Upon. the 25th May, 1692, Catonah, Noname, Wappomofiam, Wenenanopoage, Chickheog and Pommeshecon, sell to Daniel Simpkins, of Bedford, a certain piece of land lying west of the bounds of Bedford, to say half a mile square, as it is already marked and laid out by the Indians, and bounded as followeth, viz.: East by the bounds of Bedford, and south by a brook coming off from the west ridge, and west and north as it is marked by the aforesaid proprietors.

His

CATO X NAH. mark.

Witnessed and delivered in ) His

the presence of us. j PUMMESEo CHAM.

STEPHEN HOLMES, and mark. JOHN BROWN. His

NO < NAME, mark. His

WEMEWANA g POGE.

mark. His

CHUCK *SHEAG. mark.

•Bedford Town Rec. vol. ; p. S39.

In 1692 we find the proprietors of Bedford treating with Connecticut for a general patent for their township. The general Court however did not choose to grant their request until five years after, as we shall have occasion to show presently -- again in 1692 at the October session of the general Court Mr. Underhill of Rye and Zachary Roberts of Bedford; were in attendance and the Court granted them an allowance for their expenses in coming; to be payd at Stanford out of the county rate."

February 10th, 1695, the town ordered that the rates shall be issued according to the following valuations, viz:6

Each head or person - - £12 0 0

"Ox, - - - - - 4 0 0 " Cow, - - - 3 0 0