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Serja: Stebbins & Reice Bedortha are chosen veiwers of fences for ye upper pt of ye Towne from the meeting howse upward.
George Colton & Jonathan Burt, for ye lower end, fro: the meeting howse downeward.
Robert Ashly is chosen Sealer for weights & measures &c.
Sam: Marshfeild is allowed to keepe an ordinary or howse for Comon entertaine, & to sell wine, Liquor &c.
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Agreed to prsent these psons to ye next County Court, ye one to be licenced & ye other to be Sworne & to psecute agt John wood for staying in Towne.
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March 5th (59) Lett out to Thomas Noble, the Thirty acres of Towne land in chikkuppy plaine on ye west side of ye greate River, for the terme & space of Nine yeares from this prsent 5th day of March 1659 upon ye tearmes hereafter men- tioned (viz) That he shall cleare & Plow up fifteen acres of ground wthin five yeares: or at least before his tyme be ex- pired, But he is not to deface or breake up any of ye meddow or mowing ground, but p'serve it for Hay. And for the Two first yeares the sd Tho Noble is not to allow or pay any rent: But ye Seven yeares following he is to allow or pay, yearly ye rent or Sum of foure Pounds, the wch Sum of foure Pounds a yeare he is to pay in, unto ye Select Townsmen or Towne Treasurer in good merchantable wheate, upon or be- fore ye first day of March yearly till ye terme be expired: And in case ye land should come to be fenced he is to doe his share of fence wth other men. And he is to pay noe Rates, ye Land being Rate free. And to this ingagemt & agreement he hath set to his hand, this prsent 5th of March 1659.
THO NOBLE.
Ordered that ye Surveighours shall make a foote Bridge, over ye Mill River in ye most convenient place betwixt ye Cartway yt now is, & ye old mill of Two Trees Joined to- gether & so fastened or secured, that ye floods may not Carry ym away.
Also it is ordered that ye Surveighors shall make ye high- way over ye grt River that goes betwixt John Clarks & Mr Smiths Pikle: Passable with a Loaden Cart.
The Lower end of ye Towne have Liberty to make a cart Bridge over ye mill river above ye old mill, & such as Joine not in making of it, if they shall make use of it, they shall allow or pay to ye makers of it 3d p Load for Three yeares.
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March 5th (59)
There is granted to Rowland Thomas 20 acres of upland at chikkuppe Rivers mouth, by his meddow there provided he continue 5 yeares in Towne.
Granted to Symon Beamon a wood lot of foure acres at ye cast end of Ensigne Coops woodlot prided he continue 5 years.
Granted to John Dumbleton a psell of meddow on y-c other side of Pauccatuck brooke pvided it exceed not Ten acrs of meddow & that he continue in Towne 5 years.
Granted to Tho Stebbins the Pond in ye long meddow be- tweene wheele meddow & his fathers lot, the breadth of his fathers lot & ye ground there betwixt his fathers lot & wheele meddow. Also granted hin Ten acres of land in ye plaine above next above ye Alotmts already granted there without ye fence.
Granted (likewise) to Miles Morgan Ten acres of land there in ye Plaine above.
There is granted to Laurence Bliss & Sam: Marshfeild & to each of them foure acres of Swamp over Agawam river in yre howse meddow that Spang of land twixt ye howse medo & Tho Mirick & Tho Bancraft to be yt first & ye rest of it to adjoine to it & run fro: Agawam River to ye howse meddow.
March 26th 1660
At a meeting of Jnº Pynchon J Dumbleton Benj Parsons Miles Morgan & Tho Gilbert. Henry Chapin is admitted an Inhabitant & Deacon Chapin acknowledges himselfe bound to ye Towne Treasurer in a bond of £20 to Secure ye Towne fro: any charge ich may arise to ye Towne by ye sd Henry Chapin.
There is granted to Henry Chapin sixteene acres of land by Rowld Thomas on this side of chikkuppy river reserving full liberty to lay out highways & ye most Convenient Pas- sadge.
Sam: Ely is admitted an Inhabitant & Mr Elizur Holyoke acknowledges himselfe bound in a bond of £20 to ye Towne
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Treasurer to Secure ye Towne fro: any charge weh may arise to ye Towne by ye sd Ely or his family.
Nath Ely is admitted an Inhabitant.
There is granted to Jeremy Horton & James Warriner a neck of land on this side of chikkuppy river at Skepmuck of about 20 acrs that is to say each of ym 10 acrs: James Warri- nar his Ten acrs lys uppermost next ye Comon passadge thorow ye river; & lys along by ye river side betwixt ye River & ye brow of ye Hill, only he is to leave out a Sufficient cart- way above it (over ye river) or else to allow a Cartway thorow it, as shall be most convenient. Next to James war- rinar, Westward downe ye River lys Jeremy Horton his Ten acrs Bounded by ye River North & Ye brow of the Hill South: Also there is granted to each of ym five acres a peice more, upon ye Brow of ye hill Homward, & adjoyning each of theire aforesd land, allowing a Common way most Con- venient wch is granted ym in lew of howse lots: this Grant confirmed 31 Decemb' 1660, wth Liberty for each of ym to Build there:
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At a meeting of ye Towne August 27th 1660.
Mr. Holyoke was chosen Commissioner to Joine wth ye Select men for making ye Countrey Rates this yeare accord- ing to order.
At ye same Towne meeting Joseph Crowfoote ppounding his desires for Liberty to Build on his lot over ye greate River at ye Hay place, had Liberty granted him for erecting a Building or dwelling place there.
Also Tho: Gilbert hath Liberty granted him, for Building & dwelling on his Land, wch he hath bought of Benja Cooly at the Longmeddow Gate:
At a meeting of ye Towne Decemb' 12th 1660: It was agreed that Mr Glover should have ye howse (wherein he now dwells) & Land belonging to it, during his Convenience among us to dispence ye word of God: And that ye Towne will repaire ye fences & Set all things in goodd repaire w.ch he is so to keepe, & to leave ym in repaire to ye Towne when
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Pvidence shall order his removall, by death or otherwise. And for his maintenance yearly: The Towne agrees to allow hint £80 p anum: the getting his firewood, hay &c being to be borne out of ye sd £80 the yeare begins ye 29th of September 1660.
And ye Towne agrees to pay for bringing up of his goods &c.
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Decembr 31th 1660: By ye Select men.
John Pynchon John Dumbleton Miles Morgan Tho Gil- bert & Benja Parsons. Geo: Colton desiring liberty to Build on his land at ye Long meddow: had Liberty granted him for erecting a Building or dwelling place thare
Rowland Thomas had ye like liberty granted him, for Buikling a howse or erecting a dwelling place on his land at ye mouth of chikkuppy River, on this side of chikkuppy River:
James Warriner, & Jeremy Horton have each of them lib- erty granted them, for dwelling, & erecting of buildings on theire land at Skipnuck on this side of chikkuppe River:
Whereas there was one acre of meddow on ye mill river, uch Goodm: Ashly in relation to his keeping of ye ordinary: & he was to leave it into ve Townes hands when ever he should cease to keepe ye ordinary: He having given over y.c ordinary: & yt acre of meddow more or less now falling into ye Townes hands: It is ordered that Sam Marshfeild (who now keepes ye ordinary) shall have yt acre of meddow with what overpluss belongs to it, if there be any, be it more or less: Sam Marshfeild shall have ye use of yt meddow for ye prsent & till ye Select men or Towne shall otherwise dispose of it prided he (ye sd Sam) be at ye charge of measuring it & bounding it out, sufficiently & this is granted to him in re- lation to his keeping ye ordinary & yet wth Liberty to Je Towne or select men disposing it as they se cause.
There is Liberty granted for Quince Smith his tarrying 2 months in Towne fro: ye 18th of Decembr 1660 if he tarry longer it must be by a new Liberty fro: ye Select men.
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Decemb' 31 (60) Observation being taken, of a greate neglect in many psons not bounding theire land by Suffi- cient marks wch neglect may occasion much Troble & dis- turbance in future tyme if not spedyly p'vented: It is there- fore ordered that every pprietor of land whose land is not fenced in pticular but lys in Common wth others, shall take care that before ye last of Aprill next, there be set on each side of his land at least two good stones, full an foote above ground, or else in ye stead of Stones a trench of three foote long & two foote wide & a foote & halfe deepe, (the Stones or trench to be set exactly ni ye front & reare) on penalty of paying five shillings for every distinct psell of land wch shall not be bounded as aforesd by ye last of April next ye 5s to be pd by ye pty wch is defective, & if both ptys be defective in there neglect, then to be borne by both one to pay ye one halfe & ye other pty, ye other halfe according as ye Select men shall Judge: And that none may set theire bounds ymse to ye offence of theire neighbour they are to require these yt Joine upon ym to goe wth them according to Country Law.
Octobr 8th 1660 according to order By ye Select men, there was granted a psell of Land at fresh water brooke, to Mr Pynchon: Geo Colton & Benj Cooly in pportion accord- ing as they carry on theire designe of keeping swine there, at fresh water river, In all forty acrs of upland there: wch is to say Ten acrs to each quarter p & so to be pportioned to y.m to carry on ye q' pts. & this upon condition yt they doc within 2 years carry on theire designe of keeping swine there, if they faile in carrying on yt designe of keeping swine there u.thin Two yeares, or such of ym as doe faile, they forfeit y.c land & it remaines to ye other, or ym who doe keep swine there, or else falls to ye Towne if none carry on y' designe of keeping swine there. The designe of keeping swine there was accordingly carryed on & wthin ye tyme Limited, & con- tinued till windsor cornfeilds eate up ye swine.
[Note .- On the margin of the preceding is this:] "To Geo Colton belongs 10 acrs & 30 acrs to Mr Pynchon who car- ryed on 3 qtrs."
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At ye Generall Towne meeting on ye first Tuesday of ffebruary: (Being) ffebr 5th 1660.
There was a choice made of five Select Townesmen for or- dering all ye Prudentiall affaires of ye Towne for this yeare ensueing: (viz) Mr Holyoke Deacon Chapin: Ensigne Cooper Serja: Cooly & Robert .Ishly: who (by a full vote) have ye same Power conferred upon them, as ye Select men had last yeare:
Mr John Pynchon is chosen Moderator for all Towne meetings ye yeare ensueing:
The Committy chosen for examening the Acots of ye Se- lect men are: Mr Holyoke & Ensigne Cooper:
Mr Holyoke is chosen Recorder or clarke for ye Towne yt veare ensueing:
Mr John Pynchon is chosen Towne Treasurer for the yeare ensueing:
[In the handwriting of Elizur Holyoke.]
Thomas Merrick & Wm Warrener are chosen surveyors for the High ways (belonging to this Towne) for the yeare ensueing.
Lawrence Bliss at this Same meeting is chosen to ye office of a Constable for this Town for ye yeare ensueing, who ac- cordingly took his oath for the execution of his office:
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And at the same Towne meeting Thomas Merrick & Sam- tell Marshfeild were chosen Measurers of land for this Town (as need shall require) for ye yeare ensueing.
Thomas Bancroft is chosen for a Searcher and Sealer of leather according to law for this Town for ye yeare ensueing.
And whereas the Countrey Law enacts that noe house or cottage shall injoy ye privelegges of any Comons wch shall be Sett up in any Township without consent of the Town: This Town doth order and depute the Select men in the
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name & on ye behalfe of ye. Town to allow or disallow any Such buildings.
Samuell Terry making claim before the Town to 10 acres that appropriated Land in the playne on ye west side of ye great River called Chickuppe playne, for yt there was a grant to him of soe much land there, it was left to a Comittee of 6 men to consider what they should think convenient for ye Town to doe in the case: the Comittee chosen were Ensign Cooper Nathaneell Ely George Colton Serjeant Stebbin Samuell Marshfeild & Elizur Holyoke who are to make re- turn of ye apprehension of ye Towne.
Alsoe the said 6 men & mr Pynchon Joyned wth them are to consider what way they Judge most convenent for raysing Town rates, for yt the Town votes to alter from the way that was observed last [I-197] yeere: & the said 7 men are to make return of their app'hensions to the Town:
ffebr: 12th 1660.
A Town meetinge being called to consider of & conclude Some things not fully issued at the former meeting as con- cerning Samuell Terry his claime & the way of raysinge rates for ye Towne. The Comittees chosen last meetinge to consider of these things, delivering yt app'hensions. The Town by vote concluded to leave ye busyness of Samuell Terry his claime to ye Select men to consider of, & that if they See cause to give Samuell Terry Some portion of land they shall have liberty soe to doe, the Towne concluding they condiscend to him herein more yn they need to doe:
And concerninge the way of raysinge rates for bearinge the Publike charges of the Town It is voted that such rates shall be raysed on houses land & liveinge Stock accordinge to their worth: houses & Lands to be prised by the Select me; liveing Stock to be prized by men chosen by the Select men from yeare to yeare. And the Towne concludes that hereafter swine putt up for fatting & killing shall not be prized for raysing Town rates: Alsoe that mens persons shal be vallued as soe much estate: vizt all men from 16 yeeres
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& upward wch vallue of [I-198] persons shal be at £12 £16 or £20 accordinge to the discretion of the Select men: all men to come under one of those prizes, except such persons as shal be found impotent by reason of lameness or sickness or infirmity to be judged by the Select men:
AAlsoe the Town concludes that for raysing Town rates men shal be assessed for their merchandizing and trading suitable to wt trade they drive in the Towne, wch also is to be judged by the Select men.
The day abovesaid vizt ffeb 12th 1660
Thomas Day & Thomas Noble makinge Suite for land be- hind Chickuppe plaine on the west side of the great River 2 or 3 mile more or less from the River, There is granted to them 20 acres a peece halfe meddow & halfe upland ye land lyinge together in those quarters where they can find it. this granted by ye Select men:
The Select men chose for prizers of cattell for this yeere where by to make rates these men: vizt Nathaneell Ely Sam- ttell Marshfeild & Thomas Miller:
And for veiwers of fences for this yeere they chose for the higher end of ye Towne from ye meeting house Rowland Thomas & Griffeth Jones & Thomas Gilbert & Tho: Ban- croft for ye lower end of ye Town, from ye meeting house.
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ffurthermore there is granted by ye Select men to An- thony Dorchester 10 acres of land on ye backside of Chick- uppe playne on the west Side of ye great River wch land is to lye at or neere the backerend of certayn lotts w.ch were his own in yt playne: this 10 acres is said to be form'ly granted to him: wch grant is now renewed:
There is also granted unto Ensigne Cooper Robert Ash- ley Samuell Marshfeild & James Warrener All the meddow yt lyes uppon the North Branch of the next brook yt runs into the great River below Agawam River the said 4 persons are to share equally those meddowes amongst them: Them- selves also are to aggree where each mans share shall ly.
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There is also granted to Samuell Marshfeild that land that lyes between Pacowsick brook & the last of those lotts granted on this side the said land is bounded by yt great Rivr west & the top of ye hill East: provided that the high way be not prjudiced by this grant : & yt any person may have liberty to fetch Stones from the flatts in the great River.
There is granted to Tho: Gilbert 10 acres of meddow on fresh water brook if there be soe much there above former grants.
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There is also granted to Thomas Miller Rice Bedortha & Edward ffoster 6 acres of meddow to such of them lyinge on the same meddow or over the Same brook where Tho: Noble & Tho: Day have meddows granted to them: the first grants to be first laid out:
At a Town meetinge ffebr. 15 1660.
It being propounded this day as a matter of importance & very Convenent for the Towne that bounds were sett to this Plantation & confirmed by the Genll Corte. It was by vote declared to be the desire of the Inhabitants. that the next Genll Cort be in humble wise petitioned to settle bounds for this Plantation: The Town desiringe that Our Northerly bounds may meet wth the bounds of Northampton on the West side of ye great River & wth ye New Town on the East side of the great River according as the bounds of ye said New Town were laid out by the Comittee appoynted there- tinto & the Southerly bounds to extend 20 poles below the place where mr Pynchon had a ware house according to an AAncient Conditionall grant of ve Genll Corte: Dated. & Soe to run the bounds East from the Great River ffive mile: & fro: ve Said Ware house place to [I-201 ] runn cross the great River, & to runne West as far as Woronoco is from Springfeild, takeing in also the Lands at Woronoco, (accord- ing the Genll Cortes conditionall grannt concerning those lands) except yt a plantation be sett up at or neere Worono- co: & then Worronoco to be dismissed fro: Springfeild; or if
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Worronoco be absolutely taken away from us then to re- quest the Corte to have ffoure miles in breadth granted westward from ye great River: And in case ye Corte shall not grannt five miles Eastward from the great River for ye Townes bounds then to gett ffoure miles Eastward: Or if the North bounds wil not be granted as is above defined then to gett the bounds to be granted wthin two miles thereof: But the deputy is gott as much in all these respects as Corte may be inclined unto: And Mr John Pynchon Ensigne Cooper Elizur Holyoke & Rowland Thomas are appointed to make a draught of ye lands to be presented to ye Corte:
Whereas by an Order of the 12th of this Instant ffebruary It was concluded yt for raysinge of rates for comon charges of ye Town, mens persons should come under valluation wch valluations are to be reckoned wth mens estates And yr being Three prizes pitcht on to Sett mens persons at vizt £12 £16 or £20 It is now concluded to add a fourth prize vizt £8, leav- ing it for to ye judgmt of ye Select to Sett mens persons at Ich of those said prizes they judge most fitt.
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ffebr 18th 1660.
Whereas Quince Smith had liberty of abode in this Town for 2 months, his tyme being now expired he was by the Se- lect men this day warned to depart the Towne:
John Keepe desiringe entertaynmt in this Towne as an Inhabitant his desires were granted by the Select men, y+ clay above said:
March 13th 1660.
There is by ye Select men granted to John Lambe ffoure acres of land lyinge by & adjoyninge to the west end of his lott in chickuppe playne on the West side of ye great River the breadth thereof to be according to the breadth of his lott there & Soe to runn west till his ffoure acres are made up:
Also yrs grannted to John Lambe a certayne parcell of meddow lying on the brook where Thomas Day & Thomas Noble have Some grannted them: wch grannt is to be to the number of ffoure acres if it be there & to lye Southward of
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the meddow grannted to Thomas Day There were 2 acres more granted Jnº Lamb in ye Same place.
There is granted to Benjamin Cooley & Thomas Gilbert 6 acres a peece of the wett meddow & low land on the back side & towards the lower end of ye Long meddow if soe much be there undisposed of:
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There is granted to Nathaneell Ely a peece of meddow on a gutter or little brook to 3 or 4 acres lying about a mile from the long medow: provided this peece of meddow be not form'ly grannted to any other: this meddow lyes by the path to Moheage:
There is granted also to Nathaneell Ely 10 acr of meddow lyinge on fresh water brook if soe much be there still undis- posed of :
There is granted to John Keep ffive acres of meddow on fresh water brook provided all former grants of meddow there be first made good:
There is granted to Thomas Bancroft Abell Wright John Lumbard & Richard Sikes a parcel of land lying on ye West side of ye great River over agt ye Long medow Something below George Coltons: wch Land hereby grannted lyeth be- tween two brooks & is to runn westward fro: ye River to a hill about 40 rodd westward: Thomas Bancroft to lye next to the Southermost brook Abel Wright next towards the North John Lumbard next him & Rich Sikes next him: they ffoure sharring there equally in threescore Acres of land if there be Soe much there or if tliere be not Soe much they are to divide the peece equally amongst them lyinge as is above exp'ssed :
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There is grannted to Nathaneell Pritchard certayne par- sells of meddow lying by his meddow on Cow Seek brook being in all the parcells about an acre: this upon measure proves two acres wch are granted him.
There is granted to John Bagg a parcell of land conteyn- ing Six acres lying at the Reare of ye 2d divission lotts neere
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the cold Spring: A lott late of Symon Sackett lyinge on the South of it: & a lott of Obadiah Miller on ye West & ye Co- mons on the North: Also yrs granted him a little narrow valley at ye north end of his lott for his more convenent pas- sage fro: his lott.
There is granted to Obadiah Miller Six acres of land ly- ing west on ye west side of the lott above said John Bagg:
There is granted to John Lumbard a parcell of meddow conteyning about an acre lyinge on Cow Seek above John Harmans meddow if it be there to be had:
There is granted to Henry Burt a parcell of Swamp land lying between the brook & his wett meddow Lot on ye back side of ye Long meddow.
There is grannted to William Morgan a parcell of land lyinge at ye higher end of ye playne over End brook between Miles Morgans lott & ye great River: he is to have three acres of it bee there .- Will Morgan this land he surrend- ered to ye Town upon an after grant.
There is granted to Robert Ashly Six acres of meddow on the back side of Chickuppe Playne wthin 2 or 3 miles of ye great River where he can find soe much undisposed of.
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Also thereabout in the woods is grannted to Griffith Jones ffoure acres of meddow if he can find Soe much undisposed of.
Also there is granted to Richard Exell 3 or 4 acres in those quarters if he can find Soe much undisposed of.
There is granted to Thomas Merick ten acres of upland on Agawam River joyninge to his three corner meddow: tych land is to lye 30 rod in breadth by his medow & Soe to runn into ye woods to make up his ten acres.
There is also granted to Thomas Merrick a little parcell of meddow above the falls in ye East branch of ye mill River beinge about an acr.
Also yrs grannted to him that peece of ye Swamp yt lyes between Agawam Riv' & his own land & the brook yt comes out ye middle meddow:
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Also yrs grannted to Benjamin Cooley thirty acres on ye East side of ye Swamp over agt his house at ye Long meddow wch Land lyes betweene two dingles & to runn from ye brow of ye hill backward into ye woods Eastward till 30 acres be made up.
Also yrs granted to Thomas Gilbert tweelve acres on the North Side of Benjamin Cooleys grannt above said extend- ing to another dingle Northward.
Theres liberty grannted to Charles fferry to build on Wid- dow Harmans wood lott wch he Sayth he hath bought.
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There is grannted to Robert Ashley liberty to build on his land towards ye round hill:
Theres grannted to Thomas Day & Thomas Noble those little Spangs or peeces of meddow yt lye adjoyning to yr meddows lately grannted them behind Chickkuppe playne:
Theres granted to Elizur Holyoke twenty acres of upland adjoyning to his house meddow.
Theres granted to Thomas Bancroft about an acre of land more or less at the end of his wod lott to the top of ye hill by the pyne playne.
Theres granted to Samuell Chapin a parcell of land at Wor- ronoco beinge between Twenty & Thirty acres lyinge on the East side of ye Second Brook yt is on this side of Thomas Coopers farme there: & is to be bounded by the hills on the North & ye River on the South: provided those lands shall be confirmed by ye Corte to belong to this Town & yt.he purchase the said peece of land of ye Indians: & he is not to hinder passage thorow it to those other lands beyond it.
There is granted to Thomas Cooper Twenty acres of up- land & Swamp over Agawam River vizt from the West side of Thomas Stebbins his meddow: begining at ye foot path y' goes from John Leonards towards Wind Sor on the South part of the great hill & Soe to runn in length ffoure Score rod Westward. Also there is granted to him a little peece of meddow land on the west side of the Swamp wch bounds Jnº Leonards land bought of [I-207] Thomas Merick:
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