EARLY RECORDS

OF THE

TOWN OF LONDONDERRY, N. H.

The Record of the Town of Nutfield from the first planting of it Apriel y 11th anno Domini 1719

Mr. James Mac Gregor minister James Nickel Alexander macgregor Alexander Nickel James Blaier Alexander Walker and divers oathers having arived at boston August ye 4th 1718 from Ireland presented a petition to the General Court of the massachusetts Bay met at boston in the month of october 1718 for a tract of land for a Township in som of the unapropriated Lands and the Court having Redily granted their Desire James MacKeen James Greg James Moreson John Morison Alan Anderson Thomas Steel and Divers oathers of the People of Ireland came up from Cascobay to Haverel in order to setel at Nutfield about the begining of Apriel 1719] The said James Mac Keen James Greg James Morison John Morison Alan Anderson Thomas Steel Robart Wier and Divers oathers of the People of Ireland for the forwarding their said plantation presented a Call to the Revd Mr James Mac Gregor to be their minister for his salery and maintanance besids lands they obledged them selves in their Call to pay him yearly and every year twenty shilings out of every lott in the said Town for them selves and oathers that should take up lotts in the said Town accordingly the said Mr Mac Gregor preached with them on the 12th Day apriel Anno Dom 1719 and accepted their Call about the begining of may 1719 and since that time hath Continued with them as their minister Those who planted since that time have laid them selves

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under the afore said obligation to pay twenty shilings pr lott to the minister and the Town agreed that each lott should Give a Dais work to the ministers setelment

The first famelis that arived at Nutfield planted them selves in the moneth of Apriel 1719 on either side of a small Brook Runing westward into Beaver River and may be Called west Runing brook they agreed that their home lotts should be thirty perches broad fronting on the Brook and the same bredth to be continued backward on a south and north line until it make up sixty acres to each lott and if aney lott wanted of sixty acres it was to be made up of the most conveneant common lands the first lott on the south side of west runing brook begining begining the Reconing at Haverel line is posesed by

In the month of June 17th 1719 The Town ordered A saw mill to be built on beaver River and the tener of their agreement with the undertakers viz Robert Buys James Greg Samuel Graves and Joseph Simonds is as folloeth Samuel Graves Robert Boyes Joseph Simonds & James Gregg hath oblidged them selves to build a saw mill upon beaver River to be Redy som time in the month of September and that the said streem is granted to the above named men and a lot of land to them and their heirs for ever only the above named James Gregg shall have full previlidge to build a grist mill upon the said streem that is to say upon beaver River and that the said Samuel Graves Robart Boyes Joseph simonds & James Gregg shall have the prevelidg of the said streem from the fut of the falls to the uper end of beaver pond

The Town ordered September 1719 James Greg and Robart Wyer to present A petition to the Court of Newhamshire to obtain a power of Government and Town priviledges the said petition was presented and the answer of it Delayed untill the next spring session

The Town understanding that it was needfull to make an agreement with Coll John Wheelwright of Wells about the sail of nutfield ordered october 1719 Mr James Mac Gregor

and Samuel Graves to wait upon Coll Whealwright for that end they accordingly obtained a Deed from Coll Whealwright to an agreement with him The Coppye of the Deed is as folloeth

These presents wittneseth that I John Wheelwright of Wells in the County of yorke in the province of the Massachusets Bay Do for me my self my Heirs Executors Administrators & Assigns by virtue of a Deed of Grant made to my Grand Father a minister of the Gospel and oathers named in said Grant by sundrey Indian Sagemores with the Consent of ye whole tribe of Indians between the Rivers of Merimake and pescatequa to them and their Heirs for ever full power for for the laying out bounding and Granting these Lands into suetable tracts for townships unto such numbers of People as may from time to time offer to setle and Improve the same which Deed beareth Date may the seventeenth one thousand six hundred twenty and nine and is well Executed Acknowledged and approved by the authority in the Day as may at large more fully appear pursuant there unto I Do by these presents Give and Grant all my Right title and Intrest therein Contain (ed) for the ends uses above said unto m' James Mac Gregor Samuel Graves David Cargill James MacKeen James Greg and one hundred more mentioned in A List to them and their Heirs for ever A Certain tract of Land bounded as folloeth not exceding the quantity tenn miles square begining at a pine tree marked which is the south west Corner of Cheshier and Runing to the north west Corner of the said Cheshire and from the north west Corner Runing upon a due west line unto the River Merimack and Down the River Merimack until it meets with the line of Dunstable and then turning Eastward upon it Dunstable lyne untill it meet with the Line of Dracut and Continuing Eastward upon Dracut Line untill it meet with the Line of Haverill and Extending northward upon Haverill Line untill it meet with the Line of Cheshire unto the pine tree first mentioned where it began in wittness whereof I have here unto set my hand