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Widdow Gardner in the last division of the Nookes next Dorchester being the nineteenth lott lying betweene John Stebbin. and the assigues of John Mathews seauen accres three quarters and twenty rodds.
[90.] *69. The heires of John Granes after his wifes decease now the wife of William Potter, one house, one barne and one orchard or Garden with foure accres of upland and three accres of meadow more or lesse ioyning theirunto, abbutting upon Arthur Gary towards the north and upon the highway towards the south upon seuerall yards or orchyards towards the east and upon the heires of William Heath west. And on the other side of the heires of William Heath two accres more or lesse, And thirty three accres and a halfe and thirty rodd in the first and third allottments of the last diuision the ninth lott lying betweene John Ruggles and Ralph Hemmingway.
Mary Graues foure accres of Arable land lying in the hill lotts abutting upon Samuell Finch north, upon a highway south, upon the heires of William Heath and John Hanchett east, and upon Arthur Gary west.
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[91.] *70. William Potter foure accres lying at the salt pann which he bought of Samuell Graues. And six accres bought of William Graues abutting betweene two high wayes upon the south and north sides their of, upon the heires of William Heath cast, and upon William Lewis north. And in the thousand accres neare Deddam bought of William Curtiss sixty two accres.
Richard Chamberlin an house and halfe an accre of land more or lesse adioyning to it abutting east upon the highway, and north and west upon M' John Eliot, and upon Tobias Dauis on the south side of it.
[92.] *71. George Brand A dwelling house and halfe an accre of land more or lesse adioyning to it with a barne butting on one side upon stoney riuer and every way els upon the common ; and two accres bought of Isaack Johnson butting upon stoney riuer south, upon the highway north, lying betweene the land of Jeames Astwood and William Curtiss. And an accre of meadow more or lesse, butting upon stoney riuer east, upon Daniell Ayns- woorth west, upon John Ruggles Ju. south, and upon William Gary north. And three accres and three roodes of land more or lesse, upon the hill beyond the great pond bought of William Cur- tiss, butting upon the land of Edward Denison north, upon Pelegg Heath south, and upon William Gary west. And an accre of salt marsh lying in the Iland lately Captaine Hugh Prichards bought of Daniell Aynswoorth and he of William Lion abutting upon Robert Seauer south, upon John Mayes North, and upon the creeke west.1
[93.] *72. Richard Sutton sixteene accres of land more or lesse lately the land of Henry Farnham being the twelfe lott, abbutting upon the eight accre lots west. And foure accres and a halfe of fresh meadow bought of Edward Pason abutting east upon William Cheiney, and west upon Giles Pason and William Lyon. And ten accres lately the land of William Webb lying beyond the eight accre lotts, next Richard Peacockes ten aceres, and adioyning upon the twenty accres lately Mr Pirkins but now Robert Williams.
Nathaniell Willson his dwelling house and halfe an accre of land be the same more or lesse adioyning there unto lying west and south upon Peter Oliuers land, upon the highway north, and upon the meadow of William Healy cast.
[94.] *73. Thomas Meekins six accres of land more or lesse which was George Brands abutting east upon the common, upon Thomas Weld west, upon William Lyon north, and npon
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Goodman Denison I wold prav you to take that eighten aekers of land mor or lese which is vpon my transcript aid to put it vpon George Brand and John Bridge transcript by the order of John Rugles
EDMOND MORRY
BENIAMIN CHILD
G. BRAN page 71
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William Parkes south. And the fourth part of twelue accres of salt marsh more or lesse lying below the salt pan, incompassed with the sea and creekes only upon the west it butts upon the land where of Thomas Bell hath a quarter.
Hugh Thomas one house and home lott being three accres more or lesse abutting west upon Stoney riuer, north upon the highway leading to the river, south upon Robert Prentise, and west upon the highway aboue. And foure accres and a halfe more or lesse in the night pasture, abutting west upon the highway, North upon John Ruggles se. and south upon Griffen Craft and Isaack Morrill. And three accres of broken up land more or lesse lying upon the hill, abutting upon John Ruggles north, upon Robert Prentise south upon the highway east, and upon Robert Prentise and John Griggs west.
[95.] *74. Joseph Wise A dwelling house malt house and other housing with the land it stands upon, and about three roodes of land more or lesse about it, bought of William Denison, abutt- ing North upon John Burwell, west upon the highway leading to John Watsons, east and south upon the land of Isaack Morrill. and sixteene accres and three roodes in the Nookes next Rocky- swamp being the nineteenth lott.
John Mayo foure accres of land more or lesse bought of Isaack Heath abutting upon the land of Edward Denison north upon William Gary east, upon Abraham Newell and John Mayes south, and upon Boston bounds west. And in the thousand accres neare Deddam giuen unto him by his father one and twenty accres and a halfe. And sixteene accres of land more or lesse bought of John Johnson ; And three accres of land more or lesse bought of John Johnson lately the land of John Stebbinns adoiyning to the sixteene accres lying at Rocky swamp and so abutting upon Edward Pason west, and upon the land of Edward Bridg east. and fower accres of meadow more or lesse bought of John Johnson lately the land of Phillip Torry, butting upon Isaack Morrill west, upon Phillip Torry North. and upon the woodland east, and south. and two accres of land upon the pondhill bought of Isaack Heath, abutting upon William Denison north upon William Gary east, upon Phillip Curtiss south, and upon his owne land bought of Isaack Heath west.
[96] *75. John Hanchet A dwelling house barne and or- chard being an accre of land more or lesse, abutting upon the high- way south, and west, and upon Samuell Finch east. And six1 accres more or lesse of salt marsh lying below the salt pan, adioyn- ing to the marsh of Thomas Meekinns and Abraham Newell, two of the six accres being bought of Robert Pepper, and fower accres of Humfrey Johnson.
1 two accres of this six accres is sold to John Mayo.
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John Polly A dwelling house and barne with other housing, and a great lott containing eighteene aceres more or lesse abutting one end upon a highway leading to Beare marsh south, one end upon a highway west, and upon John Welds land south, east, and north. And six accres of meadow more or lesse abutting upon the meadow of Mr John Gore north east and upon the side of Baere hill.
[97.] *76. Tobias Dauis bought of John Peiropoynt, A dwell- ing house and other out housing together with an orchyard and all the fence their unto belonging abbutting upon the land of Isaack Morrill west, upon the land of Phillip Tory south, and upon the highway east. And ten accres of land more or lesse, abutting upon the land of Mr John Eliot North, upon Edward Bugby south, and upon the highwayes east and west. And a part of the orchard of his father Isaack Morrills against the sayd Tobias Dauis his shopp and fence, haning six apple trees upon it, ginen unto him by his sayd father Isaack Morrill. And six or seauen accres of land more or lesse about the eight accre lotts upon the heires of Thomas Pigg south east, and upon the land of Abraham How northwest provided he intrench not upon any mans land formerly granted to any.
Edmund Parker his lott fiue accres more or lesse lately the land of Edward Culuer, abutting upon the land of John Polly towards the south, upon John Weld east, upon the highway west, and upon Isaack Johnson north, with a convenient highway to and fro the sayd lott.
[98.] ** 7. Edward Morris nine' accres more or lesse of woodland bought of John Ruggles Junior being in the first deuision of the last allottment the twelfe lott lying betweene John Leuens and Abraham Newell. And eight' accres and a halfe of land more or less bought of Robert Pepper late the land of Jeames Mor- gan abutting upon the land of John Ruggles Junior on the one side, and upon Abraham Newells on the other side, and one end of it butting upon Mr John Gores meadow. And three accres and a halfe more or lesse in Beare marsh bought of John Bowles butting upon the heires of William Heath towards the south and upon William Curtiss north.
William Lion The house he now dwells in with the orchard and yard conteining by estimation three roodes more or lesse he paying unto his Mother in law thirty shillings p yeare as by lease to his sayd mother in law bearing date the sixteenth of Febru: 1647. Allso Samuell Ruggles is to hane part of the lands, its now staked out, this apeares by a deed from John Ruggles for halfe the sayd house and land but for Samuell Ruggles part it doth not appeare any sale to him. And one accre and a halfe of land neare the
1 The eighteene accres sold to John Rugles Ju: and by him to George Brand and John Bridg.
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meeting house lately the land of Gowen Anderson.1 And fine aceres more or lesse being part of eight aceres lately the land of Samuell Ruggles, abutting upon Samuell Ruggles east, upon John Ruggles north, and upon John Griggs south. And one accre and three roodes more or lesse lying neare the meeting house, butting upon the widdow Ruggles land southwest, upon John Ruggles west, upon the highway north. the sayd William Lyon is to main- taine a sufficient fence for euer betweene the land of the sayd John Ruggles, and this land ; sold by the sayd John Ruggles unto the sayd William Lyon. And foure accres of land more or lesse, late the land of Phillipp Eliot part of his lott called the pond plaine, abutting upon the same land of the sayd Phillip Eliot towards the east and south, upon Samuell Rugles towards the west and upon Arthur Gary North-west. And a house and three aceres of land, more or lesse, butting upon William Dauis north, upon the highway to John Welds east, upon Henry Bowen south, and upon William Dauis west.
[99.] *778. John Peiropoynt Eleuen accres and a halfe upon the meeting house hill, one end upon the highway, and so betweene the land of John Ruggles, Richard Woody Abraham Newell and M' Alcoeke. And sixty aceres more or lesse lying in the last diuission being the tenth lott, lving betweene the lotts of the heires of William Heath, and Isaack Heath. And in the thousand accres neare Deddam eighty-three accres certaine, and foure accres, and a halfe more elaimed which as yet remaines doubtfull. And in the foure thousand accres giuen by the Court to Roxbury two hundred fifty and three accres : These two last percells of land he inioyeth as heire to John Stow his Father in law lately deceased. And fiue aceres and a halfe of land more or lesse bought of William Curtiss neare the pond plaine, abbutting upon the land of John Bowles south, upon Robert Pepper west, upon a highway north. and upon the land of M' John Eliot east.
[100.] *79. William Gary his house, barne, orchyard and yard, with three accres of land more or lesse bought of John Bowles abutting upon the highway to Deddam northwest, upon Phillip Eliott and Robert Seaver south, and upon Stoney riuer east. And fiue accres more or lesse upon the pond hill, lately the land of Thomas Curtiss butting upon John Mayos land west, upon John and Samuell Ruggles south, upon George Brand east, and upon Edward Denison North. And three accres and fifty rodds of erra- ble land upon the pond hill, lately William Lyons abutting upon the schoole land south, upon Arthur Gary east, upon Peleg Heath north and upon Samuell Ruggles west. And seauen accres want- ing twenty rodds of woodland lately Robert Peppers lying upon the common neare the pond hill, abutting upon Boston bounds west, upon Samuell Finch south, upon John Ruggles east, and upon William Curtiss North. And one acere of fresh meadow more or lesse neare Stoney riuer lately the land of William Cur-
1 And an accre more or lesse of the fiue accres is sold to Thomas Bacon
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tiss, abutting upon Robert Gamblin west, upon George Brand south, and upon Stoney riuer east. And one accre of salt marsh lately the meadow of William Curtiss lying neare Grauely poynt abutting upon John Totman east, upon Samuell Finch north, upon Robert Gamblin west, and upon the great Creeke south. And one accre of salt marsh more or lesse lately the meadow of Arthur Gary lying at Granelly poynt abutting upon John Bowles east, upon John Griggs north, upon Arthur Gary west, and upon Thomas Bell south.
[101.] *80. Thomas Baker his house and the ground upon which it stands together with his garden and a parcell of land adioyning being in all about halfe an accre more or lesse, abutting upon the land of Thomas Hally east and south, upon the highway north, and upon the land belonging to the mill west.
Abraham Newell Junior, bought of Phillip Curtisse fower accres of land more or lesse, butting upon John Mayes north, upon John Mayo east, upon the schoole land west, and upon Sam- uell Ruggles south. And halfe of two accres more or lesse bought of Daniell Ainswoorth, upon Robert Seauer west, upon John Mayes east, upon Stoney riuer North, and upon John Ruggles Junior south. And a dwelling house, and a barne with the land it stands upon, and adioyning to it, being fine accres more or lesse, lately bought of Edmund Parker, butting east and south upon John Weld, north upon the land of Isaack Johnson, and west upon the highway leading to beare-marsh. And two accres of salt marsh lately bought of Peleg Heath, lying in the Iland lately Captaine Hugh Prichards, butting upon the land of Robert Pepper sonth, upon Peleg Heath west, and upon Stoney and Muddy riuers North and east.
[102.] *81. Nathaniel Brewer in the thousand acres neare Deddam twenty seauen accres and a halfe ; And three accres more or lesse of planting ground bought of William Curtisse abutting south upon Robert Gamblin, east upon Daniell Ainswoorth and south east upon William Curtiss his meadow, this last for the present is doubtfull, but now the doubt is removed.
[103.] *82. Peleg Heatlı, fiue accres more or lesse of meadow in Muddy riuer marsh, with foure accres of upland more or lesse ioyning unto it which was bought by his Father William Heath of Mr Gore lying along by Muddy riuer on the north, and upon the land of William Lewis on the west and south, and upon the land of the heires of John Perry on the east, with a highway to the said land from the highway that goes by the dwelling house of William Lewis, by the land of William Lewis and Captaine Prichard on the one side, and the land of William Potter, William Healy, Arthur Gary and the heires of Thomas Ruggles on the other side. And six accres of upland more or lesse bought by the said William Heath of John Scarbrough which was Bowers land, abutting upon the highway that goeth up to the great pond by the
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house of William Lewis on the east, and upon the lands of Isaack Heath on the south, and upon the lands of Griffen Crafts on the west, and npon the land of William Lewis on the north. And fower acres of land more or lesse lying neare Arthur Garyes house abutting upon the lands of the heires of John Graues on the east and west, and upon the great highway that leades towards Deddam on the south, and upon the land of Arthur Gary on the north, and a highway to it by the dwelling house of Arthur Gary. And fine accres of land more or lesse with a barne, upon the highway that leades to the house and upon the land of William Lewis on the north, and upon the lands of Isaack Heath on the west, upon the land of Arthur Gary on the south, and upon the lane to Arthur Garyes house on the east. And fower accres of marsh more or lesse lying in the lland that was Mr Prichards lying on the north corner of the lland by the river called Stoney riuer, and upon the land of Robert Pepper on the south, with an eight part of the cart way bought of John Johnson and of the new creeke, and a cart- way to the sayd land through the land of Robert Pepper, and of Edward Bridg and the land of Griffen Craft. And two accres of upland lying upon the pond hill, bought of Daniell Fuller, butting upon the land of Arthur Gary on the east, and upon the land of William Gary on the south, and upon the land of Samuell Rug- gles on the west, and upon the land of George Brand on the north. And fower accres of meadow more or lesse in bare marsh, abutting upon the land of Phillip Eliot and John Bowles on the north, and upon Stoney riuer on the east, and upon the land of Robert Gam- blin on the south, and upon the highway that goeth to the dry cattle house on the west. with two rodds wide upon the upland on the west end of the sayd meadow. And one and twenty accres of land more or lesse lying in the commons being the one halfe of his father William Heaths part in the last alotment. And a third part of his fathers land in the thousand accres neare Deddam.
[104.] 83. We whose names are under written being chosen by the towne upon the twenty ninth of January fifty fower to exam- ine the transcript which Edward Denison was to write out according to the coppies delivered to him, hauing examined the sayd trans- cript upon the fowerteenth of Februa: fifty fower, and we find that he hath performed exactly according to the coppies commited to his charge what he was betrusted with to write for the towne : as far as we are able to discerne.
Witnesse our hands
JOHN JOHNSON WILLIAM PARK
(autographs) GRIFFIN CRAFT EDWARD RIG
Samuell Williams, A dwelling house, with halfe the barne, and out houses together with his orchyard and backside being an accre of land more or lesse butting upon Edward Riggs east and south, and upon the highway goeing into the woods northwest. And halfe an accre more or lesse hought of Richard Sutton in the great
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meade lying at the south end of Richard Suttons meadow, John Stebbins upon the east side of it. and his oune land on the west side ; And halfe an accre of fresh meadow, in the great meades at the south end of his father Robert Williams his meadow from the furthest ditch to the railes. And an accre more or lesse of fresh meadow in the great meades, upon Richard Sutton east and upon John Johnson and Isaack Morrill northeast, Samuell Williams being to make and maintaine all the fence at the head of his accre of meadow for ever. and eleuen accres in the eight accre lotts giuen him by his father Williams and is butted and bounded in his fathers transcript and halfe of the lott against his dwelling house giuen him by his sayd father and bounded in his fathers transcript. And five roodes of salt marsh giuen him by his father Parkes but- ting upon the heires of Thomas Pigg south, upon the highway to the tidemill east, and northeast upon the land of Nickolas Clapp. And the halfe of the lott that lyeth at the end of the great lotts which was bought by his father Parkes of John Peiropoynt, and by him the whole lott was giuen to his sonn Williams, the halfe of which lott is exchanged by Samuell with his father Williams for tenn accres of his twenty accres lott lying at the foote of the eight accre lotts as appeares in his father Williams transcript. And fine accres of salt marsh, butting upon pine Iland south, upon Boston lands north, and upon the flatts east. And two accres of fresh meadow lately the land of Giles Pason, lying in the meadow together with Ralph Hemingway and Thomas Andrews And fower accres of land lying against the highway to dead swamp west upon the heires of Thomas Lamb north, and upon John Bur- well south.
[105.] *84. John Newell, A dwelling house with halfe an accre of land about it more or lesse abutting upon the highway east upon John Stebbin south, upon Isaack Morrill west, and upon Thomas Waterman north. And fower accres of land more or lesse in the upper calues pasture, bought of Edward Bugby, butting upon the highway west, upon John Gorton south, and upon William Cheiney east. And in the first alottment in the last deuision being the third lott, lying betweene Edward Pason and John Johnson twenty six accres three roodes and fine rodd. And in the deuision of the Nookes next Dorchester being the sixteenth lott lying be- tweene Nathaniell Manuring (now sold to William Denison) and Richard Peacock fifteene accres and three quarters. And one accre late the land of John Stebbin, upon the land of John Stebbin south, and upon the highwayes to the great lotts, and to Dorchester brooke, cast, west, and north.
William Dauis his house, and three accres of land more or lesse, butting upon John Mayes and upon William Linckhorne north ; south upon William Lyon ; east upon the highway to John Welds farme, and west upon his oune land. And the halfe of three accres more or lesse, the three accres being bought by him and Mr Bowen ioyntly of Isaack Johnson lying in halfe way meadow, butting the south side upon Phillip Eliot, and euery other way upon Robert Pepper.
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[106.] *85. William Linckhorne, his house and fower accres of land more or lesse bought of William Peacocke, abutting north upon Deddam highway, east upon John Mayes, south, and west upon William Dauis.
John Mayes Ju. his house and fower accres of land more or lesse, butting upon the highway to Deddam North, and upon a highway to John Welds east, upon William Dauis south, and upon William Linckhorne west.
[107.] *86. Henry Bowen, five accres of land more or lesse, bought of John Rugles Junior, abutting upon William Lyon north, upon John Weld and the highway east, upon his owne land, south. and upon the land of William Dauis west.
Thomas Bacon, fower accres of land more or lesse beyond the pond abutting upon William Lyon and Samuell Ruggles south, upon William Lyon east, upon Samuell Finch west, and upon Arthur Gary north.
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WOODSTOCK LANDS.
[110.] Entered In the Book on Transcript of the lands of Roxbury 26 February 169g
This list Containes an accot of the first Range of lots in the Town's half of Woodstock land as they were drawn at a Town Meeting appointed for that end 26 April 1695, and surveyed and layd out by M John Butcher and the Committee chosen by the Inhabitants proprietors of the same the sd Range containeing thirty four lots in number all of which ly upon the right hand of the path which leadeth to Woodstock the first lot of which sd first Range abutteth upon sd path or highway and is bounded by the lines or highway which divides between the land of the first goers or first setlers of Woodstock and the stayers, or other inhabitants of Roxbury as by a Plat of the same under the hand of the Mr. John Butcher may be more clearly and perticularly appeeres, deciphered on the other sides.
No.
Acres.
1 John Gore
2 Pals Grave Alcock
05-
3 Joseph Lyon .
4 Palsgrave Allcock
.
05-
5 & Samuel Ruggles 5 acres Sergt John Ruggles 42} acres
473
6 Roger Adams .
.
25-
Lt. Samuel Ruggles .
.
.
42,
.
313
30-
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No.
8 Samuel Weld .
A highway two rods wide.
9 Isaac Newel jun"
173
10 Majr Wait Winthrop.
672
11 William Heath .
441
12 John Gore
103
13 Lt Samuel Ruggles .
18
14 Moses Drapers heires
19
15 Mr Danforths heires .
10
16 George & James Griggs
334
171 Edward Dorr. .
183
181 Jacob Pepper . A highway 5 rods wide.
. 363
201 Joseph Mayo 55
21 The heircs of Mr. John Bowles .
65
22 Mr. William Denison
463
23 Edward Bridge
30
24 James Draper jun"
. 293
in his fathers right.
25 Thomas Cheiney
312
26 John Weld
25
27 John Bennet of Boston
05
28 John Davis (Smith) .
373
29 the heires of Joshua Lamb
30-
30 Mr. Thomas Ruggles
523
Highway 2 Rodd
31 Joseph Newel or his heires
20-
32 Samuel Perry
30
33 John Holms
22}
in right of John Newel
34 James Frissel sen"
273
[111.] Blank.
[112.] This list Containes the number and quantity of the second Range of Lots as they were layed out by the aforesaid Surveyor and Committee, the first lot whereof being the 35 lot is hounded Southwardly by a high Way lying between the land of the first setlers of Woodstock land and the other Inhabitants of Roxbury according as sd Lotts are deciphered in the Plat therof on the other side.
No.
Acres.
35 The heires of Isaac Curtiss
26-
36 Samuel Williams jun
412
in right of his unkle Stephen Williams
37 Jacob Parker
25-
1 these lotts lye Double and the High way gos between. 17: 19 & 18: 20.
.
Acres. 30-
303
191 Samuel Williams jun™ Exchanged with Jr: Mayo; No: 93:
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No.
Acres.
38 Henry Bowin : the medow reserd for a se. division
733
39 Roger Adams 50-
40 Benjamin Childe
30-
Abraham Newel sent his heires
28}
41 42 Isaac How
25- 473
44 Joseph Dudley Esq™
344
45 Samuel Scarbrough
262
46 Benjamin Gamblin
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