From Historical Rutland : an illustrated history of Rutland, Vermont, from the granting of the charter in 1761 to 1911 by Rev. F. E. Davison, Rutland, Vt.: P.H. Brehmer, 1911, page 5:
Rutland's Rival Charters
Rutland, the shire town of Rutland County, was granted by charter September 7, 1761, by Governor Benning Wentworth of the province of New Hampshire to Colonel Josiah Willard of Winchester, N. H. The first named grantee of the charter was John Murray, an influential citizen of Rutland, Massachusetts, and without doubt he gave the name to the township, although he, nor anyone of the other grantees ever settled within its limits. Murray sold his right in Rutland, about 350 acres, for 2 shillings, or at the rate of ten acres for one cent.
During the same year (1761) Rutland was granted under the name of Fairfield, by Colonel John Henry Lydius of Albany, who claimed the territory under a deed issued by a Mohawk Indian Chief of New York. There ensued a long and bitter controversy and struggle on the part of the New Yorkers to dispossess the settlers, and on the part of the Green Mountain boys to maintain their hold upon the ground to which they believed they were legally entitled. The troublous times continued until the final adjustment of the Land Title controversy determined the legality of the charters issued by New Hampshire.