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J. Quincy (search for this): chapter 15
chool in the town agreeable to the prayer of the petition of said town presented to the court in June last: provided the plat exceeds not the quantity of a thousand acres and does not interfere with any former grant. Sent up for concurrence J. Quincy, Spkr. In House of Representatives Dec. 22, 1736 Read again and question put whether the plat shall be accepted, It passed in the negative Dec. 29, 1736. Read again and reconsidered and ordered Sent up for concurrence, J. Quincy, SpJ. Quincy, Spkr. In Council Dec. 31, 1736. Read and concurred Simon Frost.Dep. Sec. Jan. 1, 1737. Consented to J. Belcher-- All the above is self-explanatory, but where was the Old Harry's Town? The N. H. Manual, page 41, under the head of Manchester, says:-- This territory was originally known as Harry town or Old Harry Town-. . . Granted by Mason Apr. 17, 1735, to Capt Wm Tyng's Snow-shoe men and hence called Tyngstown Incorporated as Derryfield Sep 3 1751 Medford's town farm.
Edward Brooks (search for this): chapter 15
Medford's town farm. This title does not refer to the present City home, nor yet to the tract invaded by the pioneer railroad of 1835, but refers to a broader domain of a thousand acres which Medford obtained in province days when we were under the king. The more recent and present town farms have been for the housing and use of the town's poor, within the town limits; this one was gotten for the purpose of enabling the ancient Medfordites to maintain the ministry and school master. Mr. Brooks, in his history, makes brief mention of its grant, and says, It was not of great value, and It was sold soon after. He also located it on the Piscataqua river, which stream is one of the principal rivers of New Hampshire, reaching the ocean at Portsmouth. What is the story of this Medford Town farm ? In the Archives at the State House may be found a plan of the same, made by a Medford man, with his accompanying description and certificate, as follows:-- By virtue of a Grant made b
House (search for this): chapter 15
men of so long ago, but do wish that they, or Clerk Willis, had finished the statement so well begun on the thirtieth page of Vol. III, Medford Records. About two inches at the bottom of that page and nearly as much at top of the next is still blank, and is mute testimony that a complete report was intended, but by some means neglected or omitted. On the 29th of June, 1740, the committee were Impowered to Do what they may Judg will be most for the Towns Advantage in building a small House on the Farm or by other ways Desposing by Leting out the said farm for a Term or other wayes as may be for the towns interest At this time fifteen pounds were appropriated. On March 15, 1741-2, the same committee were given further power as to the Town Farm, inasmuch as it has now fallen into the province of Hamp shier. Ten pounds were appropriated, and Benjamin Parker and Benjamin Willis added to the committee. There is an indication of the boundary controversy, based on the thre
Eleazar Tyng (search for this): chapter 15
racted by a scale of So poles or perch to one inch June the 16 1736 By me Caleb Brooks G Surveyr-- In surveying this farm there was Given one Chain in fifty for Broken Land and Sagg of Chain Middlesex June 18 1736 Personally appearing be fore me the Subscriber Calap Brooks Survayor John Goff and Ephram Busnall Chanmen mad oath that in the Survayin and meafuring a thousand acrs of Land Granted by Gener Cout to the Town of Medford thay did dewe faithfoully and Impertially Eleazar Tyng, just Peace On file with the plan and the above is the following: In the House of Representatives, June 22, 1736. Read and ordered That the plat be accepted and the lands therein delineated and described be and hereby are confirmed to the town of Medford, in the County of Middlesex, the better to enable them to support the ministry and keep a school in the town agreeable to the prayer of the petition of said town presented to the court in June last: provided the plat exceeds not
Wm Willis (search for this): chapter 15
ke Report to the Town of their Reasonable Charge in Mannaging the Same and the Town to Reamburft ye same; At Sd meting Mr Wm Willis chosen for the ends aforsaid & Capt John Hall chosen for the ends aforsaid Att Said meet put to Vote whether this it would appear that a map, or plan, of Medford and its distant farm had been contemplated. Had the committeemen's (Willis and Hall) judg meet for the Town's interest that such should have been made, it would have antedated the Ephraim Jones pl Mr. John Lovell We dislike to criticise harshly the worthy committeemen of so long ago, but do wish that they, or Clerk Willis, had finished the statement so well begun on the thirtieth page of Vol. III, Medford Records. About two inches at thrnoon and be put up at two thousand pounds Old Tenor. Voted in the affirmative Andrew Hall Esqr, Dea Benja Willis, Mr Wm Willis, Lieut Stephen Hale Junr, Mr Francis Whitmore Junr The condition of Sale is as follows viz The said Commite to take g
Caleb Brooks (search for this): chapter 15
poles or perch to one inch June the 16 1736 By me Caleb Brooks G Surveyr-- In surveying this farm there was Given othe Piscataqua and Merrimac rivers, evidently quoting from Brooks' history. But his entire article contains carefully made e State Archives, the committee secured the services of Caleb Brooks, who had the assistance of Lieutenant Goffe (who was resident in that vicinity) and another, not a chairman, as Brooks' history says, but chanemen, as is clearly spelled in his certificate. The word chairman in Brooks' history is doubtless a misprint that escaped detection, as Rev. Mr. Brooks must hRev. Mr. Brooks must have known that the surveyor's assistant was called a chainman. This Caleb Brooks was doubtless the son of the moderator and aCaleb Brooks was doubtless the son of the moderator and an early teacher in Medford. At the town meeting, July 19, 1738, was discussed The affier of plan of Medford and the lrd, and one of the chainmen named in the certificate of Caleb Brooks. The Masonian proprietors had made a grant in 1748 t
N. H. Manual (search for this): chapter 15
rant. Sent up for concurrence J. Quincy, Spkr. In House of Representatives Dec. 22, 1736 Read again and question put whether the plat shall be accepted, It passed in the negative Dec. 29, 1736. Read again and reconsidered and ordered Sent up for concurrence, J. Quincy, Spkr. In Council Dec. 31, 1736. Read and concurred Simon Frost.Dep. Sec. Jan. 1, 1737. Consented to J. Belcher-- All the above is self-explanatory, but where was the Old Harry's Town? The N. H. Manual, page 41, under the head of Manchester, says:-- This territory was originally known as Harry town or Old Harry Town-. . . Granted by Mason Apr. 17, 1735, to Capt Wm Tyng's Snow-shoe men and hence called Tyngstown Incorporated as Derryfield Sep 3 1751 Medford's town farm. As already stated, this town farm was procured in the interest of religion and education. Its development and care seems to have been the subject of town meetings for a period of fourteen years, and the ancie
Lt John Goffe (search for this): chapter 15
same, made by a Medford man, with his accompanying description and certificate, as follows:-- By virtue of a Grant made by the Great & General Court to ye town of Medford I the subscriber have surveyed and Laid out with the assistance of Lt John Goffe and Mr. Ephraim Bushnall Chanemen one Thousand acres of Land in the following manner viz. bounded southerly by a tract of Land Laid out to the grantees of ye town Whys * called by the name of Olld Harrys town Westerly by Province Land northerunds to be payd to ye above Sd Committe for to enable them att present to manage the aforsfd afaires Voted in the affirmative As seen in the State Archives, the committee secured the services of Caleb Brooks, who had the assistance of Lieutenant Goffe (who was resident in that vicinity) and another, not a chairman, as Brooks' history says, but chanemen, as is clearly spelled in his certificate. The word chairman in Brooks' history is doubtless a misprint that escaped detection, as Rev.
Aug (search for this): chapter 15
earliest plan of Medford, by sixteen years. But the plan of the distant farm had been made and filed with the province authorities two years before, and perhaps the committee deemed that enough. An interesting entry in the Medford record is this:— We the Subscribers being appointed July 14, 1740 a committee to perfect the lines of the farm granted by the Genl Court 1735 which Lyeth on Pescatequogg River according to the Plan of the Same accordingly we Repaird to said farm on the 19th of Augt 1740 and on the 21 and 22d Dayes of Said month with the assistance of Mr John Goff and Mr. John Lovell We dislike to criticise harshly the worthy committeemen of so long ago, but do wish that they, or Clerk Willis, had finished the statement so well begun on the thirtieth page of Vol. III, Medford Records. About two inches at the bottom of that page and nearly as much at top of the next is still blank, and is mute testimony that a complete report was intended, but by some means neglect
Benning Wentworth (search for this): chapter 15
standard hard money of the time. By careful comparison of the foregoing plat and its bounds and courses with the map of the New Hampshire county of Hillsborough, it is evident that the town farm was within the territory incorporated by Gov. Benning Wentworth on June 16, 1761, as Goffstown, in honor of Col. John Goffe, a resident of the adjoining town of Bedford, and one of the chainmen named in the certificate of Caleb Brooks. The Masonian proprietors had made a grant in 1748 to Rev. Thoma740, and gave to New Hampshire territory fourteen miles further south than she had ever claimed. Piscataquogg meant great deer place. The usual reservation of masts for our royal navy was in the charter of all the scores of towns chartered by Wentworth, and perhaps after province days some of the timber of that region found its way to Medford ship yards. Squog village, within the two miles west of the Merrimack, has been annexed to, and is now a part of, Manchester. In 1812 there was bu
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