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Item-I give and bequeath unto my sonn Samuel Jordan, by reason of his posterity's choyce of eleaven hundred acres of land of my said land at Spurwinke, to bee to the use of him and his heyres forever ; and what part or prcell of land remaynes not bequeathed nor given of my sayd lands, at Spurwinke, by any or all of the above rescited and expressed articles, I do hereby give and bequeath the same, being uplands, unto my sonns above named, to be divided and equally alloted amongst them.
Item-My will is that my meddow, bordering along by the river Spurwinke, bee equally di- vided to each portion of the above given lands, nearest and most conveniently adjoyning to each prcell or portion as is above disposed.
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Item-I give and bequeath unto my foure youngest sonns, namely, Dominicus, Jedediah, Sam- uel and Jeremiah Jordan, to each of them one feather bedd and bowlsters.
Item-I make and ordayne my sayd wife Sarailı, and my two sonns John and Robert Jordan to be my joynt executors.
I make and hereby ordayne Major Nicho. Shapleigh of Kittery, Mr. Nath'l Fryer, aud Mr. William Bickham, merchants, to bee onereferees and to end all differences in any matters arising, by means of my not fully expressing myselfe in this my last will and testament, between my legatees and the executors liereof, and to settle all things according to their best judgments, and nearest intent of this my will that noe further or future differences may arise.
Lastly-My will and intent is, that each and every of my afore-mentioned sonns, their heyres and successors, shall have and injoy all and singular the aforesayd prescribed grants, gyfts, and legacies ; and if any or either of them want naturall issue, that then that legacy shall redown and bee equally divided amongst the rest.
Great Island, 28th of January 1678 : Mr. Robert Jordan senior, acknowledged this within written, to bee his last Will and Testament, and was at the same tyme of a sound mind and pr- fect memory, but haveing lost the use of his hands could not signe and seale the same ; and owned alsoe Mr. Nathl Fryer to bee one of his onerferees, who is interlined above. This owned before mee, ELYAS STYLEMAN, Commissioner.
This will was exhibited iu Court, July 1, '79, by Mr. Natlil Fryer under the attestation an- nexed, and is allowed to bee recorded.
Jos. DUDLEY, assistant.
Very copia of this Will and Testament above written, transcribed and compared with origin- all, this 7th day of July, one thousand six hundred and seaventy-nine, and pr. ye County Court allowed, as attestes.
EDW. RISHWORTH, R. C.
No. VII.
COPY OF A DEED FROM INDIAN SAGAMORES TO GEORGE MUNJOY.
June 4, 1666.
Be it known unto all men by these presents that Wee Nunateconett and Warabitta alias Jhone of Casco Bay do acknowledge to have received of George Monjoy on Great Rogg to the value of three Skings which we acknowledge ourselves fully satisfyed for in consideration of which we do by these presents assigne sell and make over unto Georg Munjoy of the same Bay a tract or parcel of Land by the Bounds hereafter mentioned, which is to begin on the other side of Amancongan River at the great falls the uppermost part of them called Sacarabigg and so down the river side unto the lowermost planting ground, the lowermost part thereof, and so from each aforesaid bounds to go directly into the woods so far as said Munjoy will, not exceed- ing one mile, with all the woods and privileges thereunto belonging: To have and to hold to him the said Munjoy his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns from us our heirs, execu- tors and administrators Armly by these presents, and also from any other person or persons whatever claiming any riglit title or interest thereunto shall warrant and defend the same and do further hereby engage ourselves and our heirs unto the said Munjoy his heirs and assigns that he and they shall quietly and peaceably enjoy the premises and for the performance hereof Wee liave hereunto set our hands and seals this 4th June 1666.
Signed, sealed and delivered
in presence of us. Mark John I Breme Jane I Cloys Philip L Lewis
mark WARRABITTA D Scal NUNANICUT N Seal.
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No. VIII.
DEED FROM PRES. DANFORTH TO THE TRUSTEES OF FALMOUTH.
1684.
This Indenture made the twenty-sixth day of July Anno Domini one thousand six hundred eighty and four and in the thirty-sixth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord Charles the second by the grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland, King, defender of the Faith &c.
Between Thomas Danforth Esq. president of his majesty's Province of Maine in New Eng- land on the one party, and Capt. Edward Tyng, Capt. Sylvanus Davis, Mr. Walter Gendall, Mr. Thaddeus Clark, Capt. Anthony Brackett, Mr. Dominicus Jordan, Mr. George Bramhall and Mr. Robert Lawrence, trustees on the behalf and for the sole use and benefit of the Inhabitants of the town of Falmouth within the abovenamed Province of Maine on the other party, Witness- eth That whereas the abovenamed Thomas Danforth by the Governor and Company of the Mas- sachusetts Colony in New England the now Lord Proprietors of the abovenamed Province of Maine at a general assembly held at Boston on the eleventh day of May 1681 is fully authorized and empowered to make legal confirmation unto the Inhabitants of the abovesaid Province of Maine of all their lands or proprieties to them justly appertaining or belonging within the limits or bounds of said Province.
Now, know all men by these presents that the said Thomas Danforth pursuant to the trust in him reposed and power to hin given as abovesaid by and on the behalf of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Colony aforesaid, hath given granted and confirmed and by these presents doth fully clearly and absolutely give grant and confirm unto the abovenamed Capt. Edward Tyng, Capt. Sylvanus Davis, Mr. Walter Gendall, Mr. Thaddeus Clarke, Capt. Anthony Brackett, Mr. Dominicus dan, Mr. George Bramhall and Mr. Robert Lawrence trustees as above expressed-all that tract or parcel of land within the township of Falmouth in said Province according to the bounds and limits of said township to them formerly granted by Sir Ferdinando Gorges knight or by any of his agents or by the General Assembly of the Massachusetts with all privileges and appurtenances to the same appertaining or in any wise belonging-all royalties reserved to his Majesty by the Charter granted to Sir Ferdinando Gorges kniglit as also those by said charter given to the said Ferdinando Gorges knight, his heirs and assigns-Together with the rivers streams and coves contained within the limits or bounds of said township always to be excepted and reserved.
To have and to hold all the abovesaid tract of land by these Presents granted and confirmed be the same more or less with all the privileges and apurtenances to tlie same appertaining or in any wise belonging (excepting as is above excepted and reserved) to them the said Capt. Edward Tyng, Capt. Sylvanus Davis, Mr. Walte Gendall, Mr. Thaddeus Clarke, Capt. Anthony Brackett, Mr. Dominicus Jordan, Mr. George Bramhall and Mr. Robert Lawrence as trustees abovesaid forever to the only proper use and behoof of the inhabitants of the said town that now are and to them that shall there survive and succeed from time to time and forever more hereafter. And the abovenamed Thomas Danforth for and on the behalf of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Colony and for their successors and assigns doth further cove- nant promise and grant to and with the abovenamed Edward Tyng, Sylvanus Davis, Walter Gendall, Thaddeus Clarke, Anthony Brackett, Dominicus Jordan, George Bramhall and Rob- ert Lawrence their heirs and assigns trustees as above expressed, that they the said Edward Tyng, Sylvanus Davis, Walter Gendall, Thaddeus Clarke, Anthony Brackett, Dominicus Jordan, George Branihall and Robert Lawrence shall and may at all times and from time to tinie for- ever hereafter peaceably and quietly have hold occupy and enjoy all the above given and granted premises without the let denial or contradiction of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Colony or of any other person or persons whatsoever claiming and having any lawful right title or interest therein or in any part or parcel thereof by from or under them the said Governor and Company or by any of their assigns. They the abovenamed Inhabi_ tants of the said town of Falmouth for the time being and 'in like manner that shall there be
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from tirse to tinie forever hereafter yielding and paying in consideration thereof to the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts colony or to the President of the said Province of Maine by them authorized and empowered for the time being or to other their agent and lawful assignee or assignees the quit rent to the said Governor and Company due and belonging according to the proposal made and mutually agreed upon at the General Assembly held in the abovesaid Province of York June 1681, viz. That they the abovenamed Inhabitants of the said town of Falmouth for the time being and in like manner that shall there be from time to tinie forever hereafter as an acknowledgment of Sir Ferdinando Gorges and his assigns right to soile and Government do pay twelve pence for every family whose single country rate is not above two shillings, and for all that exceed the sum of two shillings in a single rate to pay three shillings per family annually in money to the treasurer of the said Province for the use of the chief Pro- prietor thereof. And in case of omission or neglect on the part and behalf of the said In- habitants to make full payment annnally in manner as is above exprest, and hath been mutual- ly concerted and agreed unto, it shall then be lawful for the said President of the said Province for the time being or for other the agent or agents assignee or assignees of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Colony to levy and make distress upon the estates of any of the Inhabitants for the time being within the limits and bounds of the said township as well for said quit rent as also for all costs and charges accruing and arising upon the same. And the estatos so levied and destrained to bear drive or carry away with so much as it shall cost to con- vay the same to the treasurer of the Province for the time being or to such place as he shall oder and appoint. In witness whereof the parties above named to these present Indentures have interchangeably put their hands and seals the day and year first above written.
Signed sealed and delivered by
SYLVANUS DAVIS. (Seal)
Sylvanus Davis, Walter Gendall,
WALTER GENDALL, (Seal)
Thaddeus Clark, Dominicus Jor-
THADEUS CLARK. (Seal)
DOMINICUS JORDAN. (Seal)
dan, in presence of us John Davis, Josh. Scottow,
A true copy of the originals indented recd. Jan. 1, 1731.
Attest, JOSEPH MOODY, Reg.
A true copy from the Record of Deeds for the County of York, Book 14, page 227.
WM. FROST, Reg.
No. IX.
PAPERS RELATING TO GEORGE BRAMHALL.
(No. 1.)
Mr. Georg Bramhall
Sir; Yours I have recd. and according to your order have sent to you pr. Mr. Phillips' Slope as under and hop it will be to * * if thar be any thing omitted order for itt ye next being what is nedfull from your friend.
Boston ye 21 Oct. 1687.
on- bbl £0 2 06
10 yds blew linnig 3d.
£0 10 10
3 bush salt
0 7 06
10 yds fin whit cloth 0 15 00
2 1b whale bon
0 3 00
2 lbs powd
0 02 08
500 larg bord nayls
0 10 0)
6 lbs shot
0 02 00
5 1bs do att
0 04 06
2 oz silk
0 05 00
5 lbs hob nayls
0 2 06
4 yds collord callyon at
1 1b cold thread att
0 5 00
20d. per yd 0 06 08
4 doz guisp botton3
0 1 06
1 1-2 yd cloth to pack
0 01 06
£4 00 2
1 Moore after this time married the widow of Walter Gendall and lived in Marshfield.
THEODOSIUS MOORE. 1
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If you have any bottar or pork be pleased to send me what you can. Yr glass is nott redy yett.
(Superscribed) For Mr. Georg Bramhall at Caskow with a barll solt and small chest.
Per Joseph Pike Caskow Bay.
(Another from the same.) (No. 2.)
Mr. Bramhall,
I have sent a parsell of Butter potts to Mr. Bragett,* if you have occasion for any can send you som or ferkins for butter wh. you pleas, in ye intrem. I sopose Capt. Bragett will spar you one or two. If I shall send you any send word by ye next slop and I will send them by Mr. Inglish being all in hast I rest yrs to serve you. THEODOSIUS MOORE.
Boston ye 16th July 1688.
(No. 3.)
I underwritten doe Ingage myself my Heyres or Assigns to pay unto Sylvanus Davis or his assigns for the acco'pt of Anthony Libbee the soom of twenty shillings and Three pence and other charges about the attachment, eight shillings and sixpence to be paid him in wite oke Barrall stafs or Red oke hh stafs upon demand at hie water mark by the river side in Casco river at fifteen shillings per Thousand as witness my hand this sixth day of March Annoque Domini 1687-8
Witnes
GEORG BRAMHALL.
Peter Bowdoin John Hollman.
Charges 0 1 0 Sarving warrant and Constable 0 2 0
Warrant a man * * itt 1 day
0 10 Waighting 3 days and forrig 036
(No 4.)
Receeved of Georg Bremhall upon the accompt of Anthony Lebbe the soom of thirty shil- lings and three pence being the full Ball. of all accompts betwixt me and said Lebbee, I say received by me in August 1689. SILVANUS DAVIS.
Falmouth Province of Maine August 1689 Receved of Georg Bremhall for the supply of forte Loyal one quarter of Booll Beef waight seventy tow pouns I say receved pr me Silvanus Davis Capt.
(No. 5.)
Daniel Chambeling acknowledgth that he hath set an apprentice unto Georg Bramhall of Portsmouth in Piscataway for the term of 9 years for ye consideration of eyght pounds and 10 shillings in hand paid before the acknowledging hereof, witness my hand this third day of July 1680 before me Roger Kelley Commissioner Daniel Chammerin sone of the mark of Arone X Savaighe.
*[Brackett.]
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No. X.
To his Excellency Samuel Shute, Esq., Captain General and Governour in Chief in and over his Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts Bay, in New England, and to the Hon. Council and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled this 29th day of May, 1717.
The petition of sundry proprietors of the township of Falmouth, in Casco Bay, humbly shew- eth, that your petitioners and their predecessors, formerly brought forward a good settlement in the said place, which had a hopeful prospect of being a strong and flourishing town, being very well and beyond most places accommodated for husbandry, navigation, fishery and the lumber trade; but the said Plantation was unhappily broken up and ruined by the French and Indian enemy, and now peace being restored, and several other settlements carrying on further eastward, your petitioners and others concerned with them, to the number of upwards of thirty families, are desirous without delay to go or send and rebuild the waste places, and resettle the lands, which they are excited to do the more speedily by reason that great strip and waste is daily made of the wood and timber in their propriety to their great damage by ill minded persons, that frequently load vessels with the same. And your petitioners being in- formed that this Honorable Court have in their wisdom passed an order that no settlement shall be made in those parts without their approbation ; do therefore now in obedience thereto humbly address your Excellency and Honours, praying your allowance, countenance and favourable aspect on the designed settlement, which for their own security they determine to make compact and in a manner as regular and defensible as may be, and your petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray, &c.
James Marriner, John Higginson,
Timothy Thornton,
Philip Burger,
Jonathan Hudson,
John Smith,
Philip Breton,
Richard Pullen,
Ebenezer Thornton,
Thomas Walter,
Mary Brackett,
John Brown,
Jacob Royall,
Joseph Mayleme,
Samuel Powsly,
John Young, Jacob Freese,
John Secombe,
George Ingersoll,
Samuel Sewall,
James Bowdoin,
Thomas Haines,
Peter Secombe,
Nathaniel Webber,
Daniel-Ingersoll, The > mark of Lewis Tucker Solomon Townsend, sen'r,
Wm. Thomas, his
Stephen Boatineau in be- Benjamin Marston,
half of themselves and
George Felt,
Abraham Tilton, Joshua Marriner,
William Scales, Matthew Scales.
In the House of Representatives, June 13, 1717. Read and ordered, that the prayer of the petition be granted, and that the petitioners apply themselves to the committee appointed by this Court in June, 1715, to prosecute the regular settlement of the eastern frontiers for advice in the manner of their settlements. Sent up for concurrence.
.Jun 14th, 1717. In Council, read and concurred.
Tobias T Oakman. mark.
about twenty other pro- prietors,
JOHN BURRILL, Speaker.
JOSEPH MARION, Deputy Secretary.
To His Eccellency, Samuel Shute, Esq., Cupt. General and Governour in Chief in and over his Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts Bay, in New England, and the Hon. the Council and Representatives in General Court assembled.
The memorial of the proprietors and settlers of the town of Falmonth, in Casco Bay, humbly sheweth, that by a petition of the proprietors of the town of Falmonth, in Casco Bay, to his Excellency the Governour, Council and Representatives in General Court assembled in May, 1717, liberty was granted to the said proprietors to resettle the said town, and in order there_ unto the said proprietors are directed to apply themselves to a committee appointed in the
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year 1715, for to regulate the settlements of the eastern frontiers, for advice in the manner of their settlements. That your memorialists have fully complied with the said direction, and yet notwithstanding we have repeated our applications to the said committee, the matter is still delayed, which has a tendency to great confusion in our settlements, and is a great dis- couragement to the proprietors and inhabitants of which there are a considerable number already upon the spot, that are very desirous of a good regulation.
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Job Harris,
Samuel Procter,
Elias Townsend,
Wm. Roberts,
Samuel Richardson,
John Lovett,
Richard Jones,
Benjamin Larrabee, jun.,
John Prichard,
Azor Gale,
Francis Danford,
Matthew Scales,
Philip Barger,
Mark Round,
Samuel Moody,
John King,
James Marriner,
Pelatiah Munjoy,
John Smith,
Adam Marriner,
Joshua Brackett,
Richard Pullen,
Simon Lovett,
Benjamin Larrabee,
Joseph Maylem,
Ebenezer Pratt,
John Savage,
Jacob Royall,
Richard Coller,
Elisha Ingersoll,
Jarvis Ballard,
Nathaniel Winslow,
Benj. Skillen,
Timothy Thornton,
Wm. Clap,
Richard Shute,
Ebenezer Thornton,
Wm. Scales,
Elias Hart,
Thomas Thomes,
Richard Willmott,
Daniel Ingersoll,
Ebenezer Hall,
John Wass,
John Gustin,
Thomas Davise,
Wm. Huly,
Richard Richardson,
Samuel Carr,
Place Stevens,
Thomas Snell,
John Danford,
John East,
Jonathan Danford.
James Mills,
In the House of Representatives, June 18th, 1718. Read and ordered that Lewis Bane, Esq., and Capt. Joseph Hill be added to the committee formerly appointed to direct and regulate the eastern settlements ; any three of said committee (if no more be present) to have power to act in the said affair. Sent up for concurrence.
In Council June 19th, 1718. Read and concurred.
J. WILLARD, Secretary.
No. XI.
The nunes of the persons that were taken in by ye petitioners :
Joseph Langdon,
Henry Newell,
Benj. Ingersoll,
Wm. Mackey,
John Bish,
Ebenezer Roberts,
Edmund Clark,
Jacob Collens,
Samuel Jordan,
Ebenezer Gusten,
Samuel Bucknam, jun.,
Robert Jordan,
Andrew Barde,
Thomas Lewis,
Wm. Jemerson,
John Sawyer,
Thomas Cummings,
Wm. Jells,
Robert Burnell,
Robert Williams,
John Graves,
Isaac Hoar,
Zac. Brackett,
John Gatchel,
James Doughty,
John Darling,
James Irislı,
Edward Hall,
Wm. Stevens,
Benjamin Larrabee, jr.,
Wm. Trumble,
Thomas Armstrong,
John Perey,
Robert Mains,.
Joseph Bean,
Doct. Moody,
James Armstrong,
Dominicus Jordan,
John Clark,
John Armstrong,
David Gusten,
Richard Pumerey,
Abraham Ayres,
Jeremiah Riggs,
Moses Goold,
JOHN BURRILL, Speaker.
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Samuel Bucknam,
John Brown,
John Owen,
George Burnes, Ebenezer Cobb,
Wm. Davis,
Joseph Cromwell,
Benj. Blackston,
Jonathan Cobb,
Joseph Moody,
Randal McDonald, Thomas Haskell, Thomas Hooper,
Samuel Cobb, Peter Walton, Richard Babston,
James Barber,
Jacob Freese,
Thomas Millet,
Jolını Jefferds,
Benjamin York, Wm. Sevy, John Oliver,
Joseph Stanford,
John Robbins,
Joseph Thomes,
Nathaniel Jordan.
The names of ye persons taken in upon ye act of the town to pay ten pounds each.
George Clark,
Benj. Studley, Wm. Peper- ell in his room.
Samuel Waldon, John Roberts, John Fabyan, Jeremiah Neal, John Coolbroth,
Stephen Randel,
James Stanwood,
James Davis,
James Babb, Wm. Berry,
Joseph Cobb, James Wimand,
Joshua Woodbury,
Jolın Clark,
Col. Thomas Westbrook,
Jolin Gazely, Jos. Plummer in his room,
Martin Jose, Joseph Fabyan,
Matthew Patten,
John Hodgdon,
John Marriner,
Samuel Libby,
Wm. Pote,
Wm. Vaughan,
Aaron Plummer,
Benjamin Wright,
John Fairfield,
Edmund Mountfort,
Jacob Sawyer,
Joseph Dana, Timothy. Woster, John Gilbart,
John Thomes, Job Sawyer, Isaac Skillins, Chipman Cobb,
Thomas Reding,
James Dunevan, James Garland, Wm. Elwell,
Antliony Brackett,
Thomas Franckes,
Jonathan Stanwood,
Samuel Topliff,
Ambrose Claredg, Robert Barret in his room, George How, Wm. Allen in his room, Ephraim Foster, James Webster, Robert Perce, John Powell, Job Lewis, Tho. Cock, John Cock in his room,
Wm. Knight, Solomon Pearson, Robert Woodward in his room. Henry Tuxburey,
Isaac Couse, Philip Hodgkins, Nathaniel Donnell, John Woodward,
Isaac How,
John Drinkwater,
Tho. Bishop, Tho. Emerson in his room,
Wın. Hide,
Ebenezer Hall, Ebenezer Hall, jun ,
Jacob Adams,
John Salter, Henry Wheeler in his room,
John Polow,
Tho. Dyer, Elijalı Glezen in his room, Josiah Sikes, Richard Webber, Joseph Nelson in his room, Wm. Graves,
Robert Randal, John Stevens, Stephen Lowell, James Brickell in his room,
Doct. Allen, John Sawyer, jun., Benjamin Ray, Daniel Hodgkin3, Tho. Seargant, John Curtice, John Millet, Jedediah Hodgkins, John Lane, John Glover,
Joseph Pride,
Solomon Pike,
Joseph Smith, John Has- kell in his room,
Ebenezer Woodward,
Daniel Jackson, Robert Bailey,
Samuel Davis,
Anthony Coombs,
Samuel Haines,
Jonathan Fillbrook, Samuel Stone, John Hurst, Thomas Mosley, Samuel Staples, Janes Buxton, Edward Masten, Samuel Wheelwright, Jeremialı Moulton, Enoch Wiswell,
Edward Shove,
Joshua Brackett, Joseph Emerson,
James Crocker, Samuel Skillings, James Mackcaslen, Thomas Woodbury, John White, Robert Thorndike, Smitlı Woodward, Wm. Simonton, Andrew Simonton, Wm. Rogers, Joseph Bailey,
John Barber,
Simon Armstrong.
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John Chapin, Jolin Coy, Wm. Weeks, Jolin Builey, Robert Nason,
Isaac Sawyer, sen'r,
Wm. White,
Gideon Lowell, jr.,
Francis Hull,
Samuel Lowell,
Joseph Connant,
Michael Webber,
John Lowell, Franklin D.v- vis in his room,
Jolın Dolover,
Jeremiah Hodgdon,
James Simpson,
No. XII.
To his Excellency Wm. Burnett, Esq., Cupt. General and Governour in Chief in and over his Majesty's province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, and the Hon. the Council and House of Representatives in General Court assembled August 14, 1728.
The petition of the subscribers, the heirs or assigns of the ancient proprietors of the town of Falmouthi, in Casco Bay, for ourselves, and at the desire and in behalf of the other proprietors of said town, most humbly sheweth, that whereas the Hon. the Gov. and company of the late colony of the Massachusetts Bay, proprietors of the Province of Maine appointed, and specially empowered their committee to regulate and bring forward the settlements of the eastern part of that country as may appear of record. And whereas the Hon. Thomas Danforth, Esq., Commissioner and President of said Province, by power and authority derived from the Hon. the Gov. and company of the said late colony of the Massachusetts Bay, on the twenty-sixth day of July, one thousand six hundred and eighty-four, did give, grant, convey, and confirm the lands in Falmouth Township unto Capt. Edward Tyng, Capt. Sylvanus Davis, Mr. Walter Gendall, Mr. Thaddeus Clark, Capt. Anthony Brackett, Mr. Dominicus Jordan, Mr. George Brimhall, and Mr. Robert Lawrence, their heirs and assigns forever as trustees, for and in behalf of the inhabitants of Falmouth as appears of record, and the said trustees or committee of said town, by virtue of the power and authority so delegated to them did proceed to lay out miny lots of land, and gave, granted, and confirmed the same to sundry persons, who builded thereon, and made improvement of, until the late terrible war with the Indians, when the town was almost destroyed entirely, they having taken the fort and laid most of the houses in ashes, and what was as fatal to the true interest of your petitioners, the town book was then destroyed, for it cannot since be found ; so that it is a difficult matter to find out the whole number that were admitted settlers and proprietors by the trustees aforenamed.
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