[GRANT TO SAMUEL COLE.] [Mass. Court Records, May 26, 1658.] In Ans' to the petition of Samuell Cole. The Court Judgeth it meete to Graunt the peticoner the necke of land desired lying wthin a mile & a half or two miles of nacooke beyond the Toune of Chelmsford & what is wanting there to make up the fower hundred acres formerly Graunted him he hath liberty to take up in any other place where he Cann finde it according to lawe [Mass. Maps and Plans, Vol. 1, p. 9, and Court Records, Nov. 12, 1659.] Laid out to Mr Samuell Cole of Boston, four hundred acr of lands in ye wildernesse; on ye westerne side of Merimack River; begining at Nacook one part of ye same; about fifty and five acc: lying upon y° said Brooke and Joyning to Merimack River runing up ye brook about two hundred & fifty two pole; also one part or parsall of ye same adjoyning to ye said River beginning about three quarters of a mile above it; and so runnes up ye River two miles and 34 pole, as by this plott is demonstrated; also 3 patches of meadow lying distinck from ye aforesaid lands, about 2 miles: two of ym lying at forrest field hill: yo 3d som what distant from ym also a small parsall of meadow lying upon a brook (called little Nacook) which brook runnes through ye said farme; ye content or Superfitia of all ye aforesaid parsells are (400) ace of land, all which land are well and suffetiently bounded and marked with C: May 11th 1659 By Jonathan Danforth Surveyr The Deputyes approve of this return provided that this four hundred Acors be made up seven hundred Acors back from the river, out of which Capt Edward Johnson is to have his three hundred Acors indeffrently layd out respecting both meddow & upland & Mr Cole to have his first choyce but Capt Johnson to beare halfe the Charge of laying of it out, relating to what hath bin already expended or what further remayned to be done & all with reference to the Consent of oe Horned magists hereto 10 (9) 1659 William Torrey Cleric Edw Rawson Sectey [DUXBURY SCHOOL FARM.] [Mass. Court Records, March 4, 1733-4.] "A Petition of Col. John Alden-Representve of the Town of Duxbury Shewing that the said Town is obliged by Law to maintain a Grammar School, but by reason of the fewness of the Inhabitants & their Poverty the Charge of the School lies heavy upon them, and therefore Praying that this Court would make them a Grant of the Province Land the better to enable them to defray the said Charge In the House of Representves Read & Ordered that the Town of Duxbury be & hereby is allowed & impowered by a Surveyr & Chainmen on Oath to survey & lay out Five hundred Acres of the unappropriated Lands of the Province, & return a Plat thereof to this Court within twelve months for confirmation, for the maintenance & support of a Grammar School there In Council Read & Concurred Consented to J Belcher [Mass. House Journal, Dec. 24, 1734.] A plat containing five hundred acres of Land surveyed and laid out by order of the Court the 4th of March last by Capt. Jonas Houghton Surveyor, and two Chain-men on Oath, to satisfy a Grant made to the Town of Duxbury for the use of a Grammar School there, bounded southerly on Souhegan River East on the uppermost Narragansett Township on said River; was presented for allowance. Read and accepted, and Ordered, That the Plat be allowed, and that the Lands therein delineated and described be and hereby are confirmed to the Town of Duxbury for the use maintenance and support of a Grammar School there for ever, provided it exceeds not the quantity of five hundred acres, and does not interfere with any former Grant. July y 4 & 5: 1734 Laid out five Hundred acres of Land to fulfill a Grant made by the Great and General Court or Assembly to the Town of Duxbury March ye 4th 1733: which Bounds Southerly on Souhegan River: East on the upermost Narragonset Township upon Said River, North & West upon the unapropriated Lands It begins at a whitoak Marked (with a heep of stons nere to it) on the North side of said River: abought one Hundred and thirty Rods above the uper End of Chalstown Scool Farme and Runs North two Hundred Rods from thence East four Hundred Rods to Said Narraganset Township from thence South two Hundred & Seventeen Rods to Said Souhegen River and then it Runs up along by Said River to where it first began Survey Jonas Houghton In the House of Representatives December 24th 1734. Read and accepted and ordered That the plat be allowed and the Lands therein delineated and described be and hereby are confirmed to the town of Duxbury for the maintenance and support of a grammer School there, provided it exceeds not the quantity of Five hundred acres and does not interfere with any former Grant Sent up for Concurrence J Quincy Spkr In Council Dec": 26: 1734 Read & Concurred 27: Consented to T: Mason Dept Secry J Belcher. NASHUA. [This was a part of the Old Dunstable grant. Incorporated as Dunstable, April 1, 1746. "One Pine Hill," belonging to Dunstable, was annexed to Hollis, Dec. 13, 1763. The farms of Daniel Merrill and Ebenezer Jacquith were taken from Dunstable and annexed to Hollis, May 14, 1773. The name was changed to Nashua, Dec. 7, 1836. Nashville was set off and incorporated June 23, 1842, but was re-united and the two incorporated as a city, June 27, 1853. See IX, Bouton Town Papers, 193; XII, Hammond Town Papers, 622; Index to Laws, 389; sketch, by O. C. Moore, 1, Granite Monthly, 57; historical sketch, Hurd's History of Hillsborough County, 1885, p. 139; consult authorities cited under title of Dunstable.] [GRANT TO BOSTON ARTILLERY COMPANY.] [Mass. Court Records, May 31, 1670.] In Ans to the motion of severall officers of the Artillery Company in Boston Itt is Ordered that the thousand acres of land |