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HALESBOROUGH. New York grant of 23,040 acres to Wm. Sheriff &
Co., by Gov.
Dunmore June 12, 1771; covered Neshobe (now Brandon) chartered by New Hampshire.
Marked "Hillsborough" on early map.
HALIFAX. Town in Windham County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres to
Oliver Partridge and sixty-two associates May 11, 1750.
HAMILTON'S GRANT. Vermont grant of 3,000 acres to
Silas Hamilton and seven
associates March 15, 1780; by charter made a part of the township of Whitingham.
HANCOCK. Town in Addison County. Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to
Samuel
Wilcox, Daniel Kinne, Josiah Wright, and one hundred and twenty-seven associates July 31,
1781. Annexed to Addison County January 18, 1791. Line with Rochester established
November 6, 1792. Part annexed to Rochester, 1834.
HARDWICK. Town in Caledonia County. Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to to
Danforth Keyes, Jonas Fay, Eliakim Spooner, and sixty-four associates August 19, 1781.
HARRIS GORE. Vermont grant of 6,026 acres to
Edward Harris and sixteen
associates October 30, 1801. Annexation to Plainfield authorized, and annexed to
Washington County Probate District, 1855. Annexed to Groton and Marshfield, 1890.
HARTFORD. Town in Windsor County. New Hampshire grant of 27,000 acres to
Prince Tracy and sixty associates July 4, 1761. Part of Hartford and part of Pomfret united
for school purposes, 1804. Part annexed to Woodstock and part of Woodstock annexed to
Hartford, 1852.
HARTLAND. Town in Windsor County. New Hampshire grant as Hertford of
26,000 acres to Samuel Hunt and sixty-four associates July 10, 1761. Confirmation charter
issued by New York to Oliver Willard and others July 23, 1776. Name changed to Hartland
June 15, 1782. Part annexed to Woodstock, 1852.
HARWICH. New Hampshire grant. See Mount Tabor.
HERTFORD. New Hampshire grant. See Hartland.
HIGHGATE. Town in Franklin County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres to
Samuel and Elisha Hunt and sixty-two associates August 17, 1763. New York grant of 2,000
acres to S. Metcalf & Co. July 1, 1771; covered part of what is now Highgate. Part of
Alburgh annexed, 1792. Marvin's Gore annexed, 1806. Part annexed to Swanton, 1836. See Prattsburg (New York grant).
HILLSBOROUGH. New York grant of 36,000 acres to
Elias Bland & Co. by Lt.
Gov. Colden August 10, 1770; now Danville and vicinity.
HILLSBOROUGH. The place where this Hillsborough appears is as a New York
grant on the Chorographical Map facing page 430 of Vol. III, Governor and Council. It
covers the present town of Swanton and part of the territory marked "Pratsburg" on the
map peceding index to Vol. I, Documentary History of New York. The New York grant of
Hillsborough, including the present town of Danville and vicinity, appears as "Hillsborough"
on Chrographical Map first mentioned. The map preceding index to Vol. I Documentary
History of New York has a "Hillsboro" where Brando now is probably confounded with
Halesborough, a New York grant covering Brandon.
HINESBURG. Town in Chittenden County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres
to David and Zachariah Ferriss and sixty-two associates June 24, 1762.
HINSDALE. "This township had first been granted by the government of
Massachusetts-Bay, and upon the settlement of the boundary line between the Massachusetts
and New Hampshire, in 1739, fell within the latter, and by them [was] granted, and fully
ratified to the inhabitants ad proprietors, who in addition to their title, also had Indian right.
This township, by the determination of the boundary line between New York and New
Hampshire, fell within the jurisdiction of the former, and was by them granted to Co.
Howard after it had been settled about seventy years." Governor and Council, I
Appendix written by Ethan Allen and printed September 23, 1774. See Vernon.
HITCHCOCK'S GORE. Vermotn grant of about 1,000 acres, bounded by Athens,
Putney, Dummerston, Newfane, and Townshend, to David Hitchcock and seven
associates,
June 19, 1783; by its charter it was made a part of Putney.
HOCQUART, SEIGNIORY OF. The Seigniory of Hocquart was granted by the King
of France to M. Hocquart, Intendent of New France, in two Patents of concession, one
dated April 20, 1743, and the other, April 1, 1745, both together comprising a tract of land
four leagues in front and five in depth and estimated to have contained 115,000 acres. It,
"situate in the said Colony on Lake Champlain opposite Fort St. Frederic," extended north
and embraced the present towns of Panton, Addison and Bridport, and the towns east of
them. This Seigniory was sold to M. Michael Chartier, Seignieur of Lotbiniere, the deed
of sale bearing date April 7, 1763, for the sum of nine thousand livres. See also Avery's Gore.
HOLLAND. Town in Orleans County. Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to
Timothy
Andrews and fifty-nine associates October 26, 1779.
HOOSICK. A New York patent dated June 2, 1688, and which was claimed by New
York partisans to have covered lands in the town of Pownal.
HOPKIN'S GORE. In the Report of Land Commissioners to the Governor and
Council, March 15, 1788, among others was the following Order and Decree: "To
Doct. Roswell Hopkins Eleven Thousand & 264 acres in such part of the Gore marked Hopkins
Gore as he shall choose, Granted Oct. 27th 1787." Hopkinsville was chartered October 27,
1790, and contained 11,264 acres. Hopkinsville was sometimes called Hopkins Grant; and
in the charter of Pearsall's Gore, dated November 4, 1791, a monument in the east corner
of Hopkinsville is marked east corner of Hopkintonia. Hopkinsville, Hopkins Grant and
Hopskintonia are one and the same tract of land, and Hopkins Gore probably included in
addition the 3,936 acres east of this tract chartered to Thomas Pearsall in 1719.
HOPKINS GRANT. Same as Hopkinsville.
HOPKINSVILLE. Vermont grant of 11,264 acres to
Roswell Hopkins, October 27,
1790. Burke Tongue annexed and both incorporated into Kirby, 1807. See Kirby.
HUBBARDTON. Town in Rutland County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres
to Isaac Searle and sixty-seven associates, June 15, 1764. New York patent of 4,000 acres
issued May 26, 1772, by Gov. Tryon to Charles Nichol embraced land now in
Hubbardton. Part annexed to Sudbury, 1806. Annexation of part of Castleton to part of Hubbardton for
school purposes legalized, 1869.
HULTON. New York grant of 12,000 acres to James Abeel &
Co., by Lt. Gov.
Colden, August 1, 1770, covered lands now in Shrewsbury. Marked "Abel & Co." on map
preceding index to Vol. 1, Documentary History of New York.
HUNGERFORD. New Hampshire grant . See Sheldon.
HUNT, JONATHAN and ARAD. Vermont grant of 600 acres in Whitingham to
above, October 15, 1787.
HUNTINGTON. Towin in Chittenden County, New Hampshire grant as New
Huntington of 23,040 acres t o Edward Burling and sixty-five associates, June 7, 1763. Name
changed to Huntington October 27, 1795. Part annexed to Bolton, 1794.
HUNTSBURGH. Vermont grant. See Franklin.
HYDE PARK. Town in Lamoille County. Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to
Jedediah Hyde and sixty-four associates, August 27, 1781. Annexation of part of Morristown
authorized, 1870.
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