further sum or sums of money equally in proportion to their Rights, on the share of each Grantee, exclusive of the three Publick Lotts, as may be necessary carrying on & compleating any of the Publick matters in making the settlement aforesaid, and on the failure of the Payment for the space of three months after such Tax or assessment is agreed upon & Posted up at such place or places as the Proprietors, the grantees aforesaid, shall appoint, to Give Notis for calling Proprietors Meetings, shall so much of such Delinquents Rights respectively be Disposed of by a Committee chosen by the Major part of the Grantees for that purpose, as will pay the s Tax & all charges arising thereon, and in case any of s Grantees shall Neglect or Refuse to pay or perform any of the articles aforementioned, he shall forfeit his shear and Right in said Township to those of the Grantees who shall not then be delinquent in the Performance of the condition enjoined, and it shall and may be Lawful for them by their agent or agents appointed by the major part of those not Delinquent, for that purpose enter into & upon the Right of such Delinquent Owners and him to amove out and expel for their heirs and assigns, Provided they settle such Delinquents Rights within the term of one year after the Period that is by the Indenture stipulated as the condition of the Grant, and fully comply with the whole of the Duty such Delinquent ought to have done, within the term of one year from time to time after the respective period thereof; in case they omit complying as afors in that term as afors, that all such Delinquents Right shall evert and belong to the Grantors, their heirs & assigns for ever, free from all incumbrance of settlement or charge, always Provided there be no Indian War within any of the terms and Limitations afors, for doing the Duty conditions in this Grant, and in case that should hapen, the same time be alowed for the respective matters afors, after such impediment shall be removed; That all White Pine Trees fit for masting his Majesties Royal Navy, be & are hereby granted to his Majesty his heirs & successors forever. Lastly, The said Grantors do hereby Promise to the Grantees, their heirs & assigns, to Defend through the Law to the King & Council, if need be, one action that shall and may be brought against them or any number of them by any person or persons whatsoever claiming the sa land or any part thereof by any other title than that of the sd Grantors or that by which they hold and derive theirs from, Provided the said Grantors are avoutched in to Defend the same and that in case on Final Tryal the same shall be Recover'd against the Grantors, the Grantees shall Recover nothing over against the Grantors for the said Lands, Improvement or Expence in bringing forward the Settlement. In witness whereof, I, the subscriber, Joseph Blanchard of Dunstable, have hereunto set my Hand & Seal this First Day of October 1749. NOTE, BY THE EDITOR. The Plan and Schedule above referred to, containing the Names of the Grantees and the lots drawn by them, is annexed to the above Deed of conveyance, but it is impracticable to print it in form, without engraving. [See said Plan on MS. p. 302 of Town Papers, Vol. VI.] Petition for Incorporation. To his Exelly Bening Wentworth, Esq. Gov' &c. in the Province of New Hamp and the Honourable his Majesty's Council of said Province: The Petition of us the subscribers being Inhabitants of a Tract of Land in said Province of the contents of five miles square called and known by the name of Num' 2; which Township bounds Northerly on Lyndeborough westerly & Southerly on Peterborough Slip and Num' 1, Easterly on y Mason's Grant not taken up-which Tract of land is considerably settled & Improved, and is this year Taxed to the Province with other Towns: We would therefore Humbly request of your Excelly & Hon that we may be Incorporated into a Township and be invested with such Privileges and Immunities as other Towns have and do Enjoy in this Province, for y more easy carrying on our Public affairs &c. and that the said Corporation may be Bounded according to the Grant of the said Township, and your Petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever pray, &c. June 18, 1761. James Man Jonathan Stevens John Deale John Burton Henry Snow Samuel Mansur Jacob Putnam Ebenezer Perry Jonathan Grele Hugh Smylie John Daveson Benjamin Thomson. NOTE. The Town was incorporated, next year, by the name of Wilton. ED. Province of } To the Gen1 Assembly of the Province of New hamp Humbly showeth us the Subscribers, that in the year 1761, we were selectmen for the Town of Monson, and as such took an Inventory of the Poles and Estates of the Inhabitants of the Township of Number two, and Returned it to the Sec office in Ports' according to the Direction given us in the Orders from the Assembly relating the same, which service took us two days each, for which we charge sixteen pounds old Ten and beg the same may be allow'd & paid to Joseph Octo 8, 764. Province of In the House of Representatives, Feb 7th 1765. Voted, That it be allowed and paid to their order Joseph Blanchard, Esq. sixteen shillings proclamation money out of the Treasury. 16s. In Council, March 6 1765. Read & concurred. A. Clarkson, Clerk. T. Atkinson, Jun. Sec. B. WENTWORTH. WINCHESTER. [This town was originally granted and settled under Massachusetts, and first was called Arlington. It was chartered by New Hampshire July 2, 1753, to Josiah Willard (1) and others, who had effected a settlement as early as 1732. ED.] Petition for Incorporation. Portsmouth, Feb. 29, 1750. Province of New Hampshire To his Excellency Benning Wentworth, Esq' Captain General & Commander in Chief in & over his Majesty's s Province, and to the Hon his Majesties Council of said Province: The Petition of Josiah Willard Esq' in behalf of himself & others Inhabitants & settlers of a Place called Winchester, bordering on Connecticut River within this Province, humbly sheweth: That your Petitioners were induced about eighteen years ago to go into the Wilderness to settle & improve the aforesaid Tract of Land, being told it was within the Mass government, which Government made them & Predecessors a Grant of the Land, as by a Plan herewith exhibited the Bounds may appear, & also invested them with all the Powers & Priveleges of a Town within the said Government of the Massachusetts aforesaid; That in consequence hereof about (1) There is a tradition that Josiah Willard, one of the principal grantees, refused to have Dartmouth College located in Winchester, on the ground that it would have a tendency to depreciate the value of his possessions! ED. fifty Families have at sundry times settled & made Improvements there, that above forty dwelling Houses were built on the same & a meeting House for the publick Worship, & a minister settled there (1): But so it happened that by ascertaining the divisional Line between this government & that of the Massachusetts, the said Town fell to y Northward of y said Line & consequently within this his Majesties Government; in consequence of which we had no Power of transacting any Town affairs such as choosing Town officers, making & collecting assessments for defraying the charge of the Ministry, school, Poor, making & clearing Roads &c: That they have once had all their private Buildings & meeting House burnt by the Enemy & were forced to retire with exceeding great loss; that since the Peace they are collected & got upon the Premises again & have many Houses built & more building, but for want of Town Privileges as above, are in a most unsettled & uncomfortable situation. Wherefore Pray, that your Excellency and Honours would be graciously pleased to grant them a Charter of Incorporation (with all such Town privileges as are usually granted to other Towns in this Province) agreeable to the Bounds described in the Plan herewith exhibited (2), which are the same as heretofore they imagined to be their Bounds :-& your Petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray, &c. JOSIAH WILLARD. Province of Petition for relief. To his Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq' Gov' &c. in & over his Majesty's Province of New Hamp' the Hon his Majesty's Councill & House of Rep in Gen Assembly convened: Josiah Willard of Winchester in the Province of New Hamp in behalf of himself & the Inhabitants on Connecticut River & towns adjacent within this Province wou'd most humbly remonstrate : That there is began and a considerable progress made in settlement of the Towns on that river for near forty miles to the Northward of the Massachusetts line, as well as severall other settlements about ten miles distant from said River: That they are left exposed to the cruelty and depredations of the Indians-late instance thereof they have had-and (1) The first minister was Rev. Joseph Ashley, a graduate of Yale College in 1730; was ordained Nov. 12, 1736; removed in 1747, on account of the Indian war. ED. (2) The Plan is not found by the Editor, in this connection. apprehend themselves in the utmost hazard of suffering by their hands, unless some p:oper defence can be made by this Govern': That in the French war the greatest part of those Towns were left defenceless, drove of, their forts & Buildings & much of their Estate destroyed by ye Indians, besides the Slaughter & captivation of ye Inhabitants: That they have vigorously renewed their settlement since that war, and are now upwards of two hundred familys, the greatest part of whose Estates are wholly there, and if constrain'd (for want of Defence) to make that part of the Province a dereliction, they will be left in very distressing circumstances as well as the Frontier much increased: That the contiguous parts of the Frontier of the Massachusetts are amply Defended by a number of their troops employed there, so that we at present are the only easy prey the Indians can have : Wherefore 'tis most humbly requested, that y' Excellency & Hon wou'd consider of the Premises & grant them necessary & speedy Relief:-which is most humbly submitted by y' Excellencys & Hon's most humble and most obedient serv Portsmo', Jan' 3" 1755. In Council, Jan 16, 1755. JOSIAH WILLARD. Read & ordered to be sent down to the Honbl Assembly recommend Theodore Atkinson, Secy. WINDHAM. [Windham formerly belonged to Londonderry, and was incorporated as a Parish February 12, 1742. It was the third Parish of Londonderry. ED.] NOTE.-Sundry papers relating to Windham, with Mr. Bryent's Plan of the Parish, may be found among the Londonderry Papers-which ED. see. Petition of James Reid and William Parker. Province of To his Excelency Jonathan Belcher Esq' GovNew Hamp' S ernor & Commander in Chief in and over his Majestys Province of New Hampshere in New England, the Hon his Majesty's Council & House of Representatives for said Province in General Court convened, the 31st Day of July Anno Dom. 1740. Humbly shew, James Reed of Londonderry in the Prov |