1753 June 6: Deed to land in what is now Bennington, Vt. Signed by John McHarris, of Dublin, Ireland, "now resident in Boston", conveying to Ephraim Williams, Jr. of Stockbridge, land in the Township of Bennington, New Hampshire Grants, now Bennington Vermont. Witnessed by Charles Doolittle, Jacob Cooper. Acknowledged before James Minot. This document in the handwriting of, and endorsed by, Ephraim Williams, Jr.