History of Essex County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Vol. II, Part 105

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1672

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Selectmen of Rockport since its incorporation :

1840. David Babson, Jr.

Jas. laskell.

1863. Austin W. Story. William IT. Brailley, Jr.

Thos. O. Marshall.

Henry Dennis, Jr.

1811. David Babam, Jr.

1864. Henry Dennis, Jr. Wilham Marchant.

Jas. llaskell.

W'm. II. Bradley.

David Brooks.

1842. David Babson, Jr. Win. H. Bradley. W'm. P. Burns.

1865. Henry Dennis, .Ir. William Marchant. William Caldwell.

1843. Same.

1866. Same.

1844. Same.

1867. Same.

1×15, David Babson, Jr.

1868. Henry Dennis, Jr.

Wi. P. Burns.

Austin W. Story.

Geo D. Hale.

Ezekiel Bradstreet.

1846. Same.

1847. David Babson, Jr.

Benj. Turr.

John Pool.

1848. Same.

1849. David Babson, Jr.

Wmn. Boynton. Wm. P. Burns.

1871. James W. Bradley. lenti N. Woods.

1850. David Babson, Jr. Wm. Boynton. Geo. Gott, Jr.

Abraham Lurvey. Jolin W Marshall.

1851. David Babson, Jr. Win. Boynton. James Manning.

1873. John W. Marshall. Abraham Lurvey. Henry Dennis, Jr.

1874. Same.

1875. Same.

Thos, Ilale.

1853. Thos. Ilale. John W. Marshall. Dudley Choate.

1876. Same. 1577. Same.

1878. John W. Marshall. Abraham Lurvey. Andrew F. Clark.

1851. John W. Marshall. Dudley Choato. Amos Story.

1855. James Manning. Win H. Bradley. Benjamin Atwood.

1880. John W. Marshall. Andrew F. Clark. Abraham Larvey.

IASI. . hison 1 .. Curtis, George A. Lowe. Nathaniel F &. York.

1882. S.Ale.

1883. Nathaniel F. S. York. Nathaniel Richardson, Jr. Austin W. Story.

1884. Same.

1986. Nathaniel F. S. York. Henry H. Thurston. Joseph B. Dunahne

1781 Mark Pool

17 5. Caleb Prol.

1856, John W. Marshall. Washington Tarr. I'mniel Wheeler.

1857. John W. Marshall. Washington Tarr. Austin W. Story.

18.8, Austin W. Story. James Manning.

Alfred Parsons.

1859. John Manning. Musea Haskins. W'm. Marchant.

1886. Nathaniel F. S. York. Joseph B. Duuahne. William la.we.

1887. Charles II. (Traves, Just ph B. Dounhue.

1869. Austin W. Story. Francis Tarr, Jr. William Caldwell.

1870. Anetin W. Story. Francis Tarr, Jr. .James Fernald, Jr.

Abraham Lurvey.

1872. James W. Bradley.

1852. Jas. Manning. Wm. II. Bradley.

1879. John W. Marshall. Andrew F. Clark. Stillman L. Mason.

1. 1. 41

1790. Same.

1830. George D. Hale.

Ezra barnes

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School Committees.

1840. Dr Lemuel Gott.

Joseph B. Manoiog.

William Mann.

1864. Rev. Stillman Barden.2

1841. William Whipple. William Mann.

Henry Dennis, Jr. Daniel Wheeler.

1806. Caleb Norwood, Jr. 1834. Jobn Blatchford.

1807. Same.

1835. John Blatchford. James Harris.

Jabez R. Gott. Joho Harris.

1866. Nathaniel F. S. York. Andrew F. Clark. Daniel Wheeler.

1843. William Boynton.

William Caldwell. Jobn Harris.

1868. Andrew F. Clark.

1832. James Gows, M.D.

1837. John Davis.

1844. Lemmel Gott.

William Caldwell.

Willians Mann.

1869. Nathaniel F. S. York.

1845. Same.

William Marchant Ezekiel Bradstreet.

1846. Same.

1817. William Caldwell.

1870. Nathaniel F. S York.

Calvin W. Pool. Frank H. Knowlton.

1848. Lemuel Gott.

1871. Same.

Representatives to the General Court from Rockport.

1841. James P. Tarr.

1868. Moses Pool.

1842. None.

1869. Ambrous Hodgkins.

1843. Thomas O. Marshall.

1870. William Marchant.

1844. William Grover.

1871. Rev. George H. Vibbert.

Epes Young.

1850. Alfred C. Pool.

Lemuel Gott. Epes Young.

1874. Nathaniel F. S. York. Rev. H. C. Leonard.

Dr. Edward E. Barden.

Lemuel Gott.

1875. Dr. Edward E. Barden.3

William Mann.

Rev. H. C. Leonard. Andrew F. Clark.

1852. William Pool. Joseph Bartlett.

Moses Mayo.

1853. Same.

1854. Benjamin Giles.

Rev. A. C. L. Arnold.

Austin W. Story.

1855. Same.

1856. William Caldwell. John Manning. William Mann.

1857. James Ilaskell.

Benjamin Tarr.

Joshua Tarr.

1882. Nathaniel F. S. York.

William Mann.

Thomas IInle.

1858. Renjamin Giles.

1883. Nathaniel F. S. Vork.

William Mann.

Julin C. Pierce. Dr. John E. Sanborn.

Sammel H. Brooks.

1859 Rov Elijah Mason. William Mann. David Brooks, Jr.

1884. Dr. John E. Sanborn. John C Pierce. James S. Rogers.

1×60. Rev Elijah Mason Benjamin Tarr. William Mann.

1861. Rev. Elijah Mason.

Benjamin Tarr.

John W. Legaller.

18:12. Benjamin Tarr.

John W. Legaller. Rev. Elijah Mason.1

Town Treasurers.

1810-12. Capt. John Gott.

1843-31. Addison Gott.

1857-64. Henry Clark.

1865-87. Joseph Manning.

1 He died before the close of the year.

2 Died before the close of the year.

3 He died before the close of the school year.

4 Died in 1880.

6 Died while in office.

Town Clerks.

1840-68. Col. William Pool. | 1869-87. Calvin W. Pool.

Representatives .- Representatives from Sandy Bay to the General Court were chosen as follows :

Lemuel Gott.

1865. Henry Dennis. Daniel Wheeler.

1809-15. John Manning, M.D.

1830. John Gott. Aaron Giddings.

Timothy R. Davis,

1836. Timothy R. Davis.

1867. Same.

1831. John Gott. Solomon Pool.

Joho Davis. James Harris.

Nehemiah Knowlton.

Elrazer Boynton. David Dunahne.

1838. Eleazer Boynton.

1833. George Lane. Josiah Griffin. William B. Haskins.

Gorham Babson.

1839. Sammel L. Andrews.

1840. William B. Haskins.

Jobo Manning.

William Mano.

Willam Caldw. Il.

1872. Nathaniel F. S. York. Calvin W. Pool. Rev. C. A. Merrill.

1849. Benjamin Giles

William Boynton.

1$73. Nathaniel F. S. York.

Calvin W. Pool. Rev. Henry C. Leonard.

1845.

1846 to '50 inclusive. None.

1873.

1851. Addison Gott.

1852. Newell Burnham.

= 1875. Henry Dennis, Jr. =

1853 and '54. None.

1855. Benjamin Parsons, Jr.

1856. Samuel York.

1857. Thomas Ilale.

1858. Wm. W. Marshall.

1859. Henry T. Lowe.

1860. Jolin D. Sanborn.

1861. Anstin W. Story.

1882. Jason L. Curtis.

1883. Edward H. Shaw.

1884. George Elwell.

1885. Jobo G. Dennis.

1865. Amos Rowe, Jr.

1866. William Caldwell.

1867. Benjamin Hale.

887. Theodore L. Pool.

BIOGRAPHICAL.

EZRA EAMES.

Ezra Eames was born in Holliston, Ma-s., August 26, 1801. He was the son of Isaac Eames, an officer in the War of 1812; one of six children, -- two boys and four girls. The only survivor of the family, Mrs. Betsey Marsh, now resides in Napoli, N. Y. At a very tender age Ezra accompanied his father from Ilollis- ton to a town in one of the western counties of New York State, but being unable to content himself away from his native State, he returned in a short time to Cambridge, Mass., where he secured employment in a pork-packing establishment, and here, with but six dollars in this world's goods and an invincible de- termination to work out his own destiny, single- handed and alone, he began the great battle of life. He remamed here until 1827, when ambition led him to seek a broader field of usefulness ; thus at the age of

1876.

1877. William Marchant.

1878. Jason L. Curtis.

1879. Amtos Rowe.

1876. Rev. H. C. Leonard. Henry Dennis, Jr. John W. Marshall.

1877. Same.

1878. Rev. Henry C. Leonard.4 John W. Marshall. Nathaniel F. S. York.

1862. Moses Pool.

1863. Rev. David Bremner.

1864. Austin W. Story.

1879. Same.

1880. Same.

1881. Nathaniel F. S. York. Stillman L. Mason. John W. Marshall.

John W. Marshall. Jolin C. Pierce.

1885. Dr. John E. Sanborn. James S. Rogers. Nathaniel F. S. York.

1886. Nathaniel F. S. York. John C. Pierce. Dr. Charles B. Hall.

1887. Dr Charles B. Hall. Nathaniel F. S York. William Marchant.

1855-56. George Gott, Jr.5

1852-51. James Manning.

18f3. Rev. Stillman Barden. Henry Dennis, Jr.

1842. Wm. Boynton.

Daniel A. Wheeler. Daniel Wheeler.

Gorham Balsoo.

1834 Josiah Griffin. Gorham Babson.

1872. James W. Bradley.

1851. Joseph Bartlett.

Epes Young.

1874. Jobb J. Giles.

1880. W'm. H. Sargent (7th Ward, Gloucester) 1881. Nathaniel Richardson, Jr.

1886. Rufus MeLellen (7th Ward, Gloucester).

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twenty-six years he came to that part of Gloucester called Sandy Bay, and after an investigation of the place and its opportunities for business, his keen fore- sight and superior judgment led him to take hold in earnest of the stone business. Therefore, with Mr. Beniah Colburn as partner, they began operations at what is now known as the Colburn Pit, at Pigeon Cove. After a few years' association with Mr. Col- burn, by mutual consent this partnership was dis- solved, and a new partnership, under the firm-name of Eames, Stimson & Co., was organized. This part- nership developed those extensive quarries now the plant of the Rockport Granite Company, and here was devoted the full vigor of his middle life, as dur- ing the War of the Rebellion they furnished thousands of tons of granite for the State and country, viz., the fortifications of Boston, Portsmouth and Portland harbors, the Charles Street Jail and State's Prison at Boston, and others that we might mention. He was a public-spirited citizen, a prominent leader in the founding of many of the enterprises of Cape Ann and other parts of this State, among which was the Annis- quam Mills erected in 1-47 ; was one of the founders of the Rockport Bank, was its first president at its organi- zation, in 1851, and remained so until his death ; he was interested in the Pigeon Cove Harbor Com- pany, the Lanescove Pier Company, the Rockport Branch of the Eastern Railroad, constructed in 1×60-61, and active in its interests until sold to the Eastern Railroad in 1868; president of the Cape Ann Isinglass Company, and the very leader in the establishment of the First National Bank of Glouces- ter, organized in 1865; a director of the Mystic River Improvement Company, in the Bunker Hill District, Boston.

He married Miss Miriam R. Colburn in 1836. The result of this union was two sons and six daughters, who all (with the exception of the wife, who died in 1579, and one daughter in childhood) survive him. Hle was a stanch Republican, but had no desire for oflife of any kind ; a firm temperance advocate and a devout detemler of Rockport's famous " Hatchet Gang," so-called-being a company of ladies who, without invitation, entered the places where liquor was kept, ejected the packages, and with their hatchets caused small rivers of rum to run in our publie streets, in 1856. llis religions expressions and devotions were in sympathy with the Universalists generous in los support of the same. Ile was sincere in his belned that usefulness was the great object of man's creation , diat a promise was sacred, and at all hazard should be kept and fulfilled. A man of individuality, of thecision ; possessed of those qualities of mind and heart that lived above the performance of any un- manly act.

He passelon to his rest, August 17, 1974, at the age of @ city two years. A coincidence of this date is the fact that while one life was passing off' life's busy stage, another was stepping on, for in an adjoining

room to the one where a noble life had just closed, another, Ezra Eames Cleaves' (a grandson's) life began. Ezra Eames, faithful to life's end! More cannot be said of any that have lived.

CHAPTER CXVI.

NAHANT.

BY EDWARD J. JOHNSON.

Eurly Traditions-Early Settlements-Genealogien of the Johnson, Hood and Breed Families-Nahant in 1800- War of 1812-Descriptive Letter -- The Hotel - Steamboat Landing - Steamboats-Francis Johnson-Cor- nelius Coolidge-Mr. Frederick Tudor.

EARLY TRADITIONS .- Nahant, one of the smallest in population and number of acres of any town in the connty of Essex, was one of the earliest of the many settlements which the Puritans founded along our coasts. By going back to the early voyages of Thor- wald, Gosnold, Pring and John Smith, to the landing of our fathers at Plymonth, and so down through the colonial records of court and town, we can extract from them the history of Nahant.

From the stories of the Norse voyages we learn that Thorwold, in 1004, spent the winter in Narragansett Bay, and in the spring set sail to find his way back to the coast of Greenland. Working his way around Cape Cod, which he called Kialarnes, he sailed north- ward to the main land, and came to anchor near a bold promontory which projected into the sea, cov- ered with forest to the water's edge. Ile was so de- lighted with the place that he exclaimed : " Here it is beautiful, and here I should like to fix my dwell- ing!"

While at anchor near this promontory, and while preparing to go ashore, the Norsemen discovered three small canoes, each containing three natives, whom they pursned, killing all but one, who escaped to his tribe. He, with just indignation, soon returned with others of his tribe to destroy, if possible, the Northmen, who had so cruelly betrayed their confi- dence. But the arrows and the frail birch canoe of the natives were as nothing compared with the battle- screens raised by the Northmen on their ship's side ; so that the natives soon retired, but not until they had mortally wounded Thorwold, who had only time to say, "This is my death-blow ; I desire you to depart as soon as possible, but first take my body to the shore and bury it upon the promontory before you, where I had intended to make my abode. I shall now dwell there forever. Place a cross at my head and also at my feet, and call the place Krossanes."

Abbot, in his " History of Maine," says: "This event took place, as it is supposed, near Boston Har- bor. It was the first conflict between the native

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Americans and the Europeans, and in this encounter the Europeans were probably outrageously in the wrong." Thorwald's men, after the death of their leader, returned to Narragansett Bay, where they spent the winter, and in the spring set sail for Green- land with a cargo of wood and furs.

Lewis, in his " History of Lynn," says : "The ques- tion has arisen whether Krossanes was Nahant or Gurnet Point." There is nothing remarkable abont the latter place, and though so long a time has passed, no person has thought it desirable to dwell there, but it is used as a pasture for sheep. It is far otherwise with Nahant, which answers the description well ; and thousands, on visiting it, have born witness to the appropriateness of Thorwald's exclamation : " Here it is beautiful, and here I should like to fix my dwell- ing-płace ! "

The above account of Thorwald would be a very important historical record in the history of Nabant, if we could find sufficient authority to identify it with " Krossanes." the promontory near which Thor- wald anchored his ship ; with the beach where he saw the Indians ; the bay where the one surviving Indian escaped and returned with his fleet of canoes ; the point or cove where the first battle between the In- dian and the European was fought in New England ; the landing-place where they made the grave for Thorwald, and where they erected the two crosses, But the shadowy history of nearly a thousand years ago is but a story that must be read and weighed by the reader, who caa judge for himself whether Nahant was " Krossanes "-the Cape of the Cross.

That it should have been Nahant is certainly very possible. Abbot admits it to be near Boston Harbor, and Lewis also is in favor of Nahant.

Coming to a later day, we find that John Smith, in his voyages along the New England coast, noticed Nahant, which he called the Mattahunt Isles, and made a landing there. He also speaks of the iron- mines, referring to the cliffs on the northeast coast of the peninsula, which much resemble iron-ore. But although John Smith called Nahant the Mattahunt Isles, yet, according to the earliest records about the time of Governor Endicott, it is mentioned as Na- hant, so called probably from an Indian chief named Nahanton.

EARLY SETTLEMENTS .- By early records we find that Robert Gorges, in 1622, obtained a grant of lands in Massachusetts Bay, in which grant Nahant was in- cinded. Before Blackstone or Johnson made their home at Boston, settlers were tilling the soil of Na- hant and cutting down the woods for their dwellings and fences, as a settlement was probably made there previous to 1630 or thereabouts.

This is proved by the deposition of one William Dixey, which we quote below :

"Sworne saith, that abont twenty-eight years agoe, Mr. Isaak John- son, heing my master, Writt to the llon'rd Govern'r: as now is Mr. Endicott for a place to sitt downe in upon which Mr. Endicott gave me

and the rest leave to go where wee would, upon which I went to Sau- gust, now Linne, and there we mett with Sagamore James and some other Indians, whoe did give me and the rest leave to dwell there or thereabouts, whereupon I and the rest of my master's company did cutt grass for our cattell and kept them upon Nahant for some space of time, for the Indian, James Sagamore and the rest, did give me and the rest, in behalf of my master, Johnson, wt land wee would, wherenpon we sett down in Sangust and bad quiet possession of it by the above said Indians and kept our cattell in Nahaut the summer following."

(Deposition given May 1, 1657.)

After this date (1630) Isaac Johnson left Lynn for Boston, being one of its first settlers. This first set- tlement at Nahant was made with the full consent of the Indians, all living in peace together.

Thus the first settlers obtained a title to their lands first from Gov. Endicott to go where they would, and afterwards from the Indian, Sagamore James.

Lynn, including Nahant, was a large township ad- joining the town of Salem, the first landing-place of the Puritans, In this large territory the Puritans placed their homes at long distances from each other, in convenient or chosen spots, each family occupying large tracts of land. A few families gathered at Tower Hill, Breed's End, Sagamore Hill and Swamp- scott, as well as at Nahant.

Although there was so much land, far more than could be utilized, yet soon after the settlements had been made disputes and much quarreling arose over titles and boundaries. In order to peacefully settle this question, the majority agreed to allot to each settler as much as it was thought each needed, the remainder being held in common, subject to vote in town-meeting. To this arrangement there was a dis- satisfied minority, who purchased of the Indian saga- mores their favorite tracts of land, as they deemed the Indians the true owners. Among these pur- chasers was oue Thomas Dexter, who, by verbal pur- chase, bought Sagamore Hill and Nahant, claiming them as his own, tilling the soil and making inclo- sures for his cattle, and denying the right of any one to interfere with his fences. Dexter's fellow-towns- people of Lynn decidedly objected to his claim of Nahaut, causing much ill-feeling, which finally re- sulted in a suit at court, which made a great deal of trouble for the newly incorporated town. Nahant was especially desirable on account of its excellent pasture lands for cattle, as a fence placed across the northwest end of Long Beach protected the whole peninsula, keeping the cattle safely enclosed, besides serving as a barrier to keep out the bears and wolves. These great advantages were not overlooked by the settlers at Nahant, who deemed it a locality worth contending for.

It is not therefore at all surprising to find at this time several claimants for Nahant. One was Thomas Dexter, who, as we have said above, claimed it by right of purchase from the Indians. There is in a deposition evidence sufficient to show that he pur- chased Nahant, feneed it in, and that a suit of clothes was a part of the consideration paid. Another claim-

HISTORY OF ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.

ant was the town of Lynn, whose early settlers claimed it by their right of first settlement, and who had given it to the rest of the townspeople, to be used in common.

Still another claim made was by the settlers who had already taken land at Nahant, and who were much annoyed by the appearance of two rent-gather- ers, one sent by Thomas Dexter, the other by the settlers at Lynn. Many of the settlers, becoming dis- gusted, moved away to more peaceful abiding-places, but the more stubborn remained to contest their own right of free settlement, refusing to pay any tax levied upon them.

The contest for Nahant appears to have been both severe and stubborn, so much so, that after the town of Lynn had voted to allot the land at Nahant equal- ly to the several proprietors, it was voted at a sub- se muent town-meeting, " that the soil should be sown down to English grass, and that no house should be left standing !" Such an act it is hardly possible to find elsewhere ; but in spite of it, the administrators of Thomas Dexter appealed to the decision of the court. In 1676 the case was decided against them in favor of the town of Lynn.

We next hear of Nahant in 1687, when the notori- ous Edward Randolph, the English commissioner of himself for upwards of fifty years, should jealousły Charles H.'s time, petitioned " His Excellency, Sir Edward Andros, Knight, Goveruor, etc., etc," for a grant of Nahant. In 1706 Lynn voted to divide its lands among the townspeople and received from the courts the legal right to hold and divide all the common land. A committee composed of three persons, citizens of other towns, made a division and reported it to the town-meeting, when it was duly accepted. Previous to this act of the town a deed of Nahant had been procured by Lynn from the Indians, dated September 4, 1686, thus making the title of Na- hant satisfactory after seventy years of coutest at Inw.

The committee just mentioned divided Nahant into two hundred and eight lots, the largest contain- ing four acres and six rods, the smallest thirty-eight rud4. The division was made by making eleven strips or ranges forty rods wide, running across the peninsula from northeast to southwest.

Bass Point was laid out in six ranges, running east and west, and Little Nahant in two ranges. Between these ranges of land a narrow strip of land one rod wide was left for a right of way to the several lots that were laid out across these ranges ; the lot lines running at right angles with the narrow roadway. Thee lots were conveyed by written deed, under weal an I recorde l, giving title to other and new pro- prietors. These strangers, who now began to come and ent the grass in the fields which the settlers had tilled and occupied, and which had been the play- grunnel ot their children, declared the land their own, wth ow authority which comes from the vote of a town meeting, sanctioned by the supreme ruling of

the courts of England. The title of all the lands on Nahaut rest to-day on this town vote of 1706.

On the 26th of July, 1708, Dr. John Burchsted at- tached the house of Hugh Alley, Jr., at Nahant, bringing a suit of trespass against him for cutting and hauling away about ten hundred pounds of Eng- lish hay from his land. The land from which Alley took the hay was from the lots in the fourth range, laid out to Joseph Collins Jr. and Samuel Newhall, and had been purchased from them by Dr. Burchsted. Hugh Alley claimed this land, " having held and en- joyed it for above fifty years last past down to this last year by mowing, fencing and improving, without dis- turbance or molestation till now."

He further claimed that the town of Lynn gave him eight acres of land at Nahant for his services in the Pequot War. Dr. Burchsted's evidence was that Alley was a tenant only, and paid rent to the town of Lynn, for the land which Alley claimed had been de- cided to be the property of Lynn previous to 1706. Of course Alley could furnish no legal title against Burchsted, and so he was forced to abandon his claim, and was fined, with the costs of the suit. It is not, however, to he wondered at that Hugh Alley, after a peaceful and unmolested residence of his father and defend this house, and gather in his barn the hay mowed by others than himself. The decree of court and the fine caused Alley to abandon Nahant and make Lynn his home.

The several depositions in this case prove most conclusively that Alley Sr. lived at Nahant as early as 1647, making him the second known inhabitant ; for in au indenture made between one Armitage and the citizens of Lynn in the year 1656, 19th day, Ist Month, we find the following phrase: "For as much wood as groweth upon six acres of land on Nahant, near unto ye place where Thomas Graves' house stood," showing that one Thomas Graves had lived at Nahant and had had a house there, which had been destroyed prior to the year 1656. This makes Graves the first known inhabitant and Alley the second.

Probably two settlers, named Lindsay and Fferne, also lived on Nabant about this time, as Susanua Fferne's testimony in the land controversy shows. She " Testifieth that ye Land in Controversie between Doctor Burshted and Hugh Allie, Ever since my re- membrance (for at best thirty years), has been in ye possession of and improvement of Hugh Allie, de- ceased, and James Mills under him, and they never have been dispossessed by any man, and that ye sd Land has heen fenced in ever since my remembrance, I being Borne at Nahant, near ye same place. 1 further testifie yt Hugh Allie, Deceased, had another piece of Land fenced in where his House stood, which was a considerable distance from ye land in t'ontroversie, which now lies cominon, and has dun sou for many years." The suit of Burchsted vs.

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Alley settled the land controversies on Nahant, tbe owners now beginning to convey their lands and give a good title.

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History of Essex County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Vol. II, Part 105

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed Publication date: 1888 Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co. Number of Pages: 1672

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) ed
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1672