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Adams:
East Hoosuck Proprietors Records
1765-1773. About 69 pages
Note 1767 atlas of East Hoosuck at the front of the book. Missing
pages include 8-11. Fiches 77-78.
Andover:
Andover Proprietors’ Records
1714-1798. Vol 1. 562 pages.
Note that proprietors of 1681-1715
are listed here, along with some financial records and family
history. Also, most land records seem to fall between 1715 and
1722. Fiches 63-73.
Andover Proprietors’ Records
1715-1824. Vol 2. 536 pages. Fiches 74-83
Ashburnham:
[sample]
Dorchester-Canada/Ashburnham Proprietary Records: 1736-1801.
Vol A-1. These are records of the lands granted to officers and soldiers
of a 1690 expedition to Canada. Listings of the first settlers are
included, often with their relationship to the eligible grantee. Fiches
1-3.
Athol:
Proprietors of Pequoiag 1734-1762,
Town of Athol. Book 1. 179 pages.
Though minutes of the
proprietors’ meetings extend only through 1762, most land grants
are dated 1768. Note that the index references only those grants
found on pages 8-30, and that the book has many blank pages. For a
typescript of this book, see fiche 20. Fiches 1-3.
Proprietors of Pequoiag 1762-1824,
Town of Athol. Book 2. 291 pages.
Though mostly a record of land
grants 1761-1768, some land and proprietors records as late as
1824 are found. Note that the index does not reference any
grantees listed beyond page 242. For a typescript of this book,
see fiches 20-21. To learn where 1762 land parcels fit on a map of
Athol, see fiche 8. Fiches 3-7.
Athol 1762 Index to Proprietors
Records with Map. Typed. 45 pages.
Compiled 1908 by Herbert L. Hapgood.
This book is not indexed by surname; rather, it is arranged in
sections according to lot sizes and/or locations. Within each
section, it names land owners, references them to pages in Book 2
above, and provides their lot numbers, as shown on a map at the
front of the book, "Plan of Athol 1762." Note that many
land owners are listed in more than one section. Fiches 8-9.
Bernardston:
Proprietors of Fall Town
1735-1819. 390 pages. Fiches 12-18.
Proprietors
Records 1819-1855. 56 pages. Fiche 19.
Beverly:
Beverly Proprietor
Records 1698-1750. Fiches
42-43.
Beverly Proprietor Records 1728-1817. Fiches 44-45.
Bridgewater:
Records of Purchasers of
Bridgewater 1645-1751. Book 1.
Inv #133.
"This First Book of Records was begun 1675," but includes
earlier historical references and Duxbury records,
incidental family data, and an annotated index made in
1862. Of special interest are records of lands purchased
from Indians; e.g., pages 13-15. Fiches 78-100.
Dracut:
Dracut Proprietors Book 1710-1733/34. 66 pages.
Contains records of 1710, 1715-1716, 1721-1723, and 1733/4; but
those of 1721 predominate. Fiches 1, 15
Groton:
The town's proprietor records include six volumes
of land records on fiches 25-40. The first booklet identifies
original proprietors, and those of the first and second land
divisions. Land Divisions <1712, 1721, 1726/7, 1741, 1748, 1760.
Hingham:
Hingham Proprietor
Records 1720-1769. 168 pages.
[7 1/2" x 12" brown leather book]. Fiches
19-21.
Rochester:
Rochester Proprietor Records
1679-1795. Book 1A.
This is the "propriety first
book of records". Most of the records relate to land, but
other data are found; e.g.; the birth in 1684 of Eikabod Burg on
page 89. Names of some of the proprietors are indexed.
Fiches 4-6.
Rochester Proprietor Index Book 1679-1748.
This small book indexes some names from the above
volume and, apparently, from another volume of about 320
pages. Although the index starts with the letter "B", "A"
eventually appears--along with additional entries for most
letters of the alphabet. Fiche 7.
Scituate:
Scituate First Book of
Proprietors 1725-1745. 438
pages. Fiches 43-50.
Topsfield:
Topsfield Proprietors Book of Records
1714-1791. 88 pp. Fiches
23-23.
Williamstown:
Williamstown Proprietors
Records: West Hoosuck 1753, Williamstown 1765-1804.
335 pages. This book consists of land descriptions,
business meetings, and lists of land grantees.
Fiches 8-12.
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