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At a Council held at Fort Georgein the City of new york . on Wednesday the Print conth day of november 176. Present. Histocellency Rr Henry Moore Baronel Captain General &c~ "Horsmanden, M Reade " Delancey) M- Harris At the Request of the Proprietors of, or the Parties interested in the town
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Council Meeting-1766
At a Council held at Fort George in the City of New York on Wednesday the twelfth day of November 1766
Present
His Excellency Sir Henry Moore, Baronet, Captain, General, etc.
Mr. Horsmanden
Mr. Reade
Mr. Smith
Mr. Apthorpe
Mr. Morris
The Petition of Oliver Willard, in behalf of the Proprietors and Inhabi- tants of the Township of Hartford, was presented to the Board and read, setting forth, that there is a certain Tract of Land lying in this Province, lately called by the name of Hartford; Beginning on the Bank of Connecticut River and at the Northeast Corner of the Township of Hartford, and from thence extends up the River to the Southeast Corner of Norwich; from thence extends Westerly until the full Contents of Six Miles Square is included; that the Petitioners are the sole Proprietors of the same; that there is thirty inhabitants now in actual Possession of said Township; that they hold the same under the Great Seal of the Province of New Hampshire; That they supposed their Title to be good until the Order of the King in his Privy Council came to hand, directing the West Bank of Connecticut River to be the Boundary Line between this Province and the Province of New Hamp- shire; that they are desirous to secure their Properties, Possessions and Improvements, by obtaining a Grant of the same under the Seal of this Province; And therefore the Petitioners humbly pray, that the said Tract of Land may by his Majesty's Letters Patent be granted to them and their heirs, and that the same may be erected into a Township by the Name of Hartford, with such Powers and Privileges as other Towns in this Province have and do enjoy.
On reading whereof, It is ordered, that the said Petition be referred to the Gentlemen of the Council or any five of them.
His Excellency withdrawing, the Gentlemen of the Council resolved them- selves into a Committee on the said Petition and being ready to make their report, his Excellency returned to the Council Chamber and took his Seat.
Ordered that said Report be made immediately.
Then Mr. Reade Chairman of the said Committee in his place reported, that the Committee had duely weighed and considered the said Petition, and were humbly of Opinion, that his Excellency might grant the said Tract of Land and Premises unto Prince Tracy, Benjamin Wright, Benjamin Burtch, Joseph Marsh, Benajah Strong, Elisha Marsh, John Baldwin, John Bennet, Nathaniel Holbrooke, Junior, Noah Dewey Junior, Solomon Strong, Jonathan Marsh, Amos Robinson, Rufus Baldwin, Daniel Pinneo, Elijah Strong, Ebenezer Gillet Junior, Giles Alexander, Abel Marsh and Zadock Wright. Except the Shares and Proportions of the said Tract of Land formerly allotted to Daniel Warner Esqr. Joseph Newmarch Esq. Thomas Bell Esq. and Samuel Went- worth; which Shares and Proportions having no Improvement made thereon, are to remain vested in the Crown, and that the several Shares of the said Tract, which by the Grant or Charter from New Hampshire was intended for publick uses, be granted in Trust as follows that is to say: One such Share for the use of the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts; a like share for a Glebe for the use of the Minister of the Gospel in Communion of the Church of England as by Law established for the Time being residing on the Premises; a like share for the use of the first
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settled Minister of the Gospel on the said Tract; and one hundred Acres for the use of a Schoolmaster residing on the same Tract.
Which Report on the Question being put was agreed to and approved of. And this Board doth humbly advise and Consent, that his Excellency do by his Majesty's Letters Patent, grant to the Persons first above named, and their heirs the Tract of Land aforesaid, to be thereby erected into a Township, by the Name of WARE, instead of that of Hartford, with the usual Privileges, Under the Quit Rent, Provisoes, Limitations, and Restrictions, prescribed by his Majesty's Instructions: Excepting out of the Land so to be granted, the Shares formerly allotted to the Persons named in the Report of the Committee; And whereon no Improvement hath been made, which are to remain vested in the Crown: And that the several Shares heretofore intended for publick Uses be granted in Trust for the Uses in the said Report particularly declared and expressed.
And it is ordered by his Excellency the Governor with the Advice of the Council, that previous to the passing the said Letters Patent, the said intended Grantees, or some Persons for them of sufficient Ability, do enter into Bond unto our Sovereign Lord the King in the Penalty of two thousand Pounds current money of the Province of New York; Conditioned that they the said intended Grantees, their heirs or Assigns, shall as soon as may be after the Passing of the said Letters Patent, grant and Convey in fee simple unto all and every the other Proprietors of the said Tract of Land, under the Grant of New Hampshire (except the aforesaid Daniel Warner, Joseph Newmarch, Thomas Bell and Samuel Wentworth) their heirs or Assigns the several Lotts Shares and Proportions of and in the same. which they the said Proprietors so respectively held, are interested in or intitled unto, under the said Grant; upon the said Proprietors or their heirs or Assigns paying their respective Proportions of all Fees Charges and Disbursements arising or growing due thereupon.
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Petition Presented by Jonathan Burtch-1772
vo his Excell y William Joyon Esquire Captain Général and Governor in Chef of the Province New York &
The Seletion of Jonathan Bitch in behalf of himself and Others for the Tourship of Hartford formerly advised tobe Granted And praying for of attraction of ham ton guing Security
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To his Excellency Millian Try on Esquire Caption General and Governorin Chief in and how this Province of new york and they Punitorios defunding theneon in america Chancellor and - Vice Admiralof the danny
ins Council This Position L'enathan Burtch in behalf of himself and the other Owners and propritous undup the Giantofrece Hasny whingofa Fact of sand known by the nameof the Town ship of Hartford Most Humbly Phereth
That Oliver Willard did on a petition in behag
of Price Pracy and treten Other for some productor of thepad Town ship to his lote Locellonly For Many Morey Borando. Quand, Obtain an Order of his said toty leallen cy in Council Boxing Day this tweetthe Day of novembre 57 6 6 for granting to then within the the Trad of land aforward lying on the Hat sideoflavonclient shower to the Monthword of the Townwhiprof Hartford and southward of Fract of Clans cather Norwich enough Such Chance there fas wary affeld under the said Grantinfow Hampstundto Daniel Warner, Joseph Newmarcha Thomas Bill and SamuelHurworth
That your petitionen and his aforcialis. any the Soleproprietors of the ward Trace, that there are about Onehundred and twenty who habitants in actuale profession three under the ward New Hampshire grants who do duona Securing their vaid proformaions and improvementer by ist under the Grist the belofthis promised and an wil willing to the Security for the Burfit fallo the owner ofthe wis trade under they said New Hurry huid Grand usually lequand inpony Similar bases
your Petitionen therefore humbly banyo that when the Latino Want ithatle if any for the das
may.
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( May be inserted an grantour in the void flow parmes that the therow of the on) Town chippt . in the former Ordure may beincluded inthis forthe Benefits of the forward Owner ". And Home Ditiona Shallow
Jonathan Punti:
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Fibrathan Buslety, Hough Game
James Vanhoutin William Rof
William tomu
Volantino Mutter
Soaac /Hurong Arbeit Nillo Daniele Mille
Robert Mille Junior
William young William for Christian Will Johannes Will Outer Montaigne
of William troll James Thompsonp James Rolio Mathu bleues Georges Balle Christopher Dud ley Fortom Kelley
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Petition Presented by Jonathan Burtch-1772
To his Excellency William Tryon Esquire Captain General and Governor in Chief of the Province of New York, etc.
The Petition of Jonathan Burtch in behalf of himself and others for the Township of Hartford formerly advised to be granted and praying for an alteration of names on giving security to Convey the New Hampshire Grantees
Rec'd 8 April 1772
W. T.
1772 April Received in Council and Granted giving the usual security and Benning Wentworth's share to remain vested in the Crown.
To his Excellency William Tryon Esquire Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over the Province of New York and the Territories depending thereon in America, Chancellor and Vice Admiral of the same.
in Council
The Petition of Jonathan Burtch in behalf of himself and the other Owners and Proprietors under the Grant of New Hampshire of a Tract of Land known by the name of the Township of Hartford.
Most Humbly Sheweth
That Oliver Willard did on a petition in behalf of Prince Tracey and 19 other persons, proprietors of the said Township to his late Excellency Sir Henry Moore Baronet Deceased, Obtain an Order of his said late Excellency in Council bearing Date the twelfth Day of November 1766 for granting to them and their Heirs the Tract of Land aforesaid lying on the West side of Connecticut River to the Northward of the Township of Hartford and South- ward of a Tract of Land called Norwich except such Shares thereof as were alloted under the said Grant of New Hampshire to Daniel Warner, Joseph Newmarch, Thomas Bell and Samuel Wentworth.
That your petitioner and his associates are the sole proprietors of the said Tract, that there are about 120 Inhabitants in actual possession thereof under the said New Hampshire Grant, who are desirous of securing their said Possessions and Improvements by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of this Province and are willing to give the Security for the Benefit of all the Owners of the said Tract under the said New Hampshire Grant usually required in similar cases.
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Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays that when the Letters Patent shall issue for the said Township of Hartford the Persons whose names are men- tioned in the Schedule hereunto Subjoined May be inserted as Grantees in the said Letters Patent,
that the Shares of the said Township reserved in the former Order may be included in the Grant for the Benefit of the Present owners thereof. And your Petitioner shall ever pray etc.
JONATHAN BURTCH in behalf of himself and associates
New York, 1st April 1772
Schedule Referred to by the foregoing Petition
Jonathan Burtch
Hugh Gaine
John Kane
James Lankashire
William Ross
William Smith
Valentine Nutter
Isaac Heron
Robert Neille
Daniel Neille
Robert Neille, Junior
William Young
William Todd
Christian Will
Johannes Will
Peter Montaigne
John Schevington
William Scott
James Thompson
James Rolis Mathew Gloves George Ball Christopher Dudley John Kelly
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Council Meeting-1772
Ha Council helios Fort Georgein the City 4 New york on Hermesday harnight& day of Cabral 12 - this collency We. regent A Horama ligin ryan Coqueiro Gallain Generaleal_ I'Mat. M Gruger M.Deharcay
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Kever in His Courty of Cumberland known by the home of Cavendish and berg further described asin the said Under ca set forth That thetelefoner fixtheouvert the Wardtland to be surveyed and the Allimor and his Opociates namedin the d'aix therule being the only forsome principallyon ferente inthe london- ere decirons of tuing out his Majesty's setters a tent for the samelan d' writing to poter in's the security s over 'in Cases of the the nature And therefore the Aktioner Pray that the Sellers Patient 's advised to be granted may die in the namesof the. Alliance and of the word ( Persona mentioned in the Schedule aforceand ..
Ensues Consideration where of the Council de a humbly device that when - the Letters Blant hate que por the vari vart of land h's trollensy te leveren do fus the same agreable to the said Order of the 19th day of now amber with it - here is the name of the Suede blond Loschaves of deathsociales gordoneden the arnaler, Jarabe Hafer,John. HaceA jour, Ahol jardinier honest olham l'acteur lerden, Cher. Jan tardes, Jillian Jay Christian Concorrers Bahn del fin Dagrest James Elect nathan Lane, vernone theen, aberich hoch Milioni hornady Giornolies Kande burgh, james Christy, 'Thenetherland Kumul Mason I health & have of the glace Prach formerly allotled to Konning; Hmworth Enquire somainecoton in the Crown, and that the thames for publich Ias b amantidir husk in the Hanver diackdinthe raid former forder.
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The Glen of Jonathan Borch in behalf of himselfand the other Camera and the free lors under the frontof hawthornphase of a Church of fort forming In home of the bundle ho of the effort was presentedilu the Klarown Strandthi
Curing date the lefthe day of november ybb for granting to thom and His fans The Storech of dand aforesaid lying on the Med dex flamechen I have to the north. ward of the blow which of thelord, and', buthoward of ut act of dand color formach wafel such huren thereof a swere allotled under the fiat puntoa new Kant, shirto Lanet Horror, Josoph Vagnarch, Chono Ktandommel Wentworth did the & Chiliover and his Elfsociales and the like the pointow of the bisthast ( that there are about and hundred and themarty inhalte hantering It" Region than of under horarios new Hampshired print who were desirous
First petition on this page not from Township of Hartford
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The
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Council Meeting-1772
At a Council held at Fort George in the City of New York on Wednesday, the Eighth day of April 1772 - Present
His Excellency William Tryon, Esquire, Captain General, etc., etc.
Mr. Horsmanden
Mr. Smith
Mr. De Lancey
Mr. White
Mr. Morris
Mr. Astell
The Petition of Jonathan Burtch in behalf of himself and the other Own- ers and Proprietors under the Grant of New Hampshire of a Tract of Land known by the Name of the Township of Hartford was presented to the Board and read Setting forth That Oliver Willard did on a Petition in behalf of Prince Tracey and nineteen other Persons Proprietors of the said Township to his late Excellency Sir Henry Moore Baronet deceased, obtain an Order of his said late Excellency in Council bearing date the twelfth day of No- vember 1766 for granting to them and their heirs the Tract of Land afore- said lying on the West Side of Connecticut River, to the North of the Town- ship of Hartford and Southward of a Tract of Land called Norwich except such Shares thereof, as were allotted under the said Grant of New Hamp- shire to Daniel Warner, Joseph Newmarch, Thomas Bell and Samuel Went- worth; That the Petitioner and his Associates are the sole Proprietors of the said Tract. That there are about one hundred and twenty Inhabitants in actual Possession thereof under the said New Hampshire Grant, who are desirous of securing their said Possessions and Improvements and are willing to give the Security usually required in Similar Cases. And therefore the Petitioner humbly prays that when the Letters Patent shall issue for the said Township of Hartford, the Persons whose names are mentioned in the Schedule thereunto subjoined may be inserted as Grantees in the said Letters Patent and that the Shares of the said Township reserved in the former order may be included in the Grant for the Benefit of the Present Owners thereof.
On due Consideration whereof the Council did humbly advise that when the Letters Patent shall issue for the said Tract of Land, his Excellency the Governor do issue the same agreeable to the said Order of the twelfth day of November 1766, but that instead of the Persons therein mentioned as Grantees, the said Letters Patent issue in the Names of Jonathan Burtch, Hugh Gaine, John Haine, James Lankashire, William Ross, William Smith, Valentine Nutter, Isaac Heron, Robert Neille, Daniel Neille, Robert Neille Junior, William Young, William Todd, Christian Will, Johannes Will, Peter Montagnie, John Schevington, William Scott, James Thompson, James Roles, Mathew Gloves, George Ball, Christopher Dudley and John Kelly. That the Share of the said Tract formerly allotted to Benning Wentworth remain vested in the Crown and that the Shares of the said Tract appropriated under the Grant of New Hampshire to the said Daniel Warner, Joseph Newmarch, Thomas Bell and Samuel Wentworth be granted by the said Letters Patent, Subject to the Conditions to be expressed in the Bond hereafter mentioned and that the whole of the said Tract of Land be erected into a Township by the name of Hartford with the usual Privileges.
And it is Ordered by his Excellency the Governor with the Advice of the Council that previous to the passing of the Letters Patent for the said two*
*A patent for the Township of Cavendish was petitioned for previous to Hartford and is included in the minutes of the same Council Meeting.
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Mr. Watts
Mr. Cruger
Mr. Apthorpe
HISTORY OF HARTFORD
Tracts of Land to be called by the respective names of Cavendish and Hart- ford, the Grantees to be named therein or some Persons for them of sufficient ability do enter into Bond unto our Sovereign Lord the King in the Sum of two thousand Pounds current money of the Province of New York, Condi- tioned that they the said intended Grantees, their Heirs or Assigns shall as soon as may be after passing of the said respective Letters Patent respec- tively grant and convey in Fee Simple unto all and every the other Proprietors of the said respective Tracts of Land under the Grant of New Hampshire, their heirs or Assigns (except the Heirs or Assigns of the aforesaid Benning Wentworth) the several Lotts, Shares and Proportions of and in the said respective Tracts of Land, so to be granted under the Seal of this Province, which they the said other Proprietors, their heirs or Assigns do respectively hold are interested in or intitled unto under the Grant of New Hampshire upon the said other Proprietors, their Heirs or Assigns paying their respec- tive Proportions of all Fees Charges and Disbursements arising or growing due thereupon, Provided such other Proprietors, their Heirs or Assigns, do make Application for such Grant and Conveyance within the space of one year after Notification in one or more of the publick Newspapers of this Colony of the issuing such respective Letters Patent and of the Names of the Patentees under the Grants of New Hampshire.
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Historical Sketches
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MARSHLAND, HOME OF COL. JOSEPH MARSH FIRST LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF VERMONT
COL. JOSEPH MARSH
Col. Joseph Marsh, first lieutenant governor of the State of Vermont, was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, January 12, 1726. He settled in Hartford in 1772 and soon took active part in public affairs. In March 1778, he was elected lieutenant governor, to which office he was re-elected in 1779 and annually until 1790.
His last public office was chief judge of Windsor County Court from which office he resigned by letter October 15, 1796. His letter of resignation read as follows :
"Gentlemen :
"Age, infirmity, and the wish not to stand in the way of the usefulness of one better qualified, forbids my longer exercising the office of Chief Justice of the County Court of the County of Windsor. Therefore with a grateful sense of the honor done me by your former appointments, I must request you to consider me no longer as a candidate for that office."
Col. Marsh died in 1811, at the age of 85, and is buried in the cemetery in Quechee village.
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OLD DorHAN CHURCH. HARTFORD, VERMONT.
THE DOTHAN CHURCH
For fifteen years, starting in 1779, church services were held in the Dothan district in the kitchen of Thomas Hazen's home. In 1795-96 a church was built which was used by the residents of the area for nearly fifty years. The building was plain and had no steeple. Residents of the area were very proud of their meeting- house and fondly referred to it as "God's Barn".
In early historical accounts the Dothan District was commonly called North Hartford. Originally the Dothan Church was Presby- terian and was closely affiliated with the College in Hanover. This church was called The Church of Christ of Dartmouth College in its North Hartford Branch.
The members of the Dothan Church formed a Presbyterian Con- gregational Society in 1805. In White River Village (Hartford) in 1829 the Second Congregational Church was built and dedicated. Following the dedication an invitation was issued to the members of the North Hartford Church to make this new church their place of worship. This offer was declined.
Services were held in the North Hartford Church until 1844. During this year the church was closed due to the lack of sufficient
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membership to support a pastor. Many of the members transferred to the church in White River Village.
The church stood vacant for many years and was finally torn down.
Handed down through the years is a story concerning the Dothan Church and Andrew Newton's horse. Andrew Newton lived on the corner of Christian Street and the Dothan Road and was a faithful attendant at the Dothan Church. On this particular Sun- day Mr. Newton was ill and unable to attend services. Sensing that it was time to go to church the Newton's old white horse left his stall and walked over to the front of the house where he waited patiently for the family to make its appearance. Several carriages passed on their way to church and the horse decided there was no need to wait any longer. He walked to the church and stood in his accustomed place throughout the services returning to his stall after the services were over.
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