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In Council Jany 10. 1739, Read & Concurred
11. Consented to, 00.
J. BELCHER
Action of the General Court on the Petition of Edward Shore and John Foster, relating to Narraganset Town- ship Number Four .- [See, "DD" "II"" "MIM," "NN," "AAA," "BBB"" "CCC," "GGG," "HIIII."']
[From the Massachusetts Court Records, June 27, 1740.]
ON THE PETITION of Edward Shove of Dighton & John
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Foster of Attleborough in the County of Bristol, Agents for and in behalf of the Proprietors of the tract of Land granted & Laid out by Order of Court to a number of Narraganset Soldiers for a Township, called Nº 4 .-
In the House of Representatives June 17. 1740 Read and in answer to this Petition, ORDERED that two years time longer be allowed the Petitioners to comply with the conditions of their Grant.
Sent up for concurrence
In Council June 18, 1740 Read & Concurred 27. Consented to,
J. BELCHER
PP.
Action of the General Court on the Petition of Shubael Gorham and others, relating to Narraganset Township Number Seven .- [ See, "Z," "JJ," "QQ," "DDD," "EEE," "FFF"" "MMM," " NNN," " PPP," " QQQ."]
[From the Massachusetts Court Records, October 7, 1741.]
A PETITION of Shubal Gorham Esq' for himself and the other Proprietors of the Narraganset Township Number Seven, SHEWING that pursuant to a Vote of the General Court he convened a Meeting of the said Proprietors in the Year 1736, which Meeting was adjourned for further Business, but failed by the absence of the clerk ; PRAYING that he may be impow- ered to convene the said Proprietors and Grantees, for tran- sacting their necessary business and agreeing upon a method of calling future Meetings.
In Council ; Read and ORDERED that the Prayer of the Petition be granted and that the Petitioner be and hereby is impowered to convene the Grantees & Proprietors within men- tioned for the purposes in the Petition mentioned.
In the House of Represent"3 Read and Concur'd
Consented to IF. SHIRLEY.
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QQ.
Action of the General Court on the Petition of Shubael Gorham, relating to Narraganset Township Number Seven .- [See, "Z," "JJ," "PP," "DDD," "EEE," "FFF"" "MMM"" "NNN," "PPP," "QQQ."]
[From the Massachusetts Court Records, April 23, 1742.]
A PETITION of Shubal Gorham Esq' in behalf of the Pro- prietors of the Narraganset Township Number Seven SHEWING that the said Proprietors at their last Meeting made choice of M' Moses Pierson to be their Moderator, but by reason of his attending his duty in the General Court he will not be able to attend at the adjournment of the said Meeting, which will be on the Twenty seventh Instant ; and therefore PRAYING that this Court wou'd adjourn the said Meeting to some further day.
In the House of Represent's; Read and ORDERED that the prayer of the Petition be granted, and that the Meeting of the Proprietors of the Township within mentioned, which was to be held by adjournment on Tuesday next, be continued to Wednesday the nineteenth Day of May next, at Ten of the clock before Noon, then to be held at the Dwelling house of M' Moses Pierson at Falmouth ; the Petitioner causing the said Proprietors to be notified of this Order by publishing the same in the next publick prints and by posting a Notification thereof in some publiek place in Falmouth, fourteen days be- fore the day here assigned for holding said Meeting.
In Council ; Read and Concur'd
Consented to RR.
W : SHIRLEY.
Petition of Sixty-two of the Inhabitants of Biddeford and Scarborough, complaining that not more than ten or a dozen of the Grantees of Narragansett 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 .- [See. "Z," "SS," "TT," "UU," "IT," "ZZ," "FFF," "KKK"" " MMM," " NNN," "000," " PPP," "'QQQ," "RRR" "SSS," "TTT" "UUU."]
[From the Massachusetts Archives. Volume 1146 762.]
TO HIS EXCELLENCY, William Shirley Esq. Cap' Gen1 &
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Governor in Chief in and over his Majestys Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. To the Hon' his Majes- ty's Council & the Hon' House of Representatives in Gen' Court assembled. May 26. 1742.
THE PETITION of Us the Subscribers, Inhabitants of Bidde- ford & Scarborongh
HUMBLY SHEWS
That whereas this Hon' Court did in the year 1733, grant to a Company of Narraganset Soldiers a Township lying on the Easterly Side of Saco River adjoining partly to Biddeford & partly to Scarborough aforesa called Narrhagansett Number one, under certain conditions of Settlement to be compleated within the Term of seven Years from that Date ; as by a copy of sd Grant & Plann annexed may appear, which Term of years is long ago expired, yet not above Ten or a Dozen of the sd Grantees have made any Beginning towards Settling their Lotts in sd Township,-& sundry of those who did sea- sonably begin to settle and improve the same have left their Settlements by (Reason as your Pet humbly conceive) of the Backwardness of the other Grantees-And WHEREAS the Land contained in sd Grants is capable of making a good Town were these People admitted & encouraged to go upon and improve the Same-The want of which is a great Detri- ment not only to the Towns whereto we belong but also to all the Rest of ye Towns & Settlements in this Eastern Fron- tier -- and the Pets having been for some years past employed in getting Masts for his Majestys Service were necessitated to expend considerable Costs & Labour in clearing Roads mak- ing Bridges & Causeys &c in and near sd Township which will be of great advantage in Settling the same : And y" Pet' hav- ing met with considerable Losses & Discouragements in the Business of Masting & being desirous to assist in bringing for- ward a regular and defensible Town, in this exposed Frontier- We BEG LEAVE to pray That yo Excellency & Hon" would in y' Great Wisdom & Goodness take effectual Care that the
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Grantecs admitted into sd Township who have not settled their Lots according to the Condition of their Grant may be declar- ed delinquents and their Lots forfeited, & THAT the Pet or as many of us as there may be Room for may be admitted as Settlers in their Steads under such Conditions as may effec- tually secure the speedy Settlement of the sd Township-AND yº Pet (as in Duty bound ) shall ever pray &c
SAMLL HAINES
JOSEPH FABYAN
ELLIOT VAUGHAN
EDWARD MILLIKEN
JOHN FABIAN
DEMINICUS SCAMMAN
SAMEL CARLL
JETHRO STARBIRD
BEENJAMIN JOY
EDMUND WARD
JOHN BRAGG
RICHARD BERRY
ABRAHAM TYLEE
BENJAMIN FOSS
JAMES BERREY
JOHN BABB
ROBERT AUNCY (?)
WILLIAM DEREZ
JOHN NORMAN
JOSEPH MUNSON
JOB ROBERTS
NATHLL MILLIKEN
NATHAN KNIGHTS
JOHN RIDLING
TIMOTHY HAINES
JOB BURNUM JUNER
JACOB DAVIS
ROBERT MUNSON
ELISHA BERRE
EDWARD RAMRY MOSES DUREL
ROYALL TYLER
THOMAS BURNUN MARTIN JOSE
CHARLES HALLIN
SAMUEL WALKER
DANIELL BURNUM
PAUL THOMPSON
SAMEL CARLE
RICHARD DRESSER
JOHN THOMPSON
JOHN COULBROTH
JOHN STARBIRD
WILLIAM GOOLD
TIMOTHY CARLL
JOSIAH LIBBY
FORGUS HAGGEN JOHN HARMON
NATHANEL FINLAYSON
SAMEL SEWALL JUN"
DANIEL FEILD
JONATHAN LIBBY
WALTER Foss
GEORGE PARCHER
SAMUEL HARMON
JOSEPH Foss
BAN RICHARDS
NATHANIELL HARMON
JOIN ELDIN
THOMAS AUERY (?) NEHEMIAH PITTMAN
In the House of Repre June 12. 1742. Read and ORDERED that Cap' Samuel Haines serve the Clerk of the Proprietors or Grantees with a Copy of this Pet" that they SHEW cause if any they have on the second tuesday of the next Fall Session why the respective Rights of delinquent Prop" or Grantees should not be declared forfeited-Sent up for Concurrence T. CUSHING Spkr- In Council June 14-1742. Read and Concur'd. J. WILLARD Secy.
Consented to.
W. SHIRLEY.
JAMES TYLER
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In Council Dec' 16. 1742. WHEREAS this Court is informed that there is a meeting appointed of the Grantees or Proprie- tors of the new Township mentioned in this Petition in order to their proceeding effectually to fulfill the Conditions of their Grant ;
ORDERED that this Petition be refer'd to the second tuesday of the next May Session for further consideration.
J. WILLARD Secy
Sent down for concurrence,
In the House of Repres Dec-16. 1742.
Read & concurred.
T. CUSHING Spk" Consented to W. SHIRLEY
SS. -
Petition of Eleven Settlers on Narraganset Township Number One, complaining of the negligent and delin- quent Grantees .- [See, "Z," "RR," "TT," "UU," "TV," "ZZ," "FFF," "KKK"" "MMM," "NNN," "000," "PPP," "QQQ," "RRR," "SSS," "TTT," "UUU."]
[From the Massachusetts Archives, Volume 114; 744.]
TO HIS EXCELLENCY William Shirley Esq ; Capt : Gen1 & Governour in Chief, in & Over his Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts Bay-in New England, To the Hon' his Ma- jesty's Council, & the Hon' House of Representatives in Gen' Court Assembled. May. 26. 1742.
THE PETION of Us the Subscribers, being Settlers of the Narrhagansett Grant Number One
HUMBLY SHEWS
That Whereas the Township Number one of the Narrhagan- sett Grants, Lying on the Back of Scarborough & Biddeford & on the North East Side of Saco River, was granted to some of your Petitioners, & those whom ye Rest of us represent, to-
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gether with a Number of Others, who were all equally with Us obliged to fulfill certain Terms & Conditions of Settlement within the Term of Seven Years from the Date of Sd Grant ; as by a Copy thereof, hereto annexed may appear; which Sd Term of Years, is long since expired, Yet none of yº Sd Grantees have fulfilled y® Sd Conditions of the Sd Grant, ex- cept Such of yo Pet's only as were Grantees & those whom the Rest of Us Represent-Who have by reason of the Negligence, & Default of the Sd Delinquent Grantees, been put to very extraordinary Costs & Charges in Carrying on Our Settle- ments thus far,-have been obliged to live without any Set- tled Publick Worship of God among us-School For our Children-Publick Buildings or Necessary Fortifications ; Whereby Our own Lives & the Lives of our Families, with our Substance have been in continual Jeopardy, in this ex- posed Frontier ; & our Children under the Disadvantage of a Wilderness Education, Which Y' Pet® should in no wise have Submitted to, had we not expected, that the Rest of the ad- mitted Settlers would have been obliged to fulfill the Sd Tern s of their Sd Grants ; Yet after our repeated Invitations & In- treaties, Yº Pet® have not had the Happiness of Seeing any of our Sd Partners making any Improvements on, or attempt to comply with y Terms of their Sd Grants ; and they living mostly at a Distance, & having So long refused-Y' Pet have no Reason to think They will by any Means be compelled to it-and unless there be other Settlers admitted in their Room, We shall be obliged to leave Our Habitations very Soon, & yield up our Improvements to the wild Beasts, or Salvage Natives.
Yº Pet" THEREFORE humbly pray yo Excellency & Honours would take the Case of Y' Distressed Petit" under Y' Wise & Impartial Consideration, & Order the Lots of the Sd Delin- quent Settlers to be declared forfeited-and THAT Others may be admitted in their Stead-who may be compelled to Settle, in as short a time as possible. OTHERWISE Grant Us Such
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Relief, as to Your Great Wisdom & Goodness shall seem meet-& Y' Pet, (as in Duty bound) shall ever pray.
ROBERT BROOKS NATHAN WHITNEY
MAGNES REDLEN
JAMES SANDS JUNER
JOHN
M DAVIS SNR
JOSEPH WOODMAN
NATHANAEL DUREL
SAMUEL INGALLS
JOHN BROOKS
SAMUEL CHASE
ICHABOD AUSTEN
TT.
Action of the General Court on the Petition of Eleven Settlers on Narraganset Township Number One .- [ See, "Z"" "RR," "SS," "UU," "VT," "ZZ," "FFF," "KKK"" "MMM" "NNN," "000," " PPP," "QQQ," " RRR," " SSS," "TTT," "UUU."]
[From the Massachusetts Court Records, June 14, 1742.]
A PETITION of Robert Brooks and ten others, Grantees in the Narraganset Township lying on the back of Scarboro' and Biddeford, (Commonly called Number One) SHEWING that they have been very punctual in settling their Rights, but by reason of the delinquency of the rest they are under great dis- couragements ; and THEREFORE praying that this Court would declare the Rights of the said delinquent Proprietors forfeited, and dispose of them to others that will settle them.
In the House of Represent"es; Read and ORDERED that the Petitioners serve the Clerk of the Proprietors or Grantees with a Copy of this Petition, that they SHEW cause if any they have, on the Second Tuesday of the next Fall Session, why the respective Rights of the delinquent Proprietors should not be declared void.
In Council ; Read and Concur'd
Consented to W: SHIRLEY.
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Affidavit of Nathaniel Mighill in reference to a sau-mili he saw built on Narragansett Township Number One .-
"RRR" "SSS" "TTT," "UUU.]
[From the Massachusetts Archives, Volume 114.]
THESE are to sertify any person whom it may Concern that the subscriber was the week before last on the township which is laid out to the narrowgansit Soulders cauled number One lying on the East Syde of Soco River and I saw a sawmill erected on sd township which the millrights informed me that they Desired to get it to go in three or fore Days and I saw five Ilouses erected and I was informed that there were several more Seattering a Bought in the township.
Dated Rowley November 17 1742.
NATILL MIGHILL.
Essex ss; November 18. 1742.
Then the within named NATHANIEL MIGHILL personally appeared and made Oath to the Truth of the within written, before me JOHN HOBSON
Justice of Peace.
TT.
Subsequent Action of the General Court on the Petition of Eleven Settlers on Narragansett Township Number One .- [Sce, "Z"RR,""AS" TT."UUT-ZZ." "FFF"
"000," " PPP." " QQQ," " RRR," " SSS," "TIT,"
[From the Massachusetts Court Records," December 18, 1742.]
ON THE PETITION of divers of the Settlers of the Narragan- set Town in the County of York, Number One. entered June 14, 1742.
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In Council : WHEREAS this Court is informed that there is a Meeting appointed of the Grantees or Proprietors of the new Township mentioned in this Petition in order to their proceeding effectually to fulfill the conditions of their Grant.
ORDERED that this Petition be refer'd to the Second Tues- day of the next Session, for further consideration.
In the House of Represent"es ; Read and Concur'd
Consented to W : SHIRLEY.
WW.
Action of the General Court on a Petition of the Inhabi- tants of Narraganset Township Number Two .- [ See, "XX," "YY," "III," "JJJ," "LLL."]
[From the Massachusetts Court Records, March 22, 1743.]
A PETITION of the Inhabitants of a Tract of Land of the contents of Six miles square called Narraganset Township Number Two, SHEWING the great difficulties they are under as to the Settlement of the place by the conduct of the Non Resident Proprietors ; and THEREFORE praying that they may be erected into a Township, and that the Non Resident Pro- prietors may be taxed in equal proportion to the Petitioners.
In Council ; Read and ORDERED that Thomas Berry, Jo- seph Dwight and John Chandler Esqrs, with such as the Honble House shall join, be a Committee to take under con- sideration the subject matter of this Petition and REPORT, as soon as may be, what they judge proper for the Court to do thereon.
In the House of Represent ves ; Read and Concur'd and Coll : Willard, M Bradford, Coll : Buckminister, and Coll. Minot are joined in the affair.
Thomas Berry from this Committee made the following Re- port on the Petition above enter'd vizt
The Committee appointed the Fourteenth Instant on the Petition of Joseph Holden & others, Inhabitants of a Tract of
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Land in the Narraganset Township called Number Two, hay- ing considered the said Petition and the nature and circum- stances of the affair, are HUMBLY OF OPINION that the speedy Settlement of the Township lately granted on certain condi- tions, is the thing proposed by this Court, as well as granting Relief in the present case ; and the Committee do not appre- hend that by Vertue of the Order on said Petition they can make a just Representation of the affair; they are therefore FURTHER OF OPINION that it is advisable that a Committee be appointed (at the charge of the Proprietors of the above said Township) and ORDERED to repair to the Lands men- tioned in said Petition and view the lands, and how far the Conditions of the Grant are complied with, as also to send for the Clerk of the Proprietors to lay before them such Records Papers and Accomptes as they may judge necessary and to report as soon as may be. All which is humbly submitted
In the Name & by Order of the Committee
THO : BERRY.
In Council ; Read and Accepted, and ORDERED that Jo- seph Dwight Esqr, with such as the Hon ble House shall join. be a Committee for the purposes above mentioned.
In the House of Representves ; Read and Concur'd, and Cpt. Lawrence and Cpt. Converse are joined in the affair.
Action of the General Court on the Petition of the Inhabi- tants of Narragansett Township Number Two .- [Sce, "WWW" "YY," "III," JJJ," "LLL."]
[From the Massachusetts Court Records, January 5, 1749. ]
A PETITION of the Inhabitants of the Township called Nar- raganset Number Two, COMPLAINING of the Non resident Proprietors for their not Settling up on their Lots. nor send- ing others to settle there, & for their not paving their Part of the Charge of the Support of the Ministry, & other necessary
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Expences of the said Town, COMPLAINING also of the Com- mittee for said Township, for not levying those Charges on the Delinquents Lots of Lands, & PRAYING that this Court would order that their Proprietary Meetings may be held within their Town ; & THAT the delinquent Proprietors may be obliged forthwith to settle their Lots & pay their Dues or that the Petitioners may be otherwise relieved, as this Court shall order.
In the House of Representves Read & ORDERED that the Petitioners notify the Non resident Proprietors of this Petition, by inserting the Substance thereof in the POST BY three days successively, that they sHow Cause ; if any they have on the second Wednesday of the next Sitting of this Court, why the Prayer thereof should not be granted : In Council ; Read & Concur'd.
YY.
Report of the Committee on the Petition of the Inhabi- tants of Narraganset Township Number Two, and Ac- tion of the General Court thereon .- [See, " WW," "XX," "III," "JJJJ," "LLL."]
[From the Massachusetts Court Records, April 16, 1750.]
Joseph Wilder from the Committee on the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Township called Narraganset Number two, made the following Report ; viz,
The Committee appointed to take under Consideration .- the Petition of Philip Bemus & others & to make Report, Having fully considered the same, are of OPINION that a Com- mittee for the purposes hereafter mentioned be chosen by this Court in their present Session ; & THAT said Committee on the first Wednesday in January next, or as soon after as may be, repair to Narraganset Number Two, & view the Settlement there made ; and the said Committee are fully authorized, & are required to commence & prosecute to Effect, a Suit & Suits
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in behalf of the Province, against any and every Person or Persons, whom it concerns for recovering the Possession of all such Lots or shares as shall not be settled; agreeable to the terms or Conditions of the Grant of said Township ; and the said Committee are impowered to agree with such Person or Persons as shall appear to purchase the same, & will en- gage, in a reasonable time to bring forward a Settlement thereof, for all such Lots or Shares, Possession of which shall be secured as aforesaid ; and as soon as such Person or Persons shall have complied with the Terms of their Agreement res- pectively, the said Committee are hereby authorized & required to give a good & sufficent Deed or Deeds of Conveyance of all & any such Lots of Shares ; & the Produce thereof they are required to pay into the Province Treasury. The Com- mittee are also of OPINION that the Proprietors of Narragan- set Number Two be obliged to hold all their future Meetings within the Bounds of said Township .- The Committee are FURTHER of Opinion that it is necessary an Act should pass this Court, Enabling Courts of General Sessions of the Peace to give Relief to Ministers in new Townships when the inhab- itants fail of their Contracts, in such manner as may be direct- ed or proscribed in said Act. all which is humbly submitted
Per Order of the Commtee Jos. WILDER
In Council ; Read & ORDERED that this Report be & here- by is accepted ; & that John Chandler Esqr with such as the Honble House shall join, be a Committee for performing the Services in this Report first mentioned ; and that Samuel Danforth Esqr with such as the House shall join be a Com- mittee to prepare the Draught of a Bill, agreeable to the last Paragraph in the Report :- In the House of Representves Read & Concur'd ; & Major Curtis & Major Lawrence are join- ed with John Chandler Esqr & Coll. Otis & Coll. Choat are joined with Samuel Danforth Esq"
Consented to by the LIEUTENT GOVERNOR
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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. - [See, " Z," " RR," " SS," "TT," "UU," "VV," "FFF" "KKK" "MMM," "NNN," "000," "PPP," "QQQ," "RRR," "SSS," "TTT," "UUU."]
[From the Massachusetts Court Records, February 6, 1750.]
A PETITION of Major John Fowle & others agents for Narragansett Township Number one, setting forth that the Fortification built by this Court for the Protection of the In- habitants there, happens by Want of Water near said place (which the Said Inhabitants have endeavored to obtain by Digging) to be useless to them, and therefore PRAYING that this Court would grant them Liberty to remove it to a more suitable Place .- In the House of Represent Read & OR- DERED that the prayer of the Petition be so far granted, as that the Proprietors be & hereby are allowed to remove the Works mentioned, at their own cost to some more convenient Place in said township where it may least incommode the Said Proprietors
In Council Read & Concur'd -Consented to by the LIEUTT GOVERNR
AAA.
Petition of Samuel Robinson relating to Narraganset Township Number Four .- [ See, "DD," "II," "MM," "NN," "00," "BBB," "CCC," "GGG," "HHH."]
[From the Massachusetts Archives. ]
To THE HONBLE Spencer Phips Esq' Liet Governour The Honble the Council and the Hon ble House of Represents in General Court Assembled-June 12th 1753-
THE HUMBLE PETITION of Samuel Robinson of Hardwick
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in the county of Worcester on behalf of himself and the rest of the Proprietors of the Narraganset Township Nº 4 Lying part at a place called Quabbin* and part west of and adjoin- ing to Hatfield --
Your Petitioner HUMBLY SHEWETH that in December 1739 the General Court Granted to above Said Proprietors Three Thousand Five Hundred Acres of Land for and as an Equiva- lent for the Great Quantity of Ponds and Starrs Grant, as may and will fully appear in the 196th Page of the Journal of the Hon ble House of Representatives-
Your Petitioner HUMBLY CONCEIVES the Aets of Said court were destroy'd when the Court house was burn'd; THEREFORE your Petitioner Humbly Prays Your Honours in your Great Wisdom to reestablish and confirm the above Said Grant to the above Said Proprietors And your Petitioner as in duty Bound shall
Pray
SAMLL ROBINSON
BBB.
A Tract of Land laid out to the Proprietors of Narragan- set Township Number Four .- [See, "DD" "II." "MM" IN" "00"" "AMA," "CCC" "GGG," "HIHI."
[From the Massachusetts Archives. ]
A PLAN of 3500 acres of Land Laid out to the Proprietors of ye Narraganset Township Nº 4 So Cold by Vartue of a Grant made them by ye Grate & Genariell Cortt of this Prouince att Thaire Session In January, 1739, as an Equefi- lant for thaire Wants of Land att Quabin which Land Is Laid West of Deerfield In ve County of hampshire & Is Bounded East on Deerfield South, on ve Narraganset Town- ship Nº 4. North, on Hunts Town, & West on Unappro- priated Lands Begining att a Large hemlock tree with Stons about itt, being Deerfield South west Corner from which, itt
* Incorporated by the name of Greenwich in 175 !.
+ December ninth, 1747.
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Runs N : orth 11º 00 East 420 pearch thene West 22° 00 North 1070 pearch thene South-800 : pearch, thene E 940. pearch & Closd to ye fore Said Hemlock tree Suruayd May 27th 1740 : Protracted by a Scale of 200 pearch to one Inch
me NATHILL KELLOGG
Surueyor
Mr Nath" Kellog appeared before mee the subscriber on Saturday the 11 th Der 1742 & made oath that in the Sur- vey a platt whereof is above he acted faithfully & truly accord- ing to his best Skill & Judgement
WV DUDLEY Jus of Pec
CCC.
Action of the General Court on the Petition of Samuel Robinson, relating to Narraganset Township Number Four .- [See, "DD," "II," "MM," "NN," "00" "AAA," "BBB," "GGG," "HHH."]
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