NO. VII. The 12 the: 1st month 1666-7 LIEUT. Foster, Daniel Blogget, and Jacob Parker being a Committee appointed by the Selectmen to state to every proprietor in the new field their proportion of fence, do find the number of acres and the length of fence as in the following table. Acres of land 214 | Length of fence 555 po. Due to a lot of 6 acres two polls and 10 feet of fence. The names of the several proprietors with the number of acres now in their possession, in the order they now lie. Acres. Acres. JONATHAN TYNG, Esq. and Maj. Thomas 1686. Henchman jointly purchased of the Indians of Waymesit 500 acres of land lying north of Mer rimack river, and bounded on the east by Beaver brook and southwardly by Merrimack river near Pawtucket falls, also what land doth lie on the west side of Concord river, belonging to the Indian plantation, excepting only Wanalancett's old planting field. The same year Jona. Tyng sold his right in these lands to Major Henchman for 501. and Maj. Hench man sold the land belonging to the Indian planta tion west of Concord river to the following proprie tors: Edward Spalding Mr. Thomas Clarke Steven Pierce William Underwood Isaac Parker Josiah Richardson Jona. Tyng Thomas Henchman - Dea. Cornelius Waldow Joseph Hide Thomas Parker Samuel Butterfield John Fiske. 1697 The proprietors laid out 20 acres to encourage the erection of a mill. The 500 acres north of merrimack appears to have been retained by the Indians, though it was included within the sale made by Passaconaway, Sagamore of Penecook, Runnoawitt, Sagamore of Pawtucket; Wahangnonawitt, Sagamore of Squamscot and Rowles, Sagamore of Neuhawanack to Wheelright and others in 1629. NO. IX. First School-House, BUILT by subscription at an Expenditure of 201. and by the following persons, in 1718. Wamesit annexed to Chelmsford. To the Hon. Wm. Dummer, Esq. Lieut. Governor in Chief, the Hon. the Council and the Hon. the House of Representatives of his Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New-England, in General Court to be assembled May 25, 1726. The petition of the town of Chelmsford, by the Selectmen. Humbly Sheweth, Whereas there are sundry inhabitants on a certain tract of land, called Wamesit, or the neck land, lying adjacent to the town of Chelmsford, but not enexed thereunto, that from the first settlement have bin pertakurs of privilagees and offices and performed all duties in and with the said town of Chelmsford until some time in the year 1725. For in the said year the town of Chelmsford with the inhabitants of Wamesit at a town meeting did elect Mr. Steven Pierce, an inhabitant of said Wamesit lands to represent them in this hon. Court, who was dismissed by resen he did not reside in Chelmsford. And that on the 27 day of August in the said year, said town did grant eighty pounds for the defraying of the necery chargees, arising within the same, and likewise the east precinct in the said town in the same year conformable to this honorable coartes order, did grant one hundred pounds for the paying the West Precinct their part of the meeting house; and also did grant 120%. for the support of the ministry and the defraying the precinct charges, and the selectmen and assessers of the town and precinct did proced to make the assesment as their usual custom was, and assest the said Wamesit inhabitants their proportion to the said town and precinct rates, which amounted to about 137. in all; but they taking advantage by this hon. courtes proceeding with Mr. Pierce, have refused and neglected to pay any part of their assesment to the west precinct and the two hundred pounds granted for defraying the last precinct charges, considering themselves not to be under the government of Chelmsford, but at free liberty in such cases, which will be much to the damage of said town-for that the majority of the proprietors of the said Wamesit lands, are inhabitants of Chelmsford and may take the same advantage of the income, which arises from the several parcels of the said lands; your petitioners therefore most humbly pray, that this hon. courte would take the premeces into their most serious consideration, and order the above inhabitants of Wamesit to pay their several proportions unto the a bove mentioned assesment and annex the said lands unto Chelmsford, during the hon. Courtes pleasure and your petitioners as in duty bound, will ever pray. Benja. Adanis Joseph Keyes John Richardson Joshua Fletcher In the House of Representatives, June 4, 1726-Read and ordered, that the petitioners serve the inhabitants of the within mentioned tract of land, called Wamesit; that they shew cause on friday the 10 inst. why the prayer of the petitioners should not be granted. June 10, 1726.-Read again, together with the answer of Wamesit thereto-and the house having taken the same into consideration, ordered that the prayer of the petitioners be so far granted as that the tract of land called Wamesit with the inhabitants thereon be and hereby are annexed to and accounted a part of the town of Chelmsford. In council June 13, 1726. Read and concurred. WM. DUDLEY, JOSIAH WILLARd, Sec. Consented to by WM. DUMMER, NO, XI. IN obedience to a late Law or act of the great and General Court, or assembly of the State of Massachusetts Bay in New-England, relative to the affixing of the prices of the necessaries of life, which are produced in America, we the Selectmen and the Committee of Correspondence, Inspection and safety of the town of Chelmsford met, considered and proceeded as follows: Rye, Good and merchantable 4s. Ed per Bushel. £ s. D. 147320 Corn, Good merchantable Indian Corn, 3s. 8d pr. bush. 3 Wool, Do. 28. pr. lb. Pork, Do. 4d: 1q. pr. lb. Salt Pork, in usual proportion the price of salt, good middlings at 8d. 2q. pr. lb. Beef, well fatted and grass fed, 3d per lb. Hides, Raw hides at 3d per lb. Calf-skins, Green at 6d. per lb., ජ 80804 4336 Q. |