December ! 2, 1682. (R. I. Land Fv. IH, 224)
124 RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Thirdly It is orderd that M''- Caleb Carr and John Fones
are authorised to go and treat with Samuel Reape about a
Deed of Sale he hath in his Custody belonging to the
Company
Fourthly It is orderd that there shall be Notice Given
unto all Persons concernd in the aforesaid Purchases to
appear before us to give a due and just Account of what
Money they have paid or disbursed upon account of the
said Purchases within Twenty Days after the the Date
hereof
Fifthly It is ordered that the Companv shall meet the
22'^- of This Instant at the House of NF' Caleb Carr . . . The
above written order made by Us June 1 2^''' and Signd
p'' John Phones Clerk to the Company
Rec'' by M'' Caleb Carr Treasurer of Lawrence Springer
upon the Account of his Share in the Purchase of West-
quanaug 27 lb of Sheeps Wool . . .
Rec''' of Philip Tabor Thirteen Shillings in Money upon
the Account of his Share of Westquanaug
Rec''' of Shuball Paynter for the Account of a Share of
Land of Westquanaug the Sum of Three Pounds in Money
and if he proves the Purchase already paid before that then
he is to have his Money again
At a Meeting of the Trustees with some others of the
Company concerned in Purchase of Westquanaug Do order
and Declare as followeth That w^hereas there was an order
made the 12'''' of this Instant That all persons concernd in
the aforesaid Purchases should within Twenty Days bring
his or their full Payment of what is due to the Company
upon account of their Shares in the said Purchase and there
being Several Persons that Do live Remote and as We Sup-
pose have not had Twenty Notice to provide for the Per-
formance thereof WE therefore see cause to defer the
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Time before prefixed and give Liberty for bringing in the
said Payments until the last Day of October next ensuing
the Date hereof . . . Orderd as aforesaid this 22''' of
June 1678
Signd per Order John Fones Clerk
At a Meeting oi the Trustees before iu)minated the 1 9*'''
of Deceniber 1679 It is orcierd that all Persons concernd
in the aforesaid Purchase shall ha\'e Timely Notice given
to each of them to bring in a Just account unto the Treasurer
of what Charge and Money they have expendd or paid for
their Shares or part in the aforesaid Purchase and to make
full Payment for their aforesaid Shares or Part with what
hath been already paid as niay appear by their Accounts at
or before the First Day of March next ensuing the Date
hereof that is to pa\' i' -I- . . . . in Current Pa\'
It is also ordered that any Person or Persons that are to
have propriet)' in the aforesaid Purchase and have not paid
any of the Sum above mentiond for their shares in the
aforesaid Purchase viz £ 4 . . . . current Pay shall take
care to pay or cause to be paid unto the Treasurer before
nominated the full Sum before mentiond at or before the
First of March as aforesaid or otherwise upon Neglect
thereof shall forfeit his or their whole Right and Propriety
in the aforesaid Purchase
pr Order John Fones Clerk
These may Certify whom it may concern that We John
Stanton and John Coggeshall of Rhode Island Do resign
any Right or Title that we have had to a Purchase of Land
calld Westquanaug to the Purchase of said Tract a Witness
our Hand this 27*'^- of Septembr 1682
John Coggeshall John Stanton
It is ordered that Weston Clark is received in as a Pur-
chaser upon one of the Shares that is thrown up the 27*'''
of September 1682
126 RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The Company of Purchasers of the Land of Westquanauge D""-
To John Fones
April the 16''^ 1683 To going to make the Agreement be-
tween Pawtuxet Men and said Compan\ . . Five Dav . . £0 . . 6 . .
March the 16*'^ 1684/5 To going to Pawtuxet to meet the
Rest of the Trustees to consider
advise and determine about Settling
the Land Five Days ... " . . 6 . .
April 16 168 5 To going to Warwick to meet the
Trustees Five Days ... . . 6 . .
To Fxpenses there 2*^'- 6'^'- (J . . 2 . . 6
April 20 168 5 To going to Squomakuck to treat with
the Indian Queen"" and her Hus-
band and others about the Purchases
Four days with m\' Fxpenses on that
journev . 1 + . . 6
To 4 Yards of Duffil given per Order
of the Trustees to the Indian Queen
and her Husband 20/ 1 . . . .
Sup Contra Credit
1683 April 17"'- By Money rec^ of Weston Clark which was paid by
the Treasurer M''- Caleb Carr April 23''- 16S5.
By 12^'- Money Rec^l- of Major Greene 6:
\V' |ohn Whipple
At a Meeting of the Proprietors of Westquanauge' ' ' con-
vened at the House of M'' Joseph Smith of Kinstovvn in the
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation the
2 ()'''• of February 1706 7
r' \'oted and orderd That Simon Smith shall be Clerk of
the Company
"Weunquesh. See R. I. H. S. Coll. Oct. 1931, XXIV, 1 59.
'On Ma}' 6, 1702 The General Assembly of Rhode Island authorized
the creation of Westconnaug as a township.
An Act in answer to the petition of sundrv persons respecting the pur-
chase of Wesquanage.
Be it enacted by the authority' aforesaid, That alwavs provided the said
purchase of Wesquanage doth not entrench upon the township of Provi-
dence, Warwick, Greenwich, Kingstown and Westerh'; and that it be a
competenc}' for the setting a tcjwnship, that then the\" shall b\" virtue
hereof, have full power or libertv to settle a township on their own
rights aforesaid. (R. I. Col. Rec, printed, III, 446.)
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WESTCOXNAUG PURCHASE 127
\^ned and orderd That M'- John Rhodes M'- Malichi
Rhodes M'- Peleg Rhodes M""- Benjamin Carpenter
and Simon Smith are taken in Equal Partners — as also
M'- Nathaniel Waterman and M'- Thomas Field to be
equal Partners with the Rest of the Proprietors of
Westquanaug
Voted and agreed upon That all the Partners both those
that are now taken in and those that were in before shall
be at e(]ual charges to maintain and vindicate the Right
of the Tand of Westquanaug and to stand by and assest
each other in the Premises and whosoe\'er shall be re-
miss of the said Partnership or shall neglect to pay his
Equal Part in paying and defraying the Charges that
may accrue concerning the said Premises He shall for-
feit his part in said Lands to the Rest of the Partners
That no one of the Company shall sell or (Otherwise
convev- his part or any Parcel thereof to any person that
IS not priviledged in the said Land until such Time as
the said Tract of Land is divided and if any shall not
withstanding this Agreement sell their Right to any not
of the Company Then the said Part\- so doing shall
forfeit all his Right and Priviliges in the said Land to
the Rest of the Company and lose all his Charges
always provided that those that ha\e con\'e\ed before
this Time shall not be included or i}idenniified any
thing before written not withstanding
It is agreed that there shall be one of the Ct)mpan\-
chosen to be Treasurer for the Conipany who is to ex-
pend and pay all reasonable Charges that shall arise
concerning the Management of said affairs and that
e\'ery Person who has a whole Right shall pay to the
Treasurer hereafter named Twenty Shillings a piece
and those that have less than a whole Right to pay
according to their Proportions after the Same Rate as
aforesaid to be paid to said Treasurer by the last of
March next ensuing and We do hereby- appoint M'-
John R hoods to be to be the Treasurer to order said
Affan"s
128 RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
5'*' It is agreed upon that there shall be Six of the Company
chosen as Trustees to oversee and menage the said Con-
cern in Behalf of the Rest of the Company who shall
have Power or any four of them agreeing to meet and
order Matters and if they think best for the interest of
the Company to call the whole Company together upon
any emergent occasion of which Trustees there are to be
Three on the Island and Three on the Main and the
Persons appointed are the Honourable Governor Sam-
uel Cranston M'- Weston Clark and M'- Robert Gard-
ner on the Island and M"' John Rhodes M'- Richard
Greene and Simon Smith on the Main
6th That that the said Trustees shall meet on the last Day
of March next in order to appoint a Surveyor or Sur-
veyors to lay out said Land and that the said Trustees
shall be paid by the said Treasurer for all their reason-
able charges and Time whilest about said Affair and
what Money shall be paid by his Partners shall be
deposited and laid up by said Treasurer and expendd
out to defray all Charges as the said Trustees shall order
and that the said Trustees or any four of them shall
have full Power to examine and look into all Matters
that have been transacted heretofor in said Concern and
also to have as full Power to act and do all Manner of
Things relating to said Affairs as if the whole Company
had done the same
John Rhodes in his own Behalf and for Malichv Rhodes
Simon Smith Samuel Cranston
Benjamin Carpenter Weston Clark
Peleg Rhodes Robert Gardner
Andrew Harris Nicholas Carr
Israel Arnold 1 WE the above Subscribers Do also
Elisha Arnold -For one Right Sign on Behalf of
Stephen ArnoldJ Jeremiah Clark
John Fones Hugh Mosher
William Fobes & [_ p. , Clement Weaver Sen"'-
John Pebody [ '^ Clement Weaver Jun'-
fohn Rogers William Vaughn
Richard Greene
(To be co/itinued)
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