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son Hugh, " all my Remaining Land in Sanford Lott so Called with all the Buildings thereon not heretofore Disposed of also all my Medow beyond the Ditch which I have not heretofore Dis- posed of," and " One half part of my whole Right in Oak Jsland so Called." November 27, 1741, as above stated, Hugh Floyd, second of the name, purchased twenty acres which had belonged to his brother Benjamin. June 10, 1742, Hugh Floyd mortgaged to James Smith of Boston for 375 ounces of coined silver 102 acres " Consisting of Mowing Land Pasture Land and Tillage Land being all my Land in said Chelsea," with the buildings thereon. It was bounded south on Judge Dudley ; east on Samuel Tuttle, the successor of Joseph Ingraham; north on the town road and Capt. Nathaniel Oliver; and west on the Country Road from Winnisimmet to Lynn. This was the little Cogan farm less the ten and one half acres in the possession of N. Oliver, Jr. (Suff. Deeds, L. 63, f. 146; relcased October 11, 1750. Decem- ber 31, 1744, he mortgaged the same land to Paul Dudley; rc- lcased October 10, 1750. Ibid., L. 69, f. 176.) In 1746 Hugh Floyd was mentioned as lessec of the Dudley farm, which lay to the south. (Ibid., L. 79, f. 142.)
March 25, 1746, Hugh Floyd and Mary his wife, for £2000 old tenor, conveyed to Samuel Tuttle, Tanner, forty-two acres of pasture land bounded south on Judge Dudley's farm, west on said Floyd, north on the town road, and east on said Tuttle. This was stated to be twenty acres, formerly belonging to Benjamin Floyd, and the " stump pasture." (Ibid., L. 79, f. 156; recorded March 5, 1750.) The land to the east, owned by Tuttle, was a part of the Edward Tuttle farm. (Infra, Appendix 11.) On the same day Samuel Tuttle and wife Anne conveyed for £1000 to Benjamin Tuttle, the western twenty-two acres thereof "enclosed with a stone wall." (Ibid., L. 79, f. 156; recorded March 5, 1750.) Feb- ruary 1, 1753, Benjamin Tuttle conveyed the above twenty-two acres to Nathan Cheever. (Ibid., L. 82, f. 21.) February 17, 1761, Nathan Cheever conveyed the same to Samuel Sergeant, who had purchased the land to the west. On the east, the land was then bounded by land of Hugh Hall. (Ibid., L. 95, f. 240.)
December 26, 1749, Hugh Floyd with wife Mary conveyed to Nathaniel Oliver, Junr, of Chelsea, for £11,000 old tenor, sixty acres, the westerly portion of his farm, lying between the land sold to Samuel Tuttle, and the road from Winnisimmet to Lynn, with "one Mansion Out Kitchen, two barns, work house, Tan- house and Yard, with other Outhouses, Wood, Trees, Orchards, Fences, Cydermill and Press," etc., and eight acres, across the
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road, in Malden "with one Dwelling house thereon, Orcharding," etc. The latter was a wedge-shaped piece of land with Thomas Wait south and Simon Grover northwest (L. 78, f. 218; acknowl- edged September 10, 1750; recorded September 11). August 13, 1750, Nathaniel Oliver, Junr., conveyed the same for £1200 " Lawful money of New England " to Samuel Sergeant (L. 78, f. 219. Acknowledged and recorded September 11, 1750). November 11, 1751, Samuel and Lois Sargeant mortgaged the abovesaid land to Luey Dudley, widow of Paul Dudley. There was " one Mansion house, two Barns, Workhouse," ete., on the land in Chelsea; also eight acres in Malden with a dwelling-house thereon (L. 80, f. 121; released in 1789, L. 166, f. 235. For an earlier mortgage to Paul Dudley, dated October 1, 1750, and re- leased in 1753, see L. 78, f. 280). In 1761, Samuel Sargeant bought, as above mentioned, twenty aeres to the east and thus his farm contained eighty acres in Chelsea and eight aeres in Malden. March 3, 1782, Captain Samuel Sargeant purchased of Jonathan Williams the western thirty-two acres of the Dudley farm, which adjoined his land to the south (L. 134, f. 214, see chapter xix.). In 1798 Samuel Sargeant was taxed for a farm of 110 acres; for four lots of salt-marsh and two lots of wood- land. The house covered 928 feet, was of two stories, had 24 win- dows, and, with a "shop " and " Chaise House " which covered 560 feet, and one aere of land, was valued at $715. The barns were 40 × 30 and 31 × 16 feet; the corn barn 14 × 12; the tan house 40 × 24; the shed 30 × 10. One hundred and nine aeres with the outhousing was valued at $1500. When Hopkins' Atlas was prepared Oliver Pratt owned this farm.
The Inventory of " Hugh Floyd, late of Chelsea," taken Deeem- ber 8, 1789, by Joshua Cheever and James Stowers shows no real estate in Chelsea. It footed £11: 5: 4. (Suff. Prob. Rec., L. 88, f. 687.) March 6, 1760, Hugh Floyd was mentioned as a tenant on James Bowdoin's farm at Pullen Point ( Chelsca Town Records). Hugh Floyd was born May 13, 1704 (Boston records), and died in September, 1789. (Church Records.) His children by his wife Mary, recorded at Chelsea, were: Mary, born 1730-5th day 3d month ; Elener, 1731-27-8 ; Hugh, 1732-2-2; Peter, 1734- 6-6; Hannah, 1735-27-12; Susannah, 1737-26-11; William, 1739-27-6 (baptized April 12, 1741) ; Stephen, 1741-17-[ ] (baptized Nov. 22, 1741) ; Andrew, 1743-17-10 [?] baptized Dec. 25, 1743.)
As above shown, Samuel Tuttle bought forty-two acres of the Sanford lot from Hugh Floyd in 1746, and conveyed the western twenty-two aeres thereof to Benjamin Tuttle. May 13, 1749,
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he conveyed the fifteen aeres east of this for £300 to Nathaniel Oliver, Jr., who mortgaged it May 20, 1749, to Hugh Hall. (L. 77, f. 150.) July 28, 1774, Foster Hutchinson, as executor of the estate of Hugh Hall, conveyed the land to William Low, whose homestead was on the Hasey farm. (L. 126, f. 213.) William Low, by will probated April 10, 1787, divided this " Field ealled Hall's Hill " between his sons William and Samuel Low, and his daughter Mary Low. (Suff. Prob. Ree., L. 86, f. 171.) When the direet tax of 1798 was assessed, Samuel Low and " Polly " Low owned the field, which was under the improvement of William Pratt, tenant of Samuel Low on a farm near the meeting-house. (See infra, Appendix 12; also Suff. Deeds, L. 183, f. 20, Wm. and Elizabeth Low to Samuel Low.) May 13, 1749, the land was deseribed as measuring north seventy rods eighteen links on the road; west fifty-one rods eighteen links on the land of Benj. Tuttle; south sixty-two rods seven links on Paul Dudley ; east twenty-eight rods seven links on Samuel Tuttle. (Suff. Deeds, L. 77, f. 149.)
June 23, 1750, Samuel Tuttle conveyed to Samuel Floyd the remainder of the land in the Sanford Lot, that he had bought of Hugh Floyd, namely, the easternmost five and three fourths aeres (Suff. Deeds, L. 81, f. 242; recorded January 12, 1753). Sep- tember 10, 1771, Samuel Floyd, husbandman, for £40 eon- veyed this, then estimated as six acres of upland to his son Samuel Floyd, Junr, of Chelsea, husbandman. It was bounded north on the Town road; northeast and east on lands of Phillips Payson ; south and southwest on lands of Captain Williams; west and northwest on "lands now oeeupied by William Low." There was no mention of a house on the land. (Suff. Deeds, L. 122, f. 143.) Samuel Floyd, Jr., was the son of Samuel and Joanna Floyd, and married April 20, 1779, Susanna Sargeant, daughter of John Sargeant of Pullen Point, where Floyd became possessed of lands in 1783. (Infra, Appendix 10.) April 8, 1783, Samuel Floyd and his wife Susanna conveyed these six aeres to Jonathan Fuller. The deseription was the same except, - south and southwest on lands of Captain Samuel Clark; west and northwest on lands of William Low. (See L. 138, f. 25; L. 497, f. 166.) The land was taxed to Jonathan Fuller in 1798. Thus the land south of Malden Street owned by D. T. Fuller and E. Kimball when Hopkins' Atlas was prepared, formed originally a part of the little Cogan farm. Their southern boundary was the division line between the little Cogan and little Keayne farms; their eastern bound, the division line between the little Cogan and the Tuttle farm. Presumably the northern line of the estates of D. T.
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and Chas. E. Fuller north of Malden Street, represents the division line between the little Cogan and great Keayne farms.
Hugh Floyd, first of the name, by will in 1730 gave to his son Samuel Floyd " my Pasture Land Adjoyning to the Twenty Acres which I lately sold him which lyeth next unto John Floyds Land with all the Buildings thereon," etc .; "also all my Marsh Land Between the two ditches," subject to certain rights of way; "also half my Marsh beyond the ditch Excepting the Sixteen Acres hereafter Given to my son Benjamin, also half my Land in Oak- Jsland," etc .; all of this land had belonged to the Cogan great farm. Samuel Floyd, by deed acknowledged at Lynn May 2, 1734, conveyed to John Floyd, for £400 bills of credit, four parcels of land -(1) six acres of upland "part of the Jsland formerly known by the name of Coginses Jsland & more laterly Called Oak Island "; (2) six acres of marsh adjoining thereto, - the two being bounded by John Floyd on the south and southwest; (3) three acres of marsh with Jabez Sargeant on the west, John Floyd north and northeast, Edward Tuttle southwest; (4) ten acres of salt marsh bounded south and southeast on the beach, west by Th. Wait, and on all other sides by John Floyd. (Suff. Decds, L. 61, f. 7; recorded October 15, 1740.) After this sale Samuel Floyd retained a homestead of about 125 acres in the southwestern portion of the Cogan great farm, north of the land later occupied by Phillips Payson (originally the Tuttle farm) and east of the Oliver (formerly the Keayne great) farm. (L. 70, f. 18; L. 91, f. 87; L. 118, ff. 220, 221. See infra, Appendix 12; also chap. xxi.) September 9, 1740, Samuel Floyd, son of Hugh Floyd, with his wife Joanna mortgaged to the Manufactory Co. for £100, sixteen and one-half acres of upland with five acres of salt marsh adjoining thereto, - bounded west on land of Nath. Oliver, Jr., south and north on the land of Samuel Floyd by a ditch and wall, and northeast from a ditch to a ditch, by a ditch leading northwest toward the upland; apparently, therefore, part of the marsh-land between the ditches mentioned in his father's will. The northwest corner of the mortgaged estate seems to have touched the point where the land of Nathaniel Oliver, Jr., joined the marsh of Paul Dudley. (L. 60, f. 45; infra, chap. xix.) The children of Samuel and Joanna Floyd as recorded at Chelsea were: Tabatha, born 1729-the 4th day 4th month ; Joanna, 1731-6-12; Samuel, 1733-6-12; Noah, 1735-26-6; Joseph, 1737-27-1; Rachel, 1739-30-10; Nathanael, 1741-11-4; David, 1742-20-10 [?] (baptized Nov. 21, 1742) ; Nathan, 1744-16-1; Benjamin, 1746-3-3. All were baptized at Rum- ney Marsh as was also, June 25, 1738, a son Ezra, whose name
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does not appear on the town records. Presumably he died before the family genealogy was entered there.
June 21, 1759, Rev. Nathaniel Henchman of Lynn obtained possession, by writ of execution against Samuel Floyd, of a seven- acre " Field on the Westerly side of the Lane that leads up to the North side of the said Samuel's Dwelling house "; and also of thirty-three acres of "Upland Tillage and Pasture land " bounded cast on land "now or late of John Floyd "; north and west on land " now or late of Samuel Floyd "; south " partly on a small Field adjoining to Land of John Floyd," partly on the above seven-acre field, and partly on land late of Daniel Tuttle; west, partly on the seven-acre field. (Suff. Deeds, L. 93, f. 95.) This land passed from the estate of Nathaniel Henchman to Dr. Humphrey Devereaux and his wife, of Marblehead, she being a daughter of Rev. Nathaniel Henchman. (Suff. Deeds, L. 102, ff. 208, 209, etc.) May 28, 1764, Samuel Floyd conveyed to Thomas Pratt for £53 68. 8d., twenty acres of upland and marsh. This land was bounded on the west by the Oliver farm, then owned by Hon. Thomas Flucker and Mr. Pitts, and by the marsh of Joseph Dudley; on the north and east by creeks, ditches and marsh land; and on the southeast by the above mentioned land of Henchman, and marsh of Samuel Floyd to " the road that leads to the Beach "; south on said Floyd. (L. 104, f. 11.) Pratt con- veyed this, March 29, 1765, to Lydia Henchinan of Marblehead, widow of Rev. Nathaniel Henchman. (L. 104, f. 76. See also L. 86, f. 184.) June 24, 1766, Samuel Floyd with his wife Joanna conveyed to Lydia Henchman, widow, of Marblehead, for £333 6s. 8d., twelve acres of " Tillage land and orcharding . . . with the dwelling house which I now Inhabit and the barn standing on part of the same land." This was bounded east on John Floyd ; north and west on Dr. Devereaux and said Lydia Henchman ; south on Samuel Sprague. The land of Samuel Sprague had formerly been the farm of Daniel Tuttle, and when Hopkins' Atlas was prepared belonged to H. F. Cooledge. Floyd also conveyed, by the same deed, fifteen acres in the dammed marsh, John Floyd owning marsh to the north; thirty acres of salt marsh lying to the north of upland belonging to Dr. Devereaux and Lydia Henchman ; eight acres of pasture, bounded west on the Oliver farm (Pitts and Flucker), south on Phillips Payson, north and east on said Henchman and Dr. Devereaux. (L. 108, f. 266; see also L. 93, f. 169; L. 108, f. 265; L. 104, f. 238.)
Thus about 125 acres of the farm of Samuel Floyd, son of Hugh Floyd and grandson of Captain John Floyd, passed to Nathaniel and Lydia Henchman, and their son-in-law Dr. Dev-
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ereaux, and thence to Samuel Sewall of Marblehead and his wife Abigail, daughter of Dr. Humphrey Devereaux. In 1798 Hugh Floyd was tenant and Samuel Sewall was owner of the farm, which was taxed as containing one hundred and ten aeres ($1766). The house covered 720 feet, was of two stories, had 15 windows, was "Verry Old," and with one-half an acre of land was valued at $275. The barn was 50 X 30. December 30, 1802, Samuel Sewall and his wife Abigail mortgaged the farm for $2000. It then contained 1231/4 acres of " Upland Orcharding and Salt Marsh " with a dwelling-house and barn and was described as being in the occupation of David Floyd; also, 15 acres adjoining the south corner of the farm in the dammed marsh and 7 acres of salt marsh to the N. of the farm, - the latter being apparently marsh bought of Isaac Chittenden, and sold later to Rev. Joseph Tucker- man. (L. 203, f. 269; L. 217, f. 289.) Possibly the tenant of 1798 was the son of Hugh and Mary Floyd of the little Cogan farm, born February 2, 1731/2, married Rachel Floyd May 10, 1759, and had a son David born 1767-7th day-6th month. Nine children of Hugh and Rachel Floyd, born between 1760 and 1780, arc recorded at Chelsea. Hugh Floyd died in August, 1800.
March 23, 1807, Samuel Sewall, Esq., of Marblehead, and his wife Abigail, for $1550 conveyed to David Floyd of Chelsea, hus- bandman, 26 acres of upland and marsh on the westerly side of the Salem turnpike, - the land, it is stated, having been " heretofore in occupation of said Floyd." This was bounded S.W. on land " now or late" of the heirs of Rev. Phillips Payson from said road to land of Nathaniel Hall; N. W. on said Hall and Moses Collins to the marsh now or late of Naylor Hatch; N.E. said Hatch and marsh lately conveyed by us to Rev. Joseph Tucker- man, to Daniel Pratt's marsh; S.E. and N.E. on said Pratt to the Turnpike. May 1, 1848, David Floyd and his wife Hannah conveyed to David Floyd, Jr., for $2500, thirty-one acres, it being land conveyed to him as above by Samucl Sewall in 1807, and by Daniel Pratt April 29, 1830. Its N.W. bound was a line 147 rods 16 links long from the Phillips Payson, later the B. H. Dewing, estate to a creek, bounding on land of Nathaniel Hall and Moses Collins (Suff. Deeds, L. 219, f. 265 ; L. 345, f. 285; L. 590, f. 290). The land of Nathaniel Hall was upland of the great Keayne farm; the land of Collins was salt-marsh of the great Keaync farm given in 1702, with the small Keayne farm, to Paul Dudley. (See chaps. xix. and xxi.) Thus this dced, in giving the western bound of David Floyd's farm, gives the parting line between the great Cogan and the great Keayne farms. The line
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can be clearly traced on Hopkins' Atlas. It extends north from the northwest corner of the B. H. Dewing estate to the Pines River. The north boundary of B. H. Dewing, west of Broadway, formed the southern boundary of the great Cogan farm. All the land pictured on Plate R., vol. iv., Hopkins' Atlas, belonged to the great Cogan farm except a narrow strip west of H. F. Cooledge.
The balance of the Sewall farm, formerly that of Samuel Floyd, that is, the land lying East of the turnpike, remained in the possession of Samuel Sewall and his wife Abigail, and passed to their heirs. A plot of the land according to survey of May 10, 1852, with the position of the farm buildings marked thereon, may be seen in Suff. Deeds, L. 636, f. 303. There were 60 acres of upland and 40 acres of salt-marsh. (See also L. 585, f. 113; L. 642, ff. 29-33, etc.)
John Floyd, son of Captain John Floyd who died in 1701, lived on the southeastern portion of the great Cogan farm. Two children were, recorded at Malden: John, born Aug. 19, 1687, and Rachel, born Dec. 25, 1690. Later, as a resident of Rumney Marsh, he was active politically and often in office. Starting as fence viewer in 1697 (also in 1705, 1708, 1712), he was surveyor in 1699 and 1706; representative of the dis- trict of Rumney Marsh on the Boston board of assessors in 1716, 1717, 1720, and 1723. In the second volume of Town Papers, in the Office of the Registry of Births, etc., in the old Court House in Boston, are two interesting letters, dated September 12 and December 2, 1719, from Joshua Bill to the Treasurer of Boston, in which he complains bitterly of having been chosen constable, attributing it to John Floyd, the assessor, whom he calls the "Lord Ruler att Winisimit att that time." John Floyd was one of the founders of the Rumney Marsh church in 1715. According to the tombstone at Revere, Lieutenant Floyd died January 7, 1723/4 in the 58th year of his age. According to the Vital Records of Lynn he was born Feb. 20, 1664/5, and hence died in the 59th year of his age. His will, dated September 27, 1723, was probated February 24, 1723/4. The witnesses were Daniel Floyd, John and Jacob Chamberlain, Jacob Hasey. To his wife Rachel he allotted two rooms in the west end of his dwelling with cellar room, all his household goods, and an annuity of £10 jn money. He made a similarly minute provision for sup- plying her with the necessaries of life, and for the use of a horse, that his brother Hugh Floyd, Thomas Pratt, Thomas Cheever, and others made for their wives. The negro boy Jack was to serve her for life; then to revert to his son, John.
To his son, John Floyd, he gave his " Dwelling House & Barn
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and all my outhousing and all iny Lands both Upland & Salt Marsh, all within the Bounds of Boston I give it all to him and his hcirs forever," subject to the widow's rights and the payment of the legacies. He gave to his daughter Rachel Pratt £100 and the negro man, Cæsar ; to daugliter Abigail Tuttle £100 and the negro woman, Sarah; to Joanna Floyd £70 at time of her marriage, and £100 more within four years of his decease; to his grandsons, James and John Nicolls, £50 cach when they attained their majority ; to the "Church of Christ in Rumncy Marsh," £10 (Suff. Prob. Rec., L. 23, f. 122). Rachel Floyd was married to Ebenczer Pratt, March 29, 1711; Abigail Floyd, to Samuel Tuttle, Decem- ber 3, 1713; Tabitha Floyd to James Nicholls, July 9, 1719; Joanna Floyd to Samuel Floyd, February 8, 1727/8.
John Floyd, son of John and Rachel Floyd, was born in Malden, August 19, 1687, and married Mary Tuttle May 27, 1712. He lived for twelve years on the Sale farm, - presumably from his marriage in 1712 until his father's death in 1724. Record is found of the following children: John, baptized April 1, 1716; John, baptized July 13, 1718; Mary, baptized April 16, 1721; Jacob, baptized July 15, 1722, died in March, 1775, aged 53; Mary, baptized April 5, 1724; Sarah, born 1726-23d day-11th month, and baptized Nov. 27, 1726; James, born 1729-30th day-10th month, and baptized Nov. 2, 1729. His wife Mary died, according to the tombstone in. Revere, June 18, 1732, in the thirty-ninth year of her age. He died in November, 1775.
The will of John Floyd of Chelsea, husbandman, dated April 26, 1773, was probated February 6, 1776. The witnesses were Benj. Tuttle, Samuel Floyd, Jr., and Nathan Floyd. To his son James Floyd, whom he appointed his executor, he gave all his estate, both real and personal, subject to the payment of the following legacies: To his daughter Rachel, wife of Samuel Sprague, £10; to his daughter Sarah, wife of Deacon Sale, £10; to his grandchildren Richard Floyd and his sister, children of his son John, deceased, £5 each, - no more because of " the large sums I gave to and paid for their father." To his wife Hannah he gave 20 sh. and her right of dower according to law. (August 24, 1763, John Floyd married the widow Hannah Bill, who died before her husband, in September, 1775.) To Jacob Floyd he gave 40s. a year for life, and the right to live in the house and to have " all the necessaries and comforts of life, with decent Cloth- ing for labour and to attend the public Worship of God, shall have meat, drink, Washing and lodging, his Taxes all paid and if sick his Nurses & Doctors shall be paid all out of my estate " etc.
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To the wife of his son James he gave a silver tankard. (Suff. Prob. Rec., L. 75, f. 8.)
The children of James and Hannah Floyd as recorded at Chel- sea were: Hannah, born 1758-30th day-3d month; John, born 1760-9-3, died 1768-31-3; James, born 1762-17-3; Jacob, 1764-22-6; died July 30, 1849 aged 85; Charlotte, born 1766- 6-[9?]; baptized Oct. 5, 1766; Mary, 1769-31-7; John born 1772-15-11, died 1818-13-4.
The will of James Floyd of Chelsea, dated June 27, 1793, was probated November 30, 1822, by his son James Floyd, executor. To his wife Hannah he allotted the west room and chamber and as much of the kitchen and cellar as she needed, etc. To his son James Floyd he gave one third of his lands, all of his farming utensils and cattle and the east end of his dwelling and barn until the death of his wife; then the housing was to be divided between his three sons. To Jacob and John he gave each one third of his lands and a living in the house; to his daughter Hannah Butman, a living in the house " so long as she continued to be deserted by her husband " and £60; to daughters Mary and Charlotte Floyd, £60 each and a living in the house till their marriage. November 30, 1822, Uriah Oakes, Hannah Butman, Mary Floyd, Jacob Floyd, and James Floyd shared the personal property.
In 1798 James Floyd was taxed for a farm of 71 acres, bounded S. by William Harris (Tuttle farm) ; W. by Samuel Sewall; N. by Thomas Hill and others (marshland) ; E. by the Beach; also 23 acres of woodland in the "Pan-handle"; 23 acres in the dammed marsh; and 20 acres of saltmarsh in the home farm, with the Beach to the east. The house covered 1350 feet, was of 2 stories, had 19 windows, was " Old "; with a one-story " Wood and Chaise House" that covered 361 feet, and an acre of land, it was valued at $660. The site of this house can be seen on the survey made for the Eastern Railroad in 1836. According to the inventory taken December 10, 1822, James Floyd possessed at the time of his death 66 acres of upland, which with the build- ings thereon were valued at $3,960; 22 acres of saltmarsh; 28 acres of "Dyke marsh "; 47 acres of woodland; in all 163 acres. (Suff. Prob. Rec., L. 120 2, ff. 401, 431; L 121 2, f. 288.) July 3, 1787, James Floyd, Jr., married at Chelsea Eunice Boardman, daughter of Aaron Boardman of " Chelsea Pan-handle." (Suff. Deeds, L. 218, f. 72.) He died in 1851. For the division of his estate between his sons, George W. Floyd and John Floyd, see Suff. Deeds, L. 621, ff. 27, 28. The line of demarcation there drawn can be identified on Hopkins' Atlas (1874, vol. iv. Plate R) as the east line of the lands marked "Worcester." This land,
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now crossed by the Eastern R. R. and Revere Street, was the home- stead. Presumably Revere Street marks the cartway to the beach mentioned in the deeds of Samuel Floyd and his assignees; the beach northerly from Beach Street was known in early days as the beach leading to John Floyd's house. ]
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