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At the annual meeting 1737/8 the town accepted "of the Road or Hyway from Wefton Line Leading into the Road Leading to Jeremiah Gays Land or Dwelling Houfe", but the clerk noted that this was not to be recorded till after the adjourned meeting on the 28th. This road was laid out by Selectmen Fisher, Smith and Josiah Kingsbery, and may have been the westerly part of Blossom Street, which in 1771 did not extend to the Weston line, but turned westerly at Parker's and ran to Stevens's house in Parker Plain.
On page 73 of Vol. II. of the town records is a description of a road laid out by Selectmen Robert Fuller, Woodward and Amos Fuller, and accepted by the town. On April 3, 1738/9, the town accepted a road laid out by former select- men in answer to a petition of "Sundry of the Inhabitance
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of the Towns from Natick Line to Sherborn Road with a littil alteration throw the Land of Left Thomas Metcalf and the Church Land belonging to Dedham".
On February 19, 1738/9, a petition of John Goodanow, John Underwood, Timothy Bacon, Edward Ward, Thomas Frost and Josiah Broad, all residents of "The Leg", was presented, and it stated the need of a road from "Natick Line to Sherburn high Way" as they had "no way to Mill or Market".1 This was an old way, and the town granted the petition, but a year later reconsidered, as the petitioners would not give some necessary land. On May 19, 1740, the town voted to discontinue this road, but on July 7 ap- pointed Ensign Robert Fuller and Peter Edes to ascertain the amount of damage that Hezekiah Broad and others would suffer if the road was laid out; July 1, 1741, the town refused to allow Mr. Broad £2, 16s. for his going to Court about this road, but May 16, 1743, the selectmen granted to Robert Fuller £1 "for his paying it to a Lawyer in the Cafe of the wefterly Inhabitants petition to have a jury to Lay them out a Road Leading into Shearbourn Road fo Called in the year 1742 in april".
On March 11, 1739/40, the town accepted "a new Drawn Road in Lieu & stead of the old one Between the houfes of Aaron Smith & Timothy Kingsberry Jun=", (South Street), and confirmed "a Road or High way Leading from the houfe of John alden as it is now Drawn to ye brook Called ox meadow Brook at the Lower end of James Kingsberrys meadow in the Room and Stead of the Road Leading from Said Brook towards the Lower falls till it Comes to the Crofs Road that Leads to the meeting Houfe". The same day Captain Cook, Ensign Robert Fuller and James Kingsbery were chosen "to treat with the felect men of Newton with Respect to Laying out a Road or High way to the Cart Bridge
1 On pages 80 and 81 of Vol. II. of the town records is a description of this road, dated February 16, 1738/9, and signed by John Fisher and Jonathan Smith, two of the selectmen.
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over Charles River". On March 14, 1747/8, the town ac- cepted the road as laid out "from De Jofiah Newel His Dwelling Houfe to the Cart Bridge ouer Charles River Near his houfe", but no land damages were to be paid. The same day a way "from the Dwelling Houfe of Captt John Fifher to the Cart Bridge over the Charles Charles River Near faid Fifhers houfe" was also accepted. This way was the southern portion of Central Avenue.
On March 30, 1750, the selectmen appointed Amos Fuller, Nathaniel Man and John Pain to lay out a highway "from M: William Mills's to a Highway Layd out from Dedham to Poles Ifland alfo from Sd Mills's to the Highway leading through great Plain, alfo to the Highway by John Pain's"; perhaps a part of Greendale Avenue, which with Broad Meadow Road formed the "through" public way. In 1771 there was a road running northerly from Great Plain Avenue to Joseph Colburn's (Blackman's), but it ended there. On March 9, 1752, the town accepted from Hezekiah Broad a gift of the land used for a road near Isaac Mills's. Two years later a road from William Mills, Jr's., house lot to the road leading by Jeremiah Eaton's house was accepted by the town, provided there were no land damages. John Alden and Josiah Eaton, "the Selectmens Committy", had reported October 11, 1753, as to this road. Messrs. Mills and Eaton lived between Webster Street and the river, and presumably this was the old road laid out in 1715 and discontinued in 1896. The same day that this road was accepted, March II, 1754, the town voted to discontinue "the Road Leading from the Road by mr Caleb Kingsbery's a Croft Cheftnut Hill to the Road Leading by m! Jofeph Hawes's to mz Chriftopher Smiths from Being an Open Road and allow it only to be a Leading Road Provided they have Gates to go through in Said Road". Mr. Kingsbery lived where the Wellesley Country Club is; Mr. Hawes on the hill north of Edward G. Fuller's, and Mr. Smith probably on Brook Street.
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On March 10, 1755, the town accepted a road "Leading from the Road nere Strife meadow Bridg to ye Road Lead- ing from Chriftopher Smith to David Smiths" provided it was as good as the old road, and cost the town nothing. Jonathan Deming, Jonathan Smith and Ephraim Bullard were appointed to view this new road, which apparently was the modern Brook Street. The same day the town voted to discontinue "ye Road Leading from the Road that Leads through ye Cheftnut Trees By Cap" Caleb Kingsberys houfe to the Road that Leads from m Ephraim Wars to Jeremiah Woodcocks from being an open Road and allow it to be a Leading Road for three years Provided they have Gats to go through in Said Road". This road seems to be identical with that part of Wellesley Avenue between the club house and Brookside Road.
On February 22, 1756, Samuel and Joseph Mackintier, appointed by the selectmen, of which board Samuel was a member, reported that they had layed out a road "from the Houfe of mr Henry Dewing Jun to the Road Leading from mª Jonathan Gay to m' Thomas Gardners"; apparently Grove Street, which in 1771 ended at Benvenue Street, the latter road then ran southwesterly, turned to the west, and came out onto the Sherborn road (Washington Street) near Bullard's tavern. This change in an old road was accepted by the town at its annual meeting in 1756. On May 23, 1758, there was a report from David Smith, Jesse Kingsbery and Jonathan Huntting, who had been appointed by the town in March "to Vew the Road Near Robert Cunningham which Ifaac Mills Petitions to Fence up".
On March 12, 1759, the town voted to discontinue "the Road Leading from Ephraim Wars to the Meeting Houfe as far as Peter Edes Land lies upon Said Road for two years Provided Ephraim Ware Hangs two Gates Sutible", and also discontinued "the Road Leading by Captn Caleb Kings- berys Houfe to the Road that Leads from Ephraim Wars to the Meeting Houfe from being an Open Road and allow it
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only to be a Leading Road Provided he be at the Coft of Providing two Gates".
On February 23, 1761, three of the selectmen laid out a road two rods wide "From the Houfe of mr Nathaniel Fifher to the Cart Bridge Leading over Charles River near Den Fifhers Houfe"; evidently Central Avenue south of Charles River Street. In May, 1762, the town dismissed the article in reference to a road in the west part of the town near the house of Alexander Campbell. Mr. Campbell seems to have been the only person who wanted it.
At the annual meeting in 1764 the ninth article was to see if the town would accept a road, one and one half rods wide, through "Cedar Swamp Plain", and Aaron Smith, Jr., Josiah Woodward, Capt. Eleazer Kingsbery, Josiah Newell, Jr., and Lieut. Day were chosen to ascertain what the land damages would be. At the adjourned meeting, March 16, a road was accepted "Near the Houfe of Uriah Coller Ju! As it is now Used and Improved on the Eaft Side of ye Said Coller's Fence in the Room of a Road within Said Coller's Fence", and in May the road laid out the year before "From the Brook on the Southerly Side of Cedar Swamp Plain: And Runing Northerly to Natick Line" was also accepted. It was the road referred to in the ninth article at the annual meeting. Cedar Swamp is in the west part of the modern Wellesley.
On May 22, 1766, the town accepted a road "as it is Laid out from Sherburn Road (So Called) To the Road that Leads by Enfa Lemuel Pratts houfe to Wefton": there to be no land damages. This road was on land of Josiah Up- ham, Jr., and on that of Henry Pratt, deceased, according to the report, under date of February 13, 1766, of a special committee consisting of Joseph Daniell, Caleb Kingsbery and Samuel Huntting. On March 14, 1768, the town ac- cepted "a Leading Road as it is laid out: from the Houfe of Josiah Ware; through Samuel Mackintier's Land: To the Road that Leads by Said Samuel Mackintiers Houfe: Upon Conditions that the Said Samuel Mackintier has
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Libberty to pafs and Repafs through the Land of the Said Josiah Ware to his Wood Land". Mr. Ware lived on Cart- wright Street. The report of Ephraim Jackson, Ebenezer Huntting and Oliver Mills, who laid out this road, is dated March 13, 1768, and is recorded in full. At the same meeting the town accepted a road "over Rofemerry Meadow Damn" in place of one "below Rofemerry Meadow Damn", which latter road was discontinued. The report of the committee, Ephraim Jackson, Josiah Woodward and William Mackin- tafh, was dated March 4, and contained these words: "And in Cafe the Flume wants Repairing or New Building it is to be Done at the Expence or Charge of the Propriators of the above Said Meadow".
At the annual meeting in 1770 the town discontinued "the Road Leading from Sherburn Road; Towards Josiah Woodwards; as far as the Road is now Laid Out. Adjoining to the Land and fence of Samuel Daniel; and Accept of the Road that is now Laid out; on the Land of mª Joseph Daniel: in the Room and Stead of the old Road". The selectmen had appointed two of their number, Robert Fuller and Capt. Caleb Kingsbery, to lay out this new road in company with Lemuel Pratt, and their report is dated March 9.
On March 15, 1771, the town accepted "a Road Leading from MI Benjamin Mills'es Land as it is Marked Out: and Now Travilled in on the Eafterly part of John Kittley's Land Untill it Comes to Great Plain Road: With Out Coft and Charge to the Town And it paft in the Affirmative". The town also accepted a road "as it is Marked Out from the Northwefterly Corner of MI Joseph Colburn's Land: On the Land of Lit Amos Fuller: Untill it Comes to the Road that Leads to Poles Island (So Colled) With Out Coft and Charge to ye Town". The reports as to these two roads are on page 23 of Vol. II., and are dated March 6, 1771.
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Perhaps the present Broad Meadow Road is the one referred to.
The town also accepted a leading way "as it is Marked Out through the Land of M: Josiah Ware: To a wood Lot Belonging to the Heirs of M: Samuel Mackintier Decd with out Coft and Charge to ye Town:" This was on Ridge Hill and a continuation of a road. The report, which is dated March 4, 1771, is on page 23 of Vol. II.
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On March 16, 1772, Josiah Newell, Esq., Lieut. William Mackintafh and Samuel Daggett were a committee to see about a road which ran between Ensign Eliakim Cook's house and barn and ended at the Widow Judeth Mills's, but on May 28 the town refused to accept it. Early in 1773 the town paid Timothy Newell and Michael Metcalf fifteen shillings each for attending the Court of Sessions in Boston, and Mr. Shephard and John Jones, Esq., three shillings each for writing for the town, including an answer to the petition before the court as to a road in the west part.
On May 19, 1773, the town appointed Dea. John Fisher, Michael Metcalf and Lieut. Jonathan Day to treat with the owners of the land through which it was proposed to lay out a road, viz., from Natick line and Lieut. John Bacon's house, on what is now North Main Street in Natick, to the brook by Theodore Broad's mills and thence to Sherburn road. The committee reported at the next March meeting as directed.1
At the May meeting in 1773 the town dismissed article thirteen which was to see if they would open a road through the Chestnut Trees. At an adjourned meeting on March
1 On pages 57 and 58 of Vol. III. of the town records is the report of the select- men who relocated the westerly part of Bacon Street.
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23, 1775, the town accepted a road from Natick line near the house of Moses Fisk to the road "that Leads from the Neck of the Ponds to Bofton", but there was to be no ex- pense to the town. The report of the laying out of this road by Selectmen Robert Fuller, Nathaniel Fisher and Ebenezer Fuller, is dated February 14, 1775, and is recorded. The road was one and one half rods wide, and ran through Moses Fisk's land to Isaac Underwood's and through Mr. Underwood's to the southeast corner of Joseph Drury's orchard.
On May 29 the town accepted a road "from John Kings- bery's Houfe as the Road is now Traveled in, Untill it comes to the Road leading by John Aldens Houfe to the Uper falls. As it is Laid Out Two Rods wide, through the Land of Josiah Eaton and Jeremiah Eaton, In Exchange for part of an Old way that was Laid Out from Dedham to the Lower falls: Viz That part of Said Old way that Goes through Jeremiah Eatons Land; Beginning at William Milleses Land Near Rofemerry Pond, and from thence Runing to the Road Leading from Josiah Eatons to John Aldens". At the meeting of March 23 Josiah Newell, Lieut. Day and Amos Fuller had been chosen to view this proposed road, and to report at the May meeting, which they did.
On February 24, 1778, the town accepted the report, dated the 16th, of Amos and Thomas Fuller, a committee appointed by the selectmen "to Lay out a way; Beginning at the Road by Nathaniel Ware's and so thrugh Mr William Millse's Land into the Road above Rofemerry Pond; And alfo from the Road by the North End of John Hall's Lot to Kindrecks Bridge (So Called) And make Return to the Subfcribers as Soon as may be". At the annual meeting the town took action, and named Josiah Eaton, Capt. William Smith and Henry Dewing to lay out the same pro- posed road; in their report to the May meeting they de- scribe this road as "From the Corner of John Hall's Land
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as the way is now Drawn and Travil'd into Kindrick's Bridge (So Called), And alfo a New way as it is laid Out Upon the Said Mills'es Land Two Rods wide Adjoining to Nathaniel Ware's fence as it is Mark'd Out; Viz Beginning Near Said Ware's Barn, And Runing from thence into the Road above Rofemerry Pond (So Called) The land Said Roads are laid Out Upon to be Given by Said Mills, in Ex- change for that Part of an Old way formerly laid Out from Dedham to the Lower falls: Going thro Said Mills'es Home Lot, Viz from the Land of Jeremiah Eaton, as far as the middle of a watering Place at Rofemerry Pond (So Called) Formerly Referved by Ebenezer Mills for a watering Place, As the Same is Specify'd in a Plan and Deed Given to Na- thaniel Longley The Town Alfo Referving Liberty for Lieut Robert Fuller his heirs and Afsigns (and Others Concern'd) to pafs and Repafs thro Gates and Barrs in Said Old way, as far as it Concerns them to Cart their wood and hay". The town accepted this road "Provided Said William Mills makes the New Road a Good and Pafsable Road". In the old times the "Rofemerry" meadows were flooded by reason of the sawmill dam on Wellesley Avenue, and the pond was much further north than the present Rosemary Pond, which was then insignificant, and has since been dugout.
In 1782 Isaac Mills was paid £2, 8s., "for Land of said Mills that a Road was laid Out upon, Between Said Millse's and ye Weft, Meeting Houfe".
On March 10, 1783, the town accepted a road laid out "Two Rods wide On the Southwefterly Side of John Tol- man's House lot as the Same is Marked Out, In the Room of a Part of the Old Road Called Newell's Road as far as it joyns on Said Tolmans land, Provided there be no Coft to ye Town for the Same". On May 27, 1783, the town re- jected two proposed roads in the West part, but was favor- able to one "as it is laid Out from the Corner of Nathaniel Tolman's field to the Stick Bridge (So Called) Provided it is no Coft and Charge to the Town". The record is as follows:
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"We the Subfcribers being, Petitioned to: to lay out a way from the Stick Bridge (So Called) Near Lieut Jonathan Gay's Nearly by the Dwelling Houfe of Doc! Jonathan Davis, and So till it Comes to the Road by the Corner of Nathaniel Tolman's Land and we Having laid Out Said Road as Follows Viz: Beginning near Said Corner and So by Stakes on the North Side till it Comes to the Corner of Said Gay's Land Near the Stick Bridge above mentioned; Said Road to be one Rod and a half wide South of Said Stakes
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Article 9 of the warrant for March 13, 1786, was to see if the town would "Difcontinue a Road Leading from MI Timothy Newells, through the Land of Mr Ebenezer Day to the Road Leading from John Tolman's to Lie: Samuel Townfends And Accept of Another in the room that Should be Prefented to them at this Meeting". Capt. Aaron Smith, John Slack and Jofeph Kingsbery, Jr., were the com- mittee to view the proposed new road, and the article was dismissed May II. Article 10 was to see if the town would lay out a leading way "from ye Land of MI Elmun Tolmans to the road that leads from Liet Jonathan Gay's to the Meet- ing Houfe", and this article was also dismissed.
On March 15, 1787, the town voted to "Open a Road from the Road Leading from Efq Newells to MI Samuel Daggetts' to Cap" Caleb Kingsbery's Houfe which was Shut up as a Leading way Several years ago," and accepted a "Road from Said Kingsbery's to the Road Leading from Samuel Ware's to the Eaft Meeting Houfe, as it is now Traviled by said Kingsbery's: Field on the Southerly Side of a Hill in Lieu of the Road Laid Out over Said Hill to the aforesrd Road Leading from Wares to the Meeting Houfe". At the May meeting, 1788, the town reconsidered its vote
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of March, 1787, "to open a Leading Road over Cheftnut Hill (So Called)", and the selectmen were "to Stake out the wedth of the aforeSaid Road". The desired result does not appear to have been accomplished, as in 1796 the town chose William Fuller, Esq., Aaron Smith and Adt Daniel Ware a committee on this road, and in May, 1796, the subject of the "Chefentree Road" was deferred to the next meeting.
At the May meeting in 1796 the town accepted a "Road from the North end of ME Nathe1 Wilson's lane to the Paper Mill and from thence to the Road leading from ME Nathe1 Fifhers to Fiffers Bridge (so Called) as it is now Traviled if the Same may be done free of expense to the Town ex- cepting highway work"; the committee to lay out this road consisted of Ephraim Jackson, Lieut. Oliver Mills and Enoch Fisk. In 1796 the town put up twenty "Guide posts", some of which were painted and lettered by Edward Russell of West Needham.1
In 1797 Ensign Nathan Dewing, Enoch Fisk and Adj. Ware were chosen a committee in reference to a road from Capt. Josiah Newell's house. In 1799 the town refused to discontinue the road leading from Capt. John Tolman's house "to the Rode leading from Grate plain to Fishers Rode so Called from being an open rode and have it a Bridle way with Good Gates at each end". In 1800 the town voted not to "turn the way leading from the mark'd tree so called to the Road leading from the Meet- ing house to Dover on Land of Capt Jofiah Newell as it is now fenced out"; Joseph Fisher had petitioned for this change.
In connection with transferring Henry and Capt. Nathan Dewing and Amos Morse to the Northwest highway
1 The town has expended in the course of one hundred years a large sum for guide boards, but the record of them is chiefly interesting for the names of the painters. Many of the guide boards were renewed in 1829, at which time Luther Barrett painted and lettered twenty-four for $18. The town records in some in- stances call these signs "Direct boards".
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district, March, 1801, mention is made of the road from "the Gravel pit So Called Near Said Henry Dewings house to Sherburn Road".
Article 7 of the warrant for the March meeting in 1803 was to see if the town would accept a road "one Rod and half wide from the land of L' Lemuel Mills' on Land of Sal- mon Barney to the Road leading from Cooks Bridge to the East meeting house in the place where the Selectmen have staked out the same". The matter was postponed, and brought up under the May warrant and dismissed, with the result that Lieut. Mills, the petitioner, brought suit in the Court of General Sessions, and in October Benjamin Slack,1 David Smith, Jr., and Royal McIntosh were chosen to represent the town in this case. In October, 1803, the town accepted a "Road from Wilfons corner (so called) to the center of the Bridge" at the Dover line. Wilson's Corner was at the junction of South and Charles River Streets. In December, 1803, Lieut. Jonathan Gay and Ben- jamin Slack were appointed agents to answer the committee named by the Court of the General Sessions of the Peace "to View the Road from Willm Bogles in Weston to the widow Olive Parkers in Needham agreeable to the Petition of Richard Kimball and others".
In 1804 the town twice refused to accept the road laid out by the selectmen at the request of Jonathan Ellis, and a road laid out at the request of Lieut. Adam Jones had the same fate. Mr. Ellis appealed to the Court, and the town named Benjamin Slack, Enoch Fisk and James Smith to settle with him, and late in 1806 they reported favorably, but there was to be no expense for land taken "or abuttle- ments of the Bridge on the lower part of the sd Bridge with the peers and Cappieces: and so long as the proprietors of the Mills of which the sd lower part of Sd Bridge makes a
1 The town was than engaged in troublesome and expensive litigation with Mr. Slack, who apparently sued the town for money expended by him, and others, in maintaining the school near the Lower Falls; the town finally settled the claim.
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Dam supports the above which the sd town is Exempted from Doing; then said town to support the uper part of the Bridge with string pieces and plank".
In April, 1807, the town dismissed the article to discon- tinue the road from Jonathan Gay, Jr.'s, to the "mark tree so Called", and to make it merely a leading way with bars and gates. Thirty years ago this road was passable, but has grown up to woods. Arthur Whitaker partially cleared the western portion about 1903. In May the ninth article was to see if the town would "Straten the road from opposite Daniel Ware's barn as Strait as will best accomo- date to the bridge north of the powder house".
In March, 1814, the town accepted the road staked out by the selectmen "in the South part of the Town near the Slitting Mill" "two Rods wide: running from the old road south of M: George Fisher's new house" "to the River between the blacksmith's shop and the new house on Capt Josiah Newell's Land built by Jonathan Newell".
In April, 1817, the town granted Major MeIntosh a road as laid out by the selectmen, but he was to make a good road at his own expense "Except his own highway tax the present year which is to be worked out on Said Road and when Said Road is compleated he is to Discontinue the Road over the hill which is now traveled". In 1820 Benjamin Slack and Peter Lyon laid out a road through land of Daniel Hunting, and between the dwellings of William Eaton and Dea. Alden.
In 1822 the town voted not to oppose "the Road now pending before the Court of general Sessions". In 1823 the town accepted the road (Rosemary Street) between the houses of Warren Dewing and William A. Kingsbury, pro- vided it was made at private expense, and voted to discon- tinue the old road from Mr. Dewing's to the Great Plain road when the new road was completed. Late the next year a committee reported in favor of extending the road from Lieut. Jonathan Gay's "to Natick", and the following
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April $200 were appropriated for that purpose. This is the west portion of Charles River Street.
In 1825 the town accepted the favorable report of a com- mittee as to a road from Dover to Newton, and voted "to discontinue the road from near Spencer Fullers to the road leading from the east meeting in Needham to Dover, in compensation for the one leading from said road to the Mills". This was also a part of Charles River Street. That year Major McIntosh, Elisha Lyon, Esq., and Capt. Reuel Ware were a committee to oppose the petition of William Bogle and others for a road (Blossom Street) from Weston to the Worcester Turnpike. In April, 1826, the town voted to discontinue "a peice of Shurburn road in Needham near Ware & Wilder's Store to M' Seth Colburns".
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