John Browne, Note: margin marked No. 8, Exam. to ye Commis sioners. (8) Know al men by these p'ents that we ye Sachems of ye Naragansets in consideration of five hundred ninety five fathoms of Wampon Required of us by the comissioners to be paid within four months, we say in consideration there of we doe freely, firmely morgadge, make over, bargaine & selle unto the Comissioners of the united Collonies all our whole Countrie with al our Rights and tightels there unto Indians Mortgage and al the piviliges & Apartenances there unto, apertaining unto them, the Comissioners there heires, Administrators or Assigns, for ever to them & there proper use and behoofe alwaise p'vided that in caise we the said Naraganset Sachems shal wel & truly pay unto or cause to be paid the Governor of Coneticot five hundred ninety five fathoms of Wampon within fower months after the daite here of together with the charge of the five messengers sent unto us by the Comisioners that than this bargan Morgaige or saile shal be voide & of noe effect otherwise to stand in ful power & force in witnes where of we the Naraganset Sachems have here unto set our hands & seales this 29 of September, 1660. Scuttape A washous his marke his marke Seale. These are to testifie that I have received this 16th day of November, 1660, of Captaine Edward Hutchinson by the Apointment of Maj'r Humpfre Atherton and companie for and by the Apointment of Quescoquans & Neneglad & Scuttape, the three chiefe Sachems of Naraganset the full sume of Mr. Winthrop's Seven hundred and thirtie five fathom of Wamdischarge of the Indian Mortgage. pum peage where of five hundred and ninety & five fathoms is for the much ordered 735 fatha by the Commissioners of the Collonies to be paid by the Naragansetts for some injuries and greate molestratuns to the English by some of their men, done at the new plantation neere to Manhegan, and at mr. Brewsters' farme, and the rest for the Charges of Diners messengers & others imployed in refrence to the same, we the said Sachems had alsoe ingaiged to satisfie and is in full discharge of that ingaigment made by them to the Comissioners under there hands and seales the 29th day of Sept., 1660. I say rec'd witnes my hand ye day of yeare above written. No. 9 & 10 Exam. JOHN WINTHROP. (9) Be it knowne unto all men by these p'sents yt I Tumteckowe, chiefe Sachem of the great Pond and the Country there to adjoyning as alsoe of point Judea, Called by us Wenannateke being Eldest born of Webitamack Decesed wch was Eldest Brother to Ninicraft doe by these p’sents for and in Consideration of the greate love I beare unto Englishmen Espechally unto mr. John Winthrop of Conecticott Major Humphrey Atherton of Dorchester Capt Edward Hutchinson of Boston, Leift William Hudson and Amos Richinson of ye same Boston Capt Thomas Willitt of Wannamoysett Capt Jon Cranston and mr Jon Sanford of Roade Island, Richard Smith Sen'r and Richard Smith Jun'r together with James Smith of Naraganset have given & granted & doe by these p'sents fully freely volintarily and absolutely and effectually give grant confirm & make over unto my said friends one tract of land in my Countrie called Weyanicoke or point Juda neck wth all ye Islands & necks adjoyning with in ye ponds & so Eastward to pitt Comicutt harbor or Crick being bounded on ye South East and South and Southwest by ye mayne Sea wth said quantity of land be it more or less I ye said Tumteckowe do make over to these my foresaid friends to have and to hould the said tract of land together with sumer feede for ye cattel, making of hay in all meadows, low grounds or Swamps with out ye said bounds of ye Northward and Northwest of the foresaid neck to them the foresaid mr Jon Winthrop, Major Atherton, Capt Edward Hutchinson, Lieft William Hudson and Amos Richison, Capt Tho Willitt, Cayt Jon Cranston, mr. Jon. Sanford, Richard Smith Sen'r Richard Smith Jun'r together with James Smith there and every of there friends,th ere heires and Assignes for ever with out any maner chalange by me or in any name or by my cause means or consent what so ever; And further I Tumteckowe doe surrender up all Rights titells & paiviledges what so ever to truste my foresaid friends forever to injoy the same, And I the said Tumteckowe by this my deede of gift Signed and delivered and po'sestion given of the aforesaid land doe Ratifie & confirme ye same and doe p'mis the same to defend from all other p'sons laying claime to the same dated this forth of march one thousand Siz hundred fifty & nine. Tumteckowe T marke. his his mark Westen Smith No. 11 Exam. (10) Boston March 23, 1660. Northern Track to be laid out. Att a meeting of Capt. Tho. Willet, Edward Hutchinson mr. Amos Richison & mr. Richard Smith Jun'r. It was Agreed that Edward Hutchinson should be Impowered & hereby is Impowered to layout the land in the Northern Tract of Land at Naraganset, appoynted fora plantation unto these Inhabitants of Rhode Island wch have a grante of Lands there unto such of them or the said which part provided they wilgi ve up all the writeings they have received from any of us Concerneing the same and give us a discharge upon the said writeings, that thereby we may have power of our selves to lay out as we see; cause the Remainder of the S'd Land And also the S'd Edward Hutchinson is Impowered to take a to be platted platt of the Southerne neck, and also of the northern tract yt it may be Cappable of deeding. Southen tract all Accounts. Also to receive It is also ordered & Edward Hutchinson is Appoynted to Receive all Acounts from every of the partners of there disbursement & Charges as also to Receive of every person the Eighteen pence an acre of every man that have alotments & give acount to the Company. to be built and The lots within Itt is also ordered that those yt have Alottments settled in in the Town shall ingage to build upon them in years or forfit. two years space & to settle either them selves or some other upon ther lotts within two years time, upon the forfiture of of them lotts & if after they desier to sell them, they shal not sel them to any but such as the Company aproves of. freed from Charge Maj. Atherton Itt is also agreed that Maj'r. Atherton (being a principal man amongst us, & one whoe we have cause upon Cause & ocasion to Respect) shal be freed from any Charge to the purchers & shal have his share with us of what is Received from any & upon the 18d per acre. No. 12 Exam. Northerne Tract, ye plantation. Committy, Wee whose names are hereunto subscribed, being appoynted a Comitty by the proprietors of certaine Lands lying in the Naragansets Country, weh Lands was given the S'd proprietors by the Chiefe sachems of Náragansets, in weh lands having Intentions to settle a plantation, & haveing Impowered us to Receive Inhabitants, & order matter accordingly. Wee the S'd Committy, haveing dully considered the estate of things, doe agree & determine That a certain tract of Land lyeing betwixt the Land of mr. Richard Smith Sen'r & to the Northward of him & unto a River or brooke, Comonly caled Stony River, along by ye English path & soe to Run iuto the sea, shal be divided into forty shares, twelve of wch 40 Shares shares we Reserve to our owne, despose the other twenty eight shares, we give power unto Capt. Jno Cranston, mr. John Sanford, mr. Caleb Carr, mr. John Sails, mr. p'sons to setle John Green of Green, and mr. Jno. & mr. Tho. Gould, mr. Cuniegrande, mr. Howler & Valintine Whitman, or the Maj. part of them to take in such Inhabitants to them as they shal Judge sutable neibors to such a society, & hereby give them full power with our selves to act in all things weh Concerne the setteling of the S'd plantation & what ever Comouge it Comouge. obtaine from the Indians above the S'd tract of land up into the Countrey according unto ye breadth of the S'd Tract by the English path as also of the several shares & divisions of land within ye S'd tract wch is alotted to any that shal be Received in, as wel as to our selves & them we doe make over all our Right, title & Interest to them, and every of them, their heires & Assignes for ever. And we doe hereby promis to defend each others title against any yt shal lay any Claime to any 18 pence per part of the S'd Lands, they, the said partys paying to us Eighteen pence for every acre yt shal be alotted to any of them of the S'd twenty Eight shares, in Cattle, Corne or other good pay, after the Rate of peage at Eight per penny. In cause of or ocasion of the great Charge & Expense, we have been at to this day. And for what ever other Charges here after shall arise upon ye p'mises to be borne by the whole proprietors, that either is or shall be heer after Received from acre, |