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'See Bissell's Ferry, beginning of Chapter XX.
2 Stoughton says ( Windsor Farmes, Appendix) : "From W. Land Records, Vol. I, it is evident they owned a mill on land purchased from the Indians before 1670. Na- thaniel and John Bissell, Jr., purchased land jointly, bd. Easterly on "Seantic Brook," Oet. 8, 1670. Dec. 18, 1669, " John Osborne sold all his timber East of the Connecticut River," Fitt to saw at the sawmill " to John and Nathaniel Bissell, but stipulated that they must not cut any within a mile of the river. This was one of the 3-mite lots and the Bissells could cut on the other two miles all the saw-logs : but "all the oaks fit for shingles and clapboards " Osborne reserved for his own use. The consideration for the privilege of cutting over this whole tract of primeval forest was "500 feet of good boards at the saw-mill and slabs enough to lay in the lower floor of my house on the East side. The proprietorship of the mill was evidently in the Bissell family, in 1697, according to certain extant accounts.
3 Mxx. Dr. Elijah F. Reed. The " Academy " mentioned by Dr. Reed is not the Academy known to the later generation, but is the school-house on the Hill belonging to District No. 1.
Ibid.
6 Probably of later date than Bissell's mill.
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dam and foundation being of heavy logs and plank, while the motive power was furnished by what is known as the . flutter-wheel,' the sim- plest form of under-shot motor, being little more than a wooden shaft with a series of short arms supporting floats about ten feet long and twelve inches wide, against which the water was admitted from the bot- tom of a flume : the coarse, upright saw being attached to a crank and pitman at the end of the wheel-shaft. The companion grist-mill had, at that date, been comparatively modernized, and within a few years the lazy flutter wheel has given way to a voracious turbine, while the senten- tious clip of the venerable upright saw has yielded to the steady hum of that terror of our American forests, the circular saw.1 It seems to have had several owners, or parties interested in it, among whom were Samuel Rockwell, John Grant, Samuel Grant, Sr. and Jr., Nathaniel Bissell, etc. Other mills were subsequently erected at various convenient points on the east side of the Great River, one especially at Ketch Mills (now Windsorville)."2
"Att a Town Meeting Feb. 16th 1687/8 It was Voated that Samuel Grant Sen' and Nathan1 Bissell shall have Liberty to set up a Saw Mill upon the brook, that is known by the name of Catch, with the use of Ten acres of Land, where it may suit to Lay Timber; and the Town is to have the boards for 49h per 100 at the mill or 58, at the Great River, they to have no right to the Land, any longer than they maintain a mill upon the place.
A true copy of Record Examined by me Timo Loomis Regist"" (Thos, Stoughton Papers.)
The first houses were as a general rule erected on the upland, along the present street from Hartford to Warehouse Point, etc. As their numbers and necessities increased they gradually moved further back in the woodlands, and there cleared away farms and building spots. Of these latter settlements, such as the present town of Ellington, the parish of Scantie in East Windsor, and Wapping in South Windsor, we shall speak more fully in a subsequent portion of our volume.
'" This was, I believe, the last saw-mill in Windsor to retain a complete set of old machinery; but there is (1883) yet an upright saw in use at Osborne's mill, driven by a comparatively modern wheel, and in the old grist-mill can be seen the modern gearing of the flour mill that has been in use over 100 years." -(Windsor Farmex.)
2 " As late as 1800 mills were in operation at the month of Seantic (where, until tim- ber grew scarce, ship building for the West India trade, in which Capt. Ebenezer Grant was largely interested, was carried on), Elihu Loomis had a mill there about that time. On the south branch of Stoughton's Brook a saw-mill was standing. near the main street, just east of Oscar Stoughton's present (1883) residence, in 1775-90. The mills on . Ry Street,' on what is known as . Dry Brook,' were very early in operation (the upper privilege being used as a fulling mill, and the lower as a grist-mill) a century or more ago. But the mills at Seantic (the village in the vicinity of Mr. Potwine's church) were doubt- less the earliest" source of lumber supply for building purposes, as appears fully from various old East Side papers. Mr. William (father of Gov.) Pitkin, of Hartford, owned a fulling mill on the Hockanum River, in what is now known as Burnside. - ( Windsor Farmex.)
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Of the special trades or occupations carried on by some of these " forefathers of the rude hamlet " we get (1695-1706) a glimpse from the Stonghton and Edwards " account books." so much quoted by the author of Windsor Farmes. Thus, JOB DRAKE, afterward the first dea- con of the East Windsor Church, was a tailor; SAMUEL GRANT (grand- son of Old Matthew), a carpenter and proprietor of a eider-mill ; NATHANIEL BISSELL also had a cider-mill, and was ferryman and shoe- maker; PETER MILLS, Jr., a tailor; SAMUEL ELMOR, a weaver; THOMAS MARSHALL, a wheelwright ; THOMAS BURNHAM, a blacksmith; JOHN WOLCOTT, a brewer: SIMON DRAKE, a brickmaker. And later (1725, or thereabonts), JABEZ COLT was a weaver: JOSEPH PORTER, a glazier; and Deacon JOSEPH SKINNER, a veritable " Jack at all trades," including tooth-drawing.
THE LOCATION OF LANDS OWNED BY EARLY SETTLERS OF WIND- SOR. ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE GREAT RIVER.
In the first settlement of Windsor the inhabitants, in addition to their home-lots and such other portions of land as were allotted to them on the west side of the Great River - that side being better fitted for immediate occupation and cultivation - each received, also, by allot- ment from the town, a proportionate share in the lands purchased from the Indians on the east side of the river -a tract (now comprising the towns of East and South Windsor) then an unbroken wilderness. Most of these east-side grants, called in the old records " planting-lots," were laid out in strips - i. e., a certain number of rods in breadth on the river, and running easterly for a distance of three miles- an extremely equable arrangement, by which cach settler received his fair share of each kind of land, meadow, upland, and woodland. The size of these grants was regulated, probably, as were those on the west side of the river, viz., in some relative proportion to the amount of property which each settler had brought with him, or had contributed to the general expense of the new settlement : and, it is not unlikely, with some due regard to his social standing, or to his presumptive value in the make-up of the new community.
These lands underwent many changes of owners within the first fifteen or twenty years of the settlement. Some of the original grantees never occupied their claims; others removed, or died, and their prop- erty passed into other hands, by purchase or inheritance; and the larger owners and men of means -as keen in those days as in these to see the possibilities of valuable real estate - bought ont the lesser proprietors. So that it is difficult to follow out accurately the " chain of title" to most of these east-side grants. Still, with the valuable
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assistance of our co-laborer, Mr. JABEZ H. HAYDEN, we are able to gleau so much from Town and Colonial ' Land Records as to afford our readers an approximate idea of
THE LOCATION OF THE EARLIEST LAND-OWNERS ON THE EAST-SIDE OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER, 1640-1653.
It will be understood that in the following " lay-out " our notes com- mence at the north and proceed southward.
I. THE PRESENT TOWN OF EAST WINDSOR.
Commencing at the North Boundary line of the Town of Windsor, which in 1636 was two miles above Kettle Brook, we first come to
N. No. of rods fronting on the River.
60. SALTONSTALL PARK, described (in deed 1640) as 60 r., more or less, in breadth, on the river, and extending three miles east; "and there [at the end of the 3 m. ] it is in both. 444 r., more or less; bd. N. by Thos. Hoskins, S. by St. Nicholas. It comprised some 2,000 acres, of which 1,500 acres was set to Mr. Francis Stiles (the agent of Sir Richard Saltonstall), viz .: "400 acres for alotment of Towne, 1, 100 fro Towne by purchase." It extended on the river from Enfield Falls and included (as described in 1710) Saltonstall Brook and the Warehouse, about a mile apart -its south line evidently on the N. bd. of the Town of W., as orig. set at Kettle Brook. The history of this "Park " is more fully discussed in a subsequent portion of this chap- ter.
72. JOHN BISSELL, Sen', "over the Great River, opposite to Pynemeado [Wind- sor Locks], he hath in hdth. by the river 72 r., more or less; on the S. it is bd. by Anth. Hawkins from the river eastward 160 r., and then he falls behind [i. e., takes up land in the rear of] Anthony Hawkins, and bds. by James Eggleston, and is there [i. e., at that point] in both. 96 r., more or less, and from thence he runs east ward 2} m.," y's bdd. on N. by him that runs next; 60 r. in both. of this he hath from the Plantation, the rest by purchase.
It is not possible, at this day, to run the Bissell lines very closely. They were (as will be seen by reference to pages 130-1, Chapter on Indian Purchases) large purchasers of east side lds., both on their own account and as agents for the Town.
24. ANTHONY HAWKINS, "opp. to Pine Meado" [Windsor Locks], 24 acres; E. 160 r., bd. N. by John Bissell; S. by James Eggleston.
1 In the office of the Secretary of State, at Hartford, Conn., is a volume of Land Records of the three River Towns, covering the period between 1640 and 1653. This volume, which had been a long time lost, was recovered in September, 1862; and. ac- cording to endorsement of State Librarian Charles J. Hoadly, LL. D., is mostly in the handwriting of Thomas Welles.
It commences thus in its record of Windsor lands:
"January ye 27th 1640. Wyndsor.
" Severall Parcells of land in windsor upon the river Conetecotte belonging to the inhabitants thereof, as followeth."
Matthew Grant (Town Recorder of Windsor) seems to have added. thirty years later, five leaves between original pages 2 and 3 of the original book; and thereafter we have a double paging (or, more exactly, numbering) of leaves.
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LOCATIONS OF EARLY EAST-SIDE LAND-OWNERS.
N. | No. of rode.
14. JAMES EGGLESTON, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Anth. Hurkins; S. by Rich, Sans.
14. (prob.) RICH. SAMWAY (Sammis).
14. THOMAS BASSETT, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Rich. Sumos; S. by Mary Collins.
11. MARY COLLINS, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Thex, Buxsett.
24. JOHN BISSELL, Sen., E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Mary Collins; S. by JJoshua Carter; B. prob. bo't early of Thos Dewey, who d. 1648, or from his wid.
17. JOSHUA CARTER, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Thos. Dewey; S. by Matthias Sension.
24. MATTHIAS SENSION (St. John?), E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Joshua Carter; S. by John Stilex.
17. JOHN STILES, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Matthias Sension; S. by Josias Hull.
10. JOSIAS HULL, E. 3 m .; bd. S. by John Hawkes; N. by John Stiles.
10. JOHN HAWKES, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by JJosias Hull; S. by Thos. Stayres.
13. THOMAS STAYES, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by John Hawkes; S. by Thos. Thornton.
15. THOMAS THORNTON, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Stayres; S. by Anth. Hawkins,
12. ANTHONY HAWKINS, E. 160 r .; bd. N. by Thornton; S. by Rich. Oldage.
12. RICHARD OLDAGE, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by A. Hawkins; S. by Elias Parkman; "also more over Great River."
25 ELIAS PARKMAN, " for a planting-lot "; E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Rich. Oldage; S. by Henry Stiles.
10. HENRY STILES, "another lott, by purchase, neare unto yt" (referring to an- other piece rec'd by grant); E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Elias Parkman; S. by Wm. Gaylord.
10. WILLIAM GAYLORD, Jr., bd. by Henry Stiles on both sides; E. 3 m.
18. HENRY STILES, " for a planting lot "; E. 3 m .; N. bd. by Will Gaylord; S. by Aaron Cook.
16. AARON COOK, "a planting lot "; E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Henry Stilex; S. by Wal- ter Filer.
16. WALTER FILER, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by laron Cook; S. by John Taylor. JOHN TAYLOR, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Walter Filer; S. by Will. Hubbard.
" Also JOHN BIRG is to have land on ye east side ye great river as it is in breadth Tenn rodd and a halfe more or less as it bounds N. by yo land of John Taylor, in length runs front ye great river that bounds it W. and runes from it towards ye E. 3 miles, also bounded S. in part by ye land of Jacob Drake as it runnes from ye great river toward ye east in a straight leyne, it runes owfer a corner of scantock brooke and takes all ye river within the leyne for a littell space and when it is eight score rodd from ye great river which is ye length of Jacob Drake's, then it bounds by ye land near Stephen Taylor's to ye eand of yo 3 miles from ye river."
JOHN BIRG has land, breadth 18 rods; bd. N. Josiah Ellsworth; S. Henry Wol- cutt, Jr .; runs back from ye great river casterly three miles. Date, poxt 1674. Refers, probably, to another grant further south. See page 548. 18. WILL. HUBBARD, bd. N. by John Taylor; S. by Giles Gibbs; begins 160 r. from river; E. 24 m .; 18 acres of this, running E. 160 r., passed to .Inm. Randall, by exch.
30. GILES GIBBS, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Randall d. Hubbard; S. by John Bissell; G. d. 1641, devising this ld. to his s. Gregory, if he should serve out his appren- ticeship faithfully; no further rec. of Gregory; property prob. changed hands.
JOHN BISSELL. WILL. IHILL.
42. JOHN DRAKE, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by W'm. Hill; S. by John Bissell.
7. JOHN BISSELL, "an add. to a former lot "; E. 3 in .; bd. N. by John Drake.
12. JOHN DRAKE, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by John Bissell; S. by Mr. St. Nicholas.
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N. No. of rods.
18 (?). ST. NICHOLAS (Mr.), prob, sohl to Hoskins, and prob. the 18 r. credited on Col. Rec. to JOHN HOSKINS and his son THOMAS, "as fro the Plantation "; E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Francis Stiles (see Saltonstall Park, p. 543), and S. by John Haynes.
44. HAYNES, JOHN (Gov.) of Hartford, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by John Hoskins; S. by William Gaylord, Senr.
58. WILLIAM GAYLORD, Sen., " for part of 2d allotment and in part for meadow and by purchase"; E. 3m .; bd. N. by John Haines; S. by Humphrey Pinney. Wm. G.'s s. John (known as John, Sr) came into possession of S. part of this. "GAYLAR, JOHN, Sen., also, over ye great river, John Gaylar has ye south 1. side part of his father's lott in ye east side of ye great river an ye barne yt is upon it; ye land in breadth 21 rodd, wanting 2 foot, and bds, northerly by ye land of Samuel Gaylar his brother and southerly by ye land of Humphrey Pinney, westerly great river and is to run casterly 3 miles." (Add. to Col. Rec., in handwriting of Matt. Grant, 167-).
27. HUMPHREY PINNEY, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by William Gaylord, Sr .; S. by Begat Eggleston.
75. BEGAT EGGLESTON, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Humphrey Pinney; S. by John War- ham.
20. JOHN WARHAM (Rev.), "another parcel "; E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Begat Eggleston ; S. by Thomas Stayres and William Hosford. One-half of this seems to have passed into hands of John (s. Wm., Sen.) Gaylar, Sr. " On ye east side of ye great river 10 rodd and a halfe in breadth, that which was John Warham's, in length 3 miles .. bd N. by children of Wil- liam Gaylar's, S. by land of Wm. Gaylar's (Jun'?)." (.Add. to l'ol. Rec., by Mutt. Grant, 167-).
6. THOMAS STAYRES, as bo't of Win. Hosford; E. 1 r .; bd. N. by John War- ham; S. by Will. Hoxford.
II. THE PRESENT TOWN OF SOUTH WINDSOR.
29. William Hoxford: "over the Great river in breadth next the same, as far as 160 r. goes, is 29 r. ; at the end of the 160 r. the breadth is 24 r. and runs the same breadth to the E. 3 miles ; bd. as far as the 160 r. by _Ibrahim Randall on the S. and Thos. Stayres N., and after that by John Wareham. N." Hosford exchanged " nookes " with Randall so they bounded on the River.
Scantic River
10. ABRAHAM RANDALL : E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Will. Hosford, S. by Philip Randall; also 18 a. in exch. with Will. Hubbard E. 160 r .- John Bissell, 1653, bo't from the River, 160 r .; bd. Easterly by Randall, at end of the 3 m.
14. PHILIP RANDALL: E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Ad'm Randall, S. by Roger Ludlow. John Bissell, 1653, also ho't this, 160 r. E. from River; and, 1662, gave his s. Nath'l { of the three lots (Ab'm and Philip Randall's and Roger Lud- low's ?) 72 r. with another } at his (John's) dth. John Sen' prob. res. here from time of John Jr.'s marriage, 1657; and with his son Nath'l res. here from 1662.
64. ROGER LUDLOW: (Ids. not rec.) sold to Mrs. Whiting; by her sold to John Bissell, Sen': a 3m. strip, 1649; B. sold 16 r. on S. side to Job Drake, then repurchased it, "back to the meadow, or fence."
30. ELTWEED POMEROY: E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Roger Ludlow, S. by Will. Hill. Sold to Whiting; bo't from wid. Whiting by John Bissell, who gave it to his son Thomas, 1658.
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LOCATION OF EARLY EAST-SIDE LAND-OWNERS.
N. No, of rode.
40. WILLIAM HILL, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Elfareed Pomeroy; S. by Gro, Gunn; sold 1648, "with house and barn" to Rich. Samways and Stephen Taylor; Samways d. 1650, and Terry bo't the N. half 20 r. This ho, and barn the first buildings on record E. of the Gt. River.
15. THOMAS GUNN, E. 3 m., bd. N. by Will. Ditt; S. by John Mason. G. in 1678 gave it to his son-in-law, Timo. Thrall.
25. JOHN MASON (Capt.); grant des. as 26 r. bdth., "more or less," " continues that breadth to the east side of the wet marsh, and there y's but 16 r. in bdth, and so continues to the end of the 3 m."; bd. N. by Thos, Gunn ; S. by Roger Williams and JJoseph Clarke. Sold to Henry Clarke, 1653. (Joseph Clarke had a lot, 10 r. wide, which began " on the further side of the wet marsh at the beginning of the upland, and runs as far as the rest of the lots do "; bd. N. by John Mason; S. by Roger Williams.)
17. ROGER WILLIAMS, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by John Mason; S. by Matthew Grant. W. sold to Benj. Newbury; he to Jeffrey Baker before 1658, then it passed to his son Samuel, 1665.
24. MATTHEW GRANT: bd. N. by R. Williams, S. by John Rockwell ; runs S. [E. ? ] 3 m .; G. gave it to his son Samuel, 24 June, 1658; "Samuel Grant's now house" stood on this lot, 1677, " the one little ridge not drowned" in the flood of March, 1639 - see Old Ch. Ree. (Acc. to Ld. Rec. John Rockwell had 10 r. E. 3 miles; bd. N. by Grant, and S. by Wm. Rockwell. It is not easy to find where this come in; or the following : "10 r. to John R., thence John Taylor, to Begat Eggleston; to Saxton; to Michael Ium- phrey; 20 r. Sam'l Rockwell,"- but in this vicinity evidently.)
30. WILLIAM ROCKWELL, bd. N. by John Rockwell ; S. by Thos. Buckland ; "20 r. of this [N. side] is in length 3 m., the other 10 r. is from the river E. 160 г."
(Henry Wolcott, Sen., had 50 acres in both .; 10 r. to begin, 160 r. from the River: and fr. thence in Igth. 24 m. towards E .; bd. S. by Thos. Buckland; N. by Wm. Rockwell ; - evidently back of Rockwell & Buckland.)
30. THOMAS BUCKLAND, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Wi. Rockwell; S. by Geo. Hull ; de- seended to B.'s sons.
27. GEORGE HULL, E. 3 m .; bd. N, by Thes. Buckland ; S. by Wm. Phelps ; sold to ,John Drake, Jr., 1660.
34. WILLIAM PHELPS, SEN., E. 3 m .; hd. N. by Geo. Hull ; S. by Thos. Holcomb ; was given to his sons, Nathaniel and Samuel.
18. THOMAS HOLCOMB, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Www. Phelps ; S. by Stephen Terry ; sold to George Phelps, before 1660.
36. STEPHEN TERRY, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Thos, Holcomb ; S. by Thos. Stoughton ; soll to George Phelps, 1660.
50. THOMAS STOUGHTON, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Steph. Terry ; S. by Ephm. Huit ; was given to his s. Thomas, 1646; his grandsons settled upon it.
20. EPHRAIM HUIT (Rev.), sold to Henry Clarke; then, 1661, to Thomas Loomis. 20. JOHN BRANKER, Mr. (the schoolmaster), E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Ephm. Iluit ; S. by Christopher Wolcott ; given by will to his wid. who m. Rev. Mr. War- ham, 1662.
5. CHRISTOPHER WOLCOTT. E. 3 m .; bd. N. by John Branker ; S. by Joseph Loomis ; sold to Job Drake; then, 1677, to Job Drake, Jr.
5. losern LooMs, by purchase (4 r.); E. 3 m .; N. by Chris. Wolcott ; S. by Thos. More ; given to Nathan'l Loomis, 1655.
7. THOMAS MOORE, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Joseph Lowmis ; S. by John Moore.
7. JOHN MOORE, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Thox. Moore ; S. by John Witchfield.
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N. No. of rods.
29. JOHN WITCHFIELD (Elder), E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Thos. Moore ; S. by Henry Wol- cott, Sen'; sold to Anth. Hoskins, 1659.
20. HENRY WOLCOTT, Sen', had, somewhere in here, 10 r. on the river; E. 3 m .; bd. by Witchfield and Darid Wilton, Sr .; and 14 acres, beginning 31} r. from the river and ext. E. 160 r., with a bdtb of 18 r .; bd. N. and S. by his own grounds, and E. and W. by David Wilton.
18. DAVID WILTON, bd. by Henry Wolcott, &, on both sides; "length is first from the sd river back 313 r. and then the sd Henry Wolcott to have within the same bds., according to the same bdth., 160 r. in length; and the sd David W., at the end of the sd 160 r., to keep the sd breadth of 18 r. within the bds. before-sª; and to run to the E. 2} m."
10. HENRY WOLCOTT, Sen'; E. 3 m ; bd. by Darid Wilton, N .; and S. by Henry Fookes.
23. HENRY FOOKES, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Hlenry Wolcott, Sen'; S. by Geo. Phelps ; sold to Henry Wolcott, Jr.
10. GEORGE PHELPS.
18. THOMAS DEWEY, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Geo. Phelps ; S. by Benj. Newberry.
10. BENJAMIN NEWBERRY, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Thomas Derrey ; S. by John Neu- berry.
10. JOUN NEWBERRY, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Benj. Newberry ; S. by Sarah Newberry.
4. SARAH NEWBERRY, E. 3 m. (4 r.); bd. N. by John, and S. by Mary Newberry.
10. MARY NEWBERRY, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Surah, and S. by Rebecca Newberry.
10. REBECCA NEWBERRY, E. 3 m .; bd. N., by Mary, and S. by Hannah Newberry.
11. HIANNAH NEWBERRY.
18. JOSIAH ELLSWORTH. (See Birge.)
25. HENRY WOLCOTT, Jr., E. 3 m .; bd. by John Warham, N., and James Mar- xhall, S .- corrected by Matt. Grant, "this is 36 r. in bdth."
26. JAMES MARSHALL, Mr., not described; sold to Joseph Loomis, Jr.
13. THOMAS MARSHFIELD, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by Mr. Marshall ; S. by Samuel Allen ; sold to Henry Wolcott, Sen .; passed to George W. and afterwards to Simon Wolcott.
15. SAMUEL ALLEN, E. 3 m .; bd. N. by John Hurd ; S. by Joseph Loomis.
42. JOSEPH LOOMIS, Sen'; "runs that both. back to the E. 160 r .; and then y" 60 r. in bdth., and so continues to the end of the 3 m."; bd. N. by Kunnel Allen ; S. by John Porter.
58. JOHN PORTER, "runs back to the E. 160 r. and then y" 50 r. in bdth., and so continues to the end of the 3 m."; bd. N. by Joseph Loomix ; S. by John Witchfield.
10. JOHN WITCHFIELD (Elder), E. 3 m .; bd. N. by John Porter ; S. by Thos. Ford ; sold, 1659, to Anth. Iloskins.
20. SIMON WOLCOTT, same bdth. for 160 r .; then 10 r. both. to end of 3 miles. (It was prob. somewhere here that Jonathan and Nathan Gillett's grants came in; the latter being described as "11 r. next Gt. River; the Igth. begins 150 r. fm. river and runs 24 m .; bd. N. by Jonathan Gillett ; S. by Henry (?) Rossiter.")
33. BRAY ROSSITER (1)".), bd. by John Diament (?) and Will. Jesse (?) on N. and Heury Wolcott, Sen., on S .; E. 3 m. This was 18 r. wide to the 2d swamp, and 15 r. wide to the end of the 3 miles.
81. HENRY WOLCOTT, Sen'., 24 acres; Igth. fro. River to E. to the 2d swamp, the N. side abt. 50 r. the S. side 70 r .; bd. by Benj. Newberry on S. and Bray Rossiter on N.
24. BENJ. NEWBERRY, " toward Podanke," one acre meadow Id., 78 r. from river E. to swamp; bd. N. by Henry Wolcott, Sen; S. by John Newberry.
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4. JOHN NEWBERRY, "toward Podanke "; a similar grant; from " rivulett [Po- dunk] to the Swamp 342 r."; bd. N. by Benj. and S. by Sarah Newberry - 13 acre.
2}. SARAH NEWBERRY, "toward Podanke," a similar grant; bd. N. by John and S. by Mary Newberry.
21. MARY NEWBERRY, "toward Podanke," a similar grant, "3 score & 12 r."; hd. N. hy Strah and S. by Rebecca Newberry.
24. REBECCA NEWBERRY, "toward Podanke," a similar grant; hd. N. by Mary, S. by Hannah Newberry.
24. HANNAH NEWBERRY, length from river to swamp, 73 r .; bd. N. by Rebecca Newberry, S. by John Warham.
18}. JOHN WARHAM, (Rev.,) " meado towards Podanke," 3 acres; 3 r. bdth. 9 r .; length to swamp, 3+18 r .; bd. N. by Hannah Newberry ; S. by John Por- ter -5} acre.
(At rear of these Newberry and Warham lots, a piece of 10} acres = 25} rods, sold to Joseph Newberry, 1641.)
6. JOHN PORTER, had 3 acres meadow between river and swamp; 80 r .; gave to his s., James.
20. JOSEPH LOOMIS, had 10 a. meadow, between river and swamp, running back 83 r .; bd. N. by John Porter, S. by Mr. Huit, 3 acres of which was from the town, the rest by purchase.
12. EPHRAIM IICIT (Rev.), had 6} acres between river and swamp; running back 83 r .; it was sold to Joseph Loomis, and passed to his son Joseph.
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