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TOWN HALL PASSAGE. A new name for an old place, here listed to pre- vent a wrong inference. The public footway from Main to Market street near State, led to the rear of the then Town Hall on the corner of State and Market streets and to the schoolhouse on Market street near the Hall. When Map U was in preparation I was asked whether this passage had a name to which I replied that I had once heard it spoken of as School alley, for which reason it is so given in the atlas. Inquiry of men of an older genera- tion; as Henry B. Rice (born 1821) Charles R. Bunker (born 1832) both of whom attended the school, failed to verify the name, the scholars having used merely "the alley". A few years ago I suggested to William F. Gale, City Forester, who had charge of the street signs that the way be marked as public. He subsequently asked me for a name and I mentioned the present one as appropriate to so small a way, instancing Half Moon passage in London. Papers and Proceedings of the Conn. Valley. Hist. Soc. vol. IV p. 51. That in 1788 the passage was the property of the First Parish see Registry of Deeds bk. 29 p. 169, 173, references furnished by Ralph W. Ellis, Esq. When the court house of colonial days became the parish house and stood on the present Market street this passage was used as an ap- proach to it as well as to the school house. In 1851 the passage was conveyed to the town upon condition of maintaining it. See Town records
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and Registry of Deeds, book 153, P. 472. See also Green's Springfield Mem- ories p. 65.
TOWN PLOT. TOWN PLAT. The layout of "home lots" from Round Hill to Mill river. 2 B 205, 436; AB 113; Co. Ct. Rec. 39. See especially the plan in Burts Records.
TRAINING PLACE. TRAINING FIELD. The original training place was on the bank of the river at the foot of and to the north of the lane now called Elm street, the buryground lying to the south. In 1673 there was appropriated for the purpose a tract of land on the Hill bounded west by the brow of the hill, north by the valley of Garden brook, east by Squaw Tree dingle and south by a line from the head of the latter to the present site of the present High School of Commerce. The cession of most of this tract to the United States resulted eventually in the occasional use of a tract center- ing at the present Gerrish park. The latter tract having been partially occupied by houses, the encampments of regiments called into the civil war were on Hampden Park and on the Gunn lot south of Wilbraham road. I B 247, 363; 2 B 188, 247, 310, 313; AB 239; C 376; D 170.
WEST SPRINGFIELD. The earliest recorded Training Place was on the plain west of Mittineague and east of Block brook near the land grant of Peter Swink, the first negro resident. 2 B 222, 275, 310; 2 I C II. Subsequently the Common was the training place where in the early nineteenth century, if not before, the maidens of the town gathered with others to see the admired swains in their heavy leather hats, some of them bellcrowned, parade and fire in mock battles. Some of these trappings, contrasting strangely with the simple blue of the men of the civil war, still exist. The lower ferry at least was free for troopers on these "trooping occasions". 1 B 261. See also for West Springfield 2 LG. 372-3.
TUBBS HILL. WEST SPRINGFIELD. The approach to Mittineague plain from Elm street; equivalent, I consider, to Clay hill of old records. The house of Charles Tubbs was under the hill on the north side of the road now called Westfield street. Maps I L.
TURKEY HILLS. LUDLOW. A half mile due East from Stoney brook. Noon's Ludlow p. 43.
TURTLE POND. WEST SPRINGFIELD. This pond is mentioned in a road survey in Co. Ct. Rec. 228 but the only map on which it appears is N, plate 22, where it is shown as on the land of J. Donaldson. C 227. The last turtle perhaps disappeared when Marcius L. Tourtleotte filled the pond.
TWELVE MILE BROOK. WILBRAHAM. Various ponds and watercourses were named for their distance from the Town Plat. Twelve Mile brook would be the limit for number if it were not for Twenty Mile pond, in Bland- ford. G 393; Co. Ct. Rec. 49; Reg. Deeds bk. 67 p. 267. Map. H. The course of the brook is northwesterly and it seems also to have been called Eleven Mile brook.
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TWO MILE GUTTER. Equivalent to Dirty Gutter. 2 B 295, 308, 314; I 325, 345.
TWO MILE POND. TWO MILE PONDS. This pond had been shrinking for years; the solitary row boat has long since been taken off and the pond became extinct by filling in 1912. West Alvord street passes over its site. It was in the angle between Sumner Avenue and White street, close to the latter and about 200 feet from the former. 2 B 318; K 564; 2 IC 57. Maps I K.
Another in Agawam. A 107.
Another in Chicopee two miles north of Skipmaug. 2 B 290; 2 LG. 361.
TWO MILE POND PATH. 2 IC 66.
UPPER COVE. LUDLOW. See Wallamanumps Cove.
UPPER FALLS. In the Connecticut at Holyoke. Map D.
UPPER FIELD. LONGMEADOW; C 388.
WEST SPRINGFIELD. Reg. Deeds bk. 80 p. 223.
UPPER MEADOW. The meadow on the right bank of the Agawam river above the Middle Meadow. A 107; B 240, 302.
UPPERSIDE. Occurs only in I B 248 and perhaps indicates land above the low level but yet below the brow of the highest level. See 2 B 285 ad fin.
UPPER WIGWAMS. D 86. See Higher Wigwams.
USQUAIOK. "Usquaiok is the Mill River with the land adjoining" -- John Holyoke. See Wright's Indian Deeds p. 13.
VENTERSFIELD. In a deed of James Warriner to his son dated 1722 this name is applied to "land lying on Sixteen Acre plain" in such a manner as to denote a general use of the word. Warriner owned an interest in the sawmill at Sixteen Acres; also land at World's End and meadows on the South Branch at Warriner's Bridge. Ventersfield is equivalent to Adven- turer's Field. The ancient pronunciation of "venture" (ventur) is now seldom heard. (See N. A. Review Vol. CC III p. 369; also Bradford Journal, Mass. edition p. 70) For the Merchant Adventurers as owners of the New England charter see the index to the Massachusetts edition of Bradford's Journal. Venturer's pond of Maps K N is an evident derivative from the now obsolete name. There was a Ventersfield in Northampton. D 193, 215, 316, 501, I 303; 3 IC 44.
VENTURER'S POND. VENTURE POND. See Ventersfield. Called Lily Pond on Maps G I.
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VINELAND. A name given by Dr. George W. Swazey, a leading and beloved physician, to a tract of hill and valley west of Armory street on which he had a fine vineyard. Map K shows it on the east side.
WACHOGUE. See Wachuet.
WACHOGUE BROOK. EAST LONGMEADOW. The brook draining Great Wachogue. 1 B 294; E 239. Map I.
WACHOGUE HILL. At Little Wachogue. Under the Corcoran owner- ship it was a family resort with summerhouse and kitchen and sleeping apartments. 2 B 250, 306; 2 IC 351; 3 IC 13. Maps C I.
WACHOGUE SCHOOL DISTRICT. District No. 10 on Map G.
WACHUET. WACHUIT. WACHOGUE. WACHAGE. WACHUSET. These words are equivalents, derived from the Indian "Wadchu", a hill, and the locative "et", and the suffix "og", a place. The original word in the records is Wachuet, meaning "at the hill"; but is gradually supplanted by Wachogue, "hill place" and Wachuset. In one place the recording officer has noted the equivalency and the fact that the words refer to certain meadow lands. Meadows were naturally the objects of the early grants. In the early grants Wachogue is at the head of Entry Dingle, being the vicinity of Powell and neighboring streets. But as grants were made further cast this region became known as Hither Wachuet and Little Wachogue and the extended meadows northeast of the present village of East Longmeadow were called Great Wachuet or Great Wachogue. Hence Wachogue brook and Wachogue Meadow. In Springfield on the Hampden road we have Wachogue cemetery and the former school district of that name; both in Little Wachogue, or not far cast of it. 1 B 233, 235, 308, 376, 380; 2 B 224, 253, 256, 273, 283, 286, 292, 294, 306; B 235, 287; I 143. Maps C I. For Little Wachogue sce C 117; H 63; for Great Wachogue sec K.693. Great Wachogue was a meadow. 2 B 292. For Wachogue Hill, Map C.
WADING PLACE, THE. CHICOPEE. The fording place of the Chicopee river above Skipmuck, (Town records of March 1770. Map C) was some- times known as the Upper Wading Place; another ford was at Skipmaug at the present Carew street; another about 20 rods above the islands at the river's mouth. At Wallamanumps was a ford thus called. 2 B. 131, 514; B 234, 342, 349. Maps B C.
WALES. WILBRAHAM. Same as the Oblong. See Peck's Wilbraham p. 95.
WALLAMANUMPS. WALLAMANUMPSET. In the first form the accent is on the last syllable. The red rocks in the Chicopee river at and near the bridge between Springfield and Ludlow and below the ancient ford had this name from the Indians. As a locality for settlement it included the region round about on both sides of the river. Micah Towsley was an early settler previous to 1729 but removed to Brimfield. Here was the division line between the inward and outward commons. 2 B 299, 316; D 184; E 98. Co. Ct. Rec. 206; 2 IC 287; 2 LG 364. Noon's Ludlow p. 45. Map A.
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WALLAMANUMPS COVE. LUDLOW. The lower of the two coves at Wallamanumps. Map A.
WALLAMANUMPS UPPER BARS. At Springfield-Wilbraham line. 2 LG 392.
WALLOON POND. This place-name occurs several times and from the context it seems to be impossible to say that the pond is not the same as Loon pond. Dutch Meadow was granted to Cornelius Williams, mentioned in one deed as a Dutchman, but no person from the Walloon country could have settled here at so early a date. The word probably indicates an error as to the name of Loon pond and its origin. 2 IC 41, 278.
WVAN SWAMP. Marked on Map A and mentioned in Co. Ct. Rec. 46. It is the present swampy ground close to State Street on the north at the head waters of Benton brook and at an earlier date it extended down the stream on the west of St. Michael's cemetery. The ultimate source was the acute triangle between State and Marsden Streets, recently filled. So far as I can learn the only depository of the name in tradition is Adoniram Bradley, octogenarian, a dweller on the Bay Road near the heronry of Poor Brook swamp. From its meaning the name might well be applied to many a stream swamp of the pine plain.
WAN SWAMP BROOK. It now rises a little west of Marsden Street, feeds the Warner ice pond and, meandering through the lowland west of St. Michael's cemetery, flows between high banks of wooded dingle and enters the Watershop pond west of the Wilbraham Road bridge. During a good part of the nineteenth century it was called Benton brook after the Benton farm and homestead near its outlet; whence also the name of Benton Street. Co. Ct. Rec. 46. The original head was on the acute triangle, now filled, between Marsden street and the Indian Orchard road.
WARRINER BRIDGE. GOODMAN WARRINER'S BRIDGE. The bridge over the South branch of Mill river at Sixteen Acres. I B 359; 2 B 216, 224; D 193, 589; K 801. Co. Ct. Rec. 46.
WATERSHOPS. A geographical area or residental district, formerly a school district, and originally applied to the region about the Upper Water- shops where so many of the armorers employed on the heavy work of gun- making had their homes, almost universally, in neat cottages of one and a half storys, as described in Jacob Abbott's "Marco Paul at the Springfield Armory 1853", at p. 43, which also has an engraving of the Upper Water- shops. The school district is numbered 13 on Map G. For the Middle and Lower Watershops see Maps B C.
WATERSHOPS POND. WATERSHOP POND. There were originally three artificial ponds, corresponding to the Upper, Middle and Lower Water- shops, as shown on Maps B C. The concentration of all the heavy gun work of the U. S. Armory at the Upper Watershops necessitated a wider flowage, as indicated by the plans now in the office of the commanding officer. The
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college of the Young Men's Christian Association having become located on the shore of the pond, some of those connected with this institution have sought to disseminate the name of Massasoit Lake. Marvin Chapin, for many years, landlord of the once famous Massasoit House on Main street, was a generous benefactor to the college.
WEQUAUSHAUSICK. AGAWAM. From the Indian Deed recorded in A-B 21 in which alone the word occurs, it appears that this is a pond and its locality is still easily traceable in the depression. In fact within the woods a short distance east of the bend in Three Mile Brook a few square rods of water still remain to show that the pond is not yet extinct although its name is lost to tradition. The depression may be traced from a point near Main Street opposite the homestead of the late lamented Frank Howes and extends westerly a few feet below the general level and perhaps 200 feet wide nearly to Three Mile brook and thence northerly under the north-south high level for a considerable distance, affording a large tract of good bottom land. In the early winter of 1908 the first described part of the depression was flooded and afforded a few days of excellent skating. See Appendix A.
WEST CHICOPEE. Chicopee in West Springfield. B 124, 266. See Chicopee.
WEST HAMPSHIRE. "The County of West Hampshire" occurs in various deeds of the early eighteenth century; one of them, drawn apparently by a younger John Pynchon, includes Springfield and Suffield within the designa- tion. B 237; C I, 3.
WEST PRECINCT. A designation of West Springfield. 2 IC 186.
WET MEADOW. A general term applied to the "pondy lands" that extended along the Connecticut a short distance back from the shore, a strip of higher and drier land lying between. It is used of land in Longmeadow (A22) and in West Springfield (2 B 102) and applies to the Muxy Meadow of the latter town; but in Springfield it was the specific designation, together with Hassocky Marsh, for the meadow east of the main street. Not until the middle of the nineteenth century were the efforts, early begun, (2 B 112, 444) to drain the meadow completely successful. The brooks of Massack- sick were straightened into drains but the inhabitants settled the difficulty as to a place of abode by removing to the higher land at Longmeadow "street". Burt's Records, passim; AB 113, 131; History of Springfield for the Young p. 122. See Frost's Pond.
WHARF. UPPER WHARF. LOWER WHARF. The Upper Wharf was at the foot of the present Cypress street; the name of the street should not have been changed from the original Ferry Street or Ferry Lane. The Lower Wharf was at the foot of York Street. 1 B 258, 260, 378, 379, 405; 2 B 69; A 80. For the landing place at the Training Field (Elm street) see 1 B 333.
WHEELMEADOW. WHEEL MEADOW BROOK. WHEELMEADOW DINGLE. LONGMEADOW. I B. 277, 389; 2 B 238, 256, 300; A 80, 560. Map N etc.
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WHITE LOAF BROOK. Perhaps Broad brook in the northwestern part of Holyoke; possibly Triple brook of Map O. 2 B 185.
WHITE BROOK. AGAWAM. The stream is the next brook west of the one improperly so marked on Map T. See Deep Gutter brook and Map D.
WHORTLEBERRY HILL. WEST SPRINGFIELD. 3 IC 272, 282. See Huckleberry Hill.
WIGWAM HILL. WILBRAHAM. Between Rattlesnake Peak and Mt. Vision. Map H etc. See Stebbins' Wilbraham p. 21; Peck's Wilbraham PP. 21, 50, 58.
WILBRAHAM. See Peck's Wilbraham p. 93.
WILLAMANSIT. WOLLAMANSIT SEEP. CHICOPEE. The locality in the vicinity of the mouth of Williamansett brook. I B 234; 2 B 61, 271; B 21. See also Appendix A.
WOLF HILL. WEST SPRINGFIELD. The high land back of Chicopee Plain in the vicinity of Jasmin street. D 222, 577; F 247; K 547.
WOLF SWAMP. WEST SPRINGFIELD. At the western foot of Wolf Hill; now used for an ice pond.
WOLF SWAMP. LONGMEADOW. 2 IC 119, 215. 2 LG 352.
WOODLOTS, THE. The woodlots lay east of the Wet Meadow extending over the second terrace and up the face of the Great Hill. The soil and springs favored the growth of large timber. There were until a few years ago some exceedingly large buttonball trees at the southwest corner of Chestnut street and Harrison Avenue. The giant tulip trees opposite at the corner of Edwards street are not indigenous, as this tree is not found native east of the Connecticut. Some 20 years ago there was an indigenous clump in West Springfield. A magnificent tulip of great spread is on the lawn of No. 69 Maple street and two others of large size at No. 264 Union street. 2 B 139; AB 236; F 428; 2 LG 432. Map in Burt's Records.
WORLD'S END. Meadow land east of Sixteen Acres on the North Branch of Mill river at the bend of the stream where it dips southerly and re- turns to the north. This "brook or riveret" was called World's End brook and Pole Bridge brook. The name World's End is so far obsolete that Samuel E. Berritt seems the only depository of it by tradition for he once heard it used by an aged man. For this class of names see Necessity. In Hing- ham there is a peninsula of this name and inquiry of the owner indicates that the appellation is ancient. 1 B 313, 323, 324; 2 B 69, 228; AB 3; D 193. Reg. Deeds bk. 191 p. 188.
WORLD'S END MEADOW. On the Springfield-Wilbraham road at World's End. 2 IC 159, 179, 193.
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WORONOCO RIVER. WORONOKE RIVER. The Agawam or Westfield river. 1 B 250.
WRIGHT'S NECK. CHICOPEE. A tract of 23 acres or more in the north angle made by the Connecticut and Chicopee rivers. E 162.
X. "The X" is an old name for the crossing of certain roads at an acute angle south of Mill river, now Dickinson street, Belmont and Sumner avenues; but the development of this region has increased the use and use- fulness of the designation. Maps C D E etc.
Y. WEST SPRINGFIELD. The "Y" is but a new name but is listed here as in contrast with the "X" and for reference in the long future. It is at the western terminus of the North End bridge at the point where the street railway track leading to Merrick diverges from the main track to Westfield. The lay of the tracks suggests the letter.
ZION'S HILL. The sightly area included between Union and Mulberry streets and the brow of the Hill, within which formerly -stood the Union Street Methodist Church. The designation was originated or at least fostered by "Squire Crooks" an owner, for whom see Green's Springfield Memories p. 60. See Methodist Burying ground; Hampden Post of Aug. 8, 1854. Map H.
Mittineague Falls below Ashkanunksuck. From an old print.
APPENDIX D.
UNRECORDED DEED OF NIPPUMSUIT TO LANDS IN CHICOPEE.
The original of the following Indian deed of land in Chicopee north of the river of that name has never been recorded but a facsimile is in the Springfield City Library. It is printed in the Massachusetts Historical Society Collections, Vol 48 p 51, but not elsewhere.
Thes presentes witnesseth this 20 day of Aprill 1641 a bargaine betweene William Pynchon of Springfield on Quinettecot River on the one party and Nippumsuit of Naunetak in the name and with the consent of other Indians the owners of certaine grounde hereafter named viz. with name and behalf of Mishsqua and her sonn Saccarant and Secausk and Wenepawin all of Woronoco and Misquis the owner of Skep and other grounds adioyning and Jancompawm of Nanotak on the other party witnesseth that the said Nippumsuit with the consent and in the name of the rest for and in con- sideration of the sume of fifteene fathom of wampam by tale accounted and one yard and three quarters of double shagg bages one how seaven knifes seaven payer of sessars and seaven aules with certaine fish hooks and other smale things given at their request; all thes being in hand paid to the said Nippumsuit in the name of the rest: and for and in consideration of the said goods paid before the subscribing hereof hath bargained sould given and granted and by thes presentes hath fully and cleerly barganed and absolutely granted to the said William and his heires and assignes for ever all the groundes meddowes and woodlandes lieng on the east side of Quettcot river from the mouth of Chickoppy River vp to another smale Riveret caled Wollamansak sepe which Riveret runs into Quinnettecot River with the meddow and planting groundes called Paconemisk and all other meddowes that are wet and hassocky lyeing betweene the said Riveretes. Also all the woodlande lieng about three or fower miles vp Chickuppy River and the meadow there caled skep alias Skipnuck, or by what other name or names the said groundes be caled with all the pondes waters swampes or other profitte adioyning to all the said premises with all the Ilandes in chickuppy River and the meddow and swampes caled Pissak on the south side of Chickuppy river near the mouth of the River: The said Nippumsuit with the consent of the Rest above named hath absolutely sould to the said William his heires and assignes forever: to have and to hould the said premises with all and singular their appurtenances free from all incombrances of other Indians: and the said William doth condition that the said Nip- pumsuit shall have liberty of fishing in Chickuppy at the usuall wares that are now in use: In witnesse of these presents the said Nippumsuit with the consent of the Rest hath subscribed his marke the day and yeare first above written being the twenty day of the second month 1641.
Nippumsuit Mishqua Saccarant Wenepawin
Misquis alias Weekoshawen
Kenip Wauhshaes of Nonotark
Secousklahe (?) the wife of Jancompowin
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George Moxom Henry Smith Jo. Pinchon to the presence of Coe
Witnesses to ye premises George Moxom Henry Smith Elitzur Holyoke John Pinchon Secousk, late the wife of Kenip.
given to Wenepawin at the subscribing one yard and 1/2 for a coate of broad Bayes: and I pair of brieches to Misquis and 6 knifes to them all: also I trusted Misquis for a coate which he never paid and he was trusted vppon respect of setting his hand to this writinge.
May the 24th 1641. When Secousk sett her hand to this writting Mr. Pynchon gave her 12 handes of wampon and a knife.
St mon : 9 day 1643. When Jancompowin sett his hande to this writtinge in the presence of us and Coe Mr. Pynchon gave him a coate and knife. He came not to sett his hand to this writtinge till this day. Witnesses
Geo. Moxon. Henry Smith. John Pinchon.
The woman caled Secousk above said who was the widow of Kenip after she had 12 handes of wampom and a knife: came againe to Mr. Pynchon the 27 June 1644: desyringe a further reward in respect she said that she had not a full coate as some others had: thereuppon Mr. Pynchon gave her a childe coate of Redd Cotton which came to 8 hande of wampom and a glasse and a knife which came to above 2 hande of wampom more: in the presence of Janandua her present husband: witnesse my hand per me William Pynchon and she was fully satisfied.
Also Nippumsuit had another large coate for his sister that he said had right in the said land which came to 16s.
Also the wampom within named was current money pay at 8s per fathom at the tyme it was paid, per me.
William Pynchon.
Know all men that I William Pynchon of Springfield gent doe assigne sett over give and grant all my right in the land within named which I bought of Nippumsuit and divers other Indians 1641: to my son John Pynchon of Springfield gent and to Capt. Henry Smith and to Ensigne Holioak all of Springfield to them and their heires and assignes for ever to be disposed by their discretion for Farmes belonginge to Springfield at such rates as in their custome they shall iudge to be Reasonable: witnesse my hand and seale this 17th day of April 1651;
William Pynchon. (Seal)
Sealed and delivered and possession given in the presence of Thomas Cooper Henry Burt
Simone Bernard.
Rec'ed in Courte Septr. 30 1690. attest Sam'll Partrigg Clerk.
(Indorsement of John Pynchon.)
The purchase of the Land of Chickuppy up to Wallamansock scape and of Skeepmuck and the land adjoyning, with Father's Deed of Gift of it.
APPENDIX E.
UNRECORDED DEED OF PAUPSUNNUCK TO LANDS IN WESTFIELD AND WEST SPRINGFIELD.
The following deed from Paupsunnuck (also spelled Paupsunnick) which has never been recorded, has been placed at my disposal for publica- tion through the courtesy of Ernest N. Bagg, the owner, to whom it came from his relative, the esteemed William Smith Elwell, an artist, nature lover and collector of autographs who lived and painted on Crescent Hill. In a deed dated 1684 and printed in Wright p. 97 John Pynchon speaks of this deed as lost and so far as public knowledge is concerned it seems to have continued lost for more than two centuries, albeit probably in Springfield the whole time.
Be it knowne to all men by these psents that Paupsunnuck the wife of Panneasun of Woronoco on the one party Doth give grant Bargain & sell unto John Pynchon of Springfield on the other pty to him his heires assignes for ever & associates viz Robert Ashly and Geo. Colton yt to ye & theire heires forever viz All ye Grounds, woods, Trees Ponds water stoones meddows and uplands Lying & being on the Noreast side of Woronoco River, namely from ye Piece of ground called Potoowak downe southward along by woronoco River side to a brooke called Tawtumsquassick being about or rather above halfe way from woronoake to Springfield & from Woronoak River Norward. 3. or 4 Miles toward Quinetticot River the sd tract of Land called Yeumsk Minhansick Petaw Maunchaugsick Tammiskseack Pauckkatuck Ashkanuncksit & Tawtumsquassick withwhat ever other names it is or may be called being bounded by Potowwak on ye west or souwest & northeast by ye hills & swamps halfe way fro woronoak River to Quinetti- cot River the said Paupsunnuck wife of Panneasun doth clearly & abso- lutely Grant & sell it to John Pynchon of Springfield aforesd & to his leires & assinges for ever & that for & in consideration of 150 fadam of wampum & some coates & other things ye Receite wheroff I doe by these prsents acknowledge & for other good causes & considerations me thereunto moving Doe grant & sell & have given granted & sold all ye aforesd tract of Land to John Pynchon of Springfeild his heires & assignes for ever free from any Incumbrance & molestation of any Indians & I ye sd Paupsunnuck will unto ye sd Pynchon warrant ye premises agt all claimes whatsoever. In testymony wherrof I doe hereunto set my hand this 4th day of May 1663.
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