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NORTON
Freemen of this State, IN TESTIMONY whereof WE, have caused the Seal of this State to be hereunto affixed the Ioth day of August in the year of our Lord 1781 in the 5 year of the Independence of this State & sixth of the United States.
By His Excellency& Command. Joseph Fay Secy.
THOMAS CHITTENDEN
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THE CHARTER OF NORTON
THE GOVERNOR, COUNCIL & GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FREEMEN OF THE STATE OF VERMONT.
To all people to whom these presents shall come, GREETING:
KNOW YE that whereas our worthy frends Timothy Andrus & company have by petition requested a Grant of a Tract of unappro- priated Lands within this State, for the purpose of settling a new planta- tion to be erected into a Township, We have therefore thought fit for the due encouragement of their laudable designs & for other valuable causes & considerations us hereunto moving, & do by these presents in the name & by the authority of the freemen of the State of Vermont, give & grant the Tract of Land hereafter described & bounded unto him the said Timothy Andrus & the several persons hereafter named his Associates in equal Shares viz' Jedediah Norton, Achsah Norton, Ben- jamin Davis, Jedediah Norton Ju' Elizabeth Norton, Isaiah Thompson, Lydia Thompson, Cyrus Thompson, William Thompson, George C, E, Thompson, Polley Thompson, Harriet Thomson, Asa Upson Jun', Ruth Upson, Austin Upson, John Wilcox 2ª, Eunice Willcox, Seth Wilcox, Datham Wilcox, John Wilcox 3ª, Abraham Wright, Rebecca Wright, Jedediah N Wright, Samuel Wright, Polley Wright, William Wright, Sally Wright, Eunice Wilcox 2ª, Sarah Tilden, Elizabeth Tilden, Achsah Tilden, John Mansfield, Stephen Day, Aaron Austin, Obadiah Hotch- kiss, David Daggitt, Asa Bray, Uriah Holmes, Jonas Prentice Jun' Hezekiah Sabins Jun' Henry Daggitt Jun' Peter Dewit, Seth Turner, Jacob Thompson, Edward Carrington, Eliphalet Buckley, Peter Wood- ward, Simeon Bristol, John R. Throop, Uriah Tracy, Jonathan Tuttle, Aaron Eliot, Eleazer Goodrich, Jonas Prentice, Richard Cutler, Enos Munson Jun' John Russell, George A. Bristol, & Isaac Davis, Together with the five following Rights or equal Shares reserved to the several public uses in manner following viz', One full Right or equal Share for
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CHARTER RECORDS
the use & benefit of a College within this State, One full Right or Share for the use of County Grammar Schools throughout this State, One Right or share for the first settled Minister of the Gospel in said Town- ship One full Share for the use benefit & support of the social worship of God in said Township, to be disposed of for that purpose, as the inhabi- tants of said Township shall from time to time agree, One full Share for the use & support of an English School or Schools in said Township forever, Which Tract of Land hereby given & granted as aforesaid is bounded & described as follows vizt BEGINNING at a Stake & Stones 10 Links North 55 D° East from a Spruce tree in the East line of Nº 4 marked Nº 5 Nº 6 & running North 17 Do East four Miles 25 Chains & 28 links to a small spruce standing in the province Line Marked Nº 4 Nº 6, Then South 82 Do, & 20 Minutes East Nine Miles & three quarters to a Stake & Stones 18 Links, S, 40 Do West from a birch Tree Marked Nº 6, 1785, Then South 40 Do West in the line of Averil 5 Miles to a Spruce Tree marked Nº 5, Nº 6, Then North 82 Do & 20 Minutes West to the bounds began at containing Twenty three thousand & forty Acres-AND that the same be & hereby is incorporated into a Township by the Name NORTON, and the inhabitants that do or shall hereafter inhabit said Township are declared to be infranchised & entitled to all the priv- iledges & immunities which the inhabitants of other Towns within this State do & ought by the Laws & constitution thereof to exercise & enjoy-
TO HAVE & TO HOLD the said granted premises as above expressed with all the privileges & appurtenences thereunto belonging or apper- taining unto them & their respective heirs & assigns forever, Upon the following Conditions & Reservations vizt. That each Proprietor in the Township of NORTON, aforesd 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 within the Term of four Years from the time the outlines of said Township, is known & Established according to Law, on penalty of the forfeiture of each respective Right or Share of Land in said Township not so settled & improved as aforesd & 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-IN TESTIMONY whereof we have caused the seal of this State to be affixed in council this 26th day of October 1779 in the third year of our independence-
THOMAS CHITTENDEN
By His Excelys Command
Joseph Fay Secy.
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ORANGE
THE CHARTER OF ORANGE
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, Amos Robinson Esq' and Captain Ebenezer Green, and their associates our worthy Friends, have by Petition requested a Grant of a Tract of unappropriated lands within this State in order for Settling a New Plantation to be erected into a Township, We have therefore thought fit for the due encouragement of Settling a New Plantation and for other valuable considerations us hereunto moving, and do by these Presents in the name & by the Au- thority of the Freemen of the State of Vermont, give & Grant the Tract of Land hereafter discribed & bounded unto them the said Amos Robin- son & Ebenezer Green, & the Several persons hereafter Named their associates vizt Nathaniel Babbit, Daniel Pinco, Solomon Strong, Arte- mas Robinson, Eliezer Robinson, Mitchel Clark, Jehiel Robins, Isaac Babbit, Noah Hopkins, Amos Robinson Ju' Daniel Robinson, William Wakefield, Joel Marsh, (Sharon), Daniel Babbit, Asa Babbit, Strong Birch, Oliver Taylor, Jedediah Strong, Bartholomew Durkee, Elkanah Sprague, Samuel Webster, Thomas Freemen Jur, David Davis, David Bissel Jur, Simeon B. Bissel, Nathan Leonard, Isaiah Thomas, Asa Taylor, David Bissel, Thomas Chittenden, Moses Robinson, Jeremiah Clark, Mathew Lyon, Jonathan Chase, John Porter, John Griswould, Timothy Bask, John Bush, Paul Brigham, Ebenezer Brewer, Nathaniel Seaver, Thomas Bingham, Samuel Sprague, Noah Payne, Ebenezer Brewster, Nathan Peters, John Hibbard, Thomas Payne, Elias Porter, Isaiah Potter, Noah Payne Jur, Jothem White, Jothem White Jur, Elisha White, Elisha White Jur, Solomon White, Peter Grant, Benjamin Grant, William Conant, John Chamberlain, John Lyman, Samuel Payne, & David Preston. which Together with the five following Rights or equal shares reserved to the several uses in manner following, include the whole of said Tract or Township vizt READ. Which Tract of Land hereby Given & Granted as aforesaid is bounded & discribed as follows vizt BEGINING at the Northwesterly Corner of Topsham, Then Southerly in the line of Topsham, about six Miles to an angle thereof, Then carrying that Breadth Back North 57 Do West so far that a Line being extended parallel with the westerly Line of Topsham across said Breadth will contain (or comprehend) the Contents of six miles square, And that the same be and hereby is Incorporated into a Township by the name of ORANGE and the Inhabitents that do or shall hereafter Inhabit said Township
READ
The
Charter
of Riptown
which is in
the same
words with
this for disposing of the
5 public
are declared to be infranchised and Intitled to all the Privileges and Rights
Immunities that the Inhabitents of other Towns within this State do & ought by the Laws and Constitution of this State to exercise and enjoy. To HAVE AND TO HOLD, the said Granted Premises as above expressed,
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with all the Privileges and appurtenences thereto belonging & apper- taining in equal Shares unto them and their respective Heirs and assigns forever, upon the following Conditions and Reservations Vizt, That each Proprietor in the Township of Orange aforesaid His Heirs or assigns shall plant and Cultivate 5 acres of Land and build an house at least Eighteen feet square on the floor, or have one family Settled on Each Respective R ght within the Term of three years next after the Cir- cumstances of the War will admit of a Settlement with Safety on penalty of the Forfeiture of each Respective Right or share of Land in said Township not so improved or Settled 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, Thall Pine Timber suitable for a navy be reserved for the use & Benifit of the Freemen of this State, IN TESTIMONY. whereof we have hereunto caused the Seal of this State to be affixed this Eleventh day of August AD 1781, and in the 5 year of the Independence of this State.
By His Excellency Command Thomas Tolman D. Secy.
THOMAS CHITTENDEN
[PARKER'S GORE]
A Charter of three Thousand Acres of Land granted Jonathan Parker Jun Esq™
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF VERMONT BY THE GRACE OF GOD FREE AND INDEPENDENT
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 Jonathan Parker Jun. Esq' of Clarendon in the County of Rutland in the State of Vermont one Cer- tain Tract of Parcel of Land and Bounded as follows BEGINNING at a Hemlock Tree Standing in the Northeasterly Corner of Shrewsbury & running North seventeen Degrees east seventy Two Chains by Saltash to a Birch Tree in the Northeasterly Corner thereof, thence South thirty eight Degrees east four Miles by Medway to a Spruce Tree in the North Line of Shrewsbury Thence South eighty five Degrees east in said North Line of Shrewsbury to the bounds began at Containing three Thousand Acresof Land with all & Singular the rights Hereditaments & Appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise Appertaining excepting and re-
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PARKER'S GORE
serving to ourselves all gold and Silver Mines to Have & to Hold the above Described and granted premises unto the said Jonathan Parker Jun Esq' His Heirs and Assigns as a good Indefeasible estate of In- heritance forever ON CONDITION Nevertheless that within the Term of seven years to be Computed from the first Day of January next en- suing 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 & the Estate hereby granted shall cease & Determine and become Void-IN TESTIMONY whereof, we have caused these our Letters to be made Patent & the great Seal of our said State to be hereunto affixed-Witness our Trusty & well beloved Thomas Chittenden Esquire Governor of our said State and Commander in Cheif of all the Militia of the same at Rutland this fourth Day of November AD 1796 & in the Twentieth year of our Independence.
By His Excellencys Command Truman Squier Secretary
THOMAS CHITTENDEN
[CHARTER OF PARKER'S GORE CONFIRMED]
L. S.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF VERMONT To all to whom these presents shall come GREETING:
Horace Eaton
WHEREAS the Legislature of the State of Vermont by an act passed on the 20th day of October AD 1846, and approved on the 21st day of October AD 1846, confirmed to the grantees of Jonathan Parker and to the grantees of his administrators all that tract of land known by the name of "Parkers Gore" lying between Bridgewater and Sherburne and directed the Governor to issue a charter conveying said tract of land to whomsoever may now have a regular legal conveyance of the same from the said Parker or from his administrator.
NOW KNOW YE that in obedience to the said act I have given granted and confirmed and by these presents do give grant and confirm unto whosoever may now have a regular legal conveyance of the same from the said Jonathan Parker or from his heirs or administrators all that tract of land known by the name of "PARKERS GORE" lying between Bridgewater and Sherburne with all the rights hereditaments and ap- purtenances to the same belonging or in any way appertaining.
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TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the above described and granted premises to the above described grantees in severalty to the extent of their respective claims under conveyances as aforesaid to them and each of their heirs and assigns as a good indefeasible estate of inheritance forever-PROVIDED that nothing contained in this conveyance shall be construed as creating or recognizing any liability whatever on the part of the state to the heirs representatives or assigns of the said Parker or any other person to secure or defend the title or possession of the land mentioned in this act.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have caused the seal of this state to be here- unto affixed this 28th day of October AD 1846. By the Governor,
Frederick Billings
Secretary-Recorded October 29th AD 1846
J. McM. Shafter Secretary of State.
THE CHARTER OF A GORE GRANTED TO THOMAS PEARSALL
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF VERMONT, BY THE GRACE OF GOD FREE & INDEPENDENT
To all to whom these presents shall come GREETING;
KNOW YE, that we have given, granted & confirmed & by these presents do give grant & confirm unto Thomas Pearsall of the City of New York Merchant, The Tract of Land bounded & described as follows, BE- GINNING at the most westerly corner of Victory, being a spruce Tree marked Victory west corner 1786, & running South 28 Do & 27 [minutes]* East four miles & 15 Chains to a hemlock Tree, marked east corner of Hopkin- tonia, Thence South 45 DoWest, three Miles & ten Chains to a Spruce Tree marked, standing in the West line of Concord, Then North 64 Do & 51 Minutes East in said West line of Concord, to the Northwesterly corner thereof, being a beech Tree marked Lunenburgh, West corner 1786, Then South 69 D° West 78 Chains to the South corner of Victory being a hemlock stadle, standing 25 links southwest from a great hemlock Tree, marked victory South corner 1786, Then North 45 Do West in the southerly line of said Victory, five Miles and 45 Chains to the bounds begun at, containing three thousand Nine hundred & thirty six Acres-Together with all &
*The inference is unavoidable that the word "minutes bracketed above has been omitted from the original record in [Ms.] Vermont Charters, pages 299 and 300, a second record of this charter on pages 362 and 363 of the same Volume contains this word.
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PEARSALL'S GORE-PHILADELPHIA
singular the rights,hereditaments, & appurtenences, to the same belong- ing, or in any wise appertaining; excepting & reserving to ourselves all gold & silver Mines & five acres of every hundred acres of the said Tract of Land for highways, To HAVE & TO HOLD the above described & granted premises unto the said Thomas Pearsall, his heirs & assigns, as a good & indefeasible estate of inheritance, forever, 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 on the said Tract of Land hereby granted to every three hundred acres, Otherwise these our Letters patent, & the Estate hereby granted shall, cease, determine & become void. Ix 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 well beloved & trusty Thomas Chittenden Esquire, Governor of our said State, general & commander in chief of all the Militia of the Same, at Bennington this 27th day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand and seven hundred & Ninety one & the 15th Year of our independence.
Passed the Secretarys Office the 27th day of January 1791-
By His Excellency Command
Joseph Fay Secy.
THOMAS CHITTENDEN
THE CHARTER OF PHILADELPHIA
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 Lieutenant SAMUEL BEACH and his associates, our worthy Friends have by Petition requested a grant of Tract of Land within this State, in order for settling a new plantation to be Erected into a Township: WE HAVE THEREFORE THOUGHT FIT for the due en- couragement of their Laudable designs, and for other valuable con- siderations 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 Tract of Land hereafter described and bounded, unto him the said Samuel Beach and the several persons hereafter named his asso- ciates in equal shares viz; Thomas Keeler, R Ebenezer Keeler, Seth Keeler Jun', John Strong, Jemima Payne, John Clark, Geashom Beach, 2ª, Silas Keeler, Ebenezer Beach, Alexander Barr, Andrew Richardson,
R Joel, Smith, Pelatiah Morgon, Thos. Keeler 2d Adjoniah Hinman
The above are Pro- prietors Attest J. Fay
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Silas Whitney, David Whitney, Asa Edmund Joseph Edmund, William Horsford, Joseph Smith, Daniel Collins, Elijah Brown, Elisha Adams, Solomon Hill, Joseph Converse, Moses Stone, Silas Whitney Ju', Oliver Whitney, Daniel Lake, Samuel Bigelow, Daniel Lake Ju', Enos Lake, Thadeus Fitch, Christopher Whitney, Ebenezer Gurnsey, Benjamin Cooley, William Clark, Libeus Johnson, John Hopson Johnson, Jabish Edgerton, Solomon Cutler, Nathaniel Cutler Jur, Benjamin Cutler, Amos Cutler, Eleazer Dudley, Uriah Hanks, Jonas Huntington, Luther Spencer, Gad Taylor, John Barret, Enoch Fisk, Abner Derwin, James Everts, Jeremiah Clark, Joseph Fay, John Dagget, Daniel Kinsley, Roswell Hopkins, Moses Robinson, John Moor, Lemuel Stewart, James Savage, & James Carpenter; which together with the five following Rights or equal Shares reserved to the several public uses in manner following include the whole of said tract or Township viz. one Right for the use of a Simenary or College; One Right for the use of County Grammar Schools in said State, Lands to the amount of one Right to be and Remain for the purpose of Settlement of a Minister or Ministers of the Gospel in said Township. Lands to the amount of one Right for the Support of the Social worship of God in said Township, And Lands to the amount of one Right for the use and Support of an English School or Schools in said Township; which said Two Rights for the use of a Simenary or College & for the use of County Grammar Schools as aforesaid, and the Improvements, Rents Intrest and profits arising therefrom, shall be under the Controul, order, direction and disposal, of the General Assembly, of said State forever, and the Proprietors of said Township are hereby Authorised and empowered to locate said Two Rights justly and equitably, or quantity for quality, in such parts of said Township as they or their Committee shall jud[g]e will least in- commode the General Settlement of said tract or Township. And the said Proprietors are further empowered, to locate the Lands aforesaid amounting to three rights assigned for the Settlement of a Minister or Ministers for their Support, and for the use and Support of English Schools in such, and in so many places as they or their Committee shall judge will best accommodate the Inhabitants of said Township when the same shall be fully settled & improved, laying the same equitably, or quan- tity for quality, which said Lands amounting to the three Rights last mentioned when located as aforesaid, shall together with their Improve- ments, Rights, Rents, profits, dues & Intreste, remain unalienably appropriated to the uses & purposes for which they are respectively assigned, and be under the charge, direction, and disposal of the Inhabi- tants of said Township forever, WHICH tract of Land hereby given & Granted as aforesaid is bounded and discribed as follows vizt. "BE- GINING at a small Beach Saplin which is the northwest corner of Chitten- den, then north seventy Do East with the northerly line of Chittenden five miles and fifty three chains to a small Birch Saplin which is the North East corner of Chittenden: from thence North five degs East six miles to a small Beach Saplin marked & monumented with a heap of Stones, and marked
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PITTSFIELD
with P C: From thence North Eighty five degrs west about six miles to the northeast Corner of Neshobe, Then on the East line of Neshobe to the first Bounds" And that the same be and hereby is Incorporated into a Township by the name of PHILADELPHIA. And the Inhabitents that do or shall hereafter Inhabit said Township are declared to be infranchised and Intitled to all the Privileges and Immunities that the Inhabitants of other Towns within this State, do, and ought by the Laws and Con- stitution of this State to exercise and Enjoy. To HAVE AND TO HOLD, the said Granted premises as above expressed, with all the privileges and appurtenences thereto belonging and appertaining unto them and their respective Heirs & assigns forever upon the following conditions & Reservations vizt; That each Proprietor in the said Township of Phil- adelphia his hirs or assigns, shall plant and cultivate five acres of Land, and build an House at 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 settie- ment with Safety, on Penalty of the forfieture of each respective Right or share of Land in said Township not so improved or Settled, and the Same to revert to the Freemen of this State to be by their Representa- tives regranted to such persons as shall appear to Settle and Cultivate the same; THAT ALL PINE TIMBER suitable for a NAVY be reserved for the use and benifit of the Freemen of this State. In Testimony whereof we have caused the seal of this State to be affixed in Council this sixteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred & Eighty. & in the fourth year of our Independence.
THOMAS CHITTENDEN.
By His Excellency Command.
Joseph Fay Secy.
THE CHARTER OF PITTSFIELD
THE GOVERNOR, COUNCIL, AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FREEMEN OF VERMONT.
L. S.
To all People, to whom these Presents shall come, GREETING:
KNOW YE, that whereas Messieurs Samuel Willcox, Daniel Kinne and Josiah Wright, and their Associates, our worthy Friends, have, by Petition, requested a Grant of a Tract of unappropriated Land within this State, in order for settling a new-Plantation, to be erected into a Township: WE HAVE THEREFORE THO' FIT, for the due encouragement
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of their laudable Designs, and for other valuable considerations us here- unto moving; And Do, by these Presents, in the name, and by the Author- ity of the Freemen of Vermont, Give and Grant the Tract of Land here- after described and bounded, unto the said Samuel Willcox, Daniel Kinne, Josiah Wright, and their Associates, viz'; Jeremiah Cady, Zebulon Norton, Asa Whitcomb, Ezra Norton, Benjamin Sawyer Jun', John Norton, James Goodrich, Josiah Wright Jun", John Wright, Jason Robbins, Joshua Robbins, Enoch Wright, Grove Wright, William Brattle, James Brattle, Joseph Durkee, Stephen Holt, Abiel Holt, Daniel Kimbal, William Martin Jun', Woodbridge Belcher, Warren Cady, John Cady, Ambrose Norton, William Norton, Nathan Chitten- den, Dorothy Martin, Nathaniel Rawson, Charles Button, Stephen Morse, Israel Frink, Ephraim Sawyer, Nathan Watkins, Ephraim Sawyer Jun', Josiah Sawyer, John Lessuer, Ebenezer Bacon, Ebenezer Pierce, Stephen Tracy, Jeremiah Smith, Jonathan Smith Jun', Stephen Carpenter, Daniel Morse Jun', Nathaniel Mason, Asa Roper, Samuel Lessuer, Joseph Bennett, William Clark, William Clark Jun', Mark Watkins, Samuel Willcox Jun', Nathaniel Morey, Daniel Brown, Ben- jamin Sawyer 2nd, Joshua Whitney, Ephraim Whitcomb, Joseph Lessuer Abraham Norton, Samuel Belcher, Silas Winchester, Andrew Belcher, Eliezur Burnham, Ebenezer Couch, John Barber, Benjamin Sawyer, Jared Smith, Timothy Meach, Russell Kellogg, John Baker, Peabody Kinne, Enoch Clark, Elijah Clark, Nathaniel Wright, Perez Graves, Elnathan Graves, John James, Jacob Kinne, Christopher Minor, Lyman Kinne, Ephraim Minor, David Stoddard, Obadiah Dickenson Jun', Israel Chapin, Henry Champion Jun, Edward Convers, Elisha Brown, Joseph Mason, James Russell, Joel Holton, Wales Cheney, John Norton Jun', Calvin Burt Belcher, Samuel Winchester, Abigail Belcher, Charles Goodrich, Charles Goodrich Jun', Jacob Ward, Josiah Ward, James Barber, Eliphalet Huntington, Seth Minor, Joseph Huntington, Joseph Huntington Jun', Joseph Strong, Noah Edwards, Israel Stoddard, Thomas May, Solomon Stoddard, Luther Johnson. Joshua Johnson, Solomon Stoddard Jun', David Parsons, Obadiah Dickinson, Elihu Dickenson, Solomon Williams, John Stoddard, Epa- phroditus Champion, Henry Champion, Elijah Wait, Abel Willcox, James Sims, Elisha White, David Osgood, Ephraim Whitcomb Jun', Levi Pierce, Nathan Norton, and Benjamin Winchester. Which, together with the Ten following One Hundred and Fortieth Parts of said Land, reserved to the several uses in manner following, include the whole of said Township, vizt Two 140th Parts for the use of a Seminary or Col- ledge; Two 140th Parts for the use of County Grammar Schools in said State; Lands, to the amount of two 140th Parts to be and remain for the Purpose of Settlement of a Minister and Ministers of the Gospel in said Township; Lands, to the amount of Two 140th Parts, for the Support of the social worship of GOD in said Township; and Lands, to the amount of two 140th Parts, for the support of an English School or Schools in said Township: which said four 140th Parts, for the use of a
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