Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-06-02
For the Ellsworth merican.l
Trenton-l l762 to 1900.
NJ 10

| SECOND DIVISION OF LOTS BY THE PRO-
| PRIEToRs OF THcRNDIKE TOWNSHIP"
| The settlement of the township com
menced In good earnest after the proprie-
tors had surveyed the first division Of lots
In l7C4, and they had been taken up and
what they termed equivalent lots had been
run out to make up to those who had
drawn inferior lots. They soon found 1t
necessary to make a second division which
was done in 1867, and lots of 100 acres
each were laid out by the proprietors.
On the 18th of Aug, 1867, "Eben'r
Thorndike, William Bartlett, Nathl Jones,
Henry Herrick, Jun'r, John Robinson,
Henry Herrick and Paul Haskell" petit
toned the clerk of Thorndike township to
call ameeting of the proprietors to be hello
at the house OF Capt. iona Lovitt Inn
holder in Falmouth, the 10th day of Sep
tember, 1867, setting forth the objects of
said meeting which meeting at its date was
adjourned to Mr. Marsh's In Scar
borough" as viii appear By the following
record
AT an adjourned meeting Of the Props
Of Thorndike Town at Mr.. Marsh's in
Scarborough, Sept. "a, 1867, at l2 O'Clock
NJ /; was
2 Voted-That Doct'r Nathaniel Jones,
Ebenezer Thorndike and Nathaniel Jordan
Jun'r be Committee to sell the Rights Of
those who have not paid the Taxes already
Voted or do not pay the Taxes that NAV
Z hare ftpr hn arHs h.
Debts 4 dcfrayiug the Charges Of said
Proprietor-,
3.-That there be second Division Of
Lofts laid out il said Township, each Lott
TO contain one Hundred acres and that Mr
/ Ebenr Thorndikc, NnthI Jordan, Iun'r
! and Robert ThorudIkc Jun'r be Com
mittee % lay ont the same on the Plan Of
said Township in such a manner as they
may judge tn be bc-t for SAID Pruprietors
and that Mr. Samuel Freeman shall as
sist them a Surveyor.
That the drst Settlers to the Num-
Der Of Fifty shall have the Privilege Of
choosing each of them lott in We second
! Division q said Township, as they 20
down " settle.
THAT the Report Of the Committee
chosen 70 lay out equivalent Lofts to Vie
Lofts uf w tirst Division of said Town
Cepted.
G.-That one Hundred acres Of Land be
reserved upon tie Point called Indian
Point fronting Frenchman's Bay for We
use of the rroprietors in common to ac-
/ commodate Fishermen.
That Mr. Samuel Freeman. Doct'r
Nathaniel Jones s Ehenezer rhorntilkr be
committee to settle accounts.
>-That Mr. Samuel Freeman be an
Agent for said pruprictors to appear for
them ~ all Causes Or Actions that are or
may b, commenced for Or against them
and that he have a Right to appoint an
Attorney for that Business if he thinks
there II occasion herefor-sud then al
journed this meeting 10 the twenty-fr>t
~ October next At Capt, Tho's MoseIey's
| Innholder at Falmouth, at eleven O'Clock,
A.
At which Time accepted Mr.. Nathl ,Ior.
dams Acct. Of fourteen Pounds twelve
ShilingS lawful moncy-Mr Nathaniel
Harmon. Of ten Pounds two shilllngs 4
eight pence \ MIR. Saml Freemans Of hvc
Pounds Two shilliugs x three pence
Also Voted That the CLERK sign a Peti-
lion 10 ~ General Court for a longer
Time to ohtain We Kings appreciation OF
y'r said Courts Grant Of said Township--
& then dismissed We meeting
The Fruprictnr- x tht Township >p uur H.
Nathaniel .l"rfian pr,
17s~ NJ ht- Services III RUNNING
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