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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 Excerpt: ...worth one thousand pounds. No further action being taken, a third petition was sent, iu 1729, by William Ward of Southborough, Joshua Morse, and forty others, of Medfield, considering it, in their opinion, to be of the value of one thousand pounds, for the improvement of themselves, their posterity, and also for the enlarging of the province. The General Court did not consider the land asked for capable of making a township, there being so much poor land in the tract. However, in August of that year, they voted that the prayer of the petitioners be granted, ou conditions that they shall, within seven years' time, settle and have actually on the spot fifty families, each of which to build a house eighteen foot square at least, to break up and improve seven acres of land, settle an Orthodox minister, &c. William Ward, Esq., was empowered and directed to regulate and assemble the grantees for the purpose of choosing officers to conduct the affairs of the plantation. The first meeting was called to meet at the house of Joshua Morse in Medfield on the Gth day of Nov., 1729. They accordingly met, to the number of forty-two, as follows: --Melatiah Bourn, Thomas Gleason, Ezra Clark, William Ward, Moses Gleason, Samuel Ellice, Ezra Bourn, Jonas Gleason, David Ellicc, Sliuball Gorara, Joshua Morse, Francis Moquett, Thomas Learned, Joseph Plimpton, Henry Adams, Nathan Fi3k, Nathaniel Smith, Ichabod Harding, Henry Fisk, Solomon Clark, John Plimpton, Ebenezer Learned, . Timothy Hamant, Josiah Cheney, Nahum Ward, William Plimpton, Capt. John Dwight, Gershom Kcyes, Ephraim Partridge, Capt. John Boyden, Zcnobeebell Eager, Abraham Harding, Nathan Morsc' John Shearman, Mosc3 Harding, James Dennison, Joseph Baker, Josiah Ellicc, Joseph Marsh, Jonas Houghton, Peter Balch, Ca...
