Farmington town clerks and their times (1645-1940), Part 30

Author: Hulburt, Mabel S
Publication date: 1943
Publisher: Hartford : Press of Finlay Bros.
Number of Pages: 494


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Thus we close, with our thanks, the historical sketch of Unionville. We appreciate that it was a labor of love and pride and the last active work done by Mr. Pepper.


Condensed History of Unionville's Early Industries


1776 Hammond's Gun Factory. Arms made - 400 - stacks annually, for sol- diers of Revolution and War of 1812. Located south of Ambrose Hart house - better known as Connolly homestead, West District, near Litchfield turnpike.


1800 Langdon's Grist Mill - foot of Roaring Brook. Next occupant and owner Romanta Hawley.


Original school building. Site of Charles Hayes residence. Moved up Main Street in 1832, becoming Frank Tryon house - again moved to Edward Preston property where it stands opposite the Eli Dewey Preston home- stead on Avon Road.


1815 Old Woolen Mill where William Peck carried on business. Site of Sanford and Hawley's lumber shed. Woolen industry abandoned before 1830.


Hosford's Grist Mill - farther up on Roaring Brook. Foot of Curtis Street. Proprietor was Ben Hosford.


Date unknown of establishment of Youngs' Grist Mill - afterward known as Richards' Mill. Some claim it dated back to Revolutionary days.


Date unknown of Seth Fuller's Turning Shop. South of Richards' Bridge. Torn down later.


1820 Williams Orton & Preston organize in Farmington to manufacture clocks. (This was in the brick building back of present drug store. Ed.) Afterwards move the business to Unionville and occupy the old screw shop of Pierpont & Tolles. Clock business abandoned about 1837.


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1825 Seymour Williams & Porter manufacture clocks. Organize with capital of $30,000. Business abandoned after disastrous fire in 1835. Site of factory in rear of modern H. C. Hart Cutlery building (1925).


1830 Old Canal Warehouse - Built by James Cowles. Port of entry for Union- ville. (Just east of present bridge. Ed.)


1831 Messrs. Cowles & Co. completed the screw shop for Pierpont & Tolles of Litchfield. The screw business was abandoned in 1835 and the factory was used for the manufacture of clocks, rivets and spoons, oyster tongs, axe helves, mouse traps and gun stocks. Black walnut gun stocks were made here during the Civil War. A spoon business was begun in this factory by Russell Humphrey. Afterwards he carried on that industry in the upper story of the Nut Shop and still later, in 1866, his son Howard Humphrey succeeded him in the business, building a new shop at the mouth of Roaring Brook.


The Farmington River Water Power Company was chartered with a capital limitation of $200,000.


Joshua Youngs was one of the first owners but he sold out his interests later and the early leases were made in the name of Cowles Norton and Bidwell. The first dam and canal cost about $9,000. It was completed in 1832.


A new dam was built by James Cowles in 1856 and a few years later the immense reservoir at the head of the river was constructed the manufac- turers sharing in the expense.


The head gates and canal were enlarged in 1869 by James Cowles who in 1877 sold out the entire power to the manufacturers and it became the Union Water Power Company. In 1886 the Union Water Power Company raised the dam and made many other improvements. Still later the Union Water Power Company was purchased by The Electric Light Company and merged into The Hartford Electric Light and Power Company.


1835 L. R. Graves manufactured saws in the building afterwards occupied by the David A. Keyes Cutlery works.


1837 Rufus Stone and E. K. Hamilton lease ground and power for a paper mill known as the Old Uncas Mill. Torn down later.


1844 Joshua Brewer and Lambert Hitchcock carried on a cabinet industry until 1860 when Amasa Mills and his son Edward succeeded them under the firm name of A. S. Mills & Son. After that industry ceased to exist the factory passed into the hands of the Nut Company.


1848 The firm continued as Stone & Carrington until 1848 when the property was sold to William Platner and Samuel Q. Porter.


Canal Railroad completed from New Haven to Plainville. The New Hart- ford Branch built 1850 and 1851.


1850 Chauncey Hart built a shop at the end of Battle Row, making steel traps, garden rakes and other tools. Location now known as Railroad Avenue. Here were made the pikes used by John Brown in the raid at Harpers Ferry. Later this shop was known as the Valley Hardware and George Hart and others were employed making bush hooks and other implements. Building destroyed by fire later.


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1854 Hill & Crum organized for the manufacture of saws, having a building on Cowles' Canal. Later burial caskets were made here. Owing to competition and dull times the business was abandoned in 1868.


1855 The second, or new Tunxis Mill was built and additional power leased. The new mill with its tenements were models of good taste and gave a tone to the village which hitherto had been wanting. The Platner & Porter Manu- facturing Company was organized in 1860 with a capital of $85,000.


1857 The manufacture of nuts and bolts was begun by Dwight Langdon.


1864 James A. Cowles completed a factory for John N. Bunnell where the in- dustry of wood turning was carried on for many years. An immense variety of handles were turned here including police billies made of the finest wood. All the family of Bunnell in its various branches seem to have had a natural bent for this kind of work as no less than three of that name from Burl- ington, Bristol and elsewhere worked at that trade in this shop at different times. Charles Bunnell, the son of John N. Bunnell, became a sketch artist on the Frank Leslie publications in New York, being made manager of the art department. He made a specialty of sketches of cities from a high eleva- tion which were reproduced in Frank Leslie's Weekly.


The handles for the pikes that Chauncey Hart made for John Brown were turned in Bunnell's shop and the old employees used to point out the win- dow where Brown sat while interviewing Mr. Bunnell in regard to their purchase.


1866 The Cowles Paper Company built a mill on the banks of the Farmington River below the bridge and the canal was extended to that site to furnish them power. Mill burned March 18, 1893 and rebuilt the same year by Case Bros.


1866 The Ditson Pond Company of Boston began the manufacture of flutes and built tenements for their employees on Depot Hill, calling it Fluteville. They sold out to Delaney & Munson in 1869.


The American Plow Company under the management of Isaac Rulofson made stove and other castings on the left of Roaring Brook, and at other periods a trap shop and machine room occupied another building in the same locality. Frank Rogers and Isaac Judd also carried on a plating busi- ness here at one time.


1870 Delaney & Munson began the manufacture of paper. Their mill burned later in the seventies.


1872 The Standard Rule & Level Company occupied the second story of the Bunnell shop and carried on a considerable business having in their employ about thirty persons.


1880 Meech & Hart Cutlery Company organized. Later it was changed to the Upson & Hart Company.


1893 Hubert C. Hart sold out his interest in the cutlery business in the upper end of the village to J. J. Ramage who conducted the business of the Union Cutlery Company for a considerable period. Mr. Hart built his own factory known as the H. C. Hart Cutlery Company, on the site of the old Keyes Cutlery building. Later Mr. Ramage built a new shop on Water Street and after conducting the business here for a season, removed to Florida, dis- continuing his business here.


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1893 In 1893 on lower Water Street Nelson Keyes manufactured pliers and rivets.


The H. W. Humphrey Company, manufacturers of washers of all kinds, is the oldest manufacturing firm in Unionville. It was organized by Russell Humphrey sometime in the 50's. At first the manufacture of tin spoons was the principal business. About 1875 Howard W. Humphrey associated with his father and eventually succeeded him in the business. On the death of Howard Humphrey, his son-in-law, Joseph Bailey succeeded him in the industry.


The Limestone Brick Company is comparatively one of the newest indus- tries in Unionville. It is engaged in the manufacture of a high-grade pressed brick used in the construction of the better office, apartment and industrial buildings. The plant has a capacity of 35,000 daily.


In 1903 F. D. Lawton & Sons succeeded George Richards in the flour, grain and feed business. A grist mill formerly occupying the same site dates back to soon after the close of the Revolutionary War. It was first known as Youngs' Mill, then in 1832 it became the property of the Richards family who carried on business there for over seventy years. The elder Lawton came here from the West where he had an extensive acquaintance with the practical side of the industry and became an expert judge of all kinds of grains.


The factory of J. Broadbent & Sons represented one of the borough's largest industries. Its products had a national reputation for quality. In 1888 the firm located in Unionville in the former Upson Nut Company plant. In 1918 this building was destroyed by fire. A temporary building was erected to house the machinery and in 1919 a brick plant was built. The business was incorporated January 1, 1913 with a capital of $160,000.


The Unionville Bank & Trust Company was organized in April 1922, opening its doors for business August 28, 1922. The officers were: President, George B. Allen; Vice-presidents, Eugene C. Heacox and Winchell Smith; Secre- tary, Ernest H. Woodford; Cashier, Edward J. Dower. (The bank failed during the depression and the building has since been vacant. Ed.)


One of the largest and oldest established firms in the Borough is represented in the lumber and hardware trade under the Parsons name. For more than fifty years the Parsons family have been identified with the business still continued at their headquarters on Water Street. Martin L. Parsons was the founder, establishing his general hardware store fifty years ago.


One of the most prosperous and enterprising of the village industries of today is the firm of Chas. W. House & Sons, manufacturers of all-wool woven felts. Shortly after 1900 the firm located in Unionville in what had been a paper mill. Everett T. House and Herbert C. House were taken into partnership. February 21, 1909 it was destroyed by fire. A modern structure was built and the latest and best machinery installed. Wool comes to the House Mills at Unionville from all parts of the world. It is stocked in large quantities in several storehouses. The blending and selection of wool re- quires scientific study and the constant attention of expert and experienced men. The buildings of the company occupy 54,000 square feet and the manufacturing property covers about four acres.


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The Platner & Porter Mill is one of twenty-six units of the American Writ- ing Paper Company. When purchased by William Platner and Samuel Q. Porter it was known as The Stone & Carrington Mill. In 1847 Samuel Q. Porter came to Unionville and with William Platner engaged in the manu- facture of fine writing paper. Mr. Porter retired from the business in 1877 but the mill continued to be operated under his name. Mr. Porter married (1) Miss Marie Hulbert of Lee, Mass., and (2) Miss Frances A. Smith of Farmington. Public-spirited and progressive, Mr. Porter always took an active part in the improvement of the village and many of the fine trees of the borough were set out by him.


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS


Acknowledgment is gratefully made for aid, inspiration and material, to the following individuals and publications: Colonel Charles W. Burpee; Mr. Lewis Stedman; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Porter Keep; Judge Edward H. Deming; Mr. George S. Robo- tham; Miss Alice Y. Pinney; Mrs. William C. Skinner; Mrs. Austin D. Barney; Mr. S. Leonard Root; Mrs. Henry Deming; Miss Emily Brandegee; Mrs. H. H. Mason; Mrs. Harriett Porter; Miss Amy C. Vorce; Mrs. Stephen Lawrence; Rev. Quincy Blakely; the staff at the State Library; Mr. Albert C. Bates at Connecticut Historical Society ;. Miss Ruth Scudder and staff at Farmington Village Library; Mr. J. Herbert Finlay; Miss Florence T. Gay; Mr. William Gay; Flagg's "Founding of New England"; "Burpee's Story of Connecticut" the many published genealogies of Hartford and Farmington families; Julius Gay's "Farmington Papers"; "Historical Discourse 1872" by Noah Porter, D.D .; "Half-Century Discourse, 1856", by Noah Porter, D.D .; "Historical Discourse, 1840" by Noah Porter, Jr .; and the many Farmington residents who have furnished dates, addresses and many items of valuable interest.


ADDENDUM


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FARMINGTON HONOR ROLL World War I


Alfred P. Anderson George H. Andrews


Raymond B. Andrews Raymond B. Anthony, Jr. Austin D. Barney


D. Newton Barney, Jr. Louis G. Battista Jacob Bernascom


Constantine Blessis Robert L. Brandegee David Brough George D. Chase John Chidsey John J. Collins Thomas Collins William S. Cowles, Jr. George Davis Bernard Dawson Edward H. Deming, Jr. Salvatore Deplaglio Paul Dimona * William Foster, Jr. Francis E. Foster H. W. Fienemann Walter W. Griffin William G. Gleason Leroy Gordon Joseph C. Haworth Thomas Hewes Duncan Hooker Richard Hooker Reuben Hedwell


Willis Hines Lawrence A. Howard Berthold Judatz Tussie L. Kerschner Sigfried Laurensen J. Collins Lee James Ralph Lewis


Richard Lewis


David Loomis


James Loomis


Archibald MacLeish


Edward F. Manion


Victor Malmberg


Thomas D. Mason


Charles McCahill, Jr.


James McCahill


John McCarthy


Constantin Mighion


Frederick Miles


David L. Moore


Paul Munson


Martin O'Meara


James Palache *


John Palache


Harold F. Reed


John Peters


Joseph Rhodes


Samuel Rhodes


George Rivers


Joseph Rose


Maurice F. Rourke


John D. Rourke


Kenneth Ruic


Christian Salmonsen


William C. Skinner, Jr.


John Sneath


George Sperry


Harry St. Clair


Richard Stetson


Lawrence Sundgren


Louis F. Sundgren Howard Thomas


Adrian R. Wadsworth, Jr.


William S. Wadsworth


Richard Williams


Christopher H. Wollenberg


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UNIONVILLE HONOR ROLL


World War I


Mario Albruzzi


Hiram D. Holroyd


Albert C. Hoody


C. Fred Anderson Earl E. Arnold


John T. Hoody


Samuel P. Baker


George W. Horsefall


Raymond E. Ball


J. Joseph Hurley


Antonio M. Battisto


Peter H. Jennings


Fred Bauer


Arnold Johnson


John J. Bauer


Harold V. Joyce *


Thomas E. Bell


Raymond M. Joyce


Martin Berg


Nelson B. Keyes, Jr.


Henry H. Bergin Philip E. Bergin *


Albert G. Kottenhoff Alfonso Loaibo


Gideon M. Brockett


James G. Lodge


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Thomas E. Buckland


Frank T. McMahon


William H. Burnett


Henry P. McMahon


C. Russell Burr


J. Leo Merrick


Thomas F. Campion Carl D. Carlson Lawrence A. Case Adolph Coolack


Mayro W. Miner


John J. Miniter


Thomas J. Crockett


Pellegrino Morea


Lester F. Cross


William T. Morrissey


William Crowthers


Carl H. Mueller


Henry A. Curtis


John A. Neubauer


Elmo M. Parsons


Harold F. Parsons


Salvatore DiManno


Andrew Resnisky


Alfred L. Dimroy


William A. Rogers


Clifford C. Fellage


Charles W. Rossing


John J. Flynn William H. Flynn


Clifford L. Rourke


George E. Gagnon W. Kenneth Graham


Daniel J. Rourke


John W. Gresh


John J. Rourke Silas O. Russell


Joseph E. Gresh


Edmund Sanford


Michael Haberern


Robert H. Sanford


Samuel H. Haberern


John H. Skowron Fred Smith


William Haller


Orvis G. Taft


Joseph R. Halnan


George E. Thompson


George F. Hanrahan


Frank K. Toth


Louis C. Hanrahan *


Howard F. Ward


C. Kent Hawley


George R. Weidig


Earl E. A. Hayes


Louis Weiss


David Heiman


Francis J. Wheeler Edward J. White


Francis M. Hogerty


Joseph B. Hogerty


The * mark the six who died in service.


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Charles E. Broadbent


Ronald H. Mills


Frank Morea


James M. Delaney Thomas H. Delaney Charles A. Deveaux Guiseppi Divivo


Robert H. Pitney


J. William Prout


Christopher T. Rourke *


C. Arthur Hackney


Harry H. Kinnarney


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LIST OF PASTORS


of "The First Church of Christ, Congregational, 1652."


ROGER NEWTON 1652-1657


SAMUEL HOOKER


1661-1697


SAMUEL WHITMAN


1706-1751


TIMOTHY PITKIN 1752-1785


ALLEN OLCOTT


1787-1791


JOSEPH WASHBURN


1795-1805


NOAH PORTER


1806-1866


LEVI LEONARD PAINE 1861-1870


JAMES F. MERRIAM


1871-1873


EDWARD A. SMITH


1874-1888


GEORGE L. CLARK 1888-1899


JAMES GIBSON JOHNSON


1899-1905


QUINCY BLAKELY


1905-1937


HAROLD G. KING


1938-


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MEMORIAL TABLETS IN THE CHURCH


MEMORIAL TABLETS for the following have been placed on the walls of the Church: Roger Newton, Samuel Hooker, Samuel Whitman, Timothy Pitkin, Noah Porter, Edward A. Smith, James Gibson Johnson. There are also memorial tablets for Admiral William S. Cowles, presented by Mrs. Cowles; Herbert Knox Smith presented by Mrs. Smith; and one of the seven founders of the Church presented in 1935 by descendants of John Cowles.


The tablet for Roger Newton was presented by Mrs. Mabel S. Hurlburt and her sons, Charles and Spencer and reads: "In Memory of Roger Newton, one of the Founders and first Pastor of this Church, 1652-1657. Born in England, educated at Har-


i vard, pupil and son-in-law of Thomas Hooker. Pastor First Church in Milford from 1660 until his death in 1683. A good minister of Christ."


The tablet in memory of Samuel Hooker was presented by Miss Katherine Seymour Day of Hartford and the inscription reads: "In memory of Reverend Samuel Hooker, second son of Reverend Thomas Hooker of Hartford. Born in 1635. Gradu- ated from Harvard College 1653, and Fellow of Harvard Col- lege 1654-1656. Minister of the Church in Farmington from 1661 until his death, November 1697. 'An able, faithful, useful minister. Cotton Mather' "


The tablet for Samuel Whitman reads: "In memory of Samuel Whitman, 1676-1751. Third pastor of this church 1706- 1751. Fellow of Yale College 1726-1751. A gentleman of strong mind and sound judgment. A truly learned man."


The tablet for Timothy Pitkin reads: "In memory of the Reverend Timothy Pitkin 1727-1812. Pastor of this Church from 1752 to 1785. Moderator of the General Association in


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1784. Trustee of Dartmouth College from 1769 to 1773. Fellow of Yale College from 1777 to 1804. During his pastorate this House of God was built."


The tablet for Noah Porter was presented by Dr. Porter's children and reads: "In memory of Noah Porter, D.D. For sixty years the faithful and beloved pastor of this Church. Born in this town Dec. 23, 1781. Ordained pastor Nov. 5, 1806. Died Sept. 24, 1866. Behold an Israelite indeed in whom there is no guile. John: I:47. He being dead, yet speaketh. Heb. XI:4."


The tablet for Rev. Edward Alfred Smith was presented by Mrs. Smith and her sons, Herbert Knox and Ernest Walker, and reads: "In loving memory of Edward Alfred Smith 1835- 1895. Pastor of this Church 1874-1888. The things that are not seen are eternal."


The tablet for Rev. James Gibson Johnson was presented by Dr. Johnson's four children: Hilda J. Smith, Eleanor H. Johnson, Pauline Johnson and Burges Johnson; and reads: "In loving memory of James Gibson Johnson, D.D., 1839-1905. Minister to this Church and devoted citizen in this community from the year 1899 to his death. He that doeth the will of God abideth forever."


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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES


Original Settlers


WILLIAM ADAMS was an original proprietor and one of the earliest set- tlers in Farmington. He lived on the Town Path, (Main street), about oppo- site the home of Miss Florence T. Gay, the record of ownership being dated 1653.


Little is known of him. He died in Farmington, July 18, 1655 and his widow Elizabeth died two weeks later, on August 3, 1655.


JOHN ANDREWS an original pro- prietor and settler lived about where the Farmington Savings Bank and the home of Miss Florence Gay now stand. He had purchased the land from Thomas Upson, the original owner. The record of ownership was made January 1665, giving land on the south as belonging to Thomas Webster, de- spite another record showing that Thomas Webster had sold that land in 1651 to John Standly. This demon- strates the difficulty of reconciling ownership and boundary lines, as prop- erty was so often held for many years before the deed was shown to the town clerk, from which he made his record. John Steele's home is given on the north although between the time of purchase and record John Andrews had sold the intervening house and lot to Lomas of Windsor who had in turn sold to William Judd.


Benjamin Andrews, son of John, in- herited the homestead, under the will of his father, and John's "daughter Marie Barns was given a black heiffer". This daughter Marie or Mary was Thomas Barnes' second wife, the first wife, Mary, probably executed follow- ing her conviction for witchcraft in 1663. .


John Andrews was made a freeman of the colony May 20, 1658. He and his son purchased farm land near Nod, and the family have since lived there, keeping the farm in continuous opera- tion by the same family since about 1655. The present homestead is occu- pied by Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H.


Andrews and their son Harold. A brother, George Andrews, sold his in- terest in the farm and retired to live in Farmington Village.


JOHN BLACKLEACH'S main claim to fame so far as Farmington goes is that he married Susannah, widow of William Hooker and lived on the property now Oldgate, the Cowles homestead. The town gave him lib- erty to take up four acres where he could find it without prejudice to former grants. On February 29, 1695-6 John Blackleach sold to Samuel Brown- son, son of Richard, eight acres of land on the 'west side of ye east mountayne'.


JAMES BIRD lived on the meadow, since known as Bird Hill, now adjacent to the entrance to the home of Philip C. Barney. He married Ledia Steel March 3, 1657. He was made a freeman of the colony May, 1657.


JOSEPH BIRD lived in 1666 on the east side of Hartford Road at the end of High street, where the large yellow house belonging to Mrs. Mary Barney Carey now stands. He was made a freeman on the same day as his brother James in 1657. He sold the land on the opposite corner to Thomas Orton. Joseph Bird died 1695.


THOMAS BARNES was an original proprietor and settler of Farmington, coming here from Hartford where he had settled and received land by the town's courtesy. He served in the Pequot War and after his removal to Farmington was sergeant of the train band in 1651. He joined the Farmington church January 1652-3, three months after its organization. He lived on the Town Path south of the Old Burying Ground, owning both sides of the road as far as the river on the west. In 1661 he gave land to the town for a burying ground, adding more land on the street in 1687, which was used


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until no further ground remained and Riverside cemetery was opened.


Thomas Barnes first wife, Mary, was one of the unfortunate victims of the witchcraft fear. She was tried and con- victed January 1663, and probably executed, as the keeper of the Hartford jail, Daniel Garret, was allowed 21s., to be paid for her keep by Goodman Barnes. This represented about three weeks' lodging.


March 23, 1663, less than two months after the probable execution of his first wife, Thomas Barnes and John Andrews drew a pre-nuptial agreement concern- ing the coming marriage of Mary, daughter of John Andrews, to Thomas Barnes. Mary was about twenty years of age. The agreement read:


March 23, 1662-3


it having pleased the lord in the dispansasion of his providans too me and myne soo to order it that thar is lykely to be an afynity be- twixt Thomas Barnes of Farmington Towne and John Androos of the same towne by the maryje of the aforesaid Barnes with the daughter of the aforesaid John Androus, the covine and agreement consarning the premysys ar as foullouth:


First that the aforesaid Barns dos give to his tandar wife his now dwell- ing hous and orchard and howse lot that is now inclosed, with all the apurtynanses belonging too it, to be at her own dispose deuring the tyme of her naturall lyfe;


2) the aforesaid Barns dooth covi- nant too and with the aforesaid John Androus too left to his tandar wife, in case that he shall dye before his wife: I say, to lefe too hur a nice and confortaball myntyanse for her sellf, acording too the istate that the lord hath or shall bless is with all; and also I doo bynd myself too lefe with my loving wif so much istate as is met and comfurtabill for the bringing up of such childrun as the lord shall be pleased to give us, to bring them up acording to the Rulls of the gospull.


3) the aforesaid Thomas Barns doos covinant and agre too and with the aforesaid John Andros that he will lefe his wife hallf the moofabills


in the house, or household goods, for his wif to make use of them for hure one comfort deuring the tim of her natarall lif :: and at the end thur of, what shall be remayning of them too returne, too gather with the hous and hom lot and orchard, with the apurtynansis belonging too thum, too be dispose of acording too the last wish and testyment of the afore- said Thomas Barns.


4) The aforesaid Thomas Barns doos covinent, too and with the afore- said John Andros, too give to his tandar wif a joyntar, that shall be to hur on dispose to give and bequeath to hom she ples after the desces of hur husbun :: it being hur one pecullar rit, which Joyntur contayns a passell of land, by istymashun six achers or les, lying in a passall of land cald the allabow a buting the revire north and on the revur south and on the land of Moses vantras east and west.




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