THE TOWN OF BEDFORD. 1 7 



Hill, and shall have ye use of the town land between his lot and the 

 said Hill provided the said David: always maintaine A good gate or 

 bars and liberty is reserved for the town to fetch stones or other neses- 

 aries but of the said town land reserved. 



Ye same March: '81. the committee apoynted ■ work of 



laying out the field land and meadow and after. — of ye land and lay- 

 ing the cart- ways they cast lots first for the east field: 2ly. for ye mead- 

 ows: 3ly. for the plains and the lots being solemnly drawn were as 

 follows : 





Field lots : 



Meadows : 



plains : 



Kich: Ambler 



17 



10 



1 



Abra Amble., 



12 



22 



19 



Jos. Theals, 



4 



8 



7 



Dan. weed, 



6 



6 



5 



Elea: wescot, 



15 



2 



4 



Jo- wescot, 



10 



14 



21 



Jonah: Pettit, 



19 



11 



18 



John cross, 



11 



24 



12 



John Miller, 



16 



15 



24 



Nicke: Webster. 



14 



23 



3 



Rich. Ayres, 



1 



9 



23 



Jonas Seely, 



13 



4 



2 



Jos. Stevens, 



2 



21 



6 



Dan: Jones, 



18 



13 



17 



Tho: Panoyr, 



8 



7 



13 



Jo- Stones, 



21 



20 



11 



Ben. Stevens, 



5 



11 



10 



Jo- Green, 



20 



5 



22 



Dauid Waterbury, 



7 



1 



9 



Sa- Weed, 



3 



18 



15 



Jonh. Kilborn, 



22 



12 



14 



Jonn Bates, 



23 



16 



16 



Natha: Cross, 



24 



19 



20 



The first official notice or recognition of the settlement of the town 

 appears to be the following grant from the General Court of Connecti- 

 cut Colony, at Hartford in 1681. 



" At a general court held at Hartford May 12, 1681. 



This court being moved to grant liberty to erect a platform upon the hopp- 

 ground, & ancient lands about Twelve miles to ye northwards of Stamford doe 

 grant their request & appoynt Captain Richard Olmstead, Lieut Jonath Bell Lieut 



