Litchfield enquirer., 1845-08-21
HISTORY OF LrTCHrTELD.

A History ol the Town of Litchfeld, by George c. Woodruff Esq. has just been published, and iS for sale at this Office. Mir. Woodruff has been at much pains to collect facts in relation to the early history of L.itch6eld, and has embodied them in pamphlet of 64 pages. We doubt not his labOrs will be duly appreciated by the natives and resi- dents of the town.
 From the Appendix we copy the Patent of the Town, which we believe has never before been published:
 Patent of the Town of Litchfeld.
 1He GOuernOr aud Company sf the English Col
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 sUhOm these presents shall come, greeting :-
 KNow YE, That the said Governor and Compa- ny, by virtue of the power granted unto them, by late sovereign King Charles the second of bles- sed memory, in and by his Majesty's patent, under day of April, in the fourteenth year of his Majes- tvs reigns and in pursuance thereof andin General Court assembled, according to charter, did by their act, made, May the fourteenth, Anno Domini 17l9, upon the humble petition of Lieut.. John Marsh of Hartford, within the said Colony, and Dea. John Buell. of Lebanon, grant unto the said John Marsh and John Buell. and Partners, settlers being in the whole ffty.seven in number, liberty to settle town westward of Pennington, in the county of Hartford, at place called Bantam, which town was to he in length, east and west, eight miles, three quarters and rods, and in breadth miles and an half, to be bounded east on Mat tatuck river, west part Shipaug river, and part on the wilderness, north by the wilderness, and south by Waterbury bounds and west line from Waterbury corner to the said Shipaug river. And ordered that tt said town should be called by the name of Litch6eld, as more fully appears by the said act. The said Governor and Company by yir. tue of the aforesaid power, and by their special act bearing even date with these presents, for divers good causes and considerations them hereunto mo- wing, have given, granted, and by these presents, for themselves, their heirs and successors do fully clearly, and absolutely give, grant, raify and con- firm unto the said John Marsh and John Buell. ,and to the rest of the said partners, settlers of said tract of land, Tin their actual full and peaceable possession and seizin beng] and to their heirs and assigns, and such as shall legally succeed and rep resent them forever, lin such proportions as they the said partners and settlers or any of them re- spectvely have right in and lawfully possessed of the same,l all that the said tract of land now called and known by the name of Litchfeld, in the county of Hartford a(oresad be the same more or less, butted and bounded as foloweth, viz Begin. ming at the northeast corner at tree with stones about it, standing in the crotch of Mattatuck riv. CT aforesaid, and southerly by the side of said river until it meets with Waterbury bounds where is we'll known white oak tree, standing about fif- teen rods west of said Mattatuck river, ancently marked with IS: IN: From thence running west lwenty-three degrees thirty minutes south to two white oak trees growing out ofone root with stones about them, and west one mile and half to Water. bury northwest corner bound mark; and from thence river, where is tree and stones about putting up on Woodbury township. Then beginning at the first mentioned tree by Mattatuck river and run- ming westward into the wilderness to an oak tree marked and stones laid around it, then south to crotch in the Shipaug river, and thence by the westermost branch of Shipaug river to Woodbury bounds. And also all and singular the lands, trees,
 
 lands, meadows, moors, marshes, pastures, ponds, waters rivers brooks, shinss, fowlings, huntings, mines, minerals, quarries, and precious stones, up. on and within the said land. And all other rights, members, heredtaments, easements and commodi- ties whatsoever to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining, so buttcd and bounded as is herein before particularly expressed or mentioned col Io.~ mainders, rights, royalties, privileges, powers and jurisdictions whatsoever of and in all and singular the said tract of land and premises hereby granted and of and in any and every part and parcel thereof And the rents, services and profits to the same inc cdent. belonging or appertaining-ToH Have and to Hold all the said tract of land and all and sngu. lar other the premises hereby given granted, or mentioned, or intended to be:granted, with all the prviledges and appurtenances thereof unto the said John Marsh and John Buell., and the rest of the partners settlers of the same, their heirs and as signs to their only proper use, benefit and behoof forever and to and for no other use, intent or pur- pose whatsoever and the said Governor and Com. panyifor themselves and their successors, have gv. en and granted. and by these presents do give and grant unto the said John Marsh and John Buell., and rest of the partners settlers of the tract of land herein before granted, their heirs and assgns that the said tract of land so butted and bounded as a. foresaid, shall from time to time and at all times forever hereafter. be deemed, reputed. denomina- ted, and be entire town of itself, and shall be called and known by the name of Litch6eld, in the county of Hartford and that the aforesaid partners, settlers and inhabitants thereof, shall and lawfully