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31. [House removed. ] "D. Lilly" on map. At the extreme southeast ; 24 April, 1783, Elisha Davis to Jonathan Fitts of Sutton, 50 a. ; 27 May, 1788, Jonathan Fitts to Benjamin Fitts, b. south by Oxford line ; Benjamin built the house, his son Andrew was successor and d. here, 1849 ; April, 1854, heirs of Andrew Fitts to David and J. Leavens Lilley ; house burnt 1855, not rebuilt.
32. [House removed. ] Not on map. A hundred rods north of H. 31 was the Joseph Rockwood homestead ; no road passed it. It had been occupied previously, but by whom is not known. 1 May, 1802, the administrators of estate of Dea. John Davis deeded to Joseph Rockwood 2 a. and buildings ; 9 Oct., 1820, Joseph Rockwood to Thomas Davis ; 8 April, 1824, Thomas Davis to Ezra Davis, son-in- law of Rockwood, who later sold to Samuel Mayo, who removed the house, 1839.
33. WILLIAM L. PLAISTED. "S. Mayo" on map. Original Mayo homestead bought of Bernon, house on north side of road built about 1730 ; long roof running down to one story in the rear; occupied by the successive owners until 1841, when Samuel Mayo built present house and the old one was left to decay. 14 April, 1740, Thomas Mayo of Roxbury to John, his son, 82 a. and buildings ; John d. here, 1752 ; his son John succeeded and d. here, 1834; Samuel, son of John, Jr., next owned and occupied till 1859, when he rem. to the Plain ; 19 June, 1855, Samuel Mayo to Cyrus Truesdell, 150 a., reserving the house south of the road; 17 Nov., 1859, the same to the same, remainder of the farm ; 6 Sept., 1859, Cyrus Truesdell to Horace Shepardson ; 23 Feb., 1860, Horace Shepardson to John Dinsmore of Auburn, who occupied till 1 Dec., 1868, when he deeded to Sylvanus Robinson ; June, 1870, Sylvanus Robinson to Fred. P.
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Hutchins ; 15 Dec., 1873, Fred. P. Hutchins to Lucius Merrifield ; 16 Dec., 1873, Lucius Merrifield to David F. Parmenter and Isaac S. Merriam ; 13 July, 1874, they to John J. Willey ; Sept., 1874, John J. Willey to Cordelia, wife of Charles S. Knight; 3 Oct., 1874, Cordelia and Charles S. Knight to William L. Plaisted.
34. GEORGE R. LARNED. "E. Eddy" on map. The home lot of Daniel Pearson, original settler. He left before Jan., 1717, and 26 Nov., 1718, then of Mansfield, deeded to Thomas Hunkins, 160 a. ; 1763, Thomas Town, grandson of Hunkins and executor of his will, to Josiah Wolcott, 60 a. and house ; 28 Feb., 1776, Josiah Wolcott to Thomas Town ; 2 March, 1776, Thomas Town to Ezra Bowman ; May, 1776, Ezra Bowman to Andrew Walker of Oxford, housewright, 8 a. and buildings ; 25 April, 1785, Andrew Walker to Nathaniel Carroll of Killingly, Conn., 22 a. and buildings ; 18 Feb., 1789, Nathaniel Carroll of Thompson, Conn., to Henry Stone of same ; 18 Feb., 1790, Henry Stone to Joseph Davis of Oxford ; 1795, Joseph Davis to Elihu Harwood; 1 May, 1843, Elihu Harwood to his son Elihu, Jr. ; 3 April, 1846, Elihu Harwood, Jr., to John A. Brown ; 2 April, 1849, John A. Brown to Eliphalet Eddy, who occupied till 5 Aug., 1868, and rem. to Saratoga ; at that date he sold to Austin J. Rich ; 20 Feb., 1869, Austin J. Rich to John Dinsmore ; 23 April, 1870, John Dinsmore to Benjamin W. Childs ; 15 Oct., 1870, Benja- min W. Childs to George R. Larned.
35. [House removed. ] Not on map. On the Humphrey farm, H. 36, on the brow of the hill north of the road to the fort, stood the home of Arthur Humphrey, who received land by inheritance, and built the house. 15 July, 1776, he deeded 60 a. and buildings to Alexander Campbell ; 16 July, 1777, Alexander Campbell to John Allen ; 19 March, 1779, John Allen to Stephen Streeter ; 9 April, 1782, Stephen Streeter to David Streeter; 2 April, 1790, Jacob Streeter to Peter Bonsa (Hessian soldier) ; 16 Dec., 1793, Peter Bonsa to Andrew Sigourney ; . . . July, 1823, owned by Charles P. Nichols ; Jeremiah Moffitt received it of Nichols for debt; 13 May, 1824, Jeremiah Moffitt to Ebenezer Humphrey ; building re- moved before 1820; a modern house now stands near its site.
36. EBENEZER HUMPHREY. "R. Humphrey" on map. The home lot of Ebenezer Humphrey, who d. here, 1761 ; his son, Ebenezer, succeeded and d. 1836 ; his son, Rufus, succeeded and d. 1851 ; his son, Ebenezer, is present owner, 1890.
37. "OLD MILL." HARRIS HOMESTEAD. House removed, stood west of and near the present mill ; the home lot of Jonathan Tillotson. 11 June, 1719, Jonathan Tillotson to Ebenezer McKee of Killingly,
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Conn. ; 5 Aug., 1719, Ebenezer McKee to John Comins of same ; 8 March, 1726, John Comins to Josiah Cummings ; same year, Josiah Cummings to Capt. Ebenezer Learned and Benoni Twichell ; . . . 7 Dec., 1729, Nathaniel Patten of Oxford, cooper, to Joseph Reed, who d. here ; 30 May, 1733, Ebenezer Humphrey and w. Sarah, formerly w. of Reed, to Timothy Harris of Watertown ; Samuel, son of Timothy, next owned, and later, Jonathan, son of Samuel, until 11 Sept., 1805, when Jonathan deeded to Peleg Foster ; 14 July, 1814, Peleg Foster to Russell Clark ; 21 Aug., 1819, Russell Clark to Stearns Witt ; same date, Stearns Witt to Jeremiah Moffitt ; 1829, heirs of Moffitt to Rufus Robinson. The house was used by tenants who were employed in the mill and was removed about 1847.
38. ROSE MESSIER. "D. Day" on map. On Bondet Hill, the home lot of Joseph Chamberlain, Sen. 11 Oct., 1722, Joseph, Benja- min and Simon Chamberlain to Joseph Dana, 40 a. " around the Great House," formerly their father's; 22 Feb., 1725, Joseph Dana to Samuel Rich and Ebenezer Humphrey ; ... 14 May, 1735, Jonathan Ballard to James Coller of Oxford ; 25 June, 1744, James Coller to Joseph Pratt ; 1748, Joseph Pratt to Jonas Coller, son of James ; 5 March, 1783, Jonas Coller to Jonathan Day of Needham ; before 3 July, 1784, Jonathan Day sold a half to John Mayo ; 5 April, 1800, John Mayo to his son John, who settled here, took down the old house and built the present one, lived many years and d. here ; 28 March, 1835, John Mayo to Rebecca, his sister, 70 a. and a part of the house ; she m. David Day ; they both d. here; 1 April, 1876, Sumner Pratt of Worcester, trustee for Rebecca Day, to Mary C. Clifford ; 3 Oct., 1877, Mary C. Clifford to Martha and Ulva A. Aldrich ; 1 Nov., 1886, Martha and Ulva A. Aldrich to Joseph Messier ; 24 Aug., 1887, Joseph Messier to Rose Messier, present owner of the Mayo place.
On 3 July, 1784, Jonathan Day sold to his brother David, one- half, known as the Jewett farm ; David occupied and d. here, 1792 ; 19 April, 1808, Daniel, Jonathan and Fisher, sons of David Day, to Abijah Davis, one-half ; 3 Nov., 1819, Abijah Davis to Roger Jewett, 53 a. ; 19 Jan., 1858, John, son of Roger Jewett, to Rebecca L. Field ; 1863, Rebecca L. Field to Emelaide Upham of Worcester ; 1865, Emelaide Upham to Samuel Mawney; 1865, Samuel Mawney to Collins Allen ; 13 June, 1865, Collins Allen to Rice Barton, who d. here ; 18 Sept., 1876, Edwin, son of Rice Barton, to William Severance ; 5 Jan., 1878, William Severance to Abel M. Chaffee, one-third, he buying the other two-thirds of Barton's heirs ; 4 March, 1878, Abel M. Chaffee to Sarah J., w. of Rodney M. Dadmun, present owner of the Jewett place.
39. FRANKLIN H. CLARK. "S. Fitts" on map. The home lot of Joseph Chamberlain, Jr., who sold, 24 April, 1717, to Philip Ami-
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down, cooper ; 15 Dec., 1743, Philip Amidown to his son Ephraim, three-fourths with a new house; 2 Nov., 1793, heirs of Ephraim Amidown to Elisha Davis ; 1795, Elisha Davis to Joseph Davis ; 10 Jan., 1807, Joseph Davis to Abijah Davis ; 1810, Abijah Davis to Silas Fitts, who lived to old age and d. here ; 6 May, 1868, executor of estate of Silas Fitts to Sylvanus Robinson ; 1 Aug., 1868, Sylvanus Robinson to Mary J., w. of Abel M. Chaffee, who took down the old house and built the present one ; 6 April, 1884, Mary J. and Abel M. Chaffee to George A. Kimball ; 16 June, 1885, George A. Kimball to Horace Shepardson ; 20 June, 1885, Horace Shepardson to Franklin H. Clark.
40. LUCINDA MORSE. "C. Davis" on map. A part of H. 39. 1750, Jacob, son of Philip Amidown, to Benjamin Hudson, 50 a., no buildings named ; 1773, Benjamin Hudson to Zaccheus Ballard of Leicester, with buildings ; 1788, Zaccheus Ballard to Elisha Davis ; 1788, Elisha Davis to Dea. David Harwood of Sutton, 110 a. ; 1788, David Harwood to his son Solomon, who d. here ; 10 March, 1827, administrator of Harwood's estate to Craft Davis, Jr. ; 6 Dec., 1868, Craft Davis, to his dau., Lucinda Morse.
41. JOSEPH AND JAMES SHARPLES. "M. Sigourney" on map. A part of H. 40. 1802, David Harwood to his son David, a small farm from the northeast of the home farm ; David built a house, lived and d. here, his only child, David, unm., also d. here; 11 Feb., 1854, Davie B. Kingsbury, executor of David, Jr., to Charles A. and George W. Sigourney ; 14 Aug., 1857, they to Michael, John and Catharine Clark of Webster ; 13 Oct., 1863, they to Timothy Smith ; 16 Oct., 1863, Timothy Smith to Ray G. Huling ; 15 Oct., 1874, Ray G. Huling to Joseph and James Sharples of Webster.
42. DANIEL MCCABE. "J. Hurd" on map. This was the first home lot of Thomas Hunkins, who exchanged with Daniel Pearson, who went to Conn. In Jan., 1717, Jeremiah Morse settled on this lot, having been voted into the proprietary on Pearson's rights ; 26 Jan., 1727. Jeremiah Morse of Walpole, eldest son of Jeremiah, to Richard Kidder of Billerica ; 18 July, 1732, Richard Kidder of Dudley to Thomas Read of Oxford ; 22 Jan., 1733, Thomas Read to Peter Hurd of Cambridge ; Hurd settled here ; his son Joseph was successor and d. here ; 1804, Joseph to John Hurd, his son, one-half ; Dea. John spent his whole life here, d. 1866 ; 2 April, 1867, William Hurd, son and executor of John, to Hannah M., wife of Hiram Hurd ; 5 April, 1870, Hannah M. Hurd to Daniel McCabe.
43. Late LEWIS T. EMERSON. "D. Lilley" on map. 28 Dec., 1818, Rufus Harris to Stephen Webster ; the house was a shop which Webster moved here from the lower end of the Plain and fitted up for 40
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a dwelling ; 6 April, 1825, Stephen Webster to Silas Fitts ; 30 Sept., 1826, Silas Fitts to Ebenezer Fitts, blacksmith; 2 April, 1839, Ebenezer Fitts to Elijah Pratt, Jr., whose father lived here ; 1845, Silas Fitts, who held a mort., assigned to Israel Sibley ; 11 April, 1846, Israel Sibley to Clementina Lilley and David, her son ; she d. here ; David built a new house near and occupied it; 1 Jan., 1875, J. Leavens Lilley, brother of David, to Lewis T. Emerson.
44. Going to the extreme south of old Oxford, George Robin- son of Needham bought, 1719, of William Dudley of Roxbury, 500 a., including a part of the water power at East Village, Webster ; 10 June, 1748, George Robinson to his son Samuel, 250 a .; Samuel had sons Asa and Samuel, who inherited this estate ; 6 April, 1798, Asa Robinson to Philip Brown and John Healy, 6 a., grist-mill, saw- mill, near the mouth of a brook running from the pond ; 16 Nov., 1799, Philip Brown to John Healy, same land with grist-mill, saw- mill, forge, coal house and blacksmith's shop ; 22 March, 1805, John Healy to James Wallis of Douglas ; 13 Jan., 1810, James Wallis to Elijah Pratt and Timothy Lamson, both of Oxford ; 16 Jan., 1811, Lamson to Pratt, one-half ; 6 Jan., 1812, Elijah Pratt to Bela Tiffany ; 8 Jan., 1812, Asa Robinson to Bela Tiffany, 200 a. adjoining ; 4 March, 1812, Josiah Kingsbury to Bela Tiffany, an adjoining estate of 56 acres, with house, barn, clothing mill; 11 Dec., 1812, Bela Tiffany to Samuel Slater, five-sixths of three latter estates ; 7 Nov., 1816, Bela Tiffany to Slater, his whole interest.
45. KINGSBURY ESTATE. [See Hobart Grant.] 7 May, 1718, Elizabeth Hobart to Josiah Dwight, 600 a .; 28 May, 1726, Josiah Dwight to Josiah Kingsbury of Needham; 10 Jan., 1732, Josiah Kingsbury to his son Theodore, 250 a., the northern portion ; 24 Nov., 1737, Josiah Kingsbury to his son Josiah, 350 a., "taking in the brook which runneth out of the pond"; 11 May, 1761, Theodore to his son Joseph, 65 a. ; 1 Nov., 1785, Theodore to his son Elijah, 60 a. on Sucker Brook, near that of Joseph ; 23 Jan., 1786, Theodore to his son Jacob, 100 a. on west side Sucker Brook.1
In 1765, Josiah Kingsbury to his son Jeremiah, one-half his farm ; 1794, Jeremiah Kingsbury to his son Josiah, clothier, 12 a .; this Josiah sold, 1812, to Bela Tiffany, as before noted ; Jeremiah d. at the homestead, the present Webster almshouse, and 4 Feb., 1825, his son, Col. Jeremiah, who built the present house about 1815, sold to George B. and John Slater and rem. to Dudley ; 10 Feb., 1849, Horatio N. Slater and others to Town of Webster.
On 15 Feb., 1794, Jeremiah Kingsbury, Sen., deeded to his son
1 Descendants of Theodore have owned and occupied a part of his estate up to the present time, the family of Jacob, his son, living at the
mill on Sucker Brook, and that of Joseph on the
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John 81 a. at the west part of his estate. The one-story house now standing in the field northeast of the Webster cemetery was his home- stead.
46. Isaac Larned bought, 27 May, 1718, of William Dudley 250 a. "near the south bounds of Oxford Village," the southwest corner thereof being at the entrance of the stream from the Great Pond into the river. 30 Dec., 1735, he deeds to his son Isaac 120 a. "in the south part of Oxford." This embraced the farm occupied by Isaac, John, John and Moses Larned, successively, to the present time.1
47. REUBEN DUDLEY. The estate around Nipmuck Pond, a por- tion of the Thompson Grant, was bought, 26 Nov., 1803, of his heirs by James Butler. On 25 April, 1809, Archibald Campbell, w. Celia, dau. of Butler, deeded 175 a., the northwest portion of the grant, to Ephraim Tucker of Pomfret, whose son Calvin occupied it in 1812, and in 1814 bought of his father. He sold it in lots, and 19 June, 1816, deeded 71 a., the home portion, to Paraclete Morris, who d. here about 1852 ; on 24 March, 1853, the executor of Morris' will to Zaccheus Ballard ; 20 Oct., 1855, Zaccheus Ballard to Burt L. Gan- nett, who after several years sold to Reuben Dudley.
48. LEMUEL CUDWORTH. This was the north end of the Kings- bury estate, H. 45. 2 March, 1794, Ebenezer Gould, whose title is not on record, to Abijah Harris, land and dwelling ; Gould continued to live here and d. about 1815 ; Asa, son of Abijah Harris, removed the old house and built the present one, and occupied it till his decease ; 18 March, 1822, Hollis Witt and w. (dau. of Harris), to Solomon Davis, 34 a. and house ; 3 Sept., 1823, Solomon Davis to Benjamin, son of Hezekiah Larned ; 6 Jan., 1824, Benjamin Larned to Alanson and Evander Taft from Uxbridge; Oct., 1827, Alanson to Evander, his half ; 1 Aug., 1832, Evander Taft to Alfred Kings- bury ; 20 June, 1840, Alfred Kingsbury to Lemuel Cudworth.
49. JOHN CUDWORTH. At a public vendue, 3 April, 1723, at Boston, Dr. William Douglas for himself and associates bought a tract of land adjoining the Sherborn Grant, Douglas.2 26 June, 1741, Douglas and Andrew Tyler, goldsmith, one of the associates, made a division by which 180 a. fell to Douglas ; 3 7 Sept., 1754, after Douglas' death a division of his lands was made, and this 180 a. was set off to his nephew, Cornelius ; 4 in 1761, Cornelius Douglas to Josiah Wolcott, 180 a. ; 13 March, 1775, Josiah Wolcott to Joshua Barnard of Sutton, 180 a., joining Oxford south line and the " Kings-
123 May, 1753, Josiah Larned, John Larned, Jeremiah Shumway and Experience, his w., and William Davis and Elizabeth, his w., all of Ox- ford, Samuel Shumway and Sarah, his w., of Sturbridge, Samuel Robinson, miller, and Han- nah, his w., of Dudley, Joseph Larned of Leba-
non, Conn., heirs of Isaac Larned, Sen., deeded to Isaac Larned their rights in the estate of their father.
2 Worcester Records, V., 458.
3 Ibid., XVI., 132.
4 Ibid., XLIX., 337.
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bury farm"; 19 Oct., 1780, Joshua Barnard to Asa Larned, 100 a. ; 4 April, 1801, Abijah Harris quitclaimed to Asa Larned, 79 a. 60 r., with buildings ; 4 April, 1801, Asa Larned to Lemuel Cudworth. John, his grandson, is present owner.
50. [House removed.] On the east side of the old road to Web- ster, one-third of a mile southeast from Oxford almshouse, was a farm of about 20 acres, a part of the Dr. Douglas land, H. 49 ; 24 March, 1780, Joshua Barnard to John Bounds, who built a small house, lived and d. here ; 21 Oct., 1822, Abijah Davis, executor of Bounds, to Craft Davis, 19 a. and buildings. The house was in ruins long ago and the land belongs to other farms.
51. WILLIAM H. TANNER. [Estate in Webster.] 15 Jan., 1807, Abijah Davis and Ezekiel Davis to Joseph, son of Benjamin Davis, a small farm next south of Ezekiel Davis', b. north on Oxford south line ; 26 March, 1812, Joseph Davis to Ebenezer Foster of Dudley ; 27 March, 1812, Ebenezer Foster to Ebenezer Foster, Jr., one-half ; 13 March, 1815, Ebenezer Foster, Jr., to Calvin Tucker, one-half ; 12 Nov., 1824, Calvin Tucker to Solomon Davis ; 6 March, 1830, Solomon Davis to Charles Yeomans ; 1 April, 1846, Charles Yeomans to Reuben Davis ; 1 April, 1856, Reuben Davis to Fred Q. Robinson ; 24 Sept., 1856, Fred Q. Robinson to William H. Tanner.
52. JOSEPH DAVIS [son of Ezekiel ; estate in Webster]. 6 March, 1812, Andrew Sigourney to Joseph Davis, who spent his life and d. here.
53. BENJAMIN C. BARTLETT. "F. Nash" on map. A part of H. 54. 5 March, 1791, Abijah Harris to Ezekiel Davis, 38 a. and a house ; Davis d. here ; his son-in-law, Francis Nash, succeeded him, and also d. here, 1879 ; Bartlett m. Nash's daughter.
54. OXFORD ALMSHOUSE. "Almshouse" on map. 20 April, 1731, Simon Chamberlain to Collins Moore, weaver, 40 a., b. south on village line, north on Isaac Larned, east on Bondet Meadow ; 20 April, 1731, Benjamin Chamberlain to same, 50 a. near the foregoing ; 21 April, 1737, Richard Moore, " for love," etc., to his son Collins, 100 a., b. south on Oxford line, east on Philip Amidown, north on Bondet Meadow ; 1 5 Sept., 1749, Nathan Moore, son of Collins, to Abial Lamb, Jr., 218 a .; Lamb became embarrassed, having been surety for a friend,-[tradition ] ? ; 1774, William B. Townsend of Boston, on execution vs. Lamb, to Abijah Harris, 55 a. and buildings ; Asa, son of Abijah, inherited the estate ; 1 March, 1832, Day Harris, son of
1 29 Oct., 1754, Jonathan Ballard, w. Alice, John ingshire, deeded to Nathan, their brother, of Vassalboro, Me., their interests in the mother's thirds.
Nichols, w. Jerusha, Ebenezer Lock, w. Phebe, of Rindge, N. H., Benjamin Wilson, w. Bath- sheba, of Townsend, and Richard Moore of Erv-
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Asa, eight-ninths to town of Oxford; same date, Hollis De Witt, husband of Harris' dau. Sarah, one-ninth of same to same.
55. BURT L. GANNETT. "R. Larned" on map. We find no record of this place before 18 March, 1774, when Jeremiah and Peter Shumway deeded to John Allen, farm and buildings ; 21 April, 1777, John Allen to Ebenezer Davis, Jr .; 17 Feb., 1798, trustee of heirs of Ebenezer Davis to David Prince ; 1824, David Prince to Rufus Larned, who took down the old house and built the present one ; 19 Oct., 1865, Rufus Larned to Solomon Davis ; 10 July, 1871, trustee of Francis N. Davis, son of Solomon, to Burt I .. Gannett.
56. [Stone house west of river in Webster. ] Collins, son of Elijah Moore, first settled here. 5 Jan., 1776, administrator of estate of William Watson, 55 a. and house, to Collins Moore, who had pre- viously lived here and had from Watson a bond for a deed ; 17 June, 1779, William Dudley to same, 225 a. in Dudley adjoining on west ; Collins and Samuel, sons of Collins, settled on the latter tract in Dudley, near Peter Pond. Before 1810 Moore sold to Abijah Davis the homestead and part of the Dudley land and built another house south toward the North Webster village; 2 April, 1810, Abijah Davis to Moses Phipps of Holliston, 140 a. ; 21 March, 1811, Moses Phipps to Calvin, his son, one-half ; Moses d. here, his heirs sold to Ezra Wallis of Douglas ; 11 Feb., 1823, Ezra Wallis to Olney Esten ; 23 March, 1836, Olney Esten to Barnabas Chandler ; 2 April, 1840, Barnabas Chandler to John A. Brown; 9 March, 1842, John A. Brown to Asahel C. Bennett; 6 April, 1844, Asahel C. Bennett to Lemuel Cudworth, Jr. ; 17 Feb., 1845, Lemuel Cudworth, Jr., to Charles Cozzens ; same date, Cozzens to Japheth Cortis, Thompson, Conn. ; 2 April, 1847, Charles and Nelson P. Cozzens to George Hewes.
57. ABEL DAVIS. "S. Aldrich" on map. 7 April, 1803, Joseph Dudley of Roxbury to Elijah Pratt, 535 a., entailed land ; 29 April, 1803, Elijah Pratt to Jonathan Mayo, 185 a. ; Mayo settled here and built the present house; 4 May, 1810, Jonathan Mayo to James Burlingame of Burrillville, 85 a. and buildings ; 12 Feb., 1811, James Burlingame to Calvin Aldrich, who occupied till his death, 1844. The farm was owned later by Edward and Samuel Aldrich, sons of Calvin, Samuel occupying ; 27 April, 1859, Samuel Aldrich to Edward Aldrich ; 8 Sept., 1859, Edward Aldrich to Asahel Hayward, who d. here ; 7 May, 1870, Maria J. Hayward to Abel Davis.
58. Late TIMOTHY ALDRICH. "T. Aldrich" on map. House removed 1887; a part of H. 57.1 13 Jan., 1810, Elijah Pratt to James Wallis of Dudley ; house named in the records in 1729 and
1 The murderers of Lilla Hoyle secreted her body in an out-building on this estate.
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was occupied by John Nichols and the Hancock family as tenants of Dudley ; 14 May, 1814, James Wallis to Nahum Prentiss ; 1816, Nahum Prentiss to Samuel Slater and Bela Tiffany ; 1 April, 1833, Samuel Slater to Timothy Aldrich, 176 a .; Aldrich rem. 1847 to the Plain, the old house went to decay.
59. JOHN O'DWYER. "J. Mahony" on map. A part of H. 58. 2 March, 1837, Timothy Aldrich to Lament Davis, 10 a. ; 9 Oct., 1851, Lament Davis to Emerson Eddy ; 9 Oct., 1851, Emerson Eddy to George Hodges ; 19 Dec., 1853, George Hodges to James Mahony ; 17 Jan., 1855, James Mahony to Dennis Toomey ; 7 Sept., 1855, Dennis Toomey to Ambrose C. Veevers ; 6 Dec., 1858, Ambrose C. Veevers to John O'Dwyer, who built the present house.
60. SAMUEL LARNED. "A. Davis" on map. Part of H. 57. 18 May, 1809, Elijah Pratt to William Hurd, 50 a .; Hurd d. here ; 1 Oct., 1842, administrator of William Hurd to Cyrus Truesdell, 5 a. and buildings ; 1852, Cyrus Truesdell to Abel Davis, Jr. ; 27 Jan., 1862, Abel Davis to Samuel Larned, 52 a.
61. HENRY J. HAGGERTY. "D. Davis" on map. 7 March, 1805, Joseph Dudley of Roxbury to Jacob Shumway, Jr., 122 a. with build- ings for Dudley's tenants, north side of Dudley road, reserving pond and a right to pass to it ; land covered with heavy pine timber ; Shum- way d. here, 1819 ; his sons Jacob and Rufus succeeded ; 1821, Jacob deeded to Rufus ; 14 April, 1824, Rufus Shumway, Millbury, to Sylvester Phipps, 91 a. and buildings ; 3 Dec., 1825, Sylvester Phipps to Thomas Aldrich; 23 March, 1827, Thomas Aldrich to Reuben Harwood, 26 a. and buildings ; 8 March, 1834, Reuben Harwood to Evander Taft ; 10 March, 1838, Evander Taft to Timothy Aldrich ; 17 March, 1838, Timothy Aldrich to Stephen Davis ; 29 Nov., 1839, Stephen Davis to son Eri B., one-half ; 15 April, 1845, Eri B. Davis to Dexter Davis, his brother, the whole and buildings ; 8 Nov., 1857, Dexter Davis to George O. Derby of Dudley ; George O. Derby to Elvira, w. of Dexter Davis ; 28 Nov., 1857, Elvira Davis to John Collins ; 20 July, 1866, John Collins to Henry J. Haggerty.
62. DELIA BENWAY. "Mrs. E. Blackstock" on map. In 1794 Edward Davis deeded to Peter Spaulding, 10 a. in the fork of Webster and Thompson roads ; Spaulding built the present house ; 9 May, 1801, Peter 'Spaulding to Rufus and Jonas Larned, 36 a. and build- ings ; 17 March, 1847, Jonas Larned to Sumner Putnam ; 21 Oct., 1851, Sumner Putnam to Zaccheus A. Ballard ; 8 March, 1852, Zaccheus A. Ballard to Cyrus Truesdell; 1 March, 1853, Cyrus Truesdell to Eliza Blackstock ; 3 Sept., 1855, Eliza Blackstock to Barnabas Davis ; 15 April, 1885, Ruth M. Copeland, dau. of Davis, to Mary S. Carpenter ; June, 1889, executor of Mary S. Carpenter to
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Samuel H. Earl ; July, 1889, Samuel H. Earl to Delia, w. of Fred Benway.
63. Late ADDISON M. STEVENS. "T. D. Shumway" on map. A part of H. 64. 3 Feb., 1807, Peter Shumway to his son Noah, 34 a. with buildings ; 11 Aug., 1842, Noah Shumway to Eliza Blackstock, mother of the w. of his son, Thomas D. ; 23 Aug., 1856, Eliza Black- stock to Thomas D. Shumway ; 1 April, 1872, Thomas D. Shumway to Mary A., w. of Samuel Fairbanks ; 1 March, 1880, Mary A. Fair- banks to Roxy, w. of John A. Stone ; 16 Nov., 1880, Roxy Stone to Addison M. Stevens ; house burned 1882, and the present one rem. to the spot.
64. FRED. L. SNOW. "E. Aldrich" on map. Home lot of Isaac Larned. 10 Oct., 1752, Isaac Larned to Isaac Larned, Jr. ; 14 July, 1755, Isaac Larned, Jr., to Jeremiah Shumway in exchange for H. 185; 1773, Jeremiah Shumway to his son Peter, who with his son Peter, Jr., owned until 6 Feb., 1854, when he deeded to Edward Aldrich ; 13 Nov., 1858, Edward Aldrich to J. Leavens Lilley ; 1 Dec., 1870, J. L. Lilley to Dana L. Ballard ; Ballard mort. to Lilley, who transferred to Sylvanus Robinson ; 1880, Robinson owned, and soon conveyed to Fred. L. Snow. Peter Shumway built the present house in 1841.
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