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[51.] *29. John Ruggles senior his house out houses and lott three accres more or lesse butting upon Griffen Crafts north.
1 This tenn accres is sold by John Hanchet to Daniell Ainsworth.
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and upon stoney riner east. and six accres more or lesse upon the hill, butting upon the heires of Thomas Griggs south, upon Griffen Crafts north, and upon Samuell Finch west. and six accres in the night pasture, upon Nathaniell Willson south, upon Griffen Crafts North, and upon a highway east. and three accres more or lesse at Beare marsh with two rodds of upland at the end of it, upon stoney riuer south, upon Robert Gamblin east; and one accre of salt marsh more or lesse, upon the heires of Samuell Shearman, and a creeke betweene John Watson and it, North and east. and in the first and third alotments in the last deuission being part of it out of the lot of Samuell Chapin which with his lyeth betweene John Graues his heires aud Thomas Griggs the other parte and the lott of the heires of John Graue being the seauenthi and eight lott theirin is twenty and eight accres more or lesse. and in the thousand accres at Deddam nine aceres and a halfe. and fine accres of earra- ble land more or lesse bought of Samuell Finch bounded by the heires of John Graue towards the south, upon Robert Prentice, east, upon William Healy west, and upon the land of the said John Ruggles North. and one accre and a halfe of meddow being the halfe part of three accres more or lesse, upon the land of Edward Porter south, and south east, and upon the land of William Lewis north and northwest, and one end upon the great riner, and twelve accres and a quarter bought of Edward Culuer lying in the first deuission late the lot of Ralph Hemingway being the tenth lot in that deuission lying betweene the lot of the heires of John Graues and Abraham Newells lott, the one end of it butting upon the meadow of M' John Gore.
[52.] *30. John Ruggles Junior the sonn of Thomas Rug- gles deceased ; his dwelling house with outhousing, orchyard and backside being about three accres more or lesse, upon Samuell Ruggles west, upon John Pieropoynt south, upon the high way North, and upon William Lion east. and two accres of salt marsh in the Iland lately Captaine Hugh Prichards, abutting upon the riuer east and south upon William Curtiss west, and upon Edward Bridg, Isaac Johnson and John Mayes north. and fifteene accres more or lesse lately the land of William Curtiss called hurtlebury hill, abutting upon John Totman west, upon William Curtiss south, upon William Curtis and Robert Seauer east, and upon a highway north, and in the thousand accres neare Deddam eight accres, and two1 accres of meadow and upland more or lesse lately the land of William Curtiss abutting upon Stoney riuer south, and upon Daniell Ainsworth north. and one1 accre lately the land of Daniell Ains- worth, abutting upon Daniel Ainsworth east with a highway lead- ing to it betweene the brooke and the fence of John Weld and betweene Edmund Parker and Isaack Johnson. and halfe of foure accres more or lesse, lately the land of Philip Elliot being part meadow and part upland abutting upon stoney riuer south and upon John Weld north, and two? accres and three? Roodes lately
1 The two accres and the one accre is sold to Daniel Ainsworth.
2 This land is now Thomas Bacons.
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the land of Arthur Gary abutting upon Arthur Gary east, upon William Lion south, and upon Robert Pepper North. And eighteene acres of land more or lesse bought of Jeames Morgan, being the twelfe lott. lying in the third deuission betweene the heires of John Leuins and Abraham Newell se :
[53.] *31. Samuell Ruggles, two accres and three roodes more or lesse upon the pond hill lately the land of William Lion, abutting upon the land of William Gary east and north, and upon Abraham Newell Junior west, and upon the land lately Lorrence Whittamoores south. and a quarter of the orchyard adioyning to the house of William Lion, abutting upon the sayd house and the orchyard of William Lion north, and east, and upon Samnell Finch west, and upon the highway south; and an accre of errable land giuen to liim by his father Thomas Ruggles deceased being in the home lott, abutting upon John Ruggles east, upon John Pieropoynt west and south, and upon the highway north. and three accres and three roodes of land giuen to him by his sayd Father, lying beyond the great pond, abutting upon the land of Arthur Gary north, upon the heires of John Perry south, and upon William Lion west and east, and in the thousand accres neare Deddam twelue accres giuen to him by his father ; and the lialfe of foure accres more or lesse, of upland and meadow lately the land of Phillip El- liot abutting upon stoney riuer south, and upon the land of John Weld north.
Widdow Ruggles lately the wife of Thomas Ruggles deceased, foure accres of land more or lesse lying neare muddy Riuer giuen unto her by her sayd husband abutting upon Robert Prentiss east, upon the land of the heires of Thomas Griggs south and west, and upon the highway north. and an accre and a halfe lying in the home lott giuen her by her afooresayd husband, abutting upon the land of John Dane east, upon John Pieropoynt south, and upon her sonne John Ruggles west, and North.
[54.] *32. Ralph Hemmingway his house, barne, Garden, and lott two accres and a halfe more or lesse, butting upon the highway south, and west, and upon the heires of Thomas Pigge east. and three accres and a halfe more or lesse lying in black-neck upon the heires of Thomas Pigge northwest ; and one accre more or less in the calues pasture upon the highway east, upon the heires of Thomas Pigge north, and upon Giles Pason south and west ; and one accre and a halfe more or lesse of salt marsh running west from a Creeke ioyning to Edward Riggs. and eight accres more or lesse, running southwest upon William Cheincy, and upon Giles Pason south. and a fresh meadow betweene the sayd Ralph and Giles Pason ; the said Ralphs part being two accres more or lesse bounded upon the north by the river, and incompassed by the land of M' Thomas Weld on the other sides. and twenty foure accres and a halfe more or lesse exchanged with John Roberts for so much of his lott lying in the second alottment in the last diuision being the second lott their lying betweene Richard Wooddy and M' Thomas Weld. and sixteene accres in the thousand accres neare Deddam.
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[55.] *33. Robert Williams his house, barne, and lott fiue aceres more or lesse, butting upon Edward Riggs and Giles Pason southwest, upon Giles Pason northeast, upon the highway soutlı, and upon Edward Pason west, and seauen accres of land more or lesse upon Thomas Lamb south, upon John Burwell north, and be- tweene two highwayes. and twelue accres more or lesse, upon Richard Goad south, upon the heirs of George Holmes west and upon Dorchester marshes east. and twenty accres more or lesse bought of M' William Pirkins upon the west of the way leading to the fresh meadow ioyning to the said twelne accres and so upon Richard Peacocke and John Johnson1 and in the first and third alottment in the last dinission being the three and twentyeth lott lying betweene Jacob Sheafe his assignes and Thomas Bell thirty and two aceres. and in the thousand accres neare Deddam twenty and fiue accres. and nine accres more or lesse bought of Thomas Gardner lying in the great lotts, abutting upon Isaack Heath senior northwest, and upon Tobias. Dauis and the schole land southeast and one accre and a halfe of salt marsh, upon widdow Holmes west, and upon Edward Riggs east. and three roodes bought of Edward Riggs, butting upon Ralph Hemmenway east, and upon Edward Riggs west, and upon the heires of George Holmes north. and foure accres in the fresh meadow bought of John Johnson, butting upon the land of the heires of John Stannard westward, and upon the land of Giles Pason, and William Lion eastward. and one acre of fresh meadow bought of Edward Riggs butting upon Edward Riggs. southwest, and upon the heires of Thomas Pigge northeast. and one accre more of fresh meadow bought of William Cheiney lying without the ditch, butting upon the land of William Cheiney north, and Richard Sutton and upon Dorchester highway south east and a dwelling house, barne, and orchard with the land the housing stands upon, and adioyning to it, being about an accre more or lesse, lying upon the west side of a highway and so butting upon Edward Riggs and Giles Pason towards the north. and the home lott and swamp within the fence belonging to the house affoursayd being eight accres more or lesse together with six accres more or lesse lying without the fence, butting west upon a highway leading into the woods, and upon Dorchester brooke south east. And two accres and a halfe more or lesse of marsh being part of ten accres bought of Edward Pason, and now sold by William Lyon to Robert Williams now lying below the salt pan.
[56.] *34. John Watson his house barne and lott eleven aceres more or lesse butting upon the assignes of John Stow west, upon Richard Woody south, upon a highway east. and upon John Dane north. and foureteene aceres of land more or lesse. upon Jeames Astwood south, upon Thomas Baker or his assignes north, upon the great pond one end of it, and the other end upon the highway, six aceres of this foureteene John Prentiss is to inioy after the decease of the sayd John Watson and foure accres of
1halfe of the sixteene accres in the first alottment of the thirty and two acres is sold to William Lyon.
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meadow more or lesse in the great meade with two rodds of upland at each end lying betweene Edward Riggs and M' John Elliot. and four accres more or less of salt marsh upon Mr Stodder south- west, and so betweene the creeke and the marsh of Isaack Morrill Northeast. and in the third alottment of the last deuission being the third lott lying betweene Edward Pason and John Johnson twenty six accres three quarters and fine rodds. and in the thou- sand accres neare Dedham thirty and three accres, and six accres of land bought of Robert Pepper butting upon the land lately of William Curtiss east, upon Isaack Johnson south, upon William Healy west, and upon Robert Pepper North.
[57.] *35. Edward Bridge his house, barne and lot, with a swamp eight accres more or lesse, butting upon the heires of George Holmes towards the east, upon the highway towards the north, and upon Thomas Bell towards the south. and six accres more or lesse upon the highway at the great lotts south east, upon Edward Pason North, and upon Thomas Bell and Jerimy Elsworth towards the sonthwest. and twelne accres more or lesse upon Henry Archer towards the south, upon the river towards the west, and upon Robert Gamblin toward the north. and fine accres of meadow more or lesse at Rocky Swamp lying along upon the riuer towards the west. and foure accres more or lesse at beare marsh, upon Isaack Morrill or his assignes towards the North, and run- ning np by or to the brooke towards the south. and in the second alottment in the last diuision being the nineteenth lott lying betweene the heires of William Denison and the heires of Thomas Pigge twenty accres and one quarter. and foure accres of salt marsh more or lesse lying in the Iland lately Captaine Hugh Prich- ards, butting upon Griffen Craft south, upon John Mayes North, npon stoney riner east, and upon John Ruggles and Isaack John- son west. and sixteen accres of land more or lesse bought of Edward Pason, butting upon the land of John Johnson west, upon the land of John Mayes senior south, upon the land of the sayd Edward Bridg east, and upon the common southeast.
[58.] *36. John Burwell his dwelling house barne yard, and orchyard, and two accres and a halfe of land more or lesse, upon a highway west, and upon the land of Isaack Morrill south, east, and North, and one accre in the calues pasture upon the highway towards the north, betweene the assignes of John Wooddy and the heires of Thomas Pigge, and one end upon John Stow his assignes. and foure accres and a halfe upon the highway to the great lotts west, and upon William Parke or his assignes North. and two accres and a halfe upon Daniell Brewer his house lott west. and upon a highway east. and fine accres more or lesse with two rodds wide leading from the highway into it betweene Robert Pepper and the assignes of Thomas Baker and so leading to the pond betweene Christopher peake and Abraham Newell at which end the way to the pond is foure rodds wide. and nine aceres of salt marsh, butting upon the marsh of the heires of M' Samuell Hagborne, and so with a creene, and in the second alottment in
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the last diuission being the one and twentyeth lott, lying betweene Thomas Piggs heires and the heires of Joseph Weld twenty accres and one quarter.
John Woody his heires, one house, and a garden plott at the east side their of one quarter of an accre more or lesse upon Mr John Elliott south, and upon Richard Woody north.
[59.] *37. Giles Pason his house barnes, and lott fiue accers more or lesse butting upon the highway towards the east, and south, upon the heires of Thomas Pigge North, and upon Ralph Hemingway west. and six accres and a halfe in the great lotts, upon the assignes of Thomas Gardner south, and one end upon Richard Peacocke, and one side upon the highway ; and seauen accres at the side of the lotts upon Dorchester bounds, betweene Edward Riggs, and the heires of Thomas Pigge. and one accre more or lesse of salt marsh lying betweene Edward Denison and Dorchester tide mill. and in the first and third alottment of the last diuision being the twelfe lott lying betweene Abraham Newell and the heires of John Levens, exchanged with John Roberts for thirty-three accres and a halfe and thirty rodds in his lott lying in the second diuission the second lott betweene Richard Wooddy and M' Thomas Weld. and in the thousand accres neare Deddam seauen accres and a halfe. and three accres more or lesse in the great lotts, upon John Stebbins westward, upon Ralph Hemingway eastward and upon the schoole land south. and sixteene accres more or lesse bought of John Butler lying at the dead swamp, butting upon the highway west, and upon the brooke. east. and two aceres and a roode more or lesse in the fresh meadow upon Richard Sutton east, upon Robert Williams west, and upon William Lion south and foure accres more or lesse bought of Thomas Robison butting upon Edward Riggs and Richard Goad southward, upon Edward Pason westward and upon John Stebbins Northwest. And an accre and a halfe more or lesse bought of Richard Sutton, butting east upon Robert Williams, south upon Edward Riggs North upon Isaack Heath se, and west upon Richard Sutton.
[60.] *38. Thomas Pigge his heires, his house, Barne, and lott with a swamp three accres and a halfe more or lesse butting upon the heires of George Holmes east, upon Dorchester brooke south, and upon Ralph Hemmingway west, and three accres more or lesse upon Blackneck, upon George Holmes Northeast, upon Nickolas Butler northwest, and upon Ralph Hemmingway south- east. and one accre and a halfe in the calues pasture upon the highway east, upon Giles Pason, Ralph Hemmingway and Robert Williams south. upon John Burwell towards the North, and upon John Stows assignes west. and one acere and a halfe of salt marsh upon blackneck east, upon Giles Pason south, and upon Richard Goad North. and fiue accres more or lesse, upon Dorchester brooke, east, betweene the lands of the assignes of Humphrey Johnson North, and south, and a highway west. and five accres more or lesse, upon the highway leading to the great
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Jotts South, upon Edward Riggs east, and upon Giles Pason west. and eight accres more or lesse upon the heires of George Holmes south, and upon the last alottments North. and two accres of fresh meadow lying betweene Edward Riggs and the assignes of Richard Pepper, with two Rodds of upland at the ends theirof. and in the second alottments in the last diuission being the twentyeth lott lying betweene Edward Bridg and John Burwell twenty fowre accres and a halfe ; and in the thousand aceres neare Deddam twenty accres.
[61.] *39. Edward Bugby his house, barne and lott three accres more or lesse upon the highway east. upon Abraham New- ell south, and west, and upon Isaack Morrill north. and three aceres more or lesse betweene two highwayes east, and west, and upon M' John Elliot south, and a part east. and eight accres more or lesse, at the great pond east and North, and upon Arthur Gary south. and in the first and third alottments in the last diuission being the first lott. Edward Pason the second is nineteene accres three quarters and twenty rodd. and in the thousand accres at Deddam twelue accres. and bought of William Gillfoord lately Mr John Elliots a house and an accre of land more or lesse butting upon the highway west, and upon the land of Mr John Elliot, cast, south, and north. and foure' accres more or lesse in the upper calues pasture butting upon the highway west, upon John Gorton south and upon William Cheiney east. and sixteene accres and a halfe more or lesse lying in the Nookes, exchanged with my sonne Richard Chamberlinn, butting upon the land of James Braddish east, and upon Robert Harris northwest. and tenn accres more or lesse, lying in the Nookes butting npon Boston bounds east, upon Robert Harris north, and upon his owne land west. and eight aceres more or lesse of swamp bought of Richard Pepper, butting upon the land of Abraham Newell north, upon the highway west, and east, and upon Tobias Dauis south. and an accre and a halfe of salt marsh more or lesse, upon Muddy riuer east, upon John Johnson North, and upon John Weld west. and two accres of marsh more or lesse, upon John Watson south, upon John Rug- gles sen : west, upon John Weld east, and upon Thomas Water- man North.
[62.] *40. John Scarbrowe his heirs, his house out house and lott thereto Northeast to the highway, and upon Isaack Morrill and John Stow his assignes South and west being about one acere more or lesse, and in the first and third alottments in the last diuision being the two and twentyeth lott bought with the house of Jacob Sheafe lying betweene Isaack Johnson and Robert Williams nineteene accres three quarters and twenty Rodds ; and eight accres in the end of the great meade next Dorchester upon Jolin Stows assignes on the side thereoff. and in the thousand accres neare Deddam fiue and twenty accres.
1 sold to John Newell.
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[63.] *41. Robert Pepper, his house, Barne, and lott being two accres more or lesse butting upon Isaack Johnson east, upon the highway south, upon Jeams Astwood north. and upon John Graues his heires west. and five accres more or lesse upon John Burwell west, upon a highway east, upon Abraham Newell north and upon Jeames Morgan his assignes south. and six accres more or lesse upon the land lately William Curtisses east, upon William Heath west, upon a highway north, and upon Isaack Johnson south. and six accres more or lesse upon Isaac Johnson east, and upon Boston bounds west. and in the last diuission in the Nookes next Dorchester the fourth lott his owne, and the fift Robert Oynion, and the seanenth lot bought of William Dauis being two accres and a halfe which maketh in the whole foureteene accres, one quarter and thirty pole. and in the thousand accres next Deddam seauen accres. and foure accres more or lesse of salt marsh lying upon the Iland lately Captaine Hugh Prichards butting upon the land of Peleg Heath, Griffen Crafts and Edward Bridg, and two aceres more upon the same Iland, bought of William Curtiss upon the land of Isaack Johnson west and upon Edward Bridg, and the great Creeke.
[64.] *43.] William Lewis his house, barne, and five accres of land more or lesse, butting upon William Heath south, upon the heires of John Graues west, and upon a highway North, and east. and thirty fiue accres more or lesse abutting upon Peleg Heath north, upon the heires of William Heath east, upon Arthur Gary south, and upon M' Hugh Prichard west.
[65.] *44. William Curtiss his house, barne orchyard, and ten accres of land more or lesse, butting upon stoney riuer south upon Robert Pepper north, upon John Ruggles and John Totman west, and upon George Brand east. and one accre of upland and meadow more or lesse upon Daniell Ainsworth east, upon stoney riuer south, upon William Gary west, and upon Nathaniell Brewer North. and three accres which he had in way of exchange betweene him and Jeames Morgan and Rodert Pepper the land lying in the lott of the sayd Robert be.ng the fourth lott. and two accres and a roode more or lesse of salt marsh bought of John Ruggles Junior lying in the Iland lately Captaine Hugh Prichards butting upon the land of Robert Seaver west, upon John Ruggles cast, and North, and upon the creeke south.
[66.] *45. Richard Peacocke two2 accres and three" roodes of errable land bought of William Parke one end of it lying upon Giles Pason, the other end upon a swamp and so betweene the as- signes of Humphrey Johnson, and the assignes of Thomas Gard- ner and ten accres more or lesse bounded betweene Robert Wil- liams, William Parke, the assignes of Gowin Anderson and a high way leading to the fresh meade. and in the Nookes next Dorches-
1 There is no No. 42 in the original. -- W. H. W.
2 sold to Tobias Dauis
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ter being the seaventeenth lott lying betweene George Denison and John Stebbin fiveteene accres and three quarters, and in the thou- sand accres neare Deddam ten accres. and two accres and a halfe and twenty rodds bought of John Stebbins being the eighteenth lot lying in the Nookes next to Dorchester.
[67.] *46. Arthur Gary his house Barne and lott. fiue accres more or less an accre of it being exchanged with William Heath, butting upon the heires of William Heath of John Perry, and of John Graues, and one corner of it upon the highway southwest. and foure accres and a halfe upon a lane leading to the meadow of the heires of William Heath. and so compassed with the lands of M' John Gore, John Roberts, Robert Prentiss, and the heires of Thomas Ruggles. and foure accres and three quarters neare the great pond, compassed with the lands of Phillip Elliott, the heires of Thomas Ruggles, Edward Bugby, and the lotts in the last deuis- sion. and in the Nookes nest Boston being the twelfe lott. lying betweene William Lewis, and the Assignes of Edward White, eighteene accres, one quarter and twenty rode and one accre of salt marsh upon Edward Porter the Assignes of Richard Pepper, and Thomas Griggs, and so compassed with the sea. and in the thousand accres neare Deddam fifteene accres. and two aceres of salt marsh more or lesse bought of Richard Pepper abutting upon John Griggs next the sea, and upon M' Thomas Bell south, and upon Edward Porter west, and twenty seauen accres and a halfe and ten pole bought of Richard Burnopp lying in the second deuission the sixteenth lott being betweene the lott of Abraham How and Mr Thomas Dudley. and two accres and three roodes more or lesse as it lyeth with in fence layd out, the ends thereof upon the hill behind the great pond as it is staked out or marked betweene William Lion, one end at a water ditch of little pond their and the other end at the great pond, and so lying the sides their of betweene Edward Bugbyes lott, and a lott or Daniell Fullers. and in the thousand aceres neare Dedam twenty foure accres. William Heath his heires and assignes for ever are bound as appeares by writing and witnesse to make and maintaine for ever that part of the fence which did belong to Arthur Gary in the swamp betweene his ground that he bought of John Graues about forty rodds more or lesse, for the which the sayd Arthur Gary hath fully payd and satisfied the sayd William Heath. Is appeares allso by an agreement betweene the sayd William Heath and Arthur Gary, that Arthur Gary is to haue a highway from the house of the sayd Arthur to the highway leading to muddy riuer which highway he perchassed of and satisfied the sayd William Heath for.
[68.] *47. Richard Woody senior, one house and barne adioyning to the house and barne of Richard Peacocke upon the northi ; and errable land one accre and a halfe more or lesse at the east side theire of. upon M' Elliott south. upon Mr Daniell Weld North and upon the training place east and in the middle deuision next Dorchester forty accres and one roode.
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[69.] *48 Richard Goad his house, barne and home lott three accres more or lesse, upon two highwayes west, and north, and upon Ralph Hemmingway south. and foure accres more or lesse, upon Edward Riggs north. and upon Robert Williams south. and one accre and a halfe of salt marsh more or lesse, upon the west of the heires of George Holmes, and two aceres of fresh meadow in a little meadow whereof the assignes of Joshua Hews haue the ressidue. and thirteene accres and a halfe bought of John Johnson being the sixt lott in the Nookes, and lying next Dorchester. betweene John Mayes, and John Gorton.
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