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No. 2. The William Sanderson lot : 73 acres: Aug. 12, 1718 this lot was granted to William Sanderson. Sanderson took possession ; but the digging of clay, and setting up a brick-kiln in the highway, rendered it an undesirable place of residence, and he removed to Springfield, and Dec. 29, 1724, sells the lot and all his land rights in Northfield to Henry Dwight of Hatfield. In 1731, Dwight sells to Dea. Samuel Smith, who subsequently bought the Blaksley lot. The double lot was held by Capt. Reuben Smith, and is now owned by John Wright.
No. 3. The Edmund Grandee lot : 20 rods wide. This lot was granted to Edmund Grandee Dec. 17, 1717 ; but it is doubtful if he set a house upon it. About 1723, it was granted to Benjamin Miller, who sold it Nov. 14, 1729 to Ens. Zechariah Field. In 1761, the lot was bought by Elias Bascom, weaver and clothier, who lived here upwards of 20 years. In 1795, the estate was owned by Jabez Whiting, tanner; and subsequently by his son Abner. It is now owned by Isaac Mattoon.
Benjamin Miller, who built the first house on this lot was a sol- dier, hunter and trapper. He is reported to have killed as many as 99 deer in a single season, the skins of which he tanned and sold for breeches. April 23, 1731, the town granted him 133 acres of land on the east side of Dry Swamp, 80 r. in length north and south, by 29 r. in breadth east and west. Dea. Phinehas Field says : " he
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built his house a little south of the brook, and paid for it in deer skins. His smoke-house was at the foot of the hill, right against the turn of the road leading to Wendell.".
No. 4. The Ebenezer Field lot : 25 rods wide. In 1717, this lot was granted by the town to Jonathan Patterson, tailor, of Deer- field ; who died the next year. March 10, 1719, the town made a grant of 8 a. of land " reserved for a smith," and 22 a. additional, to Ebenezer Field, blacksmith, of Deerfield, on condition of his remov- ing to Northfield, and exercising his trade. The next year Mr. Field made a bargain with the Patterson heirs for this home-lot, and commenced to build a house, which was finished in the winter of '21. His deed from Eliezer Hawks and Mary Patterson, admin", is dated Oct. 8, 1722, two years after he took possession. He was killed in Sept. 1723 ; and the homestead was sold to Ens. Zechariah Field, in whose family it remained for many years. Ebenezer Field had a " House of Entertainment" here as early as 1771. He was succeeded by his son Abner. The lot is now owned by John Mattoon.
No. 5. The Eleazar Mattoon lot. In 1717, Dea. Mattoon, who first took the Joseph Warriner, and afterwards the Palmer lot, north of Mill brook, exchanged the latter, by leave of the town, for this, till then vacant lot, where he built a house, and lived till 1738, when he sold to Seth Field Esq. and removed to Amherst. In modern times the place is known as the Seth Field homestead. In 1795, it was owned by Josiah White, millwright, who sold to Zechariah Field (son of Dea. Paul), who built the house now standing. The estate has since been owned by Thomas Lord, and now by Joseph Young.
The highway north of this lot was laid out 10 rods wide. But as it was not all needed for public travel, Mar. 13, 1728, the town voted, that Jonathan Janes shall have 3 rods wide of land in the high- way, from Lieut. E. Wright's home-lot southerly, upon considera- tion that .sª Janes do maintain the rest of sd highway for the benefit of the town. Said Jonathan Janes doth promise for himself and his heirs forever to maintain a good feasible road through the above said highway, from the first rise of land or little pond, to the rear of Lieut. Wright's lot. This right and obligation continued in force till the spring of 1797, when Ebenezer Janes gave to the town a quit-claim deed of the said 3 rods in width, and the town released him from the obligation to support the road, - and at the same time voted to give him 7 rods in width of land lying south of his homestead, as already narrated.
Soon after this exchange, the town agreed to sell & rods in width
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of the north side of the highway in question ; and it was accordingly divided into 5 lots, each 6 by 12 rods, and sold to the highest bidder. Obadiah Dickinson bought the first lot, abutting on the street, which was afterwards annexed to the adjacent home-lot, now owned by Timothy Field.
No. 6. The Joseph Root lot : 20 rods wide. In April 1714, this lot was held by the original grantee. Dec. 27, 1720, Joseph Root then of Sunderland, sells to Jonathan Belding, who exchanges June 15, 1725 with Lieut. Eliezur Wright, for the Jacob Root lot. Ne- hemiah Wright, son of Eliezur, built a house and lived here for many years. About 1784, Ebenezer White bought the place, and built the house now standing. White was a jeweller and merchant. Mar. 27, 1788, Ebenezer White, goldsmith, sells this home-lot for £300 to Josiah White millwright : but in 1797 it was owned by Ebenezer. The lot was afterwards purchased by Samuel Field. There are now three dwelling houses upon the street front, severally owned by Timothy Field, Charles H. Stearns, and the heirs of Capt. Samuel Lane.
No. 7. The John Hutchinson lot : 20 r. wide. Dec. 1, 1717 Jonathan Hunt of Northampton sells all the lands in Northfield granted to John Hutchinson, now of Lebanon Ct., to Lieut. Eliezur Wright, who built, lived and died here ; and was succeeded by his son Col. Phinehas, and his son Eliphaz, and his son Horace. Col. Phinehas built near the south side of the lot. The house was of two stories, with only two rooms on the ground floor, and stood close to the street line. It was clapboarded, and was painted red. Eliphaz built just north of his father, leaving a drive way between the house and the old apple tree still standing. Horace built on the north part of the lot, which is now owned by the heirs of Robert G. Cook. The southerly part belongs to the Lane estate.
No. 8. The Benoni Moore lot; 19 r. 1I ft. wide. This lot lay common during the First and Second Settlements. It was granted in 1714 to Remembrance Wright ; but he did not take it up. Mar. 8, 1716, it was granted to Benoni Moore, who Jan. 6, 1719 gave a mortgage deed to Henry Dwight of Hatfield ; but he appears to have redeemed the mortgage, and lived here till after 1742. In 1795, the lot was owned by Oliver Watriss, who built a house on the north part, which was held by his son Richard, and is now owned by Mar- tin Dickinson.
The south part of the lot was purchased by Jabez Parsons, and is now the homestead of his son A. C. Parsons.
No. 9. The William Miller lot : 20 r. wide. This estate was
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held by the Miller heirs till Dec. 17, 1717, when Ebenezer and Ab- raham Miller sell all their father's land rights in Northfield to William Holton, weaver, of Northampton. Eleazar Holton lived here with his brother for a considerable number of years: About 1785, Samuel Hol- ton's heirs sell the lot to Hophni King, carpenter. In 1789, King sells
5 a. (13y r. wide) of the north part to Elisha Hunt. Mar. 6, 1792, Hunt sells the 5 a. to Oliver Watriss who also buys the south part. Be- fore 1795, Watriss sells 4 a. on the north side of the lot to Reuben Wright, which is now held by Henry Wright-except a house lot of I a. (8 × 20 rods) on the front, which was sold in 1812 to Isaac Prior, and is now the Joel Fay homestead. About 1793, Watriss sells the 3} a. on the south side of the lot to Barnabas Billings, who put up a house, which he used for a dwelling and store. April 15, 1804, Bil- lings sells his 3} a. with buildings thereon, to Caleb and Josiah D. Lyman, who sold to Jabez Parsons. . The front is occupied by the dwellings of H. S. and E. F. Russell, and Dr. M. S. Mead.
No. 10. The Ens. John Lyman lot: 20 r. wide. In 1714, Capt. Benjamin Wright bought this lot, and sold 32 a. of the south part to his son Remembrance, and the same is now held by Henry Wright a direct descendant.
Jan. 7, 1724, Capt. Wright sells the north half of this lot and I a. of his original grant adjoining - making 42 a .- to his son Daniel, who built and lived here. In 1795, Reuben Wright owned the en- tire lot. The original south line of the Ens. Lyman grant, was just north of Joel Fay's north bounds. And none of the present division lines here correspond with those of the original grant. The dwelling houses of Henry Wright and Col. Belcher stand on this grant.
It is a fact of special interest, that the 32 a. of the south part of this lot, is the only homestead on the street, which has passed by di- rect descent from father to son since the resettlement of the town in 1714.
No. 11. The Capt. Benj'n Wright lot : 19 r. 11 ft. wide. Capt. Wright took possession of this estate in 1685 ; his house stood a lit- tle south of the centre of the lot. Dec. 26, 1728, he sells 3 a. 30 r. (8} rods wide) of the north part, including half the barn, to his son William, and retains the 3 a. 30 r., which he called his own homestead, till July 10, 1740, when he sells to Remembrance Wright Jr.
In 1795, Dr. Medad Pomeroy owned the north part, and David Wright the south part. Dr. Pomeroy built the house now standing which was then regarded as new style, and very elegant, and was the pattern for most of the first class dwellings put up near that date.
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The turnpike, which was laid out in 1799, took 2 rods in width of the front and nearly 4 rods in width of the rear of this lot. Col. Jonathan Belcher bought the south part of this estate, and the north part of the adjoining lot, in 1821, of Caleb Cook, and retains 8 rods in width as ' his own home-stead. The balance of the lot, except the town house site, is owned by George Alexander. Capt. Wright's original south line was just north of Col. Belcher's house.
No. 12. The William Clarke lot : 19 r. 11 ft. wide. In 1714 this estate was held by the Clarke heirs, and in 1717 was taxed to Eben' and Increase Clarke of Northampton. April 22, 1721, Eben- ezer Clarke sells the lot to Moses Nash of Hadley, who sold in 1726 to Joseph Stebbins of Deerfield, who spent his days here. Elisha Stebbins next owned it, and sold the north half to Joshua L. Woodbridge and the south half to Noadiah Warner. May 10, 1787 Woodbridge and Warner sell to Obadiah Dickinson ; who sells June 2, 1787, to Joseph Coolidge of Boston. In 1795, the estate is owned by Edward Houghton, who built a new house about the time the turnpike was projected, and opened a hotel, which has since been kept by Amos Alexander, Aaron Lord, Chapin and Allen, Thomas B. Mattoon, and is now owned and kept as a hotel and summer board- ing-house by James S. Pickard. The turnpike took a strip of 2 rods in width and running to a point, on the southerly side of this estate.
No. 13. The Nathaniel Alexander lot : 19 r. 1I ft. wide. Na- thaniel Alexander held his right in the estate till 1719 or 20, when he sold to his nephew Ebenezer Alexander, who sold to Jonathan Hunt, who sold Mar. 1, 1738 to his son Samuel, who left it to his son Elisha. Rev. Thomas Mason purchased the lot, and sold } of an acre to Thomas Lyman, who built a small dwelling-house and hatter's shop. This Lyman lot - enlarged to 2 of an acre is now the homestead of Charles Osgood. The Mason heirs sold the balance of the lot to Arad Alexander, who sold to David West Allen, the present owner.
No. 14. The Richard Lyman lot : 19 r. 1I ft. wide in front : 20r. 53 ft. in rear. Nov. 29, 1715, Ebenezer Edwards of Coventry Ct. sells this lot and all other lands in Northfield of Richard Lyman, late of Lebanon, Ct. deceased, to Jonathan Hunt of Northampton, who sells in 1719 or 20 this home-lot to Ebenezer Alexander. Dec. 8, 1732, Dea. Alexander sells to Samuel Hunt, who left it to his son Elisha. Capt. Samuel Hunt kept a noted tavern here as early as 1765 : which was continued by Capt. Elisha, as late as 1802. Capt. Hunt built his new house -now standing -about the year 1798 ; at first of
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two stories ; but added another, to keep even with lawyer Barrett, as before narrated.
This property was purchased by the Northfield Academy corpora- tion in 1829, newly fitted up, and held by them till the franchise was sold to Phinehas Allen in 1836. Mr. Allen relinquished his school in 1843 ; when the premises were occupied as a Temperance hotel, for a time. A. W. Ross now owns the Hunt homestead. Dr. Philip Hall purchased a home lot at the southwesterly corner of this estate, where he built and still resides.
No. 15. The Minister's lot : 19 r. II ft. wide. This reserved lot was made over to Rev. Benjn. Doolittle, in 1718, but he did not occupy it ; and Feb. 4, 1720 exchanged with the heirs of Lieut. Tho- mas Taylor, deceased. Jan. 13, 1740, Thomas Taylor, cordwainer, sells this lot for £157, to Lieut. Jona. Belding. Nov. 24, of the same year, the town granted Lieut. Belding II feet in width adjoin- ing the rear of this lot, the same to be continued across the lot next north, and for 2 rods and II feet on the rear of the Merriman lot, "in lieu of what is wanting in ye minister's lot, on condition he ac- cepts it." Dec. 7, 1763, Jona. Belding Sen. deeds to Jona. Jr., the home-lot granted to the minister, "reserving one-third part of the house during my natural life." This house is now standing.
Jona. Belding Jr. sold 4 acres of the south part of the lot to Dr. Charles Blake, who built the house now owned by W. H. Phelps. The north part was held by Joseph Belding; then owned by David Ball, who repaired the house ; then by Elbridge Foskett, who sold to Rev. Theodore J. Clarke.
No. 16. The Jacob Root lot : 20 r. wide. June 24, 1717, Jacob Root, then of Hebron Ct. sells his home-lot and 30 a. of meadow, to Lieut. Eliezur Wright of Northampton. June 15, 1725, Lieut. Wright exchanges this for the Joseph Root lot, with Jona. Belding, who held it during his life. After 1795, 43 a. (12 r. wide) of the north part was sold to James Darling, who sold to Timothy B. Dutton, and the same is now the homestead of Dea. Samuel W. Dutton. The balance of the lot, and the north part of the Minis- ter's lot -7 acres-is now owned by Rev. T. J. Clarke.
The meeting-house of the second Congregational Society stands on the northwest corner.
No. 17. The Daniel Warner lot : 20 r. wide. In 1714, this lot was taxed to Eleazar Warner. In 1718, it was granted to Theophilus Merriman of Wallingford Ct. After his death in 1723, it was held by his heirs in common till 1737, when it was divided as follows : to the widow 23 a. ; to Theophilus Jr. 2 a. ; to Samuel I a. ; to
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Sarah I a. ; to Anna I a. Dec. 28, 1737 Ephraim and Anna (Merri- man) Chamberlain sell her portion, lying on the north line of the lot (22r. wide) to Jona. Belding, who sells the same Feb. 9, 1750 to Rev. John Hubbard. In 1742, Josiah Willard Jr. of Keene owned a. of this estate, and Thomas Taylor owned a part. In 1749, the town appointed a committee to negociate with Samuel Merriman for the purchase of the lot ; and subsequently granted it to Rev. John Hubbard as a parsonage. It has since been known as the parson Hubbard home-lot : and is now owned by Moody Darling and Walter Field.
No. 18. The Samuel Orvis lot : 16 r. wide. Jan. 30, 1718, the town granted this lot to Samuel Orvis of Farmington Ct. Feb. 17, . 1720, Orvis sells to Stephen Belding, who sells in 1727 to Nathaniel Dickinson of Hatfield, who built a house in 1728. The house was brick-lined, and had brick ends, and was used as a fort in the old French War. The Dickinson heirs sold the north half to Gad Corse of Deerfield, a tanner and shoe-maker. This half was owned for a time by Cephas Wells of Waterbury Ct. who sold Feb. 8, 1808 to Benjamin Darling. It is now owned by Azariah R. Bar- ber. The south half was owned in 1795, by Benoni Dickinson ; in 1808 by Samuel Dickinson ; since by Jona. H. Blake, Josiah Brown, and A. W. Ross ; now by Boucher de Stone.
No. 19. The Benoni Crafts lot : 16 r. wide. Aug. 12, 1718, the town granted this home-lot and other lands to Benoni Crafts of Hatfield, who settled, and died here in 1722. April 7, 1725, John Crafts, administrator, sells the homestead to Josiah King, cordwainer, who soon after sold to Daniel Shattuck. It was next owned by Asahel Stebbins, and sold by his heirs before 1754 to Alexander Norton, whose son Selah held it. Dea. Moses Field bought it, and built a new house. It is now owned by P. McHugh.
No. 20. The Benj. Wright Jr. lot : 24 r. wide in front, 12 r. in rear. Aug. 12, 1718, this lot was granted by the town to Benj. Wright Jr. who was a disabled soldier, and becoming poor, mort- gaged the lot Dec. 18, 1720 to Thomas Wells of Deerfield. Dur- ing the years 1728-9, the heirs, viz. John and Rachel Bement of Northfield, Enoch and Martha Hall of N. ; Thankful Wright, spin- ster, of Durham Ct. and Asa and Rhoda Childs of Deerfield sell the estate to Benoni Wright Sen. In 1772 it was owned by Nathan Fiske, tailor, who removed to Westminster Vt. and sold Aug. 30, 1782, to Ezekiel Webster, blacksmith, of Deerfield. The lot has since been held by his son Arad, and his son Charles.
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This home-lot is bounded northerly on Mill brook, and was the last lot in the town plot.
North of the brook were two home-lots, 20×60 rods, laid out and granted in 1685.
The Benjamin Palmer lot. Dec. 29, 1702, Benj. Palmer, then of Plainfield Ct. sells this homestead to Enoch Randall of Enfield Ct. who sold to Eleazar Mattoon. In 1717, Mattoon exchanged with the town, for the lot down street, on which he built : and April 4, 1721, the town grantedthis lot to Stephen Crowfoot, carpenter, of Hatfield. Mar. 1, 1735, Crowfoot sells to Thomas Blaksley of Waterbury Ct., and Mar. 8, 1735, T. B. sells to Benoni Wright of Northfield. Samuel Burr from Hartford Ct. owned or occupied the south part of this lot from about 1734 to 1749, when he removed to Hinsdale. In 1781, John Holton owned the lot, and held it for many years. The north half is now owned by J. L. Dunklee ; the south half by Timothy Crelan.
The William Weeks lot. In 1735, this lot was owned by Abra- ham Elgar, who sold, before 1750, the south half to John Holton, and Feb. 7, 1753, sold the north half to Aaron Burt, who also bought out Holton. Burt sells 3 a. on the south side to Elisha Stebbins, who sold his 3 a. April 20, 1781 to William Belcher, tailor ; and the same is now owned by Elias Lyman. Aaron Burt sold the 4 a. on the north side to Dr. Samuel Prentice. Dr. P. set his house on the high land back from the street, intending some day to put a more pretentious edifice in front, to which the other could be attached as an ell. But advancing age, and the scattering of his family, pre- vented. This 4 a. is now owned by C. W. Shepardson.
North of this point, the land lay common till 1731, when the town made what is known as the First division of Commons. Lot No. 31, lay partly back of the Weeks home-lot, and partly reached to the street. This part, containing 143 acres, was 220 r. long, as were all the remaining lots. The list, from this point north, is as follows :
31. Containing in all 23} a. to Dea. Eleazar Mattoon ;
32. 22 acres, to Ebenezer Webb ;
33. 252 acres, to Isaac Warner ;
34. 74 acres, to Jona. Patterson's heirs ;
35. 13} acres, to Remembrance Wright ;
36. 33 acres, to John Bement ;
37. 73 acres, to Benj'. Miller ;
38. 12 acres to Joseph Burt ;
39. 10 acres, to Samuel Smith ;
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40. 12} acres, to William Wright ;
41. 22 acres, to John Alexander ;
42. 26 acres, to Dea. Ebenezer Alexander ;
43. 14 acres, Thomas Holton's heirs ;
44. 37 acres, to Jonathan Belding ; 45. 22 acres, to Joseph Petty Jr. ;
46. 12} acres, to Thomas Taylor's heirs ;
47. 372 acres, to Stephen Belding ;
48. 62 acres, to Ebenezer Field's heirs ;
49. 193 acres, to Daniel Shattuck ;
Most of these lots soon changed owners ; and many of the divi- sion lines were obliterated. And it is possible to state only in a general way, how the present homesteads assumed their dimensions and forms.
Isaac Warner sold out, May 19, 1731 to his son Israel, who also bought the same year. Ebenezer Webb's 22 acres, and built a house, about 1734, just below the site of A. A. Long's. Afterwards this place and the Dea. Mattoon lot adjoining, came into possession of Eldad Wright, who built or rebuilt, near the old spot. It was " a house of ancient date " in 1795. The place is now owned by Alvin A. Long.
Next north is the Dea. Samuel Root homestead, comprising four or more of the early grants. As early as 1750, Dea. Root built a house and hatter's shop near the centre of this lot, where he car- ried on a successful trade, and spent his days. His son Moses sold this farm of 43 a. 50 r. April 27, 1797, to Timothy B. Dutton, who sold to Col. Medad Alexander. Col. Alexander divided the lot, and sold the south part to John Long. The north part is now owned and occupied by Capt. Henry Alexander.
There was a house and garden spot of half an acre, on this farm, occupied from 1784 to '94 by John Pitts, who advertizes in the Green- field Gazette Sept. 4, 1792, that he " carries on the business of making clothier's shears at Northfield, cheap for ready pay." Probably the same house is referred to in the deed from Root to Dutton, in which is a clause, "reserving his house and } an acre of land to Ephraim Wilson for 5 years, with a right to move it off then."
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The next 35 acre homestead comprises the Division lots laid out to John Alexander, William Wright, Samuel Smith, and in part that of Joseph Burt. April 28, 1731 Samuel Smith sells his 10 acres to John Alexander, tailor, of Northfield, and the said John, Oct. 5, 1733, then a soldier at Fort Dummer, sells the same to his brother
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Joseph. This and the balance of the 35 acres was purchased by Capt. Thomas Alexander, whose son, Col. Medad, built the house now owned by R. C. Fisher. The south part is now owned by A. L. Hale.
Next north is the Dea. Ebenezer Alexander homestead. Dea. Alexander sold his home-lot in the village in the winter of 1732, and built, probably the next year, on this Division lot. His was the first house put up in the immediate neighborhood ; was brick lined ; and had a projecting upper story with port holes. In the old French War the house was transformed into a fort, and a mount erected - to be described in full in a subsequent chapter. Simeon Alexander, the blacksmith, succeeded his father ; by whom or his heirs, the lot was sold to David Barber (who also bought the Holton and part of the Belding lots). Sept. 2, 1812, David Barber Jr. sells Elijah Alexander and Richard Colton, the south half-233 acres-of the lot which he bought at vendue of Ezekiel Webster guardian to David Barber Sen. bounded south by Col. Medad and Thomas Alexander, and north by the other part of said lot. Capt. Colton subsequently bought the balance of the estate, which embraces the original Dea. Alexander and part or all of the Thomas Holton lots. It is now owned by E. Wells Colton.
Jonathan Belding appears to have put up a house on the northerly part of his grant, but at what date is uncertain. It stood north of the Winchester road. His son Jonathan sold the northerly part of this grant to Lewis Page, who sells 4 a. of the same to Isaiah Moody April 13, 1797. Mr. Moody purchased of David Barber Jr. the ba- lance of the Jona. Belding lot, now owned by Z. Rugg, L. A. Moody and M. A. Moody.
Still further north, John Petty built a house about 1736, perhaps near the site where is now the house of Elisha Alexander. The 'view of the valley and distant hills to the west and north west, from these lots, is one of rare beauty.
Descending towards Pauchaug, are now the houses of Thomas Conway ; Willard Bancroft ; and the house built 75 years ago by Elisha Lyman.
Sept. 3, 1790, Elijah Stratton sells Levi Page of Keene N. H. 43 acres, lying on the east side of the road near Pauchaug old gate, bounded east by Alexander Norton, north by Philip Mattoon, west and south by the road leading to Pauchaug gate, with house on the premises. [Pedajah Field sold this lot to Hezekiah Stratton, June 23, 1745.]
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ODD LOTS .- The town sometimes granted leave to individuals who had no home-lot, to put up houses in the street. The following is an example : " Mar. 4, 1728. Liberty of a small piece of land is granted to Nathaniel Chamberlain for his use this year to set a house, and a garden spot up in the Lane as is by the side of Ens. Zechariah Field's home-lot as is going down to the upper gate, or else upon the front of the street against the front of Ens. Field's lot."
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CHAPTER VI.
Father Ralle's War.
1723-1726.
OCCASION OF THE WAR - FATHER RALLE AND FRENCH INTRIGUE - MASSACHU- SETTS AND NEW HAMPSHIRE AGAINST CANADA - THE NEW ENGLAND PEOPLE NOT UNITED - SOLDIERS AT NORTHFIELD - TOWN FORTS BUILT - CLOSE OF THE COMMITTEE'S ADMINISTRATION, AND THE TOWN INCORPORATED - GRAY LOCK - KILLING OF THOMAS HOLTON AND THEOPHILUS MERRMIAN - AT- TACK ON THE TOWN, OCT. 9, 1723 - FORT DUMMER BUILT -'l'OWN FORTS REBUILT - DEATH OF FATHER RALLE - CAPT. KELLOGG'S EXPEDITIONS - CAPT. THOMAS WELLS'S SCOUT-CAPT. BENJ. WRIGHT'S TWO SCOUTS - DEATH OF GOV. VAUDREUIL -TREATY OF PEACE.
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