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Ware March the first, 1831.
Benevolent and absent but not forgotten Friends.
I take my pen with an endeavour to answer your re- quest in a letter of yours, which I received on the seventh of January last. And now my friends by reason of eighty one years pasing over my head and taking a bad cold and Rhumatism I have enjoyed but a low state of health this winter. Yet by the Paternal indulgence of a kind Provi- dence I am yet alive, while many of my nearest friends and Neighbours have gone to the eternal World. And with re- spect to the affairs of this Town and People there is consid- erable alteration since you left this Town as it is divided into two Parishes with two settled Ministers, three large Factories at where Magoon's mils were. But I must turn my pen to another subject and let you know now some things respecting my Family and Friends which is as follows. In the year 1822 my son N-'s second child, a very promis- ing little girl between six and seven years old died with the measels. Her mother being in a Consumptive state in the year 1825 was put to bed with a still born infant and Shee Survived but fourteen days, and two months after my son S-'s Wife died by a violent Fever. Again in the year 1826 my Wife died, and in 1827 my son N- with Con- sumption died. So that in the space of five years and two months there was five Corps carried from my dwelling, my two Brothers and all my Sisters dead, so like Jobe's servants, I only am escaped alone to tell thee. I will give you a fur- ther list of names that you was acquainted with - old Samuel Dunsmore his wife and all his family, Levi & his wife and son Asa, Darius Eaton, Phille Morse, Capt. Oliver Coney, all the Cummings except the third Jeneration, old
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Nathan Davis, John Andrews, John Gardner, Thomas Winslow his wife and Elijah, Isaac Pepper, Tomas and William Paterick and George Brakenridge, Thomas Marsh and Judah, - Simonds, Thomas and James Mc Clintock, their wives are still alive. Deacon Paige, David Gould and his wife, Jacob Lazel, old Thomas Dammon, James and John Gillmore, all the Magoons are dead, old Sam Brown and his son Sam. And now my kind Friends I have wrote till my trembling hand is almost tired and the half is not told. Forty eight hours interview personaly would give to you and me much greater satisfaction, but the great distance there is between you and us will probably prevent such a favour and as the time with you and me is very short it will be the greater wisdom in us to see that wee have secured an Interest in the merits and atonement which the Lord Jesus Christ has made for lost man. And now my friends as I cannot reach you my hand, the badge of parting friendship, I shall stop my pen after wishing these few imperfect lines may reach you and all your family and friends in health peace and prosperity. Adieu.
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Map of the Town of Ware, showing Original Estates
Compiled from Original: Records
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THE labor involved in determining the location of the farms of the first actual settlers on the land has been fully equal to that required for the whole of the remainder of this book. My own work along this line has been confined to the Manour and the Marsh Tract. The remainder was thor- oughly done by Mr. E. H. Gilbert in his "Early Grants," and his results are incorporated in this map.
No plot of the Manour has come to light, though that such a plot existed is evident from the fact that lots were often sold by number. In the absence of any such plan, the task of locating important lots is extremely difficult. A theoreti- cal location often proves to be far from the actual one. Highways as boundary lines are sometimes most treacher- ous, for there is scarcely a highway in town today that fol- lows the lines of roads in use before 1750. A plan of Abigail Miller's division of the Manour, found in the Probate Office in Boston, furnishes a sort of key to the situation, but gives by no means a complete solution. A description of Mrs. Hunn's division in the Probate Records at Northampton enables us to plot the original division into lots of her share of the Manour; yet when her property was sold by her ex- ecutors the lines of the original lots were largely ignored. And the document, too, is full of errors. For example, Abigail Miller's share of Mrs. Hunn's estate is said to be 116 acres, while its dimensions are stated to be 96 by 345 rods, which makes 207 acres.
All of the lots except those in Abigail Miller's division have been plotted from records in the Registry of Deeds. It is interesting to note how generally the lines follow certain important lines of the grand divisions.
John Reed died in 1749. The agreement among the heirs for a general division was reached in 1755. The document describing it is recorded at Springfield. The Manour is first
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separated into two parts by what shall be known as the Dividing Line.
First a line being drawn through said Manour from the south to the north lines thereof thus: to begin at the south east corner of the said Manour lands leased to Henry Dwight Esq. and in the south line thereof, from thence running north by the needle of the compass 174 rods to a white oak stake and stones marked HD at the north east corner of said land leased to said Dwight, thence west and by south 12 rods to a stake a little south of a pond-hole and at the south east corner of John Davises lott, from thence north by the needle to the north line of the Manour which line drawn through the Manour as aforesaid shall be called and known by the name of the Dividing Line, which line runs through the mill-pond up along, east of David Read's Benj'n Bartlets' and Enos Allen's lotts over the chimney of Moulton's house up to said north line to a small oak staddle with stones about it on a high ledge of rocks.
We are further told that the southern end of the Divid- ing Line is about 665 rods from Swift River. The jog in the Line is due to the existence of leases previously made by John Read, Sen., and indicates a tier of lots called the "South End Lots." No less than six lessees are named in describing the Line.
The further division and allotment of shares to the Read heirs is simple and clear as indicated on the map, with one exception, that of Charles and Mary Morris, whose divi- sion is thus described:
Beginning at the south west corner of said Abigail Millers division in the pond, thence south in said Dividing Line to the north west corner of the 7th lot in the fifth tier of lots from the east, thence east 11 deg. 15 m. north to the north east corner of said lot, then south by the east end of the 7th 8th 9th and 10th lots in said tier and down by the east side of the 7th lot from the east in the south end lots to the south line of said Manour.
From this point the Manour boundary-lines are followed.
A plausible solution has been found only after much study and innumerable rearrangements of lots. Apparently
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the northern section, 250 rods in width, counts as one in numbering the lots. Also the south end lots must be taken as having their length north and south. Where lots are counted from the south, this tier counts one. The 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th lots, and the 7th from the east in the south end tier were reserved for John Read's widow, who was to enjoy the income from them during her life. They were regarded, however, as a part of the Morris division, the "Grand corner of Morrisand Mrs. Hunn" being on the Dividing Line. The lessees of this excepted tier of lots have not been identi- fied, though identification may reasonably be hoped for.
John Read, Jr., eldest son of John Read, born in 1700, was a man of considerable prominence in the Colony of Con- necticut, being known as Colonel Read. His home was at Fairfield, as was also that of his sister, Ruth Hunn. He was a slave-holder, as may be seen from the following:
February 1 A. Dom. 1735/6
I marryed my Servant Negro man to my Servant Indian Maid Cate in presence of ye Revd Mr. Nathel Hunn & Jemima Patterson witnesses.
Test. John Read, Justice of Pe
Then follow the names of ten children born of this union.
Colonel Read died about 1776, leaving "a piece of land at Nod, so called," and "a piece of land at Mount Misery, so called," both farms inherited from his father's Connecticut estate. Of land in Ware, Colonel Read inherited 1,513 acres, all of which was disposed of either by him or by his son Hezekiah as follows:
1. 57 a.2 bought by Job Carley in 1776 [the spelling of the name is that given in the deed]. In 1777 Job sells the same to Jonathan Carley.
2. About 100 a. bought by Joseph Pepper in 1775.
3. 14 a. bought by Noah Thompson in 1782. This bor- dered on Noah's farm in Palmer, which he had acquired from John Thompson, who in 1742 had purchased of Andrew McKee a grantee of the General Court in 1732.
1 Fairfield Probate and Town Records. The enslaving of Indians was not as rare as one could wish.
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4. About 40 a. bought by Henry Thompson 1782.
5. 150 a. 100 bought by John Thompson Senior in 1763. Descended to Henry and Noah Thompson. Also 50 a. the western third of the lot, bought by John in 1769.
6. 100 a. bought by Seth Shaw in 1776.
7. 200 a. Henry Dwight, lessee. The full story of this lease has been told under "The Manour." The east half was sold to John Quintin in 1776.
8. Lot of John Davis, Lessee. Transferred at some time to Joseph Patterson. 200 a. This land was the subject of a law-suit in 1781. John Read, Jr., had allowed Joseph Pat- terson the use and occupation of two farms: - "The south- ernmost lot of land of the sixth tier of lots from the east in the Manour." Also "The southernmost lot of the seventh tier from the east." For ten years previous to the suit Patterson had paid no rent, and was chargeable as per bill filed with the papers of the suit as follows:
Joseph Patterson to John Read Esq.
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Sept. 10, 1780.
To the use of the southermost Lot in the sixth Tier, from the 10th Day of Sept.' 1770 (the Time to which the past Rents were paid) to this Time (Viz) 10 years at £5 by the year in Silver £50
To the use of the southermost Lot in the seventh Tier for the same 10 years at £5 pr year in Silver 50
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The defendent defaulted appearance, and judgment was rendered for the plaintiff, £122,,5,,1 silver or bills of public credit equivalent, together with costs amounting to £6,,13. Execution dated Feb. 19, 1781.
9. About 210 a. bought by Benjamin Thompson 1784. This lot touched two important points: "The Grand Corner of Morris and Mrs. Hunn," and "Bullon's Corner."
10. 40 a. bought by Seth Shaw, 1776.
11. 1512 a. bought by Seth Shaw, 1782.
12. 9112 a. bought by James Dow in 1774. Dow sells same to John Patrick and Joseph Patterson in 1779.
13. Samuel Lammon bought 100 a. in 1776.
14. James Lammon Jr. bought 6812 a. in 1767, and 89
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acres adjoining on the south in 1782. He bought 78 acres more just north of Samuel Lammon and touching the corner of his own in 1783. A portion of this tract north of the road is known today as "The Lemon Swamp."
James Lammon, Sen., and Polly his wife, came from Ireland with their sons, Samuel and James, Jr., in 1727. They settled on land south of the Manour. The two sons removed to the Manour, as above, and this land remained in the family for more than a century,
15. Here stood "the house of the Widow Bush" in 1767.
Ruth Hunn of Fairfield, Conn., wife of the Rev. Nathanael Hunn, inherited 970 acres of the Manour from her father, John Read. Her share was directly north of John Read, Jr.'s division. Mrs. Hunn died about 1765. Her will may be seen in the Fairfield Probate Records, but it was never al- lowed. It contains a curious provision for turning her house into a mausoleum for the reception of her body. The heirs in 1767 petitioned the General Court of Connecti- cut for permission to sell her land in Ware "it being gener- ally unimproved, and yielding no profit." Mrs. Hunn left no children. Her brothers and sisters were her only heirs.
16. Joseph Patterson bought of the estate of Ruth Hunn, also a strip of John Read's, amounting to 105 a. in 1769. Patterson gave a mortgage which was foreclosed by John Read in 1782. Read evidently sold the large tract compris- ing 16 and 17 to John Quentin, who, in 1782, gives a mort- gage to Read. The acreage is stated as 175, but a calculation of the dimensions given in the deed shows it to be actually more than 275 acres. Phineas Davidson was living on the north east portion of this land shortly before the year 1800.
18. 181 a. Othniel Hyde bought in 1792 of Legate, it being part of Ruth Hunn's estate set off to Chas. Morris.
19. About 160 a. known as the Gerrold, or South Bellows lot. Thomas Legate 3rd sold to Clark McMaster of Palmer in 1806.
20. 275 a. bought by Joseph Quentin in 1782 of sisters of Ruth Hunn. Later became property of Daniel Gould.
The division of William Read contained 980 acres. William was born in 1710 and went to Boston with his father.
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He became a judge of the Superior Court and died unmarried in 1780. His estate was small, there being but little of value besides his land in Ware.
21. 100 a. bought by John Bullen in 1771. At a much later date the Town Records refer to this as "the Bulling farm belonging to D" Daniel Gould."
This is the only lot in William Read's division that was sold before his death. A large part appears to have been rented or leased. The disposal of the rest of the tract was in the hands of Thomas Legate of Leominster, who also had power of attorney to sell for others of the Read heirs.
22. 100 a. bought by Charles Bonney in 1799. He lived on the lot previous to purchasing.
23. 73 a. Samuel Patrick bought in 1806.
24. 112 a. Samuel Blair bought in 1806. Previously occupied by Noah Willis.
25. 100. a. Benson Sherman bought in 1806.
26. 100 a. bought by John Tisdale, Jr., in 1799.
John Tisdale, Sen., came from Taunton in 1775 and set- tled in Greenwich, South Parish, near Enfield. In 1779 he removed to Ware.
27. 100 a. bought by Oliver Vose of Leominster in 1807. Described as the Henry Thompson lot, lately in occupation of William Clopford. In 1805 it was called the Lincoln Farm.
28 and 29 were bought by Isaac Pepper. David Reed ap- pears to have held 28 as lessee and Benjamin Bartlett was lessee of 29, both being in possession in 1755, when the Divid- ing Line was located.
30. Described as "Land of James Brakenridge" in 1805. Jacob Lazell appears to have been Brakenridge's tenant.
31. 100 a. bought by Reuben Smith, 1803.
32. 139 a. bought by Reuben Sherman, 1806. It was "commonly called Stone's lot."
Deborah 1 and Henry Paget, daughter and son-in-law of John Read, received 2,385 acres in the northern part of the Manour as their share of the Read estate. The land extended from the Swift River to the east line of the Manour. This entire tract they sold to John Merret, or Merritt, of Provi-
1 Deborah was twice married. Her first husband was a Mr. Willstead.
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dence in 1756 for £424. Merritt died about 1770 still hold- ing a considerable portion of the tract. His executor was John Henry Overing, and two or three sales are recorded in his name. That the situation was becoming complicated is shown from the following, copied from an ancient clipping that chance has preserved.
Notice is hereby given to the heirs of John Henry Overen that their lands lying in the town of Ware, in the County of Hampshire, are taxed in my collection for the year 1785, as follows, viz. town taxes 6s. 8d. minister's settlement taxes, 2s. 6d. minister's salary taxes, 2s. 1d. Unless said taxes are paid to me on or before the 24th day of February inst. at 2 o'clock, P. M., I shall proceed to sell so much of said land as will pay the above rates and inter- vening charges, at publick vendue, at the house of John Quinten's in Ware, per me,
Erwin Shaw, Collector for 1785.
Ware, Jan. 3, 1789.
33. This lot was in the possession of one Overill in 1806.
34. 63 a. bought by Ebenezer Davis of John Merritt in 1761. Davis was a tenant before purchasing.
35. Occupied by Jacob Lazell in 1805.
36. This lot was the subject of the law-suit of the Read heirs vs. James Nivins, finally in 1769 decided in favor of the plaintiff. It was the test case, carried to the supreme court. The records of this case gave us many valuable papers concerning the Manour. Merritt's executor, John Overing, in 1772 sells this tract of 72 acres to Daniel Harris of Springfield. It is described in the deed as the tract that Merritt recovered from James Nevins in an action of Merritt vs. Nevins; being "part of the grant or farm of 500 acres on which James Nivins lives that lies south of sd north line of sd Ware."
37. There was litigation similar to the above over this tract, the case being Read vs. Moulton. Robert Moulton had acquired a farm in the same manner as Nivins, ignorant of the fact that it encroached upon the Read Manour. Moulton refused to pay taxes in Ware, thus precipitating a suit with the town, - the first of which there is record. In 1760 the parish voted £2 "to go to law with Moulton." In 1761 Samuel Sherman and William Breakenridge were
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appointed a committee "to finish the suit with Moulton." Moulton, losing the Read suit, appears to have settled the parish claim out of court. In 1772 John Overing sold the tract of 103 acres to Robert Morton, - undoubtedly Moulton with a different spelling.
38. David Pulsifer bought in 1761 "the farm on which he now lives" of 136 acres, bounded easterly by the road. Pulsifer being unable to pay for it "and the bargain being void," Merritt's executor sells the same to James Lawton in 1773.
39. An irregular tract of 139 acres east of the road. No deed has been found but a mortgage of Edmund Capen to John Overing dated 1772. Enos Allen was in possession of the lower corner near the Dividing Line in 1755.
40. 152 a. John Harwood bought of Merritt in 1761. Harwood was living on the land at the time of purchase.
41. 100 a. James Lammon bought of Merritt in 1762. It was known as "the Edmund Taylor Lot."
42. 50 a. John Harwood bought of Merritt in 1761.
43. 119 a. William Blackmer, Jr., bought of Merritt in 1762. Part had previously been occupied by Thomas Crow- foot. In 1767 "Joseph Marsh's house" stood just north of Patrick's east line.
44. 70 a. Cornelius Weeks bought of Merritt in 1762, "it being the lot on which Thomas Crowfoot did live."
45. No deed found. Described by abutters as "Joseph Patterson's possession."
46. 87 a. William Blackmer, Jr., bought of Merritt's exec- utor in 1773.
47. 100 a. bought by Jonathan Foster in 1762.
48. 100 a. James Brown bought of Merritt in 1769. The lot was previously occupied by Elijah Cummings.
In tracing the lots of Abigail Miller's division it seems best to follow the numbering given on the plan found in the Probate Records of the County of Suffolk. The plan was made after the death of Mrs. Miller, and bears the date October, 1769. The heirs are Mrs. Miller's sons and sons- in-law. The lots sold previous to Mrs. Miller's death are not numbered in the plan.
No. 1. 100 a. This was for many years known as the Olds Lot. The first of this name that we find in Ware was
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Jonathan Olds. In 1761 his daughter, Comfort Olds of Ware, consitutes Joseph Patterson of Palmer her attorney for the settlement of her father's estate. Olds never owned this lot, though he undoubtedly lived on it. It descended to William Sheppard and his wife Deborah, who in 1770 sold Lot No. 1, one half of No. 3, and No. 4, - 250 acres in all, to Benjamin Lincoln of Hingham. Lincoln sold No. 1 to Isaac Cummings in 1771.
No. 2. 140 a. Descended to William Miller. In 1771 he sold 120 acres, consisting of the east half of No. 2 and No. 3 to William Breakenridge. The west half of No. 2 went to Jacob Hickson, blacksmith. The west half of No. 3 went to George Breakenridge in 1784.
William Breakenridge, who was a prominent man here for more than thirty years, one of the first board of selectmen, the first representative to the Provincial Congress, and town clerk for eighteen years, came to this country from Ireland in 1727, when four years of age, with his father, James Breakenridge, a native of Scotland. The name has reference to the peculiar features of that country, its hill ridges cov- ered with bracken or fern. The family settled in the Elbow Tract, near Palmer Centre. William and James, sons of James, Sen., acquired farms in Ware. The rest of the family remained in the southern division. The Breakenridges were among the largest land-owners of the town.1
No. 4. Lincoln sells 50 acres of No. 4, and 20 acres at the north end of No. 3 to Simeon Cummings in 1772.
Joseph Miller received from his mother Nos. 5, 16, 19, 20, 21 and 23. William Miller, William Sheppard and Rob- ert Pierpont get executions against Joseph in 1771, and his land is all sold. Nos. 5, 16, 19, and the north part of No. 20 go to Rev. Ezra Thayer and Joseph Foster "in equal moieties" in 1772. The north-east corner of No. 5, contain- ing 50 acres, was sold to Daniel Brown of Western in 1769. No. 6. 116 a. William Miller sold to Thomas Patrick of Western in 1770.
No. 7. Abner Hunt in 1772 sold the north part, 58 acres, to William Breakenridge.
No. 8. The northern half, 50 acres, was sold by Hezekiah Read Miller to Ezra Pepper of New Braintree in 1771. The
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southern half of No. 8 and the northern half of No. 9, 100 ; acres, were sold by Miller to William Anderson in 1770. The west end of the lot is described as being "on the east side of Long Hill so called."
Twenty-three acres of No. 8, lying just north of Ander- son's, passed through the hands of Joshua Nichols of East- hampton, and in 1795 was purchased by Thomas Snell, famous for the manufacture of augers. This was Snell's earliest recorded purchase of land in Ware. William Snell, who at this time owned land on Ware River in the north- east part of the town, was not of the same family.
No. 9. A 33 acre tract south of Anderson's was sold to Capt. Jacob Cummings in 1769. The remainder of this lot, 13 acres, went to Ezra Thayer in 1769. The description begins "four and one half rods west of the northernmost part of the Pound." The tract is half a mile long running east and west, and 14 rods wide. Exception is made of highways and "the meeting-house plot and burying place which are partly within the Above named boundaries." The entire exception amounts to but one acre.
No. 10. 140 a. Nathaniel Vose sold to James McClintock in 1778. It is bounded south on the Ministerial Lot, the Glebe of 1767.
No. 11. The north part, 35 acres, was sold by Vose to William Cutter or Cutler [both spellings given] in 1772. By 1778 this part had come to Capt. William Breakenridge, and Submit Cutter occupies part of No. 9. The remainder of No. 11, 70 acres, was bought by James McClintock in 1778.
No. 12. 75 a. John Miller sold to William Breakenridge in 1773.
No. 13. Probably bought by Thomas Patrick. Patrick's first purchase was from Abigail Miller in 1767, about 140 acres, extending north-west and south-east, the lower corner just crossing Flat Brook.
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