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HISTORY
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TOWN OF CORNISH
VOL. I.
WILLIAM H. CHILD.
HISTORY
OF THE
TOWN OF CORNISH
NEW HAMPSHIRE
WITH GENEALOGICAL RECORD
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1763-1910
BY WM. H. CHILD
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. I. NARRATIVE
Recording all events we can, Is rendering good service to fellow-man
THE RUMFORD PRESS CONCORD, N. H.
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MOTTOES AND QUOTATIONS.
"How carefully should we secure the memorials, while we may, of the long procession of true-hearted men and women that have borne with many tears, toils and prayers the precious Ark of God's Covenant, and of our liberties down to the present hour. We will not, we cannot forget those who toiled and dared and endured so much for God and for us."-B. W. Dwight.
" A town exists in its history. Take away the memory of the past, and what remains? Only a name. Take away the example of the recorded wisdom of the past, and what ray of light would be left for our guidance? What could we do but wander in the maze of perpetual childhood? If we are bound to respect the claims of posterity we likewise owe a debt to our ancestors." -Chipman.
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"He that is not proud of his ancestors, either has no ancestors to be proud of, or else he is a degenerate son."-From Walpole History.
"A people who do not look back to their ancestors, will not look forward to their posterity."-Burke.
In no way can the Divine Command, "Honor thy father and thy mother," be so completely obeyed as in tenderly recording their deeds and words.
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PREFACE.
THE writer of this history, although somewhat advanced in life, is yet comparatively a novice in the work. Being called to it in the midst of the onerous cares and labors of a farm, which already absorbed most of his time and energy, it may lack some- what in literary merit from what it otherwise would, while under any circumstances the writer could lay no claim to literary qualification or essential merit. It has, however, been his aim to give a fair, truthful and impartial record, and at the same time, making it as exhaustive as possible. He has also been deeply impressed with the magnitude and importance of the work in hand, and has carefully and prayerfully sought to do it, so that all inter- ested in it shall be satisfied.
A powerful source of inspiration is found in the history of those ancestors whose achievements have been for the better- ment of the world. There is an intellectual and moral power in such an ancestry which elevates the character and improves the heart.
The history of a town is scarcely more than the collective history of the families composing the town. The writer has felt it his duty to collect as much as possible, realizing that it is a duty we owe both to the living and the dead, to the future as well as the present, that these memorials of the past and present be preserved. It does not seem right that the memory of the dead should perish, that they who have done and suffered so much for their posterity should be forgotten on the earth.
It is true that many do not highly appreciate researches of this nature. This lack of interest arises generally from too intense a contact of the mind with the present, excluding almost wholly the influences of the past and even of the future. It is no credit to us to be reckless of that past from whose womb the present has sprung, and without which the present cannot be interpreted.
In New England there is a type of religious and moral character coupled with strong intellectual power such as the world has never
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elsewhere seen. Does any one inquire the cause? The answer is found in the personal character of the men and women who first settled here, who, under God, laid the foundation of all we so highly prize. They had an elevation of aim, a purity of purpose, a steadiness of resolve, a fortitude under trial, and above all, a deep sense of responsibility to God never elsewhere seen in the world's history. Their characters were formed in the school of adversity and thus they were prepared for the noblest of all human achievements, the founding of a Christian Republic. To such an ancestry we owe, under God, all that is valuable in the character and institutions of the American people.
The town of Cornish has enjoyed her full share of these influences from the first. Her early settlers were men and women who were ready to stake their all upon the principles of political and religious liberty. Their venture proved a mag- nificient success. The lustre of their teachings and examples has been reflected upon their sons and daughters, as their record will show on the pages of this work.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOL. I PAGE
CHAPTER
I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION - SITUATION - BOUNDARIES - TERRITORY - APPROACHES - NAME - ALTITUDE 1-3
II. CHARTER - GRANTEES - RESERVATIONS - GRANT то MOSES CHASE - FIRST SETTLEMENTS - FIRST TOWN MEETING 4-19
III. PIONEER LIFE - HOUSES - CROPS - TOOLS - FOOD - DRESS - SPORTS - POSTAL FACILITIES - CHURCH - WILD BEASTS - FORESTS - FLORA 20-42
IV. NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS - CLAIMS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NEW YORK - VERMONT STATE ORGANIZED - NEW HAMPSHIRE SEVERED FROM GREAT BRITAIN - PETITION OF SIXTEEN TOWNS - CORNISH CONVENTION - RE- SOLVES OF CONGRESS - BOUNDARIES OF NEW HAMP- SHIRE AND NEW YORK DETERMINED .
V. REVOLUTIONARY WAR - STAMP ACT - COMMITTEES OF SAFETY - TAXES IMPOSED BY PARLIAMENT - BOSTON MASSACRE - BOSTON TEA PARTY - BATTLE OF LEX- INGTON - BUNKER HILL - PROVISION
43-53
OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR WAR - ASSOCIATION TEST - DECLA- RATION OF INDEPENDENCE - TRENTON AND PRINCETON - GENERAL STARK AT BENNINGTON - SARATOGA --- BURGOYNE'S SURRENDER - CORNISH AT TICONDEROGA - SURRENDER OF CORNWALLIS
VI. MILITARY HISTORY, 1783-1861 - NEW HAMPSHIRE DIVIDED INTO MILITARY DISTRICTS - MUSTER - WAR OF 1812 - CORNISH IN WAR OF 1812 - MEXICAN WAR VII. CORNISH IN THE CIVIL WAR - CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS -- SECOND REGIMENT - THIRD REGIMENT - FOURTH REGIMENT - FIFTH REGIMENT - SIXTH REGIMENT - SEVENTH REGIMENT - EIGHTH REGIMENT - NINTH REGIMENT-ELEVENTH REGIMENT-THIRTEENTH REGI- MENT - FOURTEENTH REGIMENT - FIFTEENTH REGI- MENT - SIXTEENTH REGIMENT - EIGHTEENTH REGI- MENT - NEW HAMPSHIRE BATTALION - FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE CAVALRY - HEAVY ARTILLERY - SHARP- SHOOTERS - UNITED STATES NAVY - CORNISH MEN DRAFTED
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79-84
85-106
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CHAPTER
VIII. CHURCHES - RELIGIOUS PROCLIVITIES - UNION SOCI- ETY-CONGREGATIONAL, FIRST AND SECOND CHURCHES -SECOND DIVISION OF THE LATTER - BAPTIST - EPISCOPAL - METHODIST £ EPISCOPAL - PERFECTION- ISTS - MILLERITES - INDEPENDENT - PENTECOSTAL NAZARENES 107-141 IX. SCHOOLS - TOWN DIVIDED INTO SCHOOL DISTRICTS TOWN SYSTEM - SCHOOL HOUSES - HIGH SCHOOLS - SUPERVISION - INSPECTORS - SUPERINTENDENTS - SCHOOL BOARD - KIMBALL UNION ACADEMY - GRAD- UATES OF KIMBALL UNION ACADEMY 142-156
X. TOWN OFFICERS - SELECTMEN - TOWN CLERKS
MODERATORS - REPRESENTATIVES 157-166
XI. SOCIETIES-G. A. R .- SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY-CORNISH COLONIZATION SOCIETY - TEMPERANCE - GRANGE - CHESHIRE LODGE, FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS . . 167-178 XII. MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES - TANNERIES - CARRIAGE BUILDING - GRIST MILLS - SAWMILLS - CREAMERIES - BLACKSMITHING - HARNESS MAKING, ETC. .
179-186
XIII. CENSUS DATA OF CORNISH - CENSUS OF 1767 - OF 1773 - OF 1775-OF 1790 - POPULATION OF CORNISH IN TWELVE CENSUSES - OF THE UNITED STATES - OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 187-192
XIV. CEMETERIES OF CORNISH - THREE ABANDONED CEME- TERIES - EIGHT PRINCIPAL CEMETERIES - CASUALTIES 193-201 XV. PAUPERISM - CARE OF PAUPERS BY TOWN OF CORNISH ALMS HOUSE - COUNTY SUPPORT OF PAUPERS-COUNTY AFFAIRS - FORMATION AND INCORPORATION OF SULLI- VAN COUNTY - COUNTY COURTS 202-211
XVI. CORNISH BRIDGE - BLUE MOUNTAIN PARK - PROPRIE- TORS OF CORNISH BRIDGE - TOLL HOUSE JOURNALS AUSTIN CORBIN - GAME IN PARK 213-219
XVII. "CITY FOLKS " IN CORNISH (BY HOMER ST. GAUDENS) . 220-232
XVIII. TOWN BUILDING - SOLDIERS' MONUMENT - LIBRARIES - TOWN HOUSE - RECORD BUILDING - INSCRIPTION ON MONUMENT - STOWELL FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY . 233-243
XIX. MISCELLANEOUS - CLIMATIC EXTREMES - HOTELS -
STORES - CENTENNIAL - POST OFFICES - TOWN RE- PORTS - INDIANS - SHOWS - ASCUTNEY MOUNTAIN -- PRESIDENT'S VISIT - OLD PEOPLE'S ASSOCIATION 244-262
XX. LAWYERS - PHYSICIANS 262-276 XXI. SKETCHES OF CORNISH MEN . . 277-346
VITAL STATISTICS. 347-368
GENERAL INDEX . 369-376
INDEX OF NAMES
377-392
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
VOL. I.
WILLIAM H. CHILD .
Frontispiece opposite page 4
CORNISH MAP, 1805 .
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GEN. JONATHAN CHASE HOUSE AS IT APPEARED IN 1870 . 66
65
GROUP OF CHURCHES 66
66 107
INTERIOR OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, GROUND 66
FLOOR
INTERIOR OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, GALLERY
66
66
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WILLIAM W. MERCER
66
149
CORNISH CREAMERY.
184
HILLSIDE CREAMERY
66
184
RESIDENCE OF FREEMAN JOHNSON, FORMERLY HOME OF TOWN
POOR
CORNISH BRIDGE GROUP
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MAP OF BLUE MOUNTAIN PARK
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RESIDENCE OF MRS. C. C. BEAMAN .
221
MRS. C. C. BEAMAN'S CASINO
66
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HIGH COURT, RESIDENCE OF MR. NORMAN HAPGOOD
66
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ASPET, RESIDENCE OF MRS. AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS .
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HARLAKENDEN HOUSE, RESIDENCE OF WINSTON CHURCHILL
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RESIDENCE OF MR. C. A. PLATT
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RESIDENCE OF DR. A. H. NICHOLS
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GROUP TOWN BUILDINGS AND CORNISH FLAT
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SOLDIERS' MONUMENT
238
THE STOWELL FREE LIBRARY
242
ASCUTNEY MOUNTAIN FROM CORNISH HILLS
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REV. AND MRS. JAMES T. JACKSON .
259
DR. ELIJAH BOARDMAN .
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DR. LYMAN HALL 66
270
DR. GEORGE W. HUNT. 271
RESIDENCE OF D. J. SPAULDING, BUILT BY DR. ROSWELL LEAVITT 272
DR. NATHAN SMITII. 275 66
C. C. BEAMAN opposite 66
277
MRS. C. C. BEAMAN
279
COL. L. H. CARROLL
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BISHOP PHILANDER CHASE.
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SALMON PORTLAND CHASE, AND CUT OF HIS BIRTHPLACE opposite 66
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WINSTON CHURCHILL £ 66
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MRS. WINSTON CHURCHILL
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66
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GROUP SCHOOL HOUSES
66
142
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CORNISH PRESENT MAP
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LIST OF ILLTSTRATIONS.
DR. LEVI H. COBB
page 308
JACOB FOSS
opposite 66 314
ANDREW JACKSON HOOK
66
318
HON. SAMUEL L. POWERS .
opposite 66 323
PROF. D. S. RICHARDSON .
325
MRS. MARY C. RICHARDSON
66
325
REV. JOSEPH ROWELL .
330
AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS.
opposite 66 332
GEORGE H. STOWELL
66
340
REV. J. W. WELLMAN, D.D.
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HISTORY OF CORNISH.
CHAPTER I.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
CORNISH, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, is situated on the east bank of the Connecticut River, which separates the states of New Hampshire and Vermont. It is situated about 4312 degrees north latitude and 72 degrees west longitude from Greenwich and 5 degrees east from Washington.
It is bounded on the north by Plainfield; on the south by Clare- mont; on the east by Croydon and part of Grantham, and on the west by the western bank of the Connecticut River, at low- water mark. According to the terms of the grant it was at first the equivalent of six miles square and contained 23,040 acres by measurement.
On June 24, 1809, a portion of Croydon, by legislative act, was annexed to Cornish, and on December 25, 1844, a portion of Gran- tham also was annexed. This latter addition soon after received the name of, and has since been known as "Texas," as its annex- ation occurred a year previous to the admission of Texas into the Union. These additions to Cornish considerably increased her territory, but since then, no changes have taken place in the boundaries of the town. These changes were a great convenience to all of the families settled on farms west of the mountain ridge. Heretofore, the owners of these farms were practically iso- lated from the main portions of their respective towns by reason of this abrupt ridge between them, while by their annexation to Cornish they could readily join with her in all town affairs. The new line on the east was made to conform as nearly as practicable with the greater height of land.
The approaches to Cornish, both by roads and railway are chiefly from the north and south, as the Connecticut River and Valley generally trends in that direction. A single bridge, on its western boundary, crossing the river at Windsor, Vt., furnishes the
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only approach from the west, and the mountain ridge on its eastern boundary seems to forbid extensive intercourse in that direction.
Cornish received its name from some of the grantees of the town whose families came from the famous mining town of Cornish, England, but it did not receive the name until it was granted in 1763. A camp, however, had previously been estab- lished in the town near the river, which has ever since been known as "Mast Camp." Here the officers of the Crown with their workmen were sent to select and cut choice timber for the Royal Navy. This was cut in the winter and hauled to the river, and in the following spring when the water was high, it was floated down stream to some point where it was to be used for ship- building. There is no known record of how much timber had been thus used, or when the first white man came here in quest of it, but the forests were subsequently found to contain much timber suitable for such use.
A point in the Connecticut River, at low-water mark, opposite the center of the town, is said to be 212 feet above sea-level. On leaving the river and going east, this altitude is rapidly in- creased by the successive elevations of land. The surface is diver- sified with meadows and hills, thus gradually rising to the sum- mit of Croydon and Grantham mountains on the east. The soil is equally diversified, and in places rocky, but taken as a whole, judging by its appearance, or the record of its production, Cornish compares favorably with the best towns of the state. These elevations in the surface are favorable to good drainage. But little stagnant water is to be found. Miasma is unknown. The brooks, two of which are of considerable size, find their source in the mountain sides on the east, flow westward and empty into the Connecticut River. Of this beautiful river which fringes our entire western border, a poet has well said:
"Nor drinks the sea a lovelier wave than thine."
This river renders no small contribution to the pleasure of the tourist while journeying along its beautiful banks. Its valley is celebrated for its beautiful and variegated scenery. On either side of the river are wooded heights sometimes pro- jecting and almost overhanging its banks and sometimes reced- ing, leaving the beautiful meadows and fertile farms spread
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out in full view of the tourist. In the near distance on the west stands in silent majesty the stately Ascutney ever in view, and the beautiful and historic village of Windsor lying between.
The town has no lakes to add their charms to the beauty of the landscape, neither are there deep ravines or gorges and water- falls to thrill the beholder; but otherwise, Nature in her lovely garb is here in manifold combinations. Cultured taste seems to admire the scenery of Cornish, as the variety of its scenery seems inexhaustible. Verdant hills, rich pastures, and smiling meadows and pure streams of water, all combine to render it the seat of ideal homes. The hillsides and valleys, too, abound in springs of purest water, while beautiful forests crown the summit of most of the hills, and pure air breezes over all.
"I love thy rocks and rills, Thy vales and templed hills."
CHAPTER II.
CHARTER-GRANTS, ETC.
THE charter for Cornish was granted June 21, 1763, to Rev. Samuel McClintock of Greenland, N. H., and sixty-nine others. The charter was renewed December 21, 1768.
The following is a copy of the charter of the township of Cornish as granted by King George the Third to the original proprietors of the town:
Province of New Hampshire.
[L. S.] George the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith &c. To all Persons to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:
Know ye that We of our special Grace, certain Knowledge and meer motion, for the due Encouragement of settling a New Plantation within our said Province, by and with the advice of our Trusty & Well Beloved Benning Wentworth Esqr. Our Governor and Commander in Chief of our said Province of New Hampshire in New England, and of our Council of said Province, Have, upon the Conditions and Reservations here- inafter made, given and granted, and by these Presents, for us, our Heirs and Successors, do give, and grant in equal Shares unto our loving Subjects, Inhabitants of our said Province of New Hampshire and our other Governments and to their Heirs and Assigns forever whose names are entered on this Grant to be divided to, and amongst them into Seventy Six Equal Shares all that Tract or Parcel of Land Situate, lying and being within our said Provience of New Hampshire con- taining by Admeasurement, 23040 acres, which Tract is to Con- tain Six miles square and no more: out of which an allowance is to be made for High-Ways and unimprovable Lands by Rocks, Ponds, Mountains and Rivers. One Thousand and Forty Acres free according to a Plan and Survey thereof made by our said Governors orders, and returned into the Secretary's Office and
South 76° East on Plainfield five Miles three fourths and Seven Mods Then on Grantham Two Hundred fifty one Rods
Grantham
100
To Braydon
River Road
Blowmedown"
Trumans Mills
County Road
Road from Cornish:
Road to Plainfield
Blowme down Brooke
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South 74. East on blanmont five miles and three fourth and Sixty nine Rods Horizontal Measure N.S
This Plan Made and Returned into the Secretarys Office agreeable to an act of the Legislature of this State passed Daember the Thirtieth One thousand Eight Hundred and three For a true plan of the Town of Cornish taken on a Horizontal Line agreeable to said act and Subscribed By their Committee Chosen for that Purpose Dated at Bomish the 29th day of May 1805
Joseph Chapman Moses Wild James Ripley JAW those
Committee
Red Water Milli Baptist Meeting House Commish Bridge Road from formati Bridge ovenour Mountain Road from Thamfuld to Blanmont- Claremont Disputed Line Meeting House Croydon Road Ihrad from Plainfield Congregational Coming 23160 Bryant Brook Connuticutt Rever North 15 East on Croydon five Miles Three fourths and 48 Rods \ These Lines Disputed. On Connuticutt River Fin Miles on a provalet Ine Road to Claremont Trinity Church & Croydon Newport Road A 2 Brook Claumont Road River Road Croydon Mountain
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hereunto annexed, butted and bounded as follows: Viz: Begin- ning at A Tree marked with the Figures 2 & 3. Standing on the Bank of the easterly side of the Connecticut River, which is the South Westerly Corner Bounds of the Town of Plainfield, from thence running South, Seventy Six degrees East by Plainfield to- a stake and Stones which is the South Westerly Corner of Gran tham and North Westerly Corner of Croydon, thence South fif- teen Degrees West by Croydon Aforesaid, Six Miles to the North Westerly Corner of Newport, thence turning off and running North 77 deg. West. Six Miles to a Tree Standing on the Easterly Bank of Connecticut River, marked with the Figures 1 & 2, then up the river as that Trends, to the Bounds begun at, and that the same be and hereby is Incorporated into a Township by the name of Cornish, and the Inhabitants that do, or shall hereafter in- habit the said Township are hereby declared to be Enfranchised with, and Entitled to all and every the Privileges and Immunities that other Towns within our Province by Law Exercise and enjoy :- and further, that the Said Town, as soon as there shall be Fifty Families resident and Settled thereon, shall have the Liberty of holding two Fairs, one of which shall be held on the and
the other on the annually, which Fairs are not to continue longer than the respective following the said and that as soon as the said Town shall consist of Fifty Families, a market may be opened and Kept one or more Days in each Week, as may be thought most advantageous to the Inhabitants.
Also that the first Meeting for the choice of Town Officers agreeable to the Laws of our Said Province, Shall be held on the Second Monday of July next which said meeting shall be notified by Clement March Esqr. who is hereby also appointed the moder- ator of the said first Meeting, which he is to notify and Govern agreeable to the Laws and Customs of our Said Province; and that the Annual Meeting forever hereafter, for the Choice of such Officers for the said Town, shall be on the Second Tuesday of March annually .- To Have and to Hold the said Tract of Land as above expressed, together with all Privileges and Appur- tenances to them and their respective Heirs and Assigns forever upon the following Conditions: (Viz.)
I. That every Grantee, his Heirs or Assigns shall plant and cultivate five Acres of Land within the Term of five years for every fifty acres contained in his or their Share or Proportion
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of Land in said Township, and continue to improve and settle the same by Additional Cultivations, on Penalty of the For- feiture of his Grant or Share in the said Township, and of its reverting to Us, our Heirs and Successors, to be by us or them Re-granted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually settle and cultivate the same.
II. That all White and other Pine Trees within the said Town- ship fit for Masting our Royal Navy, be carefully preserved for that use, and none to be cut or felled without our Special License for so doing, first had and obtained, upon the Penalty of the For- feiture of the Right of such Grantee, his Heirs and Assigns, to us, our Heirs and Successors, as well as being subject to the Penalty of any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are, or hereafter shall be Enacted.
III. That before any Division of the Land be made to and among the Grantees, a Tract of Land, as near the Center of the said Township as the Land will admit of, Shall be reserved and marked out for Town Lots, one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of the Contents of one Acre.
IV. Yielding and paying therefor to us, our Heirs and Successors for the space of ten years, to be computed from the date hereof, the Rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only, on the twenty fifth day of December annually, if Lawfully demanded, the first Pay- ment to be made on the twenty fifth day of December 1763.
V. Every Proprietor, Settler or Inhabitant, shall yield and pay unto Us, our Heirs and Successors yearly, and every year forever from and after the Expiration of ten Years from the above said twenty fifth Day of December, namely, on the twenty fifth day of December which will be in the year of our Lord 1773, one Shilling Proclamation money for every Hundred Acres he so owns, Settles or Possesses, and so in Proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the Said Land; which money shall be paid by the respec- tive Persons abovesaid, their Heirs or Assigns in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth, or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same; and this is to be in Lieu of all other Rents and Service whatever.
In testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our Said Province to be hereunto Affixed.
Witness Benning Wentworth Esqr; our Governor and Com- mander in Chief of Our Said Province; the Twenty first Day of
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June, in the Year of Our Lord Christ, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty three, and in the Third Year of our Reign.
B. WENTWORTH
By His Excellency's Command with Advice of Council.
THEODR ATKINSON JunT Secry
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Prove of New Hampr October 1. 1763. Recorded according to the original Charter, under the Prov. Seal. T. ATKINSON Jun" Secry.
Names of the Grantees of Cornish:
Rev. Sam11 McClintock
Josiah Foss
Ensign John Whidden
Willm Berry
Samuel Ayers
Benja Philbrook
Capt Philip Johnson
Nath11 Huggins Jun".
Josiah Clark
Capt John Dudley
Willm Wallis Jun".
Thomas Johnson
Thomas Berry
John Weeks
Capt. George Frost
Dean Ebenezer Cate
Noah Emery
Philip Babb Jun"
John Hill
Lieut Ebenezer Clark
Jonª Barker
Daniel Pierce Esq
Hunking Wentworth Esq.
Mr Jonª Greely
Nathan Goss
George Bracket
John Grow
Stephen March
Wyseman Claggett Esq.
Clemt March Esq
Nath11 March
Doctr John Hall
Thomas March
John Fisher
Capt George March
Wm Cate Jun™
Lieut Paul March
Samuel Whidden
William Blazo
Walter Bryant Esq.
Will MC. Clane
Greenleaf Clark Simeon Dearborn
The Honble John Temple
Theod' Atkinson
Esqrs
Wm Temple
Capt James Neal Nathan Marston Sam11 Haines John Huggins
Mark Hung Wentworth Joshua Haines Eleaz" Cate
Bracket Johnson
Lieut. Nathan Johnson
Thomas Sherburne Enoch Clark
Capt William Weeks
Willm Jenkins Junr.
Willm Pottle Jun™
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Samuel Dearborn
Joseph Jackson Esq. Boston
Daniel Cate
Joseph Stores Esq.
Maj' Jona Moulton
Leveret Hubbard
Capt. Nath11 Bracket
Nath11 Dowse
Doctor Hall Jackson
Sam11 Fabion
Reservations and Conditions of the Grant:
Executed and recorded in due form.
(It is not known why this part of the document was deferred so long after the main part was executed-over three months.)
His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esqr. A Tract to Contain five Hundred acres as Marked B. W. in the Plan which is to be Accounted two of the within Shares,-one whole Share for the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in For- eign Parts-One Share for A Glebe for the Church of England as by Law Established-One Share for the first Settled Minister of the Gospel & one Share for the Benefit of a School in Sd Town.
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