The history of Salem, Massachusetts, vol 2, 1924, Part 1

Author: Perley, Sidney, 1858-1928
Publication date: 1924
Publisher: Salem, Mass., S. Perley
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THE

HISTORY OF SALEM

MASSACHUSETTS

By SIDNEY PERLEY

Author of

History of Boxford; Goodridge Memorial; Poets of Essex County ; Historic Storms of New England; Dwellings of Box- ford; Indian Land Titles of Essex County ; Hovey Book; Plumer Genealogy; etc.

VOLUME II 1638-1670

SALEM, MASS. SIDNEY PERLEY 1926

Allen County Public Library 900 Webster Street PO Box 2270 Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270

PREFACE 1236191

HIS volume of the History of Salem relates to the be- ginning of the fisheries and commerce of the town, of salt and glass making, education, construction of highways and bridges, taverns, fortifications, mills, establishment of the Cape Ann Side and Salem Village parishes and the towns of Wenham, Manchester, Marblehead and Bev- erly, the persecution of the Quakers and the general development of the town.

In this volume appear the existing pictures of the earliest dwelling houses.

The photogravure frontispiece is a portrait of Capt. George Corwin, the wealthiest and most prominent of the merchants of his time. It was painted about two hundred and fifty years ago, but the name of the artist is unknown. Captain Corwin was commander of the troop of horse, and as a part of his costume, shown in the portrait, is the scarf he wore at the head of his troopers. The portrait, neckcloth and silver-headed cane are in the possession of the Essex Institute. In 1798, the painting was possessed by his great-grandson Samuel Curwin, and, in 1802, by Dr. William Bentley. It was then in an injured con- dition, -the extreme parts being separated, but the face was untouched. Doctor Bentley had purchased it of the family, in the spring of the year last named, for half a guinea. The Italian artist, Michele Felice Corné, from Naples, was in Salem at that

PREFACE

time, teaching art and painting, and he repaired it as much as he could without changing the original.

SIDNEY PERLEY.

Salem, Mass., May 4, 1926.

CONTENTS

Chapter I. SALT MAKING,

Page I

II. THE GAME PRESERVE, I8

III. THE GLASS WORKS, 30

IV. ENLARGING THE MEETING HOUSE, 60

V. DEPARTURE OF HUGH PETER, 65

VI. THE FIRST SCHOOL, 91

VII. FEDERATION OF THE COLONIES, 97

VIII. THE BRIDGE,

I30

IX. WENHAM, I47

X. MONSIEUR DE LA TOUR, 155

XI. MANCHESTER, 172

XII. SHIP TAVERN, 176

196

XIV. FORT ON WINTER ISLAND, 203

XV. QUAKER PERSECUTION, 242

XVI. REV. JOHN HIGGINSON, 276

294

XVII. BELLINGHAM AND DENISON GRANTS,

336

XVIII. THE SOUTH MILLS,

346

XIX. COMMERCE,

374

XX. THE PRISON,

XXI. BEVERLY, 406

XXII. NEW MEETING HOUSE, 419

435

XXIII. SALEM VILLAGE PARISH,

INDEX, 447

III

XIII. MARBLEHEAD,

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Portrait and Autograph of Capt. George Corwin,

Frontispiece

Portrait and Autograph of John Winthrop, jr.,

Autograph of Richard More,

Gravestone of Richard More,

Autograph of John Coit,

Autograph of William Robinson,

Autograph of Samuel Corning,

Autograph of Samuel Smith,

Autograph of Nathaniel Pickman,

Autograph of Robert Hubbard,

Map of Salt House Point,

Autograph of Emmanuel Downing,

Autograph of William Flint,

Autograph of Roger Preston,

Autograph of John Procter,

Coy Pond,

Plan of the Game Preserve,

House of Emmanuel Downing,

27 29 3I

The Osborne house,

Autograph of Robert Prince,

View of Glass House field,

Plan of Glass House field,

58 62 64

Autograph of Henry Birdsall,

Seven Men's bounds,

Autograph of Thomas Pickton,

Autograph of Henry Silsbee,

70 70

Autograph of Elizabeth Nickson,

Autograph of Richard Prince,

Autograph of John Marston,

74 78 82 83

Plan of Norris grant,

Title page of Hugh Peter's "Legacy,"

Autograph of Edward Norris, jr.,

Autograph of Daniel Epes,

Portrait and autograph of Sir George Downing,

Plan of the Pester grant,

Capt. George Corwin's coat of arms,

Autograph of Esdras Reade,

Autograph of Nicholas Patch,

Autograph of Rev. Edward Norris,

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

House of Daniel Epes,

Autograph of Joseph Dallever,

Autograph of Thomas Robbins,

I20

Autograph of Walter Price,

I22

Autograph of John Neale,

125

Autograph of Thomas Wheeler,

132

Autograph of John Bullfinch,

I33

Pillory,

Autograph of John Kitchen,

I35

Autograph of John Reeves,

140

Autograph of Philip Cromwell,

142

Map of Essex County, 1643,

I45 147

Map of Wenham,

149

Autograph of Daniel Rumball,

156

Autograph of David Carwithy,

16I

John Porter house,

164

Autograph of Henry True,

I68

Map of Manchester,

I73

Autograph of Edward Bishop,

180

Cabot Street bridge,

182

Horse bridge,

190

Friends' grist mill,

I9I

Autograph of Elias Mason,

194

Map of Marblehead,

197

Autograph of John Tucker,

203

Autograph of James Patch,

203

Autograph of John Hill,

203

Autograph of Thomas Rix,

205

Pine Tree shilling (both sides),

214

Autograph of Thomas Barnes,

216

Broad Street burying ground,

219

Plan of Putnam's grant,

219

Plan of Broad Street burying ground;

220

John Beckett house,

223

Autograph of John Beckett,

223

Whipping post,

226

Autograph of Joseph Miles,

233

Autograph of Samuel Pickman,

233

House of John Mason,

235

Autograph of John Croade,

235

Lawrence Southwick house,

245

Nicholas Phelps house,

249

Letter of Lawrence Southwick and others,

251

Autograph of Winlock Christoson,

265

Autograph of Thomas Maule,

27I

Autograph of John Thurston,

I57

Autograph of John Porter,

165

Townsend Bishop house,

18I

Butts bridge,

I86

Ferry landing at Draper's point,

I34

Autograph of Henry Reinolds,

I20

VII

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Thomas Maule house,

Quaker meeting house,

273

Autograph of Richard Harvey,

Autograph of George Keazer,

279 280 28I

John Pickering house,

Pickering fireback,

Autograph of John Sampson,

28I 282

Autograph of Hugh Jones,

Plan of Parsonage lot, Salem,

283 286 287

Autograph of Bray Wilkins,

Autograph of John Gingell,

294 294

Plan of Bellingham and Denison grants,

View of the Pond and Hill ( Middleton),

296 297 298

Autograph of Timothy Lindall,

Autograph of Joseph Holton,

299 303

Autograph of Mathew Price,

Woodcock house,

Autograph of William Woodcock,

Autograph of William Seagrave,

Plan of house lots,

Christopher Babbidge house,

Staircase in Babbidge house,

Autograph of Christopher ·Babbidge,

Richard Sibley house,

Autograph of Isaac Hull,

Ruck House,

Autograph of Anthony Ashby,

Goodale house,

Layout of house lots,

Autograph of Stephen Haskett,

Autograph of John Baxter,

323 327

Autograph of William Downton,

332 332 332 333

Downing grant,

Joseph Porter house,

334

South Mills,

3.38

Plan of South Mills site,

342

New Road to Marblehead,

343

Forest River bridge,

345

Grants at Burying point,

354

Location of Wharves,

355

Autograph of William Curtis,

375

Autograph of James Hadlock,

375

Autograph of Samuel Beadle,

385

Autograph of Richard Croade,

388

Autograph of Nicholas Manning,

Autograph of Henry Colburn,

388 391

Autograph of Edward Humber,

Autograph of Gilbert Tapley,

318 319 321 321

Autograph of Joseph Phippen,

304 307 307 308 308 309 310 313 314 316 317

Autograph of William Lake,

272

Portrait and autograph of Rev. John Higginson,

VIII

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Log bridge,

396

Autograph of Elisha Kebee,

396

Autograph of Alister Macmillion,

399

Autograph of Michael Coombs,

403

Autograph of Edmond Counter,

407

Autograph of Rev. Jeremiah Hubbard,

409

Autograph of Rev. John Hale,

410

Map of Beverly,

Wadsworth burying ground (Danvers),

419

Autograph of James Browne,

420

Trask burying ground,

421

George Gardner house,

423

Autograph of Peter Harvey,

423

Mansfield house,

424

Post in Mansfield house,

424

Autograph of Thomas Ives,

424

Joseph Houlton house,

427

John Day house,

428

Map of Salem Village Parish,

44I

Autograph of Rev. James Bayley,

441

395

Exercise Conant house,

404

Parsonage lot, Beverly,

417

Jo En Spintaop

HISTORY OF SALEM

CHAPTER I.

SALT MAKING.

MONG the passengers who came to America on the ship Mayflower in 1620 were three children of one family. Why they came without their parents is un- known. These were Richard, Ellen and Jasper More. Richard was twelve years of age; Jasper was called "a child," and died the first winter; and Ellen was called "a little girl." Richard came with the family of William Brewster, Jasper with the family of John Carver and Ellen with the family of Edward Winslow. The heads of all these families became governors of Plymouth Colony and, with William Bradford, were the leading men in that colony. Richard More1 became a mariner and settled in Salem, where he was received an inhabitant Jan. I, 1637-8. At the same time he was granted by the town of Salem half an acre of land "on (Darb) the neck." Captain More freighted along the coast from here to the West Indies and between England and this country. He lived where the Salem Hospital formerly stood on Charter Street, and had his wharf where the Lydia E. Pinkham Memorial now stands, in the rear of his house. His family burial place was Richard: More at the northeasterly corner of the first addi- tion (marked A on the plan in volume I, page

1RICHARD MORE1 married, first, Christian -- , who died March 18, 1676, at the age of sixty; married, second, Jane -, who died Oct. 8 (5?), 1686, aged fifty-five; he died in 1696; children, baptized in Salem: I. Samuel,2 baptized March 6, 1642; 2. Thomas,2 baptized March 6, 1642; 3. Caleb,2 baptized March 31, 1644; died Jan. 4, 1674-5, aged "thirty-four ;" 4. Joshua,2 baptized May 3, 1646; 5. Richard,2 baptized Jan. 2, 1647-8; 6. Susanna,2 baptized May 12, 1650; married Samuel Dutch; 7. Christian,2 baptized Sept. 5, 1652; married Joshua Conant.

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183) to the Charter Street burying ground ;1 and, Jan. 22, 1678-9, the selectmen allowed him to fence in "his wife's and son Caleb's graves about fourten foot in length & about ten fott in breadth." He died in 1696, and his remains lie with theirs. His is the only BODY marked grave of the passengers of the May- RICHARD AGED: 64 flower on its initial voyage in 1620.

Jan. 1, 1637-8, the inhabitants of Marble- head were taxed eight pounds of the rate of one hundred and twenty pounds of Salem, as follows (the number before each name prob- ably has reference to the number of acres of land possessed by them there) : 140 Moses Maverick; 150 Wm Stephens; 40 Archibald Tomson ; 20 Wm Charles ; 20 John Heart; 50 John Peach; 10 John Lyon; 20 Anthony Thatcher; 30 John Goite ;1 20 Richard Seeres ;2 10 Richard Greeneway ; 20 John Gatchell; 20 Samuel Gatchell :3 15 John Bennett ;+ 15 Wakefield;5 10 Erasmus James; 30 Thomas Gray ; 50 John Deuerux; 30 Nicholas Meriott ; IO

SAMUEL MORE;2 married Sarah - -; child : 1. Samuel,3 born Nov. 15, 1673; died Nov. 24, 1673. RICHARD MORE"; master mariner; married Sarah -; lived in Salem: I. - baptized Dec. - , 1674; 2. Thomas,3 baptized June 1, 1679; 3. Christian,3 baptized Aug. - , 1681; 4. Sarah,3 baptized Jan. - , 1683-4; 5. Caleb,3 baptized April 15, 1688.

1John Goyte (Coit) lived in Dorchester in 1635; removed to Marble- head, then to Gloucester in 1646 and about 1651 to New London, Conn., where he died Aug. 29, 1659. His wife was named Mary. Children: I. John; lived in Gloucester; married Mary Stephens of Gloucester May 21, 1652; died there in the winter of 1661-2; she survived him; 2. Joseph, baptized in Salem July 30, 1643; 3. Mary, baptized in Salem July 30, 1643; 4. Mary (Martha?), baptized in Salem March 17, 1644-5. There were other children. .

2Richard Sears was a trader; lived in Plymouth in 1630, and removed to Marblehead; married Dorothy -; died in 1676; children: I. Knyvett, born in 1635; 2. Paul, born in 1637; 3. Silas, born in 1639. (Perhaps he had a daughter Deborah, who married Zechariah Paddock in 1639.)

3Samuel Gatchell, brother to John Gatchell; husbandman; of Hampton in 1644 and of Salisbury in 1648; married Dorcas -; living in 1670; she died June 12, 1685; children: I. Susanna; married Joseph Norton March 10, 1662; 2. Samuel, born about 1636; mariner; lived in Marble- head in 1679; married Bethiah -- before 1669; 3. Joseph; living in 1677; 4. Priscilla, born Feb. 26, 1649; married Solomon Ramsford.

$John Bennett lived in Marblehead, and removed to New London; mar- ried Margaret -; died in the spring of 1663; she survived him; child : I. Mary, baptized in Salem Sept. 2, 1638; married Elias White.

"John Wakefield probably removed to Plymouth in 1639, and to Wells in 1656; probably married Elizabeth, widow of Edmund Littlefield.

William Wakefield, who married Rebecca Littlefield in Salem March 13, 1698-9, may have been of this family.

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Abraham Whitehaire; 5 George Vicary ;1 5 John Russell ;2 5 Nicholas Listin; 5 Philip Beare.

There were many persons admitted inhabitants of the town in 1638, and much land was granted to them. Jan. 1, 1637-8, the town granted to John Gedney eighty acres of land, six acres of it being meadow, "lying near to Mr. Gardner."

Jan. 15, 1637-8, Francis Felmingham was granted by the town two hundred acres of land "about the great pond or out that way." This tract was located northerly of the main street, in Wenham, from the meeting house to the Hamilton line.

Jan. 29, 1637-8, the town granted to Richard Thurston a ten-acre lot. Richard Bartholomew3 was received an inhabitant and granted ten acres of land. Five acres of land was granted to widow Greene. Mr. Bacheller and Robert Moulton, jr., desired accommodation of land for a farm for each. There was granted to Edmond Marshall, Richard Rootes, Richard Norman, Joseph Pope, Mrs. Felton, William Robinson,4 James Standish and George Harris twenty William Goblinfon acres a piece that was Mr. Thorndike's; and also to John Tomkins five acres of land lying by his other five acres. Mr. Stilman requested enlargement for himself and accommoda- tion for his son. John Webster, a baker, was received as an in- habitant and granted five acres of land. William Hathorne was granted a ten-acre lot near the mill. Mr. Garford and William Lord were granted fifty acres each; Mr. Emery forty acres near Mackerel Cove; and Nicholas Woodbury a ten-acre lot. Joseph Hull was received as an inhabitant and granted two hundred acres of land. Robert Morgaine was granted twenty-five acres of land, Thomas Lothrop fifty, Humphrey Woodbury forty and Thomas Browning sixty.

1George Vickery married Rebecca Phippeny (daughter of David) ; and removed to Hull alias Nantucket, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, where they were living in 1650 and 1672.

2John Russell lived in Marblehead in 1641; and had a wife in 1643. $Richard Bartholomew was apparently a merchant and unmarried, and died, probably on a voyage to London, in the early spring of 1646, leaving his brothers Henry, William, Thomas and Abraham and sister Sara. His mother was then living.

*WILLIAM ROBINSON1 lived in that part of Salem which is now Peabody ; tailor ; married Isabelle she died first; and he died in the summer of 1678; children: I. Joseph2; eldest son; married; lived in Barbadoes in 1677; no children; 2. Anna,2 baptized Dec. 3, 1637; 3. Samuel,2 baptized Dec. 26, 1639; 4. John2; 5. Mary,2 baptized March 12, 1642-3; probably married John Gooss June 18, 1665; 6. Timothy,2 baptized April 28, 1644; 7. Martha,2 born Feb. 2, 1645-6; died Feb. 5, 1645-6; 8. Sarah2; married Newbury before 1677; 9. Hester,2 baptized May 28, 1654.

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Feb. 24, 1637-8, Lieutenant Davenport delivered up his farm to the town, and was promised one in another place. Michael Lambert1 was granted half an acre in Winter Harbor, if he shall inhabit there, which he did not do. Richard Adams had his five acres of land changed to some land at the mill. He was also granted some land to set a house on near Lieutenant Davenport's ; and Mr. Fiske one hundred and fifty acres of land for a farm. There was granted to Mr. Stileman twenty acres of land near the meadow which Mr. Weston and he had; to Mr. Stileman's son thirty acres near his father; to Mr. Bacheller sixty acres for a farm; and to Robert Moulton, jr., forty acres for a farm.

At the general court at Newton, March 12, 1637-8, John Endecott and John Winthrop, jr., and deputies Richard Adams, John Woodbury and Edmond Batter were present. May 2, 1638, it was ordered that the several towns should bear the charges of their magistrates' and deputies' diet and lodging. The deputies who subsequently represented Salem in the general court during the colonial period were as follows: Jacob Barney, 1638, 1647, 1653; Henry Bartholomew, 1645, 1646, 1649-1652, 1654, 1658, 1660, 1662, 1663, 1667, 1669, 1671-1674, 1676, 1684; Edmond Batter, 1642, 1643, 1655, 1661, 1663-1665, 1668, 1670, 1671, 1675, 1677, 1678, 1682, 1685; Townsend Bishop, 1640; William Browne, 1654, 1659, 1666, 1675, 1677, 1680; George Corwin, 1666, 1667, 1669, 1670, 1672, 1674, 1676; John Corwin, 1679; Emanuel Downing, 1639-1641, 1644, 1648; Samuel Gardner,

SAMUEL ROBINSON2; tailor; (wife Jane in 1660?) ; married Martha Haukins Aug. 15, 1664; died in the autumn of 1723; children: I. Samuel, born Dec. 19, 1665; 2. Thomas,3 born July 6, 1667. 3. Mary,3 born Oct. - , 1669; died Aug. - , 1670; 4. William,3 born July 29, 1671; 5. Job,3 born Nov. - , 1672; died Jan. - , 1672-3; 6. Martha,3 born Jan. 20, 1673-4; married, first, William Beans; second, Samuel Pope; 7. Mary3; probably married James Simonds; 8. Elizabeth3; probably married Joseph Prince ; 9. Susanna3; probably married John Chubb July 14, 1701; 10. Abel,3 born Jan. 14, 1689. JOHN ROBINSON2; tailor; married Sarah Mason Oct. 16, 1665; she was living in 1708, and he in 1727; children: I. Elias,3 born Jan. 25, 1666-7; 2. John,3 born Nov. 25, 1668; 3. Joseph,3 born Sept. 27, 1670; 4. Sara,3 born Feb. 18, 1672-3. TIMOTHY ROBINSON2; married Mary Kitchen Feb. 20, 1665; died in the spring of 1668; she married, secondly, Thomas Hanson June 3, 1669; child: I. Timothy,3 born March 15, 1667-8. SAMUEL ROBINSON"; carter or carman; married Mary - - in or be- fore 1680; died in the autumn of 1699; she married, secondly, John Blevin July 29, 1701, and removed to Swanzey before 1716; children : I. Nathaniel,4 born July 3, 1688; 2. Whittemore,4 born Jan. 18, 1689-90; 3. Samuel4; living in 1699; 4. William,4 born Nov. 26, 1698; lived in Swanzey in 1716. ABEL ROBINSON3; married Elizabeth Callum (published Jan. 12, 1710-1) ; children : I. Abel,4 born Oct. 22, 1712; 2. Samuel,4 born Jan. 25, 1714-5.

ABEL ROBINSON4; lived in Salem, cordwainer, in 1738; married Annie Standley (published Dec. 3, 1735) ; children : I. Anne,5 baptized June 19, 1737; 2. Elizabeth, baptized June 18, 1738.

1Michael Lambert probably removed to Lynn before 1648.

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1681, 1682; Bartholomew Gedney, 1678; John Hathorne, 1683 ; William Hathorne, 1639-1646, 1648-1652, 1654, 1656-1661; Thomas Lothrop, 1647, 1653, 1664; Jeffry Massey, 1639; John Porter, 1668; John Price, 1679; Walter Price, 1665; John Putnam, 1677, 1680, 1686; John Ruck, 1685; William Trask, 1639; and John Woodbury, 1639.

March 12, 1637-8, the general court ordered that thereafter "every town shall present a man to be allowed to sell wine and strong water made in the country and no other strong water is to be sold." Mr. Gott was the one appointed to sell wine and strong water in Salem. John Blackleach, John Holgrave and William Pester had previously sold wine here.

At the same court, it was ordered "that all great cattle shall be herded, and they that plant are to secure their corn in the day- time; but if the cattle do hurt corn in the night, the owners of the cattle shall make good the damages."

At this court, Hugh Peter and William Hauthorne were appointed members of a commission to revise and compile the laws which applied to and were in force in the colony. The literary part of the work was performed by Rev. Nathaniel Ward of Ipswich. It was called the "Body of Liberties," and was adopted by the general court Dec. 10, 1641. Mr. Ward graduated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 1603; and at first practised law for several years, and then adopted theology. He preached in a parish in Hertfordshire for about ten years, and was un- ceremoniously silenced. He then emigrated to Massachusetts.

The first roads were only foot paths or paths for horseback riding. When the earth was bare, carts with two wheels soon began to be used, and when snow was upon the ground sleds took their place. Roads were not constructed for some years. Neither were they repaired. The first record of the town of this nature was the order, Feb. 15, 1635-6, "that whosoever hath or shall cut any trees and leave [them] in the paths about the town to the disturbance of carts, cattle or passengers" should remove them within fifteen days. March 3, 1637-8, the town voted that high- ways should be mended by the citizens, under order of Thomas Gardner, Richard Brackenbury and John Balch, as overseers. Aug. 19, 1639, the town first chose surveyors for the mending of highways, Thomas Gardner and Jarvais Garford being elected. Feb. 26, 1643-4, Roger Conant and John Balch were chosen by the town to mend the highway between Wenham and "the head of the river." June 13, 1644, the town ordered that Mr. Downing and Mr. Batter shall be surveyors of the highway to- wards the mill and the farms "that ways," and Goodman Scruggs and Mr. Conant of the highways "towards Wenham and that

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ways." Surveyors of highways are not again mentioned until

1658.1 They were usually appointed by the selectmen, and fre- quently called overseers.

Jan. 13, 1644-5, the "seven men" ordered that owners of land and houses next the water side should maintain a good way for horse and man of at least eight feet in width, and be liable for such ways as are defective.

1April 26, 1658, for Cape Ann Side, were chosen William Dixe and James Patch; for the town, John Neale and William Flint; to Strong- water brook and at Thomas James' and Mr. Gardner's and for the bridges about the Governor's farm, Jacob Barney and Thomas Putnam. Nov. 21, 1658, John Patch was chosen for Cape Ann Side, in the place of his brother.

March 14, 1659-60, from the bridge to the Neck, Thomas Hale and Philip Cromwell; for Cape Ann Side and to Farmer Porter's, Henry Herrick, sr., and John Lovett, sr .; and for the county highways between the bridge and Crane River, etc., John Porter and Thomas Putnam.

Jan. 8, 1660-1, between Frost-fish River and Horse bridge, "as you go to Ipswich," John Porter and Jacob Barney. April 22, 1661, on Cape Ann Side, Thomas Lawthrope and Roger Haskall.

Dec. 23, 1662, for the town to the foot of the hill beyond the bridge, William Flint and John Neale; for Cape Ann Side and Bass River, William Dodge, sr., John Dodge (Richard's son) ; from Cape Ann Side to the bridge at the town, John Porter and Jacob Barney, sr .; and from Nicholas Phelps' to Thomas Goldthwaite's and thence by the pond by the way to Lynn, Thomas Flint and John Southwick.

Nov. 18, 1664, from the bridge at the end of the town to the lines of the towns of Lynn, Ipswich, Andover and Topsfield, Nathaniel Felton and Samuel Eborne.

March 6. 1666, for Cape Ann Side, Edward Bishop and William Dodge, jr .; beyond Strongwater brook, Richard Leech and Anthony Buckston; and "this side of Strongwater brook," John Neale and John Pickering.

March 12, 1666-7, "from the town to the bridge," Edward Flint and Thomas Robbins; "beyond the bridge," Samuel Aburne and Josiah South- wick; and for Cape Ann Side, Benjamin Balch and Lot Conant.

March 20. 1667-8, from the bridge to the lower part of the town, William Brown, jr., and John Pickering; "beyond the bridge" to Benjamin Scarlet's, William Traske and Samuel Gascoine; "for the farms beyond Ben. Scarlet's," Thomas Putnam, Robert Prince and John Porter; and for Cape Ann Side, William Rayment and John Patch.

July 21, 1669, Nathaniel Putnam, Joshua Rea and Joseph Huchenson were appointed as overseers to mend all country and county highways, beginning at Rum bridge near Benjamin Scarlet's and so to John Procter's and any and everywhere about the farms; and from the bridge or causeway at the town's end and so downwards in all parts of the town "till you come to Mordechaie Crevet's," Henry Bartholmew and Eliezer Hauthorne,

March 18, 1669-70, between the causeway and Winter Island, Edward Flint and Anthony Ashby; and from the causeway or bridge to the farms and to John Procter's and other ways, Anthony Buxton and Jacob Barney, jr.

April 4, 1671, between Strongwater brook and Winter Island, William Flint, John Neal, Joseph Phippen, sr., and John Massey; and from Strong- water brook up to the farms and all other ways, John Southwick and Eleazer Giles.

Nov. 13, 1672, William Flint, Joshua Buffum and Josiah Southwick, "Espetially the Grt bridge at the Townes End and strong Watter brooke."

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March 3, 1637-8, Edward Calcott1 desired to become an in- habitant and to have a ten-acre lot. There was granted to Jeffry Massey and Richard Brackenbury fifty acres of land adjoining the land formerly granted, in consideration that they had fifty acres of rocks granted to them formerly, which was useless.

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The history of Salem, Massachusetts, vol 2, 1924, Part 1

Author: Perley, Sidney, 1858-1928 Publication date: 1924 Publisher: Salem, Mass., S. Perley Number of Pages: 602

Author: Perley, Sidney, 1858-1928
Publication date: 1924
Publisher: Salem, Mass., S. Perley
Number of Pages: 602