tion for a greater or lesser Tract of the Land aforesaid, which Money shall be paid by the respective Proprietor Owner or Settler in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth or to such officer or officers as shall be appointed to receive the same; And these to be in lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever.— IN TESTIMONY whereof we have caused the Seal of our said province to be hereunto affixed Witness JOHN WENTWORTH Esq: our aforesaid GOVERNOR & Commander in Chief the 6th day of Jan in the 12th year of our Reign, Annoque Domini 1772. By his Excellency's Command with advice of Council J'{..} Wentworth. L. S. Theodore Atkinson Secretary. *Province of New Hampshire 7th Feby 1772. Recorded according to the Original Grant under the *1-412 Province Seal Province of New Hampshire. Portsmouth 6th Jany 1772. These may Certify that this Plan Beginning at a White Pine Tree standing on the bank of Connecticut River which Tree is the Corner Bounds of the Townships of Lime & Orford, from thence running S. 64° E. 312 Rods to a Beech Tree, from thence South 26° W. 230 Rods, to a White Pine Tree, from thence N. 64° W. 480 Rods to a Red Birch Tree standing on the bank of Connecticut River aforesaid, from thence up said River to the Bounds first mentioned. Contains Five Hundred Acres of Land & is a true Copy of an Original plan or Survey of said Tract as taken and returned to me by M' Jotham Cummings Depy Surveyor Attest: Is Rindge S. G1 LYNDEBOROUGH. [Granted by Massachusetts June 19, 1735, to Capt. Samuel King and others, and called Salem-Canada. Granted by the Masonian Proprietors December 5, 1753, to Benjamin Lynde and others, and named Lyndeborough in honor of Benjamin Lynde. Incorporated April 23, 1764. A portion of the town, with other territory, was incorporated as Greenfield June 15, 1791. Another portion was annexed to Temple June 11, 1796. The northeasterly part was annexed to Mont Vernon January 5, 1853. A tract from the southerly side was annexed to Milford June 27, 1873. See Massachusetts charters preceding, and Masonian Papers in following volumes; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 535; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 509; Index to Laws, 301; sketch, by David C. Grant, Hurd's History of Hillsborough County, 1885, p. 498; Historical Address, 150th Anniversary, 1889, by Frank G. Clark, 1891, pp. 68; Proceedings of 150th Anniversary, mss., in possession of W. H. Grant, St. Paul, Minn.; Baptist Churches in New Hampshire, by E. E. Cummings, 1836, p. 19; Lawrence's New Hampshire Churches, 1856, p. 192; The First Settlers, by J. Clark, 21, N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, 277; Materials for a History, 8, id., 94; manuscripts in possession of W. H. Grant, St. Paul, Minn.] *1-261 [LYNDEBOROUGH INCORPORATED, 1764.] Lyndsborough P-S *Prov of New Hamp' George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &ca To all to whom these Presents shall come greeting Whereas our Loving Subjects Inhabitants on a Tract of Land within our Province of New Hamp' afore Said by the Name of Lyndsborough have Humbly Petitioned & Requested that they may be erected & Encorporated into a Township & Infrancized with the same Powers & Previledges which Other Towns have & Enjoy within our Said Province by Law have & Enjoy & it appearing to us to be Condusive to the General good of our Said Province as well as to the Said Inhabitants in Perticular by maintaining good order & Encouraging the Culture of the Said Lands that the Same should be done Know Ye therefore that we of our Especial Grace certain Knowledge & for the Encouragement & Promotion of these good Ends & Purposes by & with the Advise of our Trusty & well beloved Benning Wentworth Esq our Gov ernor & Com'ander in Chieff & of our Council for Said Province of New Hamp have erected & ordaind & by these Presents for us our Heirs & Successors do Will & ordain that our Loving Subjects Residing on the Tract of Land aforesaid or that Shall hereafter reside & Improve thereon the same being Limited & Bounded as follows Viz-begining at the North East Corner of a Tract of Land called Duxbury School Farm & in the Line of the Township of Amherst from thence runing West by the Needle one Mile Two Hundred & Eighty Rodds to the East Line of the Township of Wilton from thence North by the Needle four Hundred & Ninety Eight Rods to the North East Corner of Wilton aforesaid from thence West by the Needle by Wilton aforesaid five Miles to A White Ash marked the Corner of Peterborough Slip & Wilton Aforesaid & from thence West by the Needle Two Hundred & forty Rods by sd Peterborough Slip to a Beach Tree marked from thence North by the Needle Six Miles & Three Quarters to a Tree marked for the Corner of Said Tract from thence East by the Needle Three Miles & one Quarter to A Tree marked in the Western Line of New Boston from thence South by that Line one Mile & an half to the most South Westerly Corner of New Boston aforesaid from thence East by the said New Boston Line Three Miles one Hundred & Twenty Rods to a Black Oak marked Still by sd New Boston Line & Runs South Two Miles & an half to A Sump & Stones from thence East one Mile & Eighty Rods to the North West Corner of Amherst aforesaid from thence south by the Line of Amherst four Miles one Hundred & Twenty three Rods to the Bounds first mentioned Shall be & by these Presents are Declared & ordaind to be a Town Corporate & are hereby erected and Incorporated into A Bdy Politick & Corporate to have Continuence until his Majtys Pleasure shall be Signified to the Contrary by the Name of LYNDSBOROUGH with the Powers and Authoritys Previledges & Immunities & Franchizes which any Other Towns in Said Province by law hold & Enjoy allways Reserving to us our Heirs & Successors all white Pine Trees that are or Shall be *1-262 found growing or being on the Said Tract of Land fit for the Use of our Royal Navy Reserving also the Power & Right of Dividing the Said Town when it Shall Appear Necessary & Convenient for the Benefit of the Inhabitants thereof Provided nevertheless & it is hereby Declared that this our Charter & Grant is not Intended or Shall in any Man'er be Construed to extend to or Affect the Private Property of the Soil within the Limits aforesaid and as the Several Towns within Our Said Province of New Hamp' are by the Laws thereof enabled & authorized to Assemble and by the Authority of the Voters Present to Chuse all Such Officers & Transact such Affairs as by the Said Laws are declared We do by these Presents Nominate and Appoint Mr John Stephenson to call the first Meeting any Time within Thirty Days from the Date hereof giving Legal Notice of the Time Place & Design of Holding such Meeting after which the annual Meeting for Said Town for the Choice of officers & Management of the affairs aforesaid Shall be held within Said Township on the Second Tuesday of March Annually In Testimony whereof We have caused the Seal of the our Said Province to be hereunto affixed Wittness Benning Wentworth Esq our Governor & Com'ander in Chieff in & over our Said Province of New Hamp' the 23a Day of April in the Fourth Year of our Reign Annoq Domini 1764— By his Excellencys Com with advise of Council B Wentworth Theod' Atkinson Sec" Recorded according to the Original Charter under the Prove Seal this 23 Day of April 1764 T Atkinson Jun Sec MADBURY. [Constituted from parts of Dover and Durham and incorporated as a parish May 31, 1755. Granted full town privileges May 26, 1768. This territory was called Madbury previous to its incorporation. An unsuccessful attempt was made to procure an act of incorporation in 1743. See papers under titles Dover and Durham; IX, Bouton Town Papers, 541; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 536; Index to Laws, 304; sketch, Hurd's History of Strafford County, 1882, p. 641; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, p. 5; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 334.] MADISON. [Set off from Eaton and incorporated Dec. 17, 1852. Named in honor of James Madison. This included, also, land belonging to various proprietors between Eaton and Albany. See papers under title Eaton; Index to Laws, 304; sketch, Fergusson's History of Carroll County, 1889, p. 802; Stewart's History of the Free Baptists, 1862, pp. 162, 252; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 600.] P-S [GRANT TO Blair, McNeal, AND OTHERS, 1765.] Grantees Colwall *Province of New Hamp1 *1-286 George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &ca To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Whereas we have thot fit by our Proclamation given at St James's the Seventh Day of October in the third Year of our reign Annoq Domini 1763 amoungst Other Things to Testify our Royal Sence & Approbation of the Conduct & Bravery of the Martin officers & Soldiers of our Armies & to Signify our Martin desire to reward the Same & have therein Com'anded and Impowered Our Several Governors of our respective Provinces on the Continent of America to grant without Fee or reward to Such Reduced officers as have Served in North America during the late War and to such Private Soldiers as have been or Shall be disbanded there & Shall personally Apply-such Quantities of Land respectively as in & by our afore Said Proclamation are perticularly mentioned subject nevertheless to the Same Quit Rents & Conditions of Cultivations & Improvements as other our Lands are Subject to in this Province within which they are Granted And whereas Alexander Blair of Londonderry Gentleman in our Province aforesaid had our appointment And Daniel McNeal of Derryfield in our Province aforesaid Gentleman had our appointment as Lieutenant and Samuel Stark of Derryfield aforesaid Gent—had our Appointment as Ensign and John Calwall of Londonderry aforesaid Gentleman had our Appointment as Ensign and Joshua Martin of Goffs Town, and Nathaniel Martin of Weare Gentlemen both within our Said Provce of New Hampshire had our appointment as Lieutenant, all of them in Our Companys of Independents and Served during the late War in North America and are now reduced and they having (agreable to our Aforesaid Proclamation Personally Solicited such Grants Know Ye that We of our Especial Grace certain Knowledge & mere motion do Signify our approbation as aforesaid and for encourageing the Settlement & Cultivation of our Lands within our Province of New Hampshire in New England have by & with the advice of our Trusty & well beloved BENNING WENTWORTH Esq Our Govern' & Com'ander in Chieff of our Sd Province and of |