At the same time a committee is chosen by vote, consisting of Zachariah Roberts, John Holmes, Jun., and Jonathan Petit, to see ye Indians satisfied for ye lands formerly bought of them, which is west of the first purchase."

Upon the 4th of November, 1700 :

"The town by a maiger vote doth devise and impower Mr. John Tomson & Zachariah Roberts, Senr., to go to New York & cleerup our ritsand priveledges in order to atainea patten toconforme to usourrits, titles & priveledges, &theyr chardges to be payed out of the above said bargeu.a

At a town meeting March 13th, 1701.

The town of Bedford, by a maiger vot doth reseve Mr. John Tomson, late of Lundon, now trader in Stanford, an inhabitant in to ye town among us ; & do give, grant and sell to him an hundred acres of land on the north sidof the highway yt gos to Danicll Simkings plain, bounded by the brook or Indian line west, as it shall be layd out by the comityc, and if it is not all to be had there then to mack it up elce where as conveniant as may be, for : 56 : fifty-six siblings, all ready payd to the town, and he is to mack cmprovements for ye space of three yera.6

Upon the 4th of Feb'y, 1702, the town of Bedford sold to John Dibble, Crosse's vineyard purchase for ^18 ; on the 1 6th of March following,

a Bedford book of ord., Rec. rass., p. 41. 6 Distr.