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Jonathan G.'s grandson Josiah had the homestead.
GILLETT, Nathan, 1637 (D).), lot gr. 17 rods wide, next W. of and parallel to, his bro. Jonathan's; after death wife, 1670, rem. to Simsbury; his lot was soll to his bro. Jonathan, then to his nephew Jeremiah.
GRANT, Matthew (Surveyor, Town Recorder, &c.), 1635 (D.), lot gr. in Palisado, 9 r. wide, first S. of Town Orchard, abt 9 r. from N. entrance of Pal .; a portion of it afterward occup, by his son John, who came into poss. of all after father's death.
GRIDLEY. Thomas, " of Windsor." convicted by Gen. Ct. 1639; a soldier in Peq. War. and ree'd bounty lands therefor; no evidence of res. in W. after 1639.
GRIFFIN, John. 1647. no ho. lot rec. here: when John Drake was killed, 1659. G. was res. at the Francis Stiles or Henry Stiles ho .; was one of earliest to rem. to Simsbury.
GRISWOLD, Edward, 1639, came from Eng. with Rev. Mr. Init; it is not prob. that he rem. to lot gr. him at Poq. until the Indian title had been extinguished, 16-12; but he was res, there with two other families in 1619, his ho, stood near present res. of Mr. Ladd, prob. nearer the highway at top of hill, had 293 acres, bd. mostly S. and W. by Stony brook. E. by the river and the Indian reservation
1 Possibly G. res, not on his first purchase, as there were less than 4 yrs. from said purchase to the time he was living on the Stiles' pl. The " cellar and house " leave us to infer that the first was hurriedly built for occupancy, while the ho, was building.
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(Indian Neck). He built the Old Fort at Springfield for Mr. Pynchon for 1659. Sam. Buel and Tim. Thrall hewed the timber. His sons George and JJoseph inher. the homestead at Poq.
GUNN, Thomas, 1640 (D.), Jot gr. 12 r. wide, from Stoughton's line, nearly to S. side of new ho. abt 4 r. from line of N. side of old Welch ho. on W. side; rem. to. Westfield; gave his homestead to Timo. Thrall, who m. his dan. Deborah.
HANNUM, William, 1640 (D.), where he sold out 1637 and came to W .; lot gr. next N. of Joshua Carter, 5 r. 6 ft. wide, on E. side st. and 10} r. wide on W. side; that on E. side he soldì to Robert Winchell (who included it with the Tilly lot and ho, and gave it to his son Nath'], 1664) and built on W. side; bo't Tilly lot N. of it and sold whole 22} r. to John Denslow, 20 May, 1654, with condition that Hannum should remain in the ho. until first of next mo. He rem. to North- ampton.
HAWKES, John, 1640, lot gr. 11 r. wide. "The Major Ellsworth tenant ho." stands on this lot, S. line near the ho ; rem. to Hadley abt 1660; subseq. gave pl. to Joseph Gillett, who had m. his dau., 1664.
HAWKINS, Anthony, 1640, lot gr. 8 r. wide, the S. line of this lot was a little N. (6 or "r. ? ) of present division fence N. of the Maj. Ellsworth tenant ho .; exch. places with Robert Watson; rem. to Watson's (formerly the Dibble) pl. and bo't 2 r. wide from Samways, who bd. bim on N .; and S. dying soon he bo't the S. pl. from the wid., after wh. he bd. N. by the ferry road. Sold both lots, 1656, to Jacob Drake, who sold, 1663, to Samuel Gibbs. Hawkins rem. to Farmington before 1662.
HAYDEN, William, 1640 (D.), res. in HItfd 1637, sold his ppy. in Hartford, 1642; bo't in W. 1644, lot 54 r. wide; ho. stood a little S. of old Ezra Hayden ho. and N. of present James L. Hayden's res .; lot ext. to river; also, had large lot on wh. present "Hayden's" R. R. station stands: ext. from river 160 r. W. llis "stone-pit, "or quarry, opened before 1654; rem. to and was one of first settlers of llamonoscett (Killingworth). His son Daniel had the W. homestead.
HAYNES (Gov.) John, 1640, did not res. in W., but in Hartford. In his will, dated 1616, he describes his W. ppy. as " my ho. and land in W. with the appurte- nances, in the tenure of Geo. Hull and formerly purchased of him." Mr. Ihull rem. to Fairfield before 1649, and the Gov. doubtless had some other tenant, until his death, I Mch., 1653/4. It was found that his will had not been changed to conform with his promise to give the ppy. to his dau. Ruth, on her mar, with Mr. Willis: the ppy. passed into hands of Jas. Russell, of Boston, who sold it to Henry Wolcott, 1668. Gov. Haynes had 30 acres of meadow. 150 acres of home lot and woods; his " great lot " lay S. W. of Rocky Hill, and he had 284 acres on E. side of Great River, and the rights of other divisions pertaining thereto, all appraised (1654) at £140. Haynes' lot was 30 r. wide on the street, ext. from the tobacco barn to S. line of Garden (late Capt. Samuel Allen, now Harvey pl.); lot W. of st. 20 acres, 30 r. wide.
I The name is written on the Dorchester records Hannum, once (the first time) Han- nam; the last time, Hannā. ( W. B. Trask.)
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HAYWARD (Howard) Robert, 1643 (D.), lot gr .; sold. 1658, to Peter Brown, S. of Mill-pond, bdg. E. on Mill-road, and S. on road leading to Rich. Birge and others. He bo't Nath'l Phelps pl. (near Wm. Phelps, Sr.) 1657: sold it 2 yrs. later; prob. never res. there; res. at Hartford 1667.
IlILL, William, 1640 (D.), lot gr. 12 r. wide, next W. of Lt. Wilton's, bdg. N. on road which ran from S. W. cor. Palisado Green to the Burying PL .. lot ext. to the Rivulet and W. outside the Pal. down to the brook, and N. "to highway that passeth by Elias Parkman's ho."-cor. Backer Row and highway leading W. lle built a ho. and barn on his lot on E. side river, which he sold to Samways and Stephen Taylor, 1648; he ho't the lots of Bassett and Gibbs wh. were betw. him and the Burying Pl., and sold them with his own, 1653, to Lt. David Wil- ton; rem. to Fairfield.
IHILLIER, John, 1640. lot gr. 7 acres, 13 r. wide. betw. Nich. Palmer and Win. Buell on Silver St .: his son Timothy had the homestead which he sold, 1679, to his bro. Jtmex.
IIOLCOMB (Holcombe, Holcom, Holkom), Thomas, 1635, or soon after (D.), lot gr. 14} r. wide, abt. opp. the old Lemuel Welch ho. and garden, E. line 34 r. N. of S. line of Welch garden; sold to Josiah Hull and rem. 1639 to Poq., where he had lot next N. of Ed. Griswold, " from the brook before his house to the Rivulet." His son Joshua had the homestead.
HOSFORD, William, 1639 (D.), lot gr. 20 r. wide, betw. Denslow and Pomeroy : on his 2d mar. (to wid. llenry Foulkes) he gave his pl. to his son-in-law, Stephen Taylor, and rem. to the Foulkes pl., which, after his ret. to Eng .. he gave to his son John.
HOSKINS (Goodman), John. 1640 (D) ), lot gr. 17 r. wide, abt. S. line of late David Ellsworth pl .; N. line Dea. Gaylord's lot. He d. 1648, leaving est. to wife and son John, and the ppy. has remained in H. family until it was sold, 1822, to Dea. Jasper Morgan.
HOYTE, Simon (D.), lot gr. "for meadow and upland," 80 acres; the ho, stood a few r. S. W. from the present David Ellsworth ho. in Hoyte's Meadow: his fam. were res. in W. 1640; in 1646 he sold out to Wm. Thrall and rem. to Fairfield.
His son Nicholax had several out-lots gr. him (and ho't Begat Egleston's pl. on Backer Row), as also had his son Walter.
HUIT (Rev.) Ephraim, came to W. August 17, 1639; had neglected to make the proper returns, and his lands are not recorded. Ile prob. first res. on W. side Pal. Green (marked Cooke on the map) N. of and adj. the road running W. out of Pal., and wh. was sold by overseers of his est. to Capt. Cooke; but bo't the Sgt. Thos. Staires pl. on E. side, where he already owned a lot; family res. on the E. pl. at time of his death, 1644.
HULBURD (Hubbard) William, 1640 (D.), lot gr. on Backer Row, 41 r. from S. cor : a highway ran thro' its length, wh. prob., at first, supplied the place of both the N. and S. roads to Sandy Hill: but this was closed and the present one N. of the then Gibbs home-lot was purchased and opened. From this he prob. rem. to Palisado; sold first lot 12 r. wide, to John Youngs, 1641 (wh. Y. sold to Walter Hoyte, 1649, he to Weller, he to Tahan Grant, 1655); his Pal. lot, } acre, 74 r. wide (next S. of Matt Grant's), he sold to Thomas Dibble who res. there, 1654; he rem. to Hartford; m. wid. Samuel Allen and rem. to North ampton.
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IIU'LL, George, 1637 (D.), had Jot. 30 r. wide, wh. " as purchased of Geo. Hull." was gr. to Gov. John Haynes, of Hartford, together with several out-lots: but the premises were in the tenure of Geo. Hull, 1646, and he prob, continued to res. on the Gov'r's farm until his rem. to Fairfield. He only built a barn on the lot gr., 144 r. wide, to himself, wh. Jay betw. Buckland on N. and Terry.
llis son Josiah had lot gr. 12 r. wide, N. line opp. ho. Mr. Hoskins, wh. he sold to Mr. Humphrey Pinney, with dwelling, and bo't Thos, Holcomb's pl., where res. until 1664 when he rem, to Hemonoscett (Killingworth) with its first settlers, and sold out to Samuel Marshall.
HUMPHREY, Michael, 1647, bo't Jeffrey Baker's orig. ho. and lot. W. of st. 3 acres. S. of No. road to Sandy Hill. 94 r. wide, and built near W. end of it, where the road turns N .: 1659 ho't of Lt. D. Wilton, Gr. wide adjoining. wh. with the above lot was orig. Thomas Ford's and his own (D. W. 's) home lot, breadth orig. 12 r. making the whole br. of his lot on st. 25} r: rem. to Simsbury, with the early settlers. Prob. Il. built the house, as the Book of Town Wages says. the road is N. by S. Terry, S. by Jeffrey Baker, " so far as Michael Humphrey's house " and Jeff. Baker's ho. was at first E. of highway.
HURD. John, 1640, lot. gr. 10 r. wide E. of Broad St .: sohl to Thos. Marshfield, who sold, 1642, 10 acres, with ho. to Thomas Nowell, who d. 1618. Stephen Terry res, here 1660. Hurd early rem. to Stratford. (or Orcutt's Hist. Stratford. (.)
HYDES (Hide), Humphrey, 1615, bo't of Alex. Alvord. a lot E. site (4 acres) 16 r. wide. next to Nathan Gillett. 3 acres W. next to Thos. Barber, 10 r. both hd. S. hy Mill-brook, the E. part bd. N. by Hollow Fall road, the W. part by John Hil- lier (whose lot ext. across Silver St. while Pond's & Buel's lots did not). He Imilt his ho. W. of Mill-road (cor. Mill and Pleasant Sts.) and sold, abt 1653. to Simon Mills; and rem, to Fairfield. Mills sold to Ww Filley, and he. 6 May 1633 to Richard Sexton, whose wid. res, there 1664.
LOOMIS. Joseph, 1610. lot gr. 35 r. wide (1889. occup. by Thomas W. Loomis), Id. S. by John Porter. The upland, or home lot ext. W. to Henry Wolcott's lot. W. of highway: his meadow ext. to Conn. River. 24 rods wide, bdg N. by the Rivulet. A road betw. his ho, and the Rivulet runs thwart the cor, of his meadow. 17 rods, "to the passage over the Rivulet " fford to the Great Meadow]. His orig. ho, prob. was a little below the brow of the hill, near the present barn, where a depression was lately filled which had been known as the cellar-hole of the orig. ho.
Of his sons, Joseph, by gift from him rec'd a lot 12 r. wide, next N of Mr. Matthew Allyn, on which he built: John had the homestead: Thomas, by gift had a lot 12 r wide E. of the highway, betw. his bro. Joseph and II. Wolcot, Jr .: Ja- thanid bo't the ho, and lot of John Moses on the W. side of the st. directly opp. his bro. Joseph's pl. (he was also among the early settlers on East side Great River): Samuel bot Mr. Witchfield's pl. and subseq. rem. to Westfield.
LUDLOW. Mr. Roger (D ), was the first Dorchester man we know, by rone, to have arrived at W. in the early summer of 1635: Jot gr. 122acres, its N. E. cor, being 26 r. S of road leading from Grace ch. to the Island road: its E. line ext. along the Island road to the " two bridges " and to Mr. Wolcott's lot, S. of the brooks. thence in a S Westerly course to the S. Island road near where it now crosses the railroad: -- then that road was laid out nearly due W. to the woods and
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formed Mr. L. 's S. bds. The N bas, were Mr. Samuel Allen's lot, cat. W. from the Island road, 67 r. nearly to the upland highway to Hartford, thence it widened 26 r. to the S. W. cor. of present Broad St. thence W. parallel with the S. line. At E. end of this lot Mr. L. built a "stone house," one of those wh. were "drowned very deep," in the Flood of 1638 -9: rem. to Fairfield: sokdt his ppy. bere to Mr. Wmn. Whiting, of Hartford, 20 Mch. 1642 (see also Dumbleton), at whose death, 1649. it was sold by his widow Susannah Whiting to John Bissell, Sen. It is recorded to W. W. "as by virtue of a purchase for a home lot," etc. on W. Rec.
In 1684. Whiting's son and sons-in-law sued to recover from John Bissell's heirs and assigns, on the ground that their mother had no authority to sell land in which minors had an interest. The writ seems to have been especially aimed at Nathaniel Bissell, who held the Whiting estate, East of Connecticut River. It was a cause celebre and many old and well known Windsor citizens were called upon as witnesses. See pages 75 and 187.
LYMAN. Richard, "of Windsor, " 1635 (son of Rich' of Htfd, who m. Thos. Ford's dan. at D., and d. 1646 at 11., and gd son of Thos. Ford of W.) sold Jand 1644: no family.
MARSHALL, James, 1642. Sept. 28, bot land 13 r. wide, next S. of road E. from Grace Ch .: no evidence of house thereon, had several lots set out to him, but possibly never came here, tho' as his land was gr. "by virtue of purchase, he prob. came to W. and ret. to Eng. : Mr. Hill and Win. Gaylord, his lawful at torneys, sold his lands here: he was at that time recorded as "of Exon, in Devon, Eng."
MARSHFIELD, Thomas (D.), at W. as early as May 15, 1637, where he was a witness to the Plym. Co .; lot gr. 12 r. wide, next N of Branker's: add. Hurd's lot. 10 r. wide: sold S. part of it, Ang. 10, 1642, to Thomas Nowell. 10 r. with a ho. on S. side: N .; d. 1648; lot was in poss. Stephen Terry. 1660. Marshfield "withdrew himself from his habitation, " before June, 1647, and the Court ord. the sale of his ppy. to pay his debts. Roger Williams of D. purchased the balance of lot, with the homestead: it passed from him to Miles Merwin, 1650: to Sam. Marshall, 1652: 1653, to Simon Mills, who res, there, then to Anth. Hoskins, 1672.
MASON (Maj.) John, 1637 (1) ), Jot gr. 13 r. wide in Pal, first N. of road to Rivulet ferry: rem. to Saybrook, 1647; sold ppy. here, 1653. to Henry Clarke, who, two yrs. later, sold it to Capt. Samuel Marshall, who res, thereon until his dth, 1675.
MERWIN (Murwin), Miles, 1648, nephew of Rev. M. Warham: ho't, 1650, the Marsh- field pl. E. side Broad St., from Roger Williams: sold it 1652, to Sam. Marshall, was living 1684, but not in W .. when as a witness in the Whiting rs. Bixsell case he testified that he ho't of Mr. Whiting. a lot with blogs W. of Rivulet (the Ludlow ho. for £8. but relinquished the bargain: also, a lot in Great Meadow for $20, from wh. also, he was released by Mr. Whiting's exec rs.
MESSENGER, Edward, 1650; res, at Greenfield (pow Bloomfickb.
MOORE, Thomes, 1639 (D).), lot gr. 11 r. wide, ext. from present Broad st. to rivulet. abt site of Judge 1I. S. Hayden's res. He was the father of Dea. John Moore and prob. from Dorchester., tho' name is not found among the D names. ; he d. 1645.
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Dea. Joux (D.). lot gr. 10 r. wide, next S. of his father's, location of Judge H. S. Hayden's present garden. Tho' there is no rec. of transfer of his father's lot to him, yet (the mother having d. 1639) the father prob. res. in family of Dea. John who res, on home lot and held both lots after the Senior's death in 1645. The two lots correspond very nearly with the present grounds of Judge Hay- den's residence. After his house was " drowned very deep" in Flood of 1638 9. on the Island road, he built on or near the site of JJudge Hayden's barn.
MOSES, John, 1647 (C'ol. Rec.), bo't lot of Joseph Loomis, Jr. (?) on the Island, W. of the street: sold it, with a ho. to Nath'l Loomis, 1655; and bo't the Bascomb pl. (Old Mill District, near Mr. Wm Phelps) 1656; rem. to Simsbury, with carly settlers.
NEWBERRY. Thomas, 1636 (D.), after making preparations bere. he ret. to D) to bring his family hither and d. there 1625: his wid. m. Rev. John Warham; his lands were not rec. to him, but to his children directly, under date of 1640.
Of his sons, Joseph had lot gr. 8 acres 10 r. wide S. of Mr. Warham's, and prob. a part of his father's orig. lot., a part of wh. lying betw. the Island road and " the Palisado on the hill," with a frame standing thereon (doubtless at E. end a few r. S. of present res. of David Rowland) was sold to Mr. Warham, 1644:1 he also had meadow, 12 r. from Rivulet to the W. 22 r. a way betwixt meadow and upland. Joseph rem. his lands being sold by his attys. 1653: John had lands gr. but soon disappears: Capt. Benjamin bo't the Roger Wil- liams' pl. second S. of Union st. and res. there. In 1682, in an agreement with Anth. Hoskins, his next neighbor S., abt. their div. fence. it appears that they had a mutual road on the line ext. E. from Broad St. Sr. " if Mr. Newberry would shut up the highway that goes down to his house," then the fencing of this 8 rods was to be divided, showing that the ho. was erected before Broad St. was opened.
NOWELL. Thomas, 1641, bo't lot in Palisado, wh. he sold. 1647. to Begat Egleston: her't the Hurd lot of Tho. Marshfield. 16642. next N of Mr. Branker's, the S. part of his lot E. of Broad St. 10 r. w. and d. there 1618, leaving wid., after whose death the est. was to go to Christopher Nowell, of Wakefield, York- shire, Eng .: made a beq. also to Robert Wilson, kinsman, and Isabella, dau. of Ww. Phelps.
OLDAGE, Richard, 1640, 30 Ang .; lot gr. 12 r. wide next $ John Stiles (betw. the Col. Ellsworth ho, and abt. 40 r. N. of the Major Ellsworth tenant ho.), and ext. from meadow on E. to Rocky Hill on W .: d. 1660, homestead fell to only dau. Anne, wife of John Osborn.
ORTON, Thomas, 1616, Mch. 13. lot gr. near Mr. Phelps, which Thos. Ellison had for- feited by : not two yrs inhab. it." The orig. highway from the Old Mill to Poq. was the present E. road, carly called Sitter St. as far N. as the " old Eno house," thence in nearly a straight line as far N. as the Ransom pl. : and abt 35 r. E. of it, where it met at nearly right angles, the road leading from present highway to Rivulet. From the Ransom pl. the highway continued on to Poq. where it now runs. Orton's lot of 8} acres, bd. W. and N. on these highways. The lots S. of it were of nearly parallel widths, leaving O.'s triangular in shape,
1 This was in a line with the " houses drowned very deep " in flood of spring of 1638 9. but the ground is considerably higher than it is further south.
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but 4 r. wide at Rivulet and 40 at W. end: he built a ho. on E. part, abt. opp. Wm. Phelps, Sen. He sold to Samuel Phelps, and he, in turn, sold the E. part with ho. to his bro. Nath'], who, when he rem. 1657. to Northampton, sold to Rob. Hayward; the W. part passed from Sam. to Wm. Phelps, JIr. abt. 1650. At this date. also, Orton bo't lot and ho. of Wid. of Goodman Whitehead. on the Island. W. side of highway, opp. lot of H. Wolcott, Sent. where he res. until (1655) he rem. to Farmington.
OSBORN. John. 1645, 19 May (see Oldage), bo't ho, and lot next S. of his father-in-law. Oldage, of Peter Tilton, 1634, and had the Oldage pl. after death of O .. 1660; also owned a lot bo't of James Egleston, first N. of Ferry road, wh. he sold. 1658. to John Bancroft, but no ho, mentioned; also owned a large tract near Namarick, E. of Conn. River.
OWEN, John. 1650, bo't lot 12 by 29 r. S. side of road leading W. from Palisado, bd. E. by Hosford's Lane, which was prob. a little W. and parallel with the pres ent Railroad track: res, on it abt 20 yrs., then rem. to lot gr. at lower end of Strawberry Meadow; ho, stood where late Nath'l Owen res .. the locality being formerly known as " Wales " from John Owen's nationality.
PALMER, Nicholas, 1637. lot gr. 11 r. wide on Silver St. next S. of Wm. Thrall's. 53 r. S. of present water course, or drain: add. 1646, by purchase. Win. Thrall's lot and ho., 13 r. wide, making his width 24 rods and 80 r. long. bdg. W. ou Hannah Newberry's great lot. His son Timothy had the homestead.
PARKMAN, Elias, 1637 (D.), lot gr. 14} r. wide, first or S. lot on Backer Row (wh. he owned and poss, res. upon before Palisado was built); this lot passed, without deed, to Walter Hoyte: then with ho. to John Denslow: then to Henry Curtis; also had lot in Palisado, on wh. he prob. remained after Peq. War and until he rem. to Saybrook.
[The first lot. 10 rods width, N. of road leading W. from Palisado, was Mr. Huit's, the road now runs N. of this lot; next Aaron Cooke's, 11 r .: Parkman was next, 5 r .; these 3 lots butted W. against W. line of Palisades. The E. end on highway wh. ran from N. E. cor. Pal. Green to the N. line of Palisades. There was no outlet to the other road at the N. end. and therefor it was called a Close, and gave a name to all the fract betw. the Palisades and Sandy Hill road, viz .. Porso CLOSE. ]
PARSONS. Thomas, 1641, bo't from Saxton the Michael Try pl. in Pal .; res. there: d. 1661; wid. soll pl .. 1662. to Tahan Grant.
PHELPS, George (supp. bro, of William), 1638 (D.) ; lot gr. 8} r. wide, on wh. he prob. res, at first, on the Island, W. side of st. below the So. Island road: ho. burned 1640, and no ho, appears on the lot 1660, when it was sold to Simon Wolcott: he had lot 6 r. wide set to Christopher Wolcott; his Ist wife (dau. Philip Ran- dall) d. 1648, and he m. 2, wid. Thos. Dewey, and res. on D. pl., first N. of Palisado, until he rem. to Westfield with first settlers there.
Of his sons, Brakon rec'd his uncle Ali'm Randall's pl. by gift; Joseph m. 1673, and settled E. of the Great River. Istve m. and rom. to Westfield.
Mr. William, 1635 6 (D.), lot gr. 6 r. wide. next N. of and adj. Mr. Rossiter, where he prob. res, first, but was one of those houses "drowned very doop" in the Flood of 1638 9,1 and carly rem. to the high ground above the First Meadow lot wh. he bo't of Indians "abt. 1635." Marks of this dwelling still remain. His homestead fell to son Timothy.
' This lot was sold, with a ho. 1612. to Benj. Newberry, but a transfer, in 1652. makes no mention of a house.
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PHILLIPS, George, 1640 (D.), lot gr. 12 r. wide, S. of Grant's 18 r. from N. side of Palisado (Maj. Oliver Holcomb's res. now on this lot), S. line 5 or 6 rods N. of the brick -or Chaffee -ho .; his wife d. 1662; he d. 1678; previous to Nov., 1677, he had leased the pl. to Israel Dewey (as we learn from D.'s careat agt. P.'s ejecting him): no children.
PINNEY. Humphrey, 1640 (D.), lot gr. 17 r. wide, betw. Josiah (s. Geo.) Hull and John Rockwell: add. by purchase the Josiah Hull lo1, 12 r. wide: lot now occup. hy the Roswell Miller pl.
PLYMOUTH HOUSE, 1633, lot 432 acres; Indian title. The material for the ho, pre- pared in Plym .. Mass .. and landed here by Capt. Holmes Oct. 16 (26), 1633. When the pioneers from Mass, came here in early summer of 1633, they were hospitably entertained at this ho, by Jonathan (s. of Elder) Brewster, and he was still here as the Co.'s agt. in 1636. When the Plym. Co, soll their claim to the Dorchester people. 1637 (wh. covered a larger tract than shown in the accompanying map), they reserved this lot and ho, and certain other tracts of upland. These were sold, 1638, to Mr. Matthew Allyn, of Hartford, who came here and occupied. There is strong presumptive evidence in support of the tradition that Mr. Allyn used the materials of this ho. in the construction of that wh. he erected on the reserved "acre on the hill."
POMEROY, Eltwood, 1638 (D.), lot gr. 15 r. wide (its S. W. cor. should be 22 r. N. of Palisado); sold lot in Pal. N. end of Meeting-house, on wh. he had built a ho. at time of Peq. War, to Thos. Nowell, 1641; rem. to Northampton before Oct., 1671.
Ilis son Caleb m. 1664, when his father gave him a part of the paternal home- lot W. of the st. which he sold, " with the frame of a building, " and rem., 1671. to N .: he also sold to Tahan Grant that part of homestead E, of st. includ, that part wh. had been set out to Elt wood Pomeroy's wife, and the little stone ho. built by Mrs. Huit.1 which had been reserved, 1665, for his son Joseph, " when his time should be out " with Goodman Gunn.
POND, Samuel, 1641, bo't (in several parcels) a lot 284 r. wide, on Silver St. bd. S. E. by Hollow Fall, N. by Win. Buch; he d. 1654; his wid. sold ho, and lot to Richard Saxton, 1655, and he sold the front part with ho. to Wm Buell for his son Samuel, 1661, and (same date) the rear to Thos. Barber, Jr.
PORTER, John, 1639, lot gr .; his ho. was- on the Island. on the lot E. of the Street, betw. Col. Phelps' present res, and the road that goes down into the meadow; his home-lot on W. side of st. ext. W. to Mr. Wolcott's home-lot, bd. S on the South road to the Island, and N. on Joseph Loomis. The breadth of the lot at the W. end was IS! r., " next the meadow 32 " r .: the S. line was 50 r. in length from the meadow to Mr. Wolcott's lot. His meadow was but 25g r. "against the house lot " (part of Meadow hill) "against the Rivulet 35 rods," and bd. S. by the present road.
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