Name/Title
Survey on lands of Nathan Niles, 1765Entry/Object ID
2026.014.006Scope and Content
Survey of a pentway laid out through the land of Mr. Nathan Niles by the Selectmen of Groton, 1765. Received for record May 8, 1771 and recorded in the records of Groton by William Avery, Town Clerk.
"Whereas a Number of the Inhabitants of the Town of Groton Petitioned to the honored County Court to be held at Norwich on the fourth Tuesday of November 1764 to come to said Groton and view the way from Fort Hill unto the Post Road near the dwelling house of Mr. Nathan Niles and Report to the honorable Court whether it was necessary for an open highway and said Committee Reported not necessary for an open highway whereupon we the Subscribers, Selectmen of the Town of Groton for the year 1764, having viewed the way from said Fort Hill unto the Post Road we are of the opinion that it is necessary that a Private way should be laid out for the benefit of the inhabitants of this town and we being imposed there unto by one out of this Colony Lawbook Page 88 on the 14th day of November 1765 we proceeded to Lay out a Private way through the land of Mr. Nathan Niles by and with his consent…"
Signed by Benadam Gallup, Benjamin Geer, Thomas Fish, Simeon Avery and Ralph Stoddard, Selectmen of Groton. With a signature of consent from Nathan Niles.Collection
Lacerte CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2026.014Source or Donor
James LacerteAcquisition Method
GiftLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term
Survey, LandNomenclature Secondary Object Term
MapNomenclature Primary Object Term
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Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1765Archive Notes
Date(s): 1765
