tac'ons above in ye sd lakes of ye Irroquois whither their goods & marchandizes from ye sea ports are to be after landing transported it shalbe lawful for ym to make choise of & take and possess for y use of ym ye sd Sr Ferdinando Gorges & Capt John Mason their heires assignes & associates and their Deputyes ffactors tennants & planters of their Colonyes in any of ye ports harbours or Creekes in New England lying most com'odious for their passage up into y s lakes One thousand acres of land upon ye side or Sides of such harbors ports rivers or Creekes where ye same is not yet dispossed of to any other persons by ye S president & Council & ye sd lands by yin shalbe holden possessed & enjoyed as freely & with as ample priviledges Jurisdic❜ons & comodityes in all respects as any other ye lands above in these p'nts demised & granted unto them & further knowe yee yt y S president & Councill have made constituted deputed. authorized & appointed & in their place & stead doe put Edw: Godfrey or in his absince to any other person yt shalbe there Governo or other Officer to ye president & Councill to be their true & lawfull Attorney & in their name and Stead to enter ye sd porc'on of land & other premises wth there appurtences or into some part thereof in name of ye whole for them & in their names to have & take possession & seizin thereof & after such possession & seizin therof or some part thereof in y° name of ye whole soe had & taken then for them & in their names to deliver y full & peaceable possession & seizin of all & singular ye sd granted premises unto ye sd Sr Ferdinando Gorges & Capt John Mason or to their certaine Attorney or Attorneys in yr behalf according to y true intent & meaning of these p'nts ratifying confirming & allowing all & w'soever theire s Attorney shall doe in or about y apremises by these p'nts In wittness whereof to one of these p'nt Indentures remaining in ye hands of ye sd Sr Ferdinando Gorges & Capt John Mason ye sa president & Councill have caused their com on Seal to be affixed & to ye other part of these p'nts Indentures remaning in y Custody of ye s President and Councill yo sd St Ferdinando Gorges & Capt John Mason have putt to their hands & Seales given ye day & Year first above written.

Description of Laconia, State Papers, Vol. 1, p. 17.

Letter, Thomas Eyre to Ambrose Gibbons, last of May, 1631, State Papers, Vol. 1, p. 61.

[Grant of Piscataway Nov. 3, 1631.]

[Archives of England, Colonial Papers, Vol. 6, p. 28.]

Grant & Confirmation of Piscataway to s Firrdinado Gorges & Cap' Mason & others: An'o 1631

THIS INDENTURE made the 3d day of Novem' An'o Dni 1631: and in ye 7th yeere of ye Reigne of Our Sov'aigne Charles by the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defendor of the ffaith &c Betweene the Presid' & Councill of New England on ye one

ty, and S Ferdinando Gorges Knt Capt John Mason of London Esq and their Associates John Cotton, Henry Gardner, Geo: Griffith, Edwin Guy, Thomas, Wannerton, Thomas Eyre and Eliezer Eyer, on ye other pty Wittnesseth. That whereas our late Soveraigne Lord of famous Memory King James for the makeing of a Plantacon and establishing of a Colonie, or Colonies in y Countries called or knowne by the name of New England in America Did by his Highnesse's L'res Patents under the Great Seale of England, bearing date at Westm y 3 day of Nov 1620, give grant and confirme unto the Rt Honble Lodwicke Duke of Lenox, Geo: Marques of Buckingham, James L Merques of Hamilton-Thomas Earle of Arundale Robert Earle of Warwicke Sr Ferdinando Gorges Knt and diverse other whose names are expressed in the s L'res Pat: their Heires and Assignes, that they shalbe one body Politique, and Corporate perpetuall, and that they should have perpetuall Succession, and one Common Seale or Seales, to serve for the said Body, And that they and their Successors shalbe knowne, called and incorporated by y name of the presid' and Councill established at Plym° for the planting ruling and governing of New England in America, and did of his especiall Grace, certaine Knowledge, and mere Mocon for him his Heires and Success's give, grant, and confirme unto the s Presid' and Councill and their Success's under y Reservac'ons, Limitac'ons and Declarac'ons in the s" L'res Pat. expressed, All that part and porcon of yt Countrie now commonly called New England wh is situate, lying, and being betweene y° latitude of 40 gr and 48 of Northly latitude, Togeather wth ye Seas, and Islands lying wthin 100 Miles of any port of ye sd Coasts of ye Countrie afores And also all ye Lands, Soyles, Grounds Havens, Ports, Rivers, Mines as well Roy" Mines of Gold and Silver and other Mines Minalls Pearles and precious stones, Woods Quarries Marshes, Waters, ffishings, Hunting, Hawking, ffowling, Commodities and Hereditam's w'soever, togeather wth all Prerogatives, Jurisdicc'ons, Royallties, Priviledges ffranchises and Preheminences whin any of the s Territories and ye p'cincts

thereof w'soever. To have hold possesse and enjoy all and singuler the said Lands and p'misses in ye sd L'res pat: granted or menc'oned to be granted unto them ye sd presid' and Councill their Successors and Assigns forever. To be holden of his Matie his heires and Successors of his Hsse owne Man' of East Greenwch in the Countie of Kent, in free and Common Soccage and not in Capite or by Knights Service. Yeilding and paying to the Kings Matte his Heires and SuccessTM the One 5th pt of all ye Gold and Silver Oar that from time to time and at all times from ye date of the sd L'res pat. shalbe there gotten had or obteined for all Services duties or Demands as in and by his Hse L'res pat: amongst div's other things therein conteined more fully and at large it doth and may appeare, And whereas the sd Presid' and Councill have upon mature deliberacon thought fitt for the better furnishing and furtherance of ye Plantacon in these parts to appropriate and allott to sev'all pticular sons diverse cells of Land wth in the p'cincts of the afores granted p'misses by his Mats sd L'res pat: Now this Indenture Wittnesseth that the sd Presidt and Councill of their full free and mutuall consent, as well to y° end that all the Lands Woods Lakes, louches, Rivers, Waters ponds Islands and Fishings, wth all other Traffique, Proffitts, and Commodities whatsoever to them or any of them belonging, and hereafter in these pnts menc'oned may be wholly and entirely invested appropriated severed and settled in and upon y sd Sr fferdinando Georges, Capt John Mason, and their Associates, John Cotton, Henry Gardner, George Griffith, Edwyn Guy, Thomas Wannerton Thom: Eyre, & Eliezer Eyre as by divers speciall Services by them already done for the advancement of the s plantacon by makeing of Clapboards and pipestaves makeing of Salt panns, apd Salt, transporting of Vines for makeing of Wines searching for Iron Oare being all, businesse of very great Consequence for causeing of many Soules both men, women and boys and store of Shipps to be employed thither, and so in short time prove a great Nursery for shipping and Mariners, and also a great helpe to such as in this Kingdome want good Imploymt And further for yt the sd Sr fferd: Gorges Capt. John Mason, and their said Associates John Cotton, Henry Gardiner, Geo: Griffith Edwin Guy Thom: Wannerton Tho Eyre and Eliezer Eyer have by their Agents there taken great paines and spent much tyme in the discovering of the Countrie allwch hath cost them (as we are credibly Informed) 3000" and upwards, which hitherto they are wholly out of purse, upon hope of doing good in time to come to ye publique, And also for other good and sufficient Causes and Conssiderac'ons the sd presidt and Councill especially thereunto moveing, Have given granted bargained sold assigned, aliend, sett over enfeoffed and confirmed and by these p'nts

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Do give grant, bargaine, sell assigne, aliene sett over enfoffe and confirme unto the sd fferdinando Gorges Cap' John Mason John Cotton Henr: Gardner Geo Griffith Edwin Guy Thom: Wannerton, Thom: Eyere and Eliezer Eyre, their Heirs and Assignes for ever All that house and cheife habitacon situate and being at Pascataway al's Pascataquack al's Pascaquacke in New England aforesaid, wherein Capt Walt: Neale and ye Colony wth him now doth or lately did reside togeather with the Gardens and Cornegrounds occupied and planted by the s Colonie, and the Salt workes allready begun as afores And also all that porcon of Land lying whin the precincts hereafter menc'oned, beginning upon the Seacoast 5 miles to the W'ward of or from the s cheife Habitacon or Plantation now possessed by the sd Capt Walter Neale for ye use of the Adventurers to Liconia (being in the latitude of 43 degrs or thereabouts in the Harbour of pascataquack al's Pascataquack al's Pascataway, and so forth from ye sd beginning Eastw & North east wd and so proceeding Northwds or North Westwds into ye Harbour and River along the Coasts & Shoares thereof including all the Islands and Isletts lying win or neere unto the same upwards into the head land opposite unto the plantacon or Habitacon now or late in the Tenure or Occupation of Edwa Hilton, & from thence, Wiwds & South Wtwds in ye midle of the River and through the midle of ye Bay or lake of Boquacack al's Boscaquack or by what other name or names it hath towards the bottome or Westermost part up ye River called Pascassockes to the falls thereof, and from thence by an Imaginary Line to pass over, and to the Sea, where the pambulacon begann Togeather with all ye Lands, Soyle, Ground Wood, Quarries, Mines, ffishing, Hunting Hawking, ffowling, Comodities and Hereditamts whatsoever, Togeather also wth all p'rogatives, Jurisdicc'ons Royallties, privileidges, ffranchises and preheminences wthin ye precincts of Land conteined win ye limits or bounds aforese'd. And also the Isles of Shoales, and y ffishings thereabouts-And all the Seas wthin 15 miles of the foresd Sea Coasts, And also all the Sea Coasts and Land lying on y° East and Northeast side of the Harboure and River of Pascataway aforesd and opposite to the bounds above menc'oned, begining 15 miles to ye S: eastwards of ye Mouth or first entrance and begining of the said Harboure, and so upp to y falls and into the ponds or Lakes that feed the sd ffalls, by the space of 30 miles including the s ponds or Lakes and the Shoares thereof, and so crossing into the Landward, at a right angle by the space of 3 miles the whole length therof from ye sd mouth or first entrance from the Sea and Eastwds into ye Sea, wch sd 3 Miles shalbe allowed for ye breadth of ye sd land last menc'oned both upon ye land and Sea, As also all y Land Soyle Ground Woodes, Quarries Mines, ffishings

Hunting Hawking ffowling Commodities and Hereditam's whatsoever, togeather with all prerogatives Jurisdicc'ons, Royallties, Privileidges, ffranchises and p'heminences wthin the p'cincts of Land lasst menc'oned, conteined, To have and to hold all ye sd House and Habitacon porc'ons of Land and all Lakes and Islands therein conteined as aforesaid, and all and singular other ye p'misses hereby given, granted, bargained, sold, aliened, enfeoffed, and confirmed, wth all and singular thappurtences and every part and pcell thereof unto ye sd Sr fferdinando Gorges, Capt John Mason John Cotton Henry Gardner Geo Griffith Edwyn Guy, Thomas Wannerton, Thomas Eyre and Elyezer Eyer to ye only use & behoofe of them ye sd fferd: Gorges &c their Heires and Ass:' for ever. Yeilding and paying unto our Sover" Ld ye King his Heires and Successors fall ye Oore of Gold and Silver that from time to time and at all tymes hereafter shalbe there gotten, had & obteined for all Services, duties and demands, and also yeilding & paying unto the s presidt Council and their Successes every yeere yeerely for ever 40s sterls at y ffeast of St Mich: tharchangell if it shalbe lawfully demanded, at the Assurance House on the West side of the Roy" Exchange in London. And the sd presd' & Council for them & their Success's do Covenant and Grant to and wth ye sd Sr fferdin: Gorges Capt John Mason and their said Associates John Cotton Henr: Gardner Geo Griffith Edwyn Guy Thom: Wannerton, Thom: Eyer and Eliezer Eyre their Heires & Assignes by these p'nts, that from their sealing and delivery hereof according to ye purport, true intent and meaning of these p'nts the s Sr Ferdinan: Gorges, Cap' John Mason and their sa Associates John Cotton Henry Gardner, Geo. Griffith, Edwin Guy, Thom. Wannerton Thom. Eyer and Eliezer Eyre, their Heires and Assignes shall from tyme to tyme for ever peacably and queetly have hold possesse and enjoy all thaforesd House and Cheife Habitacon porc'ons of Lands wth all ye Islands and p'misses wth thappurten'ces hereby before given and granted or menc'oned, meant or intended to be hereby given and granted, and every part and parcell thereof, whout any Lett, disturbance, denyall trouble interrupc'on or evicc'on of or by ye sd President and Councill or any pson or psons whatsoever clayming by from or under them or their Successors or by or under their Estate. Right Title or Interest, And the s presidt and Council for them and their Successors do further Covenant and grant to and wth ye sd Sr fferd: Gorges Cap' John Mason, and their Associates John Cotton, Henry Gardner Geo. Griffith Edwyn Guy, Tho: Wannerton, Thom: Eyre and Eliezer Eyre their Heires and Ass' by these p'nts That they the sd presidt and Councill shall at all time & times hereafter upon reasonable request, at the only proper Cost and Charges in the Law of the s Sr ferdin: Gorges,