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. "21 William McDougall 37 42 "22 James Chatham Duane, William North, and Mary " 23 "24 "25 "26 1627 แ 28 แ 29 "30 4 31 แ 32 his wife, Sarah Duane, Catharine Livingston Duane, and Adelia Duane Gerardus Duycking Jr. John De Lancey Obadiah Dickenson Alexander McDougall George Etherington. Thomas Etherington Jellis A. Fonda John Galbreath James Guthrie William Giles . "34 " 33 Joseph Griswold John Goodrich Charles Hutchins "35 "36 แ 37 "38 " 39 "40 41 แ 42 Jonathan Hunt John Hensdale John Johnston Peter Kemble John Lawrence แ 43 2621 29 49 91 49 91 49 91 34 93 98 32 74 11 99 81 49 90 99 81 37 42 5 49 147 73 199 63 9 98 948 23 49 91 124 77 249 53 199 63 698 69 49 91 119 78 49 91 49 91 1417 47 LIST OF THE CIVIL AND MILITARY OFFICERS OF CUMBERLAND AND GLOUCESTER COUNTIES. Those persons who were appointed to office previous to April 3d, 1775, held commissions under the British province of New York. Those persons who were appointed to office from April 3d, 1775, to September 1st, 1777, derived authority from the New York Provincial Congress and the Convention of the state of New York. Those persons who were appointed to office subsequent to September 1st, 1777, received commissions by virtue of the Constitution of the state of New York. CIVIL LIST. CUMBERLAND COUNTY. CIVIL OFFICERS. 763 DEDIMUS POTESTATEM COMMISSIONERS TO ADMINISTER OATHS OF OFFICE. On the 20th of January, 1766, a few months previous to the establishment of Cumberland county, a dedimus potestatem commission to administer oaths of office was granted to Thomas Chandler, William Gilliland, and Isaac Man, for the whole of the New Hampshire Grants, at that time included within the limits of Albany county. July 17, 1766. April 7, 1768. April 14, 1772. Thomas Chandler, Joseph Lord, Samuel Wells, John Chandler. October 24, 1778. Pelatiah Fitch, John Sessions, James Clay, Micah Townsend. June 5, 1782. Charles Phelps, James Clay, Hilkiah Grout. Date of Commission. COMMISSIONERS OF THE COURT. NAMES. February 18, 1774 Samuel Wells, Crean Brush, Samuel Knight. COMMISSIONERS TO RECEIVE THE PROPERTY OF THOSE WHO HAD JOINED THE ENEMY. March 6, 1777. James Clay, Amos Robertson, Israel Smith. April 14, 1772. August 18, 1778. Thomas Chandler, Joseph Lord, Samuel Wells, Noah Sabin. ASSISTANT JUSTICES OF INFERIOR COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Date of Commission. NAMES. July 16, 1766. Oliver Willard, John Arms, James Rogers, Zedekiah Stone, Oliver Willard, Thomas Chandler Jr., John Chandler, Samuel James Rogers, Nathan Stone, William Willard, Stephen Greenleaf, Thomas Chandler Jr., Benjamin Butterfield. August 18, 1778. Eleazer Patterson, Hilkiah Grout, Stephen Greenleaf. JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER AND GENERAL JAIL DELIVERY. June 5, 1782. Charles Phelps, James Clay, Eleazer Patterson, Hilkiah Grout, At this time Richard Morris was Chief Justice of the Supreme court of the state of New York, and Robert Yates and John Sloss Hobart were puisne Justices of the same court. The presence of either Morris, Yates, or Hobart was necessary to form a court of Oyer and Terminer, etc. |