Strafford County New Hampshire

Second Surveying and Proprietor's list of 1730

The Second Surveying and Proprietor's list of 1730
(An excerpt from the book A History of Barrington, NH by Morton Wiggin) 

Transcribed by Karen Penman (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) July 2000

Pages 23-25:

The captain Robert Evans Survey of Barrington, which was made in May 1730, shows a considerable readjustment of the proprietors' lots from the original drawings of May 1722.  The Evans survey follows:

Laid out lots marked and numbered on N.E. Ends by Robert Evans, May 1730.  A Copy from a copy taken from the original, (Except for the Two Mile Streak & the 100 acre lots, Fe. 10, 1763, pr Samuel Hale, Feb. 10, 1763, pr Samuel Hale Jr., 1818)

 (The twenty eight 100 acre lots were taken out of the land left over between the sixth range and the Nottingham line, and the land left over in range six, west of the New Portsmouth Grants.) 

NAMES ACRES
1.      Hen Keis 270
2.      Thos Hamet 60
3.      John More 72
4.      Francis Rand 60
5.      Ben Gamblin 330
6.      Eleazr Russell 96
7.      Widow Hatch 60
8.      Edw Cate 120
9.      Wm White 90
(Ayr's pond 240 Rods)  
10.  Mr Rogers Estate 360
11.  James Libby 120
(Round Pond 140 Rods)  
12.  Sam Alack 210
13.  Jno Roberts 210
14.  Capt Sam Hart 180
15.  John Shackford 210
16.  John Holmes 150
(Cross Range Road)  
17.  Wm Warren 60
18.  Jno Shors 60
20.  Dr. Bouley 96
21.  Wm Bridgham 96
22.  Agnes Russell 30
23.  Phips 300
24.  R Wibird Esq. 660
25.  Ths Westbrook 300
26.  Wm Cotton 120
27.  Peter Greely 120
28.  Ept Dennet 360
29.  Widow Hunking 108
30.  Hen Shurburn Jr. 90
31.  Wm Loud 192
32.  Jno Plaisted Esq. 414
33.  Jos Moses 72
34.  Benj Langley 96
35.  Jno Savage 72
36.  Rob. Armstrong 240
37.  N. Bishop 72
38.  Jos Pitman 78
(End of Range 1)  
39.  Thos Cotton 90
40.  Thos Barnes 96
41.  Kennard 180
42.  Wm Knight 330
43.  Jno Clark 84
44.  Thos Langdell 120
45.  Ed Pendexter 96
46.  Jno Lear 108
47.  Joth Furber 72
48.  Step Greenleaf 120
49.  Stn Lang 120
50.  Rich Cutt 72
51.  Wid Walker 48
52.  Widow of N Jackson 90
53.  Wm Broton 72
54.  Wid Tapley 120
55.  B Akerman 120
56.  S Hinks 72
57.  Hen Slooper 276
58.  Thos Sampson 180
59.  Thos Main 72
60.  Thos Crockett 72
61.  James Spring 120
62.  Ed Cate 150
63.  R Waterhouse 180
64.  Wm Cross 120
65.  Tho Airs 150
66.  Reub Abbot 72
67.  Capt Wm Cotton 150
(Range Road)  
68.  Jno Brewster 150
69.  John Hooper 60
70.  Josh Clark 120
71.  Wm Amos 60
72.  John Hill 96
73.  Ed Toogood 114
74.  Sam Hewe 108
75.  Alex Dennet 180
76.  Math. Nelson 150
77.  Nath Tuckerman 132
78.  Tim Davis 96
79.  Jno Stadley 120
80.  Geo Banfill 84
(Pond)  
81.  Ed Philips 54
82.  Jno Deverson 70
83.  Jos Fanning 90
84.  Ebn Libbey 72
85.  Sam Banfill 180
86.  Chs Brown 54
87.  Thos Greeley 112
88.  Wm Parker 240
89.  Sampson Babb 240
90.  Jno Long 126
91.  Tim Waterhouse 150
92.  Hen Beck 72
93.  Sam Ham 156
94.  Abr Barnes 60
95.  Wm Almany 30
00. Jno Robinson 96
(End of Range 2)  
96.  Jno Robinson 144
97.  Auth Roweson 72
98.  Geo Wlker 72
99.  Edw Cate Jr. 150
100.        Jos Miller 90
101.        Rich Waldron 216
102.        Thos Harvey 168
103.        Sam Shurburne 120
104.        Walt Warren 120
105.        Wm Cross 72
106.        Jos Allcock 168
107.        Thos Beck 180
108.        Jacob Leavers 72
109.        Caleb Grafton 30
110.        J Churchwell 60
111.        Dr. Pike 240
(Common Land of 960 acres) (Cross Range Road)  
112.        Ambross Slooper 180
113.        Jos Moulton 138
114.        Abra Jones 150
115.        Thos Beck Jr 78
116.        Abram Bartlet 72
117.        Michl Whidden 210
118.        Jas Moses 90
119.        Jas John Abbot 84
120.        Thos More 72
121.        Wm Foss 72
122.        Wm Lewis 90
123.        John Savage 150
124.        Jn Peverly Jr 60
125.        Sol Cotton 72
126.        Wm Hunking 30
128.        John Cotton 144
129.        Dr. Ross 96
130.        John Ham 130
131.        Michl Whidden 84
132.        Sam Brewster 90
133.        John Davis 120
134.        John Libbey 144
135.        Roger Swain 84
136.        Wid Briand 36
137.        John Almary 120
138.        Tobias Langdon 240
139.        Richd Alliot 96
140.        Hen Bickford 96
141.        Obadire Morse 48
142.        Nath Odiorne 108
(End of Range 3)  
143.        George Jeffrey 600
144.        Math James 160
145.        Jos Sherburne 354
146.        John Jones 132
147.        Jno Grindle 72
148.        Nath Peverly 90
149.        Thos Packer 648
150.        Jas Jeffrey 240
151.        Jer Neal 90
152.        David Gardner 120
153.        Nath Long 120
154.        Philip Gammon 36
155.        Peter Ball 120
156.        Joshua Peirce 728
(Parsonage Lot) (Cross Range Road)  
157.        John Hoker 96
158.        Thos Bisbuy 96
159.        Zah Leach 90
160.        Richd Parshley 144
161.        Richd Tobey 144
162.        Wid Marshal 90
163.        Jno Cutt 150
164.        Moses Caverly 160
165.        Jn Marden 165
166.        Jno Hardeson 180
167.        Sam Penhallow 720
168.        R Jose 120
169.        Wm Fairweather 72
170.        Eph Jackson 168
172.        Wid Martin 120
173.        Wm Peavey  160
174.        Ben Lucey 96
175.        Robt Almary 96
176.        Jno Wentworth, Lieut. Gov 720
(End of Range 4)  
177.        Chls Banfill 60
(Pond)  
180.        Jno Ford 72
(Chesley's pond)  
181.        Capt. G. Walker 300
182.        Sam Petmen 90
183.        Geo Townsend 108
184.        Sam Snell 36
185.        S Waterhouse 24
186.        Jno Parks 72
187.        Jno Davis 90
188.        Jno Cross 30
189.        Ben Cross 210
190.        Nath Mendum 240
191.        Robt Pickering 72
192.        Arch McPhaedris 600
193.        Moses Paul 210
194.        Jno Bradford 96
195.        Neh Partridge 72
196.        Peter Moe 84
197.        Thos Wilkinson 60
198.        Philip Babb 72
199.        Ben Cotton 90
200.        Jos Bass 96
201.        Sam Winkley 140
(Cross Range Road)  
202.        Ben Miller 120
203.        Jos Pitman 60
204.        Christ Noble 96
205.        Thos Wright 150
206.        Rob Ward 96
207.        Wid Pitman 30
208.        Jhn Ford 78
209.        Geo Peirce 220
211.        Wm Cotton & Col Vaughn 220
212.        Wm Cotton 220
213.        Wm Barnes 72
214.        R Swain 72
215.        John Gowell 80
216.        Wm Ross 72
217.        Jas Sherburne 90
218.        John Sherburne 100
219.        Nath Melcher 72
220.        Thos Peirce 210
221.        Peter Abit 60
222.        John Edmonds 84
223.        Thos Waldron 150
224.        Hen Sherburne 192
225.        Allex Miller 180
226.        Ant Roe 60
227.        Capt T Langdon 300
228.        Ezek Pitman 120
229.        Jas Stoodley 30
230.        Clemt Hayes 180
231.        John Drue 120
232.        Jas Berry 60
234.        Jacob Tash 90
(End of Range 5)  
235.        D Quick 96
236.        Jere Libbey 180
237.        John Preston 120
238.        Wm Fellows 240
239.        Sam Brown 72
240.        John Prey 240
241.        Capt H Sherburne 552
(Bow Pond)  
242.        Jno Peverly 96
243.        Wm Perett 24
244.        Jno Skilling 96
245.        Wid Mann & R Saulridge 60
246.        Ed Ayers 210
247.        Sam Monson 120
248.        Dan Jackson 72
249.         Nath Robinson 60
250.        Moses Ingram 120
251.        James Leach 90
252.        J Partridge & G. Son 60
253.        J Sherburne's widow 24
254.        Ed Wells 120
(Cross Range Road)  
255.        Stephn Noles 60
256.        Stephen Noble 60
257.        Wm Bennett 120
258.        Hen Seward 120
259.        Thos Laraby 120
260.        Nat Fellows 72
261.        Mary N. Leach 30
262.        Geo Ayers 96
263.        Hen Hunking 72
264.        Hugh Banfill 108
265.        Amos Fernald 150
266.        Abr Dennet 6
267.        Sam Rymes 96
268.        Sam Clerk 132
269.        Widow Nelson & Son 150
270.        Francis Ditty 60
271.        Jos Mead 108
272.        Jno Collins 60
273.        Joseph Sibson 120
274.        Laz Noble 60
275.        Laz Holmes 42
276.        Abraham Senter 96
277.        John Collins Children 72

Since some lots are not listed in this survey, it is apparent that there had been some consolidation of claims between 1722 and 1730. 

Early records of the State show that most of the Proprietors were not interested in developing their holdings and that many, in their wills, authorized their heirs to sell their property in Barrington.