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BOOK X, FOL. 256.
and Ingage the ahoue demised Premises to them the Said John Jenkin & John Richards their heirs and assigns a Gainst the lawfull Clames or demands of any Person or Per- sons what So Euer : : for Euer hereafter to warrant Secure and defend and will on demand Give any further writing or Instrument for the Sure Making the Premices : In Witness whereof I the Said Mary Pearce for My Said husband Richar Pearce and for My Selfe as his wife do Give and yeald up all Right of Dower and Interest of thirds unto the Said John Jenkin and John Richards have hereunto Set My hand and seale this twenty fourth day of June in the Sixt Year of his Majestys Raign being the year one thousand Seven hundred and twenty her Signed sealled and delivered Mary Ce Aff Pearce ( Seal ) mark
In Present off vs David Jenkin Owen Harry
Reseace the day of the date hereof of the aboue Named John Jenkin and John Rich- ards ye Sum of Eighty two pounds in full for the Purchased Consideration in the above written deed of Sale Mentioned I Say Re- seaved p me
her Mary Que Pearce
mark
Suffolk ss Boston June ye 25th 1720 : Mary Pearce ye Subscriber personally appeared and acknowledg this Instru- ment to be his free act and deed
before me John Clark Just. Peace
Recorded according to the origniall febur ye 24th 1721/2 p. Abram Preble Regr
To all Christian People to whome these Present May Come I Abraham Preble of York in the County of York in the County of York in ye Prouance of the Massachusets Bay in New England Yeoman Send Greeting Know yee that I ye Sd Abram Preble for and in Consideration of Eight Pounds and ten Shillings Money to Me in hand well and truly paid by Mr Caleb Spurrier of Said York Cymister being in full Sattisfac- tion to Me I Have Given Granted Bargained Sold assigned And do by these Presents Give Grant Bargaine Sell assigne Aliene Enfioffe and Convay and fully freely and absolutly Confirm Unto ye Said Caleb Spurrier and his heirs and assigns for Euer Eight acres and a halfe of fresh Medow where it Can
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be had Clear of all former Grants Within the township of Said York the which is Part of a Grant of twenty acres of Medow Granted unto John Sayward of Said York at a town Meeting in Said York March ye 8th 1714/15 and Sold by Said Sayward to Me the Said Abram Preble as p a deed bareing date Janu- ary ye 26th 1721/2 May appear and one acre and a halfe of Sª Medow was Granted to Me by the Town decm 10th 1703 : as p York Town Book May appear the whole Grant then Given to me Was ten acres to Geather with all the Rights titles Preveledges & appurtinances thereunto belonging unto the Said Eight acres and a halfe of Granted medow Unto him the Said Caleb spurrier and his heirs and assigns for Euer To Have and to hold : and quiatly and Peacably to Use and Ocupie the Same as a Good as a Good and Clear Estate in fee Simple More ouer I the Said Abram Preble and for my heirs and adminestrators do Ingage and Prom- ise : to and with the Said Caleb Spurrier his heirs and assigns to Warant the above Granted pmises and defend the Same for euer af ter this date according to the aboue Said Grant In witness hereof I haue hereunto Set My hand and Seale this 14th of febuary 1721/2 Abram Preble (Sea1)
Signed Sealed & Delivered
York ss : Wells febuary ye
In the Presents of vs
Joseph Sayward Diamond Sergentt
22cd 1721/2 the within Named Abram Preble Par- sonally appeared and aeknowl- edged this within Instrument to be his act and deed
before Me John Wheelwright Jus peac
Recorded according to the originall febur 24th 1721/2 p Abram Preble Regr
To all Christian People to whome these May Come Know Yee that I Abram Preble of York in the County of York Yeoman for and in Consideration of Seven Pounds ten Shillings Money to me in hand Paid or secured to be Paid by Isaac Provender of Said York Labour haue and do hereby Give Grant Bargain Sell Aliene, Enfioffe Conuay and Con- firm unto the Said Isaac Provender and his heirs and assigns for Euer : Nineteen acres of land where he Can find it Clear of all former Grants within the Township of Said York : ten acres of it is Part of a twenty acre Grant Givento Me the Said Preble at a Town Meeting in Said York Mach the 22cd 1697 : and Nine acres that I bought of Samuel Addams as p an Instrument under his hand and Seale Bareing date May
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More at Learge appear : Viz ; Janur ye 26th 1721/2 Togeather with all the Rights Titles Preueledges advantages and ap- purtinances thereunto belonging or appertaining Unto him the Said Isaac Prouender and his heirs and Assigns for Euer to have and to hold. and quiatly and Peaceably to Possess and Injoy according to My whole Right title and Interest in Said Grants as aboue Set forth and Exprest according to the true Intent and Meaning of Said Grants and in Confirmation hereof I haue hereto Set My hand and Seale this twenty sixt day of January : 1721/2 Signed Sealed & delivered
In ye Presents of us Joseph Sayward Joseph Young
Abram Preble ( seal ) York ss Wells febuary 22cd 1721/2 the ahoue Named Abram Preble Parsonally ap- peared and acknowledged this aboue Instrument to be his free act and deed before me John Wheelwright J : peac
Recorded according to the originall febur 24th 1721/2 p Abram Preble Regr
[257] Know all Men by these Presents that I Caleb Spurrier of York in the County of York Cymister am holden and doe firmly Stand bound Unto Elias Weare of Said York husbandman in the Sum of two hundred Pounds Curant passable Money of New England and to his heirs Executors adminestrators and assigns : to the which Payment Well and truly to be Made I binde My Selfe My heirs Executors and adminestrators firmly by these Presents Signed with My hand and Sealed with My Seale datted in York febuary the 22cd in the Yeare 1721/2
The Condition of this obligation is Such that if the ahoue Bounden Caleb Spurrier his his heirs Executors adminestra- tors or assigns doe well & truly pay or Cause to be paid unto the above named Elias Weare his heirs Executors Ad- minestrs or assigns ten Shillings p tun for Each and every tun of Good and Ualluable oare or Metiels that Shall be hereafter diged Raised Geathered and Carryed of from Said Elias Weares land or Possessions according to a libarty Given to Said Caleb Spurrier of above Said date by Said Elias Weare from time to time and at all times at the time of Carrying off the Same (the Kings Part of Ryall oare only Exsepted not to be paid for : ) without fraud or delay in Good Currant Passable money of new England then this obligation Shall be Null and Void and of Non Efect Other-
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wise to be Stand and remaine in full fforce Efect and Uertue in Euery Part thereof
Signed Sealed and delivered In the Presents of us John Booker John Webber
Caleb Spurrier ( Seal )
York ss york febuar
ye 22ed 1721/2 M' Ca-
leb Spurrier Parsonaly :
appeared and acknowl- edged this aboue Instrumnt to be his free act and deed
before me Abram Preble Jus : peac
Recorded according to ye originall March ye 1th 1721/2 : p Abram Preble Rigt
To all Christian People to whome this deed of Sale May Concirne Nathan Addams of york in ye County of York hus- bandman. of ye Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, Sendeth Greeting, Know ye the S' Nathan Addams for and & in Consideration of Twenty pounds money to him in hand well & Truly paid by John Booker of sd york Hus- bandman at ye Rect thereof ye sª Nathan Addams doth ac- knowledge himselfe therewith fully pd Sattisfied & Well Contented & doth hereby aquit Exonarate & discharge ye Sª John Booker his heirs Exeers & Administrators of all & every Part & Payment thereof, & Have given granted Bar- gained Sold aliened Enfiffed & Conveyed, & doth hereby Give grant Bargaine Sell Aliene Enfiffie & Convey and fully freely and absolutely makeover & Confirm unto ye Sd John Booker & his heirs and assigns forever, One Certaine Peice Parcell Traet or Tenumin of land Containing by estimation Ten Aeres be it more or less, Lying & being within ye Township or points of Sª York, upon ye Southwest Side of Sª York River Sittuated upon ye head of ye home lott, that was formerly given unto his Father Thomas Addams & of yt part that was given by his sd Father to him ye SA Nathan as p. a deed given to him ye Sª Nathan by his sª Father Thomas Addams for part of ye first & Second Lott or grant may : being had appear : & is butted & bounded as follow- eth, Vizt upon ye northwest side by ye land of Mr William Moody & Runs from his bounds from the westward Corner of sd Addamses home lott. Ten poles Southeast & So Runeth back ye Same breadth Southwest unto ye dividing line be- tween sª York & Kittery & is bounded upon ye Southeast Side by sª Nathan Addamses one land, Keeping ye Just Breadth of Ten Poles ye whole length between sd Moody & Sª Nathan Addams his other land, Together with all the
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Rights Titles Emoliments advantages Priviledges & appur- tenances thereunto belonging or appertaining and what ever may by any way or means hereafter Redown unto ye Same or any Part or Parcell thereof, unto him ye said John Booker and his heirs & assigns forever, To have & To Hold & Qui- etly & Peacably to use Occupy Improve & Injoy as a good absolute & Clear estate in fee Simple, Moreover ye Sd Nathan Addams doth for himselfe his heirs Executors & administrators, To & with ye Sa John Booker his heirs Exec- utors administrrs & assigns, Doe Covenant Ingage & Prom- ise ye above granted or demised pmises, is free & Clear & freely & Clearly acquited & Discharged from all Former Gifts grants Mortagages Sales Rents Rates Dowery or any other Incumbrances whatsoever as also from all future Claims Challinges Demands disturbances Mollestations or Interuptions whatsoever upon any ways or means of Title of law by any pson or psons whatsoever, & Furthermore ye sª Nathan Addams doth hereby declare & avouch himselfe to be the true & lawfull owner of ye Sa bargained premisses untill ye Signing & Delivery hereof & hath full Power & good athority to Sell & Dispose of ye Same as afore sett forth and Expressed, & doth hereby warrant and will De- fend ye Same unto ye Sd John Booker & his heirs & assigns forever, In Wittness hereof ye aforesª Nathan Addams hath hereunto Sett his hand & Seal This Twenty Third day of Februwary In ye year of our Lord one thousand Seven hun- dred & Twenty one/2 & in ye Eighth Year of ye Reign of our Soveraign Lord George King of Great Brittaine &c Signed Sealed & Delivered his
in the Presence of us Caleb Spurrier Joseph Smith
Nathan
Addams ( Seal )
mark York ss. York Febry 24th 1721/2 Nathan Addams personally ap- peared & acknowledged this beforegoing Instru- ment to be his free act & Deed before me Abra Preble Justice Peace Recorded According to ye Origanall ye 24th Feb"y 1721/2 p Abram Preble Regr
Proviñ. Massa Bay Nov : Ang. sc. To all People unto whom this Present deed of Sale Shall or may Come Madokowando Sangomore of Penobscot &
BOOK X, FOL. 258.
EdgerEmet Sangomore of Kennebeck within ye Eastern Parts of this Province, Send Greeting Know ye that we ye Sª Madokowando & EdgerEmet for a valluable Considera- tion to us in hand paid at & before the Ensealing & Deliv- ery of these Presents by Capt Silvanus Davis Esq' ye Receipt whereof is hereby Acknowledged thereof & every pirt & Parcell thereof do fully Clearly & absolutely [258] Acquit Exonerate & forever Discharge ye St Capt Silvanus Davis Esqr his heirs Executors administrators or assigns have given granted Released Confirmed Enfiffed Aliened Set over bir- gained & Sold, as by these presents we do give grant Re- lease Confirme Enfiffie aliene Sett over bargain & Sell unto ye Sª Capt Silvanus Davis Esqr his heirs & assigns all that parcell & parcells of land Lying & being in ye Eastern Parts of this Province aforesd Eastward of a Certaine Place Com- only Called & known by ye name of Masconkes, begining at a Point of land Commonly Called & known by ye name Madaamok Point & So up ye River or bay to ye fresh falls Called Magasewanussack & So two miles above ye Same being in breadth of Each side of ye River one Mile together with ye Islands Isletts Mines Mineralls Rivers waters water Courses Rivoletts Creeks Ponds fountains wells Springs falls Crooks Standing waters swamps both fresh & Salt Trees woods uplands Stones Rocks & all other ye Profitts Comodityes & appurtenances whatsoever to ye sd land Islands Isletts Mines Mineralls Rivers waters watercourses Rivoletts Creeks Ponds fountains wells Springs falls brooks Standing waters Swamps & meadows both fresh & Salt trees woods uplands Stones & Rocks belonging or in any wise apper- taining, To have & to hold ye sd land Islands Isletts Mines Mineralls Rivers waters watercourses Rivoletts Creeks Ponds. fountains wells Springs falls brooks Standing waters Swamps & meadows both fresh & Salt, trees woods uplands Stones Rocks & all other its. appurtanances, unto ye sd Capt Silva- nus Davis Esq' his heirs & assigns, in a free & absolute Right thereof, & of every Part & Parcell thereof to dispose as of his or their own Proper goods & Chattells without any let or hindrance from them ye Sd Madokowando & Edger- Emet their heirs & assigns, & ye Sa Madokowando &. Edger- Emet do Couenant Promise and agree to & with ye Sª Sa Capt Silvanus Davis Esq' that they ye Sa Madokowando & EdgerEmet being ye only true & Right owners of the pmis- ses have in themselves full Power to dispose thereof & ye Same & every part thereof, do by these Presents freely & absolutely without gifts or constraints Reserving ye Consid- eration abovesd Sell & Makeover ye Same unto ye Sª Capt
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Silvanus Davis Esq' his heirs & assigns forever Covenanting & hereby Promissing for themselves & their heirs unto ye Sª Capt Silvanus Davis Esqr his heirs & assigns ye afore Mentioned : with all & Singular their appurtenances from henceforth now & forever hereafter to defend make good & Confirme unto ye Sd Capt Silvanus Davis Esqr his heirs & assigns, of & from all every or any Claims pretences or de- mands to ye Premisses by any person or persons whatsoever In Wittness whereof ye sª Madokowando & EdgerEmet have hereunto Sett their hands & Seals at Pemaquid ye tenth day of may In ye Sixth year of their Majesstyes Reign Anog Dom 1694
The mark of Madokowando ( Seal )
Signed Sealed & Sangomore of -- Penobscot Delivered in The mark of
ye Presence of Edger -
Emet Seal
The X Mark of
Sangomore of Kenebeck
Annadusset Br° to Madokowando Wittnesses
The mark of Wenenwwer
Cosen to Madokowando
The mark of Faromhesseh
Edger Emetts Son The John E Mark of!
Interprter
Sheepsgut John John March
David Mason
John Phillips
John Hornebrook Interpreter
Abrª Gouverneur
Deed
The mark of
Pemaquid ye 11th May 1694 Then ap- peared before Me ye Subscriber one of their Majestyes Committee for this Province Madoko- wando Sangamore of Penobscott & Edger Emet Sang- omore of Kenebeck & did acknowledge ye within Instru- ment to be their Voluntary act &
John Phillips
Simon pamo quot
Boston Jan'y pro 1695/6 Entred & Recorded at ye Request of Silvanus Davis Esqr with ye Records of Deeds for ye County of Suffolk Lib : 17. pa. 189. 190
Attest Joseph Webb Clerk Recorded according to ye Origanall ye 2ª March 1721/2 p Abram Preble Reg
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Proposalls and Articles of Agreement Indented made Covenanted & Concluded on Between ye Associates of ye Lincolnshire Company by their Committee Vizt Anthony Stoddard Esqr Thomas Smith, Johnathan Waldo, James Bowdoin & Cornelius Waldo Merchants all of Boston in ye County of, Suffolk & Province of ye Massachusetts bay in New England on ye one part. and Cornelius Rowan of Cull- naday in ye County of Derry in ye Kingdom of Ireland but now Resident at Boston aforesaid of ye other part as un- dertaker for Settling of three Towns with one hundred & Sixty familyes as is hereafter Particularly Mentioned & Ex- pressed ; within ye Propriety or Patent of Muscongus or St Georges all which lands Contained in ye aforesd Patent were by grant from King James the first Anno 1629. Made over to ye Councill Established at Plymouth in ye County of Devon for Planting Ruling Ordering & Governing of New England in America, & by Patent under ye Seal of ye Said Councill of, Plymouth Signed by Robert Earl of Warwick in behalfe of ye Said Councill of Plymouth Anno 1629 To John Beauchamp & Thomas Leverett Gent" which said Patent is by Descent Derived to John Leverett of Cambridge in ye County of Middlesex Esqr & by Deed from him Conveyed to ye Lincolnshire Company ; It is Proposed Covenanted & agreed on ye part of ye undertaker Cornelius Rowan that he do Settle in two Towns on or near St Georges River or Mus- congus one hundred & Sixty Families in a Regular & De- fencable manner ye Sª families to be Settled on both Sides ye River or as he ye Sd Cornelius Rowan his associates or as- signs Shall think may best serve for their Mutual Interest & Defence & if ye Sª Cornelius Rowan his Associates or assignes thinks it Proper to be Denominated One Town for ye Space of four years from their first Settlement So as that they may be at the Charge of Minister School, &e, as but for one Town ye Sª Cornelius Rowan ye undertaker or his assignes having Liberty to Pitch ye Places for ye three Townships which are to be ye Contents of Seven Miles & an halfe Square Each in any part of ye sª Patent not Settled be- fore their ariveall Pleasant Point & ye Lands adjacent on that side ye River Seven miles & an [259] halfe above & to the Sea below only Excepted ye Sd one hundred & Sixty families to Consist Generally of able & Substantial people, that is to Say who Shall not only be able to furnish them- selves wth Provisions & other Nessacaryes but also to Pro- vide themselves with Convenient houses Barns & a stock of Cattle who shall build Inhabitt & Improve there Together for ye Space of three years at least. That to be done with-
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out any other Charge to the Lincolnshire Company than is here after particularly mentioned & Expressed, Fifty of ye Sª families to be Settled there if ye Sª Cornelius Rowan or his associates possiably Can on or before ye end of ye Year one Thousand Seven hundred & Twenty two, That is to say that they be actually there upon ye Place & going on Each of them with building & Improving there unless Some Ex- traordinary Providence hinders as Restraint of Government Miscarriage at Sea or Some Considerable Disappointment Can be made to appear. Fifty Families More to be Settled on or before ye end of ye Year one Thousand Seven hundred & Twenty four & to Compleat ye Number of one hundred & Sixty Families on or before ye end of ye Year one Thousand Seven hundred & Tiventy Five, it being Nevertheless to be understood that he ve sd Cornelius Rowan Shall make a be- gining as soon as may be & Compleat the Proposed Settle- ments as much Sooner than ye time allowed as he Can, & ye Sª Cornelius Rowan proposes also to Settle as many Fami- lies more as Possiable he Can upon ye Lanes Laid out to him in ye Third Towne It is Covenanted & agreed on ye Part of ye associates of ye Lincolnshire Company by their Commit- tee aforesd that they ye Sd Associates will grant & lay out three Towns as before Mentioned & that they will grant and lay out one Thousand acres of land in Each of ye two first Towns to be Settled as above to be Disposed of & to be Perpetuated to ye first Minister Ministry & School ye Re- mainder to make up Twenty five Thousand acres of land in Each of ye Sa three Towns with all ye woods Swamps mead- ows, Marshes brooks Rivers or any thing Contained therein or theirto appertaining To be to ye Sª Cornelius Rowan his Associates their hairs & assignes for ever ye SI Twenty five Thousand acres of land to be laid out in Each of ye Sª Three Townships together in one place where ye Sª Cornelius Rowan or his associates Shall Pitch upon & to have an equill Proportion of front upon ye River with ye Remaining part of ye Sd Townships, The out lines of ye Sd three Towns & ye out lines of ye Sd Twenty five Thousand Acres of land in Each of ye sd Three Towns to be Surveyed & laid out at yer" Charge of ye associates of ye S' Lincolnshire Company the Subdivisions or Perticular lotts at ye Charge of ye under- taker Cornelius Rowan or ye Setlers, The associates of ye Lincolnshire Company do Likewise Covenant & agree to pay or Cause to be paid Fifty pounds p annum to ye Minis- ter of Each of ye Sa two first Towns for ye Space of two years to Commince from ye time of his beginning to officiate as a minister there The Associates of ye Sd Lincolnshire
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Company likewise Covenant and agree to Provide for Each of ye Sª two Towns four Great Guns & half a barrill of Powder to Each Great Gun to be Placed & Disposed by ye Sª Cornelius Rowan or his Associates in ye Best manner for the Security & Defence of ye Sª Towns & do likewise Con- ceed & Agree that for ye Space of two years from their first Landing it Shall be in ye Power of ye Sd undertaker Cor- nelus Rowan and his associates to provide Twenty Soldiers or fewer as need shall be unless by ye Government or other- wise they may be Supplyed or provided with Soldiers under a Leivtenant or Ensigne to do Millitary Duty as watching warding or ye like for Such Space as there Shall be Just apprehntion of Danger or Insults from the Indians as soon as ye Danger is Judged to be over ye Sª Soldiers to be Dis- missed till further Occasion two thirds of the Charge to be defrayed by the associates of the Lincolnshire Company, the other third by the Said undertaker Cornelius Rowan & ye Said Associates of ye Lincolnshire Company. Do further Covenant & Agree to Transport. from Boston to Sª Settle- ments Persons that go to Settle there with their goods Pro- visions & Cattle free of Charge for ye Space of three years So farr as ye Companys Sloop shall be able to accomplish it & likewise to procure an other Sloop Suitable if required by ye Sª Cornelius Rowan, That shall use that River for two Summers to bring wood Timber or whatsoever the People have need to Transport to Boston or from Boston to St Georges River paying freight according to Custom. but what they Transport from Boston freight free, & further do Agree to give unto ye Said undertaker Cornelius Rowan & his Associates Twenty Small Arms to be kept in ye Garri- son that is already built or any Garison that the Said Cor- nelius Rowan or his associates Shall think fitt to build on ye Towns abovesd & further that they will give unto ye men that do this winter go downe to settle there ; their Provisions till may next they doing Duty as watching & warding &c, but in Case they do not Settle there then they to pay for their Provisions or Leave ye Produce of their Labour for ye Same : It is also by ye Associates of the Lincolnshire Com- pany A greed that whatsoever boards or Timber shall be Sawed at ye Saw mill alreddy built there for ye Said Corne- lius Rowan or his associates for their Necessaty in building, that ye Mill shall take out one Eighth Part for Sawing be- sides ye Mill keepers part for ye Term of four years It is also Mutually agreed between ye associates of ye Lincoln- shire Company & ye Said Cornelius Rowan that ye lands that is to be laid out for ye Townships shall not interfere
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with ye Saw mill already built or Debar ye Company from building an other Saw mill butt that they shall have free Liberty to build ye Same or any Stream Suitable therefor, & that all ye land round about each mill be for the accommo- dation, thereof Provided it exceed not five or Six Acres, & that when ye undertaker Cornelius Rowan or his associates have fixed upon ye places for ye Laying out ye Sª three Towns then the Lincolnshire Company within three month after shall fix upon a place for building their other mill, It is also agreed upon yt the Sª Cornelius Rowan & his asso- ciates Shall have Liberty to build a Grist Mill at ye Same Dam where ye Saw mill is already Erected, provided it will allow thereof & not Damnifie hurt or hinder ye Sª Saw mill & Provided also that ye associates of ye Lincolnshire Com- pany do not Conclude to Erect an other Saw mill, at ye Same place, & further ye Associates of ye Sª Lincolnshire Company do Covenant & agree that upon ye Sª Cornelius Rowan & his associates, performing ye Engagments of Set- tling one hundred & Sixty families in time as above Ex- pressed That they ye Sª associates will over & above ye Quantity of land above already granted. Grant & laid out to ye Sª Cornelius Rowan and his associates & their heirs for- ever; one Thousand acres of land more where ye Sª Cor- nelius Rowan shall Chuse to Pitch upon within ye Sª Patent on an Island or Islands ye whole to be laid out upon one Is- land or if it be not Sufficient then to make it up in another or other Islands, Notwithstanding what is above written it is Conceeded & agreed that In case ye Sd Cornelius Rowan Shall not be able fully to accomplish ye Settlement of one hun- dred & Sixty Familyes as above Proposed that they shall be allowed a quantaty of land [260] Pro Rato or in Proportion if he or they Shall Settle Forty or Fifty Familyes or more & if by Reason of any Breach or war wth ye Indians it Should be rendered Impracticable to Compleat ye Settle- ments Proposed within ye aforesd Term That ye Sª Cornelius Rowan and his associates be allowed ye Proportion for So many Familyes as Shall be Settled before ye war So break- ing out, Provided they be Settled within ye Space of, Time agreed upon & be allowed ye whole Quantaty of land Pro- vided they Compleat ye whole number of Familyes within two years after the war Ceases & if they Cannot Compleat ye whole Number within ye Space of two years aforesª That then they be allowed a Proportionable Quantity of land for ye Familyes they Shall so Settle with Warranty against the associates of ye Lincolnshire Company & their heirs & all & every other Person or Persons whomsoever from by or under
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