TAMWORTH. [Granted Oct. 14, 1766, to John Webster and others. A committee was appointed Feb. 22, 1785, to settle the line between Tamworth and Sandwich, and another June 11, 1796, to settle the line between Tamworth, and Albany and Eaton, and a third to establish both lines Dec. 23, 1808. A tract of Ossipee territory was annexed to Tamworth Jan. 13, 1837, and reannexed to Ossipee June 23, 1859. A part of Albany was annexed June 27, 1857. See Masonian Papers in following volumes; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 538; Index to Laws, 535; sketch, Fergusson's History of Carroll County, 1889, p. 731; Stewart's History of the Free Baptists, 1862, p. 59; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 591; In the Heart of the White Mountains, by S. A. Drake, 1882, p. 18; Ordination Rock, 22, N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, 72; Biographical Notices of Physicians, by E. C. Cogswell, 2, N. H. Repository, 74; Centennial Souvenir, 1792-1892, W. B. Hidden, pp. 38.] Tamworth P. S [TAMWORTH CHARTER, 1766.] *Province of New-Hampshire. GEORGE THE THIRD, *3-146 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 New-Hampshire, 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 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. Beginning at the Easterly side Line of that Tract of Land granted as Addition to the Township of Sandwich at the place on ye said Line where the Head or western side Line of Mason's Patent, so Call'd, intersects the said Line of the said Additional Grant to Sandwich, & from thence runs Easterly by ye afores Patent Line, six miles therce No Six miles, then turning of at right Angles & runing West abt five miles & an half mile till it Comes to the Easterly side Line of Sandwich Addition afores or to a line Extended No of the said Easterly side Line of Sandwich Addition afores, then runing S° by Sandwich Addition afores to the place began at. And that the same be, and hereby is Incorporated into a Township by the Name of Tamworth 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 And the other on the annually, which Fairs are not to continue following the said and that as soon as the said Town shall *3-147 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 First Tuesday in Novem' next which said Meeting shall be Notified by Coll° Andrew Todd 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 Privileges and Appurtenances, to them and their respective Heirs and Assigns forever, upon the following Conditions, viz. longer than the respective 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 twenty-fifth Day of December annually, if lawfully demanded, the first Payment to be made on the twenty-fifth day of December. 1767 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 1777 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 to be in Lieu of all other Rents and Services what soever. In Testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed. Witness BENNING WENTWORTH, Esq; Our Governor and Commander in Chief of Our said Province, the 14th Day of October In the Year of our Lord CHRIST, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Six And in the Sixth Year of Our Reign. B' Wentworth By His EXCELLENCY'S Command, With Advice of COUNCIL T: Atkinson j' Secr'y Province of New Hampshire Octo' 14th 1766 Recorded according to the Original Pattent under the Prov ince Seal T Atkinson Jun Sect *3-148 Lieut. Jn° Webster Dan1 Stickney *Names of the Grantees of Tamworth. His Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq' a Tract of Land to Contain Five hundred Acres as mark'd B W in the plan which is to be accounted Two of the within Shares. One whole Share for the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign parts, one share for a Glebe for the Church of England as by Law Establishd. One share for the first settled Minister of the Gospel & oue share for the benefit of a school in said Town for Ever Province of New Hampshire Oct 14th 1766 Recorded from the back of the Original Charter for Tamworth under the province Seal.— T Atkinson Jun Sec Province of New Hampshire Oct 14th 1766 Copy of the Plan taken from the back of the Charter of Tamworth under the Province Seal T Atkinson Jun Secry TEMPLE. [Granted by the Masonian Proprietors June 30, 1750, as Peterborough Slip, also known as Sliptown, which included the town of Sharon. Incorporated as Temple Aug. 26, 1768, and named in honor of John Temple. A dispute about a strip of land between this town and New Ipswich terminated in favor of Temple. "Borland's Farm" was annexed Jan. 12, 1781. A portion of Peterborough was annexed Jan. 29, 1789, and a portion of Lyndeborough June 11, 1796. See Massachusetts charters preceding, and Masonian Papers in following volumes; XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 547; Index to Laws, 540; sketch, Hurd's History of Hillsborough County, 1885, p. 672; History, by H. A. Blood, 1860, pp. 352; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 242; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, p. 10; Glass-Making in the Merrimack Basin, by E. Brown, Old Residents' Historical Association, Contributions, vol. 2, p. 180; The Miller Mansion, by F. M. Colby, 3, Granite Monthly, 6.] *Province of New Hampshire Temple. [TEMPLE INCORPORATED, 1768.] GEORGE the Third by the Grace of *1-305 God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the faith &c To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting WHEREAS Our Loyal Subjects Inhabitants of a Tract of land within our Province of New Hampshire known by the name of |