and fifty Rods to a Hemlock Pole and Stones laid round it, which is the Northeast Corner of said _Rand's_ Grant; then running South in the East Line of said _Rand's_ Grant three Hundred and thirty-one Rods to a Hemlock Tree marked and Stones laid round it, which is the Southeast Corner of said _Rand's_ Grant; then running West in the South Line of said _Rand's_ Grant two Hundred and fifty Rods to a Beach Pole marked T.R. the Southwest Corner of said _Rand's_ Grant; then running North in the West Line of said _Rand's_ Grant eighty-three Rods to the Southeast Corner of said _Belcher's_ Grant; then running West bounding North three Hundred and forty-eight on said _Belcher's_ Grant and four Hundred and fifty-three Rods on a Grant called _Chandler's_ Grant, then running North on the West Line of said _Chandler's_ Grant four Hundred and sixty to said _Becket's_ South Line; then running West in said _Becket_ South Line twenty Rods to a Stake and Stones the North West Corner of additional Lands belonging to the Four _Housatonick_ Townships; then running South two Degrees West one Thousand four Hundred and eighty-eight Rods in the East Line of said additional Lands to the Place where the said East Line crosses said _Farmington_ River; then Southerly or down Stream three Hundred and thirty Rods to the first Bounds, bounding Westerly on said River, be accepted, and is hereby accepted and confirmed unto the Proprietors of _Groton_ aforesaid, their Heirs and Assigns forever. _Provided_ the same doth not exceed the Quantity aforementioned, nor interfere with any former Grant. Sent up for Concurrence. [Journal of the House of Representatives (pages 182, 183). April 24, 1772.] I am unable to say how or when this territory was disposed of by the proprietors. Seven or eight years before this time, James, William, and Oliver Prescott, acting for themselves, had petitioned the General Court for a tract of land to make up their own losses. They were the sons of the Honorable Benjamin Prescott, through whose influence and agency the original Groton Gore was granted, and they were also the largest proprietors of the town. The following extracts from the Journal of the House relate to their application:-- A Petition of _James Prescot_, and others, Children and Heirs of _Benjamin Prescot_, late of _Groton_, Esq; deceased, praying a Grant of the unappropriated Lands of this Province, in consideration of sundry Tracts which they have lost by the late running of the Line between this Government and _New-Hampshire_. Read and committed to Col. _Clap_, Col. _Nickols_, Col. _Williams_ of _Roxbury_, Col. _Buckminster_, and Mr. _Lancaster_, to consider and Report. [Journal of the House of Representatives (page 187), January 12, 1764.]