Grant; then running North in the West Line of said _Rand's_ Grant
eighty-three Rods to the Southeast Corner of said _Belcher's_
Grant; then running West bounding North three Hundred and
forty-eight on said _Belcher's_ Grant and four Hundred and
fifty-three Rods on a Grant called _Chandler's_ Grant, then running
North on the West Line of said _Chandler's_ Grant four Hundred and
sixty to said _Becket's_ South Line; then running West in said
_Becket_ South Line twenty Rods to a Stake and Stones the North
West Corner of additional Lands belonging to the Four _Housatonick_
Townships; then running South two Degrees West one Thousand four
Hundred and eighty-eight Rods in the East Line of said additional
Lands to the Place where the said East Line crosses said
_Farmington_ River; then Southerly or down Stream three Hundred and
thirty Rods to the first Bounds, bounding Westerly on said River,
be accepted, and is hereby accepted and confirmed unto the
Proprietors of _Groton_ aforesaid, their Heirs and Assigns forever.
_Provided_ the same doth not exceed the Quantity aforementioned,
nor interfere with any former Grant.

Sent up for Concurrence.

[Journal of the House of Representatives (pages 182, 183). April
24, 1772.]

I am unable to say how or when this territory was disposed of by the
proprietors. Seven or eight years before this time, James, William, and
Oliver Prescott, acting for themselves, had petitioned the General Court
for a tract of land to make up their own losses. They were the sons of
the Honorable Benjamin Prescott, through whose influence and agency the
original Groton Gore was granted, and they were also the largest