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things, -That there was a certain tract of land lying in our said province of New York, commonly called and known by the name of Windsor, a little more than six miles square, beginning at a black ash tree standing on the west bank of Connecticut river, marked with the figures two and three, and runs from thence west, sixteen degrees north, six miles ; then north, six degrees east. six miles and fifty-six rods ; then east, sixteen degrees south, six miles and a quarter, to a maple tree standing on the said bank of the said river, marked with the figures three and four; then down the said river to the first men- tioned, bounding easterly on the said river southerly on a tract of land com- monly called and known by the name of Weathersfield, westerly on a tract of land commonly called and known by the name of Reading, and northerly on a township known by the name of Hartford. That the petitioners and their associates held the same by the said pretended grant of the government of New Hampshire, and thinking their title good, settled about sixteen families thereon. That they were willing and desirous to secure their property, pos- sessions and improvements, by holding the same under the government of our said province of New York, and make further settlements upon the said tract ; and therefore the petitioners did, in behalf of themselves and aseo- ciates humbly pray that our eaid Lieut .- Governor would be favorably pleased by our Letters Patent to grant to the petitioners and their associates, their heirs and assigns, the said tract of land containing upwards of 23,600 acres, and that the same might be erected into a township, by the name of Wind- sor, and vested with the same powers and privileges as other towns in our said province of New York had and did enjoy. Which petition having been thus referred to the committee of our council for our said province of New York, our same council did, afterwards, on the same day, in pursuance of the report of the said committee, humbly advise our consent that our said Lieut .- Governor, should, by our Letters Patent, grant to the said petitioners. asso- ciates and their heirs, the tract of land aforesaid, under the Quit-rent pro- visoes, limitations and restrictions prescribed by our roval institutions.
AND, WHEREAS, the said Nathan Stone and our loving subject William Swan, in behalf of themselves and their associates, by their humble petition pre- rented unto our trusty and well-beloved William Tryon, Esquire, our Captain- General and Governor-in-Chief in and over our said province of New York, and the territories depending thereon, in America, chancellor and vice-admi- ral of the same, and read in our council for our said province of New York, on the twenty-ninth day of January, now last past, writing the proceedings aforesaid, did set forth, among other things, in substance that, since the above proceedings, the several parties who were formerly associated with the petitioners, save Mary Ntone, the wife of the petitioner Nathan Stone, had relinquished all their right, title and interest to the said lands, as by the in- struments in writing presented with the said petition might appear, and that the petitioners and the person named in the schedule to the said petition an- nexed were the only persons interested in the said lands ; and therefore the petitioners did humbly pray that our Letters Patent so directed to issue, as aforesaid, might pass in the names of the petitioners and their associates, mentioned in the schedule aforesaid. On due consideration of which last recited petition our samo council did humbly advise that, when our Letters Patent should issue for the said tract of land called Windsor, our said Cap tain-General and Governor-in-chief should issue agreeable to the proceedings aforesaid. of the twenty-ninth day of October, 1765 : but that, instead of the grantees therein mentioned or referred to, our said Letters Patent should issue in the names of the petitioners, the said Nathan Stone and William Swan, and of their associates named in the schedule to the last recited peti- tion annexed, and that the several shares of the said tract of land which, by the pretended grant or charter from the government of New Hampshire, were intended for public uses, be granted in trust as follows-that is to say : one such share for the use of the society for the propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts ; a like share as a Glebe for the use of the minister of the Gos- pel in communion of the Church of England, as by law established, for the time being, residing on the premises; a like share for the first settled min-
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ister of the Gospel in the said town, and one hundred acres for the use of the school-master residing on the premises. That the share of the said tract of land formerly allotted to Benning Wentworth, Esquire, should remain vested in us, and that the whole of the said traet of land should be erected into a township by the name of Windsor, with the usual privileges.
' IN FURSUANCE WHEREOF, and in obedience to our said roval instructions, our commissioners appointed for the setting out all lands to be granted with- in our said province of New York, have set out for the said Nathan Stone and William Swan and for their associates named in the schedule aforesaid, to wit :- Waldron Blaare, John Abeel, William Puntine, Michael Nan, John McGinnis, Richard McGinnis, Robert McGinnis, Patrick Walsh, James Abeel. Edward Collom, Marinus Low, Edward Patten. Andries Ricgher, George Klein, Thomas Lupton, Duncan Robertson, Samuel Stevens, John Pesinger, George Lucam, Francis Groome, and James Cobham, ALL THAT certain tract , or parcel of land by the name of Windsor, situate, lying and being on the west side of Connecticut river, in the County of Cumberland, within our province of New York, beginning on the west bank of the said river, at the distance of five hundred and six chains and twenty links south from the south bounds of the township of Hartford. This tract runs from the said place of beginning, north 74 degrees, west 480 chains ; then north, six degrees east, 404 chains ; then, south 74 degrees, east along the said south bounds of Hartford to Connecticut river ; then down along the west bank of the said river, as it winds and turns, to the place where this tract began, containing 24,500 acres of land and the usual allowance for highways, and containing, exclusive of the five several lote or parcels hereinafter described, 23,000 acres of land and the usual allowance for highways ; one of which said lots or parcels of land distinguished by the name of the First Lot, is to remain vested in us, and is bounded as follows, that is to say : BEGINNING of the west bank of the Con- necticut river, at the south-east corner of the above mentioned larger tract. of which this first lot is a part, and runs thence along the south bounds of the said larger tract, north 74 degrees, wert 136 chains ; then north, 16 degrees east, 40 chains ; then, south 74 degrees, east to Connecticut river ; and then down the west bank of said river, as it winds and turns, to the place where the first lot began, containing 500 acres of land and theusual allowance for highways. And, also, our said commissioners have set out to be granted in truet for the uses and purposes hereinafter mentioned, the following four lots of land, parts and parcels of the said larger tract so set out as aforeraid. that is to say : For the use of the incorporated society for the propagation of
. the Gospel in foreign parts, all that certain lot or parcel of land distinguish- ed by the name of the Second Lot and which begins in the south bounds of the above mentioned larger tract, at the south-east corner of the said first lot and runs thence along the said south bounds, north 74 degrees, west 79 chains ; then north, 16 degrees cast, 40 chains ; theu, south 74 degrees, east 79 chains, to the said first Iot, and then along the west bounds of the said first lot south, 16 degrees west. 40 chaine, to the place where this second lot began, contam- ing 300 acres of land and the uznal allowance for highways. For a Cilebe for the use of the minister of the Gospel in communion of the Church of Eng- land, as by law established for the time being, residing on the said larger tract, all that certain lot or parcel of Jand distinguished by the name et the Third Lot, and which begins in the south bounds of the said larger tract at the south-west corner of the said second Jot, and runs therce along the said south bounds, north 74 degrees, west 70 chaine : then north, 16 degrees rast. 15 chains ; south 74 degrees, cast 70 chains, to the fourth lot hereinafter de- scribed. and then along part of the west bounds of the said fourth lot and the west bounds of the said second lot south, 16 degrees west, 45 chaina, to the place where this third lot began, containing 300 acres of land and the usna! allowance for highways. For the use of a school-master residing on the rant larger tract, all that certain lot or parcel of land distinguished by the name of the Fourth Lot, and which begins at the north-west corner of the sand ste- ond lot and runs thence along the north bounds of the said second lot, south 74 degrees, cast 79 chains, to the fifth lot, hereinafter described ; then along
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the west bounds of the said fifth lot north, 16 degrees east, 13 chains and 40 links ; then, north 74 degrees, west 79 chains : and then south, 16 degrees west, 13 chains and 40 links, to the place where this fourth lot began, containing 100 acres of land and the usual allowance for highways. And for the first settled minister of the Gospel on the said larger tract, all that certain lot or parcel of land distinguished by the name of the Fifth Lot, and which beging at the north-west corner of the said first lot, and runs thence along the north bounds of the said first lot, south 74 degrees, east 63 chains ; north, 16 degrees east, 50 chains ; then, north 74 degrees, west 63 chains, and then south, 16 de - grees west, 50 chains, to the place where this fifth lot began, containing 300 acres of land and the usual allowance for highways. And in setting out the said larger tract and the several lots and parcels of land last described, our said commissioners have had regard to the profitable and unprofitable acres. and have taken care that the length of any of them doth not extend along the banks of any river, otherwiso than is conformable to our said royal in- structions, do by a certificate thereof under their hands, bearing date the twentieth day of this instant month of March, and entered on record in the Secretary's office for our said province of New York, may more fully appear ; which said tract of 24,500 acres of land and the usual allowance for highways so set out as aforesaid, according to our said royal instructions we being wil- ling to grant to the said Nathan Stone and William Swan, and the other per- sons mentioned in the schedule aforesaid, their heirs and assigns forever. (except as hereinafter described) with the usual powers and privileges, and to and upon the several and respective use and uses, trusts, intents and purposes, limitations and appointments, and under the several resolutions, exceptions, provisions, and conditions hereinafter expressed, limited, de- clared and appointed of and concerning the same and every part and parcel thereof respectively.
KNOW YE that of our especial Grace, certain knowledge and meer motion, we have given, granted, ratified and confirmed, and do by these presents for no, our heirs, and successors, give, grant, ratify and confirm unto them, the said Nathan Stone, William Swau, Waldron Blaare, John Abeel, William Puntine, Michael Nan, John MeGinnis, Richard MeGinnis, Robert McGinnis, Patrick Walsh, James Abcel, Edward McCollom. Marinus Low, Edward Patten, An- dries Riegher, George Klein, Thomas Lupton, Duncan Robertson, Samuel Stevens. John Pesinger, George Lucam, Francis Groomo and James Cobham. their heirs and assigns forever, all that the aforesaid large tract or parcel of land set out, abutted, bounded and described by our said commissioners, in manner and form as above mentioned, (except thereout as .hereafter is ex- cepted) and including all those, the above mentioned several smaller tracts or lots of lands, severally and respectively set out by our said commissioners, as parts and parcels of the same large traet, for the use of the incorporated society for the propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts ; for a Glebo, for the use of the minister of the Gospel in comummon of the Church of Eng- land as by law established ; for the first settled minister of the Gospel on the said larger tract ; and for the use of a school-master residing on the said larger tract, together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments, emoluments, appurtenances to the same and every part and parcel thereof belonging or appertaining ; and, also, all our estate, right, title, interest, pos- session, claim, and demand whatsoever of. in and to the same lands and premises hereby granted, and every part and parcel thereof ; and the rever- tion and reversions, reminder and reminders, rents, issues, and profits there- of, and of every part and parcel thereof ; except, and always reserved out of this our present grant unto us, our heits and successors, forever, all that the aforesaid certain lot or parcel of land containing 500 acres, with the u-nal al- lowance for highways, hereinbefore mentioned. to be set apart and remain vested in us, abutted, bounded and described as aforesaid, and distinguished by the name of the First Lot, as aforeraid, together with all and every the appurtenances thereunto belonging, the same lot being included within the bounds and limits of the larger tract of 24,500 acres of land hereinbeforo de- scribed, and within the township by these presents hereinafter constituted ;
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and also, except and always reserved out of this our present grant, unto us. our heirs and successors, forever, all mines of gold and silver; and also, all white and other lots of pine trees fit for masts, of the growth of twenty-four inches in diameter and upwards, at twelve inches from the earth, for masts for the royal navy of us, our heirs and successors.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all and singular the said lands, tenements, heredita- ments, and premises, by these presents granted, ratified and confirmed, and every part and parcel thereof, with their appurtenances (except as is hereinbe- fore excepted) unto them, our grantees above named, their heirs and assigns forever ; to, for and upon the several and respective use and uses, trusts, intents and purposes hereinafter expressed, limited, declared and appoint- ed of and concerning the same, and every part and parcel thereof respective- ly, and to and for no other use or uses, intent or purpose whatsoever ; that is to say, as for and concerning all that the beforementioned small tract, lot * or parcel of land so set out for the incorporated society for the propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts, as aforesaid, being part and parcel of the said tract of land and premises hereby granted, ratified and confirmed, and within the township, by these presents hereinafter constituted, and every part and parcel of the same lot of land with the appurtenances to the same belonging, (except as is hereinbefore excepted) to and for the only proper and separate nse and behoof of the society for the propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts above mentioned, and their successors forever, and to and for no other use or uses, intent or purpose whatsoever ; and as for and concerning all that the beforementioned small tract, lot or parcel of land so set out as and for a Glebe, for the use of a minister of the Gospel in communion of the Church of England as by law established, being part and parcel of the said tract of land and premises hereby granted, ratified and confirmed, and within the township by these presents hereinafter constituted, and every part and parcel of the same lot of land with the appurtenances to the same belonging, (except as is hereinbefore excepted) in trust and as for a Glebe forever, to and for the only proper and separato use, benefit and behoof of the first minister of the Gospel in communion of the Church of England, as by law established, having the care of souls and residing on the said tract of land hereby granted, and his successors forever, ministers as aforesaid, for the time being, residing as aforesaid, and to and for no other use or uses, intent or purpose whatso- ever ; and as for and concerning all that the beforementioned small tract, lot or parcel of land so set out for the first minister on the said tract of land hereby granted. the same lot or parcel of land being part and parcel of the same tract hereby granted, ratified and confirmed, and within the township, by these presents hereinafter constituted, and every part and parcel of the same lot of land with the appurtenancesto the same belonging, (except as is hereinbefore excepted) in trust, to and for the sole, proper and separate use, benefit and behoof of the first settled minister of the Gospel that shall be settled and officiating on the said tract of land hereby granted, his heirs and assigns forever ; and in trust, also, that our said grantees, their heirs and assigns, shall well and truly, by good and sufficient assurances in the law, convey the same last mentioned small traet or lot of land, with the appurte- nances, to such minister of the Gospel ay shall be first settled and officiating as aforesaid, his heits and assigns forever, in feo simple, as soon as may be after such minister shall be settled and officiating as aforesaid, and to and for no other use or uses, intent or purpose whatsoever ; and as for and con- cerning all that other small tract, lot or parcel of land so set out for the use of the school-master, being also part and parcel of said tract of land and premises hereby granted, ratified and confirmed, and within the township by there presents hereinafter constituted, and every part and parcel of the same lot of land with the appurtenances to the same belonging, (except as is here- inbefore excepted) in trust, forever, to and for the sole and separate use, benefit and behoof of the first public school-master of the township by these presents hereinafter constituted and erected, officiating and resident in the township and his successors, school-masters as aforesaid, forever, and to and
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for no other use or uses, intent or purpose whatsoever; and as for and con- cerning all the rest, residue and remainder of the said tract of land, tenc- ments, hereditaments and premises hereby granted, ratified and confirmed.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, one full and equal three-and-twentieth part (the whole into twenty-three equal parts to be divided) of the said rest, residue and remainder, and every part and parcel thereof, with all and every the appur- tenances to the same belonging, or in any wise appertaining, (except as is hereinbefore excepted) unto each of them, the said Nathan Stone, William Swan, Waldron Blaare, Jolm Abeel, William Puntine, Michael Nan, John McGinnis, Richard McGinnis, Robert McGinnis, Patrick Walsh, James Abeel. Edward McCollom, Marinus Low, Edward Patten, Andries Riegher, George Klein, Thomas Lupton, Duncan Robertson, Samuel Stevens, John Pesinger, George Lucam, Francis Groome, and James Cobham, their heirs and assigns respectively; to their only proper and separate use and behoof respectively forever, and tenants in common, and not as joint tenants, and to and for no other use or uses, intent or purpose whatsoever, all and singular the said tract of land and premises hereby granted, and every part and parcel thereof, to be holden of us, our heirs, and successors in free and common socage as of our manor of East Greenwich, in our County of Kent, within our Kingdom of Great Britian, yielding, rendering and paying therefor yearly, and every year forever. unto us, our heirs, and successors, at our Custom House in our city of New York, in our said province of New York, unto our or their Col- lector or Receiver-General, then for the time being, on the Feast of the An- nunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, commonly called Lady Day, the year- ly rent of two shillings and six pence sterling for each and every hundred acres of the above granted lands, and so in proportion for any lesser quanti- ty thereof, saving and except for such parts of the said lands allowed for highways, as above mentioned, in lieu and head of all other rents, services, dues, duties and demands whatsoever, for the hereby granted lands and prem- ises, or any part thereof ; and we do of our especial grace and certain knowl- edge and meer motion create, erect and constitute, the said large tract of land containing 24,500 acres of land hereinbefore mentioned, and every part and parcel thereof a township forever, hereafter to be, continue and remain, and by the name of WINDSOR, forever and hereafter to be called and known ; and for the better and more easily carrying on and managing the public af- fairs and business of the said township, our royal will and pleasure is, and we do hereby for us, our heirs and successors, give and grant to the inhabi- tants of the said township, all the powers, authorities, privileges, and advan- tages heretofore given and granted to, or legally enjoyed by any or cither our other townships, within our said province of New York; and we also or- dain and establish, that there shall be forever, hereafter in the said township. two assessors, one treasurer, two overseers of the highway, two overseers of the poor, one collector, and four constables, elected and chosen out of the inhabitants of the said township yearly, and every year on the third Tuesday of May, at the most publie place in the said township, by the majority of the freeholders thereof then and there met, and assembled for that purpose, hereby declaring that wheresoever the first election in the said township shall be held, the future election shall forever thereafter be held in the same place as near as may be, and giving and granting to the said officers so chosen, power and authority to exercise their said several and respective offices dur- · ring one whole year from such an election, and until others are legally chosen and elected in their room and stead, as fully and amply as any the like officers have or legally may use or exercise their offices in our said province of New York. And in case any or either of the officers of the said township should die or remove from the said township before the time of their annnal service shall be exercised, or refuse to act in the offices for which they shall respect - ively be chosen, then our royal will and pleasure further is, and we do hereby direct, ordain and require the freeholders of the said township to meet at the place where the the amal election shall be held for the said township and choose other or others of the said inhabitants of the said township in the place and stead of him or them so dying or removing or refusing to act with-
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in forty days next after such contingency. And to prevent any undue elec- tion in this case, we do hereby ordain and require that upon every vacancy in the office of assessors, the treasurer, and in either of the other offices, the assessors of the said township shall, within ten days next after any such va- cancy first happens, appoint the day for such election, and give public notice thereof in writing, under his or their hands, by affixing such notico on the church or other most public place in the said township, at the least ten days before the day appointed for such election; and in default thereof, we do hereby require the officer or officers of the said township, or the survivors of them, who, in the order they are hereinbefore mentioned. shall next succeed him or them so making default, within ten days next after such default, to appoint the day for such election and give notice thereof as aforesaid, hereby giving and granting that such person or persons as shall be so chosen by the majority of such of the freeholders of the said township as shall meet in manner hereby directed shall have, hold, exercise and enjoy the office or of- fices to which he or they shall be so elected and chosen, from the time of such election until the third Tuesday in May then next following, and until other or others be legally chosen in his or their place and stead, as fully as the person or persons in whose place he or they shall be chosen, might or could have done by virtue of these presents. And we do hereby will and di- rect that, this method shall forever hereafter be used for the filling up of all vacancies that shall happen in any or either of the said offices, between the annual elections above directed ; Provided, always, and upon condition nev- ertheless, that if our said grantees, their heirs or assigns, or some or one of them, shall not, within three years next after the date of this, our present grant, settle on the said tract of land hereby granted, so many families as shall amount to one family for every thousand acres of the same tract ; or if they, our said grantees, or one of them, their or one of their heirs or assigns, shall not also, within three years, to be computed as aforesaid, plant and ef- fectually cultivate at the least three acres for every fifty acres of such of the hereby.granted lands as are capable of cultivation ; or, if they, our said gran- tees, or any of them their or of their heirs or assigns, or any other person or persons by their or any of their privity, consent or procurement, shall fell, cut down, or otherwise destroy any of the pine trees by these presents reserv- ed to us, our heirs and sneco-sors, or hereby intended so to be without the Boy- al License of us, our heirs or successors, for so doing first had and obtained, that then and in any of these cases this our present grant and everything there- in contained shall seize and be absolutely void, and the lands and premises hereby granted shall revert to and rest in us, our heirs and successors, as if this our present grant had not been made, anything hereinbefore contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. Provided, further, and up- on condition also, nevertheless, and we do hereby for ns, our heirs and sue- cessore, direct and appoint that this our present grant shall be registered and entered on record within six months from the date thereof, in our said Sec- retary's office, in our city of New York, in our said province of New York, in one of the books of patents there remaining, and that a Dosquet shall be al- so entered in our Auditor's office there, for our said province of New York, and that in default thereof. this our present grant shall be void and of none effect, anything before in those presents contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding. And we do, moreover, of our especial grace, cer- tain knowledge, and meor motion, consent and agree, that this our present grant being registered, recorded and a Doequet thereof mado as before di- lected and appointed, shall be good and effectnal in the law to all intents, instructions and purposes whatsoever, against us, our heirs and snecessors, notwithstanding any miswriting, misboutding, misnaming, or other imper- fection or omission of, in or in any wiso concerning the above granted or hereby mentioned or intended to be granted lands, tenements, hereditaments, and premises, or any part thereof.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, we have caused these our letters to be mado pa- tent, and the great seal of our said province of New York, to be hereunto af- fixed. Witness, our said trusty and well beloved WILIMAM TRYON, ESQUIRE,
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our said Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and over our said prov. .ince of New York, and the territories depending thereon in America, Chan- cellor and Vice-Admiral of the same, at our fort, in our city of New York, the twenty-eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-two, and of our reign our twelfth.
First ekin. line 28, the words "eighty chains ; then north, six degrees east, four hundred and," and line forty-six the word " so," interlined ; and second skin, line five, the word "before" wrote on Razure, and lino nine, the words " for the time being residing as aforesaid," interlined.
Seal of Great Britain.
(Signed)
CLARKE.
WM. TRYON.
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2 th MARCH, 1772.
LETTERS PATENT to Nathan ftone, and twenty-two other persons, for twenty-four thousand acres of land in the County of Cumberland, and erect- ing the same, together with five hundred acres reserved to the Crown, into a - township by the name of WINDSOR.
TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE, March 3d, A. D. 1788. Rec'd this Charter to record and recorded the same in Windsor Records for Deeds, Lib. No. 4, page 1, 2, 3 and 6. Attest, B. BROWN, T. Clerk.
NEW YORK SECRETARY'S OFFICE, 1st April, 1772. The within Letters Patent are recorded in this office in Libs. Patents, No. 16, page 166, &e. GEO. BANYAR, D. Sec'y.
NEW YORK AUDITOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, 2d April, 1772. The within Lettere Patent are Docqueted in this office. GEO. BANYAR, Dep'y Aud'r.
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