Denison Sergent for his Father Andrew

The Committee order'd to prepare a Correct & Exact list of the Grantees of the Seven Narraganset Townships lately laid out by order of the Great & General Court, humbly offer the aforewritten list of Eight hundred & forty persons, for confirmation, which they have prepar'd with great pains & the utmost faithfulness

By order of the Committee

Samuel Welles

In the House of Representatives April 17th 1735

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Read and Ordered that this Report be Accepted and the several persons within named are hereby declared to be the Grantees of the seven Naraganset Towns above mentioned to have and to hold the same to them their heirs & assigns respectively according to the Conditions of the Grant

Samuel Welles, Esq; from the Committee for taking a correct and exact List of the Grantees of the Seven Narragansett Townships lately laid out by order of the Great and General Court made report of a written List of Eight hundred and forty Persons, the Committee humbly offered for confirmation, which they had prepared with great pains and faithfulness. Read and Ordered, That this report be accepted, and the several Persons. within named are hereby declared to be the Grantees of the Seven Narragansett Towns above mentioned, to have and to hold the same to them their heirs and assigns respectively, according to the Conditions of the Grant.

Sent up for Concurrence.

[Mass. Court Records, April 18, 1735.]

The Report of the Committee Appointed to take an Exact list of the Narragansett Soldiers (on the said List) is as follows viz'— The Committee directed to prepare a Correct and Exact list of the Grantees of the Seven Narragansett Townships lately laid out by order of the Great and General Court humbly offer the aforewritten list of Eight hundred & forty persons for Confirmation which they have prepared with Great pains and the Utmost faithfulness

By order of the Committee

Samuel Welles

In the House of Representa Read & ORDERED that this Report be Accepted and the Several persons within named are hereby Declared to be Grantees of the Several Narrgansett Towns abovementioned, to have and to hold the Same to them their Heirs and Assigns Respectivly According to the Conditions of the Grant— In Council Read & Concurr'dConsented to

[Mass. House Journal, April 19, 1735.]

J Belcher

Samuel Welles, Esq; from the Committee for that Service appointed, reported, that the Committee had prepared a List of the Narragansett Grantees omitted in the Grant of the Seven Townships, and by the Evidences the Persons mentioned in said List were in the Fort Fight or Long March, or both. Read and referred to the next May Session.

[Mass. House Journal, Jan. 5, 1736-7.]

Mr. Samuel Chandler from the Committee appointed the 9th. ult. to consider of the Claims of the Narraganset Officers and Soldiers before the Court, who have not received any Grant, reported, That they had taken a List consisting of Two hundred and thirty two Persons, who the Committee are of Opinion were in the Fort Fight or Long March, or both, in the Narragansett War, which they had prepared with great pains and faithfulness. Read and accepted, and Ordered, That the Several Persons claiming, as appears in and by the within List, be and hereby are Entitled to a full Right or Share of the unappropriated Lands of the Province, equal to any Share or Right heretofore granted to the Narragansett Officers and Soldiers, and on the same Conditions of Settlement.

Sent up for Concurrence.

[Mass. House Journal, Jan. 5, 1736–7.]

The Committee appointed to consider of the Claims of the Narragansett Officers and Soldiers before the Court, and take a cor

rect List of such as have not yet recived any Grant, having presented a List containing Two hundred and thirty two Persons. Read and Ordered, That Mr. Samuel Chandler and Thomas Tilestone, Esq; with such as shall be joined by the honourable Board, be a Committee fully authorized and impowred to Survey and lay out two Tracts of Land for Townships, of the contents of six Miles square in some of the unappropriated Lands of the Province, and return a Plat or Plats thereof within twelve Months for Confirmation to this Court, and that the said two Tracts of Land be granted & disposed of to & among the Officers & Soldiers born upon said List, or their Heirs Descendants or their legal Representatives who were in the Narragansett War, as a Reward for their Services & Sufferings in said War, and to eight others as this Court shall hereafter grant & order; and the Grantees shall be obliged to assemble in as short a time as they can conveniently, not exceeding the space of six Months, and proceed to the Choice of Committees respectively to regulate each Propriety or Township which is to be held & enjoyed by one hundred and twenty of the Grantees each in equal proportion, who shall pass such Orders and Rules as will effectually oblige them to settle sixty Families at least within the space of five Years from the date of this Grant; provided always that if the said Grantees shall not effectually settle the said Number of Families in each Township, and also lay out a Lot for the first settled Minister, one for the Ministry, and one for the School in each of the said Townships, they shall have no advantage of but forfeit their respective Grants, anything to the contrary in this Grant contained notwithstanding, the Charge of the Survey to be born by the Province, or otherwise as this Court shall order.

Sent up for Concurrence.