Joseph Brown
Hannah Brown
Samuel Randal
Benjamin Samson

[Massachusetts Archives, CXV., 220-222.]

Hell Pond, mentioned in this covenant, is situated in the northwest part
of Harvard, and so called "from its amazing depth," says the Reverend
Peter Whitney, in the History of Worcester County (page 158).

Two years after this covenant was signed, another attempt was made to
divide the town, but it did not succeed. The lines of the proposed
township included nearly the same territory as the present ones of
Shirley. The following references to the scheme are found, under their
respective dates, in the printed Journal of the House of
Representatives:--

A Petition of sundry Inhabitants of _Groton_ and _Lunenburg_,
praying they may be erected into a distinct and seperate Township
or Precinct, agreable to the Plan therewith exhibited, for the
Reasons mentioned.

Read and _Ordered_, That the Petitioners serve the Town of
Lunenburg, and the first Parish in _Groton_, with Copies of this
Petition, that they shew Cause, if any they have, on the 29th of
_December_ next, if the Court be then Sitting, if not on the first
Friday of the next Sitting of this Court, why the Prayer thereof
should not be granted.