THE TOWN OF BEDFORD. 



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" This mill stood on Myanos road about a quarter of a mile, or less 

 above where James Miller's mill now stands. In 1701 the town "doth 

 agree to buy " the mill of Richard Webb, son of Joshua, for the use of 

 the town, for the sum of fifteen pounds. Another mill seems to have 

 become necessary at this time, for in November 1701, "the town by a 

 maigor vote doth agree that their corn mill shall be set upon beuer dam 

 Riuer at the first conueniant place below davids broock : and that there 

 shall be thirty acres of land laved out to the mill and to lye to it foreuer 

 that the lawful oners of the mill shall enjoy the said thirty acres of land 

 foreuer, not else." And very stringent "artickells of agreement" were 

 entered into with John Dibell to build the mill, he is in the former case 

 to "finde the town with good sofisiant meall, they finding good sofisiant 

 corne" and he to have both mill and "thirty acres of land" foreuer. 

 This was on the site where Cox's mill now stands. 



There is some reason for believing that this was the old mill removed 

 to the new site. In October 1703, a little special legislation for the 

 miller became necessary. "The town by maigor vote agreeth and 

 ordereth that every munday shall be the day for the miller to attend to 

 grind for the town and what corne or grain is brought to the mill to be 

 ground within the 24 hours what is not ground within ye time aforesaid 

 the miller is to attend to grind it next day."* 



At a court of election holden in Hartford, May nth, 1682, the fol- 

 lowing license was granted to the people of the Hop ground: 



"Upon the petition of the people of the Hop ground, this court 

 doth grant them the privilege of a plantation and do order that the name 

 of the town be henceforth called Bedford, and this court doe appoint 

 Joseph Theall to be the present chief military officer for the train band 

 of Bedford, and Abraham Ambler is also empowered by this court to 

 grant warrants, to swear officers and witnesses, and to joyne persons in 

 marriage according to law, and they doe free the sayd towne of Bedford 

 from county rates, for the space of three years next ensuing. h 



In 1683, Catoonah Sagamore and other Indians, convey to the pro- 

 prietors of Bedford the land and meadow of Kohamong, lying South- 

 west of the " Hop ground." 



INDIAN DEED. 



Witness these present that we Katoonah, Saggamore and Papiag his son 

 Tadaquid, Queranoy and Chickhoag, we proprietors of the land and mid- 

 dow at Koaniong have for ourselves and for the rest of ye Indians which are 

 proprietors of the said land and middow at Koaniong Commonly so-called have 

 sold and by these presents doe sell, alienate, assign and set over from us and 

 every one of us, and in the name and behalf of the rest of the proprietors of ye 

 land and middow at Koaniong and all our heirs executors, administrators and 

 assigns forever unto the proprietors of the town of Bedford, in the colony of 



* Address of Joseph Barrett, July 4, 1876. Copied from the Kecorder, Katonah, July 7th. 

 6. Cour. Col. Kec. Hartford vol. iii., fol. 131—134. 



