History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Vol. II, Part 169

Author: L.H. Everts & Co
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts
Number of Pages: 896

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From 1830 to 1842 considerable was done in the manufac- ture of boots and shoes. The principal manufacturers were Nye & Solomon Moulton, Daniel N. Green, and Freeman Plympton. In 1836-37 the amount of work done in this line, as reported by the town assessors, was-

Boots manufactured,

Shoes

6,230 pairs. 9,053

Total

15,233 =

Cash value ៛27,743

From 1842 to 1850 no great amount of business was done in this branch of industry. It then revived again, so that dur- ing the year ending March 31, 1854, 40,000 pairs of boots and shoes were made in the town, mostly shoes. In 1855 the as- sessors reported as follows :

Pairs of boots of all kinds manufactured. 255

shoes 44

32,970

Total

33,225

Cash value. $27,735

The principal manufacturers then were Jonathan G. Royce, Dwight W. Ellis, George II. Needham, Chauncey D. Brewer, and Erasmus D. Shaw. Since that time the business has greatly declined.

In the year 1847, Harlin G. Dunham engaged in the manu- facture of cotton batting. A small building had been erected some years before by William M. Needham, on Mill Brook, a few rods below the ( Phetteplace) mill premises. A part of this was occupied by William M. Needham for making shin-

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gles, and the other part by Mr. Dunham. He continned in the business until 1851, when he left town.

In 1854 the building was enlarged by Mr. Needham, and the manufacture of wicking commenced in 1855, by Win. P. Osborne. But the business was not profitable, and was dis- continued. In 1857, Messrs. Osborne & Needham began the manufacture of plow-handles and other articles. In 1858 they added the manufacture of shingles. In 1860, Mir. Osborne withdrew, and Mr. Needham engaged in sawing lumber, shingles, and lath. In 1863, William H. Lane succeeded Mr. Needham in the same business. In 1865, Elijah Shaw pur- chased the mill and used its water-power in operating the Ilcagan Mill.

Tanning and currying was one of the earliest industries of the town, and was first started on the premises of Zeno Far- rington, Sr. Phineas Durkee is understood to have estab- lished a tannery upon these premises soon after he first became a resident of Wales, in 1752. It has been kept since by Robert Durkee, Robert Andrews, Sr., Aaron Winchester, John Sabin, and Zeno Farrington, Sr., the latter having been engaged in that business for over fifty years.

In 1853, Zeno Farrington, Jr., erected a building on the Plymouth place and commenced business as a currier. In 1855, 2100 sides of leather and 800 calf-skins were dressed.

But the branch of industry that has added most to the pros- perity of the town, and proven the principal occupation of a large number of its inhabitants for a decade of years, is the manufacture of woolen cloths, stockinet, and fancy cassimeres.

In 1828-29 buildings were erected and other preparations made for the manufacture of this description of goods. The principal originators of this scheme were Bela Tiffany, Oliver Wales, and Hiram Watkins. In 1830, before any manufac- turing was done, Tiffany sold out bis estate and left town. Soon after this work was commenced, and continued to a small extent by Oliver Wales and others till 1835, when R. P. Wales and J. W. Bliss, of Brimfield, bought the estab- lishment, added more machinery, made other improve- ments, and ran it till February, 1837, when the mill was destroyed by fire. In 1839 it was rebuilt by John W. Bliss, James L. Wales, and Royal Wales. In 1840 another change of owners took place, and in 1841 the concern was incorpo- rated as the " Wales Manufacturing Company." In that year the manufacture of satinet cloths was commenced, and has been steadily continued to the present day. In 1865 the mill was sold to the three Rogers brothers, Joel H., Lafay- ette, and Clinton, who prosecuted the business until the spring of 1868, when the " Shaw Manufacturing Company, " incor- porated April 17, 1848, purchased the mill, and engaged in the manufacture of cassimeres and doeskins. It is now owned by Elijah Shaw, but is not running at the present time. It is situated in the lower village.

The mill designated as that of the " Shaw Manufacturing Company" is located in the centre of the village, near the Baptist Church. The building, first erected in 1847, was small, and contained but one set of machinery, which was put in it in 1848. In 1851 it was enlarged sufficiently to contain a second set, which was added. En 1856 it was again enlarged for a third set. About 1860 the machinery was altered to fit it for the manufacture of doeskins in place of satinet. It was subsequently used for the manufacture of cassimeres, but is not now running.

What is known as the " Dell Mill" is situated in the upper village, and is the largest and handsomest manufacturing es- tablishment in the town. The original building was erected by Elijah and Aaron Shaw, in 1860-61, for the manufacture of woolen goods. It was destroyed by fire about 1870. On its site was erected, abont 1873, the present large four-set inill. Broad cassimeres have since been manufactured. The mill is now owned by Elijah Shaw, is still running, and employs be- 1ween 50 and 60 persons.

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The " Eden Shaw Mill" is also located in the upper village, near the " Dell Mill," and manufactures the same description of goods. It was erected in 1864-65, by Eden D. and Aaron Shaw. The manufacture of doeskins was commenced in 1866. In 1869 cloth manufacture was engaged in. It is a large four- set mill, and is now in operation. It employs from 50 to 60 persons.

The " Heagan Mill" was erected by Elijah Shaw, the present owner, in 1865-66. It also is located in the upper village, and is a large four-set mill. It is not now running, but is designed and used for the manufacture of fancy cassimeres, and when in operation employs about 60 persons.

The " Valley Mill," situated in the extreme lower end of the upper village, was used as a saw- and box-factory in 1865. In 1872 it was converted into a mill for the manufacture of cloth. It is owned by Elijah Shaw, but at present is leased to Samuel Hodgson, who is engaged in the manufacture of different varieties of cloth. It contains two sets of machinery and employs about 30 persons.

The amount and value of the products of these mills have varied somewhat in different years. According to the census of 1875, there was produced for the year ending March Ist goods valued at $895,475. The value of stock used was $543,040; number of persons employed, 348; amount of an- nual wages, $144,399.

MILITARY.

During the French-and-Indian war the town was included in Brimfield, and the soldiers who engaged in that war from the section of the town afterward Wales will be found in the list of soldiers given in the history of Brimfield. Promi- nent among them-each filling the office of captain-will be noticed Ebenezer Moulton and Trustrum Davis, from South Brimfield.

In the Revolutionary war the citizens of Wales appear to have supported the cause of independence in a spirited and patriotic manner. On Jan. 17, 1775, the town resolved, among other things, " that we mean strictly to adhere to the principles of English liberty, and are ready to adopt any measures within the compass of our power, consistent with reason and justice, to assist and maintain the just and natural rights of the colonies in general, and this province in particu- lar." Also, voted " to provide our Minute-Men, in case they are called into immediate service, with a blanket, a Cartridge- Box, Thirty Rounds of Powder and Ball, and a Hatchet, or Cutlass, or Bayonet." Voted Asa Fisk, Jacob low, William Carpenter, John Rosbrook, and John Bullin a committee to inspect tea, and Joel Rogers, William Bishop, Isaac Foster, Jr., Benjamin Blodgett, and John Graham a committee to inspect merchandise.

On May 29, 1775, the district joined with Brimfield and Monson in choosing Timothy Danielson as a delegate to the Provincial Congress. On March 13, 1777, the town voted " to raise money to encourage Continental Soldiers for three years.' Also, " that Capt. Jehial Munger should go and ask advice of the Jeneral Cort concerning those persons that are unfriendly to the American cause." March 21, 1777, voted £20 for each man that shall enlist for three years.

The records do not indicate that any active part was taken by the town in the suppression of Shays' rebellion. A few residents are said to have engaged in it, among whom were Timothy Fenton and Asa Fisk, the latter serving as captain.

The only notice taken of the war of 1812, so far as the rec- ords show, was on July 11, 1812, when the town voted 35 to 25 to request the President and Congress to avert war and restore peace.

In the suppression of the Rebellion of 1861-65 the town took an active and patriotic part. An illustration of the sentiments of its inhabitants is afforded by the following inci- dent. On April 27, 1861, a flag-pole was erected by the peo- ple, and the national standard displayed therefrom. A few

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days after, the flag was cut down at night. This cansed great excitement, and meetings of indignation were held. The result was that two persons suspected of participating in or bring cognizant of the affair were seized and carried through the village, the one upon a rail, and the other, at the same time, upon an old blind horse, facing the horse's tail. The matter afterward received attention from the courts.

For assistance in compiling this town history, thanks are due to Herbert il. Haradon, Elijah Shaw, Ferdinand L. Bur- ley, Mrs. Absalom Gardner, and other citizens.

WALES' REBELLION RECORD.

The following is a list of soldiers from Wales who served in the war of the Rebellion :

Jacob Barker, 21st Conn.

George Holdsworth, 22d Com.

Gilbert Ruath, 21st Mass.

Ezra P' Bowen, 18th Conn.

Edwin H. Johnson, 20 Mass. II. Art.

George H. Shaw, 3d N. II.

James A. Johnson, Ist Conn. Art.

James Smith, 46th Mass.

Hiram Bradway, With Mass, John C. Burley, 5Ist Mass. Eher W. Carder, 27th Mass.

Julins M. Lyon, lient., 46th and 42d Mass.

George M. Stewart, capt., 46th and 421 Mass.

Henry 11. Stewart, 21st Mass.

Marcus M. Chaffee, 46th Mass.

Daniel W. Cole, 34th Mass.

Peter W. Moore, 46th Mass. Frank Moore, 46th Mass. Lauriston L. Montton, 51st Mass,

John Taylor, 46th Mass.

Horace Converse, 21st Mass.

Julın A. Needham, 34th Mass,

James M. Thompson, 18th N. Y.

Edwin 1. Cronch, 34th Mass,

W. Engene Needham, 1st Conn. Art.

Eli H. Thompson, 46th Mass.

George I1. Pillaber, 461h Mass.

Watson W. Needham, 46th Mass.

Merritt Towne, 15th Mass.

Charles Dimmick, IGth and 11th Mass.

Carlos D. Needham, 4th Mass. Willard B. Needham, 34th Mass.

William J. Vizard, 5th N. Y.

Warren W. Eager, 4Gth Mass. William W. Ea. 1, 10th Mass. Henry F. Felton, Gist Mass.

llenry O. Nelson, 21st Mass.

Royal A. Nelson, 46th Mass.

William A. P'hetteplace, 34th Mass.

Austin Pratt, 34th Mass.

Martin V. B. Williams, 1th Conu.

Austin G. Pratt, 16th Mass.

Charles J. Woods, 34th Mass.

Waterman Penry, 21st Mass.

Edwin Hobbs, 34th Mass.

William J. Ricketts, 21st Mass.

BLANDFORD.

GEOGRAPHICAL.

BLANDFORD, one of the extreme western towns of Hamp- den and one of the most elevated in the county, is located upon the summit of the east range of the Green Mountains, which extends through Vermont and Western Massachusetts. It is bounded on the north by Chester and Huntington, on the south by Granville and Tolland, on the east by Russell, and on the west by Otis, in Berkshire County. Its area is 30,427 acres, and its population (in 1875), 967. Since 1840 the population has fluctuated in numbers and materially de- clined. The reason for this is attributable to the migration of many inhabitants to the West a few years ago, in search of more fruitful agricultural regions than Blandford could offer.

NATURAL FEATURES.

Blandford abounds in wildly picturesque mountain scenery, and is annually in the summer and autumn a popular resort for the inhabitants of Springfield and Westfield. The abund- ance of fish and game in this region invites the attention of the hunter and angler, who reap liere a rich reward of sport. The soil is generally rocky, but moderately fertile. Mountain streams are plentiful, but none of them rise beyond the dignity of brooks. The most prominent natural elevations are Dug Ifill, near the centre of the town, 1622 feet in height, and Jackson's Hill, in the southwest, which is much higher. There is also Green Mountain, at whose base there is a sul- phurous spring, Tarrot llill on the east, and Beach Hill on the south. In the northwest there is a deep depression in a hill-top, believed by many to be the mark of an extinct erater. There are several large ponds, as North Meadow Pond of 80 aeres, Long Pond of 150 acres, and Blair Pond of 250 acres.

The town is rich in minerals, and among the many found here may be mentioned carbonate of lime, chromate of iron, steatite, crystallized actonite, mamillary chalcedony, kyanite, rose quartz, mica, sulphuret of iron, and many others. It is

related that about 1795 one John Baird, residing in the " sec- ond division," discovered lead and silver ore near the north line of the town, but, by reason of a superstitious belief that it would not be well to pursue his discoveries, refused to disclose the whereabouts of the mine, and the secret died with him, although many subsequent fruitless efforts were made to dis- cover it.

EARLY SETTLEMENT.

The land now embraced within the limits of the town of Blandford was granted by the General Court to certain pro- prietors of common and undivided lands in Suffield, Conn., as an equivalent for a tract taken from them in establishing the dividing-line between Connecticut and Massachusetts. Shortly thereafter the proprietors conveyed the tract to Jacob Law- ton, and he, in January, 1735, sold three-fourths thereof to Francis Wells, John Faye, and Francis Brindley, becoming with them joint proprietor. The first settler to arrive with his family was llugh Black, who came in the autumn of 1735, and erected a dwelling-house near what is now the E. H. Os- born place. Ile was followed by James Baird, who located about four miles from Black, near Samuel H. Phelps' present farm. After these in close succession came Messrs. Reed, Mcclintock, Taggart, Brown, Anderson, Hamilton, Wells, Blair, Stewart, Montgomery, Boies, Ferguson, Campbell, Wilson, Sennett, Young, Knox, and Gibbs.

These first settlers were called Scotch-Irish, from the faet that their ancestors moved from Scotland to Ireland. Their descendants, coming over to America about 1727, settled in Hopkinton, Mass. (now Sudbury), whence they removed to Blandford.

As a matter of interesting history, the following statement (probably a letter) written by Francis Brindley, one of the four proprietors of the tract, will be found worthy of perusal :

" It is generally well known in your parts that Mr. Christopher Jucob Lawton obtained a grant for a tract of land called now Blandford, alias New Glasco, and

Lindorf W. Miller, Ist Mass. Cav

Albert Stewart, 34th Mass.

Charles F. Thompson, 46th Mass.

Harvey Il. Converse, 271h Mass.

Porter Walbridge, 15th Mass. George H1. Walls, 27th Mass.

Emerson O. Webber, 46th Mask, George G. Williams, 34th Mas4.

John T. Gah-, 46th Mass., and Ist Mass. Cav. Eli J. Gardner, 34th Mass. Michael Harrington, 34th Mass. Amos Hobbs, 21st Mass.

Franklin T. Wright, 34th Mass.

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in the time of it, in order to carry on the settlement, took in two partners for one-half, viz., Capt. Francis Welds anl Mr. John Fay. Some time after, I bought of said Lawton one-half of his remaining half (exclusive of all charges), which entitles each of us to one-quarter part. But I should have observed, be- fore I was concerned they had agreed with 45 families to settle it, from a place called Hopkinton, and articled with them, amongst whom was one HIngh Ilam- ilton, who could not go by reason he could not sell his interest there ; so, hy mich importunity of him and his friends, being a man pretty well approved amongst them, I purchased his farm (and one of his neighbors'), to get them up to Glasco, and I soun sold them to loss. However, I gave them obligations for money and lands in Glasco. The money part I long since paid, and this man, if I remember right, was to have 300 acres, and (to oblige him, which he was to impart to no one living) I promised him to choose out of one of my lotts, when I could certainly know where my right was; and accordingly, a surveyor was appointed to divide it, and lay it out in 500-acre lotts, and before he had finished it, or even markt and bounded them, the General Court overhald the grant (which made some disturbance), and ordered a committy, and had it new sur- veyed, and found Mr. Lawton had a mile or thereabouts more than was con- formable to their grant. But finally they granted the overplus, as I took it, to all of us, on condition that we settled sixteen famelys more. But how it hap- pened I know not, this second grant was done in Welds' and Fay's names ouly. But they have always told me and Lawton that we were and should he equally entitled to it with them, and that they would give us a quit-claim, in order to make good a division we were about to make above mentioned; but they have never done it (more than by promise), though often requested. This I told said Hamilton, and others concerned in Glasco, three or four years agoe, and hearing he was uneasy and threatening, I wrote him I was willing to doe it, if he'd ap- point when, but I thought it was a pity to let him pitch at uncertainty, and I always was and am as willing to doe it (and doe him justis) as he can be to have it, and it has been retarded on no other account on my side. But such are the circumstances often in such new settlements, that it's almost impossible-if men are soe nuequal in their demands, without the least injury don to them. But by what I can learn, what has moved him to this resentment, or at least to give a handle to it, is as I have sold to four men a lott of 470 arres, in order to per- form my quarter part of the settlers to the last grant above menti med, in order to qualify me to my full quarter part as above hinted, with Welds and Fay, that there might not any longer remain any difficulty not being named in the second grant, and I have sold for £70 less than others, in order to perform my part therein with a long credit. Now behold nothing will serve said Hamilton, as I am told, but three hundred acres out of that lott which I can't recall."

Touching the matter of the survey of Mr. Lawton's, by which the proprietors obtained a tract of seven, instead of six miles square, the General Court took prompt cognizance of the unauthorized appropriation of land, and ordered the pro- prietors to obtain fifty settlers at once, as an offset. In 1737 the four proprietors divided the township, and each took unto himself his proportion of the 51 lots into which the tract had been laid out. As above noted, the settlement was called from the first New Glasgow, in remembrance of Glasgow, in Scotland, and this name it retained until the incorporation of Blandford.

DEED OF PARTITION.

The following is a copy of the deed of partition of the town of Blandford, Hampden Co., Mass., dated March 30, 1737, at that time called " Glasco," entered into by the then proprietors, Christopher Jacob Lawton, Francis Brinley, Francis Wells, and John Foye:

" This Indenture, made the Thirtyeth day of March, 1737, In the Tenth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second, by the Grace of God, of Great Britten, France, & Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c., & in the Year of our Lord & Christ One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty-Seven, be- tween Christopher Jacob Lawton, now of Leicester, in the County of Worcester, & Province of the Massachusetts Bay, in New England, & late of Sutheld, in the County Hampshire, & Province aforesaid, Esqr., of the first part; Francis Brinley, of Roxbury, in the County of Suffolk, & Province aforesaid, Esqr., of the second part ; Francis Wells, of Cambridge, in the County of Middlesex, & Prov- ince aforesaid, Esqr., of the third part; & John Foye, of Charlestown, in the said County of Middlesex, Merchant, of the Fourth part: Whereas, The said Christopher Jacob Lawton, by his Deed Poll, bearing date the Eighth day uf July, A.n. One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty-five, among other things therein contained, did, for the consideration therein menti med, Grant, Bargain, & Sell unto the said Francis Brinley, & his heirs, one undivided fourth part (Except as in the said Deed is Excepted) of a certain Tract of Land, with the Appurtenances, Situate, lying, & being in the said County of Hampshire, on the west side of Connecticut River,-which said Tract is reputed to be Six Miles Square, & was granted, in or about the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty-Two, by the Great & General Court of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, aforesaid, to the Commoners & Proprietors of the Common & undivided lands in the Town of Suffield, aforesaid, as an equivalent for a quantity of Land taken from them in running the Line between the aforesaid Province & the Colony of Connecticut, & had been purchased of the aforesaid Commoners & proprietors by the said Christopher Jacob Lawton, & is now com-

monly called or known by the Name of the ' Glascow Lands;' & also by two other deeds Poll, both bearing date the Seventeenth day of January, A.D. One Thon- sand Seven Hundred & thirty-five (among other things therein contained), did, for the Consideration therein mentioned, Grant, Bargain, & Sell Two other undi- vided fourth parts of the aforesaid tract of land (Except as in the hereinbefore hrst in part recited Deed and Two last mentioned Deeds is excepted) To the above-tamed Francis Wells & John Foye, & their several respective hrirs, To hold the aforesaid Three undivided fourth parts of the said traet of Land & premises to the use of the said Francis Brinley, Francis Wells, & John Faye, & their several respective heirs & assigns,-That is to say, one of the said three undivided fourth parts apiece to each of them, the said Francis Brinley, Francis Wells, & John Foye, & their respective heirs and assigns,-Subject to a certain proviso in the bereinbefore-mentioned Grant uf the said Great and General Court Expressed and contained as in & by the aforesaid Three Deeds Poll (relation being thereunto had), may now at large appear, Whereby the said Christopher Jacob Lawtun, Francis Brinley, Francis Wells, & John Foye are become tenants in Common of & in the aforesaid Tract of Land (except as is before excepted); & Whereas, the said Tract of Land (Except as is hefore excepted), by the mutual Consent & Agreement of all the said Parties to these presents, hath, for the better making a Division & Partition of the same between them, & that each of the sai.l Parties may hold and enjoy his part and proportion thereupon, Severally to him- self, his heirs, & assigns, been divided into Fifty-one Lotts of Land, laid out & numbered, as in the Plan & Division thereof Contained in the Schedule hereuntu annexed, & Subscribed by the said parties (with their respective names is ex- pressed und set forth).

"Now this Indenture Witnesseth that for Dividing & Parting the aforesaid Premises between the said Christopher Jacob Lawton, Francis Brinley, Francis Wells, & John Foye, as is aforesaid, it is Covenanted, Granted, Concluded, & Agreed, by & between the said Parties to these Presents, & ench of them for himself & his heirs, doth Covenant, Grant, Conclude, & fully Agree to & with each other, & his heirs & assigns, in manner following: That is to say, the said Francis Brinley, Francis Wells, & John Foye, each of them severally answering for himself & his own acts only, & not one for the acts of the other, do for themselves & their respective heirs, Executors, & Administrators, Covenant, Grant, & Agree to & with the said Christopher Jacob Lawton, his heirs & assigns, that he, the said Christopher Jacob Lawton, shall or may from henceforth have, hold, occupy, Possess, & Enjoy the ' Thirteen' following lots of the aforesaid Tract of Land, Viz .: Number One, Five, Ten, Fifteen, Nineteen, Twenty-Three, Twenty-Seven, Thirty-One, Thirty-Six, Forty, Forty-Four, Forty- Nine, & Thirty-Second Lotts thereof, as the same have been laid out & Divided by Mr. Roger Newbury, of Windsor, in the Colony of Connecticut, & according to the Plan & Division thereof, contained by the above-mentioned schedule here- unto annexed, to him the said Christopher Jacoh Lawton, his heirs and assigns in severalty in full satisfaction of his fourth part or share of the said tract of land & premises to the only sole & proper use & beboof of himself, his heirs, & assigns forever, & that & notwithstanding any act, matter, or thing, had, made, committed, suffered, or done by them the said Francis Brinley, Francis Wells, & John Foye, or any of them, free & clear of, & from any lawful claims, Demands, & Incumbrances whatever, & the said Francis Brinley, Francis Wells, & John Foye have Remised, Released, & Quit-claimed, & each of them by these presents Remiso, Release, & forever Quit-claim unto the said Christopher Jacob Lawton, his heirs & assigns, all the Estate, Right, Title, Interest, Property, Portion, Claim, & Demand whatsoever of them, the said Francis Brinley, Francis Wells, & John Foye, & every of them, of, in, & to the aforesaid Thirteen Lotts of Land, & every Part Thereof hereinbefore mentioned, to be allotted, assigned, & ap- pointed by these presents to him, the said Christopher Jacob Lawton, his heirs & assigns in severalty, for his before-mentioned part & share of the aforesaid tract of Land & Premises; & the said Christopher Jacob Lawton, Francis Wells, & John Foye, cach of them severally answering for himself & his own acts only, & not one for the acts of the other, Do, for their respective heirs, Execu- tors & Administrators, Covenant, Grant, & Agree to & with the said Francis Brinley, his heirs & assigns, that he, the said Francis Brinley, shall or may from henceforth have, hold, occupy, possess, & Enjoy the Thirteen following lotts of the aforesaid Tract of Land, Viz. : Number Four, Fourteen, Eighteen, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Six, Thirty, Thirty-four, Thirty-nine, Forty-one, Forty-eight, Eleven & Twelve Lotts thereof, as the same have been laid out & Divided by the said Mr. Roger Newbury, of Windsor, in the colony of Connecticut, Gent, & accord ing to the plan & Division thereof contained in the above-mentioned schedule hereunto annexed, to him, the said Francis Brinley, his heirs & assigns in sever- alty, in full satisfaction of the fourth part or share of the said Tract of Land & premises to the only sale & proper use & behoof of himself, his heirs, & assigns forever; & that notwithstanding any act, matter, or thing had, made, committed suffered, or done by them, the said Christopher Jacob Lawton, Francis Wells, & John Foye, or any of them, free & clear of & from any Iawful claims, De- mands, & Incumbrances whatsoever; & the said Christopher Jacob Lawton, Francis Wells, & John Foye have Remised, Released, & Quit-claimed, & each uf them by these presents Duth Remise, Release, & forever Quit-claim unto the said Francis Brinley, his heirs & assigns, all the Estate, Right, Title, Interest, Property, Portion, Claim, & Demand whatsoever of them, the said Christopher Jacob Lawton, Francis Wells, & John Foyr, & every of them, of, in, & to the aforesaid Thirteen Lotts, & every part thereof hereinbefore mentioned, to be allotted, assigned, & appointed by these presents to him, the said Francis Brinley, his heirs & assigns in severalty, for bis before-mentioned part & share of the aforesaid Tract of Land & Premises; & the said John Foye, Christopher Jaroh Lawton, & Francis Brinley, each of them severally answering for himself & hisown acts only, & not one for the acts of the other, Do, for themselves & their respective heirs, Executors, & Administrators, Covenant, Grant, & Agree to & with the said Francis Wells, his heirs & assigns, that he, the said Francis Wells, shall or may

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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. II, Part 169

Author: L.H. Everts & Co Publication date: 1879 Publisher: Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts Number of Pages: 896

Author: L.H. Everts & Co
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts
Number of Pages: 896