JAFFREY. [Granted by the Masonian Proprietors, Nov. 30, 1749, to Jonathan Hubbard and others, and variously known as Monadnock No. 2, Middle Monadnock, and Middletown. The grant was renewed March 13, 1767. Incorporated as Jaffrey Aug. 17, 1773, and named in honor of George Jaffrey. See Masonian Papers in following volumes; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 429; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 291; Index to Laws, 262; History, by D. B. Cutter, 1881, pp. 648; sketch, Hurd's History of Cheshire County, 1886, p. 220; sketch, Child's Gazetteer of Cheshire County, 1885, p. 204; Historical Address, by Joel Parker, 1873, centennial celebration; Universalism in America, by Richard Eddy, 1886, vol. 1, p. 171; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, pp. 272, 274.] *4-164 [JAFFREY INCORPORATED, 1773.] *Province of New Hampshire { LS } JAFFREY formerly Monadnoc N° 2 GEORGE the third by the grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King defender of the Faith &ca TO ALL PEOPLE to whom these Presents shall come greeting WHEREAS our loyal Subjects Inhabitants of a Tract of Land within our Province of New Hampshire aforesaid commonly called and known by the Name of Monadnoc Number two containing by estimation about six Miles square have humbly petitioned and requested us that they may be erected and incorporated into a Township and enfranchised with the same Powers and Privileges which other *4-165 Towns within our said *Province by Law have and enjoy and it appearing to us to be conducive to the general Good of our said Province as well as of the said Inhabitants in particular by maintaining good order and encouraging the culture of the Land that the same should be done KNOW YE that we of our special Grace certain Knowledge & for the encouragement and promotion of the good purposes and ends aforesaid by and with the advice of our trusty and well beloved JOHN WENTWORTH Esquire our Governor and Commander in Chief of our said Province and of our Council of the same have erected and ordained & by these Presents for us our Heirs and Successors do will and ordain that the Inhabitants of the said Tract of Land and others who shall improve & inhabit thereon hereafter the same being butted and bounded as follows viz Begining at the Southwest Corner of Peterborough Slip so called from thence runing North eighty degrees West Seven Miles to a Hemloc Tree marked from thence runing North by the Needle five Miles to a Hemloc Tree marked from thence runing South eighty degrees East seven Miles to a Beech Tree marked in the west Line of Peterborough from thence South by the Needle to the first bounds mentioned be and they are hereby declared to be a Town corporate by the Name of JAFFREY-to have continuance forever with all the Powers and Authorities Privileges immunities and Franchises which any other Towns in our said Province by Law hold and enjoy to the said Inhabitants or those who shall hereafter inhabit there and to their Successors forever Always reserving to us our Heirs and Successors All white. pine Trees that are or shall be found being and growing within and upon the said Tract of Land fit for the use of our Royal Navy Preserving also to us our Heirs and Successors the Power of dividing said Town when it shall appear necessary and convenient for the Inhabitants thereof-PROVIDED nevertheless and it is hereby declared that this Charter and Grant is not intended and shall not in any manner be construed to affect the private Property of the Soil within the Limits aforesaid And as the several Towns within our said Province are by the Laws thereof enabled and authorized to assemble and by the majority of the Voters present to chuse all Officers and transact such Affairs as in the said Laws are declared We do by these presents nominate and appoint Jonathan Stanley to call the first Meeting of the said Inhabitants to be held within the said Town at any time within sixty-days from the date hereof-giving legal notice of the time and design of holding such Meeting after which the annual meeting for said Town shall be held for the choice of said Officers & the Purposes aforesaid on the last Thursday in March -annually *4-166 IN TESTIMONY whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed Witness our aforesaid Governor and Commander in chief the Seventeenth day of August in the thirteenth Year of our Reign Annoque Domini 1773 By his Excellencys command with advice of Council Theodore Atkinson Sec J Wentworth Recorded according to the original Charter under the Province Seal this 17th of August 1773 Attest Geo: King Dep3 Sec JEFFERSON. [Granted as Dartmouth, Oct. 3, 1765, to Col. John Goffe and others. Regranted June 26, 1772, to Theodore Atkinson and others. Incorporated as Jefferson Dec. 8, 1796, and named in honor of Thomas Jefferson. A portion of Kilkenny was annexed Dec. 7, 1842. See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 430; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 303; Index to Laws, 263; sketch, by Abner Davis, Fergusson's History of Coos County, 1888, p. 399; Biography of Col. Joseph Whipple, by C. B. Jordan, 2, Proceedings of N. H. Historical Society, p. 289; Joseph Whipple and the Dartmouth Plantation, by L. W. Dodge, 15, Granite Monthly, 20; Stewart's History of the Free Baptists, 1862, p. 375 Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, p. 21; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 610; The Presidential Range from Jefferson Highlands, by J. R. Edwards, 3. Appalachia, 203; Mt. Pliny, by E. B. Cook, id., 261; Round Mountain, by E. B. Cook, 4, id., 257; An Exploration of the Pilot Range, by W. H. Peek, id., 219; Willey's History of the White Mountains, 1870, p. 58; The White Mountains, A Guide to Their Interpretation, by Julius H. Ward, 1890, p. 205; In the Heart of the White Mountains, by S. A. Drake, 1882, p. 291.] *3-138 Dartmouth L S [DARTMOUTH CHARTER, 1765.] *Province of New Hampshire. GEORGE, THE THIRD, By the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France and To all Persons to whom these Presents shall come, KNOW YE, that We of Our special Grace, certain Knowledge, and meer Motion, for the due Encouragement of settling a New Plantation within our Said Province, by and with the Advice of our Trusty and Well-beloved BENNING WENTWORTH, Esq; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Province of New Hampshire, in New-England, and of Our COUNCIL, of the said Province; HAVE upon the Conditions and Reservations herein. after made, given and granted, and by these Presents, for Us, Our Heirs, and Successors, do give and grant in equal Shares, unto Our loving Subjects, Inhabitants of Our said Province of NewHampshire, and Our other Governments, and to their Heirs and Assigns for ever, whose Names are entred on this Grant, to be divided to and amongst them into Sixty four equal Shares, all that Tract or Parcel of Land situate, lying and being within our said Province of New-Hampshire, containing by Admeasurement Twenty three Thousand one hundred Acres, which Tract is to contain about Six Miles square, and no more; out of which an Allowance is to be made for High Ways and unimprovable Lands by Rocks, Ponds, Mountains and Rivers, One Thousand and Forty Acres free, according to a Plan and Survey thereof, made by Our said Governor's Order, and returned into the Secretary's Office, and hereunto annexed, butted and bounded as follows, Viz. Begining at A Pine Tree marked Standing on the Westerly Side of Israels River so called near the Second Crotch or Parting reckoning from the mouth of Said River where it Empties it Self into Connecticut River and from the Said Pine runs one Mile West to a Stake & Stones then turning off at Right Angles runs South Seven Miles to one other Stake & Stones then turning off again & runs East Five Miles & one half Mile to one other Stake & Stones and from thence North Seven Miles to one other Stake & Stones & from thence West to the Pine Tree the Bound began at— And that the same be, and hereby is Incorporated into a Township by the Name of Dartmouth-And the Inhabitants that do or shall hereafter inhabit the said Township, are hereby declared to be Enfranchized with and Intitled to all and every the Priviledges. and Immunities that other Towns within Our Province by Law Exercise and Enjoy: And further, that the said Town as soon as there shall be Fifty Families resident and settled thereon, shall have the Liberty of holding two Fairs, one of which shall be held on the annually, which Fairs are pective And the other on the not to continue longer than the resfollowing the said *3-139 and that as soon as the said Town shall consist of Fifty Families, a Market may be opened and kept one or more Days in each Week, as may be thought most advantagious to the Inhabitants. Also, that the first Meeting for the Choice of Town Officers, agreable to the Laws of our said Province, shall be held on the 25th Day of Decemb next which said Meeting shall be Notified by John Goffe Esq who is hereby also appointed the Moderator of the said first Meeting, which he is to Notify and Govern agreable to the Laws and Customs of Our said Province; and that the annual Meeting for ever hereafter for the Choice of such Officers for the said Town, shall be on the Second Tuesday of March annually, To HAVE and to HOLD the said Tract of Land as above expressed, together with all Privi leges and Appurtenances, to them and their respective Heirs and Assigns forever, upon the following Conditions, viz. I. That every Grantee, his Heirs or Assigns shall plant and cultivate five Acres of Land within the Term of five Years for every fifty Acres contained in his or their Share or Proportion of Land in said Township, and continue to improve and settle the same by additional Cultivations, on Penalty of the Forfeiture of his Grant or Share in the said Township, and of its reverting to Us, our Heirs and Successors, to be by Us or them Re-granted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually settle and cultivate the same. II. That all white and other Pine Trees within the said Township, fit for Masting Our Royal Navy, be carefully preserved for that Use, and none to be cut or felled without Our special Licence for so doing first had and obtained, upon the Penalty of the Forfeiture of the Right of such Grantee, his Heirs and Assigns, to Us, our Heirs and Successors, as well as being subject to the Penalty of any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are, or hereafter shall be Enacted. III. That before any Division of the Land be made to and among the Grantees, a Tract of Land as near the Centre of the said Township as the Land will admit of, shall be reserved and marked out for Town Lots, one of which shall be allotted to each Grantee of the Contents of one Acre. IV. Yielding and paying therefor to Us, our Heirs and Successors for the Space of ten Years, to be computed from the Date hereof, the Rent of One Ear of Indian Corn only, on the twentyfifth Day of December annually, if lawfully demanded, the first Payment to be made on the twenty-fifth day of December. 1766 V. Every Proprietor, Settler or Inhabitant, shall yield and pay unto Us, our Heirs and Successors yearly, and every Year forever, from and after the Expiration of ten Years from the abovesaid twenty-fifth Day of December, namely, on the twenty-fifth Day of December, which will be in the Year of Our Lord 1776 One shilling Proclamation Money for every Hundred Acres he so owns, settles or possesses, and so in Proportion for a greater or lesser Tract of the said Land; which Money shall be paid by the respective Persons abovesaid, their Heirs or Assigns, in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth, or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same; and this is to be in Lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever. In testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said |