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Concord By Bills of Credit Then Recd
May 11th 12th of ye Grantees of both Towns & 13th Three Hundred & Twenty 1720 pounds 320 00 00
Viz of ye South town Grantees One Hundred & Seventy One pounds & Ten Shillings 171 10 00
And of ye North Town One Hundred & forty Eight pounds Ten 148 10 00
320 00 00
of ye Which Sum there Was then pd by ye Comtee for past Expences A Necefary Charges of Surveys Sixty Six pounds One Shi !! & a peny 66 01 01
as is More prticularly Sett Down in ye North Town Accots pag 10th
The Remainder Sent To ye Province Treafz viz
By ye Honble Collo Tailer Eighty Two pounds 82 00 00 By Collo Thaxter Seventy Two pounds Twlve Shillings 72 12 00
By Fra : Fullam Ninty Nine pounds Seven Shil- lings
99 07 00
[10] South Town DE £ s. d
Sept 10th To Mr Whittemore Who began his Service ye 10th Day of Septr 1720
1720 And Ended ye 17th of ye Same Month 7 Days at 8$ pr Day
2 16 00
2 8 00 To Capt Shiply 6. Days
To Fra: Fullam began Monday ye 12th Ended Saterday 17th 6 Days 2 8 00
M! Sam" Jones Surveyer from ye 10th to ye 17 Day 6 Days & half
2 12 00
chain- WVm Laurane four Days & half at 48
00 18 00
men Finelias Parker & Natlı! Woods 3 Days & half at 48 1 08 00
3
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Survey and Allotment of Turkey Hills.
Expenc pd at Groton pª by Capt Shiply Eight
0 8 11 Shillings & 1
pd by m! Whittemore 16s & 1 00 16 01
pª By Fra: Fullam Eleven Shillings & one peny 00 11 01
Sept 22ª Mr Whittemore A Day to Dorches- 1720 ter & Expence 00 9 6
14 15 7
Sept !. 26 At A Meeting of ye Commtee Appointed by ye 1720 Great & General Court or Affembly of ye
Province of ye Mafsachusetts &c. for ye Two New Towns Laft Granted Westward of Groton &c. At Cambridge the 26 Day of Septr 1720
PrSent Wm Tailer Efq! Capt Shiply Benjamin Whitte- more and Fra: Fullam,
1. Agred That ye Commtee or Majer part of them Do forthwith proceed to Allott out both ye New Towns if Time Will permit But First the South Town, No Lott to be Lefs then forty & five Acres And that to be ye Stand- ard of ye beft Land, & if Need Require to Add five or More Acres to Make Each Lott Equal in ye Judgmt of ye Commtee The Lotts to be Laid in Half mile Ranges Where ye Land Will Allow it So to be
And yt ther be Laid out Convenient Ways Not Lefs then Six Rods Wide, And that ye School Lott be Laid out as Near ye Center of ye houfe lotts as May be. That ye Minifterial Lott be alfo Laid as Near ye Center of ye houfe Lots as May be &c. That ye Lot for ye firft Settled Minifter be Laid as Convenit To ye Meetinghoufe place as May be. That ye Colledg Lott be Laid out as Convenient as May be Without Incomoding ye Houfe Lotts In One Intire peice Two Hundred & fifty Acres together
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Survey and Allotment of Turkey Hills.
[11] South Town DE £
s d
Sept 26 To: Collo Tailer One Day 8 00
1720 4. Capt Shiplys Attendance & Trav- il 3 Days § 1 4 00
A: Mr Whittemore One Day
00
8 00
4: Fra: Fullam One Day
00
8 00
To Collº Tailers Expenc then at Cambridge 6/9 00 06
3
To Capt Shiplys Expenc in ye Journy 10 11 00 10 11
Mr Whittemores Expence $ 5
00 07 5
Fra Fullams Expence &/g 00 06 , 3
03 18 10
£ sd
Octobr 3ª Survey in Loting out ye South Town 1720 Westward of Groton From Monday ye 3ª of Octº 1720. To Saterday ye 22ª of the Same Month.
Mr Whittemore 17 Days at Ss 6 16 00
6 08 00
Fra: Fullam 14 Days
5 12 00
M: Sam! Jones. 18 Days
7 4 00
Liu: Jonth Boyden 10 Days
2 00 00
Finehas Parker 13 Days
2 12 00
Thomas Tarbel 16 Days
3
4 00
Wm Lauranc 11 Days
2
4 00
Expences then pd by Capt Shiply 2/4s : 7ª
2
4 7
Mr Whittemore pa 2. 1. 11 penc. More 0-5: 1
2
9 00
Fra Fullam then pª £2: 3: 3. More on ye Road ₫ & 2 4 00
More for horfe Keeping 13 Days §/9
0
3 9
Expenc pª Wm Lauranc for 19 pound & half of Beefe at 2} pr pound 1
4 [
pª at Pages
Total
48 08 [
1
Capt Shiply 16 Days - - -
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Survey and Allotment of Turkey Hills.
[12] BOSTON MARCH 24TH 1720/1
March 24 At A meeting of ye Commtee for ye New Towns 1720/21 West of Groton PrSent Collo Thaxter, Mr Whit- temor & Fra: Fullam.
In Anfwer to ye Petetion of Timothy Harrifs of Row- ley, Sam !! Hale of Bradford, Richd Kimbel for his Son Jo- seph of Bradforde & Sam! Tennys of Bradford. Dated March 22ª 1720. Requefting to be Lett into The South Town West of Groton to Take Up Lotts there if it Might be but if Not yt they Might be Admitted into ye North TownShip the Prforming ye Conditions that Others Do.
Voted { y: Commtee that ye A Bove Named Timo Harriss, Sam! Hale, Richd Kembel for his Son Jofeph & Sam !! Tennys Requeft Be So farr Granted yt they be Ad- mitted in to ye North Town if They Cannot be Admitted in to ye South, Which is almoft full, Upon the paymt of their Money as Others.
And y! Any Two of ye Commtee be impowred to Lay out ye Lotts in Cafe Anything Extra prevent ye Attend- ance of three.
The Lotts to be Drawn On Tuefday ye 23ª Day of May Next at Concord, The Commtee to Meet there on the 22ª in ye Evening.
Mr Wm Clark Admitted
Sam !! Kendal of Wooburn Admitted pª 2 10 00
Nath !! Whitny Jur of Weston Admitted pd 2 10 00
The Above Named Rich Kembal Hath p! for himfelf 2 10 00
And for M! Sam! Tenny 2 10 00
MẸ Jofeph Plympton of Medfield for his Son pª 2 10 00
Ten pounds of ye Mony in m! Whittemores hands
And in fullams Hand Recd of Sª Whitny £02 - 10 - 0
More by Sd ffullam of Mr Wm Clark 02 - 10 - 0
More by Sª ffullam of Mr Jer. Allen 05 - 00 - 0
10=00 - 0
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Survey and Allotment of Turkey Hills.
£ s d.
[13] March March 31, 1721 Expenc pª by Fran-
1721
31 cis Fullam at bofton When Mett Witlı Collo Tailer, Collo Thaxter & ye Commtee 00 01 6
More to ye Secretary for A Copy of ye Court Order +/6
00 4 6
pª by Capt Shiply for Writing One Shilling
00 1 00
00 07 00
April 10th 1721. South Town D! In Lotting S! Town
£ sd
from To M: Whittemor Who began ye
April 10th 10t. & Ended ye 21 Day of ye
1721 Same Month 10 Dayes at 8ª
4 00 00
3 12 00 To Capt Shiply. 9 Days
To Fra: Fullam begining ye 10th & Ending ye 21st 10 Days 4 00 00
To m' Surveyer Jones 10 Days
4 00 00
chain- To Thomas Tarbel. 9. Days. at 4s
men ₱ Day
1 16 00
#: Parker & Lauranc. 8. Days Each 3 4 00
Expences pª by m! Whittemor £01-12-10
1 12 10
pd by Capt Shiply £01= 12-00
1 12 00
pª by Fra: Fullam £1-12-00
1 12 00
totall 25 15 10
[14] An Account of ye Mony Recd at Concord &c by ye General Courts Commtee of the Several Grantees of ye South Town Called Turky Hills, When, & Since they Drew Their Lotts the 23! Day of May. 1721.
sd
John Fletcher in part
Lot No: 81 2 10 0
Nath !! Harris in full
No : 71 -- 4
5 0 Moses Smith in full
No: 64 -3 15 0
22
Survey and Allotment of Turkey Hills.
Roberd Harris in full -
No: 23 -- - 4
5 0
Abram Woodward in full - -
No: 82 - - 4
Aron Smith in full
No : 46 -
4
5 0
Timº Harris in full
No: 31
4
5 0
Ephrm Sautle in full
No: 33 4
5
0
Jonth Huburd in full
No: 24 . 4
5 0
Joseph Hubard in full
No: 61 - 4
5 0
Dan! Davis in full
Mr Wm Keen in full
No: 56 - 1
15 0
Jonth Hartwel in full
No: 73 - - 4
5
0
Elias Barron in full
No: 32 - 4
5 0
Ens John Warrin in full
No: 18 -- 4
5
0
John Child in full
No: 10 - 4
4
6
Jacob ffullam - in full
No: 80 - 4
5
0
Nath !! Whittemor in full
No: 57 -- -
4
5
0
John Whittny - in full
No: 76 --
4
5 0
Wm Wood - in full
No: 79 -
4
5
0
Liu! Jones - in full
No: 34 - 4
5
0
Eleaz! Green - in full
No: 20 - 4
5
0
Ephrm Peirce - in full
No : 65 -
4
5
0
Nath !! Holden in full
No: 42 - 4
5
0
Zachariah Sautle in full
No: 28 - 4
5
0
Ephrm Peirce in Room of Wm Whit- ny in full
No: 68 - 4
5
0
Isaac Stone in full
No: 29 --
4
5
0
Nath! Wood of Groton in full
No: 58 -
4 5
0
Nath11 Wood Jur in full
No: 53 -
4 5
0
Nathan Haward in full
No: 38 -
4
5
0
Edwª Emerfon Efqr in full
No: 78 - 4
5
0
John Calf. in full
No: 22 - 4
4
5 0
Dan! Thirston in full
No: 70 -
4
5
0
Phillip Goodridg in full
No: 54 -
4 5
0
Jonth Poor in full
No: 55 - 4
5
0
Wm Blount in full
No: 13 - 4
5
0
Henry Cliandler in full
No: 84 - 4 5 0
Thos Perly in full
Jer: Perly for John Amy in full
No: 67 - - 4 5 0
165 4 6
5
0
Thos Hale in full
No: 21 - 4. 5
0
No: 50 -
No: 51 - 4
5 0
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Survey and Allotment of Turkey Hills.
[15]
48
s d
of Jonth Woodman - in full
No: 17 - 4 5 00
of Thomas Tailer - in full
No: 4 -- 4 5 00
Thos Kembal Jur in full
No: 16 :- - 4 5 00
Nath! Stow in full
No: 19 -- 4 5 00
Walter Bees in full
No: 49 - 4 5 00
Wm Wheeler in full
No: 47 - 4 5 00
of Peter Harwood for his Son Nath !! in full
No: 59. - - - 4 5 00
Thos Wooly in part 50 Reft to be pd in 3 weeks
No: 74 -
2 10 00
Sam11 Hartwell for his Son in full No: 26 -
4 5 00
Jofeph Ball in full
No: 45 -
4 5 00
John Haftings in full
No: 63 - 3 15 00
Ebenez! Chadwick in full
No: 15. 4 5 00
Jofeph Allen in full
No: 30 - 4 5 00
Jonth Boyden in full
No: 35 - 4 5 00
Benja Prescot in full
No: 72 -
4 5 00
Finehas Parker in full
No: 12 - 4 5 00
Tho: Tarbul in full-
No: 11 - 4
5 00
En: Jofeph Gilson in full
No: 43 4 5 00
Wm Laurane in full
No: 44
4 5 00
Jam& Goold in full
No : 5
4 5 00
Mr Sam !! Page for Two Lotts in full
No: 41 &52-8 10 00
Capt James Richardson in full
No: 66 - - 4 5 00
& for his Son Wm Richardson in full No: 36 4 5 00
Jonth Whitny in part
No: 25
2 11 00
Isaac Whitny in full
No: 62 - 4 5 00
Shadrik Whitny in full
No: 6. 4 5 00
Mr Wm Clark in full
No: 48 4 5 00
Jonth Shiply in full
No: 60 6 15 00
John Burrel Efq
No: 3
6 15 00
Jonth Dows Efq! in full
No: 27 - 6 15 00
Ter : Allen Efqr paid page 8
No: 40 -
Nath !! Whitny Ju! in full
No: 77 - 4 5 00
Edw₫ Hartwell in full
No: 37 - 6 15 00
for Amos Brown of Stow på by Jabez Fairbank of Lancafter in No 2 part
5
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Survey and Allotment of Turkey Hills.
Maj: Eleaz! Flag in full No: 8 --- 6 15 00
Capt Richd Kembal for his son Jo- seph in full No: 75 -- - 4 5 00
of Mr Jams Burbeen for his Son Jams in full No: 9- 6 15 00
Liu! Tho: Perly in full No: 7 -- 6 15 00
John Perham of Littleton in full No: 14 6 15 00
Finehas Richardson in full No: 69 - 6 15 00
Highest no. 84 - 81 drafts. Gone Nos 1 - 39 and 83
[16]
£ sd
May 23d May ye 23, 1721 the Commtee At-
1721 tendane Travil & Expenc When The Lotts Were Drawn at Con-
cord, for wch ye South Town D!
To Collo Tailer Two Days
00 16 00
To Collo Thaxter Two Days & half
01 00 00
To m! Whittemore Two Day :
00 16 00
To Capt Shiply Two Days
00 16 00
To Fra: Fullam Two Days
00 16 00
Expenc pd at Hubbards at Concord £1-14=00
1 14 00
More To Capt Shiply Two Days to Marl- borough & Expenc 1 2 00
To Fra: Fullam Two Days ye Same Service & Expenc
1 00 00
total 08 00 00
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June 8th South Town Is DE To Francis Ful-
1721 lam for One Day of my Self & Horse, To Concord to Notifie M! Whittemore, & Mr Jones, and Sending to Capt Jonas Prescot, & Writing to Capt Ward to Attend ye General Courts Comintce As Ordered at Cambridge by Said Commitee 00 10 09 To ffullams Expenc then pª s.
25
Survey and Allotment of Turkey Hills.
To m! Whittemore half A Day ye Same Time
at Concord
00 5 00
#: Whittemores Expenc then pd
00 2 00
More to m! Whittemore Attendenc On ye Gen- eral Courts Commtee at Cambridge as by them Ordered Two Days
1 00 00
Necefary Expenc In Sª Journy pd by Whittemor 00 06 00
total 2 03 9
Decr. 5 & 6 The Comitee Appointed by ye Great & General th
1721. Court or Affembly of His Majefties Province of ye Maffachusetts Bay in New England at their fseffion Nov! 4th 1719.
For ye Granting & Allotting out ye New Towns West- ward of and Contiguous to ye Town of Groton.
Mett at Concord in ye County of Middlesex on ye 52 Sixth Days of Dec! 1721.
PrSent Collo Tailer, Collo Thaxter Capt Shiply Mr Whittemor, & Fra: Fullam.
Orded, y! Mr Sam !! Jones as Surveyer With Sutable affiftance and Chainmen Under Oath Do With What Speed they Can Take an Exact Account of ye Juft Quantity of Acres of Medows (Not alredy Laid out into Lotts) in ye South Town Westward of Groton in Order to A Division of the Medows in Juft proportion to ye Several Grantees in Said Town Also yt there be a Second Divifion of Up- land Laid out to Each Grantee With What Speed May be Each Division to Contain fifty or Sixty Acres as ye Commtee Shall Think best And ye Land Will bare. The Rev! m! Sam! Stow Upon his Motion to ye Commtee Had Leave to Purchase A Lott in ye South Town he Settling ye Lot himSelf or by Such PrSon as ye Committee Shall Approve Who Shall performe Conditions As Other of ye Grantees in fª Town Are Obliged to do ..
4
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Survey and Allotment of Turkey Hills.
[20] South Town DE to ye Commtee for Time Travil & Expenc
£ d Decr. 5 &
6th To Collº Tailer 3 Days at Holdins
1721. in Concord & Travil 01 10 00
To Colle Thaxter 4 Days 2 00 00
#: Capt Shiply 3 Days with his Travil 1 10 00
To m! Whittemore Two Days £ 1 00 00
To Fra Fullam Two Days Attendenc
1 00 00
Expences then p! at Concord
By Collo Thaxter at Holdins £1-2-6 More at Hobbards 8/6 2 11 00
More pª by Collo Thaxter ? Traveling Expene
00 9 6
Then More pª by Fra Fullam 48/ 00 4 00
Total 10 4 6
Feb 12th South Town Dr
£ sd
1721/2 To m! Benja Whittemore Who with Surver Jones Sett out (to Take
An Accot of ye South Town Medows as
Ordred) The 12th Day of feb! 1721/2 & Ended March 1st
Sd Whittemore 10 Days
5 00 00
Cap: Shiply 8 Days
4 00 00
M! Sam !! Jones Ten Days
4 00 00
chain Liu! Boyden 8. Days at 4s
1 12 00
men Jofeph Page 5. Days 1 00 00
Expenc then pª by Mr Whittemore
1 5
1
And by Capt Shiply ye Like Sum of
1 5
1
More Two Days Travil out & home of Sd Whittemore and Mr Jones being Drove off by ftreff of Wether 1
10 00
More Expene pª by fª Whittemore
00
8 1
And by Capt Shiply More p!
00
4 5
20
4 8
]gst 25, 30th To Benja. Whittemor for Time & Expenc About ve affair of Lan- eafter ?' Order South Town D!
1 6 8
21 11 4
This Whole Side 31-15-10
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Survey and Allotment of Turkey Hills.
[21] South Town Dr To Collº Tailer With ye Commtee at Cambridge
Ap! 19th 1723 on ye Afairs of Sª
April 19th Town One Day 10s 00 10 00
1723
To mr Whittemor 00= 10-00, £ _ s_d & Ex- penc One Shilling & four penc 00 11 4
To Fra: Fullam One Day 00 10 00
To Expenc then pª by Collo Tailer at Cam- bridge 00-12-6 00 12 6
2 3 10
The One half of this Charg being £1-1-4 11 to
01 1 11
be på by ye North Town. ye Other half by
ye South Town being ye Totall 01 1 11
June 25th CONCORD, JUNE 25TH & 26 1723 1723 At A meeting of the Commtee Apoynted by ye Great & General Court for ye Granting ye Two Town Ships Westward of & Contiguous to The Town of Groton
PrSent Collo Thaxter, Liu! Whittemore And Fra Fullam.
Finehas Richardson Moved to ye Commtee that Sam11 Bennett Might be Admitted, in his Roome he having Sold his Lott to him in Turky Hills if the Committee Approve therof.
Ephraim Sautle Desires Leave to Sell his Lott in ye South Town to Timothy Gibfon for his Son Timothy.
Wm Richardson Requefts ye Favour. to be Entred to Lott Nº 66. And yt his Brother James be Admitted & Entred to Lott Nº 36 and That Sam" Farnsworth May be Admitted Inftead of fª Wm Richardson upon Lott Nº 66.
Nath! Stow Defires His Brother Thos Stow May be Entred And Admitted in his Room to Act & Settle
Advifed & Propofed by ye Grantees of ye South Town That the Medows in Sd Town, As Soon as May be With Convenianey, May be Laid out & proportioned to ye Grantees in One Division
2dlv
28
Survey and Allotment of Turkey Hills.
[22] 2dy That the Second Division Now to be Laid out (Each Divifion to Containe Sixty Acres) be Laid out, as Soone as May be With Conveniancy, And that ye Commtee Endeaver as Near as They Can to Ballanc ye Lotts & Divisions.
Voted by The Commtee That S! Divisions be Made Accordingly Any Two of ye Commtee being PrSent.
At ye Request of Mr Wm Keen the Commtee Voted to Admitt David Perlin of Concord to Settle on ye Lott of Said Keen in ye South Town S! Perlin having bought S! Lott of Sª Keen With ve Commtees Allowanc
Jun 25th South Town D! £ sd
& 26th To: ye Comitee for their Attend-
1723 enc, Travil & Expences
To: Collo Thaxter 3 Days 1 10 00
To: m! Whittemore Two Days 1 00 00
At Concord To: Fra: Fullam Two Days 1 00 00
Expence then Paid by Collo Thaxter 00 6 00
Genell Expenc pd by m! Whittemor at Concord
1 9 3
Expenc pª by Fullam 60-2-10
00 4 10
And by Whittemore 00-3-7
00
3 7
Totall
5 13 8
[23]
£ sd 48
Janry 3d South Town Dr To ye Commtee for
1723/4 Time & Expenc in Laying out 2d Divifion Lands in Said Town from
Jan'y 3. 1723/4 Ending ye 22ª of ye Same Month
To Fra: Fullam 15 Days & half at 10 7 15 00
To m! Whittemore 15 Days fifteen Days 7 10 00
To Capt Shiply 14 Days at 10 7 00 00
To m' Sam !! Jones Surveyer 13 Days
5 4 00
Expence then pd at Pages at Turky Hills by ye Comtee
2 10
5
More pd by m! Whittemor
3 5 2
More then pª by fra fullam at Reads 1/6 at Holdens 2/ 036
33 8 01
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Survey and Allotment of Turkey Hills.
£ s d
Febr 1st More to Sd Comtee from Feb! ye first
1723/4 1723/4 & Ending ye 29 For Lay- ing out 2ª Divisions in Sª Town To: Capt Shiply 24 Days 12 00 00
To: m! Whittemore 25 Days
12 10 00
To: Fra Fullam 23 Days
11 10 00
Surveyer Jones 24 Days 9 12 00
To Jacob Fullam 17 Days
3 8 00
chainmen To John Shiply Jur 15 Days ^: Joseph Page 9 Days & half 1 18
3 00 00
To Mark Bignal 4 Days 00 16 00
A: Sam! Bennett 3 Days 00 12 00
Jonas Gilfon 8 Days
01 12 00
John Wood 7 Days
1 8 00
Walter Bees 1 Day 4s & 38/ for Oats
00 7 00
Totall Expense. 92 01 01
£ sd
[24] South Town DE for Necefary Ex-
Febr 1st penc in ye Survey of the 2ª Divi-
To ye 29th sion Lands from ye firft Day of
1723/4 Febr 1723/4 To ye 29th of ye Same Month.
Expence på at m! Pages Turk Hills Five pounds Nine Shillings
5 09 00
March 6 South Town D!
£ sd
1723/4 To Capt Shiply for One Day & half Attendanc at Concord & half A Day for Travil March 6 &c 1723/4 to Make Some Recknings And Acounts About ye Surveys of ye 2ª Divifions Lands 1 00 00
To m' Whittemore One Day & half 00 15 00
To Fra Fullam One Day & half 00 15 00
Expence then Paid at Concord by m! Whitte- more 00 18 4
More from March 9 to ye 17th Capt Shiply & m! Surveyer Jones 8 Days eachı
07 4 00
To Jofeph Page 3 Days & half. Jonas Gilson 2 Days Mark Bignal One Day 01 06 00
Expences pª at pages fourteen Shillings & four penc
00 14 4
30
Survey and Allotment of Turkey Hills.
March 30th More from Monday March 30th £ s d 1724 1724 to Thursday ye 2ª of April following.
To: Cap: Shiply 3 Days 1 10 00
To: m! Whittemore 3 Days 1 10 00
To: Fra: Fullam 3 Days
1 10 00
Expenc then pª by Capt Shiply
Expenc then på by m! Whittemore
Expenc then pd by Fra: Fullam Ten Shillings & Eight pence 00 10 8
23 2 4
[25] South Town DI
£ sd
April ve To m! Whittemore for More Ser-
8. 1724 vice Begining ye 8th of April 1724, and Ending ye 13th Day of ye
Same Month: 5 Days 2 10 00
To: Capt Shiply 4 Days
2 00 00
To: Fra: Fullam 5 Days
2 10 00
Expenc then på by M! Whittemore £1-4 = 9 to Hubard £1-5-0 2 9 9
April More At Concord Two Days April 20th 21st 20th & 21st 1724
1724: To Ballanc Lotts
Cap: Shiply Two Days & half 1 5 00
To m! Whittemore Two Days
1 00 00
To: Fra Fullam Two Days
1 00 00
Expence then pd
by Mr Whittemore Commtees Charge £1-6-7
1 6 7
£ sd 41
Jan'y 26 More to Fra Fullam for a Journy 1725/6 to Dorehefter & Bofton to Collo Tailer About Calling A Meeting for ye South Town Man Horfe & Necefary Expence in Sd Journy 00 16 00
Total 14 17 4
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Survey and Allotment of Turkey Hills.
CONCORD FEBRY 23! & 24TH 1725/6
Fehr 23 & At A Meeting of ye Commtee Appointed by ye
24- Genell Court for ye New Towns West of Groton
1725/6 PrSent Collo Tailer, Collo Thaxter Capt Shiply Liu! Whittemore & Fra: Fullam.
To Confider ye Affairs of ye Settlemt of ye South & North Towns Weftward of And Contiguous to ye Town of Groton
1: Voted by ye Commtee That ye Clark procure Books for ye Entrys of The proceedings of ye Commtee for Each of ye Towns South, & North
2: Voted by ye Commtee That Notyfication be forth- with Isued ? Order of ve Commtee for A Meeting of ye PrSons Admitted to Lotts or Intereft in ye South Town, To Meet at Groton at ye Houfe of Liut Jonth Hobbard On Wednefday ye 16th Day of March 1725/6
firft
[26] 1: To Inform ye Commtee How Far they have proceeded in the Settlmt of ye Allottments in S! Town in Complyanc With ye Order of ye Commtee
2dly To Inform ye Commtee What they Would have them Do Concerning The Lotts in Sª Town that Are Un- der Some Difficulty & Dispute
CONCORD FEBRY 23 & 24. 1725/6
febr 23 & South Town DE to ye Commtee for Travil At- 24, 1725/6 tendanc at Sd Meeting & Expence To: Collo Tailer 3 Days 1 10 00
To: Coliº Thaxter 4 Days
2 00 00
To: Capt Shiply Two Days & half 1 5 00
To: M! Whittemore 2: Days 1 00 00
To: Fra Fullam 2: Days 1 00 00
To Fra Fullam One Day to Bofton for Adver-
tismts & Difpercing them for Sª March Meeting Agreed on-00-10-00 00 10 00
FEBR 24TH 1725/6
Expence på by Liu! Whittemore at Balls + Order of the Commtee Was £3=15= 11 3 15 11
More Expenc p! by Collo Thaxter With Collo Tailer 3 18 6
Total 14 19 5
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Survey and Allotment of Turkey Hills.
[27] At A Meeting of ye Genell Courts Commtee With ye Proprietrs of ye South Town West of Groton Called Turky Hills.
PrSent Collo Tailer, Collo Thaxter, Capt Shiply, Liut Whittemore and Fra: Fullam.
At ye Houfe of Liut Jonth Hubbard at Groton in ye County of Middlefex On Wednesday ye 16th Day of March 1725/6 at Ten in The Morning
Mett in Order to Informe ye Commtee How far they Have proceeded in ye Settlemts of ye Allottments in Com- plyance With The Order of the Commtee
And Also to Inform ye Commtee What they Would have them Do Concerning The Lotts in Sª Town yt are (at Prefent) Under Some Dificulty & Difpute.
The Information ye Settlers then Gave ye Comi tee Was that there was then 26 Houfes Raifed & Ten of them Settled & Inhabited
1 Voted by ye Commtee That No prSon Whatso Ever Shall Have Liberty to Box Any Pine Trees Growing on ye Comons in ye South Town.
2 That Fra: Fullam Capt Shiply & Liut Whittemore, Or Any Two of them With Sutable Affiftance Do Lay out ye Aquivalent Land as Soon as May be.
GROTON MARCH YE 16: 1725/6
March1516 South Town is DE To ye Commitee
£ sd
17. & 18 for their Attendenc Travil & Expc 1725/6 To: Colle Tailer 4 Days To: Collo Thaxter 5 Days
2 00 00
2 10 00
To: Cap! Shiply 2 Days & half
1 5 00
To: m! Whittemor 3 Days th tl1
1 10 00
To: Fra: Fullam 4 Days y: 15th : 16, 17 March 2 00 00
& 13 of
Expenc pª by My Whittemore 7 19 11
More Expenc pd by Collo Thaxter 1 3 00
00 16 00
More pd by Collo Tailer
Totall 19 03 11
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[28] At A Meeting of y: Commtee of ye South Town
Bofton West of Groton Called Turky Hills In order
Decemr to Settle Some Accounts Relating To Sª Town 7th &c.
1726 PrSent Collo Tailer Collo Thaxter Capt Shiply Liut Whittemore, & Fra: Fullam
Decr 7th South Town is DE to ye Cointee for
1726 Attendanc Travil & Expenc To Attend Sª Meeting sd
To: Collo Tailer Day 00 00 00
To: Collo Thaxter Day 00 00 00
To: Capt Shiply 3 Days
00 00 00
To: M: Whittemore 2 Days £1=00=00 & Expenc
01 12 00
To: Fra: Fullam 2 Days & Expenc
1 4 00
Totall 2 16 00
[29] The Commtee for ye South Town West of Groton Sept 28th Mett at Cambridge Tlie 28th Day of Sept
1724 1724.
PrSent Collo Tailer, Collo Thaxter, Capt Shiply Liu Whittemore And Fra Fullam
To Make up Some Accots for past Service & Sur- veys &c. s d
Then pd by Collo Thaxter to Mr Sam" Jones Surveyer In full to that Time for his Ser- vice in South Town Thirteen pounds & One Shilling 13 1 00
More to Fra: Fullam in full to y! Day for S. Town 11 13 6
More to Capt Shiply in part
12 00 00
More to m! Whittemore in part
3 1 4
More then Due to m! Whittemore. to Ballance
11 7 9
More then pª Mrs Anger for Victuals Drink & horfmeat 2
1 6
Total 53 5 1
5
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APRIL, 25TH 1726
April 25 An Accot of ye Charges & Expenc of ye View-
1726 ing ye Equivalent Land for Turk hills or South Town Agreeable to ye Order of ye Genel Court To: Capt Shiply Who began Sª Service April 26th 1726, & Ended May ye 2ª 7 Days 3 10 00
To m! Benja Whittemore beging April 25th & Ended May ye 3ª 9 Days 4 10 00
To m' Sam" Jones Surveyer 9 Days 4 10 00
To: mr Edw! Hartwell 6 Days at 5s 1 10 00
chainmen To: Jonth Shiply 7 Days 1 15 00
To: Capt Willard for his Man 6 Days 1 10 00
Expenc in Sª Service then pª by m! Whitte- more 4 2 9
21 7 9
[30] CAMBRIDGE SEPT 28TH 1724. SOUTH TOWN DR To ye Comtee for Attendance, Travil, & Expenc, viz
£ sd
To: Collo Tailer One Day Ten Shillings 00 10 00
To: Thaxter Two Days One pound 01 00 00
To: Cap: John Shiply Two Days & half 01 05 00 To : mr Benjamin Whittemore One Day 00 10 00
To: Fra: Fullam One Day Ten Shillings 00 10 00
Expenc then pd at Cambridge for Victuals Drink & horfmeat by Collo Thaxter Two pounds One Shilling & Six pence 02 01 06
05 16 06
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[32] TURKY HILLS SOUTH TOWN APRIL 12TH 1727. At A Meeting of ye Comitee Appointed & Im-
April powred by the Great & General Court At 12th their at Bofton, Decr 7th 1719 To Allott &
1727. Grant out the Lands Contained in the South Townfhip Granted Weftward of & Contiguous to ye Town of Groton in ye County of Middlefex.
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PrSent ye Honbla Collo Tailer & Sam" Thaxter Efqrs Cap: John Shiply, Liut Benja: Whittemore & Fra: Ful- . lam Efq!
Sd Committee being Mett at ye Houfe of Capt Jofiah Willard In Sª Turky Hills After Due Warning Given, As Weil at ye Requeft of ye Settlers As to be Informed What progrefs Was Made in Setling Each Lott, as Injoyned by ye General Court, & S.ª Commitee.
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