T. Runnels, 2 vols, 188 1-2 ;
Acts of the Anti-Slavery Apostles, by Parker Pillsbury, 1883, p. 105; Baptist
Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, pp. 9, 18, 22 ; Lawrence's N. H.
Churches, 1856, p. 507.]
\Name% of Petitioners for Sanhornton.']
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 6, p. 149.]
The first town
Those of hampton frainses mason Those of Exeter
John Samborn Samuel Harde aron Rawlins
John Derbon Jonathan Crosbe Chister Jonath fogg
Thomas Blake Thomas Rawlins Jonath Robinson
Daniel Sandburn Joseph Hoite Josiah Robinson
Daniel Sandburn junr Joseph Hoite junr william Sandburn
Edward Shaw william Tompson John fogg
SANBORNTON.
229
John Taylor
Jeremiah Sandburn
Daniel Keley
Jabez Sandburn
Abraham Sandburn
Simon Drake
Ebenezer Sandburn
Nathan Longfoler
Jonath Sandburn
Jonath Shaw
Marstian Sandburn
Those of Stratham
Joseph Smith
Josiah Smith
Paul Ladd
Caleb Rawlins
Joseph Juett
Joshua Rawlins
Joseph Smith junr
Benja mason
Daveid Stephens
Jonathan Chase
Thomas Chase
John wadligh
Jonathan Rawlins
Edward Taylor
william Chase
Chase Taylor
Seth fogg.
Jonath Longfalor
Samuel fogg
Jefehro person
Joseph Rawlins
Josiah Sandburn
John Rawlins
Jonath Robinson
Jonath Corly
Josiah Rawlins
John Hopkinson
Johua Rawlins
Josiah fogg
Josiah Sandburn
l^Bowids and Co7iditions of Settlement of Sanl>ornto7i and Mereditli.~\
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 161.]
Memerrandom Gentell men plese to Consider on these amoment y''
is we Desiere that If you Should grant us the Land in to townships
we pray it may be 1^^ bounded as followeth that is Begining at the
Crocth winepossockey R and pemisegwassat Rivers and So Roning up
s'^ peraisegwasot River About five miles and one half to a mapel tree
standing by S'^ pemisegwasot River about sixty Rods above the mouth
of Smiths River So Cold S'^ Smiths river being on the southwest side
of pemisegwasot River s*^ mapel tree markt thus JS: JR:SF: JP
and B : for bounds and 1748 on s*^ tree 2^^ runing no : 55 Degrees Est
six miles and one half to Beech tree markt J R: JS: S F: JP:
with B : 1748 and thence 3'>' Runing South thirty five Degrees W 4
mils and 20 rods till it strikes the grate bav of winneposockey River
To a haniLock tree markt JR: JS: JP:'SF: B: 1748 l'-^" thence
Roning on s'^ bay and winnepossockey River to the Bounds first men-
sioned —
the above is the Bounds of the first town —
Now for the Bownds of the Second town —
I'y Begining at the n : o : Conner Bownds of the first town at the
afore s'^ Beech markt OS: JJ: JS: DC: JR: JS: JP: SF:
B 1748 thence no : 35 Degres west one mile to a mapel tree markt
thus O S : J J : J S : DC: B : 1748 thence roning north 55 Degrees
Est till it striks Winepossockey Pond to a white Oke tree markt thus
230 CHARTER RECORDS.
OS: JJ: JS: DC: B thence Runing by the afore s'' Pond till it
comes to the River winnepsackey then with S'' River till it Striks
the grate Bay : thence Runing no : 55 Degrees west to a hemLock
tree Standing by the grate bay which is markt with Leters J R: J S :
J P S F : B for Bownds and'leters OS: JJ: JS: DC: 1748 and
from thence to the Beech tree which is the no Conner of the first
town
Conditions of Settelment after the Land is given or granted to the
second township —
1'^ that thir be a suatable and Convenant Plase with 20 : ackers of
Land measured out and Left for incorragment in part to him or them
that will build a sawmill first —
and that their be six akers of Land Left in the most Convenant
plase for a Senter Square s'^ six akers to be cleared by the proprioters
for to set a meeting house and a School hous on and for a buring place
s'' six akers never to be fenced or incombred aney other way than
afore s'^ and if any person incroach there on the Survaryers of high-
ways to clear the same as in cases of highways
2"'^ly that the Land be Laid out in two Divisions and drawn for at
2 Draughts but before aney is Drown for one Lot is to be chosen out
for the pasnege by some meat parsons apointed by the propriaters of
s'^^ town the afore s'^ work to be Done with in one year after the
Granting of s'^ Land
3'^''ly that the Propriaters Clear a bayey or horse way from the sen-
tar Squar to the nearst and most conveaniantest Plase to meat the
propriaters way that the propriaters of the south town shall clear
and that the propriaters of the first and second towns be at Equal
Cost in Clearing the way most Best for Eich towns transporting to
salt water
4'^ that there be a saw mill fit to saw bult in three years from give-
ing or granting s'^ Land and that the oners of of s'' mill shall saw the
propriaters Logs to the one half During the term of seven years after
s'' grants
5'^ that the propriaters Clear and make a road for Carteing to the
nereest and best plase till they met with the propriaters of the first
town and then to be at an Eaqual proportison Eich town namly the
first and seccond towns to the salt water
S'' way to be cleared within four years from the giveing or granting
S'^ Land
6'-^ tha Each Propriator buld one house 14 feet wide and 18 fiet
Long and A chimney (over and Above s'' house and Clear and plant
or Sow three akers of Land on his owen Right with in Eight years
from the giveing or granting s'^ Land —
SANBORNTON. 23I
7^^ that the propriators build a meeting house fit to preach in within
ten years from the giveing s'^ Land
8'^ that the propriators meet on the first thursday in aprilanualley to
Chouse a dark and assersors to asses and a colecter or collecters to
Collect such some or somes of money as shall be voted to be Raised
by the mager of the propriaters at any meetings and that the colecter
or colecters after he or tliay have Res'' his or their Lists from the
asesors Shall notify Each man of the some Raised in his List and De-
mand the same and the person or persons that Doth Refuse or neglect
to pay the same for the Spase of 30 days after notis is given then the
asesrs or the mager part of them to give under their hands to the col-
lecter what parte of that s'' proprioters Land shall be sold at a publick
vandue by the Collector for to pay s'' tax and cost and s'^ collecters Deed
Shall be Sufficiant against any proprioter or oner what so Ever and
that the over plush if any their be Shall be retornd to the owener by
the Colecter and s' Collecter to give 14 Days notes to the Clark of s'^
propriety before the day of sail of the time and place to be Entred in
the Clarks oflis and after the Sail to make aretorn of what is Sold and
to who to the Clarks office and s'' Clark to Enter what is Sold and to
who and to give coppeys theirof to the asesors in the month of apriel
Anualley) these conditions ware voted by the second sioety and to be
sent by the agent or agents
test Jos : Rawlins Clark
of the Second Sociaty
\_Bounds of Sanhornton.~\
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 162.]
the Boundareys of the first town as it is Laid out and Bounded
Begining at a hemlock tree by the Grate bay of winipesoakey River
marked with the Leter B and spoted on four sides and with the first
Leters of Each of the Commiteys names and the Date of the year 1748
then Runing north 65 Degres west six miles to a beach marked on
four sides then Runing South 55 deg"^* west three mils and a Quarter
or there abouts to Pemisawaset River then Runing south Easterly on
s'' River to the Croch wher winepisokey River Comes into Pemis-
awaset River then Runing Easterly uj) s'' winepisokey River to the
Bay then by s'^ Bay to the Bounds first mentioned
232
CHARTER RECORDS.
{^Petition of Jeremiah Hubbard and Othe)'s.~\
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 164.]
Prov of New ) To the Hon^ Theodore Atkinson Esq^ & others Pur-
Hampshire ) chasers & Proprietors of Masons Right so called —
The Petition of y'' Subscribers Humbly Shews — That Some Years
ago & before they were apprised of y'^ Right that you & your Prede-
cessors had to a large Tract of Land in y*^ Prov*^ aforesaid They Peti-
tioned his Excellency y"^ Gov'' & Hon' Council for a Township at a
Place commonly called y*' Crotch on y*^ Nothern Side of Winepissiokee
River & which they had Some Incouragement to hope y*^ Gov"^ &
Council would grant but being lately inform of your Right & Claim
humbly & earnestly request that they may have a Grant of a Town-
ship at y*' Place aforesaid upon Such Terms & Conditions as you grant
to other Inhabitants of this Province & as Speedily as shall be con-
sistant with your Conveniency & your Petitioners as in Duty bound
Shall ever Pray —
Jermiah Hubbard
Joshua Webster
Charel Hunton
Benjamin frencli
William Selaway
Joseph hubbord
Joel Judkin
Benjamin Eastman
Samuel Scrivenr
Benjamin Webster
John young
benjamin Severance
Samuel hunton
Daniel young
Timothv Eastman
Richard Hubbard
Joshua Brown
Jonathan french
william Sleeper
Richard Tande
Joseph Eastman
David welch
John Hubbard
Robart barber
Joseph Sleeper
Jonathan young
Isaac Claft'ord
Caleb Towl
Samuel Eastman
Robart Swett
William Loverinef
John loufkin
Jeremiah Philbrick
Samuel Webster ju''
Ebenezer Watson
Benjamin Swett
Samuel Welch
John Nuton
Joseph fellows
Ephraim Severance
Joseph Welch
hezekiah young
John dent
David quimbe
Davison Dudly
William gillman
l^List of Names of Petitioners^ 1748.]
[Masonian Papers. Vol. 7, p. 1G5.]
A List of the mens Names that Petitioned for a Township (by
Richard hubbard and Daniel voung) in the vear of our Lord 1748
Dec-- 8"'
SANBORNTON.
233
Jeremiah hubbard
Richard hubbard
William Sleeper
Timothy Eastman
Benjamin Webster
Benjamin Eastman
Benjamin Severance
Jonathan young
Samuel hunton
Ebenezer Watson
hezekiah young
William Loverin
Davison Dudly
Samuel Scrivenor
Caleb Towl
Thomas Welch
Jabez Peag
Aaron Quimbe
Edward Sleeper
Samuel Eastman
John hubbard
Joel Judkins
Joseph fellows
William Gillman
Joseph Welch
Richard Tande
Benjamin Swett
Daniel young
Benjamin french
John young
Jonathan french
Ephraim Severance
Charles hunton
Samuel Welch
Paul Sanborn
William Clafford
Elisha Towl
Ebenezer Eastman
David Quimbe
Isaac Clafford
John Lovekin
Robart Swett
Joshua Webster
David Welch
John Nuton
John Dente
Joseph hubbard
Joshua brown
Robart barber
Joseph Sleeper
Samuel Webster ju"^
Jeremiah Philbrick
Joseph Eastman
John Clark
Benjamin Selley
Josiali hunton
Kingston in the Province of New Hampshire
l_Proposah of Huhhard and Young^ 1T49.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 166.]
The Proposals of Hubbord And young and Their associats As thay
incline to Settle the town
Kingston March the 28"' Annoq'' Domini 1740
Benjamin Swett
Clark of the Society
To The Honourable Theo"" Adkinson Esq'' and others (gentelmen)
propriators of the mason Right. Honoured Sirs ; Whereas you have
been pleased To ingage us a Township Laying on Pemachewosick
river in this his Majestys province of New hampshire &C
These Are therefore humbly to Intreat you to make us a grant of
a township next too and adjoining on brown* Containing Six miles
Square as the orders was we received of you to Lay oute ; as follow-
eth viz firstly to sixt}' men Resvering To your selves Seventeen rights
free from all Charge untill a ministor be Setteled or you Sell or Set-
tel your rights and three rights more To be Desposed of thus, one to
the first minister that We the Sixtj^ men to Whom you make this
grante Shall Call & settle with us —
234 CHARTER RECORDS.
the second to Lay a Personage for Ever —
the third for the benifit of a school forever.
The Sixty Rights Which is three quarters of the town to be hub-
bords and youngs and their associates forever Provided we settle it in
the following order viz —
The first year after We have peace With our french and Indin
Enemies To Lay out the Town in the fowliowing order firstly in the
Centor to Lay oute a town squar of four acres and Lay oute all the
Land in the town into three Divisions you gentlemen proprietors
Takeing your Draught with us as your Lot shall fall
the Second year af'' s'^ peace to Clear a Carte way from the adjason
town to the Cen'' and Clear s'' square the third year after s'^ peace to
fall 4 acres of Trees on Each of the sixty rights which is ours the
forth year after said peace to Clear Said 4 acres of trees which was
fell the 5^^ year after s*^ peace to build a saw mil] — the 7"^ year after
s'^ peace to build 20 houses of 16 feet square the 8'^ year after s'^ peace
to build 10 houses more the 9"' j^ear after s'^ peace to settle 20 fam-
ilies the 10"' year to settle 10 families more and the Eleventh year
af'' s*^ peace to raise a meeting house the 12"' year to finish it & have
the Preaching of the gospel in it
Resolved That the whole Tract of land for y'' Township consisting
of six miles square be laid out into one hundred shares — and y* Rights
divided into three Divisions —
That all y*^ Conditions of y*^ Grant be complyed with in eight years
after a Peace with y*" Indians
the twenty shares Reserved to be at no Expence or charge of Set-
tlement or other Town Charge till Settled or Disposed of by y*
Grantors
That the Grantees enter into a Covenant or Contract with y*" Grant-
ors for their faithfull Complvance with the Terms of their Grant
April 5"' 1748
[Charter of Sanbor7ito7i, 1748.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, Dec. 31, 1748.]
Province of } Portsmouth December 31"' 1748 Saturday Eleven
New Hampshire ) of the Clock before noon at the Dwelling house of
Sarah Prust Widow — The Proprietors Meet according to Adjourn-
ment—
Voted That there be and hereby is granted unto John Samborn
John Dearborn Thomas Blake Daniel Samborn Daniel Samborn jun"^
SANBORNTON. 235
Edward Shaw John Taylor Jeremiah Samborn Daniel Kelly Jabez
Samborn Abraham Samborn Simori Drake Ebenezer Samborn Nathan
Longfellow Jonathan Samborn Jonathan Shaw Marston Samborn all
of Hampton in said Province Aaron Rawlins Jonathan Fogg Jona-
than Robinson Josiah Robinson William Samborn John Fogg Seth
Fogg Jonathan Longfellow Samuel Fogg Jethro Pearson Joseph
Rawlins Josiah Samborn John Rawlins Jonathan Corley Josiah Raw-
lins John Hopkinson Joshua Rawlins Josiah Fogg Josiah Samborn
Jon'^ Robinson all of Exeter in said Province Joseph Smith Josiah
Smith Francis Marston Samuel Hardy Thomas Rawlins Joseph Hoit
Joseph Hoit jun"^ William Thompson Paul Ladd Caleb Rawlins
Joseph Jewit Joshua Rawlins Joseph Smith Jun"^ Benjamin Mason
David Stephens Jonathan Chase Thomas Chase John Wadleigh Jona-
athan Rawlins Edward Taylor William Chase Chase Taylor all of
Stretham in said Province & Jonathan Crosby of Chester in said
Province together with twenty other Persons hereafter to be named
by said Proprietors in Equal Shares Excepting as hereafter herein
Excepted on the Terms Conditions and Limitations herein after Ex-
pressed all that tract of Land within the Province of New Hampshire
Containing the Extent & Quantity of Six Miles Square Bounded as
follows viz' Beginning at an Hemlock tree Standing by the great
Bay of Winnespiseoky River marked with the Letter B. & Several
other Letters & the Date of the Year 1748 & Spotted on four sides
then running North Sixty five Degrees West Six Miles to a Beech
tree marked on four sides then running South fifty five Degrees West
to Pemigiwasset River then running as said River runs bounding on
the same to the Crotch made by said Rivers thence Easterly up said
Winnepiseoky River to the Bay aforesaid then by said Bay to the
Tree first Mentioned where it begins. To have and to hold to them
their heirs & assigns in Equal Shares Excepting as aforesaid on the
following Terms Conditions & Limitations That is to Say That the
whole Tract of Land within the Said Boundarys (Saving what is
herein after mentioned to be otherwise Improved) be Divided into
one hundred Shares or Rights & Each Share be Laid out into two
Distinct Lots one of which to Contain One hundred acres & the
other all the Land belonging to Each Respective Share. That the
whole be so Laid out & the two Lots belonging to Each share be
Numbred with the Same Number beginning with one & Ending
with one hundred. That the said Land be so Laid out within One
Year from the Granting thereof and then the Lots drawn for in the
usual manner of Drawing for Lots of Land in such Cases and that
this be done at Portsmouth in said Province under the Care & Direc-
tion of the Proprietors aforesaid & so Done as to make but one Draft
236 CHARTER RECORDS.
to Each Share That one of the said Shares be for the first Minister
of the Gospel who shall be Settled on the said Land & Continue
there during his Life or untill he shall be Regularly Dismist to hold
to him his Heirs & assigns. And one other of the said shares be for
and towards the Support of the Gospel Ministry there forever and
the hundred Acre Lott belonging to these two shares shall be Laid
out as near the Place where the meeting house shall be built as may
Conveniently be done & not to be drawn as the other Lots. That
there be Six acres of Land left in Some Convenient Place within the
said Boundaries for building a Meeting-house & school house upon
making a Training field a Burying Place & for any other public use
the Inhabitants there shall see Cause to make of it That Seventeen of
the said shares be Reserved to the use of the said Proprietors the
Grantors & their Heirs & assigns & one of the said Shares be for the
use & Support of a School there forever. That the owners of the
other Eighty Shares make a Regular Settlement there at their own
Charge in the following Manner viz' That Each Owner of the Said
Eighty shares Build an house of Eighteen foot Long & fourteen foot
wide or equal thereto upon Some Part of his land there & Clear three
acres thereof fit for Tillage or mowing within Eight Years from the
Granting the same as aforesaid And that the Said Owners Build a
Meeting house there (upon the Land to be Left for that purpose as
afores'^) fit for the Public worship of God for the use of the Inhabi-
tants there within ten Years from the making this Grant and main-
tain the Preaching of the Gospel there Constantly after twelve Years
from that time That there be twenty Acres of Land Left in some
Suitable place for a Privilege & Accommodation of a Saw Mill which
shall be to him his Heirs & Assigns who will build Such a Mill with-
in the time herein after Limited with the Privilege of the most Con-
venient Stream & place for Doing the Same and in Consideration
thereof for the benefit of the Inhabitants & Owners aforesaid the
Owner or owners of such Mill Shall Saw the Loggs of the said
Owners of the said Shares & other Inhabitants there to the halves for
the term of ten Years next after the said Mill shall first work That
whoever Shall appear & Undertake to Build said Mill shall perform
the Same fit for Constant working within three Years from this time
and if no Particular Person or Persons of the Owners of the said
Shares or Such as the Majority of them shall permit to Do the Same
will undertake to Build Such Mill as aforesaid then the Said Owners
to do the Same at their General Expence & put the said Mill under
Such a Regulation as that they & others Inhabiting there may be
Seasonably & Reasonably Served by having Boards & other Timber
Sawed which may be Necessary for building upon Said Granted
SANBORNTON. 237
Premises — That Each owner of the said Eighty shares pay to Such
Person or Persons as the Major part of them Shall Chuse for that
Purpose all such Sums of Money or Bills of Public Credit as the said
Owners or the Major Part of them Shall Determine to be necessary
from time to time, and as Occasion Shall Require to defray the
Charges of Laj'ing out said Land and other matters & things neces-
sary to make a Settlement as aforesaid & performing the other Par-
ticulars herein Enjoyned & Directed to be Done. That in Laying
out the said Lots Care be taken to Sort them in Such a manner as to
make the Shares as Equal as Possible That the lots be Laid out in
Ranges where the Land will admit of it & Land Left between the
Ranges for highways four Rods wide & between the Lots for ways of
two Rods wide and that a Plan of the whole laying out be made at
the Charge of the said owners & Return'd to the Grantors as soon as
may be Done w"' Conveniency That the Seventeen Reserved Shares
be Exonerated acquitted & fully Exempted from paying any Charge
towards making the said Settlement and not held to the Conditions of
the other Eighty shares nor Liable to any Tax or Assessment until
Improved by the Respective Owners. That all White Pine Trees
fit for his Majestys use for Masting the Royall Navy be and hereby
are Reserved and are hereby Granted to his Majesty his heirs & Suc-
cessors for that Purpose. And in Case any of the Owners of the
Said Eighty shares shall Refuse Neglect or Omit to perform & fully
discharge any of the Conditions Articles Matters & things herein En-
joined Directed & ordered to be Done by the said Grantors as afore-
said he shall forfeit his Share & Right in the said Tract of Land &
Every Part thereof to the said Grantors their Heirs & Assigns and it
shall & may be Lawfull for them or any of them or any Person by
their Order or the Order of the Major Part of them in their Name
and Stead to Enter into & upon the Part or share of such Delinquent
owner & him utterly thence to Amove oust Expel & Eject for the
use of Said Grantors their Heirs & Assigns Provided Nevertheless &
it is the true intent & meaning of the said Grantors in these Presents
that Such forfieted Shares & Every & Each of them Shall not be Dis-
charged by Such forfeiture from the Charge Burthen & Duty of Set-
tling as aforesaid & performing all the Articles Matters & things here-
in above Specefied for each Owner of the Shares afores*^ to do and
the said Grantors in Case they shall hold Such forfeited Shares shall
& will do & perform the same & in Case of granting them again will
Enjoin & Oblige the Grantees so to do — And the said Grantors do
hereby Ingage & promise to the said Grantees to defend them their
Heirs & Assigns in the Possession of the said Granted premises
against the Lawfull Claims of any Person or Persons Claiming by
238 CHARTER RECORDS.
any other title tlian the Grantors or that from whence theirs is de-
rived with this Condition & Limitation that in Case of Eviction &
Recovery against the said Grantees by any such Title that they Re-
cover Nothing Over in Satisfaction of & from the said Grantors their
Heirs Exec'^* or Amin'^ or any of them
Provided there be no Indian war within any of the Terms & Limi-
tations of time above mention'd for perform^' the said Articles &
things afores'^ to be done & performed by any of the said Owners of
y*^ s'' Eighty shares and in Case that Should happen the same times
to be allow'd for the Respective Matters afores'' after Such Lnpedi-
ment shall be Removed —
\_Repo7't of Surveyinii Committee^ 1750.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 167.]
we the subscriber being A Commetee Chosen the twenty first of June
1750 in order to lay outone hundred New lot to each proprioter In
the town Granted to John Sanburn & oy''* in the crotch of y*' River
we proceeded Accordingly and laid out, Eighty, one hundred Acre
lots, In four Ranges, Running from the great Bay South Seventy eight
Degrees west to pigmisiwasock River and have marked & numbred the
Lots as may be Seen in the plan which measures as follows (Viz) Each
Lot is one hundred & Sixty Rod in Length & one hundred Rod in
Breadth Excepting those that joyns the bay & River which may be
found in the plan all the lots Runs North twelve Degrees west The
high ways are Laid out four Rod wide betwixt the Ranges and also
High ways between the Lots are two Rod wide as is mark'^ in the
plan — The Center Square which Contains 6 Acres Lyes in the
Seventy Six Lot which is for the first min'' & in the Seventy Seventh
which is the personage Lot Also we Alow twenty Acres out of the
Sixty fifth Lot In A convenient place upon Salmon Brook for A miln
Priviledge,
Samuel fogg ^
John Hopkinson I ^i l
c ,1 T.^ ^ >Lommatee
Seth rogg [
Daniel Samborn j
Given under our hands at Exeter this 30"^ of August 17."0
Jon'^ Longfellow Survayer
[Flan of Sanhornton, 1752.]
^ J^'^" i.^ }?.'"!' 'y'"^ '" ^^^ '^'■o^ch of merimeck River y« said town was Granted to a number of Petitioners by the Purchisers of John Tuftin
mason Esq's his Right — -^
Survayed Annodomini 1750 & 52 by Jonathan longfalow Survayorofr first devision of lots and Daniel Samborn Survayor of y- Second devis-
lon Pland december th 5"> Annodomini 1752
[Pencil note] The i" Division I take to be the 4 Ranges of Small lots— loo A each— the 2^ Divis all the remainder ^
SANBORNTON. 239
\_Re'port of Committee on Second Division^ 1752.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 1C8.]
We The Subscribers being A Commatee Chosen the twenty Sixth
Day of October 1752 In Order to lay out the Second Division of Land
of a town in the Crotch of raerrneck Granted to John Sanbui-n <fc oyr*^
into 82 Lots and we proceeded and did Accordingly & laid them out
as follows (Viz) Beginning at Pigmiswaswit River & laying three
Ranges of lots joyning upon the North end of the first Division of lots
Running from Peemigwaset River North Seventy Eight Degrees East
Cross the Township with high ways four Rod in Breadth betwixt the
Rano-es & two Rods in breadth Betwixt the Lots The lots in leno-th
are three hundred & Sixty Rods and one hundred & thirteen in
Breadth Excepting those that joyns to the Bay & River which Con-
tents may be found b}^ the plann, and the above mentioned three
Ranges Contan fifty Seven Lots and then Laying out two Ranges of
lots upon the South end of the first Division Lots Beginning at the
great Bay the first lot Bordering &:, Belonging to the first Division
Numb'''' 82 the Lots joyning upon the first Division are two hundred
& eight}^ Rod in lengh & one hundred and thirty Rods in Breadth
the.se lots following being of Difrent width appears as follows (Viz
82"^i Lot 180 Rod width 81^' 100 Rods tlie 80"' 104 Rod 79"' 108 Rod
& the 78 & 77 & 76 & 75 & 74-are 110 Rod each and 73^' Lott is 100
Rod & 72'"' 120 & 71^' are 184 in Breadth the high ways throughout
the whole town Betwixt the Ranges are 4 Rod in width & Bettween
the Lots are two Rods wide as will appear by the plann we find that
there is an error in planning of the River which Cutts Short the
Lower Range of lots joyning upon winnepisocky River we have Lft
A Quantity of west land upon the North west End that is not yet
Laid out in S'^ town as doth Appear by the plan which we Allow to
make up Some Lots that falls Short of their measure and the
Deficiency of Some Bad lots.
Given under our hands at Exeter Nov"" 26'^ 1752
Samuel fogg ^
Jeremiah Samborn
Samuel Hardie )>Commattee
Abraham Samborn
Seth Fogg J
Daniel Samborn Survavor
240
CHARTER • RECORDS.
[Draft of Lots, 1753.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, pp. 169, 170, and Proprietors' Records,
Vol. 6, p. 218, Vol. 7, p. 53.]
Province of ) At a Meeting of the Proprietors of the Lands
New Hampshire ) purchased of John Tufton Mason Esq"^ in y*^ Pro-
vince of New Hampshire held at Portsmouth Tuesday y*' 13"^ day of
Feb^ 1753 at y** House of Ann Slayton Innholder — the Draft of y®
Lots in Tract of land granted to John Samborn &'^
Names drawn N*^
of Lot in first
N° of Lot in
Division Second Division
1 — Theodore Atkinson Esqu' . . 27 .
42
2 Edward Taylor .
5
26
3 Jonathan Rawlins
8
69
4 Jonathan Crosby
19
32
5 Law Lot N** 2 .
53
81
6 William Samborn
49
19
7 Joshua Rawlins of Stretham
65
65
8 John Taylor
60
74
9 Josiah Rawlins
74
48
10 Francis Marston Deceas'^
67
63
11 Jonathan Chace Deceased .
61
73
12 Meserve Blanchard Green & Mai
•ch 34
4
13 School Lot ....
52
20
14 Chace Taylor
25
13
15 John Thomlinson Esqu"^
69
61
16 Josiah Samborn .
73
58
17 Benjamin Mason
82
64
18 John Dearborn .
63
71
19 Dan" Samborn jun""
28
10
20 John Hopkinson
1
25
21 Law Lot N° 1 .
11
51
22 Samuel Hardy
50
41
23 Jethro Pearson .
30
8
24 Jonathan Shaw .
20
33
25 Jotham Odiorne Esqu"" Deceased h
is
Right ....
64
82
26 Jon'' Robinson
37
1
27 Aaron Rawlins .
78
46
28 Thomas Chace
14
54
29 Jonathan Fogg .
45
17
30 Thomlinson & Mason .
43
14
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
SANBORNTON.
Jonathan Robinson
7
68
Thomas Walinofoid Esqn"' .
G6
66
Joseph Rawlins .
12
52
Thomas Rawlins
24
37
John Rindge
9
49
Abraham Samboin
23
36
Tiiomas Packer Esqu"^
59
75
William Thompson
32
6
Paul Ladd ....
17
29
Marston Sam born
62
72
Geo: Jaffrey Esqu^'
57
77
John Sam born
42
40
Simon Drake
41
39
John Wentworth jim'' Esqu'
3
23
Joshua Peirce Esqu'' .
36
2
IVIark Hunk« Wentworth Esq"'
18
31
Joseph Jewett
16
28
John Moffatt Esqu""
56
78
Dan^' Peirce Esq""^ & Mary Moor
46
16
Sara" Fogg ....
70
70
Josiah Smith Deceas'd to his Rig
ht 35
3
Sam" Solly & Clem' March Esqu"^
55
79
Nathan Longfellow
39
38
Jeremiah Samborn
58
76
Jonathan Corley .
4
43
Jonathan Longfellow .
80
45
Setli Fogg ....
72
59
Edward Shaw ....
21
34
John Wad ley
10
50
Jonathan Samborn
47
15
David Stevens ....
75
47
John Thomlinson Esqu"^
79
22
Jabez Samborn .
6
67
William Chace . . .
31
7
Josiah Robinson .
29
9
Daniel Samborn .
54
80
Richard Wibird Esqui
38
55
Josiah Fogg
26
57
Joseph Hoit
51
21
Josiah Samborn .
13
53
Caleb Rawlins
15
27
Joseph Smith
44
18
241
16
242 CHARTER RECORDS.
73 Thomas Blake ....
74 Joseph Uoit jun'
75 Joshua Rawlins of Exeter .
76 Daniel Kelly ....
77 Ebenezer Samborn
78 John Rawlins ....
79 Joseph Smith Jun"^
80 John Fogg .....
The above Draft of v® foreofoing; Lots were drawn to v" names as
above written under y*" Care and Direction of said Proprietors pur-
suant to a Plan Return'd by y*^ Grantees —
Voted that y*" above Draft be accepted accordingly
Attest: Geo: Jaffrey Prop*^* Clar :
22
35
33
5
48
30
40
56
Q8
62
81
44
71
60
2
24
[ Grant of Forfeited Lots to Town Proprietors^ 1763.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, Nov. 29, 1763.]
Province of | Portsmouth November 29"^ 1763 Tuesday five
New Hampshire \ of the Clock afternoon at the House of James
Stoodly Innholder the Proprietors meet according to Adjournment —
Whereas the Grantees of that Tract of Land Granted by said Pro-
prietors to John Sandborn & others on the 31*' day of December 1748,
have Represented that by the Charter, or vote made to them of said
Tract the rights of such of the Grantees as shoud neglect to do their
Duty with Regard to carrying on the Settlement agreeable to said
Charter or Grant is forfeited to the said Proprietors or Grantors,
which is found to be very Inconvenient for by the Death of many of
the Grantees their Respective Shares, are Claim'd by many Coheirs
who will Seldom agree to pay their Proportion of the Charge & Some-
times Minors by that means are Interested who Cannot & Guardians
will not pay the same which much retards the Settlement, And
Whereas by Reason of the Late War the said Tract of Land is not
yet Settled according to the Terms of said Grant but the Grantees
are now proceeding with considerable Expedition, and as the Grant-
ing of said forfeitures to the other Grantees, would much Expedite
the said Settlement, therefore they Earnestly Requested the said Pro-
prietors to Grant to them the said Grantees all of such forfeited Rights
as are already Incurd, & Likewise all such of them as shall hereafter
be forfeited & as the said Proprietors, have in many Instances by the
Original Grant given such forfeited Rights to the other Giantees,
which is found by experience best to answer the Design of the said
SANBORNTON.
24:
Proprietors the advancing the Settlements, therefore Voted That all
the right of said Proprietors in and to such of said Rights in & to the
said Tract of Land Granted to said Sandborn & others which have
already incur'd the forfeiture thereof to the said Proprietors accord-
ing to the Tenor & Terms of said Grant vote or Charter, be & hereby
is Granted to the other of said Grantees who are carrying on & shall
Settle said Tract of Land according to the Tenor of said Charter, And
all the Right of said Proprietors to such of said Rights as shall be for-
feited hereafter by the Terms aforesaid be & hereby is granted to the
said Grantees as aforesaid —
Provided nevertheless, and it is the true intent & meaning of this
Grant, that the Grantees of said forfeited Rights Do fully cause the
same to be Settled, according to the true Intent & meaning of said
Charter otherwise the same shall be & Remain to the said Proprietors
& their Heirs forever.
IFIan of Peirce Lot, 1813.]
1 h\nhf*a.ij : li rods ne^ '^■iil
tJoKn rgiice Esq- ConlaiTiino yo -" /y J9ua7e reds _ ^
Survey^ Bec'-zr/j t^,
-Dj/ Joshua Lane - • I
Hi radi en land ofCaf^l TToadman
^ / / Jiy Ci^ Tfooiman built 3ifHa'/it>
Land of Cajil JlWcodman /It ni.
244
CHARTER RECORDS.
[Plan of Certain Lots.']
xll y' adddi^m Schnf ley' Second D.,t5<.cn T^c<L/it
y° one WLtienftrit Hiviiion
ikere JRai^it about 2^2 acres to Lax.h lix.jh.t Enduciy c of y^ mo-^-nUi-
Ldid Do«n-hif a Scale of So GunU,- Chj^ini h an inch.
SANDWICH.
[Granted Oct. 25, 1763, to Samuel Oilman, Jr., and others, and incorporated.
Part of the town being mountainous and rocky, Sandwich Addition was granted
Sept. 5, 1764. A committee was appointed Feb. 22, 1785, to fix the lines between
Sandwich, Tamworth, and Moultonborough. Another committee was appointed
Dec. 23, 1808, to establish the lines between Sandwich, Tamworth, Eaton, and
Albany. The committee reported in favor of no change and the report was
adopted. A small part of Waterville was annexed July 16, 1864.
See New Hampshire charters in preceding volumes; XIII, Hammond Town
Papers, 410; Index to Laws, 490; sketch, Fergusson's History of Carroll County,
1889, p. 644: Stewart's History of the Free Baptists. 1862, p. 162; Lawrence's
N. H. Churches, 1856, pp. 587, 590; Stevens's Memorials of Methodism, 2d series,
1852, p. 240; Black Mountain, by C. E. Fay, i, Appalachia, 119.]
\_Lette7' of Jonathan 3Ioulton, 1769.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 171.]
Gentlemen
Maj^ Folsom is now present, & tells me that the Meeting of
Masons Proprietors stands adjonrnd to this Evening, & that they
expect something will be done with Respect to the Settlement of the
Lines between Moultonborough & Sandwich, which has long been dis-
puted. But as the holy Providence of God, towards me, has been such
as prevents my Attending this Meeting; However as the Agreement,
has been concluded & voted, heretofore; only the Proprietors tho't
best to have the Lines run first, And as it is rum according to an
SANDWICH. 245
Agreement I made with Maj"" Folsom, I suppose, theres no Necessity
of my being present, if it sliou'd I beg the Meeting may be adjourn'd,
again, for a Week or as long as may best suit the proprietors, which
Time I will endeavour to attend — As for my Part I am very willing
& content, that Sandwich Line sliou'd be confirmed agreeable to my
Agreement with them, provided that Masons Proprietors make an
Allowance to me agreeable to their Promise, & am Gentlemen y"^
most Obedient &
Very Hum^ Serv*
Hampton March 29'»» 1769 Jon"^ Moulton
P. S. Unless some Restitution being made me I trust youl not make
or Confirm any Grant of any Land, granted to Moultonb^ to any other
people
To the Hon'''*" Theodore Atkinson Esq"^
[Surveyor's Report^ 1769.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 172.]
Wheras a Committee of the Proprietors of Moultonborough and a
Committee of the Proprietors of Sandwich, did (by an Agreement in
Writing dated January 13th 1769 by them interchangeably Signed)
appoint us the Subscribers to Run the Line between said Moulton-
borough and said Sandwich. These certify, that after being sworn to
the faithful discharge of the trust reposed in us, we proceeded in man-
ner following Viz : Begining at the possession Fence on the Southerly
side of Ricliard Sinklers House in said Sandwich and nearest the
same, and from thence run East on said Possession Fence two Miles
and two hundred and twenty eight Rods to a Red Oak Tree at the
South East Corner of said Sandwich, marked SSF. and then returned
to the place begun at; and then run West Six Miles and eighty six
Rods, which brought us to the East end of Holderness, and which
makes eight Miles and three hundred k, fourteen Rods from the said
South East corner of said Sandwich to the East end of Holderness: —
March 11th 1769. Jeremiah Lane Surveyor
Hubartus Neal
thomas Creighton Chan men
246 CHARTER RECORDS.
[^Agreejnent bettveen Sandivieh mid Moultonhoroiigh^ 1769.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 173.]
Articles of Agreement made the 20'^ Day of January One thousand
Seven hundred & Sixty Nine by & between Jonathan Moulton of
Hampton in the Province of New Hamp^'' Esq' for himself & behalf
of the Proprietors of Moultonborough of the One part and Nath^ Fol-
some of Exeter in said Province Esq"^ for himself & in behalf the Pro-
prietors of Sandwich of the other Part as follows Viz Whereas by an
Agreement made the thirteenth of January Instant the Southern Line
of the township of Sandwich & the Eastern Line of said township and
the Northern & Western Boundary of said Moultonborrough are Set-
tled only depending on an Actual Survey & Running Now these Pre-
sents Witness that it is Mutually Agreed by said parties that any
perticular Lots of Land Laid out in the right of the township of Sand-
wich shall fall On the side of Moultonborrough or any part thereof so
much Of said Lot as shall so fall or the whole if that shall be the Case
Shall be Quitted to the proprietors of Sandwich if Such Lot is Not
Appropriated or to the Perticular person or Persons if Appropriated
as the Case shall require by said Moulton Or the Proprietors of Moul-
tonborrough—
If the right is vested in them at the Time this matter shall be acer-
tained. And on the part of Sandwich they shall quit to Moulton the par-
ticular Lot laid out to Enoch Poor & by him contracted with one Blan-
chard for settlement if he shall purchase Blanchard's Right & make a
settlement thereof by the first of Sep' next & complys with the Terms
of Settlement so far as can be done by the first of Sep"' next & with
the matter afterwards to be done And further that the Proprietors of
Sandwich shall make a proper speedy Application to the Proprietors
of Mason's Patent for a grant of all the Land within their Claim
according to a Vote passed by the proprietors of said Patent the 19'^
of this Instant. In Witness whereof the Parties have set their hands
& seals the Day & Year above written —
Witnesses Jon*^ Moulton
Willi'm Parker Nath^ Folsom
Jn° Pickering
A Copy Exam'' '^ W'" Parker
SHELBURNE. 247
[^Petition of Nathaniel Folsotn, 1769.]
[Masoiiian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 174.]
Province of | To the Projjrietors of Mason's Patent (So
New Hampshire \ called) in said Province —
Humbly Shews Nathaniel Folsom of Exeter in said Province Esq""
Agent for the Proprietors of Sandwich in said Province, That, a
Grant of said Sandwich from his Majesty Some Years past, was
made to Your Petitioner and others (as by their Charter appears)
That, they have caus'd Said Sandwich to be laid out, allotted and
Settled more than twenty families thereon; who have made large
Improvements (presuming that said Grant did not interfere with
said Patent) But by a more accurate Survey of the Curve Line of
said Patent than was heretofore done, lately made by Robert Flesher
Esq^ and others a Plan whereof has been return'd ; it appears by com-
paring the Same with Your Petif^* former Grant, that a considerable
Part of said Sandwich falls within Said Patent and that the King was
deceiv'd In his said Grant. Your Petitioner therefore in behalf of
the Proprietors of Sandwich aforesaid Humby prays that they may
be quieted in their Possessions in Consideration of the Industry and
Expence in improving said Land And that a Grant of all that Part
of Said Sandwich included within said Patent, (agreable to the Lines
that have lately Settled between Said Sandwich and Moultonborough)
may be made by your Proprief* to Your Petitioner and others, upon
Such Terms & Conditions of Settlement as you have usual 1}^ done, but
without any Reservation of Land And Your Petitioner as in Duty
bound shall ever prav &c —
January 27th A D"'1769 Nath" Folsom
Feb^' 1^*^ 1769 - Rece'' & read y" above, to lay on file
G : Jaffrey Prop« C
SHELBURNE.
[Granted May 3, 1769, to Mark Hunking Wentworth, Daniel Peirce, Daniel
Rogers, and John, Daniel, Isaac, and Jotham Rindge. Half of the town was
granted by them to Daniel Ingalls May 8, 1769. Shelburne Addition was granted
Nov. 21, 1770. Incorporated as Shelburne Dec. 13, 1820. Shelburne Addition
was incorporated by the name of Gorham June 18, 1836.
See New Hampshire charters in preceding volumes; IX, Bouton Town Pa-
pers, 758; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 424; Index to Laws, 501 ; History, by
Mrs. R. P. Peabody, pp. 127; sketch, Fergusson's History of Coos County,
1888, p. 867; Willey's History of the White Mountains, 1870, p. 245 ; The White
Mountains, A Guide to Their Interpretation, by J. H. Ward, 1890, p. 100; Shel-
248 CHARTER RECORDS.
burne Moriah, by E. B. Cook, 3, Appalachia, 259; Baldcap Mountain, by Mrs.
L. D. and M. M. Pychowska, 2, id., 121 ; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p.
608.]
\^Grant of Half of To^vnsliq) to Daniel Ingalls, 1769.]
[From Original Parchment in Masonian Papers.]
Know all Men by these Presents that whereas his Excellency John
Wentworth Esq"^ Governor and Commander in chief in & over his
Majestys Province of New Hampshire by & with the advice of his
Majesty's Council has been pleased to grant to Mark Hunking Went-
worth Esq'' Daniel Peirce Daniel Rogers Esq' M"^ John Rindge Mer-
chant, Daniel Rindge & Isaac Rindge of Portsmouth in said Province
Esq" and M'' Jotham Rindge of Wolfborough Yeoman and all Chil-
dren, Heirs & legal Representitives of the Honorable John Rindge
late of said Portsmouth Esq' deceased ; (as some Gratuity for the
great Favours & Services of the said John Rindge did the said Pro-
vince in his Life time) a Township or Tract of Land lying about
eighty Miles from Portsmouth aforesaid on the dividing Line between
the Province of New Hampshire & the Province of Main upon certain
Considerations & Reservations as by the Charter of said Town dated
the third day of May 1769, may more fully appear, Reference there-
unto being had & is bounded as followeth viz beginning at a Hemlock
Tree marked, standing in the Province Line about three Quarters of
a Mile South of Little Amoroscogin River & from said Hemlock runs
North eight Degrees East by the Needle on the Province Line six
Miles to a Maple Tree mark'd & standing in the Province Line afore-
said then turning off at right Angles & running North eighty-two De-
grees West six Miles to a Beech Tree marked, then turning off at Right
Angles & running South eight Degrees West six Miles to a Red Birch
Tree marked, then turning off again at right Angles & runs South
eighty-two Degrees East six Miles to the Hemlock Tree in the Pro-
vince Line, began at.
To Have and to Hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed
together with all Privileges & Appurtenances thereof to them & their
respective Heirs & Assigns forever by the Name of Shelburne Now
know ye that we the said Mark Hunking Wentworth, Daniel Peirce,
Daniel Rogers, John Rindge, Daniel Rindge, Isaac Rindge »& Jotham
Rindge for & in consideration of the several Articles, Matters &
Things herein after expressed to be performed & done by Daniel
Ingalls of Andover in the County of Essex & in the Province of the
SHELBURNE. 249
Massachusetts Bay Gentleman Have given & granted & by these Pres-
ents do give, grant & convey unto the said Daniel Ingalls his Heirs &
Assigns for ever all our Right, Title, Interest, Property, Possession,
Claim, Challenge & Demand whatsoever of in & to Thirty-two & half
Sixty fourth Parts of the Land in said Shelburne after the Glebe Lot
& the Land in the Center reserved by the Charter three Lots of Land
of seventy-five Acres each of Upland & twenty-five Acres of Interval
Land to each Lot one of which three Lots is hei'eby given & granted
to the first settled Minister for his Encouragement & help in the Work
of the Ministry there in fee Simple forever, provided he continues
their in the Work of the Ministry during his Natural Life or until he
be regularly dismissed according to the Usage & Custom of the Con-
gregational Churches in New England immorality excepted, for in
Case he should be dismissed for any immorality then the said Upland
& Interval granted to him as aforesaid shall revert to the Grantors &
Grantee to be by them disposed of to another Minister to be by them
called & settled & to remain their Minister upon the Terras and Con-
ditions before mentioned. And one other Lot of seventy five Acres of
Upland & twenty five Acres of Interval Land is hereby given &
granted for & towards the supporting of the Dissenting Ministry in
the first Parish forever And the other of the said three reserved Lots
of Land is hereby given & granted for & towards the Support of a
Grammar School in the said Town for ever. The two Lots or Rights
last mentioned to be & remain to and for the several Uses before men-
tioned, never to be alienated dividided or diminished upon any Score
or Pretence whatsoever. The said three Lots to be laid out as near
the Center as they conveniently can be To Have & To Hold the said
three reserved Lots on the Terms & for the Uses aforesaid & the said
thirty-two & half sixty fourth Parts of said Town to him the said
Daniel Ingalls & his Heirs & Assigns for ever on the following Terms
& Conditions & not otherwise, viz. The then remaining Interval Land
to be divided into sixty-four Lots equal in Quantity & Quality. The
Upland to be divided as follows. — Sixty-four Lots of eighty or one
hundred Acres (as shall be thought best upon Survey) to be nearly
adjoyning the Interval for the first Division equal in Quantity &
Quality. The remaining Part of the good Upland in sixty-four Lots
for the second Division & all the remaining Upland to be laid out
into sixty-four Lots for the third Division. The Lots in the several
Divisions to be numbered & then to be drawn for: And the Expence
of loting the Town out & making a Plan thereof to be paid for, one
half by the Grantors the other half by the Grantee. The said Daniel
Ingalls to draw thirty-two & one half whole Shares through the
Town he engaging to settle thirty Families therein, ten within three
250 CHARTER RECORDS.
Years, the remaining twenty within six Years from the Date hei-eof
with suitable Houses & Seven Acres of Land cleared by each Family
& at the Expiration of the Time limitted for settling ever}^ Family
that shall then be deficient shall forfeit his or her whole Share, which
Right or Share shall revert to the Grantors: The Grantors hereby
engaging to settle ten P^amilies, three within three Years, the remain-
ing seven within six Years with Houses suitable & Land cleared : And
it is further covenanted & agreed by the Grantors & Grantee that the
Interval Lots in the first Division be coupled before drawing. That
the Lots are not to be drawn for but divided in the following Manner,
the two Lots Number one & two to be drawn & then divided alter-
nately the Grantors one, then the Grantee one. That the Lots be
numbered on the one Side of the River first & then on the other.
That the Expence of clearing the Road required by Charter be born
one half by the Grantors & the other half by the Grantee.
In Testimony whereof the said Mark Hunking Wentworth, Daniel
Peirce, Daniel Rogers, John Rindge, Daniel Rindge, Isaac Rindge &
Jotham Rindge have hereunto set our Hands & Seals this eighth Day
of May in the ninth Year of his Majesty's Reign Annoque Domini
Seventeen hundred & sixty-nine. And we Elizabeth the Wife of the
said Mark Hunking Wentworth, Mehitable the Wife of said Daniel
Rogers, Olive the Wife of said Daniel Rindge, Sarah the Wife of said
Isaac Rindge & Sarah the Wife of said Jotham Rindge do for the
Consideration before mentioned, hereby give, grant & relinquish all
our Right of Dower & Power of Thirds of in & to the before granted
Premises to him the said Daniel Ingalls his Heirs & Assigns for
ever.
In Testimony whereof we also have hereunto set our Hands & Seals
this eighth Day of May seventeen hundred & sixty-nine.
Mark H Wentworth [seal] Jotham Rindge [seal]
D Peirce [seal] Sarah Rindge [seal]
Daniel Rogers [seal] Eliza Wentworth [seal]
Jn° Rindge [seal] Mehetable Rogers [seal]
Daniel Rindge [seal] Olive Rindge [seal]
Is : Rindge [seal] Sarah Rindge [seal]
Signed, Sealed & delivered in presence of : The Words Six Miles to
a Maple Tree marked & standing in the Province Line also Daniel
Rindge being first interlined
Witnesses Present H Wentworth
Joseph Peirce
SHELBURNE.
251
Prov*^ of ) Portsm" May 8"' 1769 Then mark II unking Went-
New Harap"" \ worth Esq'' & Elizabeth his wife Daniel Peirce Daniel
Rogers Esq""^ raehitabel his wife John Rindge Daniel Rindge Esq"^ &
olive his wife M' Isaac Rindge & Sarah his wife appeared and
Acknowledged the above instrument by them Subscribed to be their
Free Act & Deed & also Jotham Rindge & Sarah his wife —
Before H Wentworth Just"* Peace
Prov® of New Hampsh""
Received 8"' May 1769 & Recorded Lib. 98. Fol. 32.
Exam'd — D Peirce Reed''
[Plan of Shelburne.^
252
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To the Proprietors of the To
wn of Shell:
)urne Gentlemen,
Here is the return of
ray work in consequence of my agreement
with you on the 24'
"' of Februai
ry 1787
Joseph Frye Junior.
N. B— Where yc
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the
lines between drawn whole, there is
256 CHARTER RECORDS.
allowance of land for a Road four rods wide ; likiwise there is allow-
ance of land for a Road up and down the River on each side where it
may be found most convenient thro' the Lots —
SOCIETY LAND.
[This tract of land originally comprised all the territory now included in the
towns of Deering, Antrim, Hancock, Bennington, Francestown, and the north part
of Greenfield. The name probably arose from the fact that this territory was not
granted in townships, but was reserved and divided equally among the members of
the "society" or syndicate of proprietors of the Masonian Patent. The name
Cwnberland was also sometimes applied to it.
Francestown was the first town in the Society Land district to be incorporated.
This was done June 8, 1772, and New Boston Addition was included within its
lines. Then followed Deering, Jan. 17, 1774; Antrim, March 22, 1777; and
Hancock, Nov. 5, 1779. These towns covered the entire tract except a small piece
in the southern part, and this was combined with Lyndeborough Gore and enough
of Peterborough and Lyndeborough to make a small township, and incorporated as
Greenfield June 15, 1791. Bennington was composed of parts of Greenfield,
Francestown, Deering, and Hancock, and was incorporated Dec. 15, 1842. It
lies nearly in the centre of the original Society Land.]
\^Petilion of Peter Prescott and Others, 1752.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 176.]
To the Proprietors of y*" Right of John Tufton Mason Esq"^ in y*^
Province of New Hampshire —
Gentlemen —
Wee the Subscribers and associates to y® Nomber of One Hundred
being Desireous of Removing into this Province and Making Settle-
ment of Some of y'' waste, within your Patent, applyed our Selves to
The Hon'ble Joseph Blanchard Esq who Encouraged us to Succeed
in our Desires If Two Towns could be found Capable of Settlement
within the Line of Towns by you Authorized for him to Grant, Where-
upon at a Considerable Expence we have Made Search and find y*^ on
that Line further then is already Granted, is not Capable of Settle-
ment, unless Some Stragling Farms. But Still Desireous to pursue
our first Intentions, Could there be a place had, capable of Making a
Good Settlement in time, have made Inquiry, & at Present hear y'
there is a tract of Land Lying on y*' East and adjoyning to Monad-
nock N° 6 : and N° 7 : tho Something Broaken yet Probable to Make
SOCIETY LAND.
257
a Settlement on for two Small Towns could we obtain a Grant on
Reasonable Conditions (and inasmuch as Sundry of us had purchased
before the Settlement of y'' Province Line) Many Rights in y'' New
Towns Now fallen in this Province, with Expectation to Make Settle-
ment had it not been for that Disappointment which for Charge and
Purchase has Cost Sundry of us Much Mony which Reasons give us
the freedom to ask at this time and are Ready on your Approving of
our Request within Nine Months after y*^ Grant to Allot out the
whole Land Granted Ready to Draw the Lotts and Settle in Each
Town Thirty famelys within two years after y*" Grant and the Remain-
ing Fourty famelys in Such reasonable time afterwards as you Shall
Direct. — And in as much as y*^ Distance & Expence of Travil is Such
y' must attend our Personal application, Desire that this our request
may be offered by y'^ Aboves'^ Joseph Blanchard on our behalf, and
that you will favour us with an answer by him And beleive us to be
Sincere in our application and Give Leave to Subscribe our Selves
Gent"
Your very Humble Serv'^
Peter Prescott
John Fox
Stephen Hosmer Ju'"
Charles Bulkeley
[Endorsed] Rece'^ May 28"' 1752
l^Votefor Survey of Society Land, 1752.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 177, and Proprietors' Records, May 29,
1752.]
Voted that Joseph Blanchard Esq"^ be and hereby is desired author-
izd and Impowered by himself or such others as he shall think
proper to Employ to take a survey of the lands hereafter described
viz' bounded westerly on the Manadnock N° six and N° seven Northerly
upon y'' south line of y^ line of Towns so called Easterly upon weares
Town and New Boston Southerly upon Salem Canada Peterborough
and Monadnock N" three and make Enquiry into the nature and situ-
ation of the same and in what manner the same may in the best man-
ner be divided into fifteen equal shares for quantity and quality and
whether it is best for the whole to be divided at once or part thereof
first and the rest afterwards and make report thereof to the proprie-
tors as soon as may be and that the Cost thereof be paid by the
proprietors —
17
258 CHARTER RECORDS.
[ J^ote for DiviiUn[i Societu Land., 1752.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 178, and Proprietors' Records, Xov. 8,
1752.]
Province of ) At a Meeting of the Proprietors of tlie Lands pur-
New Hamp'' ) chased of John Tiifton Mason Esq' within the Prov-
ince of New Hampshire held at Portsmouth in said Province the 8"'
day of November 1752 by adjournment.
Voted That Coll° Joseph Blanchard Esq' be & hereby is desired
and impowered to divide & lay out, or cause to be laid out into fif-
teen equal Shares, all that Land on Contoocook River between the
place called Key's his farm, on the North & the great Falls so called,
against the Crotched Mountain so called, on the South, in the
following Manner viz' The Interval Land to be equally Divided for
Quantity & Quality & so much upland adjoining, or Contiguous to
each Share, laid out as to make up the Quantity of five hundred
Acres to each Share, that is where the Land is not so good, to add so
much in Quantity as shall be equal to five hundred Acres of the best;
and that all the rest of the Land comprehended within the following
bounds Viz' Westerly on the Manadnock N° 6 & N'' 7 Northerly on
the South line of the line of towns so called. Easterly on Wear's town,
New Boston & Southerly on Salem Canada Petei'borough & Manad-
nock N° 3 be divided into fifteen equal Shares for Quality, only the
Mountains to be left as a Common. —
Copy of Record Esamin'd "^ Geo: Jaffrey Prop'* Cle:
[^Grant of Lot to Joseph Blancliard^ 1753.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 179, and Proprietors' Records, Jan. 3,
1753.]
Province of ) At a Meeting of the Proprietors of Lands pur-
New Hampshire \ chased of John Tufton Mason Esq'^ in the Province
of New Hampshire, held by adjournment at Portsmouth, on Wednes-
day January 3'^ 1753 —
Whereas Joseph Blanchard Esq"^ for the service of this propriety
has been hindred of much time and been at considerable expence, for
which he has not been sufficiently rewarded. And as a full Satisfaction
Therefore Voted —
That there be, and hereby is granted unto the said Joseph Blan-
chard Esq'' his heirs and assigns, all the right and title, of this Pro-
'I'iiis Plan of the Royal Suciely Lands copied from a survey orighudly taken by Robert Flettjher Esq' Jolni Parker jun'
I'ortsmoutli May 1778
Pu,»an, ,0 .h= R.qu.s, Sc Desire of CoL BlanCard Esq. 1 have laid o>,. in.o fifteen Equal shares ail .ha, Laad on Contoocook River beUeen ,l,e place called Keyshis ,^X ra.nU.vo'f'F.te'hun'd^d AcreVw'tcUfJr'Ud'w'i.Tre'.'he
Muunlain on ,he Sonlh in ,he folloiving manner (Viz). The Interval Land divided for Quantity & Quality into fifteen equal shares & so much upland adjoynmg as to make up the q"->°>''y ° [ ''^ ad^ovnioe b^lon-in. lo the same share is
Und is not so good there is added so much in Quantity as ,s equal to five hundred acre? of the best which is marked 4 delineated herein, i the Interval Lotts on Contoocook River & t^ = "Pl^ul ■<W"i°g' '';'°J='58 J°^ „„, ^f ,he line of
Numbred with the same Number which Numbers arc from one to fifteen. And all the L md comprehended within the following bounds (vi.) Westerly on Menadnock Number six i ^^"^''"J'^™" f Cmbl, o" ,aW shares begining on the
Towns so called Easterly on Weare's Town and New Boston-Southerly on Salem Canada and Petersborough is Divided into fifteen equal shares for Quality and numbred one to fifteen The first dumber ol ^^'^^''^^•'' »«« ^^ £^, ^^^
west side of Contoocook River joyning to Peterborough North line. And the number of said shares succeed in order to Number seven. Northwardly to the South Line of the Line of To»ns And lie otner tign 6
of the River. Number eight on the E^it side of Confoocook River adjoyning upon the North Line of Peterborough West of New Boston, And the number of the other shares suceed Northerly to the said South
The Crtitchcd Mountain lying in Number eight & number Nine is left as common, it is no part of said shares — Robert Fletcher Surveyer
Portsmouth October y 17^ 1753 by 1
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priety unto five Imiulred acres of Land in tliat tract called the Royal
Society Land so as not to infringe on that part on Contoocook river,
ordered to be laid out for the fifteen Proprietors of five hundred acres
each.
Provided he cause the same to be laid out in a regular form, and
return a plan thereof to this propriety in such season as not to hinder
the pursuing the division of the remainder of the Royal Society Land.
The above is a true Copy from the records of the Proprietors of
Masons Patent (so Called)
Attest, Jeremiah Libbey Prop'^* clerk
Portsmouth February 4^^ 1805
[Draft of Lots, 1753.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, Oct. 17, 1753, and Masonian Papers,
Vol. 7, p. 180.]
M'' Robert Fletcher having agreable to a Vote of this Propriety of
y® 8"* November 1752, by the Direction of Joseph Blanchard Esqu""
Surveyed and divided the Tract of Land lying Westerly on the Man-
adnocks N° 6, & N° 7, northerly on the South line of the Line of
Towns so called Easterly on Wear's Town & New Boston Southerly
on vSalem Cannada Peterborough & Manadnock N° 3, and having this
day returned his Plan of Said Survey therein particularly describing
the Several lines of the Several Divisions and the Same having been
laid before the Proprietors at this Meeting
Voted — That the Said Plan and the Several Divisions therein by
the Several lines described be and hereby is approved & accepted and
to Ascertain the Said Several Divisions to the Respective Proprietors
in Severalty, — Therefore
Voted that the Same be drawn for im'ediately in one Draft, by
Lott, and that when So drawn for, that each Proprietor be and here-
by is entituled in Severalty, to the Lots (being of y* two Divisions)
drawn by, or to him, agreable to the Several Numbers as entered on
Said Plan, —
Pursuant to the next precQeding Vote The Draft of Lots of the
Divisions in the Tract of land described in said Vote, are drawn for,
to Said Proprietors as follow's — viz'
V^ drawn Lots N° 13— To M"^ John Rindge
2 . . . 5 — To Dan'^ Peirce Esqu"^ & Mary Moore
3 . . . 11 — To John Thomlinson & John Tufton Mason
Esqu"^*
26o
CHARTER RECORDS.
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
12 — To Thomas Packer Esqu''
4 — To JohnWentworth Esqu"^
15 — To Richard Wibird Esqu''
9 — To the Right of Jotham Odiorne Esqif Dece"^
14 — To Theodore Atkinson Esqu"" —
1 — To Mark Hunking Wentworth Esqu'
2 — To Samuel Solly & Clement March Esqu""*
6 — To George Jaffrey Esqu''
3 — To Nath" Meserve Joseph Blanchard Esqa'^^
m'' Joseph Green & Paul March —
8 — To Thomas Wallingford Esqn''
T — To John Moffatt Esqu'
10 — To Joshua Peirce Esqu'
\_Request for Roads, 1772.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 181.]
Sossciety Land Sepf 4"' A D 1772
To The Hounrabal Gentelmen the Lord propriators of Said Land in
the West Side of Contoocook River A Petion Humbley Shewing —
That Whereas a Road is much Wanted from Hillsbourg Through
s'^ Land To pettersboru on the Westrley Side of the River Allso from
Francestown To Limreck With other Nessecery Rods Much Wanted
Which Will Advance Your Land and Accomadet the Inhabetents
Wee Being Unable to Acomplish Sai"* Roads Wee Therfore begs Your
Honeliors to Assist Your Willing but Yet Weak peapol Wee propose
To Work at S'' Roads for Four Shilling ^ Day and find our Selves
Wee propose To Work as many Dayes as We Severly Subscribe as
Sam^ Moore
6
Days
John Duncan
6
James Dickey
12
Alexander Jameson
8
William Smith
11
James Duncan
5
his
Sam' 0 Morrison
5
John Green
6
mark
his
John -1 — |- Gorden
mark
Joseph Boyd
John Moor
6
7
6
•
James Aiken
Robert Boyd
Randel Alexander
8
5
6
John m'Cleary
6
John Stuart
6
Thomas Nichols
12
Days
SOCIETY LAND. 261
\^Petition of Inhabitants, 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 181.]
Province of "^ To tlie Proprieters of tlie Claim of John Tufton
New Hampshire I mason Esq' —
County of f The Petition of us the Subscribers Being Inhabi-
Hilsborough j tants and Purchers of part of the Society Land
Humbly Desire your Honours To send a Surveyer or Commitee To
Perambelat or run The Lines of Said Land as the Plan of Said Land
and the Corners and Lines Donot Agree and as some of the Inhabi-
tants Has Settled agreable to the Plan and others acording to the
Lines which appears to make a great Confution and Prevent Your
Petitioners of makeing any more improvement untill there is some
Proper measures taken there being Daily Licroachments making on
Different parts of the Society Land Causes us to Beleive that your
Honnours Complience herewith will very much Serve your Intrest
Incoredg the Settlement of the Wilderness and aflord your Humble
Petitioners Releif in our Distresed Conditions and we as in Duty
Bound Shall ever Pray —
Francestown November the 29 1773
John Quigly Samul Nickols Thomas Quigly
Tho-: Aiken Hugh M'Yumery Thomas Nichols
John Dunkon Denuel Nicoles William Quigly
Adam Nicoles John Dickey James Hopkens
Thomas Quigly Jun'^ Robort Hopkens James Dunken
Robort Fulton John Dinsmoor
[^Petition for Bridge^ 1771.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 7, p. 1S2.]
October y^ 12"' 1774
To the Honorable The Lord Proprietors of the Society Land So
called A petition Humbly Shewing that Whereas a Number having
begun to make Settelments on the West side of Contookook River
have been at great cost Clearning a Road from Francess Town line
over S'' River thro' No 5 N. W. cosing No 7 & 9 & 10 thro the great
right to the mills on Esq' Jaffrey^ Lot also from No. 5 West thro' the
great Right No 3 to Limrick Road it being the Straight course betwixt
the County Towns from Amharst to No. 4 Crossing near the Center
of S'^ land A bridge is absolutly Needed at that place as it is about
262
CHARTER RECORDS.
half way betwixt Petersboi'ioiigh and Hillsborrough and will best Sute
the publick & the major part of the inhabetents and advance your
intrests It belonging wholly to the few Setlers to build s'^' Bridge we
depend upon your generous assistance to enable us without appression
to Compleat the Same
This is the earnst request of your Petitioners
William Smith
Joseph Boyd
William Anderson
James Aiken Jun""
James Gormon
John Aiken
George Duncan Jun'
William Betty
Abiel Upton
William Severns
John Duncan
William Duncan
James Duncan Jun'^
James Ney smith
Daniel Miltimor
Samuel Gregg jun"^
John Cochran
James Gregg Jun''
Robert Macfarland
Samuel Taylor
Geoige Moor Jun'^
Isaac Butterfield
John Hunter
George Duncan Ackw
Jonathan French D°
James Aiken
Robert Anderson
William Gregg
George Gregg
John Archibald
Henry Parkinson
Jonathan Adams
Thomas Craig
Jacob Basford
Charles Cooe
Geoi'ge Duncan
William Duncan jun'^
Daniel Macmillan
Benjamin Gregg
John Gregg
Rober Dinsmoor
Matthew Dickey
John Mackeen
John Mackeen Jun''
David Mackeen
John Hall
William jNIiltimor
William Clark of Ack
''^John Duncan Ditto
John Marsh
John Duncan
John Anderson
Archibald Macmurphy
Joseph Gregg
John Mackay
Robert Macmurphy
David Brewster
William Adams
Andrew Todd
Jonathan Reed
John Duncan Jun"^
Abraham Duncan
Isaac Brewster
James Miltimor
Samuel Gregg
James Gregg
Alexander Huchinson
Thomas Christ}^
Robert Mackeen
George Moor
Isaac Cochran
Robert Adams
worth
[Endorsed] Feb^ 22 To lay for farther Consideration
STODDARD. 263
SOMERSWORTH.
[Set off from Dover as a parish Dec. 19, 1729, but not entirely separated and
incorporated until April 22, 1754. Rollinsford was set off and incorporated July 3,
1849. Somersworth was incorporated as a city Feb. 24, 1893.
See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 760 ; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 506; papers
under title Dover ; Index to Laws, 509; sketch, Hurd's History of Strafford County,
1882, p. 680; Names of First Settlers, 3, Collections of N. H. Historical Society,
39; sermon at dedication of new Universalist Meeting-House, by J. P. Atkinson,
with address by T. F. King, 1833, pp. 23 ; Stewart's History of the Free Baptists,
1862, pp. 252, 375; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, p.
20; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 345; Historical Sketch, by W. D.
Knapp, in first city report, 1894 ; same in pamphlet.]
[For votes and petition of Somersworth and Dover men, see Wakefield papers.
—Ed.]
STODDARD.
[Granted by the Masonian Proprietors May 10, 1752, to Col. Sampson Stoddard
and others, and known as Moiiadnock iVo. 7, and Limerick. The charter was
renewed Nov. 4, 1767. Incorporated as Stoddard Nov. 4, 1774, and named in
honor of Col. Stoddard. The southwest corner was combined with portions of
Gilsum, Keene, and Nelson to form the town of Sullivan, Sept. 27, 1787. That
part of Stoddard included in the limits of Marlow and Gilsum was restored to Stod-
dard June 21, 1797. A part of the town was annexed to Nelson June 25, 1835.
See New Hampshire charters in preceding volumes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers,
552; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 455; Index to Laws, 523; sketch, Hurd's
History of Cheshire County, 1886, p. 331 ; sketch. Child's Gazetteer of Cheshire
County, 1885, p. 381 ; Biographical Notices of Physicians, i, N. H. Repository,
134; Lawrence's N. H. Churclies, 1856, p. 289.]
\_Cliartev of Stoddard, 1752.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 1, and Proprietors' Records, Vol. 6,
p. 123.]
Province of ) Pursuant to the Power And Authority Granted
New Hamp'' \ And vested in me by the Prop" of Lands Pur-
chassed of John Tufton Mason Esq in S'' Province of New Hamp' by
their vote passed At their meeting iield at Portsmouth in s'' Province
y"^ 6 day of December A D. 1751 —
264 CHARTER RECORDS.
I do by these presents on the Conditions & Limitations with the
Reservations hereafter expi-essed give and grant unto the Severall
persons hereafter named the Severall Proportions of Riglits unto
them Respectively mentioned vid' to Coll° Sampson Stoddard twenty
Shares to the Reverend M' Thomas Parker four Shares to Thomas
Read And Joseph Read two Shares to John Varnum Eight Shares to
Reuben Kidder Eight Shares to Thomas Read Jiin'' two Shares to
James Dunn two Shares to Benjamin Hoar two Shares to Thomas
Spalding four Shares to Peter Powers Six Shares to Benj'^ Farley
two Shares to William Blodget two Shares to Hugh Willson two
Shares to Robert Fletcher And Hugh Willson two Shares One Half
each to Daniel Stickney two Shares to John Butterfield two Shares to
Joseph Eayers two Shares to Andrew Spalding and Benjamin Fassett
two Shares one half each to Samuel Stevens two Shares to Josiah
Willard One Share to John Chamberlain two Shares to Nathaniel
Richardson two Shares to Ebenezer Peirce & Josiah Fisk two Shares
to Joseph Spalding two Shares And One Share for the Priviledge and
Encouragement of Building mills to be disposed of by the Grantees to
Robert Fletcher Seven Shares to John Varnam & Robert Fletcher
One Share in Equal Halves All the Right title Interest property
And possession of the prop''^ afores'^ the Grantors, of in And to all
that tract of Land or township Called Manadnock Nomber Seven in
the Province afores'' Containing About Six miles two Hundred
And Ninety rods Square, or of those Contents Bounded Southerly
On the township Called Manadnock Nomber Six Westerly on the
line Called the Patent line Else Where on the L^nappropriated lands
of the Grantors Begining at the North west Corner of Nomber Six
Afores'^ at the afores'^ Patent line from thence runing northerly by S''
Patent line Seven miles to a Stake and Stones from thence South
Eighty Degrees East Seven miles to a Beach tree marked from thence
South twenty One degrees west two miles to a Stake & Stons from
thence South fifteen degrees West five miles to a Stake in a pond
Called Rye pond in the line of Nomber Six Afores'' from thence North
Eighty degrees west Seven miles by S'^ Nomber Six to the Bounds first
Mentioned, To Have And To Hold to them their Heirs And Assigns
on the following terms and Conditions with the Reservations that is
to Say that the Whole tract of Land afores'' be Divided into One
Hundred And thirty Equall Shares And that Each Share Contain
three lotts Equitably Coupled together And Drawn for Att Dun-
stable at or before the last day of January next that three of the
Afores'^ Shares be granted And Appropriated free of all Charge One
for the first Settled minister One for the Ministry and One for the
School there forever
STODDARD. 265
That Twenty of the afores'' Shares be And hereby Are Reserved to
And for the Use of the Grantors their Heirs And Assigns forever,
Acquitted and Clere of all Such Charges as has or Shall Arise in
Bringing forward the Settlement untill Improved by them or Some
holding under them Respectively
That all the lotts of Grantors And Grantees be Subject to have all
necessary Roads Lay'd thro them As there Shall be Occasion for the
future without any pa}^ or allowance.
that there be ten Settlements made in the township afores'' by
the Following Grantees vid' Sampson Stoddard One James Dun One
Andrew Sj^alding and Benjamin Fassett One Reuben Kidder two
Thomas Spaulding two Samuel Stevens One John Butterfield One
Nathaniel Richardson one in the following Manner viz' that On or
before the last day of may 1755 there be for Each of the afores'' Set-
tlements two Acres Cleared Inclosed & fitted for mowing or tillage on
Some one Right Each and a Comfortable Dwellinghouse built And
finished b}^ that time and by them Selves or Some Other Person In
their Stead on Each Settlement Inhabit there And to Continue
Inhabitancy there for five Years then next Ensuing, and for each of
the S'' Settlements two Aci-es Annually to be Cleared Inclosed And
fitted as Afores'' from the S'' last of may 1755 for three Years then
Next Coming
Also that there be ten more Settlements made in the township
afores'' at or before the last day of may 1756 by the Following Gran-
tees that is to Say by Daniel Stickney One by John Chamberlain
One Reuben Kidder One Benjamin Hoar One Thomas Read &
Joseph Read One Joseph Eayers One Eben^ Peirce and Josiah Fisk
One Hugh Willson One Benjamin Farley One Thomas Read Jun""
One And that there be for the S'' ten Settlements each two Acres
Clered Inclosed And fitted As afoi-es'' And a house as afores'' Built
And Fitted as afores'^ And by them Selves or Some Other Person for
Each Settlement Resident there for four Years then next Coming the
wiiole of Each Duty to be done on Some one Right belonging to the
Respective Grantees afores'' And next Afterwards Annually on Each
Right Whereon the Respective Settlements afores'' Shall be made to
Clere Inclose & fitt as afores'' two Acres more for three Years then
next Coming
Also that there be ten more Settlements made in Said Township at
or before the last day of may 1757 by the following Grantees viz*
Sampson Stoddard four Peter Powers two the Reverend jNP Thomas
Parker two Tho*" Parker Jun' one Hugh Willson & Robert Fletcher
one And that there be for the S'^ ten Settlements On the Respective
lotts where on thev are made, each two Acres Clered Inclosed and
266
CHARTER RECORDS.
fitted As afores' And On Each a House Built as afores' And by them
selves or Some Other Person in their Stead on Each Settlement Con-
tinue Residence there for three Years then Next Com'ing the Whole
of each Settlement to be done on Some one Right Only Belonging to
the Respective Grantees afores'^ And Next Afterwards Annually on
Each Right Whereon the Respective Settlements afores'^ Shall be
made, there be Clered Inclosed And fitted As afores'^ two Acres more
for three Years then Next Coming
Also that there be ten more Settlements made in S'' Township att
or before the last day of may 1758 by the Following Grantees viz'
Sampson Stoddard three Mathew Thornton three John Varnam two
Reuben Kidder One William Blodget One and that there be for said
ten Settlements (each) two Acres Clered Inclosed and fitted As
afores'^ And a house Built as afores'^ And by themselves or Some
Other Person in their Stead, for such Settlement Continue Residency
there for two Years then next Coming the whole of each Respective
Duty to be done On Some one Share Belonging to the S'' Grantee his
Respective part, and next afterwards Annually On Each Share Where
S'' Settlement Shall be made two Acres be Clered Inclosed And
Fitted as afores'^
That the afores'' Grantees or their Assigns by a Major vote in a
Publick meeting Called for that purpose Grant And Assess Such
Sums as they Shall think necessary for Carrying forward and Com-
pleating the Settlement afores'^ And Any of the Grantees afores'^ ex-
clusive of the three publick Rights afores'^ Who shall neglect, for the
Space of two months then Next after Such Assessment Shall be made
And posted up at Such place and Places as Shall be Appointed for
Notifying Prop'"'^ meetings so much of Such Deliquents Right or
Rights, Shall or may be Sold As will pay the tax And all Charges
Arising thereon by a Com'ittee of Nondelinquent Grantees Appointed
for that purpose,
And in Case Any of the Grantees Shall Neglect or Refuse to Per-
form Any of the Articles Matters And things afores'' to be done by
him Respectively he Shall Forfeit Two of his or their Shares And
Rights in S'' Township and every part thereof for each Delinquency
of a Right in Duty to those of the Grantees that Shall have Complyed
with the Conditions on their part And it Shall & may be Lawful! for
them or Any Person in their Name and by their Authority to Enter
into And upon Such Delinquents Right or Rights As before Specified
to be forfeited and him to Amove Oust And Expell, for the Use of S''
Grantees their Heirs And Assigns Provided they Settle or Cause to
be Settled each Such Delinquent Right or Rights within one Year at
the furthest that is by this Instrument Stipulated to be done as the
STODDARD. 267
Conditions of this Grant And fully discharge And Comply with the
whole duty Such Delinquent & Delinquents Ought to have done
within One Year After the Severall Periods thereof And in Case the
s'^ Grantees fullfilling their part as afores'^ Shall Neglect fullfilling as
afores'' the duty of any Delinquent Owner nor he himself Perform it
As afores'^ that then Such Share or Shares Shall be forfeit Revert
And Belong to the Grantors their Heirs & Assigns and to be Wholly
at their Disposall Always provided there be no Indian War Within
Any of the terms Limitted as afores'^ for doing the duty Conditioned
in this Grant to be done and in Case that Should Happen the Same
time to be Allowed for the ResiJective matters And things afores'^
After Such Impediment Shall be Removed Also that all White pine
trees fitt for masting his majestys Ryall Navy be And hereby Are
Granted unto his Majesty his heirs & Successors forever Lastly the S''
Grantors do hereby promis to the S'^ Grantees their heirs And
Assigns to defend through the Law to King and Councill if need be
One Action that Shall And may be brought Against any person or
number of persons Claiming the Township or any part thereof by any
Other Tittle than that of the S'' Grantors or that by Which they hold
And Derive theirs from provided the S'^ Grantors Are avouched in to
Defend the Same And that in Case of finall tryall the Same Shall be
Recovered Against the Grantors the S'^ Grantees Shall Recover noth-
ing Over Against the Grantors for the S'^ Lands Improvements &
epence in Bringing forward the Settlement Afores'' In Testimony
Whereof I Joseph Blanchard Agent for the Prop'* afores'^ And On
Their Behalf have here unto Sett my hand And Seal this tenth day of
may 1752 And in the 26"^ Year of his majestys Reign
Signed Sealed and Joseph Blanchard [Seal]
Delivered In presence of
Daniel Moor
Sarah Blanchard
John Varnum Propriators Cler
268 CHARTER RECORDS.
IDraft of Lots, 1753.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 2, and Proprietors' Records, Vol. 6, p. 130.]
2; CL,
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Daniel Stickney .
Ebenzer Peirce
Thomas Parker Jun'^
Cap' John Chamberlain .
James Dun .
Tho« Wallingsford Esq'
Marthf Thorontn .
Ministrey
Col" Sampson Stodard .
Thomas Paccker Esq'' .
Col" Sampson Stoddard
Benjamin Fasset .
John Varnam
Col" Joseph Blanchard Esq
Rever*! Thomas Parker .
Reuben Kidder
Tho' Spaulding
Thomas Reed Esq'
Daniel Stickney
Col° Sampson Stoddard
Col° Sampson Stoddard
Benj» Farley
Joseph Spaulding .
Col" Sampson Stoddard
Minister ...
Cap" Peter Powers
Col. Nath" Meserve Esq'' and
Joseph Eayers
Marthow Thorontn Esq"^
Col" Sampson Stoddard
Col" Sampson Stoddard
Tho* Parker Jun-" .
Mark Hunk'' Wentworth Esq
William Parker Esq''
Reubin Kidder
Thomas Spaulding
Peter Powers
Joseph Eayers
Joshua Peirce
Col" Sampson Stoddard
Cap' Peter Powers
others
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18
19
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3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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13
14
15
16
17
18
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20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
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4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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24
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26
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23
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John Varnam
Reuben Kidder
John Rindge
Peter Powers
Martho Thoronton Esq''
Thomas Parl-cer Rever'^
Marth° Livermore Esq''
William Blotchet .
John Varnam
Samuel Stevens
Benj" Hoar .
Tho* Parker Jun"" .
Andrew Spaulding
John Butterfield .
Josiah Fisk .
Coi° Sampson Stoddard
John Varnam
Colo Sampson Stoddard
William Blotchet .
Theodore Atkinson Esq
Robert Fletcher .
Samuel Stevens
Thos Reed Esq"" .
Col« Sampson Stoddard
John iMoffatt Esq''
James Dun .
Jotham Oddiorne Esq''
Col° Sampson Stoddard
Mill Right .
Benjamin Hoar
John Tuftin Mason & Tomlin
Marth° Thoronton Esq""
Reubin Kidder
Col° Sampson Stoddard
Marth° Thoronton Esq'"
John Butterfield
John Varnam
Martho Thoronton Esq"'
Marth" Thorontn Esq''
Daniel Pierce & Mayson Esq
Hugh Willson
12
8
18
4
20
13
8
17
4
15
23
8
8
12
9
15
8
23
3
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16
8
4
3
3
17
8
7
4
24
18
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5
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20
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21
22
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18
24
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6
10
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16
9
9
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5
25
8
5
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26
8
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6
27
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6
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7
28
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6
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15
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20
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24
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9
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6
7
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12
8
9
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CHARTER RECORDS.
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Col" Sampson Stoddard
Thomas Spaulding
John Wentworth Esq''
John Chamberlain
Joseph Spaulding .
John Varnam
Col" Sampson Stoddard
School Right
Tho» Spaulding
Nath'i Richardson
Robert Fletcher
Col° Sampson Stoddard
Robert Fletcher .
Tho» Reed Jun"'
Tho' Parker Jun'' .
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Col" Sampson Stoddard
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Tho^ Parker Jun' .
Hugh Willson
John Varnam
Richard Wybird Esq'
Georg Gaffrey Esq''
Peter Powers
Revr'i Thomas Parker
Reuben Kidder
Reuben Kidder
Revrd Tho» Parker
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Josiah Willard
Col" Sampson Stoddard
Col" Sampson Stoddard
Marth" Thorontn Esq''
John Varnam
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STODDARD.
271
Dunstable January y*^ 2'" 1753
•The Oiegenal Scliadule Exemined and Rectified by
Robert Fletcher Clerk
Dunstabl March O^*^ 1753
A Trew Copv Examined '^
John Varnura Propriators Cler
[Plan of Stoddard, 1753.]
^ _ 2 £ "S ti 2 S-
DunalaUe January y< 2^ IJS3. V'-.
Jt Trew Co/ifiy of a. Jilan of TTloniuinock Tli.J- •'.';..
Taktn jram y' OTicLaina.ll T'' Hohtii rietcker Cltr
Dandallt March y'' 10 ■ IJi3.
JTiewCofiy Ena-mmtd i- John Tarnum Tro/iTidors Cler—
[Acceptance of Charter, 1753.]
fMasonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 3. and Proprietors' Records, Vol. 6, p.
133.]
Whereas Joseph Blanchard Esq as Agent for and in y*^ Name &
behalf of the Proprietors of y'' Lands In y*^ Province of New Hamp-
shir Purchased by them of John Tufton Mason Esq' Who Sold to
them under the title made by a Common Recovery : Did on y*^ 10
Day of may A : D : 1752 Grant y*^ Quantity of Forty Eight Square
272 CHARTER RECORDS.
Miles part of Said Lands Being the Contents of about Six miles
Two Hundred and Ninety Rods Square. Bounded Southerly on y**
Township Called Manadnock N° 6 : Westerly on the Line Called the
Pattent Line : Else Where on unapropriated Lands of y*' S'^ Grantors.
Begining at y*^ Northwest Corner of s'' N° 6 : At the S'' Pattent Line
and From thence Runing Northerly by S' Line Seven miles to a Stak
& stones From thence Runing South Eighty Degrees east seven miles
to a Beach tree: From thence South Twenty one Degrees West Two
miles to a Stake In a pond Called the Rye pond: From thence Run-
ing South 17 Degrees West five miles to a Heap of Stones In y'' Line
of s'^ N" 6 : from thence North Eighty Degrees West Seven miles To
the Bounds first mentioned. —
Under Certain Conditions Limitations & Reservations in S'^ Grant
mentioned as by s'^ Grant Referance thereto Will fully appear. —
unto Col° Sampson Stoddard, y*^ Reverd M' Thomas Parker, Thos.
Reed es', Jos : Read Jn° Varnum Reubin Kidder Mathew Thornton,
Thomas Parker Jun^' Thomas Read Jun'' James Dun, Benj'^ Hoar,
Tho^ Spaulding, Peter Powers, Benj* Farley W"* Blodget Hugh
Willson, Robert Fletcher Daniel Stickny John Butterfield Jos : Ayev
Andrew Spaulding, Benj'* Fasset, Samuel Stevens, Josiah Willard Jn°
Chamberlain, Nathaniel Richardson Ebenezer Peirce Josiah Fisk Jos:
Spaulding,
Therefore Voted That we Do Hereby accept Said Title and for our
Selves our Heirs and assignes Do acknowledge that We Do Hold Said
Lands under S'' Tittle Conditions and Limitations With the Reserva-
tions therein mentioned
Dunstable March y« 9"' 1753.
A Trew Copy Examined "^
John Varnum Proijriators Cler
\_Petitionfor Regrant^ 1767.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 4.]
Province of \ To the Proprietors of Land Claimd under John
New Hamp"" ( Tufton Mason Esq"^ Commonly Called Masons Grant
or Patent, Octob^ 8. 1767—
The Petition of Col° Sampson Stoddard & Jonathan Blanchard
Humbly Shews, —
That the Tract of Land Called Monad'^ N« 7. Granted In Your
Right in the Year 1752 to Sundry Persons Named in the Grant the
STODDARD.
273
Major part of Whose Claims were finally Vested In Your Petitioners,
That as the Grantees were not Able to fulfill the Conditions of the
Grant they must & Do hereby Acknowledge it is Justly forfeited
according to the Terms & Conditions In Said Grant mentioned &
therefore We Do (to avoid further Trouble) Surrender the Tract of
Land & pray that after You have Caused a Re-Entry & Resumption
thereof to be made you woud be pleased to Grant Your Right Title
& Demand in the Same to the Several Grantees Agreeable to a Sched-
ule herewith Presented being Principally the same who Were named
as Grantees aforesaid On such Terms & Conditions as You shall
Judge Reasonable
Sampson Stoddard
Jon'* Blanchard
50 houses & settlem^^ Were Enjoyned upon y'' former Grantees in
this Town
[^Schedule of Proprietors and Lots, 1767.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 5.]
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bJO
of Monadic N" 7.
0
2
Z
Z
ri
&H
Col° Sampson Stoddard
17
5
17
10
16
ID
the Same
18
5
18
10
15
10
Ebenezer Peirce
19
5
24
9
20
5
Col° Stoddard
I
7
14
1 1
8
0
John Chamberlain
2
7
18
2
24
5
James Dun .
3
7
26
I
24
4
Thomas Wallingford
4
7
24
0
25
0
Matthew Thornton
5
7
22
3
23
2
ministry
6
7
13
3
14
3
Colo Stoddard
7
7
19
8
1 1
12
Thomas Packer Esq''
8
7
28
12
16
13
Col" Stoddard
9
7
23
1 1
23
0
the same
10
7
9
I
20
0
John Varnum Esq""
II
7
24
3
26
0
Jon" Blanchard
12
7
28
II
17
12
Col° Stoddard
13
7
27
12
18
12
the Same
14
7
21
5
19
12
the Same
15
7
22
5
21
4
Thomas Reed Esqu''
16
7
25
12
26
4
Col° Stoddard
17
7
15
0
24
I
the Same
18
7
26
12
25
4
18
274
CHARTER RECORDS.
A List of the Names of the Propr"
3J
biO
of Monad'' N^ 7.
2
0
2
Pi;
0
^
Pi
the Same .....
19
7
25
5
27
0
Ebenezer Farley .
20
7
24
2
20
I
Joseph Spaulding .
21
7
23
I
28
I
Col« Stoddard
22
7
27
I
0 -
*"3
2
for the first minister
23
7
0
3
8
3
Col" Stoddard
24
7
6
3
19
3
Nathi Meserve & Others
25
7
2
4
6
4
Stephen Powers
26
7
17
3
II
4
Matthew Thornton
27
7
23
5
26
2
Col° Stoddard
28
7
4
4
10
4
the Same
I
8
8
4
16
I
the same
2
8
9
4
17
2
Mark Hs Wentworth Es
q^
3
8
10
2
17
0
William Parker Esq''
4
8
14
4
13
4
Col" Stoddard
5
8
5
0
10
I
the Same
6
8
12
2
17
I
Col° Stoddard
7
8
I
2
12
I
Stephen Powers
8
8
19
I
23
4
Joshua Peirce Esq™ heir
s
9
8
12
3
7
2
Col" Stoddard
10
8
8
0
9
2
Roland Cotton Esq"'
1 1
8
13
I
14
0
Benjamin Farley .
12
8
18
4
20
4
Hugh Willson
13
8
17
4
15
3
Nathaniel Cotton .
23
8
8
12
9
12
John Varnum Esq''
15
8
23
3
1 1
ID
Col" Stoddard
16
8
4
3
3
3
John Rindge
17
8
7
4
24
4
Roland Cotton Esq""
18
8
I
3
5
3
Matthew Thornton Esq
14
8
I
I
0
I
Col« Stoddard
20
8
I
4
3
4
Matthew Livermore
21
8
19
II
21
II
William Blodget .
02
8
OO
II
18
1 1
John Varnum Esqu''
24
8
6
10
4
13
Samuel Stevens
16
9
9
II
5
II
Benjamin Hoar
25
8
5
3
8
13
Col° Stoddard
26
8
17
1 1
6
1 1
the Same
27
8
6
13
7
13
Benjamin Butterfield
28
8
I
13
2
12
Stephen Powers . . .
I
9
3
2
4
2
Col" Stoddard
2
9
13
2
6
I
the Same
4
9
15
II
12
II
John Varnum Esq"^
3
9
10
1 1
18
13
William Blodget .
15
9
20 i
1 1
24
II
Theodore Atkinson Esq'
6
9
5
12
6
12
Rebecca Blanchard
7
9
3
12
12
12
Samuel Stevens
8 1
9
13
12
14
12
STODDARD.
275
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(U
<u
A List of the Names of the Prop"
b/3
be
c
fcij
of Monad'' N'^ 7.
Z
0
2
0
2
rt
^
Thomas Reed Esq''
9
9
7
II
8
I I
Col° Stoddard ....
10
9
3
II
4
I I
Samuel Moftatt ....
II
9
2
I I
16
3
James Dun . , . . .
12
9
4
12
6
14
heirs of Joth"! Odiorne Esq'' .
13
9
24
12
12
13
Sampson Stoddard jun'' .
14
9
13
5
I
12
alloWi for Building mills to be )
16
Dispos'd oft" by the Grantees ^
5
9
13
I I
1 1
Benjamin Hoar ....
14
n
9
3
10
3
John Tufton Mason Esq"""
17
9
I
II
25
1 1
Matthew Thornton Esq''
18
9
7
12
2
13
Sampson Stoddard Jun'
19
9
2 2
12
21
12
Col» Stoddard ....
20
9
18
I
22
I
Matthew Thornton Esq''
21
9
27
9
28
9
Ephraim Spaulding Esq''
I
6
5
4
o
2
John Varnum Esq''
2
6
5
I
4
I
Matthew Thornton Esq''
3
6
19
0
21
0
the Same .....
4
6
26
5
27
5
Daniel Peirce Esq'' & the )
heirs of Mary Moor ^
5
6
27
4
15
4
Hugh Willson ....
6
6
16
4
12
4
Thomas Reed Jun""
7
6
16
n
22
0
Col" Stoddard ....
8
6
16
0
21
I
the Same .....
9
6
28
5
28
4
heirs of Jn" Wentworth Esq"" .
10
6
26
6
27
6
John Chamberlain
1 1
6
28
6
21
10
Joseph Spaulding ....
12
6
24
10
25
10
John Varnum Esq"^
13
6
22
10
26
10
Vryling Stoddard ....
15
6
16
12
1 1
13
for the School ....
14
6
26
II
27
1 1
Vryling Stoddard ....
16
6
9
13
10
13
heirs of Nath' Richardson
17
6
3
13
I
14
Rebecca Blanchard
18
6
13
13
14
13
Col« Stoddard ....
19
6
15
13
17
13
Rebecca Blanchard
20
6
25
6
12
0
Thomas Reed Jun''
21
6
22
0
25
I
€01° Stoddard ....
0 ->
6
14
I
15
I
Wid" Mary Parker of Litchfield
-3
6
6
2
21
2
Col" Stoddard ....
24
6
27
2
28
2
Clement March Esq'' &c )
I
5
I
ID
10
Hancock & Lynds ^
"
Roland Cotton ....
2
5
10
ID
3
14
Wid" Mary Parker of Litchfield
3
5
7
10
1 1
3
Hugh Willson ....
4
5
5
14
8
10
John Varnum Esq"''
5
5
20
12
ID
12
heirs of R. Wibird Esq^
6
5
3
ID
4
10
276
CHARTER RECORDS.
<u
<u
<u
A List of the Names of the Prop"
be
of Monad'' N^ 7.
0
2;
'V'
Z
Z
George Jaffrey Esq''
7
5
7
14
15
12
Roland Cotton
8
5
9
10
23
10
Col" Stoddard
9
5
5
10
28
10
Nathi Cotton
10
5
20
10
23
12
the same
II
5
22
9
14
10
Col" Stoddard
12
5
25
9
27
10
heirs of N. Richardson
2
14
23
9
26
9
Josiah Willard Esq"-
14
5
13
0
9
0
Col° Stoddard
15
5
13
ID
'9
10
the same
16
5
8
I
3
I
Matthew Thornton Esq^
1-
II
II
21
13
II
2
John Varnum Esq"""
7
3
19
13
10
0
Reuben Kidder Esqu^
12
10
20
13
8
14
Rebecca Blanchard
18
3
19
3
28
3
the same
21
3
19
2
22
13
the same
20
3
20
0
23
13
the same
26
3
1 1
I
25
3
the same
27
3
28
I
28
0
the Same
15
2
4
14
II
0
Rebecca Blanchard & )
18
0
7
I
27
00
John Varnum Esq"'' j
October 9"^ 1767 this Schedule Exhibited
Filed & Accepted ^ y* Grantors
Sampson Stoddard
Jon^ Blanchard
attest. Geo : Jaffrey Prop"^^ CI
\_Regrcvnt of Stoddard, 1767.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, Nov. 4, 1767.]
Province of ) Portsmouth November 4^'^ 1767 Wednesday five of
Ne'w Hampsh'' \ the Clock afternoon, at the dwelling house of James
Stoodly Esqu'' Innholder The Proprietors meet according to adjourn-
ment—
Whereas the said Proprietors on the 6"^ day of December 1751,
Authoriz'd & Impowered Joseph Blanchard late of Dunstable in said
Province Esq"" Deceased to Grant their Right, Title & Interest in & to
the Lands within their Claim to such Persons as would Engage to
STODDARD. 277
settle & Improve the same under such Limitations as were just &
Reasonable — Pursuant to which Power on the 10*'' day of May 1752
he granted to Sampson Stoddaixl, Thomas Parker, Thomas Read, &
divers others making in the whole One hundred & Eight Shares " all
the Right, Title & Demand of said Proprietors, of in & unto that
Tract of Land called Menadnock N° Seven in said Province, Contain-
ing Six Miles, two hundred & Ninety Rod Square or thereabouts
bounded Southerly on the Township called Menadnock Number Six
Westerly on the Line called the Patent Line, Elsewhere on unap-
propriated Lands of the Grantors beginning at the North West Cor-
ner of Number Six aforesaid, at the aforesaid Patent Line from thence
running Northerly by said Patent Line Seven Miles to a stake &
Stones, from thence South Eighty Degrees East Seven Miles to a
Beech tree marked, from thence South twenty One Degrees West,
two Miles to a Stake & Stones, from thence South fifteen Deg: West,
five miles to a Stake in a Pond called Rye Pond in the Line of Num-
ber Six aforesaid from thence North Eighty Deg: West Seven Miles
by said Number Six to the first bounds Mentioned " —
To have & to hold to them, their Heirs & Assigns in Several &
Distinct Shares, on the Terms & Conditions in said Grant Expressed
with a right of Re Entry reservVl for the Grantors on the Shares or
parts of those who should fail of Performing the Conditions Limitted
as aforesaid, all which may at large appear by Reference to said
Grant — And whereas the said Grantees have forfeited their Respec-
tive Shares by not Settling & Complying with the Terms & Condi-
tions Limitted & agreed to by them as aforesaid, & tho' no Advantage
of such Forfeiture has been taken against any of them heretofore, &
they have been Lidulged with a further time than was Originally
Stipulated, of which they ought to have availed themselves, but in
that they have also failed. Whereupon the Grantors have Re-entered &
resumed the Right and Possession of said Tract of Land & the said
Grantees acknowledging their Neglect & Default herein, the Right of
Resumption aforesaid, & having Peaceably Surrendered the same,
have Petitioned the said Proprietors to make a new Grant thereof to
the Petitioners who are mostly the former Grantees, all which having
been duly Consider'd, and also that many of the said Shares are in
some Degree fitted & Prepared for settlement & that under such Cir-
cumstances it would be more Equitable that those who have taken
any Steps toward Settling said Shares should have the Advantage of
their own Care & Labour rather than Strangers, Therefore Voted
That all the Right, Title, Literest, Claim, Propeity and Demand of
the Said Proprietors of in & unto the aforesaid Tiact of Land called
Menadnock Number Seven, bounded as aforesaid, be & hereby is
278 CHARTER RECORDS.
Granted to CoP Sampson Stoddard Esq^ Ebenezer Peirce. John
Chamberlain & others, whose Names are Mentioned in the Schedule or
List hereunto annexed, in the Proportion therein Mentioned making
twenty Seven in the whole, on the Terms, Conditions, and Limita-
tions hereafter mentioned To have and to hold to them, their Heirs &
Assigns in Severalty as the same has been Divided into Seperate Lots
& as the said Lots are numbered & set to the respective Names in
said Schedule, on the following Terms, Conditions and Limitations,
First that Seventeen of the shares as the same are Severed, allotted,
& Divided, Numbered & fixed to the several Names, be & hereby is
reserved to the use of the Grantors their Heirs & Assigns free & Ex-
empted of & from all Charges of Settlement & all other Charges
untill Improved by them, their Heirs & Assigns — Secondly that three
of the aforesaid shares be & hereby are appropriated. One for the first
Minister of the Gospel who shall be settled in said Township, one for
nse of the Ministry, & one for the use of a School there forever —
Thirdly, that the remaining Shares be and hereby are Granted & ap-
propriated to the Several Person's & Sever'd to them respectively
their Heirs & Assigns as mention'd & Numbered in said Schedule,
and each Lot of Land in said Tract shall be Subject to have Necessary
High Ways laid thro' them as there shall be Occasion, free from the
Charge of paying for the Land, laid out as an High Way untill an In-
corporation & then to come under the Regulation of the Law in that
Regard — Fourthly that the Grantees aforesaid who are Subject to the
Duty of Settlement build Fifty houses on said Tract of Land, such
Shares to have one House on one of the Lots belonging to it Respec-
tively as the Grantees shall Determine by regular Votes, according to
their Interests, within two Years from the Date hereof, each house to
be built so as to have one Room, Sixteen feet Square or Equal thereto,
and also have twelve Acres of Land cleared & fitted for Tillage, Mow-
ing & Pasturage within the Term of two Years, and to add one Acre
more annually, (till the Inhabitants there shall be Incorporated) on
each Share the said Houses to be well fitted dk, made Comfortable Habita-
tions, & the said Land to be Cleared in a good Husbandmanlike Man-
ner, and Every Particular Grantee aforesaid shall pay his due propor-
tion of all Taxes necessary to the Making said Settlement in the
Articles aforesaid & in what follows on Pain of forfeiting his Right in
said Land or so much thereof as shall answer his Proportion of such
Taxes to be dispos'd of by a Committee to be Chosen by a Major part of
the Grantees appointed for that Purpose. —
Fifthly, the said Grantees shall build a Meeting house for Public
Worship within four Years from the Date hereof & shall maintain
constant Preaching in such House after four Years from the Date
hereof.
STODDARD. 279
Sixthly all White Pine trees, growing on any part of said Land,
tho' severed into Lots, are hereby reserv'd, that are fit for his
Majesty's use for that Purpose, to him, his Heirs & Successors. —
Seventhly if the Grantees shall fail & make Default of Compleat-
ing the Settlement in Manner & form aforesaid it shall be Lawfull to
& for the said Proprietors & their Successors to re-enter into & upon
the said Premises, to resume their Right & Possession & become
again Seized thereof, as in their former Estate, and as if this Grant
had not been Made —
'[Account of Settlements in Stoddard, 1770.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 6, p. 134.]
monadnock N" Seven Called Limbrick
first Right j
Dra" by j Stodard Esq/: L: n° 12: R: 11"^ by Lee Liiproved. —
Going on
by Stodard Esq"": L: 9 : R: 6: Settled by Scott and Improves 9
in the 7"^ Range Duty Don
by Stodard Esq'": L: 8: R: 6: Settled by Gilchrist Singel man
Daniel Peirce Esq'^ L : 5 : R : 6 : by morrison Well Improved & Going
on
bv Varnum Esq-- : L : 26 : R : 10 : Settled by Warlton— Duty
Don
by Stodard Esq'": L: 25: R9: Settled by Richardson Richard
by Stodard Esq' L. 23 : R 9 by Richardson Nath''' Improved
Jacob Reed L : 7 : R 6 : by Reed Improved. — Going on
Ebenezer peirce L: 21 : R 9 : b}^ Swan William Improved. Going
on
Roling Cotton L : 23 : R 8 : by Swan William Improved
by Thornton Esq"^ L 3 : R 6 : by mitchel James Improved.
Going on
Thomas parker L 3 : R 5 : by mitchel William Improved. Going
on
by Spaulding L 25 : R 10 : by Spaulding Improved
by Reed L: 16: R: 7 by Reed Improved
by Wright L 11: R 7 by Wright Improved
by Stodard Esq'" L 16 : R 9 by Butterfield Cap* Improved
by Stodard Esq' L 17 : R 10 by Butterfield amos Improved
by Stodard Esq'^ L 17 : R 11 by Putnam Improved
by Stodard Esq'^ L 16 : R 8 Settled by Taggart for Stodard
Datv Don
280 CHARTER RECORDS.
by Dun L 4 : R 7 by Dun Improved. Going on
by Thornton Esq"^ L 21 : R 9 Settled by Cannada Singel man
Roling Cotton L 2 : R 5 Settled by Bartlett
by Cotton L 20 : R 10 by Hildech Improved
by Stodard Esq'' L 27 : R 10 by Scott William Improved.
Going on
by Stodard Esq"^ L 7 : R 7 by mitcliel Samuel Improved. Going on
by Cap' Benjamin Hoar one Right the present oner William Wil-
son Kild or Captivated in the War the taxes paid by Robart Wilson
Who Saith he Will Do y^ Duty a True acompt of all the Settlements
Err^ Excep'^ per
April 24»> 1770 Enoch Hale
It appeareth that y^ Curve Line When Run between marlo and
Limbrick Cut of from marlo four famiP viz Church marther Tubs
and Backwith —
[_Enoc]i Hale to George Jaffrey, 1770.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 6.]
Sir at Least What I have Sent to your Hon'' in Regard To those
People that Wintered in monadnock N° Seven Should miscary I Now
Rite in Grate haste having an oppertunaty to Send Direct those that
Wintered in N° 7 Called Limrick is Taggart Richardson Warton &
Bartlett I Would also Inform that y*^ Grate Number of Lotts That
Was Returned Improved many of them are not under proper Improve-
ment by Grase or Grane or fence but onley Sum Small peaces Choped
Down With a Camp on y*^ Same but those that have more Don may
be Known by What is Sed in y'^ Return at y*^ Eand of Sundry Knames
Going on &C Sir if you Nead my furtlier Information I am Ready to
Serve I Shall be Down by September Court if nothing provent —
I am Sir y'^ most obed' and Humble Servent
monadnock N° Two June 15"' 1770 Enoch Hale
To y*^ Honourable George Jaffrey Esq'' In Portsmouth
\_Settlers and Improvements^ 1770.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 7.]
An ace' of y*^ Settlers at Limrick alies Monadnock N" 7 as Taken by
STODDARD. 281
their Committee at s'' Limriek this 22'' Day of Sepf^ A : D : 1770. as
follows : (viz). —
1' Jn« Gill Christ on y« 1' Lot In the 4"^ Range
2^1 Nathaniel Bartlet on y*^ 2'' Lot Li y*" 4"^ Range
Zebadiah Keys on y*" 1' Lot In the 5'^^ Range
James Mitchel on y^ 4"' Lot in y*^ 5 Range —
Abraham Moriison on y*" 5"' Lot in y*" H"^ Range
Thomas Read on y® 7"* Lot in y* 6''^ Range —
W"' Gillchrist on y^ 8"' Lot in y*^ 6"> Range
Allexeander Scott on y*^ 9"' Lott in y*^ 6 Range
James Scot on y** 9"' Lot in the 5"' Rang —
Peter Edes on y*^ 7'^^ Lot In 7"' Range —
James McDanills on y*^ 8"" Lot in y*^ 8"' Range.
John Rob on y*^ 7*^*^ Lot In y*^ Eighth Range
Silas Wright on y^ 15"' Lot in y'' 7'*' Range
Jos : Read on y*" 16"* in y*^ Seventh Range
Jn° Taggard ; on y'^ 16"' in y*" 8"' Range
Jn° Cannada ; on v'' 21*^ in y^ In the 9"' Range
W"' Swann, on y*^ 24"' In y'' 9"'—
Richard Richardson, on y*^ 2.')"' In y*^ 9"'
Reuben Walton, on the 26"' In v*^ 10"'—
W" Mitchel, on the 3'^ Lot in y''' 5"' Range
W'" Swann, on y" 23'^ on the Eighth
Silas Wright, on the 15"' Lot in y*^ 6'" Range
Amaziah Hildreth, on y« 20"' Lot in the 10"' Range.
Samuel Stevens, on y® 15'" in y^ 9"' Range.
Benjamin Dunn, on y® 12"' Lot In the 9"' Range.
James Dunn, on y*' 3'^ Lot on y*^ 7"' Range.
Oliver Parker, on y« 16'" Lot In y*^ 10"' Range. | {
Oliver Parker, on V 15'" Lot on V 10'" Range < \
Amos Butterfield on y*^ 17'" Lot on j^ 10'" Range
Jn" Taggard on y*" 22'^ Lot in y*^ 9'" Range.
Arkelas Putnam on y** 17"' Lot in y'^ 11'" Range
Jonathan Bennit on y*" 14'" Lot on v*^ 11"' Range
Tho^ Lee on y« 12'" Lot in y*^ 11'" Range
Jos : Dodge, on y® 11'" Lot in the 10'^ Range
Jos : Dodge Jun"" on y*^ 11'" Lot in y*^ 11'" Range
Jerathmeal Powers, on y® 20'" Lot in y^ 13*^' Range
Stephen & Moses Bennit, on y® Lot in y* Range
Runiels M'^Cullestor on y*' 2'' Lot in y*^ 9'" Range
Edmond Tavler on v*" 3' Lot in v*^ 9'" Ranoe
282
CHARTER RECORDS.
Aseph Mather
Titus Church
conveyed to Matson
Freddrick Tubs ^^^® Last Mentioned nine are on the West-
Jn° Novce M-xther ^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ Town Neare the Pattent
Ephr- Brock Worth | ^ine all Well Settled.—
Samuel Conistock j
Timothy owing |
Selvenus Beckworth J
one Walton Setled on the North Easterly Corner of s'^ Town (Since
by him Conveyed to one Tayler)
John M'^^Daniel, on y*^ Lot in y*^ Range
Sam^ Stevens Jun'' on y® 15'^ Lot in y'' 9'^^ Range
Simmeon Church on y® 21' Lot in y® 1*2"^ Range
Titus Church on y*^ 21' Lot in y^ 13'^' Range —
A Copy Tacken from the Committee of Manadnock N° 7 : ace' of
the Settlers there
Examined ^p John Varnum Propriators Clerk
Dracutt april 27"' 1771.
\^I>ates of Certain Settlements, 1771.]
[^Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 8. J
Mr. gohn taggard came in 1769 with a family
Amos Butterfeld came in .June 1770 a hous and Some land cled
titus Curch came in 1770 I know not how much land clerd
Reuban walton came in 1769
Richard Richardson came 1769 , i j. i n j
., I c ^j. -i-Ti^n K toward twelve acurs cleared up
Alexander Scott came 17 by > i • j • • I
Abraham morison came 1770
these have houses and well
up
ad-
[ and improved apice in mons
nock N° 7 or Limbrick
James michchel came 1770 j
I went myself in 1770 and have 4 acurs improved and near 10 more
cut down on y® 17"' lot in y'' 11'^' rang. Archelaus Putnam
Amos Butterfelds lot is y*" 17"' in y*' 10"" rang
John taggards is y*^ 16"' in y® 9"', if I mistake not this is a true
minet of N° 7 only about 3 or 4 Scingle men
Manadnock n° 7 — This mem'' given by Archelaus Putnam Jan'' 29"^
1771
STODDARD. 283
[Petition of William 3Iatsoti, 1771.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 9.]
Province of New | To The Honourable Proprietors of Mason's
Hampshire ( Patent (so Called).
The Petition William Matson of Lyme in the County of New Lon-
don and Colony of Connicticut
Humbly Shews. That several Years ago your honours made a
Grant of a Certain Tract of Land in said Patent, by the name of Mon-
adnock Number Seven, to Coll" Sampson Stoddard and others his
Associates, That the time limitted in said Grant has been some time
Elapsed, and the Conditions thereof in no way Complied with, and
Consequently said Land Reverts to your honours the Grantors as
Forfeited.
Wherefore your Petitioner Earnestly Prays your honours to make
a Grant of the same Land to him and his Associates upon such Con-
ditions as to your honors in your Wisdom shall Think most Expedient
— And vour Petitioner will Ever Pray &c
Portsmouth April 19'^^ 1771. William Matson
I will Engage to Settle Thirty Families on said Land within three
years. Ten of which shall be moved on Immediately after the Grant
is made.
William Matson
\_Report of Committee on Roads and Settlements, 1771.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 10.]
Limrick Auirust 1* 1771. —
Honered S''
After Complyments &c. — At the Request of y'^ Grantees of Manad-
nock N°: 7 We Set out for this place y" 25"^ of July Last To View y®
Situation and Circumstances of y'^ Settlements & Roads in this Town.
& to Examin into y*^ Necessity & Conveniancy of Laying out any
more or Further Roads here for the Benefit of the publick. Notwith-
standing y® Extreem Heat We arived on y*^ 26"^ aplyed Closly to
Business vewed the New Road that We Laid out Last fall from the
Great Road In Limrick Called King Street (which We then Laid)
through the South Easter Corner of Limrick and in the Land Called
Society Lands around the Great and Dificult mountain Called Role-
ston mountain and found the Same to be an Excellent Road When
284 CHARTER RECORDS.
Compared With that that Went over the Top of s'^ Mountain & also
found that Mitchel whom We Hived to Cut s'^ Road had Cleared the
Same much Better then We Expected, We accepted Said Road & paid
mitchel to Content for his Cleareing S'^ Road (found that he had
acted upon Honer therein) beleve that about Forty or Fifty Dollars
more Laid out In Bridging and Causseying S'' Road Will make it an
Excellent Traviling Road and Will Remove the Great Dificulty of the
Grand Role Stone Intirely out of Sight, whose Height Seemed almost
to Reach the Clouds & hath been a Great Imbarrisment to y'^ Settle-
ments whose Inhabitants was obliged (as our Roads Lay Before We
Serched out & Cut this New Road) To ascend With panting & De-
scend with Trembling the Mighty Loft of Roleston Which hath been
Constantly asserted Could not be avoided. We have also viewed the
Road by us Laid out In September Last from the Center of Manad-
nock N° : 7 Towards Keen Which S'^ Road Leads out Near the South
West Corner of N*^ : 7 : & Extends through the North Westerly part
of N'^ : 6 : & through part of Gilsom & thenc to Keen and is an Ex-
ceeding Good Road & Runs through a Tract of Excellant Good Land
We have Caused the Same to be Exceeding Well Cut till it Comes to
y*" South Borders of our s'^ Town. We applyed to y*^ Inhabitants of
N°: 6 to be So Kind as to open that part of s'^ Road that Leads
through s*^ N° : 6 : but Without Success I Have therefore Contracted
With M'' Jos : Dodge one of our Settler to Cut y® Same through S'^
N°: 6: at y*" Expence of y" Grantees of N" 7. As We have been
allways Generously Leading the Way In opening & Clearing Roads
in this Wilderness for the publick Utility We Resolved Not to
Scringe in So Noble a Work — : & as the Same Was Left With us to
manage & Determin for S'^ Grantees. We aplyed to y" Inhabitants
of Gilson & Keen To open a Road through their Respective Town In
y® Best Way and Maner for the Good of the publick til it Cums to
y" Great Road that Leads to y'' Center of Keen & they Generously
promis to meet With us With pleasure In the best Way and maner Im-
agineing That it Will be a Great Road & that it Will be Greatly Servic-
able to y'' publick. We also Laid out a Road from the Northerly part of
s'' Linirick (viz) from the Road Called Marlow Road to s"^ Road that
Leasd to Keen Which S'' Road Extends about Two miles Through a
Beautyfull Tract of Land in S'^ Limrick Which s'^ Last mentioned Road
We Called Beautifull Street & have Contracted With ra'' Dodge to
Cleare the same in the Best Way and maner at y*" Cost of s'^ Grantees :
Which s'' street Will Greatly accomidate Camden and Marlow & all
to y*' Northward as Well as our own Inhabitants. — We have the
Roads (tho at Great Expence) So Well Calculated and Cut that
Invy it Selfe must Stop her mouth & one that We have out Stript all
STODDARD. 285
that have Gone before us in the new plantations In Cleareing Roads
foi- the Good of the publick : The Inhabitants of Keen and Gillsom
Rejoyce in our progress and prospect of prosperity : — Some of our
Neighbors Envy us and are Constantly Spreading Evil Repors & Say
that y^ Grantors are Determined to oust us & have promist the Town
to others &c. And by that means have Discoraged many : But Not-
withstanding the adversarys Craft We find We have the following
Settlers now In the Town & are at Labour In Bringing forward Set-
Iments therein : (excepting Some that are Gon out of Town for
provisions Which are Returning without Delay) : as Follows (viz)
James Mitchel on the 3'^ Lot in the S*"" Range With his Wife and
family —
W" Mitchel on the 2'' Lot in 4"' Range : a yung man
Sam' Morroson on y'' o"' Lot in y'^ 6"' Range With a Family
Tho* Read on y" 7"' in the Sixth (a yung man) —
Jn° Robb on y« 7"^ in y' 8'^ Soposed'^to be a Good Settler
David Scott on y'^ 8"^ in y'^ 6"' a Frame House Called a Nottable
Setler
Allexander Scott on y* 9'^ in y' 7"' With his Wife & Family (a
Larg Field of Rie & a good Garden
James Scott on y*^ 9"' in y® 6"' a yung man With a (rood field of
Rie &c
Jn^ Taggard on y'^ 16"' in y« 8"' a old Setler With his Wife &
Family Rie Hay & Grass plenty
W"' Coughrin on the 21^ In the 9"' a Family Going on Spedily —
W'" Swan on y^ 24"' in the 9"' his Wif & 'Family a Great Settler
(in a frame House)
Richard Richardson on y*" 25"' in y" 9 With his Wife and family a
Frame House
John Spaulding on the 25"' in the 10"'
Reuben Walton on the 26"' in y*^ 10'^ With his Wife & Family
W'" Scot on 27'^ in y*^ 10'" Duty Done but In part y" Timber is Cut
for a Frame
Abr"' Morrison on the 6"' in y*' 6"' hath Cleared ab* 6 acre hath
Timber Cut for a Fram House
Capt Jos : Read on y*^ 16"' in y*^ 7"' hath a Large Field of Rie—
m"" Silas Wright on y® 15"' in y® Seventh Withe His family
Joel Wright y*^ Miller on y'' 15"' in y'^ 6*" hath a Good Mill Well
Settled
Sam' Stevens on y® 16"' In the 9'" a House built 12 acres Cleared
Sam' Stevens Jun"" on y*^ 15"' in y^ 9"' a Small House Considerable
Cleared a family Soon Expected
Amos Butterfield on y*^ 17"' in y*" 10'" With his Wife and family —
286 CHARTER RECORDS.
Oliver Parker on y*^ 16"^ in y*^ 10"' is Building a Large Frame
House
the s'' Oliver hath a man With him is Carrying on a Duty on y''
14th in ye io'i» hath Cut ab' 40 acre
W'" Kemp A yung man Carrying on a Duty on y*' 15"^ in y*^ 10"^
Arkiles Putnam on the 11^^ in y'' 11"' a Nottable Settler-
Aaron Bennit on y'^ 18"' in y^ 11"' a Good Settler—
Simmeon Church on the 2V in the 12"' a yung man a Stout Settler
Moses Bennit on y'' 22'^ on y^ 12"' a Nottable Settler-
Titus Church on the 21' in y^ 13'" With his Wife and Family
Jerathmeel Powers on y® 22'^ in y^ 13"' his House Built his Wife &
Family Expected Soon
Jn° Noys Mather With his Wife & Family near Marlow Line a
Great Settler
the s'^ Jn° Noyce Mather is Cumpleating a 2'^ Settlement by a Hired
man
one Church on a Lot Whereon y® Duty Was Done by his Brother
Jos : Tubs Near Marlow Line With his Wife & a Larg Family a
Great Settler
Frederick Tubs Neare Marlow Line a House Built Considerable
Cleard is about marrying
y*^ S'^ Jos: Tubs hath Done a Second Duty & Keeps up a Resi-
dency by his Family
Ephr'" Brock way With his Wife & Family a Nottable Settler pro-
visions plenty
the S'^ Ephr'" hath allmost Cumpleated a Second Settlement
Sylvenious Beckwith With a Wife & Family a Good Settler
Sam^ Comestock Near Gilsom a old Settler his Family Expected
this Fall
Timothy Owing D° —
Jonathan Bennit on y'' 14"' in y"^ 11"' a Nottable Settler
Benj'^ Dunn on the 12"' in y^' 9"'—
Jos: Dodge on y® 11"' in y*^ 10"' Intends to have his family there
verry Soon
Daniel Keys on y*' 1' in y* S'" —
Silas Parker on y*^ 2'^ in y*^ 9"' Intends to have his Family there
this fall —
Sam" Parker on y*^ 4 In y« 9'" DO-
S'' Parkers Intends to Carry on a Settlement on y*" 3'' in y*^ 9"' a
House being Built thereon and Considerable Cleard
Jos : Tayler on y'' 28"' in y'' 1' Large Settlements thereon With
Wife & family
David Powers on y*^ 20"' in y'' 13"' Considerable Work Done y*^
House a Building
STODDARD. 287
Jos : Dodge Jmf on y® 11"' in y® 11"' the Cleareing fully Done
y® House a Building
George Parklmrst y® 5"' in y® 5"' Considerable Cleareing Done
y® House not Built
Jn° Varnum by Jos : Dodge liath Cleared more than 12 acres on
y« 10"' Lot in y" 11"' the Hous to be Built by S'^ Dodge for s''
Varnum
James Dunn hath Cleared about 5 acres on y® 3'^ Lot in y' 7"*
Range & hath built a small house thereon —
Edmen Tayler hath begun on the 2'' in y® 6"' Resolving to make a
Settlement
Ammaziah Hildreth hath begun on y^ 20*^ in y^ Tenth no House
Built there
Thus S'" the Settlement Stand Here at present y* Settlers are In
High Sperits Brisk & Gay & in Earnest in General to Earn their
Living by Industry and Expect by y® Next year to Raise Bread
Sofitiant for the Inhabitant Thej' are Cuming Dayly to Settle here
tho as in other New places them that Cum Without anything are
Constantly on the move have Shifted Eight this viset We hope for
y® bestt We Expect by the Last of Nov^ Next to liave more then the
Whole of y® Duty Done We Imajine We have Near That Done now
if it Could be equally Divided : We Doubt not but within Two years
from this Date We Siiall have a Hundred Familys Settled in this
Town and that it Will make as Good an appearance as any of our
Neighbour Towns. S"^ We Heartily Congrattulate you With the
Hopefull prospect of y® prosperity of this Town Wherein youre
Intrest is So Considerable ; & Are your Devoted Humble Serv*^
Jn° Varnum
To Col° Sampson Stoddard
Samuel Stevens
[Col. StoddanVs Letter, 1771.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 11.]
Chelmsford Goto 2 1771
SV I intended before this time to have waited on The Gent^ the
Prop"^^ of masons Right to 'ave Given an ace' of the actual Settle-
ments of the Grantees in Monad"^ N'^ 7 — an unlucky accident has hap-
pen'd that deprives rae of that pleasure however in the Course of
about a month or five weeks I design to make my Appearance before
Your Lordships, & give an honest ace' (& which will be) of a very
Considerable improvement in that Town —
288 CHARTER RECORDS.
You'll please to make my Complements to y*^ Prop"; and Let
them know that at my own Expence and Agreeable to my promise
made to them I have Caused the Eastern Boundaries of that Town to
be made certain (saving small matter) which Cannot be Compleated
at this season of the Year by reason of the water, which the Surveyor
made known to me in August last — You may depend upon my hon"^
that the same shall be perfected as soon as possible I am with my
Complements to Your Lady (S'')Your very Humb' Serv*^ —
Sampson Stoddard
To the Hon^'^ George Jaffrey Esq'' to be Communicated —
Ocf 23 1771. at y® Meeting y® prop'* direct that y® Clerk write
to ColP Stoddard to advise him that they will not delay reentering
y^ Township of N° 7 for not compliance w"^ y® Terms of y® Grant
\_Petition of Ephraim Butterfield^ 1771.]
[i\lasonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 12.]
To the Hono'''® Theodore Atkinson Esq"* and the rest of the Noble
Grantors of y® Masonian Lands in his Majestys Province of New
Hampshire Greeting
The Memorial of Ephraim Butterfield of Wilton in the Province
afores'^ humbly Sheweth That your Memorialist in the Year 1768
Undertook to Settle Two Lots of Land in a Township called Monad-
nock N" 7. One under Sam^^ Stevens of Chelmsford one of the
original Grantees of s'' N° 7 And one under Sam^^ Stevens Jiin'" and
proceeded to do the Duty of Settlement on the Premises. But after
Two Years when I had made considerable Improvement I requested a
Title to the Lands but was refused and the Land taken from Me,
together with my Labour under Pretence that I did not proceed fast
enough in the Settlement, (which I leave to the better Information of
M'' Jn° Tagart by whom I Send.). And altho. they dealt So hardly
with me, yet the Settlement of s'' Township is neglected, greatly to
the Discouragement & Damage of the Settlers, who are but about 11
or 12 at most in Number, and are Some of them moving off wholly
thro' the Neglect of the Proprietors or Grantees. —
And as it is in your Hon''* Power, Your Memorialist humbly beggs
to be put in a Way to obtain Some Redress And y"" Memor**^ as in
Duty bound Shall ever Pray. —
Wilton Octo' 9. 1771. Ephraim Butterfield.
STODDARD. 289
\_Letterfro))i Col. jStodihxrd., 1771.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 13.]
Clielrasfoid Octo : 23—1771
giy Y^^^ of the 16"' instant is now before me wherein you mention
one John TaggarcFs informing the Prop'- that he is very hardly us'd
by the Grantees of menadnock N*^ 7 — I have no doubt ; but that
whenever I see you shall have it in my power not only to convince
you but all the Lord Prop" that this man has no reason to Complain —
I pray the indulgence of y' Lordships that you will not come to any
Determination respecting this Township 'till I wait on you in person ;
which will be as quick as the peculiar Circumstances of my family
will admit — I am determin'd at all hazards to give myself the pleas-
ure (by the 11"' or 12"' of next month) to appear, and bow the knee
before y'' Lodships at which time I am perswaded shall make it
apparent that it will be in my power soon to compleat the Settlement
of a very respectable Town — I am with my Compliments to the
Prop""* (S'') your most obedient Humb^ Serv'
Sampson Stoddard
To the Honor' George Jaffray Esq"^ to be communicated
\_Certificate in Favor of John Taggart., 1771.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 14.]
Octob'- 28 1771
I Certify that Sampson Stoddart Esq'' never wrote to me or any
other way manifested his Desire to have me Stay Some Ex'cns in my
Care ag' Jn" Taggart of Limerick — I further Certify that Said Tag-
gart is Reputed to be an Industrious Settler &ca —
E Champney
[John TaggarVs Complaint., 1771.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 15.]
To the Hono'''® Theodore Atkinson Esq'' and the rest of the Worthy
Grantors of the Masonian Lands in the Province of New Hampshire
Greeting
19
290 CHARTER RECORDS.
The Complaint of John Taggart of Lymerick in the Province of
New Hampshire humbly Sheweth
That your Complain' Some Time in the Year 1768 enterd into
Covenant or Agreement with Sampson Stoddard Esq'^ of Chelmsford
in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay to Settle and do the Duty
of one Right in the s'^ Township of Lymerick ; for which y"^ Com-
plain' was to have his choice of Two Lotts of all the Lotts in s'^ Town-
ship, (the Masonian Grantors Lotts excepted.) And y'' Complain'
choose y*^ Lotts, N° 16 in y" 10 Pvange & N° 22 in y^ 9. Range, and
in a few Months after choice, s'' Stoddard, Sold y® Lott N° 16 in y® 10
Range for 100. £ Silv^ old Ten'' And y'^ Complain' requested said Stod-
dard, to recompence me for the Lot he sold, with Qualifying other
Lands ; But he wholly refused doing any thing but my Pitching on
Some one Lot not pitch'd on by others.
Further y'' Complain' informs that at the Time of my entering into
s*^ Town I was unable to build me a House and went to reside in a
Cottage between the Lotts N° 15 & 16 in the 8 Range claim'd by s'^
Stoddard and s'^ Stoddard disinherited s'^ Bartlett and promised Me I
Should have the Improvement of s'' Farm or Two Lotts, during my
Life Time and Accordingly have Spent my Labour on s'' Farm for
three Years past, and brought the Same to profit, but can git no
Security — And many other Articles of Covenant too tedious to be
related, are broken and not performed by s' Stoddard
Therefore y"^ Complain' Prays that y' Hon'* would put me in Some
Way or Method to procure a Title to s'^ Two Lots I first pitchd on
and also pay for my Labour on the Farm so calTd or a Title to the
Same, and y' Complain.' as in Duty bound Shall ever pray- —
Lymerick Octo' 29 1771. John Taggart.
STODDARD.
291
[NeaVs Report on Settlements^llll.']
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 16.]
Manadnock N° 7 or Limbrick the aco"* of the Satlers Houses Barns
Stocks Lands under Improvement & Trees Fell on Each Lott
Names of the Satlers
_^
m
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ry
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r. James Mitchell
nf Isaac Mitchell Ju
nf Willm Mitchell
nf Daniel Kyess .
nf Edmund Taylor
James Dunn — N R
nf John Willson .
nf David Willson .
Abal Parker— N R
nf James M^danil .
r Ruben Walton
nf John m'^daniel .
r Abreham Morison
Sam" Parker N R
nf David Scott
nf James Scott
r Alaxander Scott
nf David Robea .
nf Sam" Moresson min"^
Coll" Stodard N R
and Do ... .
r Silus Wright .
Capt Jos : Read N R
Sawmill & Grismill
r John Tagrett .
Coll Stodard Improve-
ment N R
Ephream Butterfield
N R
Sam" Stephens N. R
Titus Church N R
nf Moses Bennett
nf Jonathan Bennitt .
nf Oliver Parker .
I — 6 , Log House
I — 6 j Poll House
1—6 Poll Hous
6 I Poll Hous
1—3 I Poll House
6
6 I Poll House n'Coverd
Poll Hous
Poll Hous
Poll Hous
I 6 Log Hous
Hous frame
8 Hous frame
I — 6 Log Hous
I 6 Log Hous
8 Poll Hous
i_6 Poll Hous
Poll Hous
Poll Hous no Ruf
framd House
House Burnt Latly.
bultan d fineshed
3 — 4 Log; House
Poll Hous
Log House
Celler Dug frame
Radv not Raisd
2
6
5
3
3
5
s
2
ih
6
I
3
6
2
7
3
I
9
2
2
9
3
3
9
4
3
8
7
8
6
3
8
5
3
2
6
5
9
6
7
I
6
8
6
6
9
4
I
7
9
6
7
7
S
6
6
2
7
16
5
I
5
7
15
8
7
16
10
6
M
I
3
8
16
9
8
15
7
9
15
4
9
16
4
14
21
3
13
22
7
II
14
I
10
16
12
3
3
2h
3
7i
2
3
Id
3
I
3
2
6
4
3
8
5
12
2h
10
292
CHARTER RECORDS.
Names of the Satlers
o ^
<U CI
£ "o
H
y. m.
House
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J
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0
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E
0 ^
rt
u
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CO
acres
Cle
0
•y5
0
2
0
Will'" Kamp N R
nf Joseph Dodge .
D° Dodg ....
Do Dodg ....
r Benj Dunn ....
Aaron Bennitt N R
archalus Putman .
Simeon Church N R
r Amos Butterfield .
Isaac Mitchell N R
Sam'i Stephens Jui-NR
Will"" Scott for Esqr
Varnom N R
Esq"" Varnom N R
Will^" Swan N R
r Rich*! Richardson .
by D" Richardson .
Amaziah HildrickNR
John Tagret
John Spaldin .
Will"! Cockrin N R .
nf Alaxander Scott Ju'' .
1—6
a Camp
a Camp
Poll House
Poll House
Foil House
Log House
Camp
framd House
Poll House
frand House
Poll Hous
poll Hous
Poll Hous
Log
Born
14
22
2
10
10
3
1 1
12
I
9
12
2
10
18
9
13
5
'3
21
2
10
17
5
12
12
12
14
10
27
5
10
26
2
8
23
3
I
9
25
6
9
23
10
20
I
9
22
7
10
2S
6
9
21
0
9
10
the Rodes in the Town of Limbrick are Wall Cleard Where they
have began Sattelments in all parts of Said town —
The Sattlers on the Strip of Land Taken off from INIarlow into
Limbrick
-a
Names of the Satlers
y. m.
Houses.
0
t/3
a
23
U
(V
3
11
Joseph Tubes .
3—
Log House
16
Fradrick Tubes
3—
Log House
5
John Noys Mather
Ephream Brockway
0
Log House
Log House
6
4
Log
Barn
20
25
4
Salvenas Backet
N R
Log House
7
Sam'i Comstock )
N R
and Timethy owen ^
5
't
Will-" Madson
N R
2 Log Houses
5
10
STODDARD. 293
Nathan Taylor in Camels Gore Satled on a Lott that Was in Lim-
brick
there is Some incrohments made on the 10 forfited Rights in Dublin
they have fanced in Some of them for pastoring Land
on the mile Strip betwen masson and Hollis there is Sundrey Satlers
by Purches of the Blanhards as they say
the Strip betwen new Ipswith and Tampel Sold by Blanchards
satled
the Strip betwen wilton & masson one Satler on said to a purchiser
of some of the propriators of masson paten
Province of ) Gentelman In Pursuants to your Instruc-
New Hamp*" > tions I have Taken a Trew acou' of all the
Reckingham ss ) Satlements in the Town of Limbrick and
have Sott down the Number of acres in Each Lott Cleard & the
numbers of acres fall aording to the bast of my Judgment, also the
names of Each sattler and the Time he has Resided there, and those
that are Tranchant, and not Constant Residents I have mark'^ thus,
N. R. betwen their name and the first Colem I have also made a Dis-
tinction betwen those of marlow and Limbrick Satlers — as you may
Se in the above acou* I have also Taken acount of all the Satlements
in the Town of Camden of the number of acres Cleard and Trees fall
as Satt Down in the fore going acount, I have not Satt Down the
Range or N° of Lotts in the Strip that was marlow nor in the Town
of Camden as they Ware never Regulerly Layed out in Ranges nor
Ware the Lotts Numbered in Said Town but Every Satler had his
Lott Layed out Were he Laked bast
I am Gentl men vour Humb^ Serv*
Dec^ 7'" 1771 " Hubartus Neal—
\_Notes about Settlers.']
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 17.]
Isaac Mitchel
William Michel
John Willison all menens from
James Scott 10 years to 20
Sam" morsson
alaxander Scott
James M'danel is Removed
John Tagi-et is in Two Places — and it is But one man
John Spalding is not a Rasadant
also James Mitchel is Removed
294 CHARTER RECORDS.
\_jSampso7i Stoddard to Greorge Jaffreij^ 1772.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 18.]
Chelmsford Jan' 29-1772.
Sy After so long a time have obtain'd 5 small p"* of what our peo-
ple call Bloodroot; I have made Strict enquiry ever since my return
from Portsm° ; but never could get any 'till Last night which I now
send by M'' Scales to Y"" Lad\% and pray her acceptance of it if not too
late for her purpose. — I shall esteem it as a particular favour if it
wont give you too much trouble to write a line (by m'' Scales) & let
me know whether the Prop''^ have sent a Committee to review the Set-
tlements in menadnock n° 7 : Your Complyance (S*^) with this request
will much oblige Your most Obedient very Humb' Serv' —
Sampson Stoddard
The Hono''''^'^ George Jaffray Esqr
[^Sampson Stoddard to George Jaffrey^ 1772.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 19.]
Chelmsford Feb' 12. 1772
SV I am Sorry to hear of the Deficiency of the Grantees in N° 7
But I hope the Gent' Prop'* will Extend their patience a Little while
longer (I thank them for what is past) The Gent' of the Comi'*^ told
me that they would use their endeavour to have matters so order'd
that nothing should be done 'till I could ride in the Spring with safety
when by the leave of Providence I intend to make ray personal appear-
ance I am (S') Your Humb' Serv'
Sampson Stoddard
The Honon'''' George Jaffray Esqr
\James MitclieWs Complaint^ 1772.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 20.]
To the Honor'''*^ Theodore Atkinson Esq' and the rest of the worthy
and Honor''''' ]\fasonian Proprietors. Gentlemen —
The Memorial of Me the Subscriber of Limerick Humbly Sheweth,
that Coll' Stoddard of Chelmsford Several Years Since gave Two Lots
of Land in Monadnock N" 7, or Lymerick to Nathaniel Bartlet, the one
Duty free and the other to have the Duty done thereon viz the Lot
N° 2 in the 5. Range but never gave s'' Bartlet any Title to the Same.
STODDARD. 295
And your Memorialist bought s'^ Lot N" 2 in the 5. llange of s' Bart-
let at 50 Dollars and had a Promise of a Title from Coll' Stoddard
and Since that s*^ Bartlet is gone off, and I have no Title to s'' Lot,
altho', the Duty is considerably forward, neither can I obtain any
Therefore y^ Memorialist Prays your Hon'"'' to take my Case under
y"" wise Consideration, (under whose Protection I thro' my Self) and
Set me in Some Way to Procure a Title to s*^ Lot of Land: and Your
Memorialist as in Duty bound Shall ever Pray
Monadnock N° 7. April 24. 1772. James mitchell
\_Reminder from Ephraim Butterfield, 1772.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 21.]
To the Hon''^^ Theodore Atkinson Esq"" and the rest of the Noble &
Hon'^'® Masonian Proprietors. — Gentlemen —
I did Some time Since Send your Hon'^'^ a Memorial how I was
Served about a Lot of Land in Monadnock N° 7. or Limerick, but
have not as Yet had any Satisfaction, therefore Pray your Honors to
take my Case under your wise Consideration
which will oblige y"" most Obedient Serv'
Wilton April 25. 1772. Ephraim Butterfield
[^Re-entry on Forfeited Lots, 1772.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 22.]
Province of ^ Pursuant to the Power I have Received from
New Hamp'' > the Proprietors of Masons Patent, I have on the
Rockingham ss ) fiftenth Day of June 1772 in the Name and in
behalf of Said Proprietors, Re-entered into and npon five Lotts &
Rights of Land in the Town of Limbrick in the Countey of Cheshire
in Said Province. Whereon the Dutey Was not Done acording to the
conditions of the Grant of the Same by Said Proprietors, and in the
Name behalf, and for the use of Said Proprietors, Did Claim Resume
& Receive the Said five Lotts or Rights. Namelv Lotts Number
thirteen N° 17 N° 18 & N° 19 in the Eight Range "of Lotts in said
Town, and on N° 20 in the 7"^ Range and have taken actual Posses-
sion of the Said Lotts & Rights in the Name and for the use of the
Said proprietors. Whereon the Dutey is nots Done as aforesaid, and
at the Time of the Re-enterey and Re-seisin have Openly and pub-
lickly Declard the Same Before John Tagart Richard Richardson
296 CHARTER RECORDS.
Francis Durgin and Samuel Smart ; and have also Re-entered into
and upon all that Tract of Land in Said Limbrick Laved out by the
Grantes of Marlow (Two Hundred & Sixtey Rods on the Easterly Side
of the Patent Line, by Camden Line) and for the use of Said Pro-
prietors Did Claim Resume & Receive the said tract of Land, and
Take actual Possession thereof in the Name and for the use of said
Proprietors Whereon the Dutey is not Don as aforesaid, and at the
time of Re-entery have openly and Publickly Declared the Same before
archabel White Zaccheus Blood Samuel Smart and Francis Durgin
— Witneses
attast '^ Hubartus Neal
Newmarket 18"^ of July 1772
\_Petition of Inhabitants, 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 24.]
To the Hono''''^ Theodore Atkinson Esq^ and the rest of the Hon^'^''
Masonian Proprietors,
Humbly Sheweth, the Petition of us the Subscribers being Resi-
dents or Inhabitants of Monadnock N° 7, who were incouraged to
become Settlers on s'^ Land by Sampson Stoddard Esq"" and others
the Grantees of said Tract of Land ; but notwithstanding we have
agreable to our Bargain with s'' Grantees gone on and Settled s*^ Land
and according to our Ability have done all in our Power to forward
and encourage the Settlement by every Means, considering the almost
unsurmountable Difficulties we meet with on Account of bad Roads
in Summer & long & tedious Winters with great Scarcity of Provisions,
Yet we meet with another Difficulty more terrible then all the rest,
(viz) Want of a good Tittle to our Lands which We by no iSIeans
can obtain of the afores'' Grantees. And unless we are by Some Way
or Means redress'd, must move our Selves and Families o& s'' Lands.
We being Sensible that s'^ Grantees have forfieted and reforfieted s*^
Lands, into your Hon" Hands and So have no Right to the Same ;
Earnestly Pray that your Hon"^- would take into Consideration the
distressing Circumstances of your humble Petitioners and do for us
as your Hon*^^ in Wisdom think proper.
And We as in Duty bound Shall ever pray. —
James IMitchell Abrara Morrison James Jewell
William Scott John Taggard Moses Bennett
Richard Richardson Solomon mack
[Endorsed] Rec-^ April 14"' 1773
STODDARD. 297
[Jonathan NesmitliU Report on Lots in Stoddard^ 181G.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 25.]
Antrim Oct^ 11"^ 1816 To Mark VV Peirce Portsmouth Sir I
Rec'^ your letter by Samuel Barker one week later then you expected
by reason of my being from home on the nixt day I nplyed to John
Clark Esq"^ of Hancock to assist in the surve}' and we atended to the
busniss on the following Monday and found it a difiequal mater to
find the right information we got a sight of the Town Plane and
then we had to go to Esq'' Matesons which was the Town Clerk and
lives on the line of Marlowto sertch The Town records and found him
verey oblidging to us and give us all the information he Could and we
found that there was sold of lot No 9 in the 8"' range for taxes year
1792 for 1790 tax 79 acrs to Gardner Towns and of No 15 in the 4"'
range 39 acrs To William Pitcher year 1800 of these we found deads
from the Collectors and that ther was another seal of 7 acrs of No 15
and one 5 acrs of No 27 in the 4"' range of these two we thought
that there was a Probability that they were redeemed, as you were
Perticquler in your letter to me of the lay of the land its growth and
how much will do to Plow, in answer I think I may say ther is but
little Plow land —
of lote No 9 in the 8 range I think you will hold 15 or 16 acrs of
the west end of the lot as the lot holds out 95 acrs of wood land of a
havey groweth land rockey worth two dollars P"^ acre —
N° 12 in the 3'^ range his about 12 acres Clear'^ and under Improve-
ment by a M' Bernet who Purtchased a M'' Morison's labour about ten
or 12 years ago the 12 acrs is of a drayish soil and rockey in the
north east Corner of the lot south of it is low madow land under
watter a good Part of the year south of the madow is a gi-oweth of
spruce and hamlock the westerly Part of the lot is a mixture of timber
of a havey groweth and land rockey worth 2 dollars P'^ acre
No 15 in the 4"' range his 39 acrs layed of the East end and the
remaning 41 acrs is verey rockey but little live timber standing. I
inquired of John Stephens who is in Possession of the East 39 acrs
what he would give for the remaning 41 acrs he told me that he
Cared but little about it but if he Could get a deed of it without
mutch expence he would give 25 dollars
N° 27 in the 4"' range lays in the northeasterly Part of Stodard
and the inhabitants of that Part of the town his but little connection
with the middle of the town by reason of the worst ground for a road
that I ever travled but is Conected with the north Part of Windsor
and about three mils from the Washington turnepick this lot is of a mid-
298
CHARTER RECORDS.
ling qualety lays to the west & iiortli liavey timbered not vei-ey rockey
westerly Part lowest worth 2 dollars & 50 Cents P' acre
we were inform'' bv the inhabitants of Stodard that lot No 17 in the
7"^ range is Caled a Peirce lot ther is 20 acres Sold for taxes of the
east end the other 60 acrs is Poor land
it apeered on the Plane of Stodard that lotes No 19 and 20 is marked
to Esq"^ Peirce in the 5"' range and lot No 5 in the 6"' range to Peirce
and Moor this information may be of no use. these are the remark
that I have to make on, the Stodard Busniss and wher I have don
wrong I wish you to write to me, you may think our Charge is high
when you see it but be asured I found it more of a fatagueing job
then I expected from your friend and Plumble Servent —
Jonathan Nesmith
Esq' Clarks Charge for survey and Plan is
my Charge and Expence —
10" 50 Cents
18-65
Samuel Barker for -3 days not included his expence I Pay'' 29-15
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[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 26.]
Lot N° 28 of one hundred acres and three Gores of land at the end
of each range, which Gores togather run quite across the westerly end
of said great lot — and bound easterly on said Lot N° 28 — and on lots
N° 29 & 30 and westeily on Stoddard line
Extract from J Peirce's Deed to Nath Emerson of Stoddard
STRATHAM.
[Originally a part of the " Squamscott Patent," granted to Edward Hilton
March 12, 1629, and was known as IVinnicotL Incorporated as Stratham March
14, 1715-16. A part of the town was annexed to Greenland Dec. 18, 1805. The
line between Stratham and Newmarket was established Dec. 28, 1805, but this act
was repealed June 17, 1807. Another small tract was annexed to Greenland July
2, 1847. The line with Greenland was established June 23, 1859, and amended
June 27, i860.
See New Hampshire charters in preceding volumes; IX, Bouton Town Papers,
777; Xni, Hammond Town Papers, 479; Index to Laws, 526; Baptist Churches
in N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, p. 22; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856,
p. 138; Deaths, 1741, by S. Lane, 30, N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, 426, and 32,
id., 48; sketch, by J. W. Rollins, Hurd's History of Rockingham County, 1882,
p. 542.]
300
CHARTER RECORDS.
Province of
New hampsli'
\_Petition of Stratham Men, 1748.]
[Masoniaii Papers, Vol. 8, p. 27.]
To the Honr''^ Gent" proprietiers of tlie Land in
Said province That Latly was purch'^ of Cap* Jn"
Tufton Mason Esqu'-
Colo: Atkinson and others &c: —
Wee the Subscribers Humbly peticion That wee May have a Town-
ship Thereof Containing Six Miles Square In Some Conveanent place
Theirein on Such Conditions as others by y"" Hours Granted or shall
Grant— Stratham octob"" y'' 26"^ 1748— Doubting Nothing But y^
Honer* will Answer our potision wee Ever pray —
the Reverd m'' Rust George Veasey gun''
Cotton Wiggin
Jonathan Chase
william Pottel
Jonathan Clark Junr
Edward Taylor
andrew wiggin jun'
Jonathan Chase gun''
Jonathan Rolings
Moses l^eavitt Esq''
Samuell Leavitt gun'
Thomas Chase
Bradstret wiggin gun' John Purmot
Richard Callay Bengman Jewet
Davied Haniford Joseph Jewet Jun""
Caniday men
James Leavitt
Robert Thurston
Richaid Sinkler
John Nocks
Benjamin wason
Bradstreet Wiggin
Joseph mason the 3
theodor Hi [1] ton
Jonathan Clarck
Capt" foster
George Veasey y*" 3''
Jolin Moores
Solomon Smith
John Smith
Moses Thurston
Stephen Leavitt
william Calley
Simon wnggin
Daniel Mason
Joseph Palmer
Richard young
Jerimiah Veasey
Thomas Veasey gun"^
Doctor wiggin
Bengman Noris
John Thurston
Thomas Calley
Willeaim Toomson
Frances mason
John Stockbridge
davaid Toomson
Cape Britan men
Joseph young Joseph Smith
Benjamin mason gun' Charles glidden
Satchal Rundalet Joseph Moriall
Charls Rundlet Nathall Right white
Jonathan Leavitt Edward 3'oung
these mans names to Be aded to the Pertision of Capt" Veasey of
stratham
they are not Petitioners but if Proper Persons may be added
Jonathan Jones Richard Scamon Jonathan sibley
John Haniford owen Ranals Deacon Dearborn
STRATH AM.
301
Davied Robeson
Cap'" fifeld
willara Potel
John Robrson Jun'^
John Leavitt
John Clarck
George Veasey
Samuell clarck
Samuell Goohue
willam meed
\_Another Stratham Petition, 1748.]
[INIasonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 28.]
province of [ To The Honr"'' Theoder Atkinson Esq"" and others
New hampshire \ proprieters of Mason's Patent for Lands in New
hampshire wee The Subscribers humbly poticion your Honers to Con-
firme unto us a quantity of the Said Lands as your Honours shall
Think proper according- To the Tenor of your other Grants or Con-
vayences : Doubting Not but Your Honors will answer our poticion
wee Subscriber our Selves your Humble Servants —
Stratham Novem'"^ y*^ 21'*'' 1748—
Thomas Wiggin Thomas Wiggin junr
Josiah Parsons Jun"^ Samuel Veasey
John hill Na" Piper
William Burley Juner Richard Witcher
Andrew french John Avery
Joshua Hill Bradstret french
Thomas wiggn Thomas glanvil
Moses Kennison Samuel Allen
Samuel wiggins Juner Andrew wiggin Juner
Samuel piper
Josiah Allen
Eliphelet Wiggin
Joshua Rinston
abraham Keneston
John Dearborn
Ebenezer Barker
Nathanel Wiggin
Thomas Bracket
Nathanel Avery
John Weeks Jiner
Joseph Mason
Jude Allen
Andrew Wiggin y*^
Cbas Wiggin
Na'i Piper : fathr
moses Wiggins
Joseph Kinoson
Daniel Allen
Isaac foos Jun
Jonathan Piper
Eleazer alien
Timthary Merry
Isaac foss
Benjamin Gotten
William Simson Jun''
Jonathan Jewet
Reuben Hill
Na" Rright white
Jonathan Dockum
Josiah wiggin
John Allen
Samuel Avery
John Simson
Bradstreet Wiggin
Daved french
William Moore
Josiah sisco
John wiggin
Samuel wiggin
Thomas french
William Burly
William french Junr
henery Wiggin Juner
Walter Wiggin
Benjamin Barker
Tuften wiggin
thomas odel
Ezau Barker
thomas Vesey Jr
thomas foss
Joseph Adams
Nathaniel Brackit
John Hill Ju--
John Piper
Ephrim Crockit
Solomon Kineston
Stephen Piper
John Daves
Bemagm Leavett
Samuell pevey
Walter Wiggin Juner
302 CHARTER RECORDS.
SUNAPEE.
[Originally known as Corefs-town. Granted Nov. 7, 1768, to Oliver Corey
and others, and named Saville. Incorporated as Wendell April 4, 1781, and
named in honor of John Wendell, of Portsmouth, one of the grantees. The
south part of the town was combined with portions of Newport, Newbury, Lemp-
ster, and Unity, to constitute the town of Goshen, Dec. 27, 1791. Small tracts
were severed and annexed to New London Dec. 11, 1804, and June ig, 1817.
The name of the town was changed to Sunapee, July 12, 1850.
See New Hampshire charters in preceding volumes; X, Bouton Province and
State Papers, 398, 400, as to participation in movement for union with Vermont
towns; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 494; Index to Laws, 491, 529, 574;
sketch, by W. C. Sturoc, Kurd's History of Sullivan County, 1886, p. 366; Stew-
art's History of the Free Baptists, 1862, p. 502; Lawrence's N. H. Churches,
1856, p. 473-]
\_Petition of Vere Royse.']
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 30.]
To the Hon'''® Proprietors of Mason's Patent
The Petition of Vere Royse in behalf of Zephaniah Clarke of Here-
ford in the County of Cheshire in the Province of New Hampshire
Gentleman humbly sliews —
That the said Zephaniah was first incouraged to take up a Hun-
dred Acres of Land on condition of setling it in the Township of
Saville which he accordingly did & took possession thereof agreeable
to the Plan hei'ewith delivered afterwards upon the running of the
Curve Line his said hundred Acres fell within the Bounds of Here-
ford, which gave him great uneasiness till he received a Letter from
Maj'' Price to pursue his said Settlement and as he was the Proprie-
tor of Hereford (which said Clarke also understood) he would quiet
him in his possession of said Tract agreeable thereto, he said Clarke
removed with his family on said Land and has built him a large
House and got his land under good Improvements and purposes to
keep a public House for the benefit of Travellers and has expended
all his Capital for the bringing forward said Farm which if taken
fi'om him will so distress him as to prove his ruin wherefore he prays
from the Hon'''*^ Proprietors a Confirmation of his said Hundred Acres
to be reserved for him in Case the Prop" of s'' Patent should make a
Grant of Hereford And as in duty bound he shall ever pray
Vere Royse
in behalf of Zepheniah Clarke
SUTTON.
\_Plan of One Lot.']
503
m lid, tA,n Intl lU K.i % Isil/y Horlk t„ //it WiiiV R^i T,tc itfo., aj >
SUTTON.
[Granted by the Masonian Proprietors Nov. 30, 1749, to Obediah Perry and
others, and called Penystown. The charter was renewed Feb. 24, 1752, and
again Aug. 18, 1773. Incorporated as Sutton April 13, 1784, and named from
Sutton, Mass.
See XII, Hammond Town Papers, 516; Index to Laws, 533; History, by Mrs.
A. H. Worthen, 2 vols., 1890; sketch, by A. H. Worthen, Hurd's History of
Merrimack County, 1885, p. 627 ; Stewart's History of the Free Baptists, 1862, p.
252; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, p. 10; proceedings
at dedication of soldiers' monument in Three Dedications, pub. Concord, 1891.]
[^Petition for G-rant, 1748.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 31.]
We the Subscribers in Behalf of Our Selves would Humbly Pray
the Gentle Men Proprietors of Masons Patten So Called that you
would Grant us a Township of Land upon Such termes as has or Shall
be granted to others and in So Doing you will Greately Oblige your
humble petitionos
Daniel Poor Samuel Stevens
Ebenezer Gile Ebenezer Mudget
John Dusten Stephen Dow
Andrew Stone Thomas Mills
Edmond Page Jonathan Stevens
Samuel Ayer Peter Ingalls
Obadiah Perrey
Jonathan Gile
Thomas Foot
Benj" Eaton
James Graves
William Stevens
304
CHARTER RECORDS.
James White
Joseph Severance
John Currier 3'^
Joseph Noyce
Caleb Page
James Merrell
Abiel Knight
Samuel Worthen
Abraham Perrey
Stephen Coffin
Ephraim Severance
William Brown
Joshua Knight
James Urin
John Webster
Sam" Little junr
Jonathan Poor
Ebenezer Perrey
John Currier
Israel webster
John Dow junr
James Noyce
Jeremiah Page
Nathaniel Knight
Gershom Pike
Obadiah Perrey junr
John Perrey
Portsm" October 27"' 1748
If it be agreable to y*' Proprietors we should be glad it Might be
Scituated joining upon Contocook Easterly and So upon Merrimack
River Six miles and otherwise bounded as to make up Six miles
Square ; or however otherwise Scituated as you shall think proper &
in behalf of our Selves and y*^ above named we Subscribe S"^* your
Humble Petitioners Obadiah Parry
Daniel Poor
Portsm" July 14'^^ 1749 — y® within Mentioned Tract of land not being
to be obtained by y® within Petitioners in their behalf I pray we may
have y® tract of Land call'd N° 2 in y'' Line of Towns
Obadiah Parry
[^Another List of Petitioners^ 1749.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 31.]
Obadiah Parry
Timothy Clement
Thomas Hale jun""
Parker Stevens
Edmund Page
Benjamin Eatton
Jonathan Poor
andew Stone
Abraham Parry
Steven Poor
Jacob woodward
Steven whitticker
John Ayer juner
John Pecker Jun"^
Samuel Ayer
Nathaniel Knight Jun'
Thomas Hale
Daniel Poor
Joseph Noyes
Benjamin Hale
Zebadiah Sargent
David Marsh
William Eatton
John Currier
Jeames Urin
Ebnezer Parry
Thomas Noyes
David Graves
Thomas whitticker
Samuel Little
Rev'' M'' James Cushin
Jacob Hancock
John Cogswell jun"'
thomas Folensbee
James Graves
Joshua Page
William Stevens
Aaron Sargent
Cutting Marsh
Benjamin Eatton Jun
John Poor
Obadiah Parry juner
John Parry
James Eatton
Ja^ Pecker
Thomas wyman
John webster
gRev'' M' Edw'^ Barnard
Samuel Little jun"^
James Clements
SUTTON.
305
Perry Poor & Clements their Schedule exhibited 25"' octo' 1749
and agreed that y*^ S'^ Gentleman & their Associates have a Tract of
Land (without a warranty) equal to Six miles square lying to y®
Northward of N. 1. & N. 2, in y*" Line of Towns (so called) to be
laid out clear of other Engagements
[Plan of Sutton, 1769.]
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This Plan was finished November y^ 24'^ 1749 and it Contains
23040 acers which maks 36 Squair miles or Six miles Squair and it
Layeth To the west of Ciar Sargy Hill So Called and is Bounded as
followeth : Viz : Begining at a Beach Tree on the line of N° 1 166
pols Dew north from the mouth of a Brook Which Runs into Alms-
bury River So Called thence Runing North Sixteen Degrees West
Seven miles and Eaighty pols To a Larg Hemlock on the Top of a
Hill thence West five Degrees South five miles To a Beach marked
with stons a Bout the Same Thence South Sixteen Degrees East
Seven miles and Eaighty pols To a white Oak marked on the Line of
20
3o6 CHARTER RECORDS.
No: Five thence East 5 Degrees north five miles To the Bounds first
mentioned
"^ me Timothy Clements Survay'^
[Charter of Sutton, 1749.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, Nov. 30, 1749.]
Province of | Portsmouth November 30"^ 1749 Thursday Six
New Hampshire \ of the Clock afternoon at the Dwelling house of
Ann Slayton widow The Proprietors meet according to Adjournment
Voted That there be and hereby is granted unto Thomas Whitacre
John Ayer Jun"^ John Pecker a minor James Cushing Clerk Edward
Barnard Clerk John Cogswell Ju"' Timothy Eaton Moses Clements
Samuel Clements Joshua Page Zebediah Sargent Aaron Sai'gent
David Marsh Cutting Marsh James Urin Deacon James Eaton James
Pecker Stephen Whitacre all of Haverhill, John Poor Jonathan
Plumer Mark Plumer a minor John Plumer Jun"^ Stephen Poor a
minor all of Newbury, John Barker of Andover Asa Kimball of
Bradford Obadiah Perry Timothy Clements James Clements a
minor, Daniel Poor Samuel Little John Webster Jun'' Jacob Han-
cock Nathanael Knight Jun"^ Samuel Little Jun'' Tho** Hale Tho* Fol-
lensby Stephen Woodward Humphrey Noyes Daniel Roberts Joseph
Noyes Thomas Hale Jun' Benj''^ Hale William Stephens Parker Stev-
ens a minor Edmund Page Benj'*^ Eaton William Eaton Benj'^ Eaton
Jun^ Jon"^ Poor a minor John Currier Andrew Stone Obadiah Perry
Jun'' Abraham Perry Ebenezer Perry John Perry a minor Thomas
Noyes Jacob Woodward all of Haverhill District ; James Graves
Samuel Ayer and David Graves a minor all of Kingston. —
In Equal shares on the Terms Conditions & limitations herein after
expressed all that Tract of Land within the Province of Newhamp-
shire Containing the Extent and quantity of six miles square Bounded
as follow's namely, laying West of Kyahsargy Hill so called & begin-
ning at a Beech Tree on the Line of Number One So called one hun-
dred and fifty six Poles due north from the mouth of a Brook which
run's into Almsbury River so Called from thence running North six-
teen Degrees west seven miles and Eighty Poles to a large Hemlock
standing on the Top of a Hill Thence West five Degrees South five
Miles to a Beech Tree marked with stones about it — Thence south
sixteen Degrees East Seven miles and Eighty Poles to a white Oak
marked on the Line of Number Two so called. Thence east five
SUTTON. 307
Degrees North five miles to the Place Begun at. To have and to
hold to them their Heirs and assigns in equal shares on the following
Conditions Terms and limitations That is to say that eighteen shares
in the said Tract of Land be and hereby are reserved to the use of
the said Proprietors the Grantors in these Presents their Heirs and
Assigns the same to lay on the Eastern side of said Tract of land and
to be laid out at the same time the other shares shall be laid out and
numbred from one to Eighteen and that the Rest and Remainder of
the said Tract of land (saving what is herein after mentioned to be
otherwise Improv'd) be divided into Sixty three shares or Rights and
each sbare into two distinct Lots one of which is to contain a hun-
dred acres and the other Lot all the rest of the Land belonging to
each respective share except as before excepted. — That the lots
which belong to the said sixty three shares be numbred with the
same number beginning with nineteen & ending with Eighty One,
That the said land be so laid out within the space of Eight months
from the day of granting the same, and then the said sixty three
shares to be drawn in the usual manner of Drawing for lots of land
in such Cases and that the same be done at Portsmouth under the
direction of the Grantors and that there be one Draft for the lots
which belong unto one sbare — That the Eighteen shares reserv'd for
the Use of the Grantors be drawn for, by the Grantors only at the
same time of drawing the other lots. That one of said sixt}'^ three
shares be for the first minister of the Gospel who shall be settled
there and Continue there during his life or untill he shall be regu-
larly dismiss'd to hold to him his Heirs and assigns, and one other of
the said sixty three shares be for and towards the support of the Gos-
pel ministry there for ever and that the hundred acre lots belonging
unto these two shares shall be laid out as near the Place where the
meeting house shall be built as Conveniently may be and not drawn
for as the other lots. That there be ten acres of land left in some
Convenient Place, as the major part of the said Grantees shall deter-
mine within the said Boundarys (exclusive of the eighteen reserved
shares) for building a meeting house and school house upon and to
improve for a training field a burying Place and other publick Use to
which the Inhabitants there shall see Cause to apply it. That one
other of said sixty three shares be for the use and support of a school
there for ever — That the owners of the other sixty shares make a
regular settlement there at their own Cost & Charge in the following
manner namely that within two Years from the Granting of said land
they shall have a saw Mill built fit for sawing & making Boards &
other Timber for the use of the settlers there and that the same be
put under such a regulation as shall best serve the interest of the
308 CHARTER RECORDS.
Settlement and that each settler may be serv'd on reasonable Tei'ms.
That within Three years from the said Term each owner of the said
shares shall have three acres of land there clear'd and fitted for Til-
lage or mowin<T. That within four Years from said Term each owner
shall have a house of sixteen foot square or equal thereto (with a Cel-
lar under it) built on his respective share and fit to live in. That
within five Years from said Term there shall be thirty families living
on such Tract of land. That within six Yeai's from said Term there
shall be a meeting House built and Preaching there and sixty families
living on said Tract of land. That within seven Years from said
Term the said owners settle a Gospel minister there — That each
owner of said sixty shares Pay to such Person or Persons as shall be
appointed by the major part of the said owners to receive the same
his Proportion of all sums of money from time to time as the major
Part of said Owners shall determine to be necessary to be paid for
the Carrying on the said settlement and accomplishing the matters
and things aforesaid and what shall be herein after mentioned for the
making Perfecting and finisliing the said settlement. That there be
reserv'd in the most Convenient Place in said Tract of Land (exclu-
sive of the said reserv'd Eighteen shares) a Place for a saw mill with
a Convenient Quantity of land for a Pond Yard Brow &c not exceed-
ing Twenty acres That in laying out the lots care be taken to sort
them in such a manner as to make the shares as equal as Possible
that the lots be laid in Ranges where the land will admit of it & land
left between the Ranges for highways of four Rods wide and between
the lots of two Rods wide where the land will admit of it — That a
Plan of the whole when laid out be made at the Charge of the
Owners of the said sixty shares and return'd to the said Grantors at
the time of drawing the lots at the Charge of the said Owners.
That the Eighteen reserv'd shares be exonerated acquitted and fully
Discharg'd & exempted from paying any Charge towards making the
said settlement and not held to the Conditions limited to the other
shares nor liable to pay any Charge Tax or assessment until improvd
by the respective owners thereof or any under them. That all white
Pine trees fit for masting the Royal Navy be and hereby are reserv'd
and Granted unto his majesty his Heirs and successors for ever for
that purpose. That in Case the Grantees and Owners of the said
sixty shares shall neglect fail and omit to make and perfect the said
settlement in manner as aforesaid according to the true intent and
meaning of the several Articles matters and things herein before
mentioned by them to be done such Grantees and owners shall for-
feit their Right and Interest in the said Granted Premises to the
Grantors their Heirs and assigns, (saving to such of the said Owners
SUTTON. 309
as shall have done and perform'd his part and Proportion of the said
Articles matters and things his Respective Right and share of the
said Premises) and the said Grantors tiieir Heirs and assigns may
and it shall be lawful 1 for them or any Person or Persons tor them
and in their Name and Stead to enter into and upon the Rights and
shares so forfeited and the same again to seize take Possession of and
apply to their own use — Provided that if a war with the Indians
should again happen before the expiration of the several limitations
for the doing & performing the said matters and things respectively
then the same Term of Years to be allowed of after that Impediment
shall be I'emov'd. —
And further it is to be understood that the grantors do not War-
rant the Premises and further it is the true intent and meaning of
the Grantors and Grantees in these Presents that in Case any of the
Said sixty shares shall be forfeited to the Grantors by default of Per-
forming the Proportion of Duty in making the said Settlement as
afores'' the said Grantors shall oblige those to whom they shall Dis-
pose of such shares to do & Perform their Proportion of these Arti-
cles matters and things herein enjoyn'd and required of the Original
Grantees and in Case the said Grantors shall hold such forfeited
Rights to themselves or any of them they shall do and Perform all
their Proportion of Duty and pay their Proportion of all Charge as
is herein requir'd of the Original Grantees Provided nevertheless that
the said Grantees do & shall when they shall be thereunto respec-
tively requested by the Grantors Enter into a Contract and person-
ally oblige themselves and their respective Heirs & assigns to do and
perform the several Articles matters and things by those Persons the
Grantees before mentioned to be performd and done by signing and
Executing such Instrument or Instruments in writing as by Council
Learn'd in the law shall be advised and devised for that Purpose.
[Draft of Lots, 1750.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 32, and Proprietors' Records, Vol. 6,
p. 23(3, and Vol. 7, p. 66.]
Province of } Portsmouth July 11"' 1750 Wensday at the
New Hampsh"^ \ house of iVnn Slayton — At a Proprietors Meeting-
held by adjournment — The Draft of y'' Lots of the Township granted
to Obadiaii Parry & others 30"' Nov' 1749— and of y'' Eighteen Lots
layed out for y'' Pioprietors y*' Grantors
3IO
CHARTER RECORDS.
order
N° 1
2
3
4
5
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
'^6
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
of drawing
Stephen woodward .
Benj'^ Hale
John Pecker a minor
David Graves a minor
Tho^ Follensby
John Webster jun' .
School Lot
Eben'^ Parry
Tho^ Hale " .
James Clements a minor
Tho* Hale jun'
John Carrier .
John Poor
John Parry a minor
Parker Stevens a minor
Asa Kimbal
Mark Plummer a minor
James Pecker .
John Barker .
Sam'^ Clements
David Marsh .
Humphrey Noyes
Jacob Hancock
Abraham Parry
James Graves
Joseph Noyes .
Obadiah Parry
Edward Barnard Clerk
Jonathan Poor minor
Aaron Sargent
Thomas Noyes
William Stevens
Zebediah Sargent
John Cogswell jun'' .
Moses Clements
Sam^' Ayer
Jon'^ Plummer
Andrew Stone
Benj"^ Eaton jun""
Jacob Woodward
Sam" Little
John Ayer jun^
l^t Division
N°30
21
39
46
59
65
60
29
54
70
73
20
74
25
33
26
70
63
41
44
49
76
28
35
38
64
22
55
77
81
58
80
27
19
42
56
53
67
52
45
50
43
2'' Division
SUTTON
311
44
Joshua Page .
71
2
45
Edmund Page .
37
44
46
Daniel Poore .
40
40
47
Timothy Eaton
61
43
48
Timothy Clements .
69
31
49
Stephen whitacve
34
37
50
John Plummer jun''
47
33
51
Benj" Eaton
66
57
52
Dan" Roberts .
51
18
53
Deacon James Eaton
62
47
54
Nath" Knight jun'' .
23
62
55
Tho^ Whitacie
24
41
56
James Gushing Clerk
46
34
57
Cutting Marsh
75
55
58
William Eaton
36
38
59
Stephen Poor a minor
68
25
60
Obadiah Parry jun'^
72
1
61
James Urin
78
50
62
Samuel Little jun"" .
57
7
Ministerial Lot
32
63
Ministry ....
31
5
The Draft of Eighteen shares Reserved to the Use of y*^ Propri-
etors y*^ Grantors — viz' —
order of di-aft
N" 1 Law Lot N° 1
2 Mason & Thomlinson
3 John Rindge
4 Sam" Solly & Clem' March
5 Tho^ Wallingford .
6 Richard Wibird
7 George Jaffrey
8 Theodore Atkinson
9 Mark Hunk^ Wentworth
10 Joshua Peirce
11 John INIoffatt
12 John Thomlinson .
13 John Wentworth .
14 Thomas Packer
15 Law Lot N° 2
16 Marj'- Moore & Peirce
N°
1 — on y® plan
6
17
3
18
9
15
11
7
2
8
5
16
13
14
4
312 CHARTER RECORDS.
17 Meserve Blanchard
Green & March j • • • •
18 Jotbam Odiorne ..... 10
a true Draft — attest: Geo: Jaffrey Prop''* CI
\_Petitionfor Forfeited Lots, 1751.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 33.]
May 15 — 1751 The Desier of the mager Part of the Proprioters
of the tract of Land Granted to Cap^ Obediah Parry and others is
that the Granttors would Be pleased to Put us in a way to Git the
money that we have Raised and shall have a Casion to Raise for the
setteling the tract of Land By Dissposing of their Rights that are
Delinquent to som body that will pay the mone}^ it is the desier of
our sosiety that you would Be pleased to Give the Rights that are
forfited to the Granttees that thay might disspose of them and might
sell them to Such men as would Com in and set down with us there
and pay there part of money with us.
we should Be glad if we might have the Liberty of dis sposing of
them By a vote of the mager part of us to sell them to such men as
the sosioty shall Like
Thomas Hale ) >^ ...
Daniel Poor \ Committy
The Right of asa Kimbel have not yet Ever paid to our treasurer
one penny Bradford
John Barker of Andover
Samuel ayers of Haverhill
James Urin of Haverhill
Jacob Hancock of Hamsted
Stephen wodwoord of Plastow
Timothy Eatton of Haverhill
these man Neglect to Pay there money
we must wholy Rest the affare while we Have further Conforma-
tion from your onners.
\^A7iothe7^ Petition f 07' Forfeited Lots, 1751.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 34.]
To y" Honurable Propritors of John Tufton Mason Esq'' Rights in
the Unaproprated Lands Li the Province of New Hampshier —
SUTTON.
;i3
Gentelmen
This is to Pray the P^avoiu- of your Honours To Put us into Sum
method How we shall Settel a Township Granted To Perry and
otlier — Inasmuch as many of our Propriters or Sosiety are Back or
allto Gather Negelent and Neglects To Pay any thing Tords the
Defrajang the Charges allredy Risen And we Know not what to
Do — and theirfore we Prays your Honers favour, To Tak the
Delinquent to your Selves or Put us into Sum Method Which
way we shall Do that may Be most for the Intrest of our Province
as well as our own
Who are all Well wishers To the Promotion and Intrest of all our
fellow creators
Plastow September y*^ 23'' 1751
Joshua Page
Daniel Poor
James Graves
p]dw'' Barnard
Israel Webster
Edmund Page
Thomas Xoyes
Samuel Little jun"^
Joseph Noyce
Timothy Clements
Samuel Little
John Pecker Jun"^
John Currier
Timothy Eaton
James Heath
Nathaniel Knight
John Cogswell Jun*
Thomas Hale
James Clements
Ja* Pecker
Jonathan Poor
Stephen Whitteker
Thomas Whitteker
Zebediah Sargant
Cutten Marsh
[^Grrant of Forfeited Shares to Town Proprietors^ 1751.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, Nov. 27, 1751, and Masonian Papers,
Vol. 8, p. 35.]
Province of ^ Portsmouth November the 27"^ 1751. Wenes-
New Hampshire j day six of the Clock afternoon at the house of Ann
Slayton the Proprietors meet according to Adjournment
Whereas the said Proprietors on the thirtieth day of November
1749. Granted to Thomas Whiteacre John Ayer Jun"" John Pecker
& others a Certain Tract of Land of the quantity of Six miles Square
Bounded as follows Viz' laying West of Kyahsargy Hill so called &
Beginning at a Beech tree on the line of Number one so Called one
hundred and fifty Six poles Due North from the mouth of a Brook
which runs into Almsbury River so Called from thence running north
Sixteen Degrees West Seven miles & Eighty Poles to a large Hem-
lock Standing on the top of a Hill thence West five Degrees South
five miles to a Beech Tree marked with Stones about it Thence
314 CHARTER RECORDS.
South Sixteen Degrees East Seven Miles & Eighty Poles to a white
Oak marked on the line of Number Two So Called thence East five
Degrees North five miles to the place Begun at — on Certain Terms &
under such Limitations & Conditions as are Set forth in said Grant
as may fully appear by said Grant Reference tliereto being had
among which Terms & Conditions there is this Reservation That in
Case the Grantees & owners of Sixty Shares (therein Referred to)
shall neglect fail & omit to make & perfect the said Settlement in
manner as aforesaid that is as is Directed to & Set forth among the
Limitations & Conditions aforesaid — According to the true Intent &
meaning of the Several Articles matters & things therein mentioned
by the owners of the Sixty Shares afores'^ to be done & performed
such Grantees & owners shall Forfeit their Right & Interest in the
said Granted Premises to the Grantors their Heirs & assigns — which
also may more fully appear by Refference to said Grant — Now upon
further Consideration of said Grant for promoting & advancing the
Settlement according to the Intention of Said Propritors in making
the said Grant and for a further Encouragement to those of the said
Grantees who have or shall duly Comply with the Conditions &
Terms aforesaid therefore Voted that the said Proprietors on the
Conditions herein after mentioned Do hereby give Grant Remise
Release assign Set over Convey & Confirm to the said Grantees last
mentioned all the Interest property Right Inheritance Estate Claim
& Demand whatsoever of the said Proprietors to Such forfeitures and
forfeited shares both that are already & that shall hereafter be for-
feited according to the true Intent & meaning & the force & Effect of
the said Grant & Reservation aforesaid & All Right Authority Inter-
est Estate Property Claim & Demand whatsoever which the said
Proprietors have by Virtue of the Reservation afores'^ & any other
Clause & Paragraph in the said Grant whereby the Right to such
forfeitures is Vested in the said Proprietors to have & to hold to the
said Grantees & their Associates heirs & assigns forever Provided
nevertheless & on this Condition only Viz' that the said Grantees
Settle or Cause the same to be Settled according to the true Intent
& meaning of the said Grant first made & as is therein Set forth
But in Default thereof such forfeited Rights & Shares shall revert &
remain the property Right & Estate of the said Grantors their Heirs
& assigns Exempted & Exonerated of & from the Expence burthen
& Duty of Settling & Improving the same only at their Will &
pleasure —
SUTTON. 315
[^Correction of Former Vote, 1762.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, Feb. 24, 1752.]
Whereas the said Proprietors at their Meeting held at Portsmouth
aforesaid on the twenty seventh Day of November Anno Dora : 1751
past a Vote in Addition to a Vote past by them the thirtieth Day of
Novemb' Anno Dom : 1749 Granting to Thomas Whittacre John
Ayre Jun' John Pecker & others a Certain Tract of Land Described
in the said Vote of the thirtieth of Novemb' aforesaid with the Terms
and Conditions on which it was Granted which additional Vote was
Designed to grant and Convey all such Rights & Shares of the
Grantees named in the first Vote afores'' in & to the said Tract of
Land, which according to the true Intent & meaning of the said Vote,
then were or thereafter should be forfeited to the grantors — To those
of the said Grantees who had not & should not so forfeit their said
Rights & Shares. But yet on this Condition that those Persons who
should so take the said Forfeited Shares should Settle the same ac-
cording to the Tenor and meaning of the said first Vote within a
Limited time which time was wholly Omitted & not Expressed in the
Drafting the said Additional Vote by mere over Sight —
Therefore Voted that The term of one year shall be & hereby is
Granted & allowed to the Grantees of the said forfeited shares their
Respective Heirs & assigns (according to the true Intent & meaning
of the said second Vote) to perform & finish a Settlemen"" thereof
(according to y*^ Tenor of the s'' first Vote) To be Computed from the
time each Respective Forfeiture Accrewed or Shall hereafter accrew —
[N^ames of Settlers, 1771.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 36.]
Setlers Liveing in Perries Town
Samuel Peesley — Cornelious Been
Ephraim Gile Jacob Davis
Samuel Been Thos Cheeney
a Saw mill
Some more Trees Cut Down
[Endorsed] Return of the Settlers in Perrys-Town — July 1771
3l6 CHARTER RECORDS.
\_G-eorge Jaffrey to Town Proprietors^ 1771.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 37.]
Gentlemen
The Proprietors of the Lands purchased of Jn° Tufton Mason
Esqu"^ in New Hampshire, being Sensible that the Tract of Land
called Parry's Town, is chiefly forfeited to the Grantors, by the Grantees
not complying with the Terms and Conditions of their Grant — and
the Grantors are therefore determined imediately to re-enter, and
reasume their former Right & Possession of the forfeited Rights and
Shares in Said Tract, and dispose of the Same by a new grant on new
Terms — of which this is to advise you, that if any of you are disposed
to make application toy'' Grantors for a new Grant, you must Speedily
apply for y® Same, or the forfeited land will be conveyed to others —
by direction from y'' Proprietors — this is from Gen'
y^ Hum : serv'
Portsm° July 18"^ 1771— Geo : Jaffrey Prop" 01
To the Granteers of the Tract of Land called Parry's Town in New
Hampshire —
[Flan of Sutton, 1771.]
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Aaron Sargants
Capt Thomas Noyse for 5 oacres
wants 50 more & would Stay
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his own Wright
Samuel Been
ishd the Dam He has Cleard i
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his own Wright
Samuel Little
Cap' Thomas Noyse
John Plummer
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1 Samuel Peasley .
2 Cornelius Been
3 Thomas Cheeney .
4 Jacob Davis
5 Ephraim Gile
6 Samuel Been
Non Residents
I Ebenezer Noyce .
Jeremiah Heath
& Esq-- Mchard '
3 Thomas Wodley .
4 Jonathan Nelson .
5 Jacob woodard
6 Ebenezer Johnson
7 John Knight
S Docter James Packer .
9 Moses quimbey .
3l8 CHARTER RECORDS.
l^Report of Coinmittee on Forfeitures, 1771.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 38.]
In pursuance of a Vote passed the 17"' July last we have examined
into the state of the Townships of Parrys Town New Britton and
Alexandria and do make the following Report thereupon
That it appears to us the said Towns are all and each of them for-
feited for non compliance with the Conditions of their respective
Grants and are reseized by the Attorney of the Proprietors in pursu-
ance of the Proviso's made in the Grants And we are of opinion
the said Townships of Parry's town New Britton and Alexandria be
appropriated to the Use and Benefit of the Proprietors reserving to
certain Persons inhabiting and improving in each of the said Towns
as follows.
In the Township of Parry's town as appears by the Return of Jonas
Minot Attorney and Agent to the Proprietors
Seven Houses with Families resident in the said Town the whole
Rights belonging to the Lots on which such houses are now built and
Improvements made be reserved and confirmed to the Proprietors of
such Rights.
Also Eight Persons having begun improving on certain Lots in said
Town but are not resident there, the said Lots should be confirmed to
the Persons improving the same on Condition that they continue
progressively improving said Lots and building a Dewelling House on
each of the said Lots respectively within one Year —
In the Township of New Britton as appears by the Return of Jonas
Minot aforesaid
Fourteen Houses with Families resident in the s'' Town the whole
Rights belonging to the said Houses and Improvements to be reserved
to the Proprietors of the said Rights as abovemention'd in the Case of
Perry's town
Also Eight Persons have begun improving on certain Lots but are
not resident in said Town the said Lots to be confirmed to the Im-
provers on the Conditions mentioned above in the Case of Perrys
town
In the Township of Alexandria as appears by the Return of Jonas
Minot aforesaid
Three Houses with Families resident in the said Town the whole
Rights belonging to the said Houses and Improvements to be reserved
to the Proprietors of the said Rights as aforementioned in the Case of
Perrys town
SUTTON. 319
Also Six Persons have begun improving on certain Lots but are
not resident in said Town the said Lots to be confirmed to the Im-
provers on the Conditions mentioned above in tlie Case of Perrys
town
Also nine Persons have fell'd some tew Trees but made no actual
improvement on certain to be left to the Consideration of the Pro-
prietors. '
Portsmouth J Fisher )
15"^ Aug^ 1771— W" Whipple I Committee
Peter Pearse )
To the Proprietors of Masons Patent at their Meeting this Day
\_Complaint about Road, 1771.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 39.]
IMerrimack Sept^ 23'^ 1771
Sir There is a piece of land belonging to Mason's proprietors, lying
between Parrystown & Almsbury, commonly called the Gore, through
which the road from Boscawen to Charlestown passes. You being
usually the Moderator of s'' proprietors meetings, I have taken the
liberty of applying to you, to inform that the Com'®® appointed to see
that road compleated, employed people last Fall to cut Trees out of
the way, that Horses & Sleds might pass, & it must be compleated
very soon, all the rest of road, except through Hereford (w''' M""
Fisher engages shall be done immediately) is fit for Teams to pass.
It wou'd be a great hardship, and is what the proprietors, we pre-
sume, do not desire, that those people who at a great expence, have
made a good Road thirty or forty miles, should be deprived of the
benefit of it, thro the want of abo' a mile & an half, it being not more
than that thro' the Gore. We have tried several persons & their
price is near Eighteen pounds L m^ '^ mile this may appear an ex-
travagant demand but the difficulties that attend making a Road
there, owing to its being very Rocky, uneven & so soft in many place
as to require Causeying, & several bridges to build, must necessarily
make it expensive. We expect an answer very soon from some of
them what will be their Lowest price w'* we do not expect will be
much short of the sum mention'd. If the proprietors can do it cheaper,
we shal rejoice at it & be glad to be eased of the trouble
I am S'^ with great Respect
Y"^ most hble serv'
E' G' Lutwyche
The Hon^'« Theo Atkinson Esq^
320 CHARTER RECORDS.
\_Atkinson to Jaffrey about Foregoing Complaint^ 1771.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 40.]
Portsm*^ Octob'^ 9—1771
7 o Clk A M
S"^ I rec'^ the Enclosed Letter this moment & being unacquainted
with the methods taken by the Proprietors can make no proper
answer to Coll Lutwyche & which I must beg to referr to you & any
others of the Propriety this Way must be cutt at our Expence or the
Land will be Sold & I Question wether in will Sell for more than
will make the road — I wish the weather & your Leizure would permit
you to See some others & give Coll Lutwych Powar to Agree with
Persons to finish our Parte if he (being one of the Com'*''^) agrees we
can have no future demand if otherways we may have disagreeable
afterclaps I hope you'l write the Coll on the Affair I am with much
respect
Your obliged Humble Ser'
Theodore Atkinson
[Answer from Col. Lutivyche., 1771.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 41.]
Merrimack Oct' 21. 1771
Sir
Your favor of the S*'^ '^ post I rec'^ & should have answer'd on his
return, but when he call'd on me, it slip'd my mind; w^'^ neglect I
take the earliest opp^ of atoning for, by informing you, that I shall
do every thing in my power, to get the Road compleated upon reason-
able terms. A person w^as with me this morning, who insisted on
Twelve pounds "^ Mile but we did not come to any agreement, if I
can't get it done cheaper must come to his Terms.
It will give we great pleasure to render either you or the proprie-
tors any service in the power of
Sir Your most Obed
Hble serv*
E G Lutwyche
The Hon^i^ Geo Jaffrey Esq''
SUTTON. 321
[Li(tivi/cJie to Jaffreij^ 1771.]
[Miisonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 42.]
Merrimack Dec'^ 2'^ 1771
Sir
I thought the Koail, thro" tlie Gore, was near compleated: and 3'our
favor of the 22'' w*^'' came to hand the 30"', did not a little perplex
me, w''' I was relieved from last night, by receiving information that
the person I had agreed with to finish it, when he view'd the Road
was discourag'' from undertaking it, at twelve pounds ^ Mile. The
Season is so far advanced, it is now, next to impossible to compleat it
'till next Spring, so that necessity supplies the place of inclination, to
comply with your request, in behalf of the proprietors.
The Road is, to be sure, very bad to make, & I made enquiry if
that was the best place for a Road, & rec'' information it was ; It
seems they could have found a place less Rocky but more Hilly, w''^
would not so well accomodate the public. The Com^'''^ you will easily
see, have no Authorit}' to Lay out a road, but were to see one made
where it was mark'd ; Yet we have alter'd it in several places, &
should have done the same in the Gore, if we could have seen any
advantage that would have resulted from it. We shall nevertheless
rejoice if a better can be found. There was something done on that
Road, b}' our ord'", to enable horses to pass last Fall ; the expence of
w"'^ I will Lay before you soon.
The Com''^'' flatter themselves that the public spiritness of the pro-
prietors, will induce them to take the earliest opportunity in the
Spring, to have the Road finisird, as the new settlements Suffer many
inconveniencs for want of it, & they in a great meat^ure lose the ben-
efit of the expence of making a Road from Charlestown
It will at all times give me pleasure to evince my respect for the
proprietors & to convince you how much I am
Sir Y'' very hble serv'
E G Lutv?^yche
IPetition for More Time, 1772.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 4-3.]
To the Grantees of John Tuften Mason Esq''
The Memorial of a Com"^*^ from the Proprietors of Perrys Town So
Called humbly Sheweth
Whereas it was resolved Some Months Ago by a Com'''^ of the
21
322 CHARTER RECORDS.
Masonian Proprieters that the Proprietors of Said Perrys Town
Should Surrender to the Masonian proprietors fifteen rights in Said
Town for their Neglect to perform the Conditions of their Grant and
for granting a further term for Settlem' — A Copy of which resolve
was laid before the proprietors of Said Town in their Meeting on the
5th day of November last when it was Voted and Resolved Viz " we
" think the terms proposed too hard and that our Com*'''' apply to
" the Masonian Proprietors or their Com'*^"^ for More favourable terms"
— we Therefore Pra}^ that you will Again take the matter under con-
sideration— and as it is difficult now to determine what rights Should
be forfieted we request that you will grant Us a Term not more then
one year to Compleat the Settlem' conditioned for a full and final
forfieture of all the rights that Shall not be duly Setled in that term
or Such other terms And Conditions as You may think reasonable
Portsm° May : 1772 Enoch Bartlet
Josiah Bartlett
[^Lette7' from Town Committee, 1772.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 44.]
To the Com'*^ of Masons Propriety Gent :
Your proposals of the 29"" of May was laid before the proprietors
of Perrjs Town in their Meeting on the 8"" of June instant when it
was Voted that we As a Comt*^® Should apply to the Masonian Pro-
prietors and fully Settle terms as we might think proper, But as it
was a thin Meeting and Not quallified for Such vote and many of the
Greatest Proprietors do object to the Proceedings or to any applica-
tion at present therefore we cannot pretend to fully adjust and Settle
the affair —
The terms proposed are Such that it does Amount to Ten dollars
on Each right those that are Setled included, which Are far harder
then we expected or yet hope for For by them not only the rights of
many may be forfieted but their Bonds also, and they who pay the
money if Ijut 40 or 50 in Number will be obliged to defray the whole
Charge as a Town for highways Preaching &c which would put those
who incline to go forward into a perplex'd Situation
There can be no application regularly made by a Com'^® with power
to close the affair till a meeting is called for that purpose
As Some of the principal Proprietors are averse to making proposals
we do conclude that it would be best for all Such of the delinquent
Proprietors as are willing to Join in a Petition To request of the
SUTTON. 323
Masonian Proprietors, that they may on reasonable terms with Proper
Conditions be quieted in their rights by a Grant Made to them of
their Respective rights by tlie former grant and of all the Remainder
of the 60 rights in S'' Town (those which are adjudg'd Setled
Excepted) with a reserve that Said Remainder not Setled Shall be
for the petitioners associated, they for Some Months giving prefference
to those who were proprietors of them by the former grant and after
that term of months to Such persons as they may admit on reasonable
terms
We would propose that if every other Proprietor on admission or
at the making the grant give Bond for a due Settlem*^ it may also be
injoined on those who have Setled there And Not compleated their
Settlements — And considering the advantage the Masonian Prop'*
may expect by forfieted rights and on the forfieture of Bonds we con-
clude that they will be content with four or five dollars for the
reinstating each delinquent — And we pray that they will consider
And State the terms And Conditions they would Make with Such
Petitioners and it will Oblige a Considerable Number of Said Pro-
prietors— and y'^ Humb® Serv'* —
June 16"> 1772— Enoch Bartlet
Timothy Ladd
\_Proposah of Masonian Pi'oprietors, 1772.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 45.] .
Portsmouth July 22'^ 1772 Mem° of the 2'^ Proposals of the Com'
of Masons Propriety, to the Comt® of the Proprietors of Parrys Town,
Viz' — The Grantees pay unto the Grantors X120 L M^' on Acco't of
the first Grant not being comply'd with — A new Charter to be made
to the Grantees, with two Years time to fullfill the terms of the Old
one (excepting settling a Minister), All the Rights that hath not the
duty done at the Expiration of the two Years, to Revert to the
Grantors — The Grantees in one Month after the two years is out to
give the Grantors on Oath an Account of all the Settlements &
Improvements in Said Town, Personall Security for Settlement to be
give, as by the first Grant —
By desire of the Committee
Peter Pearse
324 CHARTER RECORDS.
l^Agreeinent for Settlement^ 1772.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. J 6.]
Province of ^
New Hampshire > Portsmouth Aug* 7"' 1772
Rockingham ss ) Memorandum of an agreement made this day,
between the Committee of Mason's Propriety and a Committee of the
Proprietors of Parry's Town viz* that the masonian Propriety shall
make & execute a new grant, or charter of said Parry's Town to such
Persons as hold under the former Grantees or Proprietors of said
Town giving them the Liberty of two years from the 5"^ of Novem-
ber next to fulfill the terms injoined by the former grant (setling a
minister excepted) and that the rights that hath not the duty of Set-
tlement done on them at the expiration of said two years, shall be for-
feited to those of the Proprietors of said Town who shall have cora-
pleated their Settlements, who shall have full power to enter on all
such rights, and to have one year from the 5"^ November 1774 to per-
form the Settlements, which being performed, shall have an absolute
right to dispose of them as they shall think proper, but at the expir-
ation of three years from the 5'^ Nov'^' 1772 every Grantees right or
share in said Town whereon the duty of settlement is not fully com-
plyed with, shall revert to the Grantors their Heirs or Assigns, and
in Consideration of said grant, or charter the said Grantees of Parry's
Town, to give good security for the payment of one hundred Pounds
lawfull money in three months from the Above date N B it was
agreed before Signing that one Year More be Alow'' for Settlem"^
Enoch Bartlet
Josiah Bartlett
Timothy Ladd
Sam" White
Mem° it is a Gree'd by the Proprietors of Masons Patent that a
Grant be made out agreable to the within Agreement the Grantees
complying on their part, with the agreement
Portsm"° Aug' 13*'> 1772 at the Proprietors Meeting
attest. Geo : Jaffrey Prop'* CI
Portsm° Aug* 12 1773 PteC' of Enoch Bartlet of Haverhill Esq--
Fifty Pounds Lawfull money in part of the within mentioned Sum of
One hundred Pound and it is Agreed by the Said Bartlett in behalf
of the Committee for Parrys Town so Called, with the Committee of
Masons Proprietors that Interest shall be paid for the within men-
tioned One hundred Pounds from the time it was Payable by the
SUTTON. 325
within Agreement to tlie payment of the same with said Interest, and
that notwithstanding the money be not paid Agreable to said Agree-
ment. Yet at the next meeting of the Proprietors which stands
adjorn'' to Wednesday next the Proprietors will Pass the Grant
Agreed upon on Payment of the Remainder of the money and Interest
afores*^ or good Security for Payment of the Same with y*' Interest
within Six Months from tliis Date —
By Order and in Behalf of said Proprietors Committee —
a Copy Geo Jaffrey
\_Petltion of Jonathan Carleto7u 1772.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 47.]
To the Honorabell Gentelmen Purchasers of the Honor' John Tuf-
ten masons Patten in the Province of New Hamps'" in New England —
The Petision of the Subscriber Humbly Sheweth — That whereas I
am apointed by the Honora''' Judge of Pi-obates for the Countey of
Rockingham, Gardean and trustee of the Estate of Thomas Hale of
Adkinson minor, Sone and onely heir of Thomas Hale of Hampstead
who Deceas' aboute Seventeen years Since — and Left Thomas Hale
of Said Adkinson Granfather to the Said Thomas Hale minor Sur-
vifeing his Sone Thomas of Hampstead, Gave by will to his Granson
Thomas a Rite in Perrys Town So Caul'* and through the Neglect of
frinds, or Same misfortune, the Said write is not Setled according to
the Charter of Said Town Ship and thereby forfited, and Your Peti-
sinor Since apointed Gardean as afores'* which is of Late, hath paid
all Charge on s'* write, In Clearing the Grate Roade through S''
Town, and as your Honor^ hath agreed with the propriators of S'*
Township for a Sertain Sum of money, and Gave them a further
Limated time for the Settlement thereof, your petisionor prays your
Honors to Consider this promising Youth, and bestow upon him his
parte of the Charge on his Rite, for the Sum of money agreed for,
for the new Charter and privalage in further Setling Said Town, and
Since the S'' Thomas hath bin under my Care, I have Bound him
oute to a Trade, and he haveing no money Left him by his father, nor
any Incum of the Estate Left him by his Granfather, your petisionor
prays Your Honors, to take the affair Into Consideration and bestow
that Charity that in your wisdom Shall think fit
And Your Petisinor In Dutey Bound Shall Ever pray
Dated Hampstead Septe'" 11 1772 — Jonathan Carleton
326 CHARTER RECORDS.
\^Sutton Charter Menewed^ 1773.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, Aug. 18, 1773.]
Province of ) Portsmouth August 18'*^ 1773, Wednesday three
New Hampshire ( of the Clock afternoon at the dwelling house of
James Stoodly Esq'' Innholder, The Proprietors meet according to
Adjournment —
Whereas the said Proprietors on the thirtieth day of November
A D 1749. Granted to Thomas Whitacre, John Ayer jun'^ John
Pecker and others, a certain tract of land of the quantity of Six miles
square, commonly called by the name of Parrys Town, bounded as it
is at large set forth in said Grant, on certain Terms and under such
limitations and conditions as are contained in the same Grant, as will
fully appear by refference thereto — And Whereas the said Proprie-
tors afterwards at a legal meeting held at Portsmouth by adjourn-
ment on Wednesday the twenty seventh day of November, A D 1751.
at the house of Ann Slayton, upon farther consideration of said
Grant, and for further encouragement to those of said Grantees who
had complyed or should duly comply with the conditions and terms of
said Grant, Voted that said Proprietors Grant, remise, release, assign,
sett over, convey & confirm to the said Grantees last mentioned, all
the right and property of the said Grantors, to such forfeitures and
forfeited Shares, as were, or should be forfeited, according to the true
intent and meaning of the conditions of said first Grant, to hold to
said last mentioned Grantees upon condition that they settle or cause
the same to be settled according to the true intent and meaning of
said first Grant, but in default thereof the same to remain and revert
to the said Grantors, as mention'd in said first Grant, as will among
other things fully appear by said Vote. —
Whereas the said Proprietors at their legal Meeting held at Ports-
mouth aforesaid on Monday the twenty fourth day of Februar}^ A D
1752 by adjournment at the house of Ann Slayton, by another Vote
in addition to said lastmentioned Vote, granted and allowed the
Term of one year to the Grantees of the said forfeited Shares, their
respective Heirs & Assigns, according to the true intent of said
second vote, to perform the settlement thereof (according to the
terms of said first Grant) to be computed from the time that each
respective forfeiture accrued, or should Accrue, — And Whereas the
time for the performance of the conditions contained in said first and
additional Grants, is long past, and the conditions thereof unpei'-
formed, whereby the property of said Granted Lands, hath reverted
to the said Grantors, and for the breach of said conditions, the said
Grantors have reentered into & upon each of said Shares, and thereby
have become reseized of the whole of said Granted Land. And
SUTTON. 327
Whereas the said Grantees, and their assigns being duly convinced
that said Land is justly forfeited according to the conditions of said
first Grant, and having solicited said Grantors to indulge the said
Grantees and their Assigns, with a longer time to perform the condi-
tions of the said first Grant, and to dispence with the settlement of a
Minister according to one condition Mentiond in said first Grant, and
the said Grantors being desirous to encourage the settlement of said
Land, and to give said Grantees, and their Assigns all reasonable
indulgence for that Purpose. — Therefore (according to agreement
made with said Grantees the 7"' day of August 1772) —
Voted That the said Thomas Whitacre, John Ayer jun"^ John
Pecker and others mention'd in said first Grant, and their respective
Heirs and Assigns have two years from the fifth day of November
next, to perform the conditions limitations & Reservations contained
in the said first Grant, (Except the settling a Minister there, which
condition only, is hereby released by said Grantors) that all the
Rights or Shares in said Granted lands, whereon the duty of settle-
ment shall not be performed, within the said term of two Years last-
mention'd, in manner as mention'd in said first Grant, shall be
forfeited and belong to such of said Grantees, their heirs and Assigns,
as shall have compleated their settlements and performed their duty
according to said Grant within the said farther term of two years
aforesaid, and such Grantees, their respective heirs and assigns shall
have full power to enter upon such forfeited Rights or shares, and
become seized & possessed thereof to his or their own use forever,
upon condition that such Grantee or Grantees as shall have per-
formed his or their duty in manner aforesaid, shall perform the duty
required by the said first Grant and this additional Grant, upon such
forfeited Right or Share within one year after the Expiration of said
two Years, but in case the duty required to be done by said Grant
(except as before excepted) on each particular right or Share in said
granted premises agreeable to the further term of time hereby
granted, is not performed. Then each and every such right or Share
there shall be forfeited, and revert to the said Grantors their Heirs
and Assigns, as though this Grant had never been made, & it shall be
lawfull for the said Grantors, their heirs or assigns or any person
under them, to reenter into, and become reseized of each and every
such forfeited Right or share in s*^ granted premises To Have and to
Hold said Granted Premises with the Appurtenances thereof, to them
the said Grantees their heirs and Assigns, upon the conditions. Reser-
vations & Limitations contained in this and the said first Grant, to
and for the use and benefit of the said Grantees, their heirs and
Assiirns forever. —
328 CHARTER RECORDS.
[^Surve^or^s Report on Three Lots, 1808.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 48.]
Suton August 30"' 1808—
Sir at your reqest we the Subscribers have been to Sutton and
after Surveying and New Spotting tthe lines round the lots N" 5 & 7
we thought it best to Divide them into Small lots which we have done
as you may See by the plan of the Same — agreeable to your request
we inform that Ninety Acres has been Sold off of N° 5 by M"" Samuel
Peasley Cunstable for Peristown in the year 1777 for taxes and other
Due charges to Peter Peasley, and fifty acers of s'' land by s'' Peter con-
veyed to Caleb Kimbal who now lives on s'^ primises the remainder
forty acres was by s*^ Peter conveyed to James Taylor & by James
Taylor, to Joseph Town who now ocopyes s'^ land —
We further State that AP Caleb Kimbal has made Some improve-
ments on A part of the remainder of N" five
We also have Surveyed N*' 7 and divided it into three lots as you
may See by the plan but as to its Quality we must give it but an
indiferant recommendation
It appears there is two men by the Name of John and William
Palmer's who Say they had incuragement from you for the Sale of s'^
land and on that incuragement they have ventured to make Some im-
provements and are now living on s'^ premises, who wishes Still to pur-
ches if s'' land can be had on Reasonable terms
As to N° Six we are unable to give you a full Discription thereof
but by what we have Seen by going round s'^ land it appears there is
Some good land thereon and A man by the Name of Chase has cut
down 2 or 3 acers on s'^ lot and left it as it is —
You will find by the plan at the Easterly Eend of s'^ lots there is A
line Sixty Rods from the line of s'^ lots marked fully with the pen
(which appears by information from the inhabitants and other Record
of the town called the Gore) to be the town line of Sutton, if that be
true s'' lots will hold out largely in measure and may Still be Sur-
veyed, But we could not See our way Clear to Survey said land with-
out further information which mus be attended with Some Expence
as s'' information cannot be had without Runing the town line from
corner to corner. Except the town of Sutton and the Gore so called
Shall Establish the Same —
As to the land which we Surveyed for you in the town of Washing-
ton the Sumer past we are not capasiated to give you A Just Estimate
thereof, as we onely traversed the outlines of s'^ land, but if you would
wis to have our Estimate the Expence will be but trifling as we could
in the cource of two Dayes inspect the whole of s'' land
SUTTON.
329
If you wold wish to have s'^ Bushiess Done pleas to inform us by
the Barer hereof
A plication is made for A part of the above mentioned land in
Washington
We Subscribe ourselves your cencear friends, &c —
Samuel Gunnison
Stephen Hoyt Jun'
\_Pla7i of Afot-esaid Lots.]
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This plan laid down by A Scale of 40 Rods to an Inch Drawn for
John Pierce Esq"^ of Portsmouth at the request of Capt Samuel Guni-
son of Fishersfield, By Stephen Hoyt Jun'^ of Bradford, Surveyors fees
330 CHARTER RECORDS.
for 4 Dayes works at 2,00 p"^ Day is 8 Doller and Drawing the plan
and other information one Dollar —
The above Land in Sutton
[Flan of One Lot.]
agreeable to your Request I have Surveyed lot N° 5 in Sutton and
after Measureing off 90 Acres to Towne & Kimball 1 find that Kim-
ball Claimes the South Side of the Brook or at least what there is the
west Side of the prickt line which is Paster but it is Verry poor land
as is also the Remainder of the Lot
John Palmer
TAMWORTH.
[Granted Oct. 14, 1766, to John Webster and others. A committee was
appointed Feb. 22, 1785, to settle the line between Tamworth and Sandwich, and
another June 11, 1796, to settle the line between Tamworth, and Albany and
Eaton, and a third to establish both lines Dec. 23, 1808. A tract of Ossipee ter-
ritory was annexed to Tamworth Jan. 13, 1837, and re-annexed to Ossipee June
23, 1859. A part of Albany was annexed June 27, 1857.
See New Hampshire charters in preceding volumes; XIII, Hammond Town
Papers, 538; Index to Laws, 535 ; sketch, Fergusson's History of Carroll County,
1889, p. 731; Stewart's History of the Free Baptists, 1862, p. 59; Lawrence's
N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 591 ; In the Heart of the White Mountains, by S. A.
Drake, 1882, p. 18; Ordination Rock, 22, N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, 72; Bio-
graphical Notices of Physicians, by E. C. Cogswell, 2, N. H. Repository, 74;
Centennial Souvenir, 1792-1892, W. B. Hidden, pp. 38.]
TAMWORTH. 331
\_Petition of Town Proprietors, 1768.]
[Masoniaii Papers, Vol. 8, p. 49.]
To the Purchassers of the Patent, of John Tufton Mason Esq.
Lying in the Province of New Hampshire —
The Petition of tlie Proprietors, of the Township of Tamworth
Humbly Sheweth —
That the late Governor, Granted to your Petitioners, the Township,
of Tamworth, Lying Eastward of Sandwich, in said Province, «& ad-
joining the Patent line. —
And your Petitionei's, have been at great Expence, Relative to said
Township : first to Obtain, the Grant, thereof. Secondly, in Petition-
ing his present. Excellency, to Ycertain the Bounds of the abovesaid
Sandwich, the Proprietors of Which, were Endeavering, to take two,
or three. Miles, of the Best of said Tamworth, where it Joins their,
Easterly line. And Whereas, the Dividing line, between the Kings,
& the Abovesaid Patent Land, Begining, at the Sea, & Extending
Northward, sixty miles ; has latly been Run, by order of his Excel-
lency, John Wentworth Esq. Captain, General. &c in behalf of his
Majestic, & b}^ order of your Honours, in Behalf of the Patent ; by
Gentlemen of well known. Capacity, & fidelity, which line Inclneds
the whole Township, of Tamworth Aforesaid, within the Bounds, of
the Abovesaid Patent. — And Whereas, we have Good Reason, to be-
lieve, that the said Dividing line, as lately Run, will be Established,
to perpetuity. And man}' of us, being Ready, able, & willing, to
make Immediate settlement, on having a Legal title, to the Premises.
We therefor, by our Agents, pray yours Honours, to take the Prem-
ises, under Consideration, & Grant us, the Abovesaid Township, of
Tamworth, with such additions, & on such Conditions, as you Judge
most Conducive, to the Benefit of Grantors, & Grantees, & your
Petitioners, as in Duty Bound, &c.
September, 23*i A D 1768.—
Matthew Thornton Steph" Holland
James Cochran Benj'^ Dow
John Dow Joseph Prescot
Josiah Norris Josiah Rundlet
Jacob Rundlet John Webster
John Davidson
332
CHARTER RECORDS.
\_Plan of Tamivorth.']
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[^Criticism of Dudley s Road., 1776.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 50.]
Mem° Nov-^ 28"^ 1776 Cap' Dudley's Road the first half Mile or
thereabout from Duucan^ or Bare Pond to be cut Straight, Wider &
Stump lower The remainder of the Road to Lovel River will Answer
for Wedth but what Cross way ^ & Bridging there is not quite Suffi-
cient, some few Trees & some partly cut down to be clear'd Out &
Stumps cut Lower ; The Remainder of the Road into Tarn worth which
is cheifly Pine will do except the cuting out the stool Oaks in some
[««»( of Tiimirorth, 1775.]
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places. — The Koad in General is Straight & carried as Nigh Ossepe
Mountain as possable to go to Tam worth being but just a Good Pass-
able way between S'^ Mountain & Bare Camp River —
Henry Rust
[Memoranda, 1777.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 50.]
The Rode to be Repaird from Wakefield to Levits Town — and
Cap' John Lovit of Levits Town and Cap*^ Benj-'^ Levit of North Hill
will Undertake to do It — If Can Agree with the Proprietors —
July 16, 1777 M' Joshua Nichason and others are apprehensive
that by their Settlements under Col° Moulton in Tamworth that they
have Got Beyond his Line, upon the Proprietors Claim in the Un-
granted Lands therefore desire that If it shou'd Appear so that they
have Got upon said Land, woud be Glad to be Quieted by the Pro-
prietors upon Such Terms as they Can Agree —
[Petition for Repairs on Road, 1779.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 51.]
To the Proprietors Purchasers of John Tufton Mason Esq" ■ Claim
in New Hampshire —
The Petition of the Subscribers Inhabitants of Sandwich Tamworth
& places adjacent, Humbly shew, that a good & proper Waggon Road
from Tamworth through your Land to Wolfborough is much wanted:
the present Road for that Purpose made b}^ Cap' Dudley & others,
wanting great Repairs, & is in ever}' Respect unfit for passing with
any kind of Carriages & exclusive of the Necessary Repairs of the
Road Two considerable Bridges on the same Road are of absolute
Necessity to render said Road useful, the one of said Bridges over
Lovels River & the other over Beach River ; the want of which has
put the Pablick in this Quarter to great Inconvenience in carrying on
their Business — Wherefore your Petitioners pray that you woud erect
said Bridges & make said Road fit for passing with Waggons as soon
as may be & your Petitioners shall pray.
Novem^ 20"^ 1779
334
CHARTER RECORDS.
Ebenezer meloon
Jeremy Bryent
Ezekiel Mortton
John Tap pen
Nathaniel Weed
Moses weed
Stephen mason
Jonathan Page
Nathan Beede
Nathaniel Ethridge
Enoch True
John Present
James Chase
william Eastman
Nathan^ Shannon
David Folsom
Jacob Brown
Wintlirop Smith
Henry Weed
Bagly Weed
nehenah Cram
Benj-' Brown
Nath' watson
Jacob Jewell
Elias Ladd Ju''
Joshua Present
Daniel Beede J'^
John Jewell
Enoch Remeck
John Sanderson
Philip Burdoc
Mark Blackey
John Hubburd
Bradburey Jewell
Stephen Scribner
Ezekiel French
Samuel Tappen
Elezer Chambelin
Daniel Beede
Aaron Beede
Thomas Burley
Josiah Been
Timothy Medar
Victorious Smith
Duncan mcNaughton
Enoch Sanderson
[ Warning against Trespass^ 1782.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 52.]
State of I Whereas Jon^ Moulton of Hampton in said State.
New Hamp''*' \ hath lately advertised in the Boston & New Hamp"^
Gazzets, sundry Lots of Land in the Townships as he calls them of
Eaton, Tamworth &c & to which he has no just Title. — These are
therefore to caution all Persons against purchasing any of said rights,
which are within the Line of Masons Grant, the Proprietors of which
have now a Surveyor employed in running out the same lands, which
when compleated they shall dispose of, And as the said Pi'oprietors by
their advertisement, published in the New Hampshire Gazette, Nov'^
23, 1770 — warned all Persons against trespassing on or entering
into those Lands owned by them, they now repeat the caution, being
determined to prosecute every such Person, to the utmost rigor of the
Law in behalf and by order of Said Proprietors
Portsm" 29 March 1782 Geo: Jaffrey Prop" CI
TEMPLE.
335
TEMPLE.
[Granted by the Masonian Proprietors June 30, 1750, as Peterboro7igh Slip, also
known as SUptown, which inckided the town of Sharon. Incorporated as Temple
Aug. 26, 176S, and named in honor of John Temple. A dispute about a strip of
land between this town and New Ipswich terminated in favor of Temple. "Bor-
land's Farm" was annexed Jan. 12, 1781. A portion of Peterborough was annexed
Jan. 29, 1789, and a portion of Lyndeborough June 11, 1796.
See Massachusetts and New Hampshire charters in preceding volumes; XIII,
Hammond Town Papers, 547 ; Index to Laws, 540 ; sketch, Hurd's History of
Hillsborough County, 1885, p. 672; History, by H. A. Blood, i860, pp. 352;
Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 242; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E.
Cummings, 1S36, p. 10; Glass-Making in the Merrimack Basin, by E. Brown, Old
Residents' Historical Association, Contributions, vol. 2, p. 180; The Miller Man-
sion, by F. M. Colby, 3, Granite Monthly, 6.]
\Plan of Peterhorough Sl%'p.'\
This is a plan of the Townshi^J Called Petersborough Slip As Lotted
out the Ranges Are 160 rods in Wedth and the first fifteen Courses of
lotts Are Eighty rods wide the Remainder are One Hundred And
twent}^ the East line is North And South the South line is N° 80. W.
the West line Parellell with the East the North line East & West
Finished Oct^ 1750 f Sam' Cumings Sury--
Copy From y*" Files of the Prop""* of the Above Township Exam'' '^
Joseph Blanchard Jun"" Prop''* Clerk
33^ CHARTER RECORDS.
[Charter of Peterborough Slip^ 1750.]
[Masoniaii Papers, Vol. 8, p. 53, and Proprietors' Records, Vol. 6,
p. 147.]
Province of ) Pursuant To the Power and Authority Granted
New Hampshire \ and Vested In me by the Prop'* of Lands Pur-
chassed of John Tuffton Mason Esq'^ in the Province of New Hamp'^''
aforesaid by them passed at their Meeting Held at Portsmoth In said
Province the 16"' of June 1749—
I Do by thes Presents on the Termes and Limitations herafter
Expressed Give & Grant all the Right possession and Property of
the Prop** aforesaid Unto Zacheus Love well Pelegg Lawrance John
Combs James Kelly Sampson French Jonathan Hubbard Benj'' French
Jonathan Cumings Jun' Samuel Greele Peter Powers William Spauld-
ing John Lovewell Jun'' John Hubbard John Gage Jonathan Hubbard
Jun'' Joseph Winn Jun'" Benj"^ Bellows Ezra Carpenter Josiah Brown
Timothy Taylor Jotham Rindge Nehemiah Abott John Fowle Robert
Boyes Joseph Blanchard Jun' John Hill John Kendall Joseph French
Daniel Taylor Matthew Thornton Jonathan Whitney John Stevenes
Samuel Cumings Eleazer Blanchard To the Said Peter Powers three
Rights to the Said Ezra Carpenter three Rights or Shares to the Said
Matthew Thornton two Shares to the Said Timothy Taylor two
Shares to the said Nehe'' Abott two Shares the Aforenamed one
Share Each, of In and to that Tract of Land or Township Lying In
the Province of New Hamps'' Afores'^ Between the Township Called
Petersburrough and New Ipswich Bounded as followeth Begining at
the Southwest Corner of Petersburrough Afores'* and runs from
thence East by the Needle Six miles to a Black Burch tree marked
the Southeast C!orner of Petersburough from Thence North by the
Needle one Hundred rods from thence East one mile and a Quarter
to the Corner of N° 2 from thence South five miles to the southwest
Corner of y*' Township N"" 2 and the Northwest of N° 1 and the North
East Corner of New Ipswich from thence North Eighty Degrees west
Seven miles and a Quarter to the South East Corner of Middle Menad-
nock Township from thence North to the first Bounds Mentioned
To Have and to Hold to them ther Heirs and Assignes Excepting as
Afores'' And on the following terms And Conditions (that is to say)
that the Whole Tract of Land Afores'' be Divided into Sixty three
Equal Shares and that Each Share Contain Lotts Equitably Coupled
togather and Drawn for at Dunstable at or Before the Last Day of
October Next In Som Equitable maner
That three of the Afores'' Shares be Granted and appropriated free
from all Charge one for the first Settled Minister in said Township
TEMPLE. 337
for the Supoit of the Ministry and one for the School there forever
One Lott for Each Said Share to be first Lay'd out in the most Con-
veniant Place Near the Middle of Said Town, and Lotts Coupled to
them so as not to be Drawn for —
That Eighteen of the said Shares be Reserved for the Grantors of
the Premises their Heirs and Assignes forever and aquited from all
Duty And Charge Untill Improved by the Owners or Some Holding
Under Each of them Respectively —
That the Other owners of the Said Rights make Settlement at their
own Expence In the following manner Viz' all the Lotts to be Lay'd
out and Drawn In the following Manner at the Grantees Expence that
all the Lotts In Said Township be Subjected to have all Necessary
roads Lay'd thro them free from Charge as hereafter there Shall be
Ocation
That within five Yeares from the Day of the Date hereof forty of
the Shares Belonging to the Afore mentioned Grantees viz' each
Share Exclusive of y® Share Granted to Jotham Rindge and of one of
the Shares Granted unto Peter Powers, Be Entered upon and three
acres at the Least Clered Inclosed And Fited for mowing or Tillage
And that within the term of one Year then Next Coming there be
On each of the Said Forty Shares a house Built of a Room Sixteen
feet Square at the Least fitted and finished for Comfortable dwelling
in and Som person Resident therein and Continue Inhabitancy or
Residance there three Years then Next Coming With the Additionall
Improvements of two aceres each Year for Each Settler —
That Each of the Said Grantees at the Executing this Instrument
pay twenty pounds old Ten^' to Defray the Necessary Charges Risen
and Ariseing in s^ Township to be Deposited in the hands of Such
Person as the Grantees Shall Chuse being a Freeholder and a Resi-
dant in the Province of New Hampsh"" That a good Conveniant Meet-
ing house be built In Said Township as Conveniant to the Settlers as
may be Within two years Next after the Whole duty is to be Done
as afores'' and ten acres Reserved for publick use where the Said
House Shall be Built
That the Aaf ores'' Grantees or their Assignes b}- a Maj"^ Vote In
Publick Meetings grant and Assess Such Further Sums of money as
they Shall think necessary for Compleating and Carrying forward the
Settlement afores' and any of the Grantees Exclusive of three Pub-
lick Lotts who Shall neglect for the Space of three ^lonths Next after
Such assessment Shall be Granted and made to pay the Same so much
of Such Delinquents Right Respectively Shall or may be Sold as will
pay the Tax and all Chai-ges ariseing thereon by the Prop''^ Com'itee
appointed for That purpose —
22
338 CHARTER RECORDS.
That all White pine trees fitt for masting his Majestys Royal Navy
Growing on Said Tract of Land be and Hereby Are Granted to his
Majestyes his Heirs And Successors for ever —
And in Case any of the Said Grantees Shall neglect or Refuse to
Perform any of the articles Aforementioned he Shall Forfet his Share
& Right in Said Township and every part and Parcell thereof to those
of the S'^ Grantees that Shall have Complyed with the Conditions on
their part therein Expressed and It Shall and may be Lawfull for
them or any Person by their Authority to Enter into and upon the
Right of Such Delinquint owner And any and every part thereof in
the Name of the Whole of the Settlers That Shall Fulfill As afores^^
and him to amove oust and Expell for their use Their heirs and
Assignes Provided they Settle or Cause to be Settled each Such Dilin-
quent Right within the Space of one Year at the Furthest from the
Said Period that is by this Indenture Stipulated to be Don as the
Condition of this Grant and fully Discharge and Comply With the
whole Duty Such Delinquent Ought to have done within one Year
after the Respective periods thereof and In Case the S'' Grantees full-
filling on their part as afores'^ Shall Neglect fullfilling as Afores*^ the
Duty of any Delinquent Owner nor he himself perform it as Afores**
that then Such Share or Shares Shall be forfited Revert and Belong to
the Grantors their heirs and Assignes and be wholey at their Disposall
Allways Provided there be no Indian War Within any of the Termes
and Limitations afores''for doing the duty Conditioned In this Grant —
And In Case that Should Happen the Sam tim to be Allowed for the
Respective Matters afores'* after Such Impediment Shall be Removed
Lastly the Said Grantors do hereby promis to the Said Grantees
their Heirs and Assignes to Defend thro the Law to King and Coun-
cill If Need be On Action that Shall or may be Brought against them
or Nomber of them by any person or persons What so ever Claiming
the S'' Lands or any part thereof by any other title than of the Said
Grantors or that by which they hold and Derive theres from Provided
the said Grantors are Avouched in to Defend the Same and that In
Case on Final Tryal the same Shall be Recovered against the Grantors
for the Said Lands Improvements or Expence in Bringing forward the
Settlement and further that the Said Grantors will pay the Necessary
Expence of time and money that any Other person or persons Shall
be put to by any other Sute or Sntes that Shall be brought against
them or any of them the S'* Grantees for Tryall of the Title before
one Sute Shall be fully Determined in the Law. To all Which
Premises Joseph Blanchard Agent for and In Behalf of the Said
Grantors on the one part and Grantees on the Other part Have here-
TEMPLE.
339
unto Inter Cliangebley Set their Lands and seals this thirtyeth Day of
June in the twenty fourth Year of his Majestys Reign. A D. 1750
Joseph Blanchard
L S
S
A True Coppy of The Grant of Petersburrough Slip Attest '^
Joseph Blanchard Jun'' Pro** Clerk
IDraft of Lots, 1750.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 54, and Proprietors' Records, Vol. 6,
p. 153.]
Petersburrough Slip Township.
Zacheus Lovewell .....
I
I
4
8
8
17
5
Pel eg Lawrance
2
2
4
16
6
13
8
John Combs .
4
2
2
14
6
1 1
7
James Kelley .
5
2
9
8
9
5
Sampson French
lo
7
13
5
14
2
Jon^ Hubburd
II
8
I
8
9
7
Benja French .
12
9
18
6
12
5
Jona Cumings Jun'
13
12
-7
3
I
5
Sami Greele Jun^
14
13
7
8
15
7
Peter Powers .
17
4
8
12
2
13
3
Peter Powers .
i8
3
7
0
10
8
6
Peter Powers .
19
4
7
8
4
15
2
W°i Spaulding
20
5
7
16
I
20
3
Jn° Lovewell Jun'
22
3
6
17
4
19
2
Jno Hubbard .
23
4
6
21
3
20
2
Jn° Gage
24
5
6
14
4
15
4
Jona Hubbard Jun''
25
2
6
15
6
12
8
Jos : Winn Jun""
26
3
5
I
I
3
2
Benja Bellows
27
5
2
2
9
9
6
Ezra Cari)enter
28
6
2
21
2
21
I
Jose;h Brown
3°
8
2
9
4
15
I
Timothy Taylor
32
10
2
1 1
4
10
5
Jotham Rindge
34
5
7
16
4
19
I
Nehei» Abbot .
35
6
3
23
5
18
2
John Fowle
37
8
3
5
9
7
5
Rob* Boyes Esq
39
10
3
15
5
14
3
Jos Blanchard Jun""
40
4
4
13
7
12
7
Jn" Hill Esq .
41
5
4
13
2
20
6
340
CHARTER RECORDS.
Petersburrough Slip Township.
Jno Kendall
42
6
4
10
8
II
8
Minester Lotts
43
7
4
24
3
16
3
Ministry Lotts
44
4
5
8
5
1 1
6
Ezra Carpenter
45
6
5
21
5
21
6
Jos : French .
46
7
6
17
6
1 1
5
Timo Taylor .
47
7
7
22
4
19
3
Daniel Taylor
48
5
8
23
2
23
I
Matthew Thornton
49
3
9
24
5
18
3
Eleaz"' Farwell
50
4
9
I
2
3
3
Matthew Thornton
51
3
10
6
6
5
ID
Nehe'' Abbot .
52
2
7
23
4
17
3
Jon» Whitney
53
2
8
22
6
24
6
Matthew Thornton
54
3
8
I
9
10
6
Jn" Stevenes .
55
I
6
16
22
I
Sam' Cumings
56
10
I
3
4
4
10
Ezra Carpenter
57
II
I
23
3
21
4
Eleazf Blanchard
60
10
4
19
6
19
7
The aforegoing Lotts were Drawn by
the Grantees —
Those that Follow Were Drawn by the
Grantors Respective Lotts Each En-
tered against the name^
Matthew Livermore Esq''
3
2
5
6
8
18
I
M Huns Wentworth Esq''
6
3
12
3
20
4
Jotham Odiorne Esq"^
7
4
10
7
I
ID
Nathaniel Meserve & others
8
5
14
7
15
8
Sam' Soley & March
9
6
18
7
24
I
John Wentworth Esq"^
15
14
16
7
14
8
Theodore Atkinson Esq''
16
I
7
13
6
12
6
J no Rindge
21
6
7
17
7
12
4
John Moffatt Esq^ .
29
7
2
24
4
18
4
Rich" Webord Esq'
31
9
2
20
5
19
6
Geo Jaffrey Esq'
33
4
3
8
7
20
7
Dan' Peirce & M-"' More
36
7
3
14
5
17
2
Tho« Packer Esq' .
38
9
3
17
I
20
I
W" Parker Esq'"
58
II
2
16
5
15
3
Joseph Blanchard Esq''
59
II
3
22
5
23
6
Tho« Wallingsford Esq'
61
I
3
18
5
13
4
John T : Mason & John Thomlinson Esq' 62
5
5
19
5
24
'J
Joshua Peirce ..... 63
21
2
22
3
22
2
The aforewriten list Was Dran And finished at Dunstable In Oco' 1750
Coppy Exam'' "^ Joseph Blanchard J' Prop^ CI
TEMPLE. 341
{^Acceptance of Charter, 1752.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 55, and Proprietors' Records, Vol. 6,
p. 155.]
Whereas Joseph Blancbard Esq as Agent for and in the name and
behalf of the Prop'^* of the lands in the Province of New Hampshire
Purchassed by them of John Tufton Mason Esq Who Sold to them
under the title made to them by a Com'on Recovery — Did on the
Thirtieth day of June, 1750 — Grant the Contents of Twenty Thous-
and Acres or About that Quantity part of S'' Lands Bounded as Fol-
lowetli Begining at the Southwest Corner of Petersborough so Called
and runs from thence East by the needle Six miles to a Black burch
tree marked the Southeast Corner of Petersborough from thence north
by the needle One Hundred rods from thence East One mile and A
quarter to the Corner of N'* two from thence South five miles to the
Southwest Corner of N" 2 And the Northwest Corner of N° 1 and the
Northeast Corner of New Ipswich from thence North Eighty degrees
West Seven miles and a quarter to the Southwest Corner of Middle
manadnock Township from thence North by the Needle to the first
Bounds mentioned — Under Certain Condition Limetations & Reser-
vations in S'^ Grant mentioned As by S'' Grant Refference thereto
had will fully Appear — unto Zacheus Lovewell Pelegg Lawrence
John Combs Jon"' Hubburd Joseph Wynn Jun' Beny^ Bellows Ezra
Carpenter James Kelley Sampson French Benjamin French Jonathan
Cumings Jun'^ Samuel Greele Peter Powers William Spalding John
Lovewell Jun^ John Hubbard John Gage Jonathan Hubburd Jun'
Josiah Brown Timothy Taylor Jotham Rindge Nehemiah Abbot
John Fowle Robert Boyce Joseph Blanchard Jun' John Hill John
Kendall Joseph French Daniel Taylor Mathew Thornton Jonathan
Whitney John Stevens Samuel Cumings «fc Eleazer Blanchard There-
fore Unanimously voted that we do hereby Accept said Title And for
Our Selves Our heirs and Assigns Acknowledge that we do hold Said
lands under Said Title Conditions & Limitations with the Reserva-
tions therein mentioned —
Extract from the votes of the Prop'^* the Grantees of the Township
Called Petersborough Slip Passed at their meeting the fourth of
August 1752 — Copy exam'' ^
Joseph Blanchard Jun' Prop* Clk
342 CHARTER RECORDS.
l^David Chandler' s Bond^ 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 56.]
Whereas the Proprietors of the Lands purchased of John Tufton
Mason Esq'' within the Province of New Hampshire have this Day
granted to me Six hundred & nine Acres of Land in a Place called
The Slip in the County of Hillsborough be the same more or less,
except what Land may justly belong to Caleb Jones within the
Bounds of said Grant — And the said Jones's Claim being uncertain
and the quantity of land to him justly belonging being unascertained,
I the Subscriber have paid & secured to be paid to said Proprietors
for five hundred & thirty Acres of said Land at one Dollar '^ Acre —
I hereby promise said Proprietors to pay them the same price for
each acre above the five hundred & thirty Acres paid for, they shall
give me good Title to and Possession of within said Bounds within
two Years from this Date — And if s'' Proprietors shall neglect to
assure me a Title within s'^ Two Years, to any Land within s'' Grant,
above s'^ five hundred & thirty acres, then this agreement shall be
void
Sepf^ 30t^ 1773 David Chandler
Interlined before
signing the words
within s*^* Bounds
Witness —
Ranna Cossit
Lucy Dudley Wainwright
THORNTON.
[Granted July 6, 1763, to Matthew Thornton and others, and named in honor
of Matthew Thornton. Re-granted Oct. 21, 1768, including a large tract of addi-
tional territory. Incorporated Nov. 24, 1781. Blanchard's Gore was annexed
June 16, 1807. The town bounds were established June 14, 1808. Waterville
Gore was annexed from Waterville June 23, 1842.
See New Hampshire charters in preceding volumes; XIII, Hammond Town Pa-
pers, 566; Index to Laws, 543 ; sketch. Child's Gazetteer of Grafton County, 1886,
p. 625 ; Stewart's History of the Free Baptists, 1862, pp. 252, 375 ; Lawrence's
N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 573; Hedge-Hog Chasm, by W. H. Pickering, 2,
Appalachia, 75 ; grant to John Goffe with Woodstock papers.]
THORNTON.
343
[Flan of Thornton.']
344
CHARTER RECORDS.
[^Plan of Tliornton.']
"/
S^
jr
Jn'Tcm/iU
oidci of Quit in ifte
Ca.u.ie Te^l.nf « TTio.nton
TUFTONBOROUGH. 345
TUFTONBOROUGH.
[Granted by the Masonian Proprietors to John Tufton Mason, Dec. ii, 175°.
and named in his honor. Woodbury Langdon and John Moftatt subsequently pur-
chased a large portion. Incorporated Dec. 17, 1795. Cow Island was annexed
Dec. 30, 1799. Four more islands were annexed June 25, 1858. A small tract
of land was set off" to Wolfeborough, June 26, 1858. Another island was annexed
July 3, 1863.
See XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 573 ; Index to Laws, 553 ; sketch, by S. W.
Abbott, Fergusson's History of Carroll County, 1889, p. 422; Stevens's Memo-
rials of Methodism. 2d series, 1852, p. 262; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856,
P- 595-]
[^Grant of Tuftonhorough^ 1750.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, Dec. 11, 1750.]
Province of ) Portsmouth December y'' 11"' 1750 Tuesday five
New Hampshire \ of the Clock Afternoon at the House of Ann Slay-
ton — The Proprietors meet according to Adjournment —
Voted That there be and hereby is granted unto John Tufton
Mason Esqu' his Heirs & Assigns all the Right Title Interest Estate
Property & Demand whatsoever of the Said Proprietors of in and
unto a certain Tract of Land of six miles square or equal thereunto
as folio w's (viz') beginning Six miles north Easterly or about north
Easterly' of a tract of land heretofore granted to Samuel Palmer
Esqu'' & others then Extending Six Miles square or So as to make up
that Quantity of land joining on Winnepissiokee Pond leaving a tract
of Land of Six miles Square or of that Quantity between the land
hereby granted & that granted to Palmer & others as aforesaid the
Said Premises hereby granted being designed for the fourth Town-
ship from the Crotch of Pemigawassett River & Winnepissiokee
River
\_Petition of Clement Jackson, 1764.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 57.]
Province of | To The Hon'''® Theodore Atkinson Esq"^ & others
New Hamps"" j Purchasers & Proprietors of Masons Patent in the
afores'' Province
Clement Jackson of Portsmouth in said Prov'"'^ begs leave to
Remind you of an Offer & promise made to him some Years ago, of
34^
CHARTER RECORDS.
making him a Grant of some part of your Undivided land within said
Patent, in Consequence of his Excepting & Executing a Power, at
the Instance & Request of Coll° John Tuffton Mason, as well as at
the Request of you the said Proprietors of s'' Patent, and which both
told me was Absolutl}^ Necessary to be done & very much to the
Advantage of s'^ Proprietors, And as the time is now far Spent, and
I having an Inclination to make some Improvement of Waste Land,
if I could obtain it agreeable to my mind ; I shall think myself
greatly Obliged to you, if you would grant a peice of Land Suit-
able for Improvement & Cultivature adjoining that part of Land
Granted to a Number of Portsmouth Gentlemen & now called
Wolfs'borough
Portsmouth Decem'' 27"^ 1764 Clement Jackson
\^Plan of Tuftonhorough^ 1764.]
a I iBujiK'
[Plan of Tufto^,ronilk ITH.]
-Ji iLan OJ TuftonhoroiLoh SijLr\itif'd.
iy ELcntzer Thomjison Ochhtr IJJI-
Jl beetle of 1^' mil^z —
TUFTONBOROUGH. 347
Newmarket march 1764 Laid out the township of Tuftonborrough
and bounded it as follows viz Begining at winter harbor on wenepe-
socke pond and Runing north East on wolfburrough Line to the
north Corner of Said wolfburrough to a maple tree marked for
wolfburrough north Corner then north twenty Degrees west So
far as to intersect a north East Line Runing from the Southerly
Corner of moultonburrough at wenepesocke pond to Said north
twenty Degrees west Line which is the Easterly Corner of moulton-
burrough then South west on moultonburrough Line to wenepesocke
pond then Southerly by Said wenepesocke pond as that Runs to the
Bounds first mentioned
this Plan of Tuftonborrough is Laid Down by a Scale of one Inch
to a mile and was Surveyed in march 1764 by order of the Propri-
etoi-s of the Lands within the Province of Newhampshire Called
Masons Patent
Walter Bryent Surveyor
State of ) To the Proprietors of Lands in said State of
New Hampshire ( New-Hampshire purchased of John Tufton Mason
Esquire called Masons patent
The Petition of John Moffatt Esquire & Woodbury Langdon Mer-
chant present Proprietors of a Tract of Land within the aforesaid
Patent called Tuftonborough ; Humbly Sheweth
That pursuant to your Order given to Walter Bryant Esq"^® in the
Year 1764, the said Township of Tuftonborough was laid out & a
plan & return thereof made, as will appear by a plan and sundry
Depositions herewith exhibited ; nevertheless as sundry Disputes
have since arisen concerning the Boundaries of said Township. —
Your Petitioners Humbly pray that said Plan & Return as herewith
exhibited may now be accepted & Recorded & your petitioners as in
Duty bound shall ever pi'ay. &c.
Portsmouth December 2'' 1778.
John Moffatt
W-^ Lansdon
[Petition of John Moffatt, 1770.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 58.]
Province of | To the Proprietors of Mason's Patent Convened
New Hampshire \ at Portsmouth on Wednesday The 8"' Aug* 1770 —
The Humble Petition of John Moffatt of Portsm" in said Prov-
ince Esq"" Sheweth, that your Petif is largely interested in the Town
348 CHARTER RECORDS.
call'd Tuftonborough in said Province, and very desirous to Settle &
improve liis Lands tliere, But the Lines of said Town being hitherto
unsettled and unascertained have prevented your Petet"^ from very
considerably improving his Property there. Wherefore he prays
that the Lines of said Town may be fixed and ascertained and your
Petit"^ shall as in Duty bound ever pray —
John Moffatt
[^Quitclaim, 3Ioffatt and Langdon to 3Iason, 1778.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 59.]
Whereas the Proprietors of the lands purchased of John Tufton
Mason Esq'^ situate in the State of New Hampshire did on the
eleventh da}^ of December A D 1750 grant to the said Mason a Tract
of Land (then lying in the Province of New Hampshire now in the
County of Strafford and State afores'^) of six miles square or equal
thereto, as follows viz' Beginning six miles Northeasterly or about
Northeasterly of a tract of land heretofore granted Samuel Palmer
Esq"" and others, then extending six miles square or so as to make up
that quantity of Land joining on Winnepisseoke Pond Leaving a
Tract of Land six miles square or of that quantity between the land
granted said Mason and that land granted to said Palmer and others
as aforesaid And Whereas John Moifatt Esq"" who claimed under
said Mason part of the same land, did on the eighth day of August
A D 1770 petition the said Proprietors to Have the bounds of said
land granted said Mason surve3'ed and a plan thereof taken — In
consequence of which the said Proprietors with consent of said
Moffatt appointed Ebenezer Thompson Esq'' to survey and return a
plan of the same land — And a plan thereof was accordingly returned
to said Proprietors in October A D 1771 — Which plan being thought
not authentic — The said Proprietors and we John Moffatt & Wood-
bur}^ Langdon both of Portsmouth in the County of Rockingham and
State afores'' Esq'^ (who claim under said Mason) have mutually
agreed to ascertain and establish tlie bounds of said Lands now called
Tuftonborough in a different manner from those described in said
Plan — And we the s'^ Moffatt and Langdon have further agreed with
said Proprietors, that s'^ plan shall be of no Validity and that neither
of us, our Heirs or Assigns shall ever claim any lands contained
within the bounds of said Tuftonborough as described in said Plan,
which shall not also be contained within the Bounds of said Tufton-
borough as described by a Vote of the said Proprietors at a legal
meeting held at Portsmouth on the twenty first day of December
TUFTONBOROUGH. 349
AD 1778 — And we the said Moffatt & J^angdon liave likewise agreed
to release all claim to any lands so granted s'' Mason that do or shall
fall without the bounds of said Tuftonborough as the same are de-
scribed in said Vote and also to Theodore Atkinson And Mark Hunk-
ing Wentworth Esq"" such parts of their Lots Numbered Thirt^^ four
and Twenty four in the Plan of the Township of Ossipee, as shall be
included within the Bounds of s'' Tuftonborough as described in said
Vote — And also to the said Proprietors the two hundred Acres of
lands within said Bounds engaged by said Proprietors to John Dud-
ley— Now Know all Men by these presents That we the said Moffatt
and Langdon for the perfecting the afore recited Agreement on our
part and for and in Consideration of ten pounds lawful money by the
said Proprietors to us in hand paid before the Delivery hereof the
receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge Have remised released
and forever quitted Claim and by these presents Do remise release &
forever quitclaim nnto the said Proprietors & their Successors
forever all our right Title Interest property claim and demand of
in and to all the lands granted said Mason without the Bounds of
said Tuftonborough as the same are described in said Vote And also
to the said two hundred Acres of land within said Bounds engaged
by said Proprietors to John Dudley as aforesaid — All the Lands so
granted said Mason (under whom we hold) or described in said
Plan taken at the request of said Moffatt as afores'' lying without
the Bounds of said Tuftonborough as described in said Vote, as also
the said two hundred Acres within said Bounds we and each of us
hereby release and forever quitclaim unto the said Proprietors and
their Successors forever To Have and To Hold the said remised
Premises with all the privileges and Appurtenances thereof to them
the said Proprietors and their Successors to their only proper use and
Benefit forever Hereby engaging to warrant and defend the
same premises against all persons claiming by from or under us or the
said Mason as Grantee as aforesaid In Witness whereof we have
hereunto set our hands and Seals the 26"' Day of December A D
1778—
Signed Sealed & John Moffatt [seal]
Delivered In presence of us — W^ Langdon [seal]
Interlined before Signing
the words '' agreed "' —
Lands now called
Kathe'" Whipple
Sam' Penhallow
350 CHARTER RECORDS.
State of New Hampshire ) Portsm° Decem"^ 2fith 1778 Then the
Rockingham ss \ above named John Moffatt and Wood-
bury Langdon Esq'^*' Personally appearing severally acknowledged the
above written Instrument to be their Voluntary Act & Deed
Before me Sam' Penhallow J Peace
[Endorsed] Strafford Records Rec'' October P' 1795 —
J. P. Oilman Recorder —
Recorded Lib 20 FoP 343 Examined by
J. P. Oilman Register
\_Settlement of Northern Boundary^ 1795.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 60.]
Rockingham, ss.
At a Meeting of the Proprietors of Tuftonborough duly called and
held at the House of CoP William Brewster in Portsmouth in the
County of Rockingham on Monday the 23"^ day of March 1789 at
three o clock P. M.—
Voted That Woodbury Langdon Esquire be, and hereby is
appointed and constituted, Agent for, and on the part of said Propri-
etors, to ascertain and establish, the Lines and boundaries of said
Tuftonborough —
A true Copy of Record
Attest R : Cutts Shannon Prop"^* Clerk.
Know all Men by these Presents that I Woodbury Langdon of
Portsmouth in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hamp-
shire Esquire as Agent for and on behalf of the Proprietors of Tuf-
tonborough in the County of Strafford and State aforesaid to Ascer-
tain and Establish the lines and boundaries of said Tuftonborough,
For and in consideration of the sum of Twenty Cents paid by the
Proprietors of the Lands purchased of John Tufton Mason lying in
the said State and in consideration of the said Proprietors Establish-
ing by Vote the Northerly side line of Tuftonborough as run by
James Hersey for the Northerly or back line of said Tuftonborough,
have remised released and forever Quited claim, & by these presents
do remise release and forever Quit claim in my said Capacity as
agent aforesaid to the said Proprietors of the Lands purchased of
said John Tufton Mason otherwise called the Masonian Pioprietors,
all the Right, Title, Interest, property, claim and Demand which the
Proprietors of said Tuftonboroug have of in and unto any Lands of
TUFTONBOROUGH. 35 1
said Masonian Proprietors by Virtue of their Vote or Grant to John
Tufton Mason of a Township on Winnepisseohece pond or by Virtue
of a Vote, Grant or Conveyance of Land to John Moft'att and myself
or to the Proprietors of said Tuftonboroiigh or Tract of Land on the
Pond aforesaid between Moultonborough and Wolfborough in Right
of said John Tufton Mason, Laying & being Northerly or North-
easterly of the said Line run by James Hersey from the Northwest-
erly corner of Wolfborough to INIoultonborough in order to divide that
Land in Ossipee Gore now Laid out into one hundred Acre Lots by
said Hersey agreeably to his plan dated in the year 1781 From
the Lands of said Tuftonborough, which said Line so run by said
Hersey, I the said Woodbury Langdon hereby agree as Agent for
and on behalf of the said Proprietors of said Tuftonborough shall
forever hereafter be the Northerly side Line of said Tuftonborough
Dividing the Lands of the Proprietors of said Tuftonborough
from the Lands of the said Propi'ietors of Lands purchased of Jolm
Tufton Mason otherwise called the Masonian Proprietors. To
have and to hold the said Released premises with their appurten-
ances to the said Masonian Proprietors their Heirs and assigns to and
for their only pioper benefit and use forever —
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 15"'
day of Aug^' 1795
Signed Sealed & De- W^ Langdon [seal]
liverd in presence of
Joshua Brackett
Daniel Marden
Rockingham ss Portsmouth August 15"' 1795
Then the within named Woodbury Langdon Esquire personally
appearing acknowledged this instrument to be his free act & Deed
before Geo Gains Jus Peace
[Endorsed] Strafford Records Rec'' October V^ 1795 —
J. P. Gilman Recorder
Recorded Lib 20. FoP 356 Examined by
J. P. Gilman Register
[John PeArces Bond, 1799.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. (31.]
I hereby agree to sell and convey to Shadrach Allard & Samuel
Allard a Certain Lot of Land in Tuftonborough Containing One hun-
352 CHARTER RECORDS.
dred Acres more or Less and is Lot N° Eight and part of a Larger
Tract of Land Divided into Twelve Lots by Henry Rust Jun'^ agree-
able to his plan dated December 10"^ 1787 — for the Consideration of
Five hundred & fifty dollars and I hereby promise to give them a
Deed for the same on their applying to me any time before the 15"'
January Next and then giving me personal security to my satisfac-
tion or a Mortgage on the Land as Collatteral security for the pay-
ment of the Money in four Years in equal Annual payments with
Literest annually until paid but if they do not claim said Deed before
the last day of next January this obligation sail be Void — but their
Notes of this day shall still be due which is the present agreement
of the parties
Portsmouth September 13"' 1799
Witness John Peirce
his
William X MTntire
mark
[Endorsed] Deed given Jany 21, 1800 to Allard for Land in
Tuftonborouah
\_De script ion of Two Lots.^
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 62.]
Lots N*^ 64 ) TT c T^ Ci- 1 I
o ro [ Uerseys burvay lurtonborough
These lots lay on the Mountain N° 64 lays on the north Cant of
the Mountain very broken Good Syle with a heavy groth of hard
wood I Should think it worth a 150 Dollars — buts on Moultonboro
line — is within i a mile of a Settlement in Moultonborough by
Wiggin on the Masonian Land — Lovells River runs through acorner
a branch of Lovells River— soil good — growth maple, yellow birch,
beech & some hemlock & spruce
N** 58 lays on the hight of the Mountain very broken and rockey
with a heavy groth of Spruce and hemlock, I consider it of no
value — he says he would not accept this lot to pay the taxes
N° 58 was taxt to Langdons Ayres
N° 64 would be worth if it lay out to a road -1300 — the lots.
[Endorsed] C. M. Wentworth Land in Tuftonboro rec"^ from M""
Roberts
he afterward Surveyed these Lots "^ Bill paid 6 Jany 1835
& then thought 64 worth 1200 & 58 worth -IIOO—
they join on to the Masonian Land in Moultonboro
WAKEFIELD.
[^Plan of Peirce Land.~\
353
A Plan of a Tract of Land Situate in the Town of Tuftonborough
belonging to John Peirce Esq'' containing twelve hundred & fifty six
Acres three Rood & seventeen Perch (exclusive of the Land left for
Roads) and laid down by a Scale of Forty Rods to an Inch —
N B the double Lines in this Plan is Land left for Roads two Rods
wide
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f Henry Rust j^
Sam' Hersey to have refusal N" 2 for 700 for 2 Months with Inter-
est June 26 1807
Dec 2'^ 1812 Nat^ Willey of Brookfield applies for Lot N'' 1 wants
refusal until spring
WAKEFIELD.
[Granted by the Masonian Proprietors April 27, 1749, to John Ham and others,
and variously known as Ha)n''s-toiv7i, East-town, and IVaiertown. Incorporated
as Wakefield, Aug. 30, 1774. All that part of the town north of Province Pond
was annexed to Effingham June 22, 1820. A portion of Milton was annexed to
Wakefield June 23, 1858.
See New Hampshire charters in preceding volumes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers
127, 456, 788 ; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 588 ; Index to Laws, 564; sketch,
by A. H. Thompson, Fergusson's History of Carroll County, 1889, p. 462 •
papers under titles Coulerain and Kingswood ; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856,
p. 596; Memorial of looth Anniversary of Organization of First Church, 1886.]
23
354 CHARTER RECORDS.
[Petition of Jolin Gar/e^ 1748.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 63.]
Province of \ To the Proprietors of the Right of Land within
New Hampsli"" \ the S'' Province Purchased by them of John Tuf-
ton Mason Esq"^
The Petition of John Gage Esq'' in behalf of himself & a Number
of the Inhabitants of Dover & Sumersworth in Said Province Shews
That your Petitioner and his Associates being Satisfied of your Right
to the Lands afores'^^ and willing to hold part thereof under you Pray
that you would Grant to them two tracts of Land Sufficient to make
two Towns lying on the head of Rochester begining on y^ Eastward
Side next to the County of York & So runing westward to make up
the Quantity afores'^ and your Petitioner in behalf of himself & Asso-
ciates shall pray &c
Portsm° Decemb-^ 7"' 1748 John Gage
[ Votes of ProiJrietors in Dover, 1749.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 63.]
Province of ) At a Proprietors Meeting held at the Quakers
New Hampshire ) meeting house at Cochecho in Dover on monday the
24'!" Day of april 1749—
Voted l*' That John Gage Esq"^ be moderator for S'^ Meeting
2'-^ that Joseph Hanson be Prop'* Clerk —
3 That there be a Comm"^ of five Meet Persons be Chosen to go &
treat with the Purchasers of Masons Right to get their Quit Claim of
a Tract of Land for a Town Ship of Six Miles sqnaire agreeable to y"
Petition
4 That John Gage Esq'' Joseph Hanson Stephen Roberts : Isaac
Hanson Ju"" & Thomas Varney be the men to treat with Said Pur-
chasers—
5 That there be five shillings of the new Tenor Currency paid
Down b}^ Each Petitioner to Defray Charges
6 that Cap* William Wentworth be a Treasurer to Receive the
money and pay it out according to the Direction of the prop''* —
Then the meeting was Adjourned till Monday the Eighth Day of
May next —
A true Coppy Exam'' "^ Jos Hanson Prop'^* Cler
WAKEFIELD. 355
[ J^ote of Another Meeting, 1749.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 63.]
At a Proprietors Meeting held at Cochecho in Dover on Monday the
24"' day of April Anno Domini 1749
Voted that John Gage Esq^ Deacon Thomas Nock M"" William
Welland Cap*" Job Clements & M'' Paul Gerrish be a Committee to
Receive of the Proprietors of John Tufton Mason Esq'' Right a Quit
Claim to A New Township adjoining to Salmon fall River, at the
Head of Rochester and to Act or Transact any affair relating to the
Same as fully as if the whole Body of s* Proprietors were personally
present
Summersworth April 25*'' 1749
A true Copy Attest Thomas Miller Prop*^ Clerk
\_Charter of Wakefield, 1749.]
[Masonian Proprietors* Records, April 27, 1749.]
Province of ) Portsmouth April 27"' 1749 Thursdaj^ at Eight
New Hampshire ( of y" Clock before noon at the Dwelling house of
Sarah Prust Widow The Proprietors meet according to Adjourn-
ment
Voted That there be and hereby is granted unto John Ham Gersham
Downs John Horn Richard Downs Daniel Plummer William Hussey
William Willand John Cook Nathaniel Horn Daniel Young Thomas
Downs James Canney William Downs Amos Howard Samuel Jones
Ebenezer Downs Benjamin Ham Paul Gerrish John Gage Jun'' John
Evans Samuel Gerrish Richard Hussey Jun'" Timothy Hanson William
Twombly Joseph Hicks John Gage John Roberts jun"^ William Ger-
rish Samuel Walton Allen Walton Thomas Miller Thomas Miller jun'^
Ebenezer Roberts Love Roberts Thomas Nock Samuel Heard jun'" John
Mardin Isaac Horn Jose]:)h Roberts John James Hezekiah Cook John
Downs Job Clements John Hussey Samuel Downs John Hanson jun'^
Samuel Randall Benjamin Mason John Hanson John Miller Ebenezer
Wentworth John Brown Thomas Canney Joseph Astin Elihu Hays
Samuel Dam William Gage Samuel Astin Benjamin Astin Joshua
Roberts William Styles John Harford Eliphalet Cromwell Ebenezer
Downs jun'^ Ebenezer Tuttle Benjamin Roberts jun' Ebenezer Hanson
Stephen Evans Robert Hanson Ichabod Hays Solomon Hanson James
;^$6 CHARTER RECORDS.
Kielle Samuel Alley Joseph Hussey Moses Gage Stephen Varney
John Perkins Solomon Emerson Philip Yeaton all of Dover and
Somersworth both in Said Province of New Hampshire and Noah
Emery of Kittery in Equal Shares Excepting as liereafter is Herein
Excepted on The Terms Conditions & Limitations herein After Ex-
pressed all that Tract of Land within The Province aforesaid Con-
taining the Quantity of Six Miles Square Bounded as Follows Viz'
Beginning at The Northeast Corner of the Township of Rochester at
Newechewannick River and from Said River Running Westerly by
the Head Line of Rochester five Miles and from That Extent upon a
Strait line Parallel with the General Course of the Said River as a
Strait line may be Run at the Said River and Continuing the Breadth
of five Miles Adjoyning said River and bounds of the Province So far
Northwardly as to make Equal to Six Miles Square in Such form as
that the Head or Northerly boundary Shall be a line Parallel with
the Head Line of Rochester and The Westerly Side line to be Strait
from Rochester line to the Head line of Said Tract of land — To have
and to hold to them their Heirs & Assigns in Equal Shares Except-
ing as Aforesaid on the Following Terms Conditions & Limitations
that is to Say That the whole Tract of Land within the Said Boun-
daries (Saving what is herein After Mentioned to be Otherwise Im-
proved) be Divided into one hundred Shares or Rights and Each
Share be Laid out into two Distinct Lots one of which to Contain
one hundred Acres and The Other all the Land belonging to Each Share
Respectively. That the whole be So laid out & the two Lots
belonging to Each Share be Numbred with the Same Number be-
ginning with one and Ending with one Hundred. That the said
Land be so laid out within one Year from the Granting thereof and
Then the lots Drawn for in the usual Manner of Drawing for Lots of
Land in Such Cases And That this be Done at Portsmouth afores''
Under the Care and Direction of the Grantors Aforesaid and so
Done as to make but one Draft to Each Share
That one of the said Shares be for the first Minister of the Gospel
who Shall be Settled on Said Land & Continue There During his
life or until he Shall be Regularly Dismist to hold to him his Heirs
& Assigns. And one other of Said Shares be for and towards the
Support of The Gospel Ministry there forever And the Hundred
acre Lots belonging to these two Shares Respectively shall be Laid
out as near the Place where the Meeting House Shall be Built as may
Conveniently be Done without being Drawn for as the Other Lots.
That There be Six Acres of Land left in some Convenient Place
within the said Boundaries for Building a Meeting House and School
House upon and to be used as a Training Feild a Burying place or
WAKEFIELD. 357
other Public use the Inhabitants there may have Occasion to Improve
it for — That one other of Said Shares be for the use and Main-
tainance of a School there forever That Seventeen of the Said Shares
be and hereby are Reserved to the use of the said Grantors and
Their Heirs & Assigns forever That the Owners of the Other Eighty
Shares make a Regular Settlement there at their own Cliarge in the
Following Manner viz that Each Owner of the said Eighty Shares
Build an house of Sixteen foot Square or Equal thereto at Least upon
Some Part of his Land There — That there be Thirty Families Settled
upon said Tract of Land within four years next after a Peace is Pro-
claimed between the English French and Indians and Each Family to
have Such an House as Aforesaid and three Acres of Land Cleared
and fitted for Mowing or Tillage and that Ten Families More be
Settled there each having an house as Aforesaid within five years
next after the Proclamation of Said Peace with three Acres of Land
more fitted as aforesaid And within Six years next After the Said
Peace to have a INIeeting House Built tliere for the Public worship of
God fitted for that purpose for the use of the Inhabitants There and to
Maintain the Constant Preaching of the Gospel there from and After
the End of Seven Years from the Proclaiming Peace as Aforesaid —
That there be twenty Acres of Land left in some Suitable Place
for a Privilege and Accommodation of a Saw Mill which Shall be for
him or them his or Their Heirs & Assigns who will build Such Mill
within the term of five years next After a Peace as Aforesaid with
the Privilege of the most Convenient Stream and place for Doing the
Same and in Consideration thereof for the benefit of Said Inhabitants
the owner or owners of Such Mill Shall Saw the Logs of the Said
Inliabitants to the halves for the term of ten years next After the
said Mill Shall first work if Desired So to do —
And if no Particular Person or . Persons of the owners of Said
Shares or Such Other Person or Persons as the Majority of Them
Shall Admit permit and Suffer to do the Same will Undertake to
Build Such Mill on the Terms aforesaid, then the Said owners Shall
do the Same at Tlieir Common Expence & Charge & put the Said
Mill under Such a Regulation as that The}^ and Others Inhabiting
there may have Their Logs and Timber Sawed as Occasion may
Require for Buiding on the Land Herby Granted — That Each
Owner of the Said Eighty Shares Pay to Such Person or Persons as
the Majority of them Shall Elect for that Purpose all Such Sums of
Money or Bills of Public Credit as the Said owners or the Major Part
of them Shall Determine to be Necessary from time to time & as
Occasion Sliall Require to Defray the Charges of Laying out Said
Land as aforesaid & Other matters & things necessary to be done
358 CHARTER RECORDS.
for the making a Settlement as aforesaid, and performing y** other
matters & things herein Directed to be done That in Laying out the
said Lots Care be taken to Sort them in Such a Manner as to make
the Shares as Equal as Possible. That the Lots be Laid out in
Ranges where the Land will admit of it and Land left Between the
Ranges for Highways four Rods wide and between the Lots for ways
of two Rods wide and That a Plan of the whole when so Laid out be
made at the Charge of the Said owners and Returned to the Said
Grantors as Soon as may be Done with Convenienc}' —
That the Remaining Seventeen Shares Reserved as Aforesaid be
Exonerated Acquitted and fully Exempted from paying any Charge
towards Making the Said Settlement & not held to the Conditions of
the Eighty Shares Aforesaid nor be Liable to any Tax or Assessment
until Improved by the Respective owners hereof. That all white
Pine trees fit for his Majesty's use for Masting the Royal Navy be
and hereby are Reserved and are hereby Granted to his Majesty his
Heirs and Successors for that Purpose. —
That in Case the Said Grantees Shall fail Neglect and Omit to
Settle forty families upon the Said Granted Premises within the Term
of five years next After a Peace Shall be Concluded and proclamed
as Aforesaid Each Family having the Quantity of three Acres of
Land Cleared & fitted as Aforesaid and to do and Perform the Several
Articles matters and Things above Mentioned to be performed and
Done by the Owners of the said Eighty Shares It Shall and may be
Lawful! for the Said Grantors or any of them or any Person or Per-
sons in their name and Behalf & by their Authority or the Major part
of them to Enter into and upon the said Granted Premises or any
part Thereof for the whole & thence to Amove oust & utterly to
Expel the Said Grantees and the Said Granted premises Shall be
forfeited to the use of the Grantors & they Shall Thereby be Reseized
and Vested in their former Estate Right Title and Interest to & in
the Said Granted premises as though this Grant had never been made
& The Same Shall Thenceforward be null and Void to all Intents and
purposes any Thing herein Contained to the Contrary thereof Not-
withstanding. And all and Every of the said Grantees who Shall
not do and perform his Respective part and duty in making & Carry-
ing on the Said Settlem*^ (in Case of the Settlement of forty Families
as Aforesaid) Such Delinquent owner Shall forfeit his Share and
Right in the said Premises to Those who Shall have so performed &
Done Their Duty as Aforesaid in Making the said Settlement who
Shall hereby have full Power and Authority into the Said forfeited
Right and Share to Enter and Thereof to become Seized to their own
use in Manner Afores'^
WAKEFIELD. 359
Provided Nevertheless that the said Grantees do and Shall when
they Shall be Thereunto Respectively Requested Enter into a Con-
tract and Personally Oblige Themselves and Their Respective Heirs
and Assigns to do and Perform the Several Articles matters and
Things by them herein before Mentioned to be Performed and Done
by Signing and Executing Such Instrument or Instruments in writing
as by Counsel Learned in the Law Shall be Advised and Devised for
that purpose —
And in That Case & not Otherwise the said Grantors Do hereby
Promise & Ingage to the Said Grantees that they the Said Grantors
their Heirs Exec""^ Admin""' or Assigns Shall and will at Their own
Cost & Expence try the Title of the said Granted Premises by pursu-
ing an Action for the whole or any Part Thereof Through the whole
Course of the Law to a Final Judgment before the King in Council
(if need be to Carry the Same so far) with Such Person or Persons
as Shall be thei'to Disposed & Desirous Thereof who shall Dispute
the Title of the Said Grantees hereby Conveyed
But in Case the Title of the Grantees Derived from The Said
Grantors to the Said Premises Shall be Condemned & The title of
the Person or Persons So Disputing with the Grantors to the Premises
Shall by Such Final Judgment be Preferred Then the Grantees in
These Presents Shall Recover Nothing of the Said Grantors for the
Said premises nor for any Labour Expence Charge & Disbursements
they the Said Grantees Their Heirs or Assigns Shall have been at in
Consequence of this Grant And it is to be Understood that the Num-
bers of years Mentioned herein for the Said Grantees to do and
Perform the Several Articles matters & Things aforesaid is to be So
many Years free from the Impediment and Interruption of an Indian
war
[Draft of Lots, 11 50.^
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 64, and Proprietors' Records, Vol. 6,
p. 223, and Vol. 7, p. 58.]
Province of | Portsmouth Wens'day April y*" 11'^ 1750 — At y®
New Hampshire \ House of Ann Slayton The Draft of y*^ Lots of y®
Township granted to John Ham Gershon Downs &'' Under y*^ Direc-
tion of y*^ Proprietors —
1 Nath" Meserve^
J Blan chard 1 ^o -. ,-)
Joseph Green ^ ••••••• •
Paul March J
36o
CHARTER RECORDS.
2 Joseph Hicks
3 John moffat Esq""
, ( Sam^^ Sollv Esq^
** j Clem' March
5 Joseph Roberts .
6 John Brown Shipwright
7 Sam^i Alley
8 Joseph Austin
9 Moses Gage
10 Mark Hunk^ Went worth
11 Stephen Varney
12 Benj'^ Mason
13 Joseph Hussey .
14 Amos Howard
15 Dan^^ Peirce Esq""
& Mary Moore
16 Dan'^ Young
17 Sam^^ Jones
18 Will'" Hussey
19 Tho^ Wallingford Esq
20 Benj'^ Ham
21 James Keille
22 Nath^i Horn
23 Eben-" Wentworth
24 John Hanson
25 John Marden
26 Thomas Downe
27 John Miller
28 Rich'^ Hussev Jun"^
29 Thomas Miller
30 Samuel Dam
31 Timothy Hanson
32 Theadore Atkinson Esqu'
33 Isaac Horn
34 George Jaffrey .
35 Thomas Miller jun""
36 Mark Hunk^ Wentworth Esqu""
37 Thomas Canney
38 Eliphalet Cromwell
39 School Lot .
40 John Horn
41 Philip Yeaton .
42 Richard Downe .
WAKEFIELD.
i6i
43 William Styles .
44 John Gage
45 John Hai'tford .
46 Benjamin Austin
47 Solomon Emerson
48 John Wentworth jun"^ Esqu
49 Paul Gerrish .
50 Stephen Evans .
51 Samuel Herd jun"^
52 William Gerrish
53 Joshua Roberts .
54 Job Clements
55 Robert Hanson .
56 Jotham Odiorne Esq'
57 Elihu Hayes
58 John Hanson jun'^
59 Thomas Packer Esqu''
60 Gershom Downe
61 John Evans
62 Ebenezer Downe jun'
63 John James
64 Thomas Nock
65 Samuel Austin .
i^6 John Roberts jun"^
67 John Downe
68 John Perkins
69 Law Lot N« 2 .
70 Sam" Downe
71 Law Lot N« 1 .
72 John Tufton Mason ) ^^
& John Thomlinson j ^
73 Eben"^ Hanson
74 Sam'' Walton
75 John Hussey
76 Samuel Rendal .
77 William Welland
78 Eben'' Roberts .
79 Allen Walton .
80 Joshua Peirce Esqu'
81 Noah Emery Esqu'
82 Love Roberts .
83 Samuel Gerrish .
84 Hezekiah Cook .
23
17
89
80
95
13
27
42
36
87
59
98
71
100
2
61
19
63
11
40
33
94
37
24
52
34
55
93
8
56
39
62
44
68
97
18
7
31
54
25
66
49
362
CHARTER RECORDS.
85 William Gage
76
86 William Downe
86
87 Dan^' Plummer .
99
88 Richard Wibird Esqu''
65
89 John Gage jun"^ .
41
90 John Cook
14
91 John Ham . . . .
82
92 William Twombly .
47
93 James Canney .
75
94 Ichabod Hayes .
3
95 Benjamin Roberts jun'^
28
96 Ebenezer Downe
30
97 Solomon Hanson
20
98 Ebenezer Tattle
96
first ministers Lot
46
Ministerial Lot .
45
Voted that this Draft of y*^ Lotts
of land in y"" '
Lract
abo\
-e men-
tioned be and hereby is Ratifyed & confirmed and that each Lot be
held to y'^ Respective Person to whose name it is affixed &l to his
heirs & assigns in Severalty on y'' Terms first granted and the Divi-
sion as made by y'' Grantees and numbered in y*" Plan thereof by them
Returned be and hereby is also confirmed as aforesaid
Geo : Jaffrey Prop'-^ CI
\^Further Time Alloived to Wakefield Proprietors, 1770.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, March 21, 1770.]
Whereas the Grantees of the Tract of Land granted to John Ham
Gershom Downes & Others called East Town by their Agents at
This meeting, haveing acknowledged their grant was forfeited for not
complying with the Terms and conditions therein made but as they
have made considerable Improvements and declare their readiness
and Resolution to have all the Terms & Conditions of said Grant full-
filled and compleated within Two Years from this Date, And Praying
the Proprietors will grant them Two Years from this time to do and
Perform the Same, from their earnest Request and Other considera-
tions. Therefore —
Voted That there be and hereby is granted and Allowed Upon the
Following Terms and conditions to the grantees of the Tract of Land
or Township granted on the 27"' Day of April 1749 to John Ham
Gershom Downes & Others Two Years from this Date to compleat
U'lan offakejirhl]
s
§ I
■•<*:
IJ
"8 S
This Plan made by Walter-Bryant Surveyor at the desire of the Proprieto* to whom the same was Granted is returned as a true plan of the Division of
the land contained w.th.n the Grant Attest Thomas Miller Prop™ Clerk
up Round the head of the pond northward & n" 41 in the first Division &4
itl^ ?'^ °"* 'he Roads between y» Ranges are North & South in Lenth & are
' ^^'^ Lotts are one hundred & thirty five Rods Broad North & south the
j^ys bounding on yo Pond N" 65 Runs Borth lines to y= Pond is But 130 Rods
oundinc; on the pond to 39 — N''4o is 12; Rods Broad & Runs to the y« pond
^^'^ Center Road ndjoyning to it & y' pond & the third Range & runs so
the
Each of the 100 Lots in the first Division contain one hundred Acres :
four Roads Broad the lines that divide the Lotts are North 48* E 156 Rods 1
Lett N° 49 Lays part on each side of Samon-falls River as in the Plan N° ^
Broad— N" 63 is 148 Rods Broad N" 92 Bounds on y Pond N» 73 Runs Rouo''
N° 42 is 145 Rods Broad & Bounds on y'' pond & the center square Lavs above 1 _^ ^.^.^^r
far northward as to contain Six acres N" 43 Bounds on y» pond and the CroseL^ter Road Down by n" 68 to the 7'h Road n" 46 Runs from the center square
acres being pinched to mike up y= mill privelege- The Second Division Con^" *each Lott one hundred & thirty acres and are the same Goose Each wav as
in the first Division and are the sime Lenth but are one hundred forty nine 1^" 'Broad North-
Copied from the original December 27th 1830
By Benj" Akerman
second Division & n" ten in the second Division hath but ninety three
WAKEFIELD.
363
and Fulfill the Terms and conditions of their grant made April 27"'
1749 That they compleat a Road within said Two Years of four
Rods wide through the Township Equal to the Road in Middle Town,
called the Governours Road, to Leavits Town, so called, and that no
compensation be made to the Owner or Owners of the Lott or Lotts
through which the Governours road, so called, Passetli through in
the said Township.
\_Condition of Settlement^ 1770.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. Qb.^
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Names of the Heads of the familys
5 0 fl
dj — 1
^=5
Houses
2 J 0
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Jonath° Gilhnan ....
29
13
7
20 & 30
Clement Steel
36
3
n
ab* 20
Jerem^ Gilhnan .
27
15
8
20 & 30
Noah Kimble
38
6
4
ab' 20
Benj Perkins
25
6
6
do
Sam'i Willey .
23
3
5
do
Samii Sherburne
23
I
4
do
Simeon Dearburne
42
10
20
do
Joshua Edgerly .
76
2
8
do
William More .
74
3
3
do
John Gillman
39
8
0
do
Andrew Gillman
24
I
u
do partly built
Tho» Perkins .
22
2
5
do do
John Wentworth
18
I
4
do
David Copp
15
I
6
25 & 25
Joseph Abbet
52
6
4
Logg
John Horn
50
4
4
do
Daniel Hall
53
0
4
do
Benj" Horn
60
3
3
do
Jno Gillman Jun""
64
2
3
do
Eliphelt Ouimby
66
I
3
do
Joseph Malum .
90
3
3
do
Joseph Perkins .
86
I
3
do
3%
CHARTER RECORDS.
N'J Lotts
Acres
Acres
Names of People who have began
began
Cleared
Fell
37
10
4
Jacob Welch ......
80
0
3
Barn^ Palmer
34
4
6
John Kimble
40
4
6
Andrew Gillman
25
2
6
Sam' Sherburne )
Benj" Berkins ^
24
4
6
Nich^ York
9
I
4
Tre'h Dudley .
43
2
2
Ichabod Kenney
75
4
James Garvin
67
8
Barna' Palmer .
44
I
3
John Gage
41
—
3
J no Wingate
90
I
8
Sam" Hall
71
0
IS
No meeting House for Publick worship
The above is an Acco't of the settlements & Improvements in East
Town— surv-^ & Examin*^ f
East Town Decem^' 1770 Jotham Rindge & David Copp
[Two Letters about Roads, 1774.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 66. J
Portsmouth July 6, 1774 —
Thomas Chatburne Esq''
S'' Desire you would send down the Number of the Lots Pitch'd
upon by the Persons you gave Encouragement to Settle, and what
Labour done upon Each Lot. If you see Col° Rust Desire him to
send word Wether he will be Able to Clear out the Rode to Eastown
and When — and Please to Tell him, If he Wants any Assistance of
men of Cattle, to Build the Bridge Over Little pigwackit that you and
M' Heath will give what Assistance he may have Occasion for —
I am S'
Your Hum^ Servant
John Penhallow in behalf
A Copy of the Committee of Ma-
sons Propriety
WARNER. 365
Portsmouth July G'" 1774—
S"" This is to Inform you that the Proprietors of Masons Patent,
have laid out a Rode from the head of Easttowu to Meet the Conway
Rode which will bring the Travelors down through your Town we
therefore desire that 3^ou will take Carre that the Rode through your
Town may be Made Convenient for Teams to pass through which
Must make it a Great Advantage to your Town as it Will shorten the
Distance from Dover to Conway at Least Ten Miles —
We are
S'^ Your Hum' Servants —
T^ , t:, ) Committee
Dan^ Kogers f p ivt
T 1 TJ 1 11 } ^^ Mason
John renhallow Id • <.
) rropriety
To Simeon Darburne Esq' To be Communicated to the selectmen
of Eastown
a Copy
WARNER.
[This town was N'uinbcr i in the line of towns from Merrimack to Con-
necticut River, and was granted Jan. 16, 1735-6, to Thomas Stevens and others,
many of whom were from Amesbury, Mass. The town was called A'"ew Amesbiiry
or AhnsbiDj. Granted by the Masonian Proprietors March 14, 1749-50, to Richard
Jenness and others, inhabitants of Rye, and called yenness-tow7i and Rye-town.
Regranted Dec. 24, 1767, to Jonathan Barnard and others. Incorporated as War-
ner Sept. 3, 1774, and named in honor of Col. Jonathan Warner, of Portsmouth.
Kearsarge Gore was annexed June 13, 18 18.
See Massachusetts and New Hampshire charters in preceding volumes ; IX,
Bouton Town Papers, 789; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 612; Index to Laws,
586; sketch, by Moses Long, 3; Collections of N. H. Historical Society, 179;
History, by Walter Harriman, 1879, P- S^^ ; sketch, by Fred Myron Colby,
Hurd's History of Merrimack County, 18S6, p. 653; Stewart's History of the Free
Baptists, 1862, p. 162 ; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, p.
22; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 414; discourse, centennial celebration
of Congregational Church, by H. S. Huntington, 1872; Life of Walter Harriman,
by Amos Hacley, 188S ; Bills of Mortality, 1817-22, 2, Farmer and Moore's His-
torical Collections, 200; Rambles about a Country Town, by F. M. Colby, in In-
depe7ident and Times, 1 892-1 895; Proceedings at Dedication of Pillsbury Free
Library Building, 1891 ; A Sketch of Warner, Historic and Otherwise, by Amanda
B. Harris, 19, Gratiiie Monthly, 411.]
2(^6
CHARTER RECORDS.
[Petition of Rye 3Ien, 1748. J
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 68.]
To the Lordproprietors of the Land not yet Granted in the Prov-
ince of New Hampsheir
the Petition of Sundry of his majestys Good Subjects inhabitants
of the Parish of Rye in the Above Said Province humbly Seweth
that where as there have been Considerable tracts of Land Granteed
to most if not all the towns in this Province yet the inhabitants of
the Parish of Rye Especialy that Part of it taken from Portsmouth
and hampton have never been benefited by them
We therefore Humbly Pray that we may have a Grant of Such
lands made us in this Province as in your Grate wisdom you Shall
think fet.
Rich'^ Jennes Esq"^
Daniel molten
Joshua Jennes
Joseph marston
John Knowles jun
thomas watson
william Langmaid
James Philbreck
David Knowles
Jonathen Palmer
Daniel malten jun
Solomon Dowst
Rich*^ Jennes jun
Samuel Sevey jun
thomas Jennes
James Lock jun
Jonathain towl
Edward blew
Samauel Bracket
Joseph Knowls
Jeremiah fuller
John fuller
Ozom Do west
Jacob Leby
Sam" Lebey
John Lane
Isaac Lebbe jun
John Garland
m"^ Samll Parsons
Rich'' Rand
Joseph Lock
Samuel Knowles
Samuel Rand
Mark foi'S
John Garland jun
Christepher Palmer
willam Palmer
Ephraim Holmes
Noah molten
Rich'' Jennes 3''
Henery Sevey
Nathanaill Jennes
Henry Elkins
Jonathain towl jun
Daniel fogg
Hezekiah Jennes
James Knowls
f ranees Lock ju""
Henery Dow
Ebenezer Philbreck
Samuel Jenness
John Lebey
Sam" Wells
Josiali Webster
franceis Lock
Job Jennes
franceis Jennes
John Knowles
William Chamberlin
Joseph Sevey
Jethro Goss
Amos Knowles
Stephen Palmer
Simon Garland
Dacen Rand
Joshua Rand
Samuel Sevey
frances Jennes j"^
Reuben molten
Epharim Lock
John Shagll
Samuel walles
Edward Rendel
Isaac Lebbey
Joseph fuller
Amos Rand
Ebenezer Philbreck ju"^
Joseph Jenness
Jeremiah berrey
Benjagaim Lampree
Willem Marden
WARNER.
Jon'*
[Endorsed] Portsm° July 29'" 1748 Rece^' this Petition
Towle Francis Jennes Rich'' Jennes 3'^^'
Portsm° Nov"- 9*" 1748
y'' abovenamed appearing in behalfe of y"" within Petitioners desire
to have a grant upon Rochester head line
[Plans of Warner.^
368
CHARTER RECORDS.
TVm 'S "■"! -^^V " "."'i '"r'S
5^/,'"* ?
•^*^,
'ilV 'S' '
[Proposals of Settlers.']
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 86.]
Proposals Humbly Offerd by us here After Named we Do hereby
Promise & Oblige Our Selves to Cleare three Acers of Land to Each
rite in three Years
And to Settle ten Families in five Years
And fifteen familes in Seven years
And that we will Settle twent families in Nine
And to Build a meeting House & to Piovide A Minister to Preach
the Gorsple to the families that Shall then be Settled on S'^ Township
with in the Nine Years
Jonathan towle ^
Franceis Jennes >
Rich'^ Jennes 3^^ )
Com'*^^
WARNER. 369
[^Charter of Warner^ 1749.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, March 14, 1749.]
Voted That there be & hereby is Granted unto Richard Jennes Esq*"
Francis Lock Isaac Libbey John Garland M'' Samuel Parsons AP
Joseph Jennes Francis Jennes Job Jennes Ephraim Lock Joshua
Jennes Noah Moulton Samuel Jennes Jeremiah Fuller Francis Lock
jun"^ Christopher Palmer Jonathan Palmer Jethro Gorse Joseph Seavy
Ebenezer Philbrick Richard Rand Stephen Palmer Daniel Moulton
Richard Jennes Third Edward Blue Joshua Rand John Garland jun"^
Simon Garland Solomon Dowst Daniel Fogg Samuel Seavy Henry
Seavy John Knowls John Knowls jun'" James Knowls Jonathan Towle
John Quin Henry Dow James Philbrick Amos Knowls Isaac Libbey
jun'' Jacob Libbey Samuel Bracket Joseph Knowls Thomas Jennes
W™ Palmer Joseph Lock Jun' Arthur Libbey Ebenezer Philbrick
jun'' Josiah Webster Benjamin Lamprey John Jennes Jun'' his heirs
Jonathan Towle Jun"" Hezekiah Jennes Joshua Weeks Richard Jennes
Jun"^ Nath' Jennes Nathan Moulton Sam^ Knowls Rich'^ Jackman
Meshech Bell 3'"'' Henry Elkins Rich'' Jennes 4"' Thomas Jennes Jun''
Levi Towle David Moulton Jonathan Jennes Samuel Libbey Daniel
Moulton Jun"" Joshua Rand Jun"^ Francis Blake All of Rye & New Cas-
tle Joseph Parsons of Bradford Andrew Maclary John Blake Jun""
both of Epsom Stephen Gerrish of Contoocook Hunking Wentworth &
Thomas Parker both of Portsmouth In Equal shares on the Terms
Conditions & Limitations herein after Expressed all that Tract of
Land within the Province of New Hampshire Containing the Extent
& Quantity of six Miles Square Bounded as follows Viz* Begining at
the South west Corner of a place Called & Known by the Name of
Contoocook thence Runing North Fifteen Degrees West six Miles
then Runing from Each End of this line West Five Degrees South
Six Miles then Crossing & Runing over on a Strait Course from one
End of these last Mentioned lines to the Othei* —
So as to make up the said Quantity of six Miles Square & no Mo)e
To have and to hold to them their Heirs & Assigns in Equal Shares
on the following Conditions and Limitations That is to Say That the
Whole Tract of Land within the said Boundries (saving what is herein
after Mentioned to be otherwise Improved) Be Divided into One hun-
dred Rights or Shares & Each Share into two Distinct Lots one of
which is to Contain One hundred Acres And the Other all the Rest of
the Land belonging to Each Respective Share That the two Lots
which belong to One share be Numbered with the same Number
begining with one & Ending with one hundred That the Said Land to
24
370 CHARTER RECORDS.
be so laid out within One Year from the granting thereof & then the
Lots drawn in the usual Manner of Drawing for Lots of Land in such
Cases And that this be done under the Care & Direction of the
Grantors & that there be but One Draft for the two Lots Belonging
to each Share That one of the said shares be for the first Minister of
the Gospel who shall be settled on the said Land & Continue there
During his life or untill ho shall be Regularly Dismised to hold to
him his heirs & Assigns And one Other of the said Shares be for &
towards the support of the Gospel Ministry there forever And the
hundred Acre Lots belonging to these two shares Shall be laid out as
Near the place where the Meeting house shall be built as may be
Conveniently & not Drawn as the other Lots That there be ten acres
of Land left in some Convenient place within said Boundaiies for
Building a Meeting house & School house upon and to Lnprove for A
Training Field a Burying place & any other Publick use the Inhabit-
ants there shall see Cause to Make of the Same That one other of said
shares be for the use of & Support of a School there forever That
seventeen of said shares be & hereby are Reserved to the use of the
said Proprietors the Grantors in these Presents their heirs & Assigns
That the Owners of the other Eighty shares make a Regular Settle-
ment there at their own Charge & Expence in the following Manner
Viz' That thirty Families be settled upon said Tract of Land Each
having a house Equal to sixteen foot square or More & three acres of
Land cleared & fitted for Mowing or Tillage upon their Respective
Lots within four Years from the Granting thereof & ten Families
More so settled within two Years from the same time That a Meeting
house for the Publick Worship of God be built within Six years & the
Constant Preaching of the Gospel Maintained there next after twelve
years from the granting of the said Land That there be twenty Acres
of Land left in some Suitable Place within said Boundaries for a
Priviledge & Accommodation of a Saw Mill which shall be to and for
him or them his or their heirs & Assigns who will Build such Mill
within two years from the time aforesaid with the Priviledge of the
Most Convenient Stream & Place for that Purpose & in Consideration
thereof for the Benefit of the Said Inhabitants the Owner or Owners
of such Mill shall saw the Logs and Timber of the other Inhabitants
afores'' or Settlers there to the halves for the Term of ten ^^ears next
after the said Mill shall first work if desired so to do & if no Particular
Person or Persons of the said Owners of said Shares or Such other as
the Major Part of them shall admitt will undertake to Build Such
Mill on the said Terms then the said Owners shall do tlie same at their
Common Expence & put the Said mill under sucli a Regulation as
that they & others Inhabiting there May be served with Boards &
WARNER. 371
other Saw'd Stuff on Just & Reasonable Terms of Carrying an End
the said Settlement —
That Each Owners of the said Eighty shares Pay to such Person or
Persons as the Major part of them shall Determine And Chuse for
that Purpose all such sum & Sums of Money as the said Major Part
shall Determine to be Necessary from time to time to Defray the
Charges of Laying out the said Lots & other Matters & things herein
directed to be done & Necessary to be at their Common Expence for
Making Said Settlement —
That in Laying out the said Lots Care be taken to sort them in
Such a manner as to make the shares as Equal as Posible That the
Lots be laid in Ranges where the Land will admit of it & Land left
between the Ranges for high Ways of four Rods wide & between the
lots of two Rods wide That a Plan of the whole when so laid out be
Made at the Charge of the said owners & Returned to the Grantors
as soon as may be Conveniently done That the Remaining Seventeen
Shares Reserved as aforesaid be Exonerated Acquited & fully
Exempted from paying any Charge towards Making the said settle-
ment & not held to the Conditions of the Eighty Shares afores'^ nor
liable to any Tax or assessment untill Improved by the Respective
Owners thereof —
That all white Pine Trees fit for Masting the Royal Navy be &
hereby are Reserved & Granted to his Majesty his heirs and Succes-
sors forever for that Purpose —
That in Case the Grantees shall fail neglect & omit to settle Forty
Families upon the said Tract of Land in Manner afores'' & within the
Term aforesaid & to do & perform the Several Matters & things herein
before Mentioned by them to be done the s'^ Grantees shall forfeit their
Right to any & Every part of the said Granted premises and the said
Grantors may Lawfully Enter into & upon the same or any part
thereof in the Name of the whole or any Person or Persons for them
& in their Names stead & behalf & be thereof Seized again as tho* this
Grant had not been made Provided Nevertheless that Those Particular
Persons of the said Grantees who shall have performed his or their
Part according to the true Intent & Meaning of these Presents as
above shall have hold & Enjoy to him his heirs & Assigns his or their
Particular shares afores*^ And In Case the said owners of the Eighty
shares shall within the Term aforesaid Make finish & Compleat the
Settlement of forty Families as afores'^' & shall do & perform all the
Several Articles matters & things by them to be done as afores'^ Every
Particular Person of the said Owners who shall be delinquent &
neglect to do & perform his Respective share part & proportion of his
Duty buisness matters & things afores'^ by him to be done according
372
CHARTER RECORDS.
to the true Intent & meaning of these Presents such Delinquent owner
shall forfeit his share & Right to the said Tract of Land any and
Every Part thereof to such of the s'^ Owners who Shall have done and
performed as aforesaid & they may have hold & Enjoy the same to
them their heirs & assigns & hereby are Entituled to the Grantors
Right thereto & may Enter into & upon the Same & take full Seizin
thereof to their own use as fully & amply as the Grantors themselves
might Lawfully do as afores'^ Provided always that in Case of an
Indian War within any of the Terms of years above Limited for the
doing any of the matters & things aforesaid by the said owners to be
done the same Number of years Respectively shall be allowed after
that Impediment shall be Removed And in Case any action or suits
shall be bro't against the s'^ Grantees for the s'^ Tract of land or any
Part thereof in the Right of the King under the Massachusets Province
the Claim of Sam' Allen Esq'^ Deceased or the Million acre Grant so
called the said Grantees are hereby Obliged to Vouch the said
Grantors or such of the said Grantees as shall be so sued shall so do
& the said Grantors hereby Promise & Ingage they their heirs
Executors administrators or assigns shall & will at their own Cost &
Expence Defend one Action or suit upon one of the said Titles or
Rights & Pursue the same to final Judgement through the whole
Course of the Law (if there shall be Occasion) And in Case the final
Judgment in such Trial Shall be against the s'^ Grantors tlie Grantees
shall Recover Nothing over in satisfaction of & from the said Grantors
their heirs Executors or administrators or any of them —
IBraft of Lots, 1750.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 69, and Proprietors' Records, Vol. 6,
* p. 237.]
Coll Meservey ^
Coll Blanchard *
Paul March f *
Jos Green J
John Quin
Jeremiah Fuller
James Knowles
Isaac Libby jun''
Tho^ Jennes jun''
Jotham Odiorne Esq
Tho'' Parker .
Will'" Palmer .
N 1
79
12
80
71
51
43
20
50
WARNER.
373
Mark Hu Weiitworth Esq
Henry Elkins .
Jacob Libby
Colman ju'
Ozem Doust
Arthur Libby .
Joseph Jennes
Joshua Jennes
John Jennes jun'' Dec'ds Heir
Sam^ Jennes
Joseph Lock jun'"
John Knowles jun'
Rich'^ Jennes Esq"^
James Philbrick
Steph" Gerrish
Joseph Knowles
Job Jennes
Amos Knowls .
Rich'^ Rand .
Nathan moulton
Meshech Bell 3'^
John Garland .
Joshua Rand .
Stephen Palmer
John Blake jun"^
Fran*" Jennes .
Levi Towl
Sam' Sevey
Noah jNIoulton
Rich^' Wibird Esq'
Edw^i Blew
Rich'' Jennes 4"'
Fra*" Lock
Joseph Seavey
Rich'' Jennes 3''
Daniel Moulton
Tho^ Jennes
Simon Garland
Rich'' Jackman
Benj Lamprey
ReV' Jos. Parsons
Dan' Fogg
Tho^ Parker Esq"^
19
48
53
31
60
14
9
8
44
29
85
64
77
36
78
28
38
45
13
81
10
22
2
41
87
66
30
35
34
93
70
96
52
26
82
98
97
58
73
83
67
42
75
374
CHARTER RECORDS.
]U11
Jonth" Towl .
J e thro Goss
Rev'^ Sam^ Parsons
Solomon Dowst
Henry Dow
Isaac Libby
Joshua Rand jun'
Hez. Jennes
Andrew MacClary
Samuel Knowles
Colman Sen
Jonathan Palmer
Samuel Libby .
Sam' Bracket .
Richard Jennes
Josiah Webster
Joshua Weeks jun''
Eben'' Philbrick
Daniel Moulton jun'
David Moulton
Christo'^ Palmer
Jonth° Towl jun*^
Tho« Wallingford E
Fra' Blake
Theod Atkinson Es(
Solly & March
Hunkg Wentworth Esq*"
Joshua Peirce Esq'
John Knowls .
Mason & Thomlinson
Ephr"' Lock .
John Moffatt .
Henry Seavey .
Eben' Philbrick jun
EdW' Rendle .
John Wentworth jun^ Esq'
Nath' Jennes .
Fran^ Lock jun'
Dan' Peirce & Mary Moor
John Rindge
Jonth Jennes .
Law Lot N° 2 .
Jo" Garland jun'
WARNER.
375
Law Lot N 1 .
Geo Jaffrey Esq''
23
27
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376 CHARTER RECORDS.
\^Abst7'act of Votes of Toum Proprietors^ 1736-67.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 70.]
The Township N° 1 granted b}' the General Court of the Province
of the Massachusitts Bay to a Number of Peoj)le living in Amesbury
& Salsbury Novemb'' y*^ 21*' 1736 and a Charter given, and a Commit-
tee choose. And the Propriety gave Bonds to S'' Committee for the
fulfilment of the Charter which cost each Proprietor four Pounds.
At a Meeting of the Proprietors of the abovesaid Township Octob'"
ye -^ui 17-36 Meet and choose a Committee to lay Out 63 Lots and at
the next meeting Nov' 25, 1736 the Committee made return that they
Laid Out 63 forty Acre Lots and were paid each 9* p"^ Day
At a Meeting Nov'' y*^ 23, 1738 the Proprietors choose a Committee
to lay out 63 five Acre Lots which was done and a Return made at y*^
Adjournment of S'^ Meeting, and the Lots drawn
At a Meeting Jenuary y^ 21, 1738 Voted to clear a Way from Con-
tucook River to y*" Meeting House Lot and at the Same meeting A^oted
to build a Saw Mill in S'^ Township & Choose a Committee to build
& finish it by the Last Day of August Next
At a Meeting March 21 1739 the Committee made a Return that
they had built & finished the Mill & cleared the Way which cost the
Proprietoi's Near 400X
At a Meeting March y*^ 18 1740 Voted that Tho* Rowell Esq'' and
Lieu' Joseph Jewell be a Committee to present a Petition to his Ex-
cellency the Governor and Council in the Province of New Hampshire
for Liberty and direction to bring forward the Settlement of S'^ Town-
ship.
At a Meeting Decemb' 18, 1749 Voted to build five Houses in S*^
Township and Choose a Committee to build & Compleat said Houses
by y® 26 Day of January
At a Meeting Jan^' 26, 1749 the Committee made a Return that
they had built 4 Houses according to the Order of the Court
At a Meeting Feby 12, 1749/50 Voted that the 5 first Families that
will Settle in S'' Township shall have 5 Houses and 20 i^ each Yearly
for 5 Years
The Charges for Clearing Land & Ways kj" is Supposed would
amount to Eleven or twelve Hundred Pounds Massachusitts Money
The Charges that have arose for laying Out 3 Divisions of Land
building the Saw Mill & Dam running the Line round the Town
building the Meeting House & Preaching amounts to 28£ „ 18S „
6D on Each Right from June 21 1763 to March y'^ 31 1767
Nehemiah Ordway
Propriators Clark
WARNER. 377
[ Votes of Town Proprietors, 1767.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 71.]
The Pi-opi'iators of a Township of Land Call'' N'' 1 in the Line of
Townships so Call'' Granted by the Province of the Massachnsets
Bay in the j^ear 1733 And by the Runing the Line Bet wen the
Provinces s'^ Township fell within the Bounds of New harapsh'" Gov-
ernient ; And Now Claim*^ by the Propriators of Masons Patten so
Call'' Meet this 27 Day of July 1767 And Being Legualy warnd And
assembled Chose Tho* Rowel Esq^ Moderator And voted to Chuse a
Committee to wait on the s'' Propriators And to agree with them And
Take sufficient security for the original Propriators of said Township
or their assigns if thay Can in a Reasonable maner at the Same Meet-
ing Made Choice of Cap'' Jonathan Barnard Mes^ Increes Morrill &
Ezekiel Evens To Transact s'' affair in Behalf And for the use of the
Propriaty
Almsbury July y*" 27 : 1767
Nehemiah Ordway j p, K
\_Committee and List of Proprietors, 1767.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 72.]
at a Meeting of the Propriators of the township N° 1 in the Line of
towns in the Province of New Hampsheire the fourth Day of Novemb'
1767 Voted Mess Jonathan Barnard Increes Moraill And Ezekiel
Evens a Committee To Take a Charter of the Above S'^' town of the
Propriators of Masons Patten ; And Give them Security of the Sum
Agreed upon in Behalf of the Propriaty
Nehemiah Ordway Propriators dark
The Propriators Are As followeth
Nathan Currier Nehemiah Ordway 2 Rights
Umphrey Perce Ruben Dimon Joseph Jewel
Sam" Barnard Jun'' | ^Barnard Hoyt Benjaman Evens
And Stephen Colby j Josepli Easmund Simion Morrill
Elihu Gould John Nechals Rev'' Pain wingate
Thomas Rowel Esq"^ Tho^ Barnard Daniel Ring
Benjamin Tucker Simion Bartlet Enoch Sargant
Bartholome Heth Jonathan Pressey Stephen INIerrill
Nathaniel Currier w*^ Esther Colby John wells
37^ CHARTER RECORDS.
Daniel Quimby Ing" Increes Morrill Tho^ Fowler
Barns Jewel Nathan Goodwin Francis Davis
Peter Sargant Aron Rowel Tho* Jewel
Abraham Merrill D"^ Gorg Abbet Jeremiah Flanders
Sam" Barnard 2 Rights and a half Cap* Jonathan Barnard
Theodor Hoyt Nehemiah Ordway J'^ Ezekiel Evems
Gideon Rowel Sam" & Israel Straw 1 James Ordway
Ezekiel Morrill Jarvis Ring Joseph Jones
D"" Stephen Sargant Will : Straw half Right
Ben : Sargant David Bagley Ben : Osgood
Easmund Hoyt Jonathan Martin ) ^Daniel Morrill
and Eiiphlet Lowell )
At the Adjournment of the meeting of the Propriators of New-
almesbury Voted that Jonathan Presseys Name be Enterd Instead of
John Presseys —
Nehemiah Ordway Clark
l_William Parker to Theodore Atki7isoti.']
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p, 87.]
Sir If I had the necessary Information I cond today & tomorrow
Prepare the Grant to be made to Cap' Barnard & others — the Main
thing is the bounds they left a Plan with me when they were first
down but took it away the last time so that I have no materials by
me — the Terms & time they are to have to Perform the Settlement
&c the names of the Grantees which are to be first JNIentiond in the
Grant If these things are not to be had to day I Shall not be Ready
by tomorrow night — I woud have waited on you my Self but have
met with an Accident which has Lam'd me that it is with difficulty I
can go about my Room — Please to Send me an answer by the bearer
and Please to Send for M' Jaffrey & Consult him or perhaps the
work may meet with Exceptions & Rubs —
I am Your Humble Serv'
Dec' 22 William Parker
Theod. Atkinson Esq'
\_Theodore Atkinson to Greorge Jaffrey.~\
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 88.]
S'^ I now Enclose you M' Parkers request in order to be prepared
for the Almsbury Men You can furnish him with the Bounds which
WARNER. 379
may Correspond with Jannes's Grant by adding tlie Words about —
degrees & as our Grants Lies on Each Side there can be no mistake
only in the 6 Miles which finishes at a Stake (if I remember) in a
Meadow — Let that be Six Miles & no more — The Terms of Set-
tlem' 3 Years — as to the Grantees Names I know nothing of them —
You have their Plan — I should be Glad to have this Affair Concluded
& Am S'-
Your Very Humble Serv'
Theodore Atkinson
[Megrant of Warner, 1777.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, Dec. 24, 1767.]
Province of ) Portsmouth December 24"' 1767 Eleaven of the
New Hampsh'' j Clock before noon at the dwelling house of Daniel
Peirce Esqu'' the Proprietors meet according to adjournment —
Whereas Cap' Jonathan Barnard, Increes Morrill & Ezekiel Evans
have applied to said Proprietors in Behalf of themselves & others
whose Names are herein aftei' mentioned for the right of said Pro-
prietors to a Tract of Land hereinafter Described, wliich they were
disposed to settle with all Convenient Dispatch and the said Pro-
prietors being desirous of Encouraging the settlement of all the Lands
within their Claim and of Accomodating such Persons who were
Inclin'd to make such Settlements — And for the greater Advantage
of the Settlers, Instead of reserving a part to the Gi-antors as has been
usually done by them in such Cases have agreed to take a Sum of
Money as an Acknowledgement of their Right — And thereupon it is —
Voted that there be & hereby is granted all the Right, Title, Inter-
est, Property & Demand of said Proprietors, in & to that Tract of
Land, containing the Quantity of Six Mile Square, within the follow-
ing bounds, viz"^ beginning at a place called & known by the Name of
Contoocook, thence running North fifteen Degrees West Six Miles,
then running from each End of this Line West five Degrees South
Six miles, then Crossing and running over on a strait Course from one
End of these last mentioned Lines, at the End of the said Six Miles
to the other so as to make up the Quantity of Six Miles Square & no
more, In Consideration of the Sum of one hundred & Eighty Pounds
to the said Proprietors in hand paid, or secured to be paid by the
Grantees whose Names are as follows, viz' the said Jonathan Barnard,
Increes Morrill, Ezekiel Evans Nathan Currier, Nehemiah Ordway,
two Rights or Shares, Humphry Peirce, Reuben Diamond, Joseph
Jewell, Samuel Barnard Jun'' & Stephen Colby both one Sliare»
380 CHARTER RECORDS.
Barnard Hoyt, Benjamin Evans, Joseph Eastmond, Simeon Morral,
Elihu Goold, John Nichols, the Rev'^ M'' Pain Wingate Thomas Rowell
Esq'^ Thomas Barnard, David Ring, Benjamin Tucker, Simeon Bartlet,
Enoch Tucker, Bartholomew Heath, Jonathan Pressy, Stephen
INIerrill, Nathaniel Currier, the Widow Esther Coleby John Wells,
Daniel Quinhy, Nehemiah Ordwa}-, Thomas Fowler, Barnes Jewell,
Nathan Goodwin, Francis Davis, Peter Sargent, Aaron Rowell, Thomas
Jewell, Abraham Merrill, D'' George Abbot, Jeremiah Flanders,
Samuel Barnard two Rights & an half, Theodore Hoyt, Nehemiah
Ordway jun"^ Gideon Rowell, Samuel Straw, & Israel Straw both one,
James Ordway, Ezekiel Morrall, Jarvis Ring, Joseph Jones, D"
Stephen Sargent, William Straw half a Right, Benjamin Sargent,
David Bagley, Benj"^ Osgood, Eastmond Hoyt, Jon'' Martin & Eliphalet
Lowell, both one, Daniel Morrell, on the Terms, Limitations and Con-
ditions, herein after Express'd — To have and to hold to them the said
Grantees, in several & Seperate Shares, to them & their several &
Respective Heirs & Assigns forever, on the following Terms & Condi-
tions viz' that the said Grantees settle forty Families, each having a
house of Eighteen feet in length, and Sixteen feet in breadth, or
Equivalent thereto & three Acres of Land fit for Tillage, Mowing or
Pasturing within three years to each Family, that they lay out three
Rights or Shares, one for the use of the first Minister of the Gospel,
who shall be ordain'd & Settled there, that one right be for the use of
the Ministry in the Town, when so Incorporated forever, and one
other Right for the use of a School, for & towards the Support thereof
forever. Each of said Rights to be laid out into Lots as the Grantees
manage the other Rights, & to be free from the Charge of Settlement
or any Publick Taxes to that End — That each Grantee faithfully &
duly pay his Proportion of all Taxes that shall be agreed by the
Majority at any legal Meeting for carrying on the Settlement — That
they build a Meeting house & Maintain Constant Preaching there
from & after the Term of three Years from the Date hereof.
That all White Pine trees growing on said Tract of Land be &
hereby are reserved for his Majesty's Use. — That each Grantee who
shall neglect to pay his Proportion of the Taxes that shall be agreed
on as aforesaid shall forfeit so much of his Share as will raise the
Money at which he is assess'd, whether laid out into Lots, or lying in
Common, and the other Grantees shall hereby have Power to direct
how & in what Manner the same shall be dispos'd of for this Purpose,
& he who shall not perform the Duty required of him as his Propor-
tion and part of making the said Settlement, shall forfeit his whole
Right or Share to those of said Grantees who shall have duly per-
formed the same. —
WARNER. 381
But in Case the Majority of said Grantees shall neglect to make
the settlement, & perform the several matters & things Necessary
thereunto, according to the time above limitted, they shall forfeit the
whole Tract to the said Grantors, & it shall & may be Lawfull for
them to Enter into the same, to repossess, become reseized thereof as
in their former Estate — And there is also reserved in said Tract of
Land, Land sufficient for Convenient High Ways, through the said
Tract of Land, as is usually granted in other Towns by said Proprie-
tors.—
[^Petition of Ebenezer HalU Jr.^ 1769.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 73.]
Portchmoutch June the 5*^ 1769 —
To the propritiers of A track of land Caled tuftens maisons Pattain
Gentelmen Propitiers I would inform you that their is a Track of land
joining the township of Newalmsbury N 1 on the North side and Runs
westeardly to the township of Pearies town So' caled and this track of
land is a mile wide on the Bastardly End of it — And if said Propri-
tiers have A mind to Sell this track of land I shuld be glad for to
pertech it or if you Dont see good for to sell it but should Be a moin
to Give away some for setteling I should be glad of the faiver of Set-
teling for you and So I Remains your Humbel servant —
Ebenezer Hall jun""
of Concord in Newhamsher
And I Shuld be glad for to know wether you intend to let me have
this land or no as soon as you Can and Send me word as soon as you
can —
\_Petition of Town Proprietors, 1770.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 74.]
To the Proprietors of Masons Patten in the Province of Newhamp""
&c
The Petition of the Proprietors of A Township of Land Lying
Within s'^ Patten* Call'^ New Almsbury Humbly Sheweth
That the said Proprietors of s'^ Patten was Pleased to Grant a
township of Land Lying Within s'' Patten unto us the Supscribers on
the Complyance of Certain Condition Stipulated in the Charter of s'^
382 CHARTER RECORDS.
Town and the out Lines of s'' Town, and the Bounds thereof are Not
as yet Run or asertaind, Therefore pray that the Hon'''*' Proprietors
of s'' Patten would be pleased to Appoynt and Impower An able
Servayer to Runn the out Lines of s'^ Town and Errect Bounds, and
that to be Done on the Expence of the Grantees, Which Will much
oblige your Humble petitions Who in Duty bound Will Ever prav —
Portsmouth Aprill 16"' 1770 Barnard Hoyt ) Com'^e of the
> Proprietors of
Henry Morrill ) New Alrasbury
\_Petitio7i of Increase Morrill^ 1772.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 75.]
To the Committe of the Hon'''" the proprietors of Masons Pattent
So Call'^ in the Province of New Hamp'' — Humbly Sheweth
That your Petitioner was one of the proprietors of New Almsbury in
s'^ Province which was Granted by your Hon'* to him and others in the
year 1766 — And very Soon after obtaining s'' Grant — your petetioner
Began to make Improvements In s'' Township and Continued Clear-
ing & Cultivating the Land Untill he had Got forty acors of the
Trees Cut Down, and Thirty Cleard up & had Raised one Hund'^
Bushuls Grain in a year and Erected Building So that he Could
Maintain himself & famaly Comfortable — But So it happend that one
Jonathan Palmer Broke in Upon your petitionrs Improvement, so
that he was obliged to have Recourse to the Law, and after Going to
the Expence of Carreying the Cause through the Law Lost the Land
and all his Labour and Expence, in Clearing the Land, & Carreying
it through the Law, by Reason of a prier Right he had formerly
obtaind by your Hon"^^ for the Same Land — all Which lies put your
petetioner to Great Inconveniances as Well as the Loss of aboute four
Hundred Dolles in Cash
Therefor your petetioner Prays that you Would Take Case into
your Wise Consideration, and Make him A Grant of Some of the
proprietors unapropriated Land as you in your Know Justice Shall
See Meet and your petetioner as in Duty Bound Will Ever pray
Portsmouth June 17"' 1772 Increes Morrill
WARNER.
383
[^Plan of Warner, 1772.]
This Plan Shews the out Boundrey Lines of the Town of New
Almsbury Wherein is Contained Six miles Squar of Land or Twenty
three thousand and forty acres as Given in to me by ray Chane men
under oath and is Bounded as folows ; Beganing at a Stake in a
niadow in the Line of Boscawen and Run N. 18° West by said Bos-
cawen Line Six miles 126 Rods to a Birch the North west Corner of
Said town, then South 71 West, three miles 70 Rods to a Beach tree
in Pareystown Line Markd H N 1772 then on Said Pareys Town
Line South 16° E 345 Rods to Pareys Town Corner to a Beach tree
and heap of Stons, then South 85° West 3 miles 70 Rods to a Beach
tree marked as aforesaid and a heap of Stons then South 17° East 4
miles 231 Rods to a Beach Tree and heap of Stons marked as afore-
said in Haneker Line, then by Said Haneker Line North 83° East 7
miles 100 Rods to the Stake in the madow first began at Survey
august 16*^ 1772
^ Hubartus Neal Dep^ Surver
384 CHARTER RECORDS.
\_Petition of Jonathan Palmer^ 1774.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 76.]
Province of \ To tlie Hon'''*' the Proprietors of Lands Purchased
New Hampsh' > of John Tufton Mason Esq'^ in the Province afore-
Rockingham ss ) said
The Petition of Jonathan Palmer of New Almsbury in tlie County
of Hillsborough and Province aforesaid — Humbly Sheweth That your
Petitioner, several years ago settled on a tract of Land in said New
Almsbury, which was granted by your honours, to the inhabitants of
the Parish of Rye together with others their Associates, & in & by
the Charter your honours did ingage with said proprietors that you
would, defray the Charges of any Lawsuit which might be Commenced
against any of s'' Proprietors of S'^ New Almsbury or any Claiming
under them, by any Person Claiming the same under a Massuchetts
Grant, That Soon after your Petitioner Settled as aforesaid, he was
Sued by one Increase Morrill in an Action of Trespass, & defended
the Action through three Courts, and finally Recovered Cost against
the said Morrill, That your Petitioner is a poor man & Spent a Great
deal of money, more than he Could Legally Recover by wa}^ of Cost
Against the said Morrill, and has otherways been put to Great trouble
and Loss of time — Therefore your s'' Petitioner humbly prays your
honours Considering the Circumstances of the Whole matter, that you
would make him a Grant of as much Vacant Land, some where in
your honours Patent as you think a Mete Recompence for the trouble
& Expence & Loss of time, which your Petitioner has Suffered by
Reason aforesaid, (as your Petitioner has Eight Sons,) and such a
Grant as is above Petitioned for, may greatly Advance your honours
interest in your s'' Patent & tend to Enable your Petitioner and his
said sons, (by the blessings of Providence) witli industry to Live in a
Comfortable manner, and your Petitioner as in duty bound will ever
pray &c
Portsmouth January 24"' 1774.
Jonathan Palmer
[^Letter from Samuel Holland, 1774.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 77.]
Portsmouth, 1st March 1774 —
Gentlemen
In the Course of my laying down the several Townships & Grants
of Land in that part of this Province which is Held by you under the
WARNER. 385
Claim of Tuffton Mason Esq. I find some Tracts yet ungranted, &
among them the Mountain of Kayasarges with a Small Quantity of
Land fit for Cultivation surrounding it: As I am inclined to Make a
Settlement there, I shall be glad to know as soon as convenient, either
by Letter, or if desired an Literview, whether the Same be agreeable
to You & on what Terms I may obtain a Grant of it.
Attending your Answer, I remain Gentlemen,
Your most obedient humble Servant.
Samuel Holland
The Proprietors holding under the Claim of Tuffton Mason, Esq in
New Hampshire.
\_Andrew Smith's Request, 1774.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 78.]
Mem° Andrew Smith of New Holderness desire he may have a
Settlement in a Gore of Land between Boscawen & Britain Woods,
& takes in part of Carasaige,
N B if not Land enough for a Township, whither they will Grant
or Sell him Some of it. Portsm" June 9'^ 1774 —
ITwo More Requests, 1779.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 78.]
M'^ William Courser has Got upon Some Land Near Kierserge Moun-
tain, upon that Lot of Land Called the Gore and Disires that he may
be Quieted in it he paying What the Proprietors Shall think Reason-
able—
Portsm^ July 17"^ 1779
Cap^ Atkinson Desires that the proprietors would Conclude what
they woud Take for the Whole Tract, or so much of it as is Lotted
by Plan
\_Letter from Jonathan Palmer, 1779.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 79.]
Warner August 23 : 1779 to the Honorable jentlemen of masons
Propriaters and in perticular Tto Squiar joarg jeffers Greeting sir it is
long sence as you my Remember that i carried in a Pertition to your
25
386 CHARTER RECORDS.
Honours to grant some land which sevral of your honours gave me
in coragement And for these Reasons l*' in your Charter to Rye
Propriatrs that if any perticular Persn or Persns were sewd by
the Mercichuits in ther no body sewd but i and your honours neglected
to help me one frthing i aplied to sevral of your honours in the law
sute to borow a pistereen in astant or half a pistereen but could not
git it And by your mis conduct Plese y Honours selling the Town
which was then called jannes town to amsbery years before the charter
was forfited i lost Seven hundre acers of land and went threw lawsute
of long contiuance which was a vast Expenc besids eight or ten
thousand mils travel i carried in a pertitin by the advic of coin Atki-
son i think abot five or six years ago and have a numer of times
taken to come to see if my petiton was answd but all in vain and i
think it squr jeffers neglect plese yor Honour squir jeffers if j^ou will
not See imedatly git that petition anserd i mean to sew you for dam-
mage either grant me the land or pay the Damag there is a part of the
goar upon head of warner joining Easterlj^ upon Newsalsbery Northely
upon the Mountain kiasarge weterly peries town Southily on war-
ner grant me that tract of land jentleinen Altho the biger part of
that tract is veriy mean i shall Recive it kindly at your hands if not
let me know imeadatly
Jonathan Palmer —
i mean if providance permit to be in Rye next week please to send
me word b}^ the bearer &:C
\_Another Letter from Jonathan Palmer, 1779.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 80.]
Warner September 17"' 1779 —
in the county of ^ To the Honorable jentlemen of masons Pro-
Hilsborgh in ! priatrs Greeting Some of your honours my
the State of new (Remember That about fife or six years ago i
Hampshear J Carried in a Pertition to your Honours it was by
the advice of Colnal Atkinson and for these Reasons a little before
The canady war begun your honours were Pleased to Grant this town
now called warner to the People of Rye and gave them a good charter
of twelve years To fulfill in and in case of an indon war the Same
Length of tim after the Peace was mad as they had from the orignal
Granting and in case any Perticular Person or Persons should be sewd
by the masechusets or Alliens Right they would Defend them threw
one Law sut upon their own cost there was i was a propriater with
them and had three Rights in the Town which contained about Seven
WARNER. 387
hundred and fifty Aceis the [)eace was made by col warners depisition
in the year 1763 and by the aplication of arasbery People to your
honours, ware Plesd to sell this town to Them in the year 1767 not
considring the time you gave to Rye and gave them a charter by
which Reason i lost sven Hundred acers of land and was sewd by
them upon a hundred acer lot that had binn improed three seasons
before They bought a house frame bult upon it and was oligd to carry
on a law sute upon my own cost notwithstanding your prommis in the
charter after the law sute was over i went to Col atkison and sevral
of the Propriaters by the advise of the colnel to give me some Land
as convenant as might be likewise i did and they All gav me incour-
agment that they would to make up the damag in not helping in the
law sute i cari-ed in a Pertition to Squier jeffers fiv or six years ago
and has alway neglected it althogh i have bin six or sven times down
out of the countery to see if your Honours had done any thing for me
to the damag of more than two hundred dollars jentlemen i come
this once more to see if your will do any thing for me i have Eight
Sons that want land ther is a little Part of the Goar upon the south-
erly part of kiasarge upon warner and partly upon newsalsbery about
two mile and a half above whare i live i would be glad yould gran me
some ther an ad you would olig yor humble sarvent
Jonathan Palmer
Jentle men you Have Sold Seven hundred Acers of My land to
Amsbery and caused me a long law Sute threw the law which caused
me eight or Ten thousand mils travel be sides six or seven jurnes
Down out of the countery seventy' or Eighty Miles which is more
than fifty thosand Pounds lawf money Damag now jentle men grant
me some land or Pay me the Damag for this the last jurney that i in
tend to make upon that acount Honored Sirs
i Remain your humble servent Jonathan Palmer —
75 mils
6
450
\_Letter from Samuel Atkinson., 1780.]
[Masonian Papers, ^^ol. 8, p. 81.]
Boscawen June 6*^ 1780
To George Geffry Esq"^ S''
I Receivd your orders to Notifie the Select men of Waner to
Preamelate the Line between them and the Gore which they Refused
388 CHARTER RECORDS.
saying they had no Kite till they had a propriators meeting having
had a meeting have appointed the 23'' of this Instant to pramalate S''
Line —
I haveing ben Sick and being Now sick With the feaver Could not
attend your meeting
S"" be so kind as to Acquaint D"^ Rogers that M"" Roe cannot Make
out to pay for a lot of Land according to his perposels
This from your most obedient Humble Sarvent
Sam" Atkinson
To George Geffry Esq"^ Propriators Clark
\_Petition of Samuel Atkinson^ 1781.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 82.]
To the Henorable jNIasonian Proprietors the Petition of Sam'
Atkinson humbly Shueth that wareas your Petitiener having Done
Sundry Servises in your Lawsute Respecting allexandria and Sence
paying Taxes on your Lands in Newchester and in Geting the
kiasarge Gore Servayd and Lotted out theirfore your Petitiener
humbly Pray your honors to make him a Grant of the one half of Said
Gore for his Servises or Such a part as your honers See fit on the fol-
lowing Conditions namely — he to Put on fifteen Settlers with what is
on and to make Good Roads through Said Gore and Paying the Tax
of the Reserved Part for three Years from this Time and your Peti-
tioner as in Duty Bound Shall Ever Pray —
Portsmouth May 30 1781 Sam^ Atkinson
\_Pla7i of Kearsarge Gore.~\
This Plan is laid Down by a Scale of two Hundred rods to an Inch
the Lots Contain 105 acres Each and a reserve made for Highways
through Each Lot if wanted the Best Lots are marked with the Letter,
G : the middling with the Letter M : the Poorest with the Letter P : —
By Henry Gerrish Surveyer —
The Westerly Prict Line on the Head of Salisbury is the Line on
which they have Laid their Lots
The Eastwardly Prict Line is the Line agreeable to their Charter
\VARx\ER.
389
390 CHARTER RECORDS.
The middle Black Line runs from one of their old Bounds to the
other
All the Lotts that contain more or Less than 105 acres have the
Number of acres Set on each Lot
The Number of acres Set on the Lots at the Head of Salisbury is
What they Contain within the Prict Line
[^Reserved Lots in the Gore, 1781.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, pp. 83, 89, 90, and Proprietors' Records,
Vol. 4, p. 72.]
Kyahsarge Gore
Richard Wibird lots N° 68-26, 46-20, 28
John Moffatt lots N° 50-13, 33-40, 48
George Jaffrey lots N" 5-45, 81-29, 60
Mark He Wentworth lots N° 2-9-11-27, 57
Jotham Odiorne Lots N° 49-3, 52-21, 37
Thomas Packer lots N*' 4-43, 74-41, 56
Thomlinson & Mason lots N° 1-65-72-58, 59
Solly & March lots N° 17-47, 66-63, 75
Joshua Peirce lots N° 51-21-34-54, 67
Peirce & Moore Lots N° 6-85 for 2 lots-61, 25
John Wentworth Lots N° 79-7, 14-36-82
Theodore Atkinson lots N'' 16-77-80-71.64
Thomas Wallingford lots N° 18-15, 44-19, 35
John Rindge lots N° 83-53, 69-55, 70
Meserve & Company Lots N° 73-30, 42,-62, 76
Solly & March southerly part of Lot N° 84 111 Acres \
John Wentworth Northerly corner of Lot N° 84-27 Acres >
John Wentworth Lot N° 78-86 Acres )
drawn in the division of Lands in Alexandria, Alexandria Addition
and in the Gore next Winnepissioke &c to make 15 Equal shares —
Mark H^ Wentworth Lot N° 8 )
John Wentworth Lot N*' 10 [
Thomas Wallingford Lot N°12 )
drawn in the division of Lands in New Chester in order to make 15
equal Shares
WARNER. 391
[Eoad Laid Out, 1792.]
[jVIasonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 84.]
Laid out a Road to Strike said Lin6 a Little West of M'' Joseph
Quinbys Dwelling House in Salisbury thence on Salisbury Line forty
Six Rods to a Great Rock, thence South fifty five degrees, West,
Eighty Six Rods to Jeremiah Palmers House, thence About West
Two hundred and forty Rods to a Spruce Tree marked, thence South
forty Five Degrees, West Eighty Rods to a Tree marked thence West
Sixty Six Rods to Sutton East Line through the Gore Called
Kiasarge Gore as Set forth in a Petition to said Sessions Signed by
Joel Eastman and Others the Whol Distance from Salisbury West
Line to Sutton East Line being About one mile and a half Said Road
is Laid four Rods Wide
the Above by Order of the Court of General Sessions in the County
of Hillsborough Holden at Amherst in March 1792
May 22'^ 1792 ( Jeremiah Page ^
By < Ebenezer Webster > Committee
f James Flanders 1
\^Mequest of Jonathan Palmer. ~\
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 91,]
After about one Thousand Eight Hundred mils Travel up and
Down to your Honours by the inCouragement of Colnel Atkison and
always Bin disapointed of a hearing by Square Jeffers i Humbely
once more make my Redress to your Honours there being about one
hundred acors of land to be sold in Plan of new Salsbery i this once
aply my self to your Honours to see What your honors will Give me
towards bying of it it lieth at the uper end of the town adjoying upon
the west Foot of litle Kiasrge and neare The town of warner in the
county of hillsburogh in .the State of New hampshare i Remain your
humble sarvent
Jonathan Palmer
392 CHARTER RECORDS.
\_Estimation of Lots, etc.~\
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 84.]
A Proportional Estimation of the Lots
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range
N° 1—70
N» 6—70
N« 2—90 sold
N° 7—90 sold
N° 3—15
NO 8—70 sold
N° 4—10
N° 9—15
N° 5—50
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N° 1—90
N° 6—40
N" 2—100
N° 7—100
N" 3—100 sold
N° 8—100 sold
N" 4—100 sold
N° 9—70 sold
N° 5—70 sold
N« 10—20
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N" 1—30
N° 5—10
N« 2—50
N° 6—10
N° 3—50
N° 7—20
N« 4—10
N° 8—70
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N° 1—40
N° 4—70
N'' 2—90
N° 5—70
N° 3—60
5th
range
N° 1—80
N^ 3—40
N° 2—50
6"^ range
N« 1—30
Lots Chose by Col° Goffes Settlers
first Range N'' 1—2, 6, 7
Second Range N° 1, 2, 4, 7, 8
Third Range none —
Fourth Range N° 2
Gordon Settled on Lot N« 3 2'' Range
Grimes Improved on lot N° 9, 2'^ Range & on part of N° 8 or 7 in
3*^ Range
WARNER. 393
\_Petition of Inhabitants^ 1801.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 85.]
State of Newhampshier
To the Honourable Propriators of Land in Keasearge Goar Hum-
bely Shew that We your Petitnor and others inhabitance of Keasearge
Goar; and in the County of hillsbourough ss Labour under many heard
Shipt and Dissvntages in Setling on the Land that We your Petitnors
bought From Sum of you Jentlemen — therefore your honour may
Remember that the Land is Very heard brocken Stoney Land at the
beest there Four : now to have the beest of it taken Way by Salsbury
Line taking a brand New establishment: With New bounds on thier
West Lines. — Which must take as much as one third Parte olT from
them Lots that We your Petitnors bought ; From your honour ; and
Did give a Jenress Price For them Lots on that Line ; and there Four
as your Petitnors have Purchessed the Land as much as one third
Parte of the Way on that Line We think : your honours Will not
establish a brand New Line With out our Concent or make Sume
Reserve For those Lots of Land that We hold by Deeds From your
honours. —
Moreover We Wold in Form your honours that thier is three Lots
of land more on the Same Line Which is oned by m'" Woodbery
Langdon and Squies Jeffors — to it Nomber 78 and No 81 and No 82
the New Line Will take near one half of these three Lots a bove
mentchned. — and besides those Lots: thier Will be as much as three
thousend acors of Common Land taken From you by that New Line :
if it is a Established by you. — or the Propriators book of Records
must Fail : For We Find on the Propriators books of Records Estab-
lishment of Lines by a Commity Chosen by borth Propriators ; to it
in the name of Stevns town — and Newbritan in the yers 1762 ther-
four We your Petitnors Due not think that your honours Wold Due
Such a thing as to Establish a New Line Contry to the old bounds ;
and Contry to the Propriarts Records ; and Contry to the Deeds that
Sum of you have given ; and Contry to your one intress Moreover We
Wold in Form your honours that their is a Lawsute that Was Com-
minsth Last merch a gainst the Widdow : Wells by one of the inhabi-
tance of Salsbury : in regard of the Lot No 77 Where four We beig
your Delay of Establishing the New Line at Present untill thier Can
be a Fare triel — as in Dude bound Will Ever Pray —
Dated at kesarge Goar October 1 — 1801
Jason Watkins \ Select men
Joseph French ^ For Said
Benjamin Cass ) goar
to the Propirator Clark
394 CHARTER RECORDS.
WASHINGTON.
[This town was iVumber 8 in the line of towns from Merrimack to Connecticut
River, granted by Massachusetts, Jan. i6, 1735-6. Granted by the Masonian
Proprietors, Dec. 11, 1752, to Capt. Peter Prescott and others. Regranted Maich
17, 1768, to Reuben Kidder and others. The charter was renewed Feb. 5, 1772.
The town was variously known as Monadiwck No. 8, New Concord, and Camden,
until it was incorporated as Washington, Dec. 13, 1776, and named in honor of
George Washington. A portion was combined with New Bradford and Washing-
ton Gore to make up the town of Bradford, Sept. 27, 1787. The line between
Washington and Lempster was established Nov. 27, 1812.
See Massachusetts and New Hampshire charters in preceding volumes ; XIII,
Hammond Town Papers, 626; Index to Laws, 569; The Late Centenarian of,
with a Brief History of the Town, by George Bancroft Griffith, 3, Granite Monthly,
p. 536; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, p. 13 ; Lawrence's
N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 474; History, 1768 — 1886, compiled by a committee
chosen by the town, 1886, pp. 696; sketch, by George M. Gage, Hurd's History
of Sullivan County, 1886, p. 391.]
\^Charter of Washingto7i, 1752.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, Vol. 6, p. 135, and Masonian Papers,
Vol. 8, p. 92.]
Province of } Pursuant to the Power & Authority Granted and
New Hampsh'' \ Vested in me the Subscriber by the Proprietors of
Lands purchased of John Tufton Mason Esq"^ in the Province of New
Hampshire, by their Vote passed at their Meeting, held at Ports-
mouth, in said Province, the Sixth day of December — A D — 1751 —
I Do by these presents, on the terms & Conditions, with the Reser-
vations hereinafter Expressed Give & Grant all the Right Property,
& Possession of the Proprietors aforesaid, unto Cap' Peter Prescott,
Stephen Hosmer, Jun^ John Wood, John Fox, Daniel Hoar, Timothy
Hoar, Jacob Fox, Joseph Lee, Zephaniah Wood, Abijah Mason,
Nathan Stratton, Seth Lee, Timothy Hodgman, Stephen Hosmer
tertius, Abel Miles, Joseph Stratton, Joseph Wheeler, Joseph Wheeler
Jun"", Archelaus Adams Jonathan Fisk, John Miles, Consider Soper,
Charles Prescott, Abel Prescott, James Landman, Jonas Haywood,
Abel Fox, David Fletcher, Nathaniel Piper, Nathaniel Hosmer Jun""
William Hosmer, Peter Prescott Jun"^ James Minott Jun'' all of Con-
cord, John Fox, John Fox jun"" Eleazer Lawrence Eleazer Lawrence
tertius, all of Littleton, Jonathan Hosmer Nathaniel Wheeler, Jona-
than Conant, William Cutting Joseph Wheeler all of Acton, William
WASHINGTON. 395
Rice of Sudbury, Aaron Willavdof Lancaster John Buss of Lunenburg,
William Boutwell, of Leominster, Nathaniel Sawyer of Lancaster,
John Bulkeley, & Peter Bulkeley of Boston, Robert Fletcher Jun"" of
Nottingham, all in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, Josiah
Brown, William Spaulding, Peter Powers, Stephen Powers, Samuel
Cumings, Zachariah Stearns, John Stearns, Zachariah Stearns jun'
Jonathan Combs, Jacob Fletcher, Jeremiah Colburn, all in the
Province of New Hampshire, in Equal shares of in & to that Tract of
Land, or Township Called Manadnock Number Eight, (or New Con-
cord,) laying in the Province of New Hampshire aforesaid, & within
the Claim of Mason's Patent, Bounded as followeth. Beginning at a
Stake, & heap of Stones, the Northwesterly Corner of Manadnock N°
7, (so Called,) Granted to Reuben Kidder & others, which Stake &
Stones, is in the said Patent Line, Lately run by Joseph Blanchard Jun''
Esq"^ from thence runs by said Number Seven, South Eighty Degrees
East, Six miles, and an half to a Stake & heap of Stones, from thence
North Twenty Eight Degrees, East Eight miles on Ungranted Lands
to a Beach tree from thence North Eighty Degrees West, Six miles &
an half to the Patent line aforesaid from thence Southerly by said
Patent line to the first Bounds mentioned, to them their Heirs &
Assigns, To have, and to hold, on the Terms & Conditions with the
Reservations, hereinafter Expressed, viz' that the tract of Land afore-
said, be Divided in to One hundred & twenty Three Equal Shares, two
Lots to a Share at the Least, at the Expence of the Grantees — &
Drawn for in some Open Equitable Manner, at or before the last day
of January A D 1754, a plan & Record thereof to be made, & by their
prop""^ Clerk on Oath, Certified with the Schedule, and Delivered into
the said Grantors Clerk's Office, within thirty Day's next after such
Draft — That three of the aforesaid Shares be & hereby are Granted,
one to the first Settled Minister, one for the Ministry, and one for the
School there for ever, free of all Charge — that Twenty more of the
said Shares, be Reserved, to & for the Grantors their Heirs, and
Assigns forever, free from all Incumbrance of Settlement, Tax, Charge,
or Expences, whatsoever, untill Improved by the Owners, or some
holding under them Respectively — That the Owners of the other
shares viz', all Exclusive of James Minott Jun*^ Josiah Brown, William
Spaulding, Peter Powers, Stephen Powers, Samuel Cumings, Zacher-
iah Stearns, Jn° Stearns, Zacheriah Stearns jun' Jonathan Combs,
Jacob Fletcher, & Jeremiah Colborn jun'' at their own Expence, make
Settlement in the following manner Viz' that there be three Acres,
Cleared, Inclosed, & fitted, for Mowing, or tillage, on some one Lot,
of Each of the fifty Settling Shares aforesaid, at or Before the last
day of June 1755 and two Acres more on each of the same Lots
396 CHARTER RECORDS.
Annually, for three Years then next Coming and at the Expiration of
five Years from this Date, to have on each of the said Fifty Lots a
Convenient Dwelling house, and a Family or some person Resident
there for four Years then next Coming That all Necessary Hyway's
be laid out in said Township thro' Grantors & Grantees Lands, as
there shall be Ocation for the future, without any pay or Allowance
for Damage thereby — That a Convenient Meeting house be Ikiilt in
said Township, and Finished within Ten Years from this Date, &
Twenty Acres Reserved for Publick Use at the place that shall be
Appointed to sett said House on — That the aforesaid Grantees by a
Major Vote in publick Meeting Called for that purpose, Grant &
Assess in equal Proportion, such Sum or Sums of money, as they shall
think Necessary from time to time for Carrying forward, and Com-
pleating the Settlement aforesaid & Every of the Grantees, Exclusive
of the three publick Lots who shall Neglect for the Space of thirty
Day's, next after such Assessment is made & Granted, (to pay
the same) so much of such Delinquents Rights Respectively, shall &
may be sold, as will pay the tax, & all Charges Arising thereon by a
Com'ittee to be Appointed by the Grantees for that purpose, — And
in Case any of the Grantees shall Neglect or Refuse to perform any
of the Articles aforesaid, by him Respectively to be done, he shall
forfeit his share & Right, in said Township, & every part of thereof
to those of the Grantees, who shall Comply with the Conditions on
their part herein Expressed & it shall & may be Lawfull for them or
any Person by their Authority, to enter into & upon the Right, Share
or part of such Delinquent Owner, in the Name & Behalf of the
whole of the Grantees, who shall Comply as aforesaid, to Amove,
Oust & Expell for the use of them, their Heirs, & Assigns, Provided
they Settle, or Cause to be Settled Each such Delinquents Right
within the term of one Year at the furthest, from the period that is by
this Instrument Stipulated to be done, as the Conditions of this Grant,
&, fully Discharge, & Comply, with the whole Duty such Delinquent
ought to have Done, within one Year, from time to time, after the
Respective Periods thereof, and in Case the Grantees, fuUfilling their
parts as aforesaid, shall Neglect fullfilling as aforesaid, the Duty of
any Delinquent Owner, that then such Share or Shares, shall be for-
feit, Revert & Belong to the Grantors, their Heirs & Assigns, and be
Wholly at their Disposall, free from future Charge — Always Provided
there shall be no Indian War, within any of the Terms limitted as
aforesaid, and in Case that should Happen the same time to be
Allowed for Doing the Duty after such Impediment shall be
Removed, —
Lastly that all White pine trees Growing on said Tract fit for
WASHINGTON.
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Masting his Majesty's Roj-al Navy, be & hereby are Granted to his
Majesty, his heirs, & Successors for Ever,
To all which premises 1 Joseph Blanchard Agent for & in Be-
half of the Proprietors the Grantors, have hereunto set my hand &
Seal this Eleventh day of December A D. 1752, & in the twenty
Sixth Year of his Majesty's Reign, —
A true Copy Examin'd —
Joseph Blanchard. | LS [
Peter Prescott, Prop' Cle''
^ G. J Prop--' Cle"-
Rec'i Sep' 4'" 1753,
A true Copy of the Return of Record
attest : Geo : Jaffrey Prop'** CI
[P?an of Washington, 1753.]
fpinuiQ Mi2^ to) )Y^i^^u:^:,i>ii-pvta>2//
'lut 10 MefrtCi ^jkM ^h UliUi and halftn Tncrmdntiik ^(l^fV-
This plan Describes the tract of Land Called Manadnock Nomber
Eight (or New Concord) Granted unto Cap' Peter Prescott & Others,
Lying in y*" Province of New Hamp' — part of Masons Patent Con-
taining 33280 Acres the Bounds Course & Length of Line as Deline-
398 CHARTER RECORDS.
ated On the ])lan herewith Layed in a Scale of One mile to an Inch
Dated April 1753
"^ Stephen Hosmer Ju"" Surveyor
The Aforegoing plan & Return is a True Copy as on file Com-
pared '^
June 19"^ 1753— Peter Prescott Prop'* Cle^
Grantees 27030 Acres Grantors 5250 acres
[ Vote of Acceptance hy Grantees, 1753.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, Vol. 6, p. 115, and jNlasonian Papers,
Vol. 8, p. 93.]
Whereas Joseph Blanchard Esq, as agent, for & in the name &
Behalf of the Proprietors of the Lands, in the Province of New
Hampshire, purchased by them of John Tufton Mason Esq"^ who sold
to them, under the Title made to them, by a Common Recovery, did
on the Eleventh day of December, A D, 1752, Grant the Contents of
Eight miles Long, & Six miles & an half wide part of said Lands
Bounded as follows viz' Beginning at a Stake, & Heap of Stones, the
Norwesterly Corner of Monadnock Number Seven, (so Called,)
Granted to Reuben Kidder, & others, which Stake & Stones is in the
Patent Line, lately run by Joseph Blanchard jun'' Esq"^ from thence
runs by said N° Seven South Eight}' Degrees. East Six miles & an
half to a Stake & Heap of Stones, from thence North Twenty
Eight Deg"* East Eight miles on Ungranted Lands, to a Beach tree
from thence North Eighty Degrees West, Six miles & an Half, to the
patent Line aforesaid, from thence Southerly by said patent Line to
y® first Bounds mentioned — under Certain Conditions Limitations &
Reservations, in said Grant mentioned as by said Grant, Reference
thereto will fully appear, unto Cap' Peter Prescott Stephen Hosmer,
Jun' John Wood, John Fox, Daniel Hoar, Timothy Hoar Jacob Fox,
Joseph Lee, Zepheniah Wood, Abijah Mason Nathan Stratton, Seth
Lee, Timothy Hodgeman, Stephen Hosmer Tertius, Abel Miles,
Joseph Stratton, Joseph Wheeler, Joseph Wheeler Jun"^ Archalaus
Adams, Jonathan Fisk, John Miles Consider Soaper Charles Prescott,
Abel Prescott, James Lanman Jonas Haywood, Abel Fox, David
Fletcher Nathaniel Piper, Nath" Hosmer Jun'^ William Hosmer, Peter
Prescott Jun'' James Minott jun"^ all of Concord, John Fox, John Fox
Jun'' Eleazer Lawrence jun"^ Eleazer Lawrence Tertius, all of Little-
ton, Jonathan Hosmer, Nathaniel Wheeler, Jonathan Conant, William
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Cutting Joseph Wheeler all of Acton. William Rice of Sudbury Aaron
Willard, of Lancaster, John Buss, of Luninburg William Boutwell of
Leominster Nathan' Sawyer of Lancaster, John Bulkeley, Peter
Bulkeley of Boston, Robert Fletcher jun"^ of Nottingham all in the
Province of the Massachusetts Bay, Josiah Brown William Spauld-
ing, Peter Powers, Stephen Powers Samuel Comings, Zachariah
Stearns, John Stearns Zachariah Stearns jun"" Jonathan Combs, Jacob
Fletcher Jeremiah Colborn, all in the Province of New Hampshire,
Therefore Unanimously Voted that we do hereby Accept said Title,
and for our Selves our Heirs, & Assigns, do Acknowledge that we do
hold said Lands, under said Title, Conditions, & Limitations, with the
Reservations therein Mentioned.
Extract from the Votes of the Prop""' of the Township called Man-
adnock N° 8, aP New Concord, at their Meeting January 27'" 1753 —
Copy Examin'd ^ Peter Prescott Prop'* Cle'
Receiv'd Sep-" 4"^ 1753, f G. J. Pro : Cle^
a true Copy of the Vote returned of Record
attest : Geo : Jaifrey Prop'* CI
[Draft of Lots-I
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, Vol. 6, p. 140, Papers, Vol. 8, p. 94.]
Schedule of Grantees Right in Manadnock N° 8 or New Concord —
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Josiah Brown
William Rice
William Boutwell
Consider Soaper
Daniel Hoar
John Stearns
Samuel Cumings
Nathaniel Piper .
Joseph Stratton .
Zepheniah Wood
Nathaniel Wheeler
Joseph Wheeler Junior
Peter Prescott
Grantors .
Peter Powers
John Fox .
Eleaz'' Lawrence Jun''
Zachariah Stearns
Nathan Stratton
Grantors .
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The aforegoing in y*^ original two pages is a List of Seventy eight
Shares four Lots to each Share, added in each Line, part of each
Respective Right —
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Seth Lee, Timothy Hodgeman
John Stearns, & Zachariah Stearns j"^
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John Bulkeley & Peter Bulkeley
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Eleazer Lawrence Jun'' &: Eleazer Lawrence Tertius
John Miles, & Nathaniel Hosmere Jun' .
Lot not Drawn ....
Joseph Stratton, & Joseph Wheeler
Josiah Brown & William Spaulding .
William Hosmere, & Jonathan Hosmere .
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Jonathan Fisk & Consider Soaper .
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Samuel Cumings & Zachariah Stearns
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William Rice .....
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James Lanman, Jonas Haywood
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Stephen Hosmer Jun-- & Step° Hosmer Tert«
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Charles, & Abel Prescott
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Jonathan Combs & Jacob Fletcher .
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David Fletcher, Nathaniel Piper
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Zepheniah Wood & Nathan Stratton
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Timothy Hoar & Abel Fox
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John Fox & Daniel Hoar
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Nathaniel Sawyer, & John Fox of Littleton
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Jeremiah Colborn & Rob' Fletcher .
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Peter Prescott Jun'" & James Minott
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John Buss, & William Bout well
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Jacob Fox, & John Fox Jun^ .
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Nathaniel Wheeler, & Jon" Conant .
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Joseph Wheeler Jun'' & Arch' Adams
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William Cutting & Joseph Wheeler of Acton
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The aforegoing thirty nine lots is the Remainder to Compleat the
full Division of the Township, Which to the Grantees Entered as
above, is to Compleat the full Division of each Grantee, 31 lots part
thereof, to Sixty one of the Grantees as entered fifty acres to each, for
Quantity, & Quality as Tenants in Com'on, and as they are Severally
Joyned in each Lott, the lott of William Rice, one half being to the
Grantees —
This Certifies that the three foregoing pages Contain the vrhole
schedule or Account of the Division of Manadnock N*' 8, or New-
Concord, (so Called,) in the Province of New Hampshire, with the
Several Lots as Coupled to each Share, & Drawn at a Proprietors
Meeting held at Concord, the first day of January 1754, which lots are
WASHINGTON.
403
Entered in the Severall Columns, against each name, those Shares &
lots that Grantors are wrote against, in the Whole of said Schedule,
is that Whole Sixth part Reserved in the Grant of said Township by
the Grantors for their use, the five Lots, not Drawn, & half Lot with
William Rice, is Reserved for the Grantors use, & to be at their Dis-
posall, January 28'" 1754 —
Peter Prescott Prop" Clerk
A true Copy of the Return as of Record
attest, Geo : Jaffrey Prop'^ CI
\^Pla7i of Lots.']
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The Above plan Describes the Township Called Manadnock N° 8
or New Concord which Ly's in the Province of New Hamp' within
Mason's Grant As the Same is Lotted out And Divided, & Nombered
on the Severall Lotts in the plan which lotts Contain One Hundred
Acres Each And Are One Hundred & Sixty rods in length And One
Hundred lods in Breadtli All exclusive of the Westermost Range, the
length of Which are as lay'd Down, in the plan December, 1753. —
Lay'd Down in a Scale of One mile in An Inch,
^ Steven Hosmer Jun'' Surveyor
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CHARTER RECORDS.
The afore Written is a true Cop}^ of the Plan And Return Taken
the first day of January 1754 — & Exam''
^ Peter Prescott Pro]/^ Clerk—
[Proprietors' Lots in Washitujton, 1756.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, Vol. 6, p. 144, and Masonian Papers,
Vol. 8, p. 95.]
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John Wentworth Esq""
Jotham Odiorne Esq's Right
John Rindge ...
Nathi Meserve Esqr & O
George Jaffrey
Thomas Wallingford Esq
Sam' Solly Esq & Clem"- March
John Moffatt Esq' .
Joseph Blanchard Esq'
Richard Wibird Esq'
Theodore Atkinson Esq
Thomlinson & Mason
Thomas Packer Esq'
Daniel Peirce Esq' & M : Moor
Joshua Peirce Esq'' Righ
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This schedule to be annex'd to the Grantees Schedule of New Con-
cord, or Monadnock N° 8 —
Province of } At a Meeting of the Proprietors of the Lands pur-
New Hamp"^^ \ chased, of John Tufton Mason Esq"^ in New Hamp-
shire, held at Portsmouth March 30"' 1756—
The Reservation of said Proprietors shares in that Tract of land,
or Township called Manadnock N° 8, or New Concord Viz' Sixteen
Shares, or Rights, were drawn for, & Severed as entered to the per-
sons above written & in the Manner described in the above Schedule,
Reserving the Seventeenth Lot for the use of said Proprietors, as
shall be hereafter disposed of by them, the above shares numbered,
WASHINGTON. 4O5
one to sixteen Containing three hundred & fifty Acres, to a Share, the
said Seventeenth share to Contain three hundred Acres —
attest, Geo : Jafifrey Prop"" Cle"^
a true Copy of Record
attest : Geo : Jaffrey Prop'*" CI
\^Petition of Reuhen Kidder^ 1767.]
[Masonian Papers, VoL 8, p. 96.]
To Theodore Atkinson Esq'' & others. Proprietors of certain Lands
in the Province of New Hampshire that formerly belonged to John
Tufton INIason Esq' —
Humbly prays, Reuben Kidder, for a Grant of a Tract of Land
lying in the afores'^ Lands, com'only known by the Name of Monad-
nock Number Eight — on the usual Conditions, — which will greatly
oblige. Gentlemen, Your most Obd' & most
Hum^ Serv'
Portsmouth Dec^ y^ 8"' A D 1767.— Reuben Kidder
{^Regrant of Washington, 1768.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, March 17, 1768.]
Province of ) Portsmouth March 17^'' 1768 Thursday five of the
New Hampshire \ Clock afternoon The Proprietors meet according to
Adjournment —
Voted to give and grant to Reuben Kidder of Ipswich in the
Province aforesaid Esqu"^ all our Right and Property of, in and unto
that Tract of land (or Township) known by the name of Monadnock
N° 8 (or new Concord) now Camden, lying in the Province aforesaid,
and within the Claim of Mason's Patent, It being the Same Tract of
land which was formerly granted to Cap' Peter Prescott & others, but
now forfeited, and is bounded as follow's, viz', Beginning at a Stake
and heap of Stones at the north Westerly Corner of Monadnock N° 7
— (so called) granted to Reuben Kidder aforesaid and others, which
Stake and Stones is in the said Patent Line, formerly run by Joseph
Blanchard Jun'^ Esqu'' from thence run's by Said N° 7, South Eighty
Degrees East Six miles & an half to a Stake and Heap of Stones,
from thence North twenty Eight Degrees East, Eight miles on
406 CHARTER RECORDS.
ungi-anted Lands to a Beech Tree, from thence North Eighty Degrees
West Six Miles and an half to the Patent line aforesaid, from thence
Southerly by Said Patent Line to the Bounds first mentioned — To
have, and to hold, to him, his Heirs & Assigns on the Terms & Con-
ditions with the Reservations hereafter expressed Viz' Tliat the
Grantors reserve one third part of said Tract (exclusive of Ponds)
equal in Quality with the whole Tract the said third part to be laid
out in three equal Divisions in three different Situations, as to be
equal in Value of either of the other two thirds granted, & each of
the three Divisions to be divided into two Shares or Lots well marked
and described & number'd & to be in a Plan of the whole Tract returned
within Six Months & drawn for by the Grantors at their Proprietors
Meeting to assertain each Proprietors Part & Share therein — That
the said Reuben have within one Year from the making of this Grant,
ten Family's Settled & Constantly to reside in said Tract hereby
Granted & within two Years to have ten Families more settled & to
Continue Residence there, & within three Years to have ten Families
more settled in said Tract, & that in each of the three Years, there
be ten Convenient dwelling houses built, & three Acres of Land to
each Family to be cleared, inclosed & fitted for Mowing or Tillage on
each of the Settlements — That all Publick highways be Laid out &
Cleared in said Township thro' the Lands of the Grantors, & that
hereby Granted, of three Rods wide for Main Roads, & two Rods for
Cross Roads, as may best Accommodate those may inhabit the same,
or the Publick, at the Charge & Expence of the Grantee his Heirs &
Assigns, and that all Highways for the future as may be necessary
shall be laid out without any Pay or allowance, for Damage to the
Owner or Owners of any of the whole aforesaid — That the said
Grantee shall reserve in some Convenient place, ten Acres of Land
for building a Meeting house upon, a school House, Burying Ground,
& Training-Field — Also two hundred Acres of Land for the first
Settled Minister of the Gospel forever, who shall Continue in the
Ministry there till Death, or be regularly dismist from that Office, &
two hundred Acres for a Glebe for the Use of the Gospel Ministry
forever, & two hundred Acres for the Support of a School forever,
And if the said Reuben Kidder shall neglect to perform the several
Articles aforesaid, by him to be done four Months after the last Day
aforesaid by which they ought to be done, then he the said Reuben
Kidder shall forfeit the said Tract of Land & Premises to the said
Grantors, their Heirs & Assigns —
Also all White Pine Trees, growing on said Tract fit for Masting
his Majesty's Royal Navy, be and hereby Granted to his Majesty,
his Heirs & Successors forever. —
WASHINGTON.
407
[^Condition of Settlements, 1771.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 16.]
Manadnock N° 8 or Camden the aeon' of the Sattelors Houses
Barns and Stock Lands Cleard and Trees Full on Each Lott —
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Will'" Scott .
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John Steal
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Silus Parker .
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David Taylor .
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David Kyes .
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Epheam Severants .
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archabel White
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Jacob Burbank
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Epream Severants Jn''
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Joseph Farnsworth .
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Robert Pollock
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Epheam Procter
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David Danford
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John Safford .
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Simeon Farnsworth
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abnor Samson
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Josiah Procter
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Robert Man .
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Moses Chass .
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Ruben Kidder Esq' N R .
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they have Cleard Good Rodes in Camden to all the Lotts that they
have Satled on : or began
408 CHARTER RECORDS.
Prov. N. Hampsh'' ) Dec"^ 10"' Then Cap' HubartesNeal made solemn
Rockingliam ] Oath the above accounts & Report are just & true
according to y^ best of his Knowledge & y*" best information he good
get—
Cor D Peirce Jus Pac
\_Letter from Robert Fletcher^ 1771.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 97.]
Sir Your Propriety have Repatedly Requested and urged Reuben
Kidder Esqr who Obtained the Grant of the Township of Cambden to
Comply with the Conditions of his Grant, One of which is to Divide
off all the Grantors Shares at his Own Expence under My care and
Inspection, and there are a Considerable number of Famallys waiting
for Nothing but the said Division to be made, that they may Know
where to work and Compleate the Settlement next sum'er, it is Nec-
essesary also on Esq"" Kidders Acct in Order to save the Forfiture of
his Grant — It will be of More Consequence to Your Propriety for me
to attend that service this spring than any Other — and it will take so
much time to Compleat the Division with any tolerable Equety. (and
Must be done after the snow is Off.) that it will be Impossable for
Me to attend the Proposed Survey at Tuftonbor° this season — Cap' Isaac
Rindge Esq"^ or Cap' Royce can Recom'end to You Some Honest &
Capable surveyor to do that work — I did not Recolect my Ingage-
ment when I saw You last or should have Excused my Self on that
ace' and Saved You any further Trouble, and my Self the Mortification
of asking Your Pardon for in advertantly Promising what is not in
my Power to comply with. Without Injuring Your Intrest as a
Proprietor more by neglecting my ingagement to attend the Division
of Your Intrests at Cambden, than any other of my services can Possa-
bly compensate or Repair. I must therefore Beg You to Excuse my
Past inadvertance while I subscribe myself as I Really am Most
Respectfully Your Hm"^ Serv'
Robert Fletcher
Dunstable March Y 2^ 1771—
M'^ Peter Pearse Merch' Portsm"
\_Letter from Reuben Kidder, 1771.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 98.]
Sur I Red your Kind Later Dated October the Seventh and your
Houner Rote to* me the Gi-antees was unesev that I had not Returned
WASHINGTON. 4O9
a Plan of the Town of Camden Suv the Reson was I Did not was by the
new Line being Run taking in a Peace of Land on the west side of
the Town and when I was at Portsmouth Last it was not Concluded
on wich Line I Should go to I Shall be at Portsmouth in a fue Days
and if thir Should be meeting of the Grantes I Should be glad it mite
be Seatled wich Line I am to go to this from your Humbel Servent
October 29 1771 Reuben Kidder
To George Jaffery Esq""
l^Grrant Renewed., 1772.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, Feb. 5, 1772.]
Province of \ Portsmouth February 5"' 1772 Wednesday three
New Hampsh'^ \ of y^ clock afternoon the Proprietors meet according
to adjournment —
The Proprietors on the 17"" day of March 1768 — having made a
grant unto Reuben Kidder Esq'' of a certain Tract of land on Condi-
tion of Settling the Same on certain Terms therein expressed and
contained, which Terms & Condition the said Kidder hath failed of
performing, to the Detriment of the Said Proprietors ; and whereas
the Said Reuben Kidder hath executed a certain Bond or Instrument
dated the 29"" day of January 1772 conditioned That there be further
reserved to each of the Proprietors Rights one hundred and fifty
Acres of land to be laid out Seperately from the reserved Rights in
the first grant, by the Surveyor whom they Shall send and Appoint to
run out and mark the lines of the Township according to the true
Intent and meaning of the Original Grant, and to lay out sever and
mark the bounds of each lot of the said hundred and fifty acres
Seperately as aforesaid, to be done at the Charge and Expence of the
Said Reuben Kidder his Executors or Administrators who are to pay
the Same as soon as the work and Service shall be performed &c —
Upon Conditions of a further reservation of fifteen one hundred and
fifty acre Lots, to the fifteen Proprietors Rights, of equal Quality with
the fifteen shares reserved to the s'' Proprietors in Said former grant,
to be surveyed divided and marked, and numbered from one to fifteen ;
by a surveyor whom Said Proprietors shall appoint to do the Same ;
with the running and marking out the boundary lines, of the Tract of
land granted to said Reuben Kidder on the 17"" day of March 1768,
with y*' Reservations to said Proprietors also marked and numbred
from one to fifteen and a Plan thereof made and returned to Said
Proprietors within Six months from this date, and the Said Reuben
410
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or bis Heirs or Administrators shall pay the whole Expence of the
Said Survey & Plan as soon as the same shall be performed by the
Surveyor aforesaid — It is therefore Voted That the Said Reuben
Kidder have a grant of one year from the Said 29"' day of January to
perform the Terms and Conditions of said former Grant — and in
failure thereof, and of the Conditions of this grant, the said Reuben
Kidder his Heirs and assigns shall forfeit the Said Tract of Land and
Premises to the said Proprietors the Grantors their Heirs & Assigns,
who may enter upon the Same as though there had not been any
grant thereof made to the Said Reuben Kidder his heirs or assigns —
\_Pla7i of WasJdngton, 177 2. J
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Xac/t Loit
WASHINGTON. 4II
Pursuant to orders to me Directed by the Comittey of the Pro-
prietors of a Tract of Land Purchised of John Tuftin Mason Esq"^ I
have Surveyed the Town of Camden or mennadnock N° 8 as folows
Began at a White ash tree and heap of Stons in the Patent Line the
North West Corner of Limbrick and Run by Said Limbrick Line
South 80° East Six miles & half to a mapel tree and heap of Stons
markd H N 1772 & Sundrey other Latters thence Run North 28°
East Eight miles to a Beach tree markd as aforesaid, then turnd off
and Run North 80° West 6i miles to the Patent Line and markd a
Small White ash and yalow Burch then measured on the Patent Line
and Re Spotted it, Eight miles to the first meantioned White ash tree
We Began at, measured by Sam Smart and Francis Durgin Sworn
Chanemen Surveyed the 24"' of June 1772
attest Hubartus Neal Dep' Surv'"
I have also Layd out one third Part of the town of Camden for the
Proprietors of masons Properite for their Reservation of Lands in
three Equal Divisions and in Differant Situations and have Divided
them into two Equal Shares or Lotts Wall marked and numberd as
Discribed in the Plan of the Town and have also Layed out fifteen
one hundred and fifty acres Lotts Wall markd and Nurabred from one
to fifteen
Apriel 14 1773 to the Gantors this Plan I Return as thair Reser-
vation Laid out in Cambden as a Plan of Cambden by me
Reuben Kidder
\^Bad Roads in Stoddard, 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 99.]
To the Honerable Propriators Purchesed under John Tufton Mason
Esq"^ we your Humble Potioners Prayes and Desires that your Honers
would take it under your Concideration the greait Deficulty we the
inhabitance of Camden, Labour under by Reason of the Roades being
So bad in the Township of monadnick N° 7 or Limbrick so Kalled that
it is Allmost imposable for a teem to Pess there and Dangorous for a
Hors Nothing has Ben Done by sa'' N° 7 Propriators on the Roads of
any Concequence for about Eighteen months Past and as their is a
Number of families a moving to Camden on said Road as well as all
our salt and Nails and other Nesaseries of Life from Boston must
Come that way we Pray that your Honers would take it under your
Consideration and we make no Doubt But your Honers in your greait
wisdom will see justis Don which your Humble Potioners shall Ever
Pray in Duty Bound —
Camden janauaiy 19"' 1773
412
CHARTER RECORDS.
John safford
Moses Chase
David Ta^'lor
Avchebel white Jiin
Abner samson
John Steel
Daniel Sevrans
David Danfoi'th
Ephram sevrans J'
Avche'' white
Robert Pollok
Jacob Burbank
Robert Prockter
Joseph Farnsworh
Daniel Keyes
Abraham Estabrook
Robbert man
Ephraim Prockter
James maxwell
Andrew Boynton
Abel Marilf
Paul Hale
Simeon Farnsworth
Ephram Sevrans
Josiah Procter
william white
\_Plan of Reserved Lots, 1773.]
WASHINGTON. 413
Pursuant to orders to me directed by the Committee of the Pro-
prietors of a Tract of Land purchased of John Tufton Mason Es-
quire, I have Surveyed the Town of Cambden or Monadnock N^ 8 —
as follows, begining at a white ash Tree and heap of Stones on the
patent line the Northwesterly Corner of Limerick, and run by said
Limerick line south 80 east 6 miles & half to a Maple & heap of
Stones Marked H N 1772 and sundry other letters, thence North
28 Degrees east — 8 miles to a beach tree marked as aforesaid then
turned & run North eighty west — 6^ Miles to the Patent Line &
marked a small white Ash & yellow birch then measuring on the
patent line and Respoted it 8 miles to the first mentioned white
ash Tree we began at. —
June 24, 1772 Hubartus Neal Dep' Survey""
I have also laid out one third part of the Town of Campdon for the
Proprietors of Masons Patent for their Resurvation of Lands in three
Equal Divisions & in Diilerent situations and have divided them into
two equal shares or Lots w^ell marked & numbred as described in the
plan of the Town and have also laid out Fifteen one hundred &
fifty Acre lots, well marked and numbred from one to fifteen —
The last five Lots of 150 Acres each is laid out on the east bound-
ary line of the Town & Lays between the second & third Divisions
of first resurvation Lots and are 130 Rods long North 28 east & 110
Rods wide north 80 West and are marked on each corner Tree of the
Lots B R N° XI XII XIII XIIII XV as each Tree is numbered &
marked in the plan
The four Lots laid out in Cambells Gore is to make good
taken out of Cambden by Hilsborough The lot N° 1 in Campbells Gore
is to make up what is taken out of N° 1 in the second Devision of
Resurvation Lots in the first Range by Hilsborough & N° 2 in the
third Devision — and Lot N'^ 2 in said Gore makes up Lot N" XII in
the one hundred & fifty Acre Lots taken out by Hilsborough. And
the Lot N° three in said Gore makes good N° XI in said 150 Acre
Lots — The Lot N° four in said Gore that is laid out and a Lot of 60
Acres marked on the plan not yet laid out, will make good for all the
Land taken out of Lot N° 1 in the 3'^ Devision of Resurvation Lots
in the first Range & Lot N*' XIII in the 150 Acre Lots — The Lot N°
1 in the 3d Devision XIII in the last resurvation & N° 4 and the 60
Acre in the Gore not yet laid out should be fixed to one Proprietors
share with one Lot more where you please to fix it to make a whole
Share
414 CHARTER RECORDS.
\^Reservec/ Lots, 1773.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, July 21, 1773.]
Province of / Portsmouth July 21^' 1773 Wednesday three of
New Hampsh"^ \ the Clock afternoon at the Dwelling house of James
Stoodly P^sq"^ Innholder the Proprietors meet according to adjourn-
ment—
Voted that the Lots reserved and laid out in the Tract of land
granted to Reuben Kidder Esq'^ called Camden, being reserved for the
Grantors and delineated on the Plan returned by said Kidder to the
Grantors that the Same be drawn for to the Rights of each of the
Proprietors the Grantors, and that the Same be entered as drawn to
each Right, and so entered, the Same Shall be held in Severance to
whom drawn, their respective heirs and Assigns for ever — and are
drawn as follow's
I drawn To John Wentworth Esq"" N° 2: 2'^ Range 3'' division —
N° 1—1 Range 2 divis" N° 6 a 150 Acre Lot
2_To Blanchard Meserve &'^ N° 3— 2'^ Ran— 3 div : N° 2—1^' 2"—
N° 4 a D°
3— To Peirce and Moore--N° 4—1^' Ran— 1 div :— N« 3—1^^—2-
N° 1— a D«
4_To Thomas Packer Esq^— N° 3— 2'i Ran— 2 divi. N^ 1_1_3—
N° 13— D°
5_To Thomas Walingford Esq^— N° 1— 2'i Ran— 2 div: N" 3—
2_l«f_N° 3— D°
6 To Theodore Atkinson Esq' N" 4. 2'' Ran— 3 div : N" 5—1—2^—
N° 8— D°
7 To John Moffatt Esq--- N° 5—2'' Ran. 2'' div. N" 4— 1— 3''— N° 7
— D°
8 To Thomlinson & Mason— N° 5—1^' Ran. 1^' div N° 2— 2''— 1^'—
N° 12— D°
9 To Richard Wibird Esq--- N° 4-2'' Ran. 2 div: N^^ 4—1—2"—
N° 9— D"
10 To John Rindge N" 2—2'' Ran. 2'' div N° 3— 1— 3''— N« 14— D«
II To Mark Hink^' Wentworth Esq^ N° 1—1^' Ran. 1 div: N° 2—
1_.S_N'^ 5— D'^
12 To Jotham Odiorne Esa^— N*' 3—1 Ran. 1 div : N° 4—2—1*' —
NO 2— D°
13 To Joshua Peirce Esq""— N^ 2—1 Ran— 1 div : N'^ 5—1—3''—
N-^ 11_D°
14 To George Jaffrey Esq'' N" 1—2 Ran. 3 div N" 1— 2— 1— N°
15— D°
15 To Solly & March— N° 5—2 Ran. 3 div. N'' 5 2^'— P'— N° 10—
D''
WASHINGTON. 415
[John Groffe to Daniel Rogers^ 1774.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 99.]
Deriyfeild Apriel 29 1774
HonW- Sir
I Told the man of the Tract of Land (viz) the 1000 acrs that I
Talked of bying for him but he Esteems it but of very Littel value
and will not Give more than one half the price you asked for it nor
Does he in Cline to have any thing to Do with it at all, nor I for It is
Said here its, Desputable weather it is not Granted to Greedley how-
ever I have Don with it
Honnored Sirs the Lines of your Sosiety land are so hard to be
found that the people that have purchesed cannot find the Exact Spot
there land is on and they Complain one incroches upon an others land
and som are Liable to loose there labour therfore they pray your
Hon"^* would order the lins to be Run anew so that Every one may
know their own lines & I am sure it is best for you to have Run
Speedely for the old lines are So Grown out that they Cant be fol-
lowed and it is said that a great part of them lines never were Run
Gent" it with Regard to you & your Litrist as well as to Those that
Complain for fear they should lose there Labour that Lines Come
from him who the Greatest Regard Subscribes Him Selfe your Hon"^*
most obdent Humbele —
Sarvant
John Goffe
To the Hon^'^*^ Danil Rogers
[Petition for Bridge, 1775.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 100.]
To The Gentlemen Proprietors of Mason's Grant &C —
The Humble Petition of the Lihabitants of Camden the South
west part of Hillborrough and Society land (So Call'd) — Humbly
Sheweth —
That your Honn"^** Petitioners Desires ye will be pleas'd for the
Incouragement of Setleing and Inhabiting the Wilderness where a
part of your honours Interes lies, That wherein as we your Petitionrs
do Make an offer of Clearing a Road from Camden through Camels-
Gore the South west part of Hillborrough and the Society land (So
called) to the North west Corner of Frances Town, where there is a
4i6
CHARTER RECORDS.
good Road from thence to Amherst and Likewise a good Road from
N*^ four to Camden your honour's Petitioner's thinks it Necessary to
acquaint "your honours of the Dangers and Difficuiltys the are Ex-
posed too both Spring and fall on Account of Contacook River for
w''' reason, we your honour's petitioners hopes ye will take it to a
Charitible Consideration, and for your honours Interest and for the
Good of the Publick in General, advance as Much Money as will be
Sufficient for Building a Bridge on Said River, and by So doing your
honours Petitioners will as in Duty bound — Ever Pray —
Maurice Lynch
John M'Cleary
Sam^ moo re
John M-'Calley
John Burns
William Jones
David Lowell Junr
Archeb white
Peter Lowell
Josiali Procter
William white
Moses Chase
Nathan Procter
Abraham Estabrook
Jeptha Ashley
William Steel
John Green
John Gorden
Rob' Burns
John Gibson
Asa Dresser
David Scobey
Abel Merrill
Timothy Lowell
Simon Lowell
John Onail
James maxwell
David Danforth
Robert Pollok
Joseph Rouncevell
A reliable White ju''
Joseph Dickey
Francis Diomond
Samuel Jones
Daniel gibson
Richard M'allaster
Moses Steel
Andrew Bixbe
Simeon Farnsworth
Ebene"" Spaulding
Sameul Lowell
Robert mann
david lowell Sene""
Jacob Burbank
William Procter
John salford
Paul Hale
Abner Samson
Thomas Stuart
[Endorsed] 1775 22 Feby To lay for further Consideration
l^Deed, John Peirce to William Bell, 179L]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 101.]
Know all men by these presents that I John Pierce of Portsmouth
in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire Merchant
For and in Consideration of the sum of one Hundred and Twenty
pounds Lawful Money of said State to me in hand paid by William
Bell of Dearing heretofore of Goffestown in the County of Hillsbor-
ough Husbandman the Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge
have given granted bargained Sold & Released and by these presents
do give grant bargain Sell aliene Release Convey and Confirm to him
WASHINGTON. 417
the said William Bell his heirs and assigns all the Right title Interest
Claim and Demand that I have in and to A Certain Lot of Land in
Washington in the County of Cheshire and State aforesaid being Lot
N° five in the first Range and third Division Containing three Hun-
dred and Sixty Acres more or Less Part of the Original Right of
Joshua Pierce Esq'' Deceased and lays in the South easterly Corner
of the Town, adjoining Campbells Gore To Have and to Hold the
said granted Premises with the appurtenances thereof to him the said
William Bell his heirs and assigns to his and their proper use Benefit
and Behoof Forever I hereby engaging to warrant and Defend the
said granted Premises against all Claims and Demands of any Person
or Persons Claiming by from or under me and the said Original Pro-
prietor and I Mary wife of the said John for the Consideration afore-
said do hereby give and grant all my Right and Power of thirds in the
Pi-emises In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal
this 24'^ Day of Oct^ Anno Domini 1791
Signed sealed and j John Pierce [Seal]
Delivered in Pres- > Mary Pierce [Seal]
ence of us — )
Tobias Walker
George Gains
Rockingham ss Portsmouth the 24''^ Day of Oct^ 1791 then the
above named John & Mary Pierce Personally appearing acknowledged
the above Written Instrument to be his Voluntary act and Deed
Before me
George Gains Justice Peace
Rec'^ June 13"' 1796 Recorded & Examined
'^ Benj'-' Bellows Recdr
A True Copv of Record Examined
f Benj'^ Bellows Rdr
[Plan of First Division, Reserved Lots, 1813.]
Fishersfield July 15th 1813
AP Peirce Sir, Agreeable to your Request I have been to Washing-
ton and have had that Land surveyed which you wished to have me
do, and therefore I Return you the Plan with ray doings there on this
from yours to Serve,
Samuel Gunnison
Mem" all the Red Ink done by John Peirce
4i8
CHARTER RECORDS.
A p. 8, 1820 M^ Fishers 5 acres in NM, 1, 1 sold Joshua Fletcher
for $20
June 4, 1821 Sold one Joshua Peiree lot to S & H Davis Vide Fo.
227 Note Book
J Fisher Bill for Survaying Eight Days the land pland below
Lying in Washington Sixteen dollars
July 8'*^ 1813
$16—00
.^^
l^^
^^xi>" . acre,
^-7 170
^^'>'^n-s- too
71^2 77
jio_o — ^■
nv^ north
di- coTxtoLiris
o-cres 100
d 71° 2 called
-MshawLlUt
WASHINGTON.
419
a Plan of J Peirce Esqs Land Laying in the north part of Wash-
ingto[n] Laid down by a Scale of two Hundred rods to an Inch July
8'^^ 1813
by John Fisher
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 102.]
A Man Down with M"" Swett choses N° 1, & N° 6 in Washington
no promise only to let M"" Swett know Feb^ 15, 1811 — Solomon An-
drews is the above —
AP John P. Chapman applies to purchase part of M'' Rindges Lot
in Washington N° 3, 1**' Range 3'^ divis — & pi-efers Lot N° 1 & his
brother wants N° 3, or 6 — Aug 20, 1811 came down this day 2'^ Jour-
ney on purpose promised him the refusal
Ebenez Spaulding of Washington wants N° 6 applies by Letter
Feb. 16 1815
John Lewis of Washington wants Lot N** 6 & N° 7 applies this 14
Feb. 1816
\^Lette)% Johnston to Peirce, 1817.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 103.]
Hillsborough S"^ Novr 1817
M W Pierce Esquire Sir
The barrer hereof is i\P John Lewis, will apply for the Lot of Land
which I agreed with you for the last time I was in Portsmouth if he
concluded to give the five dollars p'' Acre, I have made enquirey and
find that M^ John P Chapman of Washington is Dead and allso M*^
Sweet of Windsor ; M' Lewis is a man of good property for a Farmer,
and I have no doubt, but what he will fulfill any contract he may make
with you at the time he agrees — j'our Buisness at Bradford I believe
I shall compremise, I have not been at Washington but will not fail
to attend to it
Your very humble ser'
N. Johnston.
420 CHARTER RECORDS.
l^Bond of Peirce and Rogers^ 1817.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 102.]
Portsmouth November 8"' 1817. Received of IVP John Lewis of
Hillsborough Two Hundred Dollars on Account of and in part of the
purchase money of Lot N° 3, in the first Range & Third Division in
Washington containing Three Hundred & Sixty Acres More or less
which we have this day agreed to Sell him for the Sum of Nineteen
Hundred Dollars of which the aforesaid Two Hundred are a part, &
if said Lewis shall any time in the month of February next pay us a
further Sum of Two Hundred Dollars & give us his notes signed by
himself & Aaron Barnes for Fifteen Hundred Dollars more payable
(with Interest from this date, to be paid annually) Two Hundred
Dollars a year until the whole Shall be paid Then we agree to give a
good & Sufficient deed of the Lot aforesaid — & To the performance
of this agreement We bind ourselves our heirs & assigns — M"" Lewis
is also to give a mortgage As Security of his & AT Barnes Notes
Signed M W Peirce
D. R. Rogers
N B. I have further agreed with M"" Lewis if he will pay the
whole Sum in Cash when he takes the deed in February to abate him
One Hundred Dollars
M W Peirce
lMi7iutes, 1817-21.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 104.]
Sep. 24, 1817 I agreed for ourselves & heirs of M'* Rogers to Sell
the whole of this Great Lot to John Lewis at -fS p Aero 8400 down
— provided however M"" Sweet & John P. Chapman who had P' Offer
did not wish it on those terms — This offei- made to N Johnston of
Hillsboro, who is to give the Answer as soon as may be at farthest in
Nov next — INT Johnston offered tf4 '^ Acre sopposing Lot to Contain
360 Acres
We have this day Sold the Remainder of Lot N" 2—1^' R & P'
divis to Samuel & Hezekiah Davis of Washington 161 acres for -$410 —
papers sent by Gunnison There is to be p'' down 50
Notes 360
410
4'^ June 1821 M W P
[Flan of Two Lots, 1840.]
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yicLihmffin G:c!e I JiO
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MM-
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YA /VJ^c;«J "0 Tttids SM David Gt,te «,
,<• »/ //4»',Ut; 5£/ n: ii^o 'Bond fa, dtaij^
nAiU Itncjik ikii line Zi^Tl 3 77-5 r
r°^
A plan of two Lots of Land lying in the Southwesterly Corner of Washington No. 4, & ;, Drawn
Sept 7, 1840.
laid down from a Scale of 25 rods to an inch-
by Moses D Wadly > Surveyer
M
D Wadly \ SurJ
Plan of two Lots of Land in Washington laid out for Acres 360 each in the first division viz Number
five in the !«» Range drawn to the right of Thomhnson & Mason and Number Four in the i'» Range
arawn to the right of Pierce & Moore
Sep"' 15, 1840
WEARE.
421
WEARE.
[This town was granted by Massachusetts, June 19, 1735, to Robert Hale,
petitioning for Capt. John Raymond's men, and was called Beverly-Canada, and
HaWs-tow/i. Granted by the Masonian Proprietors, Sept. 20, 1749, to Ichabod
Robie and others and called at times Robie's-town and lP'eare''s-to'iuii. Incorporated
as Weare, Sept. 21, 1764, and named in honor of Meshech Weare. The line
between Weare and Dunbarton was established July 2, 1853.
See Massachusetts and New Hampshire charters in preceding volumes ; IX,
Bouton Town Papers, 791 ; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 637 ; Index to Laws,
571 ; historical sketch, by William Little, Hurd's History of Hillsborough County,
1885, p. 678; History, 1735 to 1888, by town committee, 1888, pp. 1064;
Stewart's History of the Free Baptists, 1862, p. 252 ; Baptist Churches in N. H.,
by E. E. Cummings, 1836, pp. 10, 21 ; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 244;
sketch, 12, Farmer's Monthly Visitor, 150; Along the Piscataquog, A Sketch of
Weare, by Ida G. Adams, 19, Granite Monthly, 329.]
[Petition for Grant, 1748.]
[Masoniau Papers, Vol. 8, p. 105.]
Jacob Stan van
Cap* Sara" Present
Benj Swett
Elisha Present
Abner Philbriek
Jon'^ Hilyard
Abner Sanlturn
Jacob Brown
Relph Butler
Walter willim
Timothy Blake Juner
John Gove Juner
Tho* Boyd
Cap' Jethro Tilton Edward Gove
Deacon Josi Bachelder Leu' Joseph Bachelder
Benj Hilyard
Sam" Present Juner
Jeremiah Pearson
Theop" Bachelder
M^' Meshech Weare
Jon" Gove
Bradbury Green
Jeremiah Bennet
Simon Fogg
Widow Judith Quinbie
John Clifford
Ens" Rich'i Nason
Eben'' Present
Enoch Sanburn
Nathan Tilton
Sam" Shaw
Reuben Sanbnrn
John Loverin
Leu' Edmond Brown
Jon'^ Green Juner
Pain Row
Jon^ Steward
Enoch Barker
Hampton Falls Octob-^ 20"' 1748
The foregoing is a List of Persons belonging to Hampton falls who
request of the Gentlemen who purchased i\P Masons Claim a tract of
Land Sutable for a Township And we the Subscribers as a Com"'*^ on
their behalf Request to have the Same Upon Amuskiege falls or As
Near thereto as we may find a Convenient Place that is not already
Disposed of
Sam" Present ) ^ tgg
Benj^' Hilyard \ ^""^
422
CHARTER RECORDS.
[Anothe)' Petition for Grants 1748,]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 106.]
To the Gentlemen Proprietors of M"" Masons Right
We the Subscribers belonging to Hampton falls being Inform'd
That you are Granting of Tracts of Land Sutable for Townships And
we having (The most of us) Already Requested of you by a Committee
which we Sent for that Purpose A Tract of Land Sutable for a Town-
ship As near to Amuskiege as we Could : And Understanding that
there are two Townships now run out by m'^ Goffe and others — We
now Request that we may have a Tract Sutable for a Township to
begin at the upper or Northwesterly Corner of the Nothermost of those
Two which are now run out and to Run Downward or Southerly upon
their line Six miles And then to go back to make a tract of Six miles
Squai'e
4th 1Y48
Hampton Falls Nov
Jacob Stanyan
Edward Gove
Jacob Brown
Tho^ Brown
Rich*^ Nason
Eben"" Present
Sam" Shaw
Tho^ Boyd
Mashech weare
Timathy Blake Juner
Abner Philbrick
Walter Willi ras
Jon* Gove
Pain Row
John Swain
John Clifford
Jethro Tilton
Enoch Sanborn
Ichabod Robie
Josiah Bachelder
Nathan Tilton
Sam" Present Juner
Benj" Hilyard
John Gove Juner
Jeremiah Pearson
Jon* Green Juner
John Loverin
Jacob Brown
Reuben Sanborn
Ralph Butler
Enoch Gove
Sam" Present
Abner Sanborn
Tho* Cram
Joseph Bachelder
Elisha Present
The" Bachelder
Jon* Hilyard
Benj Swett
Jeremiah Bennet
Enoch Barker
Bradbury Green
Edmond Brown
Judith Quinbie widow
Jon* Stuert
Henry Robie
Simon fogg
1748 at a meeting agreed that Tim'' Fuller of
Son of ColP Prescot decas'^ of Groton & w™
Prescot his Brother Benj* Bancroft of Groton & John Gage Esqu"" be
grantees in Hales Town so calFd —
^ G J-
Portsm'' Dec'" 21^^'
Middleton y« Eldest
Mem° Meshech Wear Esq bro' in & filed a Plan taken at his and
associates request Surveyd by Joseph Baker Surveyer — we finde the
Vote formerly past was Sufficient & therefore have nothing to ad
unless We Should think Proper to Accomodate Co" Hale & in that
WEARE. 423
Case to Enlarge the Town So that the Grantees Shears Should not be
Lessened — Jan''^' 11 1748/ at a meeting this Mem° read & agreed to —
G J jr
[Letter from Ebenezer Flagg^ 1748.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 107.]
Chester No^^ 9 1748
S"" Co" Blanehard calTd upon me As he returnd from Portsmouth
And by his Advice, I take it upon me to write A few lines I Need
not tell you that Country INIinisters Are generally pretty poor, And
their Small Saleries forbid them ever thinking to lay up Anything for
their Children that way ; this is So obvious — Therefore I took this
Scheme that my Children After me might Not be Beggers or Idle,
but to get An honest living with the Sweat of their faces, Obtained
five Rights in Hales Town the Duty of which Rights I proposed to per-
form According to y*" Gen^ Courts Act. But now 1 find that the pro-
perty belongs to Yoursf & Some other Gentlemen (a good Providence
this) for As y^ Co" tells me you Are disposed to continue Such in
their Rights which they purchased Upon honourable Terms : I have
Already Expended considei'able Money & have a Sawmill fit for
Business, A house not quite fit to live in And have cleard About Eight
or ten Acres of land And to loose all this must be hurtful to me &
my children Therefore I Intreat your favour that I might yet hold
those Rights, complying with your Terms of Settlement which I Am
Ready to do: And that you would Use Your Interest In my behalf
with y*^ honourable Genl'" Your Associates. You'l greatly oblige your
humble Servant
Ebenezer Flagg
P. S. I wrote a few lines to Co" Atkinson relating to y*^ Same
Affair — And if you Could find A leasure Space And would write two
or three words I Shall take it As A futher favour
E F—
{^Ebenezer Flagg to Theodore Atkinson, 1748.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 108.]
Chester Nob-" 9, 1748
Hon'^ S'' Understanding by Co" Blanehard Upon his return from
Portsmouth that Masons Claim was fallen into Your hands with Some
424 CHARTER RECORDS.
other Gentlemen. And many of the Massachusetts Grants lying
within that Claim, Yet You Are not disposed to hurt Any one y' had
Expended Money or Labour in bringing forward the Settelment of
those grants : Now S"^ By y** Co"* Advice 1 would Enform your Hon''
that I have five Rights in my hands belonging to the Township call'd
Hales Town upon which I have Expended considerable I have A
Sawmill built Raised one Dwelling house and Cleard considerable
land, which Expence would hurt my Interest much to loose: There-
fore I Stand ready to fulfill Such obligations of Settlement As You in
your Wisdom think fit & Suitable for y^' Speedy Settlement thereof —
Therefore I Crave your goodness that 1 might not be a looser by being
a promoter of Setling ivilderness land, from Some conversation with
y® Co" w'" I have named Above I have reason to think that he would
Undertake to Manage y*^ Settlement of Halestown if he Should Receive
a few lines of Order from y*^ Company which would be very convenien
he being So near & pefectly knowing in y^ Affair
S"^ I Am Yo'' humble Servant
Ebenezer Flagg
[Petition of Rumford Meii, 1748.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 109.]
Rumford December the 1 1748
To the Purchasers & Propriotors of Cap* Jn° Tufton Masson Right
in Lands in Said Province —
Whereas the Persons Named on the others Side have Improvd
Lands in a Township Called Heals Town Lying North of New
Boston in whose behalf I Request the fever of the Proprietors when
that tract of Land is granted by you that you would Suffer the
within Nams to be granted in Manner and upon Such Terms as you
Shall Se Meet
Jeremiha Clough Jeremiha Clough Juner Thomas Clough
Thomas Clough Juner John Moor Juner Jeremiha Eastman Juner
Judah Trumbel Simon Trumbel Moses Eastman
James Shepeard Solomon Anis Nathan Stevens
Phinis Vergin Henery Lovgoy Jonathan Merrill
Ephram Fernem Juner Lot Colby Ruben Correr
Thomas Merrill Daniel Chase Jn'' Jonathan Chase
Richard Hasseltin moses merrill Joseph Hull
Abner Chapleman George Hull Timothy Walker Jun""
William Walker Timothy walker y*" 4 Samuell walker
WEARE. 425
James Peters John Dow John Men-ill Jun"^
Banjaman Stanly Jacob Shut John West
Ebenezer Colbe moses fostov Humphrey Keyes
Zebediar Farnam
[Petition of the Walkers, 1748.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 110.]
Prov^ of New ) To The Hon° the Purchasers & Proprietors of
Hampshire ) Mason's Right in y** Province aforesaid
We the Subscribers understanding that you are about to grant Part
or all of y*^ Land which you purchased of Cap' John Tufton Mason to
y*' Subjects of this Prov** & beg Leave to inform you that we were
Proprietors in Hales Town (so called) as it was granted by y*^ Prov"
of y*' Massacli^ Bay & have been at considerable Trouble & Cost in
Setling & improving Said Town as clearing Land buildiijg a Saw mill
&c And therefore Pray that when you grant Said Tract of Land you
would take our Case under Consideration & make Sure to us our
Possessions & Improvements & give us such other Additions & En-
couragements as you shall see meet
We would also farther inform you (altho' not impowered by them
to solicit your Favour) that y*^ following Persons have also made
improvements in S'^ Town Viz' Joseph Wood Jona"' Morgan Rev'^ M''
Eb"" Flagg Timothy Walker jun'' Menassey Trask Retire Trask Will'"
Leach Rev'^ M'' John Chipman Tho^ Porter Geo Hull Joseph Hull
Wid"' Chapman & two Sons Nath' Moulton Benj Reymont Hugh
Montgumery Benj" Corning Will"' W^alker Coll Hale Gershom Keys
Humphery Keys your favourable Consideration of y^ Premises will
very much oblige Y'
Hub Servants
Timothy Walker Juner
William Walker
\_G-eorge Jaffrey to Joseph Blanchard, 1748.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. IIL]
Portsm° Decera-^ 22'" 1748—
Joseph Blanchai'd Esq""
Sir — Yours of the 19'^^ '^ M'' Prescott came to me, by him which
I communicated to the proprietors last evening, at a Meeting, in con-
426 CHARTER RECORDS.
sequence of your recommendation, the Prop*"^ would have accomodated
M' Prescott, & Bancroft in Stark's & C° Grant, but that was finish'd
Satterday last, and as the Prop"^* were about to dispose of Hales Town,
they have agreed that ^'P Prescott & his Bro"^ W'" & Cap^ Bancroft,
liave each of them a Share in said Town, when granted, and if you take
M'' Prescutt into your District, as others it would be approv'd off
You'l see in the Grant to Stai-k & c° that Eben'' Parkhurst is pro-
vided for, in consequence of his application to the proprietors shewing
he had purchas'd of Zach^ Lovell &' which was esteem'd sufficient, to
answer what ]\P Lovell requests, tho Too late to be considered in
Stark's Grant, if otherwise the multiplicity of Business prevented a
particular attention to what you mention of Cap' Baldwin of Sudbury,
& as the place, the subject of his applica'^ not being under considera-
tion, nothing was transacted, but without any Doubt he will be con-
sider'd upon his Address The place you hint at, of being granted
into a Township, I apprehend is not at present tho't of, by any Prop^'
to be disposed off, & has a particular mark upon y*" Plan — The prop''*
are desirous of seeing you in whose behalf this is from
Your Humb^ Serv'
Copy of Letter to Coll° Blanchard
G Jaffrey 3^
[^Mequest of Ehenezer Flagg^ 1749.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 112.]
Port« Aug' 10, 1749.
To the Honb'*^ Theod"" Akinson Esq"^ and Others Purchasers of
Masons Right: According to Conversation y® last Evening I would.
Motion That if M"^ Wear And his Associates Lipon due consideration
refuse to Relinquish Hales Township That The Blank Names might
be left Blank till we have Oportunity to consult Among Ourselves
which in As Short Time As may be you Shall hear further : That
The Farm of Three Hundred Acres belonging to M'' Humphrey
Keyes \y'\v\g Upon New Boston line might not be disposed of till fur-
ther Application be made
Yo"^*
Eben' Flagg
WEARE. 427
[^Petition of Hugh Montijomerij.']
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 126.]
To the Honourable the Gentlemen Purchasers of Cap' John Tufton
Mason's Rio-ht of the waste lands within the Province of New
o
Hampshire
The Humble Suplication of Hugh Muntgomery of Londonderry
within the Province of New Hampshire Humbly Shew.
That your Suplicant Purchas'd a Propriety Right or share of lands
in the township Called Hale'stown about ten years aggo, and paid
ffourty Pounds for the Same, and paid an Equall Proportion of the
Severall Charges that become due upon S'^ Right by Building a meet-
inghouse Building Bridges & Clearing of high ways &'' and about five
or Six years aggo put one William Walker uj)on my home lott in S'^
town and Built one half of a Saw mill and Contin'd there till drove
off by the war &c —
and in as much as I understand that your Hours are about Grant-
ing the Said Township to Some Gentlemen of Both Provincess (viz)
this & the neighbouring Province wo'd Humbly Request & Desire
that I may be admitted as associate with them that so I may hold my
Right in said town & not loose ray money Intirely — and your Supli-
cant as in duty Bound Shall Ever Pray &c
Hugh mountgumroy
{Cliartn- of Weave, 1749.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, Sept. 20, 1749.]
Voted that there be and hereby is Granted unto Ichabod Robie
Esq'' Henry Robie Cap' Samuel Prescutt Josiali Batcheldor Meshech
Wear Esq'' Joseph Prescutt Jonathan Green Jun'' Joseph Batcheldor
Benjamin Hilliard Jacob Stanyan Jeremiah Pearson John Clifford
Jonathan Swain Jonathan Gove John Gove Jun'' John Brown Cap'
Thomas Cram Enoch Barker Cap' Jethro Tilton Henry Thresher
Reuben Sanborn Enoch Sanborn Ebenezer Sanborn Abner Sanborn
Abner Sanborn jun'' Enoch Gove Bradbury Green Walter Williams
Thomas Boyd David Tilton Daniel Robie Jacob Brown Judith Quin-
by Widow iSTathan Brown Richard Nason Abner Philbrick Jonath"
Hillyard Jonathan Steward Samuel Prescutt jun"" Pain Rowe Caleb
Bennet Samuel Robie Elisha Batcheldor John Loverin Caleb San-
born Edward Gove Ebenezer Prescutt Elisha Prescutt Nathan Tilton
428 CHARTER RECORDS.
Theophilas Batclieldor Benjamin Swett Jeremiah Bennett Timothj^
Blake jun'' Simon Fogg Thomas Brown John Green Hezekiah Jen-
ness Jonathan Fifield Samuel Lane John Robie Timothy Fuller
James Prescutt William Prescutt Benjamin Bancroft John Gage Esq*^
James Lindall Ebenezer Flagg Joseph Messerve Joseph Jackson Peter
Shores Richard Evans William Walker Col° Hale Joseph Hull
George Hull Reuben Sanborn jun'^ Nathan Green Benjamin Lynde
Esq'' the Rev'^ John Chipman and Timothy Walker In Equal Shares
On the Terms Conditions and Limitations herein after Expressed all
that Tract of Land within the Province of New Hampshire Contain-
ing the Extent and Quantity of Six Miles Square Bounded as follows
(Viz') Beginning at the North Westerly Corner of a Tract of Land
lately Granted by said Proprietors to Archibald Stark and others
thence Running South Eighty five Degrees West Six Miles thence
South two Degrees East Six Miles thence North Eighty five Degrees
East Six Miles thence North five Degrees West to the Corner first
mentioned so as to make up the said Quantity of Six Miles Square
and no more —
To have and to hold to them their Heirs and Assigns in Equal
Shares on the following Terms Conditions and Limitations That is to
Say That the whole Tract of Land within the said Boundaries (Sav-
ing what is herein after mentioned to be otherwise Improved) Be
divided into One hundred Rights or Shares and each Share into two
Distinct Lots One of which is to Contain One hundred Acres and the
other all the rest of the Land belonging to each Respective Share
That the two Lots which belong to one Share be Numbred with the
same Number beginnino; with one and Ending: with One hundred.
That the said Land be so Laid Oat within One year from the Granting
thereof and then the Lots Drawn in the usual manner of Drawing for
Lots of Land in such Cases, And that this be done under the care
and Direction of the Grantors and that there be but One Draft for
the two Lots belonging to each Share That One of the said Shares be
for the first Minister of the Gospel who shall be Settled on the said
Land and Continue there during his Life or until he shall be Regu-
larly Dismiss'd to hold to him his Heirs and Assigns. And one other
of the said Shares be for and towards the Support of the Gospel Min-
istiy there forever. And the hundred Acre Lots belonging to these
two Shares shall be laid out as near the Place where the Meeting
house shall be built as may be Conveniently and not drawn as the
other Lots. That there be Six Acres of Land left in some Conven-
ient place within said Boundaries for Building a Meeting house and
School house upon, and to Improve for a Training field a Burying
place and au}^ other Public use the Inhabitants there shall see cause
WE A RE. 429
to make of the same. That one other of said Shares be for the use
and Support of a School there forever. That Seventeen of the said
Shares be and hereby are Reserved to the use of tlie said Proprietors
the Grantors in these Presents their Heirs and Assigns. That the
owners of the other Eighty Shares make a Regular Settlement there
at their own Charge and Expence in the following manner (Viz')
That thirty famil3^'s be Settled upon said Tract of Land Each having
an house Equal to Sixteen foot Square or more and three Acres of
Land Cleared and fitted for Mowing or Tillage upon their Respective
Lots within four years from the Granting hereof and ten Families
more So Settled within two years from the same time. That a Meet-
ing house for the Publick Worship of God be built within Six years
and the Constant preaching of the Gospel Maintained there next
after twelve years from the Granting of the said Land —
That there be twenty Acres of Land left in some Suitable place
within said Boundaries for a privilege and Accommodation of a Saw
Mill which shall be to and for him or them his or their Heirs or
Assigns who will build such Mill within two years from the time
aforesaid with the Privilege of the most Convenient Stream and
place for that purpose And in Consideration thereof for the Benifit of
the said Inhabitants the Owner or Owners of Such Mill shall saw the
Logs and Timber of the other Lihabitants aforesaid or Settlers there
to the halves for the terra of ten years next after the said Mill shall
first work if Desired so to do and if no particular person or persons of
the said Owners of said Shares or Such other As the Major part of
them shall Admit will undertake to Build such Mill on the said
Terms then the said Owners shall do the same at their Common
Expence and put the said Mill under such a Regulation as that they
and others Lihabiting there may be Served with Boards and other
Sawed Stuff on just and Reasonable Terms for Carrying an End the
said Settlement —
That each Owner of the said Eighty Shares pay to Such person or
persons as the Major part of them shall Determine and Chuse for
that purpose all such Sum and Sums of money as the said Major
part shall Determine to be necessary from time to time to Defray the
Charges of laying out the said Lots and other matters and things
herein Directed to be done & necessary to be at their Common
Expence for making said Settlement That in laying out the said Lots
Care be taken to Sort them in such a manner as to make the Shares
as equal as possible That the Lots be laid in Ranges where the Land
will Admit of it and Land left between the Ranges for Highways of
four Rods Wide and between the Lots of two Rods Wide. That a
plan of the whole when so laid out be made at the Charge of the said
430 CHARTER RECORDS.
Owners and Return'd to the Grantors as soon as may be Conveniently
done. That the Remaining Seventeen Shares Reserved as aforesaid
be Exonerated Acquitted and fully Exempted from paying any Charge
towards making the said Settlement and not held to the Conditions of
the Eighty Shares aforesaid or Liable to any Tax or Assessment until
Improved by the Respective Owners thereof
That all white pine Trees fit for Masting the Royal Navy be and
hereby are Reserved and Granted to his Majesty his Heirs and Suc-
cessors forever for that purpose —
That in Case the Grantees shall fail Neglect and Omit to Settle
Forty families upon the said Tract of Land in manner aforesaid and
within the term aforesaid and to do and perform The Several matters
and things herein before mentioned b}^ them to be done the said
Grantees shall forfeit their Right to any and every Part of the said
Granted premises and the said Grantors may Lawfully Enter into
and upon the same or any part thereof in the name of the whole or
any person or persons for them and in their Name Stead and behalf
and be thereof Seized again as tho' this Grant had not been made
provided Nevertheless that those particular persons of the said Gran-
tees who shall have performed his or their part according to the true
Intent and meaning of these presents as above shall have hold and
Enjoy to him his Heirs and Assigns his or their particular Shares
aforesaid. And in Case the said Owners of the Eighty Shares shall
within the term aforesaid make Finish & Compleat the Settlement of
Forty Families as aforesaid and shall do & perform all the Several
Articles matters and things by them to be done as aforesaid Every
particular person of the said Owners who shall be Delinquent and
neglect to do and perform his Respective Share part and proportion
of the Duty business matters and things aforesaid by him to be done
according to the true Intent and meaning of these presents Such
Delinquent Owner shall forfeit his Share and Right to the said Tract
of Land any and every part thereof to Such of the said Owners who
shall have done and perform'd as aforesaid and they may have hold
and Enjoy the same to them their heirs and Assigns and Are hereby
Entitled to the Grantors Right thereto and may Enter into and upon
the same and take full Seizin thereof to their own use as fully and
Amply as the Grantors themselves might lawfully do as aforesaid.
Provided always that in Case of an Indian War within any of the
Terms of Years above Limited for the doing any of the matters and
things aforesaid by the said Owners to be done the same Number of
Years Respectively shall be Allowed after that Impediment shall be
Removed —
And in Case anv Action or Suit shall be brot against the said
WEARE.
431
Grantees for the said Tract of Land or any part thereof tlie said
Grantees are hereby Obliged to Vouch the said Grantors or Such of
the said Grantees as shall be so Sued shall so do and the said Gran-
tors hereby promise and Ingage they their Heirs Executors Adminis-
trators or Assigns shall and will at their Own Cost and Expence
Defend One Action or Suit upon One Title and Pursue the same to
final Judgment through the whole Course of the Law (if there shall
be Occasion) And in Case the final Judgment in such Trial shall be
against the said Grantors, the Grantees shall Recover nothing over in
Satisfaction of and from the said Grantors their Executors or Admin-
strators or any of them —
\_Draft of Lots in Weave.']
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, Vol. 6, p. 231, and Vol. 7, p. 65.]
The Draft of the Lots of Town granted to Ichabod Roby Esq'^ &
others
Josiah Bachelder
John Brown
Thomas Boyd
Nathan Brown
Elisha Bachelder
Jeremiah Bennet
Thomas Brown
John Clifford
Rev<i John Chipman
Simon Fogg
Timothy Fuller
Jonathan Green Jun''
John Gove jun''
Bradbury Green
John Green
Nathan Green
Jonathan Hilyard
Joseph Hull
Hezekiah Jenness
John Loverin
James Lyndall Esq""
Joseph Meserve
Cap' Sam' Prescutt
Jeremiah Pearson
Samuel Prescutt Jun'
Elisha Prescutt
NO of the Lots
15
41
14
47
45
24
6
33
69
97
81
50
42
55
62
100
28
52
93
56
83
75
7
60
9
N° of the Lots
D Joseph Bachelder . . 34
Enoch Barker
26
Jacob Brown
43
Caleb Bennet
87
Theophilus Bachelde
r
82
Timothy Blake Jun''
70
Benj" Bancroft
59
Cap' Thomas Cram
84
Richard Evans
37
Jon" Fifield
39
Ebenezer Flagg
II
Jonathan Gove
5
Enoch Gove
2
Edward Gove
95
John Gage Esq'
35
Benja Hilyard
12
Col" Hale
20
George Hull
27
Joseph Jackson
4
Samuel Lane
88
Benj" Lynde Esq""
77
Richard Nason
58
Joseph Prescutt
89
Abner Philbrick
36
Ebenezer Prescutt
73
James Prescutt
17
432
CHARTER RECORDS.
N" of the Lots
N" of the Lots
William Prescutt
. . 98
Judith Quinby
99
Ichabod Robie Esq''
49
Henry Robie
31
Daniel Robie
44
Samuel Robie
74
John Robie
19
Pain Row
38
Jacob Stanyan
25
Jonathan Swain
10
Reuben Sanborn
68
Enoch Sanborn
29
Ebenezer Sanborn
40
Abner Sanborn
18
Abner Sanborn jun'^
94
Jonathan Steward
48
Caleb Sanborn
32
Benj" Swett
30
Peter Shores
67
Reuben Sandborn jun''
72
Henry Thresher
79
David Tilton
86
Cap' Jethro Tilton
. . 63
Meshech Weare Esq^
91
Nathan Tilton
76
Walter Williams
80
William Walker
78
Timothy Walker
21
Theodore Atkinson E
sq^ . . 85
Jn" Thomlinson & John /
Tufton Mason \
96
Law Lot No I
23
Jotham Odiorne Esq''
57
Joshua Peirce Esq''
64
Thomas Packer Esq""
. 65
Sami Solly & CI' March Esq" .
90
Nath' Meserve Joseph
)
Richard Wibird Esq''
92
Blanchard, Joseph
i . . 61
Thomas Wallingford Esq'' .
51
Green & Paul March
5
Mark Hs Wentworth
13
Moore & D^ Pe
irce . . 53
George Jaffrey
71
Mark Hs Wentworth
46
John Moffatt Esq'' .
3
Jn" Wentworth jun'' E
sqf . . 66
Province of } Portsm*' Voted That this Draft of the Lots of Land
New Hamp"" \ in the Tract of Land Granted to Ichabod Robie Esq''
Henry Robie & others, be & hereby is ratified & confirmed & that
each Lot be held to the Respective Person to whose Name it is affixed,
& to his Heirs & Assigns in Severalty on the Terms first Granted
& that the Division as made by the Grantees, & numbered in the
Plan thereof by them returned, be confirmed
Geo: Jaffrey Prop^^ Cle''
a true Copy the Record of the Draft of the Lotts in the Town of
Weare —
attest Geo : Jaffrey Prop''^ CI :
\_Ebenezer Flagg to Theodore Atkinson, 1752.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 113.]
Chester Feby 10 1752
S"^ I hope You remem'"" that when I was at Portsmouth at a Meet-
ing of the Propriators of Mason** Right : I mentioned a Farm which
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lay in Hales Town of Three Hundred Acres Upon which IVP Hum-
phrey Keyes (A Brother of my Wives') Lived for four or five Years
before the War: and That drove him ofi": and when I was with You
I could Ask nothing but that it might not be given to Any Body
Else till I had Seen him: wlio lives at Charlston : I have been to
Boston Several times Since Yet I never could See him he being at
Sea till about Three weeks Since: And now in liis name And my
own I Ask the favour of Yoursf And Society that You would give
Your Right to Us Equally the one half being mine : So that as we
have Improved it before the war And Since till Now: having Your
right We may peaceably possess & Enjoy it hereafter. S'' I Must
Intreat You would lay it before Your Society (As I well remember) :
And I hope You have not forgot that You Encouraged me in it when
I was with You in that You advised me to proceed in Improvement :
So I relie upon Your goodness & company to Serve You'' humble And
Obedient Ser'
Ebene'' Flagg
PS S"" If there be any Occasion of my being present I will
Endeavour to wait upon You At Any of Your Meetings if You will
be So kind as to Enform me when
Yo" to Serve
E: F:
\_Petitio7i of Clements and McHard^ 1757.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 114.]
To the Hon'^^'^ Theodore Atkinson Esq & others Purchasers & Pro-
prietors of Masons Right in the Province of New Hampshire
Gent" We the Subscribers beg Leave to represent to yon that
there is a Small Gore of Land Lying Westward of & bounding upon
Starks Town (so Called) & Between Hales Town & N*" 5 & N° 6
which we are Desirous of Setling & Improving if we Can obtain it of
you by Grant or Purchase or on such Terms as shall be Thought
reasonable & if you'l please to Take our Proposals under Consider-
ations at your Next meeting & give us Notice when & where we Shall
Treat with you further upon the Matter we Shall Esteem it Favour
Done
Your Humb'*^ Sev'^
Timothy Clements
James M'^Hard
[Endorsed] Rec** June 1-' 1757
28
434 CHARTER RECORDS.
\_Committee to Caleb Page, 1758.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 115.]
Portsm° July 29*'^ 1758
Cap' Caleb Page
The Proprietors of Masons Right in this Province having ap-
pointed us to dispose of a Tract of land which is Situate Southerly on
the northerly line of Hale's Town extending y*' whole length of said
line and making an Angle on y*^ Southei-ly line of N° 6 at y'' north west
Corner of Hales Town, and from Said Angle running eastwardly partly
on the southrly line of N** 6 and continues on y^ Southerly line of N° 5
or new Hopkington till it come's to y'' north west Corner of Stark's Town
and then Southerly to y® north east Corner of Hales Town — The Con-
tents of Said Tract we are to have Surveyed and measured and a reg-
ular Plan thereof returned to Said Proprietors and we are informed
you undertake Such Buisness and as you reside neary'' Spot we desire
you will Survey and plan y*^ said Tract having Suitable Chainmen
for that purpose and make a Return of y® Plan as soon as you can
Conveniently and we will See you Satisfyed for your Service therein
and you will oblige y' Hum: Serv'^
D Peirce
John Moffat
Geo : Jaffrey
\_Petition of Samuel Fisk, 1759.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 116.]
Salem, Ocf 16. 1759.
Honoured Sir.
After Proper Compliments, to Your Honour This Begs a Favour
of You, as a Purchaser of M'' Masons Patent ; That you will Please
To Lay before The Gentlemen your Copartners, My Case, which Fol-
lows, viz'
I the Subscriber Purchased an Original Right In A Township,
Granted By This Province to a Number of Petitioners &c anon Called
Hales-Town I Fullfilled the Terms Appointed till Sicknese & Warrs
Ceased further Labours. My Lott Fell in that Part Of the Township,
which, the Mason Setlers Left out of their Township : and which CoP
Blanchard Told me was Left for CoP Hale. CoP Blanchard Under-
took to obtain My Lott of You Gentlemen He Dyed, having (as I
Suppose) done nothing. I now Therefore by M' Mitchel, Convey my
[Land between Weave and Hopkinton^ 1758.]
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WEARE. 435
Request, to You Praying Your allowance of my Right; being willing
to Comply with Such Dutys, & Allowances, as your Honours Shall
Judge Proper, as are others My Neibours. I waited On CoP Hale,
but finding him not Inclined to Act, I Tho't it Proper to Apply to
You Gentlemen as above
Be Pleased, Sir, to Give your Self the Unmerited Trouble, of Send-
ing a Line, To Your Honours
Sincere & Obediant Servant
N B. My Age I hope will Sir, Excuse this Scrol.
Sam^ Fisk
S. F.
[George Jaffrey to Robert Fletcher, 1759.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 117.]
Portsmouth October 22'' 1759—
S"^ M"" Packer informs the Proprietors of the lands Purchas'd of
John Tufton Mason Esq'' that he had conferred with you about laying
out and planning a tract land between Hales Town and New Boston
for said Proprietors who desire you will proceed on the buisness as
soon as may be, and divide the whole Tract between Hales Town, as
granted by said proprietors, and New Boston, to be equally divided
into Quantity & Quality as near as may be into fifteen equal shares &
return a Plan of the same. You must be very carefull that no Gore or
space be left Between the two tracts mentioned, and let mountains,
rocks and Ponds be particularly described in your plan & if the Qual-
ity of the land is such, that an equal division cannot be made in
fifteen equal Lotts for Quantity & Quality, then do it, into thirty
Lotts to be coupled so as to render an equal division of the whole into
fifteen shares — In behalf of the Proprietors
I am S'' your most hum'® Serv*
Geo : Jaffrey
To M^ Robert Fletcher
436
CHARTER RECORDS.
[Plan of Go7'e, 1759.]
the Numbers of the lotts
to Each Share
M. H. W.
J. P.
T. A.
R. W.
G J
J. R.
T. W.
P. &M.
T. P.
T. & M.
J. O.
S. & M.
J. W.
J. M.
Meserve & Co^
Pursuant to the Request of the Proprietors of the Lands Purchassed
of John Tuff ton Mason Esq'' I Have Laid Out Into Thirty Lotts as
Described in this Plan all the Lands Betwen the Royal Society land
so Cair^ & Hales Town Goffes Town & New Boston. Have Coupled
them as by the above Numbers so as to Make Fiffteen Equall Shares
Quantity and Quallity as Near as May be — herewith Laid in a Scale
of 200 Poles to an Inch the Lines Fathfully Marked and Corners Well
Made
Portsmouth Nov"^ y'^ 21^' 1759— ^ Robert Fletcher Surv"^
1.
9
2.
11
3.
26
4.
5
13.
24
16.
25
10.
17
8.
18
7.
6
19.
15
20.
12
21.
14
22.
23
27.
30
28.
29
WE ARE. 437
\_Cost of Surveying Gore.']
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 118.]
To Divide the Tract of Land Betwen New Boston and Weares
Town Being Six Miles Long and One Mile in Width Into 15 Equal
Shares Qiintity and Quality to Mark the Lines Faithfully & Return
a Plan &c will Cost about .30. Dollars or Old Tenor Equl to that Sum
\_Letter from Enoch Bartlett., 1761.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 119.]
Feb^y 16"' 1761—
To Dan' Pierce Esq"" and Others Grantees to Tuften Mason Esq"^
Gentlemen — you Some Years ago. Granted to James M'^^Hard Esq'
And Tim° Clement a Tract of Land of which the Title has been S.us-
pected — I being Attorney to S'^ Clement and at the Request of S*^
M'Hard have In Some Measure Examined the affair. And am fully of
opinion that you had good right to Sell or grant Such a Quantity of
Land Between Robies Town (So Called) and the line of Towns — For
in A D: 1748 3'ou Granted the Town to Co] Golf and others with it's
west line of five Miles and Starks Town (So Called) Adjoining on
it's North line with it's West line of 5 Miles & 180 Rods— in the
whole 10 Miles & 180 Rods — I have Sent up Men and Made An
Admeasurem' from Souhegan North West Corner — And find that
on the Course of s'' Towns West line which is North Two Deg : West
it is Eleven Miles And 199 Rods to the line of Towns — by which it
appears that Starks Town North west Corner A L) : 1749 when
Robies or Wiers town was Granted, was one Mile & 19 Rods to the
Southward of the line of Towns — Robies Town was to begin at Starks
Town N : W : Corner and Run South 85 Deg West and thence South-
erly which cannot make them Contiguous to the line of Towns but
leaves as much land as You Granted us if Not in the like form as '^
Grant— The Alteration And Settlem' Made A D: 1752 (of which
You May be Inform'^ by Col: Goff) will Not alter the N: line of
Robies Town — and tho you then Consented that Goffs Town Should
Extend half a Mile or More further Northward — And that Starks
Town on their forfeiture And Surrender Should have their full Meas-
ure 5 Miles & 180 Rods to the Northward of Goffs Town as then
bounded it Cannot Enlarge or Alter the Grant Made three years
before — I Desire that the Quantity of land between Robies Town
438 CHARTER RECORDS.
and line of Towns may be ascertain'' and I Stand Ready on the part
of my Constituent to pay what shall be due let the land be more or
Less — I Employ'^ Men toe Measure S'' line who Certify Under their
Hands that they Measured it Impartially as they will Evidence on
Oath — I Don't Expect You' act Much on the affair from My Relation
without further Enquiry — And Doubt Not but you' find it to your
Advantage —
I Desire Gentlemen You' take the affair Under Considerat" and
doubt not of finding more lands than You Granted Us — and Also
desire the favour of you (after being Met togetlier) that You' leave
Your Resolve thereon with Dan' Peirce Esq'' that from him we May
know how to proceed — and if you think it Needful I by myself or
together with M'^ M*=Hard will wait on you when Met
All fm Y^ Most Humb' Serv'
Enoch Bartlett
N B My Constituent has been at great charges Considering his
Abillity and cannot give it up without hurting his family or having
Something Equivolent
\_Proposition from Enoch Bartlett, 1764.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 120.]
Portsmouth Nov"^ IQ^^ 1764
To the Honourable Theodor Atkinson Esq"" And others Grantees
of Tufton Mason Esq"^
Whereas You in September 1758 made Your Grant of Land by
Estimation 2500 Acres, To James M'Hard Esq'^ And Tim*' Clement
adjoyning Starks Town which appears to be Lands laid out by the
Proprietors of Robies Town (So Called)— And Said Clement after a
Considerable Charge is Sued in an action now depending As a Tres-
passer on Said Lands
It Appearing that there was a Mistake or Error Somewhere in the
affair Suppos'd to Arise from missinformation, and the matter to be
Determined in the Action is whether the Proprietors of Robies Town
had any right by Grant to those Lands — It is objected that their
grant was made in September 1749 and to be begin for laying out at
the North west Corner of Starks Town when Starks town was by
Grant only without other Confirmation Extended but 10 Miles and 180
rods North 2 Deg West from the N. West Corner of Souhegan East
And therefore could Not reach the Line of Towns, which Appears by
WE A RE. 439
a late Admeasurem' to be 11 miles & 199 rods on Said Course from
Souhegan East — from which it is Said there is more then to the
Quantity of 2500 acres between Robies Town and the Line of Towns
and it is also Said that Starks Town was Extended to the Line of
Towns by Said Grantees Accepting their Plan in December 1749 by
its being inserted therein that it adjoyn'd the Line of Towns —
But as those Lands have been Considered as part of Said Robies
Town and the Dispute is Aresen from a Mistake And will be Costly —
It having been propos'" that Said grantees, grant to S'* M'Hard And
Clement other Lands in Some Measure Equivalent to 2500 Acres
there on their Releasing those lands — I therefore the Subscriber hav-
ing full power to Agree And release in behalf of Said Clement Do
hereby Certify that I am Ready to Accept An Equivalent in lands
Else where with a Discharge of Said Action on Said Clements part
(and Doubt Not but S'' M'Hard will also on his) And will give Any
Proper Release of S'^ Grant and Lands on the making a Grant of Said
Equivalent Lands or Any Resolve or agreement that it Shall be made —
[In handwriting of Enoch Bartlett. Ed.]
\^Letter from Enoch Bartlett^ 1764.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 121.]
Haverhill Nov^ 21^' 1764
To the Honourable Theodore Atkinson Esq''
S'' I last week gave You Some proposals with respect to Tim°
Clements affair, and it was Agreed that I with M"^ M'Hard Should be
at Portsmouth on Monday Next, but As he is oblig'd to be there this
week, I write to you by him And perhaps the affair May be Setled in
Some Measure without our attending Next week, if you (the Grantees)
Agree with M"^ M'^Hard as I propos'^ or othe)wise I think the Action
Against Clement May Stand Continued till we can fully Settle the
affair, it will take up Some time to Settle with respect to the Equiva-
lent lands however I Shall Abide My Wiittne proposals if M' M°Hard
will come into the like, or perhaps I may take up Clements Bond for
Money without paying it And take a piece of land you may be willing
to grant him for his Charges Trouble And Disappointments if it is
yet Necessary
I Shall Attend Next week as agreed but I Expect to know by
M' M'Hard whether it will be Expected or not
All f"> y Most Humb^ Serv'
Enoch Bartlett
■f fav^ of James M'^Hard Esq^
44° CHARTER RECORDS.
[Two Letters from Enoch Bartlett, 17G7.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 122.]
To the Hon^'' Theodore Esq'^ Atkinson And others Grantees of Jn*
Tufton Mason Esq'" —
Enoch Bartlet of Haverhill Humbly Prays That you' Appoint Some
persons with whom he ma}^ treat respecting his Surrender of Lands
claim'' b}' the Proprietors of Robies Town So Called and for discharg-
ing the Bond Given on Acco" of those Lands — And respecting the
Sale of other Lands to him Such as he may particularly Apply, to them
about or for And You' oblige
Y^ Humb' Serv*
Haver' Apr' 17 : 1767 Enoch Bartlet
Apr' 17 : 1767
S'' It is more then Six Months Since I was in a Capacity to Sur-
render the Lands in Robies Town, but could Never hear when Your
Meetings would be — I therefore now desire that a Com"^*' may be
appointed in Order to Settle the affair — I find that Esq"^ M'^Hard has
obtain'd a Grant or Deed of the Southerly part of the lands in Hop-
kinton but yet hope from Information by Cap' Badger to find Lands
of which I may make An Agreeable purchase —
It being So Difiicult for me to know of your Meetings And to
Attend them —
I desire the favour of your Hon'' to present My request in the Next
Meeting that I may know with whom to treat in order to Close the
affair
f" Y'' most Humb' Serv*
Enoch Bartlet
To the Hon''' Theodore Atkinson Esq'' at Portsm" —
[Bartletfs Request Repeated., 1769.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 123.]
April 26 : 1769
To the Honb' Theodore Atkinson Esq'" And Others Grantees to
Jn° Tufton Mason Esq'' when met together
Enoch Bartlet of Haverhill Humbly prays that j'ou^ Appoint Some
persons As a Com"^" with whom he may treat respecting his Surrender
of Lands that are claimed by the Proprietors of Robies Town So
WEARE. 441
Called and for discharging the Bond Given on the Account of those
Lands — And respecting the Sale of other lands to him Such As he
may apply to them for — And You' oblige
y Humb' Serv' Enoch Bartlet
^ [^Af/ain in 1771.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 124.]
To the Grantees of Jn° Tuften Mason Esq"" now met together
Enoch Bartlet of Haverhill Humbly Prays that you will Appoint
Some persons As a Com'^^ with whom he May treat Respecting his
Surrender of Lands in Robies Town So Called and respecting the Sale
of other Lands that may be in Some Measure Equivalent to those in
Robies Town —
And you' Oblige Y"" Humb' Serv'
Enoch Bartlet
N B The Com*^^ Appointed Some Years ago, by reason of Death or
Removal could not Act on the affair
Portsm° Oct 2'' 1771—
[Endorsed] Sum for Tract of land Sold m^iard &c X575 New Tenn""
l^Report of Committee on Bartlett^s Olaim^ 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 125.]
We the Subscribers, being a Committee of the Proprietors of
Masons Patent at the desire of Enoch Bartlett Esq"" have met & fully
heard him respecting his Claim, as Attorney to Timothy Clements,
After Maturely Considering the Matter, are fully of Opinion, that said
Bartlett has no just demand on the Propriety, on acco' of said Clements,
he the s'' Clements having deceiv'd the Proprietors, in order to obtain
a grant of Land, & never paid any Consideration for the same. But
we recommend to the consideration of the Proprietors whether they
will Grant a Tract of Land to M' Bartlett on such terms as they may
agree —
Portsmouth 19"' Aug' 1773
Dan' Peirce
D' Rogers
John Penhallow.
W"" Whipple
October 6"' 1773 This Report of the Committee accepted
att : Geo : Jaffrey Prop"^' CI
442
CHARTER RECORDS.
WILMOT.
[This town was constituted from parts of New London and Kearsarge Gore, and
incorporated June i8, 1807. A portion of Hill was annexed Dec. 21, 1832. A
tract of land was severed and annexed to Danbury Dec. 19, 1848, and another July
26, 1878.
See papers under title New London; Index to Laws, 584; sketch, by W. W.
Flanders, Hurd's History of Merrimack County, 1885, p. 695 ; Stewart's History of
the Free Baptists, 1862, pp. 305, 375 ; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cum-
mings, 1836, p. 19; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 417.]
[^Pla7i of Wilmot.]
WILMOT.
443
Nov. 1, 1817
M"" Reuben Raymond applies for N° 43 — 150 Acres Wilmot formerly
New London — Offered him it for i500 provided he bring a recom-
mendation from Deacon Hunting & Wait 2 ys for 1^' pay' — he is im-
mediately to see Deacon Hunting whe is to write Me —
9 March 1818
David Everett applies for Lot N° 89 Wilmot formerly New Lon-
don— Enquired its value of Dea Hunting — application made by John
Phelps
John Phelps 15 Sep. 1815 is on Lot N° 54 & offers only f 100 for
it — he and his predecessor have been on 11 y^ —
Amos Foster of Warner wants N" 43, 150 acres Wilmot formerly
New London
\_Pla7i of Part of Grore.']
formerly ^o-rt
444
CHARTER RECORDS.
[Plan of a Lot, 1823.]
Warner November 12 1823.
To M. W. Pirce Esq Sir — in Obediance to your order I have Sur-
veyed lot N" 46 in Wilmot formerly Newlondon and herewith Send
you the plan of the Same —
M"" Buzwil informed that he never had any Deed from Fowler — and
tliat the bargain was for twenty Acres on the East Side of the Road
Which I have platted and there Remains Eight acres On the East Side
of the Road which is Verry ledge and poor land and the Remainder
of Fowlers part on the West Side of the Road 53 — 34 Acres
the part that Buzzel Occupies I Should think was wortli Seven Dol-
lars per acre — Kinsmans Nine and the Remainder on the West Side I
Should think was worth Six Dollars fifty Cent per acre
Laid out on Kinsmans part is a grate Damage to the farm making
over one hundred Rods fence Where Stones are Very Scarce —
for further information if any be lacking When I Come to Ports-
mouth I Will inform you if I Can and Reman your Serv'
John Palmer
Mark W. Pierce Portsmouth
53 6.50 — 344.50
20 a 7. 140.—
82 a 9. 738
1222.50
WILTON. 445
Moody 750
Dearborn 350
Biiswell 250
$1350 for the whole Lot besides Cents which are Several
hundred Dollars
(This is the Fowler & Wood Lot.)
WILTON.
[Granted as Niunber 2, by the Masonian Proprietors, Oct. i, 1749, to Thomas
Reed and others. Incorporated as Wilton June 25, 1762, to continue until Jan. i,
1765. Reincorporated Jan. 2, 1765. A portion of Lyndeborough was annexed
to Wilton by Joseph Blanchard, agent for the Masonian Proprietors.
See New Hampshire charters in preceding volumes ; IX, Bouton Town Papers,
792 ; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 676; Index to Laws, 585 ; Topographical and
Historical Description, by Thomas Beede, i. Farmer and Moore's Historical Col-
lections, 65 ; Past and Present, 150th anniversary of settlement, 13, Granite
Monthly, 252; same, pamphlet, 1889; History, by A. A. Livermore and S. Put-
nam, 1888, pp. 575 ; Memorial of Increase Sumner Lincoln, by J. C. Mitchell,
1890, pp. 25; address, dedication of town house, by I. S. Whitney, 1885; ad-
dress, centennial celebration, by Ephraim Peabody, 1839; Baptist Churches in
N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, p. 16; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p.
244 ; papers under title Groton, Old Grant, in Massachusetts charters preceding ;
sketch, by A. A. Livermore, Hurd's History of Hillsborough County, 1885, P- 695 ;
Fall of the Wilton Meeting House, 1773, by N. Allen, 22, N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg-
ister, 234; Materials for History of, by F. Kidder, 8, /c/., 394; sketch, by J. B.
Connor, Granite Monthly, vol. 5, p. 168, and vol. 6, p. 330.]
[^Petition for Crrmit, 1748.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 127.]
Portsmouth November 2'^ 1748
To the Gentlemen Purchasers & Proprietors of Cap*^ John Tufton
Mason's Right to Lands in y*^ Province of New Hampshire —
We the underwritten being appointed by the within Subscribers in
their and our behalfe to make Application for a Tract of land for to set-
tle a Township at first intended to be address'd to the Governour &
Council of the Said Province but having Some intimation of your
Right — we were directed to apply for our Request by y® within Peti-
tion, As therein Directed to y*" Governour & Council, or otherwise to
446
CHARTER RECORDS.
yon as we sliould think best for the Benefit of y*^ witliin named Peti-
tioners— We therefore Make our Petition to you the Said Proprietors
in behalfe of the within named Petitioners, that yoa would be so kind
as to take under Consideration and grant the Request to your Peti-
tioners of y® within mentioned Tract of Land ; or if not that within
described, where you can most conveniently for your Selves, and Your
Petitioners, and upon Such Terms as we and you shall agree upon —
Your favour herein will very much Oblige the Subscribers on the
other Side in whose behalfe we are Gen""
Your most Hum : Serv'^
Nicolas White
Nathaniel Bartlet
To His Excellency Bening Wintworth Esq'' Cap' Generall and Gov-
erner In Chief In and over His majesties Province of New Hamp-
shier —
To the Honr*^ Councel In S'' Province
May it Plees your Excellency & Honners It haveing been Practist
to Grant ti*acts of Lands to Such Persons as Have dun servis In y''
wors and In Hopes of obtaining the Like favour wee yoour Humble
petitioners would Gest mention Sumthing wee Have dun Sum of us
was Present at the taking Poortrial others at Caper toon others In
Hopes of Doing Great Servis Inlisted against Canodi and others of us
Have Sufferd greatly Not onely In y** Present but former wors yet so
It Hath hapned No lands have been Given to us as yeat and being
Greatly Stratned for want thereof & finding Sum Lands Not Laid out
betwixt a place Cold Salem Canody & a Remote place Cold grot-
ten if your Excellency & Honnours would be Pleas'^ to Grant us out of
s'^ Lands a Nuf for a Small town Ship of Six or Eight miles Squeare,
or So much as you in your Wisdura Shall think Best it would Greatly
oblidge your Humble petitioners —
Nicolas White
Nathaniel Bartlet
Cornelius Johnson
Sam'' Heath Jun"^
Joshua Harriman
Bartholemy Heath
Moses Kimball
Sam" Smith
Samuel Eatton
Sam" Heath
Samuel Brown
benjemin Davis
Jacob Chace
Thomas Johnson
Jacob Putnam
Samuel Harriman
Nehemiali heath
John Bradley
Jonathan Whiticker
Samuel Guild
Joseph Hale
Thomas Chaney
Jonathan Bartlet
John Heath
Joseph harriman
Ruben Harriman
Ephraim Emerson
Ebenezer Noyes
moses Stevens
Ebenezer White
Theophilus Eaton
moses Stevens juner
Jonathan Smith
moses heath
Ban j nam Petngall
Jonathan Carleton
WILTON.
447
Benjamin Clement
Sam" hadley
Nathaniel Cheney
John Kent
moses Bartlit
Seth Johnson
William Ayer
John Polavd
Jonathan Sergent
Noahn white
James Cushen
Moses Barrun
Salvanus Noice
Moses Calton
Timothy dow
Peter Dow
Jacob Woodword
[Charte)' of Wilton, 1749.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 128, and Proprietors' Records. Vol. 6,
p. 74.]
Province of ) Pursuant to the Power and Authority Granted and
New Hamp"" \ Vested in me by the Propri"^* of Lands Purchased of
John Tuffton Mason Esq In the Province of New Hamp'' by their
Vote passed at their meeting held at Portsm" In s*^ Province the 16'''
Day of June— A D 1749
I Do by these Presents On the Terms and Conditions here After
Expressed give and Grant Unto Thomas Read Esq Rob*^ Fletcher Jun""
Joseph Blanchard Jun'' Oliver Colburn Oliver Farwill John Usher
Tho* Spaulding John Lovewell Jun*^ Peter Powers Humphry Hobbs
John Combs Joseph Blodget Samuel Fowle Jonah Swan Ezra Carpen-
ter Jon^ Cumings Thomas Parker Jun"^ John Varnum William Foster
M"^ Tho* Parker, Josi^' Butterfield anthony Emery Beny* Parker Jun''
Nehem^' Abbot Samuel Greele Benj'^ Farwell Oliver Whiting Joseph
Richardson Benj* Farley Samuel Cumings John Kendall, Abraham
Kendall David Addams Joseph French Eleazer Blanchard Zacheus
Lovewell Samuel Farley William Cumings Archelus Dale Jacob Put-
nam Jonathan Powers Nathan' Putnam John Dale Stephen Herryman
John Shead & Ephraim Putnam) all the Right title and Property of
the Grantors Afores'' of in and to that Tract of Land or Township
Lying in the Province of New Hamp"^ Afores** Containing five miles
Sqare Lying on the Branches of Souhegan River Between Peters-
burrough and Monson Bounded as Followeth Begining at the South
West Corner of the Premises at a White pine tree Which is the North
West Corner of the Township N° 1. and runs from thence North five
Miles to a White ash tree Marked from thence East five miles to a
Stake and Stones from thence South five miles to a Chestnut tree
Marked from thence West five miles to the White Pine the first
Bounds Mentioned Which Said Township is Lay'd out and Drawn for
and the Lots Assertained to Each Grantee Respectively also two Lotts
for Encouragement for Building of mills and three Shares for Publick
448 CHARTER RECORDS.
Uses Viz' one for the first Settled minister one for the ministry and
one for the School there for ever Which Said Shares and Lotts to be
The Same as Drawn and Allready Entered in the Scheduele & Plan
hereunto Anexed, unto them Respectively & to their Heirs and As-
signes, To Have and to Hold on the following Terms Conditions &
Limitations & on them Only (that is to Say) TJiat a meeting house be
Built on the Lott N° 11 In the fifth rang and that In the Southwest
Corner of Said Lott there be Six acres of l^and in a square form Re-
served & appropriated for the Publick use of those who Do or Hereafter
Shall Inhabit there in Said Township that the Remaining Lands not
Entered to the Grantees In the Scheduele & Plan as afores'* Specified
on the Bounds of y® Township Afores'^ be and hereby are Reserved to
and for the use of y*^ Grantors of the Premises their Heirs and assignes
forever free and Clere from all Chaiges Tax or Incumberance of Set-
lement Untill their or any of their parts are Improved Respectively
by them or Som Holding under them — that the afore Mentioned Gran-
tees Exclusive of y*" three Publick Lotts Shall Carry on and Make
Setlement at their own Expence in the following maner Viz' that
their be all Necessary High ways Lay'd out in Said Town Where they
will be most Convenie' Without any pay or Allowance to those Gran-
tors or Grantees thro Land that y*' Same Shall go. That the Grantees
Build a Conveniant house for the Public Worship of God there &
finish the Same at or Before the Last Day of November 1752 for the
use of those Who Shall then or hereafter Inhabit There — That they
the s'^ Grantees after five Years from the Date hereof Maintain Preach-
ing there, that there be on Some one Lott of Each of Eorty of S''
Grantees Shares three acres of Land Clered Inclosed and Fitted so
Far as is Profitable for mowing or tillage at or Before the Last day of
Nov'' 1751 & Each of the S'^ Lotts to be Clered As Aforesaid to be
Settled by having a house Built of Sixteen feet Square at the Least &
Seven feet Stud or more with a Chymney and Celler finished and fitted
for Comfortable Dwelling therein at or Before the Last Day of may
1752 & Some Person or Family Inhabiting & residant in Said house &
they or Some Others in Each of their Stead Continue Residancy there
Untill the Last Day of may 1755. — that the Owners of the said Forty
Setling Shares have on Each of their Rights Respectively three Acres
of Land more In Like manner fitted at or Before the Last Day of
Nov'' 1752 &the Like Quantity annually for two Yeares then Nex Cum-
ing— That the Remaining five Rights or Shares of the Grantees afores'^
Viz' Olo"^ Farwell Benj'^ Farwell Jos Blanchard Eleaz' Blanchard &
one Right of Rob' Fletcher Jun"^ Be Excused from the Duty of Build-
ing Improving Or Settleing Untill the Last Day of Nov'' l755 & then
to have the Whole Duty Performed as Others at that Time
WILTON.
449
That Each of tlie said Grantees at Executing this Instrum' Pay
thirty Pounds Cash Old Ten'' to Defray the Necessary Charges Arisen
and Ariseing in Bring forward tlie settle' to be Deposited In the hands
of Such Person as they the s'' Grantees Shall Appoint Being a Freeholder
& a Residant in this Province that the A fores'' Grantees or their As-
signes Assess Such Further Sums of money Equally in Proportion to
their Right on the Right of Each Grantee Exclusive of the three Pub-
lic Lotts as may be thought Necessary for Carrying on & Compleat-
ing any of the Public Matters in IMakeing the Setle' afores'' and on
Failure of payment for the Space of three Months after Such tax or
Assessm"^ is agreed upon & posted up at Such place or places as the
Prop""* the Grantees Shall appoint to Give Notice for Calling Prop"^*
Meetings that so much of Such Delinquents Rights Respectively be
Desposed of by a Com'*"" Choose by the Maj' Part of the Grantees for
that Purpose as will pay the s''Tax and all Charges ariseing thereon —
and In Case any of the S'' Grantees Shall Neglect or Refues to per-
form any of the articles aforementien'' he Shall Forfeit his Share and
Right In s'^ Township to those of the Grantees Who Shall not be De-
linquent In the Performance of the Conditions Enjoyned & It Shall
and may be Lawfull for them by their agent or agents Appoynted by
the maj'' Part of those not Delinquent for that purpose to Enter Into
and upon the Right of Such Delinquent owners & him to amove oust
and Expell for their Use their Heirs and Assignes Provided they Settle
or Cause to be Settled Such Delinq'' Right within the Term of one
Year aftei- the Period that is by this Indenture Stipulated to be Done
as the Conditions of this Grant and fully Comply with y*^ whole Duty
Such Delinq' ought to have Don within the Term of one Year from
time to time after the Respective Periods thereof & in Case they omitt
Complying as af ores'' in that term as afores'' that all Such Delinq'*
Right Shall Revert & belong to the Grantors their Heirs & Assignes
free from the Incombrance of Settle*or Charge Allways Provided their
Indien war within any of the Terms & Limitati"* afores'' for Doing
the Duty Conditioned in this Grant & In Case that Should Happen
the Same time to be Allowed for the Respective matters afores*^ after
Such Impedim' Shall be Removed
That all White Pine trees growing on s'' tract of Land fit for masting
his Majestys Royal Navy be and hereby are Granted to his Majestys
Royal Nav[y] and Successors for ever —
Lastly the Said Grantors Do Hereby Promis to the said Grantees
their Heirs and Assignes to Defend thro the Law to King & Council
If Need be one Action that Shall or may be Brought against them or
any Nomb"" of them by any Person or Pei'sons Whatsoever Claiming
the Said Lands or any Part thereof by any Other Tittle than that of
29
450 CHARTER RECORDS.
the s'' Grantors or that by which they hold and Derive theres from
Provided they the S'' Grantors are a Vouched In to Defend the Same
& that on fineal Tryal the Sam Shall be Recovered Aganst the said
Grntors, the Grantees Shall Recover Nothing over ag' the Grantors
for the said Lands or Expence In Bringing forward the Settlem* In
Witness Whereof I the Subscriber Joseph Blanchard of Dnnstable
have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this first Day of October — 1749
Joseph Blanchard [Ls]
Coppy Exam** "^ Joseph Blanchard Jun'^ Prop Clark
[Acceptance of Chwter, 1752.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 129, and Proprietors' Records, Vol. 6,
p. 82.]
Whereas Joseph Blanchai'd Esq In the Name & behalf of the Prop^
of the Lands In the Province of New Hamp'^ Purchassed by them of
Jn° Tuffton Mason Esq^ Who Sold them Under the Title Made to
them by a Com'on Recovery Did on the first Day of Octo'' 1749 —
Grant the Contents of five miles Square part of Said Land Bounded
as Followeth Begining at the South West Corner of the Premises at
a White pine Tree Marked which is the North West Corner of the
Township N*> 1 & Runs from thence North five miles to a White ash
tree marked from thence East five miles to a Stake and Stones from
thence South five miles to a Chesnut tree Marked from thence West
live miles to the first Bounds mentiened, Lender Certain Conditions
Limitations and Reservations in s'^ Grant mentiened as by Said Grant
Referance there to had will fully appear, Unto Tho* Read Esq Rob'
Fletcher Jun'" Jo^ Blanchard Jun"" Oliver Colburn Oliv"^ Farwell John
Usher Tho** Spaulding Jn** Lovewell Jun"" Peter Powers Humphry
Hobbs Jn° Combs Jos : Blodget Jun'' Sara' Fowle Jos*' Swan Ezra
Carpenter Jon'^ Cumings Thorn* Parker Jun'' Jn*' Varnum W'" Foster
the Rev*^ M'' Tho'^ Parker Josiali Butterfield Anthony Emery Benj''^
Parker Jun'' Nehe'' Abbot Sam* Greele Benj'^ Farwell Oliv^ Whiting
Jo* Richardson Benj'^ Farley Jn° Kendall Ab'' Kendall Daved Addams
Joseph French Eleaz"^ Blanchard Zach'^ Lovewell Sam' Farley Will
Cumings Jon'^ Powers Sam' Cumings Arch* Dale Jacob Putnam Nath'
Putnam Jn° Dale Stephen Herryman Jn° Shead & Eph™ Putnam —
Therefore
Voted that We Do hereby Accept Said Title and for our Selves our
Heirs and Assignes Acknowledge that We Do hold Said Lands Under
S'* Title Conditions and Limitations with the Reservations therein
Mentioned —
Extract from the Votes of the Prop'* Grantees of the Township
Called N° 2 Passed at their Meeting the 21*' day of Nov"- 1752
Coppy Exam'' '^ Joseph Blanchard Jun"^ Pro Clerk
WILTON.
451
[Draft of Lots, 1749.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 130, and Proprietors' Records, Vol. 6,
p. 80.]
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Joseph Blanchard Jun
Oliver Colburn .
Minister .
Oliver Farwell .
John Usher
Thomas Spalding
John Love well Jun""
Peter Powers
Humphry Hobbs
John Combs
Joseph Blodgett
Samuel Fowle
Josiah Swan
Ezra Carpenter .
Jonathan Cumings
Thomas Parker Jun''
John Varnum
Peter Powers & Arch"'
Ministry .
Thomas Read Esq
William Foster .
Mr Thomas Parker
Josiah Butterfield
Anthony Emery
Benja Parker Jun""
Peter Powers
School lotts
Nehemiah Abbot
Samuel Greele .
Benjamin Farwell
Oliver Whiting .
Joseph Richardson
Benj" Farley
Joseph Blodget .
John Kendall
Abraham Kendall
Peter Powers
David Adams
Dale
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10
12
14
16
17
19
20
22
23
24
25
27
28
30
32
34
35
36
40
41
42
43
45
46
47
48
50
51
52
53
55
56
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18
8
13
4
4
5
13
13
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3
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17
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7
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15
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13
12
13
9
16
6
17
19
16
5
19
16
17
4
4
6
7
5
5
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6
7
4
3
5
3
6
6
2
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2
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10
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7
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17
2
6
13
2
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6
8
5
13
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4
12
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7
8
19
20
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14
2
10
14
10
3
9
9
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16
18
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6
3
3
10
10
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6
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10
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10
3
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Jonathan Powers
Samuel Cumings
Natha' Putnam .
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John Dale .
Jacob Puttnam .
Steven Herryman
Archalaus Dale .
John Shead
Ephraim Putnam
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M Hunking Wentworth Esq
Jotham Odiorn .
Joseph Blanchard
Thomas Wallingsford Esq
Joshua Peirce Esq
William Parker Esq .
John Wentworth Jun''
John Moffett Esq
Nathii Meserve & Others
George Jaffrey Esq
Daniel Peirce & mary Moor
Mathew Livermore Esq
Richard Wibird Esq .
Theodore Atkinson Esq
John T : Mason & Jn" Thomlinson Esq^
M Hunks Wentworth Esq .
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454
CHARTER RECORDS.
[John Goffe's Report, 1764.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 131.]
Monday April y« 2th, 1764. Went from Amherst to Wilton and
took with me Cap' Walker and Lieu' Bradford: soon after our
entrance into the Town met with Hamlet who utterly denied his
fenceing any of the Lord Proprietors Lands Disclaimed and wholly
renounced & Disowned all Pretensions to any claim whatsoever of
any Land Claimed by said Proprietors — M"" Livermore aflBrmed that
he had not by himself or with others improved fenced or meddled
with any of the said Gentlemens Lands nor could we Learn that any
were Trespassing in said Town upon the Strictest enquiry Excepting
one Perry wlio it Appears has & is Trespassing on the Lot N° 4 in
the ninth Range found some Clearing done on said Lot a Hut Erected
in which we found fire and two or three Kittels also on said lot a long
String of Possession Fence — at the northwest Corner of said Lot is a
tree marked Lot n° 4 Range ninth
P : S : it is commonly reported at Wilton & else where that m"'
Perry is a Great promoter & Encourager of the affair of settleing the
said Gentlemens Lands
Attests John GofEe
[Plmi of Wilton.']
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City of Manchester.]
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N« 37 in the East & J
N° 37 in y® West Range > Aaron Peabodv
of y-^ Mile Slip )
N°"36 in y« West R— 5i Acres of y« West End Sold to S. Will-
iams
N** 41 in y*" eastermost Range in the mile Slip sold to David Ingals
consid^' X180 Dec^ 1778.
Spring 1777. Sold to David Burnam 60 Acres of Land bounded
Northerly by Land I sold to Nath^ Peabody easterly by John Cum-
ings & Southei'ly (in y® westermost Range of the Mile Slip) until
that Quantity of Land is compleated Consid'^ 44X
WINDSOR.
[This town was formerly known as CajiipbeWs Gore. Wheeler's Gore, situated
between CainpbelVs Gore and Washington, was annexed June 21, 1797. Incor-
porated as Windsor Dec. 27, 1798.
See XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 723; Index to Laws, 78, 586; sketch, by
J. G. Dodge, Hurd's History of Hillsborough County, 1885, p. 727.]
\_Petition of James Campbell^ 1748.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 132.]
Portsmouth October 20"^ 1748
To the Gentlemen Proprietors of Mason's Right in Lands in y®
Prov* of New Hampshire Gent'"
I the Subscriber in behalf of my selfe and others Inhabitants of
Chester & Londonderry do petition your favour to grant to such a
Number of us and in Such manner as shall Seem meet to you a tract
of Land or Such part thereof as you shall think fit Scituated & lying
Chiefly to y*" North of y'^ road leading from New Boston So called to
Hillsborough So called ; and in order thereto, do propose to preferr to
the Said Proprietors a plan of y*^ Scituation & extent of the Said
tract of Land with a List of the men's Names who will be Your Peti-
tioners, by y*^ Second day of November next, in y*^ mean time pray
the Said tract of land may not be otherwise disposed of and you will
greatly Oblige me & others your friends &c
James Campbell
45^ CHARTER RECORDS.
]^Plan of Windsor.'l
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[James Campbell to Theodore Atkinson^ 1770.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 133.]
Londonderry March 20""^ 1770
Hono'' s"" a number of poor rnen & me have Been Petihoning the
Pureharssors of masons Patent this twonty year for the Gi'ant of a
Township we obtaind Number Eight after Half was Granted to
Cap*" Priscut we waited long in Hops of Some addihon & now would
be glad of the Spot Known by the name of Campbells Gore which is
all that is left of the Town furst Granted to us by your agint we
have Employed Mathow Thornton Esq to wait on Honours in our
behalf & he informs us that your Honour appears willing to Doe us
Justics but thare is so many of another Opinion he fears he will not
suceed it has Cost us a grat sume & we are very unable to Loose it
I am vary Old & the money I hav laid out in Surveying Journeying
Petitioning would doe me a graeat Servies to Dig I am not now able
& to beeg of any but your Honour I am a Shamed & my fellow Suf-
ferers many of tham as poor as my Self we Beleeve the Docf is faith-
full but he Can doe nothing without you Excuse thes brokin hints
from an old man & my glveing you this truble nothing but Niecessity
Could have forced me to this freedom I laeve my Case with & trust
intirly with you & give you this Oportunity to lay up treasure whare
I hope we are both agoing & am your Honours Humble serv'
James Campbell
James Campbell Juner with Severls others is Redey to Setel down
on it as Soone as granted
WINDSOR. 457
\^Natha7\ Taylor to the Governor^ 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 134.]
To his Excellency Governour Wentworth and others Gentlemen,
Lord Proprietors of a Tract of Land called Camel's Gore
Sir
Your humble Petitioner inforraeth you that he has purchased a
Lot of land of M'' Yarnum Esq — Proprietor of a tract of Land called
Limbrick, which lot was then supposed to come within s'^ Township
and accordingly oblieged myself to do a Duty, which Duty I have
done for Limbrick But since by running the lines, s'' lot fall into s'^
Camels Gore, and I have lived upon the land two years, with vciy
family; and now I humbly desire that the Lord Proprietors of s'^
Land would inform me whither I shall hold s*^ lot under them, &
what Duty I shall be oblieeged to do for s'^ Lot ; which contains 128
Acres, and I likewise infoim you, that there are a Number of per-
sons that pretend to hold the Land of s'^ Gore, under one M'' Camel
to whom they say, s'^ land was granted : who threaten to remove me
from s*^ Lot as an intruder ; and I humbly desire that you would
inform me whither you will give me any title to s'^ Lot, if I should
come for it. — I have been Verbally informed several times, from your
Honours, that I should never be hurt, by taking up s'^ Lot in the
manner I did and therefore I have presumed to tarry upon the Lot.
and I likewise desire that you would write by the bearer hereof
whither your Honours proposes to settle s*' Gore soon for there are
several men that would take up Land here if they knew upon what
terms they migh have it ;
this from your humble petitioner and
most obedient servant
Camels Gore June y« 9"' 1773 Nathan Taylor
\^Memoranda.^
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. L35.]
Mem" Nov"^ 1778 M'' Costello requested to have y*^ Opp° of purchas-
ing Campbells Gore when Sold
Dec'' 9 Ja^ Beton Esq' Signifyed to the Prop'- his desire to pur-
chase Campbells Gore l)ut could not make any offer as He was unac-
quainted with the Quality of y*^ land
Feb'' 25 Ja^ Addaras applyed to purchase in Cambels Gore 1000
Acres to have y® persons removed y' got upon it
458 CHARTER RECORDS.
Enoch Hale Esq' request's when a gore of land between Mason &
Wilton when disposed of he may have y® preference in Consider^ of
Services
Y*" Gore half a mile wide
1779 March 18"' Moses Kelly of GofP's Town desires to be a pur-
chaser of Cambells Gore
\John Groffe to Proprietors, 1779.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 136.]
Gen* when I heard Last summer Campbells Gore was settling by a
number of Resolute fellows that Could Give masons proprietois no
better name then Tories out of Regard to you I went to some of them
& sent to others and perswaded them of from farther medling till
they had your liberty which I Did not dout you would Give them
upon Reasonable Teirms if they would apply Reaglarly for it, they
Came to me and after some arguments they Said you are aquanted
with them Gen*^ will you go Down for us to them I answared I cant
go my Selfe but If one of you will Go I will Right to them which
will Do as well, accordingly I wrote you & let you know my oppinion
Concerning it, and several of my Grandsons by Information from
those men told me if they Could Git Each 100 acre they would settel
their and not Go to the Eastward which maid me take so much pains
as I have don, & spent so much mony and It is all to no porpose,
Except they Can have those four lots that I mentioned to you when
I was Down now Gen' may I ask you a Question or two 1^' would it
not be better to Grant them I dont mean my children but them four
lots then to Try to oust them by Law Especily those that have maid
Improvements as the times & curcumstances are at present for they
that have begun on that tract are Encoraged and that as I am In-
formed by men of Caructer that if you have any Right to the patten
that Tract is out of the bounds of the patten and tliey will warrant
them if they go on and settel that no Jury will Turn them off
2^^ weather the cost wont be grater then the want of them four
lots among 15 of you, as at the meeting of the whole 10 they Resolved
to a man they would have nothing to Do with it Except the 4 was
granted and had Rather that the first agrement should be annihil-
inated then stand at all, for they Can purch Land as Good for 4 Dol-
lors an acre near 20 miles nearer market or sea port, they Say yet as
they sent me down they will stand for the 500 Dol'* ^ 100 if they
may have the 4 lots afores'^ but I must loose my bond and survey if
WINDSOR. 459
the above is not Complyed with by you sence what I have Don I
amed at your Intrist I hope you will not take any advantage of me
as for the 1000 Guinys I was surprized when I Got to my Lodgen &
Calculated how much corn &c I found that all Campbills Gore would
not produce in fifteen yenv So much Corn besids sopporting the Fame-
leys that Raised it I told Esq'' Penhollow next morning & Several of
your proprietors I would not Give more then 500X to pay in Gould
Selver or Corn at the Regulating price but they 10 Chose 3 of their
n" to wate upon your Hon" at your ajornment Every one of which
Intended to have Comply'^ with the artekls of settelmen if your
Reserve would have aforded Good land which I think when I Sign^^
the bond I had the promis off
The Com" from the 10 are Cap' Sam^^ Moor Cap'' Thomas McLough-
lin and M"" Benjamen Baker who are men of Good Estats & Good
Cridid and Reputation and all 3 of them aquanted with the land and
Can Inform you better then I Can and they are Determined to make
a final Conclution about that Gore In Great hast I am with Great
Regard Your sencear frind &
Humble Servant
Derryfeild July 13'^ 1779 John Goffe
Masons proprietors
[Flan of Windsor, 1779.]
Cam-melh Gore Suryeyed Ju.7t.AJ) ///^f
Tke Scale of TToKoviton 200 rods to an-
Inch. —
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460 CHARTER RECORDS.
N B. We were oblidged to alter that part of your orders to us
respecting the numbering of the lots, by reason of our not being able
to ascertain Antrim line, and other contingencies that happen'd us,
and instead of numbering 1, 2, 3, &c throughout the whole, we
numbered N° 1 N'' 2 of y"^ first Range N° 1 N'^ 2 of y" 2^ Range &*=
Note also thei-e is allowed to each hundred Acre lot 3 Acres nearly
for highway land —
All those lots not marked to contain a certain Quantity contains
103 acres highway land being reckon'd
The Pricked or Shady places represents large tracts of Morass or
Cedar Swamp land not fit to be inhabited
Note every that is nearly Square is 160 rods in length, and 103
rods in Breadth the other Lots that has Water or otherwise cut has
also the number of rods marked on the plan that was required to
make the needed Compliment
The above a true Plan of the Said Cammels Gore as Surveyed by
me the Subscriber according to the best of ray Judgement —
■^ me James Nesmith jun"^ Sworn Surveyor —
Jan^ 1782 a true Copy Examin'd
f Geo : Jaffrey Prop^^ CI
[John Goffe's Bill, 1779.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 137.]
June Co^i John GofEe to Samull Moor D'
1779 for Serveying Campbells Goar
To the serveyer for 10 Days at 9£ X 90— 0—0
To Sam" Moor 10 Days at £6 60—0—0
To Abraham moor 10 D° at D« 60—0-0
To Theoploas Griffen 10 D'' at D° 60-0-0
270—0-0
acompt "^ me Samuel Moor
N° 1 & N° 2 in the 1^' Rans
[^Petition of Jolm Gordon, 1779.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 138.]
To the Proprietors of the Lands purchased of John Tufton Mason
Esq"" — In New-Hampshire
WINDSOR. 461
The Memorial & Petition of John Gordeu Resident on Cambell's
Gore, So called, Sheweth
That on September 2'' 1775. I purchased of Nathan Tajdor, now
resident in Antrim, a certain Lot or tract of Land, in Cambell's Gore,
contain^ one hundred twenty eight Acres having thereon an house
ab' 26 f" in length, and ab*^ 18 f" wide, and about 4 Acres cleared,
and trees fallen on ab' 3 Acres more, the Considei-ation I gave, was
the Sum of two hundred pounds, lawfuU money, which was estimated
and paid in one hundred Acres of land, in the Society (so called) in
the great Lot N° 7. on which I had resided five years, and on which
I had an house ab* the Dimensions of that before mentioned, and had
21 Acres of land cleared and improved — and that I have resided more
than four years on the Lot in Cambells Gore, I purchased of Said
Taylor, & have made Considerable Lnprovements on the Lot so pur-
chased for which I have his deed of Warrantee — but being informed
the Land I purchased of Said Taylor, is the Property of the Proprie-
tors of Masons Right — and lays chiefly, except 5 Acres, in Lot N" 3,
as laid out in a Plan of Campbell's Gore by James Nesmith Jun'' in
June 1779. Therefore I request and pray Said Proprietors that they
would Sell to me Said Lot N" 3 and Lot N° 2 also in Said Gore, for
Such Sum of paper money as thej^ shall think reasonable, or for such
Articles in Specie of Country Produce, as they shall think equiva-
lent to the Value of Said Lot N" 3 — and also of N° 2. and favour me
with advice of their Determination on the Premises, as Soon as may
be when concluded — your favour in granting the above Petition will
greatly oblige your most
Hum : Serv'
his
John I I I Gorden
Witness Enoch Eaton mark
Portsm" August 13, 1779
['latnes Undenvood Offers Bonds for Gordon^ 1779.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 139.]
Litchfield Sepf^ 21^' 1779
Sir/ M'^ John Gordon informs Me he is About Buying Land from
the purchesers of Mason Claim and dont know but he may Stand in
need of a Bondsman if that should be the Case if I am thought Suffi-
ciant Shall readily be bound for his performing any payment he in-
462 CHARTER RECORDS.
gages to the aMount of three Hundred pounds I am sir your most
Ob'' & very Hum^ Ser'
James Underwood
P S M"" Gordon Wants the phm of the first Laying or Lotting out
Campbells Gore
[^Proprietors' Minutes.']
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 144.]
W" Whipple, J Penhallow & J Peirce a Committee of The Proprie-
tors & purchasers of Masons Pattent, are to convey to Cap' Sweet
two hundred Acres of Land more or less being Lots N° 4 & 5 in the
2'' Range in Cammels Gore so called, s'' Gore bounds on the Towns
of Antrim Hilsborough, Washington & Stoddard, Ninety pounds L
m^ Consideration 300 Spanish Milld Dollars Necessary highways are
to be reserved — a Mortgage on the premises to secure the payment
of a note of hand for 200 bush^ Corn to be paid at or before P' dav
March 1781—200 bush Corn at or before March '82 & 100 bush" to
be paid at or before March '83 — & interest on each payment of corn
after the expiration of each period
Whereas by a Vote of said Proprietors passed y® 3'^ day of April
1780 W'" Whipple John Penhallow Esq''^ and M^ John Peirce were
impowered as a Committee to sell the tract of land called Cambells
Goi'e to the best advantage for the Prop" and some doubt arising
whether any two of said Committee are competent for that purpose and
it being also necessary to enable the same to committee for and
in behalf of y*" prop'** to take any real or personal Security for the
Sale of s'^ land for the use of s'^ Prop'* therefore voted that s'^ Com-
mittee or any two of them be and hereby are fully impowered in
behalf of s*^ Prop'^^ to sell the same land as afores'^ and take any real
or personal Security for the payment of the purchase Sum they may
judge proper
[Reserved Lots.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 83, and Proprietors' Records, Vol. 4, p. 72,
and Vol. 7, p. 101.]
Cammels Gore 28 Lots and 2 lots in New Bradford to make up 15
Shares of 2 Lots each —
WINDSOR. 463
Richard Wibiid — lots N° 5 — 1'* Range 6 — 2'' Range
John Mofeatt— Lots N° 1—5"' Range N° 3— 1^' Range
George Jaffrey — lots N" 45 New Bradford N° 5 — 4'^ Range
Mark H*-' Wentwortli lots N° 1 — 2'* Range N° 4 — 3'' Range
Jotham Odiorne — lots N° 3— 4"^ Range N» 1 — 6"^ Range
Thomas Packer — lots N° 9 — 1'' Range N° 4 — 4'^ Range
Thomlinson & Mason lots N° 1—3'^ Range N° 2—3'^ Range
Solly & March— lots N° 1—1^' Range N° 7— 3'> Range
Joshua Peirce — lots N° 7— 2^^ Range N° 5 — 3'^ Range
Peirce & Moore— lots N° 8—3'' Range N° 44 in New Bradford
John Went worth lots N° 2—5"' Range N° 3— in 5'^* Range
Theodore Atkinson— Lots N° 6—1^' Range N" 10—2'' Range
Thomas Wallingford lots N° 6—3-^ Range N'' 2—4*'' Range
John Rindge— lots N° 3—3'^ Range N° 1—4"^ Range
Meserve Blanchard & C° N^ 4—1^' Range N° 2—2'' Range
\_Mortgage Deed, Jonathan Stvett to Proprietors, 1780.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 140.]
Know all men by these presents That I Jonathan Swett of Green-
land in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshiie Gen-
tleman for and in consideration of the Sum of Ninety pounds lawful
money in solid coin to me in hand paid before the delivery hereof by
William Whipple John Penhallow Esq''* and John Peirce Merchant
all of Portsmouth in the County aforesaid as a Committee for & in
behalf of the Proprietors of the lands purchased of John Tufton
Mason Esq'' &c the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge have
bargained sold remised and released by these presents do bargain
sell convey remise release and forever quitclaim unto the said William
Whipple John Penhallow and John Peirce their Heirs and Assigns
forever as a Committee afores'^ for the use of said Proprietors all the
right title Interest property claim and demand I have of in & to two
hundred acres of land more or less being Lots Numbered Four and
Five in the second Range in Cambell's Gore so called in y*^ County
of Hillsborough and State aforesaid which Gore is bounded by the
Towns of Antrim Hillsborouo-h Washington and Stoddard beinp" the
same land the said Committee conveyed to me by deed bearing date
the Seventeenth day of April A D 1780 — To have & To hold the
said bargained premises with all the appurtenances thereof to them
the said William Whipple John Penhallow and John Peirce (as a
Committee afores'' for the use of said Proprietors) their Heirs and
464 CHARTER RECORDS.
Assigns forever for the use aforesaid. Provided iievertlieless and
this deed is upon this condition that if the said Jonathan Swett his
Heirs Executors or Adm""* shall well and truly pay or cause to be
paid unto the said William Whipple John Penhallow and John Peirce
or either of them for the use said Proprietors three Notes of hand
given by the said Jonathan to the said Committee for the use of said
Proprietors, bearing date the 17th day of April A D 1780 the first
of said Notes is given for two hundred Bushels of merchantable Indian
Corn to be delivered to said Committee or order at or before the first
day of March A D 1781 with Inteiest after that time The second of said
Notes is for two hundred Bushels of merchant'''*^ Indian Corn to be
delivered to said Committee or order at or before the first day of
March A D 1782 with Interest after that time, and the third of said
Notes is for one hundred Bushels of merchantable Indian Corn to be
delivered to said Committee or order at or before the first day of
March A P 1783 with Interest after that time. Then this deed and
every clause thereof shall be null and void or else shall be & remain
in full [force] and virtue. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and Seal the Eighteenth day of April Anno Domini One
thousand seven hundred & Eighty
Signed Sealed & De- Jona Swett (seal)
livered In presence of us —
Sam' Penhallow
Geo : Atkinson
State of New Hampshire ) Portsmouth April the Twenty first
Rockingham ss ) 1780 Then the above-named Jonathan
Swet Personally appearing acknowledged the above-written I nstru-
ment to be his Voluntary Act & Deed
Before me Sam' Penhallow Justice Peace
Hillsbor", ss Rec'^ SO'"" Dec' 1780 & Recorded Lib : 8, Fol : 298 &
Examined
19 Moses Nichols R D R
\_Proprietors'' Agreemetit ivith Grordon and Sivett, 1784.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 141.]
Portsmouth Feb^ 10"' 1784 — at a Convention of the Proprietors of
y*' Lands purchased of John Tufton Mason Esq'' in New Hampshire
John Gorden of Campbels Gore with whom the Said Proprietors
agreed on y® 23'' day Sepf 1779 to Convey to him two Lots of land
WINDSOR. 465
in said Gore computed one hundred Acres each viz' Lot N° 2 in first
Range & Lot N° 3 in Second Range agreable to James Nesmith jun""
his plan of said Gore — and for which the Said Gorden gave his note
under his hand on the Said 23'' day of September, promising to pay
unto George Jaffrey Esq"^ for the use of Said Proprietors in one year
from Said 23'^ day of September two hundred bushells of good merch^
Indian Corn and two hundred bushells of good Merclr' Rye or as much
money as will purchase Said Corn and Rye in the Town of Ports-
mouth where Said Corn & Rye was to be delivered with Interest on
Said Corn & Rye until paid — Now the Said Gorden appears before
the Proprietors and Say's he is unable to pay the Sum now due in
Consideration for the Said two lotts — upon Consideration of Sundry
Circumstances represented by Said Gorden and upon his Application
jointly with Josiali Swett of Wenham in the County of Essex and
Common Wealth of Massachusetts yeoman — That said Proprietors
should give to the Said John Gorden a grant of one the Lots in Said
Gore N° 2 in 1*' Range in Said Gore and that the Said Josiah Swett
have a grant of the other of Said lotts N° 3 in 2'^ Range in Said Gore
upon Said Swetts paying or Satisfying Said Proprietors the Sum of
Ninety five pounds lawfull money in Silver — upon Consideration of
the whole matter — The Proprietors determine That if the Said Josiah
Swett shall pay to the Said Proprietors within Six months from this
date forty Seven pounds ten shillings lawfull money in Silvei", and
give them Sufficient Security for forty Seven pounds ten shillings in
Said money then the Said Prop" will give a grant to the Said John
Gorden of the Lot N° 2, in 1^' Range aforesaid and give a grant to
the Said Josiah Swett of the above Said Lot N° 3 in 2'^ Range in
Campbells Gore aforesaid — the Said Gordens obligation to the Prop'^^
for 200 bushells of Indian Corn & 200 bushells of Rye be cancelled
and Given up —
attest Geo : Jaffrey Prop''* CI
\_Advice hi Swett Case, 1788.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 142.]
(Mortgage)
David Swett of Campbells Gore — to Rogers, Penhallow, & Peirce
a Mortgage of Lots N° 4 & 5. 2'^ Range in said Gore Recorded book
16, page 405 —
Swett sold the same Land to to Men one by the name of Swett the
other unknown by deeds which are also recorded —
30
466 CHARTER RECORDS.
M"^ Bean must now enquire whether Swetts C()nve3"ance to these
two Men were recorded before or after the above Mortgage —
perhaps one Wiggins of Stratham or some other person might join
in the sale — M"" Bean brought aec** when he returned the mortgage
that David had made no conveyance he must now find when his deds
above menf^ were recorded for he has certainly sokl the Land — a
Mortgage from Josiah Swett is now sent to be recorded — Sep'^ 5^^
1788
the Mortgage within mentioned was recorded 1^*^ Nov'' 1786 — Wig-
gin & Swett to Richards of 250 acres Being the whole of the Lot
N° 5 — & the Southerly half of N° 4 Joining N° 5 in 2'^ range in
Campbells gore Recorded 26, Dec^ 1786 — Swett to Swett of the North
Half of Lot N° 4 in 2'^ range Recorded 14 may 1788. — which is the
within Request
\_Mortgage, Swett to Proprietors, 1788.]
[Masonian Proprietors, Vol. 8, p. 143.]
Know all Men by these Presents, That I Josiah Swett of a place
called Campbels Gore in the County of Hilsborough and state of New
Hampshire Gentleman For and in consideration of the sum of Seventy
Seven pounds Lawful Money to me in hand before the delivery
hereof, by George Jaffrey Esquire Clerk of the Proprietoi's of Masons
Patent, said JafTrey is of Portsmouth in the County of Rockingham
and State aforesaid — the Receipt whereof, I do hereby acknowledge,
have given, granted, bargained, sold and released ; and by these
Presents do give, grant bargain, sell, aliene, release, convey and con-
firm to him the said George Jaffrey his Heirs and Assigns, to hold
for the benefit of the said Proprietors of Masons Patent one hundred
Acres of Land more or less being Lot Number three in the second
Range in Said Cambels Gore it being the Lot of Land I now live on
together with all the buildings and improvements thereon —
To have and to hold the said granted Piemises with the Appurte-
nances thereof, to him the said George Jaifrey his Heirs and Assigns
to hold as aforesaid to his & their proper use, benefit and behoof for-
ever: Hereby engaging to warrant and defend the said granted Prem-
ises, against all claims or demands of any person or persons claiming
by, from or under any Person or Persons whomsoever —
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this
fourth day of September Anno Domini, 1788 —
Provided Nevertheless and this Deed is upon this express condition
WINDSOR. 467
that if I the said Josiah Swett my heirs or Assigns do well and truly pay
or cause to be paid unto the said George JafErey for the benefit of said
Proprietors of Masons Patent one note of hand of this date for the sum
of Seventy Seven pounds Lawful Money in one Year from the date
with interest thereon until paid, according to the true intent and mean-
ing of said Note then this deed shall be null and void or otherwise be
and remain in full force strength and virtue as Witness my hand the
day and Year before written
Signed Sealed & Josiah Swett [seal]
Delivered in Presence of —
Geo Gains
Edward Hart
State of New )
Hampshire ^ Portsmouth Septem"" fourth 1788
Rockingham ss ) Then Josiah Swett Personally Appearing
Acknowledged the foregoing Instrument by him Signed to be his
free act and Deed before Geo Gains Jus Peace
Hillsboro' ss : Receiv'^ 8"' Septem-" 1788, and Recorded Lib: 20,
Fol : 413 & Exam^—
f Moses Nichols R D R
[Bond for Deed of Lot, 1802.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 145.]
Provided M'' Henry Bagley of Windsor in the County of Hillsbor-
ough, will execute to each of us a Note of hand for Sixty Dollars,
payable in one & two Year, with Interest from Jan^ 1, 1802 — on
Receipt of said Notes, properly secured to us, by Mortgage or other-
wise to our Satisfaction, we promise on Rec' of said Notes, thus
secured, or on the payment of the same, we will convey to him a Cer-
tain Lot of Land in said Windsor, numbered Nine in the first Range,
originally drawn to the Right of Thomas Packer — the Obligation to
be binding on us for two Months from Date — Portsm" March 12, 1802
Nath^ A. Haven
John Peirce
Deeds Executed & Mortgage taken June 26 1802
468 CHARTER RECORDS.
WOLFEBOROUGH.
[Granted by the Masonian Proprietors Oct. 5, 1759, to William Earl Treadvvell
and others. Wolfeborough Addition was annexed Dec 4, 1800. A portion of
Alton was annexed June 27, 1849, ^^<^ ^ f^^""" f''oi''^ Tuftonborough, June 26, 1858.
See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 456, 824; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 730;
Index to Laws, 588 ; sketch, by B. F. Parker, Fergusson's History of Carroll
County, 1889, p. 279; papers under title Kingswood; In the Heart of the White
Mountains, by S. A. Drake, 1882, p. 8 ; Central New Hampshire, by G. F. Bacon,
1890, p. 103; Note, 1814, by C. Lowell, 13, Mass. Historical Society Collections,
117; Stewart's History of the Free Baptists, 1862, p. 162; Lawrence's N. H.
Churches, 1856, pp. 597, 599.]
\_Petitionfor Grant.']
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 162.]
To the Hon''''' Theodore Atkinson Esq"^ and others Proprietors Piir-
chasors of John Tufton Mason Esq""
We being desirous of improving & Settling some waste Land in
this Province of New Hampshire Pray the Proprietors aforesaid that
a Township may be Granted to us & our Associates of Six Miles
Square at or near Winnepeseocket Pond ; for that Purpose
A R Cutter
David Sewall
WilP Earl Treadwell
\_Bon7ids of Wolfeborough.']
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 146.]
a tract of Land Bounded as follows viz to begin at the north
Easterly Corner of y*" new town granted to Jonathan Chesley Ebene-
zer Smith & their associates it being the Bounds between Said town
& that Called y® middle town ship & then Runs N 48 Degrees East
on the head of Said middle town and Samon falls town ship So far
(as that a Line Run N W Six miles & then S W to wenepesocke pond
& then to Run Down Bounding on Said pond on Every part thereof
until the Bound or Corner first mentioned shall Bear S. E. & then to
Run S.E.toSaid Bounds first mentioned) as Shall Contain 36 Square
miles
Walter Bryent
WOLFEBOROUGH. 469
ICJiarter of Wolfeborough, 1759.]
[Masonian Proprietors' Records, Oct. 5, 1759.]
Province of \ Portsmouth October 5"^ 1 759. Fryday five of the
New Hampshire \ Clock afternoon at the House of James Stoodly
Innholder — The Proprietors meet according to Adjournment —
Whereas Sundry young Gentlemen of the Town of Portsmouth in
said Province have applied to said Proprietors and represented that
they were disposed to make a Settlement of a new plantation and to
advance all such suras of money from time to time as shoud be neces-
sary to a vigorous Prosecution of that design if they cou'd obtain the
title of said Proprietois to a Suitable tract of land for this purpose
& thereupon have requested such a grant and said Proprietors being
willing to encourge a Proposition so likely to be of publick utility —
Therefore —
Voted That there be and hereby is Granted unto William Earl
Treadwell, Henry Apthorp, Ammi Ruhamah Cutter and David Sewall
all of Portsmouth aforesaid and such others as they shall admitt as
associates with them & their respective heirs and assigns forever
all the right, title, estate, property and demand of said Proprietors of
in and unto a certain tract of land in the province aforesaid equal in
Quantity to thirt}^ six square miles bounded as follows, viz' beginning
at the northeasterly corner of a tract of land granted by said Proprie-
tors to Jonathan Chesla & others known by the name of New Durham
then runing north forty eight degrees east on the head or upper line
of a tract of land called Middletown and on that called Salmon falls
Town or as those head lines run joining thereon & running so far as
that a line running from thence Six miles northwest & then South-
west to Winnepiseoky pond and then by the side of said Pond join-
ing thereon untill the aforesaid corner first mentioned bears Southeast
and then runing South East to the said Corner makes up the afore-
said Quantity of thirty six square miles Excepting and reserving as is
herein after expressed & on the Conditions and Limitations and terms
herein after declared. To have and to hold the said Granted Prem-
ises with the appurtenances to them the said William Earl Treadwell,
Henry Apthorp, Ammi Ruhamah Cutter & David Sewall and their
associates their several & respective heirs and assigns forever on the
terms reservations & Limmitations& Conditions following viz' — First —
That the said tract of land be at the cost of the Grantees & their
associates be laid out as soon as may be into four equal parts both for
Quantity and Quality and one of the said parts to be determined by lot
be and hereby is excepted and reserved to the said Proprietors and their
assigns which Quarter part shall also be laid out at the expence of
470 CHARTER RECORDS.
the said Grantees and their associates when requested by said Pro-
prietors into twenty shares or Lotts three of which shall be for the
following publick uses viz' one for the use of a School, one for the
use of the first minister of the Gospell who shall settle there and the
other for the use of the ministry of the Gospel there forever and the
other seventeen lotts to be for the use of the persons to whom they
shall fall by lott hereafter to be drawn their heirs and assigns — by
which method also the aforesaid Lotts for Publick uses shall be deter-
mined & all necessary Publick or General highways shall be laid
out in the said reserved Quarter at the Expence of the said Grantees
& associates no highway to be less than two rods wide and all the
Shares, lotts & divisions in the said Quarter part shall not be liable
to any charge in settling & carrying this proposal into Execution untill
the same shall be improved by the respective owners —
Secondly the said Grantees shall have ten families settled on said
three Quarters of said Tract of land within three years after a publick
peace shall be concluded between the english French and Indians and
within eight years after such a peace to have a forty families settled
there and a convenient house built for the publick worship of God
and all necessary highways shall be laid out thro' the said Land of the
breadth aforesaid, all the said matters and things are to be done at
the charge and Expence of the Grantees and their associates. Pro-
vided that if after such a peace a war with the Indians shoud again
commence before the expiration of the several periods before lim-
mitted the like time shall be allowed as before specifj^ed after that
Impediment shall be removed —
Moreover all white pine trees fit for his Majesty's use in the Ser-
vice of the Royal Navy are hereby reserved to his Majesty's use his
heirs and Successors for that purpose, that Now are or hereafter shall
be growing on said Land —
And in case the said Grantees and their associates shall neglect and
omit to perform the articles, matters or things before raention'd by
them to be done or that shall be added by agreement between said
Proprietors and them according to the true Intent and meaning hereof
and within the time limmitted for that pui'pose it shall & May be
lawful! to & for said Proprietors & they are hereby authorized either
by themselves or any of them their Agent or Agents or attornies in
their name to Re Enter and take possession of said Granted Premises
& become reseized thereof and be again instated as in their former
estate and as if this Grant had never been made —
And further it is agreed and this Condition added that the Gran-
tors lotts shall not be subjected to any town or parish charges or
Taxes neither by act of Assembly or otherways untill they shall by
WOLFEBOROUGH. 47I
them respective]}^ settled or Sold but the Grantees & their associ-
ates shall keep and save them wholly Indemnified from the same and
also that neither the Grantors nor their heirs shall be by virtue of
this Grant bound or held to warrant the said Granted Premises to
the Grantees nor their associates — And that there be also reserved in
the most convenient place in the said three quarter parts of said tract
hereby granted ten acres of land, to be laid Out by the said Grantees
and their associates, in, or near as can be in a square for publick uses
for the benefit of the Inhabitants of the whole Tract herein described
viz' for a training field, burying Ground and any other publick use —
^Daniel Peirce's Ileceipt, 1765.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 147.]
I Daniel Pierce of Portsmouth in the Province of New Hamps''
Esq"" As a Legatee or Owner of the Right or Interest of Joshua Pierce
Esq"" As one of Masons Proprietors Do hereby Acknowledge &
Receive the 300 Acres Allow'd and Granted to m"" Hugh Hall Went-
worth Adjoyning to wolfborough As may Appear by their vote Dated
the 24"' Jan''' 1765 As so much of said Joshua Pierc's Right for
which the Other Proprietors have not yet Receivd their Equal Shares
And that in future Divisions the other Proprietors are to have Equivo-
lent thereto In which no share is to be allowd to said Joshua Pierce
Untill the other Propr'^* have Equivolent According to their Respective
Interests. Witness my hand Jan^ 24*^' 1765
D Peirce
472
CHARTER RECORDS.
[^Plan of Wolfehorough., 1707.]
\_Petition of Warner^ Stoodly, and Jackson., 1768.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 148.]
The Petition of Jonathan Warner, James Stoody, and Hall Jackson
to the Proprietors of Mason's Patent ; seteth forth, That the said
Proprietors at their meeting held by adjournment the 25"^ day of
January 1765 did generously grant unto Mess'^* John Wenworth,
Clement Jackson & James Stoodly Esq''^ as a consideration for some
services done the Proprietary^ fifteen hundred Acres of Land said land
to be laid out on the Easterly side of Wolfboroug; That upon a
survey of said Land it's found that a large ridge of Rocks extends
itself thro' the whole of said Grant along the head line of Wolfborough
and that one the eastermost side of said ridge is a very large Ceder
swamp both of these renders the greatest part of said Grant entirely
unimprovable, and consequently of no Benefit to the Grantees, That
WOLFEBOROUGH. 473
your patitioners have been at considerable expence in surveying and
laying out said Grant, and have procured a setler for each five hun-
dred Acres, with a grant to each Setler of one hundred Acres, as an
encouragment for his seteling, so that there now remains to your
Patitioners only four hundred Acres each, more than one half of which
will be unimprovable, that your patitioners are determined to settle
and improve their rights equal too any of the Wolfborough Grantees,
provided their grants are mad as large & good as theirs, the least of
which in the uper range of Lotts is six hundred Acres. Your Pati-
tioners who are now the owners of your former grant beg that an
aditional grant be made them either on the eastermost side, or notherly
end of the former Grant as the Proprietors shall think most proper —
Portsm^ July 13"' 1768— James Stoodly
Hall Jackson
\_Reserved Lots, 1769.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol, 8, p. 149, and Proprietors' Records, Nov. 8,
1769.]
Province of ^ At a Meeting of the Proprietors of the Lands
New Hampshire \ purchased of John Tufton Mason Esqu'' in New
— Hampshire, held at Portsmouth, on the 8"' day of November 1769 —
Whereas the Grantees of a Tract of land granted by Said Pro-
prietors, to William Earle Treadwell Henry Apthorp Ammi Ruhamah
Cutter & David Sewall and their Associates and their Several and
respective Heirs and Assigns, (Said tract now called Wolfborough)
have returned a Plan of one fourth or Quarter part of said granted
tract of Land, reserve for the Said Proprietors, the Grantors, as
determined by lot, and said fourth part of said granted tract should
have been divided into twenty lots or shares, but in Said plan of one
fourth part of said granted tract of land, reserved for said Proprietors
the Grantors, returned by Said Grantees, the Division is made into
eighteen Shares or lots only, and numbered one to eighteen — notwith-
standing, it is Voted that the Said Plan be and hereby is accepted,
and the Said eighteen Shares or lotts be now drawn for at this meet-
ing, and the lot or Share drawn to each Proprietors Right, and the lot
and share drawn for the Ministry and for the first Settled minister,
and for the benefit of a School — be entered, as drawn respectively, to
Said Proprietors, and first minister Settled — and shall be to them their
Heirs and assigns For ever, and for the benefit of the ministr}' and
School for ever, and the Lot or Share so entered as drawn to each.
474
CHARTER RECORDS.
respectively, shall be a final Severance of the Same, to whom drawn —
The Draft of the above Eighteen Shares viz'
1*' drawn N" 9 To the use of the Ministry
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
17— to the Right of John Wentworth Esq""
15 to the Right of Joshua Peirce Esqu'^
12. to George Jaffrey Esq'^
6. to Thomas Packer Esq""
14. to John Moffatt Esq""
11. to Daniel Peirce Esq*" and Mary Moor's Right
2. to Mark Honking Wentworth Esq'
4. to Thomas Walingford Esq"^^
18. to the first Settled Minister
7. to John Rindge
13. to Samuel Solly & Clement March Esq""*
8. to Meserve Blanchard & Comp'^
5. to Mess^'* John Thomlinson & Jn" Tufton Mason Esq''
3. to the Right of Richard Wibird Esq""
16. to the Right of Jotham Odiorne Esq""
1 to School's Use & Benefit —
10 to Theodore Atkinson Esq""
A true Copy of Record
attest. Geo : Jaffrey Prop''* CI
WOLFEBOROUGH.
[Pla7i of Reserved LoU.'\
475
^6uv^ £ ' -ii-uviipr sbuvu^^l
J^s';?^ J MU
HTcLter
A Plan of the Township of Wolfsborough with Rivers and Pond
therein —
The three Ranges or eighteen Lotts is that Quarter part of the
aforesaid Township remaining the Property of the Proprietors, of
Mason's Patent —
47^ CHARTER RECORDS.
The Single range with five Lotts is one Thousand Acres of S*^ Town-
ship divided into two liundred Acres each lott for Settlers, Said lotts
are 200 rods long, and half a mile wide, number 5, has ten rods added
to the wedth thereof to make it as good as the other 4 lotts, on account
of part of the Lake on Smiths river falling thereinto —
A true Plan ^ Walter Bryent Jun"" Surv^—
October 27"> 1762—
This may certify that this plan of the Grantors Quarter part of the
Township of Wolfborough, was returned by Walter Bryant Jun'^ Sur-
veyor to the Grantees as a true plan of Said Quarter part —
atf" Jn" Parker Prop^^ Cl*^—
This Plan and laying out into lots of the Grantors part of the Town-
ship of Wolfborough, was returned by the Grantees, was accepted by
the Grantors, and their particular Lots or Shares were Severed to each
Proprietors right, agreable to Said plan & as it stands on the file of
Records of the Proprietors of which this is a true Copy
Attest Geo. Jaffrey Prop^^ CI
\_Petitio7i for Addition^ 1769.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 150.]
To the Proprietors of Mason's Patent so called
The Petition of the Proprietors of the Tract of Land called Wolf-
borough humbly shews —
That the Surveyor employed by your Petitioners to survey & lay
out said Township took it for granted that a Neck of Land in Win-
nipisiokee Pond adjoining to s'^ Township contained as many Acres of
Land as were equivolent to the several ponds of Water within said
Township whereas upon an actual Survey of said Neck it is found to
contain no more than five hundred & forty Seven Acres and Smiths
Pond is Supposed to contain at least three thousand Acres & Middle
Pond near one thousand Acres more not to Mention several other
smaller Ponds — Therefore your Petitionei'S humbly pray you would
take this Matter into your Consideration & grant them as many Acres
of Land adjoining to said Township of Wolfborough as in your Wis-
dom you may think they are deprived of thro' the Inadvertence not to
say Chicanery of the Surveyor — and your Petitioners as in Duty
bound shall ever pray &c —
Portsmouth Nov^ 20"' 1769— Jn° Parker on Behalf of &
Clerk to said Proprietors
WOLFEBOROUGH.
477
\_Condition of Settleynents, 1770.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 151.]
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No Meeting House for Publick Worship
The above is an Acco't of the settlements & Improvements in Wolf-
borough — surv'^ & examind "^
Wolfborough Jan^ 1770 Jotham Rindge & W" Blake
478 CHARTER RECORDS.
[^Report on Highivays and Bridges^ 1773.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 152.]
Ossipee Bridge July 8'*^ 1773
Gentlemen
Agreeable to Request we have Vewed the Road & Bridges from
Wolfborough Line to Ossepee River & Find the Rode is not sufficient
in Wedth in many places to pass with a Team & in Sundry places
either so Steep or Sideling that it* impossable to pass with a Loaded
Team & that some more Crossway to fullfill the Agreement is Neces-
sary— Pine River Bridge Wharf'd at Each End a Gallus under the
Middle Four String peices that wou'd Squear about Eight Inches in
the Middle & Two Ditto under Six Inches a Good sort of Timber for
Covering tho not Flated or Trunneld the Bridge built so high as we
think not Subject to be carried off with a Freshet —
Ossipee River Bridge we find Three pair of Peires good Timber
well Framd & Braced Tho no Ballast Flour Two Single Peires well
framed & Braced we find the Water Under the Bridge ab' five feet
Deep & the Covering about Nine feet Clear from y'' Water The Cov-
ering lays on Three Good String Peices in Wedth near Twelve Inches
squear of the best Timber we Coud See Round about y'^ Bridge a
good sort of Timber for Covering & close lade tho not flated or Trun-
nel'd the whole Length of y*^ Bridge is about Two hundred & Twenty
four feet — Hand Reiles on Each side — The large Crossway over the
Beaver Dam Near Ossipee Bridge built with good Timber & Close
lade — We find The Stumps in y^ Road close cut the Rode in General
not a Rod Wide We are Your Hum^ serv"*
Henry Rust
H: Y: Brown
Daniel Rogers & John Penhallow Esq''
WOLFEBOROUGH.
479
[^Plan of Wolfehorough.'\
^nm ? i"M. V'-''U
\_Resolve Respecting Peirce Land.']
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 153.]
Whereas Daniel Peirce Esq""" Suggest's that he has one thousand
Acres of land in the tract land granted to John Tufton mason Esq""'
which is called Tuftonborough and as the Claimers of Tuftonborough
have mark'd out the grant to John Tufton Mason in a different place
than was Voted and the thousand Acres assigned to Said Peirce lay's
without y^ grant made to S'' Mason — and as the Proprietors have
480 CHARTER RECORDS.
voted that a thousand Acres of land be laid out to each Proprietor's
Right except to y® Right of the late Coll" Nath" Meserve Joseph
Green deceas'd & Paul March to whose Right one thousand Acres of
land was granted to George Meserve Esq""^ & Stephen Batson it is
determined that the thousand Acres to be laid out to Daniel Peirce
Esq""" in the Right of Joslr' Peirce Esq"'' Deceas'd be laid out adjoin-
ing to his land in Wolfborough
This is voted as a memorandum to be observed when the thousand
Acres of y*^ other Proprietors is Severed
Attest Geo : Jaffrey Prop" CI
\^Henry Musfs Report on Moad, 1774.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 154.]
Wolfborough Sep'' 6"' 1774
Sir Saterday Night last I Return'd from Conway Road with fif-
teen Men after being to Work there Twelve Days we have com-
pleated the Road so far as the Six Mile Tree from Conway Line &
Gess it will take another fortnight to Compleat the whole to y'' Line
I propose to sett out again Next Monday cum Sennit in Order to
finnish — I find the Road through Lovets Town fill'd up with Wind
falls for Twenty or thirty Rods which stops y** Teams from passing
M"^ Heath wou'd have ben Down with his Team after Stores last
Week had it not ben for that Obstruction
y Most Obed' Hum^serv"
Henry Rust
To the Hono''^ Dan^ Rogers Esq"'
WOLFEBOROUGH.
481
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A Plan of a Tract of Land Situate in the Town of Wolfborough
belonging to John Peirce Esq"" containing seven hundred & ninety
seven Acres thi-ee Rood & thirty five Perch exclusive of the Land left
for a Road where the double Line is drawn two Rods wide and laid
down by a Scale of forty Rods to an Inch
Wolfborough June 28"^ 1803 f Henry Rust j^
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482
CHARTER RECORDS.
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Elijah Hersey shall have the refusal of my Lot — 143 Acres N° 4
until the first day of Feb^^ 1808— June 26 1807
reserve a road for James Hersey out of N° 1
M'' Will Hersey to have the refueal of Lot N° 1— 92| Acres until
June 20^^ 1809— at 7 Doll
Will Fullerton \ March 4 1813 apply for lot
Benj'^ Fullerton ( under consideration
WOLFEBOROUGH.
l_Plan of Certain Lots, 1813]
483
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M"" John Peirce there is two young Men in wolfborough has a wish
for Sum Land they have Some thought of some Lot of yours if you
and thay Can agree in wolf b° they ar good industrious Young Men At
present
this from James Hersey
Tuft»" March 1^^ 1813
N B if you want to higher Ither of them ar good Men William Ful-
erton or Benjamin fulerton Are the Men
\Reque%t for Information.']
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 155.]
Please to know the Quality of Lot N° 14 in the northwesterly Cor-
ner of Wolfborough containing about 350 Acres — I suppose a part
has been purchased & Settled — it is on Tuftonborough Line about
500 Rods from the town corner
484 CHARTER RECORDS.
[^Answer to Foregoing, 1814.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 155.]
ossipee may the 20'' 1814
to John Peirce Eq'' sir by your Desier I have ben on Lot N° 14 in
Wolfsbourrough and bin fifty accers Sold of the South Eastly end of
the Lot and find a boute Seventy or Eighty accers of pond en Lot
N° 14 and the Remander of the Lot to be Cheafly hard Wood good
sile but Rockey and Broken —
Jacob Brown
PETITIONS
AND OTHEK PAPERS
RELATING TO LANDS
WHOSE LOCATION IS
UNKNOWN.
PETITIONS
AND OTIIEK PAPERS
RELATING^ TO LANDS
WHOSE LOCATION IS
UNKNOWN.
\_Petition for Grant, 1748.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 156.]
Hamp' Novembr the 7, 1748. — To those Gentlemen who as we are
Informed have Right and Powr to Grant or Give the ungranted Lands
of this Province we whos Names are here Under written Do Humbly
Request that we may have a share in the ungranted Lands —
Ephraim Marston
Shubel Paige
Sarauell Brown junr
John Mason
Nathan Godfrie
Benjmau Philbrouck
Jonathan Dows
John Moulton
Amos Knowls
Gideon Shaw
wintrup Sanbon
Jonathan Elkins
Jonathan Tucke
Benjmian Tuke
Anth^ Emery
John Moulton junr
John Tayler
Jonathan Leavitt
Enoch Fogg
Simon Marston
Joshua Towle
Jeremiah Sanborn
Moses Perkens
Elisha Johnson
Samuell Brown
Simon Dow junr
Joseph Dowle junr
James towl
James Johnson
Nemehiah Hobs
Jeremiah Dow
Nathan Moulton jun"^
Jabez James
Amos Towle
Jonathan towle
Philip Towle
Benjmian Mason
Henery Dearbon
Cristphor palmer
Elisha Marston
John Dearbon
John Sanborn
Edward Shaw junr
Thomas Paige
Jonathan Marston junr
Jeremiah Marston
Joseph Johnson
James Garland
Thomas Brown
James Leavit
Joshua Towle junr
Nathaniel Lampil
Samuell Dow junr
Thomas Blake
James Philbrouck
Joseph Philbrouk
Joseph Philbrouck jun*'
John Garland
Jonathan Moulton junr
Stephen Sanborn
488 CHARTER RECORDS.
\_Itequest from Thomas Davis, 1748.]
[Mason ian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 157.]
Boston December y"^ 13''^ 1748
Sir M'^ Hounken Wintwfe Sir: be know that I: Entende to be
att home in a very Lettle time for I : ame att Worke heare att pres-
ent— therfor I : Desire the fafour of you that you Would Enter
Doune my name in tlie Leste With Respeeete to that Loatt of Land
and in So Doundin you Will Obleidge your boumble Servent —
?"■ me Thomas Davis
\_Request for Girant., 1749.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 158.]
Undar y® Lord proprietars we y^ subcribors Desiar a township if
ther Honors Se fit to grant it
John ober Danill Peasly Henrj^ sandors
Danill gage John Hall Robert Elenwod
Joseph sandars Rechard Kimball Petar merrill
William sandars William Killey Nathanill merrill
Danill Dow Timothy sandars Ebenezer Jaquith
Ebenezer Wodbery Josiah Hamblit olivar Sandars
Timothy clemant Thomas Wyman Nathanill Woodbury
[Endorsed] Jn° Ober &'^ Rece'^ June 8"' 1749
\_Petition of John Grrout, 1770.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 159.]
To the Hon^-'^ the proprietors of the Right of John Tufton Mason
Eq'
The Dying imperfect words & Letters of a Dying man I have Layen
A Dying above 3 years uneapable of properly writing to your Hon"
and uneapable of Coming unto you I would Beeg Leave in as good
words as capable of to wind of short praying that I may be certifieed
in writing the State of the place that No Sudden forfiture may be
taken wile I a dying and famelly ignorant
your dying friend
april 30 — 1770 John Grout
LOCATIONS UNKNOWN. 489
l^Conditions of /Settlement for Smith sJnre.']
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 160.]
Conditions of Settelment after the Land is Given or Granted to
the Second township by Name of Smithslieir
l'^" that there be a Sutable and Conveniant Plase with 20 : acers of
Land to be measured out and Left for Incouragement in Part to him
or them that will build a sawmill and that their be Six acers of Land
be Left in the most Conveniant Plase for a senter Square and s'^ Six
acors to be Cleard for to set a meating hous and a school Hous and a
burying Plase : s'' : Six acers Never to be fenced or improved by any
Person or Persons any other way and if any Person incroacli thereon
the Survayer of highways to Clear the sane as in Case of hiways
2'^^ that the Land be Laid out in two Divisions and Drawn for at 2
Draughts but before any is Drawn for one Lot to be Chose out for
the Parsonage the afore S'' : work to be done within one year after
the Land is (Triven and Granted
S''' that the Proprioters Clear a bagage or Hors way from the Sen-
tur Square to the Nearest and most Conveniant Place to meat the
Proprioters of Burtown and then and their Each Proprioter to be at
an Equal Proportion of Cost with the s'^ Pro''® of Burtown in Clear-
ing S'' way to the Nearest and most Conveniant Salt water
4'^' that there be a Sawmill and Dam fit to Saw be built in three
years from the Giving and Granting S'' Land and that the owner of
S'^ mill shall saw the Proprioters Logs for one half During the term
of Seven years from the Giving s'^ Land
5''' that the Proprioters Clear and make fit for Carting a Road or
wa}^ from the Sentur Square in the most Conveniant Place for travil-
ling to or till they meat with the Road of the Proprioters of Burton
and then to be at an Equal Proportion with s'^ Proprioters to Clear s'^
way to the nearest and most Conveniant Salt water within four years
from the Giving and Granting S'' Laud
6^-^ that Each Proprioter build one house 1-1 feet wid and 18 feet
Long and Chimny Cover and flore S'^ hous and Clear Plaut or Sow
three acers of Land on his own Right within Eight years from the
Giving and Granting S'' Land
7''' that the Proprioters Build a meatinghouse fit to Preach in
within ten Years from the Giving s'^ Land
8'-' that there be Praching on Sabbath Days in S'^ meatinghouse at
the Cost of the Proprioters from and after the End of twelve years
from the Giving or Granting S'' Land
9^^ that the Proprioters meet on the first thursday in aprell anu-
ally to Chouse a Clark and assesors to asses and a Colecter or Colec-
49° CHARTER RECORDS.
ters to Collect Such Sura ov Sumes of money as shall be voated to be
Raised by the mager Part of s'' Propvioters at any of their s'^ meet-
ings and that the Colecter after he hath Rec'' his List fron the asses-
ors Shall notify Each man of the Sum Raised in his List and Demand
the Same : and the Person or Parsons that Doth Refuse or neglect
to Pay the Same for the Spase of 30 days after notis is Given then
the assesors or the mager Part of them to Give under their hands to
the Collecter what Part of that S'^ Proprioters Land Shal be Sould at
Publick Vandue by the Collecter for to Pay s'' tax and Cost and S''
CoUecters Dead shall be Sufficiant against any Proprioter or owner
what Ever and that the overplush if any there be shall be Returned
to the owner by the Collecter and S'' Colecter to Give 24 daus notis
to the Clark of s'^ Proprietey before the day of Sale of the time and
Plase to be Entered in the Clarks ofBs and after the Sale to make a
Return of what is Sould and to who to the Clarks office and s'' Clark
to Enter what is sould and to who and to Give Coppies thereof to the
assesors in the month of aprell anually
[On the back are the following notes :]
High Ways to be as in the other Grants
To be drawd at once 2 Divisions
to Join a good & bad together
100 acres 1 Lot
the forfeited Shares to do the dut}^ tho forfeited
[Another copy of these conditions on p. 161 of the manuscript vol-
ume bears the following:]
These Condishons voted By the first Society to be Sent by the
agant when Chosen
p'' me Josiah Sanborn Clark of the first Society
[Proposals for Grant.']
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 162.]
1*' To have the Town Eight Miles square and Divided into One
Hundred Equal shares. —
2*^^^ That During the Term of 10 Years after the war shall End,
We Will Settle 40 Families, of which 10 shall be Settled in the 2
first Years, the Remainder in Convenient time —
3diy Xhat there shall be a meeting house Built for the Worship of
God, within 10 Years.
LOCATIONS UNKNOWN.
491
^thy 'pi^at there sliall be such Roads Cut thro' the Town as maj^ be
Convenient for the Settlem' at the Expence of the Grantees —
5"iiy That Such Sliares as the Grantors may Reserve, be Laid out
together —
6'^^y That the Whole Town shall be Surveyed Lotted out and
Drawn for within One Year of its being Granted
[Petition for Grant, 1748.]
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 163.]
N« 6— 1748—
Prov^ of ) To the Honb^" Theodore Atkinson Esq' & others
New Hamp' ) Purchasers and Propriators of Masons Rights —
The Petition of the Subscribers Humbly Shews that your Petition-
ers who are underneath Subscribed are Desireous to have Granted to
them a Tract of Land for a Township on Merrimack River or as near
the River as you think Proper and on Such Terms & Limitations as
others who have asked the Same Favour and as Speedely as Shall be
Consistent with your Conveiniency and your Petitioners as in Duty
bound Shall Ever Pray
John Peevey
James Leach
Joshua Croket
James marden
Thomas Palmer
Jane haws
George Townsend
Moses Caverly Juner
James Davies
Timothy Batt
Benjamin Welch
Nathaniel Jackson
Abraham Crusy
Michael Martin
John marden
Daniel Halluran
Geo : Clyers
Robert picken
Henry Beck
Joseph Brewster jr
George Marshall
John Griffeth j' Theodore Libbey
W'" Kennedy Thomas Loud
William ham W'" Simpson
John Lebbe & Jn° Seaward
Edward Kennedy
John Drew Seaward
Tho^ Hatch
Charles Jarrat
Peter Greley
Aaron Moses
Mich'i Whidden
Joph Cevey
Edward Pendexter Jun"^
Phillip Pendexter
Peter Massuerre
Joseph Davis
Thomas Ham
John Brown
David Horney
Ichabod Clark
Edward Sherburne Joj'ner Thomas Peverely
George Huntterss Juner James Shors
Noah marden
John foinel
Edmund Webber
George Saunders
INIauris Driskiell
Samuel Cate
John Marshall
Rollin Green
Daniel Laighton
George Maddin
Samuel Tompson Jun""
Joshua Jackson
William Jones
David Brown
492
CHARTER RECORDS.
Edward Scales
Christopher Cullain
Caleb Beck
Benja Dockum
Thomas Cotton juner
Benj''' Berry
thomas quint
George Shurburn
Tim'' Cotton
John Wisdom
Jonathan Low
Jonathan Ross
George Jackson
Giles Seaward
Dan' Lang
Jose^jli Pitman
Rich'' Fitzgerrald
Samuel Tobey
Geo : Warren
Samuel Brewster Juner
John marten
RicheaRd tebbets
Will'" Lewis Ju"^
Michaell Maddin
James Sherburne Junur John Redin
Thomas Sanbrun
Abraham Ellet
Perkins Ayers
Nath" Sherburn
John Wills
John Beck
John ham
Joshua Babb
Joseph Welch
moses miller
Joseph Wells
Georo; Tomson
Sam Wentworth Boston Joseph Ham
David Jeffries Boston Timothy Woterhouse
Charles Drew
Hugh Montgomery
John Hodgdon
John Neale
Spencer Colby
John Firnald Marriner
Jeames hearn
John Loud
George Libbey
Joseph Moses
Barth** Goodwin
John Peverely Jur
Noah Bradden
Benjamin Bradden
Thomas Parker
Alexander Ross
Samuel Sherburne
Samuel Beck
John Elliot
William ross
George Peverly
Jereniah Holmes
Jaems Sherburn sener
Rich" Hall
John Decker
Davi Deker
George King
George Woddes
Rich'' Hart
Bengamen Loud
John Peirce
Luke Mills
Samuel Huntris
Joseph Lowd
William Bradden
Ed word Gale
Bengman Leear
Silvanus Scott
David G anion
thomas sevey
William Beck
Elias Tarlton
Andrew Clark
Nath" Muchamore
James Stoodly
James Lebby
Robr' Lang
Thomas Cotton
Natheniel Carvely
Alex"" Hunter
William Wills
Walter Warren
Israel Browne
Thomas Buss
Henry Sherburne
Philip babb
Nathanael Barnes
Joseph whittum
David Dennett
Nathnel Peverely
Thomas Waters
William Rackley
Peter Stelling
thomas Marden
Matthias Hains Jun'
Jethro sherburn
Nicholas Norris
Charles Hight
John Clark marriner
John How
Joseph Meserve
Samuel Jackson
Patrick Furlong
W"' Burt
Joseph Peirce
Tho* SI ay ton
Joseph Hixon
John Bradden
William Gilmor
George Hunterss
Samuel Scott
James Jones
Thomas manning-
Joshua Beck
John homes
Benj:n Holmes
Georoe Meserve
LOCATIONS UNKNOWN.
493
Nath^ Meserve Jun''
Weymouth ham
Jonathan Crocket
Ab"' Bartlet
Tliomas Hockaday
Samuel Ayers Jun''
John Lebby
Benja Odiorne
Joshua Slopr
Richard Prey Brewster
John iiorton
Jonathan Nortan
Benjaman lewes
Ben Cevey
Nat" Montgomery
John Noble
James nelson
Jacob Randall
Christopher Skinner
Jo'' Abbott
Thomas Crockett
Daniel Crockford
SaniU Row
Clierls Rundlet
Nathanael Peverly
John Jones
benjman edmans
Nath" Sherburn third
simeon Leveret
Sara Lear
John walden
Abraham Shreefe
John Banfill
John Grow
Tim° Pearse
Samuel Pevrh^
Robart mortan
John Crockford
Anthony Row
ambros Slopr
Joshua Brewster
William Lang
John Edmons
Jonathan Partridge
Thoma's Landell
William Walden
Cap' thoms Palmor
John Phillips
[ Coi'7-ectioru.']
[Masonian Papei-s, Vol. 8, p. 165.]
there was a mistake in the Chedool for By Charter one Lot is to
be near to y*^ Center for y*" minister & one for y'' ministry
the 11 Lott in the 5 Range murst be set to the ministry & the 22
Lott in the 5 Range murst be set to the minister
the 19 Lott in the 3 Range Set to Thod"^ Atkenson Esq' & petter
powers
the 3 Lott in the 10 Range to Clemont march Esq"" & to Richard
wibord Esq^
the 9 Lott in the 8 Range is not in the Schedole nor the 12"' in the
3 Range
Martha Thornton Esq'" Sold to Joseph Twitchel one Rite viz Peter
Powers Rite the 41 draft Lott 14 in 4 Range & y'' Lott 19 in 9 R &
y'' L 19 in 10
\^L'tst of Petitioners.^
[Masonian Papers, Vol. 8, p. 166.]
Archibald Stark
Archibald Stark
Amaskeeg
William Stark
Tom as Hall
John Stark
494
CHARTER RECORDS.
David M'^Gregore
Hugh Ramsey
Mathew Thornton
John Stenson
Samuel Caldwell
daniel lesly
James Cokeran
William Gault
Archibald Cuningham
Daniell m'Curdy
James Rodger .
Adam Dicky
Londonderry
Samuell Rinkin
John Ramsey
David Craig
Hugh Dunshe
Joseph Scobi
William Stinson
David stenson
John m'^Duffi
John Horner
John Carr
Samuell Tood
George Clark
John Quig
Chester
Samuel Emerson Esquer John Hall
John Cokeran James Wernum
Mathew Morton
Portsmouth
George Massey
hawerill District
Tomas folinsby Junior Jeriraiah Page
Samuel Richards
John Hoog
Joseph Blanchard
Kingston
Samuel Hoog
Litchfield
William Carr
William Rinkin
Mathew Ramsey
Joseph Cokeran
Samuel fulton
Samuel Stinson
James m'^Gregore
John Cokeran docter
Alexander Gault
Hugh Jamison
Alexander Tood
James Adams
John m^Calester
William Elett
John Morton
Caleb Page Junior
CORRECTION.
On page 198, for David Rindge read Daniel Rindge.
On page 447, for Jonah Swan read Josiah Swan.
INDEX
32
INDEX OF NAMES OF PLACES.
Acton, Mass 394, 399, 400, 402
Acworth 262
Albany 244, 330
(Burton) 489
Alexandria 75, 128, 131, 132, 134-136
318, 388, 3U0
Alexandria Addition (New London). . .74
75, 127, 132, 134, 390
Allenstown 178, 182
Almsbury River 305, 306, 313
Alton 95, 468
(New Durham Gore) 95
Amesbury, Mass 365, 376, 387
Amherst 125, 126, 261, 391, 416, 454
Amoskeag 493
Amoskeag Falls 421, 422
Andover 215, 227
(New Breton) 3J8, 393
Andover, Mass 248, 306, 312
Antrim 256, 460-463
Atkinson . . 325
Baker's River 194
Bakerstown (Salisbury) .... 215, 216
Barnstead 96
Barrington 208
Barrineton Gore 170
Beach River 143, 333
Bear Camp River. . . 333
Bear Pond 143, 332
Beaver Brook 177
Bedford (Souhegan East). . .179, 180, 437-
439
Bennington 256
Beverly, Mass 211
Beverly Canada (Weare) 421
Blanchard's Gore 342
Bloody Point (Newington) 109
Boscawen 172, 319, 383, 385
(Contoocook) . .217, 218, 304, 369, 379
Boston, Mass. 52, 54, 57, 68, 70. 81, 89, 180
197, 317, 334, 395, 399, 411, 433, 492
Boston Piscataquog Township (New
Boston) 52
Bow 181
Boxford, Mass 206, 207
Bradford 76, 94, 95, 329, 394, 419
(New Bradford). 87, 171, 394, 462, 463
(Number 2) 305, 306, 313
Bradford, Mass 182, 306, 312, 369
Brentwood 159
Bretton Woods (Carroll) 385
Buckstreet 184
Burton (Albany) 489
Camden (Washington). . .87, 284, 293, 296
394, 405, 407-409, 411, 413-416
Campbell's Gore (Windsor) . .293, 413, 415
417, 455-466
Campton 194, 195
Cape Breton, N. S 300
Capetown, N. S 446
Carroll (Bretton Woods) 385
Centre Harbor 110
Charlestown 319, 321
(Number 4) 416
Charlestown, Mass 433
Chelmsford, Mass 67, 288, 290, 294
Chester. 57, 171, 182, 217, 228, 235, 455, 494
Cochecho (Dover) 354, 355
Cochecho Township (New Durham). . .95
Cockermouth (Groton) 194, 210
Concord 178, 381
(Rumford) 424
Concord, Mass 81, 91, 394, 398, 402
Connecticut River 365, 394
Contoocook (Boscawen) 217, 218, 304
369, 379
Contoocook River. .188, 258-261, 376, 416
Conway ..139, 140, 142-145, 147, 151, 153-
155, 157, 163, 165, 166, 171, 172, 365
480
Coreystown (Sunapee) 302
Cow Island 345
Cumberland (Society Land) 256
Danbury 442
Dantzic (Newbury). . .76, 77, 79-81, 83, 84
Deering 256, 416
Dover. 109, 168, 208, 209, 263, 354-356, 365
(Cochecho) 354, 355
Dracut, Mass 173, 176, 177, 211
500
INDEX.
Dublin 293
(Monadnock No. 3) 4, 7, 257-2-59
Dunbartou 421
(Gorhamtown) 179
(Starkstown) 433, 434, 437, 438
Duncan's Pond 332
Dunstable. ... 9, 79, 81, 114, 121, 130, 177
201, 276, 336, 340, 453
Dunstable, Old 173, 177
Durham 95-98
Eaton 157, 244, 330,
Effingham 137, 161, 163, 164,
(Leavittstown) 138, 139, 172,
363,
Epsom 184,
Exeter. .75, 98, 182, 183, 228, 235, 238,
242, 246,
Farmington 208
First Township (Sanbornton). .. .228-231
Fishersfield (Newbury) 76, 91, 94, 95
132, 134, 135, 329
Fitzwilliam V--S
Francestowu. . .161, 228, 256, 260, 261, 415
Franklin 215
Fremont (Poplin) 172
Gerrishtown (Salisbury) 215
Gilsum 263. 284-286
Goffstown 52, 416, 436, 437, 4.58
Gorham 247
(Shelburne Addition) 247
Gorhamtown (Dunbarton) 179
Goshen 76, 302
Goulding's Brook 177
Great Bay 229-231, 238
Greenfield 185, 256
Greenland 97, 98, 139, 195, 299, 463
Grenville (Newport) 136
Groton (Cockermouth) 194, 2'0
Groton, Mass 114, 422
Gumpus 177
Halestown (Weare) . .76, 421-427, 43.3-436
Halifax, N. S 89
Hampstead 312, 325
Hampton 110, 228, 235, 246, 334
Hampton Falls 421, 422
Hamstown (Wakefield) 353
Hancock 2.56, 297
Haverhill, Mass. .94, 9.5, 211, 214, 217, 306
312, 324, 440, 441
Haverhill District 211, 306, 494
Hebron 194
Heidleburg (New London). .127, 128, 130-
132
Henniker 137,
(Number 6) 433,
Hereford (Newbury) . . .76, 80, 81, 85,
91,
Hill
(New Chester) 75, 388,
Hillsborough. .68, 69, 86, 87, 180, 260,
413, 415, 420, 4.55, 462,
(Number 7)
Holderness Ill,
(New Holderness)
Hollis 114,
Hopkinton (Number 5) 306. 433,
(New Hopkinton)
383
434
88-
302
442
390
262
463
.,52
245
385
293
434
434
Ipswich (New Ipswich) 112, 405
Ipswich, Mass 112, 114
Jaffrey 127
(Middle Monadnock). . . 207, 336, 341
(Monadnock No. 2) 207
Jennesstown (Warner) 365
Kearsarge Gore . . . .127, 161, 228, 365, 385
387, 388, 390, 391, 393, 442
Kearsarge Mountain 172, 305, 306, 313
385, 386
Keene 30, 31, 34, 41, 42, 263, 284, 285
Kingston 154, 216, 217, 233, 306, 494
Kittery, Me 3.56
Lancaster, Mass 395, 399
Lanestown (New Boston) .52
Leavittstown (Effingham). . .138, 139, 172
333, 363, 480
Lee 139
Lempster 302, 394
Leominster, Mass 398, 399
Limerick (Stoddard). . .260, 261, 263, 279-
284, 289-296, 411, 413, 4.57
Litchfield 275, 494
Little Androscoggin River 248
Little Kearsarge Mountain 391
Little Pigwacket River 364
Littleton, Mass 114, 394, 398, 402
London, Eng 127, 185
Londonderry . . .65, 134, 175, 213, 427, 4.55
494
Lovewell's River. .143, 152, 1.54, 3.33, 3.52
Lovewellstown (Pembroke) 178
Lunenburg, Mass 395, 399
Lyme, Conn 283
Lyndeborough .... 161-163, 256, 335, 445
(Salem-Canada). .58,257-259, 446, 4.53
Lyndeborough Gore 256
Marlborough (Monadnock No. 5) . . . 4, 7
Marlow . . .263, 280, 284, 286, 292, 293, 296
297
INDEX.
501
Mason 293, 458
(Number 1) . . . .114, 199, 201, 336, 341
447, 450
Medfield, Mass 114, 116
Mendon, Mass 114
Meredith 229
(New Salem) Ill
(Second Townshii)) 229, 230
Merrimack 86, 88
Merrimack Pviver. . .109, 175, 178, 180, 182
217, 227, 239, 304, 365, 394, 491
Metluien, Mass 175, 211
Middle Monadnock (Jaftrev).207, 336, 341
Middleton 363, 422, 468, 469
Milton 208, 3-53
Monadnock Mountain 205
Monadnock No. 1 (Kindge). .114, 198, 201
203, 204, 206, 207
Monadnock No. 2 (Jaffrev) 207
Monadnock No. 3 (Dublin). .4, 7, 257-259
Monadnock No. 5 (Marlborough) ... .4, 7
Monadnock No. 6 (Nelson). .3, 4, 7-13, 16
18, 20-26, 28, 30-48, 50, 256-259, 264
272, 277, 284
Monadnock No. 7 (Stoddard). . .4, 7, 256-
259, 263, 264, 272, 277, 279, 280, 282-
284, 287-289, 291, 294-296, 395, 398
405, 411
Monadnock No. 8 (Washington). . . .81, 84
394, 395, 397, 399, 402-405, 407, 411
413
Monadnock No. 9 (Newbury) 85
Monson 447
Moultonborough 110,244-247, 347, 351, 352
Moultonborough Addition (New
Hampton) 110
Nashua River .53
Nelson .3, 10, 11, 14-10. 23, 48, 263
(Monadnock No. 6). .3, 4, 7-13, 18-26
28, 30-34, 36-48, 50, 256-259, 264. 272
277, 284
(Packersfield) 3
New Almsbury (Warner) 172, 319, 365
378, 381-384
New Boston . .52, 54, 57-59, 65-73, 76, 180
257-259, 424, 426, 435-437, 455
(Boston Piscataquog Township) . .52
(Lanestown) 52
New Boston Addition 256
New Bradford (Bradford) 87, 171, 394
462, 463
New Breton (Andover) 318, 393
Newburv 76, 302
(Dantzic) 76, 77, 79-81, 83, 84
(Fishersfield) . .76, 91, 94, 95, 1.32. 134
135 329
(Hereford). . .76, 80, 81, 85, 88-91^ 302
(Monadnock No. 9) 85
Newbury, Mass 306
Newburyport, Mass 195
Newcastle 195, 369
New Chester (Hill) 75, 388, 390
New Concord (Washington) . . . .()9, 81, 84
394, 395, 397, 399, 402-405
New Durham. . . .95, 98, 104, 106, 108, 160
469
(Cochecho Township) 95
New Durham Gore (Alton) 95
New Garden (Ossipee) 137, 145, 151
New Hampton 110
(Moultonborough Addition) 110
New Holderness (Holderness) 385
New Hopkinton (Hopkinton) 434
Newichwannock River 356
Newington 109, 110, 195
(Bloody Point) 109
New Ipswich . .112-114, 120, 121, 124, 125
127, 293, 335, 336, 341
(Ipswich) 112, 405
New London 127, 136, 302, 442-444
(Alexandria Addition) 74, 75, 127
132, 134, 390
(Heidleburg) 127, 128, 1.30-132
Newmarket 96-98, 299
New Plymouth (Plymouth) 194
Newport 136, 137, 302
(Grenville) 136
Newport, R. 1 136
New Salem (Meredith) Ill
New Salisbury (Salisbury) . . 172, 215, 386
387, 391
Northfield 215
North Hampton 147
(North Hill Parish) 333
Nottingham 395, 399
Number 1 (Mason) . . 114, 199, 201, 336, 341
447, 450
Number 1 (Warner) 305, 306, 313, 365
376, 377, 381
Number 2 (Bradford) 305, 306, 314
Number 2 (Wilton). 336, 341, 445, 450-453
Number 4 (Charlestown) 416
Number 5 (Hopkinton) 306, 433, 434
Number 6 (Henniker) 433, 434
Number 7 (Hillsborough) 52
Number 8 (Washington) 394, 456
Ossipee. . . 137, 139, 141-143, 146, 152, 1.56-
163, 165-171, 330, 349
(New Garden) 137, 145, 151
(Ossipee Gore).. 137, 149, 151, 153, 157
158, 169, 351
Ossipee Lake. .138, 139, 152, 154, 159, 162
163, 172
Ossipee River 139, 478
Packersfield (Nelson) 3
502
INDEX.
Pelham 173-178
Pembroke 178, 181
(Lovewellstown) .178
(Suncook) 178, 181, 182
Pemigewasset River 111, 194, 218, 229
231, 233, 285, 238, 239, 345
Perrystown (Sutton) ... .81, 83, 84, 87, 89
92, 132, 134, 135, 303, 315-319, 321-
326, 328, 381, 383, 386
Peterborough .127, 161-163, 185-187, 189-
193, 256-260, 262, 335, 336, 341, 447
(Souhegan) 185, 191
Peterborough Slip (Temple and
Sharon) 114, 335, 336, 339-342
Pine Pviver 154, 478
Piscataqua (Portsmouth) 195
Piscataquog River 52-54
Plaistow 312
Plymouth 194, 195
(New Plymouth) 194
Poplin (Fremont) 172
Port Royal, N. S 446
Portsmouth. . . .4, 24, 31-33, 36, 38, 39, 42
53, 58, 77, 88-90, 99, 108, 109, 114
125, 128, 145, 151, 158, 166, 183, 195
197, 198, 206, 209, 225, 235, 240, 248
258, 263, 280, 294, 297, 302, 307, 315
326, 329, 336, 345-348, 350, 365, 366
369, 394, 408, 409, 416, 419, 423, 432
439, 440, 444, 447, 463, 465, 466, 469
471, 494
(Piscataqua) 195
(Strawbei ry Bank) 195
Province Pond 353
Rindge 124, 198, 204
(Monaduock No. 1).114, 198, 201, 204
206, 207
(Rowley Canada) 198, 205-207
(South Monadnock). 114, 198, 201, 204
Robiestown (Weare) 421, 437-441
Rochester 96, 99, 208, 354-357
Rolestone Mountain 283, 284
RoUinsford 263
Rowley Canada (Rindge) 198, 205-207
Rowley, Mass 198
Roxbury 3
Rumford (Concord) 424
Rumney 210, 211
Rye 365, 366, 369, 384, 386. 387
Rye Pond 264, 272, 277
Ryetown (Warner) 365
Salem 188, 211-214
Salem Canada (Lyndeborough). .58, 257-
259, 446, 453
Salisbury. .215, 217, 223, 226-228, 388, 390
391, 393
(Bakerstown) 215, 216
(Gerrishtown) 215
Sali.sbury, cont.
(New Salisbury). 172, 215, 386, 387, 391
(Stevenstown) 215, 225, 393
Salisbury, Mass 217, 376
Salmon Brook 238
Salmon Falls 468, 469
Salmon Falls River 208, 355
Sanbornton Ill, 215, 229, 231, 234
(First Township) 228-231
Sanbornton Bridge (Tilton) 228
Sandwich 151, 244-247, 330, 331, 333
Sandwich Addition 244
Saville (Sunapee) 302
Second Township (Meredith) 229, 230
Sharon 185, 335
(Peterborough Slip) 114, 335, 336
339-342
(Sliptown) 335
Shelburne 247, 248, 251-253, 255
Shelburne Addition (Gorham) 247
Shelter Island, N. Y 208, 209
Sliptown (Temple and Sharon). .... .335
Smith's River 229
Smithshire 489
Society Land. .188, 256, 257, 259, 261, 283
415, 436
(Cumberland) 256
Somersworth 263, 354, 356
Souhegan (Peterborough) 185, 191
Souhegan East (Bedford). 179, 180, 437-439
Souhegan River 447
South Monadnock (Rindge). .114, 198, 201
203, 204
Spencer 210
Starkstown (I)unbarton).433, 434,437-439
Stevenstown (Salisbury) 215, 225, 393
Stoddard ... .3, 263, 271, 276, 279, 297-299
411, 462, 463
(Limerick) 260, 261, 263, 279-284
289-296,411, 413, 457
(Monadnock No. 7). .4, 7, 256-259, 263
264, 272, 277, 279, 280, 282-284, 287-
289, 291, 294-296, 395, 398, 405, 411
Stratham. .171, 229, 235, 240, 299-301, 466
(Winnicot) 299
Strawberry Bank (Portsmouth) 195
Sudbury, Mass 395, 399, 426
Sullivan 3,263
Sunapee 127, 302
(Coreystown) 302
(Saville) 302
(Wendell) 302
Sunapee Lake 86, 87, 92, 132, 135
Suncook (Pembroke) 178, 181, 182
Suncook River 178
Sutton. 303, 305, 306, 317, 326, 328, 330, 391
(Perrystown) ... .81, 83, 84, 87, 89, 92
132, 134, 135, 303, 315-319, 321-326
328, 381, 383, 386
INDEX.
503
Sutton, Mass.
Tamworth . 137, 146, 151, 162, 244, 330-
Temple 185, 293,
(Peterborouo-li Slip) . . . .114, 335,
339-
(Sliptown)
Thornton 342-
Tilton
(Sanborn ton Bridge)
Townshend, Mass 114, 199,
Tuftonborough .... 139, 143, 144, 155,
345-353, 408, 468, 479,
Unity
303
334
335
336
■342
335
•344
228
228
201
162
483
.302
Wakefield 139, 263, 333, 353, 3.55, 362
(Easttown) .... 139, 3.53, 362, .364, 365
(Hamstown) 353
(Watertown) 353
Walpole 42
Warner . . .365, 367, 369, 377, 379, 383, 386
387, 391, 443
(Jennesstown) 365
(New Alrasbury) . . . 172, 319, 365, 378
381—384
(Number 1).305, 306, 313, 365, 376, 381
(Ryetown) 365
Washington . . .297, 328, 329, 394, 397, 405
410, 417-420, 455, 462, 463
(Camden). . .87, 284, 293, 296, 394, 405
407-409, 411, 413-416
(Monadnock No. 8). . .81, 84, 394, 395
397, 399, 402-405, 407, 411, 413
Washington, cont.
(New Concord). . . .69, 81, 84, 394, 395
397, 399, 402-405
(Number 8) 394, 456
Washington Gore 394
Watertown (Wakefield) 353
Waterville 244, 342
Waterville Gore 342
Weare 421, 427, 431
(Beverly Canada) 421
(Halestown) 76, 421-427, 4.33-436
(Robiestown) 421, 437-441
(Wearestown) 257-2.59, 421, 437
Wendell (Sunapee) 302
Wenham, Mass 405
Westford, Mass 114
Wheeler's Gore 4.55
Wilmot 127, 442-444
Wilton 288, 293, 445, 447, 4.54, 4.58
(Number 2) 336, 341, 445, 4.50-4.53
Windham 173, 211
Windsor 297, 419, 4.55, 4.56, 459, 467
(Campbell's Gore). .293, 41.3, 415, 417
455-466
Winnicot (Stratham) 299
Winnipiseogee Lake 111, 197, 345, .347
348, 351, 390, 468, 469, 476
Winnipiseogee River. . . .229-232, 235, 239
345
Wolf eborough. .138-140, 144, 171, 248, 333
345-347, 351, 468, 469, 471-473, 475-
481, 483, 484
Wolf eborough Addition 468
INDEX OF NAMES OF PERSONS.
Abbot, George 378, 380
Joseph 363,493
Neliemiah..33G, 339-341, 447, 450, 451
Uriah 174
Adams, 37
Abel 407
Archelaus 394, 398, 400, 402
Benjamin 119-121, 124
David 84, 447, 450, 451
Ephraim 4, 7, 29, 127
James 457, 494
John ... .15, 19, 27, 44, 51, 97, 98, 104
Jonathan 202
Joseph 77, 79, 301
Robert 262
Samuel 77, 79, 97, 98, 104
Stephen 128, 131
Thomas. ..114, 115, 117, 123, 197, 407
William 262
Ahern, James 171
Aiken, James 260, 262
James, Jr 262
John 262
Thomas 261
Aid, James 87
John 86, 87
William 87, 211
Alexander, Randall 260
AUard, 352
David 105, 107
Henry 105, 107
Jonathan 105, 107
Samuel 351
Shadrach 105, 107, 351
Sidney 105
Allen, Daniel 301
Eleazer 301
John 214, 301
Josiah 301
Jude 301
Samuel 301, 372, 386
Alley, Samuel 356, 360
Allison, Samuel 211
Ames, Nathan 215
Amey, Micah 214
Andrews, Solomon 419
Anderson, John 262
Robert 262
William 262
Andros, John 97,98,103
Annis, Abraham 214
Solomon 424
Appleton, Daniel 112, 113
Isaac 114, 115, 117, 123, 126
Isaac, Jr 127
Apthorp, Henry 469, 473
Arbuthnot, John 53
Archibald, John 262
Armour, Gain 210
Ashley. Jephtha 416
Atkinson, Captain 385
George 464
Samuel 74, 75, 387, 388
Theodore 41, 43, 49, 65, 67, 73, 90
91, 94,96, 103, 105,109, 120, 140, 163
164, 172, 193, 197, 203, 206, 207, 211
222, 225, 232, 233, 240, 245, 260, 269
274, 288, 294-296, 300, 301, 311, 319
320, 340, 345, 349, 360, 374, 378, 379
386-388, 390, 391, 404, 405, 414, 423
426, 432, 433, 438-440, 452, 456, 463
468, 474, 491, 493
Atwood, Joshua 174
Auchmutv, Robert 53
Austin, Abiel 212, 214
Benjamin 355, 361
Joseph 355, 360
Samuel 855, 361
Averett, Samuel 28, 44, 51
Avery, John 301
Nathaniel 301
Samuel 301
Ayer, Ebenezer 212, 214
Ebenezer, Jr 215
James 215
John, Jr. . .304, 306, 310, 313, 315, 326
327
Peter 215
Samuel 303, 304, 306, 310, 312
William 447
Ayers, John 169
Joseph 27, 51, 264, 265, 268, 272
5o6
INDEX.
Ayers, cont.
Mary 95
Perkins 492
Peter 217, 221
Samuel, Jr 492
William 77, 80, 128, 131, 180
William, Jr 94, 95
Babb, Joshua 492
Philip 492
Badger, Captain 440
Joseph 215
Bagley, David 378, 380
Henry 467
Jonathan 132
Bagnall, Benjamin 53, 58, 62
Bailey or Bayley, Abner 214
Humphrey 215
Jeremiah 215
John 212,214
Jonathan 214
Joseph 174
Joshua 212,214
William 132, 134
Baker, 194
Benjamin 459
Joseph 181, 422
Balch, Andrew 214
Baldwin, 68
Captain 426
Ballou, see Blue.
Bancroft, 426
Benjamin 422, 428, 431
James. 11, 15, 19, 20, 28, 40, 41, 44, 51
Banfill, John 493
Bant, William 53, 58, 61, 63
Barber, Robert 232, 2.33
Barker, Benjamin 301
Daniel.... 174
Ebenezer 174, 301
Enoch 421, 422, 427, 431
Esau 301
Isaac 174
Jolin 306, 310, 312
Richard 174
Samuel 297, 298
Barnard, Edward 304, 306, 310, 313
Jonathan 365, 377-379
Samuel 378, .380
Samuel, Jr 377, 379
Thomas 377, 380
Barns, Aaron 420
Nathan 22
Xatlianiel 492
Barrett, Charles 127
Barron, Moses 191, 447
Bartlett, 290
Abraham 493
Enoch 215, 322-34J4, 437-441
Bartlett, cont.
Jonathan 446
Josiah .322, 324
Moses 447
Nathaniel 280, 281, 294, 295, 446
Simeon 377, 380
Basford, Jacob 262
James 197
Batchelder, Elisha 427, 431
Joseph 421, 422, 427, 431
Josiah 421, 422, 427, 431
Theophilus 421, 422, 428, 431
Batchellor, Breed. .10, 11, 13, 1.5-21, 23-26
28-31, 33-42, 4.5-47, 50, 51
William 10, 22, 23
Zephaniah 10, 23
Batson, Stephen 480
Batt, Timothy 491
Beacham, Richard 149, 160
Beadle, Jacob 214
John 214
Timothy 214
Timothy, Jr 214
Beal, Aaron 11, 15, 19, 27, 35, 44, 51
Bean, 466
Cornelius 315, 317
David 149
Joseph 227
Joseph, Jr 216, 217, 221
Josiah .334
Samuel 216, 217, 222, 815, 317
Beard, Simon 174
Beck, Caleb 492
Henry 491
John 492
Joshua 492
Nathaniel 197
Samuel 492
William 492
Beckwith, 280
Silvanus 282, 286, 292
Beede, Aaron 334
Daniel .334
Daniel, Jr 334
Nathan .334
Bell, Meshech, 3d 369, 373
William 416, 417
Bellows, Benjamin. .4, 7, 42, 198, 200-204
336, ,339, 341. 417
Bemis, Henry 2.3, 29, 45
Bennett, Aaron 286, 292
Caleb 427, 431
Jeremiah 421, 422, 428, 431
Jonathan 281, 286, 291
Moses 281, 286, 291, 296
Stephen 281
Bennick, Abraham, Jr 97, 98, 104
Benjamin 97, 98, 102
John 97, 98, 103, 104, 106
INDEX.
507
Beriv, Benjamin 10.1, 10(5, 492
James 1U4, 106
Jeremiah 366
Miriam 105, 107
Thomas 112
Betton, James 457
Betty, William 262
Bickford, Benjamin 104, 106
Ebenezer 104, 106, 110
Ebenezer, Jr 106
Eleazer 97, 98, 102
Ichabod 110
John 97, 98, 103
John, Jr 97, 98, 103
Joseph 97, 98, 103, 107, 141, 171
Lemuel, Jr 110
Thomas 110
Bilash, Philip 11, 15, 19, 27, 44, 51
Billinos, Jabez 22
Bixby, Andrew 416
Blackev, Mark 334
Blair, Hugh 180
Blaisdell, Jacob 159
Blake. Benjamin 477
Francis 369, 374
John, Jr 369, 373
Samuel 183
Sanborn 168
Thomas 228, 234, 242, 487
Timothy, Jr 421,422, 428, 431
Blanchard, ^ . . . .11, 16, 17. 24, 31, 41
42, 246, 293, 342
Eleazer 198, 201, 202, 336, 340, 341
447, 448, 450, 452
Hannah 9
James IS, 20, 21, 24-27, 30-34, 36
38-44, 51
Jonathan 272, 27;i, 276
Joseph. . ..6, 8, 9, 13, 15, 17, 18, 48, 61
64-66, 68, 69, 73, 79. 80, 83, 84, 94
112, 113, 119, 120, 130, 131, 140, 163
164, 171, 188, 189, 192-194, 201, 203
205, 206, 210, 211, 240, 256-260, 267
268, 271, 276, 312, 338-341, 3-59, 372
397, 398, 404, 414, 423, 425, 426, 432
434, 445, 448, 450, 452, 463, 474, 494
Joseph, Jr.. ..59, 64, 8.5, 128, 131, 198
201, 202, 335, 3.36, 339-341, 395, 398
405, 447, 450, 451, 453
Rebecca 9, 10, 274-276
Sarah 267
Thomas 4, 7, 28
Blods'ett, Joseph 447, 451
Joseph, Jr 450
Samuel. 26, 27, 30, 31, 33, 34, 36,38,42
William 264, 266, 269, 272, 274
Blood, Zaccheus 296
Blue, Ed^yard 366, 369, 373
Boody, Robert 104, 106
Boody, cont.
Zachariah 104. 106
Borland, Francis 335
Boutwell, William 395, 399, 401, 402
Boyd, Eleazer 58, 62
Joseph 260, 262
Robert 260
Thomas 421 , 422, 427, 431
Boydell, John 53
Boyes or Boyce, Robert. .27, 58, 62-64, 67
68, 76, 194, 336, 339, 341
Boynton, Andrey^^ 407, 412
Brackett, Joshua 351
Nathaniel 301
Samuel 366, 369, 374
Thomas 301
Bradden, Benjamin 492
John 492
Noah 492
William 492
Bradford, Lieutenant 4.54
Bradley, John 446
Brainard, Daniel 210
Breed, John 12
Jonas 45
Nathaniel. 10, 12, 18-20, 29, 32, 36, 37
41, 45, 51
Nathaniel, Jr 12, 18, 45
Brewster, Dayid 262
Isaac 262
Joseph, Jr 491
Joshua 493
Richard Prey 493
Samuel, Jr 492
William 3.50
Bridges, Moody 205, 206
Brockway, Ephraim 286, 292
Brockworth, Ephraim 282
Brown, Abijah. ..12, 13, Ki, 18, 21, 23, 26
28, 32-34, 41, 45, .50
Adam 145
Arthur 197
Benjamin 176, 334
Colonel 177
David 491
Edmund 421, 422
Henry Young 478
Israel 492
Jacob 149, 1.54, 1.55, 1.57, 1.59, 160
16.5-167, .334, 421, 422, 427, 431, 484
John. .114, 115, 117, 122, 169, 3.55, ,360
427, 431, 491
Joseph 339
Joshua 232, 2.33
Josiah 215, 836, 341, 395, 399, 401
Marmaduke 197
Nathan 427, 431
Samuel 446, 487
Samuel, Jr 487
5o8
INDEX.
Brown, cont.
Thomas 422, 428, 431, 487
William 114, IIG, 117, 128, 304
Bruce, William 96, 98, 104
Bryent, Jeremy 334
Walter 97, 98, 104, 347, 468
Walter, Jr 476
Bulfinch, Thomas 53, 58, 61, 62
Bulkley, Charles 257
James 77, 79
John 395, 399-401
Peter 395, 399-401
Bullard, Ebenezer 114, 115, 117, 122
Joseph 114, 115, 117, 122
Burbank, David 214
Jacob 407, 412, 416
Samuel 128, 131
Burdock, Philip. . . 334
Burleigh, Andrew 112
Thomas 334
William 301
William, Jr 301
Burnett, 297
Burnham, David 455
Ebenezer 142, 170, 171
Jeremiah 97, 98, 102
Jeremiah, Jr .97, 98, 103
John 97, 98, 103
Joseph 97, 98, 103
Nathaniel 110
Robert 97, 98, 103
Winthrop 97, 98, 103
Burns, John 416
Robert 416
Burt, William 492
Buss, John 395, 399, 402
Thomas 492
Buswell, 444, 445
William, 3d 216, 221
Butler, Caleb 174
David 174
Jacob 174-176
Jacob, Jr 174
Nathan 174
Nehemiah 174
Ralph 421, 422
Samuel 174
Butterfield, Amos. .279, 281, 282, 285, 292
Benjamin 211, 274
Captain 279
Ephraim 288, 291, 295
Isaac 262
John 264, 265, 269, 272
Jonathan 77, 80, 128, 131
Joseph, Jr 128, 131
Josiah 447, 450, 451
Reuben 128, 131
Buzzell, Jonathan 104
Buzzy, Ichabod 106
Caldwell, James. .58, 62, 63, 65-6^, 70, 72
Joseph 190
Samuel 494
Calfe, William 216, 217, 221
Call, Philip 217, 222
Calley, Richard 300
Thomas 300
William 300
Campbell, Archibald 142, 171
James 455-457
James, Jr 456
Canney, James 355, 362
Thomas 355, 360
Carleton, Edward 212, 214
Jonathan 325, 446
Moses 447
Nathaniel 127
Carnes, John 53
Carpenter, Ezra..336, 339-341, 447, 450, 451
Carr, John 494
William 494
Carson, John 65-67
Carter, Sanderson 156
Stanton 157
Cass, Benjamin 393
Cate, Joshua 197
Samuel 491
Caverly, Moses, Jr 491
Nathaniel 492
Chadbourne, Thomas 364
Chamberlain, Eleazer 334
John 4, 7, 15, 23, 28, 44, 264, 265
268, 270, 272, 273, 275, 278
William 366
Champney, E 289
Chandler, David 342
John 114, 115, 117, 122
Chapleraan, Abner 424
Chapman, John P 419, 420
Widow 425
Chase, 328
Daniel, Jr 424
Ezekiel 10
Henry 128, 131
Jacob 446
James 212, 334
Jonathan 229, 235, 240, 300, 424
Jonathan, Jr 300
Moses 407, 412, 416
Stephen 215, 216
Tliomas 229, 235, 240, 300
William 229, 235, 241
Checkley, Richard 53, 58, 63
Samuel 61
Cheever, David 198, 201, 202
Chellis, 173
Cheney, Nathaniel 447
Tliomas 315, 317, 446
Chesley, Ichabod 97, 98, 104
INDEX.
509
Chesley, cont.
James 107
Jonatlian,95,96,98,102, 103, 110.468, 400
Jonathan, Jr 97, 98, 103
Joseph 97, 98, IO2
Lemuel 97, 98, 103
Philip 97, 98, 103
Samuel 97, 98, 103
Thomas 97, 98, 103
Thomas, Jr 97, 98, 103
Chilson, Josepli. 15
Chipman, John 425, 428, 431
Chivers, Ezekiel 177
Choate, Benjamin, Jr 216
Francis 114, 116, 1 17, 123
John 112-114, 116, 123
Jonathan 216
Robert 114, 115, 117, 123
Christy, Jesse 210
John 210
Thomas 4, 7, 210, 262
Churcli, 280, 286
Simeon 282, 286, 292
Titus 282, 286, 291
Cilley, Benjamin 233
Claggett, Wiseman 87
Clark, 170
Andrew 492
Benjamin 53, 58, 62
Edward 212, 214
George 494
Ichabod 491
James 86, 87
John 233, 297, 298, 301, 492
Jonathan 53, 58, 61, 62, 68, 300
Jonathan, Jr 300
Samuel 301
Thomas 86, 87
Timothy 86, 87, 174
Timothy, Jr 174
William 70, 72, 262
Zephaniah 302
Clary, William 127
Clement or Clements, Benjamin. 215, 447
James 304, 306, 310, 313
Job 355, 361
Moses 306, 310
Ruth 214
Samuel 214, 306, 310
Timothy. . .304-306, 311, 313, 433, 437
—439, 441, 488
Clendenin, Andrew 211
Robert 211
•Clifford, Isaac 232, 233
Israel 477
John 421, 422, 427, 431
Joseph 216, 217, 221
Samuel 477
William 233
Clough, Benjamin 216
Isaac 212, 214
Jeremiah 424
Jeremiah, Jr 424
Mary 214
Thomas 424
Thomas, Jr 424
Zachariah 171
Clyers, George 491
Cbburn, Daniel 174
Silas 174
WMUiam 176, 177
Cochran, Isaac 262
James ". .86, 87, 211, 331, 494
James, Jr 211
John 262,494
Joseph 211, 494
Thomas 58, 62, 67, 68, 70, 72
WiHiam 292
Coe, Charles 262
Coffin, Charles 53
Stephen 304
Cogswell, John, Jr 304, 306, 310, 313
Colbroth, James 109
Joseph 110
William 110
Colburn, Isaac 77, 80, 128, 131
Jeremiah 395, 399, 400, 402
Jeremiah, Jr 395
Oliyer. . .77, SO, 128, 131, 447, 450, 451
Colby, Ebenezer 425
Esther 377, 380
Lot 424
Spencer ..492
Stephen 377, 379
Colcord, Samuel 216, 217, 221
Coleman, 373, 374
Eleazer 109
Eleazer, Jr 110
James 198, 201, 203
John 110
Joseph 110
Collicut, 177
Collins, Ephraim 216, 217, 221
John 227
Collom or Collimer, John 105, 107
Combs, John. . . .86, 87, 198, 201, 202, 210
336, 339, 341, 447, 450, 451
Jonathan 395, 399, 402
Comstock, Samuel 282, 286, 292
Conant, Jonathan 394, 398, 399, 402
(;onnor. Joseph 184, 185
Cook, '. 167
Benjamin 94, 95
Hezekiah 3.55, 361
John 355, 362
Samuel 9, 10
Cooley. John 157
Copp," David 363, 364
5IO
INDEX.
Corey, Oliver 302 I
Corley, Jonathan 229, 235, 241
Corliss, David 214
Jonathan 212, 214
Jonathan, Jr 214
Jonathan, 3d . . .214
Joseph 214
Cornell, Cornelius 10, 13
Corning, Benjamin 425
Corser, William 385
Cossit, Ranna 342
Costello, 457
Cotton, Benjamin 301
Nathaniel 274, 276
Roland 274-276, 279, 280
Thomas 492
Thomas, Jr 492
Timothy 492
Cowan, James 211
Thomas 86, 87, 211
Cox, Charles 77, 80, 128, 131
William 77, 80, 128, 131
Craige, David 211,494
Thomas 262
Cram, Nehemiah 334
Thomas 422, 427, 431
Creighton, Thomas 245
Cressy, Abraham 491
Crockett, Ephraim 301
Jonathan 493
Joshua 491
Solomon 142, 170, 171
Thomas 493
Crockford, Daniel 197, 493
John 493
Cromet, John 96, 98, 103
Philip 97, 98, 103
Cromwell, Eliphalet 355, 360
Crosby, Jonathan 228, 235, 240
Cross, John 212
Thomas 215
Cullen, Christopher 492
Cummings, John 455
Jonathan 211, 447, 450, 451
Jonathan, Jr 211, 336, 339, 341
Samuel. . . .198, 201, 202, 335, 336, 340
341, 395, 399, 401, 402, 447, 450, 452
453
William 447, 450, 452
Cunningham, Archibald 494
Thomas 190
Currier, John. .212, 214, 216, 217, 222, 304
306, 310, 313
John, 3d 304
Nathan 377, 379
Nathaniel 174, 377, 380
Reuben 424
Richard 215
Curtis, William 212
Cushing, James 304, 306, 311, 447
Cutler, Ammi Ruhamah 468, 469, 473
John 127
Cutting, William 394, 399, 402
Dale, Arcbelaus 447, 450-453
John 447, 450, 452, 453
Dam, John 110
Jonathan 110
Richard 109
Samuel 355, 360
Danforth, David 407, 412, 416
Joseph 4, 7, 27, 44
Daniels, Eliphalet 97, 98, 103
Danielson, Charles 170
Darling, John, Jr 217, 221
Davidson, John 331
Thomas 190
Davis, Benjamin ... 211, 446
David .97, 98, 103
Elijah 161
Francis 378, 380
Hezekiah 418, 420
Jacob 315, 317
James 491
John 22, 23, 29, 45, 301
Joseph 491
Samuel 418, 420
Thomas 488
Timothy 105, 107
Day, Abraham 215
Benjamin 10, 13, 28. 50, 136
James .53, .58, 61, 62
John 10, 13
Dearborn, ... 445
Deacon 300
Henry 487
John' 147, 228, 234, 240, 301, 487
Peter 217, 221
Simeon 363, 365
Deblois, Lewis 70
Decker, David 492
.John 492
Deering, Elizabeth 209
Henry Packer 208-210
Sylvester 208-210
Thomas 209
Demeritt, Philip 176
Denbo, Cornelius 139
Ichabod 97, 98, 103
Richard 97, 98, 102
Denmore, Cornelius 141, 151, 153, 170
171
Dennett, David 492
Denuey, John 77, 79
Dennis, Thomas 114, 116, 117. 123
Dent, John 232, 233
Dickey, Adam 494
David 179
INDEX.
511
Dickey, cont.
James 2C0
John 261
Joseph 416
Matthew 262
Dimond, Francis 87, 416
Reuben 377, o79
Dinsmore, Hannah 114,115, 117, 122
John 261
Robert 262
Dockum, Benjamin 492
Jonathan 301
Dod^e, Jonathan 169
Joseph 281, 284, 286, 287, 292
Joseph, Jr 281. 287
Doe, John 105J 107
Josiah 105, 106
Dole, Joseph, Jr 487
Douglass, Patrick 58, 61, 63
Dow, Benjamin 331
Daniel 488
Ebenezer 104, 106
Henry 366, 369, 374
Jeremiah 104, 106, 487
John 331,425
John, Jr 304
Xathaniel 214
Peter 447
Richard 214
Samuel, Jr .• 487
Simon, Jr 487
Stephen 215, 303
Timothy 447
Downe, see Downs.
Ebenezer 362
Ebenezer, Jr 361
Gershom 361
John 361
Richard 360
Samuel 361
Thomas 77, 360
Thomas, Jr 77, 79
William 198, 201-204, 362
Downing, Jonathan 110
Downs, see Downe.
Ebenezer 355
Ebenezer, Jr .355
Gershom 353, 359, 362
John 355
Peter 173
Richard 353
Samuel 355
Thomas 355
William 355
Dowse, Jonathan 487
Dowst, Ozem 366, 373
Solomon 366, 369, 374
Drake, Joseph 173
Simon 229, 235, 241
Dresser, Asa 416
Drew, Charles 492
Francis 97, 98, 103
John 97, 98, 103
Joseph 97, 98, 103
Drisco, James 96, 98, 104
Jeremiah 97, 98, 103
Di'iscol, Maurice 491
Dudley, Davidson 232, 233
John. . .142-147, 149, 151, 153-156, 160
332, 333, 349
Trueworthy 364
William 53, 58, 62
Dudy, Benmore 97, 98, 103
Joseph, Jr 96, 98, 103
Nicholas 97, 98, 103
Obediah 150
Duncan, 332
Abraham : 262
George 262
George, Jr 262
James 260,261
James, Jr 262
John 260-262
John, Jr 262
William 262
William, Jr 262
Dunn, Benjamin 281, 286, 292
James 264, 265, 268, 269, 272, 273
275, 280, 281, 287, 291
Dunshea, Hugh 494
Durant, Edward 53, 58, 62, 63
Durgin, Francis 97, 98, 103, 296, 411
John 97, 98, 103
Jonathan 97, 98, 103
Joseph 106
Trueworthy 97, 98, 103
William 97, 98, 104
Dustin, Caleb 212, 214
John 303
Obediah 212. 214
Thomas 212, 214
Timothy 9
Eastman, Benjamin 232, 233
Ebenezer 216, 217, 221, 233
Jeremiah, Jr 424
Joel 391
Joseph 232, 233, 377, 380
Joseph, Jr :..217, 221
Moses 424
Obediah 214
Samuel 232, 233
Samuel, Jr 210, 217, 222
Samuel, 3d 216
Timothy 232, 233
William 334
Eaton, Benjamin 303, 304, 306, 311
Benjamin, Jr 304, 306, 310
512
INDEX.
Eaton, cont.
Enoch 461
James 304, 306, 311
Moses 174-176, 178, 215
Samuel 446
Theophilus 446
Thomas 214
Thomas, Jr 215
Timothy 306, 311-313
William 304, 306, 311
Edes, Peter 281
Edgerlv, Jolm 97, 98, 102
Joshua 363
Edmunds, Benjamin 493
John 498
Elkins, Henry 366, 369, 373
Jonathan 487
Ellen wood, Robert 488
Elliot, Abraham 492
John 97, 98, 103, 492
Nehemiah 22
Richard 197
William 494
Ellis, Barak 157
Manoah 157
Manoah, Jr 157
Elson, Joseph 77, 79
Emerson, Daniel 114, 115, 122
Epbraim 446
Ithamar 215
Nathaniel 299
Samuel 494
.Solomon 356, 361
Timothy 215
Emery, Anthony. . .215, 447, 450, 451. 453
487
Noah 183, 197, 356, 361
Endicott, John 53
Erskine, Robert 77, 79
Erving, John 53, 58, 61, 63, 180
Estabrook, Abraham 412, 416
John 10, 12, 15, 29, 51
Thaddeus 22
Ethridge, Nathaniel 334
Evans, Benjamin 377, 380
Ezekiel 377-379
John 355,361
Richard 428,431
Stephen 355,361
Everett, see Averett.
194
David 443
Samuel 15
Fales, James 177
Farley, Benjamin. .264, 265, 268, 269, 272
274, 447, 450, 451
Ebenezer 274
Samuel 447, 450, 452
Farnsworth, Joseph 407, 412
Simeon 407, 412, 416
Farnum, Ephraim, Jr 424
Zebediah 425
Farrar, Timothy 126
Farwell, Benjamin. . .4, 7, 77, 8u, 128, 131
447, .448, 450, 451
Ebenezer 211
Eleazer. .4, 7, 28, 77, 80, 128, 131, 340
Isaac 211
Isaac, Jr 211
John 11, 15, 19, 27, 44, 51
Jonathan 77, 80, 128, 131
Oliver 447, 448, 450, 451
Fassett, Benjamin 204, 265, 268, 272
Fellows, Joseph 232, 233
Nathaniel 206
Ferguson, John 190
Fernald, John 491, 492
Ferson, James 4, 7, 23, 29
Samuel -1, 7, 22, 23, 29, 45
Fifield, Captain 301
John, Jr 216, 217, 221
Jonatlian 428, 431
Joseph 216
Samuel 216, 217, 222, 225
Fish, Nathaniel ' 136
Fisher, Jolm. .76, 91, 92, 94, 319, 418, 419
Wilfred 77, 79
Fisk, Jonathan 394, 398, 400, 402
Josiah 264, 265, 268, 272
Samuel 434, 435
Fitzgerald, Richard 492
Flagg, Ebenezer. . . .42.3-426, 428, 431-433
Flanders, James .391
Jeremiah 378, 380
Fletcher, 188
David 394, 398, 399, 402
Elijah 128, 131
Jacob. 4, 7, 128, 131, 395, 399, 400, 402
Joshua 418
Robert. 41, 79, 80, 82, 89, 90, 126, 128
130, 131, 161, 163, 247, 259, 264, 265
269-272, 402, 408, 435, 436
Robert, Jr. .4, 7, 81, 85, 128, 131, 198
201, 202, 270, 395, 399, 447, 448, 450-
452
Fogg, 154
Daniel 366, 369, 373
Enoch 487
John 228, 235, 242
Jonathan 228, 235, 240
Joseph 165, 166, 169
Josiah 229, 235, 241
Samuel 229, 235, 238, 239, 241
Seth 229, 235, 238, 239, 241
Simon 421, 422, 428, 431
Follansbee, Thomas 304, 306, 310
Thomas, Jr 494
INDEX.
513
Follet, William. . . 11, 12, 19, 28, 35, 40, 41
45, 50
Folsom, Andrew 160
Benjamin 477
David 147, 334
Major 244, 245
Nathaniel 246, 247
Foot, Thomas 803
Footman, John 97, 98, 103
Ford, James 214
Foss, Isaac 301
Isaac, Jr 301
Mark 366
Thomas 301
Foster, Abijah 1 14, 1 15, 117, 122
Amos 443
Captain 300
Moses 425
Thomas 53
William 447, 450, 451
Fowle, James, Jr 77, 80
John. ...77, 80, 185, 186, 191, 336, 339
341
John, Jr 77, 80
Josiah 77, 80
Leonard . . 77, 80
Samuel 447, 450, 451
Fowler, 444, 445
Thomas 378, 380
Fox, Abel 394, 398, 400, 402
Jacob 394, 398, 400, 402
John. .128, 131, 257, 394, 398, 400-402
John, Jr 394, 398, 399, 402
Nathaniel 177
French, Andrew 301
Benjamin. . . .4, 7, 15, 28, 44, 128, 131
211,232, 233, 336,339, 341
Bradstreet 301
David 301
Ezekiel 334
James 214
John, Jr 128, 131
Jonathan 4, 7, 232, 233, 262
Joseph. . . .114, 115, 122, 198, 201, 202
336, 340, 341, 393, 447, 450, 452
Nathaniel, Jr 216
Sampson. . .4, 7, 42, 198, 201, 202, 336
339, 341
Thomas 301
William, Jr 301
Frink, John 10. 13, 28, 50
Thomas 34, 35, 37-39, 43, 44
Frost, Aaron 477
J 147
N 141
Nathaniel 97, 98, 103, 171
. Winthrop 170
Frye, Joseph, Jr 255
Fudger, Harris Ellery 86, 87
33
Fuller, Jeremiah 366, 369, 372
John 366
Joseph 366
Timothy 422, 428, 431
Fullerton, Benjamin 482, 483
Mrs 477
William 482, 483
Fulton, Robert 261
Samuel 494
Furber, Moses 109
Nehemiah no
Furlong, Patrick 492
Gage, Amos 174-176
Amos, Jr 174
Asa 174
Benjamin 174
Daniel 174, 488
Daniel, Jr 174
David 174
James 174
John. .208, 336, 339, 341, 354, 355, 361
364, 422, 428, 431
John, Jr 355, 362
Jonathan 174
Josiah 174, 178
Josiah, Jr 174, 176
Moses. 356, 360
Nathaniel 174
Pars 174
William 355, 362
Gains, George 209, 210, 351, 417, 467
Gale, Edward 492
Gammon, David 492
Garland, 159
Jabez 157
James 4S7
John 366, 369, 373, 487
John, Jr 366, 369, 374
Joseph 149, 155, 156
Simon 366, 369, 373
Garvin, James 3(54
Gault, Alexander 494
Samuel I8I, 182
William 494
George, William 215
Gerrish, Henry 94, 227, 228, 388
Paul 3.55, 361
Samuel 1 97, 355, 361
Stephen 369, 373
William 355, 361
Gibson, Barnabas 174-17(5
Daniel 416
James 174, 175
John 416
William 86, 87
Gilchrist, 279
John 281
William 281
514
INDEX.
Gile, Ebenezer 303
Ephiaim 315, 317
Jonathan 303
Gillis, Hugh 86, 211
Thomas 86
Gilman, Andrew 363, 364
Daniel 216
Israel 184
J. P 350, 351
Jeremiah 363
John 363
John, Jr 363
Jonathan 363
Samuel, Jr 244
Stephen 216
William 232, 233
Gilmore, David 197
James 210
John 210
Jonathan 210
Eobert 4,7, 211
Eoger 127
William 492
Glenville, Thomas 301
Glidden, Benjamin 106
Charles 300
John 104, 107
Nicholas 104, 106
Sarah 106
Zebulon 104, 106
Glover, Eichard 139, 141, 171, 172
Godfrey, Nathan 487
Goffe, John 87, 179, 392, 415, 422, 437
454, 458-460
Goldsmith, Isaac 149, 151, 153, 171
John 149, 158
William 169
Gooch, James 197
Goodhue, Samuel 301
Goodwin, Bartholomew 492
Nathan 378, 380
Gordon, 392
Alexander 214
John 260, 416, 460-462, 464, 465
Gorman, James 262
Goss, Jethro 366, 369, 374
Gould, Benjamin 86
Elihu 377, 380
Jacob 198, 201, 203
James 53
Mark 128, 131
Nehemiah 198, 201, 203
Goulding, 177
Gove, Edward 421, 422, 427, 431
Enoch 422, 427, 431
John, Jr 421, 422, 427, 431
Jonathan 421, 422, 427, 431
Graham, Eobert 22
William 22
Granger, George 197
Grant, John 197
Graves, David 304, 306, 310
James 303, 304, 306, 310, 813
Phineas 149
Greeley, David 217, 221
Ezekiel 128, 131
Jonathan 217, 221
Jonathan, Jr 217, 221
Joseph 216, 217, 222
Peter 491
Samuel. . . .128, 131, 198, 201, 202, 386
341, 447, 450, 451
Samuel, Jr 128, 131, 198, 201, 203
339
Green, Abraham 216, 217, 222
Bradbury 421, 422, 427, 431
John 53, 190, 260, 416, 428, 431
Jonathan, Jr 421, 422, 427, 431
Joseph. . . .58, 58, 61, 63, 222, 240, 260
312, 359, 372, 432, 480
Nathan 428, 431
Eollin 491
Eufus 53, 58, 62, 63
Thomas 58
Greenleaf, 211
John 214
Greenough, Daniel 214
Gregg, Benjamin 262
George 262
Hugh 190
James 212, 214, 262
James, Jr 262
John 262
Joseph 262
Samuel 262
Samuel, Jr 262
William 262
Gridley, Jeremiah. .77, 80-82, 85, 185, 186
188, 415
Griffin, Abraham 41, 45, 51
Jonathan 128, 131, 174
Theophilus 460
Griffith, Abraham 12, 18, 29
John, Jr 491
Grimes, 392
Grout, John. 488
Grove, James 10
Grover, Jabez 15
James 18
Grow, John 493
Guild, Samuel 446
Gunnison, Samuel 137, 329, 417, 420
Gutterson, Josiah 174
Hadley, Samuel 447
Haines, David 477
Mathias, Jr 492
William 477
INDEX.
515
Hake, Thomas 77, 79
Hale, Benjamin 304, 306, 310
Enoch 280, 458
John 205-207, 211
Joseph 446
Paul 412, 416
Robert. 421, 422, 425, 428,431,434,435
Samuel 211, 212
Thomas. . .304, 306, 310, 312, 313, 325
Thomas, Jr 304, 306, 310
Hall, Caleb 215
Daniel 363
Ebenezer, Jr 381
Jason R 137
John 262, 488, 494
Joseph 97
Ralph 214
Richard 174, 492
Samuel 364
Thomas 493
Halloran, Daniel 491
Halsej', James 53, 58, 61, 63, 68
Ham, Benjamin 355, 3G0
John 353, 355, 359, 362, 492
Joseph 492
Thomas 491
"Weymouth 493
William 491
Hamblett, 4.54
Joshua 174
Josiah 488
Hamil, Neal 190
Hancock, 275
Jacob 304, 306, 310, 312
Thomas 53
Haniford, David 300
John 300
Hanson, Ebenezer 355, 361
Isaac, Jr 354
John 355,360
John, Jr 355, 361
Joseph 197, 354
Robert 355, 361
Solomon 355, 362
Timothy 355, 360
Hardison, Stephen 197
Hardy, Asa 174
Cyrus 174
Philip 174
Robert 141, 171
Samuel 171, 228, 235, 239, 240
Thomas, Jr 174
Harford, see Hartford.
John 355
Harriman, Joseph 446
Joshua 446
Reuben 446
Samuel 446
Stephen 447, 4.50, 452
Harrington, William 22
Hai-ris, Joseph 214
William 77, 80, 128, 131
Hart, Edward 467
Richard 492
Hartford, see Harford.
John 361
Harrod, 317
Hartwell, Ephraim 127
Harvey, John 190
Haskins, John 77, 79
Hassell, Abel 86
Benjamin 86
Hastings, James 212, 214
John 215
Hatch, Benjamin 81, 82, 85
Jabez 77, 79
James 81, 82, 85
Thomas 491
Haven, Nathaniel A 161, 162, 166, 167
Hawes, Jane 491
Luther 137
Haves, Elihu 3-55, 361
' Tchabod 355, 362
Hayward, Samuel 185
Hazeltine, Philip 214
Richard 424
Hazzen, Abigail 215
John 215
Moses 215
Heald, Ephraim 45, 46
Timothy 114, 115, 117, 122
Heard, see Hurd.
Samuel, Jr 355, 361
Hearn, James 492
Heath, .364, 480
Bartholomew 377, 380, 446
David 214
James 174, 313
Jeremiah 317
John 446
Moses 446
Nehemiah 446
Samuel 446
Samuel, Jr 446
Henshaw, Joshua 53
Hersey, Elijah 482
James 139, 148-151, 1.55, 1.58, 161-
163, 172, 350-352, 477, 482, 483
Jonathan 477
Samuel 353
"William....". 482
Hey wood, Jonas 394, 398, 400, 402
Hicks, John 170, 197
Joseph 355, 360
Higby, Elihu 10, 13, 22, 28, 50
John 22
Seth 15, 22
Hight, Charles 492
5i6
INDEX.
midreth, A.maziah 280, 281, 287, 292
Ephraim 87
Hill, Ebenezer 86
Henry Maxwell 77, 80
John. . .53-55, 57, 58, 61, 63, 67-69, 72
77, 79, 185, 186, 191, 192, 198, 201
202, 301, 336, 339, 341
John, Jr 77, 79, 301
Joshua 301
Reuben 301
Valentine 97, 98, 103
William 77, 79
Hilliard, Benjamin 421, 422, 427, 431
Jonathan 421, 422, 427, 431
Hills, Ebenezer 87
Hilton, Benjamin 214
Edward 299
Samuel 214
Theodore 300
Hixon, Joseph 492
Hoar, Benjamin. . ..114, 117, 121, 123, 264
265, 269, 272, 274, 275, 280
Benjamin, Jr 114-117, 122
Daniel 394, 398, 401, 402
Timothy 394, 398, 400, 402
Hobbs, Humphrey 447, 450, 451
Nehemiah 487
Hockaday, Thomas 493
Hodgdon, Alexander 110
Henry 210
Ichabod 167
John 110, 492
Joseph 197
Moses 209, 210
Hodgman, Timothy . . . .394, 398, 400, 401
Hogs, John 494
Joseph 190
Samuel 494
Hoit, see Hoyt.
Holland, Samuel 384, 385
Stephen 88, 331
Holies, Thomas Pelham 173
Holmes, Benjamin 492
Ephraim 366
Jeremiah 492
John 492
Homans, John 53, 58, 61, 62
Hook, Humphrey 216, 217, 221
Hopkins, James 261
Robert 261
Hopkinson, John 229, 235, 238, 240
Horn, Benjamin 363
Isaac 355,360
John 355, 360, 363
Nathaniel 355, 360
Horner, John 494
Homey, David 197, 491
Hosmer, Jonathan 394, 398, 400, 401
Nathaniel, Jr 394, 398, 401
Hosmer, cont.
Stephen, Jr. . . .128, 131, 257, 394, 398
400, 402, 408
Stephen, 3d 394, 398, 400, 402
William 394, 398, 400, 401
Houston, Samuel 77, 80, 128, 131
Howard, Amos 355, 360
William 86,87
Howe, Isaac 124, 125
John 215,492
Howell, Henry 53, 58, 62
Hoyt or Hoit, Barnard 377, 380, 382
Benjamin 42
Eastman 378, 380
John 110
Jonathan 172
Joseph 228, 235, 241
Joseph, Jr 228, 235, 242
Stephen, Jr 329
Theodore 378, 380
Winthrop 22
Hubbard, 124
David 86
Jeremiah 232, 233
John. .198, 201, 203, 232, 233, 334, 336
339, 341
Jonathan. .114, 115, 117, 122, 198, 201
202, 336, 339, 341
Jonathan, Jr. ...198, 200-202, 336, 339
341
Joseph 232, 233
Richard 232, 233
Hull, George 424, 425, 428, 431
Joseph 424, 425, 428, 431
Hunter, Alexander 492
James 58, 62, 63
John 262
Hunting, Deacon 443
Huntoon, Charles 232, 233
John 216, 217, 222
John, Jr 216, 217, 221
Josiah 233
Nathaniel 216, 217, 221
Samuel 232, 233
Huntress, Christopher 109
Christopher, Jr 110
George 492
George, Jr 491
John 110
Jonathan 110
Samuel 492
William 110
Hurd, see Heard.
Jacob 53, 57
Hussy, Job 197
John .35.5,361
Joseph 3.56, 360
Richard 197
Richard, Jr 355, 360
INDEX.
517
Hussey, cont.
William 355, 360
Hutchinson, Abner 86, 87
Alexander 262
Daniel 174
John 3, 4, 7, 8, 27, 44, 128, 131
Solomon 86, 87, 191
Hyde, Samuel 159, 160
Ingalls, Daniel 247-250
David 455
Ebenezer 176
Peter 303
Jackman, Kichard 156, 36P, 373
Jackson, Benjamin 96, 98, 103
Clement 197, 345, 346, 472
George 492
Hall 472,473
Joseph 198, 201, 203, 428, 431
Joshua 491
Nathaniel 491
Samuel 492
William, Jr 97, 98, 103
Jacquish, John 215
Jacquith, Ebenezer 488
Jaffrev, George. ..11, 30, 31, 34, 39, 40, 42
47, 48, 57, 65, 66, 68, 73, 87, 89, 94
103, 104, 119, 120, 124-126, 136, 140
162-1(54, 166, 171, 193, 202, 222, 223
228, 241, 242, 247, 258, 260, 270, 276
280, 288, 289, 294, 311, 312, 316, 320
321, 324, 325, 334, 340, 360, 362, 375
378, 385-388, 390, 391, 393, 397, 399
403-405, 409, 414, 425, 432, 434, 435
441, 452, 460, 463, 465-467, 474, 476
480
George, Jr 57, 426
James, Jabez 487
John 3.J5, 361
Kingsly Hall 183
Mary 183, 184
Jameson, Alexander 260
Hugh 494
Jarratt, Charles 491
Jeffries, David 492
Jenkins, Benjamin 97, 98, 103
Robert. . . .53, 58, 61, 62, 67-70, 81, 82
85, 91
Jenness, Francis 366-369, 373
Francis, Jr 366
Hezekiah 366, 369, 374. 428, 431
Job 366, 369, 373
John, Jr 3(59, 373
Jonathan 3(59, 374
Joseph 366, 369, 373
Joshua 366, 369, 373
Nathaniel 366, 369, 374
Richard. . . .365, 366, 369, 373, 375, 379
Jenness, cont.
Richard, Jr 366, 369, 374
Richard, 3d 366-369, 373
Richard, 4th 309, 373
Samuel 366, 369, 373
Thomas 366, 369, 373
Thomas, Jr 3(59, 372
Jewell, Barnes 378, 380
Benoni 128, 131
Bradbury 334
Jacob 334
James 296
John 334
Joseph 376, 377, 379
Thomas 128, 131, 378, 380
Jewett, Benjamin 300
Jonathan 301
Joseph 229, 235, 241
Joseph, Jr 300
Johnson, Cornelius 446
Ebenezer 317
Elisha 487
James 487
John 97, 98, 103, 214
J oseph 487
Josiah 174
Samuel 200
Samuel, Jr 201-203
Seth 447
Thomas 174, 446
Timothy 212, 214
William 214
Johnston, N 419, 420
Johonnot, Zachariah 53
Jones, Caleb 342
Ebenezer 97, 98, 104
Evan 212, 215
Evan, Jr 214
.Tames 215, 492
John 493
Jonathan 300
Joseph 97, 98, 103, 378, 380
Nathaniel 197
Samuel 3-5.5, 360, 416
Stephen, Jr 97, 98, 104
William 416, 491
Judkins, Joel 232, 233
John 216
Kelly, Daniel 229, 235, 242
Israel 137
Jacob 137
James 336, .339, 341
Moses 458
Richard 215
William 214, 488
Kelso, Alexander 4, 7
William 4, 7, 29
Kemp, Jacob 174
5i8
INDEX.
Kemp, cont.
William 286, 292
Kendall, Abraham 447, 450, 451
John 4, 7, 9, 27, 44, 336, 340, 341
447, 450, 451
Temple 84
Kennedy, Edward 491
John 280, 281
William 197, 491
Kenney, see Canney.
Ichabod 364
Kenniston, Abraham 301
Benjamin 197
John 147, 169, 170
Joseph 301
Moses 301
Nathan 104, 106
Samuel 169, 170
Solomon 301
Kent, John 447
Robert 97, 98, 103
Keyes, 258
Daniel 286, 291, 412
David 407
Gershom 425
Humphrey 53, 425, 426, 433
Zebediah 281
Kidder, Joseph 114, 115, 117, 122
Eeuben....ll2, 114, 117, 122, 264-266
268-270, 272, 276, 394, 395, 398, 405-
411, 414
Kielle, James 183, 356, 360
Kimball, Asa 306, 310, 312
Caleb 328, 330
Dinah 215
Isaac 215
Jemima 214
John 364
Jonathan 174
Moses 446
Nathaniel 215
Noah 363
Richard 488
King, Captain 477
George 492
Kinsman, 444
Knee, William 190
Knight, Abiel 304 [
Eliphalet 174
George 110 I
John 317
John, Jr 109, 110
Joshua 304
Nathaniel 304, 313 ;
Nathaniel, Jr 304, 306, 311
Nicholas 110
Knowles, Amos 366, 369, 373, 487
David 366
James 366, 369, 372
Knowles, cont.
John 366, 369, 374
John, Jr 366, 369, 373
Joseph 366, 369, 373
Samuel 366, 369, 374
Knox, John 300
Thomas 355, 361
William 181
Ladd, Benjamin 217, 222
Elias, Jr 334
Eliphalet 209
John 215, 216
John, Jr 216, 217, 221
Nathaniel 216, 217, 222
Paul 229, 235, 241
Timothy 323, 324
Lampil, Nathaniel 487
Lamprey, Benjamin 366, 369, 373
Lancey, George 86, 87
William, r 211
Landou, 169
Lane, Andrew 53
Jeremiah 245
John 366
Samuel 428, 431
Lang, Daniel 492
Robert 492
William 493
Langdell, Thomas 493
Langdon, William, Jr 197
Woodbury 345, 347-352, 393
Langley, David 107
Thomas 97, 98, 103
Langmaid, William 366
Lanman, James 394, 398, 400, 402
Larrabee, John 53
Laskey, William 171
Lawrence, Eleazer 394
Eleazer, Jr 398, 400, 401
Eleazer, 3d 394, 398, 401
Joshua 10, 13
Peleg 336, 339, 341
Leach, James 491
John 190
William 425
Lear, Beujamin 492
Samuel 138, 157, 493
Leary, Joseph 477
Leathers, Abednego 97, 98, 103
Abel 138
Nicholas 145
Leavitt, Benjamin 301, 333
James 300, 487
John 301, 333
Jonathan 300, 487
Moses 300
Samuel, Jr 300
Stephen 300
INDEX.
519
Le Bourveau, John 18, 23, 29, 45
Lee, Joseph 394, 398, 400, 402
Nathan 144
Seth 394, 398, 400, 401
Thomas 279, 281
Leighton, Daniel 491
Leonard, Ephiaim 25
Leslie, Daniel 494
Leverett, Simeon 493
Levy, Joseph 138
Lewis, Benjamin 493
Job 52, 53, 58, 61, 62
John 419,420
William, Jr 492
Libby, Arthur 369, 373
George 492
Isaac 366, 369, 374
Isaac, Jr 366, 369, 372
Jacob 366, 369, 373
James 492
Jeremiah 259
John 366, 491, 493
Joseph 104, 106
Reuben 477
Samuel 366, 369, 374
Theodore 491
Lindall, James 428, 431
Little, Daniel 197
SamueV. '. . . '. '. '. .'304,' 306, 310, '313, 317
Samuel, Jr 304, 306, 311, 313
Li vermoi'e, 454
Matthew. . . ,65, 120, 202, 269, 274, 340
452
Lock, Ephraim 366, 369, 374
Francis 366, 369, 373, 375
Francis, Jr 366, 369, 374
James, Jr 366
Joseph 366
Joseph, Jr 369, 373
Long, Ebenezer 216, 217, 222
Edward Baston 127
Longfellow, Jonathan... 229, 2-35, 238, 241
Nathan 229, 235, 241
Lord, Wentworth 169
Loring, Daniel 53, .58, 63
Isaac 61
Loud, Benjamin 492
John 492
Joseph 492
Thomas 491
Lovejoy, Henry 424
Nathaniel 215
Lovering, John 421, 422, 427. 431
William 232, 233
Love well, .. ..143, 152, 154, 333, 3.52
John 178
John, Jr. . .198, 201, 203, 3-36, 3.39, 341
447, 4.50, 451
Lovevvell, cont.
Nehemiah 128, 131
Zaccheus . .4, 7, 114-116, 122, 123, 198
201, 203, 336, 339, 341, 426, 447, 450
452
Lowe, Jonathan 492
Lowell, David 416
David, Jr 416
Eliphalet 378, 380
John 212,214
John, Jr 212, 214
Peter 416
Samuel 416
Simon 416
Timothy 416
Lucas, James 477
James, Jr 477
Thomas 477
Lufkin, John 232, 233
Lund, John 51
Lutwyche, Edward Goldstone. . .90, 319-
^ 321
Lyde, Byfield 53
Lynch, Maurice 416
Lynde, 275
Benjamin 10, 22, 23, 188, 428, 431
Mack, Solomon 296
Madden, George 491
Michael 492
Mann, Robert 407, 412, 416
Manning, Thomas 492
Marble, Caleb 214
March, Clement. . ..48, 65, 73, 94, 103. 120
140, 163, 164, 172, 193, 203, 221, 240
241, 260, 270, 275, 311, 312, 340, 360
374, 390, 404, 414, 432, 452, 463, 474
493
Paul. ..105, 107, 222, 260, 359, 372, 432
480
Marden, Daniel 351
James 491
John .35.5, 360, 491
Noah 491
Thomas 492
William 366
Marsh, Cutting 304, 306, 311, 313
David 304, 306, 310
Ezra Ross 174
John 114, 116, 117, 123, 174, 262
John, .Jr 174
Marshall, David 11, 27, 44, 51
George 491
John 4, 7, 491
Marston, Daniel 183
Elisha 487
Ephraim Ill, 487
Francis 235, 240
Jeremiah Ill, 487
520
INDEX.
Marston, cont.
Jonathan, Jr 487
Joseph 366
Simon 487
Martin, John 77, 71), 492
Jonathan 378, 380
Michael 491
Sarah 176
Thomas 152
William 182
Mason, Abijah 394, 398, 400, 402
Benjamin. .229, 235, 240, 355, 360, 487
Benjamin, Jr 300
Daniel 300
Francis 300
John 97, 98, 102, 185, 487
John Tufton. . . .3, 6, 10, 46, 48, 52, 54
57, 58, 65, 66, 73-76, 79, 80, 84, 86-
88, 94, 96, 102, 114, 120, 121, 128
130, 138, 140, 145, 151, 163, 164, 166
172, 175, 178-180, 182, 192-195, 198
201, 202, 205-207, 215, 217, 222, 223
240, 256, 258, 259, 261, 263, 269, 271
272, 275, 300, 311, 312, 316, 321, 325
331, 333, 336, 340-342, 345-351, 354
355, 361, 374, 381, 384, 385, 390, 394
398, 404, 405, 411, 413, 414, 421, 422
424, 425, 427, 432, 435-438, 440, 441
445, 447, 450, 452, 460, 463, 464, 468
473, 474, 479, 488
Joseph 11, 19, 27, 44, 51, 301
Joseph, 3cl 300
Stephen 334
Massey, Daniel 214
George 494
Massuerre, Peter 491
Mather, 280
Asaph 282
John Noyes 282, 286, 292
Mathes, Abraham 97, 98
Benjamin 96, 98, 105, 107
Peter 197
Valentine '.»7, 98, 108
Matthews, Abraliam 103
Benjamin 102
Valentine 103
Matson, 282, 297
William 283, 292
Mattoon, Kichard 197
Maverick, John .53, 58, 61, 63
Maxwell, James 407, 412, 416
McAllister, John 58, 62, 63, 494
Richard 416
McCalley, John 416
McCauley, James 180
McCleary, Andrew 183, 369, 374
John 260, 416
McClenche, John 86, 87, 210
Joseph 86, 87
McClure, Thomas 86, 87
William 87, 210
William, Jr 87
McCollester, Pvunnells 281
McCollom, Alexander 179
McCurdy, Daniel 494
John 179
Robert. . . 4, 7
McDaniel, James 281, 291, 293
John 282, 291
McDuffie, John 494
McFarland, Robert 262
McGregore, David 494
James 494
McHard, 317
James 433, 437-441
Mclntire, William 352
McKay, Jean 190
John 262
William 190
McKean, David 262
John 262
John, Jr 262
Robert 262
McLoughlin, Thomas 4, 7, 27, 44, 128
131, 459
McMillan, Daniel 262
McMurphy, Archibald .262
John 180
Robert 132, 134, 262
Robert, Jr 135
McNaughton, Alexander 140, 141, 146
Duncan 140, 141, 146, 147, 334
James 140, 141, 146
Mead, William 301
Medar, Timothy 334
Mellen, John 197
Mellows, Samuel 141, 142, 171
Melody, John 77, 79
Meloon, Ebenezer 334
Joseph 363
Melvin, Robert 198, 201, 203
William 86
Merrill, Abel 412, 416
Abraham 378, 380, 407
Daniel 128, 131
David 214
James 304
John 214
John, Jr 425
Jonathan 424
Moses 424
Xathaniel 212, 215, 488
Peter 214,488
Samuel, Jr 128, 131
Stephen 377, 380
Thomas 424
Merry, Timothy 301
Meserve, George 477, 480, 492
INDEX.
521
Meserve, cont.
Joseph 428, 431, 492
Nathaniel. .48, 65, 73, 94, 103, 120, 140
163, 164, 171, 193, 202, 222, 240, 260
268, 274, 312, 340, 359, 372, 390, 404
414, 432, 436, 452, 463, 474, 480
Nathaniel, Jr 493
Messer, Abiel 215
Nathaniel 215
Richard 214
Miles, Abel 394, 398, 400, 402
John 394, 398, 399, 401
Miller, James 4, 7, 15, 23, 28, 44
John 210, 355, 360
Moses 492
Thomas 355, 360
Thomas, Jr 355, 360
Miliiken, Joseph 182
Mills, 173
John 197
Luke 492
Samuel 190
Thomas 303
Miltimore, Daniel 262
James 211, 262
William 262
Minot, 176
James 4, 7, 28, 402
James, Jr 394, 395, 398, 399
Jonas.. 75, 90, 91, 127, 132, 134, 136. 318
Jonas, Jr 76, 77, 79
Mitchell, 175, 191, 284, 434
Andrew 215
Ebenezer 215
George 197
Isaac 190, 292, 293
Isaac Jr 291
James. . . . . 190, 279, 281, 282, 285, 291
293-296
John 215
Martha 215
Samuel 280
Thomas 87
William. . . .87, 190, 215, 279, 281, 285
291. 293
Moffatt, John. .48, 65, 73, 94, 103, 120, 140
163, 164, 171, 193, 202, 222, 241, 260
269, 311, 340, 345, 347-351, 360, 374
390, 404, 414, 432, 434, 452, 463, 474
Samuel 275
Montgomery, Hugh.... 261, 42.5, 427, 492
Nathaniel 493
Moodv, 445
Daniel 216
Mooney, Benjamin 105, 107
Moore. Abraham 460
Daniel 267
George 262
George, Jr 262
Moore, cvnt.
James 179
John 210,260
John, Jr 424
Mary. .48, 65, 73, 94, 103, 120, 140, 163
164, 172, 193, 202, 221, 241, 259, 275
298, 311, 340, 360, 374, 390, 404, 414
432, 452, 463, 474
Rev. 72
Robert 70
Samuel 260, 416, 459, 460
William 301,363
Moores, John 215, 300
Morgan, Jonathan 425
Morrill, Abraham 159
Daniel 378,380
Ezekiel 378, 380
Henry 217, 221, 382
Increase 377-379, 382, 384
Jacob 216
Joseph 300
Simeon 377, 380
Morrison, 297
Abraham. .279, 281, 282, 285, 291, 296
Halberd 190
John 190
Jonathan 190
Samuel 211, 260, 285, 291, 293
Thomas 190,211
Morrow, John 210
Morse, Silvanus 15, 23
Morton, Ezekiel 3b4
John 494
Matthew 494
Robert 493
Moses, Aaron 491
Joseph 492
Moss, William 21.5
Moulton, Colonel 333
Daniel 366, 369,373
Daniel, Jr 366, 369, 374
David 369,374
John 487
John, Jr 487
Jonathan. . .87, 110, 111, 244-246, 384
Jonathan, Jr 487
Nathan 369,373
Nathan, Jr 487
Nathaniel. 425
Noah 366,369,373
Reuben 366
Mow, Peter 97, 98, 103
Muchmore, Nathaniel 492
Mudgett, Ebenezer 303
Munsey, Solomon. .141, 147, 159, 160, 170
171
Murray, Timothy 105, 107
Mussev, Daniel 212
John 174
522
INDEX.
Nash. 138
Nason, Richard 421, 422, 427, 431
Nay, Joseph 169
Neal, Eliphalet 87
Hubartus. .245, 291, 293, 296, 383, 408
411, 413
John 86-88, 492
William 86, 87
Nelson, James 493
John 197
Jonathan 317
Nesmith, James 262
James, Jr 460, 461, 465
Jonathan 297, 238
Nevins, David 114, 115, 117, 122
Robert, Jr 174
Newcastle, Dulve of 173
Newell, John 44
Newhall, John 11, 27, 51
John Scarlet 15, 19
Joseph 112
Newman, Thomas 217, 221
Newton, 10
John 232, 233
Richard 22
Nichols, Adam 261
Daniel 261
James. . 87
John 45, 377, 380
Jonathan 12, 18, 28, 50
Joseph 41
Moses 464, 467
Samuel 261
Thomas 260, 261
Nickerson, Joshua 143, 333
Reuben 156
Noble, John 493
Norris, Benjamin 300
Josiah 331
Nicholas 492
Norton, John 493
Jonathan 493
Thomas 112
Nourse, Benjamin 10, 29, 51
Benjamin, Jr 13
Noyes, Cutting 137
Ebenezer 317, 446
Humphrey 306, 310
James 304
Joseph 304, 306, 310, 313
Sil vanus 447
Thomas 304, 306, 310, 313, 317
Nutter, Anthony 110
Habebel, Jr 110
Samuel 110
Ober, John 488
Odell, Thomas 301
Odiorue, Benjamin 493
Odiorne, cont.
Jotham... .48, 65, 73, 94, 103, 120, 140
163, 164, 171, 193, 203, 221, 240, 260
269, 275, 312, 340, 361, 372, 390, 404
414, 432, 452, 463, 474
Olerick, Philip 77, 80, 128, 131
Olmstead, Samuel 210
O'Neal, John 416
Ordway, James 378, 380
Nehemiah 376-380
Nehemiah, Jr 378, 380
Samuel 214
Orr, Alexander 86
Osgood, Benjamin 378, 380
Otterson, Andrew 181
James 181
Owen, Timothy 282, 286, 292
Oxnard, Price 69
Pack, Andrew 211
Packer, James 317
Thomas 3, 49, 65, 73, 94, 102, 120
140, 163, 164, 172, 183, 193, 203, 208
209, 221, 241, 260, 268, 273, 311, 340
361, 390, 404, 414, 432, 435, 452, 463
467, 674
Page, Caleb 77, 80, 304, 434
Caleb, Jr 494
Ebenezer 214, 217, 222
Edmund 303, 304, 306, 311, 313
Jabez 233
Jeremiah 134-136, 304, 391, 494
Jonathan 334
Joshua 304, 306, 311, 313
Nathaniel 198, 201, 203
Shubael 487
Thomas... 487
Palmer, Barnabas 364
Christopher 366, 369, 374, 487
Ebenezer 174
James 105, 106
Jeremiah 391
John 328,330, 444
Jonathan. .366, 369, 374, 382, 384-387
391
Joseph 300
Samuel 345,348
Stephen 366, 369, 373
Thomas 491,493
William 328, 366, 369. 372
Park, Alexander 4, 7, 8, 15. 27, 44
Alexander, Jr 4, 7, 15
Joseph 4, 7
Josiah 15, 27, 44
Robert 4, 7, 8, 15, 27, 44, 211
Parker, Abel 291
Benjamin, Jr 447, 450, 451
Ebenezer 86, 87
John 211,476,477
INDEX.
523
Mary 275
Oliver 281, 286, 291
Samuel 214, 286, 291
Silas 286, 407
Thomas 54-56, 128, 131, 264, 265
268-270, 272, 277, 279, 3(i9, 372, 373
447, 450, 451, 492
Thomas, Jr. .77, 80, 265, 268-270, 272
447, 450, 451
William 65, 120, 202, 246, 268, 274
340, 378, 452
William, Jr 77, 80
Parkhurst, 10
Ebenezer 426
George 287
Jonathan 22
Parkinson, Henry 86, 87, 262
Parks, Joseph... 210
Parsons, Joseph 369, 373
Josiah, Jr 301
Samuel 366, 369, 374
Partridge, Jonathan 493
Patch, Isaac 114, 116, 117, 123
Pattee, Asa 214
John 214
Richard 214
Seth 214
Patten, 180
John 86, 87
Matthew 66
William 86, 87, 210
William, Jr 86, 87
Patterson, Abraham 137
William 179
Peabody , Aaron 4.55
Lieutenant 191
Nathaniel 194, 455
Richard 207, 208
Pearse, Peter 319, 323, 408
Timothy 493
Pearson, Jeremiah 421, 422, 427, 431
Jethro 229, 235, 240
Joseph 137
Peaslee, Daniel 212, 214, 488
Nathaniel 214
Peter 328
Samuel 315, 317, 328
Peavey, Edward 104, 106
John 491
Samuel 301
William 104, 107
Peck, Ariel 15
Pecker, Daniel 53, 58, 62, 63
James 215, .304, 306, 310, 313
John .306, 310, 31.3, 31.5, 326, 327
John, Jr .304, 313
Peirce, 1.54, 184, 298, 465
Daniel 48, 65, 7.3, 94, 103, 120, 140
163, 164, 172, 184, 189, 193, 202, 221
Pgi rcG coTif
241, 247, 248, 250, 251, 259, 269, 275
279, 298, 311, 340, 360, ,374, 379, 390
404, 408, 414, 432, 434, 437, 438, 441
452, 463. 471, 474, 477. 479, 480
Ebenezer. .264, 265, 268, 272, 273, 278
279
Humphrey .377, 379
John. ...94, 95, 127, 139, 151, 152,158-
162, 166, 209, 210, 243, 299, 329, 351-
3.53, 416, 417, 419, 462-464, 467, 481
483, 484, 492
Joseph 77, 80, 250, 492
Joshua. . . .48, 65, 73, 94, 103, 120, 137
140, 163, 164, 172, 193, 202, 221, 241
260, 268, 274, 311, 340, 361, 374, 390
404, 414, 417, 418, 432, 452, 463, 471
474, 480
Mark 108, 109, 173
Mark W 297, 419, 420, 444
Mary 417
N 197
Pembroke, Earl of 178
Pendexter, Edward, Jr 491
Philip 491
Penhallow, John 47, 75, 139, 141, 142
151, 152, 155, 1.56, 158, 160, 162, 165
166, 169, 171, 364, 365, 441, 459, 462-
465, 478
Prudence 1.58
Samuel 158, 349, 350, 464
Pennell, Isaac 136
Penniman, 142
Jonathan 141, 142, 145
Penny, Hutson 110
Perkins, Benjamin .363, 364
John 356, 361
Joseph .363
Moses 487
Thomas 363
Perry, 454
Abraham 304, 306, 310
Ebenezer 304, 306, 310
John 304, 306, 310
Obediah. . .303-306, 309, 310, 312, 313
Obediah, Jr 304, 306, 311
Perryman, Nicholas 98, 104
Peterborough, Earl of 185
Peters, James 425
William 114, 116, 117, 123
Pettengill, Benjamin 446
Peverly, George 492
John, Jr... 492
Nathaniel 492, 493
Samuel 493
Thomas 491
Phelps, John 443
Philbrick, Abner 421, 422, 427, 431
Ebenezer 366, 369, 374
524
INDEX.
Philbrick, cont.
Ebenezer, Jr 366, 369, 374
James 366, 369, 373
Jedediah 216, 217, 222, 223, 226
Jeremiah 216, 217, 222, 232, 233
Philbrook, Benjamin 4S7
James 487
Joseph 487
Josepli, Jr 487
Phillips, James IS, 23, 29, 45, 62
John 197, 493
Pickering, John 246
Nicholas 109
Robert 491
Tliomas 109
Pike, Gershom 304
Joseph 205, 206
Piper, John 301
Jonathan 301
Nathaniel 301, 394, 398, 401, 402
Samuel 301
Stephen 301
Thomas 477
Pitcher, William 297
Pitman, Joseph 142, 149, 151, 153, 171
492
Plummer, Daniel 355, 362
John 105, 317
John, Jr 306, 311
Jonathan 306, 310
Mark 306, 310
Pohind, Josiah 14l», 157
Pollard, John 447
Pollock, Kobert 407, 412, 416
Poor, Daniel 303-306, 311-313
Enoch 246
John 304, 306, 310
Jonathan 304, 306, 310, 313
Stephen 304, 306, 311
Porter, Thomas 425
Pottle, William 300, 301
Powers, David 286
Jerathmeel 198, 201, 203, 281, 286
Jonathan. .198, 201, 202, 447, 450, 452
Peter. .114, 115, 117, 122, 198, 201, 203
264, 265, 268-270, 272, 336, 337, 339
341, 395, 399, 401. 402, 447, 450, 451
493
Peter, Jr 198, 201, 202
Stephen. . .198, 201, 203, 274, 395, 399
400, 402
Pratt, John 125, 126
Spencer 15
Prentice, Stanton 198, 201, 202
Thomas 198, 201, 202
Prescott, 425, 426
Abel 394, 398, 400, 402
Captain 456
Charles 394, 398, 400, 402
Prescott, cont.
Colonel 422
Ebenezer 421, 422, 427, 431
Elisha 421, 422, 427, 431
James 428, 431
John 334
Joseph 331, 427, 431
Joshua 334
Peter.. 81, 82, 84, 85, 128, 131, 256, 2.57
394, 397-399, 401, 403-405
Peter, Jr 394, 398, 400, 402
Samuel 421, 422, 427, 431
Samuel, Jr 421, 422, 427, 431
William 422, 426, 428, 432
Pressey, .John .378
Jonathan 377, 378, 380
Price, Ezekiel 88
Henry 81, 82, 85, 89-91
Major 302
Proctor, Ephraim 407, 412
Josiah 407, 412, 416
Nathan 416
Ptobert 407,412
William 416
Prouse, Thomas 149
Prouty, John 22, 24
Johnson 22
Prust, Sarah 98, 234, 355
Purmort, John 300
Putnam, Archelaus..279, 281, 282, 2S6, 292
Ephraim 447, 4.50, 452
Jacob 446, 447, 450, 452
Nathaniel 447, 450, 452
Putney, Daniel 137
Henry 114, 11.5, 117, 122
Quai-les, Samuel 169
Quenton, James 4,1,22, 23, 29, 45
Quigg, John 494
Quigiey, John 87, 88, 261
Thomas 261
Thomas, Jr 261
William 261
Quimby or Quinby, Aaron 233
Daniel 378, 380
David 232, 233
Eliphalet 363
Jacob 217, 222
Joseph 391
Judith 421, 422, 427, 4.32
Moses 216, 217, 222, 317
Tristram 217, 221
Quinn, John 369, 372
Quint, Thomas 492
Rackley, William 492
Ramsey, Hugh 210, 494
Joiin 494
Matthew 494
INDEX.
525
Rand, Amos 366
Deacon 366
Joshua 366, 369,373
Joslma, Jr 369, 374
Richard 366, 369, 373
Samuel 366
Randall, Edward 366, 374
Jacob 493
Miles 97, 98, 103
Nathaniel 1 97
Samuel 355,361
Simon 97, 98, 103
Rankin, Samuel 179, 494
William 494
Raymond, Benjamin 425
" John 421
Reuben 443
Read or Reed, Jacob 279
John 53
Jonathan 262
Joseph. .264, 265, 272, 279, 281, 285, 291
Samuel 198, 200, 201, 203
Thomas.. . .264, 265, 268, 269, 272, 273
275, 277, 279, 281, 285, 445, 447, 4.50
451
Thomas, Jr . . . .264, 265, 270, 272, 275
William 211
Redding, John 492
Remick. Enoch 334
Reynolds, Job 171
Owen 300
Rice, William 395, 399, 401-403
Richards. 466
Joseph 62
Samuel 494
Richardson, 280
Abiel 77, 80, 128, 131
Abijah 174
Asa 174
Ebenezer 174
Eri 174
James 174
Joseph 174, 447, 450, 451
Nathaniel.. 264, 265, 270, 272, 275, 276
279
Richard.. 279, 281, 282, 285, 292, 295
296
Rindge, Daniel 132, 165, 198, 247, 248
250, 251, 495
David 495
Isaac 247, 248, 250, 251, 408
John.. 48, 65, 73, 94, 120, 140, 163, 164
168, 171, 193, 202, 241, 247, 248, 250
251, 259, 269, 274, 311, 340, 374, 390
404, 414, 419, 463, 474
Jotham. . . .247, 248, 250, 251, 336, 337
339, 341, 364, 477
Olive 2.50, 251
Sarah 250, 251
Ring, Daniel 377
David 380
Jarvis 378, 380
Rinston, Joshua 301
Ritchie, William 190
Robbe, James 190
John 281, 285
William, Jr 190
Roberts, 352
Benjamin, Jr 355, 362
Daniel 306, 311
Ebenezer 355, 361
John, Jr 35.5, 361
Joseph 355, 360
Joshua 355, 361
Love 355, 361
Stephen 354
Robinson, David 301
John, Jr 301
Jonathan 228, 229, 235, 240, 241
Josiah 228, 235, 241
Robv or Robie, Daniel 427, 432
David 291
Henry 422, 427, 432
Ichabod 421, 422, 427, 431, 432
John 428, 432
Samuel 427, 432
Rogers, D. R 420
Daniel.. 47, 97, 98, 103, 139, 141-144
171, 247, 248, 250, 251, 365, 415, 441
465, 478, 480
Doctor ... 388
James I'.O, 494
John 105, 107
Mehitable 2.50, 251
Mrs 420
Rollins, Aaron 228, 235, 240
Benjamin 212, 214
C;aleb 229, 235, 241
Edward 110
Ichabod 110
John 229, 235, 242
Jonathan 229, 235, 240, 300
Joseph 1 1 0, 229, 23 1 , 235, 241
Joseph, Jr 110
Joshua 229, 235, 240, 242
Josiah 229, 235, 240
Noah 110
Samuel 110
Samuel, Jr 110
Thomas 228, 235, 241
Ross, Alexander 492
.Jonathan 492
William 492
Rounsevell, Joseph 416
Rowe, 388
Anthony 493
Paine 421, 422, 427, 432
Samuel 493
526
INDEX.
Eowell, Aaron 378, 380
Benoni 214
Gideon 378, 380
John 214
John Leighter 110
Thomas 376, 377, 380
Eowen, Garrett 68, 69
Eoyce, Vere 302, 408
Kundlett, Charles 300, 493
Jacob 331
Josiah 331
Satchel 300
Kunnells, Job, Jr 97, 98, 103
Russell, Edward 77, 80
Peter 211
William, 3d 217
Rust, Henry.... 141-143, 147, 160, 161, 333
364, 477, 478, 480
Henry, Jr ,352, 353, 481
Rev. 300
SafEord, John 407, 412, 416
Salter, William 53, 57
Sampson, Abner 407, 412, 416
Sanborn, Abner 421, 422, 427, 432
Abner, Jr 427, 432
Abraham 229, 235, 239, 241
Benjamin 216, 217, 222
Caleb 427, 432
Daniel 228, 234, 238, 239, 241
Daniel, Jr 228, 234, 240
Ebenezer 229, 235, 242, 427, 432
Enoch 421, 422, 427, 432
Jabez 229, 235, 241
Jeremiah 229, 2.35. 239, 241, 487
John 228, 234, 2.38-243, 487
Jonathan 229, 2.35, 241
Jonathan, Jr 216, 217, 222
Josiah 229, 235, 240, 241, 490
Marston 229, 235, 241
Paul 233
Peter 216, 217, 222
Reuben 421, 422, 427, 432
Reuben, Jr 428, 432
Samuel 216, 217, 221
Stephen 487
Thomas 492
Tristram, Jr 216, 217, 221
Tristram, 3d 216, 217, 221
William 216, 228, 2.35, 240
Winthrop 487
Sanders or Saunders, George 491
Henry 488
Joseph 488
Oliver 214, 488
Sarah 214
Timothy 488
William 214, 488
Sanderson, Enoch .334
Sanderson, cont.
John 1.50, 334
Sargent, Aaron 304, 306, 310, 317
Benjamin 378, 380
Enoch 377
Jonathan 447
Peter ,378, 380
Stephen 378, 380
Zebediah 304, 306, 310, 313
Sawyer, Caleb 174
Nathaniel 395, 399, 402
Richard K 137
Scadgel, Benjamin 138, 145, 149, 151
153, 157
Benjamin, Jr 157
Jacob 145, 477
John 138, 149, 151, 1.53, 1.57, 366
Martha 1,53
Scales, 294
Edward 492
Scammon, Richard 300
Scoby, David 416
Joseph 494
Scott, 279
Alexander 281, 282, 285, 291, 293
Alexander, Jr 292
David 285. 291
James 281, 285, 291, 293
Samuel 492
Silvanus 492
William. . .190, 280, 285, 292, 296, 407
Scribner, Stephen 334
Scrivener, Samuel .232, 233
Searles, John 4, 7, 29
Samuel 4, 7, 29, 77, 80, 128, 131
Seavey, Benjamin 493
Henry ,366, 369, ,374
Joseph 366, 369, 373, 491
Samuel 366, 369, 373
Samuel, Jr 366
Thomas 492
Seaward, Giles 492
John 491
John Drew 491
Secomb, Joseph 216, 217, 222
Segers, Ephraim 22
Severance, Benjamin 232, 233
Daniel " 412
Ephraim 232, 233, 304, 407, 412
Ephraim, Jr 407, 412
Joseph 304
William 262
Sewall, David 468, 469, 473
Seward, see Seaward.
Shackford, Samuel 110
William 110, 197
Shannon, Andrew 86
Richard Cutts 3.50
Nathaniel 334
INDEX.
527
Shaw, Edward 228, 235, 241
Edward, Jr 487
Gideon 487
Jonathan 229, 235, 240
Samuel 421, 422
Shedd, John 447, 450, 452
Shepard, James 424
Jonathan 214
Sherburne, Edward 491
George : 492
Henry 492
James 492
James, Jr 492
Jethro 492
John Samuel 161, 162
Nathaniel 492
Natlianiel, 3d 493
Samuel 363, 364, 492
Sheriff, Abraham 493
Shores, James 491
Peter 428,432
Shute, Jacob 425
Sias, Eliphalet 168
Joseph 97, 98, 103
Samuel.. 97, 98, 104, 149, 151, 153, 169
Solomon 97, 98, 104
Sibley, Jonathan 300
Simms, Thomas 198, 201, 202
Simpson, John 52, 53, 60, 301
Jonathan 53, 60
William 197, 491
William, Jr 301
Sinclair, John 477
Richard 245, 300
Sisco, Josiah 301
Skinner, Amos 15, 25, 28, 51
Christopher 493
Slade, J. Tilton 95
Slayton, Ann. .102, 240, 306, 309, 313, 326
345, 359
Thomas 492
Sleeper, Benjamin 216
Ebenezer 216
Edward 233
Joseph . . .232, 233
William 232, 233
Sloper, Ambrose 493
Joshua 493
Small, Joseph 106
Smart, Samuel 296, 411
Winthrop 156, 158
Smith, 126, 229
Andrew 385
Benjamin 97, 98, 103
Ebenezer 96, 98, 102, 468
Ithamar 13, 22, 29, 51
Ithamar, Jr 23
James 97, 98. 103
John 70, 190, 211, 215, 300
Smith, cont.
Jonathan 446
Joseph. .97, 98, 103, 221, 235, 241, 300
Joseph, Jr. . .97, 98, 103, 110, 229, 235
242
Josiah 229, 235, 241
Nathaniel 114, 116, 117, 123
Samuel 446
Samuel, Jr 97, 98, 103
Solomon 300
Spencer 10
Thomas 57, 58, 63, 76
Victorious 334
William 190, 260, 262
Winthrop. 150-152, 154, 384
Snow, Henrv 128, 131
Solly, Samuel. .48, 65, 73, 94, 103, 120, 140
163, 164, 172, 193, 203, 221, 241, 260
270, 311, 340, 360, 374, 390, 404, 414
432, 452, 463, 474
Soper, Consider 394, 398, 401, 402
Spaulding, 279
Andrew. . .114, 116, 117, 123, 264, 265
269, 272
Ebenezer 416, 419
Ephraim 275
John 285, 292, 293
Joseph. . . .264, 268, 270, 272, 274, 275
Samuel 86, 87, 210
Thomas. . . .264, 265, 268, 270, 272, 447
450, 451
William. . .198, 201, 202, 336, 339, 341
395, 399-401
Zaccheus 128, 131
Speakman, Hannah 61
William. 53, 58, 62
Spear, William 190
Spinney, John 15, 44, 51
Spooner, John 53, 58, 62
Spring, John 27
Squire, Elias 10, 13, 22, 29, 51
Stanford, Abner 10, 13, 22
Joseph 44, 51
Josiah 11, 19, 27, 44, 51
Phineas 44
Stanhope, 10
Isaac 10, 12
John 10, 12
Joseph 12, 18, 29, 35, 41, 45, 51
Stanley, Benjamin 425
Stanyan, Jacob 421, 422, 427, 432
Stark, 426
Archibald 179, 180, 428, 493
John 493
William 493
Stearns, Daniel 86, 87, 210
John 86,87, 211, 305, 399, 401
Zachariah 210, 395, 399, 401, 402
Zachariah, Jr 395, 899-401
528
INDEX.
Steele, Clement 363
John 53, 58, 61, 62, 407, 412
Moses 416
Samuel 211
William 407, 416
Stevens, Benjamin .... 77, 79, 216, 217, 221
David 229, 235, 241
Ebenezer 77, 79, 215-217, 222, 223
225, 226
Ebenezer, Jr 216, 217, 222
John.. 114, 115, 117, 120, 122, 123, 198
201, 202, 297, 336, 340, 341
Jonathan 302
Joseph 114, 115, 117, 122, 215
Moses 446
Moses, Jr 446
Nathan 424
Parker 304, 306, 310
Peter 198, 201, 202
Samuel. .97, 98, 103, 216, 217, 221, 264
265, 269, 272, 274, 281, 285, 287, 288
291, 303
Samuel, Jr 282, 285, 288, 292
Thomas 365
William 303, 304, 306, 310
Stevenson, Abraham 97, 98, 103
Thomas, Jr 97, 98, 103
Stewart or Stuart, James. ...198, 201, 202
John 190, 260
Jonathan 421, 422, 427, 432
Margaret 190
Peter 141
Solomon 198, 201, 202
Thomas 416
Stickney, Daniel 264, 265, 268, 272
Stiles, William 355, ,361
Stillings, Peter 197, 492
Stilson, James 105, 107
Stinson, David 494
James 190
.John 494
Moore 190
Samuel 190,494
William 494
Stockbridge, John 300
Stoddard, Sampson. ...203-266, 268-270
272-280, 283, 287-291, 294-296
Sampson, Jr 275
Vryling 275
Stone, Andrew 303, 304, 306, 310
Stoodlv, James.. 46, 72, 110, 139, 193, 226
242, 276, 326, 414, 469, 472, 473, 492
Stratton, Joseph 394, 398, 401
Nathan 394, 398, 401, 402
Straw, Israel 378, 380
Samuel 378, 380
William 378, 380
Stroud, John. .12, 18, 29, 38, ,39, 41, 45, 51
Stuart, see Stewart.
Sulloway, William 2-32
Sunderland, Hugh 77, 79
Swain, John 422
Jonathan 427, 432
Swan, Abigail 190
Asa 215
Gustavus 190
James 214
John, Jr 190
Jonah ... .495
Josiah 447, 4-50, 451, 495
Richard 215
Robert 215
Timothy 214
William 279, 281, 28-5, 292
Swett, 419, 420, 465, 466
Benjamin. .232, 233, 421, 422, 428, 432
David 465, 466
Elisha 216, 217, 222, 225
Jonathan 462, 463
Josiah 464-467
Nathan 216, 217, 221
Robert 232, 233
Swift, Samuel 61
Symes, William 127, 128, 131
Symonds, John 214
Joseph 22, 23, 29, 45
Nathan 179
Taggart, John. . ..86, 87, 190, 279-282, 285
28S-293, 295, 296
Tallant, Hugh 177
Tandy, Richard 232, 2.33
Tappan, John ,334
Samuel 334
Tarlton, Elias 492
Tash, Thomas 96, 98, 103, 108
Tasket, Samuel 160
Taylor, 282
Chase 229, 2.3,5, 240
Daniel 198, 201, 203, 336, 340, 341
David 407,412
Edmund 281, 286, 291
Edward 229, 235, 240, 300
James 86, 87, 328
Jeremiah 105, 106
John 58, 229, 235, 240, 487
Joseph 286
Nathan 293, 457, 461
Samuel 262
Thomas 477
Timothy. . . 86, 198, 200, 201, 203, 336
339-341
William 128, 131
Tebbetts, see Tibbetts.
Temple, John 335
Templeton, James 190
Tenney, Daniel 174
Jonathan 214
INDEX.
529
Thomas, Joseph 97, 98, 103
Thomas 52
Thomlinson, John.. 48, 65, 73, 94, 102, 120
127, 140, 163, 164, 172, 193, 202, 222
240, 241, 259, 269, 311, 340, 361, 374
390, 404, 414, 432, 452, 463, 474
Thompson, Benjamin 77, 80, 128, 131
David 300
Ebenezer 172, 348
George 492
James 97, 98, 103
John 86
Samuel, Jr 491
William..86, 87, 228, 235, 241, 300, 407
Thornton, Matthew 6, 7, 88, 132, 134
211, 266, 268-270, 272-276, 279, 280
331, 336, 340-342, 456, 493, 494
Thresher, Henry 427, 432
Thurston, John 300
Moses 300
Robert 300
Tibbetts or Tebbetts, Richard 402
Samuel 477
Samuel, Jr 477
Tilton, David 427, 432
Jethro 421, 422, 427, 432
Nathan 421, 422, 427, 432
Tippit, John 215
Toby, Samuel 197, 492
Todd, Alexander 494
Andrew 197, 262
Joshua 190
Samuel 494
Tolford, John 4, 7, 23, 132, 135
Josliua 132
William 4, 7, 23, 132
Toppan, James 217, 222
Torrey, William 477
Towle, Amos 487
Caleb 232,233
Elisha 233
James 487
Jonathan 366-369, 374, 487
Jonathan, Jr 366, 369, 374
Joshua 487
Joshua, Jr 487
Levi 369, 373
Philip 487
Towne, Gardner 297
Joseph 328, 330
Townsend, George 491
James 53, 58, 62
William 212, 214
William Blair 61, 64
Trask, Menassah 425
Retire 425
Treadwell, William Earl . . .468, 469, 473
Treat, Stephen 13, 22, 29, 51
Trickey, John 109
34
Trickey, cont.
Jonathan 109
Joseph 109
Joshua 109
Samuel 110
Triggs, Thomas 142, 170, 171, 477
Tripe, Samuel 197
True, Enoch 334
Jabez 217, 222
Truel, Amos 86, 87
David 86, 87
Trumbull, Judah 424
Simon 424
Tubbs, 280
Frederick 282, 286, 292
Joseph 282, 286, 292
Tuck, Benjamin 487
Jonathan 487
Tucker, Benjamin 216, 377, 380
Enoch 380
Tuft, John 211
Turner, Thomas 190
Tuttle, Ebenezer 355, 362
Twitchell, Eleazer 11, 19, 27, 44, 51
Joseph 493
Twombly, William 3.55, .362
Tyler, Benjamin 62
John 53, 62, 63, 205
Tyley, Samuel 53, 58, 61, 62
Tyng, John.. 176
Underwood, James 86, 87, 461, 462
Phineas 128, 131
Upham, Thomas 12, 13, 16, 18, 21, 23
28, 41, 43-45, 50
Upton, Abiel 262
Uran, James 304, 306, 311, 312
Peter 214
Usher, Eleazer 86, 87
John 210, 447, 450, 451
Robert 86, 87, 210
William 86,87
Varney, Ebenezer 99
Stephen 356, 360
Thomas 354
Varnum, 457
T 1 TTi p ^ 4 ^4
John... 264, 266^276, 279, 282, 286, 292
447, 4.50, 451
Joseph 177
William ,....174
Vassell, John 185, 186
Veasey, George 301
George, Jr 300
George, 3d . ..300
Jeremiaii 197, 300
Samuel 301
Thomas, Jr 300, 301
530
INDEX.
Virgin, Phineas 424
Wadleigh, Benjamin 216, 217, 222
John 142, 149, 171, 229, 235, 241
Thomas 317
Wainwriglit, John 112
Lucy Dudley 342
Wait, Joseph 138
Wakeham, Caleb 97, 98, 1U2
Walden, John 493
William 493
Waldrou, Thomas Westbrook 154
Walker, Captain 454
Isaac 53, 58, 6 1 , 62
Samuel 424
Timothy 428, 432
Timothy, Jr 424, 425
Timothy, 4th 424
Tobias 417
William 424, 425, 427, 428, 432
Wallace, Samuel.. 366
William 190, 211
Wallingford, Thomas. ..48, 65, 73, 94, 103
120, 140, 163, 165, 171, 193, 203, 221
241, 260, 268, 273, 311, 340, 360, 374
390, 404, 414, 432, 452, 463, 474
Walton, 282
Allen 355, 361
Reuben 279-282, 285, 291
Samuel 355,361
Wardwell, John 77, 79
Warner, Gilbert 53, 58, 61, 62
Jonathan 365, 387, 472
Warren, George 492
Walter . . .' 492
Washington, George 394
Wason, iienjamin 300
Waterhouse, Timothy 492
Waters, Thomas 492
Watkins, Jason 393
Watson, 173
Ebenezer 232, 233
Natlianiel 334
Thomas 366
Watts, John 215
Weare, Meshech. . ..214, 421, 422, 426, 427
432
Webber, Edmund 491
William 174
Webster, Benjamin 232, 233
Ebenezer 174, 215, 391
Hannah 214
Israel 304,313
Jeremy 216, 2)7,222,225
John 227, 304, 330, 331
John, Jr 306, 310
Joshua 214, 232, 233
Joshua, Jr 216, 217, 222
Josiah 366, 369, 374
Webster, cont.
Samuel 216, 217, 221
Samuel, Jr 232, 233
Stephen 215
William 215
Weed, Bagley 334
Henry 334
Moses 334
Nathaniel 334
Weeks, John, Jr 301
Joseph 97, 98. 104
Joshua 369
Joshua, Jr 374
Nathaniel 139
William 97, 98, 103
Welch, Benjamin 491
David 232, 233
Jacob 364
Joseph 232, 233, 492
Samuel 232, 233
Thomas 233
Welland, William 355, 361
Wellman, 29, 45, 51
John 12
John, Jr 25
Wells, John 377,380,492
Joseph 492
Samuel 366
Widow 393
William 492
Wendell, John 89, 90, 302
Wentworth, Benning 137, 446
CM 352
Ebenezer 355, 360
Elizabeth 127, 250, 251
H 152, 197, 250, 251
Hugh Hall 197,471
Hunking 369, 374, 488
John. .16, 18, 19, 22, 24, 25, 33, 39, 49
65, 73, 94, 120, 140, 172, 193, 197, 202
248, 260, 270, 275, 311, 331, 340, 363
390, 404, 414, 457, 463, 472, 474, 477
John, Jr. . .103, 221, 241, 361, 374, 432
452
Mark Hunking 49, 65, 73, 94, 103
120, 140, 163, 164, 168, 172, 193, 203
221, 222, 241, 247, 248, 250, 251, 260
268, 274, 311, 340, 349, 360, 373, 390
404, 414, 432, 452, 463, 474
Samuel 197, 492
William 99, 197, 354
West, John 425
Stephen. 10
Wetmore, Beriah . . . .15, 18, 26, 28, 35, 37
38, 44, 51
Wheeler, Benjamin 214
Benjamin, Jr 214
Jimathan 212
Jonathan, Jr 212, 214
INDEX.
531
Wheeler, cont.
Joseph 96, 98, 103, 394. 398-402
Joseph, Jr. 394, 398, 401, 402
Nathaniel 394, 398, 401, 402
Stephen 212, 214
William 212, 214
Wheelwright, Jeremiah 197
Whidden, Michael 491
Whipple, Katherine 349
William 47, 139, 142, 151, 152, 150
158, 160, 319, 441, 462-464
Whitcher, Richard 301
White, Archibald.. 114. 115, 117, 122, 296
407, 412, 416
Archibald, Jr 412, 416
Benjamin 77, 79
Ebenezer 446
J ames 304
John 215
Nathaniel Wright 300, 301
Nicholas 446
Noah 447
Samuel 215, 324
Silas 168
William 58, 62, 63, 412, 416
Whitiucr, Nathan 174
Oliver 447, 450, 451
Whitney, Jonathan 198, 200, 201, 203
336, 340, 341
Whittaker, Jonathan 446
Joseph 215
Stephen 304, 306, 311, 313
Thomas... .304, 306, 311, 313, 315, 326
327
Whittemore, Aaron 178
Whittier, Richard 215
Thomas 215
Thomas, Jr 215
Whittum, Joseph 492
Wibird, Richard. . .48, 65, 73, 94, 102, 120
124, 140, 163, 164, 171, 193, 202, 221
241, 260, 270, 275, 311, 340, 362, 373
390, 404, 414, 432, 452, 463, 474, 493
Wiggin, 352, 466
Andrew 477
Andrew, Jr 300, 3ol
Andrew, 5th 301
Bradstreet. 300, 301
Bradstreet, Jr 300
Charles 301
Chase 169
Cotton. 300
Doctor 300
Eliphalet 301
Henry, Jr 301
John 301
Josiah 301
Moses 301
Nathaniel 301
Wiggin, cont.
Samuel 301
Samuel, Jr 301
Simon 300
Thomas 301
Thomas, Jr 301
Tufton 301
Walter 301
Walter, Jr 301
Willard, Aaron 3i)5, 399, 400, 402
Jonathan 10
Josiah. 4, 7, 27, 30-32, 34, 37, 42, 264
270, 272, 276
Willey, John, Jr 97, 98, 103
Nathaniel 3.53
Samuel 96, 98, 103, 109, 363
Theodore 97, 98, 103
Thomas, Jr 97, 98, 103
Williams, Isaac 160
Jonathan 53
S 455
Walter 421, 422, 427, 432
Wilson, David 291
Hugh . . 190, 264, 265, 269, 270, 272, 274
275
Jacob 86, 87
James 58, 62, 63
Jesse 86, 87, 174
John 174, 291, 293
Jonathan 86, o7
Robert 280
Samuel 22,211
Thomas 58, 62, 63
William 211, 280
AVingate, J(jhn ... 364
Paine 377, 380
Winn, Benjamin 128, 131
Joseph 19.^ 201, 203
Joseph, Jr 336, 339, 341
Winslow, Elisha 216, 217, 222
Henry 197
Joshua, J r 1 97
Samuel, Jr 216, 217, 221
Wisdom, John 492
Withey, 194
Wood, 445
Daniel 15
John 394, 398, 400, 402
Joseph 425
Zephaniah 394, 398, 401, 402
Woodbury, 211
Ebenezer 488
Nathaniel 488
Woodcock, Michael 22, 24
Micliael. Jr 22
Woodman. Joshua 216, 217, 221
Nathaniel 212, 214
Woods, George 477, 492
Samuel 477
532
INDEX.
Woodward, Jacob. .304, 306, 310, 317, 447
Stephen 306, 310, 312
Woolson, Jonas 114, 115, 117, 122
Worthen, Samuel 304
Wright, 279
Joel 174, 285
Joseph 53, 58, 60, 62, 63, 128, 131
174, 214
Silas 281, 2^5, 291
William 210
Wyman, Aaron 174
John .174
Thomas 304,488
William 174, 177
Yeaton, Philip 356, 360
York, Nicholas 364
Thomas 97, 98, 104
Young, Daniel 232, 233, 355, 360
Edward 300
Hezekiah 232, 233
Israel 212,214
Israel, Jr 212,214
John 106, 140, 141, 149, 232, 233
John C 169
Jonathan 232, 233
Joseph 300
Richard 300
Thomas 96, 98, 104, 107
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