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450
9.34
Sherman, Merrick A.
Personal,
250
House 400, two barns 200, 120a 900,
1,500
30.52
Stevens, C. N. House 500, .38a 100,
600
9.78
Stebbins, L. W. House 900, .50a 125,
1,025
18.71
Strong, H. C.
Personal,
250
House 800, office 200, .50a 250,
1,250
26.45
Strong, L. E. House 800, .25a 200, barn 150, 10a 500,
1,650
26.90
Strong, H. C. & L. E.
Personal,
1,500
Hotel block 10,000, block 4,500, new barn 800, .75a 4,000,
19,300
339.04
Simmons, Jacob.
Personal,
1,500
26.45
Shearer, Purlin.
Personal,
257
House 1,000, house 350, three barns 300, 19a 1,200,
2,850
52.64
Shearer, Purlin M.
Personal,
145
4.37
Sears & Cook.
Personal,
1,075
17.53
Snow, Lyman C.
Personal,
300
House 1,000, barn 200, 13a 800, 5a 100,
2,100
41.12
Shumway, Charles E.
Personal,
150
4.45
Sedgwick, Butler.
Personal,
100
House 800, barn 100, .50a 250,
1,150
22.38
Sullivan, James. House 300, .25a 50,
350
7.71
Sullivan, Michael J. House 300, .25a 50,
350
7.71
775
14.63
2
376
HISTORY OF PALMER.
District.
Name and Description.
Valuation. $100
Tax. $3.63
2 Sullivan, Michael, 3d. . 25a 100,
Sullivan, John D. House 100, 1a 100,
200
3.26
Sullivan, Humphrey.
Personal,
25
House 350, barn 100, 7a 250,
700
11.82
Sullivan, Mary. House 400, barn 100, 4a 400, ex- empt 500,
400
6.52
Slattery, Michael.
Personal,
300
House 250, barn 200, barn 50, .13a 50, 110a 1,300,
1,850
37.05
Slattery, Bridget. House 600, .07a 100, exempt 500,
200
3.26
Smith, H. A.
Personal,
150
4.45
Smith, O. B.
Personal,
3,250
54.97
Smith, Charles A.
Personal,
75
3.22
Squares, Alice. House 600, house 200, 38a 200, ex- empt 500,
500
8.15
Southwick, Mrs. Peter. House 700, barn 50, 1a 250, exempt 500,
500
8.15
Shaw, H. D.
Personal,
150
4.45
Shea, Jerry.
Personal,
2,550
One-half block 1,300, barn and shed 200, .38a 200,
1,700
71.28
Shea, Michael. House 250, .25a 100,
350
7.71
Sugrue, Dennis.
Personal,
35
House 300, 3a 300
600
10.35
Smart, Peter.
Personal,
75
3.22
Smart, Leander.
Personal,
50
2.82
Sharp, James.
Personal,
55
House 600, barn 100, .25a 100,
800
13.94
Shaw Brothers.
Personal,
2,100
Store 1,200, .07a 200,
1,400
57.05
Squares, Laura. House 700, .50a 150,
850
13.85
Stebbins, D. M. House 500, barn 50, .50a 150,
700
11.41
Sullivan, Michael.
Personal,
25
2.41
Sullivan, Thomas. House 500, .25a 150,
650
10.60
Sirois, Eucharist.
Personal,
225
5.67
Sikes, O. B.
Personal,
700
House 900, house 250, three barns 250, cider mill
100, 278a 3,400,
4,900
93.28
Sikes, Otis B. . 25a 300,
300
4.89
Sullivan, Daniel J. House 550, .25a 150,
700
13.41
Sullivan, Dennis. House 950, barn 100, .50a 250.
1,300
23.19
Sawyer, J. D.
Personal,
575
House 650, .75a 150, house 400, barn 300, 46a
800, soap shop 200, 31.50a 800,
3,300
65.16
Sugrue, Jeremiah.
Personal,
25
House 750, 1a 200, barn 50, 20a 100,
1,100
20.34
3
4
377
VALUATION AND TAX, 1888.
District.
Name and Description.
Valuation.
Tax.
4 Sugrue, Honora. House 500, unfinished house 50, .38a 150,
$700
$11.41
Staples, James H.
Personal,
100
3.63
Snow, Fred.
Personal,
150
4.45
Snow, Hazel G.
Personal,
255
House 450, barn 100, 13a 250,
800
19.00
St. John, Mary.
Personal,
395
House 200, 113a 800, barn 100, 6a 60,
1,160
25.35
Sampson, Fred.
Personal,
50
Unfinished house 500, .13a 100,
600
12.60
Shea, Patrick. House 375, .20a 75,
450
9.34
Smith, Austin R.
Personal,
766
House 500, 25a 2,500, barn 300, 35a 150,
3,450
70.73
Smith, Sarah J. House 600, barn 100, 1.50a 400,
1,100
17.93
Smith, Charles F.
Personal,
1,505
House 650, barn 300, 226a 2,300, house 50, .67a 250,
3,550
84.40
Smith, Eli.
Personal,
335
House 700, two barns 200, 207a 3,000,
3,900
71.03
Shaw, Charles R.
Personal,
550
House 300, 300a 2,000, house 700, 6a 120, barn 200, 16a 60, 28a 200, 25a 75, 52a 450, 60a 450,
4,555
85.22
Shorley, Eugene.
Personal,
440
House 400, barn 300, cider mill 100, 180a 1,200, Stimpson, Harriet A.
Personal,
420
House 400, 75a 1,000, barn 200, 12a 50, 12a 50, 91a 300,
2,000
39.49
Thompson, Joseph, estate. House 1,800, barn 300, .25a 400, store 1,000, store house 200, shop 200,
.50a 1,500, Bondsville house 700, 10a 100, barn 100, .30a 250, shop 50, 10a 100,
6,700
109.21
Thompson, Mary.
Personal,
75
Two houses 1,500, .38a 300,
1,800
30.56
Thompson, William.
Personal,
50
House 1,200, barn 100, .25a 300,
1,600
28.90
Thompson, William A.
Personal,
85
House 800, .50a 150, barn 100, .50a 100,
1,150
24.13
Tiffany, Mrs. Lucy D., estate. House 1,400, 13a 300, house 400, barn 50, 21a 900,
3,050
49.72
Tuthill, James H. House 2,200, .32a 400, house 1,600, .13a 250, shops 800, .12a 125,
5,375
89,61
Tanner, Luther W. House 1,200, barn 150, .40a 250,
1,600
28.08
Tesch, Charles H. House 1,000, .38a 300,
1,300
23.19
Tyler, Mary E. House 900, .25a 250,
1,150
18.75
Taft, Ida A. House 850, .25a 150, exempt 500, Taft, S. S.
500
8.15
Personal,
75
House 1,800, .50a 400, barn 200, .50a 250, house
2,000
41.76
1
378
HISTORY OF PALMER.
District.
Name and Description.
Valuation.
Tax.
750, .25a 125, barn 75, 50a 200, house 600, 1a 525, two houses 800, 25a 450, barn 75, .25a 200,
$6.450
$108.36
1
Taylor, Newell S. House 800, .25a 200,
1,000
18.30
2 Taylor, William S.
Personal,
100
House 500, barn 75, 8a 400,
975
19.52
Thomas, Catherine.
Personal,
25
House 350, barn 50, 1a 100,
500
8.56
3 Twiss, John F. .38a 150,
150
30.53
Twiss, Mary. House 650, barn 50, 1.50a 200, ex- empt 500,
400
6.52
Trudeau & Rivers.
Personal,
3,500
57.05
Thayer, Henry.
Personal,
75
Barn 50, .50a 400,
450
8.56
Talmadge, William.
Personal,
225
House 400, barn 100, 56a 600,
1,100
23.59
Talmadge, Harriet. House 800, barn 50, .50a 200,
1,050
17.12
Tenney, D. E.
Personal,
250
One-half house 350, 54.75a 600, barn 100, 15a 150, 10a 100, 24a 75,
1,375
28.48
Tenney, Lewis M. House 300, 18a 300, barn 100, 13a 150, 15a 150, 20a 200, 24a 75,
1,275
20.78
Tenney, Harriet A. One-half house 350, 31a 500, barn 100, 10a 100, 10a 120, 24a 75,
1,245
20,29
Tracy, Henry.
Personal,
75
House 350, 14a 200, barn 50, 3a 50,
650
13.82
Thompson, Jane. House 1,100, 1a 200,
1,300
21.19
Turner, Tryphenia. House 300, barn 100, 80a 500, exempt, 500,
400
6.52
4 Thomas, Phila. House 1,400, barn 100, 1a 300,
1,800
29.34
Truesdell, Erskine.
Personal,
100
3.63
Trumble, Warren.
Personal,
100
3.63
Trumble, Alfred.
Personal,
390
House 500, barn 200, 96a 1,000,
1,700
36.07
Thornhill, W. S.
Personal,
65
House 400, 1a 100,
500
11.21
Thayer, Onando. House 600, barn 100, 1a 150,
850
13.85
Talmadge, Nathaniel.
Personal,
250
6.07
Thurston, Ralph.
Personal,
125
4.04
Thompson, W. J.
Personal,
125
4.04
Thorndike Company.
Machinery,
176,825
Factory buildings 95,800, forty-six houses 49,700,
three barns 1,400, saw and grist mill 350, 280a
5,600, 7a (Forest lake) 300, 20a with buildings 4,000, water power 10,000,
167,150 5,606.80
1 Upham, Charles.
Personal,
125
House 700, 60a 1,300, barn 100, .13a 25, 40a 150,
2,275
41.12
Personal,
1,600
379
VALUATION AND TAX, 1888.
District.
Name and Description.
Valuation.
Tax.
1 Whiton, Nelson.
Personal,
$80
$3.30
Winter, Walter. House 2,600, shop 150, .50a 600,
3,350
56.61
Wilder, W. J., W. H. and Joseph. House 400, .25a 100,
500
8.15
Wilder, John L. House 800, .25a 150,
950
17.48
Wing, James C. House 1,200, barn 100, 25a 150,
1,450
25.64
Wing, A. T.
Personal,
85
3.38
Wilcox, George W.
Personal,
300
6.89
Wellman, J. R.
Personal,
72
House 800, barn 50, .25a 250,
1,100
21.10
Woolrich, John H.
Personal,
305
House 1,500, 3.50a 300, farm-house 400, 50a 600,
3,000
55.87
Woolrich & Co.
Personal,
300
Factory 3,000, barn 100, 2a 600,
3,700
65.20
Weeks, J. W.
Personal,
2,900
Hotel 5,000, barn 600, 1.12a 1,300,
6,900
161.74
Wassum, F. J.
Personal,
1,800
House 1,600, .50a 450,
2,050
64.76
Willis, A. H. House 3,300, barn 300, .62a 600,
4,200
70.46
Wallace, Sarah. House 850, .25a 150, exempt 500,
500
8.15
Wilkins, George H.
Personal,
825
15.45
Wood, E. J.
Personal,
60
House 1,900, barn 150, .25a 200, house 1,300, .50a 300, 3.75a 250, less mortgage 500,
3,600
61.66
Wood, E. G., estate. One-half house 900, .38a 200, house 800, .63a 300, .25a 125,
2,325
37.90
Wood, Mrs. E. G. House 1,050, barn 100, 1a 300, less mortgage 700,
750
12.23
Wright Wire Cloth Company.
Machinery,
5,400
Factory 3,700, 3.50a 300,
4,000
153.22
Wright, John.
Personal,
25
House 1,000, barn 50, .25a 100, shanty 50, .13a 50,
1,250
22.79
White, L. C. Shop 200,
200
3.26
White & Eppley.
Personal,
290
4.73
Webster, W. P. House 1,200, barn 100, .13a 200,
1,500
26.45
Webster & Squier. 22a 500,
500
8.15
Wood, Michael.
Personal,
80
House 250, barn 50, 26a 250,
550
12.27
Wilbur, Edith B. House 1,500, barn 400, 2.75a 400,
2,300
37.49
Warriner, Maria, estate. House 750, house 800, .50a 150,
1,700
27.71
Ware River Railroad Company. Engine house 2,700, .38a 800, 4a 200,
3,700
60.31
Wheeler, Mrs. House 500, barn 50, 1a 150,
700
11.41
Whitman, Mary. House 900, .13a 200,
1,100
17.93
2 Wight, N. D. House 500, 1.50a 250,
750
12.23
380
HISTORY OF PALMER.
District.
Name and Description.
Valuation.
Tax.
Personal,
$200
$5.26
3 Wilson, John.
Personal,
135
Shop and tenement 700, .25a 150, barn 100, 7.50a 300,
1,250
24.59
Wilder, A. W.
Personal,
100
3.63
Winchell, G. W.
Personal,
100
3.63
Wemeth, Euseb.
Personal,
25
2.41
4 Wright, John A.
Personal,
2,100
36.23
Whiting, George D.
Personal,
185
House 400, two barns 150, 46a 500,
1,050
22.14
Whiting, William.
Personal,
125
4.04
Walker, J. K.
Personal,
25
2.41
Wilson, George. House 1,800, .38a 200, .12a 200,
2,200
35.86
Wilson, Cornelius, estate. 1a 300,
300
4.83
NON-RESIDENTS.
Description.
Valuation.
Tax.
Amidon, Philip, Monson. 10.75a 100,
$100
$1.63
Arnold, R. H., Brimfield. Three houses 2,000, barn 50, .75a 200,
2,250
36.68
Blaisdell, Charles E., Springfield. 11a 100, 11a 100,
200
3.26
Blair, A. F., Ware. 10a 50, 17a 100,
150
2.45
Barnes, F. M., Ware. 3a 30,
30
.49
Cutler, Charles, Warren. 50a 400,
400
6.52
Crossman, A. W., Warren. House 400, 30a 25, 8a 100, 1a 25,
775
12.63
Collins, L. W., St. Cloud, Minn. House 500, shop 200, .13a 25,
725
11.82
Calkins, George, Monson. 22a 400, 14a 300,
700
11.41
Calkins, D. A., estate, Monson. 34a 200,
200,
3.26
Cross, W. W., Brockton. Block 7,500, house 1,500, barn 200, .88a 2,000,
11,200
182.56
Childs, Charles J., Clinton. House 250, barn 50, 4a 250,
550
8.97
"Carner, Thomas, Ware. 7a 70,
70
1.14
Davis, B. F., Ware. 30a 375,
375
6.11
Doane, Mrs. Austin, and Eliza Merritt, West Warren. 12a 250, exempt 125,
125
2.04
Fay, Mrs. Eli. . 50a 30,
30
.49
Fosket, Marcus, estate. Barn 150, 90a 900,
1,050
17.12
Fosket, Anna, Springfield. House 1,100, .25a 250,
1,350
22.01
Foster, Freeman, Ware. Barn 75, 50a 1,000,
1,075
17.53
Fairbanks, Julia, Sturgis, Mich. House 400, .38a 300,
700
11.41
2 Watson, John. Wood, Mary. House 600, .13a 100, exempt 500,
200
3.20
Name and Residence.
Blair, Royal E., Springfield. 12a 120,
120
1.96
381
VALUATION AND TAX, 1888.
Name and Residence. Description.
Valuation.
Tax.
Fay, J. T. & Co., Northboro. House 600, house 300, store house 200, 6a and power 1,000,
$2,100
$34.23
Gibbs, Lucius, estate, Ware. 68a 550,
550
8.97
Gould, George, Ware. 80a 500,
500
8.15
Gould, Austin E., Brooklyn, N. Y. House 1.600, .50a 400, barn 100, 1a 150, 6a 300,
2,550
41.57
Green, George D., Ludlow. 78a 500, 4a 25,
525
8.56
Green, Josiah J., Belchertown. 2a 100,
100
1.63
Green, Walter M., Wilbraham. 5a 50,
50
.82
Hastings, George H., Wilbraham. 22a 100,
100
1.63
Jenks, Porter F., Belchertown. Barn 200, 49a 1,100,
1,300
21.19
Lincoln, Albert, estate, Warren. 40a 250, 5.50a 225,
475
7.74
Long, Cornelius, Belchertown. 5a 50,
50
.82
Lombard, Joseph E., Warren. 26a 150,
150
2.45
McMahon, John, Warren. House 800, .25a 150,
950
15.48
Merritt, William, Warren. 38a 350,
350
5.71
Metcalf, E. D., Springfield. 6a 500, 33a 500,
1,000
16.30
Mansfield, Patrick, Belchertown. 11a 200,
200
3.26
Nichols & Fosket, Springfield. Block 2,500, .25a 400,
2,900
47.27
O'Neil, Dennis, estate, Warren. 125a 300,
300
4.89
O'Reim, Franz, Warren. 2a 50,
50
.82
Powell, Lavinia, Springfield. .07a 50, exempt 500,
250
4.07
Powers, F. C., Greenwich. House 1,650, .50a 150,
house 1,300, .50a 150, three houses 3,800, barn 125, .75a 225,
7,400
120.62
Powers, Norman S., Brimfield. 10a 400,
400
6.52
Powers, George W., Brimfield. . 50a 100,
100
1.63
Packard, Prudence, Greenfield. House 1, 500, 1.50a 500,
2,000
32.60
Potter, Ira G., Wilbraham. 16a 200,
200
3.26
Potter, P. P., Wilbraham.
Personal,
500
House at Palmer 1,600, barn 200, .25a 200, 11
houses in Three Rivers 13,650, 3 barns 100, 7a 1,350, sprout lot 10a 150, sprout lot 50a 400,
17,650
295.85
Richardson, Stephen B., Warren. 16a 150,
150
2.45
Rivers, John, Indian Orchard. Store block 2,500,
store and tenement 1,300, shop and tenement 1,700, barn 150, 4a 800,
6,450
105.14
Smith, Frank C., Ware. House 150, 50a 400, 30a 200,
750
12.23
Shepardson, David, Wales. House 1,100, .20a 150,
1,250
20.38
Strickland, John, Warren. 9a 40,
40
.65
Shaw, E. F., Springfield. Two-thirds house 300, barn 50, .75a 100,
450
7.34
Swift, S. W., Wilbraham. 21a 300,
300
4.89
Tagan, Frank, Warren. 40a 250,
250
4.07
Trowbridge, A. J., Warren. 9a 200,
200
3.26
Trowbridge, L. P., estate, Warren. 3.50a 50,
50
.82
One-fourth house 700,
382
HISTORY OF PALMER.
Name and Residence. Description.
Valuation.
Tax.
Trumble, Elijah M., widow, Monson. House 300,
barn 50, 2a 100,
$450
$7.34
Towne, M. D. L., Ludlow. House 1,000, barn 100, 1a 400,
1,500
24.45
Warren, Town of. 100a 1,200,
1,200
19.56
Ward, John, estate of, New Britain, Ct. 7a 100,
100
1.63
Witt, Lyman, Stafford, Ct. House 650, barn 50, .50a 250,
950
15.48
Warren, J. K., Worcester. House 2,000, barn 250, .38a 400,
2,650
43.20
Walker, Horace, Blandford. House 300, 3.50a 200,
500
8.15
Wing, Reuben C., Springfield. House 600, barn 50, .13a 150,
800
13.04
Wesson, D. B., Springfield.
3,000
48.90
Yale, John, Ware. 11a 100,
100
1.63
PALMER, July 17, 1888.
DAVID KNOX,
Assessors
T. D. POTTER,
of
JEREMIAH DUTTON,
Palmer.
Land and water-power 52a 3,000,
TOWN OFFICERS ELECTED 1889.
Clerk and Treasurer-J. B. Shaw.
Selectmen-W. H. Brainard, M. J. Dillon, J. F. Holbrook.
Assessors-David Knox, C. S. Smith, C. F. Smith.
School Committee-W. C. Greene, T. J. Sullivan, H. A. Smith, Addie Hamilton, S. S. Taft, M. H. Davis.
Constables-H. A. Northrop, James Healey, Ole E. Cronferd, M. J. Dawson, T. J. Carmedy, E. L. Derby, M. M. Thomas, Ralph Thurston, A. P. Knowlton, Charles Alexander, P. A. Forte.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1889.
Railings,
$400
Contingencies,
3,000
Highways,
4,000
Sewers and culverts,
500
Bridges,
1,000
Support of poor,
6,000
Teachers' salaries,
11,000
Text books and supplies,
1,000
Transportation of High School scholars,
1,000
Care school houses,
800
School contingencies,
1,000
School repairs,
500
Fuel for schools,
900
Salaries of School Committee,
600
Heating apparatus for High School,
1,800
Soldiers' aid,
500
Memorial Day,
100
Young Men's Library Association,
600
Balance on High School building,
4,500
Savings bank loan,
2,000
Discount on taxes,
2,000
Sewer at Three Rivers,
600
Street lights at Thorndike,
200
Sidewalk at Bondsville,
200
Enlarging poor house,
300
Drainage near Town house,
100
Town History Committee,
1,500
E. B. GATES.
A GENEALOGICAL REGISTER
OF
Early Palmer Families
PRECEDED BY
A DESCRIPTION OF THE ORIGINAL HOME LOTS AND AFTER DIVISIONS.
WITH MAPS.
By EPHRAIM B. GATES.
PUBLISHED BY THE TOWN OF PALMER.
1889.
-
PREFATORY.
I N early youth I became interested in the history of the town, and the genealogy of its inhabitants : because the staple talk of the aged was then chiefly on themes connected with the hard- ships of pioneer life ; the trials and affliction of parents whose chil- dren were taken from them by the " mortal throat distemper " preva- lent in the wilderness ; as well as the brighter side of the story- the rewards of industry, and the happy results of devotion to the cause of Christ, which was a leading motive in our fathers' plans of settlement.
The traditional accounts connected with generations that have laid the foundation of our present prosperity, gave me a desire to know who those ancestors were, and the location of each family, and to commence a genealogical register of the same, which has occupied my time for the past three years. The love for the work in restoring ancient landmarks of the first century, which were so nearly obliterated by time (although tiresome), has borne me along, and kept me to the purpose to perpetuate as far as possible the memory of what otherwise might be forgotten, and soon pass into oblivion.
In this part of the book, relating to the first settlers, I have con- fined myself, in giving the names of families and their location, to the Plantation records, the county records at Springfield, and Mass. Archives in Boston. I have visited most of the grants or locations, and found sufficient landmarks to identify the same, by plotting surrounding farms from the minutes of the original survey, and thus establish the homestead of each family.
Mr. David Knox, a relative of the Kings and Shaws, the first inhabitants of Palmer and Brimfield, is well informed by tradition of the settlement of the south part of the town, and with his assistance we established the location of several families, which now agree with the farms as surveyed by Steward Southgate, sur- veyor for the Proprietors, till they made their First Division of Commons.
The plotting of farms on Quabaug river from the Marble Ferrell
388
GENEALOGIES AND RECORDS.
place to Blanchardsville may be found on the chart, together with locations at the Old Center.
I have endeavored to make this work as complete as possible un- der the circumstances. The town records that I have examined from 1820 to 1865 are very incomplete.
[The historian considers it only an act of justice to say in this connection that Mr. Gates has devoted many months of time, spent not a small amount of money, and given persevering study in collecting statistics and facts relating to the early grants of land made by the General Court to public men, as well as the later allotments to the first-comers upon our territory : that he has made careful exploration and accurate surveys of these lots and farms, and determined bounds and angles, many of which were obscure and uncertain. The results of this work appear in the elaborate maps he has prepared, and which have been engraved, and add essentially to the value of this volume.
In connection with these investigations he collected a great amount of material relating to the early plans and efforts for settling a colony at the Elbows-then a wilderness. These investigations covered the period from 1716, when John King first pitched on the north bank of the Quabaug, down to the date when the place was organized into a Plantation.
The results of these studies were largely written, with a view of embody- ing them in an Appendix. But it was deemed best to incorporate this material in the historical part of the book, where, in the judgment of the historian and committee, it more properly belonged ; and Mr. Gates has gracefully yielded to the judgment of others in the matter. But he none the less deserves credit for his extensive labors, which are duly appreciated by all who have known of his care and patience and success in the difficult field, and appreciated by none more than the historian and committee.
It should be added, that by an independent course of investigation, Mr. Gates reached the same conclusions respecting the land covered by the Indian Deed, and the false claims of Lamb and Company to the Elbow Tract, which are recorded on pages 44-52 of this book.]
THE MANOR OF PEACE.
In 1715, John Reed, Esq., of Boston, purchased a tract of 10,- 000 acres of "Equivalent lands," lying in what is now the town of Ware, east of Swift river. His south line ran east and by north four miles and one hundred rods, to a described bound called Read's Southeast Corner; and from thence the line ran due north to Lambstown, now Hardwick. The southwest corner of Read's farm at Swift river, as originally established, was at a point about nine rods north of the present Ware line ; and the south line of said farm was in dispute for several years, as some of the Elbow Propri- etors had overlapped in laying out their lots. Committees were appointed to settle the disputed land, but failed to give satisfaction.
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In 1755, a committee consisting of John Thomson, James Braken- ridge, Wm. Scott, Jun., Isaac Magoon and Duncan Quinton, on the part of the Elbows, and John Read, Wm. Read and Henry Daggett for the proprietors of the Manor, with surveyor and chain- men, took the matter in hand and mutually agreed to run lines that should bind both parties in interest forever. Their plot placed the southwest corner bound on Swift river, three rods below the first established corner and six rods north of the present Ware line ; thence the line ran east and by north four miles and one hundred rods to the southeast corner-thus leaving a gore of land, termin- ating in a point at said southeast corner, on the south side of the farm, belonging to the Elbow Tract. In 1756, Duncan Quinton took as part of his division lot, nine and a half acres of this gore, being one mile long, three rods wide at the east end, and five and a half rods at the west end. Jerry Jenks took the west end next to Swift river. The narrow east end was long known as " Widow Magoon's Garter." From the southeast corner, thus established, the line was run due north by the needle 1,334 rods.
The following INDEX contains the names of grantees, and will serve as a guide to the numbers affixed to the description of original lots and their owners, and to the corresponding names and lots on the maps. The figures on Map No. II indicate the families that located in the South Division (Palmer).
1. Applin, John
2. Blancher, Nicholas
3. Brooks, John
26. Hall, Elisha, and Farran, Thomas
27. Harvey, Rev. John
5. Beman, John
28. King, John, Sen.
6. Brown, Matthew
29. Kilburn, John, Sen.
7. Brown, Thomas
8. Brown, William
9. Crawford, William
10. Cooley, Noah
11. Chapin, Jonathan
12. Combs. Richard
13. Crawford, Stephen
14. Dorchester, James
15. Dorchester, John
16. Dorchester, James, Jun.
17. Doolittle, Lieut. Samuel
39. Mirick, Ebenezer
18. Frost, Samuel
40. McQuiston, James
41. McElwane, James
42. McElwane, Timothy
43. Magoon, Isaac
44. Magoon, Isaac, Jun.
23. Glasford, Paul
34 and 35. Lemon, Samuel and James, Jun. 36. Moore, John
19. Fuller, Daniel
20. Farrell, Robert
21. Fleming, Samuel
22. Farran, Andrew
24. Gardner, Humphrey
25. Hunter, Robert
4. Breakenridge, James
29. Kilburn, Samuel
30. Kilburn, Daniel
31. Lamberton, James
32. Little, Thomas
33. Lemon, James
37. Moore, James
38. McNitt, Barnard
45. McKee, Andrew
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46. McClanathan, Dea. Thomas
59. Scott, John
60. Shearer, James, Sen.
61. Shearer, William
49. McMitchell, William 62. Smith, Patrick
50. Nevins, Samuel
63. Spear, Dea. David
51. Nevins, Robert and David
64. Smith, Robert, Sen.
52. Parsons, Benjamin
65. Smith, Dea. John
53. Parsons, Joshua
66. Smith, Eld. James
54. Patterson, John
67. Smith, Hugh
54. Patterson, William
68. Thomson, Robert
55. Rogers, Robert
69. Thomson, Capt. John
70. Tackles, Alexander
71. Wright, Joseph, Sen.
72. Wright, Joseph, Jun.
SUPPLEMENT.
73. Quinton, Duncan
74. Webber, John
75. Hamilton, James
76. Hill, Thomas
77. Rutherford, Andrew
78. Shaw, William
79. Combs, John
80. Henderson, John
81. Olds, Moses
82. Vose, Elijah
83. McMaster, James
84. Ministry lot
85. Dunlop, Robert
86. Jennings, Thomas
87. McMaster, John, Sen., and his son James
BRIMFIELD ADDITION.
90. Shearer, John
91. Graves, Daniel
MAP No. 1, NORTH DIVISION (WARE).
1. Southgate, Steward
2. Magoon, Isaac, Sen.
3. Magoon, Isaac, Jun.
4. Cummings, Capt. Jacob
5. Olmstead, Jeremiah
6. Col. Pynchon's heirs, Samuel Bradford, Hon. Ebenezer Bur- rell, John Blackmer, Samuel Davis and John Post.
NORTH DIVISION (WARREN).
1. Brooks, Joseph, Sen.
2. Bailey, Andrew
3. Chadwick, Joseph
4. Curtice, Abel
5. Dewey, Nathaniel
6. Cooley, Obadiah, Jun.
7. Brooks, Joseph, Jun.
8. Stanford, Robert
9. Joseph Green and Isaac Walker, merchants in Boston.
DESCRIPTIVE LIST And Record of the First Inhabitants, Their Home Lots and After Divisions and Successors.
No. 1. Applin, John, by trade a blacksmith, located in the east part of the town. The lands of late have belonged to the Blodgett farm. He bought of the Gent. Claimers in 1728, and it was a General Court grant, 1732. It was occupied by Reuben McMaster in 1809. No number of acres given.
56. Slone, William
57. Shaw, Dea. Samuel
58. Scott, William
47. McClanathan, William
48. McClellan, James
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No. 2. Blanchard, Nicholas. Claim of 336 acres ; bought of Gent. Claimers 100 acres, 1728, and confirmed to him by General Court, 1732. Sold to Aaron King about 1745, and owned by Jesse King in 1809. It was the home of Col. Isaac King, and owned by Joseph King in 1888.
No. 3. Brooks, John. Land, 250 acres; bought of Gent. Claim- ers, 1728, 50 acres and confirmed to him by the General Court. It is known of late as the Reuben Rogers farm. It is bounded 80 rods on the Quaboag river. Sold to Hugh McMaster, 1741, it being his first place of residence.
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