The town grants from

Hartford, Isaac Denham, Abraham Brush, Abraham Smith, John Ogden, Samuel Banks, Joseph Stud well, Philip Travis, John Merritt, Stephen Sherwood, Joseph Merritt, John Feast, Jonathan Kniften, Humphrey Underbill, John Turner, Robert Bloomer, Hachaliah Brown, Jonathan Hart, Ebenezer Kniffen, John Boyd,

Roger Park, Joost Pauldinck,

Thomas Merritt,

Joseph Banks,

Ruhamah Bishop,

Francis Purdy,

John Vail,

John Vail,

Isaac Anderson,

John Merritt,

A draught of Will's purchase,

Joseph Purdy,

Richard Ogden,

Henry Hiatt,

Pond field draught.

The three draughts ii Will's purchase,

Joseph Robinson,

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John Boddegaret, Jolin Bromlig, David Horton,

John Brondig, Jonathan Kniffen, John Iliatt,

David Horton.^

Upon the " 23d of November, 1686, the town empowered Benjamin Colyer and John Brondige, to treat with the governor for a general patent for the township of Rye." The proprietors of Poningoe neck also authorized the same individuals to obtain a jyarticular patent for said neck.b The general patent appears to have been granted, for on the 28ih of Feb. 1686-7, occurs certain " charges, arising from the business between Richard Patrick and the town of Rye, and all the expenses of procuring a patent, for the bounds and privileges of the said town." A patent for Poningoe neck, must also have been obtained, for we invariably find the meetings of its proprietors held distinct from those of the town. At a meeting of the proprietors of Poningoe neck, Dec. J 1th, 1699, a grant was made to Richard Ogden, of an island commonly called Fox island.