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GRANTS, PETITIONS AND DEEDS.
petition was favorably received by the magistrates, but denied by the deputies. This occurred at the May session, 1670. In October following, the petition was granted. Not one of the petitioners became a settler, but many of them labored faithfully for more than ten years to fill the complement of settlers, as required by the Grant. PETITION. "To the Highly Honnd & The Genrll Corte of the Massachusetts.The humble Petition of Diverse of ye Inhabitants of Springfield, on the behalfe of ye Towne. Sheweth That there being a quantity of land betweene Springfield & Westfield & the South Lyne of ye Colony wch wee conceive may be capable of a small Plantation, and for that there are diverse Prsons amongst us that greatly want conveniences of Land for improvement for their familyes, who desire to sett upon worke in that quarter & to prvent the marring of that wch may be a comfortable Towneship by such as otherwise may take up those Lands for farmes & to Peserve the Lands and woods of the South line of the Collony in that quarter towards Windsor.--Wee doe humbly intreat this much Honnod Corte to graunt unto yolr petitionrs for ye use of such as want conveniences of Land in this Towne, a quantity of Land for ye end aforesaid: And that the Honnord Corte would be pleased to allow five or six yeares liberty forsetting downe there & making a Plantation :--the difficulty of winning those woody lands requiring longer tyme than ordinary to settle upon : there being scarce any open land to begin with: That God only wise would sitt amongst yor Honnord guiding you to his Glory & ye comfort of His People: Pray: Yo'.r most Humble Petition.
ANSWER. In answer to ye petition of diverse of ye Inhabitants of Springfield craving liberty for erecting of a Towneship on the West side of their Great River towards Windsor: This Court doeth graunt to the Petitioners a Tract of Land lying Southward of Springfield & Westfield Bounds & so toward the South line of or Pattent line to the contents of six miles square & so to be laid out as may be most convenient for a Plantation or Towneship: Provided there be One Hundred acres of___________ * " Richard Sicks " (Sikes, Sykes, Syckes) was ancestor of all of that name in N. E. Victory (Vicary), his son, was a first settler of Suffield. This page update Wednesday, September 19, 2001
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