The ancient historical records of Norwalk, Conn ... - Hay genealogy

&2 NORWALK. [1667.
sistinge of twoe akers, the sayed lott to be layed out
upon the mill plaine upon the right hand of the path
leading down to the old mill, being over the Runlett
2 or three rodd from the sayed Runlett and also from
the cart way ;
and so the grant of the other Lott is relinquishede.
Beating the Drum.
Also (1665), Walter Haite has undertaken to
beate
the drumm for meetings when all occasions required, for
which he is to have 10s. Also Tho. Bennidict has undertaken
to have the meeting house swept for the yeere
ensuing ; he is to have 20s.
How to deal with the Stamford men.
It was also voted and agreed, August 26, ^66\ that
such men of our inhabitants as doe goe to cutt hay on
the other side five mile river, the towne will stand by
them in the action to defend them, and to beare an
equall proportion of the damage they shall sustaine upon
that account ; and if they shall be afronted by Stamford
men, the towne will take as speedy a course as they
can to prosecute them by law, to recover their just
rights touching the lands in controversy ;
and also they
have chosen and deputed Mr. Thomas Fitch to goe with
the sayed men when they goe to cutt or fetch away, to
make answer for and in behalfe of the towne, and the
rest to be silent.
Mending the
fences.
At a towne meeting in Norwalk, March the 20th,
1667, it was voted and ordered that it shall be left to
the townsmen from yere to yere, to appoint a time or
day, at or before the 10th of March, for the securing of
the fences on both sides, and that they shall give notis