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Nent up for concurrence."
This will be understood as a blow aimed at the Messrs. Lamb and Company, and those of the settlers who had bought land and claimed title to the same from the deeds of said Company. There is no evidence that the writs of ejectment were served on any of the inhabitants.
"June 15, 1:31. A petition of Joseph Wright and others, in- habitants or residents on a Tract of Land commonly called 'The Elbows,' lying between the Towns of Springfield and Brookfield, praying the Court either to confirm the Title of the Indian pur- chasers or claimers (Messrs. Lamb & Co.). or in case the Court should see cause to reject and disallow their claims to the Tract in question and determine the same to the Country Land, that then the petitioners and others of the prior settlers, and such others of the native inhabitants, upon such terms, limitations and conditions as to this Court shall seem meet, may have a grant of the land within mentioned for a Township." Same date-" A petition of John King and others, Inhabitants of a tract of land lying between the towns of Brookfield, Springfield, and Brimfield, praying that they may be confirmed in their possession of the said lands (saving unto Col. Lamb and associates their Right therein) &c., for reasons mentioned. These several petitions were read: And after a long debate, on the next day the questions were severally put, whether the prayers of said petitions should be granted ? And it passed in the Negative."
By recalling the attitude taken by the General Court toward Col. Lamb and his associates, as narrated in the previous chapter, this decided Negative will be understood. And in the same light we are prepared to see the force and bearing of the following paper. which is in place here :
HARDWICK
MAP No. 1. OF THE ORIGINAL ELBOW DISTRICT, MASSACHUSETTS. 1716 to 1752.
COMPILED BY E. B. GATES,
1880. Scale 1} inches to the mile.
COMMITTEE G COURT HON EBENE SAR OURRELL WILLIAM BAEANENRIOGE
ANTHONY STODARD
JOHN POST
HOLLINGSWORTH GRANT SOO ACHES
JEREMIAH OLMSTEAD ALEXANDER MAGOON
JABESH OLMSTEAD
SAMUEL OAVIS
JOHN @LACKMER
JACOB CUMMINGS JOSEPH CUMMINGS
ESQREEDS FARM OF 10000 ACRES
STEWART SOUTHGATE
JAMES STEVENS
PETER BLACKMER
ISAAG MAGOON JN
ISAAC MAGOON SEN
LAMBERTON
THOMAS BROWN
1742
WILLIAM PATTERSON
JOHN THOMSON
MINISTRY LOT
JOSHUA MEMASTER
NOAH THOMSON
JAMES LEMON
JOHN BEMO
WILLIAM BROWN
ANDREW MCKEE
THOMAS MEGLANTHAN
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SAMUEL LEMON
Puttoquetluck REVPETER HOBFAT 300 AGRES IN 1681
ISAAC MAGCON JM
JOHN BLAIR & JOSEPH PATRICK ASSIGNEES MADE FREEMEN 1755
JAMES LEMON JA
DEN. THOMSON
ELIJAH VOSE
ROBERT THOMSON
DEA JAMES SMITH ELDER,
M ROENISON
DANIEL KILBOUAN
COLD SPRING TOWNSHIP
DEA DAVID SPEAR
PATRICK J MITH
ROBERT SMITH SEN
DEA DAVID SPEAR JA
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I WHK PATRICK
STEWART SOUTHGATE \
SAMUEL ALAIR & COL STONE
STEWART -SOUTHGATE
ROBERT & DAVID NEVINS DEA JOHN SMITH
JAMES ENGLISH
HUMPHRY GARDNER SETH SHAW
MILL LOT
JOHN A SON JAMES MEMASTER EPHRAIM BATES
CEA GORDON SEDGWICK
SAMUEL DOOLITTLE
. ALEXANDER TACKLES CAP" PATRICK WATSON
OBADIAH WARD
JAMES M'ELWANE $>N
THOMAS ERHAN & W* SIOAN
WILLIAM SHEARER
ELISHA HALL
CAPT SHELDON GRANT 300 ACRES 1723 HENRY OWIGHT ESQ ASSIGNEE
JAMES MELWANE SEN
JAMES M'GLELLAN
TIMOTHY M'ELWANE
JOHN ALLEN MED.WANE
STEPHEN CRAWFORD
ROBERT DUNLAP
- JOSHUA PARSONS
JOHN GLASFORD
TIMOTHY M'ELWANE
DUNGAN QUINTON
SAW MILL LOT
THOMAS C
FUN
BENJAMIN PARSONS
SAMUEL NEVINS
THEOPHILUS NIGHT
WILLIAM CAAYI FORD
O C J LAMBERTON
J HENDERSON
JOHN MOORE
ON JABESH LAWS
JOHN SHEARER
ALL GLASFORO
JOHN GOMES 1
HIAAC FERRELL
JOHN SCOTT
JAMES MIMASTER
GÀ JADÉSH LAMB
THOMAS HILL
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JOHN HILL
JAMES BREAKENMIDGE
IAMIS M'QUISTON
JOSEPH FLEMING
JUAN ROGERS
REV JOAN' HARVEY
WILLIAM SCOTT SEN
JOSHUA SHAW
DANIEL GRAVED
WILLIAM SCOTT JM
JOHN WERBER
SCHOOL LOT
JAMES MOORE
JOHN WAIGHT SEN
NICHOLEAS BLANCHARD
JOHN ILBUNN - SEN
JOHN THUM SON
JOHN DORCHESTER
JAMES HAMILTON
JOSEPH WRIGHT JA
SAMUEL FROST SYLVANUS WALKER
DAVID KING &
THOMAS KING
ANDREW AUTHERFORO
EMENETAM MERRICK
NATHANIEL WIL SON
JOHN HING SEM/
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NOAH COOLEY
FELLOWS TAVERN 1657
JUDAM FERRY
RICHARD COMBS
BARNARD MONITT
JONATHAN CHAPIN
DAVID SHAW
IBEN' MERRICH
M CIENTON
SAMUEL SHAW JR
ROBERT OLDS 1715
MONSON
MICAH TOUSLEY
LITHO BY MILTON BRADLEY GO.
500 ACRES 1715
Fay Reeds cost Imr & due \ 1950 runt-
JOSEPH BROOKS JA
PYNCHONS HEIRS 200 ACRES
PYNCHONS
GRANT
COMMITTEEG COURT SAMUEL BRADFORD ESQ J BREAKENRIOGE
W- BROWN
ROBERT STANFORD MATTHEW BROWN SEN JAMES BROWN
OBADIAH COOLET JH JAMES BLAIR
COL SAMUEL PATRIOGE 800 AGRES 1731
MATTHEW BROWN SEN ROBERT BROWN
JOSEPH BROOMS SEN
MENAY THOMSON
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.
DANIEL FULLEM
ABOUT THE SAME TIME
W- M'MITCHELL
ABEL CURTIS
JAMES BROWN LDT
NATHANIEL DEWET
WILLIAM MEGLANATHAN OEA SAMUEL MUĞLANATHAN
ANONEW BAILEY
ROBERT HUNTER
THOMAS MECLANATHAN
[ ]SPECIFIC GRANTS AND BRIMFIELD ANNEXED NEW LINES ESTABLISHED AFTER THE DIS WAS ORGANIZED
JAMES SHEARER SEN
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ELI PARSONS JOHN APPLIN HUGH M'MASTEM
THOMAS
"TTLE
JOHN HAMILTON
JOHN BROOKS HUGH M'MASTER
JOHN PATTERSON
DemuglereBirthJAMES DORCHESTER JA
ROBERT ROGERS
SAMUEL FLEMING
ANDREW FARRAH
PART OF BRIMFIELD
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BRIMFIELD
AARON KING
SAMUEL MILIJUAN JOHN HING JA
ROBERT & DAVID NEVINS
- SHAW
JONATHAN GOULET
SAMUEL SHAW
JAMES OOMCHESTER SEN JOHN ME MASTER
- THE NAME BELOW WAS THE SECOND OWNER COUNTRY ROADS ESTABLISHED BEFORE THE SETTLEMENT
ROBERT FERRELL
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MARSHES GRANT 1443 ACRES IN 1733
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THE ELBOW TRACT-A PLANTATION, 1726-1752.
General Court Records, Vol. 15, page 148. August 18, 1731. A Me- morial of Henry Dwight, Esq., setting forth that great numbers of strangers without any liberty obtained from the Government, are encroaching and settling on sundry parts of the best unappropriated Lands in this Province, more especially ou a Tract of Land called The Elbows, lying between Had- ley and Brookfield-Praying that this Court would take some proper meas- ures to prevent their disorderly settlements-
In Council, Ordered that Samuel Thaxter, William Dudley and Thomas Cushing, Esqrs., with such as the House of Representatives shall join, be a Committee to inquire into the matters contained in the within petition, and report as soon as may be.
In the House of Representatives, Read and Conenrred: And Ordered that Mr. Welles, Mr. Baxter, Mr. Hobson, Maj. Brattle and Mr. Brown be joined in the affair.
No Report of this Committee has been found; nor does it appear from the Records that any further action on the subject was taken.
House Journal (printed), Vol. I, p. 55. "January 7. 1731-2. A petition of James Dorchester and others, Inhabitants of a Tract of land lying between the towns of Springfield, Brookfield, Brim- field, and the lands called Equivalent Lands, in the county of Hampshire, whose names are thereto subscribed, praying the Court to grant them a tract of land within mentioned, and endow them with the Privileges that such places have, so that they may be in a capacity to erect a place for the public worship of God, or that such measures may be taken for their relief as the Court shall think fit.
Read. And Jan 21, upon a motion made by Mr. Pynchon in behalf of James Dorchester and others, Ordered, that the sd Pyn- chon have leave to withdraw the sd petition."
"Jan. 28, 1:31-2. A petition of John King and others, pray- ing that the sd tract of land be granted them, and that they may be indulged with the privileges that such places have, for reasons mentioned.
Read and negatived."
It will be seen from the petition of James Dorchester (above quoted) that the Elbow settlers now based their prayer for Precinct or Town privileges, on new grounds, viz., in order that they may legally proceed to establish religious ordinances among themselves ; as, though they had engaged a minister who was then preaching in the place, they could levy no taxes for his support, nor build a meeting-house, without an Act of the Legislature. And it is fur- ther to be noticed, they obtained a favorable hearing only when
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HISTORY OF PALMER.
they repudiated all claims under the deeds of Lamb and Company, and threw themselves on the mercy of the Court.
A peculiar difficulty which these settlers met with, and which was a cause of embarrassment for some years, is indicated by the follow- ing petition, which in the chronological order of events, has a place here. It was the over-lapping of special grants, due to the indefi- niteness of boundry lines and angles. And usually, as in the case in hand, the innocent holder, who had expended his means in mak- ing improvements, was the sufferer.
"June 8, 1732. A petition of John Nivin of a place called Kingsfield. within this Province, shewing that he has purchased a tract of land in the said place, of Mr. Timothy Ruggles, upon which he is settled and hath settled his four sons, and built, and made considerable Improvements: But so it is that Josiah Shel- don having purchased a grant of land made by this Court to Col. Samuel Partige, hath laid out the same upon the Petitioner's and his sons' Improved Lands,-and hath returned a Plot thereof to this Court, and obtained a confirmation of the same-Praying that the sd confirmation may be set aside, so that the Petitioner, and his children may not lye at the mercy of the said Josiah Sheldon.
In Council Read and Ordered, that the Petitioner serve the said Josiah Sheldon with a copy of this petition. that so he may shew cause on Tuesday next, if any he have, why the prayer thereof should not be granted.
In the House of Representatives. June 13, 1732. Read and Non-concurred."*
THE PRAYER THAT PREVAILED .- After the defeats and delays of six years, it is pleasant to chronicle a final success of plans which had been pursued with untiring energy through unusual dis- couragements. The following petition will ever be memorable in our annals, for its submissive yet loyal spirit ; its acknowledgment of errors, with a candid statement of reasons ; and its earnest de- sire to be put under such regulations as may have a tendency to promote the flourishing of religion.
To his Excellency Jonathan Bolcher, Esq., Capt. Generall and Governour in Chief in and over his Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, The Honourable His Majesty's Council and House of Repre- sentatives in General Court assembled May the thirty-first, annoque Dom- ine 1732.
The Petition of the Subcribers Dwelling and Residing on a Tract and
* GENERAL COURT RECORDS, Vol. 15, p. 259.
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THE ELBOW TRACT-A PLANTATION, 1726-1752.
Parcel of Land lying situate between Springfield, Brookfield, Brimfield and the Land called the Equivalent Land and Cold Spring.
Humbly Sheweth
That they are sensible the said Land belongs to the sd Province, Yet the Reasons why your Petitioners entered on ye said Land was as follows-Some from the incouragement of Joshua Lamb, Esq., and Company That the said Land belonged to them and that they would give to such of your Petition- ers as entered thereon under them a Good Right and Title to such a Part thereof as they Respectively contracted for. Yet notwithstanding, your Petitioners are sensible that the sd Lamb and Company have no Right to the said Land, and that the same will prove greatly to your Petitioners' Damage, that is, to such as hold under them without Relieved by your Excellency and Honours-And that others of your Petitioners entered on from Necessity, not having wherewith of their own to Subsist. Yet nevertheless your Petitioners are duly sensible that they justly deserve your Discountenance. But considering the Reasons offered they humbly Request your compassionate Consideration that they may be put under such Regulations as may have a tendency to promote the flourishing of Religion, &c.
Therefore your Petitioners most humbly Pray that your Excellency and Honours would take the Premises into your wise consideration, and either grant them ye sd Tract of Land, or put them under such Restrictions & Regulations as in your Consummate wisdom shall be thought most Rea- sonable.
And your Petitioners (as in Duty bound) shall ever pray.
Joseph Wright
John Henderson
Barnard McNitt
Humphrey Gardner
Daniel Fuller
Nicholas Blancher
Andrew MacKee
William Crawford
James Shearer
Samuel Nivins
Daniel Killam
Joseph Gerish (?)
David Spear Thomas Litel
Andrew Rutherford
Samuel Doolitel
Daniel Parsons
James Brakenridge
James McClelan
John Bemon
James Lamberton
Duncan Quinton
Thomas McClelan
Isaac McGune
Robert Thomson
James Dorchester
Robert Doonlop
Isaac McGune, Jun.
Benjamin Parsons
Micah Tousley
James Lamont [Lemmon]
Elijah Vose Elisha Hall Alexander Tackels
William Sloan
Thomas Jennings
Robert Farrell
Joseph Flamont [Fleming] Aaron Nelson
Timothy McElwain
James McElwain Matthew Brown
Patrick Smith
Samuel Shaw
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HISTORY OF PALMER.
John Brooks
Joseph Wright, Jr.
Aaron Parsons
Thomas Hill
Andrew Farrand
David Nivins
Robert Harper
Samuel Brooks
William Shaw
Robert Nivins
Joseph Brooks
John Harvey
In the House of Representatives, June 19, 1732.
Read and Ordered that the Petition lie on the table.
It is always pleasant to know the modus operandi of complicated affairs which have a favorable ending. Fortunately, our Planta- tion Records supply this information in relation to the preparation and presentation of the above petition.
" March 18, 1732. A toun meatten warned and attended, Joseph Wright, Jun., Moderator.
Agreed upon by the Inhabtants that a petition should be sent to the Cort and be sined by siners of the Inhabtants, and the names under as follers. In the names [of the] rest.
Joseph Wright, Jun., William Scoot, Stoard Southgate, James Dorchester, John King, Samuel Shaw, Sargnt Dulittl.
Men chosen to prefer the petition at Cort, Stouard Southgate, John King, Joseph Wright."
"April 10, 1732. A toun meatten warned and attended, Andrew Mackee, Moderator.
"Voted whether a petion should now att this time be sent to Cort, and voted in the Negative."
"June 5, in the year 1732. A toun meatten warned and attended, Joseph Wright, Modrator.
" Voted that Mr. Mackaelain gitt a petition Drayn and the In Habtaints pay the charge.
"Voted that Samuell Shaw, Joseph Wright, Jun., are the men chosen to prefer the petiton to Cort."
"June 12, in the year 1732, a toun metten warned and attended, Samuell Shaw, Moderator.
" Voted by the Inhabaints that seven men should determen how should be ptitoned, to wit, Samill Shaw, John King, James Mack- clelan, Joseph Wright, Bingmin Parsons, Barnett Macknet, Tomas Littel."
Only two of the above Committee went to Boston, and their account was as follows :
"Shaw's & Wright's Account for their going down to enter ye Petition of ye Inhabitants June, 1732.
Cr.
Of money by them received : fifty-six petitioners in all, and
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THE ELBOW TRACT-A PLANTATION, 1726-1752.
forty-three paid to them the sum of 5s. per piece, which make up Je sum of £10 15s. 0.
Of money by them expended, viz.
€
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To charges on road down, 12s. 6d. per piece
1
5
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To six days in Boston, one of them 5s. per day
1
10
0
To six days in Boston, ye other at 3s. per day To their horses keeping
0
18
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1
10
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To entry of Petition in Lower House
0
10
0
To charges on road up, 93. 6d. per piece
0
19
0
To treat and drink
4
3
0
Allowed.
£10
15
0
" Mr. James Mack Elwean's Account for getting ye Petition Drawn was allowed. [Amt. not given. ]
As the General Court Records show, the petition was laid on the table. In their anxiety about its fate, the petitioners sent Steward Southgate as their agent to press their claim at the Fall session of the Court. He attended to the duty, and his charges were as fol- lows :
" A Bill of Steward Southgate for attending upon ye Generall Court on ye Petition of ye Inhabitants. November 20. 1732, viz.
£
S.
d.
To expenses on ye road from Leicester to Boston
0
5
0
To 9 days boarding in Boston @ 22s. per week
1
12
3
To 9 nights horsekeeping @ 3s. per night To a copy of ye Petition
1
0
0
6
6
To entering ye Petition in ye Upper House
0
10
0
To a copy of ye Court Order & Vote
0
3
6
To treats & Expenses severall times
0
15
6
To charges on ye road from Boston to Leicester
0
6
6
November 30, 1732. Allowed.
£5
6
9
Dr.
The favorable result of Mr. Southgate's mission is thus re- corded :-
November 24, 1732. A Petition of Joseph Wright and fifty-six others, Inhabitants of a Tract of land situate between Springfield, Brookfield, Brimfield, the Equivalent Land and Cold Spring, shewing that the Petition- ers are sensible that the Lands they are settled on do of right belong to the Province ; but for as much as they were encouraged to settle there by Joshua Lamb Esq. and Company who pretended a Title to the Land and with whom they had agreed as to the purchase-Therefore praying a grant of the sd Land from this Court, for such consideration as the Court shall judge reasonable.
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In the House of Representatives Read, and in answer to the Petition, Voted, that Col. John Alden and Mr. Samuel Bradford with such as the Honourable Board shall appoint, be a committee to go upon the Lands pe- titioned for, that they carefully view the situation and circumstances thereof, as well as those of the Petitioners ; and also the quantity & Qual- ity of the said Lands, and Report their opinion at next May session, what may be proper for the Court to do thereon, and that the Petition be refer- red accordingly.
Sent up for Concurrence.
J. QUINCY, Speaker.
In Council November 28, 1732.
Read and Concurred, and Ebenezer Burrill, Esq. is joined in the affair.
J. WILLARD, Secr'y.
Consented to
J. BELCHER.
" Elbows. At a meeting of the Inhabitants on Thursday ye 31st of May, A. D. 1733, it was Voted, that Steward Southgate be ap- pointed and impowered to go down to, and attend upon ye General Court, in behalf of ye Inhabitants, at ye present session, To use ye utmost of his endeavours to obtain a title and confirmation of ye land in our possession, upon the best and easiest terms possible."
"June 22, 1733. Ebenezer Burrill, Esq., from the committee of both Houses, on the Petition of Joseph Wright & others praying, as entered Nov. 28, 1732, gave in their Report, which was read and accepted in Council, and concurred in by the Representatives, and is consented to J. BELCHER."
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE.
The Committee appointed by the General Court at their session in November last to repair to the Land Petitioned for by James Dorchester and sundry others, Having in pursuance of the vote of ye said Court Repaired to ye said Lands, and carefully Viewed the situation and circumstances thereof, as well as those of the Pe- titioners, and also the Quality and Quantity of said Lands, Do re- port our opinion thereon as Follows, viz.
WE FIND the Land petitioned for to be a Tract of Land com- monly called Elbow Tract, lying near Springfield and the Equiva- lent Land, containing Seventeen Thousand and Fourteen Acres (viz. Ye contents of five mile square and one thousand and four- teen acres over), Exclusive of ye Particular Grants taken up and laid out within ye same : Bounded and Inchided within ye lines and boundaries of the adjacent Lands, as hereafter laid down, viz. Easterly in part upon ye west line of Brookfield Township, from ye Nor-west Corner tree The sd line runs S. 2º West to ye River
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THE ELBOW TRACT-A PLANTATION, 1726-1752.
called Quabaug alias Chickerby River ; Thence bounding on Brim- field Township as ye sd River runs Easterly in part and Southerly and in part Westerly so far down sd River as to where ye South end line of a Tract of Equivalent Land called Cold Spring Town- ship crosses or strikes ye sª River ; Thence bounding Northerly on ye sd line as it runs East by ye needle of ye surveying Instrument to the South East Corner of said Tract or Township, which is' ye mouth of Swift River ; Thence bounding Westerly in part on ye said Tract or Township of Equivalent Land as the River runs to where ye South side line of another Tract of Equivalent Land (containing Ten Thousand Acres belonging to Jno Read Esq) strikes upon or runs from the sª River ; Thence bounding North- erly (in part) upon said line as it runs E. and by N. to the South East Corner of the said Land, being a heap of stones by ye Root of a great Red Oak tree fallen close by and on ye West side of a small Run of water about 18 rods Southerly of ye River called Ware River ; Thence bounding Westerly on the East side line of said Tract as it runs North by ye needle, until an East line therefrom will strike ye Nor-west Corner tree of Brookfield mentioned-As by a Plan herewith presented appears.
WE FIND the greatest part of ye sd Land to be Pine Land, High Hills, and Low Valleys ; the hills very poor and mean, the valleys pretty good.
WE ALSO FIND that the said Tract of Land lies in a Broken form, and is much Discommoded by Farms claimed by Particular Grants from this Court, which have taken up the best of ye land.
WE ALSO FIND that the Circumstances of ye Petitioners & Settlers and their Settlements are Different and much Intricate and Perplexed ; Some of them having entred and Setled without Regulation, and Interfered and Incroached upon other men's Pitches & Improvements. And in many instances two several Setlers claim one and ye same spot under different pleas and pre- tences of Right ; some having Lots laid out ; some partly laid, and others only Pitched, interfering one with another as aforesaid.
WE WOULD FURTHER Inform this Honourable Court that we have taken great pains and care to Inspect & Inquire into every Particular Circumstance relating to ye said Tract of Land, and find it needful, to prevent further Charge & Difficulty, to Report Particularly, as Follows, viz. That we find there are entered & setled and about setling on the said Tract of Land the Number of Eighty Persons, the most whereof are families who have built Houses and made considerable Improvements ; and are now and have constantly for more than three years past Been supplied with
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a Minister to preach the Word of God unto them : who has been supported by a free Contribution.
WE ALSO FIND that abont forty-eight of the above Number were Introduced or Led on or Incouraged to Setle and make Improve- ments, By Joshua Lamb, Esq., & Company, and their committee who Claimed the said Tract of Land by virtue of an Indian Pur- chase. And the most of the Number had actually contracted with them for certain Parcells thereof, and received Deed of conveyance and Order from them for laying out of their Lotts : And have had ye most of them laid out accordingly.
WE ARE THEREFORE HUMBLY OF THE OPINION, That the sev- erall Persons & Families here after named, that were so admitted & setled under and by the said Claimers : Have their severall & respective Lots hereafter mentioned, Ratified & Confirmed to them their Heirs and Assigns, In such proportion and under such Restrictions, Limitations & Conditions as follow and are hereafter mentioned, vizt.
That Samuel Doolitel, James Mac Elwean, John King, Jolın Kil- burn & his assigns, Daniel Fuller, Samuel Frost, John Scot, Barnard Macnitt, James Mack Clelan, Benjamin Parsons, John Thomson, and James Brackinridge, Have each of them the Hundred acre Lott whereon they are Setled, in the form as they are already laid out.
And that William Scot have a Hundred acres where his House and Improvements are, as already laid out and bounded Westerly Southerly & Easterly : But Northerly to run a line off from Chick- erby River at forty rod up the River from the mouth of Dumplin Hill brook, E. 17º S., extending so far Easterly as to make up the complement of a Hundred acres.
And that James Mackquiston have a Seventy acre Lot, bounding upon ye sd line Southerly, and Westerly on the River, North on ye foot of the Mountain, and to extend so far Easterly as to make up the complement of Seventy acres.
And that Samnel Shaw have a Hundred acre Lot where his House & Improvements are, as ye same is already laid out, Saving the Improvements of Andrew Rutherford, and that he extend no further Northward than sd Rutherford's fence ; then extend East until a South line will make up the complement of his Lott.
That Ebenezer Mirick ye assignee of James Dorchester, Have a Hundred acre Lot as ye same was laid out to said Dorchester, Sav- ing ye House and Improvements, viz. of James Dorchester, Jun., to run up Northerly on ye West side of his sª Improvements a line N. 39º E. so far that a line square off Westward to ye line of the Lot on the West side, will make up the said complement.
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THE ELBOW TRACT-A PLANTATION. 1726-1752.
That the said James Dorchester, Jun., Have a Lot of Seventy acres, bounding Westerly on ye line last described, and so far South- erly as to include his aforesaid Improvements, and Easterly on the line of the Lot already run, and so far Northerly as to make up the complement of Seventy acres, not infringing on other Lots or Surveys.
That Joseph Wright Have a Hundred acre Lot, Sixty acres there- of including the House and Improvements, as it is already laid out. And that Joseph Wright, Jun., Have a Hundred acre Lot, Seventy- two acres thereof, including the House and Improvements, as al- ready laid out. And that Sixty-eight acres to make up the comple- ment of these two lots, be laid out, including half of it on the Northerly part of ye lot laid out to Samuel Bedortha, to extend Northerly and Easterly to make up the complement.
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