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DD .- Action of the General Court on a plat of Narraganset town- ship, Number Four.
EE .- Additional committee appointed by the General Court to rec- tify mistakes in the list of Narraganset grantees.
FF .-- Deport of committee appointed to rectify mistakes in the list of grantees.
GG .- A list of the grantces of the seven Narraganset townships laid out by order of the General Court, confirmed April eight- eenth, 1735.
IIH .- Report of the Committee appointed to take a list of Narra- ganset soldiers, and action of the. General Court, thereon.
II .- Action of the General Court on the petition of John Foster and Edward Shove in regard to Narraganset township, Number Four.
JJ .- The grantees of Narraganset township, Number Seven, ordered by the General Court to meet to choose a Clerk and make rules and orders.
KK .- Action of the General Court on the petition of Benjamin Prescott and others, relating to Narraganset township, Number Six.
LL .- Action of the General Conrt on a vote of the proprietors of Narraganset township, Number Five.
MM .- Narraganset township. Number Four, surveyed and laid out by Nathaniel Kellogg, and confirmed by the General Court. NN .- Action of the General Court on the petition of John Foster and Edward Shove, relating to Narraganset township, Number Four.
00 .- Action of the General Court on the petition of Edward Shove and John Foster, relating to Narraganset township, Num- ber Four.
PP .- Action of the General Court on the petition of Shubael Gor- man and others, relating to Narraganset township, Number Seven.
QQ .- Action of the General Court on the petition of Shnbael Gor- man, relating to Narraganset township, Number Seven.
RR .- Petition of sixty-two of the inhabitants of Biddeford and Scarborough, complaining that not more than ten or a dozen of the grantees of Narraganset township, Number One, had settled their lots, and praying that the lots of the delinquent grantees might be forfeited ; and the action of the General Court, thereon.
SS .- Petition of eleven settlers on Narraganset township, Number One, complaining of the negligent and delinquent grantees.
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ART. TT .- Action of the General Court on the petition of the eleven set- tlers on Narraganset township, Number One.
UU .- Affidavit of Nathaniel Mighilf in reference to a saw-till he saw built on Narraganset township, Number One.
VV .-- Subsequent action of the General Comt on the petition of eleven settlers on Narraganset township, Number One.
WW .- Action of the General Court on a petition of the inhabitants of Narraganset township, Number Two.
XX .- Action of the General Court on the petition of the inhabi- tants of Narraganset township, Number Two. complaining of the non-resident proprietors.
YY .- Report of the Committee on the petition of the inhabitants of Narraganset township, Number Two, and action of the General Court, thereon
ZZ .- Action of the General Court on the petition of Major John Fowle and others, complaining of the want of water at the fort on Narraganset township, Number One.
AAA .- Petition of Samuel Robinson relating to Narraganset town- ship. Number Four.
BBB .- A tract of land laid out to the proprietors of Narraganset township. Number Four.
CCC .- Action of the General Court on the petition of Samuel Robin- son, relating to Narraganset township, Number Four.
DDD .- Petition of the proprietors of Narraganset township, Number Seven, praying for a plan of said township to be confirmed and deposited in Secretary's office.
EEE .- Action of the General Court on the petition of a Committee of the proprietors of Narraganset township. Number Seven. FFF .- Petition of a Committee of Narraganset township, Number One. relating to the boundary line between said township and Narraganset township, Number Seven ; and the action of the General Court. thereon.
GGG .- Action of the General Court on the petition of James Whit- comb. re'ating to Narraganset township. Number Four.
IIIII .- Subsequent action of the General Court on the petition of the proprietors of Narraganset township. Number Four. entered November second.
III .- Action of the General Court on the petition of the proprietors of Narraganset township, Number Two, praying that said township might be incorporated.
JJJ .- Committee appointed by the General Court to consider the petition of the proprietors of Narraganset township. Num- ber Two.
KKK .- Two muster-rolls of the company in His Majesty's service under the command of Joseph Woodman. Captain.
LLL .- A bill for incorporating Narraganset township, Number Two, into a town by the name of Westminster.
MMM .- Action of the General Court on the petitions from Falmouth, Gorham Town and Pearson Town, relating to establishing the boundaries of several towns.
NNN .- Report of the Committee appointed to run out and establish the head bounds of Biddeford. Scarborough. Falmouth, Pearson Town, and Narraganset townships, Number One, and Number Seven.
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ART. 000 .- Action of the General Court on the petition of Joseph Wood- man and others, praying that a certain tax assesssed on the inhabitants of Narrraganset township, Number One, may be remitted.
PPP .- Plan of Narraganset townships, Number One, and Number Seven, being lost, a new one ordered to be made by tbe General Court and deposited in the Secretary's office.
QQQ .- Plan of Narraganset townships, Number One and Number Seven made and returned to the Secretary's office ; and action of the General Court, thereon.
RRR .- Action of the General Court on the petition of Amos Chase and others praying for Narraganset township, Number One, to be incorporated.
SSS .- Action of the General Court on the memorial of Joshua Wyman and others praying for Narraganset township, Number One, to be incorporated.
TTT .- A bill for incorporating Narraganset township, Number One, into a town.
UUU .- An act incorporating Narraganset township, Number One, into a town by the name of Buxton.
VVV .- An inventory of real estate in Buxton, in 1798.
CONTENTS OF THE RECORDS.
A.
Amesbury 91, 93, 124, 127, 150
Andover.
. . . 161
Assessors. 104. 106, 123, 129. 130, 173 Attorney, 133, 144, 145, 265, 266, 276, 277, 300, 343, 354, 358, 361, 366, 357, 368, 369, 380
B.
Baptist Meeting-house. 381, 390
Beech-Plains. 175, 178, 207 Berwick. .91 Biddeford 151, 163, 174, 175. 176, 177, 187, 188, 207
Bog-Brook 298, 299
Bog-Mill 304, 306, 307, 308, 318, 319, 322, 325, 338
Bonny-Eagle Pond. 323. 324, 325. 326. 328, 329, 330, 338
Bounds of the township, 142, 143, 114, 147. 148, 149, 157, 160, 161, 164.166, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 188, 195, 200, 207, 269
Broad-Turn. 166. 167
Buxton, mentioned.
.253
C ..
Collectors 91, 92, 123, 124, 125, 129, 130, 173, Committee to exchange roads, 174, 175, 176, 177, 180, 182, 186. 191, 216. 255, 257, 265, 266. 271, 274, 275
Committee to lay out lots. . .93. 94, 107, 186, 215 Committee to lay out undivided land, 174, 181, 190, 195, 273, 280, 301, 302, 303
CONTENTS.
D.
Deficiency in Narraganset township. No. 1 351. 352 Deficiency in First Division, 94, 178, 179, 181, 183, 184, 194, 270. 352. 354, 355. 391. 392 Deficiency in Second Division, 183, 18 !. 185, 219, 282. 287. 291, 292, 204. 298, 299, 301, 305, 306, 309, 310, 236
Deficiency in Fonrth Division 807
Delinquent Proprietors, 107, 126, 127, 128, 129. 180, 141. 150, 158, 159, 160, 161, 161, 195, 199, 216. 253, 263, 265, 267. 269, 272, 278. 274 Dropt Lots. 219, 292, 295. 298, 300, 344
E.
Eastern Lands to make up the " Gore ". 343, 346, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356 Error in Proprietors' Records 366, 368
F.
Falmonth. 187. 188 Fort 142, 144, 152, 166, 167, 168. 170
Fourth Division Lots 309-238
G.
Gaines' Brook. 199
Gallery in Meeting-house. 120
Garrison. 131. 132. 137, 143, 170. 171 Gore adjacent to Scarborough, 236, 267, 268, 269, 282. 286. 298, 299, 360, 307. 339, 340, 343, 344
Gores in Fourth Division
343. 358, 361. 362, 265
Gorhan'
164, 219, 235, 240. 269 Grass, 120, 154, 155, 190, 259, 265, 266, 267, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273. 274.275 Greenland.
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H.
Haines' Meadow .255, 255 Hampton 91 Haverhill 92, 93. 124. 127
Highways. 142, 143, 151, 156. 159, 160, 161, 163, 166, 171, 174, 175, 176,177. 180, 182. 185, 191. 195, 291. 207. 265. 266. 267, 269. 271. 274. 298, 299 Home Lots, 178, 179. 180, 181, 183. 184, 185, 191, 194, 218, 219, 258, 265. 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 278, 282, 287, 291, 358, 861, 502, 367. 368. 380. 391
Honses to be built by ten proprietors. 101, 102 Houses to be built by thirty proprietors, 103, 104, 105, 106, 124, 125, 129, 130, 131, 141, 146, 162, 164, 165, 169
· I.
Incorporation of Narraganset. No. 1. 196, 205
Incorporation of Rev. Paul Coffin's Church .208
Ipswich.
91, 92, 93, 95, 104, 106, 125, 127, 149, 343
L.
Lawsuits, 259, 265, 266, 267, 270, 271, 272, 278, 274, 275, 298, 299, 300, 304, 305, 3006, 807, 319, 311,315, 318, 349, 362. 371, 372, 3:0 $18 Long-Plain ..
Lots in First Division, drawn by whom. 90-100
Lots in Second Division, drawn by whom 115-119
Lots in Third Division. drawn by whom. 220-273
Lots in Fourth Division, drawn by whom. 311-388
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M.
Martin's Swamp 151, 167 Meeting-house. 120, 121. 127. 130, 131, 142. 143, 155, 159, 160. 161, 163, 171, 174. 175. 176. 177. 178. 179, 180. 181, 182, 183. 189. 190, 195.203.214, 255, 258. 268. 269. 280. 281, 282, 285, 291, 292, 294. 381, 390, 391 Meeting-house Common. . 358. 361, 362 Methuen. 92, 93, 127 Mills, 105. 119. 120, 122. 123. 124. 125, 131, 140, 141, 142. 143.148. 149. 153, 154. 155. 159. 160. 161. 162, 180, 189, 190, 216, 268, 269, 270, 271,298, 299. 300
Minister. 180. 140. 150. 151. 153. 154. 155. 159. 161. 162, 164, 165, 166.170, 171. 174. 175. 176. 177. 178, 179, 180. 182, 183, 184, 185, 186,187,191. 192. 193. 194. 208
Mimsterial charges. 159, 160. 171, 172, 173, 174, 180, 184, 185, 189, 190, 194, 265. 273
N.
Narraganset. No. 1 187, 188, 219 .
Narraganset. No. 7. 187, 188 Newbury. 91, 92. 95. 102, 104. 106. 122. 123. 124. 126, 127. 129. 130. 137,139, 140. 141. 142. 143. 144. 145. 146. 147. 149, 133, 154, 167, 168, 170,171, 172. 178. 178. 188. 192, 214. 215
Newburyport
277
North Grammar Schoolhouse. 391
O.
Ordination of the Rev. Paul Coffin. 184, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 201, 207, 200, 214
P.
Parsonage. 183, 184, 185, 186, 194, 220. 256, 267, 272, 282. 283, 287, 291, 294. 296
Patent Line. 177, 207, 358, 361. 362
Pearson-town 187. 188, 244
Petitions. 127. 264. 340
Pepperelborongh 207. 275, 276
Pew-Ground. 258. 265 266, 267, 269, 292. 294 Pews in Meeting-house 189, 190 Plan of Buxton 280. 281. 389, 342. 348, 349. 350. 351. 352
Plan of the Seven Hundred Acres 375
Plan of the Divisions 94. 108. 219. 304. 305. 306. 307, 310
Pleasant-Point. 177, 207. 268, 352, 354, 355, 391
Pulpit. . 255. 268
255 Pulpit-window
R.
Report of Committee to lay out Lots. 94. 95. 108-115, 217-220. 310-338 Report of Committee on Deficiency in Home Lots. 391, 392 Roads. 151, 266. 268, 269, 280. 281. 282. 287 Rocks. 268, 269
Rounds' House .240
Rowley.
92, 93, 104, 106, 125, 127, 150
S.
Saco. 178 Salary of the Rev. Paul Coffin. 182. 195. 198. 206, 253, 254. 255, 262. 265, 266, 267. 268, 270. 271. 272. 273, 290, 293, 339, 340 Salisbury
. 91, 93, 124, 127
CONTENTS.
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Salmon-Falls 162. 181. 216. 208. 269. 270. 271. 276. 350 Scarborough, IST, 188, 207. 208, 236, 240, 268. 209. 242. 286, 804. 805. 306, 307. 339, 340. 344. 345. 352. 353 358. 301. 362. 371 Schoolhouse
Schoolmaster. 1>1 "Seven Hundred Acres." 178, 353, 354. 355. 35. 361. 362. 363. 364.365.36%. 369. 370, 371. 372. 373. 375
"Sixty Acre Lots 107, 183. 184, 185, 219. 294. 296 Standish .. 320. 322, 325. 326
T.
Trespassers. 104. 106. 133. 13 :. 144. 145. 146. 147. 148. 149. 153. 165. 166. 178, 179, 180. 181. 182, 189. 190. 276, 277. 858. 854, 855. 855. 862. 865 Tufts, Rev. Joshua, account for preaching. 392. 393
W.
Wells.
.20;
Window-glass for Meeting-house .. 273 Wood and timber, 101, 135, 144, 145, 146, 149. 152. 153. 175. 179. 1:0.1:1.1 -2. 190
CONTENTS OF THE NOTES.
A.
Amherst, N. H. 9. 41
Arundel, Maine 135. 20-
B.
Bainbridge. Miss Harriet A. 200
Bine. Capt. Lewis, and wife. epitaphs of. 133
Biptist Society in Buxton. formation of.
Berwick, Maine 3 .- 1
187. 1-9, 209
Biddeford. Maine 04. 207. 340
Block House on Saco river. location of. 132
Block House on Saco river. cost of building 133-135
Boar's Head Hotel. Hampton Beach, N. H. 209
Bonny-Eagle pond. derivation of the name of 133. 32>
Bradbury, Benjamin. his account for services.
351
Bradbury, Jacob. E-q., parentage and children of 3-4. 3-5
Bradbury, Jacob. E-q .. obituary of. 3-3. 3-4
Bradbury. Mrs. Mary, and Salem Witchcraft 355-3-7 Bradbury, Mrs. Mary, will of. .30 Bradbury. Moses. names of his children 27. 279 Bradbury. Capt. Thomas. the emigrant. .3-5 Bradbury. Capt. Thomas, will of.
Bradbury. Capt. Thomas, names of his children.
Bradbury. Dea. Thomas, will of .. 847 Bragdon. Samuel, descendants of.
Buxton, origin of the name ...
Buxton, plan of loaned to William McLellan
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C.
Church in Narraganset, No. 1. founders of
208 Clark, Penuel L .. children of. 293
Coffin, Rev. Paul, social qualities of, 279
D.
Dean, John Ward.
. . . .390
E.
Eaton. Isaac W. 219
Elden. Capt. Gibeon. 360
Elden, John. 360
Elden, John, Jr., letters from, to Cyrus Woodman 359, 360
F.
Fairfield. Rev. John 209
Falmouth, Maine 135, 241, 340
Fort at Narraganset, No. 1, petition to remove it. 152
G.
Garland Tavern. 279, 382
Garrisons, money appropriated to erect. 137, 138
Garrisons, order for erecting in certain places 139
Goodwin, Elder Abiel, epitaph and children of.
134-137
Goodwin, Amaziah, gallant conduct of, at Bunker Hill 286, 287 Goodwin, Miss Annie Maria. 209
Goodwin. Daniel, the emigrant. 88, 89. 90, 209
Goodwin, Capt. Ichabod. children of
209. 210
Goodwin, James, descendants of 210-214
Goodwin, Joseph. ancestors of .. 88. 89
Goodwin, Mehitable, captured by the Indians 89. 210 Goodwin, Samuel, descendants of 289-291 Goodwin Thomas 88-90
Gorham, Maine 73, 137, 189, 241, 340, 351, 356
Gray, Cadwallader, marriage of 279
Great-Oakley, the birthplace of Daniel Goodwin. 88. 209
Greenwich, formerly Narraganset, No 4, incorporation of. 57
H.
Hancock, Isaac. some account of. 278
Hancock, John Lane. revolutionary services of. 278
Hancock, William, will of. 169, 170
Hasaltine, Dea. Timothy, will of. 217, 218
Hemmenway, Rev. Moses. 211
Hollis, Maine, original extent of 133 Hooksett-Fall -. 30
Hopkinson, John, will of 268. 264
Hovey, Samuel, will of. 248, 249
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Indians, country of the Namaoskeags. 29. 30 Indians. number in New England. in 1675, as estimated by Mr. Drake IS Indians, number of the Narragansets, in 1857. 18
K.
Kimball. Abraham L., children of .293 Kimball, Joshua, children of 292, 293
L.
Land granted to certain proprietors. 356
Lane. Capt. Daniel, papers relating to 196-205
Lane, Capt. Daniel. descendants of. 296, 297
Lane. Capt Daniel, muster-roll of the company of. 200, 201
Lane, Col. Isaac, revolutionary service of 207 Lane, Capt. Jabez, papers relating to. -286
Lane, Capt. Jabez. descendants of. 246-288
Lane. Capt. John. Sen., petitions from
375-370
Lane, Capt. John. Sen., children of.
876
Lane, Capt. John. Jr., papers relating to.
256-261
Lane. Capt. John, Jr., descendants of.
Lane. Miss Mehitable W. 200. 253
Lane, Col. Thomas Cutts. letter from. 132, 133
Lawful Money, origin of 141
Line between Saco and Narraganset, No. 1 177
Libbey, Elder Peter, note from. 212
Little. Rev. Daniel. 20%
Little. Falls Plantation, incorporation of. 133
M.
Manchester. N. H
Men to be raised in York county for military service. 138
Mills. saw and grist. on Little River. 162. 163 Moody. Rev. Silas. 208 Morrill. Rev. Moses. 207. 208
Moulton, Thomas, children of 262
N.
Narraganset, spelling and derivation of the word
Narraganset townships, assignment of.
Narraganset. No. 8. now Amberst, N. H.
Narraganset. No. 4. location of. (٤٠ Nipinks, country of, and derivation of the name. 1 Nowell, Capt. Peter. 261
0.
Officers and soldiers, advertisement relating to .6 Officers and soldiers killed at Narraganset fort 17, 18
261, 262
CONTENTS.
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Old and New style. Old 'lenor, origin of.
141
P.
Petition from Capt. Joseph Woodman and others. 199. 200
Petition relating to the " Goar," near Scarborough. .340, 341
Petition to remove fort on account of water. 152 Plan of the two townships, in Secretary's office. 7, 8, 9
Preble, Capt. George Henry, U. S. Navy
288
R.
Records, none made when. 145
Rounds, Mark, descendants of 241-248
Rounds, Samnel, will of 240, 241
Rounds, Miss Sarah E 243
Rum furnished committee 135, 151
S.
"Saco Patent Line " 177
Saco, incorporation of. 275
Saleni Witchcraft. persons condemned and executed. 387
Scarborough, Maine. 73. 135, 137, 139, 340, 356
"Seven Hundred Acres," to whom granted and location of 358
Sparhawk, Hon. Nathaniel. 358
Standish, Maine. 73, 340
T.
Tufts, Rev. Joshua.
.392
U.
Union-Falls, derivation of the name 132, 133
W.
Water Power in Buxton, statistical view of 155-159 Wells, Walter 155 Wingate, Snell, lot on which he resided. 295
Woodman, Cyrus, Esq., letters to. from John Elden. Jr. 359, 360
Woodman, Hon. John, and others, letter from. 346
Woodman. Capt. Joseph, some account of 64
Woodman, Moses, children of. 360
RECORDS OF THE PROPRIETORS OF THE NARRAGANSET TOWNSHIP No. 1.
DOCUMENTARY INTRODUCTION.
A.
Action of the General Court on the Petition of William Basset and others.
[From the Massachusetts Court Records, June 4, 1685.]
In ans' to the petition of Wm Basset, Jnº Lynsey, Robert Porter, Señ, & a twenty two more inhabitants of Ljn, Jere- miah Swayne, Samll Damon, Sam Lambson, Wm Robbins, James Pyke, Jun, & James Nicholls, of Reading, Wm Ray- mond, & 5 more, of Beverly, & Samuel Lyncolne, & three more, of Hingham, as on ye peticon on file, the Court judgeth it meet to grant the peticoners a tract of land, in the Nipmug* country, of eight miles square, for their encourage- ment and others that were serviceable to the country in the late Indean warr, to a competent number, who shall see meet
"Nipmuch [Nipnet] was a name given to the petty tribes, or clans, of inland Indians scattered over a large extent of country, in Windham and Tolland Counties in Connecticut, Worcester and Hampden Counties in Massachusetts. and the northern part of Rhode Island ; but their princip il seat was at, or near, the great ponds in Oxford (Webster), Mass. From these ponds they probably derived their name of "Pond" or "Fresh- water" (nippe, nip) Indians. If the two names, or forms of the name, are not identical in origin, Nipnet belongs to the territory, i. e. "at the freshi- water pond"; Nipmuck, to the tribe, (Nip-amaug) "they fish in fresh water"; but possibly "a fresh water fishing-place." This distinguished them from the the Shore Indians, and the River Indians of the Connecticut Valley ; their neighbors on the west. Snipsic (corrupted from Mishenips- et) Pond, in Ellington Conn .. was the bound where the country of the Nipmueks joined that of the River Indians on the west, and the Mohegan north-west angle." Dexter's Church, pt. 1. 17.
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to joyne themselues to them in order to the making of a plan- tation or touneship, provided it be lajd out so as not to in- terfere wth any former grants, & that an orthodox minister, on their setlement of thirty familjes, be settled wthin the space of fower yeares next coming.
B.
Action of the General Court on the Petition of Joseph Sill praying for a Grant of Land.
[From the Massachusetts Court Records, November 17, 1685.]
In answer to the peticon of Joseph Sill, humbly desiring the Courts favour to grant him some lands where he can find it, hauing binn imployed in the countrys service in ye late Indean warr,-
VPON the consideration that this Court hath already granted a plantation of eight miles square, in the Nepmug country, for the accomodating such as were souldiers in the late warr, wth whom the petitioner may haue liberty to come in for a settlement, if he thinke good.
C.
Action of the General Court on the Petition of Samuel Chandler and Jacob Wright .- [ Post, "D."]
[From the Massachusetts Court Records, July 1, 1727.]
A Petition of Samuel Chandler & Jacob Wright in Behalf of themselves and a great Number of other persons, SHEWING that the General Court of the late Colony of the Massachu- setts Bay in the Year 1685, did in answer to the Petition of divers Persons of the Towns of Hingham, Lyn, Reading, & Beverly grant them a Tract of Land in the Nipmug Coun- trey of eight miles square for their encouragemt & others that were serviceable in the late Indean War; Wch Grant was not pursued to Effect, and for as much as the Petitioners were
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either personally present at the Fort & Fight at Narraganset ** or Desendants from those that were or in the strictest alliance to them ; THEREFORE Praying that a Grant may be made them of such vacant Lands as may Serve the Petition's for Settlement under such Restrictions & Limitations as this Court shall judge fit.
In the House of Represetres Read & In answer to this Petition, RESOLVED that Major Thomas Tilestone, Capt. John Alden, Mr Edward Shove, Mr Samuel Healy of Newton & Mr Samuel Chandler of Concord be a Committee fully authorized & impow- ered to survey & lay out the Contents of eight miles square in some of the unappropriated Lands of this Province, and that the said Lands be granted & disposed of to the Persons (whether Officers or Soldiers) belonging to this Province, who were in the Service of their Country in the said Narraganset War or to their legal Representatives, as a Reward for their publick Services, and is in full Satisfaction for the Grant formerly made them by the Great & General Court ; and for as much
Few Indian names have been spelt more ways than this. From the nature of the Indian language, it is evident that nor should be used in it. Nahigonsik and Nantigansick, R. Williams. - Nechegansitt, Gookin. - Nan- tyggansiks, Callender .- Nanohigganset, Winslow's Good News from N. Eng .- Nanhyganset, Judge Johnson's Life of Gen. Green .- These are but few of the permutations without the r, and those with it are still more numerous.
The meaning of the name is still uncertain. Madam Knight in her Journal, 22 and 23. says, at a place where she happened to put up for a night in that country, she heard some of the "town topers" disputing about the origin of the word Narraganset. "One said it was so named by Indians, because there grew a brier there of a prodigious height and bigness, who quoted an Indian of so barbarous a name for his author that she could not write it." Another said it meant a celebrated spring, which was very cold in summer, and "as hot as could be imagined in the winter." Drake's Book of the In- dians, 87.
Roger Williams in an affidavit, says, "I also profess, that being inquisi- tive of what root the title or denomination Nahiganset should come, I heard that Nahiganset was so named from a little Island, between Puttis- quomsett and Musquomacuk, on the sea and fresh water side. I went on purpose to see it, and about the place called Sugarloaf Hill, I saw it, and was within a pole of it, but could not learn why it was called Nahiganset. R. I. Hist. Col. III, 4.
Mr. Trumbull quotes Roger Williams, as above, and says, "to whom I have nothing to add." Dexter's Church pt. 1. 13.
Narraganset is from Nanrantsouack and means a carrying-place. Nor- ridgewock is also a corruption of the same word (See Mem. Amer. Acad. New Series, Vol. 1, pages 372 and 373, ) Potter's Hist. Manchester, N. H. 23.
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as it is the full Intent & Purpose of this Court that every Officer & Soldier who served in the said War should have a Compensation made them over & above what wages & Gra- tuities any of them have received already, THAT the said Committee give publiek Notice in the NEWS LETTER, or otherwise, six months at least before their meeting, When & where they intend to meet, that so every Officer & Soldier that served in the said War, or the lawful Representatives of such as served and are since Deceased may have an Opportuni- ty of enlisting their Names with the said Committee, who are hereby directed to take a List accordingly ; and when & so soon as the said Committee has received a compleat List of the names of such Persons as have served as aforesaid or their legal Representatives ; which they are enjoined to do with all convenient speed, the Grantees shall be obliged to as- semble within as short a time as they can conveniently, & pro- ceed to the Choice of a Committee to regulate the Propriety, who shall pass such Orders & Rules as will effectually oblige them to settle sixty Families at least thereon with a learned orthodox Minister within the Space of seven Years from the Date of the Grant; PROVIDED nevertheless, if the said Grantees shall not effectually settle the said number of Fami- lies, & also lay out a Lot for the first settled Minister, one for the Ministry & one for the School, they shall have no advan- tage of but forfeit the Grant; any thing to the Contrary herein contained Notwithstanding.
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