Read and accepted, and _Whereas it appears to this Court, That the Proprietors aforesaid, had a Grant made to them by the General Court in_ April 1735, _of Ten Thousand, Eight Hundred Acres of Land, in Consideration of Land taken from said_ Groton _by_ Littleton, _Major_ Willard _and_ Read's _Farms being prior Grants, and for their extraordinary Suffering in the former Indian Wars and in_ June 1736 _said Grant was confirmed to said Proprietors, since which Time, the said Proprietors have been entirely dispossessed of said Land by the running of the Line between this Province and_ New-Hampshire: _And whereas it appears there has been no Compensation made to the said Proprietors of_ Groton, _for the Lands lost as aforesaid, excepting Three Thousand Acres granted in_ November _last_, to James Prescot, William Prescot, _and_ Oliver Prescot _for their Proportion thereof_. Therefore _Resolved_, That in Lieu thereof, there be granted to the Proprietors of _Groton_, their Heirs and Assigns forever, Seven Thousand and Eight Hundred Acres of the unappropriated Lands belonging to this Province, in the Western Part of the Province, to be layed out adjoining to some former Grant, and that they return a Plan thereof, taken by a Surveyor and Chainmen under Oath into the Secretary's Office, within twelve Months for Confirmation. Sent up for Concurrence. [Journal of the House of Representatives (page 44), June 13, 1771.] These conditions, as recommended by the report of the committee, appear to have been fulfilled, and a grant was accordingly made. It lay on the eastern border of Berkshire county, just south of the central part, and was described as follows:-- The Committee on a Plan of a Tract of Land granted to the Proprietors of _Groton_, reported.