A history of the town of Murrayfield : earlier known as Township No 9, and comprising the present towns of Chester and Huntington, the northern part of Montgomery, and the southeast corner of Middlefield : 1760-1763 . 5~oo AcresIszac Wz/tiersHeirs °»ti a 500 AcresTfj(Di v/sta ~f oFOrBulfineh 700 Acres. ^Wi/Ji^ms Gr$n£,(^ q trj « 3QZ Ffods ivofiods J5. V Nil. •***? /fcw oftheGncn^WalktrGnnt- Williams Grant A HISTORY OF MURRAYFIELD. 17 WILLIAMS GRANT. The Williams grant contained 700 acres of land, and was grantedby the General Court of the Province to the heirs of the Rev. JohnWilliams, formerl
A history of the town of Murrayfield : earlier known as Township No 9, and comprising the present towns of Chester and Huntington, the northern part of Montgomery, and the southeast corner of Middlefield : 1760-1763 . 5~oo AcresIszac Wz/tiersHeirs °»ti a 500 AcresTfj(Di v/sta ~f oFOrBulfineh 700 Acres. ^Wi/Ji^ms Gr$n£,(^ q trj « 3QZ Ffods ivofiods J5. V Nil. •***? /fcw oftheGncn^WalktrGnnt- Williams Grant A HISTORY OF MURRAYFIELD. 17 WILLIAMS GRANT. The Williams grant contained 700 acres of land, and was grantedby the General Court of the Province to the heirs of the Rev. JohnWilliams, formerly of Deerfield, whose name is familiar to all whohave read of the Indian wars in New England. The grant was madein answer to the petition of the Rev. Stephen Williams of Spring-field, June 1st, 1737; it was laid out October 6th, 1737. The recordof the General Court shows the following: On petition of the Rev. Mr. Stephen Williams of Springfield, in the Houseof Representatives, June 1st, 1737, read & in answer to the petition, ordered,that the petitioner have kave to survey & lay out by a surveyor & chainmanon oath 700 acres of unappropriated lands of the province, in lieu of 700acres laid out & confirmed at the session of this court held the 24th of Novem-ber last which fall within a former grant & therefore is hereby vacated;
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