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From Mendon Road to Keith Farm Keith Lane
From Central Turnpike North to Putnam Hill Road Ray Lane
From Putnam Hill Road East to Shaw Farm Shaw Lane
From Lackey Road to Jones Farm Dodge Lane
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From Oxford Line East to Boston Road (Freeland Triangle)
Eight Lot Road
From School House North to Millbury Line West Millbury Road
From Eight Lot Road East to West Millbury Road Woodbury Lane
From West Millbury Road West to Millbury Line Griggs Road
From West Millbury Road East and South to West Sutton Road Welsh Road
From West Sutton Road East and South to Boston Road Hutchinson Road
From West Sutton Road North and East to West Sutton Road De Witt Road
Districts 4 and 5
From Sutton Center North and East to Millbury Line Singletary Avenue
From Singletary Avenue North to Millbury Line Winwood Road
From Singletary Avenue Northeast to Burbank Road Wheelock Road
From Singletary Avenue West though Marion's Camp Tuttle Road
From Singletary Avenue East to end Cole Avenue
From Sutton Center Southeast to Mendon Road (Hathaway Corner)
Uxbridge Road
From Uxbridge Road East to Purgatory Road Southwick Road
From Uxbridge Road East to King Farm King Road
From Uxbridge Road South to Bond Hollow Bond Hollow Road
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From Boston Road South and West to Uxbridge Road Church Circuit
From King Road Southeast via Purgatory to Northbridge Line Purgatory Road
From Uxbridge Road to Kesseli home Kesseli Road
Districts 6 and 13
From Manchaug Village at center to Douglas Line Main Street
From Manchaug Village East via South Sutton to Northbridge Line Whitins Road
From Main Street Southeast to the Darling Farm Morse Road
From Main Street South to the Douglas Line Mumford Road
From Mumford Road West to Torrey Road Duval Road
From N. 3 Mill South to end Reservoir Avenue
From Reservoir Avenue East and West First Street
From Reservoir Avenue East Second Street
From Reservoir Avenue West West Second Street
From Manchaug Road South over dam to Douglas Line Torrey Road
From Manchaug Road West to Torrey Road Parker Road
From Torrey Road East to Douglas Line Holt Road
Districts 7 and 8
From South Sutton South to Douglas Line Hough Road
From Hough Road West to end Brown Road
From South Sutton North to Mendon Road Barnett Road
From Barnett Road West to end Jones Road
From Uxbridge Line via Lackey Dam to Northbridge Line Lackey Dam Road
From Lackey Dam Road Southeast to Uxbridge Line McGuire Road
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From Whitins Road to Lackey Dam Road Oakhurst Road
From Lackey Dam North to Northbridge Line Prescott Road
From Mendon Road North to Johnson Farm Johnson Road
From Brick School East to Northbridge Line Carr Street
From Carr Street to Purgatory Road Burdon Road
District 9
From Boston Road South via Stone School to Lincoln Road Old Stone Road
From Old Stone Road West and North via Cemeteries to Boston Road Armsby Road
From Central Turnpike South to Northbridge Line Lincoln Road
From Old Stone Road Southwest to end Smith Road
From Central Turnpike Northeast via Leland Hill to Grafton Line Leland Hill Road
From Central Turnpike North to Curtain Rod Dam Burnap Road
From Old Stone Road South to Dudley Farm
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From Leland Hill Road Southeast to Central Turnpike Pierce Road
Districts 10 and 11
From Northbridge Line Northwest via Leland Hill to Old Providence Road Hartness Road
From Leland Hill South to end Green Road
From Leland Hill West via R. Dodge Farm to Old Stone Road Mcclellan Road
From Leland Hill West via Harvey Dodge Farm Dodge Road
From Boston Road North to Millbury Line Burbank Road
From Boston Road North to Burbank Road Sibley Road
From Boston Road North via Dudley Farm to Millbury Line Dudley Road
From Boston Road South to Drapery Rod Dam Pleasant Valley Road
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From Boston Road Northeast to Dudley Road Marble Road
From Dudley Road West to Worcester-Providence Road Harback Road
From Worcester-Providence Road to Kamaitis Farm Kamaitis Road
From Dudley Road Northeast to Millbury Line Caplette Road
District 12
From Millbury Line Southeast to Grafton Line Providence Road
From Providence Road North to Railroad Depot Street
From Railroad Northwest to Providence Road Blackstone Road
From Blackstone Road East to Deer Hill Chase Road
From Providence Road to Woodbury Village Buttonwood Avenue
From Buttonwood Avenue Southeast to Boston Road
From Hartness Road West to end
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Houghton Road Bashaw Road
From Providence Road at Shuttle Shop East to Boston Road Old Providence Road From Boston Road East and South to Dodge Hill Road
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From Wilkinsonville South via St. John's Church Pleasant Street
From Providence Road North to old Presbyterian Church
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From Millbury Line South to Northbridge Line and from Northbridge Line to Uxbridge Line
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From Hartness Road near the Cemetery Southerly to Central Turnpike
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JOHN C. DUDLEY, Surveyor of Highways
1945
October 2-Voted to sell or lease the unused schoolhouses at West Sutton and Putnam Hill and the unused schoolhouse and land at Leland Hill, Harback and Hathaway Districts and the Town's interest in the schoolhouse and land of the so-called Union School, which were released by the School Committee to
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1946
February 2-On motion of Rollin Mansfield, it was voted to change the date of the Annual Meeting to the third Saturday in February.
1948
February 21-It was voted, on motion of James Smith, that the Town accept $110. from Winfred W. Windle to be set up as a War Memorial Fund.
1949
The Town Report was dedicated to the memory of John J. Mcguire.
"He served as a member of the Sutton School Committee from 1935 to 1938, also from 1944 until his death, November 5, 1948. He was chairman of the committee from 1937 to 1938. He was also chairman of the Auburn-Sutton Union School Committee from April, 1948 until November 5, 1948.
"John McGuire served on the Sutton School Committee with distinction. The welfare of the Townspeople and especially the children was at all times upper- most in his mind. He was a true and loyal Town official."
February 19-The sum of $200 was appropriated for the purpose of pro- viding a map, showing ownerships of the various parcels of property in Town.
Voted, on motion of George H. Johnson, that the Town do name the inter- section of the Boston Road and Hartness Road in Wilkinsonville, "Gendron Square" in memory of Henry Gendron, and the intersection of the New Provi- dence Road and Central Turnpike, "Dudley Square" in memory of John H. Dudley, and that the Moderator appoint three members to investigate and report at a future Town Meeting on the purchase of suitable markers for the same.
June 24-It was voted, on motion of James Dunleavy, that the Selectmen be authorized to execute a deed of the Harback School property to the Dudley- Gendron Post, No. 414, for the sum of $1.00, the title to be held by said Post, so long as the premises are used for the purpose of a legion post.
1950
February 18-It was voted to continue the work of preparing a map to show the ownership of parcels of property in the town.
October 19-An appropriation of $5000 from sums in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, was approved for the purpose of preparing and publish- ing Volume II of the Sutton Town History. (Unanimous vote.)
1951
February 17-The Town Report of this year was "dedicated in loving mem- ory of a grateful Town to two former officials:
Stephen E. Benjamin, Collector of Taxes from 1934 to 1950. Deceased, November 16, 1950.
Arthur B. Putnam, Town Clerk from 1925 to 1950 Deceased, September 15, 1950.
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The Town voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $2000 to purchase and install a Memorial Plaque for the Veterans of World War II in the Sutton Memorial School. The following committee of seven, appointed by the Mod- erator to arrange for this project, consisted of three members of the Building Committee, the Adjutants of Posts 390 and 414 of the American Legion, and two citizens of the Town:
Edward W. Maclaren, Betty B. Windle, Anton G. Kesseli, Roland Picard, John Tebo, John C. Dudley and Eunice P. King.
Voted, on a motion of James A. Smith, that the Town transfer the sum of $236 from the appropriation for painting the Town Hall, and raise $1800, and appropriate both sums for repairing, altering and redecorating the interior of the Town Hall.
It was voted, on a motion of John C. Dudley, that the Town print in all future Town Reports, the Warrants of all Town Meetings held during the year covered by the report, with the disposition made of each article, printed at the end of said article.
1952
The Town Report of this year was dedicated to John C. Dudley.
"John C. Dudley, who died on the 23rd day of December, 1951, served our Town as Selectman,. School Committeeman, and Highway Superintendent for 1 year, 10 years, and 24 years respectively.
"We knew him as a man of high principles, who had a deep understanding of human nature. He carried out his duties to the satisfaction of all the people with whom he came in contact. It has been a privilege to know him and his passing will be keenly felt."
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WEST SUTTON
History of Sutton
PART II-The HOMES of SUTTON
God gives all men all earth to love, But since man's heart is small, Ordains for each-one spot shall prove Beloved over all.
"Poem on Sussex" Kipling
M ANY pages have been devoted to the homes and the families of Sutton, for the history of these is the history of the town. It is hoped that each item entered will interest some family or individual. Perhaps chil- dren, grown older, will be pleased to see their names recorded.
We often are surprised to discover the great interest of people in their ances- tors. As an illustration, a housewife recently heard a broadcaster from New York, over a leading network, express a desire to learn more about his grandmother, who lived in Sutton. Meager information from the Town History about her birthplace was forwarded, but it was regretted that fuller details had not been recorded.
There have been many changes in the families since 1876; fewer names of the older inhabitants appear and many new names from foreign countries have been added. There is a blending of the new and old worlds, each making its contribu- tions of ideals and customs to strengthen the development of the town's growth.
In the earlier years of the 1876-1950 period, the town was privileged to have several men, who possessed the rare gift of public speaking. They were loyal citizens, decided in their opinions, who enlivened the town meetings with their eloquence, lacking neither words nor arguments to support their views. A businessman remembers his delight, as a boy, slipping into the hall during these sessions, to listen to the oratory and to the exciting debates.
We miss the farmer with his homely philosophy that owes nothing "to books and academies", but which seems to come from his kinship with the soil. A native son, who spent hard-working days on the farm, returns to find a different outlook at the old home. There are no sheds with neatly piled wood and the
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stone walls have been covered under ground. He comments, "One generation slaved to dig up the stones-for the next generation to bury."
There was a decrease of total population from 1895 to a low figure in 1930, most of which was in the village and non-farm population. This was due, no doubt, to the closing of the mills and changing industries. Since 1930, the growth has been in non-agricultural residents.
Old homesteads are being restored and many small cottages erected. Summer camps are well-constructed and several are permanent residences. There are fewer barns, since they are not needed to house the livestock. These buildings have been made into garages or remodeled into comfortable dwellings. The new homes, generally, are small with no attics (for storing antiques) and some have no cellars. Through the house there are modern conveniences everywhere.
The grandmother of the 1870's would look with bewilderment at the inde- pendence of the modern woman, who takes part in every activity. The auto- mobile and airplane transport people quickly over the country, while radio and television bring the world to the family by the fireside.
The gracious hills remain, as they always have, a joy and inspiration to those who live in Sutton. We cannot look ahead to see the future leaders, but we know that from the village community will come those, who will play a dominant part in the country's history.
WEST SUTTON, DISTRICT No. 1
A part of the section of the town, now known as West Sutton, was included in the Stoughton grant, purchased by Richard Waters and Samuel Rich in December 1720, Waters having two thirds and Rich one third of the 1000 acres.
The next year, in 1721, Samuel Rich built on what is at present Clarence Wallace's farm and Richard Waters built on the Bullard-Tuttle place. Later (about 1724), Waters erected a house on the corner of the old Boston Road and the Turnpike. (He was living there in October 1725.)
A well, at the intersection of the roads, is the only relic of this early settle- ment. This well was covered and forgotten many years, until Jason Waters uncovered it, and made an inscription on the under-side of the cover, "R. W .- 1720". After that, the well was used for a few years as a source of drinking water for the children of the near-by school. This was one of the first, if not the first well, to be dug in West Sutton. It is now carefully covered and may never again be used.
The stream running down thro the present village, which has furnished the water power for the village industries thro the years, was called, "Mill Brook", in some early deeds.
In Revolutionary War days, a triphammer shop was in operation at the place where Mr. Fred Humes now lives. Before 1800, another one was built in West Sutton village. They may not have been in operation at the same time, but Mr. Humes thinks there was a time when three sawmills, two gristmills, a machine shop, a blacksmith shop and a woodworking shop were being operated at the same time on this brook.
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"About 1854, James Phelps and Paris Tourtellott together owned all the shop or mill privileges on this stream at West Sutton. They disagreed about their respective rights, and at least two lawsuits resulted from the disagreement, both carried to the Massachusetts Supreme Court."
The Hotel Pond is a part of this stream and Phelps' mill and Aldrich's mill were in operation for some time. Shaw's sawmill is still in use.
The Central Turnpike runs thro the village. Coming from Oxford on this road, the first house in Sutton was owned by John Gibson in 1876. He sold to Mrs. Clara Peters in 1901. She died in 1924. Her son, Raymond Peters, owned the place for several years and it was rented to various tenants. Carl Wilson is now the owner and lives here with his wife and children, Carlene and Paul. He is a baker in Millbury.
The next place was known for many years as the Sumner Kenney place. Sumner Kenney lived here until his death in 1902. A barn was struck by light- ning and burned during Sumner Kenney's occupancy and was rebuilt. Mr. Kenney left a will leaving the property to four of his five children, Emily Battelle, Ella Stockwell, Loren Kenney and George S. Kenney. In 1903 Loring Kenney sold his interest to the other three; in 1910 George S. sold to his sisters and later, that same year, they sold to Walter O. Cook. Mr. Cook was a cattle trader. In 1917 he sold to Hiram A. Sherman, who kept it less than a year and sold to George H. Barnes in 1918. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes lived here with their children: Marguerite who married Chester Eames; Ruth, who was graduated from Sutton High School and married Leopold Morse, and one son Merton. Mr. Barnes died here and his administrators sold to John Stevenson in 1923. Mr. Stevenson sold to Mr. and Mrs. Adolf Matukiewich in 1925. They had three children, Mary, John and Anna, and carried on a dairy business. The barn was demolished during the hurricane of 1938 and most of the livestock were buried in the ruins. They later built a new modern barn. In 1945 the property was bought at auction by Arthur E. King and was sold the same year to Robert B. Whittier, who lives here with his wife (Margaret Hubbard) and two sons, William and Wendell. Mr. Whittier attended Sutton High School and Dudley Bible Institute. He is associated with his brother Harold in business.
The large yellow house, known as the Samuel Newton place, was burned about 1901 and the site, now high above the graded State Road, is owned by Mrs. Louisa Plummer. It was used for some years as a Baptist parsonage. It was probably one of the oldest houses in the village, and had many owners through the years.
Miss Lucy Phelps says,
"At the corner of the Turnpike and Boston Road there stands a maple tree in the triangle. It was set out by Mr. Samuel Newton, who manifested his inborn public spirit in various ways. Before the day of automobiles the neighbors would frequently see Mr. Newton with horse and improvised plow, clearing the walks to their houses after a snow storm. Again, it was a common thing for him to drive about the village, picking up the children and taking them to school on a snowy morning."
Mr. Waters told the following story concerning the Bigelows who lived here at one time, Liberty Bigelow having bought it for his father.
"Liberty had two brothers named Freedom and Independence. He also had a sister named Sophia, who married Eleazer Kelley. Kelley and his wife once kept a tavern in Albany,
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HOME OF MRS. A. LOUISA PLUMMER
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New York. Tradition says that at this time, some gamblers, who were illegally carrying on in the upper rooms of their tavern, were surprised when Mrs. Kelley (who afterward became Mrs. Sanford Inman) burst into the room. Seeing a large sum of money on the table before them, she calmly swept it into her large apron and went down stairs. Of course, the men didn't dare make any complaint. Later, when Kelley went west for California gold, his wife and daughter stayed with the wife's brother Liberty at the old yellow house in West Sutton. Months passed with no word from Kelley. His worried wife watched from the house the daily arrival of the Millbury stage, hoping against hope to see her husband alight. But, alas, no word was ever received. It was thought that having made his pile, he started for home only to be waylaid, robbed and murdered by Indians or outlaws and his bones left to whiten on some Western plain."
The brick house, now owned and occupied by Mrs. Erastus Plummer, was also used for some years as a Baptist parsonage and Rev. F. J. Stevens lived here in 1876. It then was owned, according to the old History, by Deacon Lamb. It was purchased about 1890 by Rev. Edward R. Knowles, who made some repairs and lived here a few years with his family. He had been a cleric of a Catholic sect. It passed to the Five Cent Savings Bank in 1897. The bank sold to Mr. and Mrs. Plummer in 1904. The deed and right of way to the well across the street was given them by George B. Kenney. After the purchase the Plummers rented the property, until they gave up their positions at the Sutton Town Farm in 1907, when they came to live here. In 1912, they were again called to the Town Farm and their son Charles Plummer and his wife (Evelyn Morse) lived here for several years. In 1923, Mr. and Mrs. Erastus Plummer left the town farm and came to make this their permanent home. Mr. Plummer was a carpenter. He died here in 1932. The hurricane of 1938 damaged both house and barn considerably, a part of the roof of the house being blown away and also the front of the barn. In 1941, the house was remodeled for two families and Charles Plummer and his wife lived here for a time, after the house he had built on the hotel site had been sold. The apartment is now rented by Mr. Gustave Dahlberg and wife.
The next place was owned by Nathan Waters in 1876. He died in 1878 leaving the property to his two sons, Samuel and George. George released his interest to his brother the next year and he sold in 1884 to Henry B. Bullard. Mr. Bullard sold to David Vinton, who lived here alone for some years. He sold to Erastus Plummer in 1918. Albert and Amelia Kingsbury were the next owners in 1929 and they sold to Donald Schwab in 1937. Charles Plummer bought the property of Mr. Schwab in 1943 and Mr. and Mrs. Plummer lived here until the death of Mrs. Plummer in 1951. The house has been greatly improved since 1918. After his wife's death, Mr. Plummer sold the place to Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Grandone, who are occupying the house. They have two sons, one of whom, Raymond, lives at home.
A small house stood just below this, very close to the house owned by Donald Schwab. This was also owned by Nathan Waters and willed, as was the Vinton place. Henry B. Bullard bought it in 1883 and Mrs. Bullard's mother, Mrs. Huldah Wilcox, lived here until her death. John Sargent, a Civil War veteran, lived here for some time. Mr. Bullard sold to David Vinton when Mr. Plummer bought the Vinton place. Mr. Vinton died here. Mrs. Louisa Plummer bought of the heirs in 1922; she sold to James Black. It afterward went to William Harney (1925), Beatrice Paquin (1925) and Rose Mc- Caffrey (1936). She sold to Mark Hughes of Charlton in 1937. After Mr.
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Hughes' death in 1941, his heirs sold to Charles Plummer, who sold to Donald Schwab, who had it torn down in 1948.
The next house, as before mentioned, belongs to Donald Schwab, who bought it in 1936. His father, Rev. Henry Schwab, former pastor of the West Sutton Baptist Church, lived here with him until his death in 1949 at the age of 88. Mr. Schwab is a teacher of history and economics in the Sutton High School. He is a World War I Veteran and is active in Legion affairs. In 1876 the place was owned by Bowers Davis. It was sold to Mary D. Blood in 1906. The Bloods much improved the house, selling to Elmer Bartlett in 1913. The property then went through the hands of several short-time owners; Phillip Presseault, 1913-James Black, 1919-Fred Conavan, 1919-Fred Carlson, 1920-Annie LaPorte, 1921-Anthony Szezepanski, 1923-Frances Kochinski, 1926-The Millbury National Bank, 1935, and to the present owner the next year.
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