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March 29, 1784, the heirs of Mary Tuttle, late of Chelsea, deceased, widow, conveyed to Rev. Phillips Payson for £45 51/2 acres bounded west on said Payson; N. on Mr. Trevitt; E. on Capt. Sprague's heirs, and S. on said heirs by the road or way to the dwelling house of said Sprague's heirs. (L. 142, f. 129.) This land sold to Payson passed to Dewing by the deeds cited above. Thus the western portion of Dewing's estate as represented
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on Hopkins' Atlas had formerly belonged to the farm of Nathaniel Tuttle; the eastern portion, to the farm of Edward Tuttle, second of the name.
Edward and Abigail Tuttle, July 6, 1719, conveyed to their son Daniel Tuttle by deed of gift 261/2 acres of upland; also 4 acres 70 poles of marsh, and 8 acres of swamp adjoining thereto, - the upland being at the east end of the farm. From the north- east corner of the upland of said Edward's farm, the line ran south as the line ran between the upland and marsh, and across the marsh of Nathaniel and Edward, about 19 poles; then south (or southeast in 1755) about 54 poles to a stake by a little ditch bounded northeast by marsh of my son Edward; then southwest by said ditch 28 poles; northwest 21/2 poles; north 141/2 poles ; west 51 poles " by Brothers swamp to where brother John's swamp line crosses the swamp"; then ran east (in 1755 south) about 291/2 poles " to the swamp on brother John's line "; then northwest 44 poles to a stake in the swamp about 63/4 poles south of the bounds between the upland and swamp between Edward and Daniel's upland; then north about 52 poles between Daniel and Edward's lands to stones lying in low ground about 143/4 poles from "Mr. Flaud's line "; then west 53 poles to stones in Nathaniel's line being again 143/4 poles from Mr. Flaud's line ; then north 143/4 poles to " Flaud's line "; then southeast on said " Flaud's line " about 1211/2 poles to the first bounds. A right of way to the marsh was reserved for Edward and Nathaniel. (L. 87, f. 231.)
Daniel Tuttle and Mary Lamson were married by Rev. Thomas Cheever, Nov. 19, 1730. Two children are recorded at Chelsea : Daniel born 1732-the 23d[?]day-6th month ; Mary, 1739-3-8[ ?]. Daniel Tuttle, Jr., died in December, 1762, aged thirty. Daniel Tuttle, Sr., died in August, 1771, aged 77; Mary, widow of Daniel Tuttle, died in February, 1775, aged 63. (Church Records.) No son Daniel appears in the list of the children of Edward and Abigail Tuttle. Possibly he was the son born March 11, 1693 [1694 ?] and recorded in Boston under another name.
March 11, 1761, Daniel Tuttle of Chelsea, husbandman, with his wife Mary, conveyed to Samuel Sprague of Chelsea, yeoman, for £213 6s. 8d. 321/2 acres with the buildings thereon. The line ran south on Jonathan Fuller and Edward Tuttle 71 rods; southeast on Edward Tuttle 441/2 rods, north along the west boundary of Tudor and Green's land 293/4 rods; east on said Green making a sınall bend 53 rods; south by said Green 153/4 rods; east by said Green 2 rods; northeast by Samuel Floyd 281/2 rods; north-
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west by Ed. Tuttle 583/4 rods; north by Samuel Floyd 183/4 rods ; northeast by said Floyd 661/2 rods. (L. 95, f. 250. For earlier conveyances to David Jenkins by way of mortgage, etc., see L. 87, f. 232; L. 94, f. 148; L. 95, f. 250.) Rights of way were in- cluded through " my Brother Edward Tuttle's land " to the Town Road; also through the land of Rev. Phillips Payson. These were vested in him by his father Edward Tuttle. The west boundary shows that a strip of upland between the lands of Edward Tuttle and the Floyd farm had been cut off from this farm. This was done by deed dated Nov. 26, 1760, when Daniel and Mary Tuttle for £30 conveyed five acres to Tabitha Wilson, who, in turn, conveyed the same to Jonathan Fuller, March 5, 1761. The land bounded south on land in the tenure and occupation of Edward Tuttle; north on land in the occupation of Samuel Floyd; east on land conveyed by Daniel Tuttle to Capt. David Jenkins; west on land of Rev. Phillips Payson. (L. 95, ff. 142, 262.) December 18, 1771, Jonathan Fuller and his wife Mary conveyed the same for £42 to Lydia Henchman of Marble- head, widow. (L. 120, f. 220). Henceforth this belonged to the Henchman, later the Sewall, formerly the Samuel Floyd, farm. The addition of this strip of land fourteen and one half poles wide accounts for the irregularity in the southern line of the Sewall farnı in 1852 (Suff. Deeds, L. 636, f. 303) ; also in the line of division between Plates Q. and R. in Hopkins' Atlas.
Samuel Sprague by will gave the use of the house on this farm to his wife Rachel for life. In April, 1791, title to the land was conveyed by the executors of the will of Capt. Samuel Sprague, through John Tukesbury, Jr., to James Stowers, - the consid- eration was £240. (L. 173, ff. 77, 78.) In 1798 the house, described as " Verry old," of two stories, with 12 windows, and covering 600 feet, was valued at $132, was owned by James Stowers (son-in- law of Samuel Sprague), and was occupied by James Stowers, Jr. The house lot and the upland of the farm were 19 acres, and were bounded north on Samuel Sewall (formerly the Samuel Floyd farm), east on Samuel Sewall and Phillips Payson; south on Vinton (the John Tuttle farm) and west on James Floyd (the Edward Tuttle farm). There adjoined it two lots of salt marsh containing eight and four acres respectively. In 1849 this farm, thirty-two acres of upland and marsh with a dwelling-house and other buildings thereon, was conveyed by Christopher C. Stowers to Henry F. Cooledge, in whose name it appears on Hopkins' Atlas. (L. 599, f. 140; see also L. 582, f. 194, etc.)
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The Elisha Tullle Farm
In 1689 Elisha Tuttle received the southwestern corner of his father's farm, with Edward Tuttle on the north and Jonathan Tuttle on the cast. March 26, 1690, for £57 he conveyed to Isaac Lewis 71% acres of upland bounded west on the Newgate farm; south on land of Lewis, - part of the original Cole farm; north and east on Elisha Tuttle. The land measured 20 poles at its west end on the Newgate farm and ran 120 poles to a point at the east end. He also conveyed 4 acres in the " Great Swamp," later called the dammed marsh, bounded north by the brook from the Cow bridge down to marsh of John Tuttle, etc. (Suff. Deeds, L. 15, f. 151.) October 6, 1710, he joined with the heirs of Lieutenant Joseph Hasey in the deed of the church plot. (L. 33, f. 244.)
July 15, 1719, Elisha Tuttle, Sr., of Rumney Marsh with his wife Hannah, conveyed to Elisha Tuttle, Jr., for £420 "all that his Farm ... in Rumney Marsh," and all buildings thereon " except the East end of the house from the top to the bottom " during the life of himself and his wife, also the stock and farm implements. The upland was bounded south on Isaac Lewis, on land given for the meeting-house, and on Hasey (from a point 20 feet from the east end of the meeting-house, to Jonathan Tuttle's land) ; east on Jonathan Tuttle; north on Edward Tuttle; west on the Newgate farm. The marsh was bounded east on a creek that ran between the said marsh and marsh of John and Jonathan Tuttle, north on marsh of Lieutenant John Floyd; west on marsh of Edward Tuttle and south on marsh of John Tuttle. (Suff. Deeds, L. 34, f. 48.)
March 29, 1728, Elisha Tuttle conveyed to Nathan Cheever for £20 bills of eredit, land adjoining the meeting-house plot to the east. It was bounded on Joseph Hallowell [Hasey] 15 rods 10 feet; east on Jonathan Tuttle 12 rods 71/2 feet; north on Elisha Tuttle running on a southwest line till it met the northeast corner of the meeting-house land; west on the meeting- house plot measuring there about 2 rods. This conveyance was recorded July 29, 1766. (L. 109, f. 35.) Nathan Cheever pur- chased, in 1730, three acres 60 poles from Jonathan Tuttle. (Infra, p. 223.) February 23, 1762, Nathan Cheever conveyed to the town of Chelsea for a pound a piece of land 32 feet square with its northwest corner on the road, bounded west on land belonging to the town (the meeting-house lot) and south, east, and north on said Cheever. The location of the pound received the attention of at least four town-meetings. August 21, 1759, a committee was
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appointed, and was instructed to consider the land "where the old mcetting House stood a Peace of land partly in Common and partly at Present in Possession of Cpt Jenkens." The meeting- house lot of 1710 extended 40 feet south of the building and to the south of it lay the farm of Lieutenant Joseph Hasey, a part of which had been purchased by Captain Jenkins. (See infra, Appen- dix 12.) Committees for the same purpose were appointed Septem- ber 3, 1759, and May 19, 1760. May 18, 1761, the town voted not to accept Mr. Nathan Cheever's proposal as to "a Spot of Land to Erect a pound upon," also, " not to have a Stone fence between the town and Mr. Nathan Cheever about the meeting house as said Mr. Cheever proposed." September 1, 1761, the town voted to accept this piece of land, which was deeded to it February 23, 1762, as above stated. (L. 97, f. 197. Sec also L. 219, f. 84.) October 27, 1769, Nathan Cheever conveyed to Jonathan Green for 10s. 8d. three poles of land, bounded west on land of the town of Chelsea near the northeast corner of said "Towns old meeting house," bounded north on the pound for the full length of the pound; then extending south from said pound 24 feet and bounded east and south on Nathan Cheever. (L. 126, f. 255.) In 1770 Nathan Cheever mortgaged three acres near the mect- ing-house bounded south by William Low (formerly of Joseph Hasey) ; east by Edward Watts (the Jonathan Tuttle farm) ; north, west and northwest by the road, by land of Jonathan Green, by the meeting-house plot, and by the town's pound. (L. 116, f. 236.) This land was inherited by Joshua Cheever, son of Nathan Cheever (see supra, Appendix 5). April 12, 1792, Joshua Cheever with his wife Abigail conveyed to Abijah Hastings, Jr., of Chelsca for £19 three fourths of an acre bounded south on John Low; east on said Cheever; northwest, west, and north on the town road leading to Chelsea meeting-house. (L. 173, f. 174.) It would appear from this either that the meeting-house stood farther east than in 1710, or that Nathan Cheever acquired a small strip of land from the Hasey farm. This matter is puz- zling. The conveyance of 1710 above cited states that the con- veyance was a deed of gift, yet when in 1757 the proprietors of the meeting-house conveyed it to the town, they stated that Samuel Pratt advanced money to purchase the land on which it stood. (Town Records, May 16, 1757.) Samuel Pratt was only seven years of age in 1710. When the direct tax of 1798 was assessed there stood on this land of Abijah Hastings, Jr., "a New House only Covered & Glazed." It covered 1216 feet, was of two stories, had 24 windows and was valued at $600. In January, 1805, Joshua Cheever conveyed to William Eustis for $500 21/2 acres
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81/ poles, his land near the meeting-house except a strip of land east thereof which was reserved for a burying ground. (Suff. Deeds, L. 219, f. 83.) Of the land thus reserved the heirs of Deacon Joshua Cheever conveyed to John Pratt of Boston and Seth Copeland of Chelsea, July 25, 1825, for $50, land bounded north on the tomb of the heirs of Deacon Joshua Cheever and the heirs of Deacon Wm. Harris; cast 24 feet on the road or way leading to the burying ground; west 24 feet on the east side of the meeting-house. (L. 304, f. 140.) The same grantees con- vcyed to John Sturgis and Daniel Copeland of Boston for the same price a similar plot of land adjoining to the south the fore- going. (L. 308, f. 22.) In September, 1805, the town of Chelsea conveyed to William Eustis the land near the meeting-house on which the pound lately stood, -30 fect square; and Eustis conveyed to the town a plot of land abutting on the barn of Abijah Hastings, Jr., 24 feet, and on the meeting-house lands 141 feet. (L. 219, f. 84.)
June 26, 1753, Elisha Tuttle, yeoman, conveyed to Jonathan Hawks of Lynn, cordwainer, for £133 6s. 8d., 16 acres of upland bounded north and east on the widow Ruhamah Tuttle (see supra, p. 210) ; south on said Elisha; west on the town road. (L. 83, f. 216.) November 15, 1753, Elisha Tuttle for £1000 conveyed to, Jonathan Hawkes of Lynn title to 50 acres of land on which a house stood. It was bounded east on the town road; south on Isaac Lewis; west on land in the possession of Robert Temple (the Newgate-Shrimpton farm) ; north on the widow Dudley's land (the little Keayne or Dudley farm) and land in the pos- session of Samuel Tuttle and of Ruhamy Tuttle. Also 30 acres on which the barn stood bounded west and south by the town road; east by land of Samuel Watts (formerly the Jonathan Tuttle farm) ; and north by Nathan Cheever, Ruhamy Tuttle and Jonathan Hawkes. (L. 84, f. 154.) April 11, 1758, Elisha Tuttle and his wife Elizabeth for £533 6s. 8d. conveyed to Jona- than Hawkes of Medford, innholder, title to all the land above conveyed, - that is to 92 acres with one dwelling-house and a barn thercon. The south boundary was Isaac Lewis, and the "Town Road from the Corner of the Pound to the North Corner of the Land in the occupation of Ebenezer Hough " (formerly the Jona- than Tuttle farm). This shows that the town's pound stood in 1758 on the division line of the Lewis and Tuttle farm west of the road from the landing on Mill Creek to the Keayne farm, now Beach and School strects. (L. 91, f. 166.)
December 11, 1754, Elisha Tuttle had mortgaged to Nathan Cheever a portion of the land above conveyed, - that is, 23 acres
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bounded west on the road (School Street) ; north on Jonathan Hawks, east on Samuel Watts, Esqr., and south on the road (to the beach). Nathan Cheever obtained judgment for the above at the Inferior Court of Common Pleas at the April term of court in 1756; and received possession of the land August 30, 1756, from Richard Watts, Deputy-Sheriff. May 18, 1757, Cheever sold his rights therein to David Jenkins of Boston (step- son of Joshua Cheever, Esqr., son of Rev. Thomas Chcever), for £109 18s. 10d .; and May 11, 1758, David Jenkins, for the same sum, conveyed the same to Jonathan Hawks of Medford. (L. 90, f. 128; L. 92, f. 250.) Another mortgage on the western 80 acres, placed there by Elisha Tuttle and his wife Elizabeth in 1746, was not released until 1771. (L. 71, f. 222.) In 1730, Elisha Tuttle purchased 10 acres and in 1735, 8 acres of the Jonathan Tuttle farm lying north of Beach Street. The intention of mar- riage of Elisha Tuttle and Elizabeth Sprague of Malden was recorded at Boston, March 16, 1723/4. A son Jacob was baptized at Rumney Marsh, Feb. 28, 1724/5; a daughter Elizabeth, April 9, 1727. The latter married Nathan Cheever, Jr., March 4, 1744. Town Records.) Elizabeth, wife of Elisha Tuttle, died in January, 1773, aged 86 years; Elisha died in October, 1775, aged 85. (Church Records.) Possibly Jacob Tuttle (H. C. 1743) was the son.
Two children of Jonathan and Abigail Hawks were recorded at Chelsea : William, born 1756-4th day-3d month; Abigail, 1761-5-4. Jonathan Hawks died in 1762 aged 47. Three chil- dren of the widow Abigail Hawks were baptized November 27, 1768, Hannah, Edward, and Abigail; the former was described as an " adult daughter." Three children of Jonathan Hawks, who married Rachel Sprague May 20, 1776, were recorded: Rachel, 1776-2-9; Abigail, 1778-3-3; Elizabeth, 1780-2-8. Rachel, the wife, died June 27, 1782, aged 26.
October 29, 1765, Abigail Hawkes, as administratrix of the estate of her husband Jonathan Hawkes, conveyed to Thomas Pratt for £120 18 acres of land bounded N. on Lt. Nathan Cheever and Lt. Samuel Pratt ; E. on Hon. Samuel Watts; S. on the town road leading by the meeting-house; and West on lands of the said Abigail. On the following day Thomas Pratt reconveyed the same land for the same consideration to the widow Abigail Hawkes. No mention was made of buildings. (Suff. Deeds, L. 107, ff. 244, 246.) From Abigail Hawkes the title passed to her son Jonathan Hawkes (L. 129, f. 160) ; from him to Thomas Ruggles (L. 141, f. 230) ; from Ruggles to Samuel Dyer, Jan. 19, 1785 (L. 147, f. 42) ; from Samuel Dyer of Boston to Samuel
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Lowe, March 24, 1792, a dwelling house and 18 aeres of land. (I. 172, f. 165.) When the direct tax of 1798 was assessed, it was owned by Samuel Low and occupied by William Pratt. The house covered 900 feet, was of two stories, had 16 windows and, with half an aere of land, was valued at $440. There was a barn 33 × 30. William Pratt was also tenant of other land in Chelsea owned by Samuel Low and by Polly Low. By will dated April 28, 1822, and probated July 7, 1823, Samuel Low left his property to his wife Martha, and recommended Samuel Pratt as her heir. Martha Low in her will dated May 29, 1833, and probated June 8, 1846, left certain legacies and made Samuel Pratt residuary legatee. (Suff. Prob. Rec., L. 121,2 f. 18; L. 1441 f. 293.) Samuel Pratt in 1854 sold a lot of land 80 × 132 feet to Timothy Gay and retained 173/4 acres. (Suff. Deeds, L. 675, f. 219; L. 726, f. 28.)
September 30, 1782, Abigail Hawks of Boston, widow, con- veyed to Peter Thacher of Malden, clerk, and his wife Elizabeth, Samuel Cheney of Roxbury, a physician, and his wife Hannah, Thomas Ruggles of Boston, merchant, and his wife Abigail, also to said Thomas as attorney to William Hawkes, all her right in the estate of her late husband Jonathan Hawkes of Chelsea. (L. 136, f. 166. She made her mark.) On the same day the above grantees conveyed to John Buckman of Boston trader and Thomas Lock of Chelsea, gentleman, for £630 the farm at Chelsea. Forty acres of land with the house thereon were bounded E. on the road (School Street) ; S. and W. on James Stowers (formerly the Lewis farm) ; N. by land late of Jonathan Williams. Thirty acres with the barn thereon lay on the opposite side of Beach Street. It was bounded E. partly on land sold to Jonathan Hawkes and on land of Samuel Pratt; S. on the road that goes by Chelsea meeting house; W. on the town road (School Street) ; N. on Samuel Sprague. (L. 136, f. 167.) October 23 of the same year (1782) John Buckman and Thomas and Abigail Locke conveyed the same land for £700 to James Stowers of Chelsea, gentleman. (L. 136, f. 196.) The west bound is there given as " Mr. Yea- mans' heirs " (the Newgate-Yeamans farm). Previously to this, October 1, 1782, Buckman and Locke had mortgaged this land for £360 to Thomas Ruggles, who quitelaimed the same to James Stowers for £321 silver money September 1, 1784. It is there described as 45 acres west of School Street and 25 acres east thereof. (L. 136, f. 41; L. 146, f. 135.) When the direct tax of 1798 was assessed, the house and land were owned by James Stowers and occupied by his son, Samuel S. Stowers. The house covered 800 feet, was of two stories, had 15 windows, and was
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" old." There was a " Back Kitchen," which covered 252 feet and had 5 windows, and an out-house that covered 280 feet and had 7 windows ; both were of one story only. With an acre of land it was valued at $440. The barn was 30 X 30. Presumably the house a few rods north of the junction of School and Beach Strects, as given on the plan of James Stowers' estate at the end of vol. 260 of Suffolk Deeds, was the homestead of Elisha Tuttle, father and son, and the tavern of Jonathan Hawkes. In 1798 there were in the farm 25 acres east of School Street and north of Beach Street, and 75 acres west of School Street. Of the latter, 55 acres were occupied by Samuel S. Stowers, and 20 acres by James Stowers. A part of this land had formerly belonged to the Lewis farm, a part to the Dudley farm. (Infra, Appendix 12.) Thus March 23, 1782, Jonathan Williams with his wife Lydia conveyed to James Stowers for £71 13s. 103/4 acres bounded N. by Mr. Paysons; E. by the town way; S. by the heirs of Jonathan Hawkes; N.W. by said Williams. (L. 135, f. 100.) James Stowers with his wife Lydia conveyed to Joseph Tuckerman in 1803 for $600 six acres. The land was bounded E. by Salem Turnpike, W. by Moses Collins (the Dudley farm), S. by James Stowers and N. by 4 acres which Tuckerman had bought of the heirs of Phillips Payson. With the land was given a right of way across the farms of Moses Collins and Samuel Sargeant (" securing gates and bars ") to the road to Lynn; and upon the land was entailed a right of way to the town road for Collins and Sargeant. (L. 204, f. 55; infra, chap. xix., appendix.)
The Jonathan Tuttle Farm
In 1689 Jonathan Tuttle received as his share of his father's farm land south of the great swamp (later known as the dammed marsh) with Elisha Tuttle on the west, John Tuttle on the east and the Hasey farm on the south. Jonathan Tuttle, born August 25, 1664, married Anne daughter of Captain John and Mary (Bill) Smith of the Ferry farm at Winnisimmet. May 10, 1692, for £260 current money he conveyed title to his whole farm of 124 acres to John Smith; 10 acres of the farm were swamp and 14 acres were marshland. This conveyance was acknowledged March 1, 1696 [1697] and recorded March 14, 1708 [1709]. (Suff. Deeds, L. 24, f. 136.)
October 21, 1701, Capt. John Smith of Winnisimmet and Jon- athan Tuttle of Rumney Marsh for £76 conveyed to John Tuttle 20 acres of land " to Range along the parting line between the Land of said John Tuttle and Jonathan Tuttle in their Divisions
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of the Upland belonging to their Fathers Farm, So that the said Twenty Acres of Land shall adjoin to said John Tuttles own Land the whole Length of the aforesd parting Divisional line, and butt upon the Land of Joseph Hassey on the Southerly end, and on the Northerly end part upon the Swamp Land formerly Elisha Tuttles, part upon said Jonathan Tuttles Swamp Land, and to Measure the same breadth throughout from One end to the other." John Smith and Jonathan Tuttle signed the deed ; Anne Tuttle made her mark. (L. 23, f. 66.) Henceforth this land formed a part of John Tuttle's farm.
January 12, 1702/3 the daughters of Captain John Smith entered into an agreement for the division of their father's estate, a part of which consisted of land in Boston settled by Captain John Smith upon his wife Mary and her children in 1676. In accord therewith Captain John Smith and Jonathan Tuttle con- veyed this farm and the land in Boston to Thomas Cheever, John Tuttle and Lt. Joseph Hasey, as trustees, March 20, 1702/3. (L. 24, f. 137.) March 28, 1729, Jonathan and Anne Tuttle, with the consent of Thomas Cheever, Samuel Tuttle (the only sur- viving son of John Tuttle), and Jacob Hascy (the only surviving son of Lt. Joseph Hasey), and in order "that they may be taken care of in their declining Age & may have a Comfortable Main- tainance & Livelyhood out of the sª farm during their Natural life & also for the Setling & Establishing the Inheritance of the abovementioned farm after their Decease," conveyed the farm with the housing thereon " unto their two Eldest Sons Jonathan Tuttle & James Tuttle . .. to be equally divided between them after the Decease of the sd Jon" Tuttle & Anne Tuttle." The sons were to pay to their brothers and sisters the following legacies, one half within six years of the decease of each parent. To Jotham, and Josiah, £120 each; to Anne Johnson, Mary, and Rebecca, £80 each; to William Ware, "the only Child of their Sister Jemimah," £80. The grantors also agreed that James Tuttle should " come upon the farm & into the Dwelling house with them to take the Care of them and to Jmprove & manage the farm to the best Advantage so that they may be Comfortably Subsisted out of the Jncomes & produce of ye sd Farm," etc. The Grantees were to pay Rebecca and Mary £20 each on their mar- riage. (L. 43, f. 116.) Jemimah Tuttle married William Ware Aug. 22, 1717; Ann, Matthew Johnson Sept. 28, 1727; Rebeckah, Samuel Paine Aug. 27, 1730; Mary, John Holt of Woburn (intention filed June 22, 1732) ; Jonathan, Sarah Burrel Jan. 22, 1718/9; James, Ann Burrel April 6, 1721; Jotham, Martha Hall of Malden, March 1, 1727; Josiah, Mary Burrel July 9,
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1730. (Boston Records.) February, 1729/30 James Tuttle of Rumney Marsh with his wife Anna for £300 conveyed to Jonathan Tuttle 401/2 acres of upland, swamp and meadow, - the western portion of the farm. (L. 46, f. 167.) April 24, 1730, Jonathan Tuttle, Jr., of Woburn with his wife Sarah conveyed to Nathan Cheever of Rumney Marsh for £77 12s. bills of credit 3 acres 60 poles bounded S. by Jacob Hasey; N. by the town road ( Beach Street) ; E. by said Jonathan Tuttle; and W. by said Nathan Cheever. Acknowledged in Woburn June 18. (L. 57, f. 133.) On the same day Jonathan Tuttle, Jr., conveyed to Elisha Tuttle of Rumney Marsh for £224 bills of credit, 10 acres bounded W. by sd Elisha ; E. by sd Jonathan; S. by the town road; N. by land in the possession of Edward Tuttle. (L. 44, f. 254.)
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