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(III) Joseph Foster, son of Samuel Foster (2), married Thankful Walker. She was born October II, 1698, died January 8, 1750. He died May 4, 1741. Their children were: Robert, born January 4, 1735, died April 14, 1737; Leonard (twin), July 12, 1738, married Esther Blodgett; Robert (twin), July 12, 1738, married Mary Emery; Benoni, January 23, 1733, died young; Sampson, March 16, 1736, died young ; Abigail, July 6, 1741, married October 17, 1761, Charles Barron.
(IV) Robert Foster, son of Samuel Foster (3), was born at Chelmsford, July 12, 1735. He married, November 8, 1764, Mary Emery, born May 1, 1740, died June 21, 1787. He died September 16, 1784. Their children were: Thankful, born March 9, 1764; Joseph, March, 1766, married Mary Adams; Jacob, May 1, 1768, died September 8, 1791; Noah, Novem- ber 3. 1778; Samuel Emery, March 19, 1781, mar- ried Mary Byam.
(V) Joseph Foster, son of Robert Foster (4), was born at Chelmsford, March 4. 1766. He mar- ried there August 22, 1789, Mary Adams. Their children were: Moses, born February 14, 1790; Mary, May 9, 1792; Adams, May 6, 1794; Sarah, . May 3, 1796; Franklin, November 6, 1798; Rufus, January 31, 1801 ; Almira, September 13, 1803; Calvin, December 6, 1805.
(VI) Rufus Foster, son of Joseph Foster (5), was born at Chelmsford, January 31, 1801. He mar- ried Nancy . Torrey, daughter of Abner and Sarah (Hobart) Torrey and granddaughter of Abner ard Lydia Beal Torrey, of Weymouth. Her great-grand- father, Jonathan Torrey, was born October 29, 1711, at Weymouth, died April 9, 1784. Abner Torrey, Sr., was a corporal in the French and Indian wars. Abner Torrey, Jr., was a private in Captain Edward Cobb's company, Colonel Edward Mitchell's regi- mient in 1775. Rufus Foster and his wife went to Alabama to live and their three children were born there. After his death his wife married John S. Haven (June, 1828), and had two children; Ani Maria and Elmira. She married the third time in 1839 H. B. Brewster. She was born in 1800 and died in 1843. The children of Rufus Foster were : Rufus, Sarah and Thomas R.
(VII) Thomas R. Foster, son of Rufus Foster (6), was born in Mobile, Alabama, May 16, 1822. He returned to the north and married there Sarah Jane Fales, of Holden, Massachusetts. Their chil- dren were: Sarah Ann, born September 18, 1849; Elmira Jane. September 9, 1857, died 1869.
(VIII) Sarah A. Foster, daughter of Thomas R. Foster (7), was born September 18, 1849. She married, January 4, 1870, John Wilson Bishop, of Worcester, Massachusetts.
SAMUEL WATERS FOSKETT. Ebenezer Foskett, son of Samuel and Sarah (Hunt) Foskett, was born in Charlton, Massachusetts, March 8, 1787. He was a farmer and spent his whole life on the old Foskett homestead in Charlton, where Ebenezer Foskett, of Stoneham, settled in 1739, and where Dan Foskett lives now (1905). He died in Charlton, October 14, 1860. He married in West Sutton, July 4, 1820, Anna Waters. (See sketch of Waters family.) She was born in West Sutton, May 20, 1791, and continued to live on the old place after the death of her husband until her death, September 23, 1875, in Charlton. Their children were: I. Harriet, born April 3, 1821, died at Webster, June 17, 1894; married, 1851, Reuben T. Eddy, son of Joel and Sally (Thurston) Eddy, born in Oxford, December 7, 18II. He had a meat market in Webster; died in Webster, July 3. 1876. Married (first), May 24, 1837, Dulcinea
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Converse, of Spencer, who died March 10, 1846, had three children : Anna Maria, Byron Edgar, Lewis Elmer. 2. Samuel Waters, born December 29, 1823. 3. Tamma, born August 15, 1825, died at Charlton, April 30, 1855: married, 1853, Whitman B. Potter, a Charlton farmer ; he went west in 1856, settled in LaCrescent, Minnesota, had by this his first marriage Amelia Tamma, born at Charlton, March 24, 1855, married, 1872, George Martin. 4. Merey, born June 25, 1826, engaged in sale of millinery and fancy goods at Southbridge, Massachusetts; in 1858 re- moved to Worcester; unmarried. 5. John, born March 28, 1828, died at Webster, June 6, 1898, mar- ried, ISog, Betsey A. Dockham; he was a farmer at Charlton, removed to Lake Village, New Hamp- shire, 1872, lived at Webster again later and died there; his children were: Annie Augusta, Harrison Brown, John Waters, Herbert. 6. Samantha, born November 1, 1829, for some years had a millinery store at Webster; later kept house for her brother John and brought up his children; removed 1902 to North Wilmington. Massachusetts ; unmarried. 7. Dan, born February 11, 1833, married in Worcester, September 26, 1862, Millia Antoinette Davis, daugli- ter of Samuel and Chloe (Simpson) Davis, who was born in Paxton, February 14, 1843, is the fifth Foskett in direct line to occupy the old homestead of Ebenezer Foskett, bought in 1734; has twelve children. 13. Eliza, born April 26, 1835, taught school some years and afterward was a nurse in Webster and Lowell; removed in 1896 to Worcester, where she lived with her sister Mercy and died there October 30, 1902.
Samuel Waters Foskett, son of Ebenezer Foskett, was born in Charlton, Massachusetts. December 29, 1823. He went to school in his native town and at Nicholls Academy in Dudley. For seventeen years he taught school in winter and among other schools in which he taught were those of Sutton street. Southbridge, Dudley and Charlton. At the time that daguerreotypes came in vogue, some sixty years ago, he went to Boston and learned the process. For three years he made photography his business. It was the custom at first for the photographer to move from town to town, much as the itinerant picture saloon man was doing a few decades ago and is doubtless still doing in some sections. Mr. Foskett was located in Framingham, South Fram- ingham and Charlton. Doubtless the daguerreo- types that he took in those years are the treasured possessions of many families to-day. The old silver plates are as fresh and good now as when first taken. There was not much money in the business and most of the early photographers took up some other line of work before the later processes made photography cheap enough to be popular. Mr. Foskett had learned the trade of carpenter and had a natural aptitude for the use of tools. He liked wood-working and eventually entered the business. He moved to Webster in 1869. He went to work for Palmer & Kent, manufacturers of sash and blinds. John D. Putnam subsequently bought the shop and Mr. Foskett worked for him nine years. He was a first-class mechanic and wood worker. He built a house at Webster. Mr. Foskett stood well in the estimation of his neighbors. He was elected member of the school committee while in Charlton. In 1888 he removed to Worcester and has since resided there. He has built several houses in Worcester, but has not been in active business or employment there. He is a Republican in politics and is a member of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church. He married in Charlton, December 8, 1855, Georgianna Mason. daughter of Ephraim Hubbard and Prudence (Hills) Mason, born in Putney, Ver-
mont, May 9, 1830, and died in Worcester, January 27, 1892. Their children, all born in Charlton, were: I. Dr. George Mason, born October 26, 1856. 2. Ann, born December 8, 1860, taught for many years in the public schools of Worcester, was later a music teacher, married, July 29, 1905, Charles R. Stobbs, of Webster, Massachusetts. 3. Eben, born January 14, 1864.
Dr. Eben Foskett, son of Samuel Waters Foskett, was born in Charlton, Massachusetts, Jan- mary 14, 1864. He was educated at Webster high school and Nicholls Academy, Dudley. Ile learned the printer's trade and for several years was assist- ant foreman of the Worcester Evening Gasette composing room. While working at his trade he qualified himself to enter the medical school of New York University, from which he graduated M. D. in 1894, and after two years service as interne at Bellevue Hospital began the practice of liis pro- fession in New York city, where he has been lo- cated since. He is at present instructor in diseases of women at the University and Bellevue Hospital Medical School in connection with his extensive surgical practice. He married in Worcester, October 14, 1897, Flora Gertrude Fay, adopted daughter of Winthrop Baxter and Elizabeth (Watson) Fay. She was born in Jamaica Plain, Boston, March 10, 1868. Their children, born in New York city, are : Winthrop Fay, born February 4, 1899; Elizabeth, February 8, 1900; Eben Maxwell, June, 1904.
(I) Richard Waters, who came to Salem in 1636, was the emigrant ancestor of Stephen Waters Foskett, of Worcester. He was the second son and third child of James and Phebe ( Manning) Waters. He was born in St. Botolph, without Aldgate, London, and baptized March 3, 1604. His father, James Waters, was an iron-monger in St. Botolph. His will was proven in 1617. His mother, Phebe Man- ning, was the daughter of George Manning, gent, of Downe, Kent county, and descended from the sister of Geoffrey Chaucer, the poet. His father was buried February 2, 1617, and the widow married, February 23, 1618, William Plasse, a gunsmith. Richard Waters was also a gunsmith. Richard Waters came to Salem, Massachusetts, in 1636, with his mother and her second husband. lle was admitted a freeman May 22, 1639. He was a proprietor of the town. His wife Joyce was admitted to the church May 23, 1641. He had a tavern in Salem in 1668. The town of Salem voted to buy Roger Conant's house and land for William Plasse because they wished him to stay and follow his trade of gunsmith in that town. This place is opposite Derby square and the Town Hall. Plasse, or Place, as the name is spelled now, died April 15, 1646. Waters made his will July 16, 1676, and it was proved November 28, 1677. The children of Richard Waters were: Mary, married Clement English, August 27, 1667 ; James, born in England, married Mary Stalworth, March 24, 1669-70; William; Martha (daughter re- corded born November 27, 1640) ; John, married Sarah Tompkins, August 1, 1663: Elizabeth or Eliza, baptized February 26, 1642-3, died unmarried Feb- rnary 4, 1662-3; Abigail, baptized May 18, 1645, mar- ried William Punchard, October 4, 1669; Ezekiel, baptized April 9, 1647; Susanna, baptized April I, 1649; married Benedict Pulsifer, February, 1673; Hannah, baptized January 30, 1652-3, married Joseph Striker, April 10, 1673; Sarah, married, February 26, 1651, Joshua Ray; Phebe, married, October II, 1658, Thomas West ; she died April 16, 1674.
(II) John Waters, son of Richard Waters (I), was born in Salem, baptized there November 13. 1669. He lived in North Field, now North Salem. He was a farmer and owned land on Royal Side, now Beverly.
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He died in Salem, February, 1707. He married, June 1, 1663, Sarah Tompkins, daughter of Jolm and Margaret Tompkins, of Salem, probably grand- daughter of Ralph Tompkins, of Salem. She was baptized November I, 1642, and died in Salem. He made his will February 14, 1706-7, and it was proved March, 1707-8. His children were: Richard and John (twins), born the last of September, 1664, and died within two weeks: John, born July 4. 1665, married Mary -; Sara, born August 30. 1667, married John Symonds, March 3, 1689-90; Richard, born November 13, 1669, married Martha Read, March 3. 1697-8; Nathaniel, born February 6, 1671, married, December 12, 1699, Elizabeth King ; Samuel, born March 29. 1674, died aged five weeks; Samuel, born May 6, 1675 probably died young ; Elizabeth, born January 10, 1677-8, administration granted on her estate to brother John November 13. 1734; Abigail, baptized May 6, 1683, married, April 6, 1704, John Jacobs.
(III) Richard Waters, son of John Waters (2). was born in Salem, November 13, 1669. died at Oxford while on a visit, February, 1725-6. He re- moved in 1720 from Salem to Sutton, Massachu- setts. With Saumel Rich, of Bellingham, he pur- chased, December 8, 1720, a tract of land at Sut- ton of about one thousand acres of William Taylor. of Dorchester, Massachusetts, executor of the Stoughton estate. This tract, annexed to the town of Sutton in 1724, is now known as West Sutton and two-thirds of it belonged to Waters. Waters bought more land near Manchang pond of Ezekiel Lewis, William Dudley and Nathaniel Byfield. He built a house at the northeast corner of Sutton street and Millbury road. The old well remains in use: the house has long since disappeared. He was "desired" by the church in Oxford to become a member and deacon, but did not comply. He prob- ably joined the Sutton church by letter.
He made his will. then living adjacent to Ox- ford, county of Suffolk (now Worcester coun- ty), and it was proved February 17. 1725-6. He then owned land in Salem. He married, March 3, 1697-8, Martha Read, of Salem. His children, all born at Salem, were: Hannah, born March 4. 1600; Richard, November 22, 1700, married Anna Hol- man, daughter of Solomon Holman, of Newbury ; Abigail. August 1, 1702, married Samuel Dudley, of Littleton: Samuel. September I, 1704: married, November 13. 1729, Rachel Holman. of Newbury ; Mercy, baptized July 24, 1707: Ebenezer, baptized July 10, 1709, died in Cuba, while taking part in the expedition of Admiral Vernon in 1742: Mary, baptized September 30, 1711; Lois, baptized May 16, 1714, married Thomas Chamberlain, of Littleton ; Amos, born June 9, 1717.
(IV) Richard Waters, son of Richard Waters 13), was born at Salem, Massachusetts, November 22, 1700. He had a part of his father's large farm at Sutton and built a house on the site now occupied by Bullard's farmhouse in West Sutton. The present house was built by Elezer Waters, his son. in 1767. and was standing as late as 1903. He was admitted to the First Congregational Church in Sutton by letter from Salem between 1724 and 1728, and was an active and useful church member and citizen of Sutton during a long life. He died there May 7. 1787. He married, at Sutton, July 12, 1732. Anne Holman, daughter of Solomon and Mary (Barton) Holman. She was probably born in Newbury, Massa- chusetts, 1715. and died in West Sutton. February 20, 1788. Their children were: Mary, married Anthony Sigourney, of Boston: Stephen, born April 13. 1735: Ebenezer, born July 3. 1739: Abraham, born April 3. 1743: Ruth, born January 6. 1746,
married Thomas Kendall; Samuel, born November 21, 1750; Hannah, born August 5, 1754, married Marsh.
(V) Stephen Waters, son of Richard Waters (4), was born in West Sutton, Massachusetts, April 13, 1735. His father, Richard, set off to him a por- tion of the old homestead property southeast of his house. In 1757 Stephen erected upon it the house to which he brought his bride, five years later, and which has been the Waters home from that day to this (1903) and now or recently owned by his great-grandson, Samuel Nathan Waters. Stephen and his father made many trips to Boston to sell produce. The best road led through Grafton by the house of Eleazer Flagg, where they often stopped for rest and food. Here he met Eleazer's daughter, whom he married. He had extensive orchards and manufactured cider in considerable quantities. His apple trees are still in evidence on the old place. He died at West Sutton, January IO. 1819. He married, May 19, 1762, Huldah Flagg, daughter of Eleazer Flagg. She was born in Grafton, December 14, 1732. She was an invalid for many years in the latter part of her life and became blind. She died in West Sutton, January 24, 1825. Their children were: Anna, born March 30, 1763, died at West Sutton, October 22, 1790, unmarried ; John. born October 23. 1764, died at West Sutton, Octo- ber 19, 1847. married ( first ) Huldah Howard; Da- vid, born February 2, 1767. died young; Nathan, born May 18. 1769; died aged about twenty-one; Huldah, born August II, 1771, died at Providence, Rhode Island, March 6, 1833, married. 1802. Daniel Hunt; Rebecca, born May 25, 1775, probably died young.
(VI) John Waters son of Stephen Waters (5), was born in West Sutton, October 23, 1764. From his father he inherited a large farm and devoted himself even more extensively to fruit, so that he is said to have had the largest orchards in that sec- tion of the state. He made much cider. He divided the farm between his sons Nathan and. Richard. He died in West Sutton, October 19, 1847. He married first at Sutton, November 25. 1790, Huldah Howard. daughter of Captain John and Huldal ( Sibley ) Howard. She was born in Oxford, June 23. 1768. and died in West Sutton. September 26, 1795. He married (second) at Sutton, December 15. 1796, Hannah Putnam, daughter of Nathan and Betty (Buffington) Putnam. She was born in West Sut- ton, March 13, 1763. and died there October 28. 1818. He married (third) at Millbury, August IO, 1819, Hitty Kidder, daughter of Jonathan and Susanna (Dwinnel) Kidder. She was born in Ox- ford, March 18, 1778, died July 17, 1866, at West Sutton. He had four children by each wife. They were : [. Anna, born May 20. 1791, died at Charlton. September 23, 1875, married, 1820, Ebenezer Foskett. 2. Lucy, born September 7, 1792, died at Charlton. October 15. 1830, married 1812, David Carpenter, farmer in Sutton, born in Sutton, January 9, 1794. died in Worcester, May 28, 1886, married (second) Abigail Rich, who died October 5. 1873. David and Lucy had five children. 3. Lydia, born December 24, 1793, died at Webster, April 19, 1872; married, 1820. Elkanah McIntire, farmer and printer in Charlton, born in Charlton, March 16, 1782, died there August 9, 1853, married (first) Polly Chase ; Elkanah and Lydia had six children. 4. Huldah, born September 24, 1795, died at Oxford, December 14, 1843; mar- ried, 1814, Jesse Bigelow. farmer in Sutton and west part of Oxford and Webster, born in Douglas, March 7, 1792, died in Webster, March 14. 1877. married' (second), about 1844. Esther M. Simpson. of Webster; Jesse and Huldah had five children.
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5. Stephen, born August 6, 1797, died at West Sut- ton, September 22, 1850; married Matilda Car- penter. 6. Nathan, born May 24, 1799, died at West Sutton, May 8, 1878: married, 1832, Ulvah A. Put- nam, had seven children; he received half the pater- nal estate and the old house ; he manufactured cider ; he was selectmian and justice of the peace; he set- tled many estates; he was one of the main supports of the Baptist church. His wife was the daughter of Cornelius and Abigail (Bigelow) Putnam; she was born in Sutton, January 18, 1811, died in West Newton, August 26, 1893. 7. Richard, born Novem- ber 1, 1802, died at West Sutton, March 29, 1876; married, 1837, Julia A. Torrey ; he was a farmer and had immense apple orchards; his wife was daugh- ter of Lewis and Betsey (Titus) Torrey, born in Sutton, April 7, 1816, died in Worcester September 5, 1881; had five children. 8. Betsey, born January 17, 1804, died at Rochester, Minnesota, November 5. 1863; married, 1832, Tyler Carpenter, born in Sutton, October 8, 1805, removed to Rochester, Minnesota, 1856, and later to Marshall, Minnesota, where he died March, 1884. He had seven children born in Sutton.
(VII) Anne Waters, daughter of John Waters (VI), was born in Sutton, Massachusetts, May 20, 1791. She married, 1820, Ebenezer Foskett (q. v.). (1) Thomas Flagg or Flegg as the name is still spelled commonly in England, who came to New England with Richard Carver in 1637, was an an- cestor of Samuel Waters Foskett, of Worcester. He was son of Bartholomew and Alicia Flagg, bap- tized at Whinbergh, Norfolk county, England, in 1615. He embarked at Scratby when emigrating to America. He settled in Watertown as early as 1641, when he had a homestall of six acres and other land. He was selectinan there in 1671-72-73- 74-75-76-78-81-85-86-87. He is ancestor of all the American Flagg families, it is believed. He died February 6, 1697-8. His wife Mary died December 30, 1702. Their children were: 1. Gershom, born at Watertown, April 16, 1641, was a tanner, re- moved to Woburn about 1668, held a commission as lieutenant in King William's war and was killed by the Indians in a skirmish at Wheelwright's pond, Lee, New Hampshire, July 6, 1690; married, 1668, Hannah Leffingwell, had ten children. 2. John, born in Watertown, June 14, 1643, settled there, died February, 1696-7; married, 1670, Mary Gale, three children. 3. Bartholomew, born at Watertown, Feb- ruary 23, 1644, served in Captain Moseley's company in King Philip's war, 1675, probably died before 1697. 4. Thomas, born April 28, 1646, settled at Watertown, died there 1719; married Rebecca Dix, had six children. 5. William, born in 1648, soldier on guard at Lancaster in King Philip's war and killed by the Indians in the massacre August 22, 1675. 6. Michael, born at Watertown, March 23. 1650-I, settled there, one of the first proprietors of the attempted settlement of Worcester in 1674, served in King Philip's war, died in Watertown, October 16, 1711; married (first), 1674, Mary Bige- low; (second) Mary (Lawrence) Earle; had six children. 7. Eleazer, born at Watertown, May 14, 1653, see forward. 8. Elizabeth, born at Watertown, March 22, 1654-5, died August 9, 1729; married, 1676, Joshua Bigelow. 9. Mary. born at Watertown, January 14, 1656-7, died September 7, 1720; married, 1674, Samuel Bigelow. 10. Rebecca, born at Water- town. September 5, 1660, married, 1679, Deacon Stephen Cook. II. Benjamin, born at Watertown, June 25, 1652, removed to Worcester at the time of the third and successful attempt to settle in 1718 and was very prominent among the early settlers ; died at Worcester, May 3, 1741; married, 1689 or
1690, Experience Child, had nine children. 13. Allen, born at Watertown, May 16, 1665, settled there, died November II, 1711; married, 1684-5, Sarah Ball, had nine children.
(II) Eleazer Flagg, son of Thomas Flagg (I). was born at Watertown, Massachusetts, May 14, 1653. He removed to Concord; was a tanner. Like at least three of his brothers he served in the King Philip war, being in Captain Samuel Appleton's company in the Narragansett expedition in 1675. He was admitted a freeman March 20, 1690, and held town offices. He died in Concord, May 1, 1722. He married at Concord, October 10, 1676, Deborah (Wright) Barnes, widow of John Barnes, who was killed by the Indians in the Sudbury fight March 31, 1676. She may have been daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Wright, of Concord. Their children were: Deborah, born at Concord, October 9, 1677 : Abigail, born at Concord, March 9, 1679-80, died there August 11, 1680; Eleazer, born about 1687 : Priscilla, married, 1705, Joseph Wheat, of Concord; Joseph, married, 1713, Mary Tompkins, of Salem, had eight children.
(III) Eleazer Flagg, son of Eleazer Flagg (2), was born at Concord about 1687. He lived in Con- cord and was constable and surveyor of highways. He was one of the forty original purchasers of Hassanamisco, later called Grafton. On the various divisions of the land among the proprietors 1728- 1744 he received parcels aggregating about one hundred and fifty acres. There is no evidence that he himself ever lived in the new town, but he deeded his land to his three sons, Eleazer, Robert and Na- thaniel. Eleazer Flagg was also a petitioner for the Narragansett townships, as eldest male heir of his father, and on the setting apart of these lands by the general court in 1733 his name is found as a grantee in Narragansett No. 6. (Templeton) and he received lot 94 in the division of the township in 1735. He died in Concord, March 28, 1745. in his fifty-ninth year. He married at Concord, January 26, 1708-9, Deborah Tompkins, daughter of John Tompkins, Jr., and Rebecca Knight, born in Salem, January 8, 1688-9. died in Grafton, December 16. 1753. Their children were: I. Eleazer, born in Concord, October 23, 1709, married Huldah Chand- ler. 2. Nathan, settled in Concord, bought land in Grafton, left no issue. 3. Robert, born at Concord, August 25, 1713, removed to Grafton about 1735. married Miriam and had seven children. 4. Nathaniel, born at Concord, Mav 21, 1716, received a gift of land in Grafton from his father and re- moved to that town, was a soldier at Crown Point 1755, died before 1786, married Elizabeth
and had nine children. 5. Deborah, born at Con- cord, February 13, 1718-9, died before 1757, mar- ried at Concord. October 19, 1749, Jacob Whitte- more, of Concord. 6. James, born at Concord, May 3. 1723, removed to Upton about 1750 and to \Vil- mington, Vermont, 1783, died 1807; married Anna Morse, of Cambridge, had eight children. 7. Jon- athan, born at Concord, February 3. 1725-6, died at Bolton, September 26, 1747. 8. Abigail, born at Concord, January 25, 1728-9, married Jonathan Rolf, of Westboro. 9. Elizabeth' (twin), born at Con- cord. January 25, 1728-9, married Nelson.
(IV) Eleazer Flagg, son of Eleazer Flagg (3). was born at Concord, Massachusetts, October 23, 1709. He removed to Grafton probably in 1728, the year of the purchase from the Indians. He settled first on his father's land. In 1831 he re- ceived a lot by deed of gift from his father, com- prising forty-two acres of the eighteenth lot of the first division and a part of the thirty acres of the second division. This estate was situated in the
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