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DUXBURY
MASSACHUSETTS
ANCIENT AND MODERN
A SKETCH, WITH MAP AND KEY
STANDISH MONUMENT
BY HENRY A. FISH OF DUXBURY
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DUXBURY
MASSACHUSETTS
ANCIENT AND MODERN
A SKETCH, WITH MAP AND KEY
BY HENRY A. FISH OF DUXBURY
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Duxbury, Massachusetts, ancient and modern ; a sketch, with map and key, by Henry A. Fish ... Binghamton, N. Y., '1924]
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Copyrighted 1924 by Henry A. Fish
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INTRODUCTION
BY ERASTUS D. PALMER
As one of the descendants of the Pilgrims of Plymouth and Duxbury (from William Palmer, directly, and from John and Priscilla Alden by marriage in the third generation) I have been greatly interested in the really remarkable accomplishment of Mr. Henry A. Fish in tracing out the paths and old roads of Duxbury, and in locating so many of the home sites of our ancestors. I met Mr. Fish two years ago while I was in Plymouth studying the old records. He was at that time engaged in this map work and in checking up the available data. At that time it looked as though he had under- taken an endless task, which was all the greater because he had to blaze his own trail, just as they did whose footsteps he was tracing.
Few of the tourists who speed along the smooth modern high- ways between Boston and Plymouth are aware as they pass through Duxbury town that they are surrounded on every side by ghosts of old roads and old habitations, glimpses of which could be obtained if they would but take the trouble to explore. However, only a comparative few of the evidences of early settlement are known even by students of Pilgrim History, and perhaps less by the average local resident. For the first time we now have an adequate and reliable guide map of Duxbury, which gives not only the old "weys" and about 200 locations of the early times, but sufficient of the modern highways and railroads to make it easy for the visitor to find these points of interest.
Duxbury played such an important part in the development of the Pilgrim colony that it is a pity it has not heretofore received the attention it so richly deserves. Few know that many of the leaders early removed from the Plymouth settlement to the land north of Jones River and established country homes there. In fact, the first expansion of Plymouth had to be in that direction because of the marshes south and the bogs and sand hills west. Then, too, the new colony forming at Boston must have made the Pilgrims feel a greater security in that direction.
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Thousands of modern Pilgrims every year climb the steep slopes of "Burial Hill" at Plymouth and stand before the crumbling head- stones as before a shrine, not knowing that the very oldest one there is younger than the burial ground in middle Duxbury just west of Hall's Corner. Here were buried Miles Standish, whose grave was identified only a few years ago. Here, unquestionably, lie John Alden and Priscilla. No stone shows the place, but no one doubts the spot is beside the stone that marks the grave of their son, Capt. Jonathan. In this grave yard, undoubtably, were also buried Christopher and Joseph Wadsworth, John Rogers and his sons, Francis Sprague, Ralph Partridge (minister), Love Brewster and his sons, William Palmer, Peter Brown, Henry Howland, John Peabody, John Peterson, George Pollard and others of the "old comers."
Some day, we trust, the local civic pride of Duxbury will wake up to the fact that this "old grave yard" contains more of real interest for travelers and lovers of history than all else in the town put to- gether-not excepting the Alden house at the North Station or the Standish monument towering above "Captain's Hill." Perhaps Mr. Fish's sketch and map will arouse enough interest among descendants of the Pilgrims and others concerned in the preserving of the old crumbling headstones that are fast getting beyond repair, to cause the town authorities to do something to rescue the old burial ground from the encroachment of pine that now covers nearly half of it. If it does this and nothing more, I am sure his effort can be con- sidered well expended.
Mr. Fish's map, with its accompanying key and historical sketch, is sure to awaken a keen interest in old Duxbury among people out- side. Its painstaking preparation and careful execution have placed those interested in genealogy and early colonial history under deep obligation.
Binghamton, N. Y. March 28, 1924.
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HISTORICAL SKETCH OF DUXBURY WITH MAP OF LOCATIONS BY HENRY A. FISH OF DUXBURY
Duxbury, the second town of the Pilgrim, or Plymouth, Colo- ny, was settled about 1632, twelve years after the landing at Ply- mouth, and was incorporated as a township June 7, 1637. It was named Duxborrough in honor of Captain Myles Standish, its most illustrious citizen in the early day, whose ancestral home was Dux- bury Hall, Lancashire, England. The place was spelled variously Duxborrough, Duxbarrow, Ducksborrow and Ducksburrough in the early records. By some it is claimed that the first, or Indian, name was Mattakeesett, but this is undoubtedly incorrect, as that name applied to what is now the eastern part of Pembroke.
The early grants of land were made by the Colony Court (which consisted of the governor and assistants) and extended along the shore from the mouth of the Jones River (named for the captain of the Mayflower) to the present Marshfield line. In this section have sprung up the settlements known as Island Creek, Dux- borrough Town (now called Hall's Corner), Captain's Nook, Weach- ertown, Millbrook and Powder Point.
No survey of these lots has been found as yet, and little can be told of their location except by subsequent ownership and land transfers, parts of lines that show on the assessors' map now in use, and names of residents along the line of the first highway laid out in 1637, which is shown on the map herewith. Guided by these portions of what seem to have been the original lines one can tell quite nearly how the missing parts fit in.
To reach these grants from Plymouth many chose the water route, did their homesteads border on some creek or guzzle, while others chose the red man's old paths, later laid out as highways, which from time to time have been changed to conform to existing conditions. These old Indian paths leading from Indian settle- ment to settlement were located along the many spring brooks that empty into the bay. Near them were the old Indian fields where
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the red man planted his maize, the blackened earth and broken clamshells telling us even at this late day of many camp sites.
The first roads to be laid out were those indicated on the map as the "heighways" of 1637, the road into the Nook, the street now known as Surplus street, where a "way" was laid out to go to the marshes and up to the woods, and the abandoned path that led from Henry Howland's to the upper path (Massachusetts Highway) or Tremont street. (See the map.)
This highway was laid out by a "jury" empanneled by the gen- eral court May 2, 1637, which reported July 7, following. The names of the men were John Done, *William Palmer, *Love Brewster, *Experience Mitchell, *Philip Delanoy, Thos. Cushman, Francis Cook, Richard Burns, John Jenkyne, *Moses Simmons, Robt. Bartlett and Richard Higgins, the Duxbury men being indicated with a star. The road which was "to remain a way forever," was described as follows:
"It is agreed that the highways, both for horse, cart and foot, shall be as followeth : From the town of Plymouth to Jones River, as it is cleared, provided it be holpen at Mr. Allerton's by going through the old cow yard, at the river, the place being commonly called Old Wading Place, and so through a valley and up a hill, and then to turn straight to Abraham Pierce's ground, and through his ground as it is marked, and so the old path to Massachusetts, leav- ing Mr. Bradford's house upon the west, & from Mr. Bradford's house to Stephen Tracy's ground, as the way now lieth, being already trenched, a foot away from the lower stepping stones to Stephen Tracy's, the highway lying through Stephen Tracy's field now en- closed. Also, we allow a way from Francis Billington's ground through the Nook, as it now lieth, to the ferry, and from the ferry to Stephen Tracy's house, and so through the meadow to the bridge. The high- way from Stephen Tracy's ground through the other men's grounds as far as the trees are marked, to the bridge at John Roger's, and from John Roger's along the way as it now lieth, to the corner of Johnathan Brewster's cow yard, and so by a valley and down through his ground, near to the house of Mr. Prince, and from thence the old way to Christopher Wadsworth's, whose palisado is to be removed,
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and a sufficient way allowed to enter into Francis Sprague's ground, and there to fall into a way that leads from Morton's Hole to Ducks- borrow town. A way to fall to the Capt. Standish and Mr. Brewster's, as it is now marked, the ancient foot way to be continued from Mr. Brewster's to Francis Sprague's, and so through Wm. Bassett's ground to the highway. The highway leading from Christopher Wadsworth's to be continued through Wm. Bassett's ground, it being his garden or orchard on the east side. Also, we allow a highway from the cut between Wm. Bassett and Francis Sprague to go to Ducksborrow town, the highway to be continued from Wm. Bassett's garden or orchard, through John Washburn's ground to Wm. Palmer's gate, as it now is, and so along through Peter Brown's grounds, outside of which we allow a way to the marsh, and up to the woods, the way still to pass by Henry Howland's house, leaving it on the east side, so keeping the old way through the marsh to Mr. Alden's house and from thence which leadeth to the corner of Philip Delanoy's field so to pass Edward Bumpass' house, and forty feet to be al- lowed above his house straight to Roland Leyhorne's house, and so passing above the house to Greene's Harbor path. The upper path to be allowed as marked from Mr. Howland's."
This first road from Plymouth crossed the Stoney Brook in Kingston above Drew's factory, crossed the present location of the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. and followed the old Massachusetts (or Bay) path for a short distance, and then branched off, keeping along the ridge west of the railroad into Island Creek village, where the old Greene Harbor Path branched off and went through as marked in the woodlands; while the Duxbury path followed the route of the present Massachusetts highway and crossed Island Creek below the present pond, keeping midway between the present railroad and the Massachusetts highway to near what is now called Bailey's Corner, and from there to Duxbury Town, or Hall's Corner.
From Hall's Corner the Duxbury Path followed along the ridges from Weachertown to Alden's farm and so to the Greene Harbor Path at what is now called Millbrook .- (Duxbury Village, or Sodom, was unheard of until after 1776.) Paths ran in all directions unfenced and free for all until 1714-5, at which time several roads
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were laid out and in some instances fenced, thus doing away with gates and bars that had from time to time come into use.
In 1685, soon after Plymouth and Massachusetts colonies were united and made royal, the two "Kings Highways" were laid out, the easterly one leading to Scituate and other shore towns, while the westerly one led to the Massachusetts Bay colony, and is now known as the west Massachusetts Highway, and is the popular route to Bos- ton. These "Kings Highways" joined at Island Creek village and from there south to the bridge (later called the "Landing") were one. This part of the way was contemplated as early as 1645, when a committee was appointed "to view an heighway for the avoiding the wey by ye Govenors medo" (Gov. Bradford's), and in 1648, this way was laid out through John Roger's farm up to the Massachusetts Path (between Tinkertown and Tarkiln).
This route ended the "Old Massachusetts Path" (further west), and in 1685, as described above, it was laid out as the "Kings Highway", and remained so until about 1709, at which time the growing part of the Jones River settlement (then a part of Plymouth) required a more direct way of reaching Plymouth. The inhabitants of Duxbury were opposed to a change of route, and their objections were well supported until one dark night, when the old bridge, which had been widened, repaired and rebuilt, went up in smoke. This ended the road through John Roger's farm and resulted in the present route through Kingston Village, which joins the old Mass- achusetts Path at Tarkiln at the "Tree of Knowledge," so named from the fact that on this tree was nailed the post box associated with the stage coach and tavern days.
These two King's Highways were the main arteries between col- onies. Between and crossing them were other paths that led inland, which were undoubtedly the paths of the red man for many years. Portions of them are still in use, some macadamized, some other- wise improved, while others still remain "trails in the sand."
Above the "Shore Grants" (that is, inland) were the First and Second Commons. The First Commons were set off as a place for "dispasturing cattel." The imaginary boundary line began at Hound's Ditch, followed the valley on the east of North Hill to the head of
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Mile Brook at the Kingston line, taking in the Island Creek pond. Before 1645 some of the more adventurous had settled beyond this line at North Hill and in what is now Gardnerville, and at the time of the building of the second meeting house in 1708 others had either bought or had been alloted lands in Tarkiln, Fordville, West Dux- bury, Ashdod and Crooked Lane.
In 1710 it was voted to have the Common Lands surveyed and divided among those who were entitled to share in them and to have them drawn by lot. This survey made around the lots thus settled upon, and the swamps that are now largely used as cranberry bogs, is what makes the present town assessors' map of lots look as it does.
The settlement of the commons, and the several exoduses to Bridgewater settlement, Mattakesett and other localities, soon thinned out the old "Shore Grants", and for many years the population was quite evenly distributed over the township, but by the time of the Revolutionary War the largest part of the population seems to have been located in the commons. However, with the springing up of the fishing industry and shipbuilding many of these returned to the shore, and for many years gained a livelihood either from the sea or in shipbuilding, for which the town became noted. Nineteen known shipyards and a fleet of fifty or more fishing vessels gave em- ployment to many who followed the sea, to which may be added the Duxbury-owned ships employed in foreign trade. Both of these industries ended after the middle of the last century.
The decline of these two industries and the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion seriously affected the old town, nearly two hundred and fifty men serving in this war, many of whom never re- turned. At its close another industry (shoemaking) sprang up, which for a time furnished employment for many persons. Almost every dwelling had its little shop in which one or more of the family put together the cut-out shoes brought from factories or other towns ; but when the larger factories finished the whole of their product the little shops ended, and from then on the town gradually turned into a summer resort. It is now one of the most popular of the Pilgrim towns.
The old colonial houses once owned by retired sea captains and
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others connected with the sea now largely belong to those from other parts, who occupy them as summer residences. The Bay furnishes the best of bathing beaches and safe yachting courses. A fine yachting club house now occupies the site of the old Winsor fishing stages and wharves, to which have been added golf links in the Henry Howland Indian fields.
Duxbury village-sometimes called Sodom-is supplied with the purest of water from the town water system for fires and domestic purposes, while electricity lights both residences and streets. To those who drive through the shore section of the village it may seem unbelievable that this locality remained uninhabited until well along toward the beginning of the last century, yet it is a fact beyond dis- pute.
Of those who came to New England in the Mayflower in 1620 eleven or more later became residents of Duxborro Towne; and an equal or larger number of those who came on the Fortune, Ann and other little ships, made their homes along these old pathways. These routes are hard to locate at this late day except by some abandoned cellar or other mark of the long ago. Even the old cellar has been wiped out by the plowshare in some instances, and little remains except some "ear mark" of civilization. Wild apple trees, the ever- seeding locust, lilac bushes and live-for-ever tell the tale plainer than words. Those humble dwellings, perhaps made of logs, have long ago disappeared and have been replaced by others, which, too, have gone ; yet we are often asked to believe the dates that are placed on some and exhibited as landmarks of the past.
This is a "thumbnail sketch" of Duxbury. Those who jour- ney through the old town see little of the actual settling places of those who came on those little ships, and it is to this end that this map and key have been made : that those who seek the site of some ancestor's home may find with less trouble the little known spot.
No other has attempted that which this guide and map deals with, and though more than five years have been used in study and research, some mistakes may yet be found; which I hope and trust will be few.
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KEY TO THE NUMBERING OF THE MAP
Numbers along the roadways denote the year that they were laid out. Numbers following the names of persons denote the generation, or the first of the name in the town. A name in italics denotes the ancestor of the one preceding it, as Samuel(3), William (1). S. H., school house. An interro- gation mark following a name means that there is an uncertainty about the location or person.
Where a Path seems to end along some roadway, shows that the old way follows the newer way, and to follow the old route look for the year or name of the path. A dotted line along the present way shows that old and new are still in use - this applies to the first road from Plymouth and the new Massachusetts Path.
No. . , Former Occupant Present Occupant
I Joseph Rogers(2), Thomas(1), Joseph Wadsworth(2) Bay Farm
2 Stephen Tracey(1), John(2)(?) Bay Farm
3 Samuel Wadsworth(3), Thomas Loring(1) 1703 . Bay Farm
4A Thurston Clark(1), Harry & Thurston(2) Woodland 1923
4X Ambrose Dawes, Ruth Brewster
5 Isaac Bradford's Ship Yard and Wharf
Humphrey Place Batsford 1923
6 Edmond Chandler(1), John Rogers(2), Gamaliel(1) (?), prob- ably Thomas(1), Samuel Bradford(3), William (1), Hon.
Gamaliel, his sons and gr. sons ; the Bradford home-
stead for many generations. Land east of R. R. Chapman 1923
7 Wrestling Brewster(3), Jonathan(4), Joseph Freeman(1) Austin 1923
8 Benjamin Phillips(3), John(1) Frank Pratt 1923
9 George Partridge(1), James(2), Joshua Cushing(1), Capt. An- drew Sampson (1776); three generations of Browns Hunt 1923 Jonathan Brewster(2), Dr.Comfort Starr 1643, Dr. Seabury(2)
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Samuel(1), Capt. Samuel Chandler Shore Acres 1923
II John Manyard (son-in-law of Dr. Starr) Myles Standish Park 1923
12 Thomas Morton 1637 Steel and Alden 1923
13 Mosquito Hole, James Soule's Shipyard and Wharf 1812 Town Landing
14 John Handmore (Hammond?), Gov. Prence Farm 1643 Beechwood 1920
15 Gov. Prence, John Howland(1), Wm. Kemp(1), James Par- tridge 1710, Rev. Chas. Turner 1775, Rev. Zedekiah
Sanger, James Soule 1812, Crosby 1890 Beechwood F.B.Knapp 1914 15A Gov. Prence housesite 1643
16 John Starr(2), Xtopher Wadsworth(1) 1655 Charles Eaton 1923
17 Dea. Peleg Wadsworth (Gt .- Gr .- father of H. W.Longfellow) Torrey 1923
18 Dea. John Wadsworth(2-3), Cushman, F. Ryder F. B. Knapp 1923
19 Old Grave Yard and sites of first two Meeting Houses, 1637-1707
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20 Moses Soule(3), George(1) Nichols 1923
21 Ralph Thatcher (possibly, Ralph Partridge) 1643 Harry Cushing 1923
22 Rev. John Holmes (part of John Sprague farm), Parson Wis-
wale 1700, John Sampson(3), Henry(1), Wadsworth Hunt Dr. Ira Chandler Farm
23 Thomas Bonney(I) part of Dr. Ira Chandler Farm, Farrington, 1923
24 Francis Sprague(1), Samuel Sprague(3), Benj. Freeman(3) Richards 1923
25 William Basset(1), Levi Cushing, Chas. Crocker Mitchell 1923
26 Path from Nook to the Mill ("We also alowe a wey through Sprague and Bassets Orchard to goe to Duxborrough Towne") 1637
27 John Sprague(2), Ruth (Basset) Sprague(2), Thomas, Prince, Sylvester (four times married)
28 The Nook Gate and Palisado (between Doctor Chandler's and Gifford's),
29 Jonathan Brewster's part of the Elder's Farm Sylvanus Sampson Farm
30 Wm. Pabody(2), John (1) (first town clerk) Sylvanus Sampson Farm
31 Francis Eaton(I) (Sold to Elder Brewster) Bradford Avenue
32 House Site of Capt. Myles Standish House
34 Capt. Isaac Drew's Shipyard and Wharf Hillcrest 1923
35 Samuel Drew and Samuel Winsor(1) Shipyard 1756 (May 1923)
36 Thomas Besbeech (Bisbee) (before 1646), John Reynor, Rev. Ralph Partidge 1654, John(2) 1700, George(3) George(4) Rev. Charles Moore 1923
37 John Washburn (bought of Wm. Palmer), Rev. John Robinson 1702 Ellis 1923
38A Wm. Palmer(1), Thomas Besbeech, Josiah Wormall 1702, Waite Wadsworth and others James Hastings 1923
38B Philip Washburn(2), Dr. Samuel Seabury(1)(?), the Worm- alls 1710, Waite Wadsworth, Jr. Geo. M. Coburn land 1923
39 Peter Brown(1) 1637, Henry Sampson(1)(?), Stephen(2), Eli- . jah(4) and other Sampsons Joseph Soule farm 1923
40 Eph'm Tinckham (m. dau. Peter Brown), sold to Henry Sampson(1) Reynolds 1923
41 Henry Sampson, bot. of Brown's heirs. No. 41 is the site of Sampson's house.
Soule 1920
42 Henry Howland, Bro. of John(1), Seth Sprague J. K. Parker 1923 43 Duxbury Memmorial Library 1923
44 Experience Mitchell(1), Tubbs, John Pabody(I) Frazer Farm 1923
45 Edmond Chandler(1), sold to John Brown (Weaver) 1643
46 John Alden Homestead Coburn Cottage 1923 Alden Kindred (in part) 1923
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47 Chandler Neighborhood before 1700
47A Benjamin Simons 1710, the Freemans
48 John Glass 1700, Col. Gamaliel Bradford 1776 48A 2d School House 1714
Elisha Peterson 1920 Mrs. Turrill 1923 Site of Liberty Pole
48B Nathaniel Burgess about 1790 "Three Acres", Mrs. Shaw 1923
49 Jacob Glass(1), rebuilt by Capt. Nathaniel Soule 1812 Burnt 1921
50 John Tisdale(1), Wm. Brett(1), Constant Southworth, Jacob
Glass and others, Mrs.Edgar (part) 1910 Edgar and A. Walker 1923
51 Edwin Hunt(1), Samuel(2) and others Alpheus Walker 1923
52 Wm. Collier, North Hill, inherited by Edward South- worth(2) and later owned by Ichabod Bartlett(3) Harry Priest 1923 52A Wm. Collier, North Hill, inherited by Benjamin Bart- lett(2), now called North Hill Farm. H. E. Merry 1923
- 53 North Hill Meadows, Wm. Collier, inherited by Benjamin Bartlett(2) and Edward Southworth(2)
54 Old Powder Point Way and Town Landing Place, before 1715 55-57 Lieut. Nash, Abraham Sampson(2), Abraham(1) W. O. Potter 1923
56 Edward Arnold 1715 Runkle 1923
57A Henry Sampson(1)(?), probably Abraham(1) Dr. Emerson 1923
58 George Soule(1), John(2), Joshua(3) and others E. Ellerson 1923
59 John Peterson(1) 1690
60 Eliphas Weston (mar. Priscila, dau. of John Peterson) F. B. Knapp 1723
61 Zacheriah Soule(2) Powder Point School 1923
62 Philip de Laynoye (Delano)(1), Thomas(2), Dr. Benoni Delano(3) Furgerson 1923
63 Ebenezer Delano(2), Joshua(3) (Philip's Homestead) W. J. Wright 1923
64 Solomon Leonard(1) exch. with Edw. Bumpase Geo. Simmons 1920
65 Maurice Truant(1), Geo. Partridge(1), John Forbes(1), Wm.
Merrick(1), Richard Bease (Besse)(1); twenty-five acres granted to these 5 young men in 1634 E. Soule and others 1923
-- 66 Edmond Chandler(1), Samuel(2)(?) 1662 E. F. Loring 1918
Moses Simmons(1), John(2), Moses(3) et al. Hiram Barstow Farm
67 68 Benjamin Chandler(2)(?), A. Simmons, Elijah Peterson R. Bates 1920
69 John Simmons(2), Judah Harlow, Wallace Sherman Edw. Bumpase 1923 70 Roger Chandler(1)(?), Ezra Arnold, site Ist saw mill W. J. Wright 1923 71 Dea. James Arnold(2) H. Delano 1923
72 John Philips(1)
73 Rev. Samuel Arnold (in Marshfield)
74 Samuel Delano(2) 1685 (a continuous ownership)
75 Edmond Weston(1), Elnathan(2) and others
76 John Delano(2) and others, Miss Soule 1833
77 Capt. Benj. Church 1685 and Churches Hill E. W. Soule 1923
Lew. Peterson 1923 Lew. Peterson 1923 Herman Delano 1923 E. W. Simmons 1923 Andrew Delano 1923
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78 John Irish(1) before 1642, exchanged with the town E. W. Soule 1923
79 George Wallis before 1642, exch. with the town E. W. Soule 1923
80 Robert Mendom(1) house, fulling mill and site of 2nd mill, sold by Mendom to Wm. Hiller, who sold to Constant Southworth(1) in 1643-4; inherited by Edward(2), John(3), who, in partnership, built the 2nd grist mill in 1747 W. O. Delano 1923
81 Rowland Leighorn 1637, the Southworths, John Hunt 1800,
Delano pasture 1923
82 John Irish, 2nd location
Herbert Walker 1923
83 Maurice Truant, exch. with Solomon Leonard E. B. Freeman 1923
84 Edward Bumpase, exch. with Solomon Leonard Delano pasture 1923
85 Wm. Ford (Miller)(1), bot. of Wm. Hiller, sold to F. West(1)
86 Francis West(1), Samuel(2), Peletiah(3) Ford and Simmons pasture 1923 87 Peletiah West, Philip Delano(3), Asa, Asa, Asa, Malchia Gilman 1923 Woodland 1923
88 Thomas Weyburn (Washburn) 1643
89 First Grist Mill 1642, Hiller and Pollard
90 Love Brewster(2)1646, Nathaniel(3), Wm.(3) and others Higgins 1923
91 Nathaniel Cole(1), long before 1710 (Cole's Orchard)
92 Hitty Tom Spring and Tea Party Tree
93 Xtopher Wadsworth's Farm 1643, John(2), John(3), Icha- bod(4), the Chandler families, et al. Goulding 1923
94 Wm. Clark 1682 Clear Brook Cranberry Co. 1923 95 John Hanks(1) farm
5, C Cranberry Co. 1923
96 Wrestling Alden(3), David(2), Alice(4), (part of the homestead)
96A Deacon David Alden(2), an Alden ownership down to 1910
97 John Partridge(2), Isaac(3), Capt. Calvin(4) Samuel Scule 1923
98 Nathaniel Sampson(3) (Abraham branch), T. W. Peterson Bouin 1923
99 Caleb Sampson(2) (Henry branch), David(3), Chapin(4) F. Brett 1923
100 Phillip Leonard, Samuel Hill John Baker Farm 1923
101 Lieut. James Thomas(4) H. H. Hartford 1923
102 Joseph Peterson(2), Joseph(3) Wakefield 1923 103 Isaac Simmons(3) (a continuous Simmons ownership) L. P. Simmons 1923
104 Ford and Sampson 1747
105 John and Gideon Thomas, Joseph Peterson's causeway
106 Thomas Fish(1) before 1700 H. C. Chandler 1923 107 Benjamin Southworth 1747, Dorr's blacksmith shop John Simmons 1923 108 Nathaniel Cole, Jr., 1721, Jos. Delano, Elijah Wm. Whiting 1923 109 Peter West
John Lovell 1923
IIO Isaac Bradford
III Benjamin Simmons(3), Aaron(4), Jesse(5), Martin(6) Baker 1923
1 12 Josiah Soule and others Marshall Blakeman 1923
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113 Jonathan Peterson(2), Reuben(3) & (4), William(5) Mrs. Sampson 1923 113A Methodist Meeting House 1834, (Removed to W. Duxbury) Chappel 1923 114 Josiah Keene(1), Stodder Farm Woodland 1923
115 Original site of Ashdod School
116 Josiah Keene, Jr., Solomon Keene, Isaac Keene Lidia Keene 1923
117 Consider Simmons, son of Isaac(3) W. C. Baker 1923
118 John Neil 1710. On old path from Pembroke Woodland 1923
119 Wm. Tubbs, Robert Randall farm Horace Randall 1923
120 Site of Richard Loudon's tavern 1776 Peacock 1923
I21 Ichabod Delano, Ruth Delano's store
Thadeus Chandler 1923
122 Joshua Sampson(3), Nathaniel Loring
123 Myles Sampson(3) (Abraham branch), Beriah, Ahira Woodland 1923
124 Andrew Sampson(4), Capt. Andrew(5), William(6) Woodland 1923
124A Colson Sampson(4), Myles, Nahaum Sampson Woodland 1923
125 Clark and Flint Farm Woodland 1923
126 Peleg Gullifer, Clark, Clapp and others
127 Eph'm Waterman Woodland 1923
128 Abner Sampson(4) (?), Watson
129 Ichabod, Elijah and other Delanos
Sarah Baker 1923
130 Seth Darling Chandler, Thomas Chandler
131 South River Forge before 1710, Cranberry Factory about 1820 132 Daniel Delano
132A Perez Chandler, Perez, Perez Clear Brook Cranberry Co. 1923
133 Wadsworth Chandler, Wadsworth 2d, Wadsworth 3d Lantz 1923
134 Samuel Gardner
135 Robert Sampson's Tavern, Cobb's Tavern, Asa Chandler's The Briars 1923 135A Joseph Chandler 1710, Jesse Chandler, Geo. Frost
136 Thomas Philips(1) and Samuel Chandler Farms 1710
136A Probable old road before 1709, perhaps the lost part of old Mass. Path 137 Lot 148 in the Commons, Joshua Brewster 1792 H. Hunt 1923
138 Blainey Philips(2), Blainey(3), Jos White 1785 Dorr 1923
139 Nathaniel Brewster(3), Geo. Williamson(1) Raymond 1923
140 Elijah Chandler, Asa, George Henry B. Chandler Farm
141 Eph'm Holmes Forge 1728
142 Ephraim Holmes
143 Elnathan Fish
144 Saw Mill, built by Isaac Partridge, Eph'm Holmes and Na- thaniel Loring, before 1710. Rebuilt after 1836 by Jared Howland. Now owned by the heirs of Horatio Chandler 1923
145 Hall, Maglathlin Farm Mitchell 1923
146 Ripley Homestead
147 Russel Homestead, Lewis Chandler
Horatio Chandler 1923
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148 Ira Chandler, Nathan Chandler 149 Tree of Knowledge, Col. Joshua Brewster
Ed O'Neil 1923 John Cooper 1923
150 Southwest School House 1715 150A Joshua Bryant, about 1785
M. L. Simmons 1923
150B Nehemiah Peterson, (perhaps Oliver Seabury before 1760) Brown 1822 151 Samuel Seabury's Saw Mill 1703, abandoned 1848
152 Little Island Creek Pond, flowed over by present pond in 1814
153 Paul Seabury before 1760, John Cushing, Wm. Cushing
154-150B Nehemiah Peterson, Eziahs, house probably built about 1760 156 Oliver Delano, Hosea 157 Joshua Chandler, Ezekiel Chandler
L. M. Bailey 1923 Wm. McNeil 1923 Frazer Farm 1923
158 John Pabody(1)
159 Sprague's Cedar Swamp
160 Boardman's Cedar Swamp (Wadsworths)
161 Bartlett's Shipyard, sold to Thomas Prince (first known yard)
162 Richard Moore(1), Wm. Pabody(2), Joseph Soule(3), Eagle Nest Point
163 Philip Chandler, Jonathan Glass (Tarkiln)
164 Old Bank (Shipbuilding days) Anglo-American Cable 1869-1923 165A Seabury's Point : 165B Hick's Point, Capt. John Alden's Ship Yard
166 King Philip's Spring and Brook (Ashdod). Site of Ichabod Bartlett's sawmill before 1717
167 John Chandler's Farm, Mayflower Cemetery
168 Unitarian Church, Town Hall and Partridge Academy 1843
169 Jonathan Brewster(2), Thmoas Delano(3), Ebenezer Bartlett(4) 170 Elder Brewster, Love(2), Samuel Eaton(2), Josiah Standish(2) 171 Universalist Church 1834, removed to Scituate
172 Site of Village School House, Congregational Church 1844
173 Methodist Episcopal Meeting House 1834
174 Sprague's Chapel, built by Hon. Seth Sprague, Old I. O. O. F. Hall
175 Mattakeesett Hall, I. O. O. F. Hall 176 G. A. R. Hall
177 Masonic Hall 1801
178 Site of Old Fort 1812
179 Pond of the Two Tide Grist Mills, 1768(?)-1868 Town Landing 1923
180 Site of Anchor Forge and Loring's Shipyard
181 Porter Keene's Shipyard
182 Levi Sampson's Shipyard and Wharf
183 Samuel Delano's Shipyard 184 Drew's Shipyard, Wharf and Salt Works
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185 Oldham's Shipyard at Duck Hill, and Bourne's Wharf
186 King Caesar's Shipyard and Wharf (King Caesar ? Ezra Weston)
187 Seth Sprague's Shipyard and Wharf Duxbury Coal and Lumber Co.
188 Joshua Cushing's Shipyard
189 Hall's Shipyard, Fanny Davenport (Melbourn Hall) Lock 1923 190 Benjamin Prior's Shipyard Sisters of St. Marguerite 1923 191 Benjamin Freeman's Shipyard Hatden Hill 1923
192 Capt. Sylvanus Sampson's Shipyard, Wharf and Salt Works
193 Samuel Bartlett's Farm, sold to Thomas Prince, shipbuilder, 1700
194 Benjamin Bartlett(3), David Freeman House Brewer 1923
195 Dea. Wm. Brewster(3), W/m. (4), Jabez Griggs Farm Brewer 1923
196 Cut River, First Canal in America, 1636
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1 Duxborrow Towne (Hall's Corner) 2 Weachertown
3 Duxbury Village of today
4 Powder Point
5 Millbrook
6 Captain's Nook
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