Right of Asa Kimball, (N° 6) as aforesaid; unto Joshua Wentworth the Right of Andrew Bunting (N° 7) as aforesaid & unto Henry Young Brown the Right of the first settled Minister (No 68) as aforesaid. To HAVE AND TO HOLD the said granted Premises with the Appurtenances thereof unto them the said last mentioned Grantees, & to their Heirs & Assigns forever upon the following Terms Conditions & Reservations. Vizt— FIRST That they pay all legal Rates & Taxes heretofore set on said Shares. SECOND. That the said Grantees their Heirs or Assigns shall plant & cultivate five Acres for every Fifty contained in his or their Share within three Years from the Date of this Grant, on penalty of the forfeiture of any and every of the Shares hereby granted. THIRDLY That all white and other Pine Trees being and growing within & upon either and every of the said Shares fit for masting our Royal Navy be carefully preserved for that use & none to be cut or fell'd without our special Licence for so doing first had & obtained on pain of forfeiting their respective Right in the Premises as well as being subject to the Penalties prescribed by any present as well as future Act or Acts of Parliament. FOURTHLY. That the said Grantees their Heirs or Assigns shall yield and pay unto us our Heirs and Successors on the Twenty fifth day of December annually, their just proportion of all such Quit Rents as are expressed & reserved in the original Grant or Charter of said Conway. And these to be in lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever. IN TESTIMONY whereof we have caused the Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed Witness JOHN WENTWORTH Esquire our aforesaid Governor & Commander in *Chief the Sixth Day of April in the twelfth year of our *1-435 Reign & in the year of our Lord Christ One thousand. Seven hundred & Seventy-two. Recorded according to the Original Grant under the Prove Seal, this 25th day of May 1772. Attest Theodore Atkinson Sec" *1-289 PS [GRANT TO STERLING AND STARK, 1765.] *Province of New Hampshire. George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &ca To all to whom these Presents Shall come GreetSterling & Stark ing Whereas we have thot fit by our Proclamation given at St James's the Seventh Day of October in the the third Year of Our Reign Annoq Domini 1763 (amoungst other Things to Testify our Royal Sence & Approbation of the Conduct & Bravery of the officers & Soldiers of our Armies and to Signify our desire to reward the Same & have therein Com'anded and Impowered our Several Governours of our respective Provinces on the Continent of America to Grant without fee or reward to such reduced officers as have served in North America during the late War and to such Private Soldiers as have been or shall be disbanded there and Shall Personally Apply such Quantitys of Land respectivly as in & by our afores Proclamation are Perticularly mentioned Subject nevertheless to the same Quit Rents & Conditions of Cultivations & Improvements as other our Lands are subject in the Province within which they are granted and whereas Hugh Sterling of Londonderry in our Province of New Hampshire aforesaid Gentleman had our appointment as Lieutenant And Archibald Stark of Dunbarton in the same Province Gentleman had also our appointment as Lieutenant in our Independent Company of Rangers and Served During the late War in North America & both of them are now reduced and they having (agreable to our aforesaid Proclamation personaly solicited such Grants Know Ye that We of our Especial Grace Certain Knowledge & mere Motion do Signify our approbation as aforesaid & for Encouraging the Settlement & Cultivation of our Lands within our Province of New Hampshire in New England have by & with the advice of our Trusty & well beloved BENNing WentworTH our Governour & Com'ander in Chieff in & over our Said Province of New Hampshire and of our Council of Said Province of New Hampshire (agreable to our aforesaid in part recited Proclamation) and upon the Conditions & Reservations herein after mentioned) given and granted & by these Presents for us our Heirs & Successors do give & Grant unto the Said Hugh & to the Said Archibald & to thier Heirs & Assigns forever the following Tracts or Parcells of Land (Viz) unto the Said Hugh a Certain Parcel of Land_containing Two THOUSAND Acres lying & being within the Said Province of New Hampshire butted & bounded as follows Viz Beginning at the South East Corner of Conway at a Beach Tree standing in the Province Line thence North 82 degrees West 400 rods to a Stake & Stones Standing in the Southerly Side Line of Said Conway then South 8 Degrees West Eight Hundred Rods to a Stake & Stones then South 82 deg East four Hundred rods to a Stake & Stones Standing in the Said Province Line thence on Said Line Eight Hundred Rods to the Beach Tree the South East Corner Bounds of Conway where it began at And to the Said Archibald Other Two Thousand Acres of Land being within the Said Province of New Hampshire butted & bounded as follows (Viz) Begining at the North West Corner of the Said Hugh Sterlings Land at a Stake & Stones thence runing on the Souther Side of the Town of Conway aforesaid North *1-290 82 degs West 400 rods to a Stake & Stones thence South Eight degrees West Eight Hundred Rods to a Stake & Stones thence South 82 degrees East four Hundred Rods to a Stake & Stones thence North Eight Degrees East Eight Hundred Rods to where it began To HAVE & TO HOLD the Said Tracts of Land in Severalty in Man'er as aforesaid unto the Said Hugh Sterling & Archibald Stark & to thier Several & Respective Heirs & Assigns forever upon the following Conditions & Reservations (Viz) (1st) That the Said Hugh & the Said Archibald their Several & respective Heirs & Assigns shall Plant & Cultivate five Acres of Land in Each Tract above granted within five Years Term for every Fifty acres containd in Each Tract & shall continue to improve & Settle the Same by aditional cultivating on Penalty forfeiture of this Grant and of its reverting to us our Heirs & Successors to be by us & them regranted to such of our Subjects as shall effectually Settle & Cultivate the Same 2dly that all white Pine Trees & other Pine Trees within the Said Tracts fit for Masting our Royal Navy be carefully Preserved for that Use & none to be cutt or felled without our especial Licence for so doing first had & obtain'd upon Penalty of the Forfeiture of the Several & respective Rights of the Said Grantee or Grantees his or their Heirs or assigns to us our Heirs or Successors as well as being Subject to the Penalty of any Act or Acts of Parliament that now are or hereafter shall be Enacted-3dly Yielding & Paying therefor to us our heirs & Successors for the Space of Ten Years to be Computed from the Date hereof the rent of One Ear of Indian Corn. only on the 25th Day of December annually if Lawfully Demanded-4 the Said Grantees & each of them their Heirs or Assigns shall Yield & Pay unto us our heirs & Successors Yearly & every Year forever from and after the Expiration of Ten Years from the abovesd 25th Day of December Annually namely on the 25th Day of December which will be in the Year of Our Lord 1775 One Shilling Proclamation Money for every Hundred acres they so owns Settles or Possess and so in Proportion for a Greater or lessor Tract or Tracts of Said Lands which Money Shall be paid by the respective owners, Settlers or Possessors as aforesaid in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth in the Province aforesaid or to such officer or officers as Shall be appointed to receive the Same and this to be in Lieu of all Other Rents & Services whatsoever IN TESTIMONY whereof We have caused the Seal of our Said Province to be hereunto affixed WITTNESS BENNING WENTWORTH Esq our aforesaid Governour & Com'ander in Chieff the Thirty first Day of October in the Year of our Lord CHRIST 1765 & in the Sixth Year of Our Reign By his Excellency's Comand with advice of Council Theodore Atkinson Jun' Secry B Wentworth Entered & Recorded According to the the Original Charter under the Province Seal the 31st day of October 1765 T Atkinson Jun Sec *1-291 *Province of New Hampshire Portsmouth 31 October 1765 Then the above mentioned Grantees Viz Hugh Sterling & Archibald Stark Personally appeared & made Solemn Oath that the above Grants of Land to them respectivly made as above are bona Fide all the Land which they or Either of them have reievd by Virtue of his Majestys Proclamation in the above Grant mentioned & they nor Either of them do Expect any further Grant for Services therein mentioned Both Sworne befor Me-Wyseman Clagget Jus-Peace Recorded from the Bottom of the original Charter this 31st of Octob* 1765 T: Atkinson Jun Secry This Diagram Contains A Discription of the Grants of the Township of Conway & the Several Grants to officers bounding thereon or & ca Attest T Atkinson Jun Secry |