History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Vol. I, Part 105

Author: L.H. Everts & Co
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts
Number of Pages: 700

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In 1654, John Pynchon, Elizur Holyoke, and Samuel Chapin, a committee appointed for the purpose by the Gen- eral Court, laid out one plantation west of the river for the colony at Northampton, extending " from the little meadow called Capawonk or Mattaomet, down to the head of the falls," and reserved the lands on the east side of the river for another plantation.

The Indian titles to Nolwotogg were extinguished at differ- ent periods, from 1653 to 1662, by John Pynchon, who pur- chased the lands for the benefit of the " planters," as the early settlers were termed. The territory which now constitutes the town of Hadley is embraced in two deeds, which include also lands now in Amherst, South Hadley, Granby, and other towns east ward.

The following deed embraces the land from the mouth of Fort River and Mount Holyoke, on the south, to the mouth of Mohawk Brook and the southern part of Mount Toby, on the north, extending easterly nine miles into the woods :

" Here followeth a copy of a deed or writing whereby the Indians of Nolwo- togg, upon the river Quienecticott made sale of certain lands nuto Maj. John l'ynchon, of Springfield, together with the copy of the said Maj. John Pynchon,

t Mr. Jndd gives the following as the prevailing orthography at the several dates: " Nawattocke, 1637; Nowottok and Nawottock, 1646; Nauwotak, 1648; Noatucke, 1654; Nanotuck, 1653; Nonotuke, 1653, 1655, 1658; Norwotake, Nor- wootuck, aud Norwuttuck, 1657; Northwottock, 1666, 1661 ; Norwottock, 1659, 1660; Norwootucke, 1659; Norwotuck, 1661. John Pynchon has in his accounts Nalwotogg, Nolwotogg, and Norwotog, and in his deeds Nolwotogg." Norwot- tuck was most used by the English. The signification seems to have been "in the midst of the river," having reference to the peninsulas at Hadley, Hocka- nu10, Northampton, Hatfiekl, etc.

* Numbers in parentheses indicate the generations.

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his assignment of the said deed for the use and behoof of the inhabitants of Hadley, and his acknowledgment thereof.

" Be it known to all men by these presents, that Chick wollop, alias Wahillowa, Umpancbella, alias Womscom, and Quonquont, alias Wompshaw, the sachems of Nolwotogg, and the sole and proper owners of all the land on the east side of Quonicticut River, from the hills called Petowamachu, and from the mouth of the brook or river called Towuucksett, and so all along by the great river up- ward or northward to the brook called Nepassooeuegg, and from hither part or south end of the great hills called Kuuckquachu (being guessed at near about nine miles in length), by the river Quenecticott,-We the aforenamed Chick wallop, alias Wahillowa, Umpanchala, alias Womscom, and Quouquont, alias Wompshaw, of Nulwotogg, on the one party, do give, grant, bargain, and sell unto John Pynchon, of Springfield, on the other party, to him, his assigns, and successors, forever, all the grounds, woods, ponds, waters, meadows, trees, stones, &c., lying on the east side of Quenicticot River, within the compass aforesaid,- from the month of the little Riverett Towenneksett, and the hills Petowomuchu northward up the great river of Quenecticot to the Brook Nepowssooenegg, and from the south end of the hills Quaquach, being near abont nine miles in length from the south part to the north part, and all within the compass from Quenecticot River nine miles out into the woods, all the aforesaid tract of ground called Towunneksett, Sunmuckqnomminck, Suchaw, Noycoy, Gasserk, Pomptuckset, Mattabaget, Wunnaquickset, Kunekkinnek-qualluck, Neposco- neag, and to the south end of the great hill called Kunekquachu, and for nine or ten miles eastward from the great river out into the woods eastward,-We the said Chick wallop, Umpanchella, and Quonqnont, do for aud in consideration of two hundred fathom of wampum,* and twenty fathom and one large coat at eight fathom, which Chicwallop sets off, of trusts, besitles several small gifts, and for other good causes and considerations, do sell, give, grant, and have given, granted, bargained, and sold to John Pynchon, of Springfield, and to his assigns aud successors, all and singular, the aforenamed land, or by whatever other name it is or may be called, quietly to possess, have, and enjoy the afore- said tract of ground, free from all molestations or incumbrances of Indians, and that forever,-ouly the Indians aforenamed, and iu particular Quonynont, doth reserve and keep one corn-field,-about twelve, sixteen, or twenty acres of ground,-a little above Mattalaget, by the brook called Wunnaquickset, lying on the south side of the said brook, and compassed in by a swamp from that brook to the great river; and also they reserve liberty to hunt deer, fowl, &c., and to take fish, beaver, or otter, &c .; but otherwise all the aforesaid premises the said John Pynchon, his assigns and successors and their heirs, shall forever enjoy absolutely and clearly, free from all incumbrances of any Indians or their coru-fields forever, except as before excepted. And in witness bereof, we, the said Indians, do subscribe our marks this present twenty-fifth day of Devem- ber, 1058. It is the only corn-field on this or south side of the brook called Wunnuckeckset, and the little bit of ground by it, within the swamp and he- twixt the swamp and the great river, which the Indians do reserve, and are to enjoy. But the little corn-field on the other side, or further side, or north side of Wunnaquickset, and all the other corn-fields within the compass of ground aforenamed, the Indians are to leave and yield up, as witness their hands.

" The mark - of EMPANCHLA, alius WOMISCOM, " The mark - of QUONQUONT, alias WOMPSHAW, " The mark - of CHICKWALOP, alias WAWAHILLOWA. " Witnesses to the purchase, and that the Indians do fully sell all the lands aforementioned to Mr. Pynchon, and that the marks were subscribed by the Indians themselves :

" JOSEPH PARSONS, Euw. ELMORE,

" JOSEPHI FITCH,

SAMUEL WRIGHT,

"ARTHI'R WILLIAMS."

The mark R. T., of Rowland Thomas, who was privy to the whole discourse and eonelusion of the purchase, and Joseph Parsons, who was present and acquainted with the whole agreement. The other witnesses came in to testify to the sub- seribing, and that the Indians owned all as it was read to them.

The Indians desired that they might set their wigwams at some times within the traet of ground they sold without offense, and that the English would be kind and neighborly to them in not prohibiting them firewood out of the woods, ete., which was promised them.

Mr. Pynchon, on Oct. 28, 1663, assigned the deed to the inhabitants of Hadley for whom he had made the purehase. The corn-field reserved in the deed was a part of the land since known as the upper School Meadow, and was subsequently purchased by Hadley from the Indian owners,

By the other deed-Aug. 8, 1662-Wequagon (formerly called Wulluthearne) and his wife, Awonusk, and Squomp, their son, sold to John Pynchon, of Springfield, the terri- tory from the mouth of Fort River and Mount Holyoke, on the north, to Stony Brook, in South Hadley, on the south, ex- tending easterly ten miles, or to three ponds. The Indians, in the language of the deed, conveyed-

" All the grounds, woods, trees, ponds, waters, st mes, meadows, and uplands, &c., lying and being at Nulwotogg, on the east side of Quinecticott River, from the hill called l'etawamuchn, and the brook or little riverett called Towunuckset, which formerly Umpanchala and Wowwhillowa sold to the English, when they sold them Snunnekquonmuck and bounded it by the mouth of the brouk Towu- muckset and the hill Petowomachu. Now, from the said hill and brook down Quinecticott River south ward to a brook or riverett called Chusick, where the cart- way goes over it, It at the month it is called Cowase, and all within the compass from the great river Quenicticott eastward into the woods abont ten miles, viz. : to the three ponds called Paquonckquamog, Scontucks, Paskisuquopoh. The aforesaid tract of land called Petowamuchu, Suchow, the great neck or meadow which the English call Hoceanum, together with the uplands adjoining, and the brook or riverett called Cowachuck alias Quaquoonuntuck, at the month of it, and so south to the riverett Chnsuck alias Cowase, at the mouth of it, and east- ward to the three ponds before named."

The consideration for this land was " 150 fathom of wam- pum with ten coats and more, two yards of cloth over in the largeness of their breeches, and several other small gifts, con- siderable all of them."

There was reserved and exempted from this sale fifty or sixty aeres at lloceanum, which had been mortgaged to Joseph Parsons, t of Northampton, by Wequogon and Awonusk. The Indians were not, however, to be excluded from hunting deer, beaver, and other wild creatures, nor from fishing and the use of fire-wood.

The Indian names of places often did not preserve their orthography throughout the same document, and even the names of the chiefs seem to have been capriciously spelled. The last-named deed was assigned to the inhabitants of Had- ley, Feb. 6, 1671.

ORGANIZATION OF THE TOWN.

The planters at Norwottuck,-as appears from the subse- quent action of the General Court,-at a meeting held at the house of Goodman Lewis, on the Monday succeeding May 11, 1661, took steps to secure formal recognition as a town, with definite powers. The order of the General Court above re- ferred to was passed May 22, 1661, and reads as follows :

. " On the motion of the inhabitants of the new plantation nere Northampton, relating to sundry particculars, it is ordered by this Court that the said toune shall be called Hadley,; and that for the better government of the people, & suppressing of sinus there, sume meete persons, annually presented by the free- men vnto this, shall be commissioned and empowred to act in seuerall services as followeth : first, the said commissioners, together with the commissioners of Springfeild and Northampton, or the greater part of theui. shall haue the liberty & be impowred to keepe ye Courts appointed at Springfeild & Northampton ; secondly, that the said commissioners for Hadley shall & are hereby empowred, without a jury, to heure & determine all vinil actions not exceeding fine pounds ; 3dly, that the sajd commissioners for Hadley shall and are hereby em- powred to deale in all criminall cases according to lane, where the penalty shall not exceed tenn stripes for one offence ; provided that it shall be lawfull for any person sentenced by the said commissioners, either ju civil or criminall cases, to appeale to the Court at Springfeild or Northampton; fourthly, that the personis for the yeare ensning, & till others be nominated and chosen for the toune of Hadley, appointed aml authorized as aforesajd, are Andrew Bacon, Mr. Samuell Smith, & Mr. Win. Westwood; 5thly, that the commissioners herchy appointed shall take their oathes before Capt. Pinchon for the faithfull discharge of their duty therein, who is hereby authorized to administer the same vuto them. It is also ordered by this Court that the jurymen freemen for tiialls at Springfeild & Northampton Coutts shall take information & make presentments to ye Court of misdemeanors, as grand jurymen vsually doe, or ought to doe, and that the clarke of the Court at Springfeild & Northampton seud forth warrants to the three tounes for jurymen, with respect to the case of travill to each Court, & yt Mr. John Russell, Sen., be Clarke of ye writts for Hadley, and yt Mr. West-

* Wampum was the principal medium of exchange in dealings with the In- dians. This currency consisted of sea-shells strung in the shape of beads, and dealt out in " hands" or " fathoms." Nor was it exempt from depreciation by over-issue. The beads were of several colors, white being the most plentiful. At first, six of the white or three of the black, blue, or purple heads were valued at one penny. They depreciated, as early as 1675, to one-quarter that value, or twenty-four white beads for a penny. The word wampum signifying white, the terin " black wampmin"-often used by the English-is about as admissible as " white blackberry."

+ Wequagon and his family owed Mr. Parsons eighty beaver-skins for coats, wampom, and other things, and gave him a mortgage May 28, 1662. The land was forfeited to Mr. Parsons, who sold it to the town, and gave a decd therefor March 29, 1683.

# Hadley, Hadleigh, or, more ancient, Headlege, is a town in England, county of Suffolk, on the river Berton. The name was probably adopted at the sugges- tion of some of the early settlers of Hartford, who were from that vicinity.

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wood, or, in his absence, one of the other commissioners, are hereby authorized to joyne persous in marriage at Hadley."*

The limits of the old town of lladley were somewhat indef- inite, and have been substantially described in the chapter devoted to the early settlement. On the east side of the river the bounds extended eleven or twelve miles north "from the hend of the falls above Springfield," with a width, east and west, of nine miles ; on the west side, from the north bounds of Northampton up the river six or seven miles, with a width of two miles.

By subsequent action of the General Court, October, 1663, the town east of the river was limited to " five miles from their meeting-house place up the river, five miles down the river, and four miles east from the most eastern part of the river." In May, 1673, upon the petition of 38 of the inhab- itants, the east line was fixed a distance of "six miles from the meeting-house eastward," making the bounds six by ten miles.+

A survey was made by Oliver Partridge, of Ilatfield, in 1739, in accordance with the grant of 1673. He fixed the east line of the grant at six miles due "east of the meeting- house," and measured five miles each way-north and south- from the due-east point. From the extremities of this east line he surveyed due west to the Connecticut. The length of the north line was 1422 rods; of the south line, 2334 rods. The north line was farther north, by an average of 523 rods, than the one previously assumed to be the true line between Hadley and Sunderland, which ran due east from the mouth of Mohawk Brook. Sunderland therefore possessed 457 acres, for which that town gave to Hadley an equivalent in land at Deerfield Falls. This tract was sold by Hadley in 1749.

In May, 1683, upon the petition of the selectmen, who, among other considerations, set forth the appalling fact that " the inhabitants are shut up on the east and north by a deso- late, barren desert," the General Court granted an addition to the southern portion of the town of four miles square .¿ In November, 1727, a traet was added east of that last named, and extending to the equivalent lands, now Belchertown. This addition was about four miles in length, north and south, and two miles in width.

At this period the town of Hadley had attained its greatest proportions, containing by estimate eighty-nine square miles, or 56,960 acres, cast of the Connecticut, beside a portion west of the river which was reserved in 1670, when Ilatfield was incorporated. Within the ensuing thirty-two years, this "mother of towns" had richly endowed two other healthy offspring with landed estates,-South Hadley became a dis- trict in 1753, and Amherst a district in 1759. Hatfield ab- sorbed the " reservation" in 1733. Amherst took that portion of her territory south of the Bay road in 1812, about 700 or 800 acres more from the northeast part of Hadley in 1814, and later, a small piece near the " Northampton road."

The peninsula eut off by the new channel of the river, at Hockanum, in 1840, as described in another place in this his- tory, was annexed to Northampton in 1850, and bears the name " Ox-Bow. "

No exact survey of the present town of Hadley, which would enable a plot thereof to be made, has ever been con- pleted. The lines are, however, perambulated, as the law re- quires, at regular intervals, and trees and monuments upon

the lines noted in the official reports. In general, the irreg- ular line of the mountain ridge, upon the south, is the limit in that direction ; the west bounds of Amherst, as described in the history of that town, the limit on the east ; and the line fixed by Mr. Partridge, in 1739, between Iladley and Sunder- land, the limit northward. (See previous note.) The Con- necticut is the boundary on the west.

The first townsmen-" to order all public occasions"-ehosen by the planters in November, 1659, have already been named in the account of the first settlement.

By the regulations passed in 1662, each inhabitant was to receive a notice before any town-meeting, be fined 6d. if tardy one-half hour, or 12d. if tardy one hour. If a majority did not appear, those present might " go away and attend to their own occasions." It was also provided that " the townsmen, before every town-meeting, shall choose one of themselves to be moderator, who shall have the ordering of the meeting, of speech and silence therein." A person departing without leave of the moderator should be fined 6d., and be "ac- counted as one who gives an evil example of disorder to others."

Townsmen were to be chosen yearly, in January, and have power in all matters exerpt "admitting inhabitants, giving of land, laying ont highways, alienating fences and properties, ereeting common buildings, as houses, mills, bridges, ete., of considerable value, levying of rates," etc.

Offices were multiplied or diminished as occasion required. The first townsmen-seleetmen-chosen at a regular town- meeting in Hadley, Dec. 14, 1660, were Andrew Bacon, An- drew Warner, Nathaniel Dickinson, Samuel Smith, and Wil- liam Lewis. Other officers were chosen as follows: Nathaniel Dickinson, Reeorder of Orders or Town Clerk, Dec. 17, 1660; he was succeeded by Peter Tilton, Sept. 4, 1661, who was made also "to record lands," Feb. 9, 1663, and who served more than thirty-one years; Samuel Barnard, who followed in 1693, was " Clerk ;" Samuel Smith and Peter Tilton, Meas- urers of land, 1660; Stephen Terry, Constable, March, 1662; Mr. William Westwood and Brother Standley, Fence-View- ers, " to view the meadow fences," April 24, 1661; Goodman Richard Montague, Hayward or Field-Driver, May 11, 1661 ; Edward Church and Chileab Smith, east side of the river, and Nathaniel Dickinson, Jr., west side, Surveyors of Highways, Jan. 27, 1668; John Barnard, Sealer of Weights and Meas- ures, 1663 ; Richard Montague, Grave-Digger, March, 1663 ; Timothy Nash, Samuel Moody, Samuel Church, Chileab Smith, Tithingmen, appointed by the Selectmen, 1678; Samuel Partrigg, Packer of Meat and Fish, 1679. Hog- reeves, hog-ringers, eow-keepers, shepherds were chosen at times in the early days.

Regulations, passed in 1693, provided that 10 men, including a majority of the selectmen, at any legally-warned meeting could proceed with the town business; that fences should be properly maintained, "every man to have a stake 12 inches high at the end of his fence, with the two first letters of his name facing the way the fence runs ;" imposed penalties for trespass by persons or animals on a " neighbor's land," or on " common land," and arranged for the " pounding" of stray farm stock, and for labor on the highways and commons.

PRESENT TOWN OFFICERS.

William S. Shipman, Town Clerk and Treasurer ; Francis Edson, Charles Cook, G. Myron Smith, Selectmen ; Enus E. Cook, Colleetor ; John S. Bell, Alphonso Diekinson, Royal M. Montague, Assessors ; Merritt S. Ferguson, Enos E. Cook, William Perkins, Constables; Rowland Ayres, John W. Lane, George Dickinson, School Committee; Ithamar C. Kellogg, Elector under Oliver Smith's will.

FINANCIAL.

Received by town treasurer, from all sourees, for year end- ing Feb. 12, 1879, $22,972.77; disbursed for same period,

* This was, and still is, called the act of incorporation for Hadley.

. t A part of this petition reads : "The common feeding-place of our working cattle, whereby we carry on our husbandry, is withont our town bowls, and our want of hay-ground is such as necessitates us to seek out some remote, boggy meadow, either to take hay from or carry our cattle to, that we may keep them alive ; onr interval land, by reason of the high situation of it, being sellom flooded, and so not continuing to yield grass as in the plantations lower down the river, and as here formerly."

# l'ide Judd's Hist., p. 195.

2 Surveyed by John Chandler, Jr., of Woodstock, in October, 1715. (See history of South Hadley in this volume.)

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$21,460.21, inclusive of $2850.88 for schools, and $2129.51 for the town poor. Total town indebtedness, $108,236.71; re- sources, $12,548.75. .

TOWNSMEN OR SELECTMEN .*

1660 .- Andrew Bacon, Andrew Warner, Nath' Dickinson, Samuel Smith, Wm. Lewis.

1662 .- Thomas Meekins, William Allis, Nath'l Ward, Richard Goodman, John White, Sr.

1663 .- William Westwood, Thomas Meckins, Thomas Wells, Philip Smith, John White.

1664 .- Gregory Winterton, John Dickinson, John Hubbard, William Allis, Na- thaniel Dickinson, Jr.

1665 .- John White, Sr., Joseph Kellogg, Nathaniel Standley, Thomas Meekins, Isaac Graves.

1666 .- Nathaniel Dickinson, Sr., John Crow, Aaron Cooke, Zachary Field, John Coleman.

1667 .- Thomas Coleman, Stephen Terry, Samnel Porter, John Cole, Samuel Warner.

1668 .- Lieut. Samuel Smith, William Partrigg, Andrew Warner, Nathaniel Dickinson, Jr., Samuel Belding.

1669,-William Lewis, Francis Barnard, John Dickinson, Thomas Meekins, William Allis.

1670 .- Henry Clarke, John Russell, Sr., Peter Tillton, Isaac Graves, Daniel White.

1671 .- Philip Smith, Aaron Cooke, Edward Church, John Crow, Richard Mon- tague.

1672 .- Lieut. Samuel Smith, Samuel Porter, Samuel Partrigg, Samuel Church, Samuel Moody.

1673 .- Richard Goodman, Timothy Nash, John Dickinson, Francis Barnard, Thomas Dickinson.

1674 .- Andrew Warner, Peter Tillton, Ens. Aaron Cooke, Joseph Kellogg, Noah Coleman.

1675 .- Nehemiah Dickinson, John Marsh, Daniel Hovey, Philip Smith, Chileab Smith.

1676,-Lieut. Samuel Smith, Ens. Aaron Cooke, John Hubbard, Sergt. John Dick- inson, Francis Barnard.

1677 .- Philip Smith, Richard Montague, Samuel Porter, Joseph Kellogg, Peter Tillton.

1678 .- Lieut. Samuel Smith, Aaron Cooke, John Hubbard, Samnel Partrigg, Thomas Dickinson.

1679 .- Lient. Philip Smith, l'eter Tillton, Timothy Nash, Richard Montague, Ensign Joseph Kellogg.

1680 .- Lieut. Samuel Smith, Capt. Aaron Cuoke, Nehemiah Dickinson, Samuel Partrigg, Joseph Baldwin, Sr.

1681 .- Deacon Philip Smith, Lient. Joseph Kellogg, Ens. Timothy Nash, Chileab Smith, Thomas Hovey.

1682 .- Capt. Aaron Cooke, Samuel Partrigg, John Hubbard, Peter Montagne, Daniel Marsh.

1683 .- Deacon Philip Smith, Ensign Timothy Nash, Samuel Porter, Francis Barnard, Nebeminh Dickinson.

1684 .- Capt. Aaron Cooke, Samuel Partrigg, Jonathan Marsh, Thomas Hovey, Nathaniel White.

1685 .- Ensign Timothy Nash, Chileab Smith, Lieut. Joseph Kellogg, Nehemiah Dickinson, Daniel Marsh.

1686 .- Capt. Aaron Cooke, Samuel Partrigg, Francis Barnard, Thomas Hovey, Samuel Barnard.

1687 .- Ensign Timothy Nash, Daniel Marsh, Nehemiah Dickinson, Peter Mon- tague, Peter Tillton.

1688 .- Francis Barnard, Jonathan Marsh, Thomas Hovey, Samuel Moody, Thomas Sellen.

1689 .- Ensign Timothy Nash, Samuel Porter, Sr., Peter Montagne, Nehemiah Dickinson, Lient. Jonathan Marsh.

1690 .- Capt. Aaron Cooke, Thomas Hovey, Chileab Smith, Nathaniel White, Thomas Selden.

1691 .- Nehemiah Dickinson, Ens. Timothy Nash, Samuel Porter, Jonathan Marsh, Corp. Samnel Smith.

1692 .- Capt. Aaron Cooke, Lieut. Joseph Kellogg, Samuel Barnard, George Still- man, Daniel Marsh.

1693 .- None recorded.

1694 .- Nehemiah Dickinson, Jonathan Marsh, Peter Montague, Nathaniel White, Samuel Smith, son of Chileab.

1695,-Lieut. Timothy Nash, Daniel Marsh, Thomas Hovey, John Kellogg, Samuel Barnard.

1696 .- George Stillman, Ensign Chileab Smith, Nathaniel White, Joseph Smith, Daniel Hubbard.

1697 .- Jonathan Marsh, Samuel Porter, Nathaniel Warner, John Montagne, Timothy Eastman.

1698 .- None recorded.

1699 .- Thomas Selding, Daniel Marsh, Sorgt. Samuel Smith, John Kellogg, Corp. Sammel Smith.

1700 .- Samuel Porter, Cornet Nehemiah Dickinson, Jonathan Marsh, Samuel Boltwood, John Nash.

1701 .- Samuel Marsh, Deacon N. White, l'eter Montagne, Hezekiah Porter, Sammel Partrigg.

* Usually called townsmen until 1673.

1702 .- Cornet Nehemiah Dickinson, Jonathan Marsh, Thomas Selding, John Smith, tailor, John Smith, orphan.

1703,-Samuel Porter, Sergt. Daniel Marsh, Corp. Peter Montagne, John Nash, Samuel Barnard.

1704 .- Cornet Nehemiah Dickinson, Jonathan Marsh, Sergt. Samuel Smith, Deacon Nathaniel White, Hezekiah Porter.

1705 .- Thomas Selling, Lient. Thomas Hovey, Q .- M. Peter Montagne, John Smith, tailor, Samuel Cooke.

1706 .- Samuel Porter, Jonathan Marsh, Daniel Marsh, Westwood Cook, Samuel Barnard.

1707 .- Sergts. Joseph Smith, Samuel Smith, and John Nash, Deacon Nathaniel White, Luke Smith.

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History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Vol. I, Part 105

Author: L.H. Everts & Co Publication date: 1879 Publisher: Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts Number of Pages: 700

Author: L.H. Everts & Co
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts
Number of Pages: 700