History of Newton, Massachusetts : town and city, from its earliest settlement to the present time, 1630-1880, Part 12

Author: Smith, S. F. (Samuel Francis), 1808-1895. 4n
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Boston : American Logotype Co.
Number of Pages: 996

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On the westerly portion of Homer Street, parallel to the Sher- burne road and northeast of it, was Samuel Craft, -- successors, Samuel Murdock, Esq., Jonathan Stone ; Joseph Hyde,-succes- sor, John King; and on the east side of the same, James Hyde (1702),- successors, Amos Hyde (1768), Charles Hyde ; Thomas Brown, Amos Hyde, Benjamin Hyde ; Jonathan Trowbridge,- successor, Samuel Dix. East of Joseph Hyde, was Joseph Fuller, - successors, John Murdock, Nicholas Thwing.

At the Upper Falls, southwest of the Governor Haynes' farm, beginning westwardly on the river, we have the estates of Nathan- iel Parker (1708),-successors, Noah Parker (1720), Thomas Parker (1768), General Simon Elliot (1782) ; Joseph Cheney (1702),- successors, Joseph Cheney, jr. (-), General Ebene- zer Cheney ; James Cheney, senior (1732),- successors, Aaron Cheney, Asa Williams. Still farther south is the land of John Kenrick (1658), two hundred and fifty acres. It was formerly owned by Thomas Mayhew ;- successors, John Kenrick (1658), John Kenrick, jr. (1690) ; Caleb Kenrick, Caleb Kenrick, jr., Caleb Kenrick at the western part, and in the northeastern, William Marcan (1720),-successors, William Marean, jr., Parker.

Returning northwestwardly, we come to the Governor Haynes' farm (1634), which formed nearly a rectangle, embracing one thousand and thirty-four acres. The southerly line of this tract of land was near the Upper Falls ; the northerly line, at Newton Centre, extending from a point near the residence of Samuel M. Jackson, Esq., to a point a little north of the residence of Gusta- vus Forbes, Esq. It reached from "the Great Meadows" on the

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southeast to " Alcock's Swamp on the southwest. On the south- erly part of this farm was Stephen Winchester (1720),-successors, Stephen Winchester, jr., Amasa Winchester, Amasa Winchester, jr. ; in the westerly part, Daniel Hammond (1751) ; John Ham- mond (1746), bought of Jared Eliot, of Connecticut,- succes- sors, Enoch Hammond, Lieutenant John Marean, Edward Mitchell ; William Parker (1694) ,- successors, William Clark to son Norman Clark one hundred acres, Norman Clark, jr., the Baptist or Wis- wall's Pond. North of the middle of the farm, on the circuitous Sherburne Road, was Ebenezer Parker (1724),-successors, Sam- uel Parker (1770) ; Elisha Parker (1751),- successor, Jonathan Parker. Opposite the Parkers, was Lieutenant Ebenezer Wiswall (1680),- successor, Nathaniel Parker (1694), one hundred and twenty acres. On the northerly part of the Haynes' farm was Elder Thomas Wiswall (1654),-successors, son Captain Noah Wiswall (1684), grandson Lieutenant Thomas Wiswall (1690), great grand- son Captain Noah Wiswall (1720), Luther Paul ; then Pound Lane leading to West Roxbury, the Dr. King estate, at the foot of the westerly slope of the Institution Hill, and bordered on the west by the southerly end of the Common at Newton Centre.

West of the northern part of the Governor Haynes' farm, and adjoining it, was the estate of Jonathan Hyde, senior, (1656). It extended from near the southwesterly end of the pond, along the westerly side of Centre Street, to a point north of the residence of Thomas Nickerson, Esq. It extended westward nearly a hun- dred rods beyond Bullough's Pond, and included, on the south and east, the residences of Samuel Hyde (1702), son of Jonathan Hyde, senior, Francis Blanden (1725), *- successors, Francis Blan- den, jr., Phineas Blanden ; in the middle, Joshua Murdock (1745), Elisha Murdock (1793) ; Daniel Hyde (1689), son of Abraham ; west of the meeting-house, Jacob Hyde (1710), Aaron Hyde ; Ephraim Fenno, the triangular farm, afterwards owned and occu- pied by Rev. Joseph Grafton,- successors, Michael Tombs, George C. Rand, Esq. ; northwest of the meeting-house, Benjamin Eddy (1731) ; north, on Centre Street, Rev. Jonas Meriam (1758),

* Francis Blanden was in Newton in 1714. His house, on the northwest side of Wis- wall's Pond, was in later times known as the residence of Mr. Joseph White, son of Deacon Ebenezer White. He had eight sons and eight daughters. The name con- tinued on the records down to 1800. Hannah, daughter of Francis, had an illegiti- mate son, Caleb. Elizabeth, daughter of Francis Blanden, jr., had five children; Abigail, two; Mary, one ;- all illegitimate.

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Rev. Jonathan Homer, D. D. (1782),-successors, Martin Morse, Hon. Alden Speare.

North of the land of Jonathan Hyde, senior, was Lieutenant John Spring, extending from Centre Street, westwardly, to the mill, including Mill Street, and the site of the second meeting-house, and reaching north to the estate of Rev. John Eliot, jr.

A small portion of land intervening, south of Mill Street, was conveyed by John Jackson, senior, to Noah Wiswall,- successors, John Prentice, Henry Gibbs. Lieutenant John Spring's owner- ship of the estate bearing his name is dated 1666,- successors, Ensign John Spring (1704), Daniel Spring (1745). At the west- ern limit, bordering on Bullough's Pond, was Ichabod Hyde (1698).

Between Lieutenant John Spring and the southwestern portion of the Mayhew farm, was a tract of land mainly in the territory since called Newtonville, and occupied chiefly by the name of Trowbridge. On this tract we find the name of John Ward, jr. (1681) ,- successors, Deacon William Trowbridge (1701), William Spring (1730), David Spring (1760), Captain Edmund Trowbridge (1770) ; Deacon James Trowbridge (1664), Deacon William Trowbridge,- successors, Thaddeus Trowbridge (1750), Samuel Trowbridge (1781), Nathan Trowbridge (1811).

On the east side of Centre Street, directly north of the Haynes' farm, the first estate was of Joseph Bartlett (1668),-successors, Joseph Bartlett, jr. (1698), Joseph Bartlett (1730). This estate extended eastwardly, joining the land of Thomas Hammond. North of Joseph Bartlett was John Clark (1681),- successors, Captain Thomas Clark (1728), Joseph White (1762), Deacon Ebenezer White (1793) .* The next estate was Henry Gibbs, Esq. (1742),- successors, Gibbs Eddy, John Eddy, Marshall S. Rice ; next was land of Thomas Cushing; a tract of land granted to Thomas Parish (1641), and by Parish to Prentice (1650), one hundred acres, between the two brooks; N. Hyde. James and Thomas Prentice (1656), one hundred acres,- successors, Dr. John Prentice (1696), Robert Prentice (1735), Robert Prentice, jr. (1775), Joshua Loring. This brings us to the burial ground. The land next north of it was granted to John Jackson, senior (1650), and called Chestnut Hill, extending eastwardly to Waverly Avenue,-successors, Colonel Joseph Ward (1792), forty acres,

*Deacon Ebenezer White was grandson of Philip White, who in 1733 had his resi. dence near the Theological Institution estate.

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afterwards Charles Brackett, Esq. East of the burial ground, William Clements, jr., held nine acres in 1660,

Returning to the northern part of Newton in the vicinity of Nonantum Hill,-at the northeastern slope of Nonantum Hill was Waban's wigwam. Immediately south of Nonantum Hill was Edward Durant (1734),-successor, Edward Durant, jr. (1742) ;* John Kenrick, Esq., senior, John A. Kenrick ; Thomas Trowbridge (1708),-successor, Judge Trowbridge ; Obadiah Curtis ; Deacon Bowles ; John Mirick (1682), - successor, Samuel Mirick ; on the northeast of this section, Daniel Robbins (1737), - successors, John Robbins (1740), Solomon Robbins (1750) ; on the southeast, Thomas Brown (1723) ,-successor, Ebenezer Brown.

Southwest of Nonantum Hill was the land of Captain Thomas Prentice (1663), eighty-five acres ; at the westerly part of it, we find the names of Edward Prentice (1705),-successor, Edward Prentice, jr. (1729) ; at the northern part, Captain Prentice (-),- successors, son Thomas Prentice, grandson Captain Thomas Prentice ; Thomas Harbach ; Captain John Clark (1730),- successor, James Ward ; Joshua Flagg. East of Captain Pren- tice was Edward Jackson, senior, to John Ward (1661),- succes- sors, son Richard Ward (1701), Deacon Ephraim Ward (1740), John Ward (1772), Samuel Ward (1790), Ephraim Ward. At the western part of the estate stood a "Garrison House."

Between Nonantum Hill and Thomas Hammond, near the north- eastern limit of Newton was the land of Eleazer Hammond (1703),- successors, Ephraim Hammond (1741), Major Thomas Hovey (1790), Deacon Nathaniel Pettee, A. Lawrence, and still farther east, Cambridge Hill. Next south was Eleazer Chamber- lain (1750),-successors, John Thwing (1757) ; Simon Stone (1732), James Stone (1767), Jonathan Stone, Daniel Stone.

Southwest was John Parker, senior, (1650). On this land we find, to the east, John Parker, jr. (1686), Hon. Ebenezer Stone ; in the middle, Thomas Hammond (1714),-successors, Joseph Hammond (1744), Thomas Hammond (1788) ; westwardly, Isaac Parker (1682),-successors, Thomas Greenwood (1686), John

*Edward Durant, of French descent, owned the place and built the house after- wards occupied by Captain John Kenrick, and still later by his son John A. Kenrick. He came into Newton about 1740, and was active and distinguished in the time of the revolution.

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Greenwood (1695), Josiah Greenwood (1731), Ebenezer Green- wood (1798).

Thomas Hammond (1650) owned a large tract of land on the eastern side of Newton, and extending into the adjoining town of Brookline. Hammond's Pond is nearly in the middle of it. North- west of the pond was the house of Thomas Hammond, jr. (1662), -successors, Thomas Hammond (1694), Joshua Hammond (1740), Captain William Hammond (1770), Judge Lowell. Northeast of the pond, Nathaniel Hammond (1675),-successor, Nathaniel Hammond, jr. (1708) ; Colonel Benjamin Hammond (1749) ; Vincent Druce (1650),- successors, Vincent Druce, jr. (1667), John Druce (1700) ; Ebenezer Kenrick, Jonathan Hammond. Within the limits of Brookline, beginning at the north, counted as belonging to Newton, because so many of their associations were there, was the great house of Deacon Elhanan Winchester, afterwards owned by Ebenezer White, then Joseph White, and finally Ebenezer Richards, whence the name " Richards' Hotel."*

In Miss Harriet F. Wood's "Historical Sketches of Brookline," we find an interesting account respecting a large tract of land lying partly in Brookline and partly in Newton, south of the old Sherburne Road (Newton Street), east of Hammond's Pond, nearly west of the ancient estates of Deacon Elhanan Winchester and Vincent Druce, and at the eastern foot of Bald Pate Hill. The account is as follows :

On the western side of Newton Street there is an extensive tract of land which is comparatively an unknown region. Once heavily timbered, the original forest was cut away, and no heavy timber has since been allowed to grow there. Yet it is an unreclaimed wild, covered with birches, alders, red maples, and many trees of larger growth. Bears lingered there long after they were exterminated elsewhere, and foxes, musk rats, minks, owls and other wild game have until recently tempted, and do perhaps still tempt adventurous sportsmen to tramp through these rocky and swampy fastnesses.

* Ebenezer Richards kept this place as a public house for several years. When the Worcester turnpike was opened, a gate was placed across the turnpike, in the rear of the tavern. It was a convenient resort for teamsters, and parties from Bos- ton, bent on pleasure, often went thither for a game of nine-pins. It was also much frequented for gay parties and balls. It was discontinued as a tavern about 1830; and afterwards owned successively by Henry Pettes, of Boston, and Mark W. Sheafe, of Portsmouth. Still nearer the border of Newton and Brookline was the house built by Rev. Jonathan Hyde in 1751, afterwards owned by Thaddeus Hyde and then Arba Hyde. This house was demolished in 1841 by order of the Selectmen as being insecure. The large cellar of it is still visible. To the south, amid the forests, was Erosamond Drew's saw-mill near the town line, on Pond Brook (since filled up), which flowed out from Hammond's Pond and afterwards joined Palmer Brook, in South Newton, and was conveyed in 1726 by Erosamond or Erasmus Drew to Nathaniel Parker.

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The land lying hereabouts, on both sides of the street, both in Brookline and in Newton, to the extent of several hundred acres, was in the year 1650 conveyed by Nicholas Hodgden of Boston and Brookline, to Thomas Ham- mond and Vincent Druce, the same who built the old house on the Denny place.

Erosamon Drew, whose name is spelled in old documents in six different ways, came in his youth from Ireland. He married Bethiah, daughter of Vincent Druce. The elder Druce, who seems to have been a wealthy man for those days, left considerable property to this son-in-law.

A most curious and elaborate old deed, dated in 1683, conveys a tract of sixty-four acres of woodland for fifty-five pounds to Erosamon Drew from "Vincent Drusse and Elizabeth, his wife," in which an imperfectly scrawled V for his name and E for hers are their only attempts at penmanship.

An examination of some recent maps indicates a slight curving bit of road- way near Newton line, diverging from the street on the left, and joining it again at Newton line. The passers-by upon the street would scarcely notice the grassy entrance to this curve, and perhaps fail to observe, unless atten- tion were called to it, an old roof, to be seen almost on a level with the street, below the brow of the hill. Yet this curved bit of road was the original street or old road dipping down into the valley, for what good reason nobody now living knows, unless it was because down here was " Erosamond Drew's Saw-Mill," and there must be a way to get to it.

A brook, which is the natural outlet to Hammond's Pond, flows through the swampy lot opposite and under the road. It is nearly concealed by rank bushes and young trees, beyond which is a large open meadow, which still annually yields many tons of hay. This extensive tract is the property of numerous owners, and is designated in ancient deeds as " the Grate meddows," also " Saw-Mill meadows," and far and near, colloquially as " Ponica." These meadows were flowed to obtain water-power enough to run the saw-mill, on leaving which, after passing under the old roadway, the water emptied into another tract of land, called " Bald Pate Meadows ; " there forming a mill-pond for another saw-mill which stood a short distance below, many years since, in the edge of Newton. Its site was plainly to be seen a few years ago (and may be still), though it long since yielded to the superior advantages of its Brookline rival.

Below the level of the road down the declivity of the hill, and standing end- wise to the now deserted and grassy roadway, was a low house (the roof of which was before mentioned), falling into ruins, and since obliterated. It was not less than two hundred years old, and perhaps more. This was Eros- amon Drew's house, and over the brook close to it stood his saw-mill, and here all the sawing of boards for miles around was accomplished. The owner of the saw-mill was evidently a thrifty and good citizen, as he held various offices of trust in the town of Brookline, being one of the selectmen, assessor, a member of the grand jury, and one of the committee on building the First church.

An old deed of Isaac Hammond in 1693 conveys land bordering on the saw-mill lot to Erosamon Drew. By another deed, in April, 1731, Drew con-

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veyed ten acres of his land to his son-in-law, Samuel White, " by reason and in consideration of the love, good-will and affection which he hath and doth bear toward him," which was certainly a very substantial proof of his satis- faction with his daughter's marriage.

This deed was witnessed by James Allen, the first minister of Brookline, and " high scot ;" but Erosamon Drew's signature, alas, was only "his mark," a round scrawl, for he could not write his name. The deed was acknowledged before " Samuel Sewall, J. Pacis," and rounds off in sonorous Latin, " annoque regni regis Georgii Magnæ Britanniæ quarto, etc."

In August of the same year, by another deed he gave his house and all his movable property to his son-in-law, wife and two children, for his being " helpful to him in his old age." In fact from 1711 to this last date (1731) he seenis to have been at short intervals bequeathing all his worldly goods to this beloved son-in-law. The grave-stones of all the Drews are still to be seen in Newton Cemetery. The last of the Drews was gone before the mid- dle of the last century, and large portions had been sold off the Druce and Hammond property, and that part of Samuel White's land which he inherited from his wife's father.

In the Revolutionary times this great tract, which still lies wild, was in the hands of the Tories, who, it is said, secured some of King George's cannon and hid them in the thick woods, intending when the right time canie to use them for the royal cause. But that time never came, and the Tories were forced to escape to the British Provinces, where they stayed till their prop- erty was confiscated. It was sold, and divided among many owners, and so remains. The old saw-mill came into the hands of Captain Curtis, of Jamaica Plain, and afterwards of Edward Hall, formerly a blacksmith on Washington Street, Brookline.

For many years Erosamon Drew's old house was called the " huckleberry- tavern,"because the tenant then occupying it was skilful in making a kind of wine from the abundant huckleberries of the surrounding pastures, and on election days and other festive occasions, the scattered residents of the adja- cent parts of Brookline and Newton often resorted thither for the mild stim- ulants of society and huckleberry wine. The old saw-mill was taken down about twenty-nine or thirty years ago; time, with the slow fingers of decay, is taking down the old house. It is a curious old place, the roof behind sloping almost to the ground. A part of the old flume, and some of the stone underpinning of the saw-mill are still to be seen.

The extensive meadows through which the brook flows, and which were once rich with cranberry vines, are now all bush-grown. The old road, down which teams drew heavy logs, and took away the finished boards, is so narrow, rough and winding, as to be almost unsafe. At the side of the road, near the end of the house is a little patch fenced with brush, which in 1872 bloomed with purple amaranths and well kept flowers, which lent brightness to the otherwise neglected spot. The picturesque old place is a fit one for the location of the scenes of a poem or a tale.

The extreme south part of the town alone remains to be account- ed for. This seems to have been originally the second natural

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centre of population and interest, and here a large number of smaller proprietors found their residence. This section of the town was naturally distributed into three divisions by the public roads nearly parallel, all running eastwardly from the Haynes' farm. The most northerly of these roads was the prolongation of Pound lane, that is, the West Roxbury Road; it commenced near the house of Samuel C. Jackson, Esq., and continued to West Roxbury. The middle road commenced near the South Burial Place, and con- tinued along the edge of Brook farm, to the town line and Ded- ham, and was named the Dedham road. The southernmost skirted the east or more properly the southeast border of the John Kenrick land, and terminated in the forest. Three cross-roads, nearly par- allel, extended between the West Roxbury road and the Dedham road. Two cross-roads extended from the Dedham road in a west- erly direction,- the first crossing the Kenrick land to Kenrick's bridge ; the other reaching the house of Edward Hall, and there terminating. The following proprietors occupied land in this sec- tion of the town :

On the easterly side, commencing at the southerly border of the Haynes' farm, and near the house of Samuel C. Jackson, Esq., on the right were the Great Meadows, so called ; at the easterly end of this tract was situated Jonas Jackson (1745). Southerly from this were four plots of land belonging, in the order of location, to Jonathan Hyde, senior (1698), Captain Thomas Prentice, Esq. (1705), Edward Jackson, senior, and John Jackson. The land of Jonathan Hyde, senior, included Bald Pate Hill on the south, and was bounded on the east by Bald Pate Meadow ; and included, at the northern or northeastern part, John Hyde, his son, forty-six acres (1703),- successors, John Hyde, jr. (1729), Elisha Hyde, Gershom Hyde; at the southerly part, Jonathan Hyde, his son, fifty acres (1698). South of Jonathan Hyde was the land of Captain Thomas Prentice, Esq. (1705), to his grandson, Samuel Prentice, a hundred acres,-successor, Thaddeus Whitney (1772). South of Captain Thomas Prentice was Edward Jackson, senior, and his successors, by will (1681) to Thomas Prentice, a hundred acres, the latter to his son Thomas Prentice, jr. (1711), Timothy Whitney (1728), Moses Whitney (1739), Timothy Whitney (1793). Captain Thomas Draper (1738),- successors, James Richards, - Woodward. In the extreme southeast corner of the town, John Ward, senior, to Vincent Druce (1680), a hundred

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and thirty acres. West of this was William Ward (1689),- suc- cessors, John Ward, jr. (1760), Joshua Newell, E. White.

Returning to the first (northernmost) cross-road, near the north- western corner was the Ministerial wood lot ; then, Thaddeus Hyde (1872) ; Timothy Hyde (1739), thirty-six acres ; Jeremiah Rich- ardson (1761), Thomas Richardson ; then the widow, Goody Davis, (died 1752, aged one hundred and sixteen). On the sec- ond cross-road was Thomas Hastings, Thaddeus Richards,- suc- cessor, John Dana; Jonathan Dyke (1710),- successors, Jona- than Dyke, jr. (1742), Simon Pond (1770), Noah King (1795), Noah S. King (1843), Bald Pate Hill east, Oak Hill west; and between Jonathan Dyke and Deacon Wiswall, James Richards,- successors, James Richards, jr., Solomon Richards. South of Palmer Brook, on the third cross-road, John Jackson, senior (1660), extending from the West Roxbury road to the Dedham road. Within this allotment, Philip White (1705),- successors, Isaac Child (1745), Daniel Child (1783) ; Joshua Gay (1745).

On the Dedham road, on the easterly side, south of South Mead- ow Brook, was David Richardson (1724),-successors, Samuel Richardson, Benjamin Richardson, Deacon Reuben Stone. The next farm southerly was of Jonathan Richardson,- successors, Jonas Stone, jr., Elijah Stone, extending easterly to Goody Davis. The next was of Richard Clark (1700),-successors, Robert Murdock, jr. (1718), Deacon Jeremiah Wiswall. Next was John Wilson (1713),- successors, John Wilson, jr., Daniel Richards, George Richards. By Palmer Brook, John Palmer (1740),- suc- cessors, Thomas Palmer (1760), William Palmer (1811). The next land belonged to John Jackson, senior, (1660), then Nathan- iel Healy (1690),-successors, John Healy, John Corey. The southernmost proprietor was Benjamin Wilson.

Returning to the west side of the Dedham road, first bounding on Nathan Pettee (1707), one hundred acres of the Haynes' farm, was Deacon Jonas Stone (1724),- successors, Captain Jonas Stone (1745), Ebenezer Stone (1788), Samuel Stone; next, Andrew Hall (1705), forty-three acres,- successors, John Hall (1723), Samuel Hall (1782). Then Robert Murdock, senior, (1703), a hundred and twenty acres,-successors, Lieutenant Robert Hall, Captain Jeremiah Wiswall (1750). Next on the corner was school land, half an acre, given to the town by Jona- than Hyde, senior (1703), near the present chapel. Then,

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Daniel Richards,-successors, Jacob Chamberlain (1700), son John Chamberlain (1763). Then, Daniel Colburn (1710),-suc- cessors, Samuel Fiske (1722), Phineas Jackson, Thomas Has- tings ; then, Edward Ward (1700), sixty-two acres,- successors, Timothy Ward (1741), John Mathews, John Mayo. At the extreme southern limit, Nathaniel Wilson, senior (1680),- suc- cessors, sons Benjamin, Isaac and Moses.

Returning to the road skirting the John Kenrick land, the first estate on the east side was of John Ward (1700),- successor, Rev. Nathan Ward (1766) ; then, John Ward (1748) ; Samuel Truesdale (1679), a hundred and twenty acres; then Israel Stowell,- successors, Samuel Lyon, John Hall, Solomon Hall, David Hall.

On the cross-road joining the Dedham road on the east to the road bounding the John Kenrick land on the west, east of Samuel Truesdale was Elijah Kenrick (1669) ,- successor, son John Ken- rick (1712). East of Elijah Kenrick was John Grimes (1700), - successor, James Grimes (1740).

With this "key to the situation," a person may travel over the few great roads of earlier Newton, and identify, with tolerable cer- tainty, the lands of nearly every proprietor. The larger estates, in many parts, have been divided into smaller ones. Numerous intersecting streets have been opened for the convenience of the inhabitants. The one or two churches, with the roads leading to them, which were an object of so much jealous care, have increased to thirty. The few scattered residences have condensed them- selves into nine or ten villages, some of them nearly contin- uous, and the whole into a thriving city. But the hills and plains where the people lived, and the streets in which they moved, are clearly marked and easily found. 9

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History of Newton, Massachusetts : town and city, from its earliest settlement to the present time, 1630-1880, Part 12

Author: Smith, S. F. (Samuel Francis), 1808-1895. 4n Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Boston : American Logotype Co. Number of Pages: 996

Author: Smith, S. F. (Samuel Francis), 1808-1895. 4n
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Boston : American Logotype Co.
Number of Pages: 996