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[70.] *49. John Mayes senior eighteene accres of land lying next stoney Riuer over against the farme of the heires of Joseph Weld the farther end theirof poynting southwest and the lether end northeast. and in the Nookes next Dorchester being the seauenth lott lying betweene Edward Riggs, and the assignes of Gowin Anderson eleven accres three quarters and ten rodds; and sixteene Rodd of land where upon his house did stand, upon Thomas Bell south, and southwest, upon Robert Gamblin east, and upon the highway northward. and one accre in the lott of Christopher Peake. 1
John Mayes A house and fowerteene rods of ground more or lesse lying in a triangle abutting upon Robert Gamblin east, upon the highway northwest, and upon Thomas Bells orchard southwest, And an accre of land more or lesse bought of Joshua Hewes, abutting upon Stoney riuer east, and the highway ouer Stoney riuer south west. And two accres more or lesse of salt marsh lying in the Iland lately Captaine Hugh Prichards abutting upon Edward Bridg southwest. upon the land lately William Lyons northeast, and upon John Ruggles Junior south-east. And six accres more or lesse lately bought of Edward Bridg abutting upon Thomas Meekins east upon Thomas Weld west. and upon the common south. Aud eighteene accres bought of Thomas Bumstead abutting upon Edward Bridg east, and west, and south, upon the common Weast.
[71.] *50. John Stebbins his house, and about three quarters of one accre of land more or lesse, butting upon the high- way castward, and so compassed with the land of Isaack Morrill. And in the Nookes next Dorchester being the eighteenth lott. lying betweene Richard Peacock and widdow Gardner two accies and a halfe and twenty rodds which land is sold to Richard Peacocke. and three accres in the great lotts more or lesse, butting upon the heires of John Levins cast, and upon Edward Passon North, and upon the heires of Thomas Pigg west. and foure accres and a halfe of land more or lesse lying in the great lotts, and butting upon a swamp of William Cheiney south, upon Giles Pason west, upon Edward Pason east, and upon the land of Thomas Waterman North. and six accres or land more or lesse, bought of Deacon William Parkes, butting upon William Cheiney and Edward Bug-
1 The above paragraph is crossed out by a line. - W. H. W.
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bye west. upcn Edward Pason south, and upon the highway east And two accres and a roode more or lesse of meadow in the fresh meades bought of William Lyon abuttinge upon Giles Pason south upon Richard Suton and Samuell Williams west, upon Robert Williams and Samuell Williams east, and upon the common north.
[32.] *51. M' George Alcocke his heires their house barne and out house with fiue aceres of land more or lesse thierunto, butting upon the heires of M' Thomas Dudley Esq. : North, upon John Dane South, upon a highway east and upon the meeting house common west. And forty accres more or lesse upon Rich- ard Woody east, upon Edward Porter towards the south upon John Stow, his assignes toward the west, and upon a highway towards the north. and fourteene accres more or lesse of upland and meadow upon William Denison south, upon Isaack Morrill North upon the highway west, and upon stoney riner east. and twenty accres of upland and marsh, upon the highway to Boston toward the west, upon Boston Marshes towards the North upon a way leading to Dorchester, and upon the landing place marshes towards the east and upon M' Thomas weld south And in the first and third alottinent in the last diuision being the sixt lott lying be- tweene William Cheiney and Samuell Chapen his assignes, sixty foure accres one quarter and ten rode. And in the foure thousand aceres two hundred forty and two accres.
[73.] *52. Edward Porter his house and land their unto adioyning Thirty accres more or lesse butting upon the lands of Richard Woody [ Blank] upon George Alcocke his heircs North, and west, and upon Isaack Heath and others southward and upon Abraham Newell and a highway eastward. And two accres of salt marsh to the north of the oysterbank, upon the marshes of Thomas Bell Richard Pepper, and Christopher Peake cast, and upou Samuell Finch west and one eight part of a neck of land being salt marsh lately the land of Edward Pason, but now the other parts in the hands of Abraham Newell, Thomas Meekins, and Willian Lyon, bounded by a ditch upon the land lately the land of Nicholas Parker toward the towne.
[74.] *53. Robert Prentise his house and orchyard and lott two accres more or lesse butting upon stoney riuer towards the southeast, and a way towards the north. and six accres more or lesse upon the other side of the highway upon Samnell Finch north, upon Robert Pepper cast, and upon the heires of William Heath west, and eight accres more or lesse neere Muddy riuer upon M' John Gore north and upon the heires of Thomas Griggs and the heires of Thomas Ruggles South, and in the thousand accres neare Deddam being in exchange with Samuell Finch is forty eight accres and a halfe and two accres of land more or lesse upon the great hill butting south upon my owne six accre lott, North upon John Griggs, east upon Hugh Thomas, and west upon John Ruggles senior.
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[%5.] *54. Jolin Totman his house and lott theirunto adioyn- ing nine accres and a halfe more or lesse upon a highway leading from his house to the great pond South, and Northeast upon Wil- liam Curtiss and John Ruggles Junior. and in the Nookes next Boston being the tenth lott lying betweene John Perry his heires, and William Lewis ten accres and a halfe : And in the thousand accres neare Deddam six accres and a halfe. And one accre of fresh meadow lately the meadow of Samuell Finch lying neare John Welds house. And one accre of salt marsh, lately William Curtisses upon William Gary west, upon Samuell Finch north, and upon the Sea east.
M' Henry Dingham his heires in the division of the Nookes next Dorchester the eleventh lot lying betweene Phillip Meadows And George Bowers ten accres and a halfe.
[76.] *55. Edward Riggs his house barne and home lott, fiue accres more or lesse butting upon the highway southward one end upon the land lately William Parkes northward, one side upon Robert Williams eastward and the other side upon John Turner westward. And three accres upon the end of the great lotts northward, and upon a way betweene Roxsbury and Dorchester southward upon Nickolas Butler eastward, and upon Giles Pason westward, and seauen accres upon the sayd highway southward, and upon Richard Goad northward, one end upon Thomas Rob- ison or his assignes eastward, and the other end upon the highway to the great meade westward. And one accre in the fresh meade with two rodds of upland at each end, lying betweene John Wat- son, and Robert Williams. And three roodes of salt marsh in blackneeck, upon Robert Williams northwest and southeast, and upon the creeke south, and upon Nickolas Clap east. and in the division of the Nookes being the sixt lott lying betweene the heires of John Stone and the lott of John Mayes being thirteene accres and twenty rodds. And in the thousand accres neare Ded- dam ten accres.
[27.] *56. Abraham How his house and lott nine accres and a halfe butting upon a highway, and upon the heires of Jeames Howe southeast. And twelue accres upon the heires of John Stow Northwest, and to the last Deuided lands southeast, and upon Henry Archer or his assignes with a way to passe through the same, to and from his ground cast. . And in the second alott- ment of the last diuision being the fifteenth lott their in lying be- tweene Samuell Hagbornes heires, and Robert Burnope or his as- signes foure and twenty accres and a halfe ; And in the thousand accres at Deddam fifteene accres.
[S.] *57. William Cheiney his house barne Garden and land theirto about two accres and a halfe butting upon William Parkes south and east and upon the highway north and west ; And sixteene accres in the great lotts more or lesse betweene the lands of John Johnson towards the west, and the schoole lands towards
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the east. And ten accres of swampe neare the great lotts lying betweene Giles Pason, and Ralph Hemingway, and the heires of Samuell Hagborne. And six accres of salt marsh in Grauelly poynt And six accres of fresh meadow in the great meade, upon John Stow his heires east, and Richard Sutton west, with two rodds wide of upland at both ends and so upon the commons. And seauen accres more or lesse of errable land upon Richard Sutton north, John Gorton west, and upon John Turner south. And in the first and third allottment of the last deuission being the fift lott lying betweene Jolin Johnson and the heires of George Al- cocke three score and sixteene accres and a halfe and ten rod. And foure and twenty accres and a halfe within the thousand accres neare Deddam. And twenty accres of land more or lesse lying in the great lotts bounded on the way to the fresh meadow in the east the land of the heires of John Levens on the south, the schoole land and Richard Peacockes north west, and upon Giles Pason and the highway northerly. And three accres and a halfe of meadow lying in the fresh meades butting east upon my owne fresh meade and upon John Peiropoynt west. And an accre of land commonly called the wolfe trapp bought of Humphrey John- son lying on the north of the land of John Gorton, and west upon the highway. And halfe of sixteene accres of woodland lately the land of Richard Sutton, but bought by him of John Johnson.
[99.] *58. Christopher Peake his house and lott theirto ellenen accres more or lesse upon Abraham Howe east, and upon Thomas Beil north. And two accres of salt marsh in Grauelly poynt upon Isaack Heath south upon Thomas Bell north. And seauen accres and a halfe upon Joshua Hewes fest, upon Henry Archer or his assignes south, upon Robert Gamblin north, and upon a great hill east. And in the last diuision the second parte of the three alottments being the eight lott theirin lying betweene Samuell Finch and the heires of William Heath twenty accres and one quarter. And in the thousand accres neare Deddam ten accres. And ten accres bought of Jeames Morgan lying west upon the high- way to the pond, upon John Watson north, south upon John Bur- rill, and east upon the pond. And three accres of salt marsh more or lesse, lying north upon John Weld, east upon Edward Bugby, west upon Thomas Waterman. And an accre of meadow neare John Totmans house, and north of the river. And two accres in bare-marsh lying south of Samuell Finch, west upon the river, and east upon the highway to Beare-marsh.
[SO.] *59. John Griggs his Dwelling house,1 and one accre of land, bought of Griffen Craft upon the south side of his lott, and upon the northside of John Ruggles se . And one accre and a halfe neare unto it, upon the assignes of Jeames Morgan south and east, upon Griffen Craft and a way west, and upon John Ruggles south. And two accres on the great hill bought of Jeames Mor- gan, upon Robert Pepper south, and upon John Ruggles north.
1 John Griggs is to maintaine all the fence betweene his accre and Griffen Craft.
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And in the first and third alott nent of the last deuision being in the seauenth lott betweene the heires of George Alcoche and John Ruggles se. nine aceres late Samnell Chapen his lott. And in the thousand aceres neare Deddam twelue accres. And eighteenc accres more or lesse lying in the Nookes next Boston betweene the lotts of John Johnson Samuell Finch, and the heires of John Perry. And one accre more or lesse upon the north side of the great hill next the pasture, Griffen Craft being on the south. And two accres of salt marsh more or lesse lying at Granelly poynt abutting upon Arthur Gary west, and William Gary south and Mr Thomas Bell east and upon the sea North.
Joseph Griggs fower accres and a halfe upon Robert Prentice east, and upou the marsh of the heires of William Heath west. And two peeces of marsh lying at muddy river bridge the river running betweene, in all one accre more or lesse bought of Robert Prentice.
[81.] *60. John Dane his house and lott with a swamp before the house, butting upon the way leading to the house of John Wat- son east, in all fiue aeeres and a halfe more or lesse, upon John Watsons swamp south, upon the heires of Thomas Ruggles west, and upon the heires of George Alcocke north. And in the nookes next Dorchester being the second lott lying betweene Phillip Tory and the assignes of Joseph Patching ten accres and a halfe, And in the thousand accres neare Deddam
all the lands with the house abone mentioned were latly belong- ing to the heires of William Chandler. And in the Nookes next Dorchester late the land of Joseph Patching being the third lott lying betweene William Chandlers heires, and Lewis Jones ten accres and a halfe. And bought of Thomas Beckwith being for- merly the land of Lewis Jones thirteene accres and twenty rodds lying in the Nookes next Dorchester being the fourth lott lying be- tweene the land of Joseph Patching and John Stone his assignes. And two accres more or less bought of Edmund Parker lately the land of William Webb, butting east and south upon John Watson, upon John Pieropoynt west, and upon John Dane North.
[82.] *61. Robert Gamlin his housses and lott, three accres and a halfe more or lesse butting upon Thomas Bell south upou the highway east, upon stoney riner west upon the assignes of John Stannard north. And six accres more or lesse, upon Daniell Brewer east, upon a highway south and upon a lane west. And three roodes more or lesse being part of a swamp compased with the land of Edward Bridg, Thomas Bell, and a highway. And fourteene aecres more or lesse upon Daniell Brewer north, and upon Edward Bridg South. And two aceres of meadow at Beare marsh lying betweene the land of the heires of William Heath, and John Ruggles. And one acere of salt marsh more or lesse, compassed with a creeke and so upon Isaack Heath and others upon Granely Poynt. And in the first and third allottment in the last division being the one and thirtyeth lott betweene M' Hugh Prichard and
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Mª william Pirkins twenty seauen accres and ten rodd. And in the thousand accres neare Deddam one and twenty aceres and a halfe. And foure accres and a halfe of salt marsh lying by Grauelly poynt lately the land of John Pieropoynt lying north upon Christopher Peake, and west upon William Curtiss. And foure aceres more or lesse of upland, upon Stoney riner west, upon Phillip Eliot North, and upon Nathaniell Brewer east.
Phillip Tory in the Nookes next Dorchester being the first lott fine aceres and one quarter. And halfe an acere of salt marsh more or lesse, lying in a Nooke neare Granelly poynt at the end of Thomas Halyes lott.
[83.] *62. Samuell Finch his house with other buildings, and house-lott two aecres more or lesse upon the highway south upon the assignes of Jeames Morgan west, upon M' Hugh Prichard north, and upon the heires of Thomas Ruggles east. and one accre and a halfe and ten pole more or lesse of salt marsh upon the north of the riner leading to muddy river, and towards the east of the marsh of John Johnson, and Isaack Johnson west. And an accre and a halfe of salt marsh, upon the southwest of Edward Porter and upon William Lewis northeast. And five accres and a halfe, upon M' Hugh Prichard northeast, and upon the southwest of the highway. and fine accres of fresh meadow more or lesse at the heather end of Beare-marsh. And in the second allottment in the last dinision the sequenth lott lying between William Parke and Christopher Peake threescore and nine aceres and three quarters. And in the thousand accres neare Deddam being his owne lott, and M' John Millers which he bought of M' Miller in both lotts fitty and eight accres, and is now exchanged with Robert Prentice for his lott in the Nookes, the sixt lott lying betweene Robert Onion and William Dauis being eleuen aceres three quarters and ten rodd. And the halfe of six accres of land butting upon Edward Bugby east. upon the schoole land and William Curtiss north and North- west, And upon Robert Pepper southwest. And three aceres more or lesse of salt marsh bought of John Hanchett lying neare Grauelly Poynt, butting upon the sea west, upon John Totman and William Gary south, and upon Robert Gamblin north and North - west.
[84.] *63. Isaack Heath his dwelling house with all the housing about it together with the home lott and the orchyards with all the meadow about home being in all foure aceres more or less butting east upon Stoney riuer, north upon Robert Prentise, west upon the highway upon the hill, and south upon Phillip Eliot and the heires of John Perry. And six accres of land more or lesse butting upon the highway to the pond sonth, upon his owne land north upon the heires of John Perry east and upon William Potter west. and elenen accres of land more or lesse upon the great hill, butting east upon the high way, north upon Robert Prentise, west upon the heires of John Grane, and south upon the heires of John l'erry. And foure accres of meadow with the upland ioyning
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to it be the same more or lesse lying next muddy riner bridg abbutt- ing upon the highway north, upon muddy riuer west, upon the heires of Thomas Griggs east, and upon the heires of John Perry south. and an accre and a halfe of land more or lesse, abbutting upon the highway east, upon Robert Seauer south, upon Peleg Heath North and west. And the halfe of foure accres of land more or lesse, abbutting upon the land of Pelegg Heath east, upon William Lewis west. upon the highway north, and upon Arthur Gary south. And the halfe of forty two accres three quarters and twenty pole, being in the second allottment of the last division the ninth lott betweene Christopher Peake and the assignes of John Stow. And in the thousand accres neare Deddam twenty six accres.
[85.] *64. Isaack Johnson one house Barne out house and lott two accres more or lesse butting upon the highway east and south upon Robert Pepper west, and upon Jeames Astwood North. And nine accres more or lesse upon the great pond Southeast, upon Deddam highway east, and betweene Isaack Heath and Jeames Astwoods lotts North and west. And seauen accres more or lesse, lying betweene the highway and Robert Burnops lott on the north, and the lotts of William Healy, Robert Pepper, the heires of Wil- liam Webb and Phillip Eliot on the south, one end upon Deddam highway west, and the other end upon Phillip Eliot east.1 And in the first and third allottment of the last division the one and twentyeth lott lying betweene Edward Denison and Jacob' Sheafe twenty seauen accres and a halfe and ten rodds. And in the thousand accres neare Deddam fifteene accres. And twelue accres and a quarter more or lesse bought of Edward Culuer in the third alottment of the last diuision being the tenth lott lying betweene the lott of Abraham Newell se: and the heires of John Graues which was the land of John Roberts which he exchanged with Ralph Hemmingway. And elenen accres more or lesse bought of Thomas Waterman and Margret his wife lately. the land of John Stannard abbutting upon Stoney riuer northwest, and upon the land of the beires of Daniell Brewer and John Burwell southeast, and the lott of the heires of George Alcocke north east and the lott of Robert Gamblin south. And halfe of foure accres more or lesse of meadow in Beare marsh. the foure accres being bought ioyntly by William Dauis and Isaack Johnson of Isaack Morrill, butting upon Edward Bridg towards the southwest or west, upon the brooke running from the dry cattle house south, and to be as broad at one end as at the other with two rodds of upland, and upon the land of Abraham Newell east. And two accres more or lesse of salt marsh lying in the Iland lately Captaine Hugh Prichards, abutting upon stoney riuer east, and the marsh of John Ruggles Juni south, on Edward Bridg west, and ou William Curtis North.
[86.] *65. Griffen Craft his house and lot three accres with six accres more or lesse at the end theirof. And six accres more
1 seaven accres of the first alotment at the hethermost end is sold to William Lion.
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or lesse at the great hill against the house of Nathaniell Willson, lying next to John Ruggles upon the North. And three accres of salt marsh more or lesse at muddy riner beyond the bridg batting upon Peter Olliuer east. And twenty accres ioyning to it upon Isaack Morrill south, and upon part of a highway. And in the first and third allottments of the last dinision being the eight and twentieth lott betweene Daniell Brewer and Robert Seaner forty two' accres one quarter and twenty rodds. And in the thousand accres neare Deddam thirty accres. And halfe a quarter of the Iland of Marsh that was M' Hugh Prichards bounded upon Robert Pepper north, upon Edward Bridg south, and east, and upon Muddy riuer west. And sixteene accres more or lesse called squirrills delight bounded by his owne land on the north, upon the way leading to M' Hibbins farme west, upon M' John Gores land South west and upon William Lewis Pelegg Heath and Robert Seaner southeast. And two accres of swamp more or lesse lying at the west end of Edward Morris his lott being part of Edward Morris his lott lying upon the east of Griffen Craft Robert Seauers land lying north and south of it. And three roodes of swamp more or lesse bought of Pelegg Heath neare muddy riuer, upon Robert Seauer north. upon his owne land east, and upon the land lately belonging to William Lewis south.
[87.] *66. William Healy his dwelling house and orchyard with the mill lott being three accres more or lesse abbutting upon the highway south, upon M' Hugh Prichards land north, and upon the highway to the landing place west. And the old mill house with the appertenances lately M' Hugh Prichards butting upon Stoney riuer south, and on the other sides upon the highway. And eleuen accres more or lesse bought of Thomas Robbinson lying neare the great pond upon Isaack Johnson North, and upon Robert Pepper east. And a barne with two yards. And twelue accres of upland more or lesse lying upon the great hill, upon M' John Gore west, upon Samuell Finch east, upon a way leading to William Heath meadow south, and upon the highway leading to muddy riner north. and the one halfe of seauen accres more or lesse of upland and meadow which lyeth upon the west side of muddy riuer within the fence of Peter Oliner upon the west side, the south end upon M' Prichard and the north end upon muddy riuer bridg. And twenty seauen accres and a halfe and ten rodds lying in the first and third allottment the sixteenth lott. And in the thousand accres neare Deddam twenty seauen accres bought of John Roberts, And twenty six accres and three quarters the fifteenth allottment lying betweenc William Webb and Richard Goad. And in the thousand accres neare Deddam twelve accres. And twenty three accres and thirty rodd in the first and third allotment bought of William Webb. William Healy hath sold forty of these last accres unto John Weld.
Nathaniell Stow late of Ipswich, in the second allottment in the last division bought of John Scarbrowe being the fift lott lying
1 The nearest halfe of the forty two accres is sold by Griffen Crafts to John Jobnson
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betweene Isaack Morrill and William Parke thirty foure accres and a halfe, and twenty rodds.
[88.] *67. John Gorton his house, and six accres of land more or lesse called the wolfe trapp, butting upon William Parke south, upou William Cheiney east, and upon a highway west And in the Nookes next Dorchester being the ninth lott lying betweene Gowin Anderson his assignes and Phillip Meadowes his assignes thirteene accres and twenty rodds. And in the last diuision in the Nookes next Dorchester bought of Henry Farnham fiue accres and one quarter being the fift lott lying betweene Lewis Jones and Edward Riggs. And an accre of salt marsh more or lesse bought of Edward Pason butting southwest upon Edward Pasons land and euery other way being compassed with creekes.
[89.] *68. Daniell Aynsworth one house and twelne accres of land more or lesse bounded upon William Cheiney southwest, upon William Curtiss south and west and upon a highway north. And bought of William Curtiss two accres of meadow more or lesse butting upon the riner east upon his owne land north and west and upon William Curtiss south. And thirteene accres and twenty rodds more or lesse bought of William Lewis butting upon / John Polly south, upon Arthur Gary east upon Phillip Eliot north, and upon John Totman west. And two accres (doubtful) of marsh more or lesse bought of William Lion, and halfe of it sold to George Brand lying in the Iland lately Captaine Hugh Prichards butting upon the land of Robert Seaner south, upon John Mayes north, upon John Ruggles east, and upon the creeke west. And fiue accres of land more or lesse bought of Phillip Eliot butting upon stoney riner east, upon Robert Gamblin North and upon John Ruggles Juni: south.
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