5 August 1717

Kerbe, Richard, fl. 1717

Document signed

Title: [Sale of a parcel of 35 acres in Dartmouth Township, Massachusetts Bay Colony].

Also signed by Joseph Allen (his mark). Witnessed by Nathaniel Howland and Temperance Kerby. Kerbe and Allen agree to sell land to Robert Barker. Signed with his mark.

GLC02924.021

28 March 1717

Delano, Jonathan, fl. 1701-1717

Document signed

Title: [Copy of a report of a meeting held in Dartmouth Township on 28 March 1717 discussing land taken for highways].

Delano signed clerically for Richard Borden, John Akin, William Wood, Jacob Barker, and Isaac Smith. Attested as a true copy from the "Dartmouth Purchesors Book of Records" and signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.022

28 January 1717

Delano, Jonathan, fl. 1701-1717

Document signed

Title: [Copy of a report of a meeting held in Dartmouth Township on 28 January 1717].

Christopher and Robert Gifford had neglected to take up lands. The committee ordered the lands to be surveyed. Date from docket. Attested as a true copy and signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.023

13 April 1713

Korbin, Richard, fl. 1713

Document signed

Title: [Indenture for the sale of land in Dartmouth Township, Massachusetts Bay Colony]

Also signed by Joseph Allon (his mark). Witnessed by Robard Korbin and Benjamin C[illegible]. Richard Korbin agrees to sell the land to Joseph Allon. Signed with his mark.

GLC02924.024

28 March 1717

Hathaway, Thomas, fl. 1717-1726

Document signed

Title: [Copy of a report of a meeting discussing land taken for highways].

Attested as a true copy and signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.025

28 January 1717

Delano, Jonathan, fl. 1701-1717

Document signed

Title: [Copy of a report of a meeting held in Dartmouth Township on 28 January 1717].

Christopher and Robert Gifford had neglected to take up lands. The committee ordered the lands to be surveyed. Attested as "a true coppie of a coppie" and signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.026

7 January 1720

Kerby, Richard, fl. 1720

Document signed

Title: [Power of attorney to Nathaniel Howland].

Also signed by Joseph Allen (his mark). Witnessed by George Lawton (his mark) and Matthew Wing (his mark). The witnesses are attested by Justice of the Peace John Alm[illegible]. Kerby and Allen grant power of attorney to Howland. Signed with his mark.

GLC02924.027

15 November 1718

Gifford, Robert, fl. 1718

Document signed

Title: [Indenture to purchase land in Dartmouth Township, Massachusetts Bay Colony, from his brother, Christopher Gifford].

Also signed by Thomas Tabor, Junior, and George L. Lawton (his mark). Gifford agrees to pay 500 pounds to his brother for the land. Signature reads: "Robart Gifford."

GLC02924.028

circa 1726

Hathaway, Thomas, fl. 1717-1726

Document signed

Title: [Report of a meeting held in Dartmouth Township].

Regarding Cedar Swamp. Attested as a true copy and signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.029

10 October 1721

Kerby, Temperance, fl. 1721

Document signed

Title: [Agreement to release Robert Curby from his obligation to her as executor of her father, the late Richard Curby].

Witnessed by Timothy Gifford (his mark) and Jerimiah Gifford (his mark). Also signed by the Township of Dartmouth Clerk Nathaniel [illegible]. The inheritance has been paid and Curby is released from his obligation.

GLC02924.030

circa 1723

Hathaway, Thomas, fl. 1717-1726

Document signed

Title: [Copy of a report of a meeting to choose a surveyor].

Hathaway clerically signs for Richard Borden, John Akin, William Wood, Jacob Barker, and Isaac Smith. Benjamin Hammond is to lay out the general divisions of the uplands. John Akin is to assist him. Attested as a true copy and signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.031

circa 1726

West, Stephen, 1736-1819

Document signed

Title: [Report of various meetings about land in Dartmouth Township].

Attested as a true copy and signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.032

December 1725

Hathaway, Thomas, fl. 1717-1726

Document

Title: [Narrative of the current status of the Gifford family's land disputes in the Township of Dartmouth].

GLC02924.033

19 July 1726

West, Stephen, 1736-1819

Document

Title: [Report of a meeting about land in Dartmouth Township].

Docket reads: "Acts made since the fire."

GLC02924.034

circa June 25, 1726

Churchill, Thomas, fl. 1726

Document signed

Title: [Copy of records about methods of land distribution in Dartmouth Township].

A note below the clerk's signature reads: "to be entered first on the new book of records [illegible]." Attested as a true copy and signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.035

circa 3 December 1726.

West, Stephen, 1736-1819

Document signed

Title: [Report of a general meeting about land].

Attested as a true copy and signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.036

12 February 1731

West, Stephen, 1736-1819

Document signed

Title: [Report of a meeting held at the town house].

The subject of the meeting is a meadow beside Cedar Swamp. Attested as a true copy and signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.037

30 March 1731

West, Stephen, 1736-1819

Document signed

Title: [Report of a meeting held at the town house].

The subject of the meeting is a meadow by Cedar Swamp. Attested as a true copy and signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.038

10 September 1737

Howard, Edward, fl. 1731

Document signed

Title: [Power of attorney to Enos Gifford].

Also signed by Timothy Gifford (his mark), Jeremiah Gifford, and William Hicks, all residents of Dartmouth, who also give power of atttorney to Enos Gifford. Witnessed by Samuel Pack and Cornelius Bennet. Certified by Justice of the Peace [illegible] Richmond. Howard lists his profession as shipwright. The two Giffords are yeomen, and Hicks is an "inholder."

GLC02924.039

01 April 1737

Tripp, John, fl. 1737

Document signed

Title: [Description of a piece of property belonging to John Briggs of Dartmouth Township].

Tripp adds the names of the members of the committee: himself, Nathaniel Soule, and [illegible] Sanford. Attested as a true copy and signed as Proprietor's Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.040

8 September 1735

West, Stephen, 1736-1819

Document signed

Title: [Report of a meeting held at the town house].

The subject of the meeting is a request to fill in Cedar Swamp. The meeting was adjourned without the matter being put to a vote. Attested as a true copy signed as Proprietor's Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.041

17 April 1748

Gifford, Cainan, fl. 1748

Document signed

Title: A receit to dress white leather.

A recipe for tanning white leather. Verso reads: "To Little Compton April 17th Day 1748."

GLC02924.042

3 June 1751

Gifford, Elijah, fl. 1751

Document signed

Title: [Power of attorney to Enos Gifford].

Witnessed by Samuel Willbor and Martha Willbor (her mark). Attested by Justice of the Peace Samuel Willbor. Enos Gifford is the father of Elijah Gifford.

GLC02924.043

18 April 1758

Moore, Joshua, fl. 1758

Document signed

Title: [Report on the fitness for military service in the French and Indian War of Elijah Gifford].

"I have considered the case of Elijah Gifford and finding him deaf of one of his ears (as he saith) which (in my opinion) may render him an unfit person to serve his King or Country in this present expedition; becaus his hearing being depraved."

GLC02924.044

November 1726

Hathaway, Thomas, fl. 1717-1726

Document signed

Title: [Report of a meeting held at the town house].

George Badcock and Henry Tucker have asked the township's permission to build a grist mill. After examining the records of the township and on consultation with Benjamin Hammond's survey, it is determined that title to the land is clear. Attested as a true copy signed as Clerk of the Township of Dartmouth.

GLC02924.045