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Wherefore they would humbly supplicate your Excellency and Honors, that they may have a grant of the unappropriated lands of the Province, to them and their associates, of six miles square for a township, to be settled under such conditions and regulations as your Excellency and Honors, in your consummate wisdom, shall think fit. And your petition- ers shall ever pray, etc.
Samuel Heywood.
Joseph Barrett.
Timothy Minott.
Hezekiah Wheeler. his Jonathan X Harris. mark
Ebenezer Hubbard.
Nathaniel Paige.
Joseph Hubbard.
Thomas Fox.
Jonathan Willey.
Joseph Fitch.
Samuel Wooley.
James Horsemore.
Benjamin Barrett.
Nathaniel Horsemore.
Joseph Flagg.
her
Israel Putnam.
Mehitable X Horsemore. mark
John Brown. Joseph Stratton. Amos Brown.
John Dodd.
John Miles.
Joseph Brandon.
Uriah Wheeler.
Benj. Barrow.
Eleazer Stearnes.
Isaac Whitney.
Josiah Jones.
James McFarland. Andrew Dunn.
John Lamon.
Jonathan Prescott.
William Wheeler.
Edward Bulkley.
Richard Wheeler. Elnathan Jones.
Asa Douglas.
John Whiting.
Solomon Taylor.
Thomas Cutler.
Andrew McFarland. Ebenezer Heath.
Jonathan Whitney.
Thomas Wheeler.
Joseph Wheeler.
Thomas Jones.
Peter Bulkley.
Peter Holden.
In the House of Representatives, Dec. 6, 1737.
Read, and ordered that the prayer of the petition be granted; and John Chandler, Josiah Willard, Nahum Ward, Esq., are a committee to consider of some suitable place of the contents of six miles square, of the unappropriated lands of the Province, for the petitioners and their associates to bring forward the settlement of said township upon such conditions and regulations as may be proper. The committee to report hereon as soon as may be.
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In the House of Representatives, Dec. 8, 1737.
Read, and ordered that the petition be granted, and the petitioners and their associates be, and hereby are, empowered, by surveyor and a chainman on oath, to survey and lay out a township, of the contents of six miles square, in some of the unappropriated lands of the Province, suitable for a township, and that they return a plat thereof to this court within twelve months, for confirmation.
And for the more effectual bringing forward the settlement of said new town, ordered that there be sixty-three house-lots laid out in a suitable and defencable manner, one of which to be for the first settled minister, one for the second settled minister, and one for the school, each of said three lots to draw equal divisions with the other grantees of the said sixty lots. That the grantees do within three years from the con- firmation of the plan have settled on each home lot a good family.
And in order thereto, that they build thereon a dwelling-house of eighteen feet square and seven feet studs, at the least, and finish the same, and have well-fenced and brought to English grass, or ploughed, six acres on each of the home lots; that they settle an Orthodox minister, and build a decent, convenient meeting-house for the public worship of God; and that Col. Josiah Willard and Capt. John Hobson, with such as shall be appointed by the Honorable Board, be a committee for admitting the grantees or settlers ; and that they take effectual care that no persons are admitted as such who have had any grant for the space of three years ; and that each grantee give bond to the Province treasurer or his successor, in the sum of forty pounds, for his faithful fulfilling or com- plying with the terms or conditions of the grant; and if any of the said settlers fail of performing the said conditions, then his or their rights or share to revert to, and be at the disposition of, the Province.
Sent up for concurrence.
J. QUINCY, Speaker.
In Council, Dec. 14, 1737, read and concurred, and William Dudley, Esq., is joined in the affair.
J. WILLARD, Secretary.
January 16, consented to.
J. BELCHER.
Copy examined.
SIMON FROST, Dept. Sec.
WOBURN, March 17, 1737-8.
At a meeting of the committee appointed by the Great and General Court for admitting grantees or settlers into a township granted to the pe- titioners and their associates, whose names are entered in a petition of Sam'l Heywood and others, viz. : Wm. Dudley, Josiah Willard, and John Hobson, Esqs., the following persons were admitted, they not having had any grant of land within three years last past, to wit :-
Joseph Barrett, Petitioner, Timothy Minott, Jonathan Wooley, Sam'l Wooley, Benj. Barrett, Joseph Flagg, Israel Putnam, John Brown, Joseph Stratton, Amos Brown, John Miles, Uriah Wheeler, Eleazer Stearns, Peter Holden, John Lamon, Wm. Wheeler, Richard Wheeler, Elnathan Jones, Jonathan Whitney, Joseph Wheeler, Hezekiah Wheeler, Jonathan Harris, Nathaniel Page, Thomas Fox, Joseph Fitch, James Hosmore, Nath'l Hosmore, Mehitable Hosmore, John Dodd, Peter Bulkley, Joseph Brandon, Benj. Barrow, Isaac Whitney, Andrew Dunn, Edward Bulkley, Solomon Tailor, James McFarland, Ebenezer Heath, Thomas Wheeler;
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Henry Wylee, associate in the room of Sam'l Heywood ; Alex. Cockburn, associate in the room of Ebenezer Hubbard; John Prescott, associate in the room of Joseph Hubbard; Richard Gridley, associate in the room of Josiah Jones ; Dudson Kiluep, associate in the room of John Whiting; Ezekiel Lewis, Jr., associate in the room of Thomas Cutler; James Smart, associate in the room of Thomas Jones ; John Wilson, associate in the room of Andrew McFarland; Jonathan Prescott, Jr., associate in the room of Jonathan Prescott; Nathan Brooks, associate in the room of Asa Douglas; Jonathan Hubbard, associate in the room of Joseph Fitch; Isaac Gridley, Charles Prescott, John Wheeler, Sam'l Cox, Will- iam Clark, Peter Bliss, Hugh Sunderland, Amos Wood, Roland Cotton, John Healy, Edward Fennell.
Dated as above.
WM. DUDLEY, JOSIAH WILLARD, Committee. JOHN HOBSON,
[For a report of the Surveyor, Joseph Wilder, Jr., with a plat of the town, May 21, 1738, with the Act of the House of Representatives, confirming the land to the grantees, see pages 24, 25, of the history.]
In the House of Representatives, June 28, 1738.
Ordered, that Mr. Jonathan Prescott, one of the grantees of the new township granted to Sam'l Heywood and others be and hereby is fully authorized and empowered to notify and warn the said Proprietors or Grantees to assemble and convene as soon as may be in some conven- ient place, to choose a Proprietors' Clerk, and pass such votes and orders for the effectual bringing forward the settlement of said township agree- able to the conditions of the grant, and also to choose such other officers as they may think proper, and agree upon a method of calling future meetings agreeable to the rules of the law.
Sent up for concurrence.
J. QUINCY, Speaker
In Council, June 28, 1738, read and concurred.
J. WILLARD, Secretary.
Consented to.
J. BELCHER.
Copy examined.
July 25, 1738. Pursuant to the foregoing order I have notified the Pro- prietors of the aforesaid township to meet this day at the house of Mr. Luke Verdy, in Boston, for the purpose there mentioned.
JONATHAN PRESCOTT.
July 25, 1738, at a meeting of the Proprietors of the township granted to Samuel Heywood and others, by the Great and General Court of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, on the 16th Jan., A.D. 1737, at the house of Mr. Luke Verdy, in Boston :
I. Voted, That John Hill, Esq., be moderator of this meeting, nem. con.
2. Voted, That Peter Prescott be clerk of the Proprietors, nem. con., and he was sworn to the faithful discharge of his said office before me, Jacob Royall, Justice of the Peace.
3. Voted, That this meeting be adjourned to Monday next, at five of the clock, post meridian, at said Luke Verdy's.
Attest : PETER PRESCOTT, Pro. Clerk.
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July 31, 1738, at a meeting of the Proprietors of the above township, held by adjournment at the house of Mr. Luke Verdy at five of the clock, post meridian, the following votes were passed, viz .:-
I. Voted, That there be a committee of five persons chosen to view said township, and to agree upon some suitable place for to lay out the home lots and to manage the prudentials of the said township, and the majority of the committee to govern in all affairs, nem. con.
2. Voted, That John Hill, Esq., Jeremiah Gridley, John Fowle, Jr., Jonathan Prescott, and Peter Prescott be the committee for the pur- poses above mentioned, or any three of them (they each were chosen separately), nem. con.
3. Voted, That it be left to the discretion of the committee to lay out what number of acres they shall think proper for the home or house-lots.
4. Voted, There be a treasurer chosen to receive and collect all taxes that shall be raised on each lot.
5. Voted, That John Hill, Esq., be treasurer and collector for the pur- pose.
6. Voted, That a tax of ten pounds on each right be raised to defray former charges, as also to enable the committee to lay out the home lots and pay other necessary charges.
7. Voted, That the said committee, or any three of them, be and here- by are empowered to agree with a surveyor and chainmen to lay out said lots, and that they accordingly proceed to view said township and some convenient place therein, to lay said lots out as soon as may be.
8. Voted, That the committee, or any three of them, be and hereby are empowered to agree with some person to build a saw-mill, either to pay cash for the same and so to be for the use of the Propriety, or to give such a quantity of land as they shall think proper for the building the same, together with the use and benefit of the stream whereon the said mill shall stand, as also to agree with any such person or persons who shall undertake said mill, for the price of sawing boards and such other lumber as may be wanted by the Propriety.
9. Voted, This meeting be adjourned to the house of Mr. Luke Verdy, at nine of the clock, A. M., on the 12th of August, nem. con.
Aug. 12, 1738, at a meeting of said Proprietors held by adjournment at said Verdy's, at nine of the clock on said day :
I. Voted, That the Proprietors' clerk, at the request of three, at least, of the Proprietors, be and hereby is empowered to call meetings, for the future, by posting up notifications at Concord, in the County of Middle- sex, where great numbers of the Proprietors dwell, or at Mr. Luke Verdy's, at Boston, in the County of Suffolk, and some other public house in said Boston, said notification to be posted up fourteen days be- fore the meeting begins.
And then the moderator dismissed the meeting.
Attest :
PETER PRESCOTT, Pro. Clerk.
Nov. 29, 1738, at a meeting of the Proprietors aforesaid, duly notified to meet and convene at the house of Mr. Luke Verdy, in Boston, in the County of Suffolk, at ten of the clock before noon on 'said day :
I. Voted, That John Hill, Esq., be moderator of said meeting.
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2. Voted, That the meeting be adjourned to the house of Mr. Alexan- der Cochran, at the Three Horse Shoes in said Boston, there to meet at three of the clock in the afternoon.
At the adjournment of said meeting, as aforesaid, the following votes were passed, viz. :-
I. Voted, That the farm marked with the letter A upon each corner be Jeremiah Gridley's and his heirs', said farm containing five hundred acres of land in the township aforesaid.
2. Voted, That the farm marked with the letter B upon each corner be John Hill's and his heirs', said farm containing five hundred acres of land in said township.
3. Voted, That the farm marked with the letter C upon each corner be Peter Prescott's and his heirs', containing five hundred acres of land in said township.
4. Voted, That the farm marked with the letter D upon each corner be John Fowle, Jr.'s, and his heirs', said farm containing five hundred acres of land in said township, and that he have liberty to add thereto two hun- dred and fifty acres of land at either end of said farm, and equal in breadth with said farm as an equivalent.
5. Voted, That the said John Hill should have liberty to pitch for the following lots in said township, to be his and his heirs', to wit : lots No. 6 and 69, and lots No. 36 and 98, which lots he did pitch and were ac- cordingly confirmed to him.
6. Voted, That said Peter Prescott should have liberty to pitch for the following lots, to be his and his heirs', in said township, viz .: lots No. 7 and 70, and lots 50 and 112, which lots were pitched and accordingly con- firmed to him.
7. Voted, That said John Fowle, Jr., should have liberty to pitch for the following lots in said township, to be his and his heirs', viz. : lots No. 4 and 67, and lots No. 5 and 68, which lots he pitched and accordingly they were confirmed to him.
8. Voted, That the said Jeremiah Gridley should have liberty to pitch for the following lots in said township, to be his and his heirs', viz. : lots No. 9 and 72, and lots No. 51 and 113, which lots he accordingly pitched and they were confirmed to him.
9. Voted, That the lot No. 71 in said township be the first settled minister's and his heirs'; " and that there be first reserved out of said lot ten acres for a meeting-house lot, burying-ground and training-field."
IO. Voted, That the lot No. 76 be the second settled minister's and his heirs'.
II. Voted, That the lot No. 13 be for the use of the school forever.
12. Voted, That the remainder of the lots be drawn for according to the usual manner, both the first and second divisions.
John Hill, Esq., drew the following lots, as assignee to fourteen of the original grantees and their associates, to be his and his heirs', viz. : -
No. I Lots.
No. 2 Lots.
No. I Lots.
No. 2 Lots.
3º
and
93
I2
and
75
32
95
17
80
40
IO2
18
66
81
42
66
104
19
82
43
105
26
89
48
IIO
27
90
Pitched Į 6
66
69
29
66
92
Lots,
$ 36
98
Fourteen Lots.
Sixteen Lots.
44
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Mr. Jeremiah Gridley drew the following lots as assignee as aforesaid, to be his and his heirs', viz. : -
No. I Lots.
No. 2 Lots. 72
No. I Lots.
and
77
51
II3
22
66
85
47
¥
II5
33
66
96
55
66
II7
37
66
99
56
66
I18
39
IOI
57
66
II9
41
103
Fourteen ,Lots.
Fourteen Lots.
Mr. John Fowle, Jr., drew the following lots as assignee as aforesaid, to be his and his heirs' forever, viz. : -
No. I Lots.
No. 2 Lots.
No. I Lots.
No. 2 Lots.
Pitched Į 4
and
67
34
and
97
Lots, 5 5
1 66
68
38
100
II
66
74
44
66
106
16
2I
66
84
54
II6
25
66
88
58
66
I20
28
66
91 No. 2 Lots.
Peter Prescott drew as assignee as aforesaid the following lots, to him and his heirs', viz. :-
No. I Lots.
No. I Lots.
No. 2 Lots.
Pitched
7
and
70
I
and
64
46
108
2
65
Lọts,
) 50
II2
3
66
52
66
114
IO
8
60
61
123
20
66
83
3I
94
45
66
IO7
Jonathan Prescott drew the following lots, to him and his heirs, viz. : Number of his lot in first division was sixty-two, and the number of his second-division lot was one hundred and twenty-four.
Jonathan Hubbard drew the following lots, to him and his heirs, viz .: Number of his first-division lot was sixty-three, and the number of his second-division lot thirty-five.
13. Voted, That this meeting be adjourned to Monday next at ten of the clock before noon, to this place.
December 4. At meeting of said Proprietors held by adjournment as aforesaid :
I. Voted, That the general plan of said township whereon the farms and lots are delineated be fixed in the Proprietors' book, and that the plan of each particular farm and lot be recorded in said book and attested by the clerk.
2. Voted, That the former committee be and hereby are empowered to agree with some suitable person to cut and clear a good way or road from New Ipswich to the meeting-house lot in said township as soon as may be.
No. 2 Lots.
Pitched Lots, 9
and
14
59
I21
109
24
87
53
79
49
III
I22
I5
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3. Voted, That this meeting be adjourned to Monday, the first day of January next, to this place at four of the clock, P. M.
Attest : PETER PRESCOTT, Pro. Clerk.
Then follows the record of the plan, dated March 26, 1739, and descrip- tion of the various lots divided among the different Proprietors.
Aug. 20, 1739, at a meeting of the Proprietors aforesaid, duly notified and warned to meet at the house of Mr. Luke Verdy, in Boston, in the County of Suffolk, on the 20th of August, instant, at ten of the clock in the forenoon : Voted that John Hill, Esq., be moderator of said meeting.
I. Voted, That the meeting be adjourned to three of the clock, P. M., at which time the meeting was adjourned from time to time, without pass- ing any further votes till the 21st of December, 1744, and then at said meeting John Hill, Esq., was appointed Proprietors' Clerk, in the room of Peter Prescott, the then Clerk, who resigned said trust and delivered said Hill the Proprietors' book and writings to said Proprietors belonging.
At the above said meeting of said Proprietors they passed the follow- ing vote, viz. : that there be granted to Peter Prescott, his heirs and assigns forever, four hundred acres of land, to be laid out as the said Proprietors should hereafter agree.
Attest :
JOHN HILL, Pro. Clerk.
Oct. 16, 1749, at a meeting of the Proprietors aforesaid, duly notified and warned to meet at the house of Robert Stone, the Royal Exchange Tavern, in Boston, on Monday, the 16th day of October, 1749.
I. Voted, That John Hill, Esq., be moderator, and then the meeting was adjourned until Monday next, ten of the clock in the forenoon, to the same place, the 23d of October, 1749.
Met accordingly, and voted that the whole or greatest part of said township be laid out in lots not exceeding two hundred acres, and not less than one hundred acres, as the land will best allow of ; and that the grant made to Peter Prescott (at their meeting A.D. 1744), of four hun- dred acres of land, be drawn with said Proprietors after the land is laid out as above said.
Attest : JOHN HILL, Pro. Clerk.
BOSTON, Dec. 11, 1730. Know all men by these presents, that I, Peter Prescott, within named grantee, for and in consideration of the sum of thirty-five pounds lawful money to me in hand paid, before signing and delivering hereof by Benjamin Pollard, Esq., of Boston, in the Connty of Suffolk, do hereby give, grant, sell, and make over to him and his heirs forever all that tract and parcel of land within mentioned and granted to me and my heirs, to him, the said Benjamin Pollard and his heirs, with all the benefits and privileges whatsoever that would accrue to me and my heirs by virtue of said grant. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, day and year, first above written.
PETER PRESCOTT, and seal.
Signed, sealed, and delivered before us.
NATHANIEL HATCH, EZEKIEL PIERCE.
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SUFFOLK SS. BOSTON, Dec. 11, 1750.
The above said Peter Prescott acknowledged the above instrument to be his free act and deed before me.
EDWARD WINSLOW, Jus. Peace.
The above instrument was received and recorded the 20th of August, A. D. 1751, by me.
JOHN HILL, Pro. Clerk.
1750. At a meeting of the Proprietors of said Peterborough, being legally warned and notified, at the house of Robert Stone, Royal Ex- change Tavern, in Boston, the 14th day of December, A.D. 1750:
Voted, That Jeremiah Gridley, Esq., be moderator.
Voted, That every grantee of said Proprietors shall within three months from the date hereof pay his proportion toward the maintenance of preaching in said town, and the assessment made by the inhabitants for the roads, to such persons as shall be appointed by the inhabitants for that purpose ; and upon the expiration of three months aforesaid settle his lot or lots, and continue and diligently perform his duty upon them. And in case any grantee shall not pay his proportion or settle as aforesaid, the inhabitants of said town are hereby empowered to dispose his lots to such other persons as will go and settle immediately in said town, and perform the delinquent's duty.
Voted, That the ten pounds of powder and twenty pounds of lead delivered to Mr. Scott by John Hill be for the use of the settlers, and said Hill to charge it to said Proprietors.
Attest : JOHN HILL, Pro. Clerk.
1753. At a meeting of the said Proprietors of Peterborough, being legally warned and notified, at the said Robert Stone's house, the 5th day of July, 1753 :
Voted, Jerry Gridley, Esq., be moderator.
Voted, That if any of the settlers neglect to pay any sum or sums of money due for public uses, which was voted by the settlers or the major part of them, until the 15th day of September next, we will then dis- pose of their lots to the highest bidder.
Attest : JOHN HILL, Pro. Clerk.
SUFFOLK SS.
DECEMBER 21, 1744.
Col. John Hill made oath that in the office of Clerk of the Proprietors of Peterborough (a new plan taken so called) he would diligently and faithfully attend and discharge the duty of that office, and duly observe the directions of the law in all things whereto said office hath relation, and thereby committed to his care and trust.
Before me :
S. DANFORTH, Fus. Peace.
Sept. 26, 1753, at a meeting of the Proprietors of said Peterborough, being legally warned and notified, at the house of Alexander Scott in said Peterborough, Sept. 26, 1753 :
Voted, That Jerry Gridley be moderator.
Voted, That there be granted to John Taget, his heirs and assigns, lot No. 39, containing one hundred acres, lying west of his settling lot, No.
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48; in consideration thereof he relinquisheth his right to said Proprietors to lots Nos. 13 and 24, containing together one hundred acres ; they lie on the settlers' second division; the lot No. 13 is bounded south on lot No. 12, north on lot No. 14, east on lot No. 21, and south on lot No. 5. The said lot No. 24 is bounded south on lot No. 23, west on No. 16, north on No. 27, and east on No. 26.
Voted, That there be granted to William Richey, his heirs and assigns, lot No. 32, third division, containing fifty acres; it lieth north of lots No. 46 and 49; in consideration thereof the said William Richey relin- quisheth his right to said Proprietors to lot No. 8 in the second division, containing fifty acres, lying west and north of the pond.
Voted, That there be granted to William McNay, his heirs and assigns, the fifty-acre lot lying west of his settling lot, No. IIo, south on the town line, and north on lot No. 39, granted to John Taget ; in con- sideration thereof the said McNay relinquisheth to said Proprietors his right in lot No. 19, containing fifty acres, in the second division ; it bounds south on No. 18, and west on No. II, and north on No. 20, and east on No. 25; necessary roads to be allowed out of each of the foregoing lots.
Attest : JOHN HILL, Pro. Clerk.
At the same meeting, on said 26th day of September, 1753, voted that there be granted to Samuel Miller, his heirs and assigns, lot No. 123, adjoining to his settling lot, No. 61 ; in consideration thereof the said Samuel Miller relinquisheth his right to said Proprietors to his second division lot No. 8, containing fifty acres ; it bounds south on No. 7, west on No. 60, north on No. 31, east on No. 16; necessary roads to be allowed out of each lot.
JOHN HILL, Pro. Clerk.
At the same meeting, on said 26th day of September, 1753, John Hill granted to Gustavus Swan lot No. 89, adjoining to his settling lot, No. 36, to his heirs and assigns ; in consideration thereof the said Swan .relinquisheth to said Hill his right in lot No. 20, second division, con- taining fifty acres ; it bounds south on No. 19, west on No. 12, north on No. 21, and east on No. 25; the above granted lot, No. 98, contains fifty acres, and necessary roads to be allowed out of each lot.
Attest : JOHN HILL, Pro. Clerk.
On the same 26th day of September, 1753, John Hill granted to Thomas Turner No. 92, containing fifty acres, adjoining to his settling lot, No. 29; in consideration thereof the said Turner relinquisheth his right to said Hill to No. 7, in second division, containing fifty acres ; it bounds south on No. 6, west on No. 121, north on No. 8, east on No. 15 ; necessary roads to be allowed out of said lot.
Attest :
JOHN HILL, Pro. Clerk.
On the same 26th day of September, 1753, John Hill granted to Thomas Davison No. 93, containing fifty acres, adjoining to his settling lot, No. 30; in consideration thereof the said Davison relinquisheth to the 'said Hill his right to one hundred acres in the second division, granted to him for settlement on the same 26th day of September, 1753, viz. : Nos. 6 and 8.
John Hill granted to William McNay, his heirs and assigns, No. 110, containing fifty acres, adjoining to his settling lot, No. 48; in considera-
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tion thereof the said William McNay relinquisheth his right to the said Hill to his second division lot No. 10, bounded south on No. 9, west on No. 2, north on No. II, and east on No. 18; necessary roads allowed out of each lot.
Attest : JOHN HILL, Pro. Clerk.
On the same 26th day of September, 1753, John Fowle granted to James Archibald his right in No. 88, adjoining to settling lot, No. 25; in consideration thereof the said Archibald relinquisheth to said Fowle fifty acres in his second division.
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