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Samuel Miller,
John Mclaughlin,
William Moor,
William Kennedy,
John Riddell,
Fergus Kennedy,
Thomas Vickere,
John Burns,
Matthew Little,
Gerard Rowen,
James Moor,
John McQuige,
John Tom,
Patrick Taggart,
James Kennedy,
John Goffe,
Robert Gilmoor,
John Orr,
Richard McAllister,
John Moorehead,
James Walker,
James Little,
John Bell,
Robert Gilmoor, Senior,
John Mclaughlin, Senior,
David Thompson,
Thomas Chandler,
James McKnight,
John McDugle,
Hugh Riddell,
Samuel Patten,
Daniel Moor,
Alexander Walker,
John Clark,
Gan Riddell,
Robert Walker,
Benjamin Smith,
Matthew Patten.
These are to certify, that we, the above subscribers, do commission John Goffe, Esq., and Mr. Samuel Patten, to present this petition, i order to obtain incorporation for us, according to their instruction from us, the subscribers.
(Dated,) May 10,. 1750.
JAMES LITTLE, Clerk.
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Province of New Hampshire.
GEORGE THE SECOND, by the Grace of God, of Great Brittain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c.
To all to whom these Presents shall Come, (L. S.)
Greeting :-
Whereas, Our Loyal Subjicks, Inhabitants of a Tract of Land, within Our Province of New Hampshire, aforesaid, Lying At or near A Place called Sow-Hegon, on the West side of the River Merri- mack, Have Humbly Petitioned and Requested to Us, That they may be Encted and Incorporated into A Township, and Infranchized with the same Powers and Privileges which other Towns, within Our sd Province, and Law Have and Enjoy, and it appearing to Us, to be Conducive to the General good of Our said Province, as well as of the Inhabitants in Particular, By maintaining good Order, and Encouraging the Culture of the Land, that the same should be done, Know Ye, Therefore, That We, of our Especial Grace, certain Knowledge, and for the Encouragement and Promoting the good Purposes and Ends aforesaid, By and with the Advice of Our Trusty and well beloved Benning Wentworth, Esq., Our Governour and Commander In Chief, And of Our Council for sd Province of New Hampshire, Have Encted and Ordained, And by these Presents, for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, Do will and Ordain that The Inhabit- ants of a Tract of Land, aforesaid, Or that shall Inhabit and Improve thereon hereafter, Butted and Bounded, as follows, (Viz :) Begining at a place three Miles North from the Bridge over Sow-Hegon River, at John Chamberlain's House, and thence to Run East, by the Needle, to Merrimack River, to a Stake and Stones, and to extend that Line West, until it Intersect a Line Known by the name of the West Line of Sow-Hegon East, and from thence to Run North, Two Degrees West, about three Miles and an half to a Beach Tree, marked, called Sow-Hegan West, North East corner, thence South, Eighty Eight degrees West, by an old Line of marked Trees to a Chestnut Tree, marked, from thence North, Two Degrees West, Two miles, to an Hemlock Tree, marked, called the North West Corner of said Sow-Hegon East, thence East, by the Needle to Merrimack River, to a Stake and Stones, thence Southerly, as Merrimack River runs, to the Stake and Stones first mentioned. And by these Pres- ents, are Declared to be a Town Corporate, and are hereby Encted and Incorporated into a Body Pollitick and a Corporation, to have Continuance forever, by the Name of Bedford, with all the Powers and Authorities, Priviledges, Immunities, and Infranchizes, to them the said Inhabitants, and their Successors for Ever, Always reserving to us, Our Heirs and Successors, All White Pine Trees growing and being, Or that shall hereafter Grow and be, on the sd Tract of Land, fit for the Use of Our Royal Navy, reserving also the power Of dividing the sd Town, to Us, Our Heirs and Successors, when it shall
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appear Necessary and Convenient for the Benefit of the Inhabitants thereof. It is to be understood, and is accordingly Hereby Declared, that the private Property of the Soil is in no manner of way to be affected by this Charter. And as the several Towns, within Our said Province of New Hampshire, are by the Laws thereof, Enabled and Authorized to Assemble, and by the Majority of Votes to Choose all such Officers as are mentioned In the said Laws, We do by these Presents, Nominate and Appoint John Goffe, Esq., to Call the first Meeting of the said Inhabitants, to be held within the sd Town, at any time within thirty days from the Date hereof, Giving Legal Notice of the Time, Place and design of Holding such Meeting; After which, the Annual Meeting in sd Town, shall be held for the Choice of Town Officers, &c., for ever, on the last Wednesday in March, annually.
In Testimony Whereof, We have caused the Seal of Our sd Pro- vince to be hereunto affixed. Witness, Benning Wentworth, Esq., Our Governour and Commander In Chief of Our sd Province, the nineteenth Day of May, In the Year of Our Lord Christ, One thou- sand Seven hundred and Fifty. B. WENTWORTH.
By His Excellency's Command,
with Advice of Council.
THEODORE ATKINSON, Secretary.
Prov. of N. Hamps.
Entered and recorded in the book for Charters, the 21st day of May, 1750.
PER THEODORE ATKINSON, Secretary.
GEORGE, THE SECOND, By the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King Defender of the Faith, &c.
To all to whom these Presents shall come, (L. S.)
Greeting :-
WHEREAS, by our Charter, bearing Date the second Day of April, in the year of our Lord Christ, one Thousand seven Hundred and Forty-six, and in the nineteenth year of his Present Majesty's Reign, We did Incorporate a Certain Town in our said Province, by the Name of Merrymac, by such Boundaries, with such Priviledges, and under such Limitations, as are Expressed in the said Charter, the Quantity of Land Therein being About Eight Thousand Acres. And Whereas, the Inhabitants Thereof have Lately represented to Us, that the said Land is very mean and ordinary, and Therefore Inca- pable of supporting such a number of Inhabitants, as will enable them to support the Charge of a Town, Without a Further Addition of Land and Inhabitants. Wherefore, they Humbly Pray that an addition may be made to the Town of Merrymac, on the northerly
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side Thereof, of a Tract of Land of about three miles in Breadth, and about four miles and an half in Length, which being tho't for the benefit of our said subjects, and for the Mutual advantage of The Whole Inhabitants, We Do by These Presents, By and with the advice of our Trusty and well Beloved Benning Wentworth, Esq., our Governor and Commander-in-Chieff and of our Council for said Province of New Hampshire, Will ordain, that a Certain Tract of Land, in Breadth about three miles, and in Length about four miles and a half, Bounded as follows, (Viz:) Beginning at a Place three miles North of the Bridge over Souhegan River, at John Chamber- lin's house, and from Thence to Run East by the needle to Merry- mac River, and to extend that Line West, from the place Three miles north from the Bridge aforesaid, until it intersects a line on a point north by the needle, from the Northwest Corner Bound of the Town of Merrymac, Therefore, Incorporated to Bound Westerly on that line, and on Merrimac River Easterly, and on Souhegan River southerly, shall, and hereby is, annexed to, and united with the said Town of Merrymac, with all the Inhabitants that are or shall be thereon, and that the same shall be, and hereby is, Incorporated with the said Town, with the respective Inhabitants that are, or shall be, on each of the afors'd Parcells of land, and is hereby Declared to be one Intire Corporation or Body Politick, by the Name of Merrymac, to Go in succession forever, with all the Priviliges, Powers, Fran- chizes and Imunities that any other Town Within this Province, has, holds, or enjoys by Law, Excepting as hereafter Excepted :
To Have and to Hold to the sd Inhabitants, and their successors, forever, only hereby Reserving All White pine trees that are Grow- ing, or shall hereafter Grow thereon, to his Majesty's use ; Reserving also, the Power of Dividing the sd Town, when it shall be tho't nec- essary, to us or to our successors, forever, In Testimony Whereof, We Have caus'd the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto Affixed. Witness, Benning Wentworth, Esq., our Governor and Commander-in-Chief of our said Province, the first day of June, and the twenty-third year of His Majesty's Reign, Anno Domini, one Thousand seven Hundred and fifty.
By His Excellency's Command, with the advice of the Council,
B. WENTWORTH.
THEODORE ATKINSON, Secretary.
Province of New Hampshire.
Entered and Recorded in the book of Charters, the 5th day of June, 1750.
THEODORE ATKINSON, Secretary.
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Province of New Hampshire.
By the Hon. John Wentworth, Esqr., Surveyor General of all and singular, His Majesty's Woods, within all and every His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations on the Continent of America.
To SAMUEL BLODGET, of Goffstown, in the said province, (L. S.) Esq. :
WHEREAS, His Majesty, by his royal Commission, dated the 16th day of July, 1766, hath been graciously pleased to appoint me Sur- veyor General of all his Majesty's woods in North America, with power to appoint deputies and under officers to carry the said ser- vice effectually into execution :
I do, therefore, by virtue of Authority vested in me by said com- mission, appoint and depute you, the said Samuel Blodget, to be one of my assistant deputies, to preserve the King's woods from trespass or waste, and to put in execution all the acts of Parliament, and Statutes enacted for that purpose, and to do and perform all acts and things whatsoever, to the said office appertaining, in the following Districts, viz :- Goffstown, Bedford, Weare, Pembroke, Allenstown, Bow, Dunbarton, Merrimac, Amherst, Litchfield, Chester, Concord, Boscawen, Hopkinton, New Boston, Sanbornton, New Salisbury, Canterbury, Methuen, Wilton, Peterborough, Temple, Plymouth, New Chester, Alexandria, New Britain, Meredith, Lyndborough, Henneker, New Amesbury and Cambden, all in the aforesaid Pro- vince ; and also, Haverhill, Andover, Dracut, Chelmsford and Ips- wich, in the Province of Mass. Bay; Hereby authorising and requiring you, the said Sam. Blodget, to forbid and prevent, by all lawful means, the violation of said acts, and to seize and Mark for his Majesty's use, all pine timber that you may find cut and hauled from the King's woods, without license first had and obtained from me, and all offenders as aforesaid, to prosecute and punish, as to law and justice appertains. And you, the said Sam. Blodget, are hereby required to return to me an exact account of your proceedings herein, quarterly, from this date, or oftener, if occasion shall require, and for your encouragement to exert yourself with diligence and fidelity in the duties of the said office, you will receive such compen- sation for your services as your merit shall appear to me to deserve, out of the fines and forfeitures only, that may acrue or be levied by your means. This warrant to be in force during pleasure only. Given under my hand and seal, at Portsmouth, the 11th day of Februray, 1772.
J. WENTWORTH.
SAMUEL BLODGETT, EsQ. :
To be Assistant Deputy Surveyor of the woods.
In accordance with the terms of the charter granted May 19, 1750, Colonel Goffe was instructed to call a meeting of the inhabitants for the purpose of electing officers and of doing other acts and transact-
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ing other business such as towns may lawfully transact. They so met and organized, as appears elsewhere, and continued to hold annual meetings. But it was not until 1763 that the proprietors of the lands, in their capacity as proprietors, were called together in Bedford.
Up to that time their meetings had been held in Boston. After that, so long as there is any record, their meetings were held in Bed- ford.1 By the terms of the call for the meeting we are forced to the inference that title to the land of the town had been gradually pass- ing from the various individuals in the Massachusetts towns who had received it from the Massachusetts government into the hands of the settlers who were actually on the land, during the years from 1733 to 1763, until by the latter date the actual settlers outnumbered the non-resident owners.
The call is appended, and it is noticeable that "part of the town of Merrimack " is included with "Souhegan East or Narragansett Township No. 5, alias Bedford." This must refer to the strip three miles wide and four and one half miles long extending to a line drawn east and west through "a point three miles north of the bridge over the Souhegan river at John Chamberlain's house."
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, WhereAs, Applycation hath this day been made to me, the subscribers, one of His Majesties Justices of the Peace of said Province, by the owners and proprietors of more than one-sixteenth part of the township of Souhegan-East, or Narraganset township No. 5, alias Bedford, and part of the town of
1 Proprietors Petition from Provincial Papers, Vol. 9.
To His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esqr GOVr &c These Honbl these Majesties Councel And house of Represeves in General assembly Convened at Portsmouth the 13th day of July 1756, the Inhabitants of the town of Bedford in the province of New Hampshire Most Humbly Sheweth
That the Proprietors of Narragansett Township No 5 Alias Bedford and part of Merrymac have not had a proprs meeting for several years and that the clerk of said propriety has been Dead some space of time and there is no Commitee in the pro- priety to Call proprietors meetings These Consequences whereof tend much to your petitioners Damage
'That there was Land Reserved by the proprs in their Survey of the said town for highways and inasmuch as roads Cannot be made on all the said land so reserved we are obliged to Lay out roads Elsewhere and for want of a proprs meeting Legally Called The power of Disposal of said reserved land Cannot be given to the town which if it were we might change with those persons who have their land Cut in town roads who ought to have a proper Satisfaction for their land so vacant and would thereby prevent the town paying a Considerable of money yearly
Wherefore we pray that your Excellency and honrs would take the premises in consideration and Grant us an order to Call a proprs meeting of Narragansett town- ship No five and your petitioners shall ever pray
(Signed) Mathw Patten
By vote of the town
In council July 15, 1756
Read & ordered to be sent Down to the Honble House
(Signed) THEODORE ATKINSON Secy
This petition being read, ordered that it be Dismissed (Signed) A. CLARKSEN, Clerk
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Merrimack, in the Province aforesaid, to call a meeting of said own- ers and Proprietors, THIS is, therefore, to NOTIFY and WARN all the owners and proprietors of the township aforesaid to meet at the house of Mr. James Walker on Tuesday, the 26th day of April, instant, at 12 o'clock, at noon, to act and vote on the following articles, viz :
1. To choose a Moderator.
2. A Proprietors' Clerk, and to empower him to demand and receive the Proprietors' Books, papers and plan, and to sue for the same if the person or persons in whose hands they are shall refuse to deliver the same.
3. To agree on a method to call Proprietors' Meeting for the future, before April 2, 1763.
(Signed) JOHN GOFFE.
N. B. The above meeting was to have been held the 24th day of last January, at the above place, but by reason of the difficulty of travelling the proprietors could not be notified.
A true record.
MATTHEW PATTEN, Proprietors' Clerk.
No difficulty was had in obtaining the proprietors' book and plan. Deacon Jonathan Williams, of Boston, wrote to Matthew Patten, the new proprietors' clerk, that he would willingly surrender them, and so Mr. Patten was instructed "to go and get them at the pro- prietors' expense."
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The Proprietors' Records.
The original Record Book of the Proprietors has been in the custody of the clerk of the town for several years. Its contents are of so much interest in connection with the early history of the community that a complete copy is here given, except that the lots have been uniformly reduced in scale one half, that the larger might be brought within the printed page. It will be noticed that there is no record of meetings from 1748 to 1763. A petition given in the previous chapter shows that in 1756 there had been no meeting for several years, that the office of clerk had been vacant for some time by reason of death, and there was no one with authority to call a meeting, urgent need for which, it was represented, existed. If any meetings were held later than this record shows, it is not known at this late date.
The last record made therein, is signed Matthew Patten, clerk. In the warrant for the annual town-meeting for 1827, there was an article "To see if the town will pay David Patten, Esq., his claim against the Proprietors of this town for services as clerk, that the records of said Proprietors may be lodged in the Town Clerk's office." This would indicate either that David Patten had succeeded Matthew as clerk, or that acting as his father's legal representative, he was endeavoring to collect something due for services ; also that the Town was desirous of securing the records for preservation.
The article was "dismissed," but at a special town-meeting in April of the same year, Thomas Chandler (then senator from Dis- trict No. 3) and Ebenezer French (representative) were appointed a committee for the town " to petition the legislature [for ] authority to call a meeting of the Proprietors of Bedford, and that part of Merrimack, known as Narragansett No. 5, to choose a clerk and dispose of the Proprietary Records."
Senator Chandler offered the petition in the senate June 18, 1827, but it is not to be found among the manuscript of the session in the office of the secretary of state. The petition was referred
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to the judiciary committee. On June 21, "in relation to said peti- tion," Mr. Plumer of that committee reported a bill entitled "An act relating to Proprietary matters," which was read twice by unan- imous consent and then passed without delay. It was through it, undoubtedly, that the town secured undisputed possession.
The act provided :
That it shall be the duty of every person in this state, not being a Proprietor's clerk, nor being the clerk of any town, having in his or her possession the proprietary records or any part thereof, of any town in this state, so connected with the proprietary records of any other town or place that they cannot be separated therefrom with- out injury, to deposit all such records, either in the office of the town clerk of some of the towns first incorporated, to which such records may relate, or in the office of the Secretary of State,1 within three months after the passage of this act, or within three months from the time such records may hereafter come to his or her posses- sion, on penalty of forfeiting the sum of $100, to the use of any person who may sue for the same, to be recovered in an action of debt.
BOSTON June 6th 1733 two clock in the Afternoon at a meeting of the Narraganset grantees meet by Adjournment in ye Common of the Town of Boston.
Voted that the grantees alowed by the General Court amounting to the number of Eight hundred and forty in the wholl be Divided into Seven distinct Societies each Society to consist of one hundred and Twenty of the Said Grantees which Society shall be Jntitled to one of the Townships granted to the Narraganset Soldiers &c:
That one of the Said Societys shall Consist mostly of the Propritors belonging to the Town of Boston Roxbury Dorchester. Milton Brantree. Waymoth. Hingham Dedham. Stoughton. Brookline. Neadham. Hull Medfield Scituate Newpoart New London Provi- dence
Voted that Con." Thomas Foylston Mr Jonothan Williams and Capt Joseph Ruggels be A Committee for ye Said Society
Voted that each of 'ye Several Committees for the Respective Societies now chosen be directed and Jmpowered to take A List of the Society for which they are Appointed and to Joyn with the Other Committees in Afsigning the Towns to each Society &ac and also to Afsemble the Grantees of their Respective Societys to Chuse a Clerk and Committees from time to time to manage and Transact any affairs that may be thought needful and make such rules and Orders as may be Proper and for the benefit of the Society and bringing forward the Settlement of the Township that shall be afsigned them as aforeSaid.
Voted that any two of the Committee for each Society be Jmpow
1 The depositary designated by an act of 1826.
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ered to Act or transact any affair for ye good of the Society they are chosen for
Voted that all Past and the Present Charges of this meeting be Paid by the wholl Society.
Voted that the Report of the Committee chosen Yesterday (to examin the late Committees accounts and all former accounts) be excepted and the Money Due being One Hundred and Thurty nine Pounds eleven Shillings and eight Pence be Paid Accordingly to the Severial Persons to whom it is Due
Voted that Deacon Jona Williams of Boston be Treasurer of the wholl Narraganset Society or grantees and it is further Ordered and Voted that the Severial Societies Pay their Propotinable Part of the one hundred and thurty nine Pounds eleven Shillings and eight Pence (Due from ye wholl Society) to Deacon Jonathan Williams of Boston Treasuer and by him to be Repayd to the late Committee to whom it is Due to Discharge ye Said Debt
Voted that ye Charges of this meeting being seven Pounds ten Shillings and Six Pence be Paid by the Severial Societies to the Treasuer in the same method that the Other Debts are to be Paid in
An Abstract from ye Vots of the Narraganset grantees Past by them at their meeting on 6th and 7th June 1733 Attest Sam11: Kneeland Cle: to ye grantees Boston Octb": 17th : 1733 the Seven Committees of ye Narraganset grantees met at Boston and agread to call ye Towns granted them Number one. two. and on to Seven and Voted that the Towns be asigned as by lot they ware Drawn Viz to Con11. Thomas Tilston and Company No five Sowheagan East
An Abstract from ye Vots of ye Comtts : meeting
Attest Sam" Kneeland Cle : to the grantees A List of the Narragansett grantees for the Town Number Five
Boston His Excellency JONATHAN BELCHER Esqr for his Father Andrew Belcher Esq"
William Clark Esqr for ye Heirs of Doct" John Clark
The Heirs of Richard Way
William Dinsdell for his Father William
Sarah Warren for hur Husband
Benjamen Swain for his Father Henry
Jsaac Prince's Heirs
The Heirs of Doct" John Cuttler
The Heirs of Benja Williams
Daniel Allin for his Father Nicolas
The Heirs of Henry Timberlake
The Heirs of Jeremiah Tay
The Heirs of Thomas Weymoth
The Heirs of John Arrnold
Sam11: Kneeland for his Grandfather Sam" : Polard
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Benja Bicknerd for his Father Sam" : The Heirs of Jacob Grigs John Gridley for his Father Joseph John Nelson Alive
Peres Savages Heirs James Lendals Heirs Thomas Plimblys Heirs
John Gridley for his Grandfather John Mors
John Ruggles for his Father Ruggles
Sam" Kneeland for John Friscot
Rebekah Hannan for hur Father Daniel Mathewes
Benja : Dyer for his Father Benja Dyer
Edward Ting for his Father Edward Ting
John Leach for his Father John Leach
John Chamberlan for his Father Henry
Benja Landon for his Father David John Lain for his Father Joshua
Rebeckah Foster for hur Father Edward Weden
Sarah Perkins for Joshua Hewes
Thomas Daws for his Father Ambros
Zachariah Gurney Alive
Addington Davenport Esq" for his Uncle Capt Daven- port
Thomas Hunt Alive
X Joseph Wadsworth Esq' for his Father Capt Wadsworth Owen Harris for his Wifes Father Petter Bennet Simon Rogers for his Father Gamaliel John Tuckerman Alive
Richard Bill for his Father Richard
William Hacy for his Grandfather William
John Richards for his Father John
Jonathan Williams for his Wifes Father Capt Mandsley William Manley Alive John Mears Alive
Ephraim Moor for his Father Caleb
Daniel Oliver Esqr for his Uncle Capt James Oliver Hugh Calder for his Wifes Father John Hands Thomas
& John Simkins for his Father Pilgrim
Nath11. Goodwin for his Father John
Thomas Beedle for his Father Thomas Moses Ayers for his Father George Ripley
X John Moors for his Father Thomas X Thomas Barnard for his Father Thomas
Roxbury John Wilson for his Wifes Father Joseph Goad Paul Dudley Esq" for Joseph Dudley Esq" Henry Wilson for his Father Paul Wilson Caleb Stedman for his Uncle John Watson
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Sam11. Lyon for his Father William Edward Dorr for his Wifes Father Thos. Howley John Payson for his Father John Joseph Scot for his Father John Zechariah Chandler for his Wifes Father Thos Bishop Edmond Weld for his Father Thomas Weld John Baker Alive Zechariah Smith for his Wifes Uncle Thomas Hencher Sam" Williams Alive John Baker for his Brother Thomas John Morey for his Father Thomas
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