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GENEALOGY COLLECTION
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THE
HISTORY OF HANCOCK.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
1764 - 1889
BY
FORT WAYNE
WILLIAM WILLIS HAYWARD
"They who never look back to their ancestors will never look forward to posterity." - BURKE.
PUBLISHED BY
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ORLAND EATON, AGENT
JOSHUA STANLEY LAKIN
JOHN PEABODY HILLS
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TOWN HISTORY COMMITTEE
LOWELL, MASS. Vox POPULI PRESS : S. W. HUSE & Co.
1889
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THIS HISTORY
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
THE EARLY SETTLERS OF HANCOCK,
BY THE AUTHOR.
PREFACE.
AT the close of the centennial exercises, Sept. 17, 1879, a desire was manifested, on the part of those present, that a history of the town should be prepared at an early date, and a vote was passed to that effect.
After a delay of something over two years, an association was formed, under date of Jan. 26, 1882, of the following persons, who entered into an agreement to assume the pecuniary risk of the under- taking, provided sufficient encouragement should be given by sub- scribers for the work at three dollars per copy to warrant it, viz :-
ORLAND EATON,
H. H. DE BECK,
Z. W. BROOKS,
JOHN P. HILLS,
A. G. FOSTER,
BENJAMIN GOODHUE,
JOSHUA S. LAKIN,
C. P. HAYWARD,
A. N. CLARK,
A. D. TUTTLE,
EBENEZER WARE,
C. A. ROBBE,
W. F. SYMONDS,
E. M. BALDWIN,
A. B. BALDWIN,
HERVEY GULICK,
J. D. MATTHEWS,
CARL E. KNIGHT,
W. W. HAYWARD,
E. R. DANFORTH,
JOHN A. CUMMINGS,
ASA SIMONDS,
J. A. TARBELL,
J. S. HAYWARD.
F. J. WARE,
At the annual town-meeting, March 13, 1880, the town voted to take one hundred copies of the work when completed, and pay three hundred dollars for the same; and three years later, in view of the great labor involved in the undertaking, one hundred dollars in ad- dition was voted. The subscription list, bearing the date of June 1, 1881, contains orders for six hundred and fifteen copies, in addition to those ordered by the town.
It was originally intended to publish a volume of eight hundred pages, with one map and about forty illustrations; but owing to the great amount of matter that has accumulated, notwithstanding the
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fact that on every page I have counted the words needed as the miser counts his gold, we have a volume, or, perhaps, two volumes, of about eleven hundred pages and nearly seventy illustrations, in- cluding two maps. All this has cost somebody time and money, but I understand that it is the purpose of the publishing committee to furnish the work to subscribers at the original estimate, three dollars per copy, if they so request and remit the funds within a limited time. At the same time, it is to be hoped that all will be at least as just as the town has been and remit four dollars per copy, and then the publishing committee and the editor will be two thousand dollars short, to say nothing of all the gratuitous work and money that have been furnished by other persons.
After considerable correspondence, early in May, 1882, I was in- duced to take charge of the work; but if it proves to be of any value it is a fortunate circumstance that I had a very inadequate conception of the amount of labor involved in an undertaking of the kind, and I can, in a measure, sympathize with those who have been impatient with what they have called the slow progress of the work. Sometimes the criticisms that have reached my ears have given me great pain, but the encouragement that has come from the more in- telligent has, in a measure, compensated for those criticisms. Every moment of time that I could take from my other duties during these seven years and three months has been sacredly devoted to this work, and the aggregate has amounted to more than three solid years of the hardest work of my life. More than fifteen hundred letters and postal cards have been written, months have been consumed in searching records, in trying to reconcile conflicting statements, and in bringing something like order out of the chaos of some of the papers furnished, to say nothing of the illegible writing that has come under observation; and in several instances, after making up family papers, new matter has come to hand and necessitated re- writing.
From the beginning I have tried to be impartial, and in this I have been encouraged by the publishing committee. We have tried to give equal justice to all, and if, in some instances, individuals have seemed to receive more space than others, the explanation is simply this : more material has been furnished. Those who have furnished family papers will notice how near I have tried to follow out what they have written, and many will perhaps feel that
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I have abridged too much; but I assure all such persons that the abridgment has been a necessity, for had all the matter that has come to hand been used, we should have had a library instead of a volume of eleven hundred pages.
In these seven years of toil there have been many pleasant experi- ences. It were simply impossible to note in this place all the en- couraging words that have been said, and to record all the assistance that has been rendered, by the many friends of the undertaking. An attempt has been made to acknowledge services rendered from time to time in the body of this work, and what I may say here will be supplemental.
The town history committee deserve the gratitude of all concerned, for their self-sacrificing labors and the financial burden that they have so cheerfully borne. From the beginning Mr. Eaton, the chairman and agent of the committee, has been untiring in his efforts. He has written in the interest of the history over three thousand letters and cards. of which only a very few have failed to be answered, and only one sent him was discourteous. He has freely given his time and money in the enterprise, having, among other items, paid out over fifty dollars towards the town map and three other illustrations. He has also assisted in various ways, making many valuable sug- gestions and furnishing a large part of the material, including the preparing of the maps, etc., looking up most of the sites of aban- doned houses and mills, and copying church records, etc., besides preparing the two chapters on Society Land and Bennington, and looking after all the business details of the enterprise. In this con- nection I would also mention the efficient aid rendered by Mrs. Almeda E. Eaton, in supplementing the labors of her husband.
Mrs. Elizabeth E. Hayward prepared the chapter on marriages, has greatly assisted in reading proofs and in various ways, besides taking upon herself burdens that otherwise would have fallen upon her husband. Rev. J. L. Seward, as has been noticed, has furnished several family papers, and has been unremitting in his efforts to render assistance when opportunity offered. Mrs. Katie Maria Hay- ward has rendered assistance in copying papers, and our present representative, George W. Goodhue, kindly obtained valuable infor- mation at the State-house. There are, doubtless, many others that deserve honorable mention in this place.
All the fac-similes of autographs and nearly all the portraits ap-
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pearing in this work were placed there by the persons interested, or their friends. A. E. Herrick, of Manchester, engraved most of the autographs.
A fund was raised by entertainments and lectures, to pay for most of the general views; but, as has already been stated, the sum fell short by fifty dollars, which was made up by the town history agent.
William B. Dinsmore, of New York city, bore the entire expense of photo-electrotyping the map of Society Land, and secured the por- trait of John Dodge.
The town made a special appropriation to secure the portraits of Abijah Hadley and Ebenezer Hubbard.
Hon, A. N. Clark, of Beverly, Mass., caused four of the illustra- tions to appear in this work.
The maps were all prepared for photo-electrotyping by Miss Lelia J. Wood, who also drew the "glimpses" of her birth-place, and kindly consented to place her picture in the center of the same.
Hartwell Tuttle drew the sketch of the first meeting-house, from suggestions furnished from memory by his father and his Aunt Anna, with further aid from other elderly people.
The town clerks of Hancock and Bennington are deserving of favorable mention, for kindly loaning town records, as are also Rev. Mr. Gulick, the clerk of the Baptist Church, and Rev. H. W. Eaton, D. D., of Keene, who has the custody of the records of the Literary and Scientific institution, for the favors they have extended in this direction.
We are under obligations to E. D. Boylston, of the Amherst Cabinet ; Rev. W. R. Cochrane, of Antrim; Rev. James Holmes, of Bennington; Hon. Isaac W. Hammond, deputy secretary of state; John Ward Dean, A. M., of Boston; the trustees of Whitcomb Town Library, and many others, for favors received.
Various town histories have been freely used, and for the infor- mation gained thanks are rendered. I would mention them as nearly as I am able in the order in which they have been useful: The histories of Antrim, Peterboro', Windham, Shirley, Mass., Dublin, Gilsum, Jaffrey, Washington, Marlboro', Amherst, Hardwick, Mass., Temple, New Ipswich, and the histories of the Morrison, Wood, Hunt, Prescott, Tuttle, and Abbott families.
W. P. Allen, of the Autoglyph Print and the Lithotype Printing
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and Publishing Co., of Gardner, Mass., have furnished most of the illustrations, and their work speaks for itself.
For the uniform courtesy and excellent work of our printers, S. W. Huse & Co., I hereby return my sincere thanks.
In addition to aid rendered by our many friends, I would mention financial aid from Augustus N. Clark, John C. Weston, Lewis Hunt, Shepherd L. Bowers, and Edward S. Hayward; and for all who have in any way assisted us. the thanks of the committee and the editor are hereby kindly returned.
' There are, doubtless, many errors and many omissions in this work. All persons who may discover either are kindly requested to inform us of the same, and should any person be dissatisfied with the work, after keeping it a year, will he so inform us?
The book is finished. That which is written is written. Of its imperfections no one can be more conscious than the author, but as it has been written "with charity for all and malice towards none," may it be received in the same spirit in which it is sent out into the world.
W. W. HAYWARD.
MEDFIELD, MASS , Aug. 12, 1889.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER.
PAGE.
I. EARLY PROPRIETORS-INCORPORATION
1
II. HANCOCK CENTENNIAL . 8
III. TOPOGRAPHICAL ITEMS 55
IV. THE FLORA OF HANCOCK
60
V. EARLY SETTLERS . 67
VI. SOURCES OF INCOME 74
VII. ANNALS OF THE TOWN
S5 127
VIII. ANNALS OF THE TOWN (continued) .
154
IX. ANNALS OF THE TOWN (concluded) . X. CHURCH HISTORY .
188 207
XI. MARRIAGES
XII. SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION
224
XIII. MILITARY HISTORY
234
XIV. SOCIETIES
242
XV. HANCOCK VILLAGE, CEMETERIES, ETC.
247
XVI. ROADS AND BRIDGES
251
XVII. SOCIETY LAND
275
XVIII. BENNINGTON 280 .
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER
295
APPENDIX
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INDEX .
. 1069
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE
WILLIAM WILLIS HAYWARD
. Frontispiece
MAP OF SOCIETY LAND
4
CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE . 8
ORLAND EATON, JOSHUA STANLEY LAKIN, JOHN PEABODY HILLS.
FIRST MEETING-HOUSE, ETC. 19
JOHN WHITCOMB .
24
WILLIAM CLARK .
34
JOSIAH LAFAYETTE SEWARD
37 47
DANIEL GOODHUE
VIEW OF CENTENNIAL
55
DEPOT, POND, AND VILLAGE
57
TOWN MAP
67
PRESENT MEETING-HOUSE AND TOWN HALL .
158
EBENEZER HUBBARD .
168
ABIJAH HADLEY . .
173
ADOLPHUS CARTER WHITCOMB . 174
ARCHIBALD BURGESS .
195
ASAHEL BIGELOW
198 200
HERVEY GULICK
229
WHITCOMB. LIBRARY BUILDING .
242
VILLAGE, from the east
247
VILLAGE PLAN
248
HANCOCK JUNCTION
275
BENNINGTON, from Darrah Hill
283
GOODELL CO.'S WORKS
285
ALGERNON B. BALDWIN
322
MR. AND MRS. ROBERT G. BELL
340
PLAN OF PEWS
109
HANCOCK COMMON IN 1840
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
SHEPHERD L. BOWERS
377
JOHN BROOKS
397
BROOKS GROUP
399
JOHN, ZOPHAR WILLARD, XENOPHON W., AND MARO SPALDING BROOKS.
ARNOLD B. BURTT
. 422
NINIAN CLARK PLACE
. 442
REED PAIGE CLARK .
444 445
AVERY MONROE CLARK
JOHN FREEMAN COLBY
FRANCIS KIMBALL CRAGIN .
JOHN ADDISON CUMMINGS .
JAMES DAVIS
JOSEPH DAVIS
JOHN DODGE .
MRS. SARAH MILLER (DUNCAN) UPTON .
536
CHRISTY DUNCAN .
RICHARD EMERSON
JOSEPH HILLS
JAMES HOLMES
658
JOHN HOSLEY
667 700
EPHRAIM KNIGHT .
MR. AND MRS. RICHARD TAFT
706
ELIJAH KNIGHT
DAVID LOW .
MORRISON COAT-OF-ARMS
DAVID PATTEN
827
CHARLES ALEXANDER ROBBE
JOSIAH STONE
JOHN SYMONDS
MARK TRUE .
EBENEZER WARE .
RESIDENCE OF EBENEZER WARE
951 980 988
WILLIAM WESTON
993
AMOS WHITTEMORE
1019
JACOB ABBOT WOOD
. 1032
HOMESTEAD OF SALMON WOOD, ETC.
· 1039
455 466 477
492 506 522
539 561 656
718 740 776 800
ENOCH D. PUTNAM
837 885
893 929 950
CHARLES WASON .
EPHRAIM WESTON
ERRATA.
Page 6, line 6, read " sister town" without the emphasis indicated by the italics.
Page 12, line 17, for "Mrs. Davis," read "Miss Davis."
Page 13. line 2, insert "The success of this part of the centennial pro- gramme is largely due to Miss Antoinette Davis and Mrs. H. R. Pat- ten, Messrs. A. H. Knight and H. F. Robinson."
Page 14, line 3. for " Mrs. Simonds." read "Mrs. Symonds."
Page 17, line 11, omit " a Mr. Ferguson."
Page 20. line 16, for " Aaron Barker," read " Aaron Parker." Same page, line 17. for " Thomas Matthews," read "Thomas McMaster." Same page, line 19, for "Daniel Simes," read "David Ames."
Page 48. line 5. The number of lawyers, etc., were underestimated by the speaker.
Page 50, line 2. for "thee," read "the." Same page, line 3, for "the," read "thee."
Page 56. line 29, for "it is impossible," read "it is almost impossible."
Page 58, line 14, after "Jack's," insert "or Warren's."
Page 59. line 7. before the word "Ferguson," insert "and." Same page, line 12. omit " after passing through a corner of Peterboro' it re- enters the town."
Page 67. The map of the town is faulty in making Ferguson brook pass into Peterboro'. We were led into this error by copying from a sec- tion of the Hillsboro' county map of 1858. At least two houses, standing in 1858, were accidentally omitted-one known as the "Curtis Johnson house," in the north part of the town, and the " Morrison house," near Bradford's mill. A house built later, near H. W. Ware's (see Kelley), should have been inserted, and also Dea. Asa D. Wood's new house.
Page 69, line 2, for " probable," read " possible." Same page, line 24, omit "if at all."
Page 82, line 32, for "Prentiss," read "Prentice."
Page 83, line 2, for "Mr. Spaulding," read "Mrs. Spaulding."
Page 84, line 23, for "No. V," read "No. IV."
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Page 93, for note at the bottom of the page read "This location was the site of Pine Ridge cemetery."
Page 161, note at bottom of the page, for " $50," read " $0.50."
Page 191, line 34, for "Symonds," read " Simonds."
Page 198, line 18, for "Symonds," read "Simonds."
Page 251, line 22, for " Aug. 10," read " Sept. 10."
Page 273, note, for "about 1863," read "in 1863." In same note, for "an earlier date," read "in 1852."
Page 297, explanatory note, for "the time is complete," read "the line is complete."
Page 299, line 8, for " north-east," read " south-east."
Page 307, line 28, for " Aug. 8, 1875," read " Aug. 8, 1795."
Page 321, line 6, for " Newport," read " Newport, Vt. Mr. Balcom now owns the house marked 'M. Miller,' which he has improved. One child, Florence Lillian4, b. July 6, 1888."
Page 335, line 3, for " Marlboro'," read "Marlboro', Mass."
Page 352. Ambrose C. Blood res. at what is now the "Forest house," and d. there.
Page 399, under portrait, for " Zenophon," read "Xenophon." Same page, line 33, for " Alverey," read " Alverez."
Page 440, line 5. There is a mistake here in regard to the date of the birth of Mary Abigail Clark. No date was given me, and this was copied from the History of Amherst. I learn that she was b. March 12, 1806. Page 441, line 38, for " 1827, read " April 28, 1829."
Page 422, under portrait, for " Arnold Burtt," read " Arnold B. Burtt."
Page 447, line 9, for "Kitty," read "Hitty."
Page 461, line 20, for "Boston, Mass.," read "Waltham, Mass."
Page 465, line 2, for "Ezra," read "Jabez."
Page 471, line 18, for " Lizzie J.," read "Lizzie I."
Page 551, line 11, for " Alonzo Hubbard," read " Alonzo Hubbell, a Union soldier." Same page, last line but one, for "Samuel5 [5]," read "Samuel5 [4]."
Page 569, line 14, for "1886," read "1885."
Page 584, line 11, for " Maj. John Gray3," read " Maj .- gen. John Gray3."
Page 589, line 15, for "Mary," read "Sarah."
Page 613, line 26, after "res." insert " at place marked 'A. Hall.' "
Page 648, line 14, for "Crawell," read "Crowell." Same page, line 30, for "Aug. 14," read " Aug. 17." Same page, line 31, for " Sept. 29," read "Sept. 23." Same page, line 34, for "Dublin," read " New Ipswich."
Page 698. Doctor Kittredge res. first at place marked "Mrs. Marshall," in the village; later at place marked "O. Nelson," which he built and where he d.
Page 711. Add to note "and a sister of Noah Wheeler. (q. v.)"
Page 726, line 15, for "Dec. 1809," read " April 3, 1810."
Page 738, line 4, after "Sally2," add "was a prominent teacher in her youth, and once had Franklin Pierce, afterwards president of the United States, for a pupil."
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Page 788. line 22, for " May 27, 1884," read " Sept. 27, 1888."
Page 789, lines 14 and 15, for ". Ocendon," read "Orrington."
Page 823, line 19, for " Barton," read "Burton."
Page 825. lines 28. 29, 30, and 31, omit "Mass." Same page, line 39, for "John," read "James."
Page 826, lines 12 and 13. for "the Central & Passumpsic railroad," read "the Central and the Passumpsic railroads." Same page, line 39, Melissa Sprague m. 1, Smith Boynton, of Washington, Vt.
Page 827, line 4. for "Jameson," read "Jennison." Same page, line 24, for "Normal." read "Vermont." Same page, line 27, for "Peter Putnam & Co.," read "Tute, Putnam & Co."
Page 881, line 16, for "Nettie J. A.," read "Nettie I. A."
Page 928. line 13. for "Lemuel," read "Samuel A." Same page, line 14, for . Samuel." read "Samuel R." Same page, line 16, for " Lucy T.," read "Lucy D."
Page 940, line 24, for "Martha3," read " Martha2."
Page 969, line 27, for " Simeon," read "Joshua."
Note 2. on page 581, was put in from a misapprehension of the facts. Joel Foster, who m. Rhoda Russell, belonged to another family.
It is stated. on page 773, that Rhoda Russell was b. Nov. 25, 1803, and on page 848 that she was b. Nov. 25, 1804. In each case I followed "copy."
PART I.
HISTORY OF HANCOCK.
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CHAPTER I.
EARLY PROPRIETORS-INCORPORATION.
IN November, 1620, a patent was granted by James I. to the Duke of Lenox, Sir Fernando Gorges, and others, styled "the Council of Plymouth, in the county of Devon, for the planting, ruling, ordering, and governing of New England." This patent included the territory between the fortieth and forty-eighth paral- lels of north latitude, extending westward to the " South sea."
This council gave a charter in August, 1622, to Sir Fernando Gorges and Capt. John Mason, of all land lying between the Merri- mack and Kennebec rivers, extending sixty miles inland.
This territory was called "Mariana," though another charter, covering about the same territory, gives it the name of " Laconia." Settlements were made under this charter by companies sent out by Gorges and Mason, in Portsmouth and Dover, as early as 1623. They were for several years mere fishing and trading posts. Un- ike the settlements in Massachusetts, they were purely business ventures ; consequently, they continued for several years without much enlargement.
In 1629 Gorges and Mason divided their possession, Gorges taking that portion between the Piscataqua and the Kennebec. He was soon afterwards appointed Lord Proprietary of Maine, the office to be hereditary in his family. Gorges and Mason were both churchmen and attached to the royal party in England, but their efforts to acquire great possessions for their families in New England, in both instances, met with signal failures. After the division with Gorges, Mason's new grant comprised all the land
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HISTORY OF HANCOCK, NEWHAMPSHIRE.
" from the middle of the Piscataqua river, and up the same to the farthest head thereof and from thence, north-westward until sixty miles from the mouth of the harbor are finished ; also through the Merrimack river to the farthest head thereof, and so forward up into the land westward until sixty miles are finished ; and from thence to cross overland to the end of sixty miles accounted from the mouth of Piscataqua river." To this tract he gave the name New Hampshire, from the county of Hampshire, England, in which he had been a resident. The efforts of Mason and his heirs and assigns to enforce the proprietary rights of this patent gave rise to litigation that lasted for a long time ; it did not wholly disappear till settled finally by the legislature in 1787. Rev. John Wheel- wright, claimed to have received a prior deed of a considerable portion of the same land from four Indian sagamores, and many of the early settlers received from this source their titles to the land they occupied. Cases, arising from the conflict of the two deeds, were repeatedly brought before the colonial courts and appealed to England. Mason's claims were sold, in 1691, to Gov. Samuel Allen, but they were to him and his heirs only a source of litigation and perplexity, and the claims finally reverted to Mason's heirs.
In 1746 John Tufton Mason, who then represented the Mason claims, sold out his right to a company of twelve men, for £1,500 currency. These men were the " Masonian Proprietors," so-called. There were fifteen shares, of which Theodore Atkinson took three ; Mark H. Wentworth, two; and Richard Wibird, John Wentworth, George Jaffrey, Nathaniel Meserve, Thomas Packer, Thomas Wal- lingford, Jotham Odiorne, Joshua Pierce, Samuel Moore, and John Moffatt, one each. The land not granted for townships was called " Society Land." Previous to the granting of new townships they increased the number of shares to eighteen, and added nine more members to their association. The names of the new members were John Rindge, Joseph Blanchard, Daniel Pierce, John Tufton Mason, John Thomlinson, Matthew Livermore, William Parker, Samuel Solley, and Clement March. With the exception of Joseph Blanchard, who lived in Dunstable, all these proprietors resided in Portsmouth and the vicinity.
This company refrained from an extreme assertion of their claims, and by so doing brought the quarrel nearly to an end. They showed their good will to those they found in possession of the soil, by " quit-claiming" to them the land they actually occupied.
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They early directed their attention to a tract of unoccupied land, west of Hancock, and near the Monadnock mountain. Here they laid out eight townships, called Monadnock Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. They seemed to have been short of names for their town- ships, and so numbered them. These towns are now known as Rindge, Jaffrey, Dublin, Fitzwilliam, Marlborough, Nelson, Stod- dard, and Washington. Joseph Blanchard, of Dunstable, seems to have been the agent of the proprietors, in the granting of these towns.
There still remained, in the valley of the Contoocook, quite a section of unsettled and unorganized territory, which was divided and apportioned, in 1753, into fifteen equal shares ; fifteen inter- vale farms being first laid out on the river, and then fifteen upland shares. Mr. Blanchard was given a " mile square," on the banks of the river, in compensation for his aid to Robert Fletcher,1 the sur- veyor. This lot was located in the south part of the territory, on both sides of the river, the larger portion on the west side. Most of the "Great Lots," so called, Nos. 8, 9, and 10, were absorbed by Francestown, in 1772; Nos. 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15, by Deering,2 in 1774; and Nos. 4, 5, 6, and 7, by Antrim, in 1777. Hancock was composed of "Great Lots " Nos. 1, 2, and 3, with most of the "mile square." Incorporated in 1779.
Greenfield absorbed most of the remainder of " Society Land," in 1791, but there still remained, between Crotched mountain and the river, a section composed of part of "Great Lots " Nos. 9 and 10,
1 " Persuant to the request and desire of Colonel Blanchard, I have laid out into fifteen equal shares. all that land on Contoocook river between the place called Key's Farm on the north and the Great Falls, so called, against Crotched Mountain on the south. in the following manner, viz : The Intervale Land divided for quantity and qual- ity. into fifteen equal shares ; and so much upland adjoining as to make up the quantity of five hundred acres to each share, and where the land is not so good there is added so much in quantity. as is equal to five hundred acres of the best, which is marked and delineated herein, and the Intervale Lots on Contoocook river and the upland adjoining belonging to the same share, are numbered with the same number; which numbers are from one to fifteen. And all the land comprehended within the following bounds, viz : Westerly on Monadnock No. six and no seven. Northerly on the south line of the line of towns so called. Easterly on Wearstown and New Boston (addi- tion, souherly on salem Canada and Peterborough, is divided into fifteen equal shares for quantity and quality and numbered from one to fifteen. The number one of said shares beginning on the west side of Contoocook river joining to Peterborough north line. And the number of said shares succeed in order to number seven, northwardly to the south line of the line of towns. And the other eight shares, being on the east side of the river, number eight on the east side of Contoocook river adjoining upon the north line of Peterborough west of New Boston (addition) And the number of the shares succeed northerly to the said south line of line of towns. The Crotched Mountain lying io no eight and no nine, is left common ; it is no part of said shares.
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