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See also Avery's Gores, ante.
HOLLAND .- Town in Orleans County. Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to Timothy Andrews and fifty-nine associates, Oct. 26, 1779, ante P. 94.
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Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 3:231; Child's La- moille and Orleans Co. Gazetteer, 1884, p. 284; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 91; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 73; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 146; Coolidge and Mans- field's History of New England, 1860, p. 21; [ms.] Chandler,-Atlas, p. 89; Land Records, p. 527-8; State Papers Vt., 1:84.
HOOSICK .- A New York patent dated June 2, 1688, and which . was claimed by New York partisans to have covered lands in the town of Pownal. For a discussion of this patent, see H. Hall's Early History of Vermont, pp. 487, 488.
HOPKINS GORE .- In the Report of Land Commissioners to the Governor and Council, March 15, 1788, among others was the following Order and Decree: "To Doct. Roswell Hopkins Eleven Thousand & 264 acres in such part of the Gore marked Hopkins Gore as he shall choose, Granted Oct. 27th 1787," (Governor and Council, III-179, 180). Hopkinsville was chartered Oct. 27, 1790, and contained 11,264 acres. Hopkinsville was sometimes called Hopkins Grant (which see), and in the charter of Pearsall's Gore, dated Nov. 4, 1791, a monument in the east corner of Hopkinsville is marked east corner of Hopkintonia. Hop- kinsville, Hopkins Grant, and Hopkintonia are one and the same tract of land, and Hopkins Gore probably included in addition the 3,936 acres east of this tract chartered to Thomas Pearsall in 1791.
HOPKINS GRANT .- Same as Hopkinsville. Governor and Council, III-203.
HOPKINSVILLE .- Vermont grant of 11,264 acres to Roswell Hopkins, Oct. 27, 1790, ante p. 96. Burke Tongue annexed and both incorporated into Kirby, (Laws of 1807, p. 71). State Papers Vt., 1:84. See Kirby.
HUBBARDTON .- Town in Rutland County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres to Isaac Searle and sixty-seven associates, June 15,1764, (State Papers N. H., 26:228). New York patent of 4,000 acres issued May 26, 1772, by Gov. Tryon to Charles Nichol embraced
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land now in Hubbardton; Vermont Historical Society Collections, I:156. Part annexed to Sudbury, (Laws of 1806, p. 120). Annexation of part of Castleton to part of Hubbardton for school purposes legalized, (Laws of 1869, p. 294).
Sketches of the History of Hubbardton, Amos Churchill, 1855; Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 3:746; 4:1169; Child's Rutland Co. Gazetteer, 1882, p. 138; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 91; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 73; Dem- ing's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 146; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 821; State Papers Vt., 1:85; Crockett's History of Vermont, 1921, 1:247.
HULTON .- New York grant of 12,000 acres to James Abeel & Co., by Lt. Gov. Colden, Aug. 1, 1770, covered lands now in Shrewsbury; Vermont Historical Society Collections, I:155. Marked "Abel & Co" on map preceding Index to Vol. I, Documentary History of New York.
HUNGERFORD .- New Hampshire grant. See Sheldon, post.
HUNT, JONATHAN and ARAD .- Vermont grant of 600 acres in Whitingham to above, Oct. 15, 1787, ante p. 218.
HUNTINGTON .- Town in Chittenden County. New Hamp- shire grant as New Huntington of 23,040 acres to Edward Burling and sixty-five associates, June 7, 1763, (State Papers N. H., 26:232). Name changed to Huntington Oct. 27, 1795, (Laws p. 9). Part annexed to Bolton, (Laws of 1794, pp. 55-57; 1808, p. 135).
Brief sketch and history of Town of Huntington, James Johns, 1859; Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 1:812; Child's Chittenden Co. Gazetteer, 1883, p. 215; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 93; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 74; Deming's Ver- mont Officers, 1918, p. 147; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 824; Rann's History of Chittenden Co., 1886, p. 613; State Papers Vt., 1:85.
HUNTSBURGH .- Vermont grant. See Franklin, ante.
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HYDE PARK .- Town in Lamoille County. Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to Jedediah Hyde and sixty-four associates, Aug. 27, 1781, ante p. 99. Annexation of part from Morristown, (Laws of 1870, P. 570; 1898, p. 116).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 3:628; Child's La- moille and Orleans Co. Gazetteer, 1884, p. 91; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 94; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 74; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 148, Coolidge and Mansfield's history of New England, 1860 p. 825; [ms.] Chandler,-Atlas, p. 25; Land Records, p. 524; State Papers Vt., 1 :86.
IRA .- Town in Rutland County. Oct. 12, 1780, the petition of Lemuel Roberts and thirty-nine associates was filed asking for a grant of the District of Ira, ([ms.] Vermont State Papers, 21:187). A grant must have been made, for Nov. 9, 1780, the Governor and Council, (II:59), fixed the amount of the granting fees and the time for their payment at June 1, 1781.
The granting fees being unpaid Oct. 20, 1783, a committee of the General Assembly to whom was referred the question of the right of the District of Ira to be represented reported that inasmuch as the dis- trict was represented in the convention that formed the constitution and had since been represented and taxed, that the district continue to be allowed a representative. The report was accepted. ([ms.] Vermont State Papers, 22:56) Two years later, however, the following report was adopted, Oct. 25, 1785:
"The Hon' General Assembly now Convened.
Your committee appointed to confer with his Excellency the Gov- ernor Repecting the granting fees of the town of Ira find that the said Town was granted in Oct. 1780-that a charter was to Issue on the granting fees being paid-and that the greatest part of Said proprietors have as yet Neglected to pay any part thereof although Five years have Elapsed Since Said grant-Therefore it is the opinion of your Committee that a time be allowed sd proprietors to pay the fees-and upon their neglect a charter be made to any person that will appear to pay the same -all of which is humbly Submitted by
Sam1 Williams for Com."
[Ms.] Vermont State Papers, 22:107; Governor and Council, III: 28). Oct. 31, 1792, the report of a committee on granting fees of Ira showed that only part had been paid, ([ms.] Vermont State Papers, 31:223; see also 38:148). There is no record that the granting fees were ever paid and probably a charter was never issued.
New York grant of 5,000 acres of Henry Van Vleck & Co. by Gov. Tryon, Nov. 6, 1772, covered lands now in Ira; Vermont Historical Society Collections, 1:157. Part of Ira was incorporated with parts of Wells, Tinmouth, and Poultney into Middletown, Oct. 31, 1804. Part
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annexed to part of Poultney for school purposes, (Laws of 1804, p. 49). Part of Clarendon annexed, (Laws of 1854, p. 57). Part annexed to Castleton, (Laws of 1904, p. 412); took effect in March, 1905.
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 3:778; Child's Rutland Co. Gazetteer, 1882, p. 144; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 95; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 75; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 149; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 826; State Papers Vt., 1:86.
IRASBURGH .- Town in Orleans County. Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to Ira Allen and sixty-three associates, Feb. 23, 1781, ante p. 101. Part of Lowell annexed, (Laws of 1852, p. 66; 1854, p. 56).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 3:239; Child's Lamoille and Orleans Co. Gazetteer, 1884, p. 2882; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 96; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 75; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 149; Coolidge and Mans- field's History of New England, 1860, p. 827; [ms.] Chandler,-Atlas, p. 33; Land Records, p. 522; State Papers Vt., 1:87.
ISLE LA MOTTE .- Town in Grand Isle County. Vermont grant to Benjamin Wait and ninety-five associates, Oct. 27, 1779, ante p. 103. Name changed to Vineyard, (Laws of 1802, p. 32). Name changed back to Isle La Motte, (Laws of 1830, p. 25).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 2:554; Child's Franklin and Grand Isle Co. Gazetteer, 1883, p. 226; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 96; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 76; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 150; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 827; State Papers Vt., 1:87.
JACKSON'S GORE .- Vermont grant of 9,700 acres to Abraham Jackson and twenty-nine associates, Feb. 23, 1781; by the terms of its charter it was annexed to and incorporated into the township of Walling- ford, ante p. 105. Oct. 31, 1792, incorporated with parts of Ludlow and Wallingford into town of Mt. Holly, (Laws of 1792, pp. 20-23).
Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 96; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1851, p. 154; State Papers Vt., 1:87.
JAMAICA-Town in Windham County. Vermont grant to Samuel Fletcher and sixty-five associates, Nov. 7, 1780, ante p. 106.
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Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, Vol. 5, Part II, p. 423; Child's Windham Co. Gazetteer, 1884, p. 222; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 96; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 76; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 151; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 828; State Papers Vt., 1:87. See Camden, (New York grant), ante
JAY .- Town in Orleans County. The present town of Jay was granted by the State of Vermont, March 13, 1780, under the name of Wyllis "To the officers of the Connecticut line, being sixty in number." (Governor and Council, 11:25). A charter of Wyllis was never issued in accordance with this grant, for the reason probably that the granting fees were not paid. How and when the town received the name of Carthage is a question hard to answer. In 1783 it was called by that name, for, Oct. 20 of that year, the salary of Gov. Chittenden for the years 1781 and 1782 was ordered to "be paid, the one half in forfeited rights of Land in the town of Carthage, at nine pounds per right," etc., (Governor and Council, III:28; [ms.] Vermont State Papers, 31: 108). Since 1792 the name of the town has been Jay. Vermont granted 7,600 acres of the town to His Excellency Thomas Chittenden, Nov. 7, 1792, ante p. 110, and 15,360 acres to John Jay and John Cozine of New York City, by charter dated Dec. 28, 1792, ante p. 108. Line with Richford established, (Laws of 1802, pp. 158-160; 1803, p. 60).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 3:265; Child's Lamoille and Orleans Co. Gazetteer, 1884, p. 288; Thompson's History of Ver- mont, 1842, Part III, p. 97; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 76; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 152; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 828; State Papers Vt., I :48, 88.
JERICHO .- Town in Chittenden County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres to Edward Burling and sixty-five associates, June 7, 1763, (State Papers N. H., 26:236). Part incorporated with parts of Williston and New Huntington into Richmond, Oct. 27, 1794, (Laws, PP. 55-57). Part united with part of Underhill for school purposes, (Laws of 1812, p. 35).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 1:829; Child's Chitten- den Co. Gazetteer, 1883, p. 223; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 97; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 76; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 152; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 828; Rann's History of Chittenden Co., 1886, p. 623; History of Jericho, C. H. Hayden, 1916; State Papers Vt., 1:88; Crockett's History of Vermont, 1921, 1:245.
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JOHNSON .- Town in Lamoille County. Vermont grant to Rev. Jona Edwards, William Samuel Johnson, Charles Chauncey, and sixty- two associates, Jan. 2, 1792, ante p. III. Annexation of part of Sterling (Laws of 1855, pp. 76-79; 1856, pp. 76-78).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 2:669; Child's La- moille and Orleans Co. Gazetteer, 1884, p. 104; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 99; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 78; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 153; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 830; History of Johnson Oread Literary Club, 1907; State Papers, Vt., I:89.
See King's College, (New York grant), post.
JOHNSON'S GORE .- Vermont grant of 5,045 acres to Moses Johnson and thirty-two associates Feb. 23, 1782, ante p. 113. Incorp- orated into a town by the name of Acton, Nov. 6, ISoo, (Laws, p. 29). Deming's Vermont Offiers, 1851, p. 155; State Papers Vt., 1:90. See Acton.
KELLYBROOK .- New York grant of 30,000 acres by Lt. Gov. Colden to Luke Knowlton July 20, 1774; covered lands in Fletcher and vicinity; Vermont Historical Society Collections, I:157.
KELLYBURGH .- Mentioned in a petition for a road in [ms.] Vermont State Papers, 18-137, and from the direction of the road as described in the petition Kellyburgh must have included Kellyvale, or Kelly's Grant No. 2, or both. It is evident from a report of a committee to assess granting fees that Kellyburgh covered the four tracts chartered to John Kelly in 1791. The report of the committee adopted by the General Assembly Jan. 25, 1791, is in [ms.] Vermont State Papers, 31 :222, and contains the following: "We find the legislature of Vermont on the fifth day of March one Thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven made a Grant to the said Kelly of Sixty nine Thousand and one hundred Acres of land lying in the tract commonly called Kelly burgh."
KELLYVALE .- Vermont grant of 31,000 acres to John Kelly of the City of New York June 7, 1791, ante p. 117. Kelly's Grant No. 2 adjoining Kellyvale annexed, (Laws of 1825, p. 33). Name changed to Lowell, (Laws of 1831, p. II); State Papers Vt., 1:90. See Lowell.
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KELLY'S GRANT NO. 2 .- Vermont grant of 6,000 acres to John Kelly June 6, 1791, ante p. 114. This tract was situated east of Kelly's Grant No. I, which was chartered as Kellyvale. In 1825 Kelly's Grant No. 2 was annexed to Kellyvale, (Laws of 1825, p. 33), and both comprise the present town of Lowell; State Papers Vt., 1:90.
KELLY'S GRANT NO. 3 .- In March, 1787, Vermont granted to John Kelly 69,100 acres of land, 39,000 acres of which was free of fees, (Governor and Council, III:180; [ms.] Vermont State Papers 31-222). Four charters were issued in 1791, three in June comprising 39,000 acres, and one Nov. 4, of 30,100 acres, the granting fees for the last having been paid Oct. 22, 1791, (Governor and Council, IV:20). The tract which was called No. 3 of Kelly's was the one chartered in Nov., 1791, as Belvidere, which see. A fourth tract of 2,000 acres chartered June 8, 1791, ante p. 115, which with Kellyvale and No. 2 made up the 39,000 acres, was situated south of Belvidere and west of Johnson and was the part of Belvidere incorporated with Coit's Gore and part of Bakersfield into the town of Waterville in 1824. See Laws of 1824, p. 17, where it is called Belvidere Leg; State Papers Vt., I : 90, 91.
In a petition dated Feb. 26, 1787, ([ms.] Vermont State Papers 22:137), Kelly gives a list of the tracts of land to which he claims to have a New York title and for which he asks the grant of an equivalent from Vermont. He also states the Vermont territory in which his lands are situated :
Under New York
6,000 acres, in Warrenstown.
2,000
" Campden.
Wardsborough.
3,000
a military patent to Capt. Hamilton.
¥ Athens.
Ira.
5,000
in Kingsborough.
Wildersburgh & Montpelier.
4,000 Newbrook. & Williamstown. 6,500 Fincastle. some town southwest of Bethel [Stockbridge?]. 2,000 " Kelso In Middletown. Partly in Cambridge and partly 8,000 Meath. 3,000 Smithfield. Ungranted [vacant.
8,000
St. George.
10,000
Kellybrook.
600
Two lots in Royalton.
Royalton under Vermont.
10,000
Goldsbrow Banyar purchased from citizens
in this state and "petitioner as his attorney prays a grant thereof."
69,100
Under the State of Vermont.
In Jamaica.
1,000
66 Col. Cleaveland.
KELLY'S GRANT .- Vermont grant of 12,000 acres by charter dated Oct. 30, 1792, the date on which the granting fees were paid, ante
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p. 116; (Governor and Council, IV:36). This tract with Avery's Grant was incorporated into the township of Missiskouie, (Laws of 1801, p. 78); since 1803 the present town of Troy; State Papers Vt., 1:91.
KELSO .- New York grant of 21,500 acres by Lt. Gov. Colden May 20, 1770; included land in Tinmouth and vicinity; Vermont His- torical Society Collections, 1 :154.
KEMPTON .- New York grant of 16,000 acres by Lt. Gov. Colden to Pierre G. De Peyster & Co., Nov. 24, 1769, in what is now Orange County; Vermont Historical Society Collections, 1:154. In town of Orange.
Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 100; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1851, p. 156.
KENT .- New York grant of 26,000 acres by Lt. Gov. Colden to John Rogers & Co., Feb. 13, 1770, now Londonderry, including Windham and Anderson's Gore probably; Vermont Historical Society Collections, 1:154.
KERSBOROUGH .- New York grant of 20,000 acres to Archibald Hamilton & Co. by Lt. Gov. Colden, Oct. 13, 1770; covered lands in Orange Co .; Vermont Historical Society Collections, 1:155. Probably what is now Concord and vicinity.
KILBY .- New York grant of 30,000 acres to Wm. McAdams & Co. by Gov. Dunmore, July 3, 1771; covered lands in Middlesex and vicinity; Vermont Historical Society Collections, 1 :156.
KILLINGTON .- New Hampshire grant. See Sherburne, post.
KINGSBOROUGH .- New York grant of 35,000 acres to John M. Scott & Co., by Lt. Gov. Colden, June 25, 1770; covered land in Mont- pelier and vicinity; Vermont Historical Society Collections, 1 :155.
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KING'S COLLEGE .- New York grant of 20,000 acres by Lt. Gov. Colden, Aug. 16, 1774; covered lands in Johnson and vicinity; Vermont Historical Society Collections, 1:157. Marked "Governors of King's College" on map preceding index to Vol. I, Documentary History of New York. On this map there is another tract marked "Governors of King's College" which covers the present town of Washington, and which is marked Kingsland on map facing p. 430, Vol. VIII, of Governor and Council. On the New York map there is a third tract marked "Kings College C. J. Southrer Esq.," which is in the vicinity of the present towns of Worcester and Elmore.
See Kingsland, post.
KINGSLAND .- New York grant to King's College, New York City, it has been said, though at what date granted does not appear. Kingsland embraced the present town of Washington and was un- doubtedly a New York grant. It belonged to King's College, Feb. 17, 1772, for on that date steps were taken toward a settlement of the town. It was the shire town of Gloucester County, (Governor and Council, I:268, and VIII:379). Marked "Governors of King's College" on map preceding index to Vol. I, Documentary History of New York.
Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 100; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1851, p. 156.
KINGSTON .- Vermont grant. See Granville, ante.
KIRBY .- Town in Caledonia County. Incorporated out of Burke Tongue and Hopkinsville, Oct. 28, 1807, (Laws, p. 71).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, I:336; Child's Essex and Caledonia Co. Gazetteer, 1887, p. 223; Thompson's History of Ver- mont, 1842, Part III, p. 100; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 78; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 154; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 831; State Papers Vt., 1:92.
KNIGHTS GORE .- Vermont grant by act of Nov. 8, 1794, (Laws, p. 66). A charter was issued to Samuel Knights of Brattleborough, Oct. 27, 1795, of 1,947 acres and of certain islands in the Onion River, making in all 2,000 acres, ante p. 120. Annexed to Bakersfield, (Laws of 1798, p. 40).
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Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 100; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1851, p. 156; State Papers Vt., 1:92.
KNIGHTS, SAMUEL .- Vermont grant to Samuel Knights of Brattleboro, Oct. 27, 1795, of 1,947 acres (Knights Gore) and certain islands in the Onion River, being all the islands below the upper line of Middlesex not before granted, in all 2,000 acres, ante p. 120. This charter was issued in accordance with act passed Nov. 28, 1794, (Laws, p. 66); State Papers Vt., 1:92.
KNOWLTON'S GORE .- Same as Bakersfield, which see; also [ms.] Vermont State Papers, 23:368.
Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 100; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1851, p. 156; State Papers Vt., 1:92.
LANDGROVE .- Town in Bennington County. Vermont grant to William Utley and twenty-one associates, Nov. 9, 1780, ante p. 122. Line with Peru established, (Laws of 1835, p. 29).
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 1:196; Child's Ben- nington Co. Gazetteer, 1881, p. 133; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 101; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 79; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 155; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 831; State Papers Vt., 1:93; Crockett's History of Vermont, 1921, 1:235.
LEICESTER .- Town in Addison County. New Hampshire grant of 23,000 acres to Aaron Brown and sixty-five associates, Oct. 20 1761, (State Papers N. H. 26: 240). New York grant of 51,000 acres by . Gov. Dunmore to A. McLure and fifty others (really a grant by Gov. Dunmore to himself), July 8, 1771; covered lands chartered by New Hampshire in Leicester, Salisbury, Middlebury, Cornwall, and Whiting; Vermont Historical Society Collections, 1:156; H. Hall's Early History of Vermont, p. 101. Line with Salisbury established, (Laws of Oct. 1789, p. 3; 1796, p. 52). Alteration of boundary with Salisbury and annexation of part to Salisbury and part of Salisbury to Leicester au- thorized, (Laws of 1840, p. 61). Leicester voted to accept the provisions of this act, but the volume of records of Town Meetings of Salisbury in which the action taken should have been recorded has been for many years missing from the Salisbury Clerk's office; and, after diligent search
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and inquiry, it cannot be found. However, inasmuch as an amendment to the Act of 1840 is found in Laws of 1842, page 125, seeking to correct a clerical error in the Act of 1840, the presumption would seem to be warranted that the Act of IS40, as amended in 1842, became effective. Union of part of Leicester and part of Salisbury for school purposes, (Laws of ISO3, p. 45).
Hemenway's Vermont Gazetteer, 1:44; Child's Addison Co. Gaz- etteer, 1882, p. 119; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 102; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 79; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 155; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 832; State Papers Vt., 1:93; Crockett's History of Vermont, 1921, 1:245.
LEINSTER .- New York grant of 35,000 acres by Gov. Dun- more, July 4, 1771; included lands chartered by New Hampshire in Somerset and Woodford; Vermont Historical Society Collections I:156; map preceding index to Vol. I, Documentary History of New York.
LEMINGTON .- Town in Essex County. New Hampshire grant as Limington of 23,040 acres to Samuel Averill and sixty-three associ- ates, June 29, 1762, (State Papers N. H., 26:244). Part annexed to Canaan, (Laws of 1837, p. 161). Annexation of part to Canaan (Laws of 1870, p. 569), for school purposes, Mar. 1872.
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 1:1014; Child's Essex and Caledonia Co. Gazetteer, 1887, p. 457; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 102; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 80; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 156; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 833; [ms.] Chandler's Land Records, pp. 264-280, 603-4; State Papers Vt., I:93.
LEWIS .- Unorganized town in Essex County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres to Eleazer Hinman and sixty-three associates, June 29, 1762, (State Papers N. H., 26:248).
Child's Essex and Caledonia Co. Gazetteer, 1887, p. 459; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 103; Hayward's Vermont Gaz- etteer, 1849, p. 80; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1851, p. 157; [ms.] Chand- ler's Land Records, 246-262; State Papers Vt., 1:94.
LEYDEN .- New York grant of 24,000 acres by Lt. Gov. Colden, Aug. 7, 1770; covered Northfield and vicinity; Vermont Historical Society Collections, 1:155.
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LINCOLN .- Town in Addison County. Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to Col. Benjamin Simonds and sixty-four associates, Nov. 9, 1780, ante p. 123. Part annexed to Warren, (Laws of 1824, p. 16). Part of Bristol annexed, (Laws of 1824, p. 17). Part of Avery's Gore annexed, (Laws of 1847, p. 8). Part of Ripton annexed, (Laws of 1869, p. 288). See Ripton for New York grant.
Hemenway's Vermont Historical Gazetteer, 1:48; Child's Addison Co. Gazetteer, 1882, p. 122; Thompson's History of Vermont, 1842, Part III, p. 103; Hayward's Vermont Gazetteer, 1849, p. 80; Deming's Vermont Officers, 1918, p. 157; Coolidge and Mansfield's History of New England, 1860, p. 833 ; State Papers Vt., 1:94.
LINFIELD, LINTFIELD, or LITCHFIELD .- "Linfield" on maps in Jeffery's Atlas, 1776, pp. 15, 17, where Royalton is, on map preceding index to Vol. I, Documentary History of New York. The date of the latter map is 1779 and does not represent Royal Town as claimed by New Hampshire. "Litchfield" is found on map facing p. 430 of Vol. VIII, Governor and Council, and room is made for it between Royalton and Barnard which are adjoining towns. "Lintfield" is in the list of New York grants published in the Rural Magazine in 1795, 1:90, and copied in Slade's Vermont State Papers, pp. 13, 16, and the Provincial and State Papers of New Hampshire X:204 to 207, the date of the grant being Aug. 4, 1763. But John Kelly "being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists" testified in the city of New York on the 6th day of March, 1771, that he had in his possession a map procured in New Hampshire as an authentic draft of the lands granted by Gov. Went- worth in Vermont with the dates of the patents, and Lintfield does not appear in his list; Vol. IV, (octavo) Documentary History of New York, PP. 704-707. There are other differences between these lists as pointed out in Governor and Council, VIII: 364 to 366, but the copy of charters in the Secretary of State's office at Montpelier, Vt., which was certified to by the Secretary of State of New Hampshire in 1857 as correct, and supposed to include all grants in Vermont territory, has all the towns on both the lists above mentioned except Lintfield.
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