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USA > Massachusetts > Middlesex County > Wayland > The annals of Sudbury, Wayland, and Maynard, Middlesex County, Massachusetts > Part 25
USA > Massachusetts > Middlesex County > Maynard > The annals of Sudbury, Wayland, and Maynard, Middlesex County, Massachusetts > Part 25
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6. L. Ho. of widow J. MeLane Hayward, M. D. (D. 1886, age 50). Widow Harriet S. Wyman to 1876. B. by Dr. Geo. Hayward, 1832.
7. R. Ho. of Win. P. Bowles. B. by him 1890.
8. L. IIo. of Henry F. Lee, 1890. Capt. Humphrey, 1888. Capt. Bickford, 1883. H. Batchelder a. 1870. Isaac Warren (shoemaker), 1860. B. by J. L. Perkins, 1843.
9. R. C. H. of H. F. Lee's IIo. Des. by fire 1889. H. L. Newton, 1884. H. R. Newton (shoe business). (D. 1884, age 72). Enos Clapp, 1849. John W. Hayward, Esq., 1832. Dr. Lemuel Ilayward, 1799-1820. B. by Capt. John Noyes, 1778.
10. L. Ho. of Imminek Bros. from 1879. Edward Rice, Jr., 1879. B. by Dea. Edward Rice. 1853 (he D. 1868, age 75).
11. R. Loc. (half way from No. 9 to Brook) of Jona. Gould's Ho., 1798. "Toddy " Par- menter. 1785.
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12. R. Ho. of J. Linnehan. B. by him 1877. Loc. of an old IIo. Sam'l Baldwin, 1875. Enos Clapp, 1865. Benj. Carter, 1830. Timothy Allen, 1820. Prob. B. by John Parmenter a. 1780.
13. L. Loc. (up the hill slope) of E. Graves' Ho. and Blacksmith shop (D. 1730, age 96). Sam'l Graves a. 1753. Micah Graves (also blacksmith), 1798.
14. R. Ho. of Miss P. Maria Lee, 1891. B. by B. Benjamin (painter), 1888.
15. R. Half Ho. of Willard A. Bullard, 1890. Dea. Jonas N. Morse to 1890. Ephraim Morse (D 1864, age 85). Wm. Wyman (miller), D. 1829, age 74. B. by Capt. Jonas Noyes (who D. 1775, age 37) a. 1759. The name of Richard Heard (Capt.) is identified as owner of this Loc. at an early date.
16. R. Half Ho. of Sarah A. Morse. Sally Noyes from a. 1780 (D. 1863, age 92).
17. R. Ho. of widow Wm. Eagan, 1880. Michael Kernan Rem. it from No. 4 (Wayland and Sudbury road), 1838.
18. R. Ho. of widow Wm. Eagan. Rem. by M. Kernan from No. 2 (Wayland and Sud- bury road) a. 1840.
19. R. Ho. (in ruins) of widow Wm. Eagan. M. Kernan (shoemaker) from 1835. Wm. Brackett, 1796-1825. B. by Joel Bent a. 1770.
20. L. Ho. of David H. Pierce from 1879. Elizabeth Price, to 1879. B. by Wm. Bridge. 18.3.
21 L. Ho. of Sam'l D. Reeves from 1887. Horace Heard, 1887. B. by Jona. F. Heard, 1835. Loc. of Dan'l Lernard. Ho. Dem. 1830. B. Prob. by Benj. Poole (tanner) a. 1740.
22. R. Loc. of Jeremiah Hawes' Ho., 1820. Prob. B. by - Wiley (tanner) a. 1759.
23. L. Loc. of Ho. opp. No. 22. John Brackett (shoemaker), 1820.
24. L. Ho. of Willard A. Bullard, remodelled 1889. Horace Heard. 1828-1888. It is believed that some parts of the meeting house frame erected in 1687 were used in the meeting house built in 1726; the material of which was used in 1815 by Luther Gleason, Sen., and Jona. F. Heard for constructing a dwelling IIo., Store and Town Hall, all in the same building now constituting the residence of Mr. Bullard.
25. R. Ho. (opp. No. 24) of Daniel Coakley. Ira B. Draper, 1838 (D. 1885, age 71). B. a. 1812 by - - Prescott, tinsmith.
26. R. Ho. of widow John McClellan from 1880. Ira B. Draper's shoe factory, 1870. B. by Benj. Neally a. 1840. Was Loc. of Joel Damon's hat-shop, 1825 .*
27. L. Unitarian Church. B. 1814, dedicated 1815. Remodelled 1850. Public clock made by Thwing of Hopedale, 1850.
NEW MILL ROAD FROM SAND HILL ROAD, TO NEAR "WAYLAND INN."
No.
1. R. Ho. of Andrew S. Morse on hill E. of Mill Brook. B. 1889.
2. R. Ho. of Wm. Stearns. B. 1891.
3. R. Blacksmith and wheelwright shop. B. 1876.
4. R. Widow Jonas Bennett's Ho. (see No. 6 Wayland and Sudbury road).
* A recent decision of the County Commissioners will probably cause the removal of Houses numbered 17, 18, 19, 25 and 26.
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WAYLAND CENTRE TO BRIDLE POINT.
No.
1. R. Store of H. F. Lee & Sons (see Stores).
2. 1. New livery stable. B. 1889 by Orrin Loker (D. 1890).
3. Ho. B. by Capt. E. Pousland, 1873. (Rented.)
4. L. Ho. of Theodore S. Sherman. B. by Capt. E. Pousland, 1873.
5. Shoe shop and store of T. S. Sherman (see No. 6 Concord road). In 1738 the Loc.
now oc. by Loker's stable and the Pousland and Sherman houses was oc. by James Brown's tannery.
6. R. Ho. of J. H. Small (carpenter). B. 1885.
7. R. Ho. B. by H. B. Braman, 1887. (Rented.)
8. R. HIo. B. by H. B. Braman, 1887. (Rented.)
9. L. Ho. of Sam'l Russell (butcher). Charles Russell. Capt. Wm. Russell. Ho made of cabinet maker's shop (see 33. W. and S. road).
WAYLAND CENTRE TO SUDBURY, OVER "THE ISLAND."
No.
1. L. Law office.
2. R. Ho. of W. B. Ward from 1843. L. P. Frost, to 1843. B. by James Draper, 1838.
3. R. llo. of Marshall Russell. Wmn. Stearns. Widow Josiah Russell. Was a school house 1808-1841. Remodelled for a dwelling Ho., 1842, by J. Draper.
4. R.
T. S. Sherman's Ho. (Rented). Was Rem. to present Loc. from No. 25 (front of U. Church). Chas. Wesson, 1860
5. R.
Blacksmith's shop B. 1887. L. McManus.
6. L. Cart path and bridge over the Brook. To the left of the path, a. ten rods from the Brook, is a depression of surface. Tradition declares this spot to be the Loc. of Rev. Edmond Brown's IIo. in 1640.
7. R. Ho. of S. Zimmerman. Chas. B. Heard. B. by Dea. Richard Heard (carpenter), 1842 (D. 1872, age 85).
8. L. After crossing the river, a. half way up the hill stood the Ho. of Richard Heard, 2d. B. a. 1801. (D. 1840, age 86.) Micah Cutler, a. 1830. Bought soon after by Wm. Heard, Sen., and part of it Rem. to No. 11.
9. L. IIo. of Wm. T. Dudley. B. 1888.
10. R. Ho. of Daniel Bracket, Esq. Col. David Heard (D. 1881, age 86). David Heard, Sen. (D. 1813, age 54). Capt. Richard Heard (D. 1792, age 72). B. by Jona. Fisk, 1722.
11. R. Ho. of C. H. Campbell. Wm. Heard, Sen. (drowned 1859, age 81). B. in part by him a. 1832 (see No. 8).
At end of Lane turning to L. Ho. of widow Robert Erwin (he D. 1880, age 62).
12 L. I. M. Jones, 1853. Dea. E. Rice, 1840. B. by Tho. Heard, 1793 (D. 1819, age, 69).
13. R. Ho. of Edwin Buckingham. Remodelled 1887. Abel Heard (D. 1884, age 89). Zechariah Heard (D. 1823, age 71). Tho. Bent (D. 1775, age 69). B. by Sam'l Stone a. 1715.
14. L. Ho. of Jas. C. Wade on W. side of Pelham Pond. Remodelled by him a. 1872. B. by John Bacon (brick-maker) a. 1820.
Clay pits on W. side of pond extensively used for making brick during first part of present century.
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BIGELOW'S CORNER TO FRAMINGHAM.
No.
1. L. C. H. opp. "Corner Tavern." T. W. Bennett, 1889. M. Ward, 1888. Widow Lewis Dudley. L. D. was drowned 1838, aged 38. Warren Morse, 1802. B. by - Goodnow a. 1760. Dem. 1889.
2. R. "Corner Tavern," owned by widow Tho. Burke (see Taverns).
3. L. Ho. of Edwin A. Dudley. B. a. 1850.
4. R. Ho. of P. Dolan. B. 1855. Loc. of old Ho. Widow of Jona. Underwood, Jr. ; he D. 1820. Jona. Underwood, Sen., D. 1790. He Prob. B. the Ho. 1740.
5. R. Ho. of Wm. P. Perkins, enlarged and remodelled by him 1880. Widow of Gen. M. M. Rutter (D. 1868, age 83). Maj .- Gen. M. M. Rutter (D. 1837, age 58). Front B. by him a. 1808. Nath'l Hasey Prob. B. here a 1715.
6. L. On opp. corner (South) IIo. of Wm. P. Perkins, remodelled by him 1874. Ed. A. Pierce to 1874. North front B by M. M. Rutter, Jr., a. 1828.
7. R. Ho. (brick walls) of C. Randolph. Was a school Ho. 1799-1840. Made a dwelling 1841.
8. L. Opp. No. 7, up the lane at summit of the hill, Ho. of Wm. P. Perkins, enlarged and remodelled by hin 1874. Wm. Cushing of Watertown to 1870. Horace Heard. B. by Capt. Charles Cutting, 1816, near the Loc. of the old Cutting Ho., Dem. 1817. Capt. Isaac Cutting (D. 1795, age 74). Prob. B. by Jona Cutting a. 1700. Wm. P. Perkins, D. 1891, age 83.
9. R. Ho. of Jas. A. Thomas from 1886. L. Brooks to 1886. Dan'l Puffer (D. a. 1878). B. by Marshall Stone (carpenter), 1812.
10. R. Temporary Ho, fitted up by C. W. Reeves, 1876.
11. R. Ho. of Chas. W. Reeves, remodelled 1875. Walter Reeves (D. 1872, age 81). Jacob Reeves, Jr., Esq. (D. 1845, age 83). Jacob Reeves, Sen, enlarged the Ho. and kept it as a Tavern from 1740 (closed to the public 70 years after. He D. 1794, age 75). The oldest part of the Ho. B. by Matthew Hasey, Prob. a. 1715, still shows the original timbers finished into the rooms.
12. R. Ho. of Robert Cumming, remodelled 1889. Louis Buoncore, D. a. 1862. Isaac Carver (carpenter), D. a 1847, age 65. B. the Ho. a. 1800. Loc. of John - Tilton's Ho. a. 1770. Sam'l Tilton, 1740.
13. R. On corner at "Five Paths," Ho. of L. J. Bemis. B. by him a 1869; very recently sold to party unknown.
14. R. On corner of lane leading to Right. Loc. of Ho. and Blacksmith shop of Josiah Dudley. Dem. a. 1817.
15. R.
Ho. of Nathan B Johnson. B. 1862.
16. L. Old Ho. of Whittemore Bros. Wm. Whittemore (D 1885, age 82). Josiah Smith (D. 1868, age 82). Eph'm Smith (D. 1809, age 82). He Prob. B. the north part of the Ho. a. 1745. The south part is reported to be much older.
17. R. Ho. of Wm. Whittemore, 2d. B. by him 1878.
18. Down the lane leading to the " Rice Spring " on the L is Isaac Whittemore's Ho. B. 1888. A little further on to the R. stands the "Old Rice Ho." in ruins. Edmond Rice, 3d, to near 1880. E. Rice, 2d (D. 1841, age 86). Builder and date unknown. Edmond Rice, Jr. (D. 1796, age 71).
19. R. Ho. of Patrick Nolan. Widow Lewis Jones (he D. 1880, age 81). John Devan a. 1821. Hopestill Bent's tavern, 1780, Prob. B. by Tho. Frink a 1720, or earlier.
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20. R. Ho. of Samuel M. Thomas. B. 1839 on Loc, of old Ho. S. M. Thomas, 1830. Capt. J. A. Thomas (D. 1817). Josiah Thomas, Jr (D. 1819, age 45). Josiah Thomas, Sen. (D. 1807, age 72), from 1795. B. by Jesse Eames a. 1760, or by Benj. Stone a. 1700.
21. L. Loe. of brick school-house, 1803 to 1858.
22. R. School-house. B. 1858.
23. L. H. of widow Tho. McCann. B. by him 1853.
24. I. C. Il of J M. Brummit's Ho. Des. by fire 1890.
25.
R. C. H. of Richard Roby's Ho. (D. 1862, age 67). Dan. Moulton (D). 1845, age 82). Des. by fire 1877.
26. R. Ho. of W. H. Clark. South front B. by him 1862. North front is part of the " Moulton Tavern," open 1730 to 1805. Capt. Caleb Moulton, Jr. (D. 1821, age 76). Caleb Moulton, Sen. (D. 1800, age 91). Prob. B. by him a. 1730.
27. L. Ho. of Waldo W. Kendall. W. H Clark B. by Win. Bradshaw (taxidermist), 1853.
NOTE. - The above three houses are located in " Happy Hollow."
28. R. Ilo. of Henry B. Fischer. B. 1873.
29. R. C. H. of Sam'l Ward's Ho. a. 1870. Ebenezer Johnson (D. 1823, age 82). Des. by fire a. 1870.
30. L. Ho. of D. F Marrs : remodelled 1873. Wm. H. Ilills, 1860. Wm. Johnson (D. 1844, age 48). Willard Goldthwait (D. 1835, age 45). B. by Peter Johnson a. 1785.
31. R. Ho. of Leander Hammond. B. by H. G. Hammond, 1872. Loc. of old Ho. Otis Hammond. B. by Jason Dudley a. 1760.
32. 1 .. Brick and stone Ho. of widow Michael Simpson. B. by him 1880. He died 1884.
33. R. Ho. of Miss Sanderson. Nath'l C. Dudley
34 R. Ilo. of Mrs. M. Simpson. Sam'l Clark. B. by Dr. Wiggin a. 1861.
35. R. Ho. of Mrs. M. Simpson. Ephraim Farwell. B. by Purchase Stone (carpenter) a. 1792. D. 1850, age 84.
ROAD FROM NO. 25 OF THE ABOVE TO STONES VILLAGE.
No.
1. R. C. H. of George M. Schell's Ho. C. J. May. B. F. Smith. B. by --- William- son, 1840. Des. by fire 1890.
2. L. Ho. of Alex'r Spear since 1872. Walter Stone (D. 1867, age 73). B. by Israel Stone, 1831, on Loc of old Ho. Isaac Stone. Deacon Adams Stone. B. by Dca. Matthew Stone, Prob. before 1700. He was the first of this branch of the Stone family residing in the town.
3. R. Ho. of Conrad Homan. B. by Andrew J. Stone a. 1845.
4. R. Ho. owned by heirs of Walter Stone. B. by him in 1824.
5. R. Ho (near the Bridge) of Steven R. Adams. Aaron Stone (D. 1868, age 94). Builder and date unknown.
ROAD FROM HOUSE NO & ON ROAD FROM "BIGELOW'S CORNER" TO WAYLAND CENTRE, RUNNING SOUTHERLY TO DAMON'S CORNER.
No.
1. R. East or Rutter district school Ho. Moved to present Loc. 1854.
2. R. The Gen. Rutter Ho. (on corner), noticed elsewhere.
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3. R. The M. M. Rutter, Jr., Ho. (opp. corner), noticed elsewhere.
4. L. Ho. of widow Wm. Videon (he D. 1887), formerly Ho. of A. Bigelow, Esq, in Weston, moved to present Loc. by Capt. Chas. Cutting a. 1840 (he D). 1870, age 80).
5. L. Town's Ho. for paupers, B. 1888, near the Loc. of old Ho. on Town's farm, bought of Otis Loker, 1845. Dea. Robert Cutting (D. 1820, age 77). Prob. B. by Capt. Robert Cutting a. 1700.
6. L. Ho. of Cyrus Lee. B. by him 1850. From No. 6 up the hill to the L. is C H. of an old Ho. Dem. 1887. Abel Rice, 2d, Abel Rice, 1st. B. by Thomas Corey a. 1800
7. L. Ho. in ruins. Abel Rice, 2d. Amos Ward a. 1830.
8. L. Ho. of Win. Ward. B. by him 1849.
9. R. Opp. No. 8 C. H. of old Ho. Chas. Underwood (mason) a. 1835. Benj. Under- wood. Prob. B. by Tho. Pierce a. 1700.
10. L. Ho. of widow Wm. H. Bemis. B. by him 1850.
11. R. Ho. of Sam'l M. Sanders. Marston Bros. H. F. Lee, 1881. B. by Cyrus Lee, Sen., 1843 (he D. 1867, age 74), on site of old Ho. Cyrus Lee, Sen., from 1822. Aaron Rice (D. 1825, age 47). Isaac Rice, Sen. (D) 1820, age 71). Prob. B. by Ephraim Rice (D. 1732, age 68). Thomas Rice.
12. R. Ilo. of Joseph Rice from 1837. Benj. L. Rice (D. 1837, age 50). B. by Isaac Rice, Jr., a. 1775.
13. R. C. H. Ezekiel Rice (D. 1835, age 93). Eliakim Rice. Prob. B. by Matthew Rice a. 1660 (D. 1717, age 89).
14. R. Ho. of Mrs. Nellie (Rice) Fisk. George A. Rice (D. 1888, age 66). Sam'l Rice. B. by him a. 1810.
15. R. Gate Ho. of Cochituate Water Works. B. 1879 on Loc. of Rice's mill-dam, first B. a. 1650.
16. R. Ilo. of Newell F. Smith. B. by him 1889.
17. L. Ho. of Daniel Smith. B. by him 1884.
WAYLAND CENTRE TO COCHITUATE.
No.
1. R. Ho. of Capt. E. Pousland. B. by him 1866. Loc. of old Ho. Josiah Russell. Samuel Russell, Sen. Capt. Thaddeus Russell (D. 1813, age 74). B. by Sam'l Russell, Jr. (D. 1705, age 37). Loc. (a little to the S. W.) of John and James Ross a. 1650-1750. The Brook near by was formerly called Ross's Brook.
Orthodox Church. B. 1835. Vestry B. 1828.
Ho. of Emily A. Heard. B. by Horace Heard, 1840 (he D. 1890, age 85).
4. R. High School Ho. B. 1854.
5. L. Ho. of widow Henry Wight (he D. 1886, age 66). Rev. John B. Wight (D. 1883, age 93). B. by him 1815. Loc. of John Grout's Ilo. a. 1720-1725. Prob. B. by Jona. Grout a. 1665.
The territory extending down between Mill and Pine Brooks was early known as " Farm End."
6. L. Cemetery. Purchased by the town 1835.
7. R. Ho. of Joseph Bullard. B. 1870 on Loc. of old Ho. Joseph Bullard from 1827. John Cutting (D. 1828, age 78). Prob. B. by Peter Bent a. 1710.
NOTE. - From No. 7 a road (now discontinued) branched to the left, where a cart path
2. R.
3. L.
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still exists, ascending the Hill to a point near the Reeves' Tavern. On this cart path is C. H. of John Merriam's Ho., 1735-1795; and a little farther south Loc. of Joseph Wait's Ho. a. the same period.
8. R. C. H. (on Ridge of Hill) of Royal Flint's Ho. B. by John Shorey, 1866. Des. by fire 1883.
9. R. C. H. of Ho. Des. by fire 1864. John Shorey. B. by Jotham Bullard a. 1802.
10. L. Loc. of Wm. Jennison's Ho. a. 1700.
11. R. Ho. (at foot of Johnson's Lane) of Frank S. Johnson. Nathan S. Johnson (D. 1868, age 66). Dea. Wm. Johnson (D. 1828, age 53). Sam'l Paris, Jr. (D. 1817, age 58). Dea. Sam'l Paris (D. 1759, age 56). Prob. B. by Noyes Paris a. 1700.
12. L. Ho. of L. Bemis at " Five Paths " (already noticed)
13. L. Ilo. (recently bought by person unknown). David Smith, 2d (D. 1881, age 54). David Smith (D. 1817, age 58). B. prob. by Capt. Joseph Smith a. 1740 (D. 1803, age 87).
14. L. Ho. of Miss Lucy A. Dudley from 1871. Benj. A. Dudley from 1855. William Bemis from 1839 (D. 1851). B. by Joseph Smith a. 1817 (D. 1835, age 43).
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THOMAS J, DAMON, At the age of 70.
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SUDBURY
IN THE
SETTLEMENT OF OTHER TOWNS.
CITIZENS OF THE TERRITORY NOW WAYLAND
IN THE
SETTLEMENT OF FRAMINGHAM.
The first settler upon Framingham soil, or what were then the " wilderness lands " on the south, was John Stone, who moved from the territory now Wayland, and erected a house at what was called " Otter Neck," on the west side of Sudbury River. in 1646 or 1647.
Mr. Stone purchased lands of the Indians in 1656 at the falls of Sudbury River (Saxon- ville), and the land was confirmed to him by the General Court the same year, with fifty acres in addition. The following is a portion of the deed given by the natives : " This witnesseth that William Boman, Capt. Josiah. Roger & James and Keaquisan now living at Naticke the Indian Plantation neare Sudbury in the Massachusetts Bay in New England ffor and in consideration of a valuable sume of Peage and other goodes to us in hand paid by John Stone of Sudbury aforenamed to our full content & satisfaction : : : do give, grant, bargain and sell : : : unto the said Jno Stone. his Heyres & assignes, a parcell of Broaken up and ffenced in land lying on the South side of Sudbury line, upon the Falls of Sudbury River, and bounded with the common land surrounding." Ten names are affixed to the deed. and the transfer was made the "15th of : 3. mo. 1656."
Another early settler of the " wilderness lands " south of Sudbury was Edmund Rice, who. Sept. 29, 1647, leased the " Glover Farm " of President Dunster of Harvard College, for a term of ten years. The "Glover Farm " was situated near Cochituate Pond and belonged to the Glover heirs, for whom Mr. Dunster acted as guardian. (See p. 37.) By the conditions of the lease he was to erect a house, the dimensions of which are given on page 60, and also a barn of the following dimensions: "Fifty long, eleven foote high in the stud, one foote above ground, the sell twenty foote if no leantes or eighteen foote wide with leantes on the one side, and a convenient threshing-floare between the doares." (Barry's " History of Framingham.") These buildings, it is supposed. were located near Dudley Pond, and on that part of the "Glover Farm " which, by an adjustment of the town bound in 1700, came into the territory of Wayland.
Edmund Rice, by petitioning the General Court, became possessed of lands in the present Framingham territory, that have been called the " Rice Grants; " and in 1659 he gave the deed of a piece of land in that part of the town of Framingham that has been called " Rice's End " to his son Henry, who built upon it, and who, it is supposed, was the second person to erect a house on Framingham soil.
John Bent, son of Peter Bent, in 1662 purchased land of Henry Rice, westerly of Cochiituate Brook, and built a house there, " near the fordway over that brook, on the west side of the . Old Connecticut Path '" (Temple's " History of Framingham.")
A part of the " Glover Farm," upon the settlement of the estate, became the property of Priscilla Appleton, one of the Glover heirs, and was known as the " Appleton Farm." In 1697 John Appleton and his wife Priscilla [Glover] Appleton sold the estate, then esti- mated at about nine hundred and sixty acres, to three Sudbury parties, - Thomas Brown, Thomas Drury, and Caleb Johnson, - for four hundred and forty pounds. The land was subsequently divided among the three purchasers, and one hundred acres of the part assigned
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to Mr. Drury was situated in what is now Wayland; and the middle portion, which consisted of two hundred acres of upland, was assigned to Caleb Johnson, upon which he erected a dwelling, where the Mars house stands.
In 1669 Thomas Eames, who the year before leased the " Pelham Farm " (the Island), built a house and barn on or near the southerly slope of Mt. Waite (South Framingham) ; and one of his nearest neighbors at that time was probably John Stonc, near the falls of Sudbury River (Saxonville).
Others soon followed in the track of these bold pioneers, and aided in letting in the light of civilization to the border lands on the south. The persons living along and beyond the boundary line were called "Sudbury Out-dwellers," or "Sudbury Farmers." The eccle- siastical and social relations of these " Farmers" were for a time with Sudbury, and they were expected to pay " rates " or taxes levied for objects the benefits of which they shared. After the incorporation of Framingham they became citizens of that town. They belonged to the congregation that worshipped in the little hillside mecting house, and their way to it probably lay along the " Old Connecticut Path," through " Happy Hollow," to a point near the " Five Paths," then, diverging to the left, followed the road that it is supposed was opened soon after the settlement of the town from near the "Rice Spring," by Edmund Brown's house, over Mill Brook, along " Bridle Point Ridge," by the " Parmenter Tavern," to the meeting house. The hardships endured by those thus isolated from the larger popu- lation of the town can scarcely be conceived of in these days of easy transportation. But hardship did not deter these brave men from their purpose, or drive them from their posts. At the time of Philip's War it is supposed that the Stones, Rices, Bents, Eameses, and Bradishes were the only English occupants of the Framingham plantation. The family of Thomas Eames met with a sad fate. Feb. 1, 1676, when he was absent on a journey to Boston for ammunition, they were attacked by the Indians, and all of them, except some of the older ones, who were away, were either killed or carried captive. His family consisted of his wife and as many as six children of his own, besides four, as it is thought, who belonged to his wife by a former marriage. Their ages varied from seven months to twenty- four years. After the outbreak of hostilities the Colonial Council at Boston sent four soldiers to guard the Framingham plantation settlers, and two of these soldiers, it is stated, were probably stationed at the Eames homestead. But " July 22d 1675 it was ordered that two of the four men ordered to guard Eames and the farmers, be forthwith and hereby are remanded to guard Mr. Brown's house [Rev. Edmund Brown's, at Timber Neck, Sudbury ; see pp. 13 and 45] and the other two to remain as they are till the Court take further order" (State Archives, LXVII., p. 226). Mr. Eames left his home the last week in January, and shortly after, a band of eleven savages swooped down upon it. The mother and five children were slain. The family tradition states that the mother had declared she never would be taken alive by the Indians ; and that she bravely defended herself and her home, using hot soap and such weapons as were at hand. Three of the children escaped from their captors, and in the course of a few months returned to the settlement. One was with the Indians who attacked Sudbury, April 21, and, according to tradition, reported that the Indians suffered severely by the fire from the garrisons, and that an aged squaw lost six sons, all of whom were distinguished warriors. The experience of another of the children who escaped is thus stated in the "Old Indian Chronicle," page 258: "On the next day (May 12) a youth of about eleven years made his escape from the Indians, who was taken prisoner when his father's house was burnt and his mother murdered on the 1st of February last ; and though the boy knew not a step of the way to any English town, and was in con- tinual danger of the skulking Indians in the woods, and far from the English, yet God
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directed him aright, and brought him to the sight of Plantain (the herb the Indians call English Foot, because it grows only amongst us, and is not found in the Indian plantations) ; whereupon he concluded he was not far from some English town, and accordingly following of the plantain he arrived safe amongst us." (Temple's " History of Framingham.") Mr. Eames' loss was estimated at £330.012.00.
CITIZENS OF THE TERRITORY NOW WAYLAND
IN THE
SETTLEMENT OF MARLBORO, WORCESTER, AND RUTLAND.
In the colonization of Marlboro the east side inhabitants took a prominent part. The names of Ward, King, Rice, Bent, and Maynard are among the petitioners for the tract of country that, in 1660, ceased to be merely a plantation legally connected with Sudbury, but by incorporation became at that time a town by itself, which was called " Marlborrow."
Worcester was early pioneered by Ephraim Curtis, whose heroic efforts to secure rein- forcements for the Brookfield garrison, in King Philip's War, have been mentioned on page 45. In Fall's " Reminiscences of Worcester " is the following concerning this inhabi- tant of the town, the homestead of whose father was on the "North," or "East," street : " It was in the fall of 1673, as near as can now be ascertained by tradition and otherwise, that Ephraim Curtis, the first actual white settler, left Sudbury, with a pack on his back, a long, light Spanish gun on his shoulder, with an axe in his hand, and set his face toward Worcester, arriving, after two days' travel, on the very spot still owned and occupied by his descendants, on Lincoln Street, to the sixth generation. . . . Here Ephraim Curtis was all alone in the wilderness for a year or more, and in subsequent times used to tell how, after working all day. he would sit down and look toward Sudbury, and shed tears in spite of himself. . . . Curtis and others (who had followed him) stayed in Worcester until driven from there by the Indians in 1675. He left the spot which he attempted to settle to his descendants, with no other personal memorials, it is said, than his gun and silver-headed cane marked ' E. C.' In his later life he returned to Sudbury, where he died at the age of ninety-two."
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