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95. ELIJAH H. SIMONDS. "M. Jennison" on map. 19 July, 1786, Josiah Wolcott to his dau. Elizabeth, 135 a., "Kitchen land"; 3 Dec., 1799, Andrew Sigourney and w. Elizabeth (Wolcott) to Judah Waters, 17 a., reserving a road running north and south; 18 Nov., 1804, Judah Waters to Thomas Scott of Ward ; 14 Oct., 1805, Thomas Scott to David Rich, b. south by a town road, west by Abijah Lamb, north by Andrew Sigourney, east by Josiah Shumway ; 10 April, 1812, David Rich to David Stone, 9 a., east part ; 17 Feb., 1818, David Stone to Jeremiah Pratt of Leicester ; 11 April, 1818, Jeremiah Pratt to Stephen Barton, 9 a., b. south by " McIntire road,"
1 The road west into Charlton from Rockdale was called the McIntire road. Daniel McIntire, with sons Daniel and Job, settled very early on this road near the Charlton line, perhaps in the present Charlton. The house was removed before 1800 and it has not since been a home- stead. Eighty years ago a group of apple trees
marked the spot, and was known as the "Job Orchard."
12 June, 1734, Edward and Freak Kitchen to Daniel McIntire, 100 a. with buildings ; 12 Aug., 1750, Daniel McIntire to his son Job, 52 a., the south part of the 100 a. bought of Kitchen, b. north by land lately sold to Daniel, Jr.
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west by a town road, east by Josiah Shumway; Barton built the present house [see 91]. The "Jordan house" formerly stood at this corner and it was long known as "Jordan's Corner." This and the house north of it on the 9 a. lot, occupied by David Rich, were log houses, built perhaps by Sigourney for tenants. Peter Bonsey, Hessian soldier, lived in one for a time. 1 April, 1830, Stephen Bar- ton to Stephen, Jr., and David Barton, 300 a., including this place ; 28 March, 1836, S. and D. Barton to Joseph H. Dow of Worcester, 175 a. with new house ; 20 Nov., 1837, Joseph H. Dow to Leonard Rich- ardson and Maverick Jennison ; 3 Nov., 1842, Leonard Richardson to Martin Boomer ; 23 Dec., 1842, Martin Boomer to Maverick Jenni- son ; 3 April, 1855, Maverick Jennison to Archibald C. Harris, who mort. back; Jennison assigned to Sylvanus Robinson, he to Esek Aldrich, he to Eddy Aldrich ; 23 June, 1864, Eddy Aldrich to Asa H. Pope; 1 Nov., 1872, Asa H. Pope to Eliphas S. Gage ; 1872, Eliphas S. Gage to Hudger D. Lariver ; 1873, Hudger D. Lariver to E. Spurr & Co. of Worcester ; 13 Oct., 1874, E. Spurr & Co. to Isabella, w. of Elijah H. Simonds.
96. GEORGE H. NICHOLS. "A. B. Taft" on map. 23 Dec., 1842, Maverick Jennison to Martin Boomer (who built the house, 1843), 88 a. ; 21 March, 1848, Martin Boomer to H. G. Otis, Silas S. and Elisha C. Taft ; 26 Aug., 1871, Asa B. Taft, who had occu- pied, to George S. Melvin and Henry J. Harlow of Springfield ; 30 March, 1874, they to Robert Craig of Charlton; 5 Sept., 1879, Robert Craig to John A. Marsh; 1 April, 1889, John A. Marsh to George H. Nichols.
97. GEORGE W. DAVIS. "E. Shumway" on map. 21 Oct., 1788, Josiah Wolcott to his dau. Freke, a part of Kitchen's land, 65 a. and buildings, b. west on Elizabeth's land [H. 95] ; Josiah Shum- way m. Freke Wolcott, resided and d. here; his heirs are present owners. The old house was burned March, 1835, and the present one soon after built.
98. CHARLES O. WALLIS. "C. Learned" on map. 21 March, 1780, Thomas Parker, shop-joiner, to Ebenezer Redding, who d. here ; 1810, Ebenezer Redding to Andrew Sigourney. Abigail, widow of Benjamin Learned, owned soon after Redding's decease, occupied many years and devised it to her daughter Abigail, who m. Nathaniel Emerson ; 28 Sept., 1867, Abigail and Nathaniel Emerson to Charles O. Wallis. A new house was built after Redding died.
99. Late ALVIN FITTS. "Alvin Fittz" on map. Before Nov., 1789, the heirs of Josiah Wolcott deeded land to Abijah Lamb, who built a house and settled here ; 29 April, 1806, Andrew Sigourney to William Lamson, 69 a. ; Walter Fitts bought, and 22 Feb., 1812, 42 -
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deeded to Daniel Fitts, 38 a. ; occupied by tenants. At the death of Daniel this place went into the possession of his son John ; 2 May, 1838, John Fitts to Alvin and David Fitts ; they removed the old house and built the present one ; David sold to Alvin, who d. here, 1880. Adjutant Ebenezer Pray once lived at this place.
100. [House removed. ] HOMESTEAD OF ABIJAH GALE. 3 Nov., 1787, Samuel Danforth of Boston to Abijah Gale, two lots, in all 61 a., in north part of Oxford ; 10 Feb., 1801, Abijah Gale to Benjamin Fitts, 10 a. with buildings. The old house was removed many years ago. A part of the land which lay west of H. 101, near Charlton line, was owned 32 years ago by John C. Steere ; a small modern house stood there which was burned 1856, and the place abandoned.
101. ANSON NICHOLAS. "B. Fitts" on map. 1794, Samuel Danforth of Boston to Thomas Clark, 97 a., b. south on Kitchen, west on Abijah Gale, east on Gen. Learned, etc. ; 11 March, 1799, Thomas Clark to Benjamin Fitts, Jr., 45 a., b. north on Jesse Smith and James Trumbull, east on Asa Conant, south on Abijah Lamb ; Fitts built the house, spent his days and d. here ; his heirs divided the farm, the house and 20 a. went to his son David ; 7 April, 1863, David Fitts to Anson Nicholas and Almon Lincoln, son-in-law.
102. Late LIBERTY LAMB. "L. Lamb" on map. 20 July, 1721, the State to Mrs. Ann Stone, 300 a. in North Gore ; on her decease, 1733, this land came to her son James, who in 1745 sold the western portion to his brother Uriah of Framingham, who settled here ; Samuel, Uriah's son, succeeded ; Liberty Lamb m. Hannah, dau. of Samuel, and 1834 settled on this estate and d. here, 1876. His sons have been owners since.
103. MERIAM ESTATE. In 1719 Daniel Livermore received 400 a. in the "Country Gore," laid out to him on a special grant on which he built a house [see North Gore]. 30 May, 1721, Daniel Livermore to Joseph Haven and Henry Mellen, both of Framingham, the same, beginning at a tree on the west side of the river [at Oxford north line], thence N. 13º W. 200 rods, thence W. 13º S. 320 rods, thence S. 13° E. 200 rods to Oxford north line, thence on said line 320 rods to the first bound. On 14 April, 1729, Haven and Mellen deeded the same to Jonathan and Hezekiah Meriam and Ebenezer Meriam, their cousin, who on 13 Aug. following, sold to Joshua, brother of Ebenezer, one-fourth of the same. On 14 Aug. a division was made, Ebenezer and Joshua receiving the western half, and Hezekiah and Jonathan the eastern. On 17 Oct., 1733, Joshua and Ebenezer divided their share, the former receiving the north part, 112 a., and the latter the southern, 88 a. ; Ebenezer settling at the David Fitts place. On 3 June, 1779, Joshua deeded his estate ["S. Merriam"
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on map] to his son James ; Samuel, son of James, inherited the same, spent his whole life and d. here ; built the present house a few years before his decease. On 1 April, 1874, Nancy T., his widow, deeded to Charles C. Lamb, who removed part of the house to Rochdale, and 30 April, 1880, sold the farm to Charles H. DeVoe of Worcester, owner, 1888.
Of Ebenezer's 88 a., the northern part, "D. Fittz" on map, went to his son Ephraim, who d. there, and 4 July, 1781, Sampson Mar- vin, w. Ruth, former w. of Ephraim, then of New Salem, deeded to Jotham Meriam, brother of Ephraim ; Jotham, son of Jotham, was next owner, and 15 Oct., 1845, deeded to David and Alvin Fitts ; 25 Jan., 1854, Alvin to David, his half ; Jotham, son of David Fitts, with his mother own and occupy, 1890.
The southern part of the 88 a. went to Ebenezer Meriam, son of Ebenezer, and from him to his son Artemas, who sold to his brother Wright S., who occupied long and d. there. His sons are present owners.
104. Late GEORGE W. HARTWELL. "G. W. Hartwell" on map. Part of the Meriam purchase [103]. Hezekiah and Jonathan Meriam both settled here. Tradition says the latter, until his sale to Hart- well, occupied a house he had built in the northeast portion, which was soon removed ; the cellar is now visible. 30 May, 1734, Jonathan Meriam to Isaac Hartwell, 100 a., his share of the 400 a. purchase ; Jonathan returned to Lexington. No record appears of the division between Hezekiah and Jonathan, but the separating line ran north and south, and the present road divided a large part of the way. On 29 Nov., 1734, Hezekiah Meriam deeded to Isaac Hartwell 3 a. and a house, " part of Livermore's farm." On 24 March, 1762, when past middle life, Hezekiah deeded one-half of 70 a. and buildings to his son-in-law, Jacob Pierce, and 28 March, 1765, Meriam and Pierce conveyed the same, called 65 a., to Joseph Edwards, also son-in-law of Meriam, who the following August sold the same to Isaac Hart- well, and it has since been a part of the Hartwell farm. This was the northwestern portion of the eastern moiety of the 400 a. purchase, and south of it lay the Lock farm, of 40 a., H. 105, making with it the complement of Hezekiah's share. There are to be seen two cellars on this tract. One is supposed to mark the site of Hezekiah's house, and the other that of a son-in-law. On 3 Feb., 1784, Isaac Hartwell deeded to Samuel Hartwell one-half of 248 a. and buildings. Later Samuel was owner of the whole. Isaac and Samuel both d. here, and after the decease of the latter his son George W. bought the rights of the other heirs, and owned and occupied until his death here in 1887. His heirs are present proprietors. The eastern part of the mansion is said to have been built by Livermore, and the western, bearing on its gable "1769," was added by Capt. Isaac Hartwell.
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105. FRANK E. MERRIAM. "R. Eddy" on map. This was a part of the 400 a. Meriam purchase and was conveyed by Hezekiah, per- haps to Muzzy. In 1738 Ebenezer Lock bought land in the Gore of Joseph Muzzy of Lexington [no record found] ; 4 June, 1738, Ebenezer Lock of Westboro' to Amos Meriam, 40 a. with mansion house ; 28 May, 1744, Amos Meriam to Ebenezer Lock of the Country Gore; 19 June, 1760, Ebenezer Lock to his son-in-law, Nehemiah Stone, the whole of the land bought of Joseph Muzzy in 1738, except- ing 10 a. sold Isaac Hartwell, b. north on Hezekiah Meriam, west on Ebenezer Meriam, south on Oxford line, east on Hartwell ; 2 April, 1777, Nehemiah Stone to Isaac Hartwell, all the land bought of Ebenezer Lock ; 1 April, 1790, executors of Isaac Hartwell to Parley Eddy ; 3 March, 1831, Parley Eddy to Rufus, his son ; 1 Nov., 1883, Albert A., son of Rufus, to Frank E. Merriam.
106. [House removed ; not on map.] Homestead of Hezekiah Meriam, Jr., adjoining H. 105 on the south, and in Oxford. Meriam d. here ; 9 Nov., 1762, Sarah, administratrix of his estate, to Abner Claflin of Oxford, housewright, 40 a. and buildings ; 1 March, 1769, Abner Claflin of Rowe to Isaac Barton, who soon d. and his son Isaac succeeded ; 1799, Isaac Barton (rem. to New Salem) to Joel Meriam ; 3 March, 1812, Joel Meriam to Ebenezer, his brother ; Jesse Pratt occupied in "Shays' Rebellion " times. The house was removed more than 50 years ago.
107. JOHN MATHEWSON. [Not on map. ] On old road south of Hartwell place, originally part of H. 105. 1790, Samuel Hartwell to Daniel Burr of Bridgewater, who built the house, rem. 1801 to Mer- cer, Me., selling to Hartwell, after whose decease his son Seth occu- pied and sold, 1834, to John W. Bates of Webster; later it was owned by James Shepard, - Barry, Thomas Appleby and Rufus Eddy, who in 1857 sold to John Mathewson.
108. WILLIAM PRATT. "L. Stone" on map. The eastern por- tion of 300 a. bought by Ann Stone of the State [see H. 102]. 21 Oct., 1735, James Stone to Josiah Gibbs of Preston, Conn., 200 a. ; Gibbs occupied ; 17 March, 1748, Josiah Gibbs to Samuel Curtis of Topsfield ; Sept., 1750, Samuel Curtis to Samuel Curtis, Jr., 50 a., northwest portion ; 22 April, 1754, Samuel Curtis, Jr., to Uriah Stone, innholder ; 15 July, 1752, Samuel Curtis to his son Noah, 150 a., reserving one-half the house and 1 a. and firewood ; 4 May, 1753, Noah back to his father; 5 May, 1753, Samuel Curtis to Amos Singletary of Sutton, son-in-law, 73 a., dwelling in part, b. partly on Samuel Curtis, Jr. ; 17 March, 1761, Samuel Curtis to his son Elijah, 45 a. and buildings ; 21 May, 1764, Amos Singletary to Elijah Curtis, estate bought of Samuel Curtis, 5 May, 1753. [In 1771, "Widow Singletary" was taxed for real estate in north part of Oxford. ]
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6 May, 1771, Elijah Curtis to Ebenezer Davis of Charlton, 98 a .; 21 May, 1772, Ebenezer Davis to Uriah Stone, who thus became owner of nearly the whole 200 a. ; Stone d. 1796, and his son Luther succeeded, occupying till his decease in 1853. The water power was sold, and Lewis, son of Luther Stone, later owned and occupied the farm ; 8 April, 1884, Lewis Stone to Charles C. Lamb ; 3 Oct., 1884, Charles C. Lamb to Anna, w. of William Pratt.
109. Late HENRY LAMB. "L. Stone" on map. Jacob Works was first settler here, title not found, probably about 1778. In 1789 Sylvanus Learned sold him land south of his (Works') estate, with mining reservations ; 19 March, 1805, Jacob Works to Luther Stone, 50 a. and buildings, reserving right to dig "for a mine," as granted by Edward Davis to Ebenezer Larned and others, near Joshua Claflin's [see Mines ], thereby not "damnifying any improvements." Luther Stone owned until after 1850. Loomis, his son, was later owner and sold to John G. Barnard, who, 1 Jan., 1861, deeded to John A. Taft ; 1 April, 1869, Taft sold 17 a. and house to Liberty Lamb, who devised to his son Henry, who occupied and d. here, 1888.
110. SAMUEL J. ASHWORTH. "J. Shaw" on map. 3 May, 1731, Abial Lamb to his son Ebenezer, 60 a. east of the river, north part of Oxford ; 14 Oct., 1731, Ebenezer Lamb of Leicester to Samuel Call, who settled here ; heelmaker ; 10 March, 1748, John Jeffries and Samuel Danforth, Commissioners to settle the affairs of the Land and Manufacturing Bank Co., assessed on Call his proportion, £30, for the redemption of the outstanding bills of said company, got an execution against him and sold 46 a. to Elijah Town ; 3 April, 1766, Elijah Town to Micah Livermore ; 1 April, 1773, Micah Liver- more to Elisha Livermore, who built a new house after his return from the Revolutionary war. Paul, his son, built the present house in 1812. In 1820 Sylvanus Livermore owned a share here and mort. to Lyman Tiffany, who transferred to Dr. Daniel Green ; 4 Oct., 1822, Elisha Livermore to his son-in-law, Calvin Stockwell ; 20 June, 1830, Livermore and Stockwell mort. to Dr. Daniel Green, who came into possession, and 1 April, 1843, sold to William B. Field ; 30 March, 1857, William B. Field to James Shaw of Andover ; 30 March, 1871, James Shaw to Daniel W. and Jasper F. Darling ; 2 April, 1874, they to Laban Stevens of Charlton ; 12 April, 1878, Laban Stevens to Samuel J. Ashworth.
111. Late LAFAYETTE BATTEY. "A. P. Newton" on map. 1 Feb., 1837, Reuben Adams to his son-in-law, Amos P. Newton, 83 a. ; the house was on Prospect Hill, the land extending west across Worcester road, where in 1837 Newton built the present house ; 30 April, 1855, Amos P. Newton to Jacob Marble, 54 a. with new house ; 1 April, 1860, Jacob Marble to Amos P. Newton ; 1 April, 1867,
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Amos P. Newton to Adaline, w. of Anthony W. Poucher of Burling- ton, Vt. ; 13 March, 1875, Adaline Poucher of Ontario, N. Y., to Mary A., w. of Lafayette Battey who died here.
112. FREDERICK STAFFORD. "L. Phillips" on map. Part of H. 126. 2 March, 1790, Aaron Hill to Ebenezer Pray, 55 a. on Pros- pect Hill, b. east on Cudworth and Israel Phillips, north on highway ; 19 May, 1790, administrator of estate of Abraham Hill to same, 44 a. ; 29 Jan., 1799, Ebenezer Pray to Simpson Larned ; 7 Nov., 1805, Simpson Larned to Calvin Stone of Dummerston, Vt. ; 28 June, 1823, Calvin Stone to Andrew Sigourney ; 14 April, 1830, Andrew Sigourney to Nahum Sibley, 45 a. ; 14 May, 1846, assignees of Sibley to Israel Sibley ; 1 April, 1849, Israel Sibley to Leonard Phillips ; 2 April, 1856, Leonard Phillips to Rufus G. Alverson ; 1 Dec., 1866, Rufus G. Alverson to S. A. Newton and S. A. Newton, Jr. ; 1 April, 1867, they to Rhoda, w. of Amos P. Newton; Frederick Stafford (present owner) m. Ellen E., dau. of Amos P. Newton. The house was formerly south of its present position near Gen. Learned's house, and was rem. when " Prospect road" was built.
113. FREEMAN SEVERY. "W. Severy" on map. House built about 1806 by Warren Cudworth, record of title not found. Lot, two and a half a., adjoined and was a part of H. 114 . . . 20 Feb., 1827, Nathan Hall to Mary Severy of Sutton ; 7 Feb., 1843, Mary Severy to Willard Severy. Freeman, his son, is present owner.
114. Late MARCUS BOND. "M. Bond" on map. A part of H. 121. 10 May, 1770, Reuben Lamb to Dr. Hezekiah Meriam, who settled here, 28 a .; 20 Oct., 1791, Hezekiah Meriam to Stephen Stone, blacksmith ; 25 April, 1793, Stephen Stone to Andrew Sigour- ney, 33 a. ; 1 Jan., 1823, Andrew Sigourney to his heirs ; 24 March, 1823, these to William and Washington Carey ; 1 May, 1826, William Carey to Nathan Hall ; 4 April, 1826, Nathan Hall, as guardian of heirs of Daniel Stone (one of the Sigourney heirs), to Jonathan Rice, 2} a. and buildings, the remainder of land went to H. 113; 13 May, 1829, Jonathan Rice to Hammond Clark, who d. here ; 4 May, 1835, executor of will of Hammond Clark to Thomas Clark ; 26 March, 1847, Thomas Clark to Marcus Bond, who d. here, 1879. [Among others, George Bacon, stocking weaver, and Thurlo Stimpson, black- smith, lived at this place while Sigourney owned. ]
115. NATHANIEL E. TAFT. "S. Burt" on map. 20 Oct., 1832, Charles J. Stratford to Williams Cudworth, 88 rods ; 8 Dec., 1835, Williams Cudworth to Richard Sanford, with a house ; 29 March, 1839, Richard Sanford to Jonathan Cudworth, who d. here; 5 April, 1850, Thomas Clark, mortgagee, to Elizabeth Cudworth; she m.
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Sanford Burt ; 1859, Elizabeth and Sanford Burt to Otis Wallace, trustee.
116. H. G. OTIS TAFT. "O. Taft" on map. Part of H. 117. 18 Nov., 1832, Abisha Learned land to Edward Denny, who built the house which was in 1836 sold with the adjacent mill property ; 28 June, 1844, William R. Lawrence of Brookline to Lucius O. Ackley ; 20 Jan., 1847, Lucius O. Ackley to Albert Brown of Worcester, mort. ; 9 Oct., 1852, Albert Brown to H. G. Otis Taft.
117. ABISHA LEARNED HOMESTEAD. " Wd. Learned" on map." A part of Col. Ebenezer Learned's purchase of Thompson's heirs ; inherited by Gen. Ebenezer Learned, who built the house, 1783, and d. here. 17 July, 1786, Ebenezer Learned to his son Sylvanus, 150 a., mill privilege, reserving mining rights ; 9 Jan., 1810, Sylvanus Learned 132 a. farm, buildings, water privilege, etc., to his son Abisha, who spent his days and d. here ; place occupied by his widow and dau., who both d. here ; 6 March, 1872, Betsey, widow of Abisha Learned, and Elizabeth R., dau., deeded to Oscar F. Chase & Co., who on 10 Feb., 1882, deeded to Fred. Thayer, present owner.
118. NATHANIEL E. TAFT. "O. Wallis" on map. 12 April, 1797, Timothy Sparhawk to George Alverson of Milford, 37 a. ; 15 March, 1808, George Alverson to Rufus Alverson, with buildings ; 11 April, 1810, George Alverson to George Alverson, Jr., 37 a .; Alverson sold to Mayo Packard, who occupied about 10 years ; 24 March, 1832, Mayo Packard to Lemuel Packard of Marshfield ; 25 Aug., 1834, Lemuel Packard to Cyrus Packard of Oxford, black- smith ; Packard sold to Otis Wallace, who d. here ; 9 March, 1867, Charles O. Wallace, son of Otis, to Franklin F. Ryder; 18 Oct., 1873, Franklin F. Ryder to William Pratt; 27 Oct., 1881, William Pratt to Nathaniel E. Taft.
119. [House removed ; not on map.] About 100 rods west of H. 118, in the field, with no road to it, was Asa Conant's place. 3 Nov., 1787, Samuel Danforth of Boston to Asa Conant, 38 a., b. south on Kitchen, west on Thomas Clark, east on village line; 16 Jan., 1802, administrator of estate of Conant to Sylvanus Town ; 6 March, 1808, Sylvanus Town to Andrew and Silas Fitts, 26 a. ; 4 Sept., 1815, these to Benjamin Fitts, 54 a. House went to decay and was removed many years ago ; barn now standing.
120. RUSSELL ARNOLD and RUFUS G. ALVERSON. "D. Childs" on map. In 1821 Timothy Sparhawk gave to his dau. Mary 4 a. lying west of the river, about west of the Baptist Meeting-house. She m. Joseph Childs, who built a house, lived and both d. here. This house was removed in 1847 and the land divided between two
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heirs. Daniel, the son, went a short distance south and built the present house, where he d. His widow m. Russell Arnold, present owner. Lucy A., the dau., m. Franklin F. Ryder, who built a new house at the corner of Leicester road, which he sold 29 March, 1867, to Rufus G. Alverson, the present owner.
121. JONAS TOLMAN. "J. Tolman" on map. Reuben Lamb homestead. 1 March, 1735, John Town to Caleb Lamb ; 29 April, 1736, Caleb Lamb to Jacob Cummings ; 1742, Jacob Cummings to Samuel Baker of Ashford, Conn. ; 3 Oct., 1749, Samuel Baker to John and Joseph Edwards ; 30 May, 1760, John and Joseph Edwards to Asa Conant ; March, 1766, Asa Conant to Jonathan Phillips, 6 a., house, mill, etc. ; 21 June, 1769, Jonathan Phillips to Reuben Lamb, who sold to his son Joseph ; 1822, Joseph Lamb to Cyrus Lamb, whose dau. was w. of Jonas Tolman, present owner. There were two dwell- ing houses on this estate. Timothy Sparhawk lived in one with a gambrel roof which stood near the river on the east. A large elm standing by it was blown over in the gale Sept., 1815, wrecking it. Sparhawk had previously built another house near, in which he and Cyrus Lamb both lived. The present house was built by Tolman. [See Lamb Mill.]
122. BATTEY TAVERN. "J. Batte" on map. Part of H. 121. 5 June, 1826, Joseph Lamb to Richard Stone ; 21 Dec., 1829, Richard Stone to Charles J. Stratford ; 29 Jan., 1837, Charles J. Stratford to John A. and Joshua A. Battey ; Feb., 1875, Lafayette E. Battey to Eliza McMahon. All buildings burned in 1877.
123. BRICK STORE at North Oxford. "L. & B. Larned" on map. Built by Asa Cutler & Co. 1 Oct., 1839, deeded by them to Emory Sanford ; 1 April, 1854, Emory Sanford to Lewis M. and Benjamin F. Learned; 8 Sept., 1860, Benjamin F. to Lewis M. Learned ; 16 Feb., 1864, Lewis M. Learned to Lafayette E. Battey ; 10 Oct., 1866, Lafayette E. Battey to Albert Kelley ; 2 April, 1872, Albert Kelley to Willis M. Wellington ; 1 May, 1877, Willis M. Wellington to H. G. Otis Taft and James O. Copp ; 7 May, 1882, H. G. O. Taft and James O. Copp to Clarissa A. Mann ; 6 Aug., 1886, Clarissa A., w. of Daniel W. Mann, to Frederick Thayer, present owner.
124. Late JOHN STAFFORD. "J. Stafford" on map. 3 Nov., . 1837, Asa Cutler and George Torrey to Robert Fitts, lot next south of 123; Fitts built the house; 16 April, 1841, Robert Fitts of Leverett to Elbridge G. Warren and others, for a parsonage; 16 March, 1842, Elbridge G. Warren et al. to William Copp ; 6 June, 1843, administrator of estate of Copp to Elbridge G. Warren et al .; 16 Dec., 1844, Committee of Baptist Church to Jesse W. Copp ; 22 Sept., 1847, Jesse W. Copp to John Stafford and Fred. A. Copp ; 21
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July, 1854, Fred. A. Copp to John Stafford, one-half. Stafford built the lower house on the lot.
125. NATHANIEL IDE. "David Stone" on map. 28 March, 1765, John Wiley to Ebenezer Cutler, 70 a. and buildings ; 3 Aug., 1765, Ebenezer Cutler to Josiah Wolcott; 10 April, 1770, Josiah Wolcott to Jacob Pierce, 6 a. ; 1773, Daniel Phillips to Thomas Fish, "the house of the late Jacob Pierce," reserving a two-rod road to Lamb's mill and granting the well on the opposite side of the road. [The road through North Oxford then passed this house.] 1775, Thomas Fish to Charles Dabney of Providence ; 2 May, 1780, Charles Dabney to Sylvanus Town ; 15 June, 1790, Sylvanus Town to Richard Moore ; 4 April, 1800, executor of Richard Moore to Thomas Clark, reserving widow Margaret's rights ; 19 Feb., 1801, Margaret Moore, known as "Peggy Dick," to Ebenezer Clark, her thirds ; 17 May, 1815, Thomas Clark to Ebenezer Clark; 13 May, 1829, Ebenezer Clark to Jonathan Rice ; 25 Feb., 1831, Jonathan Rice to Asa Cutler and Joseph Stafford ; Dec., 1836, Cutler and Stafford to David Stone, 1 a. 77 rods ; 11 Feb., 1857, David Stone to Nathaniel Ide of Auburn.
126. Heirs of SILAS TURNER. "Silas Turner" on map. The old road passing H. 125 led on past this estate. 27 Nov., 1750, Ebenezer Learned to his son Ebenezer, 200 a. on Prospect Hill. Gen. Ebenezer Learned built the present house ; 17 Dec., 1778, Ebenezer Learned to John Pierce of Middleboro', 100 a .; 21 Jan., 1780, John Pierce to Abraham Hill of Shutesbury for £10,000, depreciated currency, 100 a. ; 25 Oct., 1787, Abraham Hill to his son Aaron Hill; 2 March, 1790, Aaron Hill to Ebenezer Pray; 2 Aug., 1790, Ebenezer Pray to Aaron Hill, and, same date, Hill to William Bell of Boston ; 17 Sept., 1802, William Bell to John Stockwell of Ward ; 1 May, 1804, John Stockwell of Oxford, cabinet maker, to Jacob Turner, who d. here. His son Silas succeeded and also d. here, and his heirs now occupy.
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