Committee of Man tion. posed as first settlers on said land, in such manner and proportion as they shall agree, so as not to exceed the number proposed And that, Isaac Tripp Esq, Mr. Benjamin agement and direc- Follet, Mr. John Jenkins Mr. William Buck and Mr. Benjamin Shoemaker, be and they are hereby appointed a Committee, to approve, admit, oversee, superintend, Manage, and order the affairs and proceedings of the first forty settlers; to receive and order the monies granted to their use, to lay out and prepare a convenient road to said Susq3 river; for which purpose they are to receive £50 to be laid out in preparing a road as aforesaid for the benefit of said Comp, and to account with the standing committee of said Comp therefore, and upon any or either of the said last mentioned committee failing to attend said trust to which they are appointed, the place, or places of such to be supplied by such other person, or persons, as shall be chosen by the major part of the said forty first settlers; and upon the arrival of the two hundred, on purpose to join the said forty in the spring, they may if they see Cause, together with the said forty, by the Major vote add to the said Committee, so as to make the whole to the number of nine, who shall then be a Committee to preserve order and regulate the affairs of said settlers, & others of said Comp, who may join them, until further or otherwise ordered by said Comp"; which said Committee by a Major vote of the settlers there present, duly Convened, may expel from them any person or persons among them who shall so disorderly Conduct and behave, as shall by them be judged inconsistent with the good and interest of said Comp, and may declare the right of such persons forfeit, which shall so remain, unless the said Comp at any time after meeting, upon hearing the Cause of Complaint shall otherwise determine. To provide a minis ter. Voted, that some proper, well disposed person or persons, be procured by those persons who shall undertake to settle on the Susq3 lands according to the above vote, in order to be as a head, or teacher, to Carry on religious instruction & Worship among the settlers, viz-of such denomination as any particular number may be agreed upon, and to be at the Expense of such denomination, as such person so procured shall be, until some further arrangement can be made. Voted, that if any Settler, or settlers, on the aforesaid lands, in pursuance of the vote of this Comp, shall be sued or prosecuted in the law by the Proprietors of Penn", or any under them, on account of such his settlement and possessions, that on proper notice being given to the standing Committee of said Comp, that this Comp' will be at the cost of his or their defence in said suit. Whereas, at former meetings this Comp have appointed sundry persons to make sale of sundry rights, who have not made return of their doings therein, they are therefore to direct and require the standing Committee appointed to order the prudential affairs of this Comp, and they are hereby empowered to require and demand an account of all such persons, of what they have done therein, and to cause any sum, or sums of money now outstanding, and due to the Comp', to be col· lected and paid into the Treas. of sa Comp". Whereas, there are sundry persons who originally proposed to be of this Comp, who never paid to the use of the Comp', and whereas this Comp' have been at Considerable expense in supporting and bringing forward the affairs and business of this Comp, It is therefore voted and agreed, that all such persons as aforesaid, their heirs &c., shall be, and they are hereby excluded from having any right or share or interest in the Susq purchase, so called, Except they shall pay, or Cause to be paid into the Treasury of this Comp', or to the standing Committee for the use of the Comp', the sum of £6 lawful money, by the 12th day of April next Coming, together with all such further additions, grants, taxes, as may be made or ordered by said Comp' and the said Committee are directed to acquaint all such persons with the above regulation. Voted, that Col. Eliphalet Dyer, Col. Sam' Talcott, Elisha Sheldon Esq., Capt. Jona Pettibone and Mr. Benj. Paine, be a Committee to apply to the General Assembly of this Colony in January next, in behalf of this Comp', for the obtaining of such further favor of said assembly, as they shall think proper, by investing said Comp' with the Colony's right to such lands as they have purchased of the Indians, lying on the river Susq or otherwise, not inconsistent with theinterest of sa Colony. Whereas, James Blakesley of Waterbury, has represented to this meeting, that he has paid five dollars to Thomas Seymour Esq deceased for his admission into this Comp', and that his name is not Enrolled, and that he Cannot now prove by receipt or otherwise, his right in said purchase; it is therefore voted to admit the said Blakesley into this Comp for a whole right, on condition that he shall now pay for the use of the Comps, two dollars, being all the arrearages due to this time Grant to Doc. Whee Voted, to grant to Doc. Eleazer Wheelock, lock's Indian School a tract of land in the easterly part of the Sucq purchase, ten miles long, and six miles wide, for the use of the Indian School under his care - Provided, he shall set up, and keep said school on the premises. This meeting adjourned to the 12th day of April next, to meet at Hartford. Teste Ebenezer Gray, Junr. Stratford, Feb. 23, 1754. Then received of Mr. James Beard, Junr., of said Stratford, five Spanish mill dollars, to be delivered to the Committee appointed by the Comp engaged in purchasing the Susqa land, and to be on account of one whole right. I say receiv'd per me. Sam Adams. Truly recorded, per Sam' Gray, clerk. Canaan, June 21, 1755. Recd of Rev. Mr. Ebenezer White, of Danbury, by the hands of Capt. Josiah Starr, 9 dollars, to entitle him to a whole share or right with the rest of the purchasers of a tract of land obtained lately by a deed of the natives upon Susqa River, if the Committee admit. John Smith, Josiah Starr, Uriah Steavens, Stephen Gardiner. Canaan, June 2, 1755. Rec of Mr. Thos. Taylor, of Danbury, by the hands of Capt. Josiah Starr, 9 dolls. to entitle him to a whole share or right, &c. Certificate May 10, 1779. Signed as above. Same date, Rec of Matthew Benedict, of Danbury, the same as above. Same date, Rec" of Mr. Dan' Starr, of Danbury, the same as above. The within four receipts are allowed and approved of, by Eliphalet Dyer. S. Gray, Jed. Elderkin in Committee. The above is a true record of four receipts, and the endorsement thereon. Teste S. Gray, clerk. Proprietors admitted by Ephraim Bower, Esq., of Providence: Philip Peckham, of Newport, John Green, per Richard Warwick, Wm. Vernon, of Newport, 1 right. 66 66 Rights voted by Ebenezer Backus of Windham : One half right to Charles Stewart, Hartford, April 16, 1769. At a meeting of the Susqa Comp", held at John Smith, Esq., Moderator. Voted, that the Committee appointed at the last meeting to admit the 40 persons first to go on and settle the land purchased by this Comp' on Susqa river, as also the 200 proposed to settle in the Spring, with the gentlemen of this meeting on. added to the said Committee, bo and they are hereby appointed to admit and receive as a further number of settlers to the 300 men to be sent amount of 300 good, able men to proceed and settle the aforesaid lands by the 10 of May next, which said 300 as their encouragement, shall have to themselves, or in proporton if the number shall fall short of 300, three townships on the West Branch of the Susqa river in the place they shall choose, of the contents of five miles square, being contiguous or opposite to each other on each side of the river, the same to be held by them or in proportion as aforesaid, with the same reserves, and on the same Conditions and regulations as voted at the last meeting for the said 40, and the said 200; and that the whole number of 540 be filled up of the proprietors, or as of such as shall come in under a proprietor, and in order to be admitted, to produce a certificate from such proprietor on whose right he offers himself a settler, and that 50 barrels of Pork be procured by Sam' Gray, Esq., and Mr. Gershom Breed for the use of the Settlers. Voted, that there be raised two dollars on a right, to be paid forthwith into the hands of the Committee appointed to receive the same, and by the Committee, into the hands of George Wyllys or Sam' Gray, Esq., for the use, and to defray the charges of said Comp', and that for the same purpose there be sold 100 rights at £12 per right, 30 of which by the committee of settlers, 20 by Mr. Ebenezer Backus, all to be sold in the back parts, on New York, Jerseys, or Pennsylvania; six by Ephraim Bowen, Esq., of Providence, and the remainder with those before unsold by the committee appointed for that purpose, and by the standing committee of said Comp', to be by them paid into the Treasurer or Clerk of said Comp3, and that said Ebenezer Backus have the disposal of one right, as a recompense for his services and expenses in selling those committed to his care in the upper part of Pennsylvania. Voted, that the 540 above proposed to settle and take possession of the Comp's land on Susqa River, and all others who may join them, be under the direction and order of the Committee of settlers, and that they, the Committee, form the whole number present on said land, into one body, joined together in one Common interest, and settled as Compact together as may be, properly fortified, without any regard to any particular township or townships which may be afterward laid out and divided according to the votes of the Comp, for encouragement of the first year's settlers; and also to divide and part out the men into parties, proper for the various business, husbandry, tillage, labor, fortifying, Scouting, hunting, providing, and other parts necessary and Convenient for the whole, and to unite in peace & good will. Minister to be provided. In addition to the the vote passed at the last meeting, now voted, that a chaplain or minister as a teacher, and head in religious matters, and to carry on religious worship, be provided by the standing Committee, to go forward with our settlers as soon as may be, and that an encouragement that such minister proceeding and Carrying on religious worship or services according to his ability, in a wilderness Country, be entitled to one whole right or share in said purchase, and such other privilege and encouragement as those whom he goes to serve are entitled; and it is further recommended to the settlers whom he goes to serve, to provide him sustenance with themselves according to their ability. Voted, that the thanks of this Comp' be by the Committee returned to Mr. William Ledley, for his kind services to our friends the first forty, while at Easton under arrest, and as a testimony of their grateful sense of his humanity and kindness aforesaid, that he be entitled to one whole right or share with us in the Susq" purchase. Voted, that Eliphalet Dyer, Sam' Talcott, and Jedediah Elderkin, Esq., or either two of them, be appointed (by the beginning of June next) to set out and proceed to Philadelphia, with proper attendants, and from there to the Court at Easton, in order to arrange and transact the affairs relative to our purchase; engage Counsel, agents, or attorneys, for us, and properly empower them to act for us in the province of Penn3, to defend our Cause and in the prosecution Commenced against Sundry of our first forty, who proceeded to settle our lands last winter, and advise and Counsel the best with respect to our future operations in prosecuting our Cause. Voted, that all our proprietors named in our deed, or roll, as all others Concerned, pay in their several and respective Sums due and unpaid, that has been or now is raised by vote of this Company on their several rights, that any person or persons who shall neglect or refuse to pay the same by the 1st of June next, if nothing paid their whole right to be forfeited to the Comp', and if only part paid so much of their right to be forfeited as remains unpaid; and the Standing Committee are empowered after that time to dispose of the same to others, who shall pay the Same, or So much as to raise the sums in which such neglecting proprietors are deficient; unless such reasons shall be offered to said Committee, as they shall judge they ought to be saved or Excused from Such forfeiture. Voted, that Col. Talcott be one of the standing Committee, in the room of John Smith, Esq., released. 5-VOL. XVIII. |