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1673.
Thomas Hammond to Thomas Greenwood, seven acres land adjoining Captain Prentice and John Ward. Greenwood also bought Isaac Parker's homestead in 1686, house, barn and twenty-four acres ; east by Thomas Ham- mond; south by Nathaniel Hammond ; west by Jonathan Hammond; and north by John Druce. He also bought about forty acres of others.
1675.
Thomas Danforth to James Trowbridge, the now mansion place of said Trowbridge, with house, barn, out-houses and eighty-five acres of land; bounded with the narrow lane north; Samuel Hyde and highway west ; high- way south; and land of said Danforth east; the dividing line being straight through the swamp.
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1678.
Samuel Hyde, deacon, to his son-in-law, Humphrey Osland, shoemaker, a piece of land upon which said Osland has erected a house; bounded with highway east; his own land north; and by John Crane west and south.
1681.
Richard Robbins, of Cambridge, to John Woodward, weaver, and his wife, Rebecca, daughter of said Robbins; north by a way leading to the Lower Falls ; south by Charles River; east by land of Esquire Pelham; and west by Thomas Crosswell.
1689.
Agreement between the proprietors of great Ball Pate meadow, to main- tain the same and keep open the ditch through the meadow, every one doing his part according to his proportion of the meadow; and also to fence said meadow against swine and great cattle. Thomas Prentice, senior, seventy rods on the south side of the meadow, by his son's house, which is twenty rods more than his proportion because he has a greater advantage in flowing than the others; Jonathan Hyde, senior, twenty-five rods; Jonathan Hyde, jr., twenty-five rods ; John Hyde, twenty-five rods; William Hyde, twenty- five rods ; Thomas Sadgrove, twenty-five rods; Erossman Drew, twenty-five rods.
Signed by the above named parties.
Witness : THOMAS GREENWOOD, THOMAS CHAMBERLAIN.
1698.
Eleazer Hyde to his brother Daniel Hyde twenty acres land; east by Jona- than Hyde; south by the pond called Haynes' pond; west by Daniel Hyde ; and north by Ichabod Hyde. [All sons of Jonathan Hyde, senior.]
Jonathan Hyde, senior, and wife Mary to his son William Hyde, forty acres of upland and five of meadow; southwest by Thomas Danforth; north by Ichabod Hyde; and east by his own land. Also, ten acres more in 1700.
Also, to his son Daniel Hyde, thirty-five acres where he hath entered and built his now dwelling-house; north by Captain Prentice; west by William Hyde; south by Samuel Hyde; and east by Icliabod Hyde. Also, ten acres more, adjoining Samuel and William.
Also, to his son Ichabod Hyde forty-two acres, where he has erected his now dwelling-house ; north by Captain Prentice ; west by Daniel Hyde ; south by Eleazer Hyde. Also, twenty-four acres more, north by the highway. Also, ten acres more.
Eleazer Hyde, weaver, to his brother Daniel Hyde, twenty acres; east by Jonathan, senior ; south by the pond called Haynes' pond ; west by Daniel Hyde; and north by Ichabod Hyde.
February, 1702.
Jonathan Hyde, senior, Sergeant, gives and bequeaths to John Kenrick, Nathan Healy and William Ward, Selectmen of Newton, half an acre of land, bounded northeast by the highway to Dedham; northwest by his own
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land; being ten rods on the highway, and eight rods wide southwest, for the use and benefit of the school in the southerly part of the town; to be em- ployed and improved by said Kenrick, Healy and Ward, or any two of tliem, and such as shall be chosen after them to succeed in said trust by a majority of the votes of the families at said south end of the town, for whom said school is now principally accommodated to the ends aforesaid.
Witness : JOHN WOODWARD, HANNAH WOODWARD, JAMES HYDE.
JONATHAN HYDE.
1703.
Jonathan, senior, to his son Samuel Hyde [jr.] forty-five acres of land that his dwelling-house now standeth upon; south, partly by the great pond called Wiswall's pond, and partly by the Haynes' farm, with a way one rod wide on the south side to come from his house to the great road, on condition not to sell it to strangers except through want or necessity; but to one of Jonathan Hyde, senior's, heirs, by the name of Hyde. In an agreement between his father Jonathan and brother Eleazer, May, 1703, Samuel binds himself that the rod-wide way shall be free to bring hemp or flax to the pond and sheep to washing, or such like necessary occasions to come to the pond through his land, from the pond to the north end of the stone wall, and so along upon the land that his honored father Jonathan Hyde left liim witlı the one-rod-wide way between the land of Thomas Wiswall and said Jonathan Hyde to the great road. This agreement was signed by Jonathan Hyde, senior, and wife Mary ; Eleazer Hyde and wife Hannah, and Samuel Hyde. Witnessed by Samuel Hyde and Thomas Wiswall. Acknowledged before Jonas Bond, May 28, 1703.
Jonathan and Eleazer Hyde to their brother Samuel Hyde, of Newton, a tract of land bought of Thomas Wiswall; east partly on land of Jonathan Hyde, senior, and partly on land of said Samuel; south by the great pond called Noah Wiswall's Pond and the Haynes' farm ; west on land of William Wilcox; north on land of William Hyde, Daniel Hyde, Ichabod Hyde, and the northeast corner by a walnut tree by the drain. [This was an excavation to obtain water from Wiswall's Pond, to increase the power of Smelt Brook. It passed through the low ground west of the house of Joshua Loring, Esq., on Beacon and Crescent Streets.]
Thomas Wiswall to Samuel Hyde three-quarters of an acre on the north- erly side of the great pond; south by the pond; west by said Hyde; north by Jonathan Hyde; and southeast by the stone wall lying on both sides of the drain that runneth out of the said pond [see the preceding item]. [Hyde bought this for the convenience of himself and brothers to go to the pond. ]
Jonathan Hyde, senior, to his son John Hyde, forty-six acres; southeast by Jonathan Hyde, jr. ; northwest by Nehemialı Hobart; and northeast by Boston [Brookline] line. Also, ten acres adjoining.
Jonathan Hyde, senior, to his son Joseph Hyde, forty-five acres where he has erected his now dwelling-house; south by Henry Seger; east by Eleazer Hyde; and west by the way between the division of lots.
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Jonathan Hyde, senior, grants to his children a cartway through his lot, from his east gate by Dedham highway to his west gate behind his barn,-a way with gates forever.
1705.
Jonathan Hyde, senior, to his son, Jonathan Hyde, jr., fifty acres; west by John Hyde; south by Benjamin Wilson; east by Payne's land. Also, another tract in 1709.
November, 1705.
Samuel Hyde, 2d, of Newton, to Daniel Hyde, ten acres for £10; Haynes' farm west and land of -- Wilcut; northeast by his other land.
Witnesses, ARCHIBALD MAGOY, JONATHAN HYDE, JACOB HYDE.
Signed, SAMUEL HYDE, HANNAH HYDE.
1710.
Jonathan Hyde, senior, to his son Jacob Hyde, all his now dwelling-house, barn, out-houses and fifty-six acres land; north by Thomas Prentice; west by heirs of Ichabod Hyde; from the brook to Thomas Prentice's land; north and northeast by daughter Osland; east by the highway.
Also, to his daughter Anna thirty acres; east by Dedham road; west by Hannah Hyde, widow of Ichabod; north by Jacob Hyde.
Jonathan Hyde, senior, to his son-in-law John Osland and Sarah his wife, sixteen acres woodland (called Ragland) ; west by John Spring and John Prentice. Also, twelve acres east by highway.
1712.
Mary Eliot, widow of Rev. Joseph Eliot, of Guilford, Connecticut (brother of Rev. John, of Cambridge Village), gives to her son, Rev. Jared Eliot, of Connecticut, three hundred acres of land in Newton, being part of Governor Haynes' farm; east by land of John and Eleazer Ward; west by John Hobart; north by William Tucker and Samuel Hyde; and south by Joseph Parker and Jonathan Ward.
1713.
Edward Jackson, of London, England, mariner, son of Jonathan Jackson, of Boston, deceased, and grandson of Edward Jackson, senior, sells to Nathaniel Healy, for £10, the ten acres given him by his grandfather Jack- son's will.
1715.
Jared Eliot and wife Hannah, of Killingly, Connecticut, to John Ham- mond, three hundred and seventy acres of land, in four parcels, for £6,000. [Part of Governor Haynes' farm.]
Eleazer Williams and wife Mary [Hobart], of Mansfield, Connecticut, and Abigail and Sarah Hobart, of Newton, to Rev. John Cotton, the homestead of their honored father, Nehemiah Hobart, one hundred acres of land, with the buildings thereon, for £850, in Province bills of credit; east by John Eliot, Esq., Thomas Train and the county road ; northerly by Thomas Train, Edward, Jonathan and Joseph Jackson; south by John Eliot. Esq., and John Spring.
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May, 1716.
Nathaniel Parker to the Selectmen of Newton, two hundred and sixty rods land for £15, beginning at a chestnut tree in the fence on the Dedham road, near Jonathan Woodward's house, thence sixteen and a half rods on the road to a stake and stones in the fence of said highway; then turning east and running north, sixteen rods, to a stake, and then east, running to a stake in the fence of the aforesaid highway, sixteen rods, to said chestnut tree.
NATHANIEL PARKER.
The third meeting-house was built on this land.
1717.
Abraham Jackson to his son Captain John Jackson, a deed of gift, several parcels of land, some partly in Newton and partly in Cambridge, with dwell- ing-house and barn and thirty acres adjoining; west by townway; south by Indian lane. Also, twenty acres at Chestnut Hill (except four acres to Isaac Beach and the land on which the meeting-house now standeth, so long as the town shall see cause to improve it for the use they now do). Also, twelve acres pasture land in Cambridge, east on Joseph Champney and Ebenezer Stratton.
1721.
John Ward to his son-in-law William Trowbridge, deed of gift, the west end of his dwelling-house, where said Trowbridge now dwelleth, and thirteen acres of land adjoining, and one quarter part of the grist-mill and stream.
1722.
Isaac Williams, of Roxbury, to his brother Ephraim Williams, of Newton, one quarter part of the corn mill in Newton, which was his honored father's.
1726.
Samuel Miller gives to the town of Newton four rods of land for the west school-house, near his dwelling-house, on the proprietors' way, so long as the school-house shall be continued there, for the use of schooling and for no other use.
1733.
Jonathan Ellsworth, Esq., executor of the estate of John Eliot, Esq., of Windsor, Connecticut, and Mary, his widow, petitioned the General Court of Massachusetts to sell the place in Newton given him by his father's will, for the purpose of raising money to carry his son John (then seventeen years old) through college at New Haven.
(The place was sold to Henry Gibbs, Esq., for £415; bounding east by the Dedham road; south by John Spring; west and north by Rev. John Cotton. )
1735.
Captain Joseph Fuller, gent., to my successor, Captain Ephraim Williams, and the military company now under his command, for love, good will and affection, freely and absolutely give and grant unto said Captain Williams and his successors, and to said military foot company forever, for their benefit and use, a certain tract of land in Newton, being one hundred and thirty-six
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rods, bounded on all sides by town ways, as may appear by a plan drawn upon this deed.
Witness John Cotton and John Spring and acknowledged before John Greenwood.
1736.
Ephraim Fenno, cordwainer, from Boston, purchased thirty-three acres land in Newton for £750; east by Dedham road, with a way of one rod wide ; south by the drain and Jonathan Murdock, always excepting the lands sold to the town where the meeting-house now stands and the way to it, as it was staked out. [This place was, later, the estate of the Rev. Joseph Grafton, then of Michael Tombs, Esq., and then of the late George C. Rand, Esq.]
1742.
William Clark to Norman Clark all his rights in the pond, and one hundred and eighty-five acres land [part of Gov. Haynes' farm]; south and west on land of Jared Eliot and Francis Blanden.
" Elder Wiswall, John Spring, Joseph Bartlett and Captain Isaac Williams and others," says Mr. Jackson, "neglected to record the deeds of their farms, nor is there anything upon record to show how Richard Park, senior, came by the six hundred acres abutting northerly upon Charles River, which he willed to his only son Thomas ; nor any record of the homestead of Rev. John Eliot, jr. He probably never had any deed of his twenty acres adjoining John Spring; it evidently belonged to the southerly corner of the Mayhew farm, and doubtless was given to him by Edward Jackson, senior, who also gave pastor Hobart twenty-five acres adjoining Eliot, in 1681."
CHAPTER X.
HOW THE EARLY TOWN OF NEWTON WAS DIVIDED AMONG THE INHABITANTS.
Ir is interesting to trace, as far as we are able, the early divi- sions of the town of Newton, as they were determined by the first settlers. In the remote periods, some owned more, some less. And the large estates very early began to be broken up into smaller ones, partly by the sale of lands, partly by gifts and bequests, when, from time to time, the fathers, dying, distributed their real estate among their children. It does not come within the limits of our plan to give the history of the ownership of every piece of land in Newton; nor can it be done, with an assurance of any more than approximate accuracy. Such minute information belongs to another department. Some general notices, however, may be attempted, which will be of interest to the pres- ent inhabitants. A survey of the map of 1700 furnishes a good view of the division of the territory of Newton among the early proprietors, and of the relative location of their estates. But a statement of the same in brief detail will be appropriate.
East of the line of Newton, in the territory which was after- wards Brighton, and commencing near the station on the Boston and Albany Railroad known recently as Faneuil, lay, in succes- sive order, the estates of William Radson (Redsen), Reynold (Randolph) Bush, Samuel Holley, John Jackson and William Clement, all of the date of 1639,-the latter's estate having for its westerly boundary the extreme northeastern line of Newton, and of that part of Watertown (Wier) which lies on the south side of Charles River. Three of these estates were, at a later period absorbed into the estate of Edward Jackson, senior, adjoining the last of them, and formed the northeastern corner of the origina Cambridge Village or Newton.
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The southwesterly part of Edward Jackson's estate passed to Rogers (1646) and Angier (1730). Southwest of Edward Jackson was Samuel Hastings and Hon. Ebenezer Stone (1686) ; succes- sors, John Jackson (1700), Philip Norcross (1720),* Captain Joseph Fuller (1760) ; then John Jackson (1647), twenty acres, Captain John Jackson (1708) and Richard Parke (1647).
West of Edward Jackson, senior, and south of the boundary line of Watertown on the south side of Charles River (Wier lands), was Gregory Cook (1672), a hundred and twelve acres, on the west side of Centre Street. The northern part of this estate acquired the names of Abraham Williams (1662), Daniel Bacon (1668), Stephen Cook (1679), and just across the line, in Water- town, Daniel Cook (1722).
Richard Dana (married Mary Trowbridge) lived in Newton in 1763. He was the son of Thomas and Mary. His house was at the foot of Indian Lane, Brighton. His grandfather was Richard, of Cambridge, now Brighton, the common ancestor of all of that name in the country. Of this family came Nathan Dana, who afterwards became a Baptist minister, and was one of the founders of the First Baptist Church in Newton.
Southwest of Hon. Ebenezer Stone and John Jackson, was Samuel Hyde (1640), one hundred acres, on both sides of Centre Street, but chiefly on the east side. Successor, Samuel Hyde, jr. On the southerly end of this estate, Job Hyde (1664). West of Samuel Hyde, across Centre Street, and originally part of his estate, Humphrey Osland (1668) and John Osland (1700).
William Baldwin lived on land afterwards owned by J. Wiley Edmands, Esq., nearly opposite the cottage which stands north of the late Gardner Colby's mansion. He had a son, Enoch, who resided in the old garrison house which stood on land formerly of Israel Lombard, later of E. C. Converse, Esq. Enoch's son Enoch was President of the Shoe and Leather Dealers' Bank, and his son Aaron, of the Washington Bank, Boston.
South of Gregory Cook was the Thomas Mayhew farm, con- veyed to Simon Bradstreet in 1638, and by him to Edward Jackson, senior, in 1646, five hundred acres. It was on the west side of Cen- tre Street, embraced, for a considerable distance, both sides of Washington Street, extending westwardly from Newton Corner,
*Philip Norcross occupied the spot where the Eliot church now stands. . He was the son of Nathaniel, of Watertown. He had seven sons and four daughters.
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and in the progress of time formed part or the whole of the estates of several early proprietors, as Isaac Jackson (1729), Isaac Jack- son, jr. (1758) ; Sebas Jackson (1671),- successors, James Jackson (1719), Timothy Jackson (1750), Timothy Jackson, Esq. (1782), Hon. William Jackson,- on the northwestern part of the farm; Edward Jackson (1695),- successor, Michael Jackson ; . Colonel Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson, jr., farther west ; Sebas Jackson (1733), Phineas Jackson (1798), on the south side of Washington Street ; on the west side of Centre Street, Rev. John Eliot, jr. (1664), Rev. Nehemiah Hobart (1679),- successors, Rev. John Cotton (1714), Charles Pelham; Abraham Jackson, north of the centre of the tract, on a road afterwards discontinued. This farm, to the south, extended over the estate of the late Thomas Edmands, Esq., and to the southwest included the estate of Cap- tain Joseph Fuller (1680),- successors, Lieutenant Joseph Fuller (1719), Judge Abraham Fuller (1758), General William Hull (1781), Governor William Claflin. The Mayhew farm, therefore, covered much of the territory of Newtonville.
Southwest of Abraham Fuller was Jonathan Fiske,- successor, Jonathan Cooke, and on the wooded highlands farther west, Samuel Cook,- successors, Stephen Cook, J. Bullough.
West of Gregory Cook and the Mayhew farm was the land of Richard Park (1650), six hundred acres. This estate extended southwest from Charles River to the vicinity of the present Newton Cemetery. In this strip of territory, are the names, beginning at the north, near the river, of Thomas Park (1653), son of Richard Park (1690) ; Joseph Adams (1740), Deacon Joseph Adams (1775) ; farther south, Thomas Beals ; Deacon Joseph Ward (1733), Deacon Enoch Ward (1784) ; south of these names, Edward Park (1695),-successors, Edward Park (1730), Dr. Edward Durant (1762), on a road intermediate between Washing- ton Street and Homer Street, called the Natick road, afterwards discontinued. To the southwest, on Cheesecake Brook, was Samuel Hastings (1748),* the old Shepard House (1640), near
*The Hastings family in the last century formed a large part of the population of Newton Corner. Samuel, the father (d. 1776), had a tan yard near the West Parish meeting-house. He removed to Angier's Corner. His son Samuel was a tanner, and resided in the house of Mrs. Robert Murdock; Thomas was a trader, and lived in George Hall's house; Daniel was a stone cutter, and lived in Aaron Hyde's house; John, a baker, in William Locke's house. Joseph Stacy was a trader in Boston; Stephen removed to Vermont.
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which was the West Parish meeting-house, and at the southwest- ern part, Peter Durell (1751),- successor, Solomon Flagg.
West of Richard Park was the Fuller farm, John Fuller (1658), at first consisting of seven hundred and fifty acres ; but by subse- quent purchases extended to more than a thousand. This territory was bounded north and northwest by the river, and formed the northwestern portion of Newton. On the northeast corner of this estate was Henry Craft,- successor, Captain Amariah Fuller ; west- erly, across Cheesecake Brook, Jonathan Fuller (1684) ,- succes- sors, Jonathan Fuller (1717), Captain Edward Fuller (1759), Ezra Fuller ; still further westward, John Fuller, jr. (1682), Stephen White, Benjamin White ; south of Jonathan Fuller, was Joshua Jackson (1749), Major Daniel Jackson ; and east of them, John Fuller (1644). Farther west, John Fuller (1709),- successor, Captain Joseph Fuller ; Richard Fuller,- successor, Park, border- ing on the bend of the river. At the extreme southwestern part of the farm was Deacon Joseph Fuller (1776),- successor, Josiah Fuller (1789). Near the middle of the tract of land was Lieuten- ant Jeremiah Fuller (1694),- successors, Captain Joshua Fuller (1747), Lieutenant Joshua Fuller and David Fuller (1773), Dea- con Joel Fuller (1815). South of the middle was Josiah Bond (1720), Phineas Bond (1749).
Southwest of the Fuller farm was Captain Isaac Williams (1659), five hundred acres. All the names in this tract of land, in the map of 1700, were on the easterly side. Isaac Williams, jr. (1686) ; John Knapp (1688) ; Captain Isaac Williams (1661),- successors, Colonel Ephraim Williams (1714), Jonathan Park, jr. ; Dr. Samuel Wheat (1735), *- successor, Captain Thomas Eustis ; Eleazer Williams (1695),- successors, Captain Thomas Oliver (1708), Goddard Taylor and Colonel Nathan Fuller.
Southwest of Captain Isaac Williams was the Robinson Farm, about two hundred acres, covering the territory since called Auburndale, and extending to Charles River. On this territory stood Nathaniel Whittemore's tavern (1724), the Bourne House, at the southeast part ; then John Pigeon, Henry Pigeon, Joel Houghton, north of the tavern ; near the middle, William Upham
* Dr. Samuel Wheat came to Newton in 1730. His ancestor was Moses Wheat, of Concord, whose will says that he came from Bermuda, and was also a physician. The house of Dr. Samuel Wheat was near the meeting-house in West Newton.
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(1740), Elisha Seaverns, Elisha Ware; near the northeast part, William Robinson (1678),-successors, William Robinson, jr. (1705)', John Robinson (1753), Jonathan Williams (1769), Elisha Hall, M. Collier.
Northeast of Auburndale was Benjamin Child (1722),- succes- sors, John Durell, Joshua Washburn ; southeast was Deacon Thomas Greenwood (1719), eighty-six acres,-successor, Alex- ander Shepard, jr., (1774). South of Auburndale, extending to Charles River, was Daniel Jackson (1773).
On the road from West Newton to Newton Lower Falls, we find on the north side of the road, on the early map, the following suc- cession of estates : Rev. William Greenough, Ephraim Jackson, Samuel Jackson, Joshua Jackson, - Brown, William Cheney (1745), Daniel Cheney (1780), William T. Ward; Joseph Jack- son (1754), Joseph Jackson (1788) ; John Myget or Mygate (1743), Joseph Gosson ; David Hagar ; Jonathan Willard (1708) ; Pratt ; Stoddard ; Hoogs; John Leverett (1703) to John and Nathaniel Hubbard ; Hubbards to Jonathan Willard (1732). This brings us to "the wading place " on the river, above which were the mills.
Returning to the Dr. Greenough estate, on the south side of the road, between that point and the Lower Falls, we find Joseph Miller (1675),-successors, Thomas Miller (1713), Thomas Miller, jr. (1740) ; Alexander Shepard, senior, (1748),- successor, Jere- miah Allen ; Eben. Bartlett (1736),- successors, Elisha Bartlett (1791), Peregrine Bartlett; Henry Seger (1686),- successors, Henry Seger (1709), son Caleb Seger, son Henry Seger, son Gill Seger. At the Falls, Oliver Pratt (1734),- successors, Colonel Ephraim Jackson (1755), Edward Jackson (1795), Nathaniel Wales.
Pursuing our way southerly, along the Sherburne road, from Newton Lower Falls to Newton Upper Falls, we have on the right, in succession, the places of Robert Ball ; Josiah Davenport (1731), - successors, John Davenport (1755), Michael Welsh (1795) ; Job Seger (1709),-successors, Josiah Seger (1738), Littlefield ; John Mason (1689),- successors, Daniel Mason (1729), William Mason (1750) ; Daniel Woodward (1704) ,- successor, Daniel Woodward, jr. (1739) ; Matthias Collins (1778), Matthias Collins, jr. ; Jonathan Woodward (1712) ; Colonel Nathan Fuller, as a tavern, (1763). John Woodward (1681),- successors, Ebenezer
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Woodward (1716), Deacon John Woodward (1747), Deacon Ebenezer Woodward (1781), Deacon Elijah F. Woodward (1810), Samuel N. Woodward (1842). This was the Woodward farm (1681), still in the same name, and extending to Charles River. Returning on the Sherburne road to Henry Seger's, and travelling again southerly, we have first the land of Deacon John Staples (1690),-successors, Moses Craft (1729), Joseph Craft (1753), William Wiswall, 2d, (1788), David Kinmonth, W. C. Strong ; and on the northwest corner of this estate, John Child (1715). Next to Deacon Staples, southerly, was Eleazer Hyde (1700),- successor, Eleazer Hyde, jr. ; Captain John Clark (1734),- successors, William Clark (1741), Daniel Clark (1787).
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