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Attest :
JOHN HILL, Pro. Clerk.
Then the meeting of the said Proprietors was adjourned to the next day, being the 27th day of September, 1753, to the said house of Alexan- der Scott, in Peterborough, to nine of the clock in the forenoon. Then met and passed the following vote : -
Voted, That there be granted unto John Richey,* son of William Richey, lot No. 19, containing fifty acres, to him, his heirs and assigns forever ; said lot bounds south on lot No. 18, north on No. 20, east on No. 25, and West on No. II, necessary roads to be allowed out of said lot.
Attest : JOHN HILL, Pro. Clerk.
1754. At a meeting of the Proprietors of Peterborough, being legally warned and notified, at the dwelling-house of Jeremiah Gridley, Esq., in Boston, on Tuesday, the 4th day of June, 1754, and passed the following vote : -
I. Voted, That John Hill be desired, at the charge of said Propriety, to purchase half a barrel of gunpowder, one hundred weight of lead, and two hundred flints, and send them by Mr. Alexander Scott to said town, there to be for a town stock for the use of the settlers in case of a war.
2. Voted, That the settlers of said town or their Committee chosen by them for that purpose be empowered, where any of the settlers have re- moved off their lots and don't return in three weeks from public notice being given by said Committee in said town and the town they shall be removed to, if it be known by said Committee, by posting up the same in some public place in each of the towns aforesaid; and also that any of the settlers that shall remove out of said town within six months from this date, the said Committee be empowered to dispose of such settlers' lots to such persons as will immediately enter into possession and im- prove said lots, and continue inhabitants in said town.
3. Voted, That John Hill, Esq., be desired, at the charge of the said Proprietors, to purchase a gun and send it to Peterborough by Alexander Scott, and the said Scott be desired to deliver said gun to the Rev. Mr. Harvey, minister there, for his use so long as he continues to be an in- habitant of said town.
Attest :
JOHN HILL, Pro. Clerk.
At a meeting of the Proprietors of Peterborough, being legally warned and notified, at the house of John Fowle, Esq., in Woburn, on the 4th day of June, A. D. 1756 - present, Jeremiah Gridley, John Hill, and John Fowle, Esqs. :
* First child born in Peterborough. J. S.
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APPENDIX.
Voted, That Jeremiah Gridley, Esq., be moderator.
Voted, That the Proprietors proceed to draw the lots in the list pre- sented ; and John Hill, Esq., drew the lots in the list No. I as is here set forth, to be to him, his heirs and assigns forever.
Location.
No. of each Lot.
Number of Acres.
First Range,
I and
2
Mason P., ' 200
Second
31 and
32
200
First
7 and
8
66
200
Second
66
25 and 26
66
200
First
13 and 14
66
200
Second "
105 and 106
200
First
19 and 20
200
Third
60
48
I 50
Third East Range,
43
I 50
West from Farm B and C,
94 and
95
203
Fourth Range from West Line,
84 and
206
Fourth . «
66
9I
75
Third
74 and
75
203
Second
66
71 and
72
200
First
66
63 and
62
200
Second
66
64
100
First
66
54
IO0
Third East Range,
52 (sold Hammill)
193
Fourth
4I
I 20
The above said lots are marked with the letter H on each lot in the plan annexed to this book, on pages 6, 7.
Recorded and attested :
JOHN HILL, Pro. Clerk.
And John Fowle, Esq., drew the lots set forth in the list No. 2, as is here set forth, to be to him, his heirs and assigns forever.
Location.
No. of Lots.
No. of Acres.
Second East Range,
34 and
33
Mason P.,
200
First
5 and
6
66
200
Second
66
27 and
28
66
200
First
II and 12
66
200
Second
21 and 22
66
200
First
66
17 and
18
66
200
Second
66
IOI and 102
200
66
66
47
150
Near Farm B,
93 and
92
200
West from Farm C,
96
I37
Fourth Range from West Line,
86 and
98
200
Third
66
76 and
77
204
81
IO2
Second and Third Ranges, West Line, 73 and 83
203
First Range from West Line,
60 and 61
75
Second Range from West Line,
65
IO0
Third Lot from South Line,
38
100
Third East Range (sold Riddle),
49
193
On West Line of the town,
53
I02
The above said lots are marked with the letter F, in each lot, in the plan annexed to this book, pages 6, 7.
Recorded and attested :
JOHN HILL, Pro. Clerk.
66
80
IO2
85
193
III
66
Third
IIO
193
90
75
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HISTORY OF PETERBOROUGH.
And Jeremiah Gridley, Esq., drew the lots set forth in the list No. 3, as is here set forth, to be to him, his heirs and assigns forever.
Location.
No. of Lots.
No. of Acres.
First East Range,
3 and
4 Mason P.,
200
Second
29 and
30
200
First
9 and IO
200
Second
23 and
24
¥
200
First
15 and 16
66
200
Second
103 and 104
200
First and Second East Ranges,
99 and 100
200
Fourth East Range,
II2 and 113
192
West from Farm C.,
97
100
Fourth Range from West Line,
87 and
88
200
Fourth West Line,
89
103
Third Range from West Line, " 66 ¥
78 and
79
204
Second
66
60
66
69 and
70
200
. First
66
66
58 and
59
200
Second Range from South Line, Third Range from West Line,
39
50 (sold Miller)
15I
The foregoing lots are marked with the letter G in each lot, in the plan annexed to this book, on pages 6, 7.
Recorded and attested :
JOHN HILL, Pro. Clerk.
Location.
No. of Lots.
No. of Acres.
Fourth East Range,
114 and 115
192
Third
46
150
45
150
The above four lots were drawn by Jeremiah Gridley, Esq., at the same time, and with the others recorded to him, and were contained in the list No. 3, but omitted in the recording, and are now recorded to him and his heirs and assigns forever.
By JOHN HILL, Pro. Clerk.
At the same meeting the Assignees of Peter Prescott drew the follow- ing lots, viz .: -
Location.
No. of Lots.
No. of Acres.
Third East Range,
42
150
44
150
First West
55
100
Conformable to a grant of said Proprietors at their meeting, the 21st day of December, 1744, as recorded in this book, page 56.
Recorded by JOHN HILL, Pro. Clerk.
At a meeting of the Proprietors of Peterborough, being first legally warned and notified, at the house of John Fowle, Esq., in Woburn, on Wednesday, the 21st day of June, 1758, they passed the following votes :
Voted, That Jeremiah Gridley, Esq., be moderator.
Voted, That whereas two hundred and fifty acres of land at either end of the farm, and of an equal breadth therewith, was granted to John Fowle, Jun., and his heirs, at a meeting of the said Proprietors held the 29th day of November, 1738, recorded on page II of this book, as an equivalent to either of the other farms marked with the letters A, B, and
IO6
82
103
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C; and whereas James Gordon, the assignee of John Fowle, has made his election of said two hundred and fifty acres on the east side of said farm, and laid said equivalent land out there, which takes in the lots Nos. 115, 114, and part of lot No. 113, which in the last division made by said Proprietors were drawn by Jeremiah Gridley, Esq. :
Voted, Therefore, that in lieu thereof there be, and hereby is, granted to said Jeremiah Gridley, his heirs and assigns forever, two hundred and fifty acres, adjoining to said farm D on the west side thereof, as an equiv- alent for the said lots, Nos. 115, 114, and part of No. 113, taken by said Gordon as aforesaid.
Voted, That whereas there was granted unto John Taget lot No. 39, containing one hundred acres lying on the west side of his settling lot, No. 48, at their meeting of said Proprietors, Sept. 26, 1753, recorded page 58 of this book, in lieu of said lot No. 39, he, the said John Taget, relinquished his right to said Proprietors in lots Nos. 13 and 24, in second division, laid out for said settlers ; and whereas Jeremiah Gridley, at the last division made by said Proprietors, drew the said lot No. 39, there- fore, in lieu thereof, the said lots, Nos. 13 and 24, are granted to the said. Jeremiah Gridley, Esq., and his heirs.
Voted, That the clerk be desired to make the following memorandum in the Proprietors' book, viz. :-
" That the heirs of John Vanall, etc., have not, by themselves nor any other person, appeared in any of the Proprietors' meetings, nor contrib- uted anything towards the settlement of said town of Peterborough, and their guardian, the Hon. Spencer Phips, Esq., refused to pay anything towards the expenses the Proprietors were at in bringing forward said settlement, although application was often made to said guardian by John Fowle and John Hill, Esqs., as they have declared in this meeting of said Proprietors."
Voted, That there be and hereby is granted unto Richard Gridley, Esq., and to his heirs and assigns forever, for his good services to said Proprietors, a fifty-acre lot in said township of Peterborough, bearing No. 8; it bounds south on lot No. 70, north on lot No. 71; it buts east on lot No. 31 or the highway, west on the Mill farm. It is more partic- ularly planned, described, butted, and bounded on page 15 of this book, and recorded by Peter Prescott, the then Proprietor's Clerk, Dec. 18, 1738.
Recorded and attested by
JOHN HILL, Pro. Clerk.
On pages 59, 60, of this book there is recorded as follows, viz : Sept. 26, 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 said Hill his right to one hundred acres of land in the second division, granted to him for settlement on the same 26th day of September, 1753, and the said Hill has drawn for his the said second division, viz., No. 6, containing fifty acres, bounding west on No. 61, east on No. 14, south on No. 5, north on Nos. 7 and 8 ; and the lot No. 8, containing fifty acres, is bounded south on lot No. 7, north on lot 31, east on No. 16, west on Nos. 60 and 122.
Recorded by
JOHN HILL, Pro. Clerk.
On pages 61, 62, there is recorded to John Hill, Esq., his draft of lots, and the following lots that are marked Mason P. are set off to the Pro-
45
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HISTORY OF PETERBOROUGH.
prietors of Mason's claim, as their reservation in their grant to the Pro- prietors of Peterborough, for said Hill's part of said reservation.
In First East Range as on Plan in this | In Second East Range, &c. Book.
No. I, containing
100 acres.
No. 25, containing 100 acres.
2,
100
66
66
7,
8,
100
66
66
32,
66
100
13,
14,
19,
100
66
20,
100
On page 62 there is recorded to John Fowle his draft of lots, and the following lots that are marked Mason P. are set off to the Proprietors of Mason's claim, as their reservation in their grant to the Proprietors of Peterborough, for said Fowle's part of said reservation.
In First East Range.
No. 5, 6,
containing
100 acres.
No. 21, containing
100 acres.
II,
66
100
66
66
27,
66
100
60
" 12,
100
66
66
28,
66
100
66
33,
66
100
On page 63 there is recorded to Jeremiah Gridley, Esq., his draft of lots, and the following lots that are marked P. Mason are set off to the Proprietors of Mason's claim, as their reservation in their grant to the Proprietors of Peterborough, for said Gridley's part of said reservation.
In the First East Range.
No. 3, containing
100 acres.
66 4,
9,
66 IO,
66
100
66
15,
IO0
“ 16,
100
In Second East Range, &c.
No. 23, containing 100 acres.
24,
29,
66 30,
100
Nota bene, said Gridley has one hundred and thirty-three and one-third less taken out of his part or share of the lands to satisfy Mason's grant than Hill and Fowle have, so that Hill and Fowle must have each of them sixty-six and two-thirds acres allowed them, to make up so much for their part taken out and recorded to said Mason Proprietors.
On page 60 in this book is recorded, Sept. 26, 1753: John Fowle granted to James Archibald his high No. 88, adjoining to his settling lot, No. 25; in consideration thereof the said Archibald relinquisheth to said Fowle fifty acres in his second division, and the said Fowle has drawn lot No. 24, for his second division; it buts south on lot No. 23, north on lot No. 27, east on lot No. 26, west on lot No. 16.
Recorded : JOHN HILL, Pro. Clerk.
At a meeting of the Proprietors of Peterborough, duly notified and warned, at the chamber of Jeremiah Gridley, Esq., in Mr. Bagnall's dwelling-house, in Boston, on the 25th day of March, in the year 1767:
Voted, That there be and hereby is granted (at the request of the
" 17,
100
66
" 18,
100
66
26,
31,
22,
100
100
100
100
66
100
100
100
In Second East Range, &c.
34,
100
100
100
100
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APPENDIX.
inhabitants of said Peterborough) unto the Rev. Mr. John Morrison, he being the first settled minister, the lots. Nos. 15 and 78, in the first divis- ion of lots as they are now laid out (they contain together one hundred acres), to him, the said Morrison, his heirs and assigns forever, on the following condition, viz .: lot No. 78, that he continue minister in said town of Peterborough for the space of seven years from his ordination, or to his death, if that should first happen ; and in case the said Morri- son should not remain minister of said Peterborough for the space of seven years, and so long live, then the said lot No. 78 is hereby granted unto the said town of Peterborough for their next settled minister.
Recorded by JOHN HILL, Pro. Clerk.
[ The end of page 67 of the Proprietors' Record.]
Pages 68 and 69 of the Proprietors' book contain an exact copy of the grant of the Masonian Proprietors to the Proprietors of Peterborough, etc., which is recorded on pages 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this book.
Transcribed Oct. 21, 1787. Finis.
For an attested copy, by Jeremiah Smith, of the above quitclaim of the Masonian Proprietors to the Proprietors of Peterborough, see pages 47, 48, and 49 of this History.
A COPY OF THE ACT ANNEXING A CERTAIN PART OF PETERBOROUGH TO TEMPLE.
State of New Hampshire.
In the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine. [L. S.]
An act for annexing a certain part of the town of Peterborough in the County of Hillsborough to the town of Temple in said county :
WHEREAS, The following lots of land, lying in the south-east corner of said Peterborough, to wit, lots numbered one, two, three, four, five, and six in the first East Range, and the lots numbered thirty-three and thirty-four in the second East Range, are separated by a very high mountain from the other parts of said Peterborough, and are commodious- ly situated for said town at Temple, and the said towns of Peterborough and Temple have agreed that the said lots of land be disjoined from said town of Peterborough and be annexed to said town of Temple, therefore :
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened, that the said lots be and they hereby are disjoined from said town of Peterborough and annexed to said town of Temple ; and the said lots of land with the inhabitants thereon shall forever hereafter be considered as a part, and belonging to, said town of Temple, as though the same had been originally incorporated therewith; and the person or persons who, on the Ist day of September last, or at any time since, lived, or are now living, on said lots of land, and who by living thereon may have gained a residence in said town of Peterborough, shall, in case they shall ever stand in need of relief, be considered as the proper charge of the said town of Temple, in the same manner as though the same lots at the time of such person or persons coming to reside thereon, and ever since, had been a part of said Temple, any law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding :
Provided, nevertheless, that nothing in this act shall be considered to affect the right of said Town of Peterborough to assess levy and collect
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HISTORY OF PETERBOROUGH.
any taxes now due from said lots, but the same shall be assessed, levied, and collected in the same manner as though this act had not been made, anything therein to the contrary notwithstanding.
In the House of Representatives, Jan. 28, 1789. The foregoing bill having been read a third time, Voted, That it pass to be enacted. Sent up for concurrence.
THOMAS BARTLETT, Speaker.
In Senate, Jan. 29, 1789. This bill having been read a third time, Voted, That the same be enacted.
JOHN PICKERING, President.
True copy examined by Joseph Pearson, Secretary.
True copy examined by Jeremiah Smith.
LAND MAP OF PETERBOROUGH REPRODUCED BYG . S. MORISON FROM MAP IN THE HANDWRITING OF HON.JEREMIAH SMITH L L.D. TRANSCRIBED IN 1787.
BUFFORO'S UTH. BOSTON.
NORTH LINE, RUNNING EAST. 6 MILES .
STAKE & PILE OF STONES.
63
73
F
83|
H
84
98
STAKE & STONE.
WASHBURN
WYMAN
FAREWEATHER
G
115
FARM D.
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_ISPOFFDRD NAY H
G
100
99.
SHAW
SHAW
D
G
114
61
H
71
F
81
110
F 101
H
20
FOWLE
G
113
WILLSON
S. MOORE
60
70
H
80
S. MOORE
J. TAYLOR
G
88
G
97
A.HDLMES JNO. GRAGG
WILLSON 108
G 103 |F
18
59
G
69
G
79
G
8 9
JOHN MOORE
S.SPEAR
S.MOORE
MASON
/07
G 104,F
17
G
S8
68
G
78
13 SCHOOL
H 95
R RIVER 82
20
HAMMILL HENDERSON
MILLER
MASON
H
52
H 105
G 18
F
67
IF
77
14
H
94
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TODD SPRING
TOOO
TAYLOR
F
77
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51.
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56
66
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14
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75
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98
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MASON
79
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105
7
86
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H
48
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F
12
114
84
74
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M. TEMPLETON
MASON
MASON
38
42
24
F
47
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101
103 F
88
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MASON
MASON
THAYER GOROON
G
39
41
53
53
112 p
G
72 H
H
89
PARKER G
BUTLER
MASON
MASON
HUB 35
26
G
45
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9
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A. SCOTT
LITTLE
2º DIV.
POLLARO CH. MC COY
44
27 H
28
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70
33
90
93
118
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WWM.SCOTT
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119
96
27
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58
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32
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91
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GORDON
WALLACE
BURNS
POLLARO
MASON
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H
6
F 120
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28
42
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29:F
6
32
WHITE
F
68
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3d.Div. 32
GRAGG 30
OINSMORE
26
MASON
MASON
92
WILLSON
121
2D. Div .. 31
STINSON
29 WHITE 27
G
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5
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THOSE MORISON
87 2
60
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8
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MASON
WM. SMITH
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122
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7
15
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H
22
A.SCOTT 14
HENDERSON
MASON
MASON
MORE 21 TURNER
25
H
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H. MORISON
49
46
P
65
62
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12
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MASON
MASON
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WYMAN
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87
HOLT & GRAGG
F 102
19
THE LOTS NO FROM 4,70 34 INCLUSIVE, MARKED MASON, ARE SETT OFF.TO MASON PROPAS CONFORMABLY,TO THEIR GRANT, THE 22 DAY MAY, 1765.
EAST RANGE FROM LOT T. NORTH TO TOSK LINE, ANNEXED TO GREENFIELD IN 1797.
TODD
TAYLOR
78 MINISTER
90
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57
19
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THESE LOTS, 1,2,3,4,5, 6,33 6 34 , ANNEXED TO TEMPLE, SCE ACT PASSED 29 JATIY 1789.
HENDERSON
GRAY BODY
H
H
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G
MAX,
IS
IST MINISTER
F
96
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83
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WILLSON
PRESCOTT
OTTE
MAX.
WEST LINE, RUNNING NORTH, 6 MILES,
H
F
128
SHAW
WYMAN
WEEKS
GREEN
372
SAM.MOORE F
S. MOORE
G
FLAT BROOK
113
MASON H
G
112
MASON
EAST LINE, RUNNING SOUTH, 6 MILES.
113
F
50
F
P
P 73
OCH SHOOK T.TEMPLTON
F 21
TEMPLETON
54
8
MILL FARM
G
7
WHITE
T. MORISON
LINE OF
MASON
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MAX.
36
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SPRING
BEAVER RIVER
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SOUTH LINE, RUNNING WEST, 6 MILES,& B RODS
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EXPLANATION,
BY N. H. MORISON,
OF LAND-MAP TRANSCRIBED BY JUDGE SMITH IN 1787, FROM THE PROPRIETORS' RECORDS.
In laying out a town six miles square, there can be little doubt that the surveyor intended to make the junction of the Contoocook and Nubanu- sit Rivers its centre, and to run its boundaries due east, west, north, and south.
FIRST SURVEY.
The first survey of lots was made by Joseph Wilder in the spring of 1738. The four great farms of 500 acres each (320 by 250 rods) for the proprietors were first laid off, farm A (Gridley's) being thrown perpen- dicularly across the Nubanusit River. To farm D (Fowle's), on account of the swamps in which much of it lay, was granted an addition of 250 acres, which, in 1758, were selected by James Gordon, the assignee of Fowle, on the east side of the farm, including lots 115, 114, and part of 113 of the second survey, these numbers being transferred to other lots west of the farm.
Beside the great farms the survey laid off the 63 lots required by the grant, 60 for the settlers, I for the first minister, I for the second minis- ter, and I for the school. The settlers' lots were scattered over the various parts of the town and around the large farms in such a way as to give the greatest value to the lands retained by the proprietors. Each "home " or "settler's " lot contained 50 acres; but, at a later period (1753), the settler who had complied with the conditions of the settlement received another 50 acre lot. To each settler's lot of 50 acres was joined a proprietor's lot of the same size and dimensions, making each full lot contain 100 acres (160 by 100 rods) divided equally between settler and proprietor. Each lot of this first survey, therefore, contains two num- bers, those from I to 63 designating the settlers' halves of the full lots, and the numbers from 64 to 125 marking the parts belonging to the pro- prietors. These double numbers are the characteristic feature of the first survey, and render it easy to trace the lots then laid out, over the different parts of the town. This first survey ran thus : -
I. South line, Ist range west of Street Road, running north 12 lots, I, 64-12,75.
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2. 2nd range west of farm B, running south 5 lots, 13, 76 -- 17, 80.
3. Ist range east of farm B, running north 3 lots, 18, 81 -20, 83.
4. Two ranges (14 lots) were then surveyed outside the present limits of the town, beginning west of 54, second survey (Alexander Robbe's).
West line, Ist range, running south 6 lots and 2 half-lots, 22; 21, 85 ; 23, 86; 24, 87; 25, 88; 26, 89; 27, 90; 28; 2d range, running north 6 lots and 2 half-lots, 91 ; 29, 92 ; 30, 93 ; 31, 94; 32, 95 ; 33, 96 ; 34, 97 ; 35.
These numbers were all transferred to other parts of the town after the western boundary was altered by Blanchard. Lot 21 is the compan- ion lot of 84. Lot 35, granted to J. Hubbard, an early small proprietor, had no settler's lot attached, so that up to 34, 97 the difference between the two numbers in the lots is always 63, but after 35 this difference is 62.
5. South of farm B, Ist range east of Street Road, running south 5 lots, 36, 98-40, 102.
6. South of farm B, 2d range east of Street Road, running north 4 lots, 41, 103-44, 106.
7. South line, 2d range west of Street Road, running north 3 lots, 45, 107-47, 109.
8. South line, 3d range west of Street Road, running north 2 lots, 48, 110-49, III.
9. East, north, and west of farm A, 7 lots, 50, 112 - 56, 118.
IO. Ist range, east of Street Road, running south, 7 lots, 57, 119- 63, 125, ending on the town line near the place of beginning, and completing the survey.
Three numbers of the Jaffrey lots (28, 91 - 30, 93) were retained in the half range left by Blanchard on the west side of the town. The other numbers were transferred to the 2nd and 3d ranges east of the Street Road, 28, 91 being found in both places.
SECOND SURVEY.
The second survey was made some time, but not long, after Oct. 16, 1749, when it was ordered. The name of the surveyor is not known. In the south-east part of the town, beginning on south line, 2nd range east of Street Road, 31 lots of 50 acres each were laid off. In 1753, these lands were divided by lot among such settlers as had complied with the conditions of settlement, and were styled 2nd division lots, the original settler's lot being his Ist division lot. Lots numbered 32, 3d division, south of 31, 2d division, and 32, 3d division, in the south-west part of the town, marked Richey, were also 50 acre lots, probably given to later set- tlers, and so called 3d division lots.
Lots 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, in the south-west part of the town, were set- tled before the second survey was begun, and the bounds of these lots were probably arranged to suit the settlers actually in possession of them. This only will account for the great size and irregularity of these farms, for the fact that they were never divided among the proprietors, and that no mention of them whatever appears in their records. The survey pro- ceeded as follows : -
I. N. E. part of town, 31 lots, 1-31, called 2d division lots.
2. S. W. « 6 " 32-37, settled before they were surveyed.
3. S. W. 3 " 38-40.
4. East line, 4th range, I lot, 41. 3d II 42-52.
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66 53-63. 64-73.
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66 74-83.
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66 4th 66
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92-97.
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66
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