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Lockwood, Ephraim, 184, 189, 192 ;
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INDEX.
Joseph, 194 ; Eliphalet, 201; James, 203; Joseph, 206 ; Ephraim, 215; Peter, 218 ; Joseph, 222 ; John, 236; Joseph. 238; Job, 246 ; Ebenezer, 260 ; William, 265; Ephraim, 234 ; Nehemiah. 234 ; Stephen, 291 ; Eli- phalet. 300; William S., 301 ; Buckingham, 300.
Mallory. Lewis, 244.
Marvin, Matthew, account of, 181 ; his children, 182 ; John, 194 ; John, 215 : Matthew, 242.
McNab, Betsy. 293.
Mead, Abijah. 263 ; James, 266 ; John, 267; Matthew, 289.
Mervine (Merwine, Marvin), Seth. 222 ; Samuel, 230 ; Barnabas, 242 ; Ozias. 245 ; Matthew, 252; Ste- phen, 254; Barnabas, 285 ; Samuel, 285.
Middlebrook, Samuel, 278 ; Nathan, 278.
Mills, Joseph, 245.
Mitchell, Rev. Justus, 283.
Morehouse. David, 255 ; Noah, 297.
Morgan, Ezekiel, 270, 271; James, 276 ; Załmon, 302.
Mott, William, 255.
Nash, John, 198; John, Jr., 198; John, 227; Micajah, 234; Noah, 264; James. 257 ; Jonathan, 268 : Na- than. 270 ; David, 270 ; Daniel, 273. Olmstead, John, 185 ; John, 193, John, 216 ; Darius, 243 ; Joseph, 266 ; Hezekiah. 267; Samuel, 2d, 278 ; Samuel, 4th, 278 ; Reuben, 291.
Parrat. John, 217.
Partrick, Samuel,
Patchen. Jared, 272.
Peck, John. 238.
Pellett. Waters, 286.
Pelts, Peter, 301 ; Henry, 301.
Person, Thomas, 207.
Phillips. Ebenezer, 237.
Pickett, James, 185, 192 ; James, 208 ; Ezra, 238.
Platt, John, 186, 186, 188, 192 ; John, Jr., 193. 197 ; Joseph, 197 ; Samuel, 200 ; John, 249 ; Samuel, 251.
Price, David, 285.
Prindle, Samuel, 209.
Pope, Charles, 223.
Quintard, Evert, 253.
Raiment (Raymond), John, 184, 186 ; John, Jr., 193 ; John, Jr,, 195 ; Tho- mas, 205 ; John, 210 ; Samuel, Jr., 210; Joshua, 214; Eliakim, 223 ; Gershom, 224; Benjamin, 225 ; George, 223 ; Eliakim, 230 ; Asahel, 237; Paul, 238; Nathaniel, 210 ; Lewis, 251 ; Aaron, 252 ; Gershom. 255 ; Edward, 256 ; Naphtali, 257 ; Hezekiah, 258 ; Josiah, 264 : Tho- mas. 266 ; Jesse, 281 ; Moses, 237 ; Nathaniel, Jr., 287 ; John, 3d, 294.
Recd. Thomas. 200 ; Thomas, Jr., 207; William, 211 ; Nathan, 221 ; Daniel, 221; Benjamin, P., 257 ; John, 259 ; Benjamin, 2l ; Daniel, 261. Resseguie, Alexander, 196.
Richards, Samuel. 210; Gershom, 242; Daniel, 245 ; Isaac, 252; Samuel, 259.
Riggs, Jonathan. 259.
Rockwell, Thomas. 203 ; John, 215. Rogers. Uriah, 213 ; Hezekiah, 292. Sunford, Nathan, 302.
Saunders, Jabez, 226 ; John. 236 ; Holmes. 242 ; Thomas, Jr., 251. Scott, William, 268.
Scrivener (Scribner). Benjamin, 189 ; John, 200 ; Abraham, 233 ; Mat- thew, 233 ; Enoch, 301.
Seamer (Seymour), Thom3s, 182, 193 ; William, 261 ; James, 271; Seth, 293; Ezra, 293; Jonathan, 296 ; Lewis. 298 ; Samuel, 298 ; Samuel, 303 ; Lewis, 303.
Selleck, Nathaniel, 249; James, Jr., 265; Charles, 280; Jacob, 281 ; Uriah, 301.
Sention, (St. John), James. 185 ; Sam- uel, 190; Mark, 192, 195 ; Samuel, 192; Joseph, 195 ; James, Jr., 204 ; Nehemiah, 223 ; Caleb, 231 ; Abi- jah, 245 ; Peter, 245; Cook, 245; Stephen, 245 ; Phinehas, 246 ; Jesse, 247; Adonijah, 251 ; William, 256 ; Josiah, 257 ; Abraham, 259 ; Isaac, 263; Ezra, 263 ; Silas, 263 ; Mat- thias, 269 ; Enoch, 269 ; Stephen, 273 ; Eliphalet, 236 ; Joseph, 291 ; Benjamin, 235; Matthias, 300; John, 300 ; John, 300 ; Bela, 300 ; Samuel, 301 ; Aaron, 302 ; Isaac, 209 ; Buck- ingham, 300; George, 300 ; Isaac, 303; Isaac, sen., 303 ; Bula, 304; Matthew, 304 ; John. 304.
Sherman, Roger M., 239 ; Richard, 2)9.
Silliman, Samuel C., 247; Joseph, 294.
Smith, Ebenezer, 208; Robert, 220 ; Eliakim, 250; Eliakim, Jr., 250 ; Asa, 253 ; Daniel, 270 ; Phinehas, 272 ; David, 275; Charles, 27S ; James, 285 ; Noah, 239 ; Peter, 301. Stewart (Stuart). Robert, 186 ; John, 241 ; Simeon, 279 ; Isaac, 291. Stone, Olney, 248.
Street, Nathaniel, 219.
Sturdivant, William, 190.
Sturges, Ezekiel, 255.
Taylor, Thomas, 184, 185 ; Lt. John, 220; Josiah, 217 ; John, Jr., 220 ; Noah, 223 ; Seth, 277.
Thucher, Josiah, 224 ; Thomas Fitch, 243 ; Josiah, 261.
Treadwell, John P., 301.
Truesdell, William, 205.
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Trumbull, James, 290. Turrell, Samuel. 279.
Tuttle, David, 203 ; Edmond, 241 ; Enoch, 267 ; David, 269; Nathan, 281 ; John, 231 ; Selleck, 290 ; Eli, 297 ; Ebenezer, 297 ; Wid. Abigail, 297.
Van Antwerp, Nicholas, 250.
Wareing, Edmund, 194; Michael, 223; Eliakim, 225 ; Joseph, 231 : Joseph, Jr., 241 ; Eliakim, 249 ; Isaac, 264. Wasson, Robert, 259 ; Robert, Jr., 259.
Waterbury, Thaddeus, 279.
Weed, Nathan. 225 ; Daniel, 263, 264 ; Ebenezer, 296.
Webb, Richard, 188.
White, Peter, 231 ; Samuel. 279 ; Sam- uel, Jr., 279 ; Stephen, 230.
Whitlock, Hezekiah, 285 ; Daniel, 286. Whitney, John, 189 ; John. 192; Rich- ard, 195; Joseph, 197 : Henry, 199; John, Jr., 202 ; Josiah, 208 ; Joseph, 213 ; Elijah. 217; Hezekiah, 217 ; Abraham, 227; David, 234 ; Benja- min, 236 ; Timothy, 236 ; Benjamin, 261; Ebenezer, 287 ; David, Jr., 238 ; Asa. 298. Wicks, Stephen, 238. Williams. Nathan, 255.
Willson, John. 266. Wilson, John. 264.
Wood, Samuel, 196 ; Stephen, 289% Young, Richard, 265.
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S. E. VIEW OF SOUTH NORWALK. From the Rocks West of the Methodist Church.
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HISTORICAL RECORDS OF NORWALK.
INTRODUCTORY.
THE TIME OF SETTLEMENT.
TRUMBULL, in his History of Connecticut, vol. i., p. 115, says, that in 1640, " Mr. Ludlow made a purchase of the eastern part of Norwalk," "Capt. Patrick bought the middle part of the town, " and that " A few fami- dies seem to have planted themselves in the town about the time of these purchases." On p. 202, under the date of 1651, he says, " Though the eastern and middle parts of Norwalk had been purchased more than ten years, yet there had been only a few scattering inhabit- ants within its limits." Trumbull is minute and accu- rate in his dates concerning the purchases, and in the date of the order of the General Court for the settle- ment [1650]. In addition to the public records, he had access to other sources of information, which are now lost, viz. the " Manuscripts of Rev. Moses Dickin- son," to which he refers, p. 202. But on what author- ity he says that " A few families seem to have planted themselves in the town about the time of these purchases" [1640], and that at the time of its regular settlement [1651], there were " a few scattering inhabitants" with- in the limits of the town, I know not. I find no recog- nition of the presence of such prior inhabitants on the
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town records. On the 15th of February, 1651, the planters were here, as appears from the deed from RUNCKINHEAGE. Some of them, at least, were proba- bly here the year before. There is a tradition that several of them spent the winter here.
THE FIRST MINISTER.
In the great Bible of Capt. Hezekiah Betts, who died in 1837, aged 77, I find, among other historical memo- randa, entered by his own hand, that THOMAS HANFORD began to preach to the people of Norwalk about the year 1648. As Capt. Betts was so curious about such matters, and so accurate, I had entertained no doubt that his record was correct, and so published it ; but as the people who agreed for the settlement with Mr. Lud- lowe, in 1650, engaged to " invite an orthodox and ap- proved minister with all convenient speed," it is clear that Mr. Hanford was not here in 1648. Trumbull is doubtless correct, when he says, p. 299, "the same year [1652] Mr. Thomas Hanford began to preach at Norwalk, and some time after a church was formed in that town, and Mr. Hanford ordained pastor."
THE NAME.
The common tradition concerning the name, is the account given by Barber in his Historical Collections, p. 392, that the name NORWALK is derived from the one day's " North-walk" that limited the northern extent of the purchase from the Indians. It is wonderful that so awkward and improbable a fancy ever gained credit. Norwalk is the old Indian name. The Indians were called " the Norwake Indians""' and the river bore the
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name of "Norwake River," when the English first came to these shores. Mr. Ludlowe's purchase in 1640 was from " The Indians of Norwalke," and the land is described as lying between " the twoe rivers, the one called the Norwalke, the other Soakatuck."* In the earliest town records the name is written Norwalke (the w probably silent, as in Warwick). Our aged people retain the ancient (and probably true) pronunci- ation, Norruck. Bradley's Register says that the early Colony Records call it Norrwake.
THE RECORDS.
The first record of town proceedings is under the date of 1653. The first book of grants and deeds is entire ; but it was evidently not begun till some 20 years after the first settlement. From 1653, the record of town proceedings appears to be full and complete. The first books are much worn, and in some places the writing is so much defaced as to be illegible. The remaining books are in a good state of preservation.
The early Church Records are irrecoverably lost. Phebe Comstock, aged 83 years, informs me that she used often to visit at Dr. BURNET's, and at one time desired to see the Church Records. Dr. BURNET threw open a book-case, and said : " There : whenever any of my pa- rishioners wish to consult the Church Records, there they are at their service." She often consulted them. There were three large folio volumes, one kept by each of the three ministers, Mr. HANFORD, Mr. BUCKING- HAM, and Mr. DICKINSON; each volume filled with writ-
* It is a pity that the unmeaning name of WESTPORT was ever substituted for the old Indian name of SAUGATUCK. If I were an inhabitant of that town, I would never cease to petition the Legisla- ture till they changed it back again.
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ing. She says that after Dr. BURNET's death, in 1806, these volumes were left in a basket in the old parson- age, and were gnawed and eaten through and through by rats, and quite destroyed. The TOWN RECORDS" are invaluable.
PLAN OF THE ANCIENT SETTLEMENT.
The ground-plot (except the river and salt-meadows) is taken from an actual survey by THOMAS BENEDICT, 3d.f The division of the lots I have made out from the "TABLE OF HOMELOTS," compiled from the records. As these records were not made till some twenty years after the settlement (some of them much later) during which time several changes had occurred ; as neither the length nor breadth of any lot is mentioned, and the quantity given only by estimate ; and as some of the original grants were never put on record, and are men- tioned only incidentally in the boundaries of the other lots, it will readily be seen that there was no small diffi- culty in making out the plan with desirable accuracy. There are, however, several fixed landmarks : the roads and the coast are the same. The site of the meeting- house is certain. The lots correspond with the descrip- tion in the "Table ;" they fill up the space assigned. There are other corroborative evidences of the accuracy of the plan. I showed to an aged descendant of the Fitch family, the lot which THOMAS FITCH bought of
* But they are kept in a wooden building, without any security against fire; and should a conflagration occur in that long and ha- zardous range of wooden buildings, they will, in all likelihood, be destroyed.
t The map of the parts east of the river up to the churches is from a survey of Mr. BENEDICT's.
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EDWARD CHURCH. " Oh, now I remember," said she, " that my grandfather used to call it ' the Church lot,' though I had entirely forgotten it." In making out the plan I found it impossible to fill out the space south of MATTHEW SENTION's and GEORGE ABBOTT's lot, with- out making some proportionably too large. I took the plan to several aged people, who at once told me that the open space below these lots lay open to common even within their recollection. Mr. SAMUEL FITCH went with me on to the ground, and pointed out the boundaries. I flatter myself that whoever will compare the plan with the " TABLE OF HOMELOTS," and then go over the ground with the plan open in his hand, will be satisfied with its general accuracy.
THE FIRST SETTLERS.
There is no complete list of the original settlers, but a Table of " Estates of lands and accommodations" in 1655, contains the names of the following inhabitants. ABBITT, GEORGE KELLOGGE, DANIEL
BEACHAM, ROBERT
LUPTON, THOMAS
BECKWITH, STEPHEN
MARVIN, MATTHEW, SEN.
BOWTON, JOHN
MARVIN, MATTHEW, JR.
CAMPFIELD, MATTHEW
MORE, ISACKE
ELI, NATHANIEL
MARSH, JONATHAN
FITCH, THOMAS
MORGAN, WIDOW
OLMSTED, RICHARD
GRIGGORIE, JOHN HALES, SAMUEL
RICHARDS, NATHANIEL
HALES, THOMAS
RUSKOE, JOHN
SENTION, MATTHIAS, SEN,
SENTION, MATTHIAS, JR.
SENTION, MATTHEW
HOMES, RICHARD
SEAMER, THOMAS
KEEILER, RALPH
KEEILER, WALTER
WEB, RICHARD.
HAITE, WALTER
HAIES, NATHANIEL
HANFORD, THOMAS REV.
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In a List of accounts in 1654, are the following names which do not appear in the preceding list of Estates, viz. :
BRYANT, - RAIMENT, RICHARD
CHURCH, EDWARD
SEAMER, RICHARD WHITINGE, GILES
FITCH, JOSEPH
NASH, EDWARD
And in 1656 the following :
MORGAN, OWEN
REID, WILLIAM
And in the Table of Home Lots, the following : some of whom must have come in several years later.
BENEDICT, THOMAS, SEN. HAIES, SAMUEL
BENEDICT, THOMAS, JR.
BENEDICT, JOHN
LOCKWOOD, EPHRAIM KETCHUM, JOSEPH
BETTS, THOMAS
KEELER, JOHN
BUSHNELL, RICHARD PICKETT, JAMES
CAMPFIELD, SAMUEL
PLATT, JOSEPH
COMSTOCK, CHRISTOPHER
CRAMPTON, JOHN
SENTION, MARK STEWART, ROBERT
FITCH, THOMAS, JR.
SMITH, SAMUEL
FENN, JOSEPH
TAYLOR, THOMAS
GREGORY, JOHN, JR.
WARD, THOMAS.
GREGGORIE, JAKIN
The following notices of the first settlers of Norwalk, I find in the " Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut,"_" By R. R. Hinman. Hartford, 1846."
" ABBOTT, GEORGE, 1648."*
" BECKWITH, STEPHEN, 1649."
"BELDING, JOHN" (son of John of Wethersfield, who died 1677).
* Date of the first mention in the Colony Records.
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" BENEDICT, THOMAS, 1662."*
" BETTS, THOMAS, Guilford, 1650" (Mr. Hinman refers to Widow Betts, 1639, and John Betts, 1648). " CAMFIELD, (or Campfield,) MATTHEW-a magis- trate and judge ; not only a leading man there, but in the Colony .- One of the signers of the petition to King Charles II. for the Colony ; in 1662, appointed with Gold and Sherman to hold courts at Fairfield.
" ELY, NATHANIEL" Hartford, 1635,-constable, 1639, "one of the settlers of Norwalk, but afterwards removed to Springfield, Massachusetts."
" FITCH, THOMAS,-a brother of Rev. James, at Saybrook, and of Joseph, of Windsor.
" GREGORY, JOHN-a deputy, 1662-3.
" HOYT, WALTER, Windsor, 1640.
" KEELER, RALPH, Hartford, 1639, viewer of chim- neys in '45.
" MARVIN, MATTHEW-surveyor of highways at Hartford in 1639, and '47 ; an original proprietor and settler in Hartford before '39; removed to Norwalk, deputy to the General Court from Norwalk in '54.
" OLMSTED, RICHARD, Hartford, 1640, constable '46, fence viewer '49, deputy in '62-3; moved to Norwalk and was made a military officer. In 1661 was appoint- ed with John Banks, and Joseph Judson, who were ap- . pointed by the General Court, to run the lines between Fairfield and Stratford."
" RICHARDS, NATHANIEL, of Hartford-in the Colo-
* Of Thomas Benedict, a much earlier account is given among the family records of Norwalk in this work.
Mr. Hinman says, that Robert Lockwood came to Connecti- cut from Cambridge, and was probably one of the settlers of Nor- walk. I do not find that this is so; perhaps this is the origin of the family.
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ny in 1639 ; constable in '41 and '49, orderer of the town in '44, deputy in 43.
" SENCHION, OR ST. JOHN, MATTHIAS, 1640.
" SEYMOUR, RICHARD, Hartford, 1639, chimney viewer in '46.
" WEBB, RICHARD, Hartford, 1639,-on the first Grand Jury at the General court in the Colony in 1643. Also a juror in '43-4, selectman in '48, surveyor of high ways in '49. He soon after removed to Stamford, was made free there in '62."
The following additional particulars concerning some of the first settlers are taken from the 1st book of Grants and Deeds.
" ELIZABETH WEBB, relicke of Richard Webb," in 1677, employed her "Beloved brother John Gregory to make an agreement with Thomas Butler of Hartford, and his wife," they "laying claime to the estate of my deere husband, Richard Webb, deceased,-"fol. 51.
RICHARD HOMES, of Stratford, Oct. 12, 1657, bought of Alexander Bryan, of Milford, the home-lot which was Thomas Smith's: and March, 1663, the lands of Ste- phen Beckwith, planter, of Norwalk.
MATTHEW CAMPFIELD, late of Norwake, now resi- dent in Newarke, in the Colony of New Jersey (gave a deed) to his son Samuel, April 1, 1669.
SAMUEL HALES, now of Weathersfield, late of Nor- wake, sold to John Platt, May 14, 1669.
THOMAS BARNAM, of Fairfield, had a grant before 1663.
JOSEPH SMITH, late of Long Island, bought of Sam- uel Campfield the north part of his home-lot in 1675.
SAMUEL SMITH, in 1672, a parcel of land in Indian- field.
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SAMUEL BELDING, Feb. 28, 1673, bought two parcels of land in the Neck planting-field.
JAMES PICKIT, in 1674.
THOMAS BETTS, JR. (fol. 55), in 1677, bought of Benjamin Fenn, of Milford, the house and home-lot formerly belonging to his brother, Joseph Fenn.
RICHARD RAYMOND, removed to Saybrooke, gave a deed to his son John : in 1677 empowered his " well beloved brother Thomas Betts, of Norwalk," to record all his divisions, &c. : and in 1676, gave by will all his lands in Norwalk "unto those children which my son John Raymond allready have or may have, by Mary Raymond his present wife."
JOHN REEDE, " of Rie," bought of Richard Homes. " James Miller, and Martha his wife, of Ry, in the county of Fairfield," Dec. 26, 1681.
ANDREW MESSENGER, June 28, 1686 (fol. 85), bought land of Walter Hoyt.
SAMUEL CAMFIELD's house and four acres, between Thomas Betts and Ephraim Lockwood, Dec. 17, 1681.
THOMAS HYATT, in 1679, bought land of James Mil- ler (James Miller and Martha his wife, of Rye, Dec. 26, 1681).
JONATHAN PERKINS, bought of Nathaniel Richards, Feb. 23, 1677.
FORT POINT.
In 1689, John Gregory gave a deed to his son Thomas, of a piece of land " Lying on the West side of Norwalke Towne plott, 2 acres-bounded East by the common land banck ; West, Norwalk river ; South by the poynt of common land where the Indian Fort formerly stood; North by Thomas Betts' Marsh Mea- dow."
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TABLE OF ORIGINAL GRANTS OF HOME-LOTS TO THE FIRST SETTLERS.
COMPILED FROM THE RECORDS IN THE FIRST BOOK OF GRANTS AND DEEDS.
Note .- These records appear to have been made some twenty years and more after the grants. They are generally without date, interspersed with other records from 1670 to 1690. Probably some original grants were never put on record ; they are incidentally mentioned in the boundaries of other grants. The estimated quan- tity, and the boundaries are given ; but not the length of any of the boundaries. Over some of the records, another hand has in- serted the date 1652. The book is complete : the folios being num- bered from 1 onward.
GRANTEES.
Richard Olmstead, 4 acres 1 rood.
Bounded east by Common land, west by Town's High- way, north by Thomas Hale's home-lot, south by Nathaniel Eli's home-lot.
Thomas Fitch (purchased the lot laid out to Edward Church in 1655), 4 acres.
Bounded east by Town Highway, west by Daniel Kellogg's home-lot, north by Nathaniel Richard's home-lot, south by Matthew Marvin, Sen.'s, home- lot.
Nathaniel Eli (sold to Thomas Betts), 4 acres 2 roods. Bounded east by The Common, west by Town Highway, north by Richard Olmsted's home-lot, south by the other Highway.
Samuel Hales (sold to Robert Stewart of Milford, in 1660), 4 acres.
Bounded east by The " Commoninge," west by High- way, north by "The Commoninge," south by Ma- thias Sention's home-lot.
John Platt (in 1663), 4 acres 2 roods.
Bounded east by Highway and Common land, west by Ephraim Lockwood's home-lot, north by Samuel Camfield's lot, south by Thomas Fitch, Jr.'s, home-lot.
Isacke More (sold to Mark Sention in 1660), 4 acres. Bounded east by Town Highway, west by " The Coafe [cove] bancke," north by George Abbott's home-lot.
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HOME-LOTS.
Richard Seamer (afterwards his son's, Thomas Sea- mer, by exchange).
Bounded east by The Common, west by Town's Highway, north by Town's Highway, south by Rich- ard Webb's home-lot.
John Bowten, 4 acres.
Bounded east by Mr. Hanford's and John Ruscoe's home-lot, west by Highway, north by Highway, south by Thomas Lupton's home-lot.
Matthew Marvin, Sen., 4 acres.
Bounded east by Town's Highway, west by Daniel Kellogg's home-lot, north by Thomas Fitch's home- lot, south by Meeting-house yard and Matthew Mar- vin, Jr.'s, home-lot.
Thomas Lupton, 4 acres.
Bounded east by Richard Homes and Mark Sen- tion's home-lot, west by Mathias Sention's home-lot and Common, north by John Bowten's home-lot, south by George Abbott's lot.
Jonathan Marshe, two parcels, 4 acres.
The Greater-Bounded east by Highway, "the coafe bancke" of Norwalk River, north by the Commoninge, south by Thomas Ward's home-lot. The Less -- Bounded east by Commonage, west by the aforesaid highway, north by Commonage, south by Commonage.
Walter Haite, 4 acres.
Bounded east by Town Highway, west by "the Common by the bancke coafe" [cove], north by Ma- thias Sention's home-lot, south by George Abbott's home-lot.
Nathaniel Richards, 4 acres 1 rood.
Bounded east by Town Highway, west by Norwalk River " coafe bancke," north by Isacke More's home- lot, south by Thomas Fitch's home-lot.
Matthias Sention, Sen., Bought of Mr. Steeile of Far- mington, who married the widow of Richard Seamer, 4 acres (granted in addition 1, April 6, 1661), 5 acres.
Bounded east by Common land, west by Town's Highway, north by Samuel Hale's home-lot, now Robert Stewart's, south by Matthew Camfield's home-lot.
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Ralph Keeiler, 4 acres 1 rood.
Bounded east by Common and Neck fence, west by Town Highway and Edward Nash's home-lot, north by Richard Webb's home-lot, south by Town High- way and Edward Nash's home-lot.
Mr. Thomas Hanford, 4 acres.
Bounded east by Town's Highway, west by John Bowten's home-lot, north by Town's Highway, south by John Ruscoe's home-lot.
Nathaniel Campfield, 5 acres.
Bounded east by Common, west by Town's High- way, north by Matthias Sention's home-lot, south by Richard Olmsted's, that was Thomas Hale's home- lot.
Samuel Campfield (apparently in 1670), 4 acres.
Bounded east by Brooke swamp of common ground, west by Common Highway, north by Ralph Keeler's home-lot, now Thomas Betts', south by John Platt's home-lot.
Thomas Benedick, Sen. (recorded March 1, 1669-70, having possessed it some years before), purchased of Mr. Hanford 1 acre 1 rood, of John Ruscoe 2 roods, of John Bowten 1 rood-4 acres.
Bounded east by Mr. Handford's and John Ruscoe's, west by John Bowten, north by Town Highway, south by Richard Homes.
Samuel Haies (two parcels, the last a piece, of salt meadow in the rear of the first), 5 acres.
Bounded east (first) by Common Highway, west by "The bancke," north by Common land, south by Ralph Keeler's home-lot, that was Thomas Ward's. Salt meadow-Bounded east by Bank of Sd. home-lot, west by "Norwalke river coafe," north by " Coafe of sd river up to the bancke," south by " the creeke."
John Gregorie, Sen. (4 acres granted, bought 4 acres of Stephen Beckwith), 8 acres.
Bounded east by Town Highway, west by John Rai- mond's, north by Mr. Haies' lot and John Benedict's lot that was George Abbott's, south by Highway run- ny by " the coafe bancke," 'and John Gregorie, Jr.'s.
John Gregorie, Jr., received from John Gregorie, Sen., of the above, 1 acre 2 roods.
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HOME-LOTS.
Richard Web, 4 acres.
Bounded east by Common land adjoining the neck, west by Town Highway, north by Thomas Seamer's home-lot, south by John Raymond's home-lot that was Ralph Reeler's.
Daniel Kellogg, 4 acres.
Bounded east by Matthew Marvin, Jr.'s, Matthew Marvin, Sen.'s, and Thomas Fitch, Sen.'s, home-lots, west by Joseph Fenn's home-lot and a bank of com- mon land, north partly by Nathaniel Richard's home-lot, and by the " coafe bancke," south by Town Highway.
Matthew Marvin, Jr., 3 acres 2 roods.
Bounded east by " Meeting-house greene," west by Daniel Kellogg's home-lot, north by Matthew Mar- vin, Sen.'s, home-lot, south by Town Highway.
Christopher Comstock, January 27, 1661 (then of Fair- field, bought of Thomas Betts, " being then a plan- ter inhabiting in Norwalke," his " house, home-lot, &c., with haffe the land lying to the said house, laid out to said Betts, or belonging to the accommodation of Nathaniel Eli," folio 13), 4 acres.
See "Nathaniel Eli," who sold this lot to Thomas Betts, which Thomas Betts, in 1661, sold to Christo- pher Comstock.
Ephraim Lockwood, December 30, 1664 (folio 13)- bought the home-lot of Jonathan Marshe ; "For and in consideration of one mare and sucking colt," -- " his howse with the shelfes, dress boards, &c." also the yards, hovells, and tenn fruit trees growing upon the orchard ; and also the home-lot containing one acre more or less."
For boundaries see Jonathan Marshe.
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