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127. [House removed. ] "Simeon Davidson" on map. On Pros- pect Hill. 16 April, 1793, Ebenezer Learned to Benjamin Pratt of Ashford, Conn., 42 a. and buildings ; 1 March, 1809, Benjamin Pratt to Asa Cheney of Ward, who built a new house ; 29 Feb., 1816, Asa Cheney to Ebenezer Follansbee of Millbury, who occupied and mort. to Cheney, who, 1817, assigned to Luther Stone. In 1825 Stone assigned to John Jacobs of Millbury ; 21 Aug., 1839, Abigail Cudworth of Millbury to John C., son of Simeon Davidson ; Simeon Davidson occupied and d. here ; 20 May, 1875, his heirs deeded to Albert Kelley. The house, then unoccupied, was burned soon after Kelley bought.
128. [House removed. ] "Hannah Shumway" on map. Near Auburn line on Worcester road was the house of Samuel Shumway, 43
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where he settled as early as 1830. Reuben Aborn was later owner, and 14 March, 1857, sold to Simeon Davidson, who occupied, 35 a. The house was cheaply built and untenantable many years ago.
129. CHARLES H. WELLINGTON. "Wm. Willington" on map. 25 March, 1777, Phinehas Allen to Nathan Pratt ; 15 Sept., 1785, Nathan Pratt to James Meriam of North Gore ; 6 Aug., 1788, James Meriam to Aaron Parker, 30 a .; 1795, Aaron Parker to his son Phinehas, one-half ; 1823, Phinehas Parker to David Lamb, Jr. ; 1832, David Lamb, Jr., to Lucretia P., w. of William Wellington. Charles H., son of William, is present owner.
130. ELIZABETH HILTON. "R. Aborn" on map. The home lot of Ebenezer Learned. 21 Oct., 1754, Ebenezer Learned to his son Jeremiah, one-half ; Jeremiah d. here, 1812, and his son Jeremiah succeeded, and also d. here, 1829 ; 17 March, 1830, administrator of his estate through Hiram Moffitt to Sylvester McIntire ; 3 Oct., 1830, Sylvester McIntire to Stephen Barton, one-half, and 26 April, 1833, the remaining half ; 1 April, 1846, Stephen Barton to Reuben Aborn, 160 a. In 1853 Aborn built a new house near, and 1 Sept., 1870, sold the old house with 147 rods of land to Edward Hilton.
131. MICHAEL TOOMEY. "D. Hovey" on map. 23 Jan., 1759, John Town to William Parker; 25 Feb., 1765, William Parker to Jonathan Phillips ; 11 March, 1766, Jonathan Phillips to James Free- land, a lot of land at the junction of Worcester and Leicester roads ; no buildings named in either deed ; 21 July, 1778, James Freeland to Silas Rice of Lancaster, with buildings which Freeland had probably erected ; 21 Sept., 1778, Silas Rice to Joseph Read of Lancaster ; 30 March, 1779, Joseph Read to Benjamin Hovey ; 4 Jan., 1785, Benja- min Hovey to Benjamin Learned ; 23 March, 1791, Benjamin Learned to Ebenezer Davis of Charlton; 12 Nov., 1791, Ebenezer Davis to Dr. Jonathan H. Learned, whose father in 1792 took down the old house and built the present one ; Dr. Learned occupied till his decease in 1810; 10 Dec., 1812, executor of his estate to Henry G., son of Jonathan H. Learned ; 13 March, 1823, Henry G. Learned to Benja- min, son of Benjamin Learned ; same date, Benjamin Learned to Ste- phen Southworth of Douglas ; 1825, Stephen Southworth back to Ben- jamin Learned; 1 March, 1829, executor of estate of Benjamin Learned to David Mann of Mendon; 7 Nov., 1833, David Mann to David Barton and Vester Vassall; 10 May, 1834, David Barton to Vester Vassall, one-half ; 27 March, 1835, Vester Vassall to Jeremiah Dana, who occupied; 7 March, 1844, Jeremiah Dana to George Torrey and Benjamin Brayton of Killingly, Conn. ; 5 April, 1844, they to Daniel and Hannah Hovey, who occupied ; 6 Oct., 1854, Daniel and Hannah Hovey to John S. Cummings ; 30 July, 1855, John S. Cummings to James W. Whitman ; 4 Oct., 1866, James W. Whitman to Michael Toomey.
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132. ASA H. POPE. "Asa Pope" on map. The home lot of Daniel Elliot, transferred to him by vote, from John Chandler, Jr. ; 18 March, 1720, Daniel Elliot to Richard Moore; 21 Oct., 1725, Richard Moore to Benjamin Eddy of Watertown; William, son of Benjamin Eddy, succeeded, and in 1768 built the present house ; 23 Aug., 1784, William Eddy to his son Reuben, one-half ; 29 Jan., 1811, Reuben Eddy to his son Joel, one-third ; 15 April, 1819, Joel Eddy to Jonathan Adams of Providence ; 30 Oct., 1823, Jonathan Adams to his dau. Sylvia, w. of West Pope, who occupied till her decease, 1871. Asa H., her son, bought the rights of the other heirs.
133. CYRUS KIDDER. "S. Kidder" on map. 18 Feb., 1740, Israel Whitney (title not found) to Jedediah Barton ; 1 March, 1769, Jedediah Barton to Jacob Pierce; 10 April, 1770, Jacob Pierce to David Allen : 1777, David Allen to Abiel Atwood; 27 Aug., 1800, Abiel Atwood to Simeon Stockwell of Sutton ; 9 Nov., 1808, Simeon Stockwell to his brother, John Stockwell ; 12 Jan., 1810, John Stock- well, then occupant, to Jonathan Learned ; 5 May, 1815, Hannah, widow of Asa Walker, who held a mort., to William T. Fisk ; 1815, William T. Fisk to Ebenezer Shumway and Oliver Shumway ; 1822, Ebenezer Shumway to Oliver Shumway, who quitclaimed to Hannah Walker, who deeded to David Lamb, Jr. ; 1823, David Lamb, Jr., to Peter Kidder, who d. here; Cyrus, his son, succeeded, and built the present house in 1851.
134. EVELINE AND ALMA HAWES. The two houses east of the road and a short distance from it, near the Hawes place, were built by Pope and Warner for mill hands, and were sold with the mill to Nahum Sibley [see Mills]. 14 May, 1846, assignee of Sibley to Israel Sibley ; 1 April, 1847, Israel Sibley to Ashbel M. Hawes, 5 a., 2 houses, etc. Mr. Hawes' daughters are present owners.
135. Late JULIA DALEY. A very old house, which was conveyed with the adjoining mill property many times [see Eliott Mill], now the property of Mrs. John C. Hammond, she having received it from the estate of her father, Jasper Brown.
136. EVELINE AND ALMA HAWES. "A. M. Hawes" on map. Part of Eliott Mill estate. 3 Nov., 1816, Amos Hudson to Ashbel M. Hawes, 2 a. and buildings. In 1833 Hawes removed the old house and built the present one, now occupied by his daughters.
137. [House removed ; not on map.] 3 Dec., 1766, Thomas Davis to Ebenezer Shumway, 3} a. west of 8-rod road near the " great hill." The north cemetery embraces a part of this lot ; Shum- way built a house and occupied ; 19 March, 1777, Ebenezer Shum- way to Andrew Patch; 8 April, 1797, Andrew Patch to Richard
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Moore. This house was occupied by tenants, one Jordan being among the last. It was of small value and was removed soon after 1800.
138. JOSHUA TURNER HOMESTEAD. "W. Hancock" on map. House built on the westerly part of his farm by Joshua Turner while living at H. 175. He occupied and d. here ; his only heir, his dau. Mary, succeeded, and 9 Aug., 1852, deeded to William J. Hancock, son-in-law of Alpheus Eddy ; 20 Feb., 1873, William J. Hancock to Jasper Brown, whose heirs, 24 Aug., 1887, deeded to his dau., Mrs. John C. Hammond, present owner.
139. JOHN A. TAFT. "J. Fitts" on map. The home lot of Daniel Eliott, Jr. 17 Oct., 1716, Daniel Eliott, Jr., to Joseph Dana of Killingly, Conn. ; 15 May, 1717, Joseph Dana to Jonathan Pratt, who also bought other land on the west side of the 8-rod way; 10 March, 1731, Jonathan Pratt to his son Micah, one-half the home farm ; 14 Sept., 1733, Micah Pratt to his brother Jonas, half his father's estate, deeded to him in 1731; Jonas was a blacksmith and settled on the west side the road north of Town's pond ; 12 Nov., Jonas Pratt to Thomas Pratt, one-half his land and buildings ; 1 April, 1786, Jonas and Thomas Pratt to Sylvanus Town, as follows : beginning at southwest corner by Joshua Turner's land and Charlton road, thence east by said road to the town street, crossing it and continuing by a road to Ambrose Stone's land ; thence north by Stone's land to Joshua Turner's land, thence west to the said street and crossing it to Richard Moore's land, etc. This embraced the Eliott 40 a. on east side the Worcester road. Town removed the old house and built a new one about 1800. The Pratt house on west side the road was taken down. 13 May, 1803, Sylvanus Town to Ebenezer Burnap ; 12 June, 1815, Ebenezer Burnap to Elias Pratt, Jr. ; 30 June, 1817, Elias Pratt, Jr., to Bela Tiffany ; 1 April, 1822, Bela Tiffany to Alpheus Eddy, who occupied and carried on butchering ; 13 Nov., 1841, Alpheus Eddy to Emory Sanford ; 1 Nov., 1843, Emory San- ford to John Fitts, who occupied; 1 April, 1857, John Fitts to Maverick Jennison for Otis S. Pond; Jennison deeded to Cyrus Truesdell, and he to Sylvanus Robinson, none occupied ; 8 March, 1864, Sylvanus Robinson to Octavius Harper ; 9 Sept., 1864, Octavius Harper to James Quan, whose sister, Mrs. Purcell, occupied ; 1 Oct., 1870, James Quan to Levi Hardy of Worcester ; 30 July, 1873, Levi Hardy to Charles I. Rawson ; 10 Oct., 1874, Charles I. Rawson to Nathaniel E. Taft ; 7 May, 1875, Nathaniel E. Taft to John A. Taft.
140. [House removed ; not on map.] Adjoining H. 139 on the west, supposed to have been homestead of Micah Pratt ; house on an old road running north from the old Charlton road, which ran on the north side of Town's pond; is now the southern part of Kidder's
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farm and lies west of the north cemetery. 8 Aug., 1740, Israel Whitney to Micah Pratt, 30 a., near Cedar Swamp; 1 April, 1771, administrator of estate of Micah Pratt to Abner Shumway ; 5 May, 1772, Abner Shumway to Jonas Pratt and Thomas Fish, 32 a. ; 5 Jan., 1773, these to Daniel Hovey and Ebenezer Shumway, contain- ing clay pits, now to be seen ; Pratt probably made brick here, and the cellar of his house, not far from the pits, may also be seen. The house was removed long ago. 18 May, 1796, Nathaniel Whitmore to James Williams, 21 a., brick-yard and clay pits.
141. MARY A. MIRICK. "J. Merriam" on map. The home lot of Israel Town. 23 Feb., 1749, Israel Town to his son Moses, one- half ; 10 Oct., 1760, to same, the remainder ; 25 April, 1763, Moses Town to Josiah Wolcott and William Watson ; 3 Jan., 1771, they to Edward Allen of Warwick ; 13 Oct., 1773, Edward Allen of Oxford to Andrew Patch ; 13 March, 1774, Andrew Patch to Isaac Fisk of Framingham, whose son Daniel occupied, built the present house in 1791, and d. here; 12 Sept., 1815, heirs of Daniel Fisk to William T. Fisk ; 1 Sept., 1819, William T. Fisk to Lyman Tiffany ; 10 Jan., 1831, Lyman Tiffany to Alexander DeWitt; 16 March, 1831, Alex- ander DeWitt to Alexander C. Thurston ; 2 Dec., 1840, Alexander C. Thurston to Ira Merriam ; 29 March, 1887, Ira Merriam to Mary A. Mirick.
142. [House removed ; not on map.] West side of Town's Pond. 1754, John Shumway (H. 183, whose farm extended north to this place), to Ebenezer Fish, 5 a., reserving a road through it, the old Charlton road; Fish settled here; 7 May, 1764, Ebenezer Fish to Ephraim Ballard, with house, shop, etc. ; 6 Nov., 1772, Ephraim Ballard to Stephen Pratt; 7 Nov., 1780, Stephen Pratt of Charlton to his brother, Jonas Pratt, Jr. Before 1794 Thomas Russell bought this place and occupied until about 1805. The house was then poor and soon became untenantable and was re- moved. The old well still exists. A pleasant spot, the beauty of which is excelled by few in the town.
143. [House removed.] North of Town's Pond, near H. 142, and may have been a part of it. Fish probably built the house. 6 Sept., 1773, Ebenezer Fish to William Watson, 1 a., house and shoemaker's shop, b. north on old Charlton road 20 rods ; no further record. The cellar is visible ; house removed probably before 1800.
144. GILBERT. WARD. House on east shore of Town's Pond, originally an office and store of Dr. Fisk's and was removed from the east side of the road. Dr. William T. Fisk occupied it as a house and Rev. David Batcheller lived in it a year. 4 May, 1819, William T. Fisk to Ebenezer Guild, who began the hatting business here ; 1820,
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Ebenezer Guild to Alexander C. Thurston; 1822, Alexander C. Thurston to Silas Eddy, who occupied ; 1825, Alexander C. Thurs- ton to Lyman Tiffany; Jan., 1831, Lyman Tiffany to Alexander DeWitt ; 1 April, 1832, Alexander De Witt to William Sigourney ; 1 April, 1835, William Sigourney to David Holman, who occupied ; 28 Jan., 1842, David Holman to Reuben T. Eddy; 10 April, 1844, Reuben T. Eddy to Emerson Eddy ; 17 April, 1847, Emerson Eddy to Lucina Cogswell; 2 Dec., 1848, Lucina Cogswell to Orrin D. Bolster; 12 May, 1853, Orrin D. Bolster to Mary, w. of Martin Blandin ; 1862, Mary Blandin to Jasper Brown ; 3 April, 1886, heirs of Jasper Brown to Gilbert Ward.
145. KEZIAH ADAMS. "J. Collier" on map. House stands on the south part of H. 144, was originally part of the Alexander De Witt house, H. 226, built for a store and removed about 1822 by Silas Eddy, soon after buying H. 144. 6 Aug., 1830, a committee of the town deeded to Albert Sherman ; 8 April, 1839, Albert Sher- man to Otis Moffitt ; 25 Dec., 1841, Otis Moffitt to Jasper Brown ; 1842, Jasper Brown to James Collier, who mort. to Samuel Smith, who assigned to John Fitts ; 15 April, 1859, John Fitts to Mary A., w. of William F. Collier (son of James), who devised to her sister Emily Jillson ; Dec., 1863, Emily Jillson to James B. Campbell ; 18 April, 1864, James B. Campbell to Keziah, w. of Fitz Adams.
146. TIMOTHY T. BURBANK. "Miss L. Moffitt" on map. 1 Oct., 1832, Josiah S. Prentice 60 rods, to Otis Moffitt, who removed the present house from H. 184, occupied and d. here, 1848. His former wife, then Mrs. Simeon Lamb, 9 May, 1864, deeded to Horace W. Butler, who mort. to Jasper Brown, who 1 May, 1865, assigned to Washburn Lumbard, who occupied and d. here; 2 April, 1873, executor of Lumbard to Timothy T. Burbank.
147. . WILLIAM H. MARBLE. House on Millbury road in borders of Auburn. 21 March, 1737, Daniel Hovey to Joseph Pratt, 25 a. at north end of "Long Hill"; 8 Jan., 1748, Jonathan Kenney to same, 18 a., near same; 14 March, 1778, Joseph Pratt to his son John, one-half ; Joseph and John both occupied and d. here ; 8 April, 1835, administrator of estate of John Pratt to Leonard Eddy, 78 a. ; 10 March, 1837, Leonard Eddy to Ebenezer B. Walker ; 6 April, 1838, Ebenezer B. Walker to Clark Adams of Northbridge ; 11 Nov., 1845, Clark Adams to Luther Marble, who d. here, and his son William now owns and occupies.
148. GEORGE GIBSON. "P. Foster" on map. 1744, Joseph Pratt to Jonathan Kenney, 25 a. at north end of "Long Hill" [see H. 147]; 1746, Jonathan Kenney to Ebenezer Gale, who had sold H. 173 ; 14 March, 1755, Ebenezer Gale to his son Ebenezer of Sutton,
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with a house ; 16 April, 1770, Ebenezer Gale to Robert Fitts of Sutton ; Fitts traded here ; 21 March, 1777, Robert Fitts to Benjamin Hovey ; 17 April, 1779, Benjamin Hovey to Andrew Patch, whose homestead adjoined on the west; 3 Aug., 1781, Andrew Patch to Benjamin Nichols, living in no town near Manchaug Pond, later of Westminster, both his homestead and this "Hovey Place," 130 a. ; Patch rem. to Sutton before 1784 and d. there; 1784, executor of Andrew Patch recovered judgment vs. Nichols, and took the land lying east of Millbury road and imprisoned Nichols ; 14 Dec., 1784, executor of Andrew Patch to John Pratt, 26 a., taken on execution ; Ebenezer, son of John Pratt, settled and d. here ; 3 April, 1837, Betsey, widow of Ebenezer Pratt, to Learned Davis ; same date, Learned Davis to Aaron Adams ; 21 Feb., 1839, Aaron Adams to Eliphalet H. Cummings ; 9 Nov., 1841, Eliphalet H. Cummings to Jonathan H. Foster, whose parents occupied ; 6 April, 1865, Jona- than H. Foster to Samuel Rice of Millbury ; 2 March, 1867, Samuel Rice to Ruth E., w. of George Gibson of Sutton.
149. [House removed ; not on map.] No road ; old cellar to be seen nearly one mile north of North Oxford railroad station ; swamp east and west of it. 1 July, 1763, Daniel Streeter of Charlton to Josiah Town ; 18 July, 1764, Josiah Town to William Brown, 50 a. and buildings ; Brown had previously occupied and perhaps built the house ; 13 March, 1773, administrator of estate of Brown to Andrew Patch, 108 a .; 3 Aug., 1781, Andrew Patch to Benjamin Nichols ; 9 Aug., 1783, Benjamin Nichols to Moses Hovey and Samuel Blanchard ; 20 April, 1784, Moses Hovey to Ebenezer Ormsbee of Sutton, 75 a. of the Patch farm, part in Oxford and part in Ward ; 2 Oct., 1788, Ebenezer Ormsbee to Sarah, w. of John Wright, of Reading (Vt .? ) ; 1789, John Wright and w. of Oxford to Abijah Burnap. No house has been standing within the memory of any now living.
150. [House removed ; not on map. ] South of H. 149. 27 Oct., 1758, John Town to his son Abner, who built a house and settled here. A beaver dam at the lower end of the swamp afforded a crossing to this place. 18 Aug., 1783, Abner Town to Phinehas Town, who mort. to John Nichols ; May, 1786, John Nichols to Abijah Burnap ; 7 Nov., 1807, to Ezra Sparhawk ; 1824, Ezra Spar- hawk mort. to Abijah Davis. There were two houses on this place, Sparhawk occupied one and Phinehas Parker, who m. his dau., the other. 1831, Abijah Davis to Ebenezer B. Walker, who occupied till he built a new house on the hill at the east part of the estate, H. 151. The old houses were removed.
151. CHARLES E. SLOCOMB AND EMILY D. WILSON. "E. B. Walker" on map. A part of H. 150. Walker built the house about 1835, lived and d. here. 23 Sept., 1884, Charles N. Walker, son of
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Ebenezer B., to Bradford N. Wales ; 7 Aug., 1889, Bradford N. Wales to Charles E. Slocomb and Emily D. Wilson.
152. [House removed ; not on map.] John, (son of Dea. John) Town, homestead, and with H. 150 and 151, comprised his farm ; 23 Feb., 1763, John Town to his son Isaac, one-half. The house stood not far from the present railroad track, on the old road running north on lower land west of the house on H. 151. Isaac Town d. here ; 18 April, 1786, his heirs deeded to Jonas Eddy. House re- moved before 1800.
153. JAMES W. WHITMAN. "M. Stone" on map. 15 May, 1716, Joseph Dana to Jonathan Pratt ; 30 Jan., 1723, Jonathan Pratt to his son Jonathan, 60 a. ; 19 March, 1772, Jonathan Pratt to his son Elias Pratt ; Elias, son of Elias, was next owner, and was succeeded by his son Sylvanus, who in 1816 sold to Luke R. Stone of Douglas, who d. here, 1862, and was succeeded by his son Moses, who in 1877 sold to James W. Whitman. This is one of the oldest houses in town and built, it is believed, by Jonathan Pratt.
154. AMORY TRUMBULL. "E. Trumble" on map. Old Jonas Eddy house, removed about 1810 from the site of H. 156 when that was built. It was fitted up and occupied for a time by Sylvanus Pratt. In July, 1817, Nehemiah P. Barton and John McKnight bought it and occupied two or three years. 6 July, 1825, Lydia, widow of Elias Pratt, to Sylvanus Thayer, commandant at West Point, this place with the trip hammer shop, 32 a. and water power ; Silas Ludden, his brother-in-law, occupied ; 27 May, 1834, Sylvanus Thayer of Boston to Amory Trumbull, the same.
155. THOMAS MAGNER. Brick house, built 1811 by Sylvanus Pratt, who sold 9 Oct., 1816, to Benjamin Vassall, who d. here ; 4 Jan., 1843, Vester Vassall, son of Benjamin, to Moses K. Shepardson ; 17 April, 1848, Moses K. Shepardson to Stephen Barton, Jr. ; 7 Oct., 1848, Stephen Barton, Jr., to Philander Pond ; 2 April, 1855, Philander Pond to Emerson Eddy ; 12 March, 1864, Emerson Eddy to Nathaniel Eddy ; 1 March, 1869, Nathaniel Eddy to Mary A. Laverty ; 11 April, 1870, Mary A. Laverty to Ebenezer B. Walker ; 5 June, 1876, administrator of Ebenezer B. Walker to Charles N. Walker ; 7 June, 1876, Charles N. Walker to Charles A. Legg ; 18 Oct., 1878, Charles A. Legg to Thomas Magner.
156. PETER KIDDER. "J. Eddy" on map. 14 Feb., 1781, William Eddy to his son Jonas, 50 a., northeast part of his farm, H. 132 ; Jonas with his sons Alpheus and Jonas, Jr., built the present house about 1810, and d. here ; 1 April, 1837, Thaddeus Hall, who m. dau. of Jonas Eddy, to Norwich and Worcester Railroad Co. ; 26 a
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Nov., 1838, Norwich and Worcester Railroad Co. sold to Benjamin Vassall, who 26 Nov., 1838, sold to Joel Eddy, who d. here ; 5 Nov., 1853, Joel Eddy to his son Nathaniel ; 5 April, 1870, Nathaniel Eddy to Ebenezer B. Walker; 20 May, 1876, administrator of Ebenezer B. Walker to Peter Kidder.
157. [House removed.] Part of H. 132. House near the site of the North Oxford railroad station. 23 March, 1763, William Eddy to Hezekiah, son of John Eddy, land at northwest part of Brush Hill ; same date, Hezekiah Eddy to John Ballard, 45 a. ; Ballard built the house and d. here, his son John succeeded ; 3 Oct., 1826, John Ballard to Jonas E. Stockwell of Sutton; 16 Feb., 1836, Jonas E. Stockwell to Asahel Knowlton of Ward; 1 April, 1837, Asahel Knowlton to Norwich and Worcester Railroad Co. House removed to the Plain and now stands near the passenger station, east.
158. TYLER HOLMAN. "D. Bugbee" on map. Extreme northeast on Millbury road. 20 Dec., 1757, Joseph Whipple of Grafton to George Gould, Jr., of Danvers, 146 a. " wilderness land"; 11 April, 1777, George Gould of Dedham to Abraham Waters ; 1 March, 1784, Ebenezer, son of Abraham Waters, to Arthur Daggett, 93 a. and buildings bought of George Gould; 21 June, 1797, Arthur Daggett to Rodolphus Edson ; 19 March, 1812, Rodolphus Edson of Northbridge to Ebenezer Dana ; 13 Sept., 1816, Ebenezer Dana to Isaac Stone of Ward, who occupied; 7 Dec., 1836, Isaac Stone to Jonas E. Stockwell ; 10 Nov., 1837, Jonas E. Stockwell to Francis Holman ; 2 March, 1839, Francis Holman to Benjamin Barnes ; 17 Dec., 1840, Benjamin Barnes to Dexter Bugbee, who removed the old house and built the present one ; 1 April, 1844, Dexter Bugbee to Daniel Hewett ; 1 April, 1857, Daniel Hewett to Mary C. Ball ; 7 April, 1858, Mary C. and Edwin S. Ball to Harrison O. Clark ; 19 April, 1858, Harrison O. Clark to Tyler Holman.
159. DENNY S. PUTNAM. "D. Putnam" on map. A part of "wilderness land" named in H. 158. 1777, Abraham Waters to Ezra Mixer ; 3 March, 1780, Ezra Mixer to David Mixer, one-half ; 20 Jan., 1789, David and Ezra Mixer of Charlton to Arthur Daggett ; 21 June, 1797, Arthur Daggett to Amos Harding, who d. here, his son Samuel succeeding ; 3 April, 1838, Samuel Harding to Mary Aldrich ; 28 April, 1847, Mary Aldrich to Emerson Eddy ; 7 Oct., 1850, Emerson Eddy to Denny S. Putnam.
160. DAVID W. WELCH. "A. C. Aldrich" on map. In 1724 Enoch Kidder of Billerica bought three tracts of land in west part of Sutton ; 30 Oct., 1734, he deeded to his son Francis 200 a., b. west on Oxford line, of which this is a part. The three sons of Francis Kidder inherited each a portion ; 19 July, 1770, a division was made ; 44
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this was deeded to Francis, Jr., by his brothers Jonathan and John ; 4 June, 1772, Daniel Hovey, title not found, to Moses Hovey ; 12 March, 1784, Moses Hovey to Samuel Blanchard, "the farm on which I now live," 72 a. This was the birthplace of Thomas Blanchard the inventor ; farm set to Oxford from Sutton in 1793 ; 15 Dec., 1823, Samuel Blanchard to Amos C. Aldrich, who occupied many years ; 7 May, 1851, Amos C. Aldrich to Henry D. Stone of Worcester ; 3 Aug., 1851, Henry D. Stone to David G. Aldrich ; 1857, David G. Aldrich to Amos C. Aldrich; 19 Feb., 1861, Amos C. Aldrich to George P. Stevens of Indianapolis, Ind. ; Elizabeth, widow of Stevens, had 40 a. and buildings set off to her ; 11 May, 1870, Elizabeth Stevens to Denny S. Putnam ; same date, Denny S. Putnam to Sibyl, w. of Edward Aldrich ; 28 April, 1873, Sibyl Aldrich to Edward W. Hub- bard of Worcester ; 1876, Edward W. Hubbard to Mary W. and Ben- jamin D. Hume ; 13 May, 1878, they deeded to David W. Welch.
161. JESSE P. TABER. "L. Alger" on map. In the division among the Kidder brothers [see H. 160] this place came to Jonathan Kidder, who settled and d. here, and his son Peter was next owner ; 13 Aug., 1821, Peter Kidder to James Alger ; 19 April, 1834, in the division of this estate of Alger, the house (very old) and a half-acre of land went to his dau. Sibyl ; 8 March, 1866, Sibyl Alger to Henry A. Alger ; 7 Jan., 1871, Henry A. Alger to Joseph Wood [found dead in the road on the Plain] ; 22 May, 1880, heirs of Joseph Wood to Mary E., w. of George Blanchard ; 30 Oct., 1886, Mary E. Blan- chard to John H. Downey of Worcester ; 24 March, 1887, John H. Downey to Jesse P. Taber of Worcester.
162. ELMER L. HALL. "H. Day" on map. 6 July, 1721, Joseph Trumbull of Leicester to Ebenezer Learned, 50 a. ; 4 April, 1722, Ebenezer Learned to Daniel Hovey of Ipswich ; 4 April, 1722, David Town to same, 12 a. near ; 7 April, 1737, Daniel Hovey to Daniel Hovey, Jr. ; occupied by the Hovey family over 100 years, by Gideon, Perez G. and Daniel in succession ; [1 Nov., 1792, Lydia, dau. of Daniel of Putney, to Gideon, her rights ; 1795, Molly to the same] ; 17 March, 1828, Daniel Hovey to Luther Marble ; 24 Feb., 1844, Luther Marble to Hiel Day, who d. here; 26 March, 1874, Sally, his widow, to Mary, w. of John E. Ball of Millbury ; 20 July, 1875, Fannie M. Wilson and Caroline M. Jenks of Worcester (title not found) to Sarah R., w. of Joseph Bodeau ; 24 Aug., 1878, Sarah R. Bodeau to Howard Holden; 1 Oct., 1878, Howard Holden to Elmer L. Hall.
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