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 160 THE HISTORY OF BARRINGTON. " Whereas there hath been a difference betwixt ye Town of Swanzey & Joseph Kent, about his buying John Harding's Right and his Claiming a Right to him granted by ye Town for ye Final Issue of all other differences of this nature, the Town doth grant and agree that Joseph Kent shall have land in this Town according to ye Proportion of land allowed to ye 2d Rank and In Witness of Joseph Kents free Consent & good satisfaction in this agreement and this agreement to be a final Issue on his part, In Witness hereof ye sd Joseph Kent hath hereunto set his hand, November ye 14th, 1677." " 1678. Whereas Thomas Man was accepted an Inhabi- tant in ye Town of Swanzey to ye Right of ye Third Rank & ye sd Thomas Man did sometime since by ye Consent of ye Towns men, Alienate ye sd Right to Robert Jones Inhab- itant of this Town by way of exchange for other Lands in Rehoboth by a verbal bargain although no Record doth appear of ye Towns men's Consent yet ye Townsmen do grant Liberty to ye sd Thomas Man to confirm the sd Right of a Third Rank by deed or deeds to ye heirs of ye sd Rob- ert Jones or to ye Administrator to ye estate of ye sd Rob- ert Jones for ye use of ye sd heirs and ye said heirs by vir- tue of sd deed or deeds may be invested with a good and lawful Right into ye whole Right of ye Third Rank." 1679. Nathaniel Toogood is admitted into ye 3d Rank upon his performing ye Town order. Jeremiah Child was promoted from the third to the sec- ond rank. The grant to Stephen Brace was declared utterly void. In 1680, Mr. John Saffin was admitted into the first rank. 1680. "Mr. Timothy Brooks is admitted into ye second Rank to have only such a proportion as shall belong to ye sd Rank after ye second division of fourty acres is laid out to ye second Rank." "John Thurber, Junr., James Cole, Hugh Cole, Junr. are admitted into ye 3d Rank to have only such proportion as shall belong to ye 3d Rank after ye present division of 20 acres is laid out to ye sd 3d Rank."