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Georges J. Willy
WILLEY'S
SEMI - CENTENNIAL
BOOK
OF ..
MANCHESTER,
OF MAN
AROR
1846
. INCORPOR
846.
1896
RATED JU
AND MANCHESTER EDITION OF THE BOOK OF NUTFIELD.
Historic Sketches of that Part of New Hampshire Comprised Within the Limits of the Old Tyng Township, Nutfield, Harrytown, Derryfield, and Manchester, From the Earliest Settlements to the Present Time.
BY
GEORGE FRANKLIN WILLEY
BIOGRAPHICAL, GENEALOGICAL, POLITICAL, ANECDOTAL
ILLUSTRATED WITH FIVE HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS.
1896 : GEORGE F. WILLEY, Publisher, MANCHESTER, N. H.
lay
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CONTENTS.
SUBJECTS.
Deer, Bears, and Wolves 148
Boiled Eggs 267
The Eayers Range
159
Capt. Thomas Patterson 268
Grist Mills .
167
John McNeil 272
Parks and Commons of Manchester 35 Christian Science in Manchester . 39
Postoffice of Manchester 43
Suburban Postoffices . 46
Richard Ayer
188
Witchcraft 284
Origin of the Nutfield Colony
48
Ready Wit 188
Cadwalader Jones 287
Wedding in the Olden Time
54
Indians of the Merrimack 189
First Baptist Church, Derry 288
Family prayer
58
St. Paul's M. E. Church 196
Nutfield Millerites 289
The English Range in Nutfield 59
Stark at Bunker Hill .
293
Roads and Streets of Manchester
63
Ballou - McGregor Genealogy
69 76
87
First Congregational Church of Manchester
88
Three Quarter Mile Range
21 3
Dr. Wallace's Letter of Resignation
89
Town Accounts .
21 7
Dr. Wallace's Farewell Sermon
90
First Frame House
21 7
The Aiken Range
93
The Hovey Family
100
Early Schools and Schoolmasters 22I
Mrs. Scoby
330
Nutfield in the Revolution
103
Pleasant View Cemetery 224
Banks and Banking
346
The First Road
104
On Holland's Map
226
Manchester Bank
347
Leach Library .
105
Our Home Jubilee
IO6
Adams Female Academy
229
Amoskeag Bank
347
Worldly Wisdom
108
Communion Seasons .
108
Diocese of Manchester
109
Sincerity
Bear and the Sawmill .
II2
Records of the Province
II3
Epidemic Diseases
II4
A Chapter of Tragedies
249
The Eternal One II6
Manchester Town House, 1841 252
West Manchester in 1768
253
Mammoth Road
118
A Relic
The Longest Courtship
259
Founders of Londonderry .
123
First Baptist Church, Manchester 260
Manchester Board of Trade
124
The Spectacular . 262
Slavery
134
Making too Much Money 263
Derryfield Savings Bank 351
First Church in Nutfield
136
The First Schoolhouse 266
A Drunkard's Funeral
35 1
Tyng Township . I7
The Old Church at the Centre . 23
Rogers Family
168
Shrievalty of Hillsborough County 273
The Earthquake Shock 274
At the Centennial
184
The Principal Roads in Town 275
Garrison Houses
187
First Birth in Nutfield 278
Funeral Observances of Early Set- tlers 199
John McMurphy Genealogy 203
Stark at Home 3º3
Titulary Litigations
Presbyterian Church, Londonderry 204
208
Molly Stark Cannon 308
It Ca' No' Sp'ak the Words 315
Isaac Dodge and the Bear . 317
About Libraries 319
323
Mrs. Jane M. Wallace 218
Nutfield Ranges and Boundaries . State Industrial School Robert Mack
325
Plain Speaking 99
Raising the First Church 226
Manchester Savings Bank
347
John Moore
230
Amoskeag National Bank 348
Amoskeag Savings Bank 348
Merchants Savings Bank 348
City Bank 348
City Savings Bank 349
Guaranty Savings Bank 349
First National Bank 349
Merrimack River Savings Bank 350
Second National Bank 350
Mechanics Savings Bank
350
The Bank of New England . 35 I
The National Bank of the Con- monwealth 35 1
Graveyard Inscriptions
II7
256
Domestic Animals 1 20
2.40 Horace Greeley's Visit Deer Keepers 2.40
Old Tax Receipt 248
233
Thrift and Sorrow
237
Stark's Patriotism 308
Brown and Burpee
Londonderry Tories .
Bear Hunt of 1807
212
One of the Quaint Entries . 218
329
High Range and Moose Hill
Stark at Bennington 296
Rogers's Slide 168
IO
WILLEY'S BOOK OF NUTFIELD.
Hosley, Hon. John . 176 -
Ferguson, John, M. D. 283
Parsons, William M., M. D. 176 .
Clark, Samuel 284
Dorion, Rev. Thomas A. 180
Johnson, Edward P.
287
Balch, Col. Charles E. 181
Tardivel, Emile H.
184
Pillsbury, Rosecrans W. 20 1
Fradd, Hon. Horatio 292
Locke, Rev. Wm. S.
Whitc, Renben .
188
Sullivan, Roger G. 309
Clough, Ilon. L. B. Perkins, David P.
32
Thurston, James B.
197
Lessard, Rev. Amédée
311
Berry, Mrs. Mary F.
39 Mara, William H. 198
Baldwin, James . 315
Leete, Miss N. A.
41.
Fairbanks, Henry B. .
199
Africa, Walter G.
316
Roby, Mrs. Mary A. .
41
Danforth, Mary S., M. D.
200
Goodwin, Daniel
317
Clough, Mary E.
41
Couch, Jacob S.
201
White, Joseph .
317
Taylor, Ernest .
41
Wadsworth, Capt. David
202
Lane, Col. George W.
318
Clark, Rev. Matthew
53, 55
Hill, Horace A. .
206
Floyd, Charles M.
327
Bailey, J. Warren
55
Parker, Hon. Nathan .
21I
Poor, Wm. M.
327
Pinkerton, Elder John
55
Forsaith, Hiram
212
Patterson, John D.
328
Adams, Ira H., M. D.
56
Wells, Charles, M. D.
218
Kimball, Jason J.
330
Parkinson, Henry
56
Jones, Hon. Jacob F.
223
Clapp, Allen N.
331
Perkins, David Lane .
61
Forsaith, Samuel C.
225
Colburn, Zaccheus
332
Hazelton, Hon. George C. .
72
Fairbanks, Hon. Alfred G. . 228
Hardy, George H.
335
Brown, George H.
87
Crawford, Hon. John G.
238
Johnson, Nathan
336
Burpee, W. E.
87
Wallace, Col. A. C.
239
Colburn, Charles H. .
336
Clapp, Rev. T. Eaton, D. D.
91
Plumer, John
24I
Burnham, Hon. Henry E.
338
Custer, Dr. Emil
92
Clark, Noah S. . 24I
Crossett, Elder Charles R., Jr.
34I
Campbell, Dr. William J.
97
Kidder, Col. John S.
242
O'Dowd, Michael 342
Greeley, Horace .
98
Weston, Alonzo H.
243
Harrington, Patrick
343
Mooar, J. A.
99
Young, D. H.
243
Kerwin, John F.
345
Bartlett, Ezra W.
Heron, William, Jr.
244
Anderson, Carl W.
345
Holland, Denis A.
IO2
Wakefield, George L., M. D.
245
Daniels, Joel
35 2
Leach, David R.
IO6
Kimball, Frank P.
247
Tracy, Alfred
35 2
Sulloway, Hon. Cyrus A.
IO7
McDonnell, B. F.
247
Burnham, Edward J. .
353
Clark, William Parker
108
Brien, Augustus A. E., M. D.
248
Browne, George Waldo
353
Bradley, Rt. Rev. Denis M.
109
Morse, William T.
25I
Fife, John Doe
354
Seavey, George E.
IIO
Wallace, Fred L.
256
Fife, Mary Dorothy
35.5
Baker, Wm. G. .
II2
Cheney, Hon. Person C.
257
McAllister, George Isaac
355
Baker, Rev. O. S.
II3
Briggs, Hon. James F.
258
French, William
356
Goodwin, Henry
II4
Dodge, Clarence M., M. D.
259
Pattee, Dr. Luther 35 7
Currier, Hon. Moody
II5
McAllester, Rev. W. C.
260
Downs, Mrs. Clara L. . 357
Clarke, Hon. Wm. C.
II9
Elliott, W. H. .
262
Daniels, Harriet Eliza
358
Bartlett, Hon. Chas. H.
I2I
Gay, Hon. Alpheus
263
Gray, Mary E. .
359
Knowlton, Hon. E. J.
I22
Ray, Hon. John C.
264
Bragg, Rev. L. D.
359
Hayes, Chas. C.
I26
Branch, Hon. Oliver E.
265
French, Isabella W.
360
Eastman, Herbert W.
I 27
Baldwin, Edwin T.
266
French, Josephine W.
360
Weston, Hon. James A.
I28
Temple, Charles W.
268
Shilvock, Walter H.
360
Blair, Hon. Henry W.
I32
Elliott, Alonzo
269
Herrick, Allan E.
361
McDohald, Rev. William
I45
Gay, R. D.
270
Soule, Henry D.
362
Brown, Dr. Wm. Whitter
I48
Carvelle, Henry DeWolfe, M. D.
27I
Dorion, E. C. E.
362
Clarke, Col. John B. .
153
Healy, Col. Daniel F., and Man- chester Deputies
273
Potter, John
362
Boyd, Alfred
164
McMurphy, Alexander
274
Morrill, Edward P.
362
Reid, Gen. George
165
Guillet, Noel E., M. D.
275
Quimby, Harry M.
362
Wheeler, H. S.
I66
Hale, Arthur H.
276
Butterfield, William M.
364
Rogers, Major Robert
168
Perkins, Wm.
276
Lawson, H. J.
365
Smyth, Hon. Frederick
171
Whittemore, Israel
277
Cavanaugh Brothers
367
Buck, William D., M. D.
I72
Barton, Otis
278
Rogers, John
373
26
Nichols, Rev. J. H.
288
Pike, Rufus HI. 27
Maynard, John Hapgood
28
Wallace, Rev. Cyrus W.
187, 188
Simons, Lewis 32
Hills, Rev. Charles D., D. D. 196
Herrick, Henry W. 309
33
McCrillis, John A.
198
Eaton, Francis B. 312
Watts, Horace P.
33L
Challis, Major Timothy W.
62 Tinglof, Rev. O. G.
227
.
.
362
Clarke, Col. Arthur E.
157
Cox, I. N. .
.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND PORTRAITS.
Moulton, Hon. Mace
II
WILLEY'S BOOK OF NUTFIELD.
OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS.
Union Refugees . 14
Football 14
Checkers up at the Farm 14
Henry Ward Beecher . 14
" Is it so Nominated in the Bond ? " 15
Plan of Tyng Township 18
A Tyng Township Plan 20
:
Concord Street, Manchester, 1885 25
Merrimack Common, from top of Pembroke Block 35
Plan of Derryfield Park 36
Plan of Stark Park 37
South Main Street Bridge . 38
Mount St. Mary's Academy 104
St. Patrick's Orphanage for Girls 104
Clerks at Manchester Postoffice 42
Postoffice, Manchester 42
Daniel W. Lane
43
Joseph L. Stevens 47
John R. Willis 44
Josiah G. Dearborn 45
Joel Taylor
Officials in Manchester Postoffice
Carriers at Manchester Postoffice
47
View of Manchester, looking East from the Top of the Ken- nard
I35
North
49
Rev. Edward L. Parker I37
Londonderry, Ireland, from the South
49
Main Street, East Derry, Winter Scene I4I
143 Kennard Building, Manchester . Mrs. Mary J. Tenney, Gen. Stark's Granddaughter I45
City Library, Manchester 147
Clark & Kimball Flats, Chestnut Street 154
Col. Arthur E. Clarke's Residence 158
Map of the Eayers Range .
160
Potato Field, Derry 162
Henry S. Wheeler's House, Derry I66
Stark Running the Gauntlet .
300
Catamount Tavern, Bennington, Vt. .
300
Hessian Soldiers . 302
Home of Gen. Stark, Manchester 304
Presbyterian Church, London- John Stark 305
Equestrian Statue of Stark . 306
Stark's Birthplace, Derry 307 Statuette of Stark 307
The Molly Stark Cannon .
308
Mrs. Betsy (Coburn) Annis 215
Mrs. Sarah (Coburn) Morrison 215
Elm Street, Manchester, looking South 216
McGregor Bridge, Manchester .
222
Lowell Street, 1885 . 226
Proposed Swedish Mission Church 227
Soldiers' Monument, Manchester . 230
81 Map of portion of the High Range and Moose Hill 234
Schoolhouse in District No 1, Londonderry . 236
Court House, Manchester .
237
Col. A. C. Wallace and Lumber- men 239
Weston Terrace, corner Lowell and Chestnut Streets 246
The Crispeen House, Londonderry 96 Old Tax Receipt 248
Elm Street, looking North 250
Old Town House, Manchester 252
Location of Old Ferries and Highways of West Manchester in 1768 . 254
Ladies' Parlor, I. O. O. F. Hall,
Derry Depot . 255
Landing of the Norsemen 280
Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman 281
Second Framed House in Nutfield 281
Grave of General Stark 281 The Returned Volunteer 281 . Roger G. Sullivan's Residence . First Baptist Church and Parson- age, Derry Depot 288
R. W. Pillsbury's Residence, Lon- donderry 29I
Plan of the Battle of Bunker Hill 294
Stark at Bunker Hill 295
Stark at Bennington .
.
Bennington Battle Ground and Vicinity . 297
Old Constitution House, Windsor, Vt. . 297
First Meeting-house in Vermont . 298
Bennington Battle Monument 299
Dr. Adams's Residence, Derry Depot
56
Rogers's Slide, Lake George 169
The Waterman Place, East Derry I 70
58 Amoskeag Falls . 190 Home of Elizabeth B. Stark, Man- chester 301
Merrimack River, below Amos-
60 keag Falls 192
Police Station, Manchester . 194
61
McGregor Coat of Arms 70
derry 205
First Framed House in Nutfield . 71
Gun used by Rev. James Mc- gregor
71
Crystal Avenue, Derry Depot, '94 77 Lincoln 80
The Charity Patient 81
" Why don't you speak for your- self, John ?” 81
Home of John Rogers, New Ca- naan, Conn. 81
Taking the Oath and Drawing
Rations
Broadway, Derry Depot, looking East, 1894 84
Broadway, Derry Depot, looking West, 1894 85
86
Birch Street, Derry Depot, 1894 . First Congregational Church, erected 1839 89
Map of the Aikens Range 94
Residence of Bishop Bradley 104
George E. Seavey's Residence III
Home of Mrs. Mary J. Tenney,
Gen. Stark's Granddaughter II7
City Hall, Manchester I20
Government Building, Manchester 127
The Weston Residence
I28
View of Derry Village I39
Walker's Monument, London-
derry, Ireland 50
Ship Quay Street 50
The Diamond 5 I
296
Enniskillen 5 I
The First Sermon in Nutfield 52
George W. Kimball's Residence, North Londonderry 54
Charles McAllister's Residence, Londonderry
55
W. P. Mack's Residence, London- derry
Map of the English Range in Nutfield
Beaver Pond, or Tsienneto Lake, Derry
County Jail, Manchester 206
Map of the Three Quarter Mile Range 214
Eim Street, Manchester, next day after the Big Storm, March 12. ISSS 321 .
Map of the Nutfield Ranges and Boundaries 324
286
Londonderry, Ireland, from the
45 46
Birthplace of Horace Greeley, Amherst, N. H. 4I St. Joseph's Orphanage for Boys 104 St. Joseph's Cathedral IIO
12
WILLEY'S BOOK OF NUTFIELD.
State Industrial School, Manchester 325 C. M. Floyd's Clothing Store, Manchester 326 . The Patterson Homestead, Lon- donderry 320
Store of Cushman & Hardy Com- pany 335
Manchester Board of Trade Off- cers 340
Rev. Francis S. Bacon 34!
Patrick Harrington's Residence, Manchester
343
New City Hotel . 344
Fred Cotton 344
Willey's Historic Chamber . 370
Carl W. Anderson's Jewelry Store 341 Rip Van Winkle at Home . 372
" Fighting Bob " 372
Rip Van Winkle and the Gnome 372
Harrington Building, Manchester 343 Rip Van Winkle returned . 372
. ..
UNION REFUGEES. In Manchester Art Gallery.
FOOTBALL
FOOTBALL. In Manchester Art Gallery.
CHECKERS
CHECKERS UP AT THE FARM. In Manchester Art Gallery.
HENRY WARD BEECHER. In Manchester Art Gallery.
IS IT SO NOMINATED IN THE BONDE"
"IS IT SO NOMINATED IN THE BOND? " In Manchester Art Gallery.
TYNG TOWNSHIP.
VEN at this not very distant day few compre- allied tribes of red men. In 1662 Passaconnaway petitioned to the general court of Massachusetts for a grant of land along the Merrimack for him- sclf and people, the following being a copy of the document that is still sacredly preserved in the archives of that state :
E hend the difficulties encountered by the early settlers of the Merrimack valley in securing grants for their townships, and the efforts it often re- quired to carry out the conditions of those eon- veyances. The boundary between the provinces of Massachusetts and New Hampshire was a disputed line. This difference had arisen largely from a misconception at the outset of the course followed by the river, it being. the current belief that the Merrimack rose in the west and flowed due east its entire length as it does from Draeut to its mouth. Another source of trouble arose from the slack methods of survey. It was the rule rather than the exception for the surveyor " to carry one for every ten rods," which alone, coupled with indifferent measurement, could but cause mistakes and misunderstandings, as the surveys always called for more land than could be held. Another cause of annoyance to the inhabi- tants of New Hampshire was the grasping policy of the Puritans of the lower colony. These last claimed at one time by their charter a strip of New Hampshire territory three 'miles wide following the east bank of the Merrimack as far as three miles north of the outlet of Lake Winnipesauke.
Owing to the value of its fisheries the country about Namaske Falls, as Amoskeag was then ealled, and that bordering upon the banks of the Merrimack for several miles below, was always eagerly sought for by the early settlers, as it had been by the Indians before them. So it was claimed and counter-elaimed, but never properly granted to any one, if we except the title given to him who was its rightful owner, and who had known it as the heart of his wildwood empire at the zenith of his reign over the Pennacooks and
To the hon'd John Endicot Esq' Govmr : together with the. rest of the hon'd Generall court now assembled in Boston. the petition of Papisseconnewa in the behalfe of him selfe. as also of many other indians who were for a longe time themselves and their progenitors seated upon a tract of land named Noticot, and is now in the possession of Mr. William Brenton of Rode Iland marchante ; and is now confirmed to the said Mr. Brenton to him his heirs & assigns according to the lawes of this Juris- diction, by reason of which tract of land being taken as afore- saide, & throwing your poor petitioner with many others in an unsettled condition, & must be forced in a short time to remove to sum other place. the humble request of yr poor petitioner is that this hon'd Court would please to grant unto us a parcel of land for our comfortable situation, to be stated for our enjoyment, as also for the comfort of these after us : as also that this honrd court would please to take into your serious and pious consideration the condition and also the request of your poor suppliantes, & to appoint two or three persons as a com- mittee to assist the same sum one or two indians to view & determine on some place and to lay out ye same. Not further to trouble this hond assembly, humby craving an expected answer this present session, I shall still remain y' Humble Ser- vante whom ye shall comande. PAPISSECONEWA.
Boston : 9 : 3 mo. 1662.
In ans' to this petition the magistrates' judge meete to Graunt unto Papisseconeway and his men or Associates about Natticott above Mr. Brentons land where it is free a mile & a halfe on either side Merrimack river in breadth & 3 miles on either side in length provided he nor they doe not alienate any part of this Graunt without leave and license from this court first obtained if their brethren the deputys consent hereto.
9 may, 1662. EDWARD RAWSON.
consented to by the deputyes.
WILLIAM TORREY, clerc.
3
17
18
WILLEY'S BOOK OF NUTFIELD.
According to the order of the Hon'd Generall Court, ther is laid out unto the indians, papisseconeway & his associates, the inhabitance of Naticott, three miles square, or so much (rather) as contains it in the figure of a rhomboide, upon merrimack riv', beginning at the head of Mr. Brintons land at Naticott, on the east side of the riv', & then it joyneth to his line, which lines runnes halfe against North ward of the East, it lyeth one mile & halfe wide on each side of ye Riv', and some what better, and runnes three miles up the Riv'; the Northern line on the East side of the Riv' is bounded by a brook (called by ye indians) Suskayquetuck, right against the falls in the riv' Pokechuous. the end lines on both sides of the riv' are paralelle ; the side line on the east side of the riv' runnes halfe a point eastward of the No : No : cast, and the side line on the west side of the riv" runnes Northeast and by North, all which is sufficiently bounded and marked with. also ther is two smale islands in the Riv', part of which, the lower end line cutts crosse, one of which Papisseconeway have lived upon & planted a long time & a smale patch of intervaile land, on the west side of the Riv', anent and a little below ye Islands, by estemation about forty
made to one whose people had held it as their fishing and planting ground for unnumbered years! Naticott being one of the forms of the Indian name for that land now embraced in Litchfield, the southern boundary of this grant was near the northern line of that town at the present day, and extended three miles up the river. There is no record to show that it was of little if any benefit to the aged saehem.
Finding that no satisfactory settlement rela- tive to the line between the provinecs could be reached, New Hampshire began to grant territory, portions of which were elaimed by Massachusetts, among such grants being those of Bow and Can- terbury in 1727. That very year Major Ephraim Hildreth, Captain John Shepley, and others, who had been soldiers under Capt. William Tyng of
Great Massopisech Pond
Suncook line 3 Miles Boo Perch.
Greap of stones
Great Cohay Brook
5
Scale of 150 rody to an Inch
WHITE OAK
Merrimack River
PINE TREE
Amakenqc H:
Namaskeag Falls
accres, which joyneth to their land and to Sauhegon Riv', which the indians have planted (much of it) a long time, & considering there is very little good land in that which is Now laid out unto them, the indians do earnestly request this Hon'd Court to grant these two smale islands & ye patch of intervaile, as it is bounded by ye Hills. This land was laid out 27. 3 mo. 1663. By John Parks & Jonathan Danforth, Surveyors.
This was done by us and at our chrge wholly, at the request of the indians. It was important, and as we are informed by the order of this Hond Court, respecting ourselves, hence we humbly request this Hond Generall court (if our services be acceptable) that they should take order we may be compensted for the same. So shall we remain your humble servants as Before.
The expense bill of the surveyors, amounting to nearly eleven pounds, was allowed, and there eloses the record of the first grant of land made in what is now the territory of Manchester, and
Dunstable, and who, as their petition showed, had "in the year 1703, raised a company of volunteers in the winter season to go in quest of the Indian Enemy, and had performed a difficult mareh on show shoes as far as Winnipissioke Lake and killed six of the Enemy," asked of the Massachu- setts legislature a grant of land known as Harry- town for the benefit of these soldiers or their heirs. This petition was ignored, but another dated Dee. 13, 1734, received a favorable response, as follows :
In the House of Representative, December 13, 1734.
Read and Ordered that the P's have Leave by a Surveyor and Chainmen on Oath to Survey and lay out between the Township of Litchfield and Suncook or Lovewell's Towne, on the east side of Merrimack River (A) the quantity of six miles square of land, Exclusive of Robert Rand's grant, and the three farms pitched upon by the Honr'ble Sam'l Thaxter, Jno. Turner,
Coutbut degrees East 1 40 Perch Eywich field Line
19
WILLEY'S BOOK OF NUTFIELD.
and Will™ Dudley, Esqr., to satisfie their grants and also exclu- sive of Two hundred acres of Land at the most Convenient place at Namaskeeg Falls, which is hereby Reserved for publick use and benefit of the Inhabitants of the province, for Taking and curing Fish There, and that they return a plat thereof to this Court within twelve months, for Confirmation to the Pts and Their associates, their heirs and assigns Respectively. Provided the Grantees do settle the above Said Tract with Sixty Families, within Four years from the Confirmation of the Plat, each family to have an house of Eighteen feet square and Seven feet stud at ye least and four acres brought to & Plowed or Stocked with English Grass, & fitted for mowing, and also to Lay out three Lots with the others, one for the first Minister, one for the Ministry, and one for the School, and within said term Settle a Learned orthodox Minister and Build a convenient House for the public Worship of God, and whereas Divers of ye Persons for whose merit this Grant is made are Deceased, it is further ordered the Grant shall be and belong to Some of his male Descendants wherein Preference shall be given to the eldest Son (B) and Further it is Ordered that those persons shares in this grant shall revert to the province who shall not perform the condition of sd Grant as above.
Sent up for concurrence,
J. QUINCY, Speaker.
In Council, Dec. 14th 1734. Read & Non concurred.
J. WILLARD, Sec'y.
In Council April 17th 1735, Read & Reconsidered, and Concurred with the amendments (A) To Extend three miles Eastward from the said River conformable to the Settlement of the Divisional Line between this province & the province of New Hampshire, made by order of King Charls the Second in Council in the twenty-ninth Year of his Reign, Anno Dom. 1677.
(B) To be admitted by a Committee of this Court who shall take care that Bonds be given for their Respective per- formance of the Condition of this Grant to the Treasurer of ye Province, to the Vallue of Twenty Pounds at Least by each Grantee, as well as by such as personally appear by those Who are the Descendants as above said, who may appear by their Guardian or next Friend, & ordered that Will" Dudley, Esq., with such others as shall be joyn'd by the Hon'ble House of Representative be the Comtee for the purposes within mentioned.
Sent Down for concurrence.
J. WILLARD, Sec'y.
In the House of Representatives April 17, 1735- Read & Concurred, & Col. Prescott, & Capt. Thomson are Joyned in the affair.
J. QUINCY, Speaker.
18th, Consented to
J. BELCHER.
A true copy Examined pr. THAD MASON.
Captain Joseph Blanchard of Dunstable made the survey, and the court acting favorably upon his return, the grant was closed. The new township was named in honor of Captain Tyng, and it will be seen that it embraced much of the
territory included in the grant made to Passacon- naway nearly three fourths of a century before. Among the records of the new township we find the following interesting proceedings :
Notification is hereby given to the grantees of the tract of land between Suncook and Litchfield on the east side of Merri- mack river that thay assemble at the house of Coll. Jonas Clark of Chelmsford on the 20th of May Next by ten o'clock forenoon in Order that thay make out their title thereto and that thay were in the march under the late Capt. Tyng and come prepared to Enter into Bond to fullfill the terms of the Grant accordingly. WM. DUDLEY by Order of ye Comtec.
Fourteen days before the day of the meeting above men- tioned whereof fail not and have you this warrant wth during therein. At the meeting abouerd Given under my hand and Seal. At Groton in Pr County the Twenty fifth day of April in the eaight year of his Majesties Reign.
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