APPENDIX K. 757
APPENDIX K.
THE RECOMPENSE IN LANDS.
Referred to on p. 546.
No. Part No.
of Name of Grantee. of of When Granted.
Lot. Lot. Acres.
35 Timothy Church, whole 640 July 11th, 1786
36 William Shattuck, " 640 " " "
37 Hezekiah Stowell, " 640 " " "
38 Joseph Wells,. 1st 360 " " "
38 Asa Parker, 2d 280 " " "
39 James Davidson, 1st 500 " " "
39 James Wallace, 2d 140 " " "
40 David Thurber, whole 640 " " "
41 Shubael Bullock, 1st 90 " " "
41 Daniel Wilkins Jr., 2d 90 " " "
41 Paul Nichols, 3d 140 " " "
41 Cyril Carpenter, 4th 220 " " "
41 Henry Evans Yr., 5th 100 " " "
42 Nathan Avery, 1st 132 " " "
42 Charles Phelps, 2d 508 " " "
43 Rutherford Hays, 1st 180 September 14th 1786
43 James Stewart, 2d 100 " " "
43 Ebenezer Roberts, . 3d 180 " " "
43 John Sherburne, 4th 180 " " "
44 Jonathan Dunkley, 1st 175 July 11th, 1786
44 Elijah Prouty, 2d 465 " " "
45 Philip Frisbee and others, whole 640 February 26th, 1793
46 Joshua Lynd, 1st 180 September 14th, 1786
46 Zephaniah Shepardson, . . 2d 100 " " "
46 Giles Roberts, 3d 180 " " "
46 Lemuel Lynd, 4th 180 " " "
47 Timothy Church, whole 640 July 11th, 1786
48 John Olden, 1st 160 " " "
48 Seth Clark, 2d 160 " " "
48 James Packer, 3d 320 " " "
49 David Goodenough, lst 340 " " "
49 Edward Carpenter, 2d 300 " " "
50 Gospel and Schools, whole 640 April 6th, 1786
51 For Promoting Literature, " 640 " " "
52 Francis Prouty, " 640 July 11th, 1786
53 William Shattuck, " 640 " " "
54 Seth Smith, " 640 September 12th, 1786
55 Newell Earl, 1st 200 July 11th, 1786
55 Joseph Coleman, 2d 240 " " "
55 Josiah Rice, 3d 200 " " "
56 Edmund Bemus, 1st 220 " " "
56 David Thurber Jr., 2d 200 " " "
56 Asa Stowell, 3d 220 " " "
57 Joseph Whipple, 1st 180 " " "
57 Dean Chase, 2d 100 " " "
57 Daniel Whitney, 3d 180 " " "
57 Artemas Goodenough, 4th 180 " " "
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No of Part of No.
Lot. Name of Grantee. Lot. of Acres. When Granted.
58 Reuben Smith, 1st 170 July 11th, 1786
58 Ephraim Knapp, 2d 100 " " "
58 Artemas How, 3d 200 " " "
58 David How, 4th 170 " " "
59 Samuel Curtis, 1st 180 " " "
59 John Gault, 2d 280 " " "
59 Hale Salisbury, 3d 180 " " "
60 Timothy Church, whole 640 " " "
61 Philip Frisbee and others, " 640 February 26th, 1793
62 Amos Yaw Jr., 1st 214 July 11th, 1786
62 Nathan Culver, 2d 212 " " "
62 Ichabod Packer, 3d 214 " " "
63 Samuel Clark, 1st 180 " " "
63 Hezekiah Stowell, 2d 200 " " "
63 Orlando Bridgman, 3d 260 " " "
64 John Adams, 1st 160 " " "
64 Jonathan Stoddard Jr., 2d 160 " " "
64 Benjamin Ballow, 3d 160 " " "
64 Charles Packer, 4th 160 " " "
65 William Shattuck, whole 640 " " "
66 Oliver Teall, 1st 260 " " "
66 Joseph Chamberlain, 2d 380 " " "
67 Jonathan Church, 1st 217 " " "
67 Joseph Shepardson, 2d 263 " " "
67 John Collins, 3d 160 " " "
68 Joseph Peck, whole 640 " " "
69 Asa Clark, 1st 97 " " "
69 Matthew Ellis 2d 97 " " "
69 Ithamar Goodenough, 3d 96 " " "
69 Asaph Carpenter, 4th 350 " " "
70 John Burrows, 1st 180 " " "
70 Timothy Phelps, 2d 280 " " "
70 Samuel Cudworth, 3d 180 " " "
71 Timothy Church, whole 640 " " "
72 Joshua Nurse, 1st 77 0 30 September 12th, 1786
72 Simon Calkins, 2d 96 1 25 " " "
72 Jotham Spaulding, 3d 96 1 25 " " "
72 Seth Smith, 4th 347 0 10 " " "
73 Henry Evans, whole 640 July 11th, 1786
74 Noah Shepardson, 1st 90 " " "
74 Joel Bigelow, 2d 350 " " "
74 Joshua Nurse, 3d 200 " " "
75 Thomas Baker, 1st 260 March 20th, 1788
75 Samuel Bixby, 2d 380 " " "
76 Amariah Parks, 1st 92 0 30 September 14th, 1786
76 Israel Smith, 2d 497 3 10 " " "
77 John Alexander, 1st 280 July 11th, 1786
77 Reuben Church, 2d 180 " " "
77 Isaac Crosby, 3d 180 " " "
78 William Shattuck, whole 640 " " "
79 Henry Evans, " 640 " " "
80 Henry Evans, " 640 " " "
81 William Guthrie, " 640 March 20th, 1788
81 William Guthrie Jr.,
81 Reuben Kirby,
82 William Shattuck, " 640 July 11th, 1786
83 William White, " 640 " " "
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No. of Part of No.
Lot. Name of Grantee. Lot. of Acres. When Granted.
84 Timothy Church, whole 640 July 11th, 1786
85 Francis Comins, 1st 128 September 12th, 1786
85 James Comins, 2d 256 " " "
85 James Comins Jr., 3d 128 " " "
85 William Pierce, 4th 128 " " "
86 Francis Prouty, 1st 540 July 11th, 1786
86 Isaac Kendall, 2d 100 " " "
87 Abraham Avery, 1st 430 " " "
87 William Gault, 2d 210 " " "
88 Daniel Ashcraft, whole 640 " " "
89 Jacob Stoddard, 1st 170 " " "
89 David Lamb, 2d 300 " " "
89 Samuel Earl, 3d 170 " " "
90 Timothy Church, whole 640 " " "
91 Adonijah Putnam, 1st 212 " " "
91 Thomas Whipple, 2d 214 " " "
91 Samuel Noble, 3d 214 " " "
92 Amos Yaw, 1st 193 3 27½ " " "
92 Eleazer Tobe, 2d 193 3 27½ " " "
92 David Culver, 3d 203 0 25 " " "
93 Elijah Curtis, 1st 180 " " "
93 Elijah Clark, 2d 100 " " "
93 Caleb Ellis, 3d 180 " " "
93 Isaac Slater, 4th 180 " " "
94 Jonathan Stoddard, 1st 200 " " "
94 David Thurber Jr., 2d 200 " " "
94 Caleb Nurse, 3d 240 " " "
95 Moses Yaw, 1st 180 " " "
95 Israel. Field, 2d 180 " " "
95 Daniel Shepardson, 3d 280 " " "
96 Jotham Bigelow, 1st 168 " " "
96 Nathaniel Carpenter, 2d 263 " " "
96 Samuel Colefax, 3d 168 " " "
97 Elisha Pierce, 1st 200 " " "
97 Richard B. Church, 2d 180 " " "
97 Eleazer Church, 3d 260 " " "
98 Jonathan S. Alexander, 1st 220 " " "
98 Samuel Melendy, 2d 420 " " "
99 Obadiah Wells, 1st 220 September 14th, 1786
99 Joseph Elliott, 2d 420 " " "
100 Hezekiah Broad, 1st 328 0 20 July 11th, 1786
100 Benjamin Baker, 2d 90 3 30 " " "
100 Ephraim Rice, 3d 90 3 30 " " "
100 Joseph Garcey, 4th 90 " " "
Township No. 2, or Clinton, was surveyed by Simeon De Witt, on the 6th of April, 1786, and at the same time was divided into one hundred lots, each of which it was intended should contain 640 acres. Lot No. 50 was appropriated to the use of "Gospel and Schools," and lot No. 51 "For promoting Literature." On the 6th of May following, the commissioners of the land office resolved to compensate those who had suffered in opposing the government of Vermont, by giving to them lots Nos. 35-100, inclusive, comprising, as was supposed (lots 50 and 51 being excepted), sixty-four lots, or 40,960 acres. On the 11th of July, in the same year, the commissioners divided fifty-four lots, or 34,560 acres, among the one hundred and seven persons who had been reported by Timothy Church and William Shattuck, as deserving of reward, and reserved ten lots, or 6,400 acres, for the purpose of satisfying the
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claims of such of the sufferers as were not included in the list which Church and his friends had presented. On this occasion, lot No. 81 was granted, 260 acres of it to Thomas Baker, and 380 acres to Samuel Bixby. Subsequently it was ascertained that improvements had been made on this lot, by persons to whom it did not belong. The owners of the land appear to have treated the squatters with kindness. An amicable adjustment of difficulties was the result. By an act of the Legislature, passed March 20th, 1788, power was given to the commissioners of the land office to grant to William Guthrie, William Guthrie Jr., and Reuben Kirby, the squatters before referred to, lot No. 81, and by the same act, lot No. 75 was granted to Thomas Baker and Samuel Bixby, in place of lot No. 81.
On the 12th and 14th of September, 1786 the commissioners granted seven lots or 4480 acres to a number of the "sufferers" whose names had not been included in the former enumeration. The demands of the citizens of New York who had resided in Vermont having been satisfied, the Legislature of New York by an act passed March 20th, 1788, gave to the commissioners power "to issue a grant" of two of the lots that had not been disposed of, viz., lots Nos. 45 and 61, containing each 640 acres, to Philip Frisbee, Samuel Frisbee, Philip Frisbee Jr., Ephraim Guthrie, Eben Landers, Seth Stone, Goold Bacon, Herman Stone, Nathaniel Benton Jr., Joseph Landers, Roderick Moore, and their associates. Before they could "severally be entitled to receive their respective grants," they were required to "pay into the treasury of this state, in any public securities, signed by the treasurer of this state, at the rate of one shilling and three pence per acre for the lands to be granted to them respectively." A patent was issued in accordance with this act, on the 26th of February, 1793.
An examination of the above table, will show that lots Nos. 72, 76, 92, 96, and 100, contained respectively 617, 590, 591, 599, and 600 acres of land, instead of 640 each. The reason of this discrepancy appears in the following extract, from the records of a meeting of the commissioners of the land office, held at the house of Matthew Visscher, in Albany, on the 12th of January, 1789:— "On running the east line of the said township of Clinton from the Delaware to the mouth of the Unadilla (the course of which line is north 4° 47' east), the lots adjoining to this line fell short of 640 acres each, at which they were computed when first ballotted for, as will appear by the minutes of this board. But in this entry such of the said lots as were formerly ballotted to two or more persons, viz., lots Nos. 72, 76, 92, 96, and 100, are divided among their respective proprietors in the same proportions with respect to the true quantity of each lot, as they were divided before on the supposition that they contained the quantity of 640 acres each." Land Office Minutes, in office Sec. State, N. Y., 1784—1788, i. 169, 170, 194-198, 220, 221, 224, 225, 256, 262, 263: 1788-1796, ii. 3, 17, 27-32, 51, 27, 281. Laws of N. Y., 11th session, Greenleaf's ed., ii. 198, 199. Map No. 57, in office Sec. State N. Y. Journal, Senate N. Y., 13th session, 2d meeting, pp. 46, 49.