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No. 14. John Pynchon. In 1671 Pynchon bargained with James Osborn for this lot, and in 1673 he sold it to John Earle. It does not appear whether it was occupied by either.
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Probably both bargains fell through and the land referred to in the extract below is this lot. Dec. 31st, 1674, Pynchon agreed with Nathaniel Foote of Hatfield to build him a,-
House at Pacumtuck on my land there, of 29 f long, 21 f brd, 10 f stud, he to doe all ye carpentry work from felling to finishing: all yt is to be done by carpenters for closing and finishing all; he like- wise to do all ye carting, for all weh worke well, substantial & work- manlike done & ye house wholly finished, excepting nails, stone work & chimney-only that ye mantletrees for ye chimney he is to find :
I am to allow him L,30, whereof £3 I am to pay in to G. Mee- kins for Bord & sawing he is to have of him & ye rest I am to pay him in ri, wt & porke; ye porke at £3 5s. pr barrel dl'd at Hartford, not above 3 or 4 barels in porke, ye rest in corne as aforest, or goods, or pay, to his content, as soon as ye worke is done, or pt be- forehand: ye worke to be done by April come 12 no. Heretoe he sets his hand this 31 Dec. 1674: NATHANELL FFOOTT:
Dec. 8th, 1674, Pynchon made a bargain with Joseph Leonard to build a house of the same size in Suffield, so we may assume this to be the standard house of the period. He pays Leonard £25, 2 gals. rum, and the use of his "sawmill to saw out the bords, joice, braces and rafters."
Samuel Hinsdale appears to have been the next owner of this lot and to have been here in 1675. He was killed with Lothrop, and in 1677, on the petition of his widow, the Court gave her this lot for her own. She married the same year, John Root, who was killed here by Indians, Sept. 19th, 1677, while preparing a home for his new wife on this lot. After his death it was again confirmed to her. This lot has been divided into three homesteads. The north part was occupied by Mehuman Hinsdale in 1704, whence himself and wife were carried to Canada and where their only child was killed. They came back here when redeemed. He died in 1736 and his widow lived here with her second husband, George Beal. Her sons, Col. Ebenezer and Samuel, who kept tavern, and hvis son John, who followed the same business, succeeded. Calvin Dickinson sold it in 1798 to Mrs. Abigail Norton, nec Hinsdale, who sold the place in 1802 to Asa Stebbins. In 1806 Stebbins sold to Wm. Russell, by whom the house was greatly enlarged. It is now held by his heirs. South of the house, on the spot where the stand-pipe of the aqueduct com- pany mystifies the stranger, stood a house occupied by one Gillet, which early in this century became the cabinet shop of Wm. Emmons.
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Part II. Owned as early as 1698 by John Richards. His house was burned and a daughter captured here in 1704. Ac- cording to a family tradition, Benjamin Munn, his step-son, was living on the lot at this time in a sort of side-hill cave, which was so covered with snow as to escape the observation of the enemy. However that may be, he with wife and baby, escaped the horrors of the night unharmed. Richards re- built the house and in 1709 sold out to Benjamin Munn. There is a tradition that another house was burned on this place in the night-time, and that a cat awakened the sleeping occupants, Benjamin Munn and wife, "by running across their faces, just in time for them to escape, and that the cat was never seen afterwards." Benjamin Munn, Jr., the carpen- ter, succeeded his father, and Joel, his son, sold the place to Peter Gates in 1780. Gates sold out to John Williams, who lived here until his death. By his will, on the death of his widow in 1832 it passed to the Trustees of Deerfield Acade- my. They sold it in 1848 to Col. John Wilson, and it is now held by his heirs. A weaver's shop was on the place when held by the Munns. Col. Wilson here made plows and culti- vators of his own invention. By a deed of Oct. 9th, 1756, it appears that Oliver Partridge sold this lot to Elijah Williams. This transaction I cannot explain.
Part III. Nathaniel Brooks lived here as early as 1700. The whole family was captured and the house burned in 1704. He only returned. His brother Joseph sold it in 1713 to Samuel Porter. It was owned from 1756 to 1767 by Sam- 11el Dickinson. His daughter Hannah, wife of Col. William Williams of Deerfield and Pittsfield, sold it May 3d, 1791 to Solomon Williams, for £115, who, May 30th, 1791, sold it to John Williams. Hezekiah W. Strong bought it of John Wil- liams in 1798, and the next year sold to Jonathan Arms. Augustus Lyman bought of Arms in 1803, and probably about that time he built the house now standing. In 1816 Ly- man sold the place to Ephraim Williams-" Uncle Bob "- reserving the southeast corner, on which stood his blacksmith shop. The heirs of Williams sold to Dr. Stephen W. Wil- liams-"Dr. Steb"-in 1839. Oct. 5th, 1857, he sold to John Birge; from him it went to Miss Theoda Dickinson, who sold it to Dr. R. N. Porter, by whose heirs it is now oc- cupied. A blacksmith shop was built here about 1800, by
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Augustus Lyman, and business carried on by himself, Elisha Wells, A. F. Wells, Reuben Nims, George Smith and others. It has been discontinued about forty years. Henry C. Mason has now a carpenter's shop on the lot.
No. 15. John Fuller. Owned in 1686 by heirs of Barnabas Hinsdale, who was killed with Lothrop at Bloody Brook. They sold to Samuel Carter in 1707. He sold, probably about 1718, to Timothy Childs, and he to John Russell, Aug. Ist, 1767, subject to a mortgage to Samuel Hopkins. Russell died in 1775. His widow, Hannah (Sheldon,) bought up this claim in 1787. Augustus Lyman bought of her in 1794, for £230, and sold in 1798 to Solomon Williams, and the latter to his brother Elijah-" Uncle Josh"-in 1800. The place is now held by J. W. Champney, whose wife is a granddaughter of Elijah Williams. The house was probably built by Timothy Childs. In 1825 a strip was sold from the north side to Eli- sha Wells. He sold to Benjamin Ray, who, in 1835, built the present house and a wagon shop about 1830. This estate is now held by his heirs. Upon this place John Russell set up a tailor's shop in 1765, and later combined with it store and tavern keeping. His account books of this period are in Memorial Hall. Here his son, Maj. John Russell, probably set up his trade of watchmaker. "Uncle Josh " brought here in 1805 his saddler's business. He also did a large business in making worsted covered pocketbooks. His shop was aft- erwards used for book-binding and jeweler's business. Still later, Ebenezer Saxton here made boots and shoes. The spot is now graced by the art and literature of James W. and Elizabeth W. Champney.
No. 16. Peter Woodward. In 1686 Peter Tufts sold it to Jonathan Wells, who built the stockade which protected it against the enemy in 1704. His son Samuel kept tavern on the north half many years and sold out in 1768 to Joseph Bar- nard. Ebenezer, son of Joseph, practiced medicine here- 1772-1790. His heirs sell to Thomas Wells in 1792. Wells built the house which was moved from here and now stands beside the railroad bridge on Memorial Lane. In 1818 Wells sold to Oliver Cooley, from whom it passed in 1826 to Pliny Arms and Seth Nims. A. W. Hoyt bought it in 1840 and sold it in 1851 to Mrs. Jane (Ware) Keith. In 1857 it went to Josiah Fogg, who built the present house in 1868. It is now (1895) held by his heirs.
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Part II. The south half was held by Jonathan Wells, Jr., who died in 1735. Bought as above, in 1768, by Joseph Bar- nard, who gives it in 1785 to his son Joseph. In 1792 Joseph sells to Stephen Barnard, who in 1798 sells to Elijah Wil- liams, and he the same year to Solomon Williams. In 1799 H. W. Strong buys it of Solomon and sells it in 1802 to David Wells. Ebenezer Saxton, cordwainer, buys of Wells in 1807, and here worked at his trade. He sells in 1822 to Dr. Stephen W. Williams. Dr. Joseph Goodhue buys one-half soon after. Stephen Higginson bought of their heirs in 1853, and in 1885 his heirs sold to Henry C. Mason. Mason sold to Horatio Hoyt and he to Henry S. Childs, its present owner, in 1886.
No. 17. Mary [Judson] Hayward. She was widow of Sam- uel Judson and the property went to the children of Judson by a former wife. Robert Price was living here in 1686, but he probably did not pay for it, as in 1693 the daughters of Judson sold it to John Baker. Samuel Baker, son of John, sold it in 1700 to Eleazer Hawks, but no deed was given un- til 1710. His son, Col. John, succeeded him, buying out all the heirs in 1754. John Williams bought it May 5th, 1784, of Col. Hawks, and sold June 4th, 1787, to David Hoyt. It has since been held by his son Horatio and now by Horatio, Jr., and co-heirs. The old house was built in 1803. The house on the south side of the lot was built by Horatio, Jr., its owner, in 1868. In 1816 Rodolphus Dickinson and John Wilson established a printing and publishing house here, in a building erected for their use. Book agents are no new evil under the sun. From this house they were sent unto the uttermost parts of New England and New York, carrying their productions unto a market, even for a seventh edition, in one case. In the same building Elijah Booth, John Bry- ant and Chas. Howard engaged quite extensively in book- binding. Here Harry Catlin kept a grocery store and began the business of cabinet making. He removed this occupation, building and all, to his father's homestead, where we shall note its further travels.
No. 18. John Farrington. In 1683 his son Eleazer of Bos- ton sells it to Isaac Sheldon, Sen. Eleazer Hawks held it in 1704, and tradition says he built the present house in 1712. Sept., 1713, the town voted "yt Deacon hawks shall make Brick in the street." Whether this was mandatory or per-
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missive does not appear. Probably it was leave to make brick for his chimney. Originally the house had a big chimney in the center, as was usual in the older dwellings. About eighty years ago it was repaired and left in its present form by Eli- jah Russell. The heirs and assigns of Nathaniel Hawks, son of Eleazer, sold the place about 1788-90, to Hannah, widow of John Russell. In 1815 Lemuel and Elijah, her sons, sell to Epaphras Hoyt. His son, Arthur W., sells in 1847 to John M. Forbes. Elisha Wells bought of him in 1848 and sold in 1850 to Rev. Preserved Smith. Christopher A. Stebbins, the present owner, bought of Smith in 1862. The building moved here from the site of the brick meetinghouse, as noted under No. 12, was used by Gen. Hoyt for a postoffice, and the Reg- istry of Deeds, until the formation of Franklin county in 1811. Later it was occupied by Thomas Bardwell for a shoe shop, and afterwards by Stephen Allen, until about 1828. It was finally removed down on the Wapping road, where it now stands, converted into a dwelling by Timothy Gay.
No. 19 was Edward Richards's farm.
No. 20. "The Church Lott." This was the most southerly draft on the west side of the street. The lot for the church, as we have seen, was really located on Meetinghouse Hill, and it would ,seem as if Richards claimed and held a house- lot here by virtue of his 150-acre farm grant. It is found at an early date in the hands of John Richards, probably a son of Edward of Dedham. In 1705 John Richards sold it to John and Benjamin Munn, calling it No. 20. It was probably owned by William Arms as early as 1724, and certainly in 1749. In 1762 Arms sold John Hinsdale two acres and a half on the west end of the lot. This was long ago washed off by the river. Elijah Arms, son of William, settled just west of his father, and in 1768 one acre and a quarter there was given him by William. The house of William Arms on the cor- ner was burned in 1768, and Rebecca, his wife, perished in the fire, being caught, according to tradition, by an avalanche of grain from an upper floor, while she was trying to save some flax. In 1773 Phineas Munn, surveyor, held the lot and sold it in 1781 to John Williams. July 12th, 1791, Williams sold the corner to Abigail Norton. David Saxton bought it of her the same year. His son Rufus bought it in 1798. It passed from his heirs in 1861 to Abigail Bigelow. Mrs. B.
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sold to Elisha Wells, April 12th, 1887. Wells sold the same year to Mary W. Lincoln, who thoroughly repaired the house. It was burned Dec., 1890. In 1890 Miss Lincoln sold a build- ing lot west of the house to Charles Barnard.
In 1788 John Williams sold to Francis Munn a small tract west of the corner lot sold Mrs. Norton. Here Munn built a house and shop, where he made fanning mills. His heirs in 1820 sold to David Wright, who built the house now occupied by Rufus R. Williams.
In 1797 Williams sold another tract still farther west to Ithamar Burt, who had on it a dwelling, a tailor's shop and store in 1806. In 1813 Jonathan Arms and Augustus Lyman sold this place to Thomas Bardwell, shoemaker, who built the house burned here in 1885. Patrick Burke, who now owns the place, built the house now standing, in 1885. Still west- ward lived Elijah Arms, on land mostly washed away by the encroachments of the river. He removed to Mill River about 1770. It has since been the home of Israel Wells, of Israel Marcy who died in 1823, and Amos Temple who died in 1831. Moses Smith had a small lot on the southwest corner in 1796. A number of other families have had more or less footing on No. 20.
West of No. 20 was a lot belonging to Mehuman Hinsdale, which in a division of his estate in 1745 is thus described : " A Houselot Containing about 9 acres bounded on ye Coun- ty road South, on John Hawks North, Deerfield river West, on ye Rear of ye Houselots East," [as late as 1775 John Hins- dale sold Joel Munn, "43 rods, with the buildings thereon," on the southeast corner of this lot.] This was set off to John Hinsdale, and at the same time a lot of three-fourths of an acre, between the Hatfield road and Eagle brook, " Bounded on Deerfield river or highway West, on Daniel Arms East, on ye County Road North, on Eagle Brook South." Men now living have seen the remains of the well of this place, over on the island. The bed of the river in 1670 was probably about as far west as the present channel, which was formed by the river cutting through the meadows in 1869. The Hatfield road originally ran along the south side of No. 20 and Hins- dale's 9-acre lot, to the river, and followed its bank across the present Log Meadow, by Martin's Falls to Stebbins Meadow and the Bars, and up Bars Long Hill.
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At the east side of the street, at the south end, the road to the mountain originally ran east across what was later the Arms lot, a little north of where it now is. In the triangle thus formed south of this road, the town granted Edward and John Allen a homelot of six acres, in 1685. John Field sold this to Thomas Wells in 1705. In 1753 it was sold by Sam- uel Childs to Selah Barnard. In 1768 it was sold by Barnard to Samuel Childs. His grandson Samuel, " Brigadier Childs," died here in 1808, and his heirs in 1811 sold to Jonathan Arms, for his son, J. Lyman Arms. It was sold to Orlando Ware in 1824. Nathaniel Hitchcock bought of Ware in 1836 and sold to Edwin Ware in 186 -. In 1872 it was bought by Geo. A. Arms, who still holds it. The road was changed to its present location at an early date and in 1728 a heater piece at the west end of this lot was sold to Daniel Arms and it is now a part of the old Fisher lot. East of this a lot was sold later to Ralph Arms, who built upon it about 1816. It was bought of his heirs in 18- by Rufus Rice, and from him it passed to Almon C. Williams, its present owner. Some of the Childs family were weavers and had a weaving shop on the place. Across the road, south, a cider mill and distillery were located and operated by Christopher T. Arms and Or- lando Ware. The cider mill was sold to Horatio Hoyt in 1827. The house near by, on the " Hutchins lot," now owned by G. A. Arms, was a shoe shop moved from No. 36. Geo. W. Shaw has a blacksmith shop on the corner of this lot. The house owned by John Burns was built by Frank Russell and Alvin Goodnough.
No. 21. Joshua Fisher's farm. Fisher also appears to have a homelot by virtue of his farm grant. This fell into the hands of Jonathan Hunt, who in 1691 wills it to his son Thomas. William Arms bought it of Thomas Hunt in 1698. It was divided into three homelots, for his three sons. By bargain, subsequently, the center lot was divided and joined to the others. The south part was held by Daniel, his son Daniel and grandson Aaron, whose son Christopher T. sold it in 1828 to Phineas Warren. Arthur W. Hoyt bought of him in 1836 and sold it in 1841 to Geo. A. Arms, son of Chris- topher T., who now holds it. The central third of this lot was sold by C. T. Arms about 1820, to Harry Catlin, who built the house burned there in 1871. From Catlin it passed
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to Hepzibah Dennison, widow of Lemuel Russell, who gave it to her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Leonora Russell. Geo. A. Arms bought it of her and restored it to the original lot. He made it over to R. C. Arms, the present owner, in 1872. The north third was sold by John Arms, grandson of William, to Joseph Barnard in 1763. He gave it to his son Joseph in 1769. It has since been held by his sons, Theodore and Wil- liam, and it is now held by the heirs of William.
No. 22. Sergt. [William?] Avery. Held in 1696, and prob- ably much earlier, by Philip Mattoon, and by his heirs as late as 1714. It was owned by John Catlin, who died in 1758. His son Seth succeeded and kept a tavern on the place for many years. It was a great resort for Tories in the Revolu- tion. Richard, son of Seth, held the place until 1819, when it passed to Quartus Wells. From Joel B., his son, it passed to George M., his grandson, whose heirs now hold it. House burned in 1882. New house built in 1885. At the east end of the lot, on " Bijah's Brook," once stood a fulling mill.
No. 23. Thomas Mason. Owned by Daniel Weld, who wills it to his son Daniel in 1699. The latter sold in 1709 to Samuel Smead, with house. Smead sold in 1714 to Samuel Dickinson. His daughter, Hannah Williams, sold it for £150 to Consider Dickinson in 1788, who sells the next year to Quartus Wells for £175. In 1853 his heirs sold to Elisha Wells. House burned here in 1853 and the present one built in 1857, by Elisha Wells and John Hare. It is now owned by Mr. Wells. Rhoda B. and Catherine W., daughters of Quartus Wells, did a large millinery business here half a cen- tury ago.
No. 24. John Bacon. It was held by John Plympton in 1672. His son Peter sold it in 1705 to John Wells. Owned in 1712 by Jonathan Wells; in 1714 by Samuel Childs. In 1729 John Bacon quit-claimed the place to Mahuman Hins. dale, but it does not appear that Hinsdale ever made good any claim on it. Samuel Childs sold it to Samuel Childs, Jr., Dec. 5th, 1753. In 1778 it was owned by Nathan Catlin and his son John. Here they made pewter buttons and estab- lished a ropewalk, where they supplied the demand for cart ropes, bed lines and halters. Samuel and John, sons of John, were engaged in trade here, and in teaming to Boston in can- vas covered wagons. These wagons, so common on all the
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main roads leading to Boston fifty years ago, disappeared upon the advent of railroads and were last heard of as " prai- rie schooners," in the far west. Here their brother Harry continued cabinet making in the building removed from No. 17, and was succeeded by Franklin Russell. About 1833 this building started on another journey and it will be mnet once more upon its travels. About 1800 Solomon Ashley had a shop on this lot for cutting gravestones. The old Catlin house was torn down and a new one built about 1815. That was burned in 1872. The present one was built soon after. In 1874 the heirs of John Catlin sold the place, and Cyrus Brown is now the owner.
No. 25. Thomas Fuller. William Smead bought of him in 1671 and in 1674 he sold the north part to Godfrey Nims. In 1701 Nims sold to Ebenezer, son of William Smead. He died in 1753, leaving it to his son Joseph, who held it until 1765, when it was bought by Simeon Harvey. In 1793 he sold to Samuel Wells. David Saxton, Jr., shoemaker, bought it of Wells in 1794. In 1798 he sold the south half to Rufus Saxton, and the north half in 1799 to Ebenezer Saxton, shoe- maker. Benoni Grover, tailor, bought this of him in 1800, and in 1801 sold to David Wells, who bought the south half the same year. In 1811 David Wells sold the whole to Dr. William S. Williams, for his son Thomas. Thomas sold the south half to Elizabeth R. Whitmore in 1842. It was occu- pied by her father, Thomas Whitmore, cartwright. She sold to Stephen Higginson in 1865. Stephen W. Williams, broth- er of Thomas, sold the north half in 1853 to Chas. Hawks, who in 1859 sold to Pliny Read. In 1865 Higginson bought of him. His heirs sold the whole to the Northampton & New Haven railroad in 1884. On the northwest corner of this lot stood the blacksmith shop of Simeon Harvey, facing its rival across the street. Here John Birge, hatter, plied his trade about the time of the Revolution. And here was the "South end " schoolhouse 1795-1800.
No. 26. Samuel Daniels, who lived here before Philip's war. Held later by Samuel Northam, carpenter. In 1696 he sold to John Catlin. In 1703 George Stileman of Hadley came in possession through a suit at law, and sold it in 1705, with house and barn thereon, to William Arms, a great speculator in real estate. Thomas Wells sold it in 1717 to Ebenezer
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Wells, who here kept tavern. His house was burned and he probably built the one now there. David Wells, son of Eben- ezer, sold the place in 1801 to Hezekiah W. Strong, who had a law office here, probably in the north chamber, which was reached by outside stairs on the east side. Ebenezer Barnard kept a store and the postoffice here in 1804. There was also a tailor's shop here not far from that date. South of the house stood a store building, which was moved to the east end of the lot and made into a dwelling for Arad Munn, about 1810. This has since been owned by his son Philo, Osborn Hutch- ins, Cyrus Brown, Charles H. Sturtevant and William P. Sax- ton. About 1805 Strong sold out to Orlando Ware, trader. Ware was for many years a large munufacturer of cider in the building lately standing east of the barn on Memorial Lane. Eastward, where the Canal railroad has plowed across the road, stood the wagon shop of Benjamin Ray. It was re- moved and is now occupied as a woodshed by his daughters on No. 15. Still eastward stood the residence of John Sax- ton. On the Saxton lot stands-after four removes-the Harry Catlin cabinet shop, fitted up for a dwelling by William H. Saxton and now owned by John Murphy. East of this, on the northeast corner of the lot, were the shoe shop and res- idence of Joel Saxton. Both have disappeared. Just round the corner was the house of Arad Munn, cartwright, spoken of above. His shop stood across the road east, the site now covered by the Connecticut River railroad. This shop was removed by Nathaniel Hitchcock and now does duty as a barn on the " Hutchins lot." The house now standing on the southeast corner of the lot was built by Edwin Ware for him- self in 1842.
No. 27. John Chickering. Sold by his heirs to Peter Tuffts, who sold to Jonathan Wells in 1686. In 1715 Wells was holding three-quarters of an acre on the southwest cor- ner of this lot, but there seems to be a sale of the whole lot in the deed by which, in 1692, the administrators of Benja- min Barrett sell to Godfrey Nims, cordwainer. Nims's house was burned Jan. 4th, 1693-4, and a step-son, Jeremiah Hull, was burned in it. All this lot, except the present dooryard on the southeast corner, has been sold in small parcels and occupied-by the Orthodox meetinghouse in 1837; by the Town house in 1846; by Memorial Hall, which was built for
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Deerfield Academy in 1798; by Joel Saxton and others for a shoe shop, 1805 ; for a dwelling by David Wells, which was sold by his heirs to the present owner, Patrick Kennedy, in 1840; by Baxter Stebbins for a brickyard, about 1835; by Isaac Ball, cooper, for a dwelling at the extreme east. A malt house probably stood near the site of the Town house, and a schoolhouse on that of the meetinghouse. There is a tradition that the malt house was burned. Close to the side- walk in front of the town house stood, in 1836, Harry Catlin's cabinet shop, then used by Hiram McKee for a wagon shop. About 1842 the old cabinet shop took another journey, east- ward, to the brickyard, and once more, across the road south, where, after four removes, it became the dwelling of Wm. H. Saxton, as before noted.
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