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;. In Littell Halfe-moone, two acres, more or lesse, bounded north east with the medow of Richard Holden, & on all other poynts with swamp & the town's vp-land.
4. Lying vpon the South Brooke by ye pond, nine acres, more or lesse, bounded south-west with the medow of Ellis Baron, & on all other poynts with the town's vp-land.
5. In Long-Medow, two acres, more or lesse, bounded east with the medow of William Longly, west with the medow of James Knop, north & south with the town's upland.
6. In South Medow, three acres and a halfe, more or lesse, bounded north. with the medow of Justinian Holden, south wt ye medow of Joseph Blud, west with the medow of William Longly, & east with the town's vpland.
Decem. 2, 1664. Revised, aproved, & confirmed by the Select- men, according to order [of the] towne, provided yt if the nine a[cres ] . . . South Brook is to be twenty . . . as is reported . ..
Thomas Tarbole doth consent, that if the towne make it vp nine acres of moable medow, they may dispose of the remainder.
December 27. 1664. It was this daye voated and granted, and is herby declared, yt Thomas Tarbole shall hencforth quiately posese and inioy all his medow acording as it was layd out by the suruayers, not withstanding any former agremente to the contrarey.
JAMES FISKE, in the name of the town.
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THE LANDS OF THOMAS TARBALL, SENIOR.
I. Medow. Thre acres, more or lesse, lyeing at Cow Pond Brook, bounded south with John Page, and on all other poynts with the town's vplands, which medow he had by way of exchang with John Prestcoat.
· 2. Vpland. Seaventeene acres, mor or lesse, bounded south east sid of Sandy Pond, and on all other poynts with the town's comons:
These two last psells of land are annulle, and to be accounted noe record.
THE LANDS OF THOMAS TARBALL, SENIOR.
I. Medow. Three acres and a halfe, mor or lesse, lyeing at Cowpond Brook, bounded south with John Page, and on all other poynts with the town's vplands ; which medow he had by way of exchang with John Prescoat for three acres and a half in South Medow.
2. Vplands. Seauenteene acres, more or lesse, lyeing vp on the south east sid of Sandy Pond, bounded northeast with the way that goe to Long Medow, and on all other poynts with the town's comon.
Neare Sandy Pond, seauenteene acres, mor or lesse, bounded on the north east corner with the high way, and on all other poynts with the towne's common.
Vpland. Nine acres, more or lesse, bounded with the lands of . Nathaniell Lawrance westnortherly, and westsoutherly with the land of Nicolas Cady, and on all other poynts with the town's comons ; which nine acres hee haue of Serg. James Parker, by way of exchang for the sixe acres that was Simon Stone's in the Generall Feild, and four pound more which is to be payd in building betwixt this and May day next.
THE LANDS OF JONATHAN CRISP.
1. His Vplands. And ffirst, his houslot, twenty & eight acres, (with an addityon therevnto,) more or lesse, bounded south with the land of Christopher Halle, north with the town's comon & the
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land belonging to the minestry, east with the hie-way, west with the town's comon.
2. ' In the Generall Field, three acres, more or lesse, bounded east & west with ye hie-wayes, south w ye land of James Parker, north wt ye land of Samuell Davis.
2. His Medow. And ffirst, in fflaggy Medow, fiue acres, more or lesse, bounded south with ye medow of James Parker, east with the medow of Christopher Halle, & on all other poynts wt ye town's comon.
2. At Massabogue Brooke, three acres, more or lesse, lying on both sides of the brooke, bounded north with the medow of James Parker, & on all other poynts with the town's comon.
3. In Angle Medow, two acres, more or lesse, bounded south- easterly with ye medow of Ralph Reede, north with the medow of James ffisk, east & west with the town's comon.
Desember 27, 1664. Compeared and aproued by the Select men, in the nam and with the consente of the towne.
THE LANDS OF SERGEANT JAMES PARKER.
1. His Vplands. And ffirst, his hous-lot with that which ad- joyns to it, fifty acres, more or lesse, bounded southward with the land that belongs to the minestry, esterly and northerly with the Greate Half-moone Medow and with Broade Medow, westerly by John Nutting's vpland, northerly and on all other poynts with the hie-way.
2. fforty & six acres, more or lesse, bounded west with the vpland of William Lakin, south east with the land belonging to ye minestry, north with the land of Joseph Parker, and on all other poynts with the town's comon.
3. Sixteene acres, more or lesse, bounded south east with the vp- land of James ffisk, south west with the vpland of Jacob Onge, north west with the vpland of Samuell Woods & William Greene & James Parker, & on all other poynts on comon land.
4. Eleven acres, more or lesse, bounded north east with the land of William Greene, south east with the vplands of Jacob Onge, & on all other poynts with the comon.
5. ffiue acres, more or lesse, bounded southerly with ye vplands of John Nuttin. & on all other poynts w ye hie way.
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6. Two acres of swamp, more or lesse, bounded north with the land of William Lakin, south west with the land of Thomas Williams, & on all other poynts with the towne comon.
7. In.the Generall Field, seaven acres, more or lesse, bounded esterly with the with the [sic] land of Jonathan Crisp, west with the
lands of James Roberts, & on all other poynts with the hie wayes. :
8. Ten acres, more or lesse, bounded with the land of John Lakin, west with the land of Joseph Blud, & on all other poynts with the hie wayes.
9. One acre of swamp, more or lesse, bounded north west with the medow of John Laranc & with the swamp of Joseph Laranc, & on all other poynts with the town's swamp & vpland.
Io. ffiue acres of swamp & vpland, more or lesse, bounded east with the lands of James Parker, north-westerly with the medow of John Laranc, south with the vpland of Jacob Onge, east with the swamp of William Greene, & on all other poynts with the town's vpland.
2. His Medowes. And ffirst, in the Greate Halfe-moone Medow, medow & swamp fifteene acres, more or lesse, bounded north east with the medow belonging to ye minestry, & with the medow of William Lakin, north with the medow of Joseph Gilson, Timothy Allen, & the minestry, south easterly vpon the medow of John Larance & the town's vpland, & on all other poynts vpon the vpland of James Parker.
2. In Broade Medow, fiue acres, more or lesse, bounded north- erly with the medow of John Nuttin, westerly with the medow of Benjamine Garfield, Christopher Halle, Joseph Parker, John Page, & James Parker, on the west and south with the medow belong- ing to the minestry, east with the vpland of James Parker.
3. One acre & a halfe in Broade Medow, bounded on the north with ye medow of Joseph Parker, on the south with the medow of John Page, on the east wt ye medow of James Parker, & on the west with the town's vpland. This also is an acre by estimation, more or lesse, & a halfe should have been said as in the premises.
4. Six acres, more or lesse, lying in Massaboge Medow, bounded on the north west with the medow of Jonathan Crisp, southerly by the river. & on all other poynts wt ye town's vpland.
[5.] In filaggy Medow, three acres, more or lesse, bounded
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southerly with ye medow of Walter Skinner, northerly with the medow of Jonathan Crisp, & on all other poynts wt ye town's vpland.
6. In Angle Medow, ffiue acres, more or lesse, bounded esterly with the medow of Joseph Parker, south westerly with the medow of John Straton, & on all other poynts with the town's vp-land.
7. In the Greate fflaggy Medow, fower acres, more or lesse, bounded westerly with the medow of Christopher Halle, north west with the medow of James Parker, & all other poynts with the town's vpland.
8. In Spang Medow, fiue acres, more or lesse, bounded on the east with the medow of Thomas Tarbole, Senior, north east with the land of Timothy Allen and with Vnqete-norset Brook, on the east & north west & on all other poynts with the town's vp-land.
9. In the Burnt Medowes, lying in three parcells, in the one parcell, seauen acres, more or lesse, bounded north wt ye medow of Richard Sawtell, & on all other poynts with ye town's vpland. The second parcell is fiue acres, more or lesse, bounded on the west with ye medow of Richard Sawtell, & on all other .. . .
. 10. Twelue acres of vpland, more or lesse, bounded on the south west with the lands of John Laranc, Senior, & on all other poynts with the town's comon. This lieth on the north-east end of Gibbet Hill.
II. In Greate fflaggy Medow, three acres, more or lesse, bounded southerly with the medow of Christopher Halle, south-east wt ye mnedow of James Parker, & on all other poynts wt ye town's vpland.
12. In Angle Medow, four acres, more or lesse, bounded with ye medow of Jonathan Crisp southerly, and on all other poynts with the town's vpland.
13. In Maple Medow, two acres, more or lesse, bounded south- erly with the medow of Justinian Holdin, northerly wt the medow of Walter Skinner, & on all other poynts wt the town's vpland.
14. At Vnquetenorset Brooke, lying on both sides of it, two acres, more or lesse, bounded with the medow of Joshua Whitney south easterly, & on all other poynts with the town's vpland.
15. In Prety Medow, four acres, more or lesse, bounded west & north with the medow of Joseph Parker, & on all other poynts with yr town's vpland.
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16. In Spang Medow, four acres, more or lesse, bounded east ye medow of John Nuttin, north with the medow of Ellis Baron, west with the medow of James Parker, & on all other poynts with the town's vpland.
Reuised, aproued, & confirmed by ye Select men, acording to order of towne.
[In the handwriting of Richard Sawtell, Town Clerk, 1662-1665. The last four sections have been crossed out, by drawing lines through them.]
THE LANDS OF JAMES PARKER.
I. ffirst, his Vpland. Eighteene acres, more or lesse, lying on the north side of Browne Loafe Hill, bounded on all points with the town's commons. Two and twenty acres, more or [sic] lying at Baddicock, bounded partly by the lands of Samuell Woods, west- wardly & on all other points with the town's common. Seauen- teen acres, more or lesse, lying on the east side of the pond called Goodman Martin's Pond, bounded on all other points with the town's common.
2. Nine acres, more or less, bounded with the lands of Nathan- iell Lawrenc west northerly, west southwardly with the lands of John Clary, & on all other points with the town's commons.
I. His Meadow. ffirst, two acres, more or lesse, in Plaine Med- ow, bounded northwest by the meadow of William Martin, south east with the meadow of John Stratton, & on all other points with the town's vplands.
. Three acres, more or lesse, of meadow & vpland, lying on the south side of John Lawrence, his house lot, bounded by the swampe and vpland of Nathaniell Lawrence, westerly [so]uthwardly by the swamp and vpland of James Parker, [eas]terly by the swamp of Sam Woods, & on all other [points] with the town's common.
[Rev ]ised, alowed, & confirmed by the Select [men] accord- ing to the order of the towne.
6th 5™, 1666.
THE LANDS OF SERGENT JAMES PARKER.
I. Of Vpland. Fifteene acres, mor or lesse, lyeing in two psells, one psell bounded north and east with Nathaniell Lawrance, and on all other poynts on the town's common, the other psell bounded south
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with the lands of Nathaniell Lawrance, and on all other poynts with the land of James Parker and the town's common.
I. In Medow. In Prouidence Medow, three acres, mor or lesse, bounded north with the land and medow of Nathaniell Lawrance, south with the land of Samvell Woods, east by the town's common, west with James Parker.
2ły Two acres, more or lesse, bounded west with Samvell Woods, and on all other poynts with the town's vplands.
3ły Three acres, mor or lesse, lyeing on both sids of Brown Loafe Brooke, bounded north with Mr. Samvell Willard, west with Pelleg Lawrance, and on all other poynts with the town's vpland.
Revised, compared, and confirmed by the Select men, according to the order of the towne.
JOHN MORSE, Clark, Novem. 25, 16[70].
THE LANDS OF SERG. JAMES PARK[ER].
I. All the common land that lye on the west and north west sid of Gibbet Hill, be it more or lesse, bounded southerly with that peice that was the widow Lawrance's, and ptly with the town's land that lye by the side of Nathaniell Lawrance's houslot, and northerly by the high way that leadeth from the bridge into Badacock Woods, west northerly by the high way that goe from the bridge ouer to Serg. William Lakin's, and on all other poynts with the land of the sd Serg. 'James Parker's.
. 2. Ten acres, more or lesse, that was the widdow Lawrance's land, bounded southerly with the land of Natha[niel] Lawrance and Robert Parish, easterly with the hye way that run from Parish's land and thorow Nath. Lawrance's vp to Joseph Lawrance's land, and on all other poynts by the land of Sergent Parker.
3ły Twelue acres, more or lesse, lyeing on the northeast sid of Gib- bet Hill, bounded southerly with the land of Nathaniell Lawrance, and easterly with the land of Nathaniell Lawrance's, westerly with his owne land, and on all other poynts with the town's hye way, and near the pond.
Revised, compared, and confirmed by the sselect men, according to the order of the towne.
JOHN MORSSE, Clark, Janvary 18, 1671.
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THE LANDS OF SERGENT JAMES PARKER.
I. His Medows. In Plaine Medow, three acres, more or lesse, that was laid out to James Knop in the second division, east with William Martin, west with the medow of James Parker, and on all other poynts with the town's vplands.
2. In Round Medow, two acres, more or lesse, bounded southeast with John Nutten, northerly with William Greene, and on all other poynts with the town's vplands.
3. Two acres and a halfe, more or lesse, in a medow called fflaxe Medow, bounded on all poynts with the town's vplands.
4. In Little Bucke Medow, halfe an acre, mor or lesse, bounded northeast with the medow of Simon Stone, and on all other poynts with the town's vplands.
5. In Buck Medow Spang, two acres, more or lesse, bounded west with Joseph Parker, east with Nathaniell Blood, and north and south with the town's vplands.
6. In New Angle Medow, one acre, more or lesse, bounded south with William Longly, and on all other poynts with the countrey's vplands and medows.
7. In Reedy Medow, one acre, mor or lesse, bounded east with Richd Blood, west with William Elvee, and on all other poynts with the town's swamp and vplands.
8. In Great Halfe-moone Medow, two acres, mor or lesse, layd out to Joseph Gilson in his first division, bounded west by Timothy Allen, northeast with the smithe's medow, south with the medow of James Parker, William Lakin, and the town's vplands, north with the vplands of James Parker.
9. In Great Half-moone Medow, two acres, mor or lesse, layd out to the ministry in his first division, bounded cast with the medow of Timothy Allen, and on all other poynts with his own medows and vplands.
Io. One acre, more or lesse, at Weauer's Medow, bounded north- west with Joseph Parker, and on all other poynts with the town's vp- lands ; which acre James Parker had of Joseph Morsse for that in Great fflagy Medow.
Revised, compared, and confirmed by the Select men, accor[ding] to the order of the towne.
JOHN MORSE, Clark, Janev. . . .
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A bargain and exchang of lands between Sergent James Parker and Joseph Morse.
Three acres of medow, more or lesse, in fflagy Medow, bounded west southerly with Christopher Hall and Jonathans Crisp's medowes and the town's vplands, east and north with the medowes of James Parker, and on all other poynts with the town's vplands ; the which medow Joseph Morse had of the sd James Parker by way of exchang and purchase, for which parsell of medow the aforsaid Joseph Morse is to pa . . . like charges hence forward.
Revised, compared, and con[firmed] by the Select men, acording [to] order of the towne.
[In the handwriting of John Morse, Town Clerk, 1669-1676, 1679-1681.]
THE LANDS OF RALPH REEDE.
1. His Vplands. And ffirst, his hous lot with som addition, twenty & one acres, more or lesse, bounded south & east with the hie-way, north with ye land of Daniell Pierce, west on the town's comon land.
2. Thirteene acres, more or lesse, bounded west on James his brooke, north with the land of Daniell Pierce, east & south with the town's comon land.
2. His Medows. And ffirst, in Broade Medow, three acres, more or lesse, bounded south with the medow of Daniell Pierce, north with the medow of Ellis Baron, east wth ye vpland of Richard Saw- · tell, west with the town's comon.
2. In Pine Medow, six acres, more or lesse, bounded southwest wth the medow of Daniell Metup, north-east wt ye medow of James Knop & Ellis Baron, one or both of them, west with the town's comon.
3. In Long Medow, two acres, more or lesse, bounded east on Comon. Medow, west wt ye medow of Richard Holdin, north & south with ye town's comon.
4. In ye Little Halfe-moone Medow, two acres & a halfe, more or lesse, bounded north with the medow of Ellis Baron, east wt Richard Holdin, south & west with comon land.
5. In the Cow-pond Medow, one acre & a halfe, more or lesse, bounded with the medow of James Knop, & the town's vpland.
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6. In Angle Medow, three acres, more or lesse, bounded north easterly with ye medow of John Stratton, west southerly with the medow of Jonathan Crisp, & all other poynts with the town's vpland.
More Vplands. Ten acres, more or lesse, bounded east north- erly with the lands of Samuell Davis, northwesterly with John Page his land, & on all other poynts wth ye town's comon.
2. Seaven acres, more or lesse, bounded northerly with the land of John Mos, easterly with the lands of Daniell Pierce, Richard Holdin, & Ralph Reede, and vpon all other poynts with the town's comon ..
3. In the Generall Field, fiue acres, more or lesse, bounded east with the lands of Thomas Tarbole, Junior, west with the land of Jacob Onge, south with James his brooke, north with ye hie-way.
[In the handwriting of Richard Sawtell, Town Clerk, 1662-1665.]
THE LANDS OF JAMES ROBERTS.
And first, his Medowes. And first, in Spring Medow, fiue acres, more or lesse, bounded on all poynts with the town's vpland.
2. In Seda Medow, two acres, more or lesse, bounded on all poynts w ye town's vpland.
3. In Sallo Medow, one acre & a halfe, more or lesse, lying in two parcells or spongs near, bounded on all poynts w ye town's vpland.
4. In Sargeant's Field Medow, one acre, more or lesse, bounded easterly wt ye medow of Allexander Rouse, & on all other poynts w ye town's vpland.
2. Secondly, his Vpland. And first, his house-lot wt som adition there vnto, twenty & four acres, more or lesse, bounded north & south w ye land of Joseph Parker, & on all other poynts with the town's comon.
In the Generall Field, two acres & a halfe, more or lesse; bounded westerly with the land of James Parker, easterly Wt the land of Jonathan Crisp, & on all other poynts with the hiewayes.
[In the handwriting of Richard Sawtell, Town Clerk, 1662-1665.]
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THE LANDS OF JAMES FISK. 1779081
1. His Vplands. And ffirst, his house lot, with som addition there vnto, thirty and two acres & halfe, more or lesse, bounded north esterly with the land of Samuell Woods, esterly with the land of Joseph Laranc, & on all other poynts with the town's comon and the hie-way.
2. Seaven acres & a halfe, more or lesse, bounded south west- erly with the land of Richard Sawtell, south est with the land of James ffisk, & vpon all other poynts with ye land of Richard Sawtell and the hie-waies.
3. Nineteene acres, more or lesse, bounded north with the land of James Parker, south west with the land of Joshua Whitny & Jacob Onge, & on all other poynts with the town's comon.
4. In the Generall Field, seaven acres, more or lesse, bounded south with land of John Lawranc, north with the land of Daniell Metup, west with the river, east with the hie way.
2. His Medowes. And ffirst, his Home Medow, eight acres, more or lesse, bounded south esterly with the vpland of John Clary & the hie way, south west with the land of Ellis Baron, Thomas Tarbole, Senior, and Richard Sawtell, & againe south east and south west vpon the land of Richard Sawtell, & vpon all other poynts with the vpland of James ffisk and the hie way.
2. In Cow-pond Medow, seaven acres, more or lesse, bounded · south west with the medow of John Lawranc, Senior, north east with the medow of John Clary, & vpon all other poynts with the river & town's vpland.
3. In East Medow, fiue acres, more or lesse, bounded with John Clary his medow, & on the town's vpland.
4. ffower acres, more or lesse, bounded south-westerly with the medow of Jonathan Crisp, north with the medow of Joseph Parker, & on all other poynts with the town's vpland. This medow is alienated for the 2 acres specified in the new book at Burnt Medow.
5. One acre of swamp, more or lesse, bounded south casterly with the vpland of Joh . . . south westerly with the swamp of Ellis Baron, north westerly with the medow of James frisk, north esterly with the hieway.
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The lands of James ffisk. Some of these pcells being altered & some aditions before confirmed and transcribed into another page, by which these aboue are not to be accorded as any record :
ffurst, his house lot with the addition there vnto, two acres and a halfe, more or lesse, bounded north [west]erly with the land of Sam Woods, easterly with [sic] of Nathaniell Lawrance & on the lands of John Clary, south eastwardly and on the south west with the countrey hy way.
[2.] Eleauen acres and a halfe, more or lesse, bounded south west- ward with with [sic] the lands of Richard Sawtill, and south west with his owne meadow and vpon all other points with the lands of Richard Sawtill and the hy way waies.
3. Thirty eight acres, more or lesse, bounded south west with the lands of Joshua Whittney & Jacob Onge, north with the hy way, & on all other points with the town's comon.
I. His Meadows. ffirst, his Home Meadow, eight acres, more or lesse, bounded south easterly with the vpland of John Clary, south the hie way, south west with the lands of Ellis Barron, Thomas Tarbell, Senior, & Richard Sawtill, & againe south west with the lands of Richard Sawtill, north with his owne vpland and · the country hie way lying northeast.
2. In the Cow Pond Meadow, seauen acres, bounded south- wardly with the meadow of John Lawrence, Senior, northeast with the meadow of John Clary, & on all other points with the brook and town's commons.
3. In the East Meadow, fiue acres, more or less, bounded with · the meadow of John Clary and on the vplands.
[4.] In Burnt Meadow, two acres, more or lesse, one of which bounded eastwardly with the meadow of Richard Sawtill, & on all other points with the town's lands ; the other acre bounded south- west with the meadow of Thomas Tarball, Junior, & on all other points with the town's vpland.
5. One acre of swamp land, more or lesse, bounded eastwardly with the land of John Clary, southwestwardly with the lands of Ellis Barron, north easterly with the hie way, & adioyning to his owne meadow northerly.
Reuised and alowed and confirmed by the Selectmen, according to the order of the towne, 6th 5"1", 1666.
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THE MEDOW OF JAMES FISKE.
Fiue acres, more or lesse, bounded easterdly with the brok, by Nicolas Cady, and on all other poynts with the town's vplands ; and on the west side of the brok, a litle psell of medow lyeing by it self vndeuided, of about an acre half of it. James ffiske's this . . . with the consent of . . .
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THE LANDS OF JAMES FISK.
I. At Jebite Hill, sixe acres of vpland and swamp, more or lesse, bounded west and south with the town's hye-way, east with the lands 'of Jacob Ong, and north with the lands of William Longley, Senior.
2. Towards the mill, fifteen acres, more or lesse, bounded north west with the land of Daniell Pearsse, south east with the lands of Ellis Barron, westerly by the hye way, and easterly with the town's comon.
3. Vpon Brownloafe Playne, foure acres, more or lesse, bounded easterly with the hye way that goe vnder Brownloaf Hill, southeast- erly with the lands of Capt. Parker and the hye way that goe from Thomas Boydon, and west with his owne lands.
4. A skirt of land of one acre, more or lesse, lyeing on the south west side of his own Cowpond Medow, and bounded on the east with his own medow, and on all other poynts with the town's .comñon.
5. Thirty one acres, more or lesse, lyeing of the south side of Way Pond, neare to Simon Stone's medow, bounded south east p'ly with the lands of Simon Stone and ptly with the lands of John Page, northwest taking in a corner of medow lyeing by Richard Sawtell's patches, and on all other poynts by the town's common.
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