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The order about ffences as in the 4th leafe in the begin- ing of this booke made ye 20th March 1664-65 being consid- ered, wee Judge it meete to Continue it wth a little alteration, namely where ye Title in the Margent is (ffences Vp for ye last of March) we put in Ioth of March unless the frost be in ye ground to hinder doeing up ye fence (In Title wharfe gate & Tr to shut) Instead of, to ye head of ye plain (It is to be) to the further end of John Lambs Reice Bedorthas lots & Mr Holyokes land & for last of March, there to put in ye roth of March: (In directions for veiwers, instead of Aprill Ist, To be, ye 15th of March, (And adde) That ye increasing 12d p day shall extend but to 3 days The veiwers being to see yt de- fects run noe longer: However 3 days shall [II-65] termi- nate ye increase of ye 12d p day unless upon the veiwers re- veiwing yt fence & giving new notice to ye pprietor he shall continue to neglect ye amending it after yt notice, And in all cases about fines for defective ffences it is left to ye Select men to mittigate ym. both ye veiwers pt & ye Townes pt. where they Judge it apparent equity or other considerations doe req it:
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There being Complts of grt damadge like to ensue to inany psons by Swine & cattle goeing at liberty this forward Spring, especially where there is winter wheate, It is there- fore ordered that all feilds that are fenced shall be cleared of Swine & cattle to p'vent damage what may be by ye Ioth of March next upon penalty of paying 5s for every head turned or left in, either of swine or other cattle, And for all cattle found, in ye owners to pay 6d a head for all cattle & Sd p head for swine unrung according to orders.
The want of a Bull for ye use of ye Towne being considered It is left to Nathanell Ely & Laur Bliss to take care for to Provide one:
Also ye care of mending ye Pound is left to ym, to agree ww the Pound keeper about it, who shall be pd for his Paines out of ye Townes estate, And they are to pcure locks for each Pound.
The Seating of psons in ye meeting howse was now con- sidered, but obstructed by want of ye list thereoff fro: Je for- mer Select men wch at prsent cannot be found.
Whereas there was a Highway over ye grt River wthout ye comon fence, laid out 20 Rod wide by ye Common fence to- wards Agawam river & ordered to be continued till it came over ye Muxy medow or further: It is now ordered yt ye sd Highway shall be continued beyond ye muxy meddow Twenty Rod wide all along by ye comon fence as far as to Agawam River: ptly for Highways sake & ptly for Comon- age for cattle 20 Rod wide is to be always continued Com- mon, fro: ye grt River to Agawam.
Ther is granted to Jº Dumbleton, Sam Marshfeild, Griffith Joanes & Tho Copley That for conveniency of fencing theire lands under ye Hills at ye Reare of the Howselots wthout the comon fence They shal have Liberty to set theire fence to- ward the Brow of the great Hill:
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Peter Swink desiring some land to make meddow off lying over ye Brooke on ye Northerly side of his land at Block Brooke There is sixe or seven acres of Low meddowish land
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Granted to him, wch is to be laid out to him on ye Northerly side of Block brook agt his former grant of Thirty acres of Land there, & adjoyning to it: Provided it may be Lawfull for ye Inhabitants to make use of Timber Trees, that grow in his 30 acrs formerly granted him, While it lys Comon, or till it shall be Impved or fenced in, in pt, some acres, at least Two, till then ye Timber to be common for ye neighbors there & upon this condition yt he allow of the taking of Timber out of his former 30 acr's till Impvmt as aforesd: he hath the grant of ye 6 or seven acrs of meddowish land as abovesd And he is spedyly to declare whether he acept this grant on the con- dition specified. That ye Liberty for ye Inhabitants to make use of the Timber Trees yt are growing there may be known. He accepted of this Grant on ye Tearmes mentioned for ye Inhabitants to make use of Timber till he fence in pt.
There is Granted to Symon Beamon, an acre & halfe or Two acres of medow upon a smale brooke northward, a little beyond Skeepmuck, wch runs down toward Stony River: this meddow being a litle off of Rowld Thomas his meddow there:
Granted to John Riley an adition of Two acrs of land to his former Ten acres by ye grt River above chickup: plaine.
There is Granted to Tho Day: John Clarke, Nath Ely & Charles fferry ye Land at ye end of theire Lots over the med- low (where Tho Day dwell by the Prison house) for 20 Rod long fro: ye Reare of theire lots, weh were So Rod long & now this adition of 20 Rod long at theire Reares makes all those Lotts to be 100 rod long: this 20 rod long added all theire breadths besides theire first grant being made good 80 rod Long & then this 20 rod taking place at ye end, is in lew of land wch is taken fro: these lots for ye Highway in ye front, is in ful sattisfaction for ye land taken for sd Highway:
There is likewise granted to Laur Bliss ye land agt his lot there for 20 rod long fro: Reare upon ye like condition as ye former yt is to say in sattisfaction for land taken for ye Highway: The like grant is made to the lot belonging to the
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howse of Correction & to ye lot y' belongs to ye howse & land wch John Mathews is now in.
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Tho Stebbing Jun' last wednesday in ye forenoon feircely Galloping, & running his Horse, in ye streete fro: Godm: Miricks upward, & wch was seen by many psons & he acknowl- edged it before ye Select men, it being exp'sly agt ye Towne order, He was accordingly sentenced to pay 35 4d (the In- former taking 12d according to Towne order) The 25 4d is payable to ye Towne:
Tim: Cooper & Jonath Ashly: likewise Jo Hitchcock & Sam: Bliss Jun' being complained of for running theire horses in ye Streete on ye same day (But being absent) It is ordered that they be required to appeare before ye Select men, next Lecture day Imediately after Lecture, to give an acot of theire so doing:
ffebr 24th 1668 The select men met, & ye psons afore men- tioned appearing & desiring they might not be condemned wthout xse. Thereupon Serj Tho Stebbing & Laurence Bliss Testyfied that they Saw John Hitchcock & Sam: Bliss Jun' running theire horses this day fortnight as fast as well they could run, & yt in ye streete: Likewise: Nath Ely & Laur: Bliss Testyfied that they saw Timothy Coop: & Jo- nath Ashly gallop & Run theire Horses in ye streete last Lec- ture day in ye forenoon & yt as fast as they could Run. Whereuppon Timothy Cooper & Jonathan Ashly: also John Hitchcock & Sam Bliss Jun for Running theire Horses as aforesd, it being expressly agt ye Towne order: are adjudged each of ym to pay ye order Injoynes viz: 25 4d a peice to the Towne:
At this meeting: A Black Stonehorse of Tho Coltons 4 y old in ye Spring being measured & found the height the Law reqrs wthin a very smale trifle & being a handsome comly horse well Linmed: is alowed of to goe at liberty for a Stone Horse.
Also a Brown Bay Stonehorse of Robert Ashlys 4 y old in ye Spring being veiwed & found acording to Law, is allow-
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ed off for a Stonehorse: Likewise A Bay horse of Tim Coop- ers 5 y okdl & full ye height required, is alowed for a Stone- horse to goe at Liberty :
Aprill 21th 1667.
.A Roane horse of Symon Beamons of 10 y old is allowed to goe at Liberty for a Stone horse for this yeare now com- ing:
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At a meeting of ye Select men: Aprill 7th 1669. Present J. Pynchon G. Colton N: Ely: S: Marshfeild L Bliss:
Miles Morgan & Jonath Burt are ordered to sit up in ye Gallery to give a check to disorders in youth & young men In tymes of Gods worship: Anthony Dorchester to sit on ye Guard Seate for ye like end:
The veiwers of fence over ye River prsent John Baker for 4 rod of fence defective 3 days for wch sd Baker is Lyable to 4 s p day fine But John Baker pleading noe damadge hath come to ye feild, & it being at ye first closing of the feild: we abate the fine to Sixe shilings, To be to each veiwer 2s VIZ Edw: ffoster & Tho Miller, & 2s to ye Towne.
They also complaine of ye Indian Cattonis & his company for not doeing up ye water fence belonging to theire land in ye feild they having had warning & neglecting it: about 4 or 5 rod being defectve upon ye land next ye River, besides the securing of ye River, for wch neglect they are fyned to pay 2 buslı: & 1-2 of Indian Corne or other pay so much vallue, Halfe to belong to ye veiwers & halfe to ye Townc.
There is granted to Benjamin Parsons about an acre of meddow Three Miles of ye Towne, on ye right hand of the way to watchuit, on a Gutter running downe to John Har- mons Pacowsick meddow.
Joseph crowfootes request for halfe an acre of land at chick- kuppy lying Cornerwise, next ye highway at ye southerly Corner, & so will bring his lot square at the front, as also about 4 acrs more at ye flank of his lot toward ye easterly end: is Granted to him accordingly:
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Jeremy Horton hath about halfe an acre of land Granted to him at ye west end of his howselott (next to Symon Bea- mons) to lay his lot square as also a triangle peice of about halfe an acre at ye Southeast Corner to bring his lot up to ye Highway there:
There is Granted to Capt Pynchon about a quarter of an acre of land in ye further side of ye 3 corner medow brooke above ye plaine Bridge, to cary ye Brooke straite next to the plaine land under ye hill there, thereby taking 2 or 3 smale spangs of Land, wch are now lying on ye North side of yt Brooke, all being about a quarter of an acre or but litle more. & is adjoyning to Capt Pynchons other Land wch he hath lying at ye Northwest end of ye Round hill;
Eliakim Hitchcock of New Haven. desiring to be admit- ted into This Township to dwell, hath Liberty, pvided he bring certificates fro: New Haven yt he is an orderly Liver there. & yt his father there desires it, & assist him on his remove. & pvided also that he pcure 2 sufficient men of this Towne to enter into £30 Bond to secure ye Towne fro: any charge yt may any way arise to this Towneship by sd Hitch- cock or any of his family.
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At a meeting of the Selectmen JP: G C. N E. S.M: & L B. April 21, 1669.
John Baker being p'sented for defect in his ffence that wych he was fyned for last meeting ye whole 4 rod was not mend- ed, & he owning it yt it was neglected a day after he Ingaged it should be done, though the veiwer Tho: Miller says it was above a day undone after he had veiwed But we take notice of only ye days neglect: for wch he is fyned 4s according to order: halfe to ye Towne.
Edw: ffoster for one defect is ordered to pay 12s.
Leiut Coopers p'sentmt is taken off. the water being up yt he could not doe his fence he is freed fro: first taking care of it.
Rich Exells, (he not being p'sent) is left till friday one of
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ye clock. He not appearing on friday & not knowing whether he had notice, it is referred to next Lecture viz ye 5th of May. He then appeared & was quitted.
The Indian ffence into Agawam River being still defective to ye grt damadge of ye feild: It is therefore ordered that the veiwers shall amend it, at least yt into ye water, & make it sufficient agt cattle to secure ye feild, for wch they shal have double recompence according to law & have warant fro: ye Select men to ye constable to Levy it: & also to Levy the 2 bush: & 1-2 of Indian Corne wch they were fyned last meet- ing of ye Select men for ye defect:
The Homlot feild not being in a secure Pasture by reson of alteration of fencing (& some having fenced ym se. in pticlar) & thereby ye veiwers being at a loss what to doe about defects, as also who should secure ye upper wharfe gate, or whether it should be laid downe: It is therefore or- dered that ye pprietors of land of all the Homlots, Shall be warned to meet togither next friday being ye 23th of this Aprill: at Three of ye clock, that so there may be a meete Settlement of ye fencing, to prsent dammage, as to ye whole so also to pticular psons.
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Aprill 23th 1669 The Proprietors of ye land in the Hon- lots met according to appointmit, also the Select men niet togither ye same tyme:
At this meeting it appearing that ye Homlots from James Warinars upwards were in pticular Inclosures It was there- fore considered concerning ym yt ly in comon fro: James warinars downwards to John Harmons: And ye sd Propri- etors lying togither in Common, they have now agreed & determined to fence at ye Reare of their lots next to ye River for securing of ymse. & theire feilds:
And for securing ye Gate way or Bars by ye meeting howse, Benja Mun, Serj Stebbing: Wm Warinar & James Warinar, are to take care & charge thereoff. & doe the same:
The Gate at ye Higher wharfe being Judged. needfull to be kept well hung & Shut, for a Generall good to ye whole,
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to p'vent cattles p'sing upon ye feild at ye Reare of mens lots. or goeing over the River: therefore that cattle may be kept from goeing to the River & also fro: damadge to corne or Hay brought thither in ye season of it: It is ordered By the Select men that for ye prsent (til other order be taken) all the Neighbors fro: Deacon chapins, taking in Deacon chap- in & fro: him all upward, shall take care of ye sd gate that it be well Hung & also that ye fence aqjoyning ye Highway be done up close to the sd Gate: And whosoever shall leave open the sd gate such pson shal pay as a fine 2s 6d for neg- lect one halfe to go to ye informer & ye other halfe to go to the psons yt keepe ye gate up for securing ye feilds. The psons aforesd are to meete to agree for carying on this worke: all whom Deacon chapin in some convenient tyme, is to cal ym togither for yt end:
And that something may be done at or toward ye Lower wharfe, for a Generall good & securing, as to p'venting cattle fro: p'seing ye feilds either by making up a gateway if a lane can be contrived, or otherwise to run a fence into ye River & put a stop to cattles going on ye Backside or Reare of ye lots. Anthony Dorchester is appointed & ordered to call ye Neighbors at ye Lower end of the Towne togither from Cornelius Wiliams, taking him in, to consider & take order there about to doe what may be advantageous & good for ye whole therein :
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In answer to the veiwers for their direction: ffor setling where the veiwers shal have charge. It is declared, (ye Range now apearing to be at James wariners & not at ye meeting- house) That John Clarke & John Bliss theire veiw of fences shall reach thither. & Tho Day & James warinair, there veiw of fences shall be from thence upward.
Severall psons complaining that they cant get theire Neighbours, where theire fences is in pticular, to make up theire fence sufficient, & all bec: ye veiwers are not requir- able to veiw pticular & Ptitionall ffences: And whereas the Towne order says that ptitionall ffences betweene Lot & Lot
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in case of disagreemt betwixt ye pprietors shal be ordered by ye Select men:
The Select men doe now (therefore) Order That where there are Complaints agt Neighbours, that any one of ym doth not make good fence, in such Case, where either Neigh- bour desires it, The veiwers yearely appointed, shal veiw such ptitionall ffences fro: tyme to tyme, & shall have Power to allow or disallow of ym, according as they do, or may, ye Gen- erall & Comon ffences of corneffeilds, wch ffences disallow- ed, or declared defective by any veiwers Shall forth wth by ye pprietor or owner of it, be amended, & made sufficient to secure his Neighbour from any damadge, according to ye Judgmt of ye viewers:
At this meeting Consideration being had about p'venting ye wetness & flowing of ye medows before the Towne on the east side of ye street & by ye orders on the Towne Booke for ditching & Clearing the Brooke being read & Judged Suffi- cient for yt end, if attended: The xsecution of them is there- fore desyred & ordered, only yt order being a litle to Short in seeming to leave ye clearing ye Brooke at the medow wych was Henry Burts, It is therefore declared & ordered that cach pprietor of meddow as far as Benja Parsons, shall make a sufficient ditch before his meddow and cleare it yearly as far as the Lower side of Benja Parsons Lower meddow, And the Recorder [II-72] ordered in pa. 17, of the grt Towne Booke, line 14. (Instead of) (That was Henry Burts deceas- ed) To put in To ye lower side of Benja Parsons lower med- dow:
At this meeting there was Granted to Jonathan Burt a smale psell of meddow about an acre or Two uppon a branch that comes out of ye hither wachusit & runs into Pacowsick brooke, pvided it be not already granted to any other:
There is foure acrs of meddow Granted to Deacon Chap- in, on ye hither branch of fresh water River prided it be not already Granted to any other.
May 5th 1669. At a meeting of ye Select men JP GC: NE SM: & La Bliss.
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Wm Brookes Complaining of John Bagg for Letting 3 of his Cattle last friday ye 30th of Aprill to be in Chickkuppy feild wthout a keeper, Also on Edm Pringridays for 3 there wych were in or under his Impvent, & of Jos Bedortha for 2 of his fathers cattle there at ye same tyme, all wch cattle were turned in over night & left in ye feild: Wm Brookes affirming that they were there wthout a keep: & yt as conceive all Night & that he was bringing ym to a Pound but that they were tak- en fro: him: Bag & Pringridays also owning yt they left ym there over Night, & though they say they then left a keep: wth ym yet Wm Brookes afforms there was none wth them in ye morning & they not pveing or saying yt a keep: was then tyth ym otherwise the calling on Brookes to pve that he found ym without a keep: wch were vaine, for theire grt neglect & breach of Towne order: The sd Bagg Pringrydays & Bedor- tha are ordered & Cast to Pay 5s a head for each beast to ye use of ye Towne, wch for the 6 beasts comes to 30S.
June 3d 1669. By the Select men: Present
John Pyncl.on
Geo: Colton
Nath Ely
Sam Marshfeild & Laur Bliss:
This day according to Towne order wee considered about making Rates & taking a list of ye estate of ye plantation, & for Prizing the Living stock of the Plantation we chose & appointed Sam Ely: Edw ffoster & Jonath Ashly who are to goe about ye worke spedyly & bring in ye estate of the Towne to us, for ye spedy making ye Rates:
At this meting we Judged it Needfull to make a Towne Rate off £60 neere about fio of it, in reference to severalls due fro: the Towne to discharge & ye £50 toward ye carying on of the new Building for Mr Glovers house, although we find all this will be to little to defray ye Townes debt upon yt acot yet considering ye Inability of of the Towne this yeare by reason of ye hand of God on our crops, we know not well how to doe yt wch we are necessaryly Inforced too, & there-
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fore shall determine upon only ye £60 to be raised on ye In- habitants for the whole of all Towne charges: ye Ministers Rate being besides, this wth countrey & county Rates. .
At this Meeting a Motion being made in Writing by Joseph Parsons of Northampton for Liberty to Purchase a psell of land belonging to this Township. of Tho Coply: wch land lyes at ye foote of the higher ffalls, his desire is granted, & also Liberty to build &c: according to his desire:
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At a meeting of ye Select men: January 14th 1669. Present :
J Pynchon :
G: Colton
Nath Ely
Sam Marshfeild
Laur Bliss:
At this meeting we considered ye Compl' of ym y' tooke ye Towne Land at chick: what to abate ym according to agrem' ye hand of God having bin very heavy Blasting their wheate as also by ye floods but most excedingly by ye wormes eat- ing up their Ind Corne, so that their loss & damadge there by is exceeding much since Capt Pynchon & Sam Marsh- feild veiwed it, who then Judged an abatemt of halfe to be made But upon certaine understanding of what further dam- adge ye wormes did ym afterward whereby they have not as they say to pay for their Labor wee Doe Judge meete to make ym a further abatemt: & so order theire Payment of Rent to be as followeth viz each of ym to pay 3 bush. of wheate & one bushell of Indian Corne apeice wch is in all 9 bush of wheate is. I II 6
& 3 bush of Ind: Corne is . . . . 0 07 6
I 19 0
And this to goe for theire whole Rent this yeare past: pvided they pay in their fines for cattle in ye feild viz: Tos pce. Jo Bag & Edm: Pringridays.
There being as is sd by severall psons, need of a Ilighway
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over ye wet meddow so into ye woods, toward the Lower end of the Towne about Benja Parsons: the Select men doe therefore appoint: Serjant Stebbings Rowland Thomas & Jeremy Horton to veiw & consider & where ye sd way may be most Conveniently laid out & to make report thereoff to ye Select men what they Judge thereabouts & how far they Judge such a way necessary for ye use of the Inhabitants thereabouts: & theire returne to be made to some of ye select men some time next week.
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Jan. 14th 1669. At this meeting:
Granted to Anthony Dorchester about Ten acres of Swamp & low land lying beyond Agawa: River where his wet meddow is betwixt ye hills agt his wet inedow there.
Granted to John Clarke Ten acres of land by his medow on ye Mill River in severall spangs to lay his meddow & that togither.
Granted to John Bagg Twenty acrs of Land on ye west side ye grt River beyond chickkuppy Plaine next above John Rileys land, Convenient Highways being reserved or else to be laid out afterward. Also Granted him five acres of swampy Meddowish land hemmed in wth Hills, wch is lying about 60 rod above chikkuppy Plaine fence:
Granted to Capt Holyoke over ye grt River on this side of ye higher ffalls alittle below Tho Coplys land wch he hath sold to Joseph Parsons: eighty acres of Land to ly fro: thence downeward by ye great Riverside to ye Land abovesd Grant- ed to John Bagg: reserving Liberty for Ilighways thorow it as there shall be occasion if they cannot conveniently be laid by ye side of it.
Also there is an addition Granted to Mr Holyokes wet meddow by ye 3 corner meddow wch formerly was not to come quite to ye foote of the Hill. it is now granted that his land there shal come not only to ye foote of ye Hill, but also that he shal have the land all along on the side of the Hill up to ye edge of ye Brow so as to set his fence there if he so cause, prided he doe not Intrench upon the ends of any of
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the homlots that were granted there, al wch are to goe to yt Brow of y Hill wch Runs all along by the Three Corner med- dow side.
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Severall psons desiring Grants of Land at toward or about Stony River on ye west side of ye grt River toward Windsor: Having taken the same into Consideration togither wth what is sd by many psons that if it were well ordered & managed aright. it might make a fine village or smale Plantation, wee therefore Commend it to ye Towne to consider how far they may se cause to order or settle ye Same: And in the meane tyme in refference to those that desire Grants there: we Judge meete that Sam & Joseph Harmon have 30 acres of land a peice there & 6 acres apeice of wet meddow.
Also that John Lamb have 30 acrs there & 6 acrs of med- dow
Benja Parsons 30 acrs & 6 acrs of medow.
Sanı Bliss Sen' 30 acrs & 6 acrs of medow.
Griffith Joanes for his 2 sons 20 acrs apece & 4 acrs of medow apeice.
All on condition they attend such termes as shal be con- cluded on by any Comittee appointed ye ordering the same:
Granted to Wm Brookes 40 acrs of land on ye west side & North end of land which Tho Coply hath sold to Jos Par- sons at ye foote higher falls, convenient Highways being re- served. Also by way of exchange Granted to Sam Marshfeild Sixty acrs of land there, by Wm Brookes they agreeing in lay- ing of it out, this of Sam Marshfeilds is in Lew of Sixty acrs tych he had over Agawam River & upon condition he re- signe up hereby declaring it & acepting this he to alow. Highways allowed to be laid as.
[In the handwriting of Elizur Holyoke.]
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Springfeild ffebruary ye, 7th 1669. At a meting of the Select Men vizt Elizur Holyoke Leut Cooper, Ens: Cooley Benj: Parsons & Henry Chapin:
The Select Men chose John Matthews & Nath Pritchard
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for veiwers of ye fences vizt for ye Long Medow & the home Lotts to the upper wharfe Lane.
Wm Brookes & Wm Hunter for ye feild caled chickuppy playne.
John Dumbleton & Obadiah Miller for ffences on the west side of ye River oposite to ye Towne.
Granted to Lawrence Bliss 2 or 3 acres of Medow land on ye North branch of ye Mill River above his Medow bought of Rowl Stebin: pvided it be not granted to any other pson.
Graned to Symon Bemon & Jeremy Horton 3 acres a peece of land agt the great bar of ye higher falls in ye great River on ye east side of the River to be laid together in one peese provided the Indians are wiling to sell & that he cleare the purchase thereoff.
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