J TILTON. [This was formerly a part of Sanbornton known as Sanbornton Bridge. Set off and incorporated June 30, 1869. Named in honor of Nathaniel Tilton, the first settler. A small part of the town was annexed to Sanbornton July 1, 1870, and parts of Sanbornton were annexed to Tilton July 1, 1870, and July 3, 1872. See papers under title Sanbornton; Index to Laws, 544; sketch, by J. J. Dearborn, Hurd's History of Belknap County, 1885, p. 876; sketch, 8, Granite Monthly, 319; The Arch on a Hill-Top, sketch, by G. H. Moses, 16, id., 151; Central New Hampshire, by G. F. Bacon, 1890, p. 24; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 401.] TROY. [Constituted from parts of Marlborough, Fitzwilliam, Swanzey, and Richmond, and incorporated June 23, 1815. The line between Troy and Marlborough was established June 28, 1847. A portion of the town was annexed to Marlborough June 24, 1870. See papers under titles of above-mentioned towns; Index to Laws, 551; History, by A. M. Caverly, 1859, pp. 209; sketch, by M. T. Stone, Hurd's History of Cheshire County, 1886, p. 346; sketch, Child's Gazetteer of Cheshire County, 1885, p. 472; Stewart's History of the Free Baptists, 1862, p. 252; Baptist Churches in N. H., by E. E. Cummings, 1836, p. 11; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 297.] UNITY. [Granted as Buckingham Jan. 1, 1753, to John Bissell and others. Regranted July 13, 1764, to Timothy Goodwin and others, and incorporated as Unity. A portion was included in the limits of Goshen, incorporated Dec. 27, 1791. Small tracts of Unity were annexed to Charlestown June 20, 1810, to Claremont Dec. 29, 1828, and to Goshen July 6, 1837. See XIII, Hammond Town Papers, 576, Index to Laws, 559; sketch, Hurd's History of Sullivan County, 1886, p. 384; Baptist Churches in N. H. by E. E. Cummings, 1836, p. 12; Stewart's History of the Free Baptists, 1862, p. 162; Lawrence's N. H. Churches, 1856, p. 474.] Buckingham L: P: S: [BUCKINGHAM CHARTER, 1753.] *Province of New Hamp *1-139 George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Brittain France & Ireland King Defender of the faith &ca To All Persons to whom these Presents Shall come Greeting Know Ye that we of our special Grace Certain knowledge & mere motion for the Due Encouragement of Settling A New Plantation within our Said Province by & with the Advice of our Trusty & well beloved Benning Wentworth Esq our Governour And Commander in Chieff of our Said Province of New Hampshire in America and of our Council of the Said Province have upon the Conditions & Reservations hereafter made given & Granted and by these Presents for us our heirs & Successors Do Give & Grant in Equal Shares unto our Loveing Subjects Inhabitants of our sd Province of New Hampshire and his Majtys Other Governments and to their heirs and Assignes for ever whose names Are Entered on this Grant to be Divided to And Amongst them into Seventy five Equall Shares All that Tract or Parcel of Land Scituate Lying & being within our Province of New Hampshire Containing by Admeasurement Twenty Three thousend & forty Acres which Tract is to Contain Six Miles Square & no more out of which An Allowence is to be made for high ways & unimproveable Lands by Rocks Mountains Ponds & Rivers One thousend & forty Acres free According to a Plan thereof made & Presented by our said Governours orders and hereunto annexed Butted & bounded as follows Viz Begining at a Stake & Stones at the North Westerly Corner of Burnet and runs East by the Needle Six miles & two hundred & Twenty Eight rods to A Stake & Stones thence runs North by the needle Six Miles & Two hundred & forty rods to A Stake & Stones then runs West by the Needle four Miles Two hundred & fifty six rods to A Stake & Stones thence runs South Seventeen Degrees West five Miles & one hundred & Twenty Eight rods to A Stake & Stones thence runs South by the Needle One mile & one hundred & sixty rods to where it began and that the same be & is Incorporated into a Township by the name of Buckingham and that the Inhabitants that do or Shall hereafter Inhabit said Township are hereby Declared to be Enfranchized with & intituled to all and every the Previledges & Im'unities That Other Towns within our Said Province by Law Exercize & Enjoy And further that the Said *Town as soon as there *1-140 Shall be fifty families resident & thereon Settled Shall have the Liberty of holding two fairs one of which shall be held ou the and the other on the Annually which fairs are not to Continue & be held Longer than the Respective following the Said respective days and as Soon as the Said Town shall Consist of fifty families A market Shall be Opened & kept one or more Days in Each week as may be tho' 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 Second Tuesday in March next which Meeting Shall be Notifyed by Willm Symes Esq-who is hereby Also Appointed the Moderator of the Said first meeting which he is to-Notify & Govern agreable to the Laws & Customs of our Said Province and that the Annual Meeting forever hereafter for the Choice of such Officers of said Town Shall be on the Second Tuesday in March Annually To HAVE & TO HOLD the Said Tract of Land as above Expressed togeather with all the Previledges & Appurtenances to them & their Respective heirs and assignes forever upon the following Conditions (Viz) That every Grantee his heirs or assignes Shall Plant or Cultivate five Acres of Land within the Term of five Years for every fifty Acres Contained in his or thier 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 its reverting to his Majesty his heirs & Successors to be by him or them regranted to such of his Subjects as Shall Effectually Settle & Cultivate the Same That all white & other Pine Trees within the said Township fit for Masting our Royal Navy be Carefully Preserved for that Use & none to be Cut or felled without his Majestys Especial Lycence for so Doing first had & Obtaind upon the Penalty of the forfeiture of the right of Such Grantee his heirs & assigns to us our heirs & Successors as well as being subject to the Penalty of Any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are or hereafter Shall be Enacted That before Any Divission of the said Lands be made to *1-141 and *Amongst the Grantees A Tract of Land as near the Center of the Township as the Land will Admit of Shall be reserved And Marked Out for Town Lotts one of which Shall be Allotted to Each Grantee of the Contents of One Acre Yielding & Paying therefor to us our heirs & Successors for the Space of ten Years to be Computed from the Date hereof the Rent of one Ear of Indian Corn on the first Day of January Annually if Lawfully Demanded the first Payment to be made on the first Day of January next after the Date hereof And Every Proprietor Settler or Inhabitant Shall Yield & Pay unto us our heirs & Successors Yearly & every Year forever from and After the Expiration of the Ten Years from the Date hereof namely on the first Day of January which will be in the Year of Our Lord Christ one thousend Seven hundred & Sixty four 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 above Said 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 & services whatsoever In Testimony Hereof We have Caused the Seal of our Said Province to be hereunto Affixed Wittness Benning Wentworth Esq our Govenour & Commander in Chieff of our Said Province the first Day of January in the Year of our Lord Christ 1753 and in the 26th Year of our reign By his Excellencys Com'and with Advice of Council Theodore Atkinson Sery B Wentworth Entered And recorded According to the Original under the Province Seal this first Day of JanTM 1753— The Names of the Grantees of Buckingham (Viz) Jabez Bissell, Theodore Atkinson Sec— Joseph Bissell, John Bissell, Joseph Stiles, Henry Trott, Andrew Stiles, Peter Stiles, John Trott, John Sheldon, *1-140 John Chapman, Theodore Atkinson, Charles Chapman, Ellis Huske, John Downing, Henry Sherburne, Sampson Sheaffe his Excellency Benning Wentworth Esq A Tract of Land to Contain five hundred Acres 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 whole Share for the first Settled Minister of the Gospel in said Town one whole Share for A Glebe for the Ministry of the Church of England as by Law Established Entered And recorded from the back of the Charter of Buckingham the first of Jan' 1753 Taken from the Plan on the Back of the Original Charter of Buck ingham Theodore Atkinson Secry |