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John Meinzies a large owner at Leicester, Jonas Clark, William Dummer, Samuel Dummer, William Stoddard, James Alford and Edward Winslow, all of Boston ; Edward Bridges, Daniel Weld, John Hely and Daniel Williams, all of Roxbury ; Jonathan Stone and Uriah Angier, both of Watertown; Thomas Lyon of Dorchester, William Ward and Thomas How, both of Marlboro'; Nathaniel Ham- mond of Newtown and Rev. John Campbell of Oxford, bought each 300 acres. Benjamin Thompson of Roxbury bought a 500-acre lot, bounding north on Brookfield [now in Sturbridge]. Ebenezer Learned of Oxford bought a 300-acre lot and also one-half a 600-acre "gussett or gore," which was the acute angle of the plot extending east to Worcester corner, he having the east division and Mrs. Ann Stone, widow of John Stone of Framingham and the mother of Uriah Stone, the west portion, bounding north on Leicester, east on Ebenezer Learned, south on Oxford line and west partly on Daniel Livermore and partly on John Corey.1 Mrs. Ann Stone died 25 March, 1733, at Framingham, and her son Daniel "administered on land in the Gore." [Barry.] This 300 acres came into the possession of James Stone, a son of Ann, who in 1735 sold 200 acres, that portion lying east of the river, to Gibbs. After passing through the hands of several owners it came in 1772 again into the possession of the Stone family, Uriah being the purchaser. The western portion was sold in 1745 by James Stone to his brother Uriah of Framingham, who removed and spent his remaining years here, leaving the property to his heirs.
The western and broader portion of the original Gore, to the amount of 3,000 or more acres, is now a part of Sturbridge. The large cen- tral portion was embodied in Charlton at its incorporation, and now constitutes an important part of the agricultural lands of that town, having as its main village that known as Charlton Depot. The acute angle was incorporated in the town of Ward at its founding in 1778. A tract remained between Leicester and Oxford of 738 acres (according to McIntire's survey in 1831), which in 1838 was made a part of Oxford. A plan of this by William Baldwin, dated Dec. 7, 1837, is in Plans, Mass. Archives, B. 30, p. 5, which gives the north line as 356 rods, the east, 223 rods, the south, 450 rods and the west, 335 rods.2
1 A part of the Corey lot was later owned by Thomas Parker of Malden.
2 Sylvester McIntire's survey for a town map, according to the copy in Ammidown's His. Col.,
gives north line 351 rods, east line 226 rods, and west line 333 rods. For later history of these lands see Homesteads.
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OWNERS AND CONVEYANCES.
This department is in some instances disconnected and imperfect, for the reasons, first, that descriptions in deeds were obscure, and, second, that many conveyances were never recorded.
The first name given is that of the present owner or occupant. The map referred to is that published about 1853 by Richard Clark from surveys by G. M. Hopkins, Jr.
ABBREVIATIONS .- a., acre; b., bounded; dau., daughter; d., died; rem., removed; m., married; est., estate; w., wife; mort., mortgage.
1. ERASTUS W. WHITING. "I. T. Cook" on map. At the east are the homesteads included in Dudley's "Manchaug Farm." [See "Changes in Town Lines."] That portion of it lying south of the Sutton road was in 1779 owned jointly by Paul and William Dudley. On 7 April, 1779, Paul sold the east half, being 200 acres, to Samuel Waters of Sutton ; 16 Sept., 1782, Samuel Waters to James Melendy for £12, 2 a. b. N. on Sutton road ; 1 Dec., 1785, James Melendy for £35, the same with a house, to Gideon Sibley, who lived there until he built a house on the hill near the centre of his farm, H. 11 ; Melendy rem. to Charlton ; 7 March, 1799, Gideon Sibley to Jonathan Davis ; 9 April, 1808, Jonathan Davis to Meribah (widow of Ebenezer, Sen.) and Ebenezer Robbins ; 15 March, 1841, Ebenezer Robbins to Simeon, son of David Larned ; Robbins rem. to H. 2; 2 Dec., 1844, Simeon . Larned to Ira Cook ; 28 Oct., 1882, the heirs of Cook to Eleanor R., w. of Erastus Whiting.
2. SUMNER SIBLEY. "W. L. Rosebrook" on map. 30 Jan., 1813, Amos Rich of Sutton to Elisha Blanding, 1 a. at west end of his farm, N. of Douglas turnpike ; 16 Nov., 1820, Elisha Blanding, the same with a house, to Joseph H. Putnam, his son-in-law, Blanding con- tinued to live here ; 31 March, 1835, Joseph H. Putnam to Olney Bolster ; 19 March, 1841, Olney Bolster to Ebenezer Robbins, who d. here ; 1850, administrator of Robbins' est. to Walter L. Rosebrook ; 1864, Walter L. Rosebrook to Sumner Sibley.
3. DAVID KINGSBURY. "R. Davis" on map. April, 1779, Samuel Waters to Daniel Harwood, 123 a. with a passway to Mendon road ; April, 1779, Daniel Harwood to Samuel Rich and Samuel Davidson, 40 a. of the same " with a small house," Davidson occupied, cabinet- maker ; 3 Jan., 1807, Samuel Davidson of Douglas to Calvin Putnam, his son-in-law ; 6 Feb., 1813, Calvin Putnam to Jesse Kenney, 31 a.
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and buildings ; 8 June, 1833, E. J. Mills, deputy sheriff, right of redemption to Thomas Rich ; 9 April, 1834, Thomas Rich to Abigail Sibley (James Davis m. Abigail Sibley) ; 3 Feb., 1841, James and Abigail Davis to Sumner Kenney ; 3 Feb., 1841, Sumner Kenney to Reuben Davis, carpenter, who d. here, the family remaining until 15 March, 1876, when they conveyed to Palmer Harback, who d. here, 1884 ; 24 Sept., 1887, Frances A. Harback to David Kingsbury of Webster.
4. WILLIS W. ROSEBROOK. "W. L. Rosebrook" on map. This may have been a part of Paul Dudley's portion. 27 Dec., 1825, Jonathan Davis to Alpheus Davis, land ; Alpheus built the house ; 20 April, 1833, Samuel Smith, deputy sheriff, on execution, 38 a. and buildings, to Walter L. Rosebrook, who d. here ; his son is owner.
5. RICHARD L. DODGE. "D. Putnam " on map. On 13 Aug., 1779, William Dudley sold 100 a., the southern half of his share of Manchaug farm, to Ezra Bowman; 28 Aug., 1779, Ezra Bowman 70 a. to Jonathan and Bartholomew Woodbury, brothers, of Sutton, who occupied and built a small house; 22 May, 1790, Jonathan Woodbury to Samuel Rich ; 2 May, 1799, Samuel Rich to Elijah, his son, 84 a. ; 6 Feb., 1830, heirs of Elijah Rich to Thomas Rich, 97 a. and buildings ; house built about 1809 ; 8 April, 1842, Thomas Rich, mort. to Samuel Rich ; 13 April, 1844, Samuel Rich, possession ; 14 Nov., 1844, Samuel Rich to Thomas Rich of Northbridge ; 5 Sept., 1846, Thomas Rich (w. Prudence, dau. of Jesse Kenney) to Dexter Putnam, 116 a .; Rich rem. West ; 8 Sept., 1863, Dexter Putnam to George Hodges ; 5 April, 1868, George Hodges to Henry J. Whiting ; 8 Dec., 1875, Henry J. Whiting to Julia A. Taylor, w. of James of Sutton, who d. here ; 11 Jan., 1876, Julia A. Taylor to Leonard Dodge of Sutton, father of Richard L.
6. [Unoccupied.] "Mrs. Sibley" on map. 18 Nov., 1779, Ezra Bowman, who bought of Dudley, to Samuel Waters, 30 a. ; 15 Dec., 1779, Samuel Waters to Samuel Rich, Jr. ; 17 May, 1790, Samuel Rich to Seth White, 13 a. at southwest corner of "Dudley farm"; 1 June, 1790, Jonathan Davis to Seth White, 50 a. in Douglas with a house ; 28 April, 1791, Seth White of Uxbridge to Jonas Ward of Sutton, 65 a. and house ; 1 March, 1793, David Ward, son of Jonas, and Sarah, his mother, to Jonathan Davis, 65 a .; 2 April, 1808, Jonathan Davis to Catherine Briggs ; 24 March, 1813, Abram Briggs and Catherine, his w., to Rufus and George Briggs ; 14 May, 1814, Rufus and George Briggs to Lot Simpson of Sutton ; 13 March, 1817, Lot Simpson to Charles W. Harback, Sutton, 30 a. ; 1 Dec., 1817, Charles W. Harback to Lyman Rowland of Sutton, cordwainer ; 3 Jan., 1820, Lyman Rowland to Nathaniel Paine, Jonathan Waters, Samuel Waters, Josiah Hall, Joel Fay, Amasa Wood, Asa Wood,
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and Joseph Griggs, "Tanning Company," of Millbury ; 3 April, 1821, the " Tanning Company" to Isaac Bolster ; 1845, Lucena and Lucinda Bolster, daughters of Isaac, to Almon Sibley, who d. here 1849, his widow remained several years and rem. The house was uninhab- itable years ago and is now deserted.1
7. [House removed.] No deed has been found of the sale of the northern half of William Dudley's share. 5 April, 1790, Jonathan Woodbury to Paul Sibley, 33 a. between Elijah Rich's and Mendon road ; 3 Feb., 1792, Paul Sibley to Elisha Blanding, 12 a. S. side Mendon road, with "an old house, one Bonzey lived in sometime"; 1797, Elisha Blanding to Jonathan Davis, " with an old house." This house formerly stood in the fork of the Sutton and Douglas roads.
8. JOSEPH W. PUTNAM. "C. Putnam" on map. House built about 1830 for a toll-house on turnpike and occupied by Cornelius Put- nam. 5 March, 1834, Jonathan Davis, Jr., to Nathan Waters, 18 a. ; 1 April, 1844, Nathan Waters to Cornelius Putnam, who d. here, 1863, his son, Joseph W., succeeding.
9. SANFORD A. INMAN. "S. Inman" on map. 16 March, 1839, Larned Davis, land to Orrin Bolster, who built the house ; 4 Aug., 1844, Orrin Bolster to Emory Davis, 43 a. ; 1 Sept., 1845, Emory Davis to Sanford A. Inman.
10. CHARLES S. WHEELER. "J. I. Putnam " on map. In 1785 and 1786 the heirs of William Dudley sold that part of the Manchaug farm lying north of the Sutton road as follows : 4 Oct., 1785, William Dudley, son of William, to Gideon Sibley, one undivided fifth of 666 a. ; 8 April, 1786, Mary Cotton of Boston, widow, to John Howard, the same quantity undivided ; 28 April, 1786, Mary Lovell and Ann Lovell, both of Boston, and John Lovell of Taunton, to Joshua Woodbury and Ebenezer Rich, both of Sutton, and Samuel Davis, Jr., of Oxford, the same; 2 June, 1786, Samuel Scarborough and Elizabeth, his w., of Roxbury, to, Ebenezer Waters and Gideon Sibley, the same. On 29 April, 1786, a division among the owners was made, John Burbridge and Rebeckah, his w., of Cornwallis, N. S., in her right (perhaps an heir of Dudley who retained her rights), received 132 a. at the north end ; Joshua Woodbury, 62 a. adjoining Burbridge ; Samuel Davis, Jr., 59 a. adjoining Burbridge ; Ebenezer Waters, 74 a. in two lots ; Ebenezer Rich, 20 a. The only two home- steads on the 666 a. were Howard's at the southeast, and Gideon Sibley's on the southwest. Howard received 132 a. ; 14 March, 1815, John Howard, Abraham Howard and Stephen Howard to Jonathan
1 This is a part of a little neighborhood near the Douglas line called "Bannock City," where in 1743 Joseph Davis of Woodstock settled, and his descendants have since continued. Joseph
Jenney, one of these, is now, 1890, the only re- maining inhabitant. See William Davis, Briggs and Stiles, Genealogical Department.
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Davis, Jr., 140 a., 133 N. and 7 S. of the road ; 7 May, 1835, Jonathan Davis, Jr., to Stephen Hutchinson, who d. here 1851; 1853, the executors of Hutchinson to Paris Tourtellotte ; 4 May, 1854, Paris Tourtellotte to John E. Putnam ; 21 Feb., 1855, John E. Putnam to Salem J. Shaw of Wales ; 15 Feb., 1858, Salem J. Shaw to Horace DeWitt, who d. here ; 15 Feb., 1860, James Phelps, father- in-law of DeWitt, to William Crossman of Brighton; 1874, Milton Crossman, executor of estate of William, to Salem J. Shaw ; 7 May, 1885, Salem J. Shaw to Charles S. Wheeler.
11. [House removed.] Gideon Sibley homestead. Sibley, on his share in the division named under H. 10 (186 a. at the south- west corner of the tract), built a house on the hill one-fourth of a mile from the Sutton road, near the centre thereof, spent a long life and d. there. He also built a house near his own for his son Peter, who after a few years rem. to Orange. Tenants occupied for a time after his decease, the buildings went to decay and were all rem. about 1865.
12. MARION E. LILLEY. "K. A. Davis" on map. 18 Aug., 1749, Samuel Davis to his son Edward, who d. here, 150 or 160 a .; 26 Dec., 1786, executors of Edward Davis to Jonathan, son of Edward, 260 a .; 14 Oct., 1822, Jonathan Davis to his son Stephen, who d. here, 350 a. ; Russell A. and Edward Davis, sons of Stephen, were owners, the former occupied the place till April, 1872, when he, having bought his brother's share, sold to Henry J. Whiting ; later in 1872 Whiting sold to Marion E. Lilley, his sister.
13. Late SILAS RICE. "Wd. Young" on map. Part of H. 12; 6 Nov., 1826, Stephen Davis to Aaron Elliott, who built the house and mort. to Stephen Davis ; 14 March, 1836, assignees of Stephen Davis to David Young, who d. here. His dau., Mary E., m. Silas Rice, and was owner until her decease; Nov., 1887, it went into possession of Samuel H. Earl on a mortgage.
14. HENRY J. WHITING. "W. Robinson" on map. 1 April, 1756, Samuel Davis, 150 a., to his son Elisha, who d. here, 1796 ; his son Nehemiah succeeded, and d. here, 1821; 3 Nov., 1825, Richard Olney, guardian of his children, deeded to Jonathan Davis two-thirds of 141 a. ; Jonathan Davis, same date, sold to Israel Sibley and Daniel Davis. The latter became sole owner and sold to Learned Davis, who 31 March, 1838, deeded to Jeremiah Brown 62 a. and buildings ; 7 March, 1851, Jeremiah Brown to Sylvanus Robinson ; John W. Robinson as heir of Sylvanus came into possession, and 13 Sept., 1887, conveyed to Caroline A., w. of Henry J. Whiting.
15. Estate of ABEL M. CHAFFEE. "E. Rich" on map. 1743, Samuel Davis to his son Thomas, who d. here, 1778, 155 a .; 18 39
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Nov., 1782, heirs of Thomas Davis to Jeremiah Davis, who d. here, 1822 ; 30 March, 1824, executors of Jeremiah Davis to Ebenezer Rich and Ezra Davis ; 11 Dec., 1826, Ezra Davis to Ebenezer Rich, one-half ; 18 March, 1857, Ebenezer Rich to his son George L., one- half ; George soon d. ; 15 April, 1858, Ruth G., widow of George L., to Ebenezer D. Rich, one-half ; 22 Aug., 1868, heirs of Ebenezer Rich to Ebenezer D. Rich, one-half ; 6 March, 1884, Ebenezer D. Rich to Abel M. Chaffee.
16. [House removed. ] "R. A. Davis" on map. This was a house built by David Lilley soon after he bought the Lovett farm as a dwelling for workmen in the scythe shop near by, and was occupied by several persons who afterward operated the shops. [See Bug Swamp Mills. ] It was owned for many years by Col. Stephen Davis, who bought of Lilley's heirs. [See H. 17.] Samuel Slater and sons are present owners.
17. HERBERT E. and WALTER A. LOVETT. "P. and C. Lovett" on map. 6 April, 1738, Samuel Davis to his son Samuel, 189 a., of which the Lovett farm is the east part. Samuel Davis, Jr., had three sons, Samuel, Learned and Elijah; 21 Aug., 1784, the two latter quitclaimed to Samuel, 3d, this east part, 117 a. and buildings ; 11 March, 1801, Samuel, 3d, to David Lilley, and he, same date, to David, his son, in consideration of support of self and w. ; 20 Oct., 1825, Polly Lilley, widow, and Gibbs Lilley to Stephen Davis, their rights in 200 a. in Sutton and Oxford ; 8 Dec., 1827, Stephen Davis to Phinehas Lovett and Charles Lovett, 110 a. Phinehas d. here, 1858, Charles was later sole owner and d. here in 1888, devising the farm to his nephews, Herbert E. and Walter A. Lovett.
18. WILLIAM A. ELLIS. "L. Harwood" on map. Known as "Sac- carappa." July, 1792, Elijah and Learned Davis to Joshua Stock- well, nailmaker, 2 a. 10 r. N. of brook, house, blacksmith shop ; Stockwell had built these previously ; same date, Elisha Davis to same, one-half a. adjoining on the south, with a right of way to the same ; 27 April, 1802, Joshua Stockwell to Rufus Moore ; 13 March, 1815, Rufus Moore to John Kenney, Jr., the upper part ; 15 April, 1816, Rufus Moore to Learned Davis ; 1 April, 1818, set off on exe- cution to Ebenezer Rich ; 12 Dec., 1828, Ebenezer Rich to Reuben Waters ; 18 Feb., 1833, Reuben Waters to Jonas L. Sibley, mort. ; 1 March, 1833, Sibley assigned to Wor. Mut. Fire Ins. Co. ; 17 March, 1845, Wor. Mut. Fire Ins. Co. to William Sigourney ; 1 Oct., 1851, William Sigourney to William Dickinson, mort .; 1 Jan., 1866, William Dickinson to Ebenezer D. Rich ; 5 April, 1884, Ebenezer D. Rich to Abel M. Chaffee.
19. FRANCIS SIBLEY ESTATE. "F. F. Sibley" on map. 21 Aug., 1784, the three sons of Samuel Davis, Jr., made a division of his
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farm among themselves. Samuel, 3d, who had the Lovett place quit- claimed to Elijah and Learned, his brothers, the west part ; 8 Dec., 1793, Elijah quitclaimed the Sibley farm to Learned, who built the house now standing ; 28 Dec., 1813, Learned Davis to Francis Sibley and Ebenezer Rich, sons-in-law; 7 March, 1819, Ebenezer Rich to Francis Sibley, his share ; Sibley d. here, 1848 ; his daughter now, 1890, occupies.
20. KENDALL MARCY. "C. A. Sigourney" on map. 21 Aug., 1784, this with H. 19 was quitclaimed to Elijah and Learned Davis by Samuel, their brother. The original Samuel Davis, Jr., house stood on site of present house. Elijah, his son, spent his days and d. here ; 6 March, 1840, Ezra Davis and others, heirs of Elijah, deeded to Charles A. Sigourney, who built the present house ; 7 Feb., 1870, Charles A. Sigourney to Liberty Bigelow ; 1878, Liberty Bigelow to Kendall Marcy.
21. "Barton Hill." House removed. This place lies a quarter of a mile east of the house of Lucian Chaffee, at the west foot of Barton Hill and is supposed to have been a part of Phinehas Dana's farm ; no road passes it. For many years John Barton, son-in-law of Dana, lived here. The house was removed many years ago; the remains, cellar, garden plot, etc., may be seen ; a beautiful locality. In 1760 John Barton, w. Abigail, Phinehas Dana of Dedham, John Ayres, w. Hannah of Newton, and Abner Town, w. Susanna, deeded to John Dana their rights. In 1816 heirs of John Dana to Ebenezer Dana ; 17 March, 1818, Ebenezer Dana to Francis Sibley, who later sold to Israel Sibley, his brother, to whose estate it now belongs. This was the scene of the Indian affair referred to on page 43.
22. LUCIAN M. CHAFFEE. "J. Walker" on map. 14 Dec., 1730, Samuel Davis to Phinehas Dana, 90 a. east of Great Meadow, part of Bernon land ; Dana d. here, and his son John succeeded as owner ; 29 June, 1816, heirs of John Dana to Ebenezer Dana, son of John ; 20 March, 1833, Ebenezer Dana to Jonathan Sibley, David Nichols and Delano Peirce ; 1 April, 1833, these to Joseph Brown, Jr. (who owned the Gleason place adjoining), 16 a. and house ; Brown sold to James Walker, who sold to Jonathan P. Dana ; 2 Oct., 1855, Jonathan P. Dana to Amos P. Newton ; 12 Aug., 1861, Amos P. Newton to Mary J., w. of Abel M. Chaffee ; 13 Feb., 1867, Mary J. Chaffee to John Taylor ; 6 July, 1869, John Taylor to Lucian M. Chaffee of Willimantic, Conn. The original Dana house stood in the fields east of the present one. John Dana built the present house, his son Jere- miah being the first child born there.
23. VERNON CHAFFEE. "J. Brown" on map. 1740, Samuel Davis to Benjamin Davis, 85 a. in east part of Oxford ; 7 Dec., 1741,
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Benjamin Davis to James Hovey, 40 a. of same, a 1}-rod road through ; 1752, a part of this land, and one-half a house, and a shop went by Hovey's will to his nephew, Daniel Gleason, who bought later several pieces of land near ; 15 March, 1791, Daniel Gleason to his son Josiah, 97 a. ; Josiah d. here, 1817; Lydia, dau. of Josiah, m. Joseph Brown, Jr., who came into poseession of the farm; 1 Nov., 1865, Joseph Brown and Lydia, his w., to Collins Allen, 48 a. ; 6 March, 1866, Collins Allen to Elvira, w. of Vernon Chaffee. The first house on this farm stood in the field east of the present one. Brown lived in it some years and later built the present house. The original Benjamin Davis house is believed to have stood over a cellar now visible a short distance southwest of Vernon Chaffee's house.
24. Late JOHN REYNOLDS. "A. Pratt" on map. This farm was the west part of Benjamin Davis' land, H. 23, bought in 1740. 17 May, 1751, Benjamin Davis to Joseph Pratt of Dedham, known as " Meadow Joe," 66 a. ; 6 April, 1795, Joseph Pratt to Baxter, his son, one-half of 120 a .; 5 Dec., 1826, Betsey Pratt, administratrix of estate of Baxter, her husband, to Stearns Witt, 117 a. ; same date, Stearns Witt and others to Levi Chilson and Amos Pratt of Bellingham ; 9 April, 1831, Chilson to Pratt. The house formerly stood one-fourth of a mile north of its present location ; removed by Amos Pratt. 12 Sept., 1854, Amos Pratt of Charlton to Sylvanus Robinson, who divided and sold in lots ; 8 Oct., 1857, Sylvanus Robinson to William Daniels, 5 a. and house ; 9 May, 1862, William Daniels to William H. Thurston ; 27 July, 1870, William H. Thurston to Sally, w. of John Reynolds.
25. MARY BROWN ESTATE. "J. Davis" on map. 30 March, 1757, Thomas Davis to Duncan Campbell ; 17 Oct., 1758, Duncan Camp- bell to Thomas Stearns ; 11 Jan., 1759, Thomas Stearns to Joseph Phillips ; 25 March, 1761, Joseph Phillips to William Davis, three- fourths of an a., dwelling, blacksmith's shop, coal house ; Davis d. here, 1775, his widow surviving until 1796; 29 Dec., 1803, Jeremiah Davis to Elijah Davis, Jr., who rem. the old house and built the present one ; 24 April, 1815, Elijah Davis, Jr., to Jonathan Davis ; · Jonathan Davis to Jonathan Davis, Jr .; 26 Aug., 1864, Jonathan Davis, Jr., to Mary, w. of John Brown; Brown and w. both d. here.
26. JOHN E. KIMBALL. "L. Davis" on map. The home lot of Joshua Whitney. 17 May, 1719, Joshua Whitney of Mendon to Hannah Cooper, widow; 30 March, 1726, Hannah to Zerubbabel Cooper, her son ; 2 March, 1732, Hannah and Zerubbabel Cooper to Jacob Willson of Malden ; 23 April, 1736, Jacob Willson to John Willson, who d. here, 1778 ; 18 Aug., 1780, John, son of John Willson,
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to Ezra Conant of Warwick, physician, who d. here, 1789 ; his widow m. Joseph Healy of Dudley and continued on the place ; she sold her rights, 4 Oct., 1806, to Charles Davis ; Larned Conant, son of Ezra, sold his interest to Abijah Davis ; Ruth, sister of Larned, m. Elias Pratt, Jr. ; 8 May, 1808, Abijah Davis and Elias Pratt, Jr., sold to Charles Davis ; 28 Oct., 1841, Charles Davis to Learned Davis ; 3 April, 1857, Learned Davis to Alexander De Witt. [On 24 April, 1857, De Witt deeded to Mary, w. of Learned Davis, the small house recently built near the old one, with land. This, Mrs. D. gave in her will to her dau., Sally S., who, 5 Jan., 1867, deeded it to Ivers A., her brother, who d. here.] 20 April, 1864, Alexander De Witt to Sylvanus Robinson ; 1 Feb., 1878, Sylvanus Robinson to Alfred W. Long ; 10 April, 1886, Alfred W. Long to John E. Kimball.
27. [House removed. ] On a knoll on the north side of Sutton road near Mill Brook, was the house of David Town. He bought in 1742 of the heirs of Daniel Hovey the whole corner, now Sigourney's, to the main street, and immediately sold 25 acres, the west part, to Daniel Davis. He is supposed to have built the house. In 1768 he sold it, with 60 a. lying north of it, to William Davis. We trace it no further in the records. The house stood until after 1800 and was soon after that date removed. Jeremiah Amidown lived there many years, occupied in 1782 and left about 1798, removing to the south end of the Plain.
28. DAVID MCCABE. "D. Whait" on map. A part of Elisha Davis' farm, H. 14. 8 Feb., 1792, he deeded 184 a. to his son Thomas, who built the present house ; 1824, Thomas Davis to William and Sylvanus Robinson, 150 a. and buildings ; 4 May, 1830, William Robinson to Sylvanus, one-half ; 1838, Sylvanus Robinson to Larkin D. Newton, brother-in-law, 172 a. ; 4 Feb., 1839, Larkin D. Newton to Jesse Curtis of Sterling ; 27 March, 1839, Jesse Curtis to David Wait of West Boylston ; 1 March, 1855, David Wait to Erie and George Walker of Webster; 15 Oct., 1862, Erie Walker to Collins Allen of North Kingston, R. I .; 25 Nov., 1873, Collins Allen to Margaret Campbell of Worcester ; 7 March, 1874, Margaret Camp- bell to Ann Healy of Cleveland, O., who occupied until 1887. The place came through a mort. to Edward P. Goulding of Worcester, who, 2 May, 1888, deeded to David McCabe, present owner.
29. ELLEN M. MCDONNELL. "N. Davis' heirs" on map. The homestead of Samuel Davis, bought of Bernon ; Davis built the house and d. here, 1760. John, his son, cared for his parents in old age and received, 22 Jan., 1756, the farm, 80 a. and house ; he also d. here, 1800. Jesse, his son, received the southwest part of the farm, and the widow the balance as dower ; 7 April, 1815, her heirs deeded 62 a. 116 rods to Nathaniel Davis, being what was set off to her ; 5 April,
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1817, Jesse to Nathaniel Davis, 54 a., southwest part of the farm, excepting 74 a. sold to Elihu Harwood. Nathaniel spent his life and d. here ; Lucy, his dau., came into possession. 15 May, 1889, Lucy Davis to William H. Davis, her nephew ; 21 April, 1890, William H. Davis to Charles I. Rawson ; 13 May, 1890, Charles I. Rawson to' Ellen M. McDonnell.
30. FRANKLIN HOWARD. "Maj. W. Moore" on map. A part of H. 29. John, son of Samuel Davis, built the house about 1800 for his son Jesse. In 1806 it went into the ownership of Nathaniel and John Davis, brothers of Jesse ; later, Nathaniel sold to John, Jr., and 14 March, 1809, John, Jr., deeded 65 a. to William Moore, who d. here, 1857. His son, Salem T., and dau., Eliza, occupied till the death of the latter, 1874 ; 5 Aug., 1874, the heirs of William Moore to Simeon Howard of Providence, who d. 1878; 5 March, 1879, administrator of Howard's estate to Franklin Howard.
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