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WARNER'S GRANT
on the 20th day of October 1787, On Condition nevertheless, that the aforesaid Hester Warner and the Heirs of Seth Warner aforesaid shall cause Actual settlement to be made on the above said Granted Lands according to Law, and in Like proportion as is Specified in other Grants of Land made by this State; Reserving the usual allowence of Land for Public Highways, IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of this State to be affixed in Council this 29th day of November 1791, in the 15 year of our Independence. By His Excellency's Command Joseph Fay Secy.
THOMAS CHITTENDEN.
THE CHARTER OF WARREN
THE GOVERNOR COUNCIL & GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF VERMONT
To all People to whom these Presents shall come GREETING:
KNOW YE that whereas the Hon ble JOHN THROOP Esquire and his associates our worthy friends have by Petition requested a grant of un- located 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, And do by these Presents in the name and by the Authority of the Freemen of the State of Ver- mont give & grant unto the said John Throop & the several persons hereafter Named his associates, the Tract of Land hereafter described & bounded as follows viz. David Fuller, Joseph Kimball, Oliver Farnsworth, William Lyon, Joadam Gallup, Jonas Fay, Thomas Tol- man, Chapman Whitcomb, Benajah Child, John Jacobs, Stephen Ja- cobs, Simeon Jacobs, John Marcy Jun', Joseph Marcy, Ebenezer Swan, Noah Hatch, Stephen Marcy, Samuel Marcy, Jedediah Strong, Ger- sham Olds, Jonathan Brace, Thomas Chamberlain, William Ripley, George Duncan, Jonathan Pierce, William Strong, Asa Whitcomb, An- thony Whitcomb, William Gallup, Elisha Hawley, Bartholomew Durkee, Timothy Child, Parmela Jacobs, James Thomson, Thomas Brainard, George Swan, John Whitcomb, Daniel Adams, Timothy Andrus, William Roberts, Joel Roberts, Elisha Frisbie & Nathaniel Frisbie Lemuel Hopkins & Oliver Wolcoot Jun' Moses Seymour, & Alexander Catling, Benjamin Kent, Ruggles Kent, David Wilcocks, Oliver Barker, Joel Barlow, John Trumbull, William Moseley, Chauncy Goodrich, Dudley
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CHARTER RECORDS
Baldwin, Abraham Baldwin, Miles Beach, Uriah Tracy, Nathan Hale, Elihu Kent, Thadeus King, Thadeus Leavitt, Asahel Smith, Chauncy Smith, Seth Austin, and Hezekiah Spencer, Together with five equal Shares to be disposed of for public uses in manner following viz, one equal Share for the use and benefit of a College within this State, One equal share for the use & benefit of county grammar Schools throughout this State. One equal Share for the first settled Minister of the GOSPEL in said Town, One full share for the support of the Ministry in said Township, One full share for the use & benefit of an English School or Schools in said Township. Which Tract of Land hereby given & granted as aforesaid is described and bounded as follows vizt. BEGINNING at the northwest corner of Roxbury which is a stake eleven links north sixty eight degrees east from a birch tree Marked Roxbury N W corner Sept 9th 1784 & runing south 33º West in the westerly line of Roxbury five Miles thirty one chains to a stake sixteen links south 70 Do West from a Baswood Tree Marked Roxbury southwest corner 1784, Then north 61º West four Miles & twelve chains to the south line of Lincoln, then east in said line to the southeast corner thereof Then north in the east line of said Lincoln five miles 53 chains & 30 Links, Then south 61º East six Miles 20 chains 33 Links to the bounds began at also one other Tract, BEGINNING at a stake sixteen links south 33° West from a spruce marked Warren 1788, standing in the Northerly line of Caldersburgh 40 Chains from the Easterly Corner thereof & runing north 45° West, two Miles 44 Chains 69 links to a great spruce marked Warren, Warner 1788 Then north 17º East three Miles & 46 Chains to a stake 8 links Northeast from a spruce tree Marked Warren 1788, Thence south 820 5 20 Minutes East about 2 Miles & Twenty Chains to a birch tree marked Warren 1788, Then South 17º West five miles 17 chains & 30 links to the bounds began at, which two tracts contain twenty three thousand & forty acres. And that the same be & hereby is in- corporated into a Township by the name of WARREN and the Inhabi- tants that do or shall hereafter inhabit said Township are declared to be enfranchised & entitled to all the privileges & immunities that the in- habitants of other incorporated Towns within this state do by Law ex- ercise and enjoy.
To HAVE AND TO HOLD the said granted Premises with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any ways apper- taining unto them & their respective Heirs & assigns forever, on the following conditions vizt that each proprietor of the said Township of Warren 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 Town- ship within the term specified by Law, on penalty of the forfeiture of each respective right or share of Land not so settled and improved as aforesaid & 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, the aforesaid grant was made on the 9th day of November AD 1780, IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF we have caused the seal
WASHINGTON
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of this State to be affixed in Council this 20th day of October AD 1789 in the 14th Year of our Independence.
By His Excellency Command Joseph Fay Secy.
MOSES ROBINSON
THE CHARTER OF WASHINGTON
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 Major Elisha Burton and Captain John Strong, and their Associates, our worthy Friends, have, by Petition, requested a Grant of a Tract of Land within this State, of Six Miles square in order for settling a new Plantation, to be erected into a Town- ship; WE HAVE THEREFORE THOUGHT FIT, for the due encouragement of their laudable Designs, and for other valuable considerations us here- unto moving,-AND DO, by these Presents, in the name, & by the Au- thority of the Freemen of Vermont, Give and Grant the Tract of Land hereafter described & bounded, unto the said Elisha Burton and John Strong, and the several Persons hereafter named, their Associates, viz'; Pierce Burton, Barnabas Burton, Samuel Leonard, John Slaughter, Levi Root, James Gould, Ebenezer Green, Stephen Clark, Jacob Brown, Elisha Smith, Otis Freeman, Hutchins Storrs, Jonas Boardman, Asa Storey, Peter Olcott, Abel Curtis, Ebenezer Fielding, Luther Thurber, Jonathan Freeman, Dan Wright, Roswell Fenton, Timothy Bush, John Bush, William Black, John Burton, Benjamin Smith, Salmon Brown, Comfort Seaver, Daniel Spooner, Benjamin Birch, Isaac Sessions, Joel Matthews, Stephen Powers, Phinehas Powers, Phinehas Williams, Solomon Strong, John Durkee, Timothy Harding, Solomon Matthews, John Marcy, Asa Morris, Jesse Safford, John Curtis, Moses Evans, Nathan Haviland, Thomas Durkee, Darius Chipman, John Throop, Thomas Seaver, Jedediah Fay, Joseph Parkhurst, Steel Smith, Asa Whitcomb, William Gallup, John W. Dana, Edmund Hodges, Thomas Chittenden, Timothy Woodbridge, Howell Woodbridge, William Wood- bridge, John House, Simeon House, and Alexander House; which, to- gether with the five following Rights, reserved to the several uses in manner following, include the whole of said Township, viz'; One Right for the Use of a Seminary or Colledge; One Right for the Use of County Grammar Schools in said State; Lands, to the amount of one Right, to be
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and remain for the Purpose of Settlement of a Minister and Ministers of the Gospel in said Township forever; 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 support of an English School or Schools in said Township. Which said two Rights, for the use of a Seminary or Colledge, and for the use of County Grammar Schools as aforesaid, and the Improvements, Rents, Interests, 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 authoris'd 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 judge will least in- commode the general Settlement of said Tract or Township. And the said Proprietors are hereby further empowered, to locate the Lands aforesaid amounting to three Rights-assigned for the Settlement of a Minister and Ministers-for their Support-and for the use and Support of English Schools, in such, and in so many Places, as they or their Com- mittee shall judge will best accommodate the Inhabitants of said Town- ship, when the same shall be fully settled and improved, laying the same equitably, or quantity for quality. Which said Lands, amounting to the three last mentioned Rights, when located as aforesaid, shall, to- gether with their Improvements, Rights, Rents, Profits, Dues, and Interests, remain unalienably appropriated for the Uses and Purposes for which they are respectively assigned; and be under the Charge, Direction, and Disposal of the Inhabitants of said Township forever. Which Tract of Land, hereby given and granted as aforesaid, is bounded and described as follows, vizt; "BEGINNING at the North westerly Corner of Corinth; then Southerly, in the Line of Corinth about Six Miles, to an Angle thereof; then carrying that Breadth back North fifty seven Degrees West so far that, a Line being extended North Thirty Degrees East across said Breadth, will encompass the Contents of Six Miles square." And that the same be incorporated into a Township, by the Name of WASH- INGTON. And the Inhabitants that do, or shall hereafter said Township, are declared to be infranchised, and entitled to all the Priviledges and Immunities that the Inhabitants of other Towns within this State do, and ought, by the Laws and Constitution of this State, to exercise & enjoy. To HAVE AND TO HOLD the said granted Premises, as above expressed, with all the Priviledges and Appurtenances thereto belonging and apper- taining, unto them and their respective Heirs and Assigns forever, upon the following Conditions and Reservations, viz'; That each Proprietor of the Township of Washington aforesaid, his Heirs 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 Cir- cumstances of the war will admit of a Settlement with Safety : on penalty of the Forfeiture of each Right of Land in said Township not so im- proved and settled; and the same to revert to the Freemen of this State,
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WESTFIELD
to be, by their Representatives, regranted to such Persons as shall ap- pear to settle and cultivate the same. That all Pine Timber, suitable for a Navy, be reserved for the use and Benefit of the Freemen of this State. IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and caused the Seal of this State to be affixed, In Council, this Eighth Day of August A. D. 1781.
And in the 5th year of our Independence.
By His Excellency's Command.
Thos. Tolman Depy Secry.
THOMAS CHITTENDEN
[CHARTER OF WESTFIELD]
THE GOVERNOR, COUNCIL, AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FREEMEN OF VERMONT
L. S. To all people to whom these presents shall come GREETING:
KNOW YE, that whereas it has been Represented to us by our Worthy Friend DANIEL OWEN and Company, That there is a Tract of Vacant Land within this State which has not been heretofore Granted, which they Pray may be granted to them-We Have therefore thot fit for the due incouragement of Setling a New Plantation with [in] this State, and other valuable considerations 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 unto the Said Daniel Owen & Comy here- after Named as follows, VIzt Thomas Owen 3d, Daniel Owen Ju', James Cowen, Jeremiah Sanders, Andrew Waterman, William Waterman, Jesse Foster, Amos Horton, Daniel Warner, Noah Mathewson, Abraham Mathewson, Asaph Wilder, David Arnold Ju', David Richmond, Caleb Arnold Jut, Derious Smith, Simeon Smith, Thomas Wood, Thomas Wood Jur, Humphrey Wood, William Wood, John Wells Jut, Joseph Wells Jur, Stephen Smith, Stephen Smith Ju' Thomas Smith, Stephen Killey, Samuel Clarke, Simeon Sweet, Henry Sherburn, Jonathan Smith Jur, William Mathewson, Jesse Ede, Elisha Brown, William Wade, Honbl William West Esq', Caleb Arnold, Thomas Burlingham, John Sprague, Benjamin Wilkerson, Thomas Owen, Daniel Moory, Solomon Owen Jur, William Colgrove, William Barton, Amherst Kimball, William Roads, Stephen Kimball, David Darling, Asa Kimball, Comor Smith, Reuben Mason, Timothy Wilmith Jur, John Kimball, Jesse Brown, Asa Kimball Jur, Jeremiah Smith, Thomas Chittenden Esq',
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CHARTER RECORDS
and Sprague Potter, Together with five sixty fifth parts of said Township to be appropriated to public uses as follows, viz. one share for the use of a Simenary or Colledge within this State, one share for the use of the first setled Minister of the Gospel to be Disposed of for that purpose as the Town shall direct, one share for the County Grammer Schools throughout this State-one share for the support of the Ministry in said Town-and one share for the use & Support of a School or Schools in said Town the following tract or parcel of Land lying and being in this State discribed and bounded as follows (viz) BEGINING at the Northwest Corner of Montgomery-Then east in the same direction with the south line of Richford six miles Then Southerly on such point as to Gain six miles on a Parellel from the south line of Wyllys-Then west Parellel with said south line of Wyllis to the south east corner of Montgomery-Then Northerly in the easterly line of said Montgomery to the bounds Began at, will contain the contents of six miles square and no more. AND that the same be and is hereby Incorporated into a Township by the name of WESTFIELD, and the Inhabitants that do or shall hereafter Inhabit the said Township are declared to be Infranchised and Intitled to all the priviledges and Im- munities that other Towns within this State do by Law exercise and Enjoy.
To HAVE AND TO HOLD the said Granted and discribed tract of Land as above expressed, with all the priviledges and appurtenences to them and their Respective Hiers and assigns forever upon the follow- ing conditions and Reservations VIZ.
That each proprietor of the Township of WESTFIELD aforesaid his heirs or assigns shall plant and Cultivate five acres of Land, and build a House at least eighteen feet square on the floor, or have one Family setled on each Respective Right or share of Land within the term of four years after the circumstances of the War will admit of settlement with Safety- on Penalty of the forfieture of his Right or share of Land in said Town- ship-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.
CUNDO That all pine and oak Timber suitable for a Navy be reserved to the use and benifit of the freemen of this State-
IN TESTIMONY whereof we have caused the seal of this State to be affixed this 15th day of May AD 1780 and in the fourth year of the Independ- ence of this and the United States of America.
THOMAS CHITTENDEN
Joseph Fay Secy.
Note .- The Charter here printed from [Ms.] Vermont Charters, Vol. I, pp 13-15, is again recorded in [Ms.] Vermont Charters "Vol. II" pp. 14 and 15, without substantial change.
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WESTFORD
THE CHARTER OF WESTFORD
THE GOVERNOR, COUNCIL, & GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE. FREEMEN OF VERMONT.
L. S. To all People, to whom these Presents shall come, GREETING:
KNOW YE, that whereas Captain Uriah Seymour and Abraham Sedgwick, 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 their laudable Designs, and for other valuable considerations 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 the said Uriah Seymour, Abraham Sedgwick, and the several Persons hereafter named, their Associates, viz; Barnabas Dean, Simeon Dean, Levi Robbins, Justus Riley, Josiah Buck Jun', Josiah Robbins, Wait Robbins, Chester Wells, John Wright, Bezaleel Lattimore, Gershom Wolcott, Joseph Webb, An- drew Huntington, Ebenezer Huntington, Daniel Buck, Moses Tryon, Ezekiel Williams, Nathan Perkins, James Camp, Moses Goodman, Samuel B. Webb, John Humphry, David Humphry, Josiah Willard, Samuel Robbins, Josiah Buck 3rd, Joseph Merril, Solomon Woodruff, Joseph Kingman, Ebenezer Burr, Samuel Tibbats, Nehemiah Lawrence, Stephen Lawrence, Eliphalet Ensign, Benjamin Mills, Josiah Moore, Ezra Willcox, Joseph Tiff, Elias Case, Martin Smith, David Robinson, Silas Robinson, Roswell Hopkins, Stephen Williams, Mary Allen, Solomon Lee, Thomas Ives, Phinehas Loomis, Harris Loomis, William Slade, Thomas Chittenden, Daniel Meiggs, Ira Allen, Paul Dewey, Heber Allen, Elijah Owen, John Owen, Mary Washburn, Ebenezer Dewey, Samuel Williams, John Knickerbacor, Asahel Williams and Lorrane Allen; which, together with the five following Rights, reserved to the several Uses in manner following, include the whole of said Township, vizt; one Right for the use of a Seminary or Colledge; one Right for the use of County Grammar Schools in sd State; Lands, to the amount of one Right, to be and remain, for the purpose of Settlement of a Minister and Ministers of the Gospel in said Township forever; 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 support of an English School or Schools in said Township. Which said two Rights, for the Use of a Seminary or Colledge, and for the use of County Grammar Schools, as aforesaid, and the Improvements, Rents, Interests, and Profits arising therefrom shall be under the Controul, Order, Direction and Disposal of the General Assembly of this State forever. And the Proprietors of said Township are hereby authorised and em- powered to locate said two Rights justly and equitably or quantity for
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quality, in such parts of said Township as they or their Committee shall judge will least incommode the general settlement of sd Tract or Town- ship. And the said Proprietors are further empowered, to locate the Lands aforesaid, amounting to three Rights, assigned, for the Settle- ment of a Minister and 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 and improved. laying the same equitably, or quantity for quality. Which said Lands, amounting to the three Rights last mentioned, when located as aforesaid, shall, together with their Improvements, Rights, Rents, Profits, Dues and Interests, remain unalienably appropriated for the uses and purposes for which they are respectively assigned, and be under the Charge, Direction, and Disposal of the Inhabitants of said Township forever. Which Tract of Land, hereby Given and Granted as aforesaid, is bounded and described as follows, viz'; "BEGINNING at the South West Corner of Newark; then North East in the North west Line of Newark to an Angle thereof (supposed to be) about Six Miles; and carrying that Breadth back North West so far as that a parallel Line with Newark north West Line aforesaid, will encompass the Contents of six Miles square." And that the same be, and hereby is incorporated into a Township, by the Name of WESFORD. And the Inhabitants that do, or shall hereafter inhabit said Township, are declared to be infranchised, and entitled to all the Priviledges and Immunities that the Inhabitants of other Towns within this State do, and ought, by the Law and Constitution of the State, to exercise and enjoy. To HAVE & TO HOLD the said Granted Premises, with all the Priviledges and Appurtenances thereto belonging and appertaining, in equal Shares, as above described, unto them and their respective Heirs and Assigns forever; upon the following Conditions and Reservations, vizt; That each Proprietor in the Township of West- ford aforesaid, his Heirs 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 War will admit of a Settlement with Safety: on penalty of the Forfeiture of each respective Right 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 of the Freemen of this State. IN TESTIMONY whereof, WE have caused the Seal of this State to be affixed, In Council, this Seventeenth Day of August, A. D. 1781. In the 5th year of the Independence of this, & 6th of the United States.
By His Excellency's Command.
THO. TOLMAN Depy Secry.
THOMAS CHITTENDEN.
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WHEELOCK
THE CHARTER OF WHEELOCK
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 DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, & MOORS CHARITY SCHOOL, being sitituated on the East Bank of Connecticut river, have been and still are of important service in diffusing useful Literature among mankind, & thro' this State in particular, & whereas the Honble JOHN WHEELOCK Esquire our well beloved friend, for & in behalf of the Honorable Trustees of said College; & in behalf of said SCHOOL, has applied by petition for a grant of a Tract of unappropriated Lands with- in this State, for himself as president of said COLLEGE & SCHOOL & his successors in office & for the Trustees of said College & their Successors. We have therefore thought fit for the due encouragement & for pro- moting the useful & laudable design of said COLLEGE & SCHOOL & for many weighty considerations us hereunto moving. WE 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 JOHN WHEELOCK as president of sd School & to the Trustees of sd College Vizt BEGINNING at the Southwest Corner of the township of Lyndon being a birch tree marked Lyndon S. W. corner Nov. 16-1786, which is also the Northeasterly corner of Danville, & running North 70 Do West in the northerly line of sd Danville two Miles & fifty Chains to the Northwesterly corner thereof, which is a Spruce tree marked Danville corner, then North forty three degrees & 8 minutes west Six Miles & 4 Chains, to a little beach tree standing in the easterly line of Greensborough, marked Wheelock corner July 17th, 1788, then North 36 Do East three Miles, 46 Chains & 22 links, in said Easterly line of Greens- borough, to the north easterly corner thereof, which is a birch tree marked Greensborough Corner May 29th, 1786, Then South fifty four degrees East five Miles 55 Chains 5 33 links, to a Stake & Stones twelve links North 36 D° East from a beach tree standing on the North side of a flatt Hill marked Sheffield SE, Corner July 19th 1788 Wheelock f IW, Then north 36 D° East two miles 68 Chains & 60 links to a Stake eighteen links South- east from a Spruce tree on flatt Land marked Wheelock corner 1788, on the Southeast side, & Sheffield Corner on the Northwest side, Then South Six Degrees & 15 minutes East one mile & 54 Chains to a beach tree marked Lyndon Corner July 1, 1787, IA Billymead corner 1788 being the North- westerly corner of Lyndon, then South 20 Do West Six Miles in the westerly line of Lyndon to the bounds began at-
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on the following Conditions & Reservations Viz that one hundred & fifty Acres of Land be reserved for the use benefit & support of the Ministry of the GOSPEL in sd Township or precinct, forever; 150 Acres of Land for the use & support of an English School or Schools in sd Township or Precinct forever, to be located as near the center of sd Township or precinct on good Tenable Land, as the situation thereof will admit
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