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Excerpt from Keene and Vicinity, Its Points of Interest, and Its Representative Business Men, Embracing Keene, Hinsdale, Winchester, Marlboro, Walpole, Swanzey and Charlestown
Voted, to grant ten acres of upland to each of the persons hereafter named, viz.: Jacob Bacon clerk Josiah Fisher, Joseph Fisher, Nathan Blake, William Smeed, Seth Heaton, Joseph Ellis, Eben ezer Nims, Joseph Guild, Joseph Richardson, Isaac Clark, Edward Dale, Jeremiah Hall, Ebenezer Force, Daniel Haws, Amos Foster, Ebenezer Day, Beriah Maccauly, Jabez Hill, Obed Blake, Jeremiah Hall, Jr., David Nims, Timothy Puffer, Ebenezer Daniels, Nathan Fairbanks, John Bullard, David; Foster, Solomon Richardson, Abner Ellis, Benjamin Guild, Asa Richardson, Ebenezer Hill, Samuel. Fisher, Ephraim Dorman, Timothy Sparhawk, Jonathan Underwood, John Andrews, Samuel Smith, Samuel Daniels, and to such other persons having an interest here, who, from the first of next March (1740) to March, 1742, shall make up the quantity or space of two years in living here, and build a legal dwelling house, to the number of sixty, including those before mentioned, (thirty-nine in num ber). At a meeting held February 25, 1740, it was voted to build a second fort whenever seven of the proprietors should request it, but there is no evidence that this proposed fort was ever built. The proprietors of Upper Ashuelot were sorely tried at this time, for not only were they daily expecting news of savage raids on the country adjacent but they received intelligence which, if confirmed, would. Deprive them of all legal right to their lands, of all claim upon Massachusett's protection in case of' war, and would place them under the control of a government for which they had but little respect. And which they had been in the habit of considering hostile to their interests, the government of New Hampshire. What this intelligence was-appears in the following extract from their records.
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Excerpt from Keene and Vicinity, Its Points of Interest, and Its Representative Business Men, Embracing Keene, Hinsdale, Winchester, Marlboro, Walpole, Swanzey and Charlestown Before be left that town the snow began to fall, but be pushed on as rapidly as possible and reached Winchester in safety. By this time the snow was deep on the ground and was covered by an icy crust that would not bear his horse but would cut its legs as it broke through at every step. The few settlers at Winchester tried to dissuade him from proceeding, telling him he "might as well expect to die in Northfield and rise again in Upper Ashuelot, as ride thither on horseback." We are not informed what his views were on the subject of death and resurrection, but judging from his action he believed in the transmigration of bodies as some others do in the transmigration of souls, for, after refreshing bis horse and himself and securing the precious meal more firmly than ever, he made a desperate attempt to reach his waiting friends in the upper township. But in vain; the obstacles were more than flesh and blood could overcome, and after trying the endurance of his horse to the uttermost he reluctantly gave it up, and finally made his way to Wrentham, where much to his relief he was subsequently joined by Blake and Smeed, who had abandoned the settlement and journeyed thither on snow shoes. Before leaving they had so far as possible looked after the welfare of the oxen by placing all the hay within their leach, but they feared the quantity would be insufficient, and so returned as early as possible in the spring, when they found the poor beasts reduced almost to skeletons and feeding upon twigs and such grass as they could reach. They went almost wild with delight at the sight of Blake, their master, and it is recorded that strong man as he was, their pathetic evidence of pleasure drew tears from his eyes. May 12, 1737, the proprietors held a meeting at which they voted to assess sixty pounds on th
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