The Newtown bee., 1889-05-03
Newtown's Legislative Grant. Newtown Bought ofthe Indians July 25, u7c5.
 Legislative grant. May IS. 170s.

 ment, so Connecticut's General Court permitted the settlement of it's early wil- derness tracts and jealously watched the conduct of the infant townships. The Newtown grant is dated May 13, 170s and one of the first steps of the proprie- tors to whom it was made was to acquire title to lands already held here by pur. grant. Substantially the same men bought out Jeanes, Bush and Hawley i'll 1709 and ITO, as already detailed in the BEE. A notable name, that of Capt John Minor, the Woodbury pioneer, disappears from the later purchase. He sold out his right here. Another name that appears in the purchase is that of Rev Charles Chauncey, the Stratford minister. New town was the legitimate offspring of Stratford, but it's minister never follow ed up his Newtown venture by settling here. It will be seen that the grant des- ignates the Housatonic river by it's early name, the Stratford or Potatuck. Itwas also called the Great river. The Indian name for our present Potatuck was Co., wams or Cowamps. The New Milford purchase is referred to, showing that our neighbor on the north at that time was in about the same stage of development as Newtown. And hot time they had of it, trying to settle our boundary line with New Milford. Newtown was to be settled within five years of the grant for the purpose, continuous residence of four years being required.
 But the grant will speak for itself: A General Assembly held at Hartford, May 1S, 1.os:
 This Assembly grants to the petition CTS hereafter named that all that tract of land lying on the west side of Stratford or Potatuck river, bounded southerly on Stratford and part of Fairfield, westerly on Danbury and line running from the southeast corner of Danbury parallel to the east line of said town to Fairfield bounds, northerly upon New Milford purchase and Potatuck river shall be one entire town called by the name of New town and do appoint and empower Jo- seph Curtis of Stratford, Esq, Capt Jos eph Wakeman of Fairfield, MT John Sher- man of Woodbury and NIT Thomas Fay Tor of Danbury a committee to survey the said tract of land and consider what number of inhabitants the said tract of land will conveniently accommodate and accordingly determine where the town plot shall be and lay out a suitable num- Der of home lots and order all the pru- dentials of the said town until such time as the General Court shall order other wise; all the charge the said committed shall be at to be paid by the said peti- tioners or such of them as shall take uT the said land according to the conditions hereinafter expressed. This court do also grant to the said pc titioners that each one of them shall have for himself, his heirs and assigns al equal part and proportion of all the com mon land within the said tract, not al ready taken up according to formel , grants from this government, the pro portion to be made according to the mum lg Der the said committee shall appoint an' determine the whole tract will accommo date; always provided the said petition CTS shall and do, by themselves or thei assigns, enter upon the said land withi . five years after this session and continu to dwell as inhabitants there at least fou years. And, if any of the said petition n. CTS shall not so enter and continue upo )k. the said land, it shall be in the power ey eey. the General Court to admit others in the ab- stead and so many more as the said tra to G of land will suitably accommodate.
 This Court do also grant to the sa petitioners free liberty to purchase f the use of the said town any part or pa m. eel of the said tract of land that may claimed by the Indians.
 And the several persons that have $ ready taken up any quantity of lal within the said tract of land, accOrdil to former grant from this goyernmeI shall have right and privilege as ding rest of the inhabitants of the said toN at all times in all the land that shall common within the said town in prop tion, according to the quantity of la dles, they have so taken up.
 The Eames of the petitioners for lands before granted fellow:
  Hair James Judson,
 Samuel Hawley,
 John Read,
 John Burr, 7. !, Theophilus Hull, 'nius John Minor, . Benjamin sherman,
 Josiah Curtis,
 Daniel Burr, Jr, f Daniel Curtis,
 Of. Richard Hubbell. Jr.
 John Judson, . John Seeley. Jr.
 Daniel Beardsley,
 Joseph Fairchild, t. Benjamin Huri, hone. Benjamin Nichols. Peleg Burrift,
 John Griffen,
 Thomas Sharp, t. Dunning of Stratford,
 Daniel Bcardsley. ST,
 Zachariah Ferris,
 William Mallory, g, samuel Hubbell. Jr. Jonathan Booth
 John Hawley, vu. David Whitlock. Jr, , r;v. John Glover,
 Abraham Kimberly,
 Benjamin Pe0t,
 Daniel Burr, ST, Ct. MT Richard Bryan's heirs. ntions Samuel EelIs-
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