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163. BRADFORD G. EDSON. "B. Edson" on map. 14 March, 1720, William Hudson (original settler) to Thomas Bogle, one-half his estate and rights in Oxford village ; 11 Dec., 1766, Thomas Bogle of Sudbury, tailor, to John Bogle, 73 a. ; 20 Feb., 1768, John Bogle
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to Nathaniel Muzzy of Rutland, his brother-in-law ; 8 April, 1774, Nathaniel Muzzy to Anthony Sigourney of Boston, sugar boiler ; 1778, Anthony Sigourney to Darius Chase of Freetown, mariner ; 1780, Darius Chase to Lemuel Crane of Berkley, who settled and d. here ; 28 Oct., 1816, Crane mort. to Rodolphus Edson ; 26 May, 1818, Ephraim Edson bought right of redemption ; 3 Sept., 1833, Ephraim Edson to Bradford G. Edson.
164. JOHN MCKENNEY. "R. Aldrich" on map. 12 Feb., 1740, Peter Shumway to his son Oliver, 60 a., "being the sixth draught"; Oliver settled here ; 30 Nov., 1773, Oliver Shumway to his son Ebe- nezer, with buildings; 1813, Ebenezer Shumway to William Dana ; 4 March, 1815, William Dana to Reuben Walling of Burrillville, R. I. ; 26 Feb., 1819, Reuben Walling to Abner Walling ; 2 Oct., 1819, Ab- ner Walling to Joel Eddy, who built the present house ; 27 Sept., 1834, Joel Eddy to Royal Aldrich of Mendon, who settled and d. here ; 5 May, 1859, Mary, his widow, to Ruth G. Rich, whose husband d. and she m. (2) John Colton ; 13 Feb., 1865, Ruth G. Colton to Henry A. and Charles W. Stone of Worcester ; 2 Feb., 1867, they to Perley Dean ; 17 April, 1876, Perley Dean to Frederick Rudolph ; 8 May, 1880, Lebbeus T. Converse to A. B. F. Kinney ; 18 May, 1880, A. B. F. Kinney to John McKenney.
165. ASA B. SHEPARDSON. "M. K. Shepardson" on map. 11 Oct., 1739, William Davis of Oxford to Ebenezer Davis of Roxbury, 50 a., 16th draught, b. north by Peter Shumway and John Eddy, east by William Hudson, west by John Eddy and Ebenezer Gale ; Ebe- nezer Davis settled here and d. 1792 ; 14 May, 1793, Edward Davis of Dudley, (who m. Ebenezer's dau.), executor of his estate, to Abner Allen ; 7 May, 1794, Abner Allen to Gilbert Crane ; 25 June, 1805, Gilbert Crane to his sons Lemuel and Gilbert, Jr. ; 30 April, 1807, Lemuel Crane to Andrew Sigourney ; house burned 1812; 18 Feb., 1813, Andrew Sigourney to Sylvanus Pratt, who built a new house ; 22 Oct., 1818, Daniel Eddy (title not found) to Leonard Eddy, who d. 1825 ; 8 Feb., 1826, Joel Eddy, his brother, to Luther Meriam, who occupied ; 9 May, 1849, Luther Meriam to Moses K. Shepardson, who d. here, and his son Asa B. succeeded him. The second house was burned, 1874, rebuilt by Shepardson.
166. WARD B. CLARK. "J. M. Fairbanks" on map. 1723, Ichabod Woodward of Oxford to John Eddy of Watertown, land on " Brush Hill "; Eddy settled and d. here ; 5 Jan., 1770, executors of his estate to William Everden of Douglas, who occupied [Everden came from Dedham to Douglas, having bought land there in 1745 ; he is said to have been the uncle of the second Mrs. Josiah Wolcott] ; 6 Feb., 1786, William Everden to his son-in-law, Ambrose Stone, for a support. Stone had previously bought land near, and settled at
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the present Ward B. Clark house ; Everden left the old house, which stood a fourth of a mile northerly in the field, and d. at Stone's. The old house was blown down in a gale. Ambrose Stone, Jr., succeeded his father as owner, and d. here as did his father. Daniel, son of Ambrose, Jr., was next owner, and also d. here. 27 Nov., 1821, his administrator deeded to Luther Burnett. In 1832, while Burnett owned, the house was burned. He rebuilt and also d. here, and his son Harvey succeeded ; 20 March, 1851, the heirs of Luther Burnett to Amos C. Aldrich ; 1 April, 1851, Amos C. Aldrich to his son-in- law, Joseph M. Fairbanks ; after a year or two it reverted to Aldrich, and after his decease in 1865 his dau. Ruth G. bought the rights of the other heirs. She m. Ward B. Clark ; they now own and occupy.
167. Late MARSHALL PRATT. "H. Adams" on map. A part of H. 173. 6 Sept., 1821, Nahum Pratt to Artemas G. Metcalf, who built the house; his father and mother both d. here; 24 Feb., 1829, Artemas G. Metcalf to Andrew Sigourney ; 14 April, 1837, Andrew Sigourney to Jonathan P. Dana ; 22 Aug., 1839, Jonathan P. Dana to Henry Adams, who occupied many years ; 11 Sept., 1860, Henry Adams to Elvira, w. of Vernon Chaffee ; 14 Jan., 1864, Elvira Chaffee to Angelina, w. of John Geer ; 3 April, 1865, Angelina Geer to Adaline M. Stockwell ; 5 Jan., 1867, Adaline M. Stockwell to Joseph Brown; 1 Sept., 1871, executor of Brown to Ann Maria, widow of James B. Walker ; 1873, Ann Maria Walker to Marshall Pratt, who d. here ; 1885, administrator of Pratt to Lycia L. Hudson ; 1 May, 1885, Lycia L. Hudson to Fanny, w. of Wallace L. Palmer.
168. Late JOHN D. HUDSON. "Jos. Hudson" on map. The home lot of William Hudson. 15 Dec., 1760, William Hudson to his son Joseph, 100 a. and buildings. This place has been owned and occupied by the Hudson family, son succeeding father, from 1713 to the present time.
169. [House removed. ] "P. Hall's heirs" on map. Originally Bernon land, the homestead of John, son of William Hudson. 15 May, 1740, Thomas Mayo to Joseph Phillips, 58 a., reserving mining rights ; 18 May, 1743, Joseph Phillips to John Hudson ; 29 April, 1746, Henry Cooledge of Watertown to same, 27 a. adjoining Sutton line; William, only son of John, was successor ; 1823, William and Bradford Hudson, sons of William, to Paris Hall of Douglas, who occupied and d. here; [Bathsheba, his widow, m. Lemuel Tiffany] ; 9 April, 1856, Bathsheba Tiffany and other heirs of Hall to Moses K. Shepardson ; 26 April, 1856, Moses K. Shep- ardson to Charles Chandler and Eddy Aldrich; 7 Dec., 1862, Chan- dler and Aldrich to Otis N. Pond, who divided the farm and sold to different persons. House sold to Elisha Walker, who removed it.
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170. [House removed. ] "B. Putnam" on map. Jacob Shum- way homestead; Bernon land. 15 May, 1740, Thomas Mayo to Jacob Shumway, 70 a. ; Shumway settled here ; 19 June, 1797, Jacob Shumway to William Hudson, for a support, his farm ; Shumway went to Hudson's to live and the old house was soon removed.
171. LYMAN HUCKINS. "P. Seaver" on map. Amos Shumway homestead ; 5 May, 1746, Henry Cooledge of Watertown to Amos Shumway, 55 a., b. east on Jacob Shumway, reserving three- fourths the iron ore; Shumway settled and d. here ; had a son Amos who succeeded him; Lewis, son of Amos, Jr., was later owner, and 29 Aug., 1826, sold to David Prince; 4 Jan., 1830, David Prince to Otis Prince, one-half ; they occupied together ; 6 April, 1833, David Prince to Otis Prince, other half ; 22 Jan., 1835, Otis Prince to Alpheus Prince ; 11 March, 1844, Alpheus Prince to Alonzo H. and Rufus R. Dana ; 6 March, 1851, A. H. and R. R. Dana to Perley Seaver, who mort., which by assignment came, 1862, to Sylvanus Robinson ; 30 Jan., 1864, Sylvanus Robinson to James D. and Charles W. Adams ; 18 Jan., 1867, these to Collins Allen, who d. here ; 10 Jan., 1883, Byron D. Allen, son of Collins, to Horace Shepardson ; 27 March, 1885, Horace Shepardson to Lyman Huckins.
172. Late MELONIA BOND. "J. P. Dana" on map. 10 May, 1733, Benoni Twichell to his son Seth, two lots, one of 40 and one of 12 a. ; 14 May, 1738, Seth Twichell to Andrew Phillips of Killingly, Conn. ; 14 Oct., 1738, Phillips to Abial Lamb, 12 a., and 4 April, 1740, 40 a. ; 6 March, 1745, Abial Lamb to William Parker of Ox- ford, 27 a., buildings, on "both sides the road from Daniel Gleason's to the meeting-house" ; 10 April, 1758, William Parker to Jonathan Phillips of Oxford ; 9 April, 1764, Jonathan Phillips of Worcester to Aaron Parker of Oxford ; 12 March, 1767, Aaron Parker to Joseph Edwards ; 7 Dec., 1773, Joseph Edwards to Jeremiah Shumway ; 25 May, 1778, Jeremiah Shumway to his son Benjamin Shumway, 50 a. with buildings ; Nov., 1782 [deed not recorded], to William Lamb ; 13 Jan., 1785, William Lamb to Levi Lamb (who had sold H. 187 a short time before), reserving minerals and rights of Experience, widow of Jeremiah Shumway ; Levi Lamb, son of Abial, maintained his father here, and both d. here ; 13 June, 1836, heirs of Levi Lamb to Loring Davis, one-half ; 12 Jan., 1837, Loring Davis to Leonard Laflin, blacksmith ; 5 Jan., 1840, Leonard Laflin to Salem, his brother ; 3 June, 1844, executor of estate of Salem Laflin to Jasper Brown, Alexander DeWitt and Benjamin F. Campbell, who the same year sold to Jonathan P. Dana ; 1 July, 1857, Jonathan P. Dana to John Dinsmore ; 1 April, 1858, John Dinsmore to John C. Steere ; . 14 April, 1864, Sylvanus Robinson to William Daniels, 9 a .;
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same date, E. Davis Stowell to same, 12 a .; 1 Dec., 1864, William Daniels to Noel Allen ; 10 Jan., 1867, Noel Allen to Collins Allen ; 23 July, 1868, Christopher C. Allen, son of Collins, to Melonia Bond.
173. RUFUS R. DANA. "M. & C. Pratt" on map. 14 Nov., 1723, Jesse Town of Topsfield to Timothy Ramsdell of Boxford, a 40 a. lot, b. south on Bernon; 14 Jan., 1730, Timothy Ramsdell to Jacob Comins, who, 5 July, 1732, sold to Solomon Johnson of Leices- ter ; 21 Feb., 1733, Solomon Johnson to Elisha Hedge of Shrews- bury ; 27 Feb., 1734, Elisha Hedge to Ebenezer Gale of Watertown, who settled here ; 29 April, 1746, Ebenezer Gale to Henry Cooledge of Watertown. [Gale bought H. 148 ; Cooledge was son of Dea. John of Watertown ; he m. Phebe Dana ; settled at Cambridge ; Huldah, w. of Jacob Cummings, was his sister; another sister, Deborah, m. Jonathan Pratt] ; 10 April, 1761, Henry Cooledge to Daniel Dana of Brookline ; 24 Jan., 1772, Daniel Dana to Jonathan Pratt, Jr., 184 a. ; Pratt settled and d. here; his son Nahum succeeded, built the present house in 1796, and also d. here ; Marshall and Cooledge, sons of Nahum Pratt, next owned, from whom the estate passed by purchase to their nephew, Jonathan P. Dana. An old cellar near the present house marks the site of what has for more than a century been known as the "Ramsdell House."
174. ALMON ADAMS. "J. Adams" on map. Several titles of this estate cannot be found. 1 July, 1785, Anthony Sigourney was owner and mort. to Andrew Sigourney 67 a. ; later Joel Eddy and Alexander C. Thurston were owners ; 17 June, 1817, they deeded to Jotham Eddy, 48 a. ; Eddy took down the old house and built the present one. 1 March, 1838, Jotham Eddy to Jennison Adams, 50 a. and buildings ; Adams d. here and his son Almon is owner. He made thorough repairs of the house, 1878.
175. [House removed.] "M. Toomey" on map. In 1771 this place was owned and occupied by Phinehas Ward. Twelve or fifteen years later Joshua Turner was owner; title not found. 10 Dec., 1813, he deeded 2 a. with old house (he having built a new one at the west end of the farm on the 8-rod way), to John Wait, who was a blacksmith, employed at the scythe works at Eliott mill place ; 5 March, 1816, John Wait to Jonas Ward, blacksmith, who had a shop here ; he d. here 1842; 3 April, 1843, executor of Jonas Ward to Michael Toomey. House burned 1883.
176. JOSEPH STEVENS. "J. Stevens" on map. The home lot of John Town. 9 Dec., 1731, John Town to his son Jonathan, 50 a. ; 3 April, 1753, Jonathan Town to his son John, captain in Revolution- ary war; 2 June, 1788, John Town to William Phips of Ward ; Town rem. to Ward ; 4 Nov., 1794, William Phips to William Forbes,
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who d. here, 1808 ; 22 April, 1811, heirs of Forbes to Alpheus Eddy ; 28 March, 1820, Alpheus Eddy to Dexter Tiffany ; 7 March, 1822, Dexter Tiffany to Alexander C. Thurston ; 17 March, 1830, Alexander C. Thurston to Josiah S. Prentice, who d. here. His w. was before marriage the widow of Joseph Stevens. Her son Joseph Stevens lived with Prentice and is present owner and occupant. House rebuilt by him, 1877.
177. GEORGE S. EDDY. "P. Butler" on map. A part of H. 178. 1820, Peter Butler built the brick house for a store and dwelling ; occupied till his decease, 1856 ; the place was afterwards leased till 26 June, 1866, when it was sold to James B. Walker, who d. here ; 14 March, 1868, James B. Walker to Charles A. Rallion, who occupied ; 4 March, 1871, Charles A. Rallion to William Emerson of Westboro', who occupied ; 18 Dec., 1872, William Emerson to Henry L. Prentice, Worcester ; 3 Jan., 1873, Henry L. Prentice to Nathaniel Eddy, who d. here. His son George S. is owner.
178. Late JASPER BROWN. "J. Brown" on map. 15 Jan., 1748, Jonathan Town, original settler, to Duncan Campbell, 1 a. "opposite the new meeting-house"; Campbell built the present house ; 22 June, 1778, Duncan Campbell to Sylvanus Town; 6 March, 1780, Sylvanus Town, 35 a. and buildings, to James Butler, who with his son Peter occupied ; 28 March, 1833, Peter Butler to Jasper Brown, who d. here and his heirs are present owners.
179. GEORGE R. BACON. Next south of H. 178; built in 1800 by Peter Butler. 18 Aug., 1806, Peter Butler to his father, James Butler, who d. here ; 1 Jan., 1829, heirs of James Butler to Ira Bar- ton ; 25 Feb., 1829, Ira Barton to Thomas W. Chapman ; 13 Sept., 1834, Thomas W. Chapman to Nathan Morgan, who d. here ; 5 April, 1851, heirs of Nathan Morgan to Matilda, w. of Daniel T. Fuller ; 1871, Daniel T. Fuller to William H. Thurston; 9 Sept., 1871, William H. Thurston to George R. Bacon of Waltham, brother of the w. of the late Sylvester L. Ballard.
180. JAMES B. CAMPBELL. "Heirs of Wd. Campbell" on map. Original James Coller home lot ; sold 1718 to Abial Lamb ; has not been traced in the records. 9 Oct., 1805, Archibald Campbell to Rev. Josiah Moulton, who built the present house ; he lived for several years in a small house which stood back from the common on the Sutton road, now standing on H. 89a. ; 14 March, 1814, Josiah Moulton to Rufus Moore ; 4 Feb., 1824, Rufus Moore to Nathan Hall ; 9 Dec., 1825, Nathan Hall to David Nichols, who had sold H. 83 ; 13 Feb., 1837, David Nichols to Joel and Reuben T. Eddy ; 15 March, 1838, they to Celia, widow of Maj. Archibald Campbell, whose heirs have owned and occupied to the present time.
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181. WILLARD H. EAGER. "Dr. Holman" on map. A part of H. 185 ; was owned by Thomas Reed, son-in-law of Jeremiah Shum- way, who d. here; 11 July, 1754, the executor of will of Reed to William Watson of Leicester, "including tan-yard"; same date, Jeremiah Shumway deeded same to same ; 22 March, 1789, William Watson, son of William, to Sylvanus Town, "excepting tan-yard, bark house and shop"; 22 March, 1792, Sylvanus Town to Rev. Elias Dudley ; 1 May, 1799, Elias Dudley to Ebenezer Lillie, physi- cian ; 13 Sept., 1805, Ebenezer Lillie to James Moulton of Hopkin- ton, who d. here ; Nov., 1841, Benjamin K., son of James Moulton, and Nancy, w. of Andrew J. Twichell of Fitchburg, to Dr. David Holman, who d. here, 1881; Nov., 1884, heirs of David Holman to Willard H. Eager.
182. Late MRS. JAMES B. WALKER. A part of H. 181 ; old tan- yard. 21 Jan., 1773, William Watson to Jonathan Gould of Wood- stock ; 3 Oct., 1778, Jonathan Gould of Sturbridge to Samuel Hardy ; 15 March, 1781, Samuel Hardy of Oxford, tanner, to Andrew Duncan of Worcester ; May, 1782, Andrew Duncan to Jesse Jones of Oxford ; 26 June, 1783, Jesse Jones of Oxford, tanner, to Daniel Goulding of Worcester: 1 May, 1785, Daniel Goulding to William Forbes of Worcester, tanner ; 10 Nov., 1809, heirs of Forbes to Samuel Barstow of Killingly, Conn. ; 16 May, 1817, Samuel Barstow to Nathan Hall, mort. ; 28 Jan., 1831, Nathan Hall to Danforth Brown ; 22 June, 1832, Danforth Brown to Danforth Bemis ; 6 Nov., 1832, Danforth Bemis to Danforth Brown ; 13 July, 1833, Danforth Brown to Stephen Hall of Grafton ; 1 Oct., 1834, Stephen Hall of Grafton to Nathan Hall of Oxford ; 29 Aug., 1835, assignees of Nathan Hall to Williams Cudworth, who d. here ; 13 March, 1874, Lester H., son of Williams Cudworth, to Ann Maria, widow of James B. Walker, who d. here.
183. JOHN SHUMWAY HOMESTEAD. "J. Brown" on map. A 50 a. lot drawn by Peter Shumway, 1720. 12 Feb., 1740, Peter Shum- way to his son John, who settled here, building at the south end of the 50 a., which extended north to the west side of Town's Pond ; house in the field west of Turcott's, the original house was a little west of the present one, which was built by Josiah, son of John Shumway, although he never owned the estate ; 1793, John Shumway to Phinehas Dana; 1794, Phinehas Dana to. William Phips, who resided here at the time of his decease ; 30 May, 1799, Abijah Craig, son-in-law of Phips, to Solomon Walker; 23 Sept., 1825, Solomon Walker to Samuel C. Butler, who owned but a short time and sold to Otis Prince, who 10 Oct., 1837, deeded to Alpheus Prince ; David Prince, father of Otis and Alpheus, occupied ; 31 Oct., 1845, Alpheus Prince to Jasper Brown, whose heirs are present owners.
184. SETH WILDER. A part of H. 183 ( ?) ; 13 Oct., 1821, Solomon Walker to Charles P. Nichols, who built the present house ; 8 April,
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1824, Charles P. Nichols to Samuel Slater ; same date, Samuel Slater to Israel. Moore, blacksmith, who occupied and d. here ; 19 Aug., 1830, Samuel Balcom of Douglas for Moore heirs to Worham D. Rand, painter, who built a shop, which was later rem. to H. 146; 5 March, 1834, Worham D. Rand to Sylvester McIntire ; 8 April, 1841, McIntire mort. to E. L. Ward of Worcester, who assigned to Alexander C. Thurston ; 5 April, 1848, Alexander C. Thurston to Lawson Snow, harness maker, who d. here, 1878; Mrs. McIntire reserved her rights and lived and d. here also ; Fred L. Snow, grand- son of Lawson, owned after his grandfather's death ; 21 May, 1883, Fred L. Snow to Eunice, w. of Seth Wilder. John Turcott owned and occupied in 1890 the old Snow shop as a residence and harness shop.
185. ITHIEL T. JOHNSON. The home lot of Joshua Chandler, who 12 Oct., 1721, conveyed to Peter Shumway, who came in on Chand- ler's rights ; 12 May, 1741, Peter Shumway to Jeremiah, his son, one- half ; 12 July, 1755, Jeremiah Shumway to Isaac Larned, in exchange for H. 64 ; 8 April, 1756, Isaac Larned to Capt. James Griffin, who d. here ; 12 Jan., 1771, executor of will of Griffin to Josiah Wolcott ; 18 Jan., 1771, Josiah Wolcott to William Watson; 1772, William Watson (who had bought H. 181), sold this with the tannery to Jonathan Gould of Woodstock ; it later went with H. 182 to Hardy, Duncan, Jones, Goulding, and Forbes ; 1794, Forbes to William Phips, Esq., 1 a. The next owner was probably Thomas Russell ; title not found. He d. here, and his son Josiah succeeded and occu- pied and d. here, 1867; 28 Sept., 1867, heirs of Josiah Russell to Elijah Pratt, who d. here, 1881; 8 April, 1882, Hannah J., widow of Elijah Pratt, to Ithiel T. Johnson.
186. MARY E. JOHNSON. 21 Aug., 1826, Jason Collier, { a. to his son Nehemiah, who later bought 1 a. additional, moved a small building to the lot and lived there till 1844, when the present house was built ; 4 May, 1861, Nehemiah Collier to Samuel L. Hodges of Leicester ; 7 Jan., 1866, Samuel L. Hodges to Mary A., w. of Eli Collier ; 23 Nov., 1872, Mary A. Collier to Esek Joslin ; 30 March, 1874, Esek Joslin to Julia M., w. of George Benway ; 22 March, 1880, Julia M. Benway to Esek Joslin ; 19 May, 1880, Esek Joslin to Mary E., w. of Danford Johnson. The house has been enlarged and improved since her purchase.
187. Late CALVIN HALL. "C. Hall" on map. Home lot of Rev. John Campbell, who d. here; owned afterward by his son William ; 24 April, 1778, William Campbell to Abial Lamb and Levi Lamb, his son, one-half to each ; 7 Feb., 1784, Abial and Levi Lamb to Elisha Davis, whose son Abijah occupied, and 4 April, 1791, bought ; 15 March, 1797, Abijah Davis to Nathan Hall ; Calvin, son 45
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of Nathan Hall, was successor and d. here ; his heirs are owners. The original Campbell house, two stories front and long sloping roof in the rear, was removed in 1826 and the present house built by Nathan Hall.
188. [House removed.] Jason Collier place ; house stood near the railroad crossing going from the common to H. 187; the farm em- braced most of Benoni Twichell's home lot; 28 Sept., 1728, Benoni Twichell, innholder, to Daniel Mackmains of Killingly, Conn., his home lot ; 17 June, 1730, Joseph Wiley, blacksmith, to Jacob Willson of Pomfret, Conn. ; 27 April, 1736, Jacob Willson of Malden to Jacob Willson of Oxford, cordwainer, 100 a. ; 14 April, 1747, Jacob Willson to Thomas Rockwood of Wrentham ; 3 Oct., 1751, Thomas Rockwood of Oxford to Simon Mellen of Framingham ; 29 March, 1760, David Mellen, supposed to have been son of Simon, to Alexander Campbell ; 1766, Alexander Campbell to Edward Raymond of Bridport, N. Y. [Raymond m. a dau. of Thomas Stearns of Worcester, sister of Campbell's wife]; 1768, Edward Raymond to Nahum Houghton of Oxford ; 1770, Nahum Houghton to Jotham Bush of Shrewsbury ; 1773, Jotham Bush to David Newcomb of Oxford, housewright; 4 Jan., 1786, David Newcomb of Greenwich to Jason Collier, 93 a. ; 4 April, 1838, Jason Collier to Asa H. Child, agent for Norwich and Worcester Railroad Co. In building this road the farm was so en- croached upon as to render the dwelling undesirable, the house was removed and the highway changed to the westward to its present location. 12 Dec., 1838, Asa H. Child to Samuel Dowse ; 2 Sept., 1839, Samuel Dowse to Isaac R. Barbour, who built the present house on the street as newly located, now owned by Samuel C. Willis, Jr. ; 20 May, 1847, Isaac R. Barbour to Charles White of Worcester, the Willis house and lot; the balance of the farm was sold in lots to other persons ; 1 July, 1847, Charles White to Camp- bell, Harwood & Co. of Boston ; 22 Feb., 1850, Gilmore, Campbell & Co. to Spencer Field of Barre ; 16 Jan., 1851, Spencer Field to Henry M. Barbour; 1 Nov., 1851, Henry M. Barbour to John W. and George A. Wetherell of Worcester; 1 May, 1852, John W. and George A. Wetherell to Benjamin B. Otis ; 18 March, 1853, Benjamin B. Otis to Wilson Olney, who d. here, 1874; 13 June, 1874, heirs of Wilson Olney to Samuel C. Willis, Jr.
189. [House removed. ] WOLCOTT HOMESTEAD. [School-house on the site.] Originally a part of Joseph Rockett's home lot ; a fine location, one of the best houses of the town fronting on the common, owned in 1754 by Duncan Campbell, deed not recorded. 27 May, 1754, Duncan Campbell to Josiah Wolcott, 4 a. and 145 rods, at north end of the Plain, with warehouse, stable and tailor's shop, "all of them or partly on the 8-rod way." A house in process of building stood on the premises ; Wolcott completed it and occupied it till his decease in 1796 ; 28 Sept., 1802, Henry Wolcott to Sylvanus Town ;
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1 March, 1804, Edward K. Wolcott of Brookline, same ; Town d. here, 1818 ; 8 March, 1820, Ruth, widow of Sylvanus Town, to her dau., Elizabeth Town ; 23 Feb., 1821, Elizabeth (Town,) then w. of Samuel Harris, assigned mort. to Benjamin F., son of Sylvanus Town; 12 March, 1827, Mrs. Ruth Town mort. to her son, Benjamin F .; 4 Oct., 1831, Benjamin F. Town assigned to Samuel Davis ; 1 April, 1837, Samuel Davis deeded to David Nichols, 6 a. and house. Mrs. Wolcott having held her thirds lived here, and d. 1848, when her rights were set off to Mrs. Mary Hunt as heir of the Wolcott estate. The other two-thirds were occupied by tenants. In 1860, at decease of Mrs. Hunt, she was owner of the whole. 23 Nov., 1872, Jonathan P. Dana, as administrator of Mrs. Hunt's estate, deeded to John W. Wetherell, who, same date, deeded to Dana ; 22 Jan., 1873, Jonathan P. Dana to William Daniels, who owned, 1876, when the house was burned. He sold the lot to Sylvanus Robinson, who Sept., 1881, deeded to the town of Oxford for a school-house.
190. MRS. GEORGE B. NOLEN. [House built for a parsonage. ] A part of H. 189. 18 March, 1817, Sylvanus Town for $150 to Peter Butler, Treasurer of Oxford Parsonage Association, 2 a. ; 12 Feb., 1830, Peter Butler to Oxford Ministerial Association ; 3 April, 1833, Alexander and Hollis DeWitt to Washburn Lumbard, }} of the estate ; 1833, Abijah and Loring Davis to same, their shares in same ; Lumbard enlarged the house to accommodate the family of Rev. H. Bardwell, on his coming in 1835 ; 1 Nov., 1841, Washburn Lumbard to Alvan G. Underwood ; 4 March, 1860, Alvan G. Underwood to Jonathan Davis, who d. here; 9 Aug., 1868, Betsey, widow of Jonathan Davis, to Mary S. Stafford; 3 March, 1872, Mary S. (Stafford) Porter to Moses Stone, who d. here, and devised the place to Clarissa K., w. of George B. Nolen. He also resided here at his decease.
191. FRED. A. COPP. A part of H. 189. 3 Nov., 1818, Ruth, widow of Sylvanus Town, to Daniel Mansfield of Dudley, 20 a., re- serving 2 a., parsonage lot ; 3 April, 1819, Daniel Mansfield to David Batcheller ; 9 Jan., 1822, David Batcheller to William Sigourney, 8 rods front, 10 rods back, Sigourney built the house ; 1 May, 1850, William Sigourney mort. to John Wetherell ; 1857, Wetherell in pos- session ; 7 Sept., 1861, John Wetherell to his son, Andrew S .; 7 March, 1864, Andrew S. Wetherell to Joseph Storm of Burrillville, R. I .; 17 March, 1864, Joseph Storm to Simeon Darling, who d. here ; his heirs deeded to Fred. A. Copp.
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