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192. GEORGE W. SIGOURNEY. The original home lot of Oliver Coller. 14 April, 1716, Oliver Coller to Joseph Dana ; 25 April, 1724, Richard Moore to Daniel Hovey, carpenter. In 1736 Hovey sold land adjoining his house lot, the northern portion, to Joseph
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Rockett and is supposed to have died here; 2 April, 1742, heirs of Daniel Hovey to David Town, who m. Priscilla, dau. of Hovey [see H. 27] ; 2 April, 1742, David Town to Daniel Davis, the west part, from the brook to the 8-rod way, b. north on Joseph Rockett; 23 Feb., 1744, Joseph Rockett to William Campbell, blacksmith, 16 rods front and 20 rods on Sutton road ; 30 Jan., 1749, William Camp- bell to Jonathan Fuller of Oxford, blacksmith, 2 a .; 23 Feb., 1753, Jonathan Fuller to Samuel Lamb, shoemaker, ¿ a., northwest corner of foregoing ; Lamb settled here; 13 Sept., 1764, Samuel Lamb to William Henshaw of Leicester ; 5 Oct., 1765, William Henshaw to Samuel Denny of Leicester ; 25 Oct., 1765, Samuel Denny to John and Thomas Stephenson of Boston. In May, 1766, this property was owned by John Jop. [See Jop, Genealogical record.] The house was small and old and was occupied many years by Abner Mellen, who d. here. It was in 1814 owned by the town, as in Nov. of that year it was voted to "let Mellen stay at present in the house owned by the town."
12 May, 1766, Jonathan Fuller to William Davis, the remaining acre and a half ; 6 April, 1772, William Davis to Ephraim Russell ; 1786, Ephraim Russell to Andrew Sigourney, who lived here until he built his new house, H. 194, in 1817. After the decease of Sigourney, in the division of his estate, this corner on which stands the present house and that next north (which was a store on the cor- ner,) was set to his son Martin, who built the present house. The old mansion house, built very early, was set to Sigourney's dau. Mary, who m. Stephen Hunt. It was so out of repair as to be untenantable, but was desirable as a business location, and was occupied as a shoe manufactory by Seth Daniels & Co. from about 1847. On 18 Dec., 1869, they purchased and occupied it until they relinquished business. On 30 Dec., 1870, they sold the easterly portion to Allen L. Joslin, on which was built the present factory of A. L. Joslin & Co., and on 23 April, 1877, the old mansion with lot to Orrin F. Joslin, who immediately removed the house.
193. That portion of the Sigourney estate east of the railroad, now occupied by two buildings, once shoe shops, was set off to William Sigourney, who about 1840 built "The Arcade," in which a variety of business enterprises were carried on, burned, 1850. Later the shops now standing were erected. The remaining por- tion, 5 a. easterly, Andrew Sigourney on 16 July, 1824, deeded to Benjamin F. Town ; Sigourney's old store building had been removed from the corner to this lot and fitted for a dwelling; 15 Oct., 1827, Benjamin F. Town to Charles T. Parish, who carried on blacksmithing here ; 22 May, 1833, Charles T. Parish to Leonard Laffin, blacksmith ; 12 Jan., 1837, Leonard Laflin to Loring Davis ; Laflin removed to H. 172; Davis d. while owner; 18 March, 1845, his heirs deeded to Erastus Davis, brother of Loring, a part ; 4 May,
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1848, Erastus Davis to Sylvanus Robinson, west part, 6 rods front ; 8 Feb., 1849, Sylvanus Robinson to Chad B. Carey, who built a house which was burned with the "Arcade " and the present one later built by him ; 4 April, 1852, Jasper Brown, deputy sheriff, on execution, to Richardson and Kendall of Boston, who 1854 deeded to Charles Yeomans, who d. here; 4 Jan., 1873, heirs of Charles Yeomans to Elisha N. Bigelow, present owner of house next the former shoe shops.
On 24 May, 1845, Erastus Davis sold to Abel F. Stow, 32 a., east part ; Stow built the house, now Hiram K. Johnson's, and a currier's shop, now a dwelling occupied by his widow. Between Stow and the lot sold Robinson was a lot of 136 rods, owned by Mary, w. of Reuben Waters, sister of Loring Davis; 3 July, 1845, she deeded this to Cyprian Whiting, who kept here a livery stable; 20 Feb., 1847, Cyprian Whiting to Addison Bailey, 50 rods and buildings, west part ; 3 April, 1849, Addison Bailey to William R. Foskett, who began to build the house now belonging to estate of Timothy Aldrich ; 1 Nov., 1849, he sold it with 31 rods of land to Sylvanus Robinson, and on the remainder of the lot built the cottage next east, which he sold Feb., 1864, to William Gibson; 1881, William Gibson to Reuben Rich and Hiram K. Johnson, present owners.
On 10 Aug., 1849, Cyprian Whiting to Rufus R. Dana, the stable and lot ; Dana kept a stable here ; 3 March, 1857, Rufus R. Dana to Abel M. Chaffee, who continued the business ; 20 Aug., 1859, Abel M. Chaffee to Samuel Davis, who rented to tenants ; 30 Dec., 1865, Samuel Davis to Reuben Rich, who moved the barn to the rear and built the present house.
194. MARY S. WALLACE. Brick house. The original home lot of Thomas Gleason. 3 Oct., 1723, Thomas Gleason to his son Thomas, from the street east to the mill brook; 21 Nov., 1726, Thomas Gleason, Jr., to Jacob Cummings ; 19 Sept., 1730, Jonathan Ballard to Samuel Davis ; 22 Dec., 1743, Samuel Davis to his son Daniel ; 1 April, 1755, Daniel Davis of Killingly, Conn., to Edward Davis and Tarrant Putnam ; 16 May, 1755, Edward Davis and Tar- rant Putnam to Duncan Campbell, 10 a. on Main street and Sutton road, " beginning at a corner by a little house that formerly belonged to William Campbell, deceased" [the blacksmith], thence 53 rods south, etc. ; 1758, Abigail Bromfield of Boston to John and Alexander Campbell, this 10 a .; 19 Aug., 1762, these quitclaimed to Duncan Campbell ; 22 Feb., 1764, Duncan Campbell to John Murray of Rut- land ; 15 Dec., 1764, John Murray to Edward Raymond of Worces- ter ; 17 May, 1765, Edward Raymond to Dr. Stephen Barton, 10 a. ; 4 June, 1767, Hezekiah Bellows of South Gore, had set off to him on execution 74 a. ; 1767, Hezekiah Bellows to Edward Davis ; 9 June, 1778, Edward Davis to Alexander Campbell ; 30 March, 1782, Alex- ander Campbell to John Wolcott, shopkeeper, 56 rods on Main street
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and 29 rods on Sutton road ; 12 Sept., 1783, John Wolcott to Edward K. Wolcott, one-half of 40 a. "as set forth in two deeds, one from Ezra Bowman and one from Alexander Campbell"; July, 1792, Edward K. Wolcott to Andrew Sigourney ; 28 Jan., 1793, John Wolcott to same, each one-half ; Sigourney rented the house to tenants until he built the brick house, 1817, when he occupied, and d. here. After his decease this property went to his son Andrew, who occupied, and Mrs. Ellen S. Lhoyd, dau. of Andrew, Jr., was owner till her decease in 1887, after which it was sold to Mrs. Wallace, present proprietor.
195. SUMNER SPARHAWK. The easterly portion of the 40 a., H. 194 (being 30 a.), was sold 13 May, 1758, by Edward Davis to John Dalrymple of Westfield. In 1766 he sold to Alexander Campbell, who in 1771 built a new house which soon after occupying it was burned. 10 Dec., 1771, Alexander Campbell to William Watson and William Campbell ; 1 July, 1774, William Campbell quitclaimed to Watson ; 29 April, 1776, Edward Davis of Dudley and Abigail, his w., formerly w. of Watson, to Alexander Campbell ; same date, Alexander Campbell to John Campbell of Oxford, physician ; 3 May, 1776, John Campbell to Samuel Dexter of Dedham ; 9 Aug., 1777, Samuel Dexter, then of Woodstock, back to John Campbell ; 2 Sept., 1777, John Campbell and Martha, his w., to John Nazro of Worcester ; 1778, John Nazro to Ezra Bowman ; 7 March, 1781, Ezra Bowman to John Wolcott ; from this date this estate went with the other 10 a. at the corner, H. 194, to Andrew Sigourney. At his decease the part near the brook, where the house stood, went in the division of his property to William, his son; 7 April, 1840, William Sigourney to Henry Pollock of Cumberland, R. I., whose mother was a doctress, known as Mrs. Getty, who occupied and d. here ; 28 March, 1849, Henry Pollock to Sumner Moffitt; 13 Feb., 1850, Sumner Moffitt to Lyman Law, who built the present house ; 17 March, 1858, Lyman Law to Sylvanus Robinson ; 6 Sept., 1859, Sylvanus Robinson to Cyrus Truesdell ; 1 Jan., 1876, Cyrus Truesdell to Mrs. Mary A. Sparhawk and George E. Mowry, present owners.
A tannery existed on this lot at the brook, owned by William Sigourney ; 3 Feb., 1824, he sold to Nathaniel Nolen, who in 1831 mort. to John Mayo, who on 26 Jan., 1839, took possession, and 29 March, 1845, deeded to Lyman P. Low, owner of the mill below.
196. A. LEROY WHITING. 30 April, 1823, Andrew Sigourney to Jonathan Davis, 56 rods ; Oxford Bank Corporation built that year the present house with a banking-room in the south end ; 3 March, 1857, Oxford Bank to Emory Sanford, the house and north part of lot ; on the south part the present banking-house was built ; Sanford d. here, 1876 ; his sister Hannah M. was heir, who also d. here. Her
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nieces, Mrs. Elizabeth F. Hickok and Frances S. Pease, both of New York City, came into possession as her heirs, Mrs. Hickok deeding to Frances S. Pease, who 15 Jan., 1884, conveyed to Mary A., w. of William E. Pease ; 25 Oct., 1888, Mary A. Pease to Mary S. Wallace ; 21 March, 1890, Mary S. Wallace to Ella M., w. of A. Leroy Whiting.
197. WITT & DOWSE STORE. 13 April, 1824, Andrew Sigour- ney to Stearns Witt and Samuel Dowse, a lot, on which the store was built that year.
198. HEIRS OF CHARLES D. BOWMAN. 1 Oct., 1816, Andrew Sigourney to Benjamin and Jotham Eddy, lot adjoining H. 200; 20 March, 1824, these to Stearns Witt and Samuel Dowse; Witt built the present house in 1825 and occupied; 2 Feb., 1837, Stearns De Witt to Washburn Lumbard ; 14 April, 1845, Washburn Lumbard (who built for himself the cottage next south, now Mrs. Wilson's) to Trustees of Methodist Episcopal Church ; 1 Sept., 1846, these to Charles D. Bowman, who d. here ; his heirs are owners, 1890.
199. EDWARD S. PEASE. A part of H. 198. 8 Jan., 1827, Stearns Witt to Samuel Dowse, quitclaim ; Dowse built the present house in 1828-9, occupied and d. here, 1844 ; 5 Jan., 1866, Jabez L. Peck, who m. a dau. of Dowse, to William H. Thurston ; 12 Jan., 1866, William H. Thurston to Emory Sanford, who in his will devised to Edward S. Pease.
200. AMOS S. PRATT. Part of H. 194. 30 Sept., 1816, Andrew Sigourney to Delano Pierce, ¿ a., on which he built the present house ; 1 April, 1834, Delano Pierce to Moses Phipps ; 11 Dec., 1835, Moses Phipps to Daniel T. Penniman ; 8 March, 1837, Daniel T. Penniman to William H. Bigelow ; 2 April, 1839, William H. Bigelow to Richard Stone ; 21 Feb., 1850, Richard Stone to Henry Boyden ; 9 Nov., 1859, Henry Boyden to Benjamin Paine; 12 Sept., 1866, Benjamin Paine to Loriston Shumway ; 1 April, 1867, Loriston Shumway to Samuel Southwick ; 29 Sept., 1879, Samuel Southwick to Leonard Harrington ; 7 Oct., 1880, Leonard Harrington to Lucy A., w. of Charles I. Rawson ; same date, Lucy A. Rawson to Amos S. Pratt.
201. EDWARD W. BARDWELL. A part of H. 202. 24 Feb., 1844, Richard Stone to Daniel Stevens, late of Worcester, who that year built the present house ; 1845, Daniel Stevens to Sylvanus Rob- inson ; 1849, Sylvanus Robinson to Amos Thompson, whose dau., Elizabeth C., w. of Edward W. Bardwell, is present owner.
202. EPISCOPAL CHURCH. This with H. 201 was the northern portion of Hagburn's home lot, H. 205. Its early history is obscure.
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The house may have been the home of Richard Moore, Jr., who for many years owned the 40 a. in partnership with his brother Elijah, who lived at H. 204. On 11 April, 1768, it was owned by Alexander Campbell ; 8 Feb., 1782, Alexander Campbell to Dr. Elijah Dix of Worcester ; 17 Jan., 1784, Elijah Dix to John Nichols ; Samuel Campbell m. the dau. of Nichols ; 16 Feb., 1796, Samuel Campbell to Abijah Davis ; tenants occupied. [At the northwest corner of the old house on this lot was a small one-story building in which William Lamson, who was a tenant, kept a store. Later Maj. Archi- bald Campbell who lived here occupied it as a saddler's shop.] 13 Jan., 1814, Abijah Davis to Delano Pierce, 20 a., b. 32 rods on Main street ; 2 Sept., 1816, Delano Pierce to Samuel Underwood, 2 a. and house; 1 Dec., 1817, Samuel Underwood to Jeremiah Moffitt ; same date, Moffitt to Delano Pierce ; 1 Jan., 1820, Stearns Witt to Charles J. Stratford ; 21 Dec., 1829, Charles J. Stratford to Richard Stone, in exchange for H. 122; 10 June, 1834, Richard Stone to Orlando Chester; 1838, Stone was in possession on mort. ; 1856, Richard Stone to his son James Lewis Stone ; 26 Nov., 1859, James L. Stone to Asa Stone, Jr., of Providence ; 18 April, 1863, Asa Stone, Jr., to William A. Wheelock ; May, 1864, William A. Whee- lock to Trustees of Episcopal Church.
203. EPISCOPAL PARSONAGE. Part of H. 205. 1 April, 1832, Delano Pierce, who had bought, 1814, of Abijah Davis [see H. 202], to Ira Barton, 18 a. 14 rods front ; 1 April, 1834, Hollis and Alexan- der De Witt (they having bought of Barton), 10 a. to John Wetherell who built the present house ; 26 Feb., 1848, John Wetherell to George Hodges, Jr., who remodelled and enlarged the house ; 12 Nov., 1873, George Hodges to Katharine H. Slater, his dau. ; April, 1874, Katha- rine H. Slater to Trustees of Donations to Protestant Episcopal Church.
The next house south was built on the same lot by Wetherell after selling to Hodges. He occupied, and d. here ; his heirs sold to Ezra C. Whittlesey.
204. WILLIAM H. H. THURSTON. 5 March, 1825, Jeremiah Moffitt to John Mellish, lot ; Mellish built the house ; 30 April, 1831, John Mellish to Ira Barton ; 9 Dec., 1832, Ira Barton to Daniel Davis, who occupied ; 1 April, 1848, Daniel Davis to Albert H. Daniels ; 25 Sept., 1866, Albert H. Daniels to Albert Lackey, who d. here ; his dau. m. William H. H. Thurston, who, 1890, occupied.
205. HEIRS OF ISRAEL SIBLEY. Original home lot of Samuel Hagburn. 31 Aug., 1714, Samuel Hagburn to Richard Moore, who settled here ; house in the rear of the present one, large and stylish for the times, and surrounded with elm trees. In 1731 Richard Moore, being then 60 years of age, deeded to his sons Richard, Jr.,
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and Elijah, all his estate at the centre of the village, 130 a. east of the main street, including the Abial Lamb home lot. Elijah, Jr., kept tavern here, and it is conjectured that Richard, Jr., lived at H. 202 ; Nov., 1750, a division was made and Richard Moore, Jr., deeded to his brother Elijah one-half the lands deeded to them by their father ; 11 April, 1768, Elijah Moore to Samuel Moore of Worcester ; 1770, Samuel Moore to Theophilus Lillie, merchant ; Lillie bought of Arthur Humphrey in 1771 land on the south of this estate, from the Humphrey homestead, 21 rods on Main street ; 1772, Theophilus Lillie to Rev. David Thurston of Medway ; 1776, David Thurston to Alexander Campbell, who occupied and d. here ; 25 Jan., 1785, administrator of his estate to Joshua Barnard, 44 a., being two-thirds, and two-thirds of the house, the other third having been set off to the widow ; 17 Feb., 1797, Joshua Barnard to Amasa Kingsbury ; 7 April, 1800, Amasa Kingsbury to Simeon, his son, physician, who d. here, 1806 ; Calvin Perry m. the widow of Kings- bury, built the present house and occupied ; 12 Dec., 1825, Calvin Perry to Abijah Davis ; 16 April, 1827, Abijah Davis to Israel Sibley. Mrs. Campbell after living here for a few years removed to a small house north of the Campbell tavern. A son when on a visit from Vermont ordered the elms around the old place cut down for firewood for his mother, which was done.
206. Mrs. WILLIAM NEWTON. House built 1838 by Israel Sibley. 21 Sept., 1840, Israel Sibley to Dexter W. Jones ; 23 Sept., 1848, Dexter W. Jones to his sons Sanford and Horace ; 13 May, 1854, Sanford to Horace Jones, one-half ; 25 Sept., 1854, Horace Jones to Henry D. Stone of Worcester ; 12 March, 1857, Henry D. Stone to Electa, w. of Horace Jones ; 13 June, 1859, Electa Jones to George F. Verry of Worcester ; 16 May, 1864, George F. Verry to Alexander De Witt, who devised to Mrs. William Newton.
207. CHARLES A. ANGELL. 21 May, 1838, Israel Sibley to Aaron S. Barton, lot ; Barton built the same year and occupied ; 22 Oct., 1849, Aaron S. Barton to Sylvanus Robinson ; 10 June, 1852, Syl- vanus Robinson to Charles A. Angell.
208. CHARLES H. BURLEIGH. Part of H. 36. 13 May, 1824, Ebenezer Humphrey to Jeremiah Moffitt, lot ; Moffitt built the house about 1836, occupied and d. here, 1848 ; 1 April, 1850, Rufus Moffitt, brother of Jeremiah, to Samuel R. Wallis ; 10 March, 1852, Samuel R. Wallis to Sylvanus Robinson ; 31 March, 1855, Sylvanus Robin- son to Evelina M., mother of Charles H. Burleigh.
209. BENAJAH GATES. Part of H. 36. 17 Nov., 1743, Ebenezer Humphrey 2 a. to William Nichols, hatter, who built a house, occu- pied and d. here ; his son Daniel was successor and also d. here. 46
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On 29 May, 1820, he deeded to Elihu Harwood, Jr., who occupied until about 1838 and removed to another house he had built at the north end of the lot. The old house was rented, and in 1866 was sold and taken down. Later Gates bought the estate and built the present house.
210. JOSIAH BARNES. A part of the "Old Mill" estate, H. 37. 13 May, 1806, Jonathan Harris to Peleg Foster, lot; he built the same year ; 14 July, 1814, Peleg Foster to Russell Clark of Dudley ; 21 Aug., 1819, Russell Clark to Stearns Witt; same date, Witt to Jeremiah Moffitt; 1 April, 1822, Jeremiah Moffitt to Seth Daniels, who occupied nearly 30 years ; 7 March, 1851, Seth Daniels to Silas W. Lovett, who d. here, 1851; 9 March, 1854, Lucy A., his widow, to Nathaniel Eddy ; 7 Jan., 1855, Nathaniel Eddy to Merrick T. Kelley, who d. here ; 12 March, 1859, Harriet A., widow of Merrick T. Kelley, to Samuel Mayo, who d. here, 1874 ; 1876, Jed Mayo, heir of Samuel, to Josiah Barnes.
211. HENRY M. INGRAHAM. Late shoe shop, built 1828 by Daniels and Harris for a chaise and harness manufactory on Daniels' lot. 14 May, 1833, Seth Daniels to Sanford Gilmore, one-half ; 2 March, 1853, Sanford Gilmore to Elihu Harwood, one-half ; 16 March, 1854, Seth Daniels to same, one-half ; 24 Feb., 1860, Elihu Harwood to his sons, Daniel and Emory E., the whole ; 26 Sept., 1866, Emory E. Harwood to Henry M. Ingraham.
212. LYMAN LAW. Part of H. 37. 20 May, 1833, Sylvanus Harris to Sumner Moffitt, lot; house built the same year ; 1 Feb., 1839, Sumner Moffitt to Harvey Conant; 1844, Harvey Conant to Freeman Bigelow, who assigned to E. F. Shaw, who 6 Aug., 1853, assigned to Caleb Pope, who occupied ; Emily S., his dau., w. of Lyman Law, is present owner.
213. ALPHEUS FOSTER. Part of H. 37. 17 March, 1812, Jonathan Harris to his son Isaac, lot ; house built the same year ; 3 Jan., 1816, Isaac Harris to his brother Rufus ; Isaac removed to Maine ; 1 April, 1828, Rufus Harris to his brother Sylvanus; Rufus removed to Oxford Woolen Co. village ; Sylvanus occupied and d. here, 1879 ; 28 May, 1883, Lucretia Harris, his widow, to Alpheus Foster.
214. MRS. JULIA A. INGRAHAM. Part of H. 37. 20 May, 1762, Timothy Harris to his son Abijah, 12} a. ; he settled at a spot about 40 rods from the main street on the north side of the lot, cellar now visible, and later built the one-story house on the site of the present one, which was removed by Ezra Davis in 1840, and the present house built ; 1783, Abijah Harris to Jonas Coller ; Harris removed to H. 54; 1790, Jonas Coller to Jason Coller ; 1796, Jason Coller to Jeremiah Amidown, who d. here, and afterwards his widow deeded
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to Town of Oxford ; 5 March, 1827, Town of Oxford to William Sigourney ; 10 May, 1833, William Sigourney to Lorenzo D. Gorton ; 20 May, 1835, Lorenzo D. Gorton to Seth Daniels and Sanford Gil- more ; 27 Feb., 1836, these to Jared Davis; 2 Aug., 1836, Jared Davis to Rufus and Sophia Scott; 20 April, 1840, Rufus Scott to Ezra Davis, who d. here ; Julia A., his widow, m. Henry M. Ingra- ham and owned, 1890.
215. MRS. HANNAH MOFFITT. Part of H. 216. 30 April, 1830, Samuel Smith to Rufus Moffitt, lot; house built the same year ; Moffitt d. here ; his widow and son Decatur have since owned and occupied.
216. Late S. WILLIAM SMITH. Soon after the settlement of the town, Richard Moore became owner of a large tract of land on the west side of the 8-rod way, title not found. In his deed, 1731, to his sons, is included a lot of 120 a., which embraced the home lot of John Chamberlain, b. north on Quaboag Lane, east on the main street, south on heirs of Joseph Read (H. 214,) west on village line ; 22 Nov., 1750, at the time Richard Moore, Jr., deeded H. 205 to his brother Elijah the latter quitclaimed to Richard, Jr., 60 a., the south- ern portion of this tract. The house near the old oak, which was large and elegant for the times, was probably built by Richard, Sen., and was occupied during his later years by himself and his son Richard, and both d. here. It was removed in 1831 and the present house built by Samuel Smith ; 19 Jan., 1776, Richard Moore to his son Marvin ; 14 Feb., 1815, the heirs of Marvin Moore to Jonathan Sibley ; 9 March, 1815, Jonathan Sibley to Samuel Smith, who d. here ; his son S. William succeeded and also d. here.
217. ASA B. TAFT. A part of 11 a. sold to Charles P. Nichols, 1819 [see H. 218] ; 6 July, 1852, Jonas Larned to Emory E. Har- wood, who built the house, 1852-3, and occupied; 12 May, 1886, Emory E. Harwood to Asa B. Taft.
218. GEORGE R. LARNED. Part of H. 220. About 1814, Abijah . Davis to Charles P. Nichols, lot ; Nichols built a part of the present house ; 3 Feb., 1819, Jonathan Sibley to Charles P. Nichols, 11 a., part of H. 216, adjoining the foregoing on the south ; 10 April, 1819, Charles P. Nichols to Abijah Nichols, one-half ; 1822, the remainder ; Abijah Nichols enlarged the house ; 5 Feb., 1830, Abijah Nichols to Rufus Robinson ; 21 Nov., 1846, trustee of Nancy, w. of Rufus Robinson, to Jonas Larned, who d. here; his son, George R., is present owner.
Charles P. and Abijah Nichols carried on cabinet making here. Robinson remodelled the house in its present form.
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219. JOHN E. KIMBALL. Part of H. 220. 5 April, 1834, Loring Davis, heir of Abijah, to Daniel Davis, lot; 23 May, 1834, Daniel Davis to William Robinson, Jr., who built a small house in which his father lived three years ; 23 Jan., 1837, William Robinson, Jr., to William Kimball, who same year moved back the small house and built the front part now attached to it. He d. here, and his son, John E., is owner, 1890. House remodelled as at present, 1886.
220. GEORGE W. HOLMAN. Part of the Richard Moore estate [H. 216]. This lot of 60 a. was quitclaimed by Richard Moore, Jr., to Elijah Moore at the division of their property in 1750. It included the home lot of John Chamberlain. 11 April, 1768, Elijah Moore to Samuel Moore of Worcester ; 29 Jan., 1771, Samuel Moore to Elisha Davis, 482 rods on Main street ; 17 Sept., 1795, Elisha Davis to his son Abijah, who had previously lived at H. 187; Abijah built the present house about 1796, occupied and d. here, 1833. In the division of his estate the homestead went to his son Abijah, who also d. here. His adopted dau. m. George W. Holman.
221. Late BENJAMIN PAINE. 29 March, 1815, Abijah Davis to John Wetherell and Richard Moore, lot ; house built the same year ; 1816, Richard Moore to John Wetherell, one-half house and lot; a year or two later Wetherell built a store south of his house, where he engaged in trade ; 1 April, 1834, John Wetherell to Loring Davis, who fitted up the store for a dwelling ; 11 March, 1843, the heirs of Loring Davis to Benjamin Paine, the whole ; 27 March, 1843, Benjamin Paine to Schuyler B. Chaffee, the south house (old store) ; 6 Nov., 1851, Schuyler B. Chaffee to his father, Alpheus Chaffee, who enlarged and repaired the house, occupied and d. here, and his grandson, Orrin B. Chaffee, is present owner. Mr. Paine continued at the north house and d. there. His granddaughter, the late Mrs. Watson, was owner at her decease, 1890.
222. GEORGE H. DODGE. Part of the Benjamin Chamberlain or old tavern estate, H. 235, and came with the balance of the lands down to Ezra Bowman, who in 1775 sold off the Jonathan Sibley farm, H. 225, of which, in July, 1784, William Bowen of Providence, physician, took on execution vs. Charles Dabney, 10 a. and 75 rods at the southeast corner, 25 rods in front ; 16 Jan., 1794, William Bowen to Andrew Sigourney ; 14 June, 1833, Andrew Sigourney to Samuel C. Paine, who built on the south part the present house, and d. here, 1888 ; his dau., Ellen A., deeded, 1889, to George H. Dodge.
223. Late TIMOTHY ALDRICH. Part of H. 222. 18 June, 1833, Samuel C. Paine to Samuel Dowse, 8} a .; before 1838 William Coburn of Charlton, carpenter, built the present house, the land
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