The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1884Various
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The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1884
Various
Massachusetts -- Periodicals; New England -- Periodicals
That there is a Tract of good land well Situated for a Township of
the Contents of about Six miles and an half Square bounded thus,
beginning at Dunstable Line by Nashaway River So running by the
Westerly side said River Southerly One mile in Groton Land, then
running Westerly a Paralel Line with Groton North Line, till it
comes to Townsend Line and then turning and running north to
Grotton Northwest Corner, and from Grotton Northwest Comer by
Townsend line and by the Line of Groton New Grant till it comes to
be five miles and an half to the Northward of Groton North Line
from thence due east, Seven miles, from thence South to Nashua
River and So by Nashua River Southwesterly to Grotton line the
first mentioned bounds, which described Lands can by no means be
prejudicial either to the Town of Dunstable or Groton (if not
coming within Six miles or thereabouts of either of their Meeting
houses at the nearest place) to be taken off from them and Erected
into a Seperate Township.
That there is already Settled in the bounds of the aforedescribed
Tract near forty familys and many more ready to come on were it not
for the difficulties and hardships afores'd of getting to meeting.
These with many other disadvantages We find very troublesome to Us,
Our living so remote from the Towns We respectively belong to.
Wherefore your Petitioners most humbly pray Your Excellency and
Honours would take the premises into your Consideration and make an
Act for the Erecting the aforesaid Lands into a Seperate and
distinct Township with the powers priviledges and Immunities of a
distinct and Seperate Township under such restrictions and
Limitations, as you in your Great Wisdom shall see meet.
And Whereas it will be a great benefit and Advantage to the Non
resident proprietors owning Lands there by Increasing the Value of
their Lands or rendering easy Settleing the same, Your Pet'rs also
pray that they may be at their proportionable part according to
their respective Interest in Lands there, for the building a
Meeting-house and Settling a Minister, and so much towards Constant
preaching as in your wisdom shall be thought proper.
Settlers on the afore'sd Lands
Obadiah Parker Will'm Colburn
Josiah Blood Stephen Harris
Jerahmal Cumings Tho's Dinsmoor
Eben'r Pearce Peter Pawer
Abr'm Taylor Jun'r Benj'a Farley
Henry Barton Peter Wheeler
Robert Colburn David Vering
Philip Woolerick Nath'l Blood
William Adams Joseph Taylor
Moses Procter Will'm Shattuck
Tho's Navins
Non Resident Proprietors
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