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The various patents and grants of the two colonies (indefinite as they seem to us now, as some granted "up to" a hundred acres to each emigrant without defining any boundaries) brought the two colonies face to face at Bound Brook. THE VARIOUS PATENTS AND GRANTS OF THE TWO COLONIES INDEFINITE AS THEY SEEMED TO US NOW AS SOME GRANTED UP TO A HUNDRED ACRES TO EACH EMIGRANT WITHOUT DEFINING ANY BOUNDARIES BROUGHT THE TWO COLONIES FACE TO FACE AT BOUNDBROOK
ndent township. While the marshes to the north were the cause of Cohasset being first visited, settled, and made into a township, yet the marshes to the south hold an even more vital historical interest. These southern marshes, bordering Bound Brook and stretching away to Bassing Beach, were visited by haymakers as were those to the north. But these haymakers did not come from the same township, nor were they under the same local government. The obscure little stream which to-day lies between Scituate Harbor and Cohasset marks the line of two conflicting grants--the Plymouth Colony and the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In the early days of New England royal grants from the throne or patents from colonial councils in London were deemed necessary before settling in the wilderness. The strong, inherited respect for landed estates must have given such charters their value, as it is hard for us to see now how any one in England could have prevented the pioneers from settling where they pleased.  INTO AN INDEPENDENT TOWNSHIP WHILE THE MARSHES TO THE NORTH WERE THE CAUSE OF COHASIT BEING FIRST VISITED SETTLED AND MADE INTO A TOWNSHIP YET THE MARSHES TO THE SOUTH HOLD AN EVEN MORE VITAL HISTORICAL INTEREST THESE SOUTHERN MARSHES BORDERING BOUND BROOK AND STRETCHING AWAY TO BASSING BEACH WERE VISITED BY HAY MAKERS AS WERE THOSE TO THE NORTH BUT THESE HAY MAKERS DID NOT COME FROM THE SAME TOWNSHIP NOR WERE THEY UNDER THE SAME LOCAL GOVERNMENT THE OBSCURE LITTLE STREAM WHICH TO DAY LIES BETWEEN SITUATE HARBOR AND COHASS IT MARKS THE LINE OF TWO CONFLICTING GRANTS THE PLYMOUTH COLONY AND THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY IN THE EARLY DAYS OF NEW ENGLAND ROYAL GRANTS FROM THE THRONE OR PATENTS FROM COLONIAL COUNCILS IN LONDON WERE DEEMED NECESSARY BEFORE SETTLING IN THE WILDERNESS THE STRONG INHERITED RESPECT FOR LANDED ESTATES MUST HAVE GIVEN SUCH CHARTERS THEIR VALUE AS IT IS HARD FOR US TO SEE NOW HOW ANY ONE IN ENGLAND COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE PIONEERS FROM SETTLING WHERE THEY PLEASED
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