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 Willi A ( itI'V ol' Tin: INDKNIIKK 
 
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 rUKSS OF JOHN WILSON AND SON 
 
 1870 
 
 UNIVIRSITY OF VICTORIA 
 
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NOTKS RELATING TO DAVID THOMSON. 
 
 he Maxsiichu- 
 
 SoMK two or three years ago, the Iloti. Rom iir C WrNTiiiiop, 
 rri'sidciit of tlie Miissacliiiscfts Historical Socifly, placcil in my liaiuls 
 all old parclimriil tlt'td, — dixcovciTd anionic liis rich aiicc.Htial treas- 
 ures of a like character, — which lit^ said coiitaiiicfl ihc iiaiiic, amoiij^ 
 others, of David Thomson. I found it, on examination, to \n' an 
 inih'iitni'i;, dated 1 Itii Decemhcr, H'r2'2, hetwcen David Thomson, of 
 JMynioiith, of the one; i.art, and three ine..'haiits, — vi/., Ahrahain 
 C iilmer, Nicholas Sherwill. and Leonard I'oinery, also of I'lymonlh, 
 — of the other jiart. This parchment, 17 hy 20 inches in size, was 
 that part of the indenture which contained the covenants and the 
 sij^natures of the three merchants jnst named. An exai^ copy of the 
 docunu!iit h •'iven helow ; hut, in onU'r that the reader may gut ut ita 
 meaniinf in f«!\ver words, 1 will here <;ivt! a rrsniint of it. 
 
 The indenture recites that the Council for New Kii«f|and had ^fraiited 
 to David Thomson, under date of tin; Kith Octoher, 1(»22, six thousand 
 acres of land and one island in New England ; and that Thomson 
 had ahsolutely conveyed one-fourth part of the island to the three 
 merchants of Plymouth named, with covenants to convey in fee simple 
 the fourth part of the six thousand acres. In consideration whereof, it 
 is agreed h((tween the parties as follows: — 
 
 First, That the three merchants will, at their own charge, this 
 pres(!iit year, provide and send two men, with Thomson, in the slii[> 
 ".loiiathan, of riyiuouth," to New Kngland ; with victuals and pro- 
 visions, »fcc., as shall suHice them till they are landed. And, if they 
 land there within the space of three months after the ship shall pass 
 liam Head (a promontory just outside of Plymouth Sound), the residui! 
 of the three months' victuals shall be delivered to Thomson at his land- 
 ing, there to he disjMJsed of by him towards finding u fit plaie for the 
 intended haI»itatioii, and also to beiiin the same. 
 
 tSvcond The three merchants will this present year, at their own 
 chal'ge, [)rovide and send three men more, iu the ship " Providence," of 
 
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 I'lyiiiDiitli, if tlii-y may lu* »> sunn frotti'ii. or in somi> ()ilit>r Hliip, wiili 
 \\n' fit'si cxiiciIitiDii tliiki limy lie, tu New Kiii:laii<l ; tlic cliurgi's ot' tlit-so 
 tliri'f iiH'ii tit III' liiit'iii' n|iially l)y all llir |iai'ticH. 
 
 Thiiil, Twii iiicii iiiiirc art' to Ih* si'iii thin iiiisciif yciir in tin- "Joim- 
 tliaii." iIk! clinryi's of tlinn to he lioriii' liy all tin- parlifH j'(|nally. 
 
 Fniiiili. As soon as 'I'lioiiisoii and lliu seven men ar»! lamled in 
 N(!W Kn;;l)mil, lie sliall, as soon iirt convenient, liinl out a lit plaee to 
 make clioiee of the six tlioiistiixl iiereH of liiiiil, iiml a lit plaeo to suttlo 
 mill eiert siiine lioiises or iMiililiiiL's for lialiitatioiis, anil to he^rin iju, 
 same. Ailjoiiiiii;; the>e l)iiililiii;ir>., there ^hall Ite allolteil, before tlio 
 em! of live year>, six liniiiln il acres of laml, which, with nil the hiiilil- 
 in;;s and every iliinir a|)|iertiiiiiiiiir to them, shall, at the end of siiid livu 
 years, i)e divided ei|iially lietween all tlie|iarlies; and all the cliai'i^es 
 for liiiildini;, |ilaiiliiiL:. aMil husliandini;', iVc, i|itrin]L{ that time, stiali lie 
 et|iially lioriie Iiy all. The residue of the six thousand acres to ho 
 also divided in a coiivenieiil time lielwecn the p.-M'tios in fmir parts, 
 whereof ThoniMdi i> to liavu tliree-fonrths. and the other three partit's 
 one-liiiirth. 
 
 F!l'tli. At the end live years, th(! island shall he dividtMl in four 
 parts, whereof Tliom i i^ to have three parts, and thu others oiiu 
 part. 
 
 SIjIIi. Three-foiirtlis of the charjie for planting,', hiishandin;;, and 
 liiiildin;ir on the suiil island, shall bo borne by Thomson, and uiie-lourtli 
 by the other parties. 
 
 Scrciif/i. All the proUts diirin^:^ the five years that may arise on the 
 si.x hundred acres, by liHliiiii^, tradin,:^, &,v., shall be ilivided eipially; 
 only the merchants shall liavt; liberty to employ ships to lish at llieir 
 
 own charife, i 
 
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 n does not bear his shait? of siii'h char':e. 
 
 Eighth. All iieiielits and [trotits arisini,' diirin<f the live years on tin; 
 residue of the six tlioiisaml acres, and on tlii! island, shall be divided 
 ainoiif^ them; Thomson to have tlirei! parts, and the others one part. 
 Kacli of them sliall, on reipiest, deliver a just account of his receipts 
 and payments during the live years. 
 
 The throe merchants named in this covenant are persons well known 
 in till- history of Plymouth, in Knuland. 
 
 Abraham Coliner (or C'olman) was .Mayor of that town in 1015 
 and ill 1()27. and Alderman in 1()2(». Nicholas Sherwell was Mayor 
 in I (lis, l(')2.s. and KvlT. In H".2.'», " Thos. and Xic Sherwell erected, 
 founded, and established the Ilospitall of Orphans' Aid" in that city. 
 liCoiiard I'oinery was a ineml)er of the Council in 1()12, and Mayor 
 in ICtio. On the 22d March, K'loO, the ship "Jonathan, of I'lymouth," 
 
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ut 1.'»<I tuns, is liiciiliiiiH'il a<4 nwiinl liy Nirlioliis SliiTWcH :iiii| Aliiii- 
 liain CoNmiht. " Mr. l-'itwdl," |ii'nli!il)ly .Fuliii. uni' ul' ilir u iliic'^is to 
 the Mraliri;; iiinl <l<'livcriii;; ol' tlio iiidi'iitiiic, was ■■'I'liwii Claikr" itf 
 I'lyiiiinitli ill |i;i-.'.« 
 
 David 'riioiiisDii liiinsi'lt is too wrll known in tin- railv lii>tiii'v nt' 
 New Kn;;laiiil, to iH'cd s|Mrinl iiiciitioii Ihtc. He caiiH' over in ilio 
 H|)i-iii<{ of ll');i>'l, mid Hi'ttlnl at a plactt called " Ijttlc llariior," mi tin' 
 west hidi^ oC l'isratai|iia Kivrr, wlirn- hi' is t'lnind in llial yi'ar liv 
 KoJMTt (lorjji's and iiy ('liristo|iln'r I.rvitt. Aliuiit llic year Itl'Ji'i. Iio 
 look posscssioii of tlif island in lloston llarliur wliiili now lirai- liis 
 naiiHS wIm'I-c lie hooii aft«>i- dicijjravin;; a wifraiid an infant ^nn to wlinm 
 tli(t (lUiifi'al (*ourt of Massiii'liiisittH siilis(>i|n(>nlly ;ri'antrd lliis i»!aiid. 
 Ill Holicrt (lor^^i'H's |iat('iit. lie in styled '"David 'I'licnii^oii, miit." 
 
 Wiiislow calls liini a *' Scotrliniaii 
 
 III this indenture. In- is descrihcd 
 
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 ax of *' I'lynioiilli." His name in often inenlioncd in tli*^ liecordH of the 
 ('(iiiiicil for Ni!W Kii;,dand. lie a|»|»eiir.s to have iieeii actively ein|)loyc d 
 ill a conliileiitial ('a|iiu'ity us a nort of at;ent or niesseiiger of thc! coiii- 
 |iaiiy. 
 
 On tlio "»th of .Inly, l<»-''i, " It, is ordered that David Thonisoii do 
 attciiil tlii^ Lords, with a petition to his Majesty for forfeits coininiited 
 l»y 'riioiiias Weston. As also to solicit the Lords tor |ii(iciiriiiLr fidiii 
 hirt majesty a proclamation concerniiij; the risherini'ii of the wi>trin 
 parts. Likewise to procure soims courst; for punishing; their coiitnnpt 
 of authority." 
 
 On till! 24th of July, "Mr. Tlionisoii is appointed to attend ilu! 
 Lords, for a warrant to Mr. Attorney-Geiiural for tlrawim; the i 
 patent." 
 
 Oil thc Stli of Noveinher, " Mr. 'riioinson is onlered to pay unto 
 Leo. I'eddock £10 towards his pains for his last employments to 
 Mew Kiii^land." 
 
 On the II til of XovcMuher, " Mr. Thomson is appointed to attend 
 Sir Koliert Maiisell," (;oii('eriiiiii; Captain S.piihhs'.s commission. 
 
 On the I-nh of November, "Mr. 'riiomson ami the clerk" are 
 directed to ".seethe tiiii of iron weighed," to he sent to Whitby. And 
 on the same day " Mr. Thomson is appointed to solicit Cajit. Love 
 to pay ill the £40 for which Sr. Saiiil. Argall stamleth enifajfed," t.V:c. 
 
 Oil the IGth of November, "It is ordered that Mr. Thomson solicit 
 
 * See "A History of Plyinoutli," by Lk-wellyiin .Icwctt, F.S.A., 187:!. j.]). 
 11'), 147, 152, 1(55, 107, 171, 170; Cal. S. 1'. Doinu.stk:, 1(W(J, p. 511; lO.JiJ, p. 
 li)8 ; 10.]7, p. ; 1038, p. 007. 
 
 
 

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 till' (ulvrnlnrort lor luiyincnf iiiof tln'ir mniioys " 5 nml iiimIi' iIh- MiiiiMt 
 «liili', " Mr. 'IIioiimom'n piiriiit wuh llii* ilny Hi^^mil hy tlm iil»u\. siiiil 
 
 C.MUl.il." 
 
 On iIh' .'M of I) mill r, " Mr. 'riioiii-.oii |»ro|»oiiiMlitli lo liiivr onlcr 
 
 (Voiii lln- Coiiiiril fur ir.iii^portatioii o| ti'ii |iiMNnii<< uilli tin- [irovi-ioiiH 
 for Niw Kiiyliiinl. Ami i\w iH-rsoim ho (riuix|Mirli'"l lo pay tin- Couiu'il 
 iIk! iihiiiiI rate tin lluir traiiH|iortatioii, atl«-r tliu «>xiMrulioii of two 
 yt'lirH." 
 
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 ■II, rrcitcH a ''rant fium llic Coiincil of 
 
 NfW Kn;:laiiil lo 'riminsun. nmlcr <lalr of jtllli Ocinlin. |i'>-'-'. 'I'lio 
 K*i'i'iii'(U 1)1' ilii> Coiiiiril <.|iou no u'l'Miit to liitn iiimIi'I' ilial ilalr ; lnit 
 uml.r lilili .Xovi'iiilirr Wf irail, " .Mr. 'rii">inMon\ |iatint was lliin ijay 
 Hi<jni'i| l)V tin* aliovr saiil ( 'oiimil." It iiiny liav*' lurii ijrawn in tlic 
 linsioim inonlli. ami llir dali' inxrtfil, lint not ...iL'nnI till lalrr. 
 
 That tlic wlioli! |iroi;rainiin' imlii-atfil in tliis indinhiri' wa^ carricil 
 out acconlin;; lolls tcrins. I slioiilil liosital)' loallinn. Hut that tlir jirt!- 
 liiiiinaricH of it wm- I'littMcil ii|>oii, tliiii' i-< no reason to ijoiilit. 'I'M 4 
 ill.' .i.» •>•(. was cxcciitfd ill two parts. Tlu' part Infoif 11s. si;iiiiil l»y 
 ti. noiilli im rcliants, Ih'Ioiii;ciI lo 'I'lioiiison, was liroii^^'lit over with 
 
 liiin. ...Ill iil'lfr liis ilratli, in Massachusetts. foiiii(l its way to tin- possoH- 
 nion of Uovtsriior Wintlirop. It may iiavt; Im'oii used incidentally, aM 
 cvideiic(! in tlic siilise(|iieiit controversy alioiil 'riioinsoii's Island. Tlio 
 assistance aiirced upon at tlie outset iiy tlie ineicliants niiist liavc Iteeii 
 atlorded. It is not likely that Tliomson would have come 1 ver williout 
 assistance ; and lure w«! tiiid tliu njrreciiieiit for tliu rcquisUo aid, iiiado 
 hy responsible incrtliaiits, en<:rossed on parchineiil. and the iiiiuie of tho 
 vessel ^'ivcn to he einployed in the transportation of him and the men 
 to he sent ov<r in their service. 
 
 In the extracts cited ahovo from the Records of the C'omicil fur New 
 Knuland, where Thomson's namo so often appears from .Inly to 
 Di'cemlier. HV2'2, the two last entries indicaK^ hi-; plans and inteiilioiirt 
 rcspectinji New Kni,dand. After the ."id of Dccemher, his name disap- 
 pears from the Uecords.* lie was prepiiriiiif lo yo to New England, 
 
 * L'niicr dati' i)t' tliu -otii ut' lln" t'ollowinn Fi-'iriiiiry, tlic clerk was onlcri'il 
 to ciill ii])!)!! Mr. Collinijwouil (who liuil I'oniicrl.v ln'cn cliTk of tlic Ciiinicil, Imt 
 now WHS dork of tlie Virginia (oiiiiiaiiy ) for a cop^' of Sir .loliii Hriicc's ]iateiit. 
 'I'lie elerk makes tlie followiiiff iiieMioranilimi : " Mr. Colliiifiwooii an.swereil 1110 
 tliat he liatli ilelivt-reil all the liooks to Sir Kenl. (ioryes ami to Mr. 'I'lioiusoii "; 
 tiial is, i«oiiie time pivvioiitily. 
 
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itiiil wiiM iKiw (M)i|iloy<><I lit Plyiiiiiiilli ill iii:ikiii>; iii-nui^'i-iiMMitt for tin* 
 \(>yii;;c. Ili'< itMliiiliin> with til)' iiiirrliiiiit'* ii ilili i| iIh' I tili ni' tlmt 
 
 tlliililll, ill wllii'll liny iiU'l'*'*' lllitt till' Vi'oM'l ill wlliili he \\;l'« In Im' 
 tlikiiH|Mii'ti'tl to N«-w Kii;;l:kiiil, tlii> " .liihiithiiii, lit' I'lMnnitlh," <hiiii!>l 
 In> Mi'iil " tliiH prr-x'iit year," wliicli ciiilfil nii tlii'2lth .M;iirli. In utiw 
 iiKiiitlis tiitur, W(t llml 'riiiiiiiHoii liiiiiscir lutrc* 
 
 * 'I'lif t'lirlicDl iiiilici' iif Diiviil 'riiiiiiiiiDirM |iur|io»> rcK|H'ctiii^ Ni'W Kiitfliiinl 
 in In till' Iti'i'iinU lit' t lie CiMiiicil for New Kiiuliiinl, iiinlcr ilato of l*itli NnVfiii- 
 litT. lii'J'J. " Mr. 'riiiiiii|i<iin''«|mti'Mt wiin tliUilnv «iutuil liy llic iilmvi' i.ai<l ('miii- 
 I'il." 'riicii iiinlcr iliili' III' iM Di'i'i'iiilicr, " Mr. 'I'liiiiii|i->iiii |irii|Hiiiiiil('ili in liiivi> 
 iinlrr I'rniii IIk> Ciiiiiii'il I'ur truiii<|iiirtiiiioii of 10 |H'rHiiii« with llic |iriivii)liiiiM for 
 Ni'W I'iii^liiiiil, Ami till' pcrKiiiiH mi ti'iiiiM|i<irli'il to pnv tlit- Cnuiii'i! tlic ii<<ii.il 
 riiU' fur tlu'ir traii>|Miitaii(iii, ii(i>'r cxpinition of 2 yt'iirH." .Vixt Inlloui the 
 iiiili iilurt' 111 fori' u«, iliili'il lltli D.'iciiilu'r, lii."_', roiitiiiiiiiiK llii' unri'i'iiunt lo 
 Ni'ii'l riionipKon out to Ni'W Mii^l.tinl in llir i.liip".Foiiiiiliim,"" tjii^ prfiiit vi'ur."' 
 Ill till' pati'iit to lloliort (iiirKi'H, nf :t(Hli Dcci'inln'r of tlii« yi-iir, " David 
 'riioninoii, (iciit.," iH autii<iri/i'ii to put liorui'i* in pii'<Mi"<Mii>ii of ilu' pri'iiii<r<i, 
 
 'I'lu' i>iirlii>Mt iKitici' of 'riioiiixon'H liciii^ in .New Kn^'liinil in in WiiiiiIow'm 
 " (iooil Ni'WH," piilili!<lii'il in IH'JI. In ili'Miriliiii;; I'Vi'iitn, iippart'iitly in llii> 
 HiiiiiMii'r of l(l'J:i, 111' xiiyn ; "At tlii' Naiiii' tiini', ( 'aptain Siamlijili, liciiij.' toniu'rly 
 iinploycil liy till' (ioviTiior to liny priivi.'<ion.'« tor tlie ri'l'ri'iliiiiK nt tlio Colony, 
 nturiu'il with the Haini', ncconipunii'il with oiiu Mr. Ihirid Tmimni , a Hcotili- 
 niiin, wild iiIho tliiit Nprin^ lu'i^nn ii pliintalioii twuntytlvc Icai^ui*^ Northcaot 
 from IIH, ni'ur Sinith'M Ik'H.at ii piaci' cullcil I'lisi-aldijmuk, wlicri' hi' likctli well." 
 (iovcrnor liriiillonl, in Mpiukint; of WcNtoii'ii C'nioiiy, uiuIit ilalc of lil'J;l, Huyi«, 
 " 'riit'ri' were aino thiK yi'ar Home scattcriitj; lii';,'imiiiij{s nni'li' in oIIut placiH, \\n 
 at l'aHl<ataway, liy Mr. Daviil Tlionisoii.at Monhittcn, anil miiik? otiifr plari"<, liy 
 Hiinilry otluTit." lirailloril aUo Hpi'aki* of tint arrival of (ior){i'it in tliu Hay 
 (if MiiHHai'liiiHi'tt!), alioiit till' inidillo of Scpti'inlu'r, Idli;!; of liis comini; to 
 I'lyinoiith, anil of IiIm ilualin^'-* vvitii Weston; finally, of his ri'tiirniiiK t'l'uni the 
 fiistwanl "towards the Bprin)^"(at. which tiiiic lu' visiti'il Thoinson, a» wo 
 liarn tVoiii rhristo]ilii'r licvctt), anil ri'storiii),' to Wi'ston his vessel which ho 
 hail taken from him. ChriHtophor Levett, who eamo over here in I'iL'o, return- 
 ing next year, KiiyH : " The noxt iilaoe I canio unto wax I'aiinaway, whore oiio 
 M. 'roinson hath iiiaile a plantation. Tliero I .stayed ationt one month. . . . 
 At this place I met with the (iovornor ((ior^resj, who came thither in a liark 
 which ho had from one M. WoMtoti, about twenty dayH lioforo I arrived in the 
 land. . . . The Governor told me that I was joined with him in cominissinn as a 
 oouiisellor, which heiiiK road I found it wa.-t so. And he then, in the iireseiico 
 of three inoro of tlio Council, administered unto me an oath." Hradlord says 
 that Admiral West, Levett, and the Governor of I'lymouth, for the time heinjx. 
 Were named in (iorj^es's coinmission as his Council ; hut (jorsfcs had power " to 
 choose such other as he should find fit." West at this time had left New I",n;,'land, 
 and (lovernor Hradford does not appear to have heeii jireseiit at I'iscatai|ua, so 
 that (iorgos must have availed himself of his privile;;e to elct others to till 
 tho.so vacancies. It has hoeii said that (Jovernor Gorges at this time ornani/ed his 
 government for all New Kntfland. The administering of the oath to I<evett was 
 
I 
 
 * 
 
 
 WiliKliiw. ill liJH "(ioiHl Ni'U't." xtiyn iliiit rit<iiii«)ii l)i'^:iii lii< pliiii* 
 liiliuii ill ilic "-iirint;" nt' I *'>'.'.'{, 'I'lic ".lniiiilliiiii" umiiIiI, no iliiiil)!. Ih< 
 (lltfil tiiil liy Im'I' iiWIM'Ix till- livliihi; ii|M)n llir <'iiii»t nt' N«-\\ Kii^liiiiil, 
 ilt^ir liii\ili;: liiiiilril III I- tV) i;,'lit at l'i»i':itiii|iiik Kivcr : mii'li jjiiiiTitl iiiliii- 
 lliiii III iii!^ i'X|iii'<.K('il ill llii' iiuli iiliiii , li\ nil ii-rri'fihinl lli;tt iIkv iiii;:til 
 |iili>iii' dial liii»iii('n,s, iiiil('|u'iii|rii(ly nt 'I'Iiiiiiimiii. it Im> iliil lint cIhmisii 
 to iN'ar |iiirt of llii* rliiir^i'. A*i it wnn altvavN ilminilili* to rt'iii'li lliu 
 lixliiii;' {{I'oiiiiiU early, liy ili*' hi nt' Mmli rrrtainly, i'oi' llii' llr<t nra- 
 Hoii lit' Ni'W Kii;;laiiil tUliinu, tlm vchm'I wniilil In* likdy to Miil w* rally 
 n-* .laimaiy.* 
 
 lixi'iy lliin;; llim't'iiri' iiiiiiliiiii'N to iiiakr it liiMioiically rritaiii tliat 
 'riiniii>oii raiiH'iivi'i' iK'nuiliii;.' tit lilt ii;;rt'i'iii«'iit inailt* in lliii* liMlciiliir<>. 
 'I'll llifMi' roiiMiiliTatiiiiiN ii may li<* mMril tliat tlin tlii'oiy wliirli Iiiih 
 rsiolnl till' marly a liiiiiiliid yraiw that 'riiuiiiMiii caiiii' uvrr in lint 
 i'iii|i|iiyini'ni nt ilic l.amni.i ( iiiii|iaiiy, — ii tlnmy |ii'iiiiiiil;.Mtcil li\ llin 
 ai'i'iini|iliKlM'il l(i'lkna|i, — has iin t'liiiinlatinii in tniili, ami hail Ikimi 
 r\|ilnilnl ImTiH'i' tin* iliHiovrry nt' thin 'riinm^nli imlintlllf. 'I'linlilHOll 
 hail nniuMil I'mm I'lsrataiina to .Ma>)«iii'liii<«cttH liny, anil Inul dii'd 
 
 tin rr, III I'lii'i' ill 
 
 iruiiia ('niii|i:iiiy was in i-xisliint' 
 
 It.'Iki 
 
 nap nil- 
 
 ilniihtrilly ai|ii|itnl tlii> tlirnry as an inl't'irncr IVniii soiih' |ta>»ap's in 
 lliihlianrs llisdiiy nt' New Knirlanil. Historical t'actH scfin ot'tcii to 
 ha\f lain, in llnlihanrs iniml, in a lousr ami cliantic form: y*-t In; ap- 
 prais to have cnint' MiiiU'where near llii! triilli, wlirii lu* HayH, " In tlio 
 
 nil tlint apiH'iirii to Imvc liecii ilono Ikto, lie liinl nrKiiiii/.i'il lii" ;;iivernini>nt 
 hcfnrc ftoiii^' Id l'iiicatii(|uu, «o tur im to cull a nii'ctiii^ of tlic iiHuiNtaiitH nt 
 I'lynininli, himI to nnlcr Ilic iirrc»t iiml trial of W'l'Hton ; ami ciinn iiftiT, on liii« 
 return to ^la^sm■llus^'lts, to issuo liix wurruiit for liin sccoiul urrcut, aiiil for llio 
 nclxiire of lii« vcnhuI. " At tlic tiiiiu I otayi'il witli M. Tiaiiion," Riiy* Lcvett, " I 
 Miirvi'vi'il im tiiifl> iix |io!>iiilili' I coiiji], tlic wiiillicr liciiij; iniHcasoiiiililc' iiml very 
 niuili Hiiow." ihiit WHS in tliv winter of lti"j;i-2t. Levell'n ligok \\m jiublinla'il 
 in 1H-.U 
 
 III the siiinnier of KlL';!, Wenton wan cnut away on tlio cnMterii const, nml, 
 Ix'iii^' stripiieil of IiIm clotlies liy (lie Iniliuiai, " f;ot to I'nxciituiiiiuck, ami 
 liorrowed n suit of clotlit'd, nml not means to come to I'lymoiitli," nays Urnil- 
 t'onl. I'liineas I'ratt also viititcil 'riiomsoii Home time iliirin^ tliiH year, nfter 
 Wesfoii'n colony liail been ilispersed tlint sjiriiitf. His narrative wan imlilislieil 
 only a few years nfo, in 1H&8. 
 
 * Captain .John Sniilli nays Hint Man^li, Aiirll, nml May, ami Seiitember, 
 Octolier, iiml NdveniluT, are the months for New lainlaml tishin^ ; June ami 
 •Inly tor fisliinj; nt Newfoiimilaml. Aiiihrose (iihhoim, in his letter to tlio 
 Laconia lu-oprietors, lit July, lO;!!!, says that the ships must lie sure " to l)e at 
 their fiNliiiif: plate the luuiimin}? of Fehniary." (A IJescription of N.K., pp. 
 17, IH; lVovimi;il I'apers relatintf to N. II., 1, HI.) 
 
 
9 
 
 yt'iir \ni''\, «omi' mrnliniif, ulNiiit IMniiniitli timl tlir «.■.( „f Kiijliml 
 
 fiflll nvt'f Ml. h;i\i<l '|'u||i«iili, II Scult'liliiiih, III Id .{ill :i IM Mitilliiili 
 iiliiiill l'ii»inl;ii|i|it," «.V<'. Itilt ill iiiiitllii'i- |)iii'l iii' lii^ lliiiliiry, ill liii« 
 iiiilrtitiili' iitnl ;.'i'iii'r:(li/!li){ wiiy, Im* miyt : — 
 
 " HiiiiH' incri'liiiiitt ami hIIht iri'iitlriiifii In tin- Mi-"! <<f Kiiul.iii'l. Iiilniiir- 
 in.' Ill tin- «'ilii"« nl' Kxrtir, Hri^lnl, ;iii>l >liii W'.liiny. iiml l.iwn^ .i|' \'\\. 
 
 iihiiiili, Itiii'i'lii'sti'i, \c Ii.kvinu iilit liiM'il |iati'iil'« l'i>i-Ki'Vi'r;il |i;it'li <if 
 
 till' I'liiiniry iif \i-w Kiiuiiiinl, . . . miikIi' nuiih' iitti-iii|it <if lif^inniii'^ li 
 |>liiiitiitiiiti in Hiiiiic |ilact> aliiiiit l'iif*i-iit;ii|iia Itivn-, almiit tln' yi'nr I't'Jl. 
 . . . Till y Mciit nvir lliiil yiiinnir Mr. DiiNid I'liciiiii-xuii, wjili .Mr. Ivlwur.l 
 
 lliitiiii iiihI Ills liiiitlit'i', Mr. NN'iiliaiii lliilun, wh.i ||.i<| I n ri<.|iii|iinui'r!« 
 
 ill l.oiiiloii, will) MiiiiH- ulliirH, tjiat c'liiii' iiluiiu \>illi th in. I'liniinlti-il with 
 iii'ciH'^.irir"* I'lir I airyiiii; mi a |i!;iiilarnin lliiTi-. I'n-^iilils 'iilnrH iiiiulil In- 
 
 Mint at'trr llniii in tin- vcarn tnllnwiiiu', ID'.' I ami I ij. 
 
 i; Miiiiic 1) 
 
 I' \\\ 
 
 nun 
 
 VVl'Ht 
 
 lirNt, ill |iriilialiility, mi/.t'il on a |ila<'i' eaiiiil tin* Lilll>' IIhiImm', dii lln 
 
 Miilt' iif l'a.Hratai|iia Itivrr, tnwanl, ur at, lln- imnitli tlii*i f; tlic IlilliiiH, 
 
 in lln iin>an Mliili*. Mctliii;; iip tlnir .sta'^f-t lii^'licr iiji tin' rivrr, towaiii llic 
 mn'tliwi'Mt, al iir aliiint a |ilai'i' ^iin'r imI1i''I Hhmt. KiiI. at ili.it iil.tir 
 (■alirii the Little llarlior, it in Muiiimtiiil, whm tiii< llrsi lioitti' Mr! up ili.it 
 was Imilt in tlmsc parts. . . . .sji' l-'i'rilin.imlo (iiir;.'i'.s aihl Captain .lolin 
 Masiiii iiii;,'lit liavi- a prim-ipal ham! in narryiii;; mi tliat iltsi^^n, liid wrii* 
 mit tlu' soli- prniniitors tln-rt-in," iVf. (pp. lt».'», 'Jll, -M.'».) 
 
 lie llirii cites tin* 1,'i'atil of tin- Cmim-il, nf .'! Nnvrinliir, lt'i.>|, In 
 crrtaiii iicrsiiiis now kmiwn tn liavi! Imi-ii iis>.ociali's in tlm '• ('nnipany 
 of Lacuniii"; wlm, iIh' yrar liftim;, hoiiii at'tiT lliat rmnpanv li.ni Imiii 
 t'lirnicd. Mi'iil liver Captain N(*iil iih jnrovenior. Ami then he prneeeilH 
 tn speak of the Shrewsliiiry prnprietors. who hail iiiipli>\iil C'.iptiiii 
 Wi;L';iiii to eany mi ihe .^etlieiiient lti;,'nii l>y the Hilimis, 
 
 III liii'^ liall'-coiijeetitral way, llnliliaiil seems here to ;rrmip to<;i>thur 
 eertiiiii porsoiiM in Kii;rluml, siinie ut' wlimii are now well known as 
 having' heeii assoeiuleil in Kt.'ln anil KJ.ll.aml a tew years tollowiii;.'- 
 in the Cmnpany of Laemiia; ami others who alimit that same perioil 
 lieeame iiitere>teil in the Hilton patent, ami to make them iiistnimeiiial 
 ill hi'ifiiniiiii/, ami earryiii;; on tor the lirst iloeailt! of years, the plaiita- 
 limis on the I'iseataipia Uiver; wlu!rea.H then' is no eviileiiee that any 
 (Hie of theso persons (if we e.xrept 'riimnMin's three partners of IMy- 
 nimith) hail any liaml in the lieiiiiiniiii; of the enterprise, or li(caino 
 interesleil till at a later perioil, when some of their names a[ipear. 
 
 Dr. IJelkiiap. who nst-il ami cites llnMiardV MS., plaeeil too miicli 
 reliance on these passHiics in that History, ami was therefore led into 
 the error which he lias handeil down, lie knew of the <fraiit to Mason 
 

 ■) 
 
 10 
 
 mill riopijcs (if 10 August. I(i2'_'. cnilii'.K'iiiy tlic territory lirtworii tlin 
 
 .Mci'lilllM'k ;(llll S;i;^i|i|;ill(H'. Me ill.-<ii UllcW tliat llliisc tWu pcfSdllS 
 
 aiitl (itlit r.> wfic iiiciiilicis (if llif ('iiiii|>;iiiy nf Liicdiiin. Ivclyini,' on 
 IIlllili!ir<rs st'ltl'IIHIll illp(»\f lilrd. lie (•(ilirlinlrd lliat tlir iriilllt of \i\'22 
 WAS ilif l.iiiipiiiii ;.'i;iiit. iiml dial tlir asxiciatrs iiMilt-r tlic name (if llic 
 C'(ini|iaiiy ot' l.acduia. lit'i;aii the scttlfiiifiits at Litlh- llarlior ami llil- 
 tdh's I'diiit, ill I(i2.'!, "ill two <ii\isidiis." * We now l<iidw tiial this 
 Cdin|iaiiy liati no iiilrrcsl in the scttlciiicnt at lliltdii's I'dint.af'lcrwanlrt 
 Dover; tliat it came into existence at a iati'r pi riod, some years after 
 liotii tiii'.-e settlements on l'iseata(|na Hiver had \\{-v\\ lie^nii ; and that 
 the ni( rehants of Slirewslmiy and IJristol also now a|)|iear for the lirst 
 time as inn'ehasers in tlie Hilton patent of 12 March, Id'J'.l-.'ill.t 
 
 What assistance the Ililtons may have n'ceiveil from private sonrco.s, 
 or who rendered such assistiinee, if any was granted, we know not. 
 This patent is to Kdward Hilton himself, reciting that he and his asso- 
 eiati's had at "their own jiroper costs and charges transported snndry 
 servants to plant in >.'c'W Knglaiid."! This shows that he wa« the prin- 
 
 * .loliii iIo-M'lyn, who jiickcil up iimny tliinus in the conntry liy lu'iirsny, ami 
 jotted thiiii ihiwii in hi.< imrnitivc in a t'onii not (liways exact, conthies tlio 
 l^iiconia jiniiil In (lor^ns alone (p. I'.l'.t). He also iiiakt'S a striiiijji' confusion 
 of {iraiits ill saying that " thi' rrovincc of Mnii, (or the country of the 'I'rii- 
 quois [Iroquois] ), heretofore called Liircniii or New ^onursctsliiir, is a colony 
 l)cloii;,nni; to the {grandson of Sir Fcnliiiaiulo (Jorges," &c. (ji. l'J7). That the 
 province of I.aconia ("so calleil," says the yoiinjicr (iorf^es, " hy reason of the 
 jjrcat lakes tluTein ") was located in the nt'ijihhorliood of the fjreat lake or 
 laki's of the Iroquois, supi)oscd to lead up from the rivers AhTriinack and 
 SajiMilahoc, with iiriviics,'! - for the estabiishiii}^ of depots on the coast, was 
 trill'. .losselyn, liowi'vtr, f^ot the notion that this province was incluiled with- 
 in the province of .Maine, from the namitivo of the yoiin^;i'r Gorges (p. 4H), 
 ■who had his own claims to establish. The " Laconia " grant, in which the 
 name first appears, was issued 17 Xovi'inher, 1()2'J ; that of " New Somerset- 
 shire " was Sir V. (iorges's division of Hi'd-), hctween the riscataqna anil 
 
 Sagadahoc, afterwards enlarged 
 
 ged, as to its interior lioundary, and confirmeii 
 
 Ly the charter of the rrovince of Maine, !} April, 1G;J'.). The na 
 
 me 
 
 I 
 
 aco- 
 
 nia 
 
 now 
 
 here appears in the history of Maine or Xew Hampshire before the 
 grant of 17 November, ItVJ'J, above mentioned, was issued. 
 
 t IJelkiiiip's N.ll., I. 8, y, ;52; Hubbard, 217, 221. The grant of 10 August, 
 1022, to Gorges and .Mason, which the proprietors intended to call the Province 
 of Maine, appears to have been a dead-letter; at least, the patentees never 
 
 covering the same terri- 
 
 made any use of it, and the Council made other grants 
 
 tory, as if it never had an existence. The Council Hecords are silent as to the 
 
 issue of such a grant, and it was wholly disregarded in the grand division of 
 
 1U2;J. 
 
 t N.E. Hist, ami Geneul, Keg., XXIV., 2G4, 2(Ju. 
 
11 
 
 cipiil |)c'rsitii wlio Ii('^;ni mihI ciiriMiMl on tlic si'ttlcmi'iit ii|t to tliat tiiui-. 
 No dill' of tlicM' |iriiiiiiii('iit i)(t>(ins ill l.diiildii IIP fl>('\vln'ri' i- iiiiiind 
 ill it, MS tliry ciM'tiiiiily woiiM liiivo Im'cii. it' tiicy Iiail liccii liis iissoi'iiitrs. 
 lie, lio\V(!Vor, sooii iit'ttu'wanl sold imt liis patfiit, or llic LtrciitiT \n\v\ of 
 it.!iii<l tlifsc piircliiiscrs siilisciinciitly sold to otli'Ts; mid lliciiwi- ln'^iii 
 to liciir of lint i»i'istol iiu'ii and tin- iiu'ii of Slncwsliiiry, nifiitioiicd hy 
 Iliililmrd, mid tlic Lords Siiy mid lirook mid tlidr iissociatLvs. I'mt. 
 winitevcr ()I)sfurity may liaiiji ovtT ihv iiistory of tlin licyiiniiiiu of tin! 
 Hilton s"ttl('m(!iit, we now know under what circiiinstaiU' -. 'riioiii-.()ii 
 licifiin liis t'litcrprisit at Little llarlior. 
 
 Wliat Ic'irriionison to fix liis mind npon I'iM'ataijiia Iviver as a plactt 
 of settlement, we are not told. Tlie selection must li ive been niMde 
 bel'ore he eniharked. Whether his oriijinal patent from the Coiimil, 
 of Hi October, 1 (i22. recited in the indenture, in any manner located tiie 
 yrant of six thousand acres, we are eipiaiiy in'iiorant. Anionic sonic 
 imperfect memoranda which I naw in the I'lililic Hecord Ollice in 
 London, drawn up ahoiit the tinut of the Restoration, and eiitillcil " A 
 ciitaloyiie of siudi pat(!nts as I know i,n'anted fl)r makiiiit plantations in 
 Xew England," is this: "1022. A Patent to David 'riiompson, ^L 
 Johe, M. Sherwood of IMymonth, for a ]>t of I'iscattowa llivcr in 
 New England."* This can hardly refer to 'riioinson's patent ahovo 
 <'ile(l, as that appears to liave lieeii issued to himself alone. It may 
 refer to some earlii'r |)roject of Thomson's, never perfected. The Ueo 
 ords of the Council tor Xew England throw no liyht upon it. If the 
 memorandum can he trusted, it shows that Thomson had knowieilge 
 of, and |)lans relating to, the I'iscataway liivef, some time before he 
 came to New Enjflaiid. 
 
 In this indenture, it will be seen that Thomson and his men are 
 "to lind out some lit place or places there" — that is, in New En^dalld 
 — "for tlu! choice of the said six thousand acres of land, accordiiiir to 
 the intent of the grant aforesaid." We may not know the precise tenor 
 of the grant to Thomson ; but no location or limitation is recited in 
 the iiuh'iiture before us. l'>y this it appears that Thomson had 
 actually gnuited one-fourth part of an island, mid had c(neiianted to 
 convey one fourth part of the six thousand acres to be selected. A\ e 
 may however well believe that the six thousand acres to be selccttnl 
 were named in that part of the indenture in possession of Thomson's 
 associates, to be taken up somewhere on the riscata(|ua River, 
 
 in 
 
 J 
 
 * These iiieinoraiiilii arc printed in tlie " ropliaui Memorial " voUinie, App. 
 
 124. 
 
12 
 
 I 
 
 i 
 
 t 
 
 iiinstuiich as snnio fviilt'iirc existed, or was* siijiposed to exist, iiuniiiy; 
 tlic I'ainilie^ nl' 'rii()inM>ii'> iiailiieis. or tlieir diMTiiiliiiits in IMviiioiitli, 
 Kiinlaml. at a later iM-riod. of claims to land where he settled. This 
 iippeais in a postM ript to a letter of Cotton Mallier to (leor<;o 
 Vaiiuhan. (hiled ;! Manh. I7()S. in whieh lie says: '-When my l)arent 
 lay at I'lyiiionth. hound for New Knirland, on >rarch 'J I. KV.Il-'i, .Mr. 
 Sherwell. a luiniNier then lixini;- there, told him that his lirandfather 
 and one Mr. Coleman [Colmer] an<l another had r patent for that 
 which j\lr. Ma.-.on pretended unto at Pascataipiii. You may d(» well 
 to en(|nire further <'oneerninir it."* 
 
 If we had any u;ood ffrounds for supposing that tlu- covenants in tlm 
 indenture had heen consummated and the proportion of land aifreed 
 iipon actuiilly conveyed, this reference would seem more naturally to 
 jtoint to such an instrument of conveyance. It i.s not improhahle that 
 the island nanie(l was more delinitely descrihed also in the counterpart 
 to this indenture specifyinj;' Thomson's covenants, which arc said to be 
 "more plainly and at large " set forth there. 
 
 After the landing of himself and his- men, and locating his grant, 
 Thomson was to proceed to "build some houses or buildings for habi- 
 tation, on which they arc to begin with as much cxi)edition as may 
 be." 
 
 If this agreement between Thomson and his partners reveals the 
 whole strength of material for building up this colony in the wilder- 
 ness, his resources at the eomniencement of the enterprise! must have 
 been small. Four men were to <ro over with Thomson in the "dona- 
 than." and three more were to be provided that year. Nothing is 
 said aliont wives or families, and nothing dcHnite as to how the future 
 supplies necessary for the plantation shall be provided, or the extent 
 of the provision to be made ; only tliat each shall bear his share of the 
 expenses according to the contract, and receive his share of the land 
 and jirotits at the end of iive years, when accounts are to be rendered 
 and a linal settlement made. Wlu'tber Thomson could employ re- 
 sources of his own, if he had any, outside of this agreement, we do not 
 know. The Records of the "Council for New Kngland," already cited, 
 under date of 3 December. 1(522, eleven days before this indenture was 
 signed, say : " ^Ir. Thomson propoundelh to have order from the 
 Council for transportation of 10 persons with the provisions for New 
 England, And the persons .so transported to pay the Council the 
 usual rate for theii- transportation, after the expiration of two years." 
 
 * Belknup's N.II., III. 340. 
 
13 
 
 No Ciirtlici' iMiticc ill tlic Ilccdid-, i>, tjikcii (if lliis |iru|Mi»iii(iii. ainl 
 prolijilily iiotliiii^ (Mine nt' it. 
 
 'riimnsmi (■oiitiiiiifil to live at I'i.sciitiiiiiui till KVJf!; at It':i>t. Iir i> 
 
 iiiitl ii> li!iviii;i 111 
 
 tiTid 
 
 Ml 
 
 liiivini: ^oiiir iixtnl 
 
 rrfi'iTt'il f(i iiy I) rail find as liviiiir tlicrr tiini 
 into ('oiii|K-tiiiiiii with tli*> I'lyiiiiuitli |ii'ii|ilc 
 jfiioiU Sold lit Mi)iilirj,'aii, at tlic hnakiiiir up u\' a ttiii|ioiMr\ li>liiiii{ 
 st'ttlt'iiii'iit tliort'. Ill a |i<titioii of liis son .loliii in H'. Is. Ur -ays 
 tliat liis fatlit'r in ami ahmit tlm year Hi^tl foolv posMs^ion of liic 
 islaml in IJoston llarlior licariiiif Iiis iiaiiic. and tlicrt' cn-ctcil a lialiita- 
 tioil.* So lie sociiis to liavi' lived at l'i>cata(|iia tlircc years, at lea>t ; 
 iiut tlic lilinipsfs of liiiii duriiiif tliat, time are very iiifieipieiit. We 
 hear of liiin the lirst year he eame a iiiinilter of times. lie visited 
 I'lyiiioiith once ill flic summer of 1 Ciii.'), when Staiidish returned fnnii 
 an expedition in search of food for the colony. What a uratefiil Mr- 
 vice Winslow would have rendered us, if he had driven lissome account 
 of Thomson's .settlement, which perhaps Standi>li had visited I I'mt 
 we know not the mime of a siiiirle person that composed that settle- 
 ment exci'pt Thomson himself and his wife. lie <lied, as is supposed, 
 "aliout K'll'S," leaviiiif a wife and an infant son. 
 
 Iluhliard — alas I t lie only authority — says that the Ililtons came over 
 with Thomson ; and it has heeii supposed that Ilulihard was ac- 
 tpiainted with the Ililtons, and had an opportunity of iiiformiiiLr him- 
 
 self. IJut h 
 
 sadly errs respecting, 
 
 Will 
 
 lain 
 
 Hilt 
 
 on, at least 
 
 anil we 
 
 (ind no mention of the name of either of the hrotliers in connection 
 with the ship '* .lonathan," in which Tlioiiison came. Kdward niiuht 
 
 have eonie over on his own account, either in 
 
 tlii.-^ 
 
 up or ill the 
 
 r 
 
 rovitlence, 
 homson's men 
 
 soon to follow. lie would hardiv have come as one of 
 
 The first atitlientio inforniation of Edward Hilton's preseiico here is 
 piven hy liradford, who says he contrihiited, in 1<)2S, I'l toward the 
 Thomas ^lorton atlliir. The various patents issued hy the Council for 
 New England furnish much valnal)le and exact information as to the 
 steps already taken, or what was intended to he done hy the patentees, 
 
 ('(airse, 
 
 toward the settlement of the places or territory ^^raiited. Of 
 all this information would be furnished hy the petitioner to his counsel, 
 who drew up the original application ; and the statement would he likely 
 to 1k! drawn as favorably as the facts would warrant. Where a[)pli- 
 caiits for a grant had been living a number of years, more or le-s, on 
 the spot, or in the country, such term of residence was usually cited 
 
 t 
 
 » 
 
 * Muss. Col. Kcc, III. 129, laO. 
 
■Mm 
 
 i; 
 
 I 
 
 
 !i! 
 
 
 M,^ 
 
 % 
 
 4 
 
 14 
 
 as n niiisidcrntioii in tlu' pMlmt. In tlic L'l'Miit In AValtrr I5,ii:iim1I, 
 
 il W.l^ >;iiil lIlMl III' lltnl li\iil in \r\V KhLil.MMl '■fur the S|i;iri' of 7 
 
 } 
 
 ('ills. 
 
 .Inlin Siriiiton "li.iil jisrd in New Kniilaiul these .'I vears 
 
 Ia^<t past." &.i\ Alilwortli ami Kllnidife had. liy their servants, " inhalt- 
 iled I'lir the >|iaee of three years last [past." In the patent to N'ines and 
 Oldham, im Saen Uiver. it is said that Oldham and "his servants havn 
 for these >i.\ years now last past lived in New l'ai;ih»nd ■•it'orcsaiil." 
 Oldham had lieen at I'lyinouth. In the patent to 'I'honias Canimoek, 
 and in that to IJichard I}rad>haw, it is recited that tliev had heeii 
 
 i\ mil:' there 
 
 some vears 
 
 hef 
 
 ore 
 
 The Coliowinjr is the IanLjiiai;t' used in Hilton's patent: " For and in 
 consideralion that Kdwanl Hilton and his associates hath already, at 
 his and their owne proper costs and chari;es, transpor'ted suiulry servants 
 to plant in New I'lnyland aforesaid, at a place there called hy tlm 
 natives Wecanacohimt, otherwise Hilton's I'oint, 
 doth further intend . 
 
 am 
 
 1 for that h 
 
 . to transport thither more jicople and cattle." 
 This is hardly the laiu,niajfe that would he useil. if Hilton had been on 
 the spot seven oi- any consideralile nuinher of yeai's ; and is of the saini! 
 li'cneral import as that in the jjrant to the Laconi.a associat«'s, .'5 Nov 
 her. 10;!!, alter they had lieen a year or two in operation. 
 
 William Hilton came to IMvmonth in 1(!21, in i\\v *' Fortun(( " : 
 
 em- 
 
 liis 
 
 wif(! and two children came in l(i:?.'i, in the "Anne." \\\ i(i27 they had 
 left, and, if his brother Edward was then livin<; at Dover, it wonld he 
 natural to snppos(^ that ho joined him ; but. tlioni;li he is subsecpiently 
 found in that iieiifhborhood, I believe he camiot \m traced as havinj; 
 lived either at Dover Neck or at Coehero. Neither his name nor that 
 of Edward is alfixed to tlu; " Dover Combination," of 2U October, 1640. 
 
 We have no means of knowing any of the circumstances attendiiiif 
 the ab.andonment of the Little Harbor plantation by Thomson. Hub- 
 bard says his removal was "out of dislike either to the pl.ioo or his 
 employers." * Whether his I'lymouth partners had previously with- 
 drawn, or whether they yet contiimed tlieir interest j and whether any 
 of Thomson's men still kept the settlement alive till the arrival of 
 Neal and (Jibbons and others, in lO.'JO, for the La(!onia associates, — are 
 matters yet uncertain. That there was a setth inent somewhere at 
 " Pascatacjuack," besides Hilton's, in 1G28, appears by the contribution 
 
 * Witli liis usiiii! wnnt of iicuuracj', Ilubliard says that Tlioniaon rcinoved 
 down iiito Massachusetts Bay within u year after Ins landing at Little Harbor, 
 (p. lOo.) 
 
15 
 
 |i;iii| linn yriir tiiw.inl tins iIi;ii'l;i' uC cxpcllin',' 'rimiiiiis Miu'Ichi I'loiii 
 .Mcny .Miiimt. ( )t' cinii'^c. iliin was a \n|iinlaiv I'lHitriliiilioii. ami not 
 a |ii'o|iorlioriatr lc\ y. 'I'lic aiiniiiiit ^uli-icrilinl at l'lymi>iii!i was Imt a 
 Miiall part of her cliiiriir. •• It cikI iis a j.'ri'at tlral iiinri'." says I5rail- 
 lunl. 'I'licy (■(illt'ctrtl wliat liny cuiiM. We know of no oiIkt sctilf- 
 MH lit on till' rivt'i' at lliis i|al<', r\ci'|)t lliat ot' Ivlwanl Hilton, ulio 
 aUo contrilMit)-!!, ami it sirins rrasoiialili' to liclirM' that liilll>' llailior 
 was intcndcil liy " l'ascata(|M.'ii'k." * I'rincr IkmI somr ividi hic iliat in 
 llic year I li.'.l llic inlialiitanis on I'i->('al ii|iia UImt cnltTcil into a roni- 
 liinatioii for crrctiiiir a <,'o\friiiin'nI anion;; tlirinsclvt's : Imt it was of 
 " nnct-rtain aiitliority," and he placed Imt littlr coiiiiilriicc in it. 
 
 I'nirorm triidition appears to Iiave desiifiiateil Utile Ilailtor, or a 
 point of land now called ( )(liorne's I'oint, on tlie west side of I'iscala- 
 <|na Hiver, at its month, as the spot on which 'riioni>oii lir>t xtlied. 
 'I'liis is coiiliriiied l»y lliililiaid, >o far as to naiuin;: " I.iitle ilarlior" 
 as tli(^ place. liitthf llarhor takes its name from the hody of water 
 on the soutli sid(! of tlm "(Ireat Island." and north of the pcniiisnla of 
 which ()di()riu''s I'oint forms a part. This pcniiisnla. <'onsi^till•f of 
 alioiit li\i' linndred acres of land, is now included in the town of li\v. 
 "Odiorne's I'oint" is ii comparatively 'noderii designation. A family 
 of the name of Odiorne has for a nninher of ^eiieralion-. lived on the 
 peninsula. From the records of New Hampshire, under the daKf of 
 I7ii| .and I7()'>. It seems then to havw horiie the name of " Rande/.voiis 
 I'oint." At tlio time of the celehratioii of the two hundredth 
 aimiversiiry of tiie settlement of New Hampshire in lS2o, more than 
 lifty years ago, the knowlcdtre ami traditions which then exi>te(| rehit- 
 iiii; to this spot wert; brought tojicther ; and were well -.iinmiarizeil in 
 Adams's Annuls of Portsmouth, pp. K-ll, puhli.-hed two years after- 
 ward. 
 
 This reifioii was earlv, and for many years poiitinued to he, called 
 
 I'.i 
 
 iscataway, or Pascataipia. — the name 
 
 )f tl 
 
 le river covcrinif a 
 
 II the 
 
 setileiiieiits u|)(»n it. Christopher Levett apparently yives the nanu; of 
 "I'aimaway" to Thomson's place. — a name not preserved. Had lu? 
 not soon after spoken of "a i;reat river ami a good liarhor calleil I'as- 
 
 cattawav, 
 
 about two Kinrlish miles further to the east." I should not 
 
 he>itate to say that ** I'annaway " was a misprint for I'ascataway. As 
 the jilaces on both sides of the river bore the same name, it may have 
 
 ,1 
 
 41 
 
 * 1 Mass. Hist. Coll., III. (i;J. The contribution was the saiiii; as that of 
 i'lymouth, X2 10s. The solitary Bluxtou contributed lUs. 
 
n 
 
 
 r. 
 
 ;■; \ 
 
 ^1 
 
 1() 
 
 cmiHcil sDiiii* I'oiiriixidii ill lii-i iiiiml, or lie iiny liavr iiiinlr ii cli'iii'iil 
 ciTiir ill lii>t ciiicriini- >'"' iiiiiiit' ill lii> Journal.* 
 
 Ililkiiap say-i llint " l/ittic llarimr " was so rallt'ii liy llu' lirst set- 
 tlers, I tiiiil no conlii'inatioii nt' t|ii> siatciiunt. In all tin- IctttTH 
 ami (lociiinciits now incscrvcil, iflatinif to tin' ('oni|»«iiy of Fiticoniii, 
 " liitllr ilarlior" is not niriiiionrd. 'I'licir iIiitc houses (or fai'torics or 
 trailing; posts) are desrrilieil as liein;^r at l'as('alai|iia (Little llarlior), 
 Sirawlieny I5aiik. ami Newicliewtiiiiek ; tlioinih •• I'aM'atai|iia." as I liavo 
 alreaily said, continiieil to lie used to einliraee all tlie plaees on tlit) 
 I'iver.t In an inteiestin;,' iiiap of tlie " I'rovineeof Mayiie and Mason's 
 patent." recently pnlilislied in a voliinii! of "Oriifiiial Doeiiineiits" relat- 
 ini.' to New llainpsliire. liy .lolin S. .lemiess, Ksi|., — supposed to liavo 
 heeii drawn aiioiit tlie V<'ar l(i.')."». — tlie name *' Little I larhor " is iilvcil 
 to tlie spot on wliicli 'I'lionisoii is supposed to lia\f first settled. 
 
 Iliililiard says that at '"the Little Ilarlior. it is supposed, was tl 
 
 10 
 
 lirst house set up, 
 and some 
 
 that 
 
 ever was 
 
 built 
 
 in those parts: the ehimney 
 
 part of the stone wall is standiiij^ at this day [Ki.'^n], ami 
 certalnlv was it which was called th"ii, or soon after. Mason Hull, 
 liecaiise to it was annexed three or four thousand acres of land, with 
 intention to erect a Manor o!' Lordship there, accordiiiii' to tht! (aistoiu 
 of Kiii;land ; fi»r by conscait of the re.>t of the undertakers, in somo 
 after division, that parc<d of land fell to his share; and it is mentioned 
 as his propriety in his last will and testament, by the iiamc of Masuii 
 Ilall.-t 
 
 Uy the first "house." sul)se(pient writers have supposed that tlm first 
 habitation Wiis inti'iideil, and that a large mansion was built by Thom- 
 son on his landing; tin* same that was subseipiently occupied by Neal 
 in l(i.'5(),aml known as "Mason Hall." Hubbard gives coiinteiiiuiee to 
 this ide;i, so far as to say that " the agents of Sir Ferdinando Gorges and 
 Captain Mason, with the rest, had by their order built an house, mid done 
 soniel'aing also alioiit salt-works, .some time before the year Ki.'lO." 
 Hubbard infers the agency of Gorges and Mason, from tlu^ mention 
 of a house and salt-works as already on the place, in the indenture, above 
 cited, of '■> November. Ki-'Jl. There seems to be some evidence that 
 the agents of the Company of Laconia occupied a house at I'iscataipui, 
 that had been built before they came over. In a dejiosition of William 
 Seavy, aged about seventy-five years, in l()7(j,lie says he eanie over to 
 
 * See Coll. Maine lirst. Sdc, II. 711, 80. 
 
 t See l'n)viii('i;il raners rcliitiiii; to X. II., iip. 01-117. 
 
 \ History of New Knglaml, ^14, 215. 
 
17 
 
 llir I-Ic III" Sliuiils u|K)ii u lisliiiiu iircoiiiit. iiltoiit a ymr iM't'oic Xml 
 left llii' <iiiiiiiiv (ill It;;;.;); miil lie wuh rrjMlililv iiit'tdiiu'il tlmt Nciil, 
 wlicii Im ciiiiii' over ill KI.'KI, *• liv(!<| in u Inmsr in Mttlt- llailMiiii-. i.C 
 l'isciUii(|,i. wliiih hy I'liiniiidii r(|ioit wan rniincily Imilt liy mmih' imr- 
 cliiiiils. itc. (it" I'lymimtli. in Kii;,'laiiil." Also, in a rcciial iiiailc l>y tiio 
 
 Cuiiiiril nt' New I lampsliirf. in KIHl nHJHtiii;; (if Iticlmnl Wilijfni, 
 
 I'lcsidt-nt, and oIIuts. wIio went (I|i|misc<1 to Mason'M claim, fluv nay 
 tliat " llie vast t'N|ifiis(' of csttitc." as claiincd to liavt* licrn niadc liy .lolin 
 Mason, in tlic sctllfincnt of New llainpsliin', "is mostly, if not incirlv. 
 a pirlfnci'. All liiiiisi' ivus hiri'il In llils jnnriwi; Imt liic disiimx'incnts 
 laid out well' cliiflly in the iifijiliiiorim,' Province of Mcyn, on tlir oilier 
 side of tlie riv(M-, and for carryiii<r on an Indian trade in l/aconia, in all 
 wliicii his 1,'randfallier was hut a partner, however he would appear 
 amon;jst us as scde proprietor."* 
 
 That 'riioinson during his three years' resideiict! at Litlle llarlior 
 hy assistance of his partners. l)nilt a larj^e house there, and h'ft it when 
 lie went to Massachusetts Hay, Ih eiM'taiiily possihle.f Hut that Tliom- 
 8011. or anyone after him. Imilt a house there, known as " Mason Hall," 
 is extremely improhahle. Iluhhard evidently got his notion of " .Ma- 
 
 * Jeniio»s'« ()ri)j;iiiiil Dociiiiu'iits, pp. 10, ti"J, ti:i, 100. 
 
 t A reference to Ciiptaiii Masim's lioiise at liiltle Ilarlior, once <)c<'ii|)i(Ml 
 by Neal, is toiiiid in a deposiiion l)y Miijnr KolK-rt I'ikc, iinc(l almiit einlily- 
 ei^lit years, in 1704. lie "tesliHetli and saitii that lie was well ac- 
 'inuinted witii ('apt. Waller Neal, .Mr. Henry .Jusseiyn, ( 'apt. Francis Norton, 
 .Mr. Sampson liane, when tliey lived at I'iscatatiua almve titty or sixty years 
 I>ast, at v,'lii(!li time they lived at I'lscatatpia in tlie rifjlit of Capt. Jolin Mason, 
 and were Hj;ents (an was reported coimnonly) for liiin or liis heirs, and that 
 ('apt. Neal liv.'d in the Stone house at the inoiitli of ris(!ita(|na river, of 
 l:\\v ealleil Little Harhor, and was always called Capt. Mason's Stone iioiise ; 
 iiiiil that some time since one Mr. (iee lived in said house in the ri^ht 
 of ('apt. .Mason; ami that afterwards Joseph Mason, ajient for Mrs. Ann Mason, 
 widow of said Capt. Mason, lived at saiil house, nt the mouth of the river 
 aforesaid, in l{i<;lit of said Mrs. Ann Mason, aforesaid ; and that this Deponent 
 lodjfed one ni^tht in said iionse with said Mr. Joseph Mason, he lieinj; employed 
 hy said Joseph Mason to assist him in Mr. Mason's aHiiirs, aliove lifly years past," 
 &e. (I'rov. Tajiers relating to N. 11., Vol. 11. rvlO, .VH.) Major Kohert I'ika 
 was, nodoiiht, a most respectable pi'rson, and would testify to the best of his 
 knowled{;e and belief; ami there is no reason to <iuestion his statement that bo 
 lodf;etl one ninht with Jo.sepli Mason in ii bouse at Little Harbor. Hut he could 
 not have l)een acquainted with ('aptain Walter Neal, as Neal left the country 
 two years before I'ike came over here. What he says about Neal was from 
 liear.siy ; and the most distant period of which he deposes, "si.xty years," 
 would take him buck only to 1044, long after Henry Josselyn bud left 
 I'iseutuquu. 
 
 8 
 
 
 V' 
 
IH 
 
 r 
 
 m 
 
 r. 
 
 t I 
 
 wtii I lull " rniiii MiiHim's will, niiidf slinrlly Im Inn' his dratli, in wliirh 
 lie i|isi;iiiiilr.s liisuliidc jrnilit nf N'lW I liiMi|isliin' as '• my niiiiit v of 
 Ni'W Ilimi|isliin'. or .Miisoii Hall": or. in anntln r plai't', " my 'onnty 
 of New llani|i>liiii'. or Munnor of Ma«on Hall." lit- Hnins. in on«) 
 part of this inNirunicnt. to iMqiiialh to his <:ian(lchil(l. Kolicit 'I'nfton, 
 "my inannornf Ma^on Mall." us tlio\iiih it was homt- cstalt- well known 
 within his ufant ; aial then, aftrr other li»'(|ucMtH, all tin* rcsiijni' to 
 John Tnfton. If any npfcial iilacr i> litre intciiilfd. there are no meaiiH 
 of htcatinj;; it hy the tleHcii|ition, as the name is not foinal in any eon- 
 temporary letter or tloeiinieiit, as applieil to any speeial house or 
 domain. 
 
 Ahont the y.iir \(]7\). Kohert Tiifton Mason — who sneceeded as heir 
 on llie death of his hrother John — presented one of his many oaHeH to 
 pro\e his title to New Hampshire. He recites that his am-estor erected 
 H fort on ( Ireat Island. " and monnted it with ten <<nux for the defence of 
 the said islanil and river, and also, in't/ii'ii f/ii- sulil rlrrr, tit ii plnri' imio 
 culled J'ortsiiiont/i, he liuilt diverHO jjooil houses, whereof one wjis ii 
 very f..ir and larjje honse of moik^ luid timlier, iind hy him called 
 IMason Hall, encompassed hy ii ditch and stroiijir pallisade." &,v., and 
 witli ahoM) (Hiu tlioiisaiid acres of improved nieudow j^round.* Now 
 
 ♦ Ji-nnexs's Original Docinni'iits, ji]). W, 78, 
 
 NO iiKire anlrustwortliy sourci's of int'orniation relative tn^tlu' curly xettle- 
 nu'Ht of Ncsv llanipsliirc can well lie fouail tliim the viirious petitions iniil 
 " nisi's " «et forth liy anil in liehidf of Koliert Tafton Mason, reHpectinjt liiit 
 eliiiin to this territory. Of coarse he hail to rely for information mostly on 
 jirivate testimony ami tnulition, as lie was bat a child when his ^rrandfuther died ; 
 mill, liesiiles, lie liiul a " ease " to make oat, Kven the dates to the several 
 ({riiiits of Iiiiiil 'i> Jolin Masun, whieli his eoiinsel had means to verify, art* 
 frequently wronj,', anil what was (loiu> imiler them was often stranm'ly misstated. 
 Ill a ]iniicr dniwii ii]i about the yiar 1(17!', we read " that in the yi'ar lfll'".i the 
 said .John Mnsoii did si'iul over several servants and iiassenjfers to be tenants, 
 with store of cattle, |)rovisioiis, and necessaries, unto his hinds at Cape Ann, and 
 did liaild sundry houses and s(>t up the trade of fishery u]ioii that const, and em- 
 ]>loyeil for his steward there Ambrose Gibbons, ((eiitleiiiau, who eontiiiueil there 
 until the year 1(180, at wiiich time the Massachusetts colony violently sci/ed 
 a]K)u that part of the imiviiu'c, strelchiun their bounds three miles to tlie nortli- 
 wiird of Merriuiaek Uivor, and turiiid the servants and tenants of the said .lohn 
 Mason out of their possessions, under pretence of tt eliarter from liis late Majesty, 
 Kinj,' Charles, in 1()28." It would be difflcult to find elsewhere in so small a 
 space, except among Robert Mason's own papers, so many errors as are con- 
 tained in this extract. 
 
 Probably with equal truth it is said, in a jmjier drawn up in I07i">, that .John 
 Mason, after beinu at Newfoundland about two years, " received orders t'nan 
 his Majesty to visit that part of America now called New Eufiland, who, 
 
19 
 
 iIh' liniisi' tliiH (h'HcrilM'd wan tliiit lalliil tin' •• ( Ircat I loii^i'." nt Siimw- 
 Itcrry Hank, Hikiil to Intvr Imch Iniilr liy ('li:iillioiirii<-, in Hl.'H. Tlii-., 
 
 lit' ill*' tlllTf linllorH ('inilXi'H, US iiiHtiimili''l|ri| I'i'oin liinl'i' liuilltili' ihvi'lU 
 in*.'>) ill |M)sHi's<.iiiti (It till' ('utit|i:(iiy <it' l.iii'niiia, wan tlir iiinii iintiil 
 ill llir liistory of tint l'isiM(ai|iiii "ittli'iititilH. It siiiml I'ur a lun^ 
 tliiu', iiml wiiH (if('ii|iit'i| liy sonic wi'Il-kimwn iht^uim, 'I'lii^ Imil \\w 
 best claim tu Im> rallt'il a Maimr IIniMr; iiml. if llii>i wiit iIiii> ilrsi^- 
 iiatod, tlu! oiii' itiiilt. at liittio llarliiM iilil lianllv liaM' liunii' tint 
 
 naiiii'. i'riihaltiv tl 
 
 u' iiaiiio was iirvcr apiilicil to ntlur. 
 
 'I 
 
 'I'lii' prci'isi- tiini; <if Tlioinsoirs ijcalli is not known, l-'imn tlio 
 pt'titioii of liis sou .loliti to tilt' (it'nci'a! Coiiit of MaHiacliiioitts, in 
 ICilH, lio siiys tliat liis futliiir, in or alioiil tin* year It'iL'Ci. took po^sis. 
 sion of tli(> island Itcariii^ liis iiaint>. Itiiilt a lialtitation tlit'if, and dii'd 
 
 soon at'ttT, Icavini; tlio son an infant ; " who, 
 
 .ay: 
 
 tl 
 
 K! ncoiil 
 
 so soon 
 
 i 
 
 t<i'ri'tlu'r with Sir Fenlinaiitlo (Jdrtjcs, iniiilo ii voyjiui' iiliinj,' flint roust, in Anno 
 I'll'.!, iiinl at tliuir ri'tiirn lor I'ai^rluinl jfuvc liis Miijcsty n satisfactdiT iiccoiint 
 liotli of tlii'ir voyani' am! (•oiinlrv." Tlit' stati'iiK'nl that John Ma-mn spent " iip- 
 wai'ils of twenty ihoiisiiml poinnls " t<i\varils the alliiirs ot' New I'an^lanil is proli- 
 alily of a piece with soineot'his other alle;;ations. This would he ei|iiivalent to 
 live times that suni to-ilay. It is not pmhahle that he spent a fiiurth pai'l of 
 it, or that he ever hail stieh ii siiin at his disposal. Mason's prinrlpul expen- 
 diture over here was as a partner in the fiiiconia Company, of which he wa« 
 one of some ten assoeiates. After the (livisiini of Mol, he sent over two mills, 
 and some men to set them up on his own land, on the easti'rn or mirth eastern 
 side of the river (the Miiiiie side). Ilow largely he eoiitinued his expenditures 
 from this time up to the time of his death, we have no means of knowing. Tliey 
 were prohahly ineonsiderahle. In IH.'JI, he wrote to (lilihons : " I Imvc dis- 
 liursed a tfeat deal of money in the plantation, and never received one penny ; 
 liiit hope, if there were a discovery of the hikes, that I should in some reason- 
 ahle time he reimhursed anain." Ilubliard (p. 'J'iti) says that .Mason had no 
 opportunity " to send over the seventy families, which some to this day allirin he 
 enj;aj;ed to do." See Jemiess's Drif^inal \> icuments, pp uo, 77 ; I'rov. Ixecoids 
 of N. II., [. ;{22. 
 
 * In October, 1()37, Vines, Josselyn, and Warncrton, as aj^ents of some of the 
 Tiacoiiia associates, {jranted to Francis Matthews "all that parcel or [lort ion of 
 lands in I'iscatnway Kiver, lying upon the north-west side of the Great Island, 
 commonly called Muskito Hall, \w\\\^ a neck of land by estimation one hundred 
 acres or thereabouts." The location of this grant was on the Great Island it- 
 self, the present town of New Castle; and it was reconveyed in lOoil and in 
 Hit'il, under the same name. (See Provincial I'apers relating to N.II., I. 'J8, '.19 ; 
 N. II. Hist. Soc. Coll., VIII. l-2(», Vl-1.) At this day, a spot a few rods north- 
 west of the present " Wentworth " hotel is callcil " Musiiuito Ilall," though 
 this must be some distance from the location of the grant. 
 
'iO 
 
 r 
 
 m 
 
 j-i 
 
 if 
 
 iiM lu' fiinio to njro. <1i'l niiikc lii'* riaim llirirn riy. uimI now nirniii. 1,\ lii<« 
 hikiil |iililiciii, to \\\\n Ciiiiil." ulio yiiiiilnl iIk' i'-liiml to him uimI lii> licii'M 
 lor ••viT. Siimiul .Mavcriik i»tlilt'<l lii* ti'H»iiiioiiy i|j» to llir ynir HL'!'.;* 
 mill .loliiiMiii MiVM lliat 'riioiiiHoii UHxiNtni .Mum lii'k ill ImiMiii;; ii tort 
 
 upon NoiIiIIc'k iMliiiul. Anions llii iiliilmtois to ilic cxiiniMCH of 
 
 r;i|itiiiiii^ iiiiil ii'iiioviiii.' 'riioiiiiis .Morton, of .Mnry Moiini. in Itl^'M, 
 tin- iiiiiiii< of " .MiH. 'I'lioni^oii " ii|i|MiirH. So llntt wi- iii:iy infrr tliat 
 lii>r Im^ltiiiid WHS ilnitl at iIm' time hIic Hithnci-ilinl. I know of no oihtr 
 tliita. Savajfc say» lie ilicil "ulMuit lii'JH." 
 
 I iiii liiii' to tlu- o|iinion that .lolin 'riioinson. tlir hoii. \vu>< liorii at 
 Littif ilurlior, and wan lii'oii;r|it. an int'ant, lo lii.s inw lioiiu- on tint 
 iriliiiitl. My naMiiis iii'«' lliror. I)a\iil 'I'Iioiuhoii wuh liviiii; at Vin- 
 i-alai|iia in Ili'.'Ci, and joiniil tlic I'lyiiioiitli |MM)|ilt' in a Iradiiii; voya;;)) 
 to Monlii ji^an in llit- Kiiiiinifr or aiitiimn, an I int<-r I'loni lliadt'ord. of 
 tiiat yiar. So lliat. if In- lift tlini' tliat yrar. it niii^t liiiVf lirni in llui 
 latter |iail of it. 'I'lii! year, an it was tln-ii calrulatfd, iic;;aii and ciidid 
 ill .Mai'i'li. It was dt'siraliN! to show that |Hisst'Hsioii of tlit* island w'iih 
 taken at as early a period as thu fa<'ts would warrant ; and tlu; son 
 says that it was "in or aiioiit the year l<">2li." In the reeoril of tho 
 Court ahove cited, iSIay, l<i|H, it is >aid that .loliii TIioiiimiii made his 
 
 aim 
 
 so soon as he U'eainc of a;L;e," and it savs also that li 
 
 did 
 
 anil now 
 
 make his elaiiu /*//■«/('/•///," — that is, some time previously, - 
 ayaiii." The Court would not Iki likely to yield to siieli a pt'tilion with- 
 out serious eoiisideratioii, attended with delay. They were jeiiloiis of 
 
 I'laims 
 
 not hased on their own ^iraiits, and the island had thirteen vears 
 
 liefore been granted to the town of Dorehester. If his first petition, tho 
 exaet dato of which is waiitiiifj, hud liecii made only two years hotoro 
 tilt) present pi-titioii, it would <,'ive |(!2.') as the year lu! was horn. 
 
 In tl 
 
 le year 
 
 IC).")!). 
 
 some cnrioiis depositions were maile conciMMiiii 
 
 Thomson's Island. William Ticvore testilied that thu island was 
 formerly called " Island of Trevour," which he took possession of ill 
 Id ID, "and declared the same, as the ett'ect of my proceL'diii).'s, to .Mr. 
 David Thomson, in liondon, on which information said Tlioinsou 
 olttaineil a ;;rant and patten" of It. William IMaxton testilied that ho 
 heard old Mr. Thomson airirm that he had a patent for the said 
 island, and that tliose tiiat put ho<;H on it did it by his cuiisent. Miles 
 Staiidish testified "that in the year Ki'iO I came into this country, .iiiil 
 1 take it in the same year I was in the Massachusetts Hay with 
 William Trevoyre, and then being upon the island lying near Dorchos- 
 
 * liliikc'u " Aiuiiilh of tilt' Town of Dorclicster," p. bl. 
 
91 
 
 tiT, nilli'it til)' Hiiiil iHliiml 1^1. iml Trcviivrf, , , . Knitliir, I •'iiii riotilV 
 tliiit Diisiil 'I'll •Mionii Nliowni iiic a very iiiM'iiMit |iiiti'iii, mill llmt I*!)- 
 'I'Im'Iii'.imi whs ill it, Itiit llh> (••nil'* ol' it I I'liiiiiitt ti ini'iiilii'i," 'I'Ik* 
 Sii^iiiiiori* III' Au'ifawiiiii li"«tilii'il tliit "ihllir yiiir l*'>r.i. nr tlirii- 
 iiIioiiIh," III' wi'iil liiiiixi'ir wiili Mr. h.iviil riiiiiii»uii, iiml lonk ihiomh* 
 ttloi) of llu' i>«liiiiil lirl'oii' h(»rrln'>.tt'r. \i.* 
 
 William Trevor*', will) wi'iii-* to Iiiim' foiirottcii tin' yi'iir ln'iin-iviil in 
 N'l « I'.iiuiiiiiil, ciimt' oMT ill till' " .Miiyllowtr " in I l'>'.*'i. im k m:iiii hi. 
 Iiiml to stay in tin- nimitiy unit yi-ar. lie tlu-n \vi ni hark, Imi ^nli- 
 M<'i|ni'ntly minli' voyiii;i's to MitsNiu'linoi'tlo. 'I'lir liint vi»it tlic I'il^iiniH 
 miikIi' to llo.xtoii {[ai'liiir wan in Sc|iiriniii'i. liiJI, ami Stanili^li wa^ 
 III' tlir party, ami 'I'ri'vorr may liavi' liiiii ut llir iiiiiiiIhi'. That i<« tin' 
 
 rai'lii-Ht |ii'rioi| at whii-h Siamli-h ami h mjil ha\)' in rii tiKntlnr 
 
 nil TlioiiHiiir<« l'<litml. 'I'lixoi'i' nil) ihi'ii, on hit n ini n. Iiasc i:i\ i-n 
 tin- intiirination to 'I'homsun to which hr ri I'l-nt, wliirh |< i| to hi- |)i'o- 
 riiriii;; ii ;;nint of ihr i>laii<l t'loin tlu' Conmil of New Kn;rlaml. 
 |{la\toii'.H ti'stiiminy is inliii'siin;.', as showing hi- a<'.|Maiiit imc with 
 Thomson, wliih' tho rorimr wa- llir solitary irsiilinl ol' Shawiiuil. 
 It shows iil-o that Thomson rlaiimil llir i>laml iiixlrr a jjrranl I'loni 
 tint Coiinril. 'I'hi- .Miissurliiisi'ttH Colony woiilil imi |iriilial>ly havo ac- 
 knowli'tl;,'('il Kiii'li a claim, lint wniiM ho ilisjioscil to rii.Mi<l hi- caily 
 rcsiilcni't- ami pos-cssioii as ciitillinir his son, ihroii<rh him. to <'oii-ii|ri'a- 
 tioii, as they iliil in lint ctsc ol Kiaxton. The memory ol' the ohl 
 '• Sajiamori' of A;,'i,'iiwain " (jiiitc ilcscrts him in the maitcr of dates. 
 
 If Thoiiison'H Ishinil was that iiaim-il in this imlcnnirc. nt' whii h 
 III! hail <;raiit('il oni'-foiirtli part to his partners, it ini<;ht he tiskeil 
 whether Tlioiiison may not have removeil to it for the purpo-e of 
 lakinji possession ami creatinii a lialiilation with a view to its tuime 
 cnllivatioii anil the pursuit of his ImsiiiesH there, aifreealily to the terms 
 of Ills imleiitiire, ami without intenilin<r to aiiamlon his interest at 
 Little Ilarlior. We have no facts or ilata on which lo imliiliie in smh 
 speculations, except llnlilianrs stati meiit that he left there out of ilis- 
 like of the place or his employers. We hear of no claims inaile liy his 
 heir to the estate at I'iseataipia, sniiseipiently taken possession of hy 
 the Company of Laconia, ami none hy his late |iariiiers to that or to 
 the islaml. No provision seems to have heeii maile in this indenture, 
 in casu uf the death of Tliumson bcfuru the tivu years .should he ended. f 
 
 I 
 
 1, 
 
 I*' 
 
 ♦ See N. E. Hist, mnl Oenoal. lie;;.. IX. 24H. 
 
 t Iluldiiinl says tiiat 'rimnisoii " possusscd liiniself (if ii very I'niiil'iil i-liiiid 
 and a very deniiralilc' neck ut' land " in Mas^acliiist'tts Hity, "^iiicc cimtirnieil tu 
 
Il 
 
 22 
 
 To rmir iiiiri> iiiori' ti» lln' •••'ttli-inriil ul' l'i«i'!iliii|iiii : Tin* ui'iimil 
 h-inlir tit tin- lii-tory oC Ni-w lluinii-liin' will Ih- Miii|ii'i<««*i| In Inirii lint 
 l<-li((tli of tilll)> lllilt rlitlKnl ilOrr llir tlri«t Mt'tlli'llM'iilM Wi*r«' llicr«> llliiilu 
 
 iH't'iH'c iluMiiinic " Ni'W ilitiiiifliiii' " wiiN ii|»|ilii'<l tit till* |iliii>t>. TItu 
 
 |lll|l'lll III' 7 NiIM'IIIIhT, |)i'.''.>, to .Milfoil, ill Wllil-ll it Jl|l|M'IIN tllllt till* 
 
 |il'o|ii'ii'to|- iiiti-iitli'il to riill till* tririloiv u'>'i>>lli''l " Ni'W I lillil|i-liil'i-," 
 Hi'i-iiiM to liii\r Ihtm -- liki' till- |iiM'\ ioiiH ^riiiii to liiin of Miiriiiiiii, iiml 
 I lull to liiiii'>i'lt' iiiiil <iiM-){i-M III till' Miiiiii> yiMir — oC no |inii'linil Hi^iiillo 
 riilK'i*. utiil woiilil Mrani'ly liiivr Im-iii lii'iinl of ii;r:iiii, litul it not ln'itti 
 ritril ill llic rliiiliH «« t (intli liy tlir In-ir to Mil>.oll^ i-.t;it»' iiftrr llir Urs- 
 lonitioii. No iiM' wiiK I'MT imuli' oi it liy iIm' |>io|iii( inr.* AlliT lluj 
 Umiiii}^ of till' Liii'oiiiii jriiiiit, It'll iliiyn liih'f. I" NoviiiiImt. Hi'JK, lu'tivo 
 iiK'ii^iii'i'N wri'i- t'liti'i'i-il ii|ioii i rvi'i'y tiling iM'iii;; il>iiit> inulir tin* iiitino 
 of llic " (iiiiiiiiiiiy of liiii'oniii," nil iiiiiiii'Hi'|i<ir!itiM| ti-«<.oci;itioii nf |mtmoiis 
 wlioMi' li)'iiil-i|iiartiM's \M ri< in KoimIoii, wlio iifiiivviii'ilo, •'! NommiiImt, 
 |(i>'ll, |ii'o<'iiii'i| tniiii till' CoiiiM'il ;i iM'VV ;.'i'iitil of Liml-. on liotli niilcs llio 
 l'ii>riitiii|im Uivi'i*. — llii' foriiirr ^ruiit Itriii;; oiu' of iinii'tiiiitr uml iiiii'i'i'- 
 taiii frtiiH'liiMi'H, In n fitw ytturs, tliin i'iiiii|i!iny Itroki' ii|i, iinil tin' Mt*r- 
 viiiitH ui'i'i! <li«r|i:iiM;t'i| ; till' wlioli' srlicnii' |irovin<; u liiilnri'. On ti 
 ilivinion of soiiii' of tin; r(ini|iaiiy's |ii'i>|M't'ty. Mmmih lidii'^lit tin' ^liaci'H 
 of two III IiIh aMmiciatrs, ami "I'nt ovrr a iii'W "iipiily of men, ami net up 
 two Hiiw-tnilK ii|iiiii lii.<4 own sliaii' of lamlH.f Sliortly lii'fofi> tin* miii-- 
 I'l'inli'i- to tlir kiii<; of tint (Sranil I'atirit, iMaMon |iroriii'i'il for liiniNi'lf 
 till' ;,'iiint of 2l' A|iril. Ki.'l.'i. :t lirtwi'i'ii Nannikiaj,' ami l'isi'atat|na, in 
 wliirli il wuii rix'iicd thut llii: huuls ciiiltruciil in it, "with thu cuimuiit 
 
 liiiii (ir liix lii'irH liy tlie Cuiirt nf tlii' Mii.'HaiHiu^ietl!', ii|miii tlic narreiKli'i- of all 
 liis itilicr Intcri'stt in Now Kn^taiul, tn which yi't hi- cualil pii'ti'ml lui iitluT titio 
 thrill a |iriani!<i', or a Ki" <<> ''i' I'laitrricil on liiiii, in a li'llt'r liv Sir Fcnlinamlii 
 (idi'Kcii, iir tiitiio iitlaT iiK>niliiT of the ('oaiicil of I'lyniniitli." Ilalilianl uvi- 
 ilciilly sii|ip(mi'il that 'rhoni>iiai liail cliiiiiiH tiKiihcr ImihIm in N'rw I'lni^'hiiui, uliicli 
 la* or iii-i hi'ir!* Miti'ri'nili'i'i'cl mi ri'ivivln^ a I'dntlrniatinn nt' tlu> Iitlatiil. 'I'hu 
 rt'('ia°i|>i arc >ilciit an to tliis. 
 
 * Sir Wilhiiin .Iimick, the Attonicy-liciKTal, in an nplniiai on .Ma!<(in anil 
 (iort{i'!<'!i claims, in ItlT'i, nayit of cucji ul' tlicsc patcnt> tliat " the urani wan only 
 Hciilcii with the council ncal, nnwitni'sscil, lai scizcn imlorscil, nor poiiiii'.siiion 
 i-vcr ^ivi'ii with tlic Ki''int." ( llntcliiiiMin, 1. :lpi. ) 
 
 t Si't' all the iMirrcKponik'nci' i-xtant relating to tlic I.acoiiia Coiiijiany in 
 tiu' I'rovincinI Papers relating to N. II., I. (!| </ mi/.; ami a coniplcte copy of 
 the ^rant ot'o Noveinlier, liiol, in Jenness's (lri|.'inal l)ociiinents, pp. K-Pt. 
 
 t " The ;;ranls wlilcli were niaile, or prL'tenileil to lie nniile, in 1035, were the 
 elTorts of a nniiihcr oi' the ineniln-rs of the Coaiicil to secnre .Honie part of tlie 
 ilyaij; iiitere;*t to llicnifelves and posterity, in wiiicli lliey ail failed." (lliiteli- 
 iiisun, I. itlii.) 
 
of tho ritiiiM'il. »iiiiii ri'iMii iiriifirortii }>*■ vh\ua s>w iiiiMi|><>iiiti'." 
 
 Mll'OIII llil'il Im tiili' till' l-lltxc tit lllllt M'lir ; IMdI Mi'o. Mll-xtll, III* I'M rtl- 
 tl'i\, I'lilnlhilli il till' lllllttll>;i'IIM'llt nl iIm' rollltr In |||>I' ll^i'llt, l''nillrU 
 Nol'lmi. Hut till' rNlH'll-.!' I'Xrri'ilfll IIm' ilM'nllH', 'I'lli' »« r\llllt» «i I'l- 
 
 I'liiiiiui'oim tor tlirii' iiri'ciM'N of mii^cn, ho >i|m> wiim niiii|M'l|i'i| tn uImiii- 
 
 lloll llli'lll til nllit'l I'nl- tll<'|||M>lvi>i«.* Ill II fi'W Vfliri*. llic M'Vl'I'llI rii|||. 
 Illllhili<"« til) Ti', ilirlllilili;; tltil»l' llllll tin LlM'uliiu ('ii||l|i;lli\ luul Imi IiumI 
 
 ill ««>llliii^. Iii'Iiil; ilrMlitiitc til' it |iim|ii'|- ^iiMiniiii'iit, |ilii<'ii| lliriii» Isr* 
 mill* T till' |iriitri'liii^ fiH'l* lit tilt' .Mil<«ll<'lll|nt'lt«. SlllHriilM'lllIx . Mfi*, 
 Mti>><iii Ni'iit oVfi' liiT ti^t'iil, itiiM-iili MiiNiHi. ti) liiiik al'li'i' lit-r l;ili' liii** 
 liMiiirM iiitiTi'Mt; llllll lit* |ii-i'H('iiti-i| II iiiiinlMT lit' |ii'tiiiiiii» in tin' .MiiFt«ii* 
 rliii^t'tti ^tiM'i'iiliii'iit. ami liriiii;;lit .'Oiit'^ in tin' MiioMii'lillMtlH riuii'tt, in 
 Mr.<*. MaoiiiiV iirliall'. 
 
 Diirinu tin- wlmlo ihtIimI wliii-li I liuvi' lien- ;;iiiii> nxtr, in nil (lie Ift- 
 
 llTM mill llni'llllX lltH III' till' tilllf, " Ni'U I ltllll|lNlliri'," mm llll Ilii'r|ltrt| IIIIIIH' 
 
 tor tliiit Ici'i'ilnry, m> *'iir iim I Imvf nliM-rvtil, iu'mt \h iiniiI. In a h tli-i' 
 t'liilll till' Hi'lrctllU'li lit' Di.ViT tn fill' Cullliril ill .MasMli'lll|^i'tt«., ilali'il •.'<• 
 •Inly, I li)'>''), .it'ti'i' tiut ■li.^atlrction i-iiii«i'i| liy tlii' arrival nt' iIh' kiii;.''H 
 niiniiiir>Hioii(>rri, tlicy H|M'iik of a |ii'titiiiii llii'i'tt to liin iiiaji'Nty, |irt'Hciiii'i| 
 liy till- liaiiiU III' Alitaliaiii Ciirliit, "tor llii' iiilialiitantH uf Ni'w llaiii|i- 
 sliir«', lis llll 11 I'lilhil if." f 111 a ili|iiisiliiiii nt' Hcvtral ajitil |iirwiiii. iii- 
 ilniliii;,' Kihviinl Ciilcnril. lakrii at rii*iata(|na. •.'■"» Aii;Li:n><t. KITCi, tliry 
 iiiaki' iialli ami iiUlriii " llial ( ajitaiii .luliii MaMiti diil iii'M-r si'ttli' any 
 ^oviTiiiiH'iit nor any |irit|ili' ii|iiin any laml rii/hil t/ii' /iron'mi' ufSiUJ 
 Jliiiiilislilii\o\\ the Kontli sitlciit' I'ixrataiiiia Kivrr. I'itlirr liy liiiiif«ilt', or 
 any nt' his aj;i'iits to tliin ilay." % In an iinniMf |ii'liliun nl'.Iioi'iili .Ma»nn, 
 tlic a;:int nf till' i-xi'ditrix. tn Ma^^acliiiMtl'.. in May. li'i.'i.'l. In- niakf^ nn 
 rliiiiii iitliiT than tn tlii' Larniiia intircxt. Nniiiin;,' is saiil alimit ntliir 
 {.'rants, ami iinthin^ aliuiit " Nrw llain|is|iii'i>," In a slatiiiiriit of 
 KolitTt MiiHoirK I'laim III HI" l-o, rcfi'it'iici' is maili' tn .Inhn .MaMin's 
 various I'ranihisi's, " at'tirwanls inlarm'il " ami '" mm' nillnl Sue llmiiji' 
 x/iire." Wtii' it imt t'nr tin' aiii'lcntal linnnwtamc of tlir iiniMciiiinn 
 ui' this t'laiin. thus lirin^nn;; Inrwanl a naiiii' iisiil in .Inhn .Miimiu's 
 |)ati>iit, it M nut iin|ir(ilialiii; that Ni'W Ilani|isliirc wniiiil li.tvu ri'joiri'il 
 tn-ilay in tlit; old t'ii|iliniiious Imliaii naiiii; of " l'is('ata<|na." Ity tin' 
 ii|i|iointin('i't of a coniniission for tint •.Mivcrnini'iit of the ti-rritnry as u 
 in\al |iroviin'i', ill l(17'.>, tho iiuine "Ni-w llaiiipshiru " bft'uiiu' li.st'il 
 lipoii the plact'. 
 
 (J 
 
 • Si'c Udkniiir.s N. H., I. :!'.). 
 
 t 'I'lic italics Hri' laino. 
 
 t Original Docuiia'iits rduting tu N. II., eillti'd liy Julni S. Ji'iiiU'Sii, |i. <i2. 
 

 
 ♦ >i 
 
 t 
 
 24 
 
 It woiilil pnilmlily 1»' ilniiii; no injiislicc to history to say lliiit tlio 
 rccoifiiitioii of Unlicil .Mason's claim to tlit- territory of New llamp- 
 sliirc. l'o>irrt(i liv a i,ni\iriiiiiiiit iiiitViciully l<i tin- lilu'rtii ^ of its siilijfcls, 
 was oni' of tlic ;frt'atrst niisfortiiiics tliaf could lia\i' hcfallfii the set- 
 tlers oil the soil. It was a prolific Mturee of amioyaiice. which contin- 
 ued for over a cuntiiry. 
 
 To lio liack once more to tlu' Lacoiiia Conipany. in which tlie oriiiinal 
 INIason was an inlliiential partner: The wlinle history of their proeeed- 
 in;is shows that they never intended to plant a colony in any sense 
 aiialoifoiis to those cominunilies which sprung up elsciwhure in New 
 Knudaiid. It was chietly a tradinii md jiNhimi company; an experi- 
 ment, inspired liy a<lveiiture and speculation. The intended basis of 
 its openitions was the ;:reat lakes, which s<ein eever to have been dis- 
 covered, and its «fr»'atest reliance the peltry trade. Tlu! cultivation of 
 the soil, the proper foundation of all such enterprises, was rei;arded 
 as of secondary importance. The iion-resideiici! of tlu' proprietors, 
 and the al)seiic;e of anv settled jfoverimieiit, were serious drawhacks 
 to the liiiiidinu' up of an orderly community. The letters of their 
 factor, Ambrose (Jibbons, to the adventurers in London, were full of 
 excellent advici' and serious warnings. The interest of the settlers 
 was not so much considered as the p' ilitable returns ; and, when 
 these failed, the whole scheme failed. " Vou complain," says tlibbons, 
 "of your returns. You take tli« course to have littl"": think uot " tli'j 
 great looks of men and many words will be a means to raise u plau- 
 tution." * 
 
 * Till- Coinpiiny of Lauoiiia was probably formed soon after tlie l-aconia ]iat- 
 ont i)f 17 Nnvi-mbfr, IH^'.I, w.is istiiieil. It was an iinincorporatfd asso-'iatioii of 
 K'ss than a (liixcn |icrsi)iis, till' most (I*' wliose names arc iiieiitioiieil in a second 
 {friiiit i)t' himis on lioth sides tlie I'lscataqua Hiver, taken out for their benefit 
 two vears later, ;! Xoveiiilier, Kilib Some of these associates, it aitjiears, had 
 jireviously lieeii nieiiiliers of the " (^iiiM(hi Company," wliicli, hi'aded by Sir 
 \\'iMiam Alexander, had iiiidertakeii the conquest of that province as a jirivate 
 enterprise, under the (•onimiind of Sir David Kirke. 'flie fur-traile of Canada, 
 was the iiisi)iriiin' motive, united to what niijjht lie accjiiired by conquest. 
 
 " l.o! di'd with booty, and briiifiiiig Chaniplidn hiniself as ])risoiier, the expe- 
 dition rttiiMied triumphaiitly to Kiisihuid, November 0, ltJ2!l, only to learn that 
 peace had been for several months restored, and that by the articles of the 
 treaty all their hard-won conquests in the New World were required to be re- 
 stored to France. 
 
 " Amoiiff the most stirrinft members of the ii.nv sadly baffled Canada Com- 
 jiaiiy was one Thomas Kyre, a l^ondon merchant, who had acted as its 
 Accountant and Treasurer, Thomas Waimertoii, a notary luiblic and merchant 
 of boiidon, George UritUth, another London merchant, as well as Captain John 
 
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 After ^Insdii liiid sfciircd liin pntciit of 10.'!.'). lie Ihk] t'niitliss vi-iuiis 
 (if iiiuiinrs mill i|uit-iriit kihI riM'-t';iriu t>i,iti-, llo.uiiiM lictuic Iii> niiinl. 
 Ill his Iii^t will, UH \vr lifivr iilrcailv sfcii. lie rail-- lii-, uiioji' ^lanl 
 
 Miisoii mill Sir l''cnlin.iiiili) ( ini-jjos, ^(■l■lll to Iiiim' Iu'imi iiilii c >li'il in ihu ( ';iiKula 
 ( 'oiii|i.'iiiy, iiml must li.ivi' ln'cii cliii^triiicil iil \\< (lidMstnnis i>«iii'. 
 
 " 'I'licM' iii'-n iii)>v iiKjuiii"! iiI'lLT >()iiii' sliorliT ami i'a>ii'r way ut rcai'liiny tlic 
 fur cDiiiitry tliaii Ity llie rivur of Canaila, ami one '.vliiuli ini,i;hl nv umiI liy tliv 
 KiikIIxIi vvitlKnit intriii^ji'iiu'iit of the late treaty. . . . 
 
 " It was Itut ten ilays after tlie return of tlie ("aiiaila Co Ivvpeilitioii tliat. a(,'- 
 conliiiffly, Sir Ferdinamlo (lorjjes ami ('ajitain .loliii Mason tooji ■ ,a tor iliein- 
 selve.s ami tlieir assixaates a y:raiil, ilateil Novemlier IT, li'J'.i, oi' a larjiC vaj.'iuly 
 boumleil ti'nitory on the Iroi|iiois Lake, iianieil /.urnn,' i, ami ailinitleil as tluir 
 associates in the ])aleiit, 'riioinas l'',yi'e, 'I'lioiiias W'aiinerton, Joiiii Cotton, Henry 
 (iarihier, (iiMir^'e (iriHitii, Kihvi" (iiiy, ami lilie/er Kyre. The sclu'iiir of Ilie-e 
 jiatentees is aitpareiil from the lan;;iiaL!e of the yrant itself. It wastoseuil over 
 earnot'.s of Imiian triickiinoils to tlu' l'is(,'ata(iiia. ami iiiilaile them at the facto- 
 ries near the mouth of the river, ami thence to transport thi'iii in Imats or canoes 
 up the I'iscatiKiiia ;o Lake Ciiamplain, !o he hartereil there for peltries for e.vpor- 
 talion from the factorit's to Kurope. For the lielter accomitioilalioii of tiiis 
 triitHc, the Company were auth(a'i/ei| to taki' up one thoiis.inil acres of lami on 
 the Me of the I'lscataijua Uiverasa site of their factory; hut they seem not 
 to hino avalleil themselves of this ]iriviley:e, the territory at the mouth of tiie 
 river lieiiiit acipiireil by the ailventurers uiiiler a su'osei|uciit iiateiii." 
 
 The connection heiweeii tiie Canada Company anl tlie Laconia Company, 
 thus inilieateil, ami the eircumslaiices attemlini; the formation of the latter, are 
 well stated in a volume entitled " The Isles of Slioais, .\ii Historical Sketch, hy 
 John Serilmer Ji'imess, second edition," New York, Is7"), pp. •').'s-ii',t, wriitt'ii 
 from iiiforinatioii fjalhered from tln' jiuhiic archives in London. The e.\tra(;ts 
 ahove quoted are taken from that liook. 
 
 David Ki.ke, wliile in the Canada waters, iiad prohaldy heard of the treaty 
 of peace of the 14tli ('.Mlh N.S.) of April of tiiat year, hut lie chose to i^nioie il, 
 and of eom>e tlu' nu'inhers of the Canada ('(unpany at lionie knew of it somi 
 alter it took ])lace (the kinfj:'s i)roclamatioii was dateil ID .May, lti2'.t) ; Init no 
 one know what precise hearin}r it would have on the larn'c interests, which the 
 Companv niii;lit have, to he alTeeted hy it. Charles, however, )iiivc his word to 
 the Frt'iich minister ttiat every thinu' captiireil should he at once restoreil, 
 'J'his was a j^rievoiis Idow to the Canada merchants, who had fitted out their 
 fleet at a cost of Ct')(),()l)l) ; and they did not relimiuish their property without a 
 struj^-Ltle. K'rke claimed that the laryer part of the skins wliicn he hroiisiht 
 home had heeii obtained hy trading with the Indians. In a London newsdetter, 
 dated 18 Novemlier, 1(i2'.l, is the following: : " Upoti the French ainhassatlor's 
 great eoinplaints aiiainst Kirke, for his action in Canada, (he matter hath heeii 
 debated in Council ; and it is thought that, for the good of the i-eaee, the iihu.'o 
 will be restored unto the French, although there is nothing as yet resolved about. 
 Neither is there any order hitherto taken between the two States for the settling 
 of the trade for the time to come, or the satisfying of the merchants' eom- 
 lilaint.s for the time past." (The Court and Times of Charles the F'irst, IL 4;J.) 
 
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 nil flic l*is(':itM(|iiii "my ooiiiity of Xt'W Iliimpsliiro, or IMaiiiuir of 
 Miisoii Hull." lie luiil tlii'ii iMi cliiirtcr of ;;ovci'iiiiit'iit. tlioiHili lit' 
 iiiiiy Ikivc iiitcink'd to iirociuv oiif, uh (loryis ultci'wiinl.s (li<l for Maine. 
 
 Till' li)iiii:il iisinriitidii (if <2iU'lii'c to Friinii' diil not take iilatv till tlio •') July, 
 1 (■.:!•_>. 
 
 Ii_\ Mil Miliilitniiiii in I'liiis, it \vii> lU'cidcil that tlii' Fivni'li ndviTiinifiit >li(ml(l 
 \y.\\ L'Jo.iMio to Kiiki' as an imk'ninil v for liis loss, nnd the jfoviTiinii'iit pli'dnLMl 
 liiat Sinn, hiil not a penny was )iaiii. IJy llii' treaty of luace, it was a^reeil 
 liitweeii the two erowns that tlieri' slioiilil lie no restitution for prizes taken on 
 eitlier side, hefore the dnti' of tin- treaty, ami no reprisals slioiild he made for 
 such eajUures. See "The First Knjjlish Coiiiiuest of Canada," hy Henry Kirke, 
 ^I.A., London, 1^71, pii. tl:'.-'.'!! ; I'arkinan's " I'ionei'rs of France in the New 
 Worhl," lip. lOl-lil. See also the Treaty of Sn/e in Wyiner, vol. xix. p. ,HH ; 
 and the I'roilaniaiion of I'eaiewith France, dated .May K), l(J"_".t, in the winio 
 vohnne, p. liH. 
 
 The first vessel which the Company of Laeonia desiiatched to I'lscataquii 
 was sent out from London the Ijist of .NLircli, Ifilld, and hy the 1st of .Mine had 
 arrived, with Walter Neal, jjovernor, and Anilirose (iihlions, factor, and some 
 others. In the follow iiif; year, others were .sent. At the end of three years, 
 the luiiicipal associates hcinne diseoiirajied hy the inaile(|uate rt'turiis, and 
 the alk'ued unfaithfulness of a master of one of the 'shinii-vessels ; and in ii 
 letter to their factor, dated the otli Decemher, ]i><V2, they say: "They have 
 no lUsire to jiroceed on further, until Captain Neal come hither to confer 
 with tliiin, that hy conference with him they may settle tliinfis in a ln-tter 
 order. We have written unto ('ajitaiu Neal to dismiss the household, only sui'h 
 as will or can live of themselves may stay u]ion our plantation, in such con- 
 venient jilace as Captain Neal, Mr. (iodfrie, ami you shall think fit ; and, after 
 conferi'uce had here witli Captain Neal, they shall have a reasonalile quantity 
 of land granted unto them liy deed." See notes (A) (I{). 
 
 These letters were not received till tiie 7 June followinj;, and Cajitain 
 Neal, beinj,' called home, left the colony lo July, and sailed from Boston (1 
 Aut;u8t. Aecordiuff to instructions, the care of the house at Newichewanick 
 was eonunittetl to (iihlions, that at I'aseattaway (I..ittle Harbor) to Edward 
 (iodfrie, and that at Strawherry I^ank to Tiiomas Warnerton. Not lonj; after 
 the jirohalile arrival of Neal in London, the company, on the December, 
 made a division of the land on the north-east side of the river (tlie document 
 from which I (luote says, clearly by mistake, the " north-west side"), and of the 
 " swiuo " belontiiufj to the comiiany. They also "ajjreeil that Pascattawa}' 
 bouse and the house at Strawberry IJank, and all the islands and isletts within 
 tlie river of I'iscattaway, tof;ether w ith all the laud on the south-west side of the 
 saiil river which is mentioned in the i)atent, as also the Isles of Shoals, and the 
 bouse at Newichcwanock, with the laud thereunto belonjjing-, shall remain in 
 common imtil a division tliercof hereafter to be maile." The division of lands on 
 the north-east side, made at this meeiin^t, is referred to in a letter of (iorges and 
 Mason to Warnerton and (iiblious, dateil Portsmouth (Knjjlaud), 5 May, lOijl, 
 in which is enclosed a c<i])y of the draft of the" lauds and bounds agreed upon 
 lor every man's part " ; and a further division of all tlic " movables " left in 
 
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 Wliiitcvci' liis intciitidiH ni:iy li;i\r liccii. witlioiit a mlicil cliini^i' i<\' 
 [Milii'v uihI uiriisiiiTi. lit! never woiilil li:i\r nihccimIiiI in iMiiMiiiL;' iin a 
 colony on tlifsc .sln)i'i's. Dtiitli pul tin end to lii«, x licnirs. New 
 
 trust hy Xi-al with WiinuTton ami (iil)ln)ns was hIsh imw iliri'cti'il to lie iiiiiiU'. 
 It ajipiMirs tinit >ras(in liml iu>w Ixiiii^jit out tiu- sharps otMohn Cotton .uhI iiis lii;- 
 ccasi'il ItrothiT, William Cot'oii, so lliat lu' ami (inrycs now owiicil tou'i'llnT 
 oiR'-hair of tlii'si' cll't'cts, ami of this oiu'halt' Nhr-on owiicil thrci' I'oiuili-^. 
 (Mason also H])]H'ars to have owni'il imli'pi'nih'iilly of the ri'->t >iiim' cow" ami 
 ffoats.) 'I'lic ivinaiiiini; (inc-hair hi'lonm'il to lliu othfi- ailviiilMrcrs, (loruis 
 anil Mason iliri'cti'il thi'ir own shares to he paiil over to Henry Jo^si'lyn, who 
 now eanie over estju'eiHlly to look after Mr. .MaM>n's interest. Sic note (('). 
 
 They eaeh ffive notiei- that they have now >ent over nu'U to wori; m|miii their 
 several divisions of I mil, tiial Mason hail »ei;t over two saw iniil-, with iK'npk- 
 ami provisions to set them np, ami eaeh hail uiven authority to iii\ ite and 
 "receive such others as may he hail to lie tenants, to ])lant and live there, lor 
 the more speedily peoplin;,' of the country." No I'lu'iiuraiienii'nt was ijiveii th.'il 
 the other partners would adventure this year to the plantation, and we find iiu 
 instructions from them as to the disposal to he made of the other half of the 
 divided elTects, or as to their future plans or intentions. Mason instructs (iih- 
 lions in his letter of 5 May, 111:11, to diseharne the servants, and all that are 
 upon the company's ehin';:e, and to jiay them olT in ln'a\ er, ahoul wliicii he will 
 hear more at larfie from the company, (iilihons replies to Mason's letter, under 
 date of 6 Aufjust, sayiiifi that the servants had heen jiaid their wajzes for the 
 past year, hut that he shall e.\])ect ii "general letter" hefore payiu;^' them 
 their old wages or dividing the goods, Sa:., or a further letter from him. 
 
 Although the adventurers as a hody may not have made any fm-ther ad- 
 vances to the colony after their letter of 5 Deccinher, ItWi'J, referred to ahove, 
 still the c<unpany, as we have seen, was kept alive to a later period, tor the 
 purpose of winding ny its alTairs. 
 
 To what extent Mason ])ursucd the liusiness alone on the east sidi- the river 
 after the date of the letter of instriK.-tions of 5 May, ltJ34, we may not fully 
 know, or whether any thing was done hy him or hy any other of the advi'ut- 
 urers on the west side. I have seen no evidence of any division having lieen 
 made of the hnnl on the west side of the river. Iluhh.ird, in speaking of Little 
 llarhor, and the Manor to he erected there hy .Mason, says, " Hy consent of 
 the rest of the undertakers, in some after division, that jiarcel of land fell to 
 liis share, and is nienticmed in his last will and testament hy the mime of 
 Mason Hall." Iluhhard prohahly infers that it fell to Mason's share " hy a 
 division," because he mentions it in his will; whereas, in this instrument. 
 Mason claims and wills, as his property, his whole grant of New Hampshire, of 
 22(1 April, h'M, which included the part mentioned by Iluhhard. Mason died 
 before the clo.se of the year Iti:!,"). What course was taken hy the late partners, 
 or by the heirs of Mason, during the two following years, we have hut few 
 contemporary documents to inform us. In l(j;!8, Mrs. Mason, the widow and 
 e.xecutri.x of the late John .Mason, appointed Francis Norton her general 
 attorney for her whole estate in those parts. " But," says Dr. Belknap, " the 
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 llMin))~liii'r liti^ liiit link' ciMisi' Id i'|ii'ri>li liis rni'iiiDry ; .-iml lit- wuiilil 
 
 |il'iili;ilils' lllISC Ikm'II tin'i^olli'll lillt I'dI- tll<' :|i'i'ii|l'lll;il ri'\i\;il of \i\A 
 
 iiiiiiif, l>) llir chiiius III' his liciis, wliu ii^cil ilicm ;i^ :(ii iiistruiiioiit to 
 
 tlicii' MricMi'.-, tli;it >\w WHS ulilisicil In rcliiic|\ii>li tlic ciiri' of llu- pliiiitiilinii, iiml 
 ti'll lilt' MTViiiiiM lliiii llicy mii>t sliil't liir iliciii.«flvc> ; ii|i(iii wliiili tiicy sjiiiiiil 
 t lie y(M Ills II III I (Ml III'." ( 'liiii''^c> Were iirii'l\\;iiiU lnoiiulit jif^iiiii.-l Iiit ilj;ilils Mini 
 Miviml* I'lir " imiicz/liii;; llic ("tiilc." Vcjirs nlliTw ;inl, llie cliiims of Itiiiiurt 
 Mmm'Ii bniii^lit mil ili'|iii«iiiiiiis ul' olij ]i('ii|il(', uri Imtli kIiIo, Irnin wliii'li kiiiiu> 
 triilli may ln' '^IciiiU'il ; Iml nil .xiiili iluriimi'iiN >liimlil lie rci'civcil with t'litilliin. 
 In Marcli, IH'il, Mrs. Miisiiii iHi|iMiiili'il Jiim'|i1i Miismi in ciiim' uvcr iiiul Inok 
 at'U'i' tile I'slM'.u III' licr lale liiisliMiiil licic ; anil in lliat saiiir year In- liroii^lit ii 
 Micrcssl'iil siiii ill tilt' Massacliiisctts courts M;;aiii>t Uiclianl I/caili'i' lor fiicroacli- 
 iiifi ujioii till- laiul.s at Nuwiflifwanick. Two yt-ars latiT, lit- iiri-Kfiitt'il a ]it'liil(iii 
 afjainst siiiiilry inliuliitanls of Sirawlicrry Hank ami otliors, for fncroacliiiiK 
 upon tilt' |iro|ii'rty of tlif Lacimia pali'iit, " inolt'stiim our tt'iianl>, ami ili^posin^ 
 (if our lands ami of our tfiiants, wliit-li for sixti't-n yi'iirs jiasf was (rranlt-il unto 
 tlii'in liy li'iist' from tlii' flii'ii a^it'iilM of the |iro|irii'tors," l^ic. ; ami lie prays fiir 
 rt'iii'f in " tliu luliaif of Mistress Amif Mason ami the ri-st of tlit- proprii'lorM.'' 
 This would show that otlit-rs of the Laconia propriftors still had iiii intfri'st in 
 tilt' lands on the wt'st side of tlit' rivtT. In all thi'su claims inaik' liy Mrs. 
 Mason, her whole rofcrt'iicc is to her late husliaiid's interusl in the Laconiii 
 {'om]iaiiy. No mention is made of the ;;rant of New lliimpsliire, I;, that or hy 
 any other name, claimed liy Uoliert Mason after the liestoration. Indeed, to 
 lioliirl Mason's first petition, in KitiO, appear the names of Henry (iardiner anil 
 IJeoriie (iridiiie ((irillilh), two of the partners of the Laconia ("ompaiiy. 
 
 The operations of the I.aconia Company, wiiose franchises, as we have already 
 seen, wfre ipiite ilistinct from those of Kdward Hilton and his associates, were 
 chielly III! the east side of the river, on lands snhseijueiilly included in (iornes's 
 trriiiit of New Somersetshire ; and Mason's transaclioMs after the division, what- 
 ever they may have liceii, were iirincipally confined, no douht, to the same 
 section. This territory, at first called " I'ascataiiua," was, in l(i47, incorporated 
 as "Kiltery," from which suhseiiiUMilly the towns of Kliot, South Herwick, anil 
 Jk'rwick, have lieeii taken. The iierinanent settlement of this territory should 
 iindoiilitedly date from its occupation liy the Laconiii ('om]iany in l(i:!0. 
 
 And here I am reminded of the tendency which appears to have existotl 
 anionic some of our local historical writers to antedate the settlements on the 
 eastern coast. Williamson, in his History of Maine (L 24:1-4). says that some 
 of the territory on its western liorder, early known as I'ascataqua, was settled 
 i.T early as \ii'2i. He evidently infers this from a supposed ctumection and in- 
 tercourse lietweeii this section and the settlements of Dover and I'ortsmoutli, 
 all liearini; the same j^eiieral name. 
 
 Williamson also says (I. 227) that, " us early ns 1G23, a permanent settle- 
 ment was commenced at Saeo." His principal authority for this statement is 
 the lanj^'iiage of the iiatent to Nines and Oldhiim of lOi'll-IiO, recltinff that Dld- 
 liani and his servants had lived " in New Knjiland " for six years preceding. 
 He supposed that they had lived tit Winter llarhor, where Vines is known to 
 have passed the winter of 1010-17. Kow (Jldliain and his servants came to 
 
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 tlifir lioiiH'^ti'iiils iiml r:irin> liy Ihmm iiiiili^iiirliiil iin^sc^icn. 
 
 Ill COIiclllsinli. Ill (III- liviiliriir Xrw I l;ilii|i>llili' lii>tnr\' ImmT ill lililnl 
 
 riyiiuiiitli in li!'J:'>, in the Aiiik, .'iinl Iimi! smui' l.iiiil ,'i>>iL!iiiM| to tliini in tin' 
 foliowiii^'year. lie WiHiitUTWiii'iJs rxpi'lli'ij fnnn llint ciiiiiiiiiuiity ; Init lie iumt 
 Hcttlcij nil the l.'iinl nfillltiij tii liilii Mini Viin'>, fitinr liclofi' ur iiltir llii' |Ml(iit 
 \\t\' ri'Ci'ivcil. 
 
 This Kiiinc writer (I. 'J.'il) f'olious Dr. Uclkimp, in lii» Life i,{ !•' Om'^ji's in 
 fixing npini tin- hhiiu' in'riml us timt at uliiili ^rpants of laml wi-i-i' iiiinli' to 
 soiiii' iiii'inlicrs ol the (iorncs tiiinily, of I'.'.dllO acri's on cacli xiilc the Vm k 
 llivcr, at wliii-ji tiiiiu Williiini (Jorfrcs, IJciit. Col. Norton, ami oilii'r>, i iinic 
 over with all tlio iieccssarv inatcrials for iMiililiii^' vom'U, «awiiiills. \i'. '| his 
 error of ahoiit a ili'i'adi' of years ornirreil l)y a inlsreailliii; ot (;or;;e«'K iniper- 
 feut narrative, where the ('lirono|ot.ry of events is rarely noteil, or is ineoriecilv 
 tfiveii. Itut WillianisDii c;ratuitously makes this aihlition to the aceoiiiit ; vi/., 
 that tlio inimediale nnrmy:emeiit of the enterprise was intrusted to firdinamlo 
 (iorjies, the grandson of Sir Ferdinamlo, "a yoiiiiK gentleman of rank and am- 
 bition." Now the truth i.s that the ^laiit of 11^,0(1(1 acres on each side the York 
 Uiver was iiiadi' 'i Deci'inlier, Itl;!!. !•". (iorKen, the Ki'imilsoii, was interi'sted in 
 the grant tlM-oiigh his grandfather, who eauseil his name to he inserted in Ihi- 
 patent ; hut he was only lini m- i/nn i/ims -</</ at tiiis time. 'I'lie period iiitlicrto 
 assigned for this grant and settlement was some six year- hetore he was horn. 
 Jliit 1 will not jiuisiie this rather irrelevant eriticisiii further. 
 
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 The bark " Warwick," wliicb bronglit over Xeal and fiibbons in lOiiO, eanu' 
 to New I'jigland again in the fidlowing year; sailing from " the I )owiies " 1 
 tluly, ItWii, and arriving at the harbor of I'iseataiiua tiie '.Mb ScptiinbiT. She 
 may iit this time have lirongbt over to the colony some of those stewards and 
 .servants of the Laconia Company, whose arrival Adams, in his Annals of Ports- 
 mouth, places under the year \>V.'A, (Of course he ens in including Nc.il and 
 (iiblions in that list, and ijuitc likely as to others.) The " Warwick " then, on 
 the l!»th, sailed directly for Virginia and the I'otomac IJiver. Jler factor, Henry 
 I""l<'et, had commission from her owners to be absent one year " for trade and 
 discovery." In the following winter, she bronglit thence a cargo of corn to I'is- 
 eataiiua, and on her retnr ^ to the South jiut into Salem and IJostiui, (Mi the 
 'Jth April, 1(132, she saiico from Boston for Virginia, where she remaineil for 
 collie time in charge of her factor, trading in the waters of the Chesapeake. 
 The bark belonged to (icorge (Iriltith and Comiiany ((ieorge (iritlith was 
 one of the liaconia partners), and her owners sul>se(iuently claimed that Fleet 
 bad, by the connivance of tJovernor Harvey, " restrained the vessell and profits 
 to the petitioner's great loss." (irilHth ajipears to have had other schemes 
 kindred to those in which tlie liaconia Company was engaged. In lOoH, in a peti- 
 tion to the king, ■' he sets forth his great loss by sending men to the river 
 -\in;izon, and [ilanting (ui the coast of (iiiiana, through the Portuguese, and the 
 treachery of the natives," &c. See N'eill's " Knglish Colonization of Aimrica," 
 pp. 223-2;J7 ; Wlntiirop, I. 3',l, 71, 72 ; Cal. S. 1'. Col. Ser., pp. I>s4, 270. 
 
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 <il' l/:i('iMiiii. oruliicli III' was !i iikmiiImt. A iicriiiaiMMit siilliMiiciit, hail 
 ali'i'aily lakt ii riMit iiitu il-^ soil Itit'iiri' tin- liark "Warwirk" lirst 
 !i|i|)fairi| ill ill)- l'iM'atai|iia waters. 
 
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 Siilriicli Millar, of F.onilon. I'ooiur, ])ri'»i'Mtcil n iictitiim tn tlic Privy roiiiicil, 
 miyiiifi llmt, liy ii (•mitriiit iniiiic wiili ('n|)iiiin .John Miimiii, ..'uliii ( '.iltoii, ami 
 lli'iiry (ianiiu'r, mi lii'liall' of tlie rompMiiy of ailvciitiircrs tor tlic i'roviiii'f ot" 
 Ijiconiii, ill New Ijiu'liiiitl, tlii' pi'tilioiu'r ami two MTvaiits wiTi' lraiis|iortiMl to 
 l'iscatai|iia, wliiTi' tlicy woi'kcil ciiiliti'i'ii iiioiitlis for the Company .Miiliir, he- 
 'i\\\i M'lit to I'',iiir|anil, ii'ft IiIh servants lu'liiml liiiii, who liavo -iiici' lu'cn din- 
 clmrnfil, clcsiiiiitc of iiii'Miis or frii'inls, 'i'hc (iovi'rnor would not pay tlii-ir 
 imssMui' inoiicy, ami thi' ('oiii]iaiiy will not pay what is iliie to thcin ; prays 
 that the ( oiniiany may he orilcri'il to pay thf inoni'y iliii' to him am! lii« two 
 servants tor tlic work dom' aefordinj; to the I'ontract. See Cal. S. 1*. Col., 
 p. MM; Folsom's Original Doc., p. H. .Millar may have rt'tiirneil to Knulaiiil witU 
 Ni'al in August, Kill;', some eljilit of Neal's i:oiiipiiiiy having; none hiiek witli 
 liini at that time. 
 
 The I.aeoiiia associates in London, after the suspension of their operiitions, 
 seem to liiive had dissensions anion); themselves, result in^ in law-suits, the evi- 
 dence of which e.xists amoni; the Kecords of the Privy Council and of the (^oiirt 
 of l!e(|uests. See N. K. Hist, and (ieiieal. He;;., VIII. 1 tJ, 1 I:! ; Jeniiess's Isles 
 of Shoals, l.s.')-p.i(». 'riiomas K3re was jtrohalily secretary of the (Nimpany. Ilo 
 had heeii secretary of the Canada Company; and in June, h'i'-'i'2, was olioseii 
 secretary for the Council for New lui^liind. 
 
 The editor of the Provincial Papers relatin.ii to N. II., a valimMe work, 
 often consulted hy me, at p. IV.) of Vol. I., assumes that TlKunas Warnertou, 
 the Kacoiiia associate, is identical with the emifjrant who hore the same name ; 
 though iu' had imineiliatcly liefore him a letter of the partners, dateil at liondon, 
 5 Dccenihcr, Mo'J, sif^ned hy Warnertou, amonjj others, in wliicii instructions 
 are ;,'ivi'n to the eiiii;;rant here. The liaconia associate was ii notary ]iiihlio 
 and nu'rcliani of London, and is found livin;; there in l(i:!'J, Itll!:!, and l(l;i(). 
 'I'homas Wariierton, the einii^rant (sutliciently illustrated hy Wintlirop and 
 his editor, II. 177, 17H), had Ik en a soldier ; quite likel}' he was u son of the 
 ])roprietor, and " left his cmintry for his country's ifood." Iluhliard's account 
 of the windiiifi- up of his career, ])[). 484, 4.So, is taken from Winthroii. See 
 .Jeniiess's Isles of Shoals, lid edition, p. (il ; Sainshiiry's Cal. (Col.), p. '28'J. 
 
 L The Tiidi'iitiin' of David TIioiiisoii iiiid his lliroe puvtiiers, 
 of Plyinuiitli, I'iiigliiiul, here follows] : — 
 
31 
 
 ^tlidcO •>(' Cuvi'iiiiMiiti 3inlriifii| inmlc Mini .'HfrfTd on ; llic (iMiic. 
 tcilllll fliivr (if I K'ccinlicr. in tlir tVM'llliclll VcillC nf llic Ulli'.'Mf nf 
 our G(>rici;.ni(( I/onI JaillCQ liy the y;i'ii<'<' otyoil of l';ii;.'liiii(| Kiiiihmi' 
 
 illld In IiIImI Kill^' DrfriiiliT III' till' tliilll \<'. And ot Srnlhlnl \\[r 
 
 Sixit illld lillirili DrtlurciU Daiiid 'riMiiiiMin nf I'lviiiniiili in lin' 
 Cniiiitv (if drvmi ift'iitlnn.'iii of lliuni' |i:ii'l*-. IVnd Alinilnitn ( oIiih r 
 ^ii^ll^lils Slicrwill, iind I^iitiiiird I'liiiu'iy of I'l} inmilli tifnii'sjiid iii;ii- 
 clliints nf tll'dtlltT |i;ll'(i-. 
 
 imprimis, wliorcH tho ('oiincill (st.ililislicd. liy llir s;iid lviii},'H 
 Ma"" I.ri's pjitnits. for tliii riiliin.', (irilcrinyi' iV; <li-*|iu>inu of ilic icrry- 
 foiii'H and aHiiyii's of Nrwi' Kni,daiid in Aiinrira, |)itllC Lriaiiiitcd viito 
 tlialioni' iianii'd Daiiid 'riionison, lii.x licircs and assiuiics. for ever. Si\c 
 'I'iioiisand ari'cs i>\' land, and oiii- Hand lycinu iV. Iirini;' in iV \|ioii 
 till! coastcot' Ni'wc KiiLrlaiid aforesaid, \v"' dyiii'i. - Ifoyaltics, yininiinilii-i 
 |»ris(ltMi<f('s fraiiclii^i s and lilti'itics. Ax l»y tlio same jiiaiint. In iiiiii;;c 
 dale tlu! Sixtci'iilli dayct of Octolirr lastc pasli' nioic at liii'irc, it dotiici 
 iV niayt> a|i|H'ar»', wVub farllicr wliraivas also tiic said Danid 'I'lioinson 
 by Ills deed Indcntid licaninif datr w"' tlicsc |i'>('nts Ijiill) fnily and 
 ulisoliilcly i,'raiiiitod llic foiirctli paiti' of all tlio said Hand \v"' tlia|p|>"'- 
 ti-rifics tiicrcvnto liclonj;iiin' or in any wisi- a|)|p('rtt'yniiii:t'. unto lliaiioiii' 
 iianifd Alitaliain Colincr Nicliolas SIii'invIII and lironard roinny 
 tlu'ir JK'ii'i's iV; assiitncs forever, w"' ('ovi'iianiitr also tlierein expressed, 
 to <,'rann(e and convey, vino tliein tlieir lieires and assijines in tVee siin|i|e, 
 the foiiretli parte of tlu' iiefore reeyted Sixe tlioiisand acres of land and 
 other tho preinysses w"' thapp"'terincs. As by the said deed tlieieof 
 Indentid to tlieiii made inou; plainely and at lai'i^*' it doth i^ inayu 
 up[)ear('. Ju CoilsiOcVlUOU whereof it is hillie conenannted i^ aureed 
 by Hud betweeiie the said jiarties to these presents in manner and 
 forme l'ollo\vin<;e. that is to saie " " •' " '• 
 
 JFirst, that they the said Ahrahani Coliner Nicholas Sherwill. and 
 Leonard I'oinerie their lieires and assignes, shall and will at their owne 
 proper costes and chari;('s. this present yeare provid and send, two 
 
 men, with tlic^ said Daiiid Tlioin^on, in the 
 
 lip 
 
 called the 
 
 .loiiathan of I'lyinoiith aforesaid (by jfods permission) to be landed in 
 Newe Kiii^land aforesaid, w"' soe miiclie viclnalls it proiiisioii<, as 
 shall siitlice them, till they be their landed. And yf they land there, 
 within the space of three moiieths, after the saiil shipp shall passe 
 Kamehed, The residue of the thre«' moiieths victiialls (yt any be) shall 
 be delynered to the said Danid 'riiomson, at his landinii, there, the said 
 men and victiialls. there to be disposed of. by the said Danid Tlioinson, 
 us well towards the tindinge of a (itt place for tliinteiided plantacou 
 there, as also to bejjiiii the same " " *' " " " 
 
 JtCtn, that they, the said Danid 'riiomson, Aliraliam Coliner, Nicho- 
 las Sherwill, «& Leonard Pomerie, thitir lieires and assigiies, shall and 
 
» 
 
 » 
 
 I 
 
 ^ 
 
 i 
 
 :\2 
 
 will \\un |in',"*ciit vriiif, at tlirir whim' |irii|irr coHfcs iV ('liiirj:(', liml 
 |iiiiiiii|i' :iii<l x'imI. iIii'i'i' MK'ii inoi'r. in ilic ^timmI sliiji ciillnl tlir I'ruiii- 
 tlilirr (it' I'ImiimiiiIi ;irnrr«.|lill, vf tln'V lIlilVc lie m» ;<iiI|IIi' 1,'nttni. ( )r ill 
 Molllt' otlin- «lii|i|i w"' till' llivt t'\|irilir()|| tiiiil liijiVf Itc. 'I'u lii> iiNn (li\ 
 Uml lii^ |>('l lliv<>in|i) JiMiilril in Nrwr Imi^'ImMiI, tlliil' In 1m* ili>|iiiHi'i| nt' 
 IIS ,'itiii'oiiiil, till' ( 'liiii'urs of w'' nii'ii l;i«tlir inmi'iii'd iirtt to lie |i;iiil 
 iiijii liiiriii- i'i|n;illif lu'twrciir tliciii tin- xiiiil pai'tii's tn tlii-is p^t'iits *' 
 
 iltCIM, il i" liii'llirr a^iTcii liy nmi lictwicni' ilic sniil |i,'irii('s to tlii'i:^ 
 I'liits, tliiit two null ninri- (niii-r iV: Hiiniii- tin- tiirnicr tlirrc) *li;il lii> 
 llii-i ii'.-'iMit ycai'c, iH'iHiiiicil \ sent, in tlir tiirf>:il(t slii|i|i tint .liiiiatliiiii ; 
 w"' tlirir \i>tiiaIU jumI |ii()iii>iiiiw. To Itc likiwiM' (liy iiin|«. |i('i'iny>sioii) 
 laiiiird ill Ni'wr l'lii;!l:iiiil at'oi'oaiil, tlu' ('liai'L^c of w''' two iiicii lastlic 
 nu'iirot'il SOI- to III' si'iii, sliajlit- ri|iiiillii^ liorni' ami |iaiil, lirtwiTiu' 
 tlic said Daiiiil 'I'lionisoii, Aliraliani ('olini'i'. Nirlmlas Slu-rw ill, ami 
 l-inii,inl I'oimiic " " •• '• " '• " '• 
 
 illCin, il !■* I'litliiT iiiircfd l»y and lutwci'iir llic said |iaitics to tlicis 
 fiiits. tliat allcr ^\{i-\u- tyiiic as tlif said Daiiid 'I'Iioiiimui. And tlic tore- 
 said Sfavii iiirii or any of tlicni. »lialli(' soc laiidi'd in Ni-wi- Kni;laiid 
 as aforesaid I'lit- said |icr.Hi)iis sot' lamli-d. sliail and will vsi' their lirnt 
 Mndfavor. (liy llm diri'i'ci'oii of tlie said Daiiid 'riioniMiii) w"' as nincln' 
 (■oii\cniriicic a> iiiaye lif. to lind oiitc soiiir litt plac'c or plaecs tlicrc, 
 for the clioisc of tlif said Sixe tlioiisand acres of land, acc()rdin<ie to 
 tli'inti'iit of tlic uraiiiit aforesaid; IVub also of sonic litt place, to settle 
 and iSiiilde some Ihuim's or luiildin^s for lialiilacons. On w'' tliey are 
 to Iieuyii.w"' as ihiicIk! exiicdii'on a^ they iiiaye. To the lyinits and pre- 
 ciiicls of w''' lialiilacons or luiildiii^Ll's soe intciited to he ihere erected, 
 there sliaihe allotted, of the lamles next therennto adioyiiiii;.^', at or 
 hcfore theiid of live yeares. next eiisiiiiifi the date Inreof. the full ipiaii- 
 titie of Sixe hundred acres of land, or neeie therealioiites. Ul'j) said 
 Sixe hiiiidred acres of land, w'li all and singular the teiieiii" and liiiild- 
 iiii;s. that niaye he raised thereiipon, diiriniie the said space of live 
 yeares. tojictlier w'li the Seas, Kiiiers liarhor or hariiors ports crei-ks 
 and all and sinv;eler other the pr«niysse>< whalsoeu. coiiteyned w"'iii the 
 said sixe liiimlicd acres of land. w"'ilie seas Aneiit the same, shall 
 at theiid iV; I'Xpiracon of the said live yeares. jje ((iiiailie dinided, 
 lielweeiie tlieiii the said Daiiid 'I'lionison. Ahrahain Colnier. Nicholas 
 Slieiwii! ami Leonard I'oiiieiy hy lotts, '^ub that all costs charjis and 
 disliiirsnu'nts whatsoeiier, to he paid & layde forth, from and after 
 the landiiiii of the said men or any of them in Newe Kn^laiid aforesaid, 
 towtnds the rimliinionte of the said sixe ihoiisand acres of land, or lor 
 the hiiildiiiiic plaiiliiiL; and hiishandiinr. of the said sixe luindred acres 
 of land. >hall Diiriini' the said live yeares he eipiallie horiie and jiaid. 
 hetwceiie all the said parties to tlicis p'seiits (J|)C resiiliie of the said 
 Sixe thousand acres of land, to he also in snch convenient lyme as inaye 
 be Denidi'd hetweeiie them the said parties in foiire parts, and hy lots as 
 aforesaid. \v"' all the seas t\; Hiiiers Aneiit the same, and all other the 
 preinxsses to the same heloiifrin;;. Whereof the said Danid Thoiiisoii 
 Ills lieires and assi«;iies. are to liaiie three (Quarters. And the said Ahra- 
 hain Colmer Nicholas Slierwill ^.V: Leonard I'oiuerie, their Iieires ct 
 
>r.\ 
 
 '. (iii.i 
 
 I'l'iMii- 
 
 ()i ill 
 
 -o (l.v 
 
 ■ paid 
 
 tlicis 
 lal Ih) 
 ilhiiii ; 
 
 >ii)ii) 
 iiistlio 
 
 IWCilMf 
 .'lllll 
 
 UMMilfiicx, ( >ni' (|iiMrtiT aci'iii(liiij.'o to tin- tiiic iiitnit iV. iinviiiiii,' nf the 
 Ill->l Idlnlr ici-ylii| tjnillllt. to tllilH tlliTtn, to |)i) ini|i|l' llV tllr ^aiil 
 
 Ditiiiil 'I'liKiii'iMi Ilis liriic-i tV: a-o'ijiiiii's '• " •• •• 
 
 JJtCIH, ii in liirllitT iijirtTil. I»y ami iu-twri'iM' tlic suit! parlii'i* tn tin!-, 
 
 p'scnt-t, that tln' -iuiil llaml. w"' the i.'iiMiiiili' .""iinIci. Ilanriw. KiMit 
 
 |Hirls. CiifU-*, w"' ill a|»|i"li'rirKH lliciTViitn iirluiijiiiii; at till iii| uf ilir 
 
 Hiiiil tivu yt'tii'i'H. kIiiiII iiImm) he Dcviili-d aiiiiiii<r»tt> tlit'in. Mm- >aiil |iaili("i 
 
 ill luiiic |iiirtON, liy |nlt> iis iilnn"<aii|. W iM'iinr iIm- t^aiil Daiiiil 'riinm-nii 
 
 liin li('irc>, tV ii>ii;fiics art' t(» liaiic IJin't'of tlic "^aiil ruiii' |iaiti -j. Aim! tln- 
 
 Hald iVlinilmin Ciiliiicr, Nicliula'* Sliccwill ami i.rdiianl I'minrit', tliiir 
 
 licirt'H anil as<<i<riH->, tliotlifr fitiit'clli jiarlr, ai-ciinliii:_'i' tu tin- inn' 
 
 iiitiiit iV iiifaiiiii^'c, of llic lastc lict'oic rcrylcil ^'laniil llaitnt' to iImiii 
 iim^li •» •* fc* ** •• «» kt «» ft« tt 
 
 JltCltlt fai'tliiT it is i'lilly <'oiiriiaii(('il t\c a<rn'cil liy ami licfwcciic tlxi 
 Kaid |»arli<'H tit tlii-ij^ fuits, 'i'lial ail rostc.x, rliaii;'. ix|iiii>rs. ami ili — 
 Iiiii'siii" wlialMMi'i w'' shall Iia|i|trii to Ixt cxiiriiili d laid tnitli or di.s- 
 Iturssi'd Cnr and towards llii> iilantini; i^ Iiii^liandiii;^r of llir said Hand 
 w"' tliaiiii'^tfrifii's, And for and towards llir l-jTrlini,' of lialtilaiMiiis or 
 l)uildiii<;s tliiM'd vnlill tlir sanir lie ilividfil ao afnn'said, sliallir Ixiriii' ami 
 paid lii'lvvt'ciii' tlu! said pailii-s. in lliis .soitc (vi/). tliicc parlis, liy tlii» 
 said Daiiid Tlioiiison, his luiri's and assi;rn('N. and tlii' olhir liniiclli 
 parlr. liy tin- said Alirahani C' '"itr, Nirholas Slnrwill i^ i.rnnard 
 I'onirrio ihi'ir hriirs and a»iiiiirs " " *• 
 
 JtCin, it is farllicr iiiini'd liy and lii'twrrni^ tlic said partii's to tlirist) 
 p'>ciits, that all lii'nclills and prolills whatsoinrr. that >ha!l or iiia_\i', 
 diiiiiiijc? the said triiiu' of li\(' yrarcs happrii to acrri'wr aiisr vV; liiowu 
 onto of (ir upon, the said si\o liundri'd acres of land. Iir it iiiori' or lost*, 
 and of till' Seas and IJivcrs ihrri'Viito lulnnuiiiir. or liy tiadini.'. (ishin;:. 
 Srtlinj^iV;^ Si'ilia:^* of llir saiiiu lamlcs \' trncinrnis, or any pa tic of llicin. 
 or liy any otlu'r indnstrio waies or nicancs whatsiifncr (the lishin^' of 
 such shipp or ship|iH of the said Alirahaiii Colnirr Nicholas Shcrwill iV; 
 liiMiiiard I'liuici'it!, or of cither or any of tlicin, or of ciliitr or any of 
 their assijrncs, sett forth uiiely at their costs and chariies, and wherein 
 thi; said Dauid Thomson, doth not, or will not. put in his parli; of the 
 costs and charj,'es, onely excepted iV foreprised.) shall aUo he eipiallie 
 ilivided betweeiu; them the parties to these presents parte and parte 
 like ^^ ** ^* ^^ *^ ^* ^* ^* ** ^* " 
 
 Jtcni, it is also agreed liy ami lictweene the said pailie> to theis 
 j/si-nts, that all lieiiefitts and prolits. that shsdl or inaye, ilnrinnc the >aid 
 terme of live; yeares, happen to iiccrewe aryse and j;rowe. oiite of or 
 upon, the residue of the said, sixe thousand acres of land w"' app'^lei'ii'iis, 
 or oute of, or upon the said Hand w"' tiiapp'^teiirics shallie devided into 
 foure parts Whereof the said Dauid 'riiomson his hcires and assii:iies 
 shall haue throe partes. And the said Aliraham Coliner Nicholas Sher- 
 will.and Leonard I'omery their heires ifc assiiiiies shall haue th'olher 
 foureth parte, wVnb that every of them, shall and will vpon reasonaMe 
 reipiest, delyuer to th'other a iiiste it perfect accoinpt of his receipt> 
 
 * Obscure ; " Sctlint,' " may be tlic won! iiiteiulcil, 
 5 
 
•^\ 
 
 lik |>:i)ini'iit.H i*(»tin'iiiiii« till' prcmis-^'s '2Vllb i^r tlif true pfrformiiiici' ot 
 till iiiiil Niii;.'ii!t'i', llii> Nitid I'uvt-iiiuiiilH iiiiil iii;i'oi'iiit'iili4, cilliiM' of tlio nuiil 
 
 IMIlic- liltnlclli llilllxlf In iIi'iiIImT llllllly l>y ll|t-.(' |iri'^r|ll'< " " * 
 
 ilit luiltiu'o u)l);arcot ilir «!iiil itmiirt iiiiiii-liaiixililii'' >'• dx'!^ ii'mihi 
 
 t'DVcirfiU liiili'iiinl, tlii-ii- liKinlcH ami M-ulvti liaint M-ti.ncoUCU tlir iliiyi) 
 lUitl yiiu't! tllrnt abotiit wryKi-it '!^mioq. Dili- l*'-2 
 
 ji me [Ahniliaiii] t Culiiior {> rnv. Niiliolas Slicrwill Lrununl I'oinury 
 
 [Kiulorxcd] 
 Sralcd aiitl <ii>lyiiurci| in pWiitM of 
 
 .liillll (rnwt'll 
 
 Tc^tc lilt! 'I'llO. fill-'' 
 
 T.'SK! Ililiror null 
 
 Miclmrl Iln-i'iii;:! 
 
 ». 
 
 i 
 
 * 'I'lic iiivcrti"! I'liiiiin.'ii lictwci'ii llu- iiiiriiiiraplit in tin- Icxt rciircm-iit 
 niiiiilMi' iii:irk< III tli(> iiri^riiiiil iiHlriiiiicnt, iiiteii(li>i| to till itp tin* ^piiccM imt writ- 
 ti'ii ii|iiiii. Niiiliiii^ is iiiiiitlcil, 
 
 I Till' Cliii^liaii ii.iiiii' lit' iMi'li si;,'nor was writlt'M ii|"iii ilic lliivi' tnui iii»i'rti'ii 
 iiitu I lie |>an'liiiii'iit liv an incision iiiailo in il in tlic ii^iial way. 'I'lic ta^' on 
 wliicli ("oliiKT wruii' is K'>ii''. ^" 'li'il III'' 'li"''t nami' liiM'e is wanting.', 'riicrc arc 
 III) sfuU : tliL' Ui'^i rciiiaiaiiit; iiru cut ulT cvt'ii with the lower iiiarj;iu of tliu parch- 
 tneiit. 
 
 ( " Mii'liai'l Ilerriii,!, of I.onilon," was a souiii-law of Nii'liolus Sherwill, nn 
 appiar> hy an ali»ti'act of S||i.f\vill'n will, proveil H .luiu', It'ili'.i, kiiiilly sent to 
 ine liy Ml'. 'I. 1/ Cliesii'P, ol' Lonldii, siini- thesr notfs were in type. Mr. Clies- 
 ter has iil«o sent ine ali^traets ot' the wills ol' Alii'ahani ("ohncr ami l.eonaril 
 I'oinery ; that of tiie foriiier iiroveil "J'J Nov., M:!!, ami the latter :>i» . March, 
 lii'J'.t. It appears lliat llie ship •' I'roviilence " was owiieil liy I'oinery. TiieHe 
 wills throw no ailililinnai il.>lit i>n the transactions ut' lliesi- niercliaiits with l>aviil 
 ThdiU'Oii, aiiil no t'urlhcr ilocuuiciits as yet have rewiirilcil imiuiry, 
 
 F'l ' « 
 
ADDKNDA. 
 
 A ri'l'fivi t(» r)\vii> TiioMHov. wlii.'li iicrliaii- -liniil.l nut !..• 
 
 .,inltt.''l ll'Tc. i^ fnlllHl ill 'ninlii:i, Mulloir, "NrW Kimli^ll Cilllililh." 
 ,,„l,li,l,...l il. |(;.!7. lit tllr .'Ins.. nf .lllll.trr -J. wllirl, tivill, Oltl.r 
 ()ri;iilll.l nf llic Nlllis.-: ••'I'linctuiv. sinrr I li;.\.' Illl.l ill'' ll|il.r..llll- 
 liuirof:-ir ('hriM..|.lHT (;;.nlih.T. Kiiiuht.im iil.I.- -.•iillmui. Unit livr.l 
 aiiH.li- th.'iu. ,..h1 of Davia 'rn.n|,v,.., a Smtli^l. -.•htlnnaii. thai like 
 SUM', wus .M.iiv.'isi.Ml Willi ll.n,r ,M.n|,l... l.nlli x'lmlar, aii.l travrll.Ts 
 (h„t, w.'ir .liliii.'iil il. Uikhv^ iM.ti f ill.".' tliin-i^. a> inni uf - I 
 
 1 :im liiilil Id Ill' 
 
 II 
 
 juil;iiiH'iit. . 
 
 of Ni'W KiiuIiiimI iiiiiv Im' vfll cuiij.'i 
 
 'rrojaiis." iV:r. Morton cam. 
 lirif iilto.'i'tlifr -oiiif ten ycarH. 
 
 tlial 111'' ..liuiiial ..f ill'' Nativt!^ 
 
 •Ini'i'il to l>i' tVoiil til.' ^(■att^•l■t•ll 
 
 v.T to N.'W I'iiiulainl ill 1 '>•-'■-'. ami liv'l