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In Council, June 18th, 1735.
Read and Concurred and Ordered, that Thomas Berry, Esq., be joined to the Committee for laying out the Township.
J. WILLARD, Secretary. Dec. 29, Consented to,
J. BELCHER.
A true Copy, Examined, A true Copy, Attest,
THADS. MASON, Dept. Sec'y.
THOS. NORTON, JUN., Pro. Clerk.
The origin of the above cited grant was as follows, as may be found in the old histories. Many soldiers went from this colony, on the ill- fated expedition to Quebec in 1690. The surviving officers and sol- diers, or their descendants, petitioned the General Court for a grant of land, as a partial compensation for their sufferings and losses in that expedition. The petition was granted, and to those surviving men, who lived in Ipswich, or in case of their decease, to their heirs, was
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given the territory of Winchendon, under the title of "Ipswich Canada." Ashburnham was styled " Dorchester Canada," Rindge, " Rowley Canada," and Peterborough, " Salem Canada." In this measure, Lieut. Abraham Tilton, believed to have been a surviving officer in the old Canada expedition, appears to have taken the lead. His name heads the list of grantees, and he is called the "father of the petition."
The act making the grant, appointed Hon. Thomas Berry, Capt. John Hobson, and Capt. John Choate, a committee to admit grantees, and to locate the township. The next step is indicated by the follow- ing action of the General Court.
"In the House of Representatives, March 27, 1736,
Ordered, That Thomas Berry, Esq., be fully authorized and empowered to assemble and convene the Proprietors and Grantees in Canada Township, on the petition of Abraham Tilton and others of Ipswich, &c., in some suita- ble place and convenient time, to choose a Proprietors' Clerk, and pass such Votes and Orders as they may think necessary for the regular carrying on the settlement of the said Township, agreeable to the conditions of their grant, and to agree how meetings shall be called for the future."
In April, 13th, 1736, the Committee appointed in the grant, allowed the claims of sixty persons, of whom fifty-two were of Ipswich, to be grantees and proprietors. The action of this committee is given in the following extract from the Proprietors' Book.
" Essex, ss. At a Meeting of the Committee appointed by the General Court for the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, to lay out a Township of the contents of six miles square, in answer to a petition of Abraham Tilton and others, officers and soldiers in the expedition to Can- ada, Anno 1690, the following persons were admitted as Grantees of said Township, and gave bonds to fulfil the Court's Order thereon.
Ipswich, April 13th, 1736.
RIGHT ENTERED ON.
NAME.
ABODE.
Father. Thomas Berry, Esq.,
Ipswich. Own, Jonathan Wade, Esq., Ipswich. Own, John Harris, Ips wich. Own,
Thomas Hovey, Ipswich.
Own, Abraham Perkins, Ipswich.
Husband and Father, Widow Rachel Rust, Ipswich. Own, Abraham Tilton, Ipswich.
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KIGHT ENTERED OX.
NAME.
ABODE.
Own,
Benjamin White,
Ipswich.
Own, _Samuel Poland,
Ipswich.
Brother John,
Thomas Lufkin,.
Ipswich.
Brother Jacob,
next friend to
Ipswich.
Uncle Benedictus, Ebenezer Pulcepher, Gloucester.
Father Moses,
Jabez Sweet,
Ipswich.
Father's,
Solomon Giddinge,
Ipswich.
Brother William,
Joseph Goodhue, Ipswich,
Father's, William Haskell,
Gloucester.
Brother Thomas, John Ring,
Gloucester.
Uncle Joseph,
Benjamin Chadwell, Ipswich.
Brother John,
Edward Nealand,
Ipswich.
Uncle D. Denison,
dian to Jno. Jenison,
Ipswich.
Wife's Father Durgee John Martin,
-Ipswich.
Father Servant,
Isaac Knowlton,
Ipswich.
Father's, John Thompson,.
Ipswich.
John Wood in the room
Uncle Joseph of and by the consent of his father,
Ipswich.
Father's,
Eveleth his Attorney,
Boston.
Own, Thomas Berrin, Rowley.
Ipswich.
Uncle Moses Pierce, Moses Wells, Ipswich.
Brother Thomas, George Hart,.
Ipswich.
Father's, William Cogswell,
Ipswich.
Brother Elisha, Thomas Tredwell,
Ipswich.
Brother Benjamin, Jonathan Jewett, Jun.,
Rowley.
Father's, Robert Cross,
Ipswich.
Own, Adam Cogswell,
Ipswich.
Uncle, Benjamin Chadwell.
Ipswich.
Father Whipple,
The Hon. Simonds Epes,
Ipswich.
Uncle Freeman, Nathaniel Clark,
Ipswich.
Brother George,
Nathaniel Clark,
Ipswich.
Dil. Caldwell,
and at the request of Ipswich.
Dilingham Caldwell,
Brother William,
Nathaniel Caldwell,
Ipswich.
Father, Henry Wise,
Ipswich.
Thomas Norton, Jun., at
John Ayres,
the request of Samuel Ipswich.
Ayres, a Petitioner,
Own,
John Ross,
Ipswich.
Father's, Isaac Giddinge, Ipswich.
Thomas Lufkin is
Mary Lufkin,
S Nath. Rogers as Guar-
John Downing, by Ed.
Own, David Low,
Capt. Edward Eveleth by )
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MORT ENTERED ON.
MAXE. ABODE
Edward Eveleth at the )
Thomas Metcalf
request of Jos. Metcalf Ipswich.
a Petitioner,
Father's,
Moses Davis,
Ipswich.
Grandfather,
Ephraim Fitts,
Ipswich.
Pearce,
Thomas Boardman, Ipswich.
Edward Chapman,
Ipswich.
John Goodhue,
Ipswich.
Uncle Isaac,
Abraham Foster, Jun.
Ipswich.
Major Ward.
Doct. Nicholas Noyes,
Andover.
Father's,.
John Pindar,
Ipswich.
Uncle Samuel,
Nathaniel Lord,
Ipswich.
Uncle Edmond,
Samuel Ingalls,
Ipswich.
Brother Aaron,
Moses Kimball,
Ipswich.
Uncle Cheney,
John Leighton,
Ipswich.
Rob't Nelson,
Joseph Annable,
Beverly.
Math. Hooker,
Widow Mary Hooker,
Ipswich.
Uncle Saund.
( Thomas Lord, Jun., at his Father, Jno. Lord's
Ipswich.
request,
The above-named proprietors met on the 31st of May, and chose Thomas Norton, Jr., a graduate of Harvard, and Preceptor of the Grammar School in Ipswich, as their Clerk. The warrant calling the meeting is given in a note at the bottom of the page .* No apology can be needed for giving the proceedings of the first Meeting of the " Proprietors and Grantees," in full, in the body of this narrative. The record, copied from the Proprietors' Book, is as follows :-
" At a legal meeting of the Proprietors and Grantees of the new Town- ship lately granted to Mr. Abraham Tilton and others, officers and soldiers in the expedition to Canada Anno 1690, at the Town house in Ipswich on Monday the 31st day of May, Anno Domini 1736.
Voted. That Col. Thomas Berry be Moderator.
Voted, That Thomas Norton, Jun., be Clerk to the Proprietors : and he
*" The Proprietors and Grantees of the new Township lately granted to Mr. Abraham Tilton and others, officers and soldiers in the expedition to Can- ada Anno 1690, are hereby notifled and warned to assemble and meet at the Town-house in Ipswich, on Monday the thirty-first day of instant May at four of the clock afternoon, then and there to choose a Proprietor's Clerk, and to pass such votes and orders as may be thought most proper for bringing for- ward the said Township agreeable to the General Court's order. And to agree how to call meetings of said Proprietors for the future.
THOMAS BERRY, per order.
Dated at Ipswich, May 20th, 1736."
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was sworn to the faithful discharge of his office, by Thomas Berry, Esq., at the same time.
Voted, That any two of the Committee, viz : Col. Thomas Berry, Capt. John Choate, and Capt. Jobn Hobson, be empowered to employ two men to burn the woods, if according to their discretion, they shall think it best.
Voted, That any five of the Proprietors or Grantees shall have power to call a Meeting, and five days from the date of the notification shall be a suf- ficient warning.
Voted, That this meeting be dissolved : and the Moderator declared the Meeting dissolved accordingly.
ATTEST :
THOS. NORTON, JUN., Pro. Clerk.
In June of this year, the " Court's Committee" consisting of Messrs. Berry, Hobson, (or Hopson,) and Choate, already mentioned, " went up the country," located the township, and designated its boundaries. It is probable that this Committee made a report in writing, to the General Court ; but there is no trace of it, except in its results, in the Records of the town.
From this time, when we fix the first authentic date of the advent of white men to this place, there was an interval of thirteen or fourteen years before a settlement was actually made. The proprietors had various meetings in Ipswich, and took measures to lot out the land, but the troubled condition of the country prevented settlement. At one of these meetings, held on the 28th of June, 1736, Capt. Edward Eveleth, Lieut. Solomon Giddinge, Mr. Wm. Cogswell, Mr. John Martin, and Mr. Isaac Giddinge, were appointed a " Committee to go and view the land, and see the qualifications thereof, and report to the Proprietors as soon as may be." Their guide was Thomas Bennet, probably an old hunter and trapper, familiar with the region.
At another meeting, held on the fourth day of November, following, Col. Thomas Berry, Capt. Edward Eveleth, and Lieut. Abraham Til- ton were chosen a Committee "to lot and lay out the first division, which is not to be under fifty acres, and not to exceed a hundred." Jonathan Wade, Esq., was chosen Treasurer, and an assessment of three pounds, on each Proprietor, was laid, to defray charges. On the sixth of May, 1737, a meeting was held, at which Col. Thomas Berry, Thomas Norton, Jun., and Mr. Henry Wise, were chosen Assessors, and Capt. Edward Eveleth, and Mr. William Cogswell, Collectors.
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This year Jeremiah Hall was employed by the people of Keene to lay out a road from that place to Townsend and Lunenburg. It passed through this place, and was a mere horse path, indicated by marked trees.
The next meeting was held on the 27th of October, 1637, and as this was a meeting of great importance, in its results ; and as it sheds much light on the state of things at the time, it will be inserted in full. The warrant is as follows :
" Essex, ss. To Mr. Thomas Norton, Jun., Clerk of the Proprietors of the Township lately granted to Mr. Abraham Tilton and others, officers and soldiers in the expedition to Canada, 1690.
You are hereby required to notify and warn the Grantees and Proprietors of the Township lately granted to Mr. Abraham Tilton and others, officers and soldiers in the expedition to Canada Anno 1690, that they assemble and meet at the house of Mr. Nath'l Tredwell inn-holder in Ipswich, on Thursday the 27th day of October current, at 4 of the clock afternoon, then and there to receive the return of the Committee appointed to lay out the first division of lots. and subdivide the same or part of them, if the Proprietors shall think best.
2. To make proper and suitable provision for ways through said lots.
3. To agree upon some method for clearing to the centre of the first divi- sion of lots, or where they shall agree upon to set the first Meeting-house.
4. To fix upon the place to erect and build a Meeting-house, and to reserve a sufficient quantity of land out of some of the lots for a training field and burying place.
5. To make proper allowance to the person who may draw the lot out of which the aforesaid reserves may be made.
G. To give liberty to such of the Proprietors as may draw a lot not accommodable for settling, to make a second draft out of the supernumerary lots that are laid out.
7. To make suitable provision for the erecting and building of a Saw-mill.
8. To give such encouragement to the Grantee who shall build, agreeable . to the General Court's order, the first dwelling-house of 18 fect in length and 7 feet stud, as shall be judged necessary and convenient.
9. For each Grantee to draw his lot in the first division now laid out ; and such of them as have not already paid the three pounds voted at the last Meeting to defray the charge of laying out the lots, pay the same before they be allowed to draw their lots.
10. To take some proper method to obtain leave of the General Court to
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dispose of lots that may be lost to any of the Grantees who shall neglect and refuse to pay the charge that hath already arisen in laying out the lots and otherways.
11. To settle and adjust accounts with such persons to whom the Gran- tees and Proprietors are indebted.
THOMAS BERRY,
EDWARD EVELETII, ABRAHAM TILTON,
HENRY WISE, JONATHAN WADE.
Dated Ipswich, Oct. 22d, 1737."
Then follows the return of Mr. Norton, the Clerk, certifying that he had given due notice, after which we find the following record of the proceedings of the Meeting.
" At a legal Meeting of the Proprietors of the Township lately granted by the General Court to Mr. Abraham Tilton and others, officers and soldiers in the expedition to Canada, Anno Domini, 1690, at the house of Mr. Nath'l Tredwell in Ipswich on Thursday the 27th of Oct., 1737.
Voted, That Col. Thomas Berry be Moderator.
Voted, That the return of the Committee appointed to lay out the first division of lots be accepted and recorded, being a hundred acres in each lot.
Voted, That the land left for ways be reserved for the Proprietors' use and service, as they shall order and direct.
Voted, That 5 acres be reserved out of No. 1 in the South division, for building a Meeting-house on, a burying place and training field. And that an equivalent be allowed out of lot No. 30, in the South division, to the Proprietor drawing lot No. 1.
Voted, That there be a road cut from Earlington, [in Northfield,] as near as may be to the Meeting-house lot, at the charge of the Proprietors.
Voted, That liberty may be given to such of the Proprietors as may draw a lot not accommodable for settling, to make a second draft out of the super- numerary lots that are already laid out ; if not in them, then in the undi- vided lands, at his own charge that desires it.
Voted, That the use of the streams running through the Township be reserved to the Proprietors, and they shall have liberty to set up such mills as they shall think necessary for the Proprietors for six years to come. The person through whose land the stream shall pass, to erect a mill if he think proper : but on his refusal, the Proprietors may and shall dispose thereof as they shall think best, without making any other allowance to the Proprietor
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of said lot than for such damages as may be done on his land, but none for the stream. And that no mill be erected on said Township, but by the allowance of the Proprietors, for the aforesaid term of six years.
Voted, That the sum of twenty pounds be allowed and paid out of the Proprietors' treasury to cach of the three Grantees who shall first build three houses in the Township, agrecable to the General Court's act, and have a family settled in them; provided the family be settled there on or before the last of October next.
Voted, That cach Grantee pay the sum of three pounds before he be allowed to draw his lot.
Voted, That Mr. Abraham Tilton, the father of the Petition, be allowed to choose his lot .*
Voted, That the lots No. 14 and 15 in the south division be reserved for the Proprietors' order.
Voted, That the lot No. 1, in the north division be the Ministry or Parsonage lot.
Voted, That the lot No. 31 in the south division be the Minister's lot.
Voted, That this Meeting be adjourned to Thursday the third of Nov. next, at four of the clock afternoon, to meet at this place."
Here follows a list of the proprietors, and of each right drawn for cach proprietor, according to the plan reported by the Committee appointed Nov 4th, 1736. This was the first division. To accom- pany this list of proprietors, a fac simile of the plan, as found in the Record Book of the Proprietors, has been carefully prepared. This is a most valuable addition to the History of the town, as it enables the reader to see just where the rights of those who became proprie- tors by the first and second divisions of the town were located. Only a part of the town was divided into lots, on the first plot. Those bounded by the black line composed the first division. In the first plot, the numbering was from 1 to 36, south division, and from 1 to 35, north division. When filled up, the remainder was divided into lots numbering from 1 to 194. When Royalston leg was annexed, the numbers of the lots were from 96 to 113. The second division will be found on a subsequent page.
* He chose the lot No. 30, in the north division.
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FIRST DIVISION.
NAMES.
MIGHTS.
NAMES. RIGHTS.
Lt. Abraham Tilton, __ N. D. No. 30 Isaac Giddinge, N. D. No. 5
Thomas Lord, Jun., __ S. D. No. 26 Thos. Boardman, N. D. No. 32
Moses Davis, S. D. No. 27 ; Thos. Tredwell, S. D. No. 34
Widow Mary Hooker, _N. D. No. 17 Nath'l Tredwell, N. D. No. 31
Isaac Knowlton.
S. D. No. 16
Hon. Thomas Berry, S. D. No. 2 Esq. Jonathan Jewett, Jr.,_S. D. No. 35
Edward Eveleth, N. D. No. 35
John Ring, N. D. No. 25
John Martin. N. D. No. 12
Rev. Nath'l Rogers,
for J. Denison, N. D. No. 6
George Hart, N. D. No. 22
John Leighton, S. D. No. 9
Edward Chapman,
N. D. No. 2 Adam Cogswell
S. D. No. 18
John Pindar,
N. D. No. 23
Ephraim Fitts.
S. D. No. 10
Benj. Chadwell, N. D. No. 26 John Downing N. D. No. 4
David Low. N. D. No. 8 Thos. Hovey, N. D. No. 21
Benjamin Chadwell, N. D. No. 15 School, N. D. No. 10
John Ross. N. D. No. 18: Nath'l Clark. N. D. No. 7
Edward Nealand, S. D. No.
Samuel Poland
N. D. No. 18
John Wood S. D. No.
Abraham Perkins,
N. D. No. 33
Moses Welles,
N. D. No. 3
Jabez Sweet,
S. D. No. 13
Edward Eveleth, S. D. No. 71
Benj. White,
S. D. No. 11
Widow Rachel Rust, __ S. D. No. 3:
John Thompson,
S. D. No. 30
William Cogswell, S. D. No. 23 Jonathan Wade, Esq ... .N. D. No. 4
Samuel Ingalls, N. D. No. 24, Thos. Lufkin,
N. D. No. 16
Hon. Simonds Epes, S. D. No. 4! John Harris .. N. D. No. 27
Esq.,
Solomon Giddinge S. D. No. 22
Doct. Nicholas Noyes,_S. D. No. 12 Wm. Haskell. S. D. No. 29
Thos. Norton, Jr.,
_S. D. No. 25 . Ebenezer Pulcepher, __ S. D. No. 32
Thomas Perrin, N. D. No. 14 Nath'l Clark S. D. No. 36
Robert Cross, N. D. No. 20 Abraham Foster, Jr.,_S. D. No. 6
Thos. Lufkin, S. D. No. 33 Nath'l Lord, N. D. No. 34
The meeting at which the above allotment was made, was adjourned to the 3d of November, when certain accounts were allowed, which are considered of sufficient interest to be placed in a note .*
* " The Proprietors of the Township, To THOMAS BERRY, Dr.
1736, March. To a Book of Records, £1, 10, 0
To a journey to Lancaster to secure the laying out of the Town- ship, expense, horse, &c., 5, 00, 0
To 1 day's attendance on the Grautees and admitting, 0, 15, 0 To { day in said service, 0, 07, 6
To a copy of the Plan K., from the Sec'ry's office, 0, 15, 0 To a journey and service in laying out the lots, expenses, &c., 5, 00, 0 Errors excepted,
PR. THOMAS BERRY.
Joseph Annable,
N. D. No. 28
Henry Wise.
N. D. No. 19
Joseph Goodhue, S. D. No. 20
John Goodhue, N. D. No. 29
Moses Kimball S. D. No. 5
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HISTORY OF WINCHENDON.
Meetings with reference to crecting a meeting-house, laying out roads, and building mills and bridges, were held in 1737, 1738, and 1742. These matters will be referred to in their proper place, more at length.
An incident may be recorded here, which has no precise date, but which tradition sanctions. During the years whose record has
The Proprietors, de., To JOUX HOBSON, EsQ., Dr.
To 1 day's attendance admitting Grantees, £0, 15, 0
Voted, That the acc'ts of Col. Thomas Berry, and John Hobson. Esq., above written, be allowed and paid out of the Proprietors treasury to them in full discharge thereof.
IPSWICH CANADA GRANTEES, Dr.
1736.
Paid to the Deputy Sec'ry for copies, £0, 10, 0
'To 1%% days' attendance in admitting Grantees, 1, 02. 6
'To a journey up the country, horse and expenses included, 5, 00. G
Total, £6, 13, 0
Errors excepted, JOHN CHOATE."
The above account was allowed, and the sum of £C1, C, was voted to Thomas Berry, Esq .. in discharge of the accounts of Messrs. Wheeler, Par- ker, Wetherbee, Richardson, Bellows, and the two surveyors, for laying out the first division in the Township.
" Oct. 27, 1737. THE COMMUNITY OF IPSWICH CANADA, Dr.
To Abraham Tiltou for 17 days' work at 15s pr. day. £12, 15, 0"
This account was allowed, and also 13s per day to the following persons who assisted in lotting out the Township. 17 days cach ; viz, John Martin, Isaac Martin. Thomas Brown, Francis Goodhue, and John Martin. Jr., amounting to £11, 1, to each of them.
" Voted, That six pounds be allowed and paid out of the treasury to such Proprietor as shall cut a horse way from Earlington road to the Meeting- house lot.
Voted, That the sum of £3. 03. 2. the expenses of the house, be allowed and paid out of the treasury to Mr. Nath'l Tredwell."
" THE PROPRIETORS, &C., Dr.
To the Committee that went to view the Township, viz, Edward Eveleth, Abraham Tilton, Solomon Giddinge. John Martin, and Isaac Giddinge, Sept. 28 to Oct. 1736, 9 days each at 15s pr. day, £33, 15, 0
To paid John Bennet the pilot,
3, 00, 0
Total, £36, 15, 0
Errors excepted,
EDWARD EVELETH."
This account was allowed, and at an adjourned meeting "liberty was granted to draw John Downing's lot, but not to be recorded till he shall have paid his three pounds."
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just been given, visits were made from time to time, by the grantees, to their wild lands. On one of these excursions, a man named Denison. supposed to be a descendant of Maj. Gen. Denison, famed in the early history of Massachusetts, " being lost in the woods," says Dr. Whiton. " climbed a tree to command a wider range of prospect, and thus dis- covered the gleaming waters of the beautiful lake in the southwest part of the town, which after him took the name of Denison pond." Let this be noted, that the common error in spelling the name may be corrected. In one map it is called Denace, and in another, Dennis pond. Mr. Hyde's history gives it correctly. Denison might well have been pleased with the incident, though perplexing at the time, if he could have foreseen that his name was to be forever associated with this charming little lake.
In 1740, the true boundary line between New Hampshire and Massachusetts was run, when it was found that a strip of land on the north end of this town, about a mile in width, which had been inclu- ded in the bounds of N. H., really belonged to the elder colony. But for some unaccountable reason, this strip was given to Royalston. and was known as " Royalston leg." Subsequently it was annexed to Winchendon, and it includes all the northern part of the town. about a mile widc.
In the year 1742, a second division of lots was voted, but it does not appear to have been made before 1761. By this division, cach original holder, or his successor by inheritance or purchase, drew by lottery, three lots. The arrangement was as follows : but the reader must bear in mind that in the plot the same number in several cases. is marked on two or three different lots, and therefore when one of these numbers is repeated below, it does not refer to a lot bearing that number already appropriated. For example, No. 2, north division was assigned to Edward Chapman, and No. 2, south division, to Thomas Berry, at the first division of lots. It follows that the No. 2, drawn by John Goodhuc in the last division of the lots, was a third No. 2. The reader will notice that the first division-surrounded by the heavy black line-was divided into north and south divisions. This is indicated on the right or east side of the Plan by the letters N. and S.
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HISTORY OF WINCHENDON.
SECOND DIVISION.
NAMES.
RIGHTS.
NAMES.
RIGHTS.
Abraham Tilton, 71, 157, 156| Nath'l Caldwell,
137, 51, 5
Thomas Lord,
176, 165, 42' Tho. Berry, 92, 135, 141
Moses Davis,
80, 39, 179; Jonathan Jewet,
43, 73, 52
Mary Hooker,
47, 184, 9, Joseph Annable,
91, 75, 11
Edward Eveleth,
37, 162, 104;
Henry Wise, 172, 82, 24
John Ring,
19, 97, 76
Joseph Goodhue, 123, 110, 188
John Martin 164, 22, 149|
John Goodhue, 2, 127, 96
Nathaniel Rogers,
35, 153, 94 ;
Moses Kimball
180, 155, 131
Isaac Knowlton, 48, 23, 136
Adam Cogswell,
59, 126, 145
George Hart, 181,
44. 130
Ephraim Fitts,
49, 112, 163
John Lighton. 69, 40, 95
John Downing 99, 60,
26
Edward Chapman,
15, 86. 154
Tho. Hovey, 122. 79, 61
John Pindar .-
174, 115, 132
School Lots.
193, 170, 70
Benjamin Chadwell, 169, 152, 133
David Low.
87, 175,
93 Samuel Poland, 111, 16, 89
John Ross. 38, 34, 62
Edward Ncaland,
178, 160, 151
Jabez Sweet. 68, 161,
53
John Wood,
83, 139, 64
Benjamin White, 121, 182,
Moses Welles,
81, 150, 187:
Edward Eveleth,
167, 102, 148
Jonathan Wade, 36, 6, 128
Rachel Rust,.
50, 77, 142
Tho. Lufkin, 85, 4. 56
William Cogswell, -. .117. 171, 166
Solomon Giddings, 57, 147, 125
Simond Epes,
114, 17,
98
William Haskell 194, 109, 105
Nichols Noys, 45, 88, 158!
Eben'r Pulcepher, 54, 186, 55
Tho. Norton, 168, 72,
1
Nath'! Clark, 32, 177, 41
Tho. Perring,
18, 146, 124:
Abram Foster, 12, 103, 29
Robert Cross 120, 116, 8: ---
Nath'l Lord, 107, 140, 134
Tho. Lufkin,
101, 78, 113 | Benj. Chadwell,
25, 173, 138
Isaac Giddings
106, 118,
90 | Minister's Lots,
74, 65, 185
Tho. Boardman
7, 33, 183 | Ministerial Lots,
_108, 21, 3
Tho. Tredwell,
100, 129, 14'
SECTION 2 .- SETTLEMENT.
About nine years passed away. At length, in 1751, the " Old French and Indian war," as it is known in history, having been · brought to a close about two years previously, the Proprietors made new efforts to effect a real settlement. They sent up a committee to run the lines and renew the bounds between this and the adjoining townships. They were also directed " to take care of the mill irons, and to see what condition the meeting-house and mill are in." Bridle paths had been opened through the woods; the territory had been
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