History of the town of Milford, Worcester county, Massachusetts, from its first settlement to 1881, Part 45

Author: Ballou, Adin, 1803-1890
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Boston : Rand, Avery, & co.
Number of Pages: 1328

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No. 16 is on the south side of Mellen St., nearly opposite to what was sometimes called the School-house Common. It is perceptible, but not very distinct. I suppose it to have been the home of Ben- jamin Albee, sen., the gt. gt. grandfather of our Joseph and Stephen Albee. It has been abandoned perhaps a century.

No. 17 is on Howard St., about twenty rods south of the widow Pond place, long so called, near the river. I have but once exam- ined it. From what I have heard, I presume it must have been the home of John Rockwood, say one hundred and fifty years ago. He was a grandson of John Rockwood, one of the original Mendon pro- prietors, who handed down to his posterity extensive "layings-out " of land on our territory.

Two old cellars have been described to me as existing on the south side of Mellen St., in the vicinity of the Henry Mellen place, now owned by Albert Ham ; but I have not seen them, nor obtaincd

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any clew to their original ownership. I am told that they are not more than five or six rods inland from the street, and about forty rods apart. They must have been the homes of first settlers in that neighborhood, and it would be interesting to learn who those settlers were.

No. 18 is near the junction of Plain and Mill Sts., on the west side. This was the dwelling-place first of David Hayward, and afterwards of his only son Ephraim. It must be one hundred and thirty years old. The house was abandoned as a dwelling fifty years ago, I think, and the shell used by Lowell Fales as a carpenter's shop. It has been demolished perhaps twenty years or thereabouts.

No. 19 is on Cortland St., several rods north-westerly of its junc- tion with South Main, on the north-easterly side. Joseph Johnson dwelt there at one time, and after him Nathan Fletcher. When built or when abandoned, I am not informed.

No. 20 is on the same street, south-westerly side, fifty rods per- baps north-westerly of the last mentioned. It would be hardly dis- coverable by a stranger, but was pointed out to me by Mr. Hurley, a near dweller, who, I believe, now owns the land on which it is situ- ated. I am told, on good authority, that it was the home of Stephen Chapin before he bought the place on Main St. where he died.

No. 21 is on the same street and side of the street, on a flat at the foot of the hill. An obvious hollow in the ground and an old well mark the spot. The venerable Dea. Peter Rockwood told me that Obadiah Wood, father of Nathan Wood, dwelt here at one time.

No. 22 is on the southerly side of Main Street, on high land of Charles F. Chapin, nearly opposite the plaster-covered house built by the late Sylvanus Adams. It is quite obliterated, and I should never have found it without a well-informed guide. Here dwelt the first William Cheney for many years, who took up common land and set- tled on it in 1706 or 1707. Probably the house was of cheap con- struction, and did not attain a very old age. I suspect it was aban- doned for one on the opposite side of the street; which, however, is untraceable.

No. 23 is on the east side of Hopedale St., some forty or fifty rods south of where it crosses Main. It is completely obliterated, and I should not have known the spot had not the late Henry Chapin cer- tified it. The site occupied the swell of land ten or fifteen rods northerly of Thomas Moore's cottage. There dwelt and died Seth Chapin, jun., one of the wealthiest men on our territory at his death in 1740. His eldest son Josiah, grandfather of Henry above named, occupied the premises some years until he built anew near the site

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now oeeupied by Samuel Walker's mansion. Date of demolition never told me.

No. 24 is the site of the " Old Jones House " in Hopedale, believed to have been built in part by Elder John Jones about the year 1703. It was greatly enlarged by him and his son Joseph in 1735. Its historic fame has given it much celebrity. It was de- molished in October, 1874; aud its remains have been nearly swept away.

No. 25 is on Freedom St., north-westerly of Hopedale Village, on the easterly side of the street. It is not conspicuous, but plainly dis- cernible. This was for several years the home of Joseph Marshall. He came from Holliston not far from 1750; and, having purchased small parcels of land of Joseph Jones and others hereabouts, built himself a modest dwelling on this site. He does not appear to have remained very long here. I think the place was ultimately bought by one of the Jones family, and became incorporated into the so-called " Jones farm." What successive owners or tenants occupied it meantime I have not critically inquired.

No. 26 is the " White place " so called, which was onee a short distance from the road that led aeross Mill River, nearly west from Ransom J. Clark's on Green St. to the Eight-Rod Road near its junction with Mill St. That road was long ago discontinued, and this site left to commemorate itself by its ruins. These are now to be found in the open pasture owned by Albert Gaskill, which formerly belonged to the Esek Green farm. I suppose the site must have been abandoned before the road was discontinued, which was in 1791. The house was built and long oeeupied by descendants of Joseph White, one of the most eminent original proprietors of Mendon. I have not traced out the partieulars.

No. 27 is the Ramsdell place, on John Mann's estate, close to the Eight-Rod Road, near where it was crossed by Post Lane. It was the home of Moses Ramsdell some years before the incorporation of Milford, and long afterwards. There he raised up a large family, most of whom emigrated from town. His son Saul, however, re- mained, inherited the estate in part, and died in the old domicile at an advanced age in 1836; as I know, from the fact of attending his funeral. The time-shattered house must have been abandoned soon after. The ruins are there ; and one or two Lombardy poplars still stand, conspicuous indicators of the departed habitation.

No. 28 is another Ramsdell place, on the same road, half a mile or more northward. It is on land now owned by William Bancroft of Hopedale, really a wood-lot. Its history is obscure. I viewed the

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ruins some time ago. They are unmistakable, but indicate a small and cheaply-constructed home. From all I can learn, it was built and occupied for a while by Moses Ramsdell, jun. It was an unde- sirable location, and he had good reason to quit it for a more con- genial neighborhood. It was probably sold, and the frame removed, perhaps seventy-five years ago. Particulars not ascertained.

No. 29 is on what we may call the north fork of Freedom St., not far from the " Salt Box " (of undignified memory), on the opposite side of the way. I never viewed it, and judge, from descriptions given, that the remains, though obvious, are not very distinct. I understand this to have been the home of Josiah Nelson previous to 1784, and later of his son Paul for a few years ; still later it was occupied by tenants. When and by whom the domicile was built or demolished, I have not been told.

No. 30 is the Cutler place, on an old discontinued "Drift-Way or Bridle-Road," that led from what is now Freedom St., north-east- wardly, over the Cutler bridge, towards the Dea. Rawson place. David Cutler was its most prominent early owner, and dwelt, in 1760, where the ruins now are. Then said " Drift-Way " was laid. I have never been there to inspect the site, but am told that it is situated on a north-easterly line from the Cutler bridge, forty rods or more in the direction of the Rawson estate. I suppose the Cutler place de- scended to his heirs, was sold out to different purchasers, and ere long passed out of the family name. The house is said to have been tenanted last by one Pease, who had Indian blood in his veins. I have not been told the date of its final abandonment.

No. 31 is on Freedom St., above Felix Kearney's place, in the pasture, on the south side of the street, forty or fifty rods easterly of Kearney's new dwelling-house. There we find plain indications of a cellar, and not far off an old well. The ruins are much obliterated, and show that the site was long ago abandoned. It is believed to have been the cheaply-constructed home of the first Benjamin Wheaton, an early settler, and contemporary of Elder John Jones. He owned a tract of land thereabouts and eastward of not less than eighty acres, perhaps in all a hundred. The Scammell farm com- prised the bulk of it; having been purchased of one Sleman, who bought it of this Benjamin Wheaton, or his son of the same name. Dr. Samuel Scammell is said to have lived here a while after he purchased the place.

No. 32 is somewhat off of any present road, but nearest to that part of Highland St. northerly of Laurel, almost to the woods on the west side. I have never visited this site, and can locate it but

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awkwardly ; yet I know from the records, as well as verbal testimony, that it is a reality. It was the home of Dearing Jones, a nephew of Elder John. He came from Hull soon after 1730, acquired several parcels of land, in all sixty acres, and built him some sort of a dwelling-house, where now remain what we may call a cellar-hole and two wells, as I am told. He died in 1745, and his brother Abraham of Hull settled his estate. I suppose the place was sold not long afterwards, and his lands absorbed by adjacent proprietors. How soon the buildings disappeared I have never heard.

No. 33 is on the same street, next northward of the Cleveland es- tate, known in our time as the Amasa Leland place. He bought it of David Gage in 1817. This site is some rods inward from the street, on the west side. There dwelt Moses Gage, the father of David, etc. This Moses was called " jun." in 1760, and probably his father may have preceded him in the same home. Moses, sen., was married to Sarah Nelson 1737, and d. 1774. Moses, jun., d. in 1802.

No. 34 includes two sites on the same street further northward, on land now owned by Augustus Thayer, nearly opposite to each other. The old chimney of the easterly site stood in monumental ruin many years, and, for aught I know, stands yet. Here lived, long ago, Phinehas Davis, and near by, on the other side, his son Moses. If I understand the laying-out record of what now makes the larger portion of Highland St., one Daniel White inhabited this locality in 1749. If so, it is probable that he built the oldest of the two homes. Phinehas Davis m. Molly Gage 1764, and d. 1822. Moses Davis m. Bethia Beal 1790, and d. 1838. Who have occupied these Davis places since, I am not informed.

No. 35 is the cellar-hole of the second Josiah Kilburn's dwelling- house, in which he dwelt when I first came into town, over fifty-seven years ago. It stood on the south side of the old road to Medway. Most of that road was discontinued soon after, being superseded in 1835 by the new road, now called Medway St. Ferguson St. re- opened the westerly end of the old road up to within forty or fifty rods of the ruins under notice. Hiram Kilburn, son of the second Josiah, built the house on Medway St. now owned by Thomas W. Wood, nearly south of the ancient domicile, perhaps one hundred rods, more or less, from it. I suppose he must have demolished the old dilapidated house soon after building his new one. I suspect the old house was built long before it came into possession of Hiram's father. I leave to others the task and pleasure of searching out its builder.

No. 36 presents the remains of John Thwing's home. His house

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and tannery stood on the " Drift-Way," so called, leading from Post Lane, by the present Hopedale Cemetery, out to Elder John Jones's. John Thwing, gt. grandfather to our Almon Thwing, m. Mercy Jones, dr. of Elder John, not far from 1728. He first dwelt in what is now Milford Centre, but soon afterwards settled in the neighborhood of his wife's father, on the aforesaid " Drift-Way," a short distance from Post Lane. The ruins are on the south end of a hill which at one time bore the name of " Bannock Hill." The old tan-vats are nearly obliterated, but the cellar is distinctly cognizable. The house was of the underground style ; and the open part of the basement was used as a currier's shop, whilst the family dwelt above. It would appear, however, that he owned another dwelling-house, a little to the south- east, on the north side of Post Lane, not far from a small tenement now belonging to Samuel Walker ; and the records leave me a little puzzled to decide whether he probably dwelt at different times in both these houses. In 1766 he sold a considerable part, if not all, his real estate, in two parcels, -one parcel to Gershom and Josiah Nelson, and another to his son-in-law, Samuel Torrey. From this date I have lost the track of him, but hope to find it before I com- plete my Genealogical Register, which is to constitute Part II. of this work.

No. 37 is on Howard St., on the left-hand side, about one-third of a mile south-easterly from Alonzo J. F. Howard's. There dwelt Bazillai Albee, one hundred years ago and downward. Whether either of his five sons occupied the place after him, I know not ; but it is probable. When it was abandoned, I have not ascertained ; perhaps sixty or seventy years ago.

Here I close this list of abandoned home-sites; omitting several, some of which may seem quite as worthy of notice to those ac- quainted with them as most of the thirty-seven described.

DESCENT OF LANDS AND LOCAL CHANGES.

Very few of the homestead lands of Milford ever descended in the same family lineage to the fourth generation, a comparatively small number to the third, and the majority not even to the second. The possession of real estate has, for the most part, been quite fickle and transitory. Our population has been largely migratory, - coming and going. Some towns can boast of numerous homes now inherited by the sixth or seventh generation. Not so ours. The only inheritors of the fourth generation I can now think of are the following named : Eld. Daniel Corbett, and Dea. Daniel, his only son, after him, owned several hundred acres in North Purchase, of which, I am informed,

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Charles P. Corbett, gt. gt. grandson of the first named, owns thirty- eight acres. Of the large farm once possessed by Ebenezer Sum- ner, sen., in the No. Purchase, his gt. grandsons, Andrew J. and Albert M. Sumner, retain their hold on less than thirty-five acres. Elias Whitney, sen., became possessed, in 1764, of perhaps the iden- tical homestead, in Bear Hill district, now owned by his gt. grand- son, our present Elias Whitney. It is a farm of about sixty acres. The Ebenezer Holbrook estate, in the same district, has gone out of the name, with the exception of about twenty acres, owned by his grandson, Horace Holbrook. Whether Eliphalet, the gt. grandfather of Horace, owned this land, I am not certain, but rather think he did. If so, it is in the hands of the fourth generation; if not, it belongs to one of the third. In what was at one time called Howard- town, considerable portions of real estate remain in possession of the ancient lineage, though but fractions of the many hundred acres once possessed in that neighborhood by the first, second, and third gen- erations of the Haywards. (For it must be understood that our Mil- ford Howards were all Haywards till some of them took a fancy to call themselves Howards.) Samnel Hayward, one of the rich Men- don proprietors, took up much land within our territory, and largely endowed several of his sons with portions of it. Hollis Howard, with his sisters, Mrs. Montagne and Mrs. Bowker, present inheritors, are of the sixth generation from Samuel Hayward, the original Mendon proprietor ; viz., Samuel, Jonathan, Samuel, Warfield, Abijah, and Hollis. And Alonzo J. F. Howard is of the seventh generation in the same line ; adding to Warfield Joel, Joel, Alonzo. This is the only case in town of lands continuing so long in one lineage.

Charles F. Chapin and his sister, Mrs. Obed Daniels, inherit lands which once belonged to Seth Chapin, jun., and have been mostly owned by Chapins for one hundred and fifty years; but as these inlieritors are descendants of Joseph Chapin, a brother of Seth, jun., through Ephraim and Amos, they can hardly be reckoned as continu- ators of more than the third generation, beginning with their grand- father, Ephraim. About the same may be said of the Col. Ichabod Thayer place and its present inheritors, who are of the third, or, per- haps in part, of the fourth generation. So the Seth Thayer place, in part, lingers in the hands of the fourth generation, through female descent. Besides the few forementioned homesteads, I know of no others to place in the same category, i.e., belonging to the present generation.

To give the reader an impressive conception of the mutability of real-estate ownership in town, I will present a few specimens. There

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is what, a few years since, we called the Elihu Perry place, long a homestead of some seventy acres. Mendon proprietors laid it out to Eld. John Jones, who sold it to Abijah French, who sold it to John Hill, he to Aaron Merrifield, he to Elihu Perry, from whom it de- scended to his son Dana Perry, who sold it to Thomas Thaine, he to E. D. Draper, he to Stephen Cook, he to Amos Cook, he to Moses Harris, etc. Here is another specimen, the Zuriel Howard place, so called for many years of the present century. Mendon proprietors laid it out to Capt. Seth Chapin ; i.e., thirty acres of the home part in 1707, and more at other times. He sold out to Josiah Wood, he to Gershom Nelson, from whom it descended to his son Nehemiah Nel- son, who sold it to Barnabas Rawson, he to Joseph Pennimau, he to John Hill, he or his heirs to Ralph Earl, he to Ephraim Chapin, he to Zuriel Howard, and his heirs to Sylvanus Adams, whence it descended to his son Abner. Another, -the place on our south-westerly border, now owned by Lewis B. Gaskill. I think he had it of his father, Nahum, or grandfather, Samuel Gaskill, who had it of James Allen or heirs, who had it of Alvan Allen, who had it of George Kelley or his heirs, who had it of (perhaps) Jeremiah Kelley, or through him of William Sheffield, who had it of David How, who had it of James Wood, who had it of Benjamin Wheelock and sons, who had it of Matthias Puffer or heirs, who had it of the first Benjamin Albee or heirs, who had it of the town of Mendon over two hundred years ago. One more, - the Capt. Ezra Nelson place, so called for many years. The successive owners have been Mendon proprietors, Angel Torrey, heirs of Angel Torrey, Ebenezer Torrey, Josiah Nelson, his son Ezra Nelson, his heirs, Thomas Thaine, Elbridge G. Cook, Orison Under- wood, John S. Mead, Mrs. Hepsie W. Chapman, wife of Nathan Chapman, Herbert Mosely, and now George W. Cromb. This is the last and present owner. A majority of the homesteads throughout the town have changed owners much after the same fashion.

REAL ESTATE EVER OWNED BY THE TOWN, AND INTERESTING CHRONICLES.

The following tables show all the parcels of real estate ever owned by the Town, so far as I have been able to ascertain. Table I. shows all the parcels that ever came into the Town's possession, from whom, when, the premises, consideration, for what use, and particulars of record. Table II. shows all the parcels sold out and conveyed by the Town to other owners, to whom, when, the premises, consideration, and particulars of record. I believe Worcester Registry contains all the records.

TABLE I. - Real Estate conveyed to the Town.

From whom.

When.

Premises.

Consideration.

Use.

Record.

Jonathan Jones (prob.)

Voted

1781,

Few square rods

Not given. £49 19s. 25s.

Not given

April 1

1798,

Strip of land

Not given.

For Jno. Lessure . So. burial-ground, Mortgage

Deed not recorded.

Elijah Albee .

Jan.

20, 1801

66 rods

$2 00

Peter Brown .

April

10, 1801,

4 acres and b'dings, 81 rods

50 62}

Burial-ground

B. 183, p. 485.

Elijah Thayer

April

7, 1809,

150 00

Assistance ·

B. 183, p. 483.

Eldad Atwood

April

1, 1811,

3 pieces and b'd'gs, 10} acres, etc.

241 50

Assistance .

B. 183, p. 485.

Caleb Cheney .

Aug.

29, 1811,

Small piece .

Pound ·

B. 183, p. 184.

Elijah Albee .

April

19, 1813,

Quan. not named . 1} acres

Exchange lots. $300 00 $5 nominally. $3,500 00

School Dist. No. 6, · For town-house

B. 236, p. 378.

Darius Sumner

July

13, 1819,

Amariah Daniels

Feb.

17, 1825,

119 ac., b'd'gs, etc. 12} rods

50 00

School Dist. No. 1,

B. 271, p. 415.

Phinehas Eames

Jan.

31, 1832,

6 rods

35 00

School Dist. No. 3,

B. 286, p. 379.

Josiah Ball

July

4, 1832,

2,700 feet

Gift.

School Dist. No. 2, So. burial-ground,

B. 319, p. 256.

Joseph Albee .

Nov. 13, 1837,

12 acres 38 rods

300 00

B. 329, p. 507.

Darius Sumner

June 17, 1841,

15 rods

150 00

School Dist. No. 2,

B. 365, p. 100.

Silas Parkhurst

June 24, 1841,

12 rods

24 00

B. 367, p. 357.

John Hero

May 1, 1840,

9 rods

10 00

B. 385, p. 5.

William R. Bliss

Feb. 24, 1844,

5 rods .

50 00

B. 386, p. 333.

Aaron Claflin

Quitclaim

the

last

mentioned.

B. 386, p. 334.

Academy Proprietors

Aug.

13, 1841,

Buildings and land,

825 00

Amariah Taft. ·

May 1, 1845,

+ acre .

Gershom Twitchell .

May

11, 1849,

1 acre .

1,005 00

B. 459, p. 17.

Ellis Sumner

1849,

2 acres . .

200 00

No. burial-ground,

No deed nor record.

Otis Thayer ·

May 22, 1854,

On Thayer and Main Sts. . ·

575 00

School-lot

B. 526, p. 616.

1798,

Small place .

No deed found.

Dea. Nathaniel Rawson

HISTORY OF MILFORD.

B. 249, p. 33.

Darius Sumner

March

2, 1830,

B. 288, p. 458.

Sept. 10, 1836,

80 rods

$10 00

For burials, etc. .

School Dist. No. 10, School Dist. No. 8, Engine-house ·

School Dist. No. 3, School Dist. No. 7, High School

B. 394, pp. 232-47. B. 404, p. 123.

Pound . ·

Samuel French

26, 1786,

8 acres 52 rods

Burial-ground .

Not on record. B. 99, p. 400. No deed found.

Ephraim Twitchell .

76 94

B. 143, p. 643.

Nathaniel Bennett

March 23, 1812,

B. 211, p. 143.

Asylum

Samuel Oliver

20 00

400

Samnel Gaskill · Leonard Chapin · Jno. P. and Austin Daniels,

June 1, 1855, 26,1858, 20, 1858,

109 rods Not specified 61-67 rods

180 00 200 00

5 00

Meltiah M. Marsh .

Horatio M. Nelson .

Abel Alhee

April 27,1858,

25 rods 64 rods

Quitelaim

Not given.

School-lot High-school lot

B. 634, p. 97.

Charles Chapin

March 21, 1863,

Land, etc.

$9 00

Taxes .

B. 662, p. 551.

Patrick Farrell

March 24, 1863,

Land, etc.

47 15

Taxes . Taxes .

B. 662, p. 556.

Emmons Twitchell .

July

1, 1863,

15 acres

10,000 00

Park ·

B. 668, p. 188.

James Corbett

Sept.

5, 1864,

Land, etc.

13 14

Taxes .

B. 692, p. 108.

Thomas De Lancy ·

Sept.

5, 1864,

Land, etc.

11 52

Taxes .

B. 668, p. 110.

John Horner .

Sept. 5, 1864,

Land, etc.

18 43

Taxes .

B. 692, p. 111.

Thomas Murry

Sept.

5, 1864,

Land, etc.

15 13

Taxes

B. 692, p. 114.

Daniel Tyler .

June

29, 1864,

acre .

2 82

Taxes School-lot

B. 726, p. 441. 2

Izanna C. Chapin ·

May

1, 1866,

65 rods

250 00

School-lot 2 . ·

B. 749, p. 523.

· Ebenezer and Geo. Draper, Michael A. Blunt ·

Jan.

8, 1868,

Land

700 00

Engine-house

B. 759, p. 228.

Serena Bragg .

Jan.

29,1869,

1 rods

75 00

B. 781, p. 580.

Mary Fiske

Aug.

29, 1869,

Lot

450

B. 826, p. 604.

John Sullivan .

Aug. 11, 1873,

Tract

265 00

B. 944, p. 586.

George Draper

Nov. 12, 1873,

50 00

Engine-house

B. 911, p. 383.

Edwin A. Albee

March 10, 1874,

Lot

23 85

Taxes ·

B. 922, p. 209.

John Pettis

March 10, 1874,

Lot ·

19 45

Taxes .

B. 922, p. 212.

Edward Walpole

March 10, 1874,

Lot

50 25

Taxes .

B. 922, p. 214.

Appleton Bragg

March 18, 1875,

Estate .

140 92

Taxes ·

B. 950, p. 532.

Sullivan, Jones, etc.

March 18, 1878,

A lease

1 See Town votes April 2, 1798, and Jan. 31, 1798.

2 See also B. 776, p. 15.

401

REAL ESTATE CONVEYED TO THE TOWN.

John Goldsmith

July 1,1857, Not specified Not specified April 27, 1858,

24 rods ·

275 00

School-lot · .

V. G. Cemetery ·

B. 624, p. 355. B. 629, p. 220.

William S. Fales James Conlin .

Sept. 11, 1860,

Abigail Twitchell

March 21, 1863,

Land, etc.

7 34

So. Milford sch .- lot, School-lot School-lot . · · ·

B. 532, p. 202.

B. 603, p. 493. B. 603, p. 495. B. 603, p. 496.

B. 603, p. 497.

April 27,1858,

May 2,1859,

21 acres 23 rods

1,680 43 450 00 360 00

B. 632, p. 122.

Sept. 28, 1860

B. 662, p. 553.

Michael Kelley

Lorenzo Ball

April

26,1864,

72 rods

375 00

School-lot

B. 708, p.

Emmons Twitchell .

July

13, 1865,

52 acres

800 00

B. 710, p. 280.

June

7, 1867,

Land .

Small piece Lot

94 25

Taxes .

B. 922, p. 207.

Ella Cook

March 10, 1874,

50 00

School-lot

B. 694, p. 65.

B. 1,027, p. 183.

B. 603, p. 498.

180 00 School-lot · ·

68 12

April April

TABLE II. - Real Estate conveyed by the Town.

To whom.

When.

Premises.

Consideration.

Record.

Elijah Thayer .

. ..

May

5, 1794,

8 acres and 52 rods Gore of land

Exchange of pcs. Deed nor record found.

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History of the town of Milford, Worcester county, Massachusetts, from its first settlement to 1881, Part 45

Author: Ballou, Adin, 1803-1890 Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Boston : Rand, Avery, & co. Number of Pages: 1328

Author: Ballou, Adin, 1803-1890
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Boston : Rand, Avery, & co.
Number of Pages: 1328