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tors' meeting, to be holden on the first Tuesday of June next. And also voted, that all those who have had their rights laid off shall return the vouchers for their rights to the proprietors' clerk on or before that time, so that it may appear who the original proprietors were ; also, that the said adjournment be advertised in Russell's weekly paper, to notify them to bring their returns in.
Lastly. Voted to adjourn this meeting to the first Tues- day of June next, at ten of the clock A. M. at this meet- ing-house, in said Dunbarton.
JEREMIAH PAGE, Proprietors' Clerk.
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June je 3, 1794. Met according to adjournment.
Firstly. Voted, To Capt. William Stinson, for his ser- vices done as a committee-man in dividing the common lands in Dunbarton, it being the same land voted to him at a proprietors' meeting held in said town, November 6, 1792, in full for his services as aforesaid ; said piece of land laying east of William Beard's land, containing about seven acres, more or less.
Secondly. Put up, according to warrant, at vendue, a piece of common land, laying adjoining to Jacob Sargent Colby, two acres, more or less ; being all the common land lying between said Colby's land and the highway. Struck off to said Jacob Sargent Colby at seven shillings per acre.
Thirdly. Voted, That Jacob Green be vendue-master in . room of the moderator, to put up the rest of the common land for sale at this meeting.
The second piece put up, being a piece of common land lying between James McCalley's land and Capt. John Mills', containing seven acres, more or less, struck off to Caleb Mills at eight shillings per one acre, he being the highest bidder. Also put up by the vendue-master the third piece of common land, laying on One Stack Hill, so called, containing about twelve aeres, more or less, lying between John Mills' land and Jeremiah Page's land ; and
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struck off to Capt. John Mills, he being the highest bidder, at nine shillings per acre.
Fourthly. Voted, That Joseph Brown have the lot number eleven, containing about seven acres, near Merri- mack river, being in full for one common right, lying on the south part of the land lately cleared by Captain Kinsman.
Fifthly. Voted, To James Stinson a piece of common land, lying joining Cheesemore's land, as planned for one common right.
Sixthly. Voted, That if any man bring an action, think- ing himself injured, he shall bring it at his own cost and charge ; that the proprietors will not help support it if said action is brought in any matter relating to the pro- prietors.
Seventhly. Voted, John Mills, Thomas Mills and Caleb Mills have their rights on One Stack Hill, as planned and reckoned.
Lastly. Voted, That this meeting stand adjourned to the first Tuesday of June next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, at this place.
JEREMIAH PAGE, Proprietors' Clerk.
June ye 2, 1795. The proprietors met according to ad- journment.
Firstly. Voted, To choose a committee to give deeds of such lands in the common of Dunbarton, which hath been sold, or may be sold, at public vendue by the proprietors, to pay the proprietors' charges.
Secondly. Voted, That said committee consist of three persons.
Thirdly. Voted, That John Fulton, Jeremiah Page and James McCalley be said committee to give deeds.
Fourthly. Voted, That there shall be a proprietors' treasurer, to receive money and pay proprietors' debts.
Fifthly. Voted, John Fulton be said treasurer.
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Sixthly. Voted, To sell at vendue two pieces of common lands; the one containing about one half of a common right, lying joining Bow line, where it strikes Merrimack river, where John Baker now lives, as on the plan of the common. Set up by the acre. Bid off by Benjamin Noyes, at five dollars per acre.
Seventhly. Voted, That the money bid for land by the purchasers shall be paid when they receive a deed of such land by them bid off.
Eighthly. Voted, That this meeting be adjourned to the first Tuesday of October next, at ten o'clock in the fore- noon, at this place.
Attest : JEREMIAH PAGE, Proprietors' Clerk.
October ye 6, 1795. The proprietors met according to adjournment, and adjourned the meeting to the house of William Dugall, to meet in half of an hour.
Met according to adjournment.
Firstly. Voted, That Capt. Jacob Green be moderator pro tem.
Secondly. Voted, That John Fulton shall go with Jere- miah Page to measure three common rights, and one half which lays in the interval near Bow line, near the river, applied for by Benjamin Noyes.
Lastly. Voted, To adjourn this meeting to the first Tues- day of November next, at one of the clock in the after- noon, at this place.
JEREMIAH PAGE, Proprietors' Clerk.
November ye 3, 1795. Met according to adjournment.
Firstly. Voted, Mr. Benjamin Noyes two common rights in the interval near Merrimack river, in Kinsman's inter- val, so called, being the original rights of William Gault and Robert McMurphy. Said rights are numbered 12 and 13, in the above said intervals.
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Also, Voted, No. 4 to the school right and No. 5 to the parsonage right, lying in the pine plains, near the river.
Also, Voted, Col. Clement March's common "right to Joel Wheeler, laying the second right north of William Wheeler, in the Bowen Common, so called.
Lastly. Voted, To adjourn this meeting to the first Monday of June next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at this place.
Test : JEREMIAH PAGE, Proprietors' Clerk.
June. ye 6, 1796. Met according to adjournment, and further adjourned this meeting to the first Monday of June next, at one of the clock, afternoon, at the meeting- house in Dunbarton.
JEREMIAH PAGE, Proprietors' Clerk.
June ye 5, 1797. Met according to adjournment, and, Firstly. Voted, School right and the parsonage right to be for the use of the town of Dunbarton forever.
Secondly. Voted, To adjourn this meeting to the first Tuesday of November next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, at the meeting-house in said Dunbarton.
JEREMIAH PAGE, Proprietors' Clerk.
November ye 7, 1797. Met according to adjournment.
Firstly. Voted, That Esquire Benjamin Noyes shall have all the interval, from the elm tree, being the original south bound formerly of Moses Garvin, for three rights, to extend north to Bow line, exclusive of the road.
Secondly. Sold about eight rods of common land, lay- ing near James McFerson's land, for one dollar and sixty- seven cents, to James McPherson,* he being the highest bidder.
* John McPherson served in the 1st New-Hampshire Regiment at Bunker Hill, and died in Goffstown, at the age of 94, (supposed to be a son of the above.)
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Thirdly. Voted, To allow eight shillings to John Ful- ton, for his services in going to the river to help survey Noyes' interval.
Fourthly. Voted, James McCalley two shillings, for lay- ing out Chizamore lot for the proprietors.
Fifthly. Voted, That a committee be chosen to look into the title for the original owners of the common lands in ye town of Dunbarton.
Sixthly. Voted, Jeremiah Page, John Mills and John Fulton be said committee.
Lastly. Voted, To adjourn this meeting to the second Tuesday of September next, at one of the clock in the afternoon.
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November ye 6, 1798. Met according to adjournment.
Firstly. Voted, To adjourn this meeting to the first Tuesday of June next, at one of the clock in the after- noon.
Also, Voted, That the proprietors' clerk give notice of the adjournment of this meeting, three weeks, in " Davis' Mirror," before the said first Tuesday of June next, so that all persons may appear and establish their rights, by bringing vouchers of the original proprietors' title, to them, and those who have not had their rights laid off, to take them and shew the original title.
Attest : JEREMIAH PAGE, Proprietors' Clerk.
June ye 2, 1799. Met according to adjournment. Voted, To adjourn this meeting to the house of Isaac Bayley. In thirty minutes met according to adjournment.
Firstly. Voted, To adjourn this meeting to the first Tuesday of June next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and that the clerk advertise said adjournment in some public newspaper, which is most likely to give said notice, three weeks prior to said meeting.
Also, That there will be common land sold, to pay the cost arising in said Proprietory.
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Also, Voted, That all persons having demands on the proprietors to bring in their demands at said meeting, as it is likely said meeting may be dissolved.
Attest : JEREMIAH PAGE, Proprietors' Clerk.
June ye 3, 1800. Met according to adjournment.
Firstly. Voted, To adjourn this meeting to the second Tuesday of September next, at ten o'clock in the fore- noon, and that the adjournment be advertised in Hough's paper three weeks before said meeting.
Attest : JEREMIAH PAGE, Proprietors' Clerk.
September ye 9, 1800. Met according to adjournment.
Firstly. Voted, To Jeremiah Page, proprietors' clerk, eleven dollars and fifty-seven cents, in full for all his ser- vices as proprietors' clerk, and advertising meetings in the newspapers up to this day.
Secondly. Voted, One half of a common right to Capt. Phinehas Bayley, laying by his house, and running north- erly by the range-way by the east end of the lots Nos. 9 and 10, and joining easterly on John Miller's land; said Bayley paying two dollars for the proprietors' use ; the whole piece being about six acres, more or less, which was valued at two dollars more than a half right.
Thirdly. Voted, To John Miller, where he lives, on the Common, three rights and one half, as followeth: the original right of George Jeffery, and Parry, and Moore, and one half right of Thomas Follansbee.
Fourthly. Voted, That when the town of Dunbarton pays John Fulton, proprietors' treasurer, ten dollars in full compensation for the half right in the Bowen Common, which was allotted by the selectmen of Dunbarton, in part of the maintenance of the widow Brown, the said one right and a half is laid off northerly of Stephen Wheel- er's land, where said widow Brown now lives ; the whole containing about eighteen acres.
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Also, Voted, To accept of the original right of Jotham Odiorne, as laid out to the town of Dunbarton, for the use of the maintenance of the said widow Brown.
Lastly. Voted, To adjourn this meeting to the second Tuesday of September next, at one of the clock P. M: said adjournment to be advertised in Hough's paper three weeks prior to said second Tuesday of September next.
JEREMIAH PAGE, Proprietors' Clerk.
February ye 6, 1801. This day Major John Mills, town treasurer for Dunbarton, having paid in to the proprietors' elerk ten dollars, according to the intent and meaning of the above vote of the proprietors : therefore, the said half right is hereby established, and recorded for the use of the town of Dunbarton forever, according to the intent and meaning of the above vote.
JEREMIAH PAGE, Proprietors' Clerk.
September ye 8, 1801. The proprietors met according to adjournment.
Firstly. Voted, That six acres, laying joining the land in the Bowen Common, so called, which was voted to Daniel Wheeler, being George Jeffery's original right in the common of Dunbarton, be granted to said Daniel Wheeler for his and his heirs forever.
Secondly. Voted, Joel Wheeler two common rights in said Bowen's Common.
Thirdly. Voted, To Benjamin Noyes, Esq., one common right which said Noyes bought, being the right of Nathan Taylor.
Fourthly. Voted, To John Welsh the Martin right, so called.
Fifthly. Voted, To adjourn this meeting to the second Tuesday of September next, at one o'clock, afternoon.
JEREMIAH PAGE, Proprietors' Clerk.
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Met according to adjournment, and there being no busi- ness to be done, Voted, to dismiss this meeting.
JEREMIAH PAGE, Proprietors' Clerk.
This was the last meeting. The proprietors dissolved on the second Tuesday of September, 1802; fifty-one years and about six months from the date of the adver- tisement calling the first meeting.
PROPRIETORS' RIGHTS.
Capt. William Stinson, five rights, all in a common lot No. 5, in the fourth range.
Jeremiah Page, six rights : four rights in the common joining Hopkinton line, ten acres each ; and two rights in One Stack Hill common, twelve acres each. Sixty-four acres in the whole.
William Page, four rights in the common where he lives, ten acres each : 40.
John Mills and Thomas Mills, eight shares on One Stack Hill, 12 acres each : 96 acres.
General John Stark, two rights and one half right, laid out joining Hopkinton line, ten acres to one right : 25 acres.
James McCalley, two rights; laid out in the common near James McPherson's land, and to one right : 16 acres.
James McPherson, one right, in the last mentioned common : 8 acres.
John Fulton, one right, in the last mentioned com- - mon : 14 acres.
John Mills, one other right, in the last said common : 14 acres.
Sipes Page, (Scipio, colored man) one right; laid out in the last said common : 13 acres.
William Wheeler, two rights ; laid out in Bowen's Com- mon, so called : 14 acres.
Thomas Cochran, four rights ; laid where he lived, near the river (supposed Merrimack); fifty-one acres each : 103 acres.
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Deacon Cochran, one right, laid adjoining Thos. Coch- ran's land : 30 acres. .
Farrington and Abbot, five rights, where Abbot lives : 70 acres.
At a meeting held November ye 3, 1795, Voted, That Benjamin Noyes, Esq., of Bow, have two common rights laid in the interval known by the name of Kinsman's Interval, numbered 12 and 13, both containing thirteen acres, being the original rights of Robert McMurphy and William Gault.
Also, Voted, at said meeting, Clement March's original right to Joel Wheeler, laying the north side of all the land laid out in Bowen's Common, so called, seven acres and one balf, the town bought of Jotham Adams' origi- nal right in the common, and laid it out joining Daniel Wheeler, in the Bowen common, so called, where the widow Bowen lives.
Also, the town hath engaged to buy one half of a com- mon right adjoining the above in said Bowen Common, of the proprietors, so that the whole the town gave to Daniel Wheeler is eighteen acres, in consideration [that] said Wheeler engaged to clear the town of all charges of the maintenance of the said widow Bowen forever.
Original Proprietors. Laid to.
Original Proprietors. Laid to.
John Morton, Caleb Mills. John Maffet, Caleb Mills.
Joseph Blanchard, Thomas Mills. James Adams, Thomas Mills.
David McGregor, John Mills.
Samuel Emerson, John Mills.
Daniel McCurdy, William Wheeler. John McCurdy,
William Wheeler.
Clement March, Joel Wheeler. George Mussey, Benjamin Noyes.
William Stark, William Cochran.
William Stark, 1 William Stark, Samuel Hogg, David Stinson,
All to Thomas Cochran, near the river, as may be seen on the plan where he lived, two sites, forming the falls.
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Hugh Dunshee, George Clarke, Thomas Parker, William Stinson, William Stinson,
All to William Stinson, laid in fifth lot, fourth range.
The first minister's right to Timothy Ladd and James Stinson, laying northerly of Chizamore land, joining Bow line, about 20 acres.
Caleb Page, Jeremiah Page, Hugh Ramsey,
Matthew Taylor, Matthew Taylor,
All to Jeremiah Page: two rights in the common joining Hopkinton line; two more in the common
¿ William Rankin, where William Page lives, containing about ten William Hogg, acres each ; two more on said One Stack Common, at the north end of said common, next Bow line, and Israel Clifford's land, 12 acres in each.
Three rights to Thomas Stark, laid in Bowen Common, so called. Samuel Varnum, to Benjamin Noyes.
Joseph Cochran, ) To James McCalley, both laid on McPherson Common, James Evans, S so called.
Daniel Leslie, To James McPherson in the McPherson Common, so called, where he lives.
Paul March, Esq., to Stephen Ordway, in the common where he improved.
Laid out to Jacob Green one half right in the common, south of old Martin place, south of the bridge, joining the river : about 5 acres.
Laid out to Benjamin Ringe one half part of a right in the common, about five acres, more or less, joining his farm.
Laid out to Poor, one half right, where Roach did his work, about 38 acres, more or less, as planned to said Poor.
Original rights of Thomas Parker, Daniel Parry, Mary Moore, Joshua Parry, John [illegible], John Tufton Mason, Esq., to Joel Wheeler.
Theodore Atkinson, half right of Thomas Parker and [illegible, ] and J. T. Mason, Esq., to David Story, Esq.
May ye 3, 1794. Then Capt. John Gould picked for one half right, in the common undivided land in Dunbarton, in lot numbered six, in the seventh range, as may be laid out by a committee legally authorized.
JERE'H PAGE, Proprietors' Clerk.
John Samuel Sherburne,* original, to Caleb Mills' land.
* U. S. District Judge, Portsmouth, N. H.
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November, 1793. Voted, To Jeremiah Page, for his former services ; also for advertising in the newspapers in May, 1794, £7 12 0 0 60 Advertising,
£7 18 0
At a vendue held ye first Tuesday of June, 1794, sold to Caleb Mills a piece of common land, laying joining Capt. John Mills' and James Mc- Calley's land, containing four acres and seventy- five rods, for eight shillings per acre. Jeremiah Page received the money.
£1 15 6
£6 26
Due the proprietors, 43 cents, from Jeremiah Page, proprietors' clerk.
February ye 6, 1801.
Test. : JERE'H PAGE, Proprietors' Clerk.
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CHARTER OF DUNBARTON.
PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE: George the Third, 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, GREETING :
Whereas our loving subjects, inhabitants of a tract of land within our Province of New-Hampshire aforesaid, known by the name of STARKSTOWN, have humbly peti- tioned and requested that they may be erected and incor- porated into a township, and enfranchised with the same powers and privileges which other towns have and enjoy within our said Province by law : and it appearing unto us to be conducive to the general good of our said Prov- ince, as well as the said inhabitants in particular, by main- taining good order and encouraging the culture of the said lands, that the same should be done :
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Know ye, therefore, That We, of our especial grace, cer- tain knowledge, and for the encouragement and promo- tion of these good ends and purposes, by and with the advice of our trusty and well-beloved Benning Went- worth, Esqr., our Governor and Commander-in-Chief, and of our Council for said Province of New-Hampshire, have erected and ordained, and by these Presents, for us and our heirs and successors, do ordain that our loving sub- jects, residing on the tract of land aforesaid, or that shall hereafter reside and improve therein, the same being lim- ited and bounded as followeth, viz :
Beginning at a stake and stones, standing on the bank of Merrimack river, on the westerly side, which is also the northerly corner bound of the Goffestown, so called : thence running westerly by said Goffestown till it comes to the town of Weare, so called; then turning off and running northerly by said Weare till it comes to the line of New-Hopkinton, so called; thence turning off and run- ning north-easterly, by the line of New-Hopkinton afore- said, till it comes to the town of Bow; then running by Bow line till it comes to Merrimack river; then down said river southerly, as that runs, to the stake and stones began at:
Shall be, and by these Presents are, declared and ordained to be a town corporate; and are hereby erected and incorporated into a body politic and corporate, to have continuance until His Majesty's pleasure shall be signified to the contrary, by the name of Dunbarton, with the pow- ers and authorities, privileges, immunities and franchises which other towns in said Province by law hold and enjoy ; always reserving to us, our heirs and successors, all white pine trees that are or shall be found growing or being on the said tract of land, fit for the use of our royal navy; reserving also the right of dividing the said town, when it shall appear necessary and convenient for the benefit of the inhabitants thereof: Provided, nevertheless, and *
* hereby declared that this our Charter and Grant is not intended, or shall in any manner be con-
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strued to extend to affect the private property of the said
* * * * within the limits aforesaid. And as the sev- eral towns within our said Province of New-Hampshire are by law hereoff enabled and authorized to assemble, and by the majority of voters present to choose all such officers and transact all such affairs as by the said laws are declared, we do by these Presents nominate CALEB PAGE to call the first meeting, any time within forty days from the date hereof, giving legal notice of the time, place and design of holding such meeting, after which the annual meeting for said town for the choice of officers and man- agement of affairs aforesaid be holden within said town- ship on the second Tuesday of March, annually.
In testimony whereof we have here caused the seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed. Witness BEN- NING WENTWORTH, Esqr., our Governor and Commander- in-Chief, in and over our Province of New-Hampshire, the tenth day of August, in the fifth year of our reign, Anno Domini 1765.
B. WENTWORTH.
By His Excellency's command, with advice of Council : T. ATKINSON, Jun'r, Sec'y.
PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
August 10, 1765. Recorded in the book of charters, No. 1, pages 280 and 281.
T. ATKINSON, Jun'r, Sec'y.
TAX ORDERS FROM 1763 TO 1768.
PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
To Caleb Page, William Stark, William Stinson, all of Starkstown, in the Province of New-Hampshire :
Pursuant to an act of the General Assembly of this Province of New-Hampshire, posted in the present year of His Majesty's reign, entitled An act for assessing and col- lecting the arrearages of the Province taxes due from sun- dry towns and places in this Province :
You are hereby required to make an equal and impar-
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tial assessment on the polls and estates liable by law to be taxed within said Starkstown, of the sum of three hun- dred and sixty pounds, thirteen shillings and one penny hapenny ; and commit the assessment to John McCurdy, of said Starkstown, directing and ordering him to collect and pay the said sum into the Province treasury at or before the tenth day of December next.
You are hereby required that sometime before the said tenth day of December (you) certify to the Treasurer of said Province for the time being, of your committing said assessment to the said John McCurdy, with the date of your warrant to him given for that purpose, and the time when you required him to pay the same unto the treasury aforesaid.
Hereof fail not, as you will answer your neglect as is by law in such cases provided. You, the said Caleb Page, William Stark and William Stinson, by said act for making ye above mentioned assessment, are allowed to each of you five pounds ten shillings, new tenor; and the said John McCurdy shall be allowed and payd as aforesaid, the sum of two and a half per cent. for collecting said sum of three hundred and sixty pounds, thirteen shillings and one penny hapenny [which] shall be added to said assess- ment, which money each, assessors and collectors, shall receive when the sum is collected. Dated at Portsmouth, the 12th day of September, in ye third year of the reign of HIS MAJESTY, King George the Third, over Great Britain, France and Ireland, &c., &c. Anno que Domini 1763.
GEORGE JAFFREY.
PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE : George Jaffrey, Esq., Treas- urer and Receiver General of His Majesty's said Prov- ince :
To the Selectmen of Starkstown, Greeting :
Pursuant to the acts of the General Assembly of said Province for the levying and collecting the taxes granted to His Most Excellent Majesty within said Province, and for
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the apportioning and payment thereof into the treasury of the Province aforesaid : These are in His Majesty's name to will and require you seasonably to assess the polls and estates within said Starkstown, liable by law to be taxed, the particular sum, in bills of credit of said Prov- ince, and in lawful money, as herein described, and pay the same into the treasury of said Province, or cause the same to be so paid, by the twenty-fifth day of December next ensuing the date hereof; namely, the sum of four- teen pounds and eleven shillings, in new tenor bills of credit of said Province. You shall direct the constable or collector of said Starkstown who shall have said sum or any part thereof to collect, to receive of the inhabitants of said Starkstown, if said inhabitants see fit, their respective assessments of said sum in said bills of credit, according to their denomination : or in silver at six shillings and eight pence by the ounce, Troy weight, of certain alloy ; or in coined gold, at four pounds eighteen shillings by the ounce : Or in the following commodities, being merchant- able, and of the produce or manufactures of said Prov- ince, and at the prices, in new tenor, as herein fixed to each article, viz :
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