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" It is also agreed, that when any of the undivided lands shall be laid out, every proprietor for himself, and those he stands for, shall receive his proportion of what lands shall be agreed to be laid out, accord- ing to the rule for division of lands agreed upon, and entered in the town book, dated 3d January, 1639, [40]., of which this on the other side [see pages 8 and 9,] is a copy of the proportion.
" At the same meeting, the proprietors desired Mr. Willys, Capt, John Tallcott, Mr. James Richards, and Mr. John Allyn, to make the rate of ten pounds, to pay for our purchase of the undivided lands."
'The heading of the proprietors list is -
" The proprietors of the undivided lands in Hart- ford, with each of their proportions in one division, as followeth, according to which proportion they paid for the purchase of the said lands."
WEST DIVISION.
" At a public meeting, Jan. 30, 1672 [3], of the proprietors, these votes passed :- 4*
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HARTFORD.
" The proprietors voted, that part of the undivided lands should be divided to the proprietors, at the west end of the bounds.
" The proprietors voted, that there should be a mile and half of the WEST END of the bounds laid out and divided amongst the proprietors, the whole length of the bounds.
" The proprietors voted, that from that mile and half, which is to be laid out as aforesaid, when suffi- cient highways are laid out to the lots already granted to be laid out, that land next the town not laid out shall be and remain a COMMON FOREVER, for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of Hartford."
"Lut. Rob't Webster, Mr. Nichols, Ens. Olmsted, Nath. Standly, Mr. Steele and Nath. Ruscoe, or any three of them, were chosen a committee to view the lands, and size, equalize, and lay out the same to the proprietors, according to their just proportion, and state needful highways in the same."
" The lots being drawn, fell as followeth : -
" A bill of the quantity and breadth of the last divis- ion of land next to Farmington bounds. The breadth of each lot is set down in the first column, the number of acres in the second, as they were laid out by the committee, November 1674. The order of the lots is in the margent. Beginning at Windsor bounds :
[Names of original proprietors are in italics.]
Highway next to Windsor bounds, 4 rods wide.
1 Caleb Standly, son of Timothy,
2 Thomas Butler, W. Butler's and Z. Field's,
3 Tho. Long, John Wilcox's, East end, 25
4 John Marsh, West end. 80 1532
[These 4 lots in one.]
5 Mrs. Hannah Wells, widow of Thomas, 50 150
6 Stephen Hopkins, son of John, 12 36
7 Mr. John Allyn, son of Mathew and E. Elmer's, 62} 1871 15 45
8 Mr. William Andrews,
9 Wm. and Sam. Spencer, W. Spencer's and W. Pratt's, 23 69
43
WEST DIVISION.
10 Hartford School, half A. Warner's, E. end 21, W. end 25, 23 69
11 Deac. Rich. Butler, 8 24
12 [Edward Stebbins, in laying out, omitted by mistake, see 70 below. Thenum- bers below altered from the original,]
12 Robert Sandford, Samuel Hale's, 4
12
13 Mr. Wm Westwood, 40
120
14 John Pratt,
13 39
15 Tho. and Sam. Olcott, sons of Thomas, T. Hale's, W. Heyden's, W Parker's, 22
66
16 John Skinner,
5 15
17 Mr. Siborn Nichols, Mr. Wm. Whiting's, 48 144
18 Mr. Barth. Barnard, R. Webb's, T. Birchwood's, Higginson's and J. Clark's, 45
135
19 Joseph Easton,
5 15
20 Paul Peck,
8
24
16
48
21 Jeremy Adams, Highway,
8
22 John Cole, son of James,
6
18
23 Nath. Ruscoe, Wm. Ruscoe's,
16
48
24 Mr. Joseph Haynes, son of John,
80 240
25 Wid. Lord, else John Gilbert, widow of Thomas, 14} 43₺
26 Mr. John White,
E. end 25, west 29
81
28 Wm. Lewis, Sen.
20
60
29 Mr. Samuel Stone,
20
60
30 Mr. Wm. Goodwin,
21 63
90
31 Mr. John Whiting, Nat. Ward's, 30
32 Mr. Sam. Hooker, son of Rev. Thomas, 402 122
4
12
34 Mrs. Sam. Willys, son of George,
75
225
35 John Baysey,
7
21
36 Nath. Bacon, Andrew Bacon's,
14
42
37 Nath. Willett, Sam. Wakeman's,
15
45
38 Nicholas Clark,
6
18
39 Mr. Richard Lord,
9
27
40 Thomas Cadwell, Thomas Scott's,
21
63
41 Mr. Tho. Hosmer, else Mr. J. Whiting, 30 90
42 Mr. John Pantry, son of William,
40 120
27 Serj. Thomas Spencer,
7 21
33 John Stedman, Rich. Olmsted's,
44
HARTFORD.
43 Samuel Andrews, Thomas Stanton's 7 21
44 Mr. James Richards, W. Gibbons's, ¿ E.
Hopkins's and } Andrew Warner's, 64 192
45 John Watson, Thomas Judd's, 10 30
46 John Watson, Thomas Selden's, 3 9
47 Nicholas Olmsted, son of James, 35를 106를
48 Deac. George Graves, and Wm. Hyde's, 23 Highway, 8
49 Maj. John Talcott, son of John, John Steele's, N. Ely's, and } M. Marvin's, 91 273
50 Deac. Joseph Mygatt, W. Blumfield's, 21 63
51 David Ensign and Jos. Easton, Jun., and N. Richards's, 25 75
52 Nath. Barding, Seth Grant's, 7 21
53 William Hills, 10 30
54 Arthur Smith,
6 18
55 John Merrills, Gregory Wilterton's, 14
42
56 John Church, son of Richard, and T. Root's, 9 27
8 24
57 William Kellsey,
58 Lt. Rob. Webster, son of John, 51
153
59 Thomas Catlin, R. Lyman's, 17 51
60 [James Steele, in laying out, omitted by mistake. See 69 below.]
60 Samuel Moody, son of John, 20 60
61 Mr. John Wadsworth, son of Wm. and St. Hart's, 49 148}
62 Mr. John Crow, 10 30
63 George Stocking, 10 30
64 Thos. Bunce, of Sam. Gridley, S. Post's, 12
36
65 Nath. Standly, son of Thomas, and } M. Marvin's, 28 84
66 Lt. Thomas Bull, son of Thomas, J. Ince, and ¿ E. Hopkins, 36 108
67 Henry Hayward, John Barnard's, E. end 47, W. cnd 11, length 183, 331
Farmington Road, eight rods wide,
68 John Day, son of Robert, and J. Maynard's,
69 James Steele, son of George,
70 Edward Stebbins, and } Edward Hopkins's,
71 Daniel Arnold, son of John,
69
45
WEST DIVISION.
72 Richard Goodman. [For these 5 lots, see below.]
" At a meeting of the proprietors of the undivided lands in Hartford January, 3d, 1677, [8]."
" The proprietors voted that the committee who laid out the long lots, should show the owners their lots, and that they should be paid for the same after the rate of 2s. 6d. per 100 acres.
" It was also voted, that the piece of land lying next Wethersfield bounds, and is an overplus after the lots are laid out, shall be laid out in five tiers of lots ; the middle tier of lots shall be 20 acre lots, the tier next the town Commons 10 acre lots, the others 15 acre lots ; and those to whom the lots shall be given, are not to sell them before they are fenced in and im- proved.
"It was voted that Capt. Olmsted, Mr. Nichols, and Ens. Standly should grant those lots to such of the town of Hartford as they shall see in need of the same, and as they judge it may be advantageous."
" The lots on the south side Farmington highway, being divided into five tiers of lots : First lot begin- ning at Hartford Commons and the highway aforesaid. The lots lie successively to Wethersfield bounds," south from highway.
FIRST DIVISION.
1 [68] John Day, rds. breadth, 64 length 80 acres 32
2 Capt. Thomas Watts,
21
80
10%
3 Andrew Benton, 21
80
10ㅎ
4 Andrew Benton, Jun.
21
80 10층
5 Robert Shirley,
21
80
10}
6 William Goodwin,
21
80
101
7 Joseph Collier,
21
80
10분
8 Alexander Douglass,
21
80
10분
9 Jhn. Wyard, to Weth. bounds 24
80
12
SECOND TIER, bounds east on First Tier.
1 [69] James Steele, from Farmington highway, 80
90
45
2 John Seamor,
30
90
17
3 Thomas Clark,
30
90
17
4 Joseph Garrad,
30
90
17
48
HARTFORD.
on the ridge, and the road made from house to house. The town afterwards voted that the highway should be six rods wide,
By concurrent vote of the adjoining proprietors, a highway four rods wide, one half in each town, was located on the bounds of Hartford and Farmington, extending from Windsor to Wethersfield, or to the Farmington road.
A two rod highway now runs through the centre of lot 34, or the Wyllys lot.
The late Farmington turnpike road runs on the north side of lot 42, the Pantry lot, as far as the river, then bears a little south diagonally through the west part of said lot.
SETTLEMENTS IN WEST DIVISION.
The first purchase, with a view to settlement, in West Hartford, was made by Thomas Hosmer. for his son Stephen, in-1679, about half a mile north of the meeting house. John Merrill began his purchas- es in the same vicinity in 1683. The purchase had reference to a mill, immediately erected where the present mill stands, at the expense of Mr. Hos- mer, though probably Mr. Merrill was actively enga- ged in the work from the first. Mr. Hosmer deeded Mr. Merrill one third of the saw mill and 60 acres of land in 1685. Mills are ever regarded among the first essentials of a new settlement. Between this time and 1730, the Hosmers and Merrills purchased all the land between the Hooker lot south of the mill, and the present highway running west from the inter- section of the Albany turnpike road with the street, embracing in all 600 acres, (with the exception of the Haynes lot,) including lots 19 to 23, 25 to 31 and 33.
Lot 19, John Easton sold to Abel Merrills in 1719, most of which was in 1730 converted into a high- way.
Lot 20, Paul Peck sold to Zech. Sanford in 1685, and lot 21 Nat. Willet sold to said Sanford in 1692. These were afterwards purchased by Jona. and John
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No. 1, Contains Hartford in 1640.
No. 2, Contains Hartford from 1640 to 1700, and West Hartford.
No. 3, Will commence the History of Farmington.
The numbers will be issued monthly or as often as practicable. Twelve pages in each number will be occupied with geneological and biographical notices of familes.
The history of HARTFORD, including East Hartford and Manchester, will make a volume of two or three hundred pages.
The History of FARMINGTON will make a vol- ume ; and will embrace Farmington, South- ington, Berlin, Bristol, Burlington, Avon, parts of Bloomfield and West Hartford, Wolcott Plymouth, Waterbury, Watertown and Middle- bury.
Histories of WETHERSFIELD, and WINDSOR, are in preparation.
Each number will be sold separately ; or sub- scriptions will be received for the whole series, or for the separate histories. Price 12} cents single or five numbers for 50 cents in advance.
Orders may be sent to WILLIAM S. POR- TER, care of Tyler & Porter, 6 Asylum st. Hartford. Single numbers may be obtained at the book stores in Hartford and New Haven, and at the Post Office in Farmington.
William S. Porter, County Surveyor.
ORDERS may be left at the Town Clerk's Office, Hartford, or at his residence in Far- mington.
REFERENCES. - Simeon Hart, James Cowles, Edward Hooker, in Farmington; and Nathaniel Goodwin, Deputy Surveyor General, Daniel St. John, and Henry Hudson, Esqs., Hartford.
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