and that several writs had been executed upon them; imploring the interposition of this government, and that such steps may be immediately taken, as are necessary to quiet their minds, and give them full possession of their rights in the said island: as you will observe by their said letter. This matter, in consequence of former similar representations, has been at your request, laid before Congress, and as it is in a train of settlement, there seems to be nothing further necessary to be done, but to quiet the minds of those inhabitants, by informing them, that Congress had taken measures to procure an amicable adjustment of the dividing line between the territory of the United States, and the said province of New Brunswick; to commend them for their resolution, that no allurements or threats shall induce them to forsake that system and constitution, by which they very justly think their natural rights and privileges will be secured; and to exhort them to abide by that resolution. The said letter, Gentlemen, is laid before you, for your determination concerning it. COUNCIL CHAMBER, March 21, 1786. Chapter 156. JAMES BOWDOIN. RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF JOSIAH HAYDEN, COLLECTOR Chap.156 OF WILLIAMSBURGH, DIRECTING THE TREASURER TO RE CEIVE A CERTAIN SUM IN CONTINENTAL DOLLARS, PART OF On the petition of Josiah Hayden, Collector for the town of Williamsburgh, praying that the Treasurer might receive Fourteen hundred and twenty-seven Continental dollars, on a tax committed to him to collect for the year 1779, No. 3, for reasons set forth in said petition: Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioner be so far granted, that the Treasurer of this Commonwealth, be directed to receive of Josiah Hayden, Collector of Williamsburgh, Fourteen hundred and twenty-seven Continental dollars, in part of the tax committed to him to collect, and as there remains due, Three thousand three hundred and forty-seven pounds, eighteen shillings, old Continental money, that he be held to pay to the above said Treasurer the sum of Forty-four pounds, twelve shillings and nine pence, specie, in full discharge of the said tax. March 22, 1786. Chapter 157. Chap.157 RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF DANIEL WINCHESTER, IN BE HALF OF THE TOWN OF SOUTH brimfield, DIRECTING THE On the petition of Daniel Winchester, in behalf of the town of South Brimfield. Resolved, That for reasons set forth in the said petition, the Treasurer of this Commonwealth, be, and he hereby is, directed to receive of the town of South Brimfield, Twelve thousand six hundred and fifteen pounds, Continental money, and to give credit to the said town therefor, the sum of One hundred and thirty-four pounds, eleven shillings, in part of the sum of One hundred and sixty-eight pounds, four shillings, for which an execution has been issued against the said town of South Brimfield, on account of a Beef tax granted in December, 1780. March 22, 1786. Chapter 158. Chap.158 RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF EBENEZER PEIRCE, of par TRIDGEFIELD, GRANTING HIM FIVE POUNDS, FOUR SHIL LINGS, BEING THE AMOUNT OF OUTSTANDING TAXES TO ABSENTEES. On the petition of Ebenezer Peirce, in behalf of the Proprietors of the town of Partridgefield : Resolved, That there be paid out of the public treasury, to the Proprietors of the said town of Partridgefield, the sum of Five pounds, four shillings, being the amount of outstanding taxes assessed upon sundry lots of land, which belonged to absentees, and have been sold for the use of this Commonwealth. Chapter 159. March 22, 1786. Chap.159 RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF JOHN GOULD, DIRECTING THE TREASURER TO RECEIVE A CERTAIN SUM, IN DISCHARGE On the petition of John Gould, of Malden, for reasons set forth in said petition: Resolved, That the Treasurer of this Commonwealth, be, and is, hereby directed to receive of John Gould, Six pounds, nineteen shillings and ten pence, in full discharge of the taxes committed to him to collect. March 22, 1786. Chapter 160. RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF BRIDGET GILMAN. Whereas it appears to this Court, that Daniel Gilman, late of Exeter, has absconded and left his wife and three small children, destitute of any support, and that he is not likely to return to his said family, or afford them any support: Therefore Resolved, That Bridget Gilman, wife of the said Daniel, be so far considered as a femme sole, as to be, and she hereby is, fully authorized and empowered to demand, sue for, and recover, in her own name, and to her use, any estate, real or personal, which she would have been entitled to, if she had not intermarried with the said Daniel, and to commence, and prosecute to final judgment and execution, any action or actions, for the purpose aforesaid, in the same manner as if the said Daniel was dead; and the said Bridget is further authorized and empowered to sell and convey any estate, which descended to her from her late father, her intermarriage with the said Daniel notwithstanding. March 22, 1786. Chapter 161. RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF SAMUEL THOMPSON, ADMIN- On the petition of Samuel Thompson, praying that licence may be granted for the sale of certain real estate, mentioned in his said petition. Resolved, That Samuel Thompson, administrator upon the estate of Hannah Johnson, late of Woburn, in the county of Middlesex, widow, deceased, intestate, be, and he hereby is, empowered and licenced to make sale of the real estate of the said Hannah Johnson, for the most the same will fetch, and make and execute a deed or deeds thereof; the said Samuel observing the rules and directions of the law, for the sale of real estates by executors and administrators; and first giving security to the Judge of Probate, for the county of Middlesex, that the proceeds of the sale shall be disposed of according to law. March 22, 1786. Chap.160 Chap.161 Chapter 162. Chap.162 RESOLVE ON THE PETITION OF THE INHABITANTS OF DEER ISLAND, GRANTING AND CONFIRMING ONE HUNDRED ACRES Whereas it appears to this Court, from a survey and Resolved, That there be, and there is, hereby granted and confirmed to the said Joseph Tyler, and the other settlers, who settled thereon and made a separate improvement before the first day of January 1784, their heirs and assigns, one hundred acres each, to hold in severalty, to be laid out so as to include their respective improvements, as a compensation for settlement; on condition, that the aforesaid settlers pay into the treasury of this Commonwealth, within one year from the date hereof, for the survey, and other charges, One hundred and twenty pounds, in specie, with interest until paid; provided that where any original settler has sold, or otherwise disposed of his improvements, the purchaser of such improvements, his heirs and assigns, shall hold the same lands which such original settler would have held by virtue of this resolve, if there had been no such sale or disposition. And be it further Resolved, That the remainder of the said Deer Island, with all the privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging, be, and is, hereby granted and confirmed to the said Joseph Tyler and Mark Haskell, Joseph Colbey, John Campbell, Charles Pressey, Ignatius Haskell, Thomas Saunders, Edward Haskell, Joshua Haskell, Thomas Haskell, Jonathan Eaton, Ezekiel Marshall, George Tyler, Thomas Stinson, jun., Belcher Tyler, Nathan Dow, John Pressey, Thomas Stinson, Nathan Glosson, Elijah Donham, Theophilus Eaton, Levi Carman, Ezra Howard, Ambrose Colby, Nathaniel Bray, Robert Nason, Benjamin Cole, Ezekiel Moory, John Hooper, Lot Curtis, Chase Pressey, Thomas Saunders, Samuel Trunday, John Raynes, Samuel Raynes, Thomas Smalley, Job Smalley, Charles Sellers, Josiah Crocket, Thomas Robbins, William Babbage, Joseph Whitmore, William Greenlaw, George Freas, Cortney Babbage, John Freas, Peter Hardy, Jeremiah Eaton, William Eaton, John Glosson, Thomas Thompson, Robert Linn, Marcy Staples, Charles Greenlaw, Simon Fowler, David Torey, Jonathan Torey, Samuel Crombie, Joseph Donham, their heirs and assigns; on condition, that they appropriate three hundred acres of land for the use of the ministry, and three hundred acres for the use of a grammar school, and that they pay into the treasury of this Commonwealth, within one year from the time of passing this resolve, One thousand two hundred and forty-one pounds, eight shillings, in consolidated securities of this Commonwealth, with interest. The said Deer Island and Sheep Island, granted as aforesaid, are bounded as follows, viz.: northeasterly on Eggamogan Beach, which separates Deer Island from township No. 4, laying between Penobscot River, and Union River, beginning at Hardy's Point, at the north end of the said island; from thence running southeasterly by several headlands, to Campbell's Point; from thence southwesterly to the northwest point of Campbell's Island; thence by the westerly and southwest shore of Campbell's Island, to the south extreme of the same; from thence easterly, passing on the southerly side of island B, as marked in the said plan, to the northeast point of Stinson's Neck; from thence southerly touching the extreme headlands of Stinson's Neck, to the most southerly point thereof; from thence southwesterly to the east point of Bavige's Neck; from thence southerly to the southeast point of Deer Island; from thence southwesterly and westerly, touching the extreme headlands of Deer Island, to a point thereof opposite Crotch Island, by Deer Island Thoroughfare; from thence northwesterly, to the west point of Deer Island, near the southwest harbour; from thence northerly, touching the west extreme of Sheep Island to Donham's Point, or Ragged Head; from thence northeasterly, touching the east extreme of Cranne Island to Hardy's Point aforesaid; which description includes Deer Island Proper, Greenlaw Neck, Stinson's Neck, Bavige's Neck, and Sheep Island, which lays near the west shore of Deer Island. March 22, 1786. |