lands J he found
five families, which had then lately settled," " some of them, pre-
tending to have no right at ;:11, promised to leave said land's. The
others the deponent then served ejectments on, which issued out of
the inferior court of common pleas of Albany. Whereupon they
also submitted, and desired the deponent to give them leases of part
of said lands, which this deponent consented to ; gave them per-
mission to remain on the lands, acknowledging him to be their land-
lord, until it was convenient for him to return and give them leases
in form." Ho states also, " that in the month of September pre-
ceding, he went to his lands in order to give leases to the settlers,"
and " that upon the deponent's arrival on his lands, the settlers
thereon andothers, collected together in a body, about thirteen in
number; when the deponent offered those who had settled on his
promise not to return on being paid for their crops, but' says, " On their arrival,
tJie New llnTnipshire settlers were a second time compelled to abandon the place.
Kev. Dr. Merkh.l, in preparing his history of Mid.llobury, obtained from IIvde's
family, after his decease, also a dificrent account of the manner in which he was
dispossessed of his farm. This states, that he was arrested and made his escape,
and sent back word to Col Reid, that, if he was allowed to depart in peace, he
would never come back to his land, and soon after sold it, end the purchaser took
possession. IIvue, on his way to Connecticut after his expulsion, met Allen's
company at Sudbury