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Now therefore we the subscribers hereunto the Present Propriators and freeholders of all the Common & undivided Lands & Meadows Lying within the Bounds of sd Tisbury as Derived from the ancient Inhabitants being settled in sixteen Shares, are Determined to Assert Maintain uphold and Pursue the settled order Rights & Priviledges to us belong- ing against all the usurpers Pretenders underminers of the said settled order and Do now Covenant agree & Ingage to and with Each other for the future Even from & ever after the Date of these Presents to stand by Assist & uphold Each other in the cost & charges that shall arise in
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or aboat their Rights of Propriaty in sd Commons or undivided Lands or Meadows as aforsaid According to Each Propriators Interest in all causes brought or that may be brought for or against them by any Per- son or Persons whatsoever Pretending to hold any of the sd Lands or meadows in any other way : In Testimony whereof we the sd Present Propriators Do subscribe hereunto our names and the Interest we now Claime in Common Pursuant to sd sixteen shares as aforesaid ; and now begin this Twenty fifth day of January Anno Domini 1750
Nathanael Hancock one sixteenth
Jabez Athearn a Two & Thirtieth in Interest
Silvanus Cottle an half & a Third of a share
Gershom Cathcart a two & Thirtieth
John Allen one three Quarters of a share
John Luce one two & Thirtieth
Joseph Allen & Benja Allen three fifths of a Two shares & a third of a share
Whitten Manter half a share
Solomon Athearn half a share
George Manter half a share Benja Manter half a share
- Bays Norton half a share
Joseph Daggett a whole share
Benja Lumbert half a share Jethro Athearn one sixteenth Jacob Robinson half a third
John Merrey half a share
Zephaniah Luce a Quarter of a share
Isaac Robinson half a third of a share
Entered on Record this Third of Aprill AD 1751 pr me
JABEZ ATHEARN Propr Clerk
at a Meeting of ye Propriators on ye 8th of February 1750 voted that the Tract of Land between the Indian Town and homeses hole road be Divided by Gershom Cathcart Jacob Robinson Abijah Athearn & Benja Lumbert & John Allen Jun" men Chosen to Divid the same
voted, Entered by order p J : ATHEARN Clerk
Tisbury ss : At a Propriators meeting Legally Warned and held in sd Tisbury on the Eighth Day of February A.D. 1750. for the Drawing for
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the alotment in a Tract of Land Laid out & Divided into sixteen sheirs ; as also for the Reconsidering a vote that was past for the Dividing a Certain Tract of Land in sd Tisbury next adjoining to the Eastward part of the Indian Town or to Chuse men to proceed to Lay it out, at which sª : meeting being Convend. Jabez Athearn was Chosen Moderator : at which sd Meeting it was agreed upon and voted by the Propriators of sª Land, that whereas that some of the lots as they are Laid out butt them- selves against the way in the Division aforsd that those to whome such Shares fall by Draft shall have ye Priviledge of the wood that is now standing in sd way against his Draft
And the Persons that were Appointed & Authorised to Divid the Common Land in Tisbury as bounded out agreeable to a Purchase thereof made by Mr James Allen Esq" Late Deceased for himself and his Asso- ciates from Josias the Sachem thereof bearing Date the 31st of January 1671 Did Present at sd Meeting a Draft of their work as followeth vize
Wee the subscribers being chosen and Appointed by the Propriators of the Town of Tisbury in order for the Laying out of a Certain Tract or Parcell of Common Land Lying to the Eastward of the Land allready Layed out being formerly Purchased by Mr James Allen of sd Tisbury Esq" Deseased as may Appear by Deed on Record And we have Pro- seaded as followeth : We have Layed out a way begining at Homeses hole way and the sd Way is to Run by the South Line untill it meets with the Road that Leads to Edgartown and the sd Road or high way is to be one Rod & a half wide -. And the first Lott is to begin at the Easter- most Brow of the Deep Woody valley hill at a Pine tree with Stones about the same, and the sd Lots are to butt against the old Town Road in part & partly by the highway that is above mentioned :
The first Lott is 100 Rods Westward begining at the sd Pine tree by the old Town Road & at the East End 100 Rods (2d) Lott is to be 50 Rods in Wedth along the Abovesd way & 35 Rods at the East End -
The 3th Lott is 50 Rods in Wedth by sd Road & 35 at the East End The 4th Lott is 55 Rods in Wedth by sd Road & 32 at the East End The 5 Lott is 50 Rods in Wedth by sd Road & 31 at the East End The 6 Lott is 55 Rods in Wedth by sd Road & 32 at the East End The 7 Lott is 50 Rods in Wedth by sd Road & 31 at the East End The 8 Lott is 50 Rods in Wedth by sd Road & 31 at the East End The 9 Lott is 48 Rods in Wedth by sd Road & 30 at the east end
The 10 Lott is 46 Rods in Wedth by sd Road & or high way & 30 at the East End
The 11 Lott is 43 Rods in Wedth by sd Way & 30 at the East End.
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The 12 Lott is 46 Rods in Wedth by sd Way & 33 at the East End The 13 Lott is 54 Rods in Wedth by sd Way & 35 at the East End The 14 Lott is 58 Rods in Wedth by sd Way & 40 at the East End The 15 Lott is 57 Rods in Wedth by sd Way & 45 at the East End The 16 Lott is 155 Rods in Wedth by sd Way & 150 at the East End The abovsd Allotments was Compleated Laid out and finished by us the subscribers on the 6 Day of February 1750
We the subscribers Demand SAMUEL MANTER
one shilling & one Penny upon JACOB ROBINSON
Each Lott for our service for BENJA LUMBERT .
Laying the same out into Al- BENJA MANTER
lottments
Entered & Recorded pr order of sd Propriators this 9th Day of Feb- ruary Anno Domini 1750 pr me JABEZ ATHEARN Propri's Clerk
Memorandum : That on the Eighth Day of February AD 1750 at a Legall Propriators Meeting held at the schoolhouse in Tisbury The Pro- priators then Present Draw for their Allotments in the Division on the other sd of this Leaf
And the first Lott Came forth to ye Reverend Mr Nathanel Hancock The 2ª to Joseph & Benjamin Allen
The 3 to Soloman Athearn and John Merry
The 4 to Jabez Athearn Esq" & the Heirs of Thomas Luce Deceased The 5 to the Heirs of Joseph Allen Deceased and Samuel Look
The 6 to George & Benjamin Manter
The 7 to Silvanus Cottle & Bays Norton
The 8 to Jethro Athearn
The 9 to Samuel Cobb & Silvanus Allen
The 10 half to John Luce the other half to Zephaniah Luce & the heirs of Shuball Luce Decd
The 11 to the heirs of Mr John Edy Dec!
The 12 to Samuel Manter & Whitten Manter
The 13 to John Allen Esq" & Willmott Wass
The 14 to Joseph Daggett
The 15 to Jacob Robinson silvanus Cottle & Joseph Allen
The 16 to Gershom Cathcart & Benjamin Lumbert
and for the Propriators that were not Present at sd Meeting their Lotts were Drawn out by the hand of John Allen Esqr by order of sd Meeting : Test JABEZ ATHEARN Prop" Clerk: Recorded this 9th Day of February 1750 # me J ATHEARN Propts Clerk
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These Lines within Written are to Sett forth and shew that there is a Certain Tract or Percell of Land Lying & being in the Township of Tis- bury on the East side of the old Mill Brook between the home Lotts and Peabodys Line & Homeses hole & old Town Roads Containing two whole Lotts which may appear by Record now holden in Common by Solomon Athearn and Jacob Robinson & Silvanus Cottle, as may Appear by Records & Other writings and they Concluding to hold no Longer in Common & not agreeing to Divid Have made Choice of Samuel Cobb Benjamin Manter & Benjamin Lumbert to make Division and Partition of the Same according to their Respective Rights and we within Named Samuel Cobb Benjamin Manter & Benjamin Lumbert Have Accordingly Proceeded and Sett off unto the abovsd Soloman Athearn Three Quarters of the Abovsd Tract of Land Lying to the Southward of these Boundarys, viz. Begining at a Ruff Oake tree marked Standing on the South Line on the East side of sd Land & from thence to a Croched bush with Stones about it Standing by the way where the farm Path turns out of Homeses hole way : And next unto him we have Sett off unto Jacob Robinson one Third of the other Quarter from the abovsd Croched bush to Extend Northward by the way about forty five Rods to a Saplin Marked & from thence to a heap of Stones Lying in the South Line on the north side of the farm Path & to Extend Southerly about Twenty six Rods to the above Mentioned Ruff Oake tree. And the Remaining part to the North- ward we have Sett off to Silvanus Cottle and so accordingly have fin- ished & Compleated the Division this Eighth Day of February in the year 1750
And we the abovsd Solomon Athern Jacob Robinson, & Silvanus Cottle hav- ing viewed the above sd Division & Ap- prove thereof & in Testimony thereof Sett to our hands
SAMUEL COBB.
BENJAMIN MANTER
BENJA LUMBERT
JACOB ROBINSON SOLOMON ATHEARN SILVANUS COTTLE Recorded at their Request # me JABEZ ATHEARN Town Clerk
Capt Samuel Cobb being Chosen Town Treasurer in the Town of Tis- bury for ye year 1750 was sworn to the faithfull Discharge of sd. Office me JABEZ ATHEARN
Justice of the Peace
Tisbury ss : At a Legall Town Meeting Warned and held in sd Tis- bury on the 20th Day of March A.D. 1750 for the Choice of Town Offi-
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cers to serve in their Severall Respective offices in sd Town for the year Insueing, and being mett Proceeded on Said Buisness and in the first place Jabez Athearn was Chosen Moderator of sd Meeting At which sd Meeting Jabez Athearn was Chosen to serve in the office of Town Clerk in sd Town for the Insueing year :
Gershem Cathcart David Butler & Benja Lumbert were Chosen Select- men for the Insueing year : Ebenezar Allen was Chosen Constable for the Insueing year Benja Foster Chosen Tything man for the Ensueing year; Jethro Athearn Seth Dagget & Abijah Athearn serveyers of High- ways in sd Town, Silvanus Cottle Sam" Lumbert & Thomas Walrond fence viewers; Sam" Cobb chosen Town Treasuer Joseph Allen & Eleazer Luce Chosen Hogreeves in sd Town the Insueing year
Entered pr order of sd Meeting # me JABEZ ATHEARN Clerk
the above Meeting adjornd to the third day of Aprill next and on the sª Third Day of Aprill being in the year 1751 : Then upon a Return of ye Constable for the year past that he having sumoned Ebenezer Allen to Attend to sd Choice of a Constable within Six Days after his being Chosen and to Quallifie himself therefor by Taking his oath orderly therefor Refused so to Do, whereupon at sd Adjournment the matter being Certified, ye Meeting Proceeded to make another Choice, and then upon Mature Consideration Choice was made of Barnard Case to serve in the office of Constable in sd Town of Tisbury for the year 1751 :
Entered # me JABEZ ATHEARN Clr
the abovsd Meeting Stands further adjorned untill three of the Clock in the afternoone of this Day ye Eleventh Day of Aprill Instant pr order of sd Meeting
Entered pr me J. ATHEARN Clerk
Memorandum That on ye Eleventh Day of Aprill AD 1751. Then the oath to the office of Constable was administered to Barnard Case who was Chosen to sd Office for the sd year
me JABEZ ATHEARN Just Peace
At a Propriators Meeting Duly Warned and Attended and held at the School house in Tisbury on the Third Day of September AD 1750 for the Consideration of Railing some Moneys upon the Propriators Interested in the Common or undivided Lands & Meadows in sd Town &
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more Especially Relating to a Suit at Law Commenced by Mr Experi- ence Mayhew Relating to a Certaine flat of Ledge Lying in Tisbury Pond, on which suit there is a Sum to be paid by sd Propriators as Charges Expended on their behalf and Damages Recovered by sd May- hew At which sd Meeting Mr Gershom Cathcart was Chosen Moderator
Then the severall Charges being brought in and Examd in sd Meeting and what was then Allowed to be paid Down by sª Propriators to Defray ye whole Charge and Damages Recovered against them Amouted to the Sum of £132 = 19 = 6 In the old Tenour and there being sixteen shears in sd Propriaty makes £8 = 6 = 3 to a single sheir, and voted at sd Meet- ing that Each Propriator to a Single Sheir should pay sd sum of £8 = 6 = 3 and so Proportionally for More or Less Right: At which sd Meeting John Allen Esqr & Lieut Gershom Cathcart were Appointed to gather sd Money and pay the Same where it is Due; voted at sd Propriators Meeting. Entered by order of sd Meeting # me JABEZ ATHEARN Clr
at sd Meeting Lieut Gershem Cathcart was appointed in behalf of ye aforsª Propriators to Lease out to Samuel Athearn a Certain Tract of Meadow viz all the Meadow Lying between the Late opening and -to Extend Easterly along the beach to the Narrowest place in the Crick of water that passes thro to Charleses Neck pond Voted at sd Meeting J A Clerk
the abovsd Meeting was Adjornd Unto 3ª, Monday in Sept Instant Test J ATHEARN Clerk
At a Legall Town Meeting held in Tisbury on the Ninth Day of November Anno Domini 1750, for the Considering and voting how Much Lawfull money Shall be Raised by way of Tax in sd Tisbury for the pay- ment of the Sallery to the Reverd ME Hancock minister of sd Town for this present year sd Sallery being first statted at fifty Pounds when s Money stood at 16 pr ounce to which was added the sum of 10" at the same rate now therefore it is agreed upon at sd Meeting to Raise ye sum s of 2511 Lawfull money which is Equall to Sixty Pounds at 16 #r ounce the abovsd put to vote & it passed in the affermitive Entered # me
JABEZ ATHEARN Clerk
At a Propriators Meeting Leagally Warned and held in Tisbury on the 21st Day of December AD 1750. To Consider & Determin the Divid- ing & Laying out Such & So much of the Common & undivided Lands that is to the Eastward of the bounds of the Indian at Sd Indian Town
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has been Layed out (That is Within the Bounds of sd Tisbury &c And sd Meeting being Regularyly Stated, Chose Jabez Athearn Moderator and then Proceeded, but upon Consideration sd Meeting with all the Matters Relating thereunto was Adjorned unto friday Next at Noone Test JA : ATHEARN CZ at the aforesd Adjournment being Fryday the 28th of December the Propriator being mett to mannage the afair abovsd It was Considered that the abovsd meeting should be adjorned untill Thursday next at 12 Clock in sª Daytime and sª Meeting was accordingly adjornd #r Order of sd Meeting Test JABEZ ATHEARN Proper Clerk
And on sd Thursday being the third Day of January AD 1750 the abovsd Propriators being Assembled and the Matter of sd Meeting being again Debated upon it was ordered that a Certain Tract of Common Land Lying within the bounds of sd Tisbury and bounded on the west- erly Corner by a Rock Marked I. T. being the Corner bounds of the Indian Town as it was bounded out By Otis & Bassett and so to run from sd Rock Noath Easterly as sd Indian Town line Runs untill it Meets with Land Disposed of by sd Propriators to Deacon Jonathan Lumbert Deceased and so to Continue untill it meets with ye Easterly bounds of sd Tisbury and bounded Southeasterly by the great Road that Leads from the Town of Tisbury to Homess hole so to Contain all the Land between sd Indian Town bounds and sd Homes: hole Road that has not been otherwise Disposed of by sd Propriators as also another Tract of Common Land Lying in the bounds of sd Tisbury Commonly Called the Additionall Purchase as it has of Late been bounded off from ye other Common Land; That is to say that the above sd Two Tracts of Land be Divided into Sixteen Shares in Each Tract, and the above order as above Sett forth was put to a Publick vote at sd Meeting as held by adjourn- ment and it Passed in the affirmative that it Should be so Divided, Test JABEZ ATHEARN Propriators Clerk
It was further voted that Samuel Manter Benjamin Manter Jacob Robinson & Benja Lumbert Do proceed & Divid the sd aditionall Pur- chase into Sixteen Shares as sone as Conveniently may may be Done Entered pr order of sd Meeting
JABEZ ATHEARN Propriators Clerk
Whereas that At A Propriators Meeting held in Tisbury on ye 21st Day of December Anno Domini 1750 to Consider & Determine the Dividing and Laying out such and so much of the Common and Undi- vided Lands in sª Tisbury to the Eastward of the bounds of the Indian
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Town as sª Indian Town has been Layed out : But the sd Meeting being Adjourned to the Third Day of January then next; and then again Assembled ; It was agreed upon & voted by the major Part of the Inter- ested then Present, That a Tract of Common & undivided Land Lying in sd Tisbury & belonging to the Propriators thereof being sixteen whole sheirs. sd Tract bounded on the Westerly Corner by a rock marked I. T. being the Corner bounds of the Indian Town (as it was bounded out by Coll! Otis & Coll! Bassett) and so to Run Noath East & by East as the Indian Town Line Runs untill it meets with the Lands Disposed by sd Propriators unto Deacon Jonathan Lumbert Deceased & so Continue on by sd Lumberts Land untill it comes to the Easterly Bounds of sd Tisbury and bounded South Easterly by the Great Road that Leads from the Town of Tisbury to Homeses hole so to Contain all the Lands Lying between sd Indian Town bounds & sd Homeseshole Road that has not been Disposed of by sd Propriators into sixteen sheirs & allotments; And then at an other Propriators Meeting on the Eighth Day of February AD 1750 Wee the subscribers hereunto were Chosen & appointed a Com- mittee to Divid & Lay out the above Discribed Tract of Land into six- teen shares or allotments according to the Constant order of Dividing the undivided Lands in sd Tisbury who being Mett together Proceeded thereon in the following manner and forme -
And first we measured from sd Rock by sd Bounds and found it to be 435 Rods : so then wee Began at the West End of sd Line and Layed out the first Lott 50 Rods in breadth by sª Line to a stake marked, and then to Extend from the aforsd Bound Rock on the same course as the Line is between Jabez Athearn & Ebenezer Rogers on an Easterly Course to a black Oake tree marked and thence Easterly by Lands formerly Layed out being 41 Rods in breadth from sd Red oake tree.
2ª Lot by sd Line is 33 Rods in breadth to a steake marked & at the Easterly End 40 Rods in breadth sª Lots Lying about East & West from the Indian town Line to sd Road
3ª Lot by sd Line is 29 Rods & a } in breadth to a stake marked & at the Easterly End 33 Rods in breadth to a Black oake saplin marked
4th Lott by sd Line is 27 Rods in breadth to a stake marked & at the Easterly End 30 Rods in breadth to a stake by the Path
5th Lott is 24 Rods in breadth by sª Line to a Stake marked & at the Easterly End 27 Rods in breadth to a stake marked
6th Lott is 22 Rods in breadth by sd Line & a Į to a stake marked, and at the Easterly End 24 Rods in breadth to a stake marked.
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7th Lott is 19 Rods in breadth & a ¿ by sd Line to a stake marked & at the Easterly End 8 Rods from the Corner of ye 6th Lott to a tree marked
. 8th Lott is 17 Rods and a { in breadth by sd Line to a stake marked & at the Easterly end 18 Rods ¿ in breadth to a stake & stones
9th Lott is 18 Rods in breadth and a 4 by s! Line to a stake marked, and at the Easterly End 21' Rods in breadth to a tree marked 9/10
10th Lott is 19 Rods in breadth } by sd Line to a Stake marked & at the Easterly End 22 Rods in breadth to a small bush
11th Lot is 20 Rods & } in breadth by sd Line to a stake marked & at the Easterly End 23 Rods in breadth to a bush marked
12th Lott is 22 Rods and } in breadth to sd Line to a stake marked & at the Easterly end 25 Rods in breadth to a Stake
13th Lott is 25 Rods in breadth by sd Line to a Stake marked & at the Easterly End 28 Rods in breadth to a Small tree marked
14th Lott is 28 Rods in & } in breadth by sd Line to a Stake marked & at the Easterly End 32 Rods in breadth to a bush marked
The 15th Lott is 36 Rods in breadth by said Line to a stake marked and at ye Easterly End 40 Rods to a stake marked
The 16 Lott is all the Remainder of sd Tract of Land and being the Noutherly Eand of itt : & so far finished this 20th Day of february AD 1750. to which Wee subscribe this 22ª Day of february 1750.
GERSHOM CATHCART
JACOB ROBINSON
BENJA LUMBERT Committee 1
ABIJAH ATHEARN
JOHN ALLEN Jun"
And then at a Propriators meetting
Held in sd Tisbury on the 22 Day of february AD 1750. The severall Lotts of Land in the foregoing Tracts of Land were Drawn for in the Right & by ye hands of the Propriators then Present and the first Lott Came out to Samuel Look and ye heirs of samuel Merrey Deceased in Equall halves
2ª Lott to Gershom Cathcart & Benja Lumbert in Equall halves
3 Lott to Samuel Manter & Whitten Manter in Equall halves
4 Lott to Jacob Robinson silvanus Cottle & Joseph Allen Decds Heirs in thirds
5 Lott to Jabez Athearn & Solomon Athearn in Equall halves
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6 Lott to John Allen EsqE
7 Lott to ye Revd Nathanael Hancock
8 Lott to Joseph Allen Deceaseds heirs
9 Lott to silvanus Allen & Samuel Cobb in Equall halves
10 Lott to the Heirs of John Edy Deceased
11 Lott to Joseph Daggett
12 Lott to Jethro Athearn
13 Lott to George Manter & Benjamin Manter in Equall halves
14 Lott to John Luce and Zephaniah Luce
15 Lott to Joseph Allens Heirs in Equall halves
16 Lott to Silvanus Cottle & the heirs of Thomas Luce Deceased in halves
The whole of the above & foregoing Division was Entered and Recorded by order of the Propriators of sd Tisbury ye 8th Day of Octo- ber 1751 :
me JABEZ ATHEARN Propts Clerk
These are to Witness that wee the Subscribers hereunto have Cove- nanted Promised and agree'd with each Other That wee and Each of us will allow an Open Roade Thirty foot wide To come in as it comes from our Meeting house to Jonathan Luces. From Thence Notherly as is and haith been used to Samuell Lumberts From thence as hath been Used on the West Side of two or three Little Ponds to David Butlers From thence Notherly as hath been used to John Cottles, from thence as Streight as may be with Conveniancie to Samuell cottles House so by his House to Extend towards the Northeast as may be best for Conveniancie of Said Roade and as may be Leaste for Dammage on each Mans Land untill it comes to goe thro Saviges Line in the Lane near Bryant Cartrigts in Order for to Accomodate us and Others for passing to Homses hole and to the Town, And that wee will Clear Said Rode of Fence and bars at or before the first Day of May next coming after the Date hereof, As Wit- ness Our hands & Seals this Second Day of August AD : 1751
Signed & Sealed in Presence of ELISHA LUMBERT SHOBAL HARDEN
the Above agreement Recorded this 184 Day of August AD : 1772 EZRA ATHEARN Town Clerk
THOMAS SMITH JONATHAN LUCE ISAAC CHASE BRYANT CARTWRIGHT SAMUELL WEEKES
DAVID BUTLER
RANSFORD SMITH
SAMUEL COTTLE
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At a Propriators Meeting Legally Warned and held in Tisbury on the d 23 Day of august AD. 1751. for the choice of an Agent or Agents for the Appearing & Proceeding in the behalf of the Propriaters of ye Com- mons & undivided Lands and Meadows in sª Tisbury & upon the Accompt of sd Propriators Relating to Such Lands in sª Tisbury as has of Late been Layed out into Sixteen Shares, against any Person or Persons that shall Presume to Disturbe or Challenge any such Lands or Meadows Con- trary to the sª Propriators Rights or Interests At which sª Meeting John Allen Esq" was Chosen Moderator as also at sª Meeting Jabez Athearn Esqr was Chosen An Agent to Appear and Act & Do in behalf of the abovsd Propriators all things Nessessary Relating to the abovsd Prem- ises & Perticularly to Authorise & Appoint one or more Attorney or Attorneys under him Relating to the abovsd Premises the above Written Choice & betrostment of agency was voted and in acted at sd Meeting by the Maj. Part of the Propriators of sd Interests and the whole of the propriators then Present : Entered # order of sd meeting $ me JABEZ ATHEARN Propriators Clerk
Tisbury ss : At a Legall Town Meeting Warned & held in sd Tisbury on the Sixth Day of September AD. 1751 then it was Considered to settle upon a sum of Lawfull money to make the Revend Mr Handcocks his Sallery as good as Sixty pounds was in the old Tennor when Silver went at Sixteen shilling # ounce, and it being Considered that Twenty five Pounds Lawfull money would be Equall therefore propose to Raise the same by a Tax to be paid by the first of January next : Voted to stand good for this Present year. viz 1751. Test JABEZ ATHEARN Clerk
Tisbury ss : At a Propriators Meeting Legally Warned and Assembled at the school house in Tisbury on the Ninth Day of October Anno Domini 1751.
hearing and Considering the Proceeding of sd Propriators Agent Looking out for a Lawyer to undertake for them & for Copys of Records Relating to sd Propriators Defence against such as Do or shall mollest & Disturb sd Propriators in their Propriaty Right whether Divided all- ready or in Common & undivided, and to consider what method to pro- ceed in relating to a Tract of Land Last Divided by sd Propriators which is Challenged by Ebenezer Rogers, and to chuse some person or Persons in order to run the East Line of sd Tisbury if thought Proper
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