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on a high way layd out this same day by the select men of the Town of Roxbury aforesaid which is two rods wide ; to the South- ward of said line now setled for the land of foresaid Williams, The said way to begin by Dorchester brook way and runn close by the line of said Stephen Williams as the line now runns up to the Road leading from Roxbury to Braintry : And the aforesaid Mr William Denison to have all the land on the South side of foresaid way unto the land of Richard Hall, and is bounded ou Braintry Road West, and on the land of Samuel Payson east : Further we agree and determine that the aforesaid Denison and Williams shall equally divide the wood of the foresaid way between them : Fur- ther wee determine agree and conclude, that this our award shall be a finall issue and everlasting end of all quarrels and controver- sies, lawsutes claymes and demands about the said land or the bounds of it, or any wood formerly cut of from it, by said Denison or Williams, or any imployed by them, And also of all differences about the above said premises between the heires executors or ad- ministrators of the abovesaid Denison and Williams, upon the pen- alty of forfeting fifty pounds money which they bound themselves by a Bond bearing date the Eleventh of May 1697 to stand to the award of the abovsaid arbitrators to be levied on the person or estates of them that shall refuse to sit down satisfied with this award : Witness our hands this seventeenth day of May one thou- sand six hundred ninety and Seven, and the nineth yeare of his Majesties reigne :
TIMOTHY STEVENS SAMUEL RUGGLES EDWARD DORR SAMUEL SCARBROUGH BENJAMIN GAMBLIN JOSEPH WELD ISAAC MORRISS
We whose names are underwritten being the persons within men- tioned that have committed the setling of the land and bounds to be arbitrated, and the controversie to be decided between us unto the within named Arbitrators do hereby testifie our consent to the within written award : witness our hands this seventeenth of May 1697.
WILLIAM DENISON STEPHEN WILLIAMS
Witness JOSIAH HOLLAND the mark of PRUDENCE S' PAYSON
[18.] Blank.
[19.] Know all men by these presents That Ephraim Lyon of Roxbury in the County Of Suffolk and Province of the Massachusets Bay in New England yeoman, for and In consideration of Stephen Avery of the Same town yeoman, his makeing up And Continuing a good suffiscient and Lawfull fence for all time to come After the
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date hereof, of Seventene Poles In Length from the great Country Road Leading to Dedham near unto and Adjoyning the lands of said Avery on the South-westerly side of the strip or Piece of Land hereafter given and granted, and Maintaining the said suffis- cient fence, and For this Consideration onley the said Ephraim Lyon hath given, and granted, Disposed of, and doth hereby give Grant Sell and Dispose to the said Stephen Avery his Heirs, and Assigns, A Strip or peice of Land lying in Roxbury aforesaid being Butted and bounded as follows, Against The said road North- westerly, and there Measureing fourteen feet and no more and on The Land of said Lyon, Southwesterly and There Measureing Seaventeen Rodds or Poles, This being the length and where the fence Is to be made and maintained as Aforesaid and Coming to a point in Shape of a wedge North-easterly on Land Of said Avery. -
To Have and to Hold to the said Avery his heirs and Assigns said Piece of Land forever on the Condition Above Free and Clear from all troubles, Inconvenience, or Mollestation, whatever In tes- timony whereof the said Ephraim Lyon hath hereto set his hand and Seal this 24th of Aprill 1722 and in the Eighth year of King George. His Reign. Signed, Sealed, and Delivered,
In Presence of BENJAMIN SMITH, & ISAACK BACON and a seal EPHRAIM LYON
Memorandum.
On the Same Day and Year Abovementioned, The said Stephen Avery for and on his part Doth Covenant, promiss, and Agree with the Said Ephraim Lyon his Heirs, Executors, &c: That he will fully performe and Accomplish What he the said Avery his Heirs, and Assigns, are to do by the Abovementioned Instrument.
In Witness whereof said Stephen Avery has Set to his hand and seal the 24th of April 1722.
Signed Sealed and Delivered
In presence of us BENJAMIN SMITH ISAACK BACON
STEPHEN AVERY & a seal O
[20.] Roxbury January 23, 1722/3 Memorand.
Whereas John Stone is Presented By the Grand Jury of the County of Suffolk for Incroaching on a Town Highway leading Through the Pond plain in Roxbury as by The said Presentment appears and upon An Agrement between the said Stone and Captain Ed- ward Bridge who Owns the Land on the other Side of the way Oppo- site to Stone, and has ingaged to leave Out as much Land of the other Side as Hath been taken in by Stone, so as to Bring the way to itts Dne wedth According to Record : Wee therefore the Select men Of Roxbury are well satisfyed in this Agrement and being well Contented that The said way should have its Wedth from The said Stons Wall, The Land being as Sutable for a way. -
Therefore Desire The Honourable Justices In Court that the said Presentment may cease.
WM DUDLEY JN BOWLES EDWARD DORR STEPIIEN WILLIAMS. JOIIN MAYO.
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BOOK OF POSSESSIONS.
INDEX.
[21.]
The Page.
Present Pagination
Mr Thomas Dudley Esq. .
1
23
Mrs Dudley & the Heirs of Mrs Sam1 Hagbourne
2
24
M' John Eliot .
3
25
Isaac Heath
.
5
27
William Parke .
.
6
28
Isaac Morrill .
7
29
> John Johnson .
8
30
M' John Gore
9
31
M' Anthony Stoddard
10
32
M' Thomas Weld
11
33
Captain Hugh Prichard
12
34
Mr Thomas Bell
13
35
M' Daniel Weld
14
36
Edward Denison
15
37
John Weld
16
38
Robert Seaver .
17
39
Edward Payson
18
40
The Heirs of Thomas Lamb
19
41
The Heirs of John Levens
20
42
M' Joshua Foote
21
43
John Perry his Heirs
22
44
Abraham Newel
23
45
Daniel Brewer .
24
46
Francis Smith .
25
47
John Bowles .
26
48
George Holmes his Heirs
27
49
M' James Astward
28
50
John Ruggles Sen".
29
51
John Ruggles jun"
30
52
Samuell Ruggles Widow Ruggles
31
53
Ralph Hemmingway
32
54
Robert Williams
33
55
John Watson .
34
56
Edward Bridge
35
57
John Burwell John Woody his heirs .
36
58
Giles Payson .
37
59
Thomas Pigge .
38
60
Edward Bugby
39
61
John Scarbrow
40
62
Robert Pepper
41
63
William Lewis
43
64
William Curtisse
44
65
Richard Peacocke
45
66
Arthur Gary
46
67
Richard Woody
47
68
Richard Goad .
48
69
.
.
4
26
Philip Eliot
.
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The Page.
Present Pagination.
John Mays
49
70
John Stebbins .
50
71
Mr. George Alcock
1[51]
72
Edward Porter
[527
73
Robert Prentice
[53]
74
John Totman Mr. Henry Dingham
[54]
75
Edward Riggs .
55]
76
Abraham How
F567
77
William Cheiny
[57]
78
Christopher Peak
58]
79
John Griggs, Joseph Griggs
[597
80
John Dane
.
F60]
81
Robert Gamblin
.
F617
82
Philip Torey
[62]
83
Samnel Finch
Isaac Heath
[63]
84
Isaac Johnson
[64]
85
Griffen Crafts
F65]
86
William Healy
·
F667
87
Nathaniel Stow
[667
87
John Gorton .
F677
88
Daniel Aynsworth. Peter "Gardner
.
[697
90
George Brand .
.
[72]
93
Thomas Meekins Hugh Thomas
737
94
Joseph Wise John Mayo .
74]
95
John Hanchet John Polly
757
96
Tobias Davis Edmund Parker
[76
97
Edward Morris William Lyon
[77]
98
John Peiropoynt
78
99
William Gary .
[79]
100
Thomas 3Brewer Abraham Newel jun"
F80
101
Nathaniel Brewer
[81]
102
Peleg Heath
[82]
103
Samuell Williams
[83]
104
John Newel William Davis
.
[847
105
William Lynckhorne John Mayes jun"
[85
106
Henry Bowen Thomas Bacon .
[867
107
[87]
108
[22.] Blank.
[23.] *1. M' Thomas Dudley Esquire. his dwelling house with a little brewhouse standing neere the brooke, allso two orchyards with yards and barnes, and other out houses, with fiue
1 The outer margin of the page is gone, but the deeds were evidently numbered con secutively as here restored. - W. H. W.
2 The record reads " Widow Gardner." - W. H. W.
8 The record reads " Thomas Baker." - W. H. W.
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The Heirs of John Graves. Mary Graves
.
₹70
91
William Potter Richard Chamberlain
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71]
92
Richard Sutton Nathaniell Wilson
.
.
[68]
89
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accres of earrable land more or lesse on the backside thereof with a skirt of meadow adioyning to it being halfe an accre more or lesse. and about foure score and ten accres of errable and meadow ground neere muddy riner. Isaac Morrill on the south M' Thomas Weld on the southweast, and the riuer on the other side. and six- teene accres of upland and meadow more or lesse abutting west upon the lower calues pasture land, being sold conditionaly unto William Parkes. and in the second alotment of the last deuission one hundred twenty eight accres and a halfe and twenty pole, it being the seauenteenth lott in the last diuission lying betweene Robert Burnope and William Denison -
[24.] *2. Mrs Dudley and the heires of M' Samuell Hag- borne, being the landes of her former husband the said M' Samuell Hagborne, one dwelling house and barn, one orchyard, and eight accres of medow and tilladge on the south east side theireof, and the street west. and fifty and six accres more or lesse being upland and marsh upon Smelt brooke and the marsh of John Burwell east, and upon the marsh late the land of John Stow northwest, and by a highway leading to grauilly poynt west, and is further bounded with three accres of marsh ditched in by Jolin Johnson, and with two accres of marsh of Thomas Lambes on the east and south, and seauen accres more or lesse of arrable land in the calfes pasture betweene Isaac Heath and William Parke, and the end there of upon the highway leading to Dorchester. and forty and fine accres more or lesse upon the land of John Johnson North, upon Francis Smith south, and betweene two highwayes; Allso in the second alottment of the last diuission the foureteenth lott. betweene Joshna Hlewes and Abraham Howe, one hundred and eighteene accres and a halfe and one hundred seventy seauen accres in the foure thon- sand accres.
[25.] *3. M' John Eliot his dwelling house orchyard and barne the high streete being upon the west and south of it, and the houselott two accres and a halfe more or lesse, the training place being at the east end thereof. and a great lott being one and twenty accres, upon the great pond North, upon Phillip Elliot west upon Isaac Heath east and upon the highway south, and nineteenc accres more or lesse upon Edward Bugby, and upon a wooddy swamp late John Stowes south, and so betweene two highwayes. and six accres of fresh meadow at the west end of the greate meadow and nine accres of salt marsh more or lesse lying betweene Isaack Heath, and William Denison. and in the second alottment of the last deuission being the twelfe lott lying betweene Isaack Ileath and Joshua Hewes. fifty fiue accres and a quarter. and in the thousand accres at Deddam thirty and nine accres. and in the Nookes next Dorchester bought of Phillip Meadowes being the tenth lott, lying betweene John Gorton and Mr Henry Dingham, thirteene accres and Twenty pole. and seauen accres of woodland more or lesse lately the land of Robert Pepper abutting uppon the Jand of Phillip Eliot and JJeames Astwood east, upon the highway to John Totmans house North, up [ ** Isaac Johnson south, and upon
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[26.] *4. Isaack Heath his dwelling house. barne, orchyard and house lott three accres more or lesse upon the highway leading to the meeting house east, and South. upon Joseph Weld North, and upon Jasper Raulins west. and foureteene accres of salt marsh more or lesse, upon the west of the marsh of william Parke, upon the east of the marsh of M' John Eliot, upon the North of the channell leading towards Pine Iland, and npon the south of William Denison and his owne land being more six accres of upland in the calnes pasture, abutting thereon upon the North, and the highway leading to Dorchester south, upon the land of the heirs of Samuell Hagborne west, upon the lands of William Denison east, Allso six accies of salt marsh in granelly poynt, and foure accres of upland at stony riuer upon the east, and upon the highway leading to the great pond west, and fower and twenty accres not far from Gam- blins end, upon the south of a highway leading to the great lotts, upon the North of the land of the heires of George Alcock, and upon the west of the heirs of George Holmes. and sixteene accres at the great pond upon the North, upon the south of a highway, npon Mr. John Elliot west. and six accres more or lesse lately bought of M' William Perkins lying in the calues pasture, upon Willian Denison west, upon a lane to the salt marsh east upon Mr. John Elliot and William Denison North, and upon a lane leading to the house of Richard Goade south, and in the second alottment of the last deuission being the eleventh lott, lying betweene John Stow and Mr John Elliot ninety foure accres three quarters and thirty pole. and in the fower thousand accres two hundred fifty and six accres. and three roodes of swamp-land lately the land of John Stow, lying on the east of Isaac Morrill, upon the west of land lately John Stan- nards, and upon the highway North. and foure accres more or lesse lately the land of Richard Pepper, lying in the upper calues- pasture inelosed with the lands lately John Stows, William Parkes, Edward Pason, and Robert Williams, as it doth and may appeare by the markes and bounds thereof.
[27.] *5. Phillip Eliot his house, Barne and home lott three accres more or lesse, upon stoney riner east, and so betweene the lands of Jeames Astwood and the heires of John Graues. and twelve aceres more or lesse upon Stoney riuer south. upon the highway leading to the great pond North, upon Edward Denison west, and upon Robert Seaner east, with a highway leading to it through the land of John Bowles. and thirty-three accres more or lesse, upon the great pond North upon M' John Elliot east, upon a highway south, and upon the head of Thomas Ruggles heires west, and nine accres more or lesse, upon Daniell Ainsworth and John Ruggles senior towards the south, and upon William Curteis, and William Cheiney east, and upon the heires of William Web north, and upon Isaack Johnson west. and six accres of salt marsh in Grauelly poynt, upon Elder Isaack Heath and William Cheiney and three accres and a halfe in beare marsh, being the halfe of seauen accres late Edward Porters, upon William Heath west, and William Cur- tis east. and in the second alotment, next William Curtis the foure and twentyeth lot, being the last lott there, ninety six accres three
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quarters and thirty pole, and in the foure thousand accres three hundred thirty and three accres.
[28.] *G. William Parke his dwelling house, and barne, to- gether with yards, orchyards, and eight accres of errable land more or lesse adioyning unto the yards and orchyards, abutting upon William Cheineys orchard north upon the land of the heires of John Levens west, upon the land lately of John Stow, now of Edward Pason south, and upon the land lately John Woodies but now Edward Pasons south, upon the highway leading to Dorches- ter east, and upon the lands of Joshua Foote Edward Pason and Francis Smith northeast. and twenty fiue accres more or lesse of earrable land and meadow in the lower Calues pasture, the meadow being part of that which William Parke bought of Mr Thomas Dudley adioyning unto the land of the heires of Mr. Samnell Hag- borne on the south and west, and Isaaek Heath meadow on the south, and a creeke parting this meadow from Isaack Heaths meadow on the east, and a creeke parting this meadow from a par- cell of meadow lately William Parkes but now Edward Pasons on the east side, and the meadow of the sayd Pason on the north and s > all along the land of the said Pason unto the highway leading to Dorchester, and Edward Pason is to make and maintaine for ever a sufficient fence against the land of the sayd Parkes through ont betweene them. and nine accres of woodland more or lesse ad- ioyning unto the house lott of John Gorton, and the land lately the land of John Turner North unto the highway leading from the dead swamp unto the towne east, and the land of John Burwell south, and the highway west. and ninety foure accres three quar- ters and thirty pole in the second alottment of the last deuision being the sixt lott lying betweene the land lately John Scarbur- roughs and Samuell Finch ; and one hundred fourscore and one acrres in the foure thousand accres, and thirteene accres more or lesse in Springfeild, lately the land of Thomas Lamb, upon the highway to muddy riner south, upon stoney riuer north. and upon Captaine Prichard east, and upon the land lately of Joshua Hewes west. and one acere and a roode of meadow more or lesse upon the land of the heires of Thomas Pigg south, upon the highway to the tide mill east ; and north east upon the land of Nickolas Clap. and nine accres of upland and meadow more or lesse lately the land of Isaack Morrill, adioyning to the land of Captaine Hugh Prichard, east, west, and north, lying beyond the great meadowes, called by the name of Hallison, and ten accres of salt marsh more or lesse lately the land of John Johnson, and now by lease for cer- taine years to come in the occupation of the sayd Johnson.1 and twenty five accres and a halfe lately the land of John Pieropoynt in the woods neare the great lotts lately the land of John Stow and sixteene accres of upland and salt marsh more or lesse, by the salt pan sold to Edward Pason conditionally. and the training place and all the land within the fence theirunto belonging being seanen accres more or lesse and allso one accre more without the
1 halfe the twenty five accres is Edward Pasons
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fence lately the land of M' Thomas Weld. And halfe of sixteene accres of woodland lately the land of Richard Sutton, but bought by him of John Johnson.
Note on a slip of paper - part of the same and of the orchyard scrupled by Deacon Parke
[29.] 7. * Isaack Morrill his two houses, two forges, one barne with out housing and two orchyards, and a swamp at the east end of it together with yards belonging to the houses upon the highway west, the land running northward upon a straite line untill it cometh to range even with north side of the shop of Tobias Danis upon the highway and the orchyard and land of Tobias Dauis North. and foure accres more or lesse upon pine hill south, and a swamp of the heires of John Stowe east. and six and twenty accres called by the name of foxeholes, upon Abraham Newell and Edward Bugby south. and upon a Rocky highway west, upon pine- hill north and upon a highway leading to the great lotts east. and fifteene accres more or lesse called smithfeild, upon Mr Thomas Dudley his marsh towards the east, upon the heires of George Alcocke South. upon a way leading to the marsh of M' Thomas Dudley about twenty foote broad west and north, and one accre and a halfe in the lower calues pasture more or lesse being part upland and part marsh called small gaines upon the land of Ralph Hemmingway South. upon the way leading into the marslı North, upon Francis Smith west, and upon the heires of John Levins east. and nine accres of salt marsh more or lesse upon Thomas Lamb Southwest, upon Daniell Bruer and Thomas Baker northeast, upon a creek called smelt-brooke Southeast, and a high- way north-west. and in the second alottment of the last deuission betweene M' Thomas Weld and John Scarbrow being their the fourth lott lyeth one hundred and thirteene accres one quarter and ten pole and two hundred and foure accres in the foure thousand aceres and six aceres more or lesse upon pine hill bought of William Denison, upon the land of Isaack Morrill South, upon the heires of John Stannard eastward, upon John Burwell North. upon Joseph Wise westward ; and foure accres more or lesse upon the great hill bought of Griffen Craft upon the land of Griffen Craft west, upon John Ruggles senior south, upon William Lion North, and upon the pasture ground east. and fiue accres of the fresh meadow more or lesse bought of John Pieropoynt lying in the great meades upon John Stow west, and upou a ditch between Phillip Toory and It, east : with two rodds of upland at each end. And two accres of fresh meadow more or lesse in the great meade, lately the land of John Scarbrow. abuting upon the land of Isaack Morrill on the west, upon the common east and north, and upon the meadow of Phillip Torry south. And two accres and a halfe of land more or lesse lately the land of Robert Williams lying upon blackneck upon the north of the way to Dorchester tidemill betweene the lands of the heires of Thomas Pigg and the land of the heires of George Holmes.
[30.] *8. John Johnson his house barne, and hous lott on the back side of his orchyard and buildings lying together with
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liberty to inclose the swamp and brooke before the same, not anoying any highway, conteining in all eight accres more or lesse, upon Thomas Lambs heires towards the west, and upon william Denison towards the south. and three accres of marsh betweene the home lott and the marsh of the heirs of Samuell Hagborne, upon Thomas Lamb towards the north, and west, and william Denison east. and twenty aceres more or lesse of mowing ground upon the marsh of M' Thomas Weld, and the land of Thomas Lamb on the east and so compassed with muddy riuer and stoney riuer, and ten accres of woodland more or lesse lying betweene the great lotts and the lands of the heires of Samuell Hagborne, and so turning up betweene the lott lately bought of George Bowers and a way leading to Rocky swamp. and foure accres more or lesse lying betweene the way leading to Rocky swamp Northwest and upon the schoole land upon the south and east; and in the last denission, in the first and third alottments of that deuission being the fourth lott their one hundred ten accres and one quarter. and one and fifty accres and halfe bought of Edward Porter and John Pettit lying in the thousand accres at Deddam. and six accres more or lesse bought of Jeames Morgan, upon stoney riuer west. and upon a highway leading to the great pond east. and sixteene accres and a halfe more or lesse bought of Richard Goad lying at rocky swamp, abutting upon the land of Edward Pason west, and upon the land of Edward Bridges east. and an accre and a quarter more or lesse, lately the land of Thomas
Lamb, upon the home lott and Meadow of John Johnson North- west. upon the highway leading to the watermill southeast. and upon the home lott of the heires of Thomas Lamb North. and three accres of woodland more or lesse lately the land of John Stebbins, lying at Rocky swamp. And fower accres of fresh meadow more or lesse lately bought of John Parepoynt lying in the great meades betweene the lands of Isaack Morrill and William Cheiney. And thirteene accres and twenty rod of land wood and pasture bought of Thomas Gardner in the nookes next Dorchester, betweene the lands of Henry Farnham and the lands of the heires of Thomas Stannard.
[31.] *9. M' John Gore, his house barne and home lott foure accres more or lesse, upon stoney riuer east, upon Griffen Craft South, upon a highway leading to the landing place or tide mill west ; and upon the land sometimes Edward Whites North. and upon the hill on the other side of the way called the night pasture eight accres more or lesse betweene M' Hugh Prichard and Griffen Craft, and so runneth westward unto two or three marked trees which are seauen or eight rodds eastward of John Roberts his fence. and tenn accres running from the highway that leades downe to muddy riuer bridge ouer the hill downe to Arther Garyes lott, lying betweene John Roberts and Robert Prentice. and upon the other side of muddy riner highway : twenty accres more or lesse of upland and marsh, upon muddy riuer northwest, and upon the
1 the nearest halfe of this hundred and ten accres is sold by John Johnson to Griffin Craft.
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heires of Joseph Weld north. and foure and twenty accres more or lesse neare the great pond upon Quenetticot highway north- ward, upon John Booles, and Robert Seauer east, upon Isaack Morrills land called Squirrills delight north, and upon Boston bounds west. and a fresh meade conteining elenen accres more or lesse, with six accres of upland more or lesse (as it was formerly fenced in) round about it, which upland was perchased of the towne of Roxbury for fifty shillings : upon Joshua Hewes his meade on the north, upon the farme of the heires of Joseph Weld south east, a hill lying betweene them and in the first and third alottment of the last deuission lying betwene Jolin Bowles, and Thomas Gard- ner is in all sixty and seauen accres one quarter and twenty poles. and the lott of Edward White, by the lott, of John Gore on the south, sold to widdow Morrick, and by her to John Gore, with a wood lott of tenn accres and a halfe, lying betweene the lotts of Arthur Gary and Lewis Joanes in the Nookes ; and a lott some- times Joseph Welds, and by him giuen to his daughter Hanna, and by her husband sold to John Gore, lying by muddy riuer on the east, and hauing the land of M' Thomas weld on the North, and John Gores owne land on the south, and three lotts lying by the forementioned lott of John Gores at the fresh meadow, and reaching to Dorchester bounds, perchased of Thomas Gardner whose lott is fourteene accres; of Edward Porter, whose lott is twenty nine accres, lying in the first and third denission ; and of Richard Woody seni : whose lott is fifteene accres more or lesse. And in the fower thousand accres one hundred eighty and eight, accres.
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