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The influence of Cranfield in New Hampshire , however , was less than his
authority , and this was not always respected . Judgment was secured in some
cases , but public sentiment was hostile to the Masonian title , and eviction was
resisted ...
The influence of Cranfield in New Hampshire , however , was less than his
authority , and this was not always respected . Judgment was secured in some
cases , but public sentiment was hostile to the Masonian title , and eviction was
resisted ...
Page 8
Being , as he says , " fully sensible of ye advantages that will arise unto me in p'
ticular by the influence of yo ' Mat Royall protection & Governm as well as unto all
other of your Mats Subjects in that province who have been so lately relieved by ...
Being , as he says , " fully sensible of ye advantages that will arise unto me in p'
ticular by the influence of yo ' Mat Royall protection & Governm as well as unto all
other of your Mats Subjects in that province who have been so lately relieved by ...
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It may be said , without exaggerating their influence , that they were the Royal
government of New Hampshire . A bond of kinship held them in a close and
harmonious association . Mark Hunking Wentworth and John Wentworth were
brothers ...
It may be said , without exaggerating their influence , that they were the Royal
government of New Hampshire . A bond of kinship held them in a close and
harmonious association . Mark Hunking Wentworth and John Wentworth were
brothers ...
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... offered them by Mason and the Proprietors , but instead had ignored and
angered Mason , and abused the Proprietors as malefactors , who by their wealth
and influence were enabled to rob the people by the purchase of the Masonian
title .
... offered them by Mason and the Proprietors , but instead had ignored and
angered Mason , and abused the Proprietors as malefactors , who by their wealth
and influence were enabled to rob the people by the purchase of the Masonian
title .
Page 21
... and diplomacy , and they achieved a success which would have been
impossible to men of lower caste , or less closely identified with all those
influences which controlled the opinions of the people , the courts , and the
government .
... and diplomacy , and they achieved a success which would have been
impossible to men of lower caste , or less closely identified with all those
influences which controlled the opinions of the people , the courts , and the
government .
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Page 9 - ... settled and established in New Hampshire claimed the land by purchase or inheritance from those who had occupied nearly fifty years without challenge of their title, and although the courts, being of Royal appointment, upheld the Masonian title, the settlers generally refused to pay rents to Mason. ing two sons, John and Robert. Not caring to take up residence in New Hampshire and assume the burden of their father's unprofitable attempts to evict angry settlers and recover the estate by the tedious...
Page 15 - Jotham Odiorne, Jr. was a cousin of the wife of Mark Hunking Wentworth. George Jaffrey was son of a sister of Mark Hunking and John Wentworth. Richard Wibird's sister married a brother of the two Wentworths. Thomas Packer married a sister of the two Wentworths. His second wife was the mother of John Rindge and a daughter of Jotham Odiorne, Sr.
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Page 14 - Massachusetts. 13 14 tripartite agreement, and the parties of the second part wishing to simplify the case by eliminating Mason, the entail was properly docked in the New Hampshire courts in 1746, a syndicate was formed, and on July 30 of that year Mason deeded his province for £1,500 to Theodore Atkinson, Richard Wibird, John Moffatt, Mark Hunking Wentworth, Samuel Moore, Jotham...
Page 8 - Ma** great grace & favour from ye oppression of their neighbours," he offered to the King for the support of Lieutenant-Governor Cranfield in New Hampshire one fifth of all the rents, revenues, and other profits arising "as well in that prt of...
Page 12 - ... that the Lords would certainly look upon it in no other light than as an Artifice, trumpt up to puzzle & perplex the great Cause; And therefore, as it was uncertain how long it would be before we should be able to bring things to an Issue, we judg'd it unnecessary to keep him here at a certain...
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| Title | The Mason Title and Its Relations to New Hampshire and Massachusetts |
| Author | Otis Grant Hammond |
| Contributor | American Antiquarian Society |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | The Society, 1916 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 19 Dec 2007 |
| Length | 21 pages |
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