The Bay State Monthly, Volume 1, No. VI. June, 1884 | Page 4

partly on a farm cald Powersis farm in
Concord; this line contains a bought fouer miles and twenty fiue pole
The lands a boue mentioned wer shewed to vs for Nashobe Plantation
and there were ancient marks in the seuerall lines fairly marked, And
s'd comite find vpon the servey that Groton hath Run into Nashobe (as
it was showed to vs) so as to take out nere one half s'd plantation and

the bigest part of the medows, it appears to vs to Agree well with the
report of M'r John Flint & M'r Joseph Wheeler who were a Commetty
imployed by the County Court in midlesexs to Run the bounds of said
plantation (June y'e 20'th 82) The plat will demonstrate how the
plantation lyeth & how Groton coms in vpon it: as aleso the quaintete
which is a bought 7840 acres
And said Comite are of the opinion that ther may [be] a township in
that place it lying so remote from most of the neighboreng Towns,
provided this Court shall se reson to continew the bounds as we do judg
thay have been made at the first laieng out And that ther be sum
addition from Concord & Chelmsford which we are redy to think will
be complyed with by s'd Towns And s'd Comite do find a bought 15
famelys setled in s'd plantation of Nashobe (5) in Groton claimed and
ten in the remainder and 3 famelys which are allredy setled on the
powerses farm: were convenient to joyn w s'd plantation and are a
bought Eaight mille to any meting-house (Also, ther are a bought
Eaight famelys in Chelmsford which are allredy setled neer Nashobe
line & six or seven miles from thir own meeting house
JONATHAN TYNG THOMAS HOW JOHN STEARNS
In the Houes of Representatives Nov'm 2: 1711. Read Oct'o. 23, 1713.
In Council
Read and accepted; And the Indians native Proprietors of the s'd
Planta'con. Being removed by death Except two or Three families only
remaining Its Declared and Directed That the said Lands of Nashoba be
preserved for a Township.
And Whereas it appears That Groton Concord and Stow by several of
their Inhabitants have Encroached and Setled upon the said Lands; This
Court sees not reason to remove them to their Damage; but will allow
them to be and remain with other Inhabitants that may be admitted into
the Town to be there Setled; And that they have full Liberty when their
Names and Number are determined to purchase of the few Indians there
remaining for the Establishment of a Township accordingly.

Saving convenient Allotments and portions of Land to the remaining
Indian Inhabitants for their Setling and Planting.
Is'a ADDINGTON Secry.
In the House of Representatives
Octo'r: 23th: 1713. Read
[Massachusetts Archives, cxiii, 600.]
The inhabitants of Groton had now become alarmed at the situation of
affairs, fearing that the new town would take away some of their land.
Through neglect the plan of the original grant, drawn up in the year
1668, had never been returned to the General Court for confirmation, as
was customary in such cases; and this fact also excited further
apprehension. It was not confirmed finally until February 10, 1717,
several years after the incorporation of Nashobah.
In the General Court Records (ix, 263) in the State Library, under the
date of June 18, 1713, it is entered:--
Upon reading a Petition of the Inhabitants of the Town of Groton,
Praying that the Return & Plat of the Surveyor of their Township
impowered by the General Court may be Accepted for the Settlement &
Ascertaining the Bounds of their Township, Apprehending they are
likely to be prejudiced by a Survey lately taken of the Grant of
Nashoba;
Voted a Concurrence with the Order pass'd thereon in the House of
Represent'ves That the Petitioners serve the Proprietors of Nashoba
Lands with a copy of this Petition, That they may Shew Cause, if any
they have on the second Fryday of the Session of this Court in the Fall
of the Year, Why the Prayer therof may not be granted, & the Bounds
of Groton settled according to the ancient Plat of said Town herewith
exhibited.
It is evident from the records that the Nashobah lands gave rise to much

controversy. Many petitions were presented to the General Court, and
many claims made, growing out of this territory. The following entry is
found in the General Court Records (ix, 369) in the State Library, under
the date of November 2, 1714:--
The following Order pass'd by the Represent'ves. Read & Concur'd;
viz,
Upon Consideration of the many Petitions & Claims relating to the
Land called Nashoba Land; Ordered that the said Nashoba Land be
made a Township, with the Addition of such adjoining Lands of the
Neighbouring