Province of New Hampshire 9th of Sept 1769. These Certify that this plan of Grafton containing Twenty Six thousand Two hundred & Sixty three Acs 2 Roods 16 P is a True Copy of an Original plan or Survey of said Township as taken & returned to me Mr Benja Sumner Depy Surv Attest Is: Rindge S Gen1 George King's GEORGE the THIRD by the Grace of GoD of S Great Britain France and Ireland KING De Grant fender of the ffaith and so forth. KNOW YE that we of our special grace certain knowlege, and mere motion and for encouraging the Settlement and culture of our Lands within our said Province of New Hampshire.-Have (by and with the advice of our Trusty and well beloved JOHN WENTWORTH Esq' our GOVERNOR & Com'and in Chief of our said province and of our Council of the same) given and granted and by these presents for us our Heirs and Successors Do give and grant unto our Loving Subject GEORGE KING Esq' (who hath ̧ made application to us for the same in order to make a Settlement thereupon,) being about Fifty Acres each, to the number in his Family to him & his Heirs and Assigns forever upon the Terms herein particularly recited and express'd; a certain Tract or parcel of Land lying between the Patent line so called & the Township of Grafton in our said Province and containing by admeasuremt One thousand four Hundred & seventy three acres two roods and Twenty Perches as by a plan or Survey thereof exhibited by our Survey' Gen1 of Lands for our said Province by our said Governor's Order & returned into the Secretary's Office a Copy whereof is hereunto annexed may more fully appear: butted and bounded as follows, Vizt.Begining at the North East Corner of Grafton at a birch Tree with Stones by it, thence runing S° 65° East Seventy two Chains and fifty links to a beech Tree marked with stones by it standing by Masons Patent line so called, then turning off & runing South about Fifty degrees West, One Hundred and forty one chains to a beech Tree mark'd, then South about Forty five degrees West Four hundred & Sixty Chains to a hemlock Tree in the Patent line afores with marks upon it, thence turning off and runing South Sixty five degrees East Twenty seven rods to a beech tree, then turning off and runing North Thirty six degrees East five miles and one half mile to the birch Tree at the North East Corner of Grafton the Station began at. To HAVE and to hold the said Tract of Land as above express'd to him the said GEO: KING as aforesaid forever; upon the following Terms Conditions and reservations, Videlicet--FIRST. That there be cut clear'd and made passable for Carriages &ca thro' the said Tract a road of Eight rods *1-349 wide as shall at any time hereafter be directed or Order'd by the Governor and Council aforesaid, which Road shall be completed in Six years from the date of such Order or Direction of our said Governor and Council on penalty of the forfeiture of this Grant and of its reverting to us our Heirs and Successors. SECONDThat the said Grantee shall settle or cause to be setled Five Families to be actually resident on the Premises by the expiration of Ten Years from the date of this Grant in failure whereof the said Tract to revert to us our Heirs and Successors to be by us or them enter'd upon and regranted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually settle & Cultivate the same. THIRD-That all white & other pine Trees being and growing within the said Tract fit for Masting our Royal Navy be carefully preserv'd for that use, and none to be cut or fell'd without our special Licence for so doing first had & obtained on penalty of the forfeiture of the right of the said Grantee in the said Tract of Land, & of its reverting to us our Heirs and Successors, as well as being subject to the Penalties prescribed by any present as well as future Act or Acts of Parlia ment. FOURTH. Yielding and paying therefor to us our *1-350 Heirs and Successors on or before the 29th day of September 1778, the rent of one Ear of Indian Corn only if Lawfully demanded. FIFTH. That the said Grantee his Heirs or Assigns shall yield & pay unto us our heirs and Successors yearly and every Year for ever from & after the expiration of one Year from the abovesaid 29th day of September namely on the 29th day of Sept which will be in the Year of our Lord Christ 1779, 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 Owner, Proprietor or Setler as aforesaid in our Council Chamber in Portsmo 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 Governor and Commander in Chief in and over our said Province of New Hampshire the 17th day of November in the year of our Lord Christ 1769 and in the 10th Year of our Reign. J Wentworth By his Excellency's Command with advice of Council Theodore Atkinson Secry L. S. Province of New Hampshire, 24th Nov 1769— Recorded according to the Original Grant under the Province. Seal. Province of New Hamps' 11th Sept 1769 These Certify that this Plan contains 1473 Acres 2 Roods & 20 Perches, bounded on the East by the Patent line & on the West by a Tract of Land called Grafton. is a true Copy of an Original Plan or Survey of said tract as taken & returned to me by Mr Benja Is: Rindge Sur' Gen1 Sumner Dy ST Attest GRANTHAM. [Granted July 11, 1761, to John Kathan and others. No settlements were made under this grant. Regranted as New Grantham June 8, 1767, to Col. William Simms and others. The westerly part of this town and the easterly part of Plainfield were made the parish of Meriden, June 23, 1780. Incorporated as New Grantham, February 5, 1788. The line between this town and Cornish and Croydon was established December 3, 1808. Incorporated as Grantham June 12, 1818. A tract of land was severed from Grantham and annexed to Enfield, January 13, 1837. A portion was severed and annexed to Cornish, December 25, 1844. A part of the gore between Grantham and Springfield was annexed June 25, 1858. A portion of the town was annexed to Plainfield July 12, 1856. See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 318; X, Bouton Province and State Papers, 398, 400, as to participation in movement for union with Vermont towns; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 56; Index to Laws, 218; sketch by L. D. Dunbar, Hurd's History of Sullivan County, 1886, p. 170; Stewart's History of the Free Baptists, 1862, p. 375; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 449.] *2-69 Grantham P-S [GRANTHAM CHARTER, 1761.] *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 Eight 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 & Forty Acres, which tract is to contain Six Miles square, and no more; out of which an Allowance is |