EARLY HISTORY OF TOLLAND, Tolland County Historical Society, 22d day of August 1861, by Loren P.Waldo; 1861 ----- Petition to the General Assembly in Hartford,Conn, May 14,1713: "settling plantations in the waste lands within the colony and having viewed a township of land on the east side of the great river {Connecticut River],ordered by the town of Windsor and the heirs of Thomas Burnham,deceased,to be settled into a plantation" ---- This is slightly late for Mass Bay Colony but worth posting. --- The petition was signed by the following persons: Baker,Joseph Grant,Samuel Barber,Benjamin Grant,Noah Birge,Corelius Grant,Nathaniel Bissell,Josiah Gridley,John Chapman,Henry Hoskins,Anthony Chapman,Simon Holcomb,beniah Cook,Nathaniel Huntington,John Cook,Ebenezer Loomer,H. Cook,Daniel Loomis,Stephen Drake,Nathaniel Loomis,Ichabod Eno,John Loomis,David Ellsworth,Samuel Loomis,Joshua Edgar, Thomas Marshall,Samuel Eggleston,Thomas Mills, Jediah Farnsworth,Joseph Phelps,Joseph Gillett,Cornelius Phelps,William Gaylord,Jonas Pinney,Humphrey Griswold,Daniel,jr Pinney,Jonathan Gillett,Nathaniel,jr Pinney,Nathaniel Griswold,Thomas Porter,Daniel Porter,Nathaniel Porter,Joseph Rockwell,Joseph Rockwell,Samuel Stiles,Thomas Skinner, Joseph Stoughton,Israel Stiles,Henry,jr Smith,Phillip Wolcott,Roger Watson,Nathaniel Wolcott,Charles Wolcott,Henry Willes,Joshua,sen. Willes,John Willes,Joshua, Willes,Samuel Warren,Robert Loomis,Daniel ----------------- The certain lands on the east side of Windsor, was bought from the Indians in 1636. the town in conjunction with Thomas Burnham heirs, released the said lands unto such sober inhabitants as should orderly settle on the same,paying only the prime cost. ------- The following are the names of the grantees: Baker,______ Eaton,Daniel Benton,Samuel,sr Benton,Samuel,jr Benton,Joseph,sr Benton,Joseph,jr birge,Cornelius Brace Stephen Ellsworth,John Forward,Samuel Bissell,Ephriam,heirs Gillett, Nathan Birge,Joseph Grant,Noah Grant,Nathaneil Brace,Stephenson hatch,Joseph Hinsdale,Barnabas Cook,Daniel Huntington,Christopher Coy,Samuel Huntington,John Chapman,Samuel Loomis,Enoch Caswell,Matthew Loomis,Moses Drake,Joseph Loomis,Joshua Ellis,Thomas Nye,Ebenezer Emmons,Peter Pinney Samuel Eaton,William Peck,Joseph Paulk,Samuel Porter,Hezekiah Porter,Daniel Rockwell,Samuel Stearns,Shubael Royce,Joseph Stoughton,Thomas Taylor,Nathaniel Tucker,Ephraim Tucker,Ephriam Utley,Samuel Wolcott,Henry Wolcott,Simon Wallis,Nathaniel West,Samuel Willes,Joshua Whipple,Thomas ------------------- Cynthia -- got a beef? contact me...do not post on list! usual email: NewEnglander1620@mail.ccsinet.net have ? email me at: suggestions_questions@yahoo.com need lookup ? email: LookUpsNE@hotmail.com --- past postings: http://archiver.rootsweb.com -- Cynthia Listowner: Ma-Bay-Colony-L@rootsweb.com Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com --