Year: 1860

ond by the Grace of GOD of Great Brit


tain, France and Ireland, KING, Defender


of the Faith, &c. To ALL Persons to


whom these Presents shall Come GREET


ING.


KNOW YE that We, Of our Especial


Grace certain knowledge and mere mo-


tion, for the due Encouragement of settling


a new Plantation within our said Province,


By and with the Advice -four trusty and well


beloved BENNING WENTWORTH,


ESQ., our Governour and commander in


Chief of our said Province of New Hamp-


shire, in AMERICA, and of our Council of


said Province, HAVE, upon the Conditions


and Reservations hereafter made, Given


and Granted and by these Presents for us


our heirs and Successors, Do Give and


Grant in Equal shares unto our loving


Subjects Inhabitants of our said Province


of New Hampshire and his Majesty's other


Governments and unto their Heirs and as


signs for ever whose names are entered on


this Grant, TO be Divided to and amongst


them into Seventy four Equal Shares, all


that Tract or Parcel of Land situate lying


and being within our Province of New


Hampshire, containing by admeasurement


Twenty three thousand and Forty acres !;


which Tract is to contain Six miles Square


and no more ; out of which an allowance is


to be made for highways and unimproyable


Lands by Rocks, Mountains and Ponds and


Rivers, one thousand and Forty acres, free,


according to Plan thereof made and Pre-


sented by our said Governours orders and


hereunto annexed Butted and bounded as


follows, (Viz) Beginning at the North


East Corner of Westminster and running
up by Connecticut River till ii extends Six


Miles upon Strait Line Northerly TO a


stake and stones upon the bank of said Riv-
er. in Hickup Meadow--thence running
, due West Six miles to Stake and Stones


thence running Southerly Six Miles to


the North Westerly Corner of Westmins-


ter-thence Running due East to the bounds


first mentioned; and that the same be and
is Incorporated into q Township by the


name of ROCKINGHAM and the In


habitants that do or Shall hereafter Inhabit


said Township are hereby Declared to be
Enfranchised with and Instituted to all and
Every the Privileges and immunties that


other Towns within our Said Province by


Law Exercise and Enjoy and Further
that the said Town, as soon as there Shall


be fifty families resident and settled therein,
shall have the Liberty of Holding two


Fairs, Annually, which Fairs are not to be


held at other times or longer than the au-


thorities shall appoint; and as soon as the


Town shall consist of fifty families, Market
Shall be opened and Keept one or more
Days in Each Week, as may be thought
most advantageous to the Inhabitants /; also
that the first meeting for the Choice OF
Town officers, agreeably to the Laws OF
Said Province Shall be on the Last Wednes-


day in March next--whch meeting shall
be notified by Mr.. Benjamin Bellows--who
is hereby also appointed the Moderator Of
the said first meeting which he is TO Notify
and Govern agreeably TO the Laws and
Customs of our said Province and that the
Annual Meeting for Ever hereafter for the
Choice of such Officers of Sd Town shall
be on the Last Wednesday in March An,
: nualIy. TO HAVE & TO HOLD the
sd tract of Land as above Expressd To
gether with all the Privileges and Appur
tenances TO them and their respective Heir.
= and assigns for Ever upon the following


Conditions, (Viz.) that every Grantee His
: heirs or assigns Shall Plant or Cultivate
. five Acres of Land within the Term of five
u Years for Every fifty contained in his oil
u their Share or Proportion Of Land in Salt


Township and Continue to improve ant


Settle the same by additional Cultivation'
K on Penalty of the Forfeiture Of his Gram
y or Share in sd Township, and it reveriins
f to his Majesty his heirs and Successors IL
: be by him or them ie-granej to such O
t his Subjects as Shall EHectually settle anC
: Cultivate The same. That all White anC
a other pine Trees within the said Township
p fit for Masiing our Royal Navy be carefully
& preserved for that use and none be Cut OIL
: felrd without his Majesty Especial Ii
: cense for so Doing first had and obtan'd
: upon the Penalty of the forfeiture of the
/. Right Of such Grantee his heirs or assigns
e to US our Heirs and Successors as well a:
e being Subject to the Penalty of any Act
e or Acts of Parliament that now are or here
r after shall be Enacted. That before any
r Division of the Said Land be made TO anC
n amongst the Grantees. A Tract of I.ant
: as near the Centre Of the Township as ih,
i Land will admit of shall be reserved anC
: marked out for Town Lofts one of whici
!. shall be allotted to Each Grantee of III,
t Contents Of one acre YIELDING & PAY