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NARRAGANSET TOWNSHIP NO. 5, SOUHEGAN EAST, NOW
BEDFORD, PART OF MERRIMAC, AND PART OF MANCHESTER, N.H.
This township was drawn to the grantees, or their claimants, then
(1733), residing in the several towns of Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester,
Milton, Braintree, Weymouth, Hingham, Dedham, Stoughton, Brookline,
Needham, Hull, Medfield, Scituate, Newport, New London and Providence. The
grantees met, and chose for their committee, Col. Thomas Tileston, Mr.
Jonathan Williams and Capt. Joseph Ruggles. A different mode of management
and settlement was proposed by this company, and allowed by the General
Court. They proposed to settle sixty families, and the other sixty
grantees, or propriety. Those who drew odd-numbered lots were to pay five
pounds, and those who drew even numbers were to settle families. All were
to bear a proportional part in meeting the conditions of the settlement of
the township. From a report made to the General Court, March 25th, 1751
(Mass. Archives, vol. 115, p. 844), it is seen that the rights throughout
the township were then all drawn and surveyed, and the names of the
proprietors of the settled and unsettled lots given. Sixty families were
then settled in town, but no minister, and no meeting-house built. One
hundred and twenty acres had been voted to Deacon Jonathan Williams for
his services as proprietor's treasurer, and one hundred and twenty more to
Capt. Joseph Blanchard if he erect a good saw-mill and corn-mill. There
had been "much discouragement from the late Indian wars;" and
seventeen gentlemen of New Hampshire, calling themselves "Lord
Proprietors" of the said Province, claim to own the land, but have
granted them their rights as laid out, on condition that seventeen rights
be reserved for themselves. those who became proprietors, to pay five
pounds on their rights, into the general
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LIST OF GRANTEES AND CLAIMANTS OF NARRAGANSET
NO. 5, NOW BEDFORD, ETC.
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BOSTON |
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Soldier |
Grantee/Claimant |
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Andrew Belcher, Esq |
His Excellency Jona. Belcher, son |
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Dr. John Clark |
Heirs by William Clark |
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Richard Way |
Heirs |
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William Dinsdell |
William, son |
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(Thomas?) Warren |
Sarah Warren, wife |
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Henry Swain |
Benjamin, son |
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Isaac Prince |
Heirs |
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Dr. John Cutler |
- Heirs
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Benjamin Williams |
- Heirs
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Nicholas Allin |
- Daniel, son
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Henry Timberlake |
- Heirs
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Jeremiah Fay |
Heirs |
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Thomas Weymouth |
Heirs |
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John Arnold |
Heirs |
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Samuel Polard |
Saml. Kneeland, gr. son |
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Samuel Bicknerd |
Benjaminl, son |
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Jacob Grig |
Heirs |
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Joseph Gridley |
John, son |
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John Nelson |
alive |
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Perez Savage |
Heirs |
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James Lendal |
Heirs |
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Thomas Plimbly |
Heirs |
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John Mors |
John Gridley, gr. son |
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(John?) Ruggles |
John Ruggles, son |
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John Triscot |
Samuel Kneeland |
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Daniel Matthews |
Rebecca Hannan, daughter |
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Benjamin Dyer |
Benjamin, son |
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Edward Ting |
Edward, son |
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John Leach |
John, son |
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Henry Chamberlain |
John, son |
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David Landon |
Benjamin, son |
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Joshua Lain |
John, son |
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Edward Wedan |
Rebecca Foster, daughter |
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Joshua Hewes |
Sarah Perkins |
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Ambros Dawes |
Thomas, son |
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Zachariah Gurney |
alive |
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Capt. (Nathl.) Davenport |
Addington Davenport, nephew |
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Thomas Hunt, |
alive |
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1 Probably Thomas, of Boston, M. Sarah
Fitch. See Moseley's Co. |
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Capt. (Saml.) Wadsworth |
Joseph, Esq, son |
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Peter Bennet |
Owen Harris, son-in-law |
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Gamaliel Rogers |
Simon, son |
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John Tuckerman |
alive |
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Richard Bill, Richard |
son |
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William Hacy |
William, gr. son |
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John Richards |
John, son |
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Capt. (Saml.) Maudesley |
Jonathan Williams, son-in-law |
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William Manley |
alive |
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John Means |
alive |
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Caleb Moor |
Ephraim, son |
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Capt. James Oliver |
Daniel, nephew |
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John Hands |
Hugh Calder, son-in-law |
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Pilgrim Simpkins |
Thomas and John, sons |
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John Goodwin |
Nathaniel, son |
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Thomas Beedle |
Thomas, son |
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George Ripley |
Moses Ayers, son (?) |
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Thomas Moors |
John, son |
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Thomas Barnard |
Thomas, son |
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ROXBURY |
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Joseph Goad |
John Wilson, son-in-law |
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Joseph Dudley, Esqr. |
Paul, son |
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Paul Wilson |
Henry, son |
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John Watson |
Caleb Stedman, nephew |
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William Lyon |
Samuel, son |
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Thomas Hawley |
Edward Dorr, son-in-law |
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John Payson |
John, son |
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John Scot |
Joseph, son |
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Thomas Bishop |
Zachariah Chandler, son-in-law |
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Thomas Weld |
Edmond, son |
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John Baker |
alive |
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Thomas Morey |
John, son |
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Thomas Hencher |
Zechariah Smith, niece's husband |
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Samuel Williams |
alive |
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Thomas Baker |
John, brother |
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DORCHESTER |
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Timothy Tileston |
Thomas, son |
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Hopestill Humphrey |
alive |
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Thomas Davenport |
Heirs |
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Ebenezer Williams |
alive |
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Henry Ledbetter |
Heirs |
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Samuel Jones |
Ebenezer, son |
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William Davenport |
Richard, nephew |
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MILTON |
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John Miller |
Samuel, brother |
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Thomas Vose |
Heirs |
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BRAINTREE |
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Samuel Bass |
alive |
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Samuel Bingley |
Saml. Whitt, son-in-law |
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Thomas Coplin |
Thomas, son |
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Thomas Holbrook |
alive |
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Thomas Bingley |
Heirs |
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WEYMOUTH |
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John Hollis |
Samuel, son |
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William Sewell |
Nicholas Phillips, son-in-law |
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John Burrill, alive |
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John Whitmarsh |
Gideon, Terrel |
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HINGHAM |
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Joseph Thorn |
alive |
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Thomas Thaxter |
Samuel, brother |
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John Jacobs |
John, son |
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Francis Gurnet |
Samuel, son |
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Samuel Gill, |
alive |
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John Langley |
John, son |
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Samuel Lincoln |
Samuel, son |
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Ephraim Lain |
Ephraim, son |
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Nathaniel Beal |
Heirs |
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Benjamin Bates |
Heirs |
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Cornelius Canterbury |
Heirs |
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(George) Vickrey |
Israel, son |
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John Arnold |
Heirs |
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DEDHAM |
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Samuel Gill |
alive |
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Samuel Colburn |
Ephraim Colburn |
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Jonathan Gay |
Jeremiah, son |
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William Dean |
("Wm. Dean died at Lebanon."), Heirs |
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STOUGHTON |
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Peter Talbot |
George, son |
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BROOKLYN |
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Benjamin White |
Heirs |
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Samuel Gardner |
Joseph, brother |
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NEEDHAM |
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John Rice |
alive |
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HULL |
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Joseph Benson |
Joseph, son |
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John Bull, |
Thomas Vickars |
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MEDFIELD |
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John Plympton |
John, son |
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SCITUATE |
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Samuel Hatch |
alive |
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Richard Proute |
John, son |
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Israel Hobart |
alive |
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William Hawkins |
Benjamin Turner |
- Joseph Brigs
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Heirs |
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NEWPORT |
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Jethro Jeffreys |
Heirs |
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NEW LONDON |
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Samuel Knight |
Madm. Livingstone, niece |
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PROVIDENCE |
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David Evans |
David, son |
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John Jacts (Jaques) |
alive |
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A true copy
Attest SAMll. KNEELAND
Cle: to the grantees |
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