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While in the Tower, he wrote "A Dying Fathers Last Legacy to an Only Child: or, Mr. Hugh Peter's Advice to His Daughter"1 ; and it was given to her before his death. This little volume contains many religious and personal instructions, a larger number of plain truths concerning Christianity, several references to his family and his own personal experiences, and the follow- ing poem, containing his
WISHES.
I Wifh your Lamp and Veffel full of Oyl, Like the Wife Virgins, (which all Fools neglect) And the Rich Pearl, for which the Merchants toyl, Yea, how to purchafe are fo circumspect : I wifh you that White Stone, with the New Name, Which noue can Read but who poffefs the fame.
1This was printed for G. Calvert and T. Brewster, London, in 1660, and sold at the Black-Spread Eagle and at the Three Bibles, at the West-End of Paul's. A photographic copy of the title-page (exact size) of the first American edition is given on the opposite page. Thirty-five of his letters are printed in the Winthrop Papers in the Massachusetts Historical Society's Collections : and a list of his writings is given in the exhaustive sketch of
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A
Dying Fathers LAST
Legacy
TOAN Only Child : OR, Mr. Hugh Peter's ADVICE TO HIS DAUGHTER.
Written by his own Hand, during his late Imprifonment in the Tower of London ; And given her a little before his Death.
BOSTON: Printed by B Green for Benjamin Eliot, at his Shop on the North Side of King-Street: 17 r7.
TITLE PAGE
I wifh you neither Poverty, nor Riches, But Godlinefs, fo gainful, with content; No Painted Pomp, nor Glory that bewitches; A blamelefs Life is the beft Monument : And fuch a Soul that foars above the Skie, Well pleas'd to live, but better pleas'd to die.
Hugh Peter by Mrs. Eleanor Bradley Peters, in the Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, volume 38, pages 133 and 134.
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I wifh you fuch a Heart as Mary had, Minding the Main, open'd as Lydia's was : A Hand like Dorcas, who the Naked clad; Feet like Joanna's, pofting to Chrift apace, And above all, to live your felf to fee Married to Him, who muft your Saviour be :
He went forth to execution composed in spirit and cheerful, saying, "I thank God now I can die, I can look Death in the face and not be afraid." The third day after their trial, Oct. 16, 1660, Peter and the solicitor John Coke, who had been one of the prosecutors of the late king, were dragged on sleds (or hurdles ) from Newgate to the place of their execution at Charing- Cross. Mr. Peter beheld the horrible execution and mutilation of Coke. Then the hangman came to Peter, his hands be- smeared with blood, and rubbing his hands together asked, "Come, how do you like this, Mr. Peters, how do you like this work?" Peter replied, "I am not, I thank God, terrified at it, you may do your worst." When he went to his execution, he saw a friendly man, and passed him a piece of gold and desired him to go to his daughter's lodging and deliver to her the piece of gold and tell her that his heart was full of comfort; that he was ready to die ; and not to weep for him. He addressed the sheriff, and was then hanged and cut down alive. After much mutilation, his body was opened and the bowels removed and burned. Then the head was severed with a blow, the body was cut into four parts for exhibition in as many places, usually the four principal cities of the kingdom, and the head was set upon London bridge.
Mrs. Peter lived in London in 1677, and had been supported after Mr. Peter's death by Mr. Cockquaine and his church.
CHAPTER VI.
THE FIRST SCHOOL.
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EV. JOHN FISK assisted Rev. Hugh Peter in his church services and taught school here from 1637 to 1639. The school was probably conducted in a room in Mr: Fisk's house, and the scholars were only the boys whose parents paid their tuition.
Edward Norris, the young son of Rev. Edward Norris, was chosen by the town, in January, 1639-40, to teach school. He was not paid by Jaw: Nocier .~ the town, but relied upon his patrons for tuition, as Mr. Fisk had done. The town apparently built him a small schoolhouse upon a lot of land measuring about thirty by twenty-five feet, on the easterly side of Higginson Place about half way of the First Church building, on the land of the town which was a portion of the original lot of William Lord.
March 30, 1641, the Salem court ordered Goodman Auger to call a general town meeting the second day of the week to see about a free school ; but no record shows that such a meeting was held nor that a free school was established at that time.
The school was made partially free by the vote of the town, Sept. 30, 1644, which provided that thereafter those able to do so should pay for their children to attend the school, and those who were unable to pay could attend without paying, the town paying the tuition. The following is a copy of the vote :-
Ordered that a note be published one the next Lecture day that such as have children to be kept at schoole would bring in their names & what they will give for one whole yeare & Also That if any poore body hath children or a childe to be put to schoole & not able to pay for their schooling that the Town will pay it by a rate.
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Mr. Norris continued his school for many years, teaching without pay the poor children with the well-to-do, whose parents paid.
Apparently, the town had built a small town house just westerly of the meeting house ; and the selectmen voted, May 17, 1655, to prepare the town house for the school and watch. This was not done, probably, as on the thirteenth of the next March the selectmen voted to repair the schoolhouse. March 19, 1667-8, upon the request of Mr. Norris, the town voted to allow him three pounds to build a chimney in the schoolhouse and five pounds for "his encouragement for teaching of children for the year ensuing." The schoolhouse disappeared the next year, and this service of Mr. Norris ended, except for some occasional teaching. The town sold the land where the schoolhouse had stood to John Corwin for five pounds, which was paid Jan. 19, 1670-1.
April 5, 1670, the town voted that the selectmen hire a gram- mar schoolmaster; and, July 5th, Daniel Epes, jr.,1 of Ipswich Daniele Epps was engaged for twenty pounds a year, residents were to pay at the rate of one- third and strangers two-thirds of the salary. Mr. Epes was son of Hon. Daniel and Martha (Reade)
1DANIEL ErFs1 married, first, Martha Boardman of Cambridge April 17, 1672; she died Feb. 9, 1691;2; married, second, Hannah, widow of Francis Wainwright of Ipswich in 1693; died Nov. 23, 1722; children: 1. Martha,2 born Aug. 10, 1673; died young; 2. Martha,2 born March 8, 1676-7; mar- ried Rev. Peter Dallee of Boston April 1, 1714; 3. Mary,2 born Feb. 19, 1677-8; died young ; 4. Daniel,2 born Oct. 28, 1679; 5. Samuel,2 born Jan. 4, 1681 ; master-mariner; lived in Salem in 1741; 6. Elizabeth,2 born March 19, 1684-5; married Capt. Edward Eveleth of Ipswich April 7, 1715; 7. Mary,2 born Aug. 31, 1686; married John Capen of Topsfield (published Jan. 20, 1709-10) ; 8. Ruth,2 born July 22, 1688; died, unmarried, in Danvers Jan. IT, 1767; 9. Margaret,2 born March 31, 1691; married William Mackey.
COL. DANIEL EPES2; yeoman; married Hannah Hicks of Boston May 24, 1705; she was his wife in 1748; he died March 10, 1764; children : I. Daniel," born Nov. 8, 1710, in Boston; 2. Francis,3 born Jan. 20, 1712-3, in Boston; 3. Elizabeth,3 baptized in Salem Feb. 21, 1714-5; probably died in Danvers July 6, 1801 ; 4. Samuel,3 baptized June 9, 1717; died Jan. I, 1748; 5. John,3 baptized Oct. 23, 1720; married Mary Collins Nov. 9, 1751; 6. Mary,3 baptized Dec. 16, 1722; married John Proctor; 7. Joseph,3 bap- tized May 9, 1725; died young; 8. William,3 baptized June II, 1727; 9. Joseph,“ baptized Aug. 31, 1729; died in Danvers Oct. - , 1758, aged twenty- nine.
CAPT. DANIEL EPES3; married Hannah Prescott Dec. 29, 1737; died in Danvers Jan. 28, 1773; she died about 1775; children : I. Daniel,4 bap- tized April 20, 1739; married Abigail Frost Oct. 20, 1765; she died March -, 1825; 2. Francis,4 baptized Oct. 19, 1740; lived in Danvers; married Mary Frost of Kittery; had children; 3. Elizabeth,4 baptized May 1, 1743; married Joseph Proctor of Gloucester; 4. Hannah,4 baptized March -,
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Epes of Ipswich, where he was born March 24, 1648-9, and he graduated at Harvard College in 1669.
Mr. Epes taught the school two years, and then went out of town. March 25, 1671, the town ordered that the selectmen should provide a house for Mr. Epes to keep school in. In 1671, Daniel Andrew taught school, in his own house, and was paid by the town. This was probably while repairs were being made upon the schoolhouse "that now is," one pound and eighteen shillings being paid for the "mending." Edward Norris again taught the grammar school from 1672 to 1675 inclusive for ten pounds annually. In the winter of 1674-5, he kept school in his own house.
When it was decided that the meeting house should be taken down, the town voted, Aug. 17, 1672, "that the old meeting houfe be reserv'd for The Towne ufe, to build a skoole houf & watch houfe." The next spring, April 21, 1673, the town chose a committee "to Agree with a Carpenter or Carpenters to build a houfe for the towne which may Serve for a Schoole houfe &' watch houfe and towne houfe of the timber of the old meeting- houfe acording as the timber will bear." This was accordingly done, and of the old timbers a town, school and watch house was constructed in the middle of Washington Street, in front of the Masonic Temple.
The town house was two stories in height, the school room being on the first floor, with a chimney, and, of course, a fire- place. Thus, the school room was warmed in cold weather.
When the new school room was ready for use, "some suit- able person" was sought to keep the grammar school, and Daniel Epes was seen. He expressed himself very willing to serve the town as a grammar schoolmaster, provided he might have suit- able maintenance ; and, April 7, 1677, he was engaged to again
I744-5; married Peter Clark of Braintree; 5. Samuel,ª baptized March I, 1746-7; major; lived in Danvers; married Mary Frost; died in Salem, when he was a bellows maker, Dec. 21, 1803, aged fifty-six; she died Feb. 9, 1829; had children; 6. Mercy4; 7. Mary4; married Isaac Lewis of Francestown, N. H., Oct. 18, 1774; 8. Benjamin,4 baptized April 29. 1752, in Danvers; lived in Lyndeboro, N. H .; married Mary Proctor Oct. 19, I793; she died in Danvers Jan. 22, 1820; 9. Sarah,4 baptized Oct. 6, 1754, in Danvers; 10. William,ª baptized March 29, 1761, in Danvers; II. Joseph,4 baptized March 27, 1763, in Danvers; died Jan. - , . 1776, in Danvers. WILLIAM ETES3; esquire; "late of Chesterfield, Va.," in 1750; married Abigail Pickman April 5, 1750; died Oct. 1, 1765; she married, secondly, Dr. Sylvester Gardiner of Boston April 30, 1772; children: I. Abigail,4 baptized Nov. 25, 1750; married Richard Routh; 2. William,4 baptized Aug. 3, 1755; 3. Judith,ª baptized July 24, 1757; 4. William Isham,4 baptized Sept. 28, 1760; died at Southampton, England, Oct. 3, 1823, aged sixty- three; 5. Love Rawlins,4 born June 8, 1762.
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become the schoolmaster of the town. The town voted to lease the islands belonging to the town for his maintenance, etc., and in the following January the Beverly ferry rent, and the next month the Marblehead ferry rent was added to the income for this purpose. A written agreement was made with him by the selectmen, June 28, 1677, as follows :-
Agreed wth M' Daniell: Epps In behalf of ye towne, to pforme ye place of a Gramm' Schoolemaster to ye towne Soe Long as itt shall please God to Graunt him Life, health, and ability, To Learn & Instruct all Such Schollers as shall bee Sent to him, from any person or psons In ye towne, In ye English, Latten & Greek tongue Soe as to fitt them for ye Vniuersity, If desired & they are Capeable : alsoe to Vse his best Endeaue' to teach them good maners, & Instruct them In ye principles of Christian religion In Consideration of ye p"mises, hee ye sª Epps shall receive from Euery pson, y' Sends his Child or Children to Schoole, ye Sum of twenty shillings In money p year for Each Childe & w' y' falls Short of Sixty pounds p anum In money, ye Selectmen Ingage ye towne shall make up: & In Case hee shall haue more Schollers, then to make up ye abouesª Sum of Sixty pounds, shall take ye same to himself, as alsoe ye benefitt, of all such as shall bee sent from other townes, hee shall alsoe haue ye priuilidge, of Comonidge as formerly to all Inhabitants admitted, & bee freed from all rates, Trayning watchings, & wardings, as hath been Customary for those of ye Like occupation : In wittness thereunto ye sª Epps hath sett his hand
DANIEL EPPS JUN
Mr. Epes now settled down permanently. His salary was fixed at sixty pounds annually. In 1682, he was still teaching here. He purchased of Edmond Batter the southwest corner of the governor's field, now the northern corner of Washington and Church streets, April 18, 16791: and built thereon a large dwelling house. In 1699, he laid out Church Street. This was at first called Epes lane. In this house he lived until his death, Nov. 23, 1722, having devised it to his wife Hannah for her life and at her decease to his son Samuel. Captain Epes conveyed it to Rev. John Sparhawk of Salem, for five hundred and fifty pounds. Aug. 3. 17372; and Mr. Sparhawk, for eight hundred pounds, conveyed the house and land to Timothy Orne of Salem, merchant, July 18, 1746.3 Oct. 14, 1747, Mr. Orne conveyed it to his son Timothy, a merchant,4 who lived here several years. After his removal, the house was occupied by Thomas Somer- ville, a Scotsman, who conducted therein an inn known as the
1Essex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 58. "Essex Registry of Deeds, book 73 leaf 185.
3Essex Registry of Deeds, book 88, leaf 151. "Essex Registry of Deeds, book 98, leaf 52.
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"Sign of the Indian King." Mr. Somerville removed in the winter of 1767-8. Mr. Orne had died the preceding summer, having devised the house and land to his son Samuel. The estate was then valued at three hundred pounds. The above cut of this house represents it as it appeared during Samuel's owner- ship. He died in 1785, when it was valued at four hundred and fifty pounds, and was in the possession of Capt. Jonathan Webb, who was conducting a tavern here. From the heirs of Samuel Orne, the title passed to Deborah Saltmarsh of Salem, single- woman, May 20, 17891. She subsequently married Capt. Zadock Buffinton, who, in 1792, by remodeling the house, destroyed every vestige of its original architecture and raised it another story. Captain Buffinton conducted the "Ship Tavern" here for many years, being succeeded by others, and died in 1799, when the buildings and land were valued at six thousand dollars. Mrs. Buffinton died in 1815, leaving the estate to her stepson Jonathan Buffinton of Boston, merchant. Jonathan Buffinton, for five thousand dollars, conveyed the place, then known as Buffinton's Tavern, stables, barn and land to Gilbert Newhall of Salem, horse-letter, May 14, 1822.2 Mr. Newhall lived here, and carried on his stable business in the rear of his residence. He died Oct. 15, 1863, and his heirs, for twelve thousand dollars, conveyed
1Essex Registry of Deeds, book 150, leaf 76.
2Essex Registry of Deeds, book 229, leaf 271.
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the estate to Willard L. Bowdoin of Salem, dentist, Aug. 31, 1866;1 and Mr. Bowdoin conveyed it to John H. Goldsmith of Salem April 29, 1869.2 Mr. Goldsmith conveyed it to Daniel C. Manning of Salem May 18, 1870;3 and Mr. Manning sold it to Charles S. Buffum July 31, 18714. Mr. Buffum, about 1885, re- moved the house to the rear of its original site, and used it for a stable. The original part of the east end, being then exposed, showed in the gable very ancient Dutchlike carved ornaments, painted red.
There was very little in the way of apparatus or other helps in the early schools. A considerable portion of the time of the teacher was doubtless occupied in the making and mending of the quill pens. The New England Primer was here, as well as the horn-book. The latter was a piece of thin board the size of a small page, on which was pasted printed alphabets and some simple words or sentences, and arabic numerals. The name came from the fact that originally, the face was covered with thin transparent sheepskin, to keep the reading matter from being too much soiled in the hands of a child. It was held upright in one hand, by a projecting middle portion of the board at its lower end. The horn-book was for beginners.
When little children first are brought to schoole, A horne-booke is a necessary toole.
A hundred and fifty years ago, arithmetic exercises were written in a blank book, by the schoolmaster for the scholars to copy, learn the rules and work out the problems. In the inventory of the estate of Theodore Price of Salem, who died in 1671, is mentioned "a written book of mathamatix," which was probably something of this sort.
The grade of a grammar school, so called, of the seventeenth century was classical as well as fundamental
1Essex Registry of Deeds, book 709, leaf 268.
2Essex Registry of Deeds, book 797, leaf 181.
3Essex Registry of Deeds, book 830, leaf 88.
4Essex Registry of Deeds, book 771, leaf 101.
"Pasquil's Night Cap, 1612.
CHAPTER VII.
FEDERATION OF THE COLONIES.
AN. 21, 1639-40, the town granted to Jacob Barney, William Dodge and Richard Brackenbury five acres of meadow apiece; John Browne, Edmond Tomson and widow Felton thirty acres apiece; William Woodbury ten acres of upland and five of meadow ; Joshua Verin forty acres; widow Bryan two acres of meadow ; Jeffry Massy twenty acres of upland and five acres of meadow ; Joseph Dalibar1 and widow Scarlet twenty acres of land each ; Esdras Reed ten acres as an ad-
Jojoph Vallouer
dition to his former grant of ten acres; Richard Lambert twenty acres of land between Jeffry Easty and Henry Swan; and Roger Conant, son of Roger Conant, "being the first borne Child in Salem," twenty acres. Mr. Ruck2 requested the grant
1Joseph Daliver lived in Marblehead.
"THOMAS RUCK1 was of Charlestown in 1638; lived in Salem on the western side of Mill Street, near Norman Street, in 1645; lived in Boston in 1648 and 1660; haberdasher in 1648, and draper in 1651; married Eliz- abeth ---; died in or before 1670; she survived him; children: I. John,2 born about 1627; 2. Stephen,2 baptized April 17, 1642; 3. Thomas2; died in England about 1652.
JOHN RUCK2; merchant and vintner; married, first, Hannah Spooner about 1650; she died Jan. 29, 1660-1; married, second, Sarah Flint Sept. 17, 1661 ; she died May 4, 1672; married, third, Elizabeth (Price), widow of John Croade Dec. 26, 1672; he died in the autumn of 1697; she was his widow in 17II; children : I. Elizabeth,3 born Feb. 7, 1651-2; married John Osborne Oct. 5, 1670; 2. Hannah,3 born March 17, 1653-4; married Ben- jamin Gerrish; 3. John,3 born April 1, 1655; died April 10, 1655; 4. Sarah,3 born Aug. 12, 1656 (married - Burroughs?) ; 5. John,3 born Aug. 30, 1657; died in 1705; 6. Thomas,3 born Oct. 23, 1658; 7. Damaris3; died, unmarried, April 24, 1702; 8. Abigail,3 born Oct. 28, 1662; 9. Mary,3 born Aug. 30, 1665; married William Smith; 10. Bethiah,3 born April 8, 1668; died, unmarried, in 1697; II. Rebecca,3 born Sept. - , 1671; married John Appleton April 1, 1689; 12. Ruth,3 born Oct. 20, 1673; died, unmarried, in 1705; 13. James,3 born May 20, 1675; 14. Samuel,3 born July 24, 1676.
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of a farm. Mr. Gerford desired fifty acres to be added to the fifty already granted to him; John Luvet, Daniel Ray's servant, requested accommodation ; and Mr. Friend wished some meadow to be added to his farm.
William Bacon1 came to Salem from Dublin, Ireland, this year.
March 30, 1640, the town appointed Lawrence Southwick and William Woodbury to keep the milk cattle, certain heifers, etc., from April 6th to November 15th, for thirty-six pounds. The cattle were to be brought "into the pen near to Mr. Downing's pale," and from there to be taken to the pasture by the herdsmen when the sun was half an hour high in the morning, and be returned into the pen when the sun was half an hour high at night.
THOMAS RUCK3; merchant; married Damaris Buffum; died July 5, 1704; children: I. Hannah,4 born Jan. 20, 1693; married George Dean June II, 1713; 2. John,4 born June 20, 1696; 3. Thomas,4 born Oct. 15, 1698; living in 1704; 4. Damaris,4 born Oct. 8, 1701; living in 1704. DEA. JAMES RUCK3; shipwright; married Martha Gedney Nov. 6, 1712; she died Feb. 20, 1749; he died June 16, 1772; children: I. Mary,4 born Sept. 6, 1717; married Nathaniel King; 2. Martha,4 baptized Feb. 3, 1722-3. SAMUEL RUCK3; shipwright; married, first, Elizabeth Tawley June 30, 1699; she died in 17II; married, second, Sarah Cheever of Marblehead Dec. 10, 1713; they were living in Salem in 1751; children: I. - -,4 born May 28, 1700; died May 28, 1700; 2. Elizabeth,4 born July 22, 1701; mar- ried John Daniels of Boston Aug. 5, 1725; 3. Ruth,4 born Jan. 25, 1703-4; 4. Samuel,4 born Oct. 7, 1705; 5. Abigail,4 born Jan. II, 1706-7; lived in Salem, unmarried, in 1730; 6. John,4 born Feb. 24, 1716-7.
JOHN RUCK4; blacksmith; married Esther Johnson (published Nov. 20, 1717) ; died about 1740; she died Nov. 14, 1743; children : I. Abigail5; married Philemon Sander Oct. 3, 1745; 2. Esther5; married Green Morrill Dec. 20, 1744; 3. Hannah6; lived in Boston, unmarried, in 1747; 4. Ruth5; living in 1744. SAMUEL RUCK4; shipwright; married Bethiah Bickford Nov. 13, 1729; died in 1769; she survived him; children : I. Elizabeth", baptized Oct. 18, 1730; 2. Ruth®, baptized Dec. 12, 1731; 3. Bethiah®, bap- tized Oct. 21, 1733; married Matthew Wharfe Oct. 6, 1754; 4. John5, baptized April 9, 1738; 5. Rebecca5, baptized March 2, 1739-40; married John Bickford; 6. Abigail', baptized Jan. 17, 1741-2; 7. Sarah5, baptized Feb. 12, 1743-4; 8. Williams, baptized Aug. 23, 1747; 9. Elizabeth5, baptized June 16, 1751.
William Bacon married Rebecca, daughter of Thomas Potter, mayor of Coventry, Warwickshire, England. She had come to Salem in 1639, with Thomas Lovell. Mr. Bacon died in 1653; and she died in 1655. They had one child, Isaac, baptized in Salem Sept. 12, 1641; mariner; sold the homestead here in 1665 and left town. Mrs. Bacon, in her will, men- tions her sister Judith, apparently in England, and cousins, Anne Potter, unmarried, Richard Cherlcroft and George Bedell. Mr. Bacon lived in a little house, which stood near the fulling mill, on the south side of Walnut, near Wallis Street, in what is now Peabody. He left a considerable estate, having a mare, a yoke of oxen, five cows, a pair of steers, heifer, three calves, nine sheep and seven swine, and much grain on hand, brass, iron and pewter vessels, plate, books, maps and pictures.
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Henry Cooke and Edward Ingram were appointed to keep the swine for six shillings for each animal. As these man walked through the town on their way to the pasture in the morning, they blew their horn and the owners of the swine brought them out to the drove, which was thus constantly in- creased in numbers. The swine were returned at sunset. The keepers were responsible for any swine that were lost, but for those which were killed by wild beasts they were excused if they brought home a part of the flesh as evidence.1
March 30, 1640, the town granted to John Beaumont2 five acres of planting ground, and to John Lovett five acres of ground which was part of the land exchanged by Jeffry Massy and Rich- ard Brackenbury near Mackerel Cove.
To overcome the lack of water which furnished power to the grist mill, which Capt. William Trask built and was running in the rear of the present Universalist Church in Peabody, he changed the site. March 30, 1640, the town authorized him to set up a tide mill on the same stream, "provided hee make passage for a Shallope from halfe flood to full sea." To enable him to get the water from Strongwater brook, and also a higher flow of the tide, he built a dam in the rear of his residence and there erected another mill.3
Captain Trask died in May, 1666, having devised the mill to his sons John and William. William died in 1691, having de- vised his half interest to his sons William and John, who re- leased their portions to their uncle John. John Trask continued to grind corn here until 1712 when he built a new mill farther down the stream, where Grove Street crosses the river. As soon as the new mill was operated, complaints came into the local court against Captain Trask. He was admonished to be more careful about grinding and tolls. A condition of the grant of liberty to establish a mill at that place was that he would make a passage for a shallop by the mill; but he had not done so when the court ordered him to do so, June 29, 1641. December 27th, he was before the court for neglect in securing scales and weights hung up in the mill. Jan. 25, 1641-2, he was sentenced for keep-
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