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THOMAS CAKEBREAD.
Thomas Cakebread was from Watertown, and became a freeman May 14, 1634. In 1637 he married Sarah, daughter of Nicholas Busby. Ile was for a while at Dedham, and subsequently at Sudbury, where he died Jan. 4, 1643. He erected the first mill at Sudbury, for which the town granted him lands. The Colony Records state that, in 1642, " Ensign Cakebread was to lead the Sudbury company." His widow married Capt. John Grout, and his daughter Mary married Philemon Whale, at Sudbury, Nov. 1, 1649.
THOMAS KING.
Thomas King was at Sudbury near 1650. In 1655 he married Bridget Davis. He owned land in the fourth squadron of the two-mile grant, his lot being No. 50, and adjoining
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the cow-pen in the southwest part of the town. He was one of the petitioners for the plan- tation of Marlboro, in 1656, and was on the first board of selectmen of that town.
PETER KING.
Peter King was at Sudbury not far from 1650. He was a man of some prominence in the town, being a deacon of the church, and a representative to the Colonial Court in 1689-90. He was one of the contracting parties for the erection of the second meeting- house. Peter King's homestead was probably not far from the town bridge, on the east side of the river, a place on the river not far from this point being still called " King's Pond." The name King was often spoken in earlier times in the town ; but perhaps not in the mem- ory of any now living have any descendants of these early inhabitants, of this name, lived there.
JOHN WOODWARD.
Jolin Woodward, at the age of thirteen, came to this country in the ship " Elizabeth," in 1634. He was accompanied by his father, and was for a time at Watertown. His wife's name was Mary, and they had a son, born March 20, 1650, who it is supposed died young. He went to Sudbury, where his wife dicd July 8, 1654. He afterwards moved to Charles- town, and there married Abigail, daughter of John Benjamin, widow of Joshua Stubbs. He returned to Sudbury, and by his second marriage he had three children, - Rose (born Aug. 18, 1659), Jolin (born Dec. 12, 1661). and Abigail. He was a freeman in 1690, and died at Watertown, Feb. 16, 1696. John Woodward received in the division of the two-mile grant lot No. 41, adjoining that of John Moore, in the fourth squadron. The name appeared from time to time in the earlier annals of Sudbury, but has for many years ceased to be as familiar to the town's people as formerly. Daniel Woodward, who died in 1760, built a mill on Hop, or Washı, Brook, in 1740; and about one hundred and fifty years ago he also erected the house occupied by Capt. James Moore of Sudbury, who is one of his descendants.
HUGH DRURY.
Hugh Drury was in Sudbury as early as 1641, and was by trade a carpenter. He mar- ried Lydia, daughter of Edmund Rice, for his first wife, who died April 5, 1675; and for his second wife, Mary, the widow of Rev. Edward Fletcher. He had two children, John and Hugh. After dwelling in Sudbury for a time, where he bought a house and land of William Swift, he removed to Boston, and died July 6, 1689, and was buried in the Chapel Burying- ground with his wife, Lydia.
EDMUND BROWNE.
Edmund Browne. (See pp. 18, 40.)
JOHN BENT. John Bent. (See pp. 2, 105.) JOHN MOORE.
John Moore was at Sudbury by 1643, and may have come to America from London in the " Planter," in 1635, at the age of twenty-four, or he may have arrived in 1638. He was twice married, his first wife's name being Elizabeth, and he had several children. His second wife was Ann, daughter of John Smith. His daughter Mary married Richard Ward, and Lydia (born June 24, 1643,) married, in 1664, Samuel Wright.
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DR. MOSES TAFT HOUSE,
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HISTORY OF HOUSES AND STATEMENTS RELATING TO PICTURES.
TAVERNS.
The " Wayside Inn." (See page 33.) - The picture of this house, which is used as a frontispiece, was made from a photograph.
The picture entitled " Wayside Inn and the Ancient Oaks," is from a wood engraving made for the " History of Sudbury," the original of which was a photograph.
THE GEORGE PITTS TAVERN.
The "Old George Pitts House," or tavern, was a little southerly of the late residence of Christopher G. Cutler, Esq. At this house, town meetings were sometimes held in the early part of the eighteenth century, and there, money was granted for the support of preaching on the West Side (see page 21).
THE SOUTH SUDBURY TAVERN.
This building was demolished in 1862. The date of its erection is unknown, but it is said to have looked old at the beginning of the present century, at which time it was kept by Gen. Benjamin Sawin. It was located at the corner of the " Boston and Worcester " and " meeting-house road." The picture is from a sketch by the author.
THE OLD TAVERN, SUDBURY CENTRE.
The house in which the old tavern was kept was erected by Mr. Rice, father of the late Reuben Rice, of Concord. He was killed at " Wash bridge " by the overturning of a load of timber which he was hauling for the erection of the Sudbury meeting-house of 1796. In the early part of the present century it was occupied by Dr. Ashbel Kidder, who practised medicine in Sudbury about twenty-five years. It is probable, from the following record, that at this time he also kept a public house. "To Dr. Ashbel Kidder, for dining the Clergy and Committee of Arrangements, etc., at the funeral of Rev. Mr. Bigelow, $15.40." Other pro- prietors have been Tourtelot, Charles Moore, Howe and Moulton. About a half century ago the tavern was kept by Joel Jones, and later, by Maranda Page, at which time it was burnt. The picture of this house is from the copy of a sketch by Mr. Thomas J. Stearns, of Roxbury.
GARRISON HOUSES.
The " Brown Garrison House." (See page 12.) - The date when this house was built is not known. It was long occupied by persons of the name of Brown, and may have been built by Major Thomas Brown, who was a man of considerable distinction in Sudbury, and who died in 1709. The picture was engraved for the History of Sudbury from a painting by the author, which was made from descriptions given by old residents, and approved by them.
"The Walker Garrison House." - This building, it is supposed, was erected by William Walker, son of Thomas, who was the first of the name of Walker in Sudbury. Several generations of this family owned and occupied the house, among which was Thomas, a dea- con of the Sudbury Church during the ministry of Rev. Jacob Bigelow ; Paul, son of Thomas, and at one time representative at the General Court; and Willard, son of Paul, who died a
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few years sinee. The house is at present unoeeupied, and visited by the antiquary as an objeet of mueh interest. The picture was originally engraved for the " History of Sudbury," and was made from a photograph (see page 12).
The " Haynes Garrison House." (See page 13). - The date of the ereetion of this building is unknown, but undoubted tradition refers to it as the "Old Haynes Garrison." It is supposed to have been built by Walter or Deaeon John Haynes, to whose house reference is made in the " Old Petition." The picture is from an engraving made for the " History of Sudbury," which engraving was from a painting by the author. The house was visited by him not long before its demolition, and the engraving is considered a good representation.
The "Parmenter Garrison House." (See page 13.) - A person by the name of Par- menter was the first oeeupant of this house of whom we have any knowledge; for this reason the name " Parmenter Garrison " was given to it by the author. We have, however, 110 evidence that the first owner or occupant bore the name of Parmenter. The original pieture was sketched by the author from deseriptions given by persons onee familiar with the place, and has been approved by them.
THE OLD GRIST-MILL, WAYLAND.
This mill was situated about a quarter of a mile easterly of Wayland Centre, and was a suceessor of the original Cakebread grist-mill built on the same spot in 1639 (see page 39). It was destroyed by fire in 1890. Some of the later proprietors were Wight, Grout, Reeves and Wyman. The easterly part of it was the more aneient. This mill was delightfully situated in a quiet ravine. The woodland, sloping rapidly down to the brink of the pond on opposite sides, is reflected on the ealm water below, and altogether forms a lovely, restful place of resort.
THE OLD SAW AND GRIST-MILL, SOUTH SUDBURY.
This mill was sueeessor of the original " Noyes Mill," built at Hop Brook by Thomas and Peter Noyes in 1659 (see page 11). It was demolished in 1859, when owned by Abel B. Richardson, and another was ereeted in its place, which, after a few years, was destroyed by fire. It was in the first mill at this spot that the survivors of the Wadsworth Fight took refuge (see page 16). The " Mill lane," which extended from the county road, was formerly largely filled with pine and oak logs in the winter season, and the sawing of these logs eon- tinued sometimes until summer. The mill had two "run of stones," and an old-fashioned upright saw. The following persons have been proprietors of the South Sudbury mill : Abraham Wood, Benjamin Sawin, Asher Cutler, Asher, Jr., and Abel Cutler, Jesse Brigham, - Knight, Abel Richardson, and Charles O. Parmenter, who is the present owner. About 1699, the Hop Brook Mill was donated by Peter Noyes to the town of Sudbury for the benefit of its poor, and was leased for a term of years to Abraham Wood. In 1728-9 the property was sold to Abraham Wood, Sr., and Abraham Wood, Jr., for £700, "Provinee Bills." The picture was made from a painting by the author, who was very familiar with the old mill.
PARSONAGES.
The " Loring Parsonage." (See page 21.) - This house, after its occupation by Dr. Loring, was owned and oeeupied by Walter Haynes, and used as a tavern. It has under- gone some alterations within the last quarter eentury, one of which is the change from a hip to a gable roof ; but otherwise. in its general outline, it remains as it was. The house is now owned by the heirs of Elishia W. Haynes, son of Walter. Both Walter Haynes and his son Elisha W. were sextons of Sudbury, and the latter was, for many years, tax-gatherer.
RESIDENCE OF SAMUEL B. ROGERS, South Sudbury. Built 1865.
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The "Bridge Parsonage." - This house is supposed to have been erected by Rev. Josiah Bridge about the time of his settlement over the church in East Sudbury in 1761 (see pages 49, 50). Subsequently it was owned and occupied by William and Aaron Bridge, Eli Sher- man, George Eli Sherman, John Moulton, and Alden Wellington, who still resides there. A store was kept in a part of the house by William and Aaron Bridge from 1790 to 1815. (For location, see page 108.)
The " Bigelow Parsonage." - This house was erected by Rev. Jacob Bigelow soon after his settlement at Sudbury, Nov. 11, 1772, and occupied by him till his death, Sept. 12, 1814. It was built by Mr. J. Thompson, of South Sudbury. At this place, Dr. Jacob Bigelow, at one time Professor of Materia Medica in Harvard Medical School, and a noted Boston physi- cian, was born. The house has undergone some alterations. It is situated easterly of Sud- bury Centre, on the road to Wayland, and is now owned and occupied by Mrs. George Goodnow.
The " Hurlbut Parsonage."- This building is situated about a quarter of a mile from Sudbury Centre on the South Sudbury road, and is now owned and occupied by Smith Jones. It was erected by Rev. Rufus Hurlbut after his settlement over the Sudbury church, and occupied by him till his death, May 11, 1839. A subsequent owner was Joel Jones, formerly innholder at the old tavern, Sudbury Centre.
The "Congregational Parsonage," South Sudbury. - This building has a history that dates from about 1850, when Arthur Bowen, the village carpenter, erected a carpenter's shop on the "middle of the town road," or the road from South Sudbury to the Centre. This building was at that time the only one between Dr. Goodenough's and the late Mary Wheel- er's, which is next south of the Congregational Church. The shop, which was a rough unclapboarded structure, after some years was converted into a dwelling-house by Moses Hurlbut, who lived in it till his death. It afterwards continued to be occupied by his widow, Melitable (Dakin) Hurlbut, or "Aunt Ilitty," as she was familiarly called. At her death it passed by will as a donation to the Evangelical Union Society, to be used for a parsonage. Rev. Warren Richardson was the first minister to occupy it. On the expiration of his pas- torate and the erection of the new church edifice, a parsonage was built, of which this build- ing was a part, the reconstruction being completed by 1891.
THE DR. ROBY HOUSE. (See pp. 57, 58, 110.)
This picture is the gift of Warren G. Roby, a Boston merchant and lineal descendant of Dr. Ebenezer Roby. The place is in the possession of the donor of the picture, who, since the destruction of the old house by fire, has erected on the same spot a pleasant cottage for his summer home. In connection with the premises is a well-tilled farin, on which is a beau- tiful tract of woodland, which skirts the westerly side of the " old mill pond."
THE DR. MOSES TAFT HOUSE.
This house was situated on the Berlin road, a few rods west of the Dr. Stearns house. It was formerly occupied by Dr. Taft, a physician of Sudbury, who died in 1799, and may have been built by him. Subsequently a grocery store was kept there by Reuben Moore. It was painted red, and a few years ago was torn down. It was occupied at one time by George Barker, the old house-painter of Sudbury, and hence in later years went by the name of the Barker house.
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THE DR. THOMAS STEARNS HOUSE.
The picture of this place was the gift of Mr. T. J. Stearns, of Roxbury, a descendant of Dr. Stearns, and is made by the Antoglyph process from a photograph by A. W. Cutting. The house was built by Dr. Thomas Stearns, who was a physician of Sudbury and the eol- leetor of the historieal papers which go by the name of the " Stearns Collection " (see page 181). A tavern was kept in this honse for some years after the death of Dr. Stearns, but it is now a private residence. The main building retains its original shape with the exception of the removal of the piazza and baleony in front, into which a long window opened, which, it is said, was the Doctor's especial delight.
SUMMER RESIDENCE OF MR. WILLARD BULLARD (see pp. 51, 115).
This pieture was made from a photograph, and is the gift of Mr. Willard Bullard, of Cambridge. A store was kept in this honse formerly, and the Town Hall was in the second story, and the whole building until recently has been known by the name of the " old green store." In this hall the Evangelieal Trinitarian Chnreh held one of its early religions gath- erings, at which Dr. Lyman Beecher conducted the service. The house has been greatly changed from the original, but its general outline is about the same. For succession of mer- chants in the store, see page 93.
LYDIA MARIA CHILD HOUSE. (See pp. 58, 109.)
From a photograph by A. W. Cutting.
GOVERNMENT STORE-HOUSE. (See page 25.)
This picture was sketehed by the writer from one of the store-houses which had been removed from its original location at Sand Hill to the Capt. William Riee place, Sudbury, and used for many years as a eider-mill. After the elose of the Revolutionary war, these buildings were probably all sold and removed to various places ; one of them was taken to Wayland.
THE OLD LANHAM SCHOOL-HOUSE.
This house was probably built in 1800, when Gen. Benjamin Sawin, a militia officer and at one time the proprietor of the tavern at " Mill Village," was committee-man of the south- east distriet. Two hundred and eighteen dollars were appropriated for the building. It was placed on a three-cornered plot of land between the roads leading to South Sudbury, Saxon- ville and Wayland. It was a typical old-time school-house, with hard, rough benches and desks, which had been deeply engraved by the idler's jaeknife. It was demolished about forty years ago, and another ereeted on or near the same spot. (See page 28.)
STORES.
" Gardner and Luther Hunt's Grocery Store." - This building stood upon or near the site of the present store of George Hunt, of South Sudbury, and, so far as we know, was the first store at Mill Village. It was a dwelling-house and store combined. Tradition states that it was built by Capt. Levi Holden, who onee commanded the South Militia Company of Sudbury. Persons who subsequently kept store in the old building were Abel Cutler, Jesse Goodnow, and Gardner and Luther Hunt. It was burned, when occupied by the latter par- ties, Feb. 14, 1841. The present store is the third that has stood on abont the same spot, and all of them have been owned by the Hunt family.
L HUNT
G. & L. HUNT'S STORE,
MILL VILLAGE.
This is the first store at South Sudbury of which we have any information. It stood on or near the site of the present Hunt's Store.
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The " Old Red Store " or " Newell Heard's Store." (See pp. 57, 93, 108.) - The picture is from the copy of a pen sketch by Miss L. A. Dudley, of Wayland.
THE FIRST PARISH, OR UNITARIAN MEETING-HOUSE, WAYLAND CENTRE.
This building was erected in 1814, and dedicated Jan. 24, 1815. It is the fifth in the succession of meeting-houses erected in the territory now Wayland (see pp. 51, 91). It was remodelled in 1850 (see page 101), and recently repaired. For succession of ministers who have preached in this house, see page 51. The picture was made from a photograph.
THE ORTHODOX CHURCH, WAYLAND CENTRE. (See page 52.)
This house was erected in 1835, and remodelled in 1883. The picture was made by the Autoglyph process from a photograph by A. W. Cutting, and was the gift of Mr. Joseph Winch, a Boston merchant and former member of the church. His wife Mary (Carver) Winch, was a native of the town, and her homestead lay along the "Old Connecticut Path." (See pp. 88, 117.)
THE TOWN HALL, WAYLAND CENTRE. (See pp. 53, 108.)
This picture is made from a photograph.
VIEW OF SUDBURY CENTRE.
On the left is the First Parish or Unitarian Church, of Sudbury. It was dedicated in 1796, and remodelled in 1827. Its predecessor was the first church edifice in Sudbury, on the west side of the river. Until a few years ago there was a broad flat stone under the buttonwood tree in front of the church, which was used for a horse-block in the days when people went to meeting on horseback. It was just north of the tree-trunk. The "Town House " stands next to the church on the east. It was built in accordance with a vote passed in 1845. It stands on or near the site of a little red school-house, in the small entry of which was the town bell, which rang for church service and for funerals, deaths, etc. The Town House was extensively repaired in 1888, but its external shape has not been changed. On the hill in the rear is Mount Pleasant Cemetery. The "Methodist Church," which stands on the right, was dedicated in 1836. Bishop E. O. Haven once taught a school in the vestry of this church. In the rear is the old " Burying Ground " of the West Precinct. This picture was engraved for the " History of Sudbury " from a photo- graph.
VIEW OF MILL VILLAGE, SOUTH SUDBURY.
The picture of " Mill Village " was engraved for the " History of Sudbury " from an oil painting by the author. It represents every house in " Mill Village " in 1855. The point from which the view was taken is on the hill south of the mill pond. No. 1 on the picture designates the Richardson saw and grist-mill. No. 2, C. and E. Hunt's grocery and dry goods store. No. 3, the old tavern. No. 4, Wadsworth Academy, which was burnt in 1879. No. 5, Green Hill and a part of the battle-ground of the " Wadsworth Fight " (see pp. 14, 15, 16). No. 6, the Wadsworth Monument (see page 18). In 1855 Green hill was largely covered with forest. Just above the bridge was the old upper dam, since demolished, and by the closing of whose gates the water flowed back as far as " Hayden's Bridge." The house west of the bridge, which was removed when the railroad was built, was called the Wheeler house, and in the rear of it were tan vats. The small house east of the bridge is
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the old William Brown house, and the small wood-colored building beyond Wadsworth Academy represents Bowen's earpenter's shop.
THE MEMORIAL CHURCH, SOUTH SUDBURY. (See page 35.)
This building was completed in 1891, and is situated on the spot once oeeupied by the Wadsworth Academy, and later by the Congregational Chapel. The cloek on the tower was given by Samuel B. and Homer Rogers. The memorial window in memory of Miss Mary Wheeler was the gift of Mrs. Samuel B. Rogers. That in memory of Deaeon Emory Hunt was the gift of his children : and that in memory of Mrs. Mehitable [Dakin] Hurlbnt was the gift of relatives and friends. The picture of the church was made from a photograph.
RESIDENCE OF SAMUEL B. ROGERS.
This honse is situated on land that belonged to the Major Josiah Richardson farm. The hill was formerly called "Herd's," or "Heard's Point," the origin of which name is not known. The roof was the first Mansard roof in South Sudbury.
LANHAM SCHOOL-HOUSE,
SUDBURY.
See page 208.
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MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS.
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS.
The following records are mostly taken from the Town books.
It was ordered in 1643 by the town that "whoever : : shall take away any man's canoe without the leave of the owner, shall forfeit for every default so made two shillings."
The term "Cedar Croft " is mentioned in papers from 1700 to 1725, in connection with the homestead of Thomas Bryant. (State Archives, Vol. XVII., p. 520.) The word is some- times spelled " Crought."
" Bridell Poynt " is in a deed dated 1666. (Mid. Reg. Deeds, Liber III., pp. 232-272.)
The word "Sponge" was in early use. John Rutter, in 1646, was to have a "sponge of meadow," and Brian Pendleton was to have laid out to him " 14 acres of meadow, lying in a "sponge " upon the west side of the great meadow over against Munning's point." In Suffolk, England, where the word was in use, it meant an irregular, narrow projecting part of a field, whether planted or in grass.
" In ye year 1667, from ye middle of November until ye middle of March was the tereblest winter for continuance of frost and snow and extremity of cold that ever was remembered by any since it was planted with English; and was attended with terebell coughs and coulds and fever which passed many out of time into eternity, and also through want and scarcity of fother multitudes of sheep and cattle and other creatures died. It is incumbent on all those that call themselves the people of God to consider his great works and the operations of his hands. JOHN GOODNOW, Clerk."
" Feb. 7, 1763. There has been no rain this winter nor sence the snow came and the springs is low, and they grind but two bushels in a day at this mill. The snow is on a level 3 foot and 3 inches in open land." (Stearns' Collection.)
The following is a record of the result of a perambulation of the town, and may set forth the perishable nature of the boundary marks in the early times, and the difficulty natu- rally attendant upon tracing lines by such uncertain and changeable objects.
" Here followeth the line of the new grants with the mark 1 a black oak 2 a white oak, 3 a black oak 4 a black oak dead 5 a walnut tree, 6 a white oak near Jethro's field, 7 a lone red oak [8] in a swamp a dead [red] oak 9 a white ash tree in a run of water 10 a naked pine tree on rocky hill, 11 a chestnut, 12 a white oak, 13 a white oak 14 a white oak, 15 is a dead black oak stands at the westerly corner with a heap of stones at the root of the tree.
" JOHN GOODNOW in the name of the rest who went last on perambulation." Dated 1640.
It was early ordered that the line " between Sudbury and the farms annexed to Framing- ham as set forth by the plat exhibited under the hand of John Gore be and continue the boundary line between the said farms and Sudbury forever, viz: from the northerly end of Cochittuat Pond to the bent of the river by Daniel Stone's and so as the line goes to Fra- mingham and Sudbury line."
" The committee appointed to lay out the Watertown and Sudbury boundary report that the line drawn by John Oliver three years previous called the old line shall be the line between the two towns and forever stand. This line, beginning at Concord south bound, ran through a great pine swamp, a small piece of meadow to upland, and then to an angle betwixt two hills. After the line left the aforesaid angle on its southerly course, it had these
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remarkable places therein : One rock called Grout's head, and a stake by the cartway leading from Sudbury to Watertown, and so to a pine hill being short of a pond about eighty-eight rods, att which pine hill Sudbury bounds ends." - (Colony Records, Vol. IV., p. 53.)
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