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1701 .- Henry Chapin, Pelatiah Glover, John Barber, David Morgan, Ebenezer Parsons.
1702 .- John Pynchon, Jr., Pelatiah Glover, John Barber, John Warner, Samuel Ely.
1703 .- Eliakim Cooley, Joseph Stebbins, Edward Steb- bins, John Warner, Nathaniel Munn.
1704 .- Luke Hitchcock, Sr., James Warriner, Sr., Edward Stebbins, Benjamin Leonard, Joseph Williston.
1705 .- John Pynchon, Jr., Joseph Stebbins, Luke Hitch- cock, Sr., Joseph Cooley, Sr., John Merrick.
1706 .- John Pynchon, Jr. Eliakim Cooley, Ebenezer Parsons, John Miller, Nathaniel Burt, Jr.
1707 .- Thomas Colton, John Merrick, Samuel Bliss 3d Henry Burt, John Holyoke.
1708 .- John Hitchcock, Sr., Edward Stebbins, John Ferry, Benjamin Leonard, John Holyoke.
1709 .- John Hitchcock, Sr., John Merrick. John Day, Pelatialı Bliss, John Holyoke.
1710 .- John Pynchon, Jr., Edward Stebbins, John Burt, Sr., Nathaniel Munn, Samuel Bliss 3d.
1711 .- Joseph Cooley, Sr., Tilly Mirick, John Miller, Thomas Horton. John Holyoke.
1712 .- Luke Hitchcock, Sr., Joseph Stebbins, Sr., John Mirick. Samuel Bliss 3d, John Ferry.
1713 .- Pelatiah Glover, Ebenezer Parsons, Nathaniel Burt, Jr., Henry Burt, John Day.
1714 .- Pelatiah Glover, John Mirick, Joseph Cooley, Sr., John Ferry, Thomas Terry.
1715 .-- John Pynchon, James Mirick, Samuel Bliss 3d, Luke Hitchcock, Pelatiah Glover.
1716 .- John Ferry, Sr., James Warriner 2d, Capt. John Pynchon, Joseph Stebbins, Samuel Ely.
1717 .- Joseph Stebbins, John Mirick, Samuel Bliss 3d, John Ferry, Samuel Day.
1718 .- John Ferry, Samuel Bliss 3d, Henry Burt, John
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Worthington, Joseph Parsons .- Worthington was the fath- er of Hon. John Worthington, of Revolutionary notoriety, whose loyalty to the Colonies was questioned.
1719 .- Samuel Day, Samuel Ely, Ebenezer Parsons, Jolin Day, James Mirick.
1720 .- Luke Hitchcock, John Ferry, Samuel Bliss 3d, Henry Burt, James Warriner, Jr.
1721 .- Joseph Stebbins, Joseph Cooley, Samuel Bliss 3d, Thomas Bliss, Sr., Increase Sikes.
1722 .- John Mirick, John Ferry. Ephraim Colton, John Worthington, Increase Sikes.
1723 .- Samuel Bliss 2d, Joseph Stebbins, Ephraim Col- ton, Samuel Day, John Day.
1724 .- John Ferry, James Warriner, Samuel Bliss 2d. Nathaniel Sikes, Increase Sikes.
1725 .- Luke Hitchcock, John Ferry, Ephraim Colton. Samuel Bliss 2d, Joseph Williston.
1726 .- James Warriner, John Bagg, John Hitchcock. Joseph Williston, Henry Burt.
1727 .- Samuel Bliss 2d, John Ferry, Ephraim Colton, John Day, John Worthington.
1728 .- Samuel Bliss, Ebenezer Warriner. Ephraim Col- ton, John Day, John Ferry.
1729 .- James Warriner, John Day, Ebenezer Warriner. John Burt, Ephraim Colton.
1730 .- James Warriner, Ebenezer Warriner, John Burt. Thomas Colton, Thomas Stebbins.
1731 .- Samuel Bliss, Joseph Williston, James Warriner, Thomas Colton, Thomas Stebbins.
1732 .- Joseph Williston, John Worthington, Pelatiah Bliss, Thomas Stebbins, John Day.
1733 .- John Burt, Luke Hitchcock 2d. John Ely, James Warriner, Ebenezer Warriner.
1734 .- Pelatiah Bliss, John Burt, Luke Hitchcock 2d, Ebenezer Warriner, John Ely.
1735 .- Pelatiah Bliss. Ebenezer Warriner, John Burt, John Ely, Luke Hitchcock 2d.
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1736 .- John Burt, Luke Hitchcock 2d, William Pynchon, John Day, Benjamin Chapin.
GRANTS OF LAND TO THE SETTLERS.
The division of lands, which was begun in 1636, soon after the arrival of Pynchon's company, was continued yearly, as fast as new comers arrived, or the older ones needed more land. These grants were in larger quantities after the first twenty years than they were prior to that time. Then, too, there were the boys growing to manhood; they were to be provided with separate estates and came in for a share. The grants were made upon the condition that the settler should remain in the town five years. If he left before that time had expired he must resign it into the town's hands. In some instances the improvements were sold to a new arrival. In each case the "chapman," or buyer, must be acceptable to the authorities. When Henry Gregory, who was the first owner of our present Court Square, submitted his "chap- man," in the person of Richard Everett, the selectmen ob- jected, and the estate passed into the hands of Thomas Stebbins, who continued to abide there until his death. Ev- erett had almost from the beginning been an inhabitant of the town, coming immediately after the arrival of William Pynchon, in whose employ he continued for some time, and what objection the selectmen had to him does not appear. Not long afterward he returned to the eastern part of the Colony and finally settled in Dedham, where he was a promi- nent citizen, and the ancestor of many who bare his family name in that part of Massachusetts.
The desire of each individual for land was made known at the annual town meetings, in the earlier days of the settle- ment, and the grant was made at the time of the application, "provided there be so much there to be had." At a subse- quent meeting the granting of lands was left with the select- men, and it was decided that no grant would be made on the day of application, but it must go over to the next meeting. This evidently was with the view to give the selectmen op-
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portunity to consider the propriety of making the grant. While the granting of lands was for many years in the exclu- sive control of the selectmen, at a still later period two com- missioners were chosen annually to join with them in consid- ering and making the grants. Those to whom grants were made were obliged to pay Pynchon a share of the Indian purchase, but this in no instance was a hardship, as the sum seldom exceeded more than a few shillings. The conditions of the grants were always plainly set forth. The needs, or the possibilities of highways being laid through them, were specifically stated. Frequently in the Longmeadow region there was this condition, "providing that the Indians be not wronged in their pease." On the west side of the Connect- icut river in 1652, there was this grant to Thomas Miller: "that vacant parsel of planting ground over the great river by the higher wigwam, provided hee bee not an occasion of troble and disturbance to the Plantation by an unwis clashing with the Indians; if so he shall forfeit the sayd land into the Towns hands." In this way the rights of the humblest were protected in every instance, and any possible disturbance of the public peace prevented.
Following the grants of land came also the disposition to let them easily slip from the possession of those who had received them; more frequently was this the case in relation to the homelots at the extreme upper and lower parts of the town. Outlying lands were frequently sold or exchanged, and it soon became apparent that there would follow inse- curity of titles, unless each sale or exchange was recorded. The General Court in 1648 passed a law requiring transfers of lands to be put on record, and from this our form of registra- tion sprung. Such a system was unknown in England, ex- cept as to a single class of conveyances, and even to the pres- ent time there is no compulsory registration of titles in the mother country, save only in the counties of Yorkshire and Middlesex. The General Court fixed the penalty of neglect to record at 20 shillings. Our authorities reduced the fine to five shillings. The fee for registering was 2d for each piece.
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The selectmen and the committee acting with them for making grants, were confronted in 1664 by an unusual con- dition. Three of their own number, George Colton, Benja- min Cooley and Thomas Miller, had failed to comply with the law, not having either measured or recor led their grants within the required six months. They were not only liable to a fine, but had forfeited their grants. To overcome the conditions they acknowledged their liability to be confront- ed with fines, and resigned their grants into the town's hands, whereupon they, in joint action with the other members of the board, immediately proceeded to regrant the same pieces to themselves, thus making their titles good, but no mention is made relative to the fines.
SPRINGFIELD'S DEPUTIES IN THE GENERAL COURT.
The first Deputy, or Representative, sitting for Spring- field was John Johnson of Roxbury, the Surveyor General, who was present at the May meeting of the General Court in 1649. The next year, 1650, Edward Holyoke, sat for Springfield. He was the father of Elizur Holyoke, and was succeeded by Henry Smith, and the latter by William Davis of Boston, both of whom were sons-in-law of William Pyn- chon. In passing it is noteworthy how often the office fell to the relations, either by blood or marriage, of Mr. Pyn- chon. There are, for example, the third son-in-law, Elizur Holyoke; the son, John Pynchon: and four grandsons, John Holyoke, Joseph Pynchon, John Pynchon and Benjamin Davis. In fact, office holding for many years after the set- tlement of Springfield was largely a family affair. John Pynchon, the first, was elected a Deputy in 1662, and after that date was elected by the Deputies as an Assistant in the Council. His last term of service was in 1701, two years before his deatlı.
William Pynchon was chosen an Assistant in England and attended the meetings in London of the Massachusetts Bay Company. He continued to be elected to that office after his arrival in this country, up to 1650, when the publication
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of his book resulted in his being summoned before the Gen- eral Court, and his return to England in 1652.
The Deputies were elected by the qualified voters of the various towns, and, upon assembling in Boston, proceeded to choose Assistants who constituted the upper branch of the General Court. Upon the Assistants there devolved judicial as well as legislative functions, for they sat with the Governor and Deputy Governor as a court for the trial of causes appealed from the county magistrates and of such criminal cases as were beyond the jurisdiction of the lower courts.
In 1694 the Governor objected to Benjamin Davis, who appeared as Deputy for Springfield, on the ground of his being a non-resident. Nathaniel Bliss served in his place.
Towns not having more than 30 freemen were obliged to pay the expenses of the Deputy while serving, but he was sometimes excused from attending the October sessions. The first sessions were in May, and as the General Court was hindered in legislation it was voted in 1654: "That the Deputies of the General Court should dyet together, espec- ially at dynner, it is therefore ordered that the Deputies of the General Court, the next year ensuing, viz: 1655, shall be provided at the Ship Tavern at Boston in respect of dyn- ner, and that they shall all accordingly dyne together, & that Lieut. Phillips, the keeper of the said tavern, shall be paid for the same by the Treasurer for the tyme being, by discounting the same in the custom of wyne, payable by the said Phillips, & that the Treasurer shall be repaid by the sev- eral towns, according to the charges of their respective dep- uties with the next country rate & in the same kind of pay- ment."
The record further says :- "An agreement made with Lt. Phillips by the Deputies now assembled in General Court, that the Deputies of the next Court of Election shall sit in the new court chamber, & be dyeted with breakfast, dynner. & supper, with wine, & beer between meals, with fire and beds, at the rate of three shillings per day, so many as take
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all their dyet as aforesaid at the said house, but such as only dyne, & not supp, to pay eighteen pence for their dynners with wine, & beer betwixt meals, but by wine is intended a cupp to each man at dynner & supper, & no more. Lieut. Phillips did accept of this, & agreed thereto, with this pro- viso, that only such as had all their dyet should have beer between meals, & also uppon extraordinary occasions he might have the use of the great court chamber."
In some instances Springfield paid the expenses of its Deputy directly to him, as will be seen by the town records.
Boston was reached by the Deputies traveling on horse- back. Springfield, Northampton and Hadley were for many years the only towns represented from the western part of the Colony. Our town records show what was paid on account of Lieut. Thomas Cooper in 1668, in the following items :-
To Timothy Cooper for his horse into the Bay 20 shillings, & his pasturing there, 10s 6d, this for ye Deputy, £1 10s 6d; for ye Deputyes Dyet at ye Corte in May '68, ₺3 10s od: for his tyme at Corte & travellinge, £1 10s od,-£6 Tos 6d.
Timothy Cooper, who furnished the horse, was the son of the deputy, who was absent from Springfield a little more than a month. The expense of legislation,-less than $35, was not a.very great burden to Springfield in those remote days. Nearly at the close of the session Lieut. Clarke of Northampton and Lieut. Cooper of Springfield, "on their request, having been long absent from their homes, are dis- mist the service of this Corte." Peter Tilton of Hadley, was also given leave at the same time to return home, but Capt. Aaron Cook, the other Northampton deputy, remain- ed until the close of the session. The three horsemen, Coo- per, Clarke and Tilton, might have been seen following the trail through the woods, slowly wending their way from Boston toward the Connecticut, conscious of having faith- fully discharged their public duties. It must have taken nearly three days to make the journey from Boston to their homes.
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It was required that all deputies must be orthodox in re- ligion, and it was "ordered that no man, although a Free- man, shall be accepted as a deputy of the General Court, that is unsound in judgment concerning the many points of the Christian religion, as they have been held forth & acknowl- edged by the generality of the Protestant orthodox writers, or that is scandalous in his conversation, or that is unfaithful to the government."
The names of those who represented Springfield up to the close of the first century are given in full, so far as can be ascertained, as follows :--
1650 .- Edward Holyoke. 1651 .- Henry Smith. 1652 .- William Davis.
1653 .- Capt. Humphrey Atherton.
1654 .- Not represented.
1655 .--- Not represented. 1656 .- Elizur Holyoke.
1657 .- Not represented.
1658 .- Not represented.
1659 .- Capt. John Pynchon. 1660 .- Edward Holyoke.
1661 .- Elizur Holyoke. 1662 .- Capt. John Pynchon.
1663 .- Capt. John Pynchon.
1664 .- Not represented.
1665 .- Not represented.
1666 .- Capt. William Davis.
1667 .- Elizur Holyoke.
1668 .- Lieut. Thomas Cooper.
1669 .- George Colton. 1670 .- Capt. Elizur Holyoke .- one session.
1671 .- Capt. William Davis and George Colton.
1672 .- Capt. William Davis.
1673 .- Capt. Elizur Holyoke.
1674 .- Capt. Elizur Holyoke.
1675 .- No record of an election.
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1676 .- No record of an election.
1677 .- George Colton.
1678 .- No record of an election.
1679 .- No record of an election.
1680 .- Samuel Marshfield.
1681 .- Joseph Pynchon. 1682 .- Joseph Pynchon.
1683 .- Samuel Marshfield. 1684 .- Samuel Marshfield, --- one session.
1685 .- No record of an election.
1686 .- No record of an election. 1687 .- No record of an election.
1688 .- No record of an election. 1689 .- Henry Chapin. 1690 .- No record of an election.
1691 .- John Holyoke.
1692 .- John Holyoke.
1693 .- Major John Pynchon, chosen and afterwards elected an Assistant. Succeeded by his neph- ew, Benjamin Davis of Boston.
1694 .- Benjamin Davis of Boston. Objected to by Gov. Phipps, on the ground of being a non-res- ident. Succeeded by Nathaniel Bliss.
1695 .- Abel Wright. 1696 .- Luke Hitchcock.
1697 .- Luke Hitchcock.
1698 .- Luke Hitchcock.
1699 .- John Hitchcock. 1700 .- John Pynchon 3d.
1701 .- John Hitchcock. 1702 .- John Hitchcock. 1703 .- John Hitchcock. 1704 .- John Hitchcock. 1705 .- John Hitchcock. 1706 .- Joseph Parsons. 1707 .- Lieut. Joseph Stebbins. 1708 .- Joseph Parsons.
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1709 .- Maj. John Pynchon. 1710 .- Col. John Pynchon. 1711 .- No record of an election. 1712 .- Col. John Pynchon.
1713 .- Luke Hitchcock. 1714 .- Col. John Pynchon. 1715 .- Luke Hitchcock.
1716 .- Luke Hitchcock.
1717 .- Lieut. Joseph Stebbins.
1718 .- Capt. Luke Hitchcock.
1719 .- Capt. Luke Hitchcock.
1720 .- Capt. Luke Hitchcock.
1721 .- Lieut. Joseph Stebbins. 1722 .- Capt. Luke Hitchcock.
1723 .- John Pynchon.
1724 .- William Pynchon. 1725 .- Lieut. William Pynchon.
1726 .- Samuel Day. 1727 .- Samuel Day.
1728 .- Samuel Day.
1729 .- Samuel Day.
1730 .- William Pynchon. 1731 .- William Pynchon and William Pynchon, Jr.
1732 .- Capt. John Day.
1734 .- William Pynchon, Jr.
1735 .- William Pynchon, Jr.
EARLY INHABITANTS .- WHEN THEY CAME.
The years in which the early inhabitants of Springfield were supposed to have settled, have been variously stated by writers of local history, but, except in a few instances, the dates so given have been largely conjectural. The date of the first mention of a settler's name in such records as the writers had consulted would be stated as the time of his ar- rival, but later investigations have shown an earlier period in many instances than that given, and in a number of cases the precise year of settlement has been established. Mr.
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Thomas B. Warren, to whom I am greatly indebted for the following table, has made a more extensive research than any predecessor, and he has been able to make many corrections, as well as additions, to what has been published. He has also added the date of removal or death, which is given in this table for the first time. Where the precise date of any settler's arrival could not be ascertained, the year given in connection with his name refers to the first mention of it in the records, but his coming here could not have been long prior to it. The list embraces all who came here previous to 1663 who remained long enough to become in some de- gree identified with the settlement. even if they did not take up a permanent abode, but a majority remained, and their descendants are still numerous in and about this region :- 1636 .- William Pynchon. Returned to England in 1652. 1636 .- Matthew Mitchel. Did not remain here.
1636 .- Henry Smith. Returned to England in 1652 or 1653.
1636 .- Jehu Burr. Removed to Fairfield, Conn.
1636 .- William Blake. Removed to Dorchester.
1636 .- Edmund Wood. Removed.
1636 .- Thomas Ufford. Removed.
1636 .- John Cable. Removed to Fairfield, Conn., in If91
The above signed the agreement dated May 14, 1636.
1636 .- Thomas Woodford. Removed in 1639. 1636 .- Samuel Butterfield.
1636 .- Jonas Wood. 1636 .- John Reader. The preceding were granted land May 16, 1636.
1636 .- Richard Everett. Witnessed Indian deed. Re- moved to Dedham.
1636 .- Joseph Parsons. Witnessed the Indian deed to Pynchon. Appears here next in 1645. Removed to North- ampton; afterwards returned and died here in 1683.
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1636 .- John Allen. Witnessed Indian deed to Pynchon. 1636 .- Thomas Horton. Witnessed Indian deed, and (lied here. 1641.
1636 .- Faithful Thayler. Witnessed Indian deed. Did not remain.
1636 .-- John Townes. Witnessed Indian deed. Did not remain.
1636 .- John Pynchon, son of William. Was 14 years old when he came here with his father. Died here, 1703.
1637 or 1638 .-- Rev. George Moxon. Returned to Eng- land 1652.
1638 .- John Searle. Died here, 1641.
1638 .- Thomas Merrick. Died here in 1704.
1639 .- William Warriner. Died here in 1676. 1639 .- Rowland Stebbins. Removed in 1656 to North- ampton, where he died in 1671.
1639 .- Thomas Stebbins, son of Rowland. Died here in 1683.
1639 .- John Stebbins, son of Rowland. Removed to Northampton in 1656; died there in 1679.
1639 .- John Leonard. Killed by the Indians in 1676.
1639 .- Robert Ashley. Died here in 1682. 1639 .- John Woodcock. Went to Connecticut. Died 1612.
1639 .- John Allen.
1639 .- John Burt. Rated, but never came here. 1639 .- Henry Gregory. Went to Connecticut in 1642. 1639 .- Samuel Hubbard. Went to Newport in 1648. 1639 .- Samuel Wright. Went to Northampton in 1656 and died there in 1665.
1639 .- Benjamin Wright, SO1 of Samuel. Went to Northampton.
1639 .- Samuel Wright, Jr., son of
Samuel. Went to Northampton.
1639 .- James Wright, son of Samuel. Went to North- ampton in 1656.
1640 .- Henry Burt. Died here in 1662.
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1640 .- Jonathan Burt, son of Henry. Died here in 1715. 1640 .- David Burt, son of Henry. Removed to North- ampton in 1655 and died there in 1690.
1640 .- Nathaniel Burt, son of Henry. Died here in 1720. 1640 .- Elizur Holyoke. Died here in 1675. 1640 .- John Dibble. Died here in 1646. 1641 .- John Noble. Died here in 1641. 1642 .- Samuel Chapin. Died here in 1675.
1642 .- Henry Chapin, son of Samuel. Died here in 1718.
1642 .- Josias, son of Samuel. Died at Braintree, 1683. 1642 .- David Chapin, son of Samuel. Went to Boston. 1642 .- Japhet Chapin, son of Samuel. Died here in 1712. 1642 .- Richard Sikes. Died here in 1676.
1643 .- Alexander Edwards. Went to Northampton in 1656 and died there in 1690.
1643 .- John Dover.
1643 .- Morgan Jones. Died here in 1643. 1643 .- Francis Ball. Drowned here in 1648. 1643 .- Thomas Cooper. Killed by the Indians in 1675. 1643 .- James Bridgman. Went to Northampton in 1655 and died there in 1676.
1643 .- Roger Pritchard. Died at New Haven in 1671.
1643 .- Judah Gregory. Died in Connecticut.
Died here in 1683.
1643 .- William Branch. 1643 .- John Matthews. 1643 .- John Harmon. Died here in 1661.
Died here in 1684.
1644 .- Benjamin Gooley. Died here in 1684. 1644. Miles Morgan. Died here in 1699. 1644 .- Abraham Munden. Drowned at Enfield Falls in 1645.
· 1645 .- William Vaughan. 1645 .- William Jess. Drowned at Enfield Falls in 1645. 1645 .- Francis Pepper. Died here in 1685. 1645 .- John Burrhall.
1645 .- Griffith Jones. Died here in 1676.
1645 .- James Osborn, Died at Hartford in 1676.
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1646 .- George Colton. Died here in 1699. 1646 .- John Clark. Died here in 1684.
1646 .- Thomas Reeve. Died here in 1650. 1646 .- Richard Exell. Died here in 1714. 1646 .- Margaret Bliss, widow of Thomas of Hartford. Died liere in 1684.
1646 .- Nathaniel Bliss, son of Margaret. Died here in
1654.
1646 .- Lawrence Bliss, son of Margaret. Died here in 1676. 1646 .- Samuel Bliss, son of Margaret. Died here in 1720.
1646 .- John Bliss, son of Margaret. Died here in 1702. 1646 .- Edmund Haynes. Died here in 1646.
1646 .- Thomas Thomson. Removed. 1646 .- Reice Bedortha. Drowned here in 1683. 1646 .- Hugh Parsons. Tried in Boston for witchcraft and found not guilty. Went to Watertown and died there in 1675.
1646 .- John Lombard. Died here in 1672.
1646 .- George Lanckton. Went to Northampton and died there in 1676.
1647 .- Rowland Thomas. Died liere in 1698.
1648 .- Thomas Sewell. Took the oath of fidelity on 6tl of February, 1649.
1648 .- Samuel Marshfield. Died here in 1692. 1649 .- Anthony Dorchester. Died here in 1683. 1649 .- Henry Walkley. Went to Stratford, Conn. 1649 .- Nathaniel Brown. Went to Middletown in 1650. 1649 .- Benjamin Munn. Died here in 1675. 1649 .- Thomas Miller. Killed by the Indians in 1675. 1649 .- Jonathan Taylor. Lived here but died in Suffield in 1683.
1649 .- William Brooks. Went to Deerfield and died there in 1688.
1650 .- John Dumbleton. Died here in 1702. 1650 .-- John Stewart. Died here in 1690.
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1650 .- Edward Foster. Died here in 1720. 1650 .- Samuel Terry. Died at Enfield, Conn., in 1731. 1650 .- Hugh Dudley.
1650 .- Richard Maund.
1651 .- Benjamin Parsons. Died here in 1689.
1651 .- Nathaniel Pritchard. Went away after 1691.
1651 .- John Lamb. Died here in 1690.
1653 .- Mr. Hosford.
1653 .- Thomas Bancroft. Was dead in 1684.
1654 .- George Alexander.
1654 .- Simon Beamon.
Died here in 1676.
1654 .- Obadiah Miller. Date of death unknown.
1654 .- Abel Wright. Died here in 1724.
1655 .- Simon Sackett. Died here in 1659.
1655 .- Thomas Gilbert. Died here in 1662.
1656 .- John Gilbert, brother of Thomas, desired grant of land at Westfield but it was never taken.
1656 .- Jonathan Gilbert, brother of Thomas, desired grant at Westfield but did not settle there.
1656 .- Thomas Noble. Went to Westfield and died there in 1704.
1656 .- William Morgan. Drowned here in 1663.
1656 .- John Riley. Died here in 1684.
1657. John Bagg. Died here in 1683.
1658 .-- John Wood. Removed 1660.
1658 .- John Stiles. Died at Windsor in 1683.
1658 .- Joseph Crowfoot. Supposed to have died at Northampton in 1678.
1658 .- Thomas Day. Died here 1711.
1658 .- Richard Fellows. Died at Hatfield in 1663.
1659 .- Rev. Pelatiah Glover. Died here in 1692. 1659 .- John Scot. Died at Suffield in 1690. 1659 .- Tahan Grant.
1659 .- Nathaniel Ely. Died here in 1675.
1659 .- Samuel Ely, son of Nathaniel. Died here in 1692. 1659 .- Peter Swinck, negro. Died here in 1699. 1660 .- John Keep. Killed by Indians in 1676,
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