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White, Silas Blasdel, Heman Pangburn, Truman Blackman, Solomon Whiston, Numan Buel, Ephraim Doolittle, Parker Whitmash, Alfred Lee, Jonathan Whitney, Amaziah Brownal, Jacob Austin, Barnabas Chace, Valentine Wildman, James Tanner, Isaac Randal & Noah Belden, which together with five equal rights or Shares to be reserved for Public & Pious uses in manner following to wit: one Right for the use of a Seminary or College within this State one Right for the use & Benifit of the first settled Minister of the Gospel in said Township one Right for the use and support of the Ministry in said Township forever one Right for the use and support of County Grammer Schools throughout this State and one Right for the use and support of an English School or Schools in said Township forever which Tract of Land hereby given and granted as aforesaid is Described and bounded as follows Viz BEGINNING at the Northwest Corner of Lutterlock and running North thirty six Degrees east six Miles to the North West Corner of Coventry then South fifty four De- grees east six Miles then South thirty six Degrees West six Miles to the North east Corner of Lutterlock thence North fifty four Degrees West six Miles in the North Line of Lutterlock to the Bounds began at Containing Twenty three thousand & forty acres and that the same be & is hereby Incorporated into a Township by the Name of IRASBURGH and the In- habitants that Do or shall hereafter Inhabit said Township are Declared to be enfranchised and Entitled to all the priviledges & Immunities that the Inhabitants of other Towns within this State Do by Law ex- ercise and enjoy-
To HAVE & To HOLD the said granted premises As above expressed with all the Priviledges & Appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise Appertaining unto them & their Respective Heirs & Assigns for- ever-
Upon the following Conditions and Reservations Viz that each proprietor in the Township of Irasburgh aforesaid his Heirs or Assigns shall plant & Cultivate five acres of Land & Build a House at Least eighteen feet Square on the floor or have one Family settled on each Respective Right or Share of Land in said Township within four years from the time of Establishing the out Lines of said Township agreeable to Law on Penalty of the Forfeiture of each Respective Right or Share of Land not so settled and Improved as aforesaid and the same revert to the Freemen of this State to be by their Representatives Regranted to such persons as shall appear to settle & Cultivate the same
IN TESTIMONY whereof we have Caused the Seal of this State to be hereunto affixed in Council this Twenty third Day of February Anno Domini 1781
THOMAS CHITTENDEN
By His Excellencys Command
Joseph Fay Secretary
The foregoing is a True Copy of the Charter of Irasburgh Received for Record on the 18 Day of November A D 1795 & Recorded by me --- Attest Truman Squier Secretary
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ISLE OF MOTT
THE CHARTER OF ISLE OF MOTT
THE GOVERNOR, COUNCIL, AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY, OF THE FREEMEN OF THE STATE OF VERMONT
L. S. To all People to whom these Presents shall come GREETING:
KNOW YE that whereas, MAJOR, BENJAMIN WAIT and his associates, our worthy Friends, have by Petition requested a Grant of the Island in the Lake Champlain, within the boundaries of this State Known by the name of the Isle of Mott in order thereon to Settle a new plantation to be Erected into a Township, WE have therefore thought fit the due en- couragement of their laudable designs, and for other valuable Considera- tions us hereunto moving, AND Do by these Presents in the name, and by the authority of the Freemen of the State of VERMONT, give and Grant the sd, Island hereafter more fully discribed and bounded unto him the said Benjamin Wait, and to the several persons hereafter named his asso- ciates in equal shares vizt, Gideon Warren, Noah Chittenden, Ebenezer Woods, Thomas Tolman, Ithamer Hibbard, William Blanchard, Jacob Smith, Jacob Wood, Samuel Allen, Samuel Clark, Ebenezer Allen, Ethan Pier, Luther Filmore, Cyras Clark, Joseph Roe, Stephen Savoy, Jonas Galusha, Elijah Dewey, Jonathan Fassett, Moses Robinson, Ebenezer Wallis Jur., John Whiston, Levi Hill, Isaac Wallis, William Robinson, Joseph Griffin, ISAAC HULL WALLIS, Seth Wallis, James Hill, John Sawyer, Jesse Sawyer, Isaac Clark, John Fay, William Hutchins, Joseph Lawrence, Elisha Clark, 2d; Harmon Sawyer, Daniel Coy, JOHN RYAN BLANCHARD, Benjamin Coy, Caleb Clark, Nathan Fassett, Jedediah Bingham, Ephraim Wood, John Payne, Ju', Ebenezer Wood Jur, Thomas Barney, Daniel Ormby, Nathan Clark Jur., William Hooker, Robert Blair, Stephen Davis, Alexander Brush, Jacob Safford, Elisha Ashley, - ^ William Ashley, Solomon Allen, Elisha Clark, John Owen, Daniel Her- rick, Gideon Adams, Jesse Field, Francis Herrick, William Sattarlee, Benajah Leonard, Ebenezer Hyde, Samuel Herrick, Stephen Fay, Stephen Mead, Joseph Fay, Samuel Allen Ju', Thomas Chittenden, Timothy Brownson, Ira Allen, Samuel Robinson, Joseph Bullen, James Murdock, Solomon Safford, James Hawley, John Lee, Jesse Averil, Joseph Andrews, Abner Blanchard, Elnathan Higby, Thomas Butter- field, Azariah Rood Ju', Joseph Agard, David Lacey, Samuel Barret, John Burgett Jur, Abraham Stevens, Charls Chapen Ju', Thomas Brainard, Ashbael Patterson, & Captain Abel Demmick, WHICH To- gether with the following Rights, or equal Shares reserved to the several uses in manner following, Include the whole of said Island vizt one Right, or share, for the first settled minister of the Gospel, one Right or share for the support of the social Worship of GOD, and one Right, or share, for the support of an English School, or Schools, the whole of said three Public Rights to be Located by the Proprietors of said Island,
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justly & equitably, or quantity for quality, in such Parts of said Island, as they, or their Committee shall judge will least incommode the General Settlement thereof when the same shall be fully settled, and Improved, which said three Rights, when Located as aforesaid, shall Together with their improvements, Rights, Rents, Profits dues, & Interests remain un- alienably appropriated to the uses and purposes for which they are respectively assigned, and under the charge, direction, and disposal of the Inhabitents of said Island or Township forever. which Island, hereby given and granted as aforesaid, is discribed and bounded as follows, vizt BEGINNING at the south End of an Island commonly Called the Is[l]e of Mott, situate in Lake Champlain, near the western entrence of Mesisque Bay, westerly from Dutchmans Point contiguous & southerly from the point of Land between Mesisque Bay & the channel of the main Lake; then extending northerly at low Water Mark, both on the Easterly & westerly, shores of said Island, to the most Northerly Parts thereof, so that such lines will unite in each other. AND, that the same be and hereby is Incorporated into a Township by the name of ISLE OF MOTT, and the Inhabitents that do or shall hereafter inhabit said Island or Township by virtue of this Grant, are declared to be infranchised, & Intitled to all the Priviledges & Im- munities that the Inhabitents of other Towns or incorporated Planta- tions within this State, do & ought by the Laws & Constitution of this State to exercise & ENJOY.
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To HAVE AND TO HOLD, the said granted Premises, as above ex- pressed, with all the Priviledges & appurtenances, thereunto belonging and appertaining, unto them & their respective Heirs & assigns forever, upon the following Conditions & Reservations vizt That Each Prop- rietor in the Township of ISLE OF MOTT, aforesaid his heirs or assigns, shall plant and cultivate two acres of Land, or have one Family settled on each respective Right within the Term of Two years next after the Conclusion of the Present War, between America, & Great Britain, on Penalty of the Forfieture of Each respective Right, or share of Land in said Island or Township not so improved or settled, and the same to revert to the Freemen of this State to be by their representatives re- granted to such persons as shall appear to Settle and cultivate the same. That all Pine Timber suitable for the Mast & Spars of a Navy, be re- served for the use & benifit of the Freemen of this State. IN TESTI- MONY, WHEREOF WE have caused the seal of this State to be affixed in Council this 27 day of oct' 1779. & in the 3d year of the Independence of this State.
By His Excellency& Command Joseph Fay Secy.
THOMAS CHITTENDEN.
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JACKSON'S GORE
THE CHARTER OF JACKSON'S GORE
THE GOVERNOR, COUNCIL, AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY, OF THE FREEMEN OF THE STATE OF VERMONT
To all People to whom these presents shall come GREETING:
KNOW YE that whereas Abraham Jackson Esq" and his associates our worthy friends have by petition requested a grant of a tract of un- appropriated Lands within this State in order for settling a new planta- tion
We have therefore thought fit for the due encouragement of their laudable designs & for other valuable considerations us hereunto moving, And do by these Presents in the name and by the authority of the free- men of the State of Vermont, give and grant the tract of Land hereafter described unto him the said Abraham Jackson and to the several persons hereafter named his associates in equal shares Vizt Jethro Jackson, Amos Ives, Jedidiah Jackson, Abraham Ives, Stephen Clark, Edward Bumpus, William Jackson, James Bumpus, Daniel Bradley, Elihu Allen, William Smiley, Joseph Jackson, Eliakim Richmond, Ichabod Goodyer Clark, Reuben Ives, Samuel Benton, Timothy Clark, Mathew Lyon, Asahel Jackson, Jonathan Brooks, Jotham Ives, Benjamin Bradley, Ephraim Andrus, Ezekiel Mighels, Joseph Benson, Hezekiah Rhodes, Jonah Ives, Abraham Jackson Jur and David June Vizt a certain tract of Land bounded on the East side of Wallingford North on Shrewsbury East on Ludlow Extending Southwardly in the Gore between the Towns granted by New Hampshire so far that a line extended East five degrees south across the said Gore will contain nine Thousand Seven hundred Acres of Land and no more which said tract of Land above described is hereby annexed to and incorporated with the Township of WALLINGFORD aforesaid and the Owners and Proprietors thereof and inhabitants therein shall have and enjoy all privileges and immunities which the inhabitants of the said Township of Wallingford do hold, exercise, & enjoy and are & hereby are declared to be infranchised with the inhabitants of said Town of WALLINGFORD in as full & ample a manner and as fully and absolutely & to all intents and purposes as though they had been ori- ginally a part and parcel of said Township.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said granted Premises as above expressed with all the privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging unto them and their respective heirs & assigns forever on the following conditions Vizt That each Proprietor in the said Tract his heirs or assigns, shall plant five Acres of Land and build an house at the least eighteen feet square on the floor, or have one family settled on each respective right within the term of three Years next after the circumstances of the present war will admit of a settlement with safety, On penalty of the forfeiture of each respective right or share in said tract not so improved, and settled, and the same to revert to the Freemen of this State to be
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by their representatives regranted to such persons as shall appear to settle and cultivate the same, And that all pine Timber suitable for a Navy be reserved for the use of the freemen of this State, IN TESTI- MONY whereof we have caused the Seal of this State to be affixed this 23d day of February AD 1781 and in the fifth Year of the independence of this State.
By His Excellencys command Joseph Fay Secy
THOMAS CHITTENDEN
THE CHARTER OF JAMAICA
THE GOVERNOR COUNCIL AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FREEMEN OF VERMONT
To all People to whom these Presents shall come GREETING:
KNOW YE that whereas it has been represented to us by our worthy friends, Colo Samuel Fletcher of Townshend county of Windham & in this state & company to the number of sixty seven-that there is a tract of vacant Land within this State which has not heretofore been granted, which they pray may be granted to them, We have therefore thought fit for the due encouragement of settling a new plantation within this State & other valuable considerations us hereunto moving, And do by these presents in the name & by the authority of the Freemen of Vermont give & grant unto the said Samuel Fletcher & the several persons hereafter named his associates vizt his Excellency Thomas Chittenden Esq' William Ward, Colo Moses Robinson, Mathew Lyon, John Butler, Caleb Hayward, Stephen Rawson, Reuben Hamlington, Silas Hunting- ton, Marshal Miller, Ebenezer Hewen, Nathaniel Hewen, Stephen Wil- cox, Joseph Hildrich, Calvin Hayward, John Wright, Benjamin Hay- ward, Moses Johnson, Silas Hayward, Aaron Alexander, Jesse Knight, Joseph Tyler, Amariah Taft, Aaron Hutson, Charles Hutson, William Hayward, Peter Hazelton, John Fassett Esq' William Church, Jonathan Knight, Samuel Knight, Daniel Gates, Aaron Holton, Joel Knight, Isaac Miller, Tillisson Miller, Paul Spooner Esq', John Sergeant, Ethan Hayward, Moses Doty, Reuben Nard, Philip Jordom, Comfort Joy, Jesse Joy, Philip Alexander, Levi Hayward, Benjamin How, Isaac Hart,
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Hazael Shephard, Rufus Shephard, Eleazar Harris, Nathan Hayward, Moses Holbrook, Frederich Taft, Michael Johnson, Archebus Blodget, Joshua Morse, Calvin Knoulton, Seth Knight, Jonas Cook, Samuel Wakefield, Paul Hayward, Ira Allen, Esq' Jabez Butler, & John Jones Together with five equal shares or rights to be appropriated to the follow- ing public uses viz, One share or right for the use of a Seminary or College within this State, One share or right for the use of the county grammar Schools throughout this State, On[e] share or right for the first settled Minister of the Gospel in said Township to be disposed of for that pur- pose as the inhabitants thereof shall direct, One share or right for the support of the ministry, One share or right for the benefit & support of a school or schools within said Township, The following Tract or parcel of Land BEGINNING at the northeast corner of Wardsborough, then north Twenty degrees East in the westerly line of Townshend & continuing the same course about five miles to the southerly line of Londondery, then North sixty three degrees west in the southerly line of Londonderry & con- tinuing the same course about six Miles & one quarter to the easterly line of Winhall Then south ten degrees west in the Lines of Winhall & Stratton about seven Miles to the northwest corner of Wardsborough, then south eighty degrees East about six miles in the line of Wardsborough to the bounds began at.
AND that the same be & is hereby incorporated into a Township by the name of JAMAICA and the inhabitants that do or shall hereafter in- habit said Township are declared to be enfranchised & entitled to all the privileges & immunities that other Towns within this state do by Law exercise and enjoy; To HAVE & TO HOLD the said granted Premises as above expressed with all the Privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging to them & their respective Heirs and assigns forever, under the following conditions & reservations viz That each Proprietor of said Township of JAMAICA, his Heirs & assigns shall plant & cultivate five acres of Land & build a house at least eighteen feet square on the floor or have one family settled on each respective share or right of Land in said Township within the Term of four years next after the circum- stances of the war will admit of it with safety on the pain of the for- feiture of his respective share or right of Land in said Township & the same to revert to the freemen of this State to be by their representatives Regranted to such persons as shall appear to settle & cultivate the same, That all pine Timber suitable for a Navy shall be reserved to & for the use & benefit of the freemen of this State. IN TESTIMONY whereof we have caused the seal of this state to be affixed hereunto the seventh Day of November AD 1780 in the fourth year of the independence of this State & fifth of the united States .
NB. The words in the name & by the authority of the Freemen of Vermont, were interlined, and the names Samuel, Haven, Jesse Knight, Arad, Joel, Eleaser, & Seth Knight were altered & wrote on an Erazure before compleating this Charter, The words, Fletcher of Townshend,
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Samuel Fletcher & William Ward, was wrote on Erazure.
THOMAS CHITTENDEN.
By His Excellency's command.
Joseph Fay Secy.
The above interliniations were en- tered, as this record is taken from the Charter Issued. Jos. Fay Secy.
[CHARTER OF NORTH JAY]
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF VERMONT BY THE GRACE OF GOD FREE AND INDEPENDENT
L. S. To all to whom these presents shall come-GREETING:
KNOW YE that we have given, granted and confirmed and by these presents do give Grant and confirm unto the Honorable John Jay of the city of New York Esquire and to John Cozine of the same place Esquire as Tenants in Common and not as Joint Tenants. All that certain Tract or parcel of land Situate lying and being in the County of Chittenden in the State of Vermont. BEGINNING at the North Easterly Corner of a Tract heretofore called Carthage being a Stake and Stones standing in the North line of the said State fifteen links North from a Beech Tree marked Carthage 1789 and running thence North Eighty Two Degrees and Twenty Minutes West Six Miles in the North line of the State to a Beech Tree Marked Richford Carthage October 17th 1789-Thence South four Miles in the East line of Richford to a pine or fir Tree on the West side of a small Mountain Marked M. 4. 1789 then South Eighty Two Degrees and Twenty Minutes East Six Miles to a Stake Sixteen links North West from a Spruce Tree Marked M 2. 1789 then North in the East line of the said Tract to the place of beginning CONTAINING Fifteen thousand three Hundred and Sixty Acres Statute Measure being Sixteen Thousand of land straight measure be the same more or less-in the following proportions, to wit- fourteen full equal and undivided Sixteenth parts (the whole into sixteen equal parts to be divided) unto the said John Jay and the residue and remaining two full and Equal undivided Sixteenth parts (the whole into sixteen equal parts to be divided) unto the said John Cozine. Together with all and Singular the Rights Hereditaments and appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining Excepting and reserving to ourselves All Gold and Silver Mines And also All that Certain piece of
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land parcel of the Tract herein before described Beginning at the North West corner of a Tract of land Granted His Excellency Thomas Chittenden in the East line of Richford thence along the North bounds of the Tract so granted to Thomas Chittenden South Eighty Two degrees and Twenty Minutes East Three Hundred and ten Rods-thence North Three Hundred and Ten Rods thence North Eighty Two degrees and Twenty Minutes West Three hundred and ten rods to Richford aforesaid-Thence South in the East line of-Richford Three hundred and Ten Rods to the place of be- ginning for Public Uses To have and to hold the said fourteen full and Equal undivided Sixteenth parts (the whole in sixteen equal parts to be divided) of the said above mentioned and described Tract of land and premises unto the said John Jay his Heirs and Assigns forever as a Good and in- defeasible Estate of Inheritance in fee Simple And To HAVE & To HOLD the residue and remaining two full and equal and undivided Sixteenth parts (the whole into sixteen Equal parts to be divided) of the above- mentioned and described Tract of land and premises unto the said John Cozine his Heirs and Assigns forever as a Good and indefeasible Estate of Inheritance in fee Simple On Condition Nevertheless that within the Term of seven Years to be Computed from the first day of January next ensuing the date hereof there shall be one actual Settlement made for every Six hundred and forty Acres of the said Tract of land hereby Granted otherwise these Our letters Patent and the Estate hereby Granted shall cease, determine and become void And we do by these presents Constitute, Erect and create the Tract of land hereby Granted and Chartered Together with another Tract of seven Thousand Acres to the south of and adjoining thereto granted to the before mentioned Thomas Chittenden and bounded Westerly on Richford Southerly on Westfield and Eastwardly partly on land Granted to Samuel Avery and others a Township to be forever hereafter distinguished known and called Jay with All and Singular the powers priviledges-Franchises and Immunities Granted to other incorporated Townships within this State of Vermont .- In Testimony whereof we have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent and the great Seal of our said State to be hereunto affixed-Witness our Trusty and well beloved Thomas Chittenden Esquire Governor of our said State General and Commander in Chief of all the Militia of the same at Williston this Twenty-Eighth day of De- cember in the Year of Our Lord 1792 and in the sixteenth Year of our Independance.
THOS. CHITTENDEN
By his Excellency's Command Joseph Fay Secy
passed the Secretary's Office the 28th day of December 1792
It being represented that the land within reserved for public Uses and which contains six Hundred Acres is of quality inferior to the average- quality of the rest of the Tract, We do hereby Authorize and request
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James Whitlaw Esqr. Surveyor General of Vermont to survey and add to the said land so many of the adjacent, Acres, as in his judgment will make up that deficiency And We do for ourselves and our Heirs declare that the number of Acres so by him to be added shall always be held for public uses Accordingly, and in common with the said six hundred acres to which they shall be added-IN WITNESS whereof we have hereunto set our hands the Eighteenth day of January in the Year of Our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred and ninthy three
Witness Joseph Fay John Jay
John Kelly Jr Jnº Cozine
. State of Vermont Bennington County ss December 28th-1792 Received the within Charter, and recorded the same in the first book of Charters for lands Granted in the State of Vermont.
Attest-Joseph Fay Secretary-
Recorded November 7th 1806
Att Th Leverett Secy -
[CHARTER OF SOUTH JAY]
THE GOVERNOR COUNCIL AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF VERMONT
To all people to whom these presents shall come, GREETING:
KNOW YE that whereas His Excellency THOMAS CHITTENDEN Es- quire our worthy Friend has by Petition requested a grant of Unap- propriated Lands within this State for the Purpose of Settlement we have therefore thought fit for the Due encouragement of his Laudable Design and for other Causes and Valuable Considerations us hereunto moving Do by these presents in the Name and by the Authority of the Freemen of the State of Vermont hereby Give & Grant unto the said Thomas Chittenden Esquire & to his Heirs and Assigns forever all that Certain Tract or Parcel of Land situate in the County of Chittenden in the State aforesaid Described and bounded as follows Viz BEGINNING at a Stake and Stones being the South West Corner of Carthage thence South eighty Two Degrees and Twenty Minutes East six Miles in the North Line of Westfield to a Birch Tree Standing in the Northeast Corner thereof marked Carthage Westfield 1789 thence North Two miles to a Stake 16 Links Northwest from a Spruce Tree Marked 2. 1789 thence North eighty Two Degrees & 20 Minutes west six Miles to a Fir Tree standing on the west side of a Mountain Marked M 4: 1789 thence South to the first Bounds Containing seven thousand and six hundred acres of Land reserving out of the said Tract of Land five hundred and Ninety acres to be appro-
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priated for Public uses in manner and Form as is usual and Customary in other Townships granted by this State and to be Divided and Laid out in Like manner in Quantity & Quality and be Disposed of for Public and pious uses agreably to the usual Custom aforesaid and which Tract of Land is to be Comprehended within the Township of [Jay- erased] & forever hereafter to be Called & known by the Name of Jay and the Inhabitants that now Do or shall hereafter inhabit said Town- SHIP Tract within the Township of Jay aforesaid are Declared to be in- franchised and Intitled to all the privilidges and Immunities that the Inhabitants of other Towns within State Do & ought by the Laws and Constitution thereof to exercise and enjoy-
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said granted premises as above expressed with all the privilidges and appurtenances unto him the said Thomas Chitten- den Esquire and to His Heirs and Assigns forever upon the following Conditions and Reservations Viz that the said Thomas Chittenden Esquire his Heirs or Assigns shall plant & Cultivate five Acres of Land and build a House at Least Eighteen feet square Upon the floor or have one family settled on each respective Right or Share or on each three hundred and sixty acres within the time Limited by a Law of this State made and provided for that purpose on Penalty of the forfieture thereof according to the usual Custom in grants made by this State aforesaid and the same to revert to the Freemen of this State to be by their Representatives regranted to such persons as shall Appear to settle and Cultivate the same and that all Pine Timber be reserved for the use of a Navy for the Benifitt of the Freemen of this State-
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