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It may be of interest to note here that it was in a search after this
John Harmon, a maternal ancestor, that the writer of this volume
discovered the Treasury Books of John Hull, the contents of which became
the basis of the "Soldiers in King Philip's War."
NARRAGANSET TOWNSHIP NO. 4, NOW GREENWICH,
MASS.
The last "plat," or plan of the townships to be laid out and
presented to the Court for confirmation, was No. 4. This was located at
Amoskeag Falls, and embraced what is now Goffstown, N.H. With allowances
for poor land, ponds, and fifty acres for a fishing-place, at the Falls,
it contained 26,160 acres. Mr. Edward Shove, Mr. Josiah Keith, and Col.
John Chandler were chosen a committee to manage the affairs of this
township.
December 16, 1735, a petition of John Foster and Edward Shove, in
behalf of the grantees of No. 4, declares that, upon viewing the grant in
order to lay out their lots, "they found it so poor and barren, as to
be altogether uncapable of making settlements; and therefore pray that
they may have liberty to quit it and take up the Said Grant in some other
province land."
This petition was granted, and the petitioners were ordered to locate
another tract in some unoccupied section, and return a plot of the same to
the Court within twelve months.
The report of location and survey was made December 5, 1737, Nathaniel
Kellogg being the surveyor, who reported the plot to contain 23,040 acres,
exclusive of 600 acres previously laid out to one Colman. This grant, thus
located and surveyed, was confirmed by the Court January 13, 1738. Next
year the committee return again, petitioning for 3,500 acres more (to make
up for ponds, and a tract belonging to Mr. Starr), which land lies on
their North line, between Hatfield and a place called Huntstown. June 17,
1740, this propriety was granted an extension of two years to their time
of settlement. Again, June 12, 1753, Samuel Robinson, of Hardwick, for
"himself and the rest of the proprietors of Narraganset No. 4, Lying
part at a place called Quabbin, and part west of and adjoining
Hatfield," etc., petitioned the Court to re‰stablish and confirm
the grant of the 3,500 acres, made in 1740, as the Acts of the Court,
including this grant, were destroyed when the Court-house was burned,
(December 9, 1747).
The old Proprietors' Record-Book in the town clerk's office at
Greenwich is in a fair state of preservation, but the writing, in this
list of grantees, is very hard to decipher. I spent some hours over it
with the assistance of the gentlemanly town clerk, Mr. H. B. Hodgkin, and
I think the following is as accurate as it can now be made. The names and
places noted with a star (*) are in doubt.
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NARRAGANSET NO. 4, NOW GREENWICH, MASS. |
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NORTHAMPTON |
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Soldier |
Grantee/Claimant |
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Daniel Alexander |
John, brother |
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Samuel Judd, |
Samuel, brother |
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HADLEY |
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Thomas Hovey |
alive |
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SUFFIELD |
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John Pengally |
alive |
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Samuel Lain |
Samuel, son |
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ENFIELD |
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William Ramsdell |
alive |
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DEERFIELD |
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Richd. Childs |
Saml. and Timothy, sons |
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WORCESTER |
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Bartholomew Flagg |
Benjamin, brother |
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WOODSTOCK |
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James Hudson |
Sarah Mercy, daughter |
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Nathaniel Sanger |
alive |
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Joseph Lyon |
Joseph, son |
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Capt. Isaac Johnson |
Joseph, grandson |
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Joseph Carpenter |
Eliphalet, son |
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Henry Bowen |
Henry, grandson |
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OXFORD |
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Joseph Chamberlain |
Joseph, son |
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Abiell Lamb |
Abiell, son |
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BROOKFIELD |
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Edward Walker |
alive |
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MANSFIELD |
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John Dunham |
Isaac, son |
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Benjamin Hall |
alive |
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Shuball Dimmock |
alive |
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NORWICH |
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Thomas Hazen |
alive |
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Daniel Wicomb |
Daniel, son |
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Israell Hendrick |
Israell, son |
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David Hartshorn |
alive |
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John Hartshorn |
alive |
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POMFRET |
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Samuel Taylor |
alive |
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Jeremiah Sabin |
Jeremiah, nephew |
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Fenwick Sawyer |
Fenwick, son |
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John Corbin |
Nathl. Sessions, son-in-law |
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WINDHAM |
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Jeremiah Ripley |
Joshua, son |
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Ephraim Beamass |
alive |
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BRISTOL |
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John Bozorth |
John, son |
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TAUNTON |
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John Spurr |
alive |
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John Thresher |
alive |
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Malachi Holloway |
alive |
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William Hopkins |
alive |
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John Maccomber |
Thomas, son |
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Ebenezer Owen |
John Woodward, son-in-law.1 Ebenezer Owen had a son who has
left a son called Thomas Owen who claims, and to whom the right belongs |
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Joseph White |
Joseph, son |
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Samuel Mirick |
Samuel, son |
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Jacob Hathaway |
Heirs |
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James Bell |
Heirs |
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SWANZY |
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John Wheeton |
alive |
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Thomas Buffington |
alive |
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John Brown |
John, son |
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REHOBOTH |
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Jonathan Willmarth |
alive |
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Sampson Mason |
alive |
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Joseph Baker |
John, son |
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John Hull |
Edward, son |
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John Ridaway |
James, son |
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Josiah Perry |
Josiah, son |
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John Ide |
Timothy, brother |
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Thomas Kindrick |
Heirs |
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Joseph Daggett |
John, son |
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John Martin |
John, son |
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LITTLE COMPTON |
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Benjamin Church |
Thomas, son |
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DIGHTON |
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Theophilus Mitchell |
Edwd. Shove, son-in-law |
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Abraham Hathaway |
Abraham, son |
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Benjamin Crane |
Heirs |
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ATTLEBOROUGH |
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Jonathan Freeman |
Jonathan, son |
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John Fitch |
Joseph Brown, heir |
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NORTON |
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Saml. Skillings |
Mehitable Tucker, daughter |
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William Wetherell |
John, son |
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Thomas Barnam |
John, son |
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FREETOWN |
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Joshua Tisdale |
Samuel, son |
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Moses Cleveland |
John, son |
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BARRINGTON |
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Benjamin Allen |
Joseph, son |
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Richard Allen |
Joseph, nephew |
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John Reed |
John, son |
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BRIDGEWATER.1 |
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Richard Burnham |
Abigail Hubbard, daughter |
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Samuel Pecher |
Samuel, son |
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Daniell Hudson |
alive |
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Richard Jennings |
alive |
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Isaac Leonard |
Isaac, son |
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Joseph Richards |
Benjamin Richards |
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John Howard |
Edward, son |
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James Cary |
James, son |
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Elisha Hayward |
Thomas 3d, nephew |
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Jonathan Washburn |
Benjamin, son |
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Joseph Bailey |
Ebenr. Hill, nephew |
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Solomon Cheever (Cheeker) |
Josiah Edson |
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Ebenezer Hill |
Ebenezer, son |
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John Handmore |
John, son |
| 1 Bridgewater names confirmed by the
partial list of Grantees in Mass. Archives, vol. 114, pp
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KILLINGLY |
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David Church |
alive |
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Isaac Morriss |
Samuel, brother |
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LEBANON |
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Benjamin Woodworth |
- |
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MIDDLEBOROUGH |
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Daniell Ramsdell |
Thomas, son |
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Isaac Peirce |
alive |
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Ellexander Reynolds (Rynge) |
alive |
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MIDDLETON |
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Ebenezer Prout |
alive |
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PLIMPTON |
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John Barret |
alive |
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John Briant |
alive |
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George Sampson |
alive |
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Caleb Cook |
Heirs |
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KINGSTON |
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William Bradford |
John, son |
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ROCHESTER |
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Nehemiah Bessey |
Robert, son |
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Moses Barlow |
alive |
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Isaac Holmes |
Ebenezer, son |
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PEMBROOK |
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Elisha Busbee (Besbedge) |
Elisha, son |
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Nathaniel Nicolls |
alive |
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Hopestill Busby (Besbedge) |
Elisha, nephew |
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MARSHFIELD |
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Walter Noice (Voice) |
alive |
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Jonathan Crocker |
alive |
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Joseph Ross |
alive |
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Josiah Winslow |
Isaac, son |
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James Snow |
_____, Winslow |
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ASHFIELD |
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Andrew Watkins |
Andrew, son |
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William Preist |
William, son |
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COLCHESTER |
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Benjamin Chamberlain |
alive |
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HADDAM |
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James Ray |
alive |
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Thomas Lewis |
alive |
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HEBRON |
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Richard Man |
alive |
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WRENTHAM |
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Soldier Grantee |
Claimant |
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Thomas Man |
Thomas, son |
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John Day |
John, son |
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BELLINGHAM |
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Thomas Brick |
Thomas, son |
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HORSENECK |
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Thomas Bullen |
Thomas, son |
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WALPOLE |
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Samuel Foster |
John, son |
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William Robins |
William, son |
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NORTH KINGSTON |
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James Updike |
alive |
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