Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-06-13
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CHARTER OF CANAAN
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LEGATION

under King George the second
The GOVERNOR and Company of
his Majesty's English Colony of
Connecticut in New England, in
America, and all to whom these pres
ents shall come-Greeting.
Whereas the Governor and
Company in General Court assem-
bled on we second Thursday of May,
one thousand seven hundred and
thirty one-at Hartford-did order
that the western lands on the east
side of Ousatonack river-and north
of the townships of New Milford and
Litchfeld should be laid out into
five townships, and appointed Messrs.
Edmund Lewis, John Bewell and
William Judd committee to lay out
the same.
And whereas, in pursuance of said
order, the said Committee laid out
and surveyed the said five Townships
one of. which, in their survey
aforesaid, was called the Township
of C. and bounded the same rs fol-
lows-(viz.) For the south bounds
of the township of Canaan they be-
gan at a. White Oak Pole at we North
West corner of the Townships of A.
and run west nine and half North
four miles and half to 0usatonack
River, and made a monument for the
southwest corner of said Township
of CT Then began again at said
White Oak Pole, which is the south
east corner of We said township-and
RIM Mouth ,,;pafaap anJ ana hale IA
grees, East eight miles and one hun
dred and forty six rods to the line of
partition between the Province of
the Massachusetts, Bay and Colony of
Connecticut, and marked a small
tree and laid many stones to it for a
monument-standin in or near the
aforesaid line of Massachusetts, and
is the North East corner bounds of
the township of G. and has these let
tiers set on it wiz E. l.. w. H. B.
and the said lines from the said
White Oak Pole-which also hath
the aforesaid letters marked on it
is we'll set forth by marked trees and
monuments-and from the above
mentioned spruce tree the North line
of the township of c. runs West nine
degrees and half North-four miles
and halfand One hundred and TWEEN
ty nine rods to the Oustonack River
where we made a monument for
the North West corner of said Town.
ship of c. 1t being an Elm Tree
standing in the said Massachusetts,
line, marked, and stones laid to it,
and the letters l H E L w H b set
on it. Bounded North en- the
Massachusetts line-South on the
township of B.-East on the town.
ship of D.-and West on the 0usa-
tonack River-as by the returns
made by sd. committee, bearing date
October 18th A. d. 1871 entered in
to the records of the aforesaid colo
ny of Connecticut Lib. a. Vol. sos,
in the Secretary's office-reference
thereunto had more fully-and at
large may appear.
nour and Company in the Genl.
Court assembled at Hartford on the
tenth Say of May 1888 did-enact
that the sd. Township among other
Townships-then lately laid out
should be disposed of and settled
according to such time and regula-
tions as the sd. Assembly should or
der.
And Whereas the sd. Governor
and Company assembled in General
Court at New Haven in the year of
our Lord 1737-by their Act-did
order that the sd. Townships should
be divided into fifty three rights
Exclusive of all former grants of the
General Court-that were then sur
veyed and recorded in the Public
Records Of the Colony, and lying in
sd. Town-Of which fifty three
Rights, one should be for the use of
the Ministry that shuold be settled
in sd. Town according to the regu-
lations in sd. Act provided-0ne for
the first Gospel Minister settled as
aforesaid, and one other right for
the support of the school in said
Town-and ordered that fifty of
sd. Rights should be sold, and Sat
the other three Rights should be for
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