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MACK'S LEG or MARK'S LEG. Gore of land in Windham County incorporated
with a part of Londonderry into Windham October 22, 1795.
MAIDSTONE. Town in Essex County. New Hampshire grant of 25,000 aces to
Agur Judson and sixty-three associates October 12, 1761.
MALDEN. Where Vershire now is. Supposed to be a New Hampshire grant.
Gageborough was the New York grant covering the same territory. Malden is found on a
map in Jeffery's Atlas (1776).
MANCHESTER. Town in Bennington County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040
acres to Ephraim Cowen and sixty-three associates August 11, 1761. Part of Winhall
authorized to be annexed, 1860. See Princeton (New York grant).
MANSFIELD. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres June 8, 1763, to
Jeremiah
Fravise and sixty-four associates. Part annexed to Underhill, 1839. Authorized to be
annexed to Stowe, 1848; repealed in part, 1853.
MARLBORO. Town in Windham. New Hampshire grant as Marleborough of
23,040 acres to Timothy Dwight and sixty associates April 29, 1751. Charter renewed
September 21, 1761. Regranted as New Marlborough April 17, 1764.
MARSHFIELD. Town in Washington County. Vermont grant October 16, 1782.
Charter issued to the Stockbridge tribe of Indians June 22, 1790. Part of Harris Gore
annexed, 1890.
MARVIN'S GORE. Vermont grant by act passed November 4, 1793. Charter issued
for 787 acres to Ebenezer Marvin of Huntsburgh October 27, 1801. It was situated between
that part of Highgate which was formerly Alburgh Gore and Huntsburg (now Franklin) and
was annexed to Highgate in 1806.
MEATH. New York patent of 25,000 acres issued by Lt. Gov. Colden to Josiah
Willard & Co. February 11, 1775. Embraced territory in Fairfield and vicinity chartered by
New Hampshire in 1763.
MECKLENBURGH. New York grant of 30,000 acres by Gov. Dunmore to
Geraldus
W. Beekman June 26, 1771. Embraced territory chartered by New Hampshire in 1762 Ferrisburg and vicinity.
MEEDWAY. Vermont grant of 8,890 acres to Joseph Bouker and thirty-three
associates February 23, 1781. Mistake in charter rectified October 30, 1794. Parker's Gore
annexed and name changed to Parkerstown November 7, 1804. Now Mendon.
MENDON. Vermont grant as Medway. Name changed from Parkerstown, 1827.
MIDDLEBURY. Town in Addison County. New Hampshire grant of 25,040 acres
to John Evarts and sixty-one associates November 2, 1761. Two grants comprising 3,210 acres to
Adolphus Benzel by Gov. Dunmore of New
York, March 13 and 25, 1771, covered lands in Middlebury. Part of Cornwall annexed
October 25, 1796. Part united with part of New Haven for school purposes, 1801, 1802.
Part annexed to Ripton, 1814. Part authorized to be annexed to Ripton, 1829. Part of
Weybridge annexed if neither town dissents, 1851. See under Leicester for New York grant. See Morrisfield (New York grant).
MIDDLE HERO. Vermont grant as part of Two Heroes to
Ethan Allen, Samuel
Herrick, and three hundred and sixty-three others October 27, 1779. Two Heroes divided
into North and South Hero October 25, 1788. South Hero was divided November 7, 1798,
and the north part of the island was incorporated as Middle Hero. Certain islands annexed,
1800. Name changed to Grand Isle, 1810.
MIDDLESEX. Town in Washington County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres
to Jacob Rezeau and sixty-two associates June 8, 1763. New York grant by Gov. Dunmore
of 30,000 acres as Kilby to Wm. McAdams and others July 3, 1771, was of land now
Middlesex and vicinity. Part annexed to Waterbury, 1850.
MIDDLESEX. New York grant by Lt. Gov. Colden of 35,000 acres (where
Randolph and Bethel now are) to Augustus Van Cortlandt January 22, 1770.
MIDDLETOWN. Incorporated October 28, 1784, out of parts of Wells,
Tinmouth, Poultney and Ira, 1797. Name authorized to be changed to Middletown Springs, 1884.
MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS. Town in Rutland County. Authorization of change of
name from Middletown, 1884. See Middletown.
MILTON. Town in Chittenden County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres to
Samuel and Isaac Rogers and sixty-one associates June 8, 1763. So much of Colchester as
lies north and west of Lamoille river annexed, 1868.
MINDEN. Vermont grant of a township six miles square to
Timothy Newell,
Ebenezer Crafts, and sixty-one associates August 23, 1781. Name changed to
Craftsbury, 1790. See Craftsbury.
MINEHEAD. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres to
Rev. Noah Waddams and
sixty-three associates June 29, 1762. Name changed to Bloomfield, 1830.
See Bloomfield.
MINTO. New York grant of 30,000 acres to Andrew Elliott by Gov. Tryon October
9, 1772. This patent covered lands in Richmond and vicinity chartered by New Hampshire
in 1763.
MISSISQUOI. Incorporated out of Kelly's and Avery's grants, October 28, 1801.
Name changed to Troy, October 26, 1803. See Troy.
MONCKTON. New York patent of 23,000 acres granted by Gov. Dunmore to
Abraham Lott April 30, 1771; covered lands granted by New Hampshire in 1763 in the
present town of Whiting.
MONKTON. Town in Addison County. New Hampshire grant of 24,000 acres to
Abraham Dow and sixty-three associates June 24, 1762. Part annexed to Starksboro March
4, 1797.
MONROE. Vermont grant as Woodbury of a township six miles square to
William
Lyman and Col. Ebenezer Wood and sixty-three associates August 16, 1781. Name changed
from Woodbury, 1838. Part annexed to Walden, 1840. Name changed back to Woodbury,
1843.
MONTGOMERY. Town in Franklin County. Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to
Stephen R. Bradley and fifty-nine others October 8, 1789, in accordance with an act passed
March 15, 1780. Provision made for establishing line with other towns and sale of a gore
of land between Epsburg, Berkshire, and Montgomery directed, 1802. So much of Laws of
1802 that directed sale of gore land between Berkshire and Richford repealed, 1803. Part
of Lowell and part of Avery's Gore authorized to be annexed, 1858.
MONTPELIER. City in Washington County. Vermont grant , October 21, 1780.
Charter issued in accordance therewith to Timothy Bigelow and fifty-nine
associates, but not
defining the boundaries of the township, August 14, 1781. February 9, 1804, a new charter
was issued in accordance with act passed February 1, 1804, defining the bounds of grant of
24,000 acres. Seat of government located at Montpelier, 1805. Divided into Montpelier and
East Montpelier, 1848. See Kingsborough.
MOORETOWN. New York grant of 25,000 acres to Wm. Smith by Lt. Gov.
Colden, May 3, 1770. Name changed to Bradford, October 23, 1788.
MORETOWN. Town in Washington County. New Hampshire grant of 23,040 acres
to Jonah Forster and sixty-four associates, June 7,1763.
MORGAN. Name changed from Caldersburgh, October 19, 1801. Line established
with Wenlock, January 31, 1804.
MORRISFIELD. New York grant of 21,940 aces by Gov. Dunmore to
G. H. Ludlow, June 21, 1771. Embraced territory chartered by New Hampshire in 1761 as
Cornwall and Middlebury.
MORRISTON. Appears as a New York grant on map facing page 430, Vol. VIII,
Governor and Council, covering lands in the vicinity of the present towns of Brandon and
Goshen, and is marked "Monckton" on map preceding index to Vol. 1, Documentary History of New York.
MORRISTOWN. Town in Lamoille County. Vermont grant of 23,040 acres to Dr.
Moses Morse and sixty-four associates August 24, 1781. Part of Sterling authorized to be
annexed, 1855. Part authorized to be annexed to Hyde Park, 1870.
MOUNT HOLLY. Town in Rutland County. Incorporated from Jackson's Gore and
parts of Ludlow and Wallingford, October 31, 1792. Annexation of part of Weston
authorized, 1870.
MOUNT TABOR. Town in Rutland County. New Hampshire grant as Harwich of
23,040 acres to Jonathan Willard and sixty-one associates, August 28, 1761. Name changed
from Harwich, 1803. Part of Peru annexed, 1805. Part annexed to Dorset, 1825.
Annexation of part of Danby authorized, 1848.
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