The history of King Philip's War

INTRODUCTORY MEMOIR.
nett"; 14 Sept. \BriJlol, R.-L, Town Records, i: 26], he
figned and fealed the " Grand Articles " for the fettlement
of Briftol, R.-I.
1 March, 168^ [P. C. R. vi: 58], with Nathaniel Thomas
and Edward Gray, he petitioned to have the lines run
between their Pocaffet purchafe and the " freemen's land "
at Fall River, and the Court ordered William Pabodie to
do it; 7 July, 1681 [P. C. R. vi: 69], he was authorized
by the Court " to cutt and cleare " a more direct way from
Mount-Hope to Bofton, there being "great need" of one;
at the fame Court [P. C. R. vii: 241], he, with others, by
N. Thomas, their attorney, fued David Lake for £500, for
interrupting them from quiet and peaceable pofTeffion of
their Pocaffet lands; 1 Sept. \B. T. R. i: 46], the firfl pro-
prietors of the Mount-Hope purchafe met (76 in number,
" Capt. Benjamin Church" heading the lift), and agreed
that the name of the town fhould be Briftol; 10 Nov. [B.
T. R. i : 49], with N. Byfield and Sergeant John Cary, he
was appointed to make a rate upon the new town.
7 March, i68i [P. C. R. vii: 247], he, with others, by
N. Thomas, attorney, fued William Earle of Dartmouth
for forcibly hindering the running of the boundary line of
the Pocaffet purchafe; 22 May, 1682 \B. T. R. i: 49], he
was chofen Deputy to reprefent Briftol in the Colony
Court, and flrft Selectman for the year enfuing; 7 July
\_P. C. R. vi: 93], he was commiffioned as a magiftrate,