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Eleazar Warner,
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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF AMHERST, MASS.
March 1, 1703, the town of Hadley passed the following vote :
" Voted That whareas we the Towne of Hadley About 3 yeres since Agreed upon Laying out A Trakt of our Common Land: east of the Towne : we desire that the Towne mesurers would proceed to Lay it ought to the Towne Agreemen: And we desire and expect that Inasmuch as it is to be Laid in Large peces Tha! they do it for one penny per acre in pay which they may demand of each person According to the number of Acres Laid ought for him or them and we oblige our- .selves to pay them accordingly."
The town measurers, Capt. Aaron Cooke, Capt. Nehemiah Dickinson and Mr. Samuel Porter, proceeded to lay out these " Large peces " of land, unaided by a surveyor's compass ; they began at the Brookfield road and, in running their line northerly, in order not to include the "New Swamp " and other lands, they inclined 13 or 14 degrees easterly of the east line of Hadley. This caused them to encroach upon province lands. now in the town of Belchertown and Pelham. May 3, 1703. the following vote was passed by the town :
"Voted, that whereas the towne mesurers have Laid out according to our order: Three divisions of Land East of our Town : That we desire the Clerk to Record said Lands in the Towne Booke together in the same order as they were drawn for by the Inhabitants According to the List presented by said mesurers :- for the doing of which we will pay him what is reasonable out of the Town Rate."
The lots in the first and second divisions were each 240 rods in length and in breadth as given in the foregoing table. The first division extended from the Brookfield road to Mill river, a distance of 1961 rods, including 120 rods that was set apart for three highways, each to be 40 rods in width. In this division 60 lots were laid out, comprising some 2760 acres. In the second division 37 lots were laid out, comprising 2343 acres. and extending north from the Brookfield road 1674 rods, including 112 rods set apart -for three highways. This division did not extend as far north as Mill river. The lots in the third division were two miles in length and the number of lots drawn was 93, two persons who drew in the other divisions receiving an equivalent elsewhere and three others drawing as one. The width of the 93 lots, according to the measurers, was 1971 rods and no land was set aside for highways. The division as laid out contained 7884 acres. In the drawing for lots in the first and second divisions the head of a family apparently drew 173 rods in width, or 261 acres, for himself, and half as much for each son between 16 and 2 1 years of age. Men over 21 who were not householders seem to have had no more than minors. In the drawing of lots in the third division the head of a family appears to have drawn 10 rods and 6 feet in width, or 41] acres, for himself, and half as much for sons between 16 and 21, besides what he drew for meadow land. It would seem, therefore, that as originally
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FLAT HILLS LANDS.
Huid out, the extreme length of the lands in Amherst was 1971 rods, or a little over six miles, and the breadth three and three-fourths miles. The number of acres comprised in the territory was 12,987.
As before stated, the Hadley measurers in running their east line in 1703 without the aid of a compass, carried the line too far to the east and encroached upon what was afterwards known as equivalent land. The with line of Massachusetts, run in 1642, was several miles too far to the south, and the colony granted south of the true line 105,793 acres of hind, mostly to Suffield, Enfield and Woodstock. After a long controversy, it was agreed that Massachusetts should give to Connecticut the same number of acres as an equivalent, and the towns named should remain in Massachusetts. In 1715 two men from Connecticut and one from Massa- chusetts laid out this equivalent land, 51,850 acres of which was to the tast of Hadley, part of it being comprised in the present limits of Belcher- town and Pelham. The west line of this land cut off some 3000 acres . trom the third division laid out by the Hadley measurers in 1703. Sylvester ludd in unpublished mss. states that the Pelham line.cut off one and one- half miles from the two miles in length of the most northerly lots as originally laid out in the third division ; as the line passed further south less was taken off, and the lots below those granted to Samuel, Hezekiah and John Porter were of full length. In 1738 the town voted to lay out and north of the old division of 1703 and south of Mill river "to those who had lost land in the 3d division by running the town line against l'elham." The names of those to whom this land was granted were as :ollows :
Samuel Partridge,
Mr. Jones and Samuel Russell, Edward Church,
! benezer Selden, > .. muel Barnard,
William Rooker.
John Goodman.
Nathaniel Dickinson,
! lazer Warner.
Dea. Nathaniel White,
I habod Smith,
Samuel Crow,
1in Montague, Nathaniel Warner,
Jacob Warner,
John Preston,
1.dmund Hubbard,
Peter Montague,
Solution Boltwood,
John Taylor, Sr. & Jr ..
samuel Smith,
Geo. Stillman,
Dumas Dickinson,
Timothy Eastman,
Panel Marsh, Samuel Porter.
John Selden,
Isaac Warner,
Panidl Warner. i somas Goodman,
Samuel and Ebenezer Nash.
This land was in the region known as " Flat Hills." It was divided in two tiers and made 654 acres, 137 rods. For each two acres of land ,ost from the third division they were allowed 14 acres here. It was voted
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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF AMHERST, MASS.
in November, 1738, "to sequester 100 acres next to north lot in 2d division for use of the 3d precinct." The third division extended further north than the second division.
Of the 97 persons who drew lots in the first and second division, 78 were residents of Hadley, 16 of Hatfield and three non-residents. The number of families in Hadley in 1701 was about 70, all living on the old broad street and the highway at the north end. The laying out in 1703 was according to polls and meadow-land in 1701, and to the drawing of that year. Of the 97 persons who became the first proprietors of the lands now comprised in the town of Amherst, but a small proportion ever occupied their lots in person. The distribution was completed in 1703 : the same year was signalized by the beginning of a war between England and France, which extended to the colonies and lasted for ten years. During this war the French and their Indian allies made frequent attacks on the English settlements in the Connecticut valley, burning Deerfield and rendering life and property unsafe without the limits of the fortified towns. There was little inducement to make new settlements and land in the three divisions was held at little value by its owners. Judd says that in 1703 land in Amherst was not worth a pistareen an acre ; later it was valued at from three to four shillings. There is a tradition, mentioned by Judd in the Hadley history and by Holland in his history of Western Massachu- setts, that the first settler on these lands was a Mr. Foote, who came from Hatfield. Holland says : " A Mr. Foote, probably from Hatfield, is said to have built a shanty in the east part of the town prior to 1703. The location was a little north of the East parish meeting-house. He chose the spot, thinking that he could subsist there by hunting and fishing, but failing to do so, he left, and, in commemoration of his folly, the east part of the town was for many years called " Foote-Folly Swamp!" Judd deemed it probable that the first permanent settlement was made in 1727 or 1728.
In the Hadley town records the first mention of the " east inhabitants " is found under date of Jan. 5, 1730, when a committee was appointed to lay out a burying place for them. If the tradition concerning Foote be disregarded, there is no record and no way of ascertaining as to who was the original settler in the present bounds of Amherst, nor where the first house was erected. There is reason to believe that the first settlement was at East Amherst, on the highway between the second and third divis- ions. In 1731 Hadley voted to divide among its inhabitants the " Inner Commons," which in 1700 they had voted should " Lye as Comon Land forever." The provisions of this vote were not carried out until 1741, but a list of the inhabitants taken in 1731, who afterwards had a part in the distribution, gives the names and ratable estate of IS persons under the heading of " East Inhabitants." These names were as follows :
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FIRST RESIDENTS.
John Ingram, Sr.,
John Ingram, Jr.,
1.benezer Kellogg,
John Cowls,
Jonathan Cowls,
Samuel Boltwood,
Samuel Hawley,
Nathaniel Church,
John Wells, Nathaniel Smith,
Aaron Smith, Richard Chauncey,
Stephen Smith,
John Nash, Jr.,
Joseph Wells,
Ebenezer Scovil,
Ebenezer Ingram,
Ebenezer Dickinson.
Of these, John Cowls, Jonathan Cowls, Samuel Hawley, John Wells, Stephen Smith and Joseph Wells came from Hatfield, the remainder being from Hadley. Only five of these names are found in the original allot- ment of lands, those of John Ingram, Sr., John Ingram, Jr., Samuel Boltwood, John Nash and John Cowls. The others had doubtless acquired their land by purchase or inheritance. It is impossible to state with accuracy the precise locations of the houses of these " East Inhabitants," but from a map of the town drawn about the year 1770 we are enabled to locate the following : Jonathan Cowls (spelled Cole) lived on a highway running northwesterly from the highway between the first and second divisions; John Nash, on the highway between the first and second divisions in the second house south of the meeting-house ; Ebenezer Dickinson, on the highway between the first and second divisions at the north part ; Nathaniel Smith, on the highway between the first and second divisions in the first house south of the meeting-honse. This map has been badly defaced and portions of it lost, but gives a fair idea of the distribution of the inhabitants at the time it was made.
It would thus appear that of the eighteen original settlers but four Were living in the present bounds of Amherst in 1770. Of the remaining fourteen, John Wells had removed to Hardwick, Joseph Wells to Sunder- Lud. Aaron Smith to Shutesbury where he died in 1759, Richard Chauncey : Whately where he died in 1790, Stephen Smith to Sunderland where he died in 1760; Nathaniel Church had also removed, but where he went is not recorded. Ebenezer Scovil died in 1731, the same year he removed to the new settlement. Ebenezer Ingram and John Cowls died in 1735, John Ingram, Jr. in 1737, Samuel Boltwood in 1738, and Ebenezer Kellogg in 1;66. There is no record of the death of John Ingram and Samuel Hawley: the former was living in 1742 " at an advanced age," and the latter, born in 1686, probably died before the map was made. The descend- !!! > of John Cowls removed to Belchertown. John Ingram, Jr. left four Sms, Samuel, Philip, John and Reuben. On this map we find a Philip Ingram (spelled " Ingraham") living on the highway between the first and y cond divisions, near Mill Valley, and a Jolin Ingraham living on the east Ighway near the north part.
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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF AMHERST, MASS.
Between 1731 and 1738 the following persons were added to the population of the settlement :
Joseph Clary,
Jonathan Atherton,
Solomon Boltwood,
Charles Chauncey,
William Murray,
Nathan Moody,
Peletiah Smith,
John Perry,
Ebenezer Williams,
Zechariah Field,
Joseph Hawley,
Samuel Hawley, Jr.,
John Morton,
Moses Smith.
Zecheriah Field, Joseph Hawley, Samuel Hawley, Jr. and John Morton came from Hatfield, Ebenezer Williams from Deerfield, the remainder from Hadley.
Of these, the following may be located on the map: Peletiah Smith. on the west highway, near what is now known as Mill Valley; Ebenezer Williams, on the east highway toward South Amherst : John Morton, on the east highway north of where the East Cong'l church now stands ; Nathan Moody, on the west highway a little way over College hill ; Moses Smith. on the Bay road. Jonathan Atherton died in 1744 and John Perry removed. Solomon Boltwood died in 1762 and left a son Solomon ; on the map is found Lt. Solomon Boltwood living on the highway running from the west highway toward Hadley. Zechariah Field died in 173S and left a son John ; the map has a Lieut. John Field living at the intersection of the west highway with the highway leading toward Hadley.
From 1739 to 1745 there were 34 persons added to the settlement, as follows :
Samuel Ingram,
Noah Baker, Charles Wright,
John Field,
David Nash,
Preserved Clapp .~
Moses Hawley,
, Westwood Cook, Jr., Joseph Eastman, Jr., Deac. Eleazar Mattoon.
Aaron Warner,
Rev. David Parsons,
Nathaniel Coleman,
Peter Smith, .
Jonathan Moody.
Nathaniel Kellogg,
Samuel Church,
Ephraim Kellogg,
Daniel Dickinson,
Alexander Porter.
John Dickinson,
Elisha Ingram.
Moses Dickinson.
Phinehas Smith.
Nathan Dickinson,
David Smith.
Jonathan Dickinson,
Joseph Morton.
Jonathan Smith,
Nehemiah Strong.
Daniel Smith. Seth Kibbe.
Of these, David Nash removed to South Hadley, Phinehas Smith to Granby, and Noah Baker to Sunderland ; David Smith returned to Hadley.
Moses Warner,
Jonathan Nash,
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Joseph Morton and Seth Kibbe died. The following appear upon the map : Moses Warner and Aaron Warner, on the west highway just north of the meeting-house ; Jonathan Nash, on the east highway, toward South Amherst : Jonathan Moody, a little north of the Bay road but off the high- way: Samuel Church, on the west highway near the Bay road ; Daniel Dickinson, on the west highway, a little north from the Bay road ; Nathan :ad Jonathan Dickinson, on the east highway just north of the highway wading to Pelham ; Jonathan Smith, on the west highway toward the north ; art: Joseph Eastman, on the west highway at the north ; Rev. David Parsons, on the west highway nearly opposite the meeting-house; Elihu ingram, on the west highway south of highway leading to Hadley. There a Coleman given on the map, on the east highway near where the South Yong'l church now stands ; this may have been Nathaniel Coleman's home; his son. Dea. Seth Coleman, lived on the west highway just north of the Highway that crossed the second division. John Dickinson was living at the time the map was drawn but his name does not appear on it. Moses Dickinson did not die until 1803, but his name also is missing from the map. Nehemiah Strong died in 1772 and left a son Simeon born in 1736. The map gives the residence of Simeon Strong, Esq. at the junction of the west highway and the highway leading to Hadley. Charles Wright removed :. , Pownal, Vt., prior to 1762. Preserved Clapp died in 1758 and left a son Oliver born in 1744 ; the map gives the residence of Oliver Clapp on the east highway just south of the road leading to Pelham. Westwood took died about 1748 and left a son Moses born in 1726. The map gives the residence of a Moses "Bascom," which should be Moses Cook, on the west highway near the highway branching off to the northwest. Eleazar Mattoon died in 1767, leaving a son Ebenezer born in 1720 ; on the map the residence of Ebenezer "Toon," which should be Mattoon, is given on : " west highway near the north part. Peter Smith did not die until 1787, but his name does not appear on the map. Nathaniel Kellogg died in 1750 and Ephraim Kellogg in 1777. The records contain nothing con- terning Alexander Porter.
Between the years 1745 and 1763 the following persons were added to the population :
Daniel Kellogg.
\'raham Kellogg, eilezer Kellogg, Jr.,
David Smith, Noah Smith,
Martin Smith,
1 1 seph Church. Inac Hubbard,
Eleazer Smith,
John Petty or Pettis,
John Cowls, Jr.,
Oliver Cowls,
Low Cock. ! !. ', Warner. now on Dickinson. breben Dickinson,
Benjamin Harwood, Samuel Elmer,
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Joseph Dickinson,
Eli Colton,
Ebenezer Dickinson, Jr.,
James Merrick,
Nathan Dickinson, Jr.,
Solomon Boltwood, Jr.,
William Boltwood,
Ebenezer Dickinson, 3d, Simeon Dickinson, Noah Dickinson,
Ebenezer Mattoon,
Simeon Clark,
Jonathan Dickinson, Jr.,
John Nash, Jr.,
Jonathan Dickinson,
Noadiah Lewis,
Azariah Dickinson,
John Ingram, 3d,
Nathaniel Dickinson,
Philip Ingram,
Nehemiah Dickinson,
Reuben Ingram,
David Dickinson, Thomas Hastings,
Hezekiah Belding,
Simeon Strong, .
John Field, Jr.,
Ens. Josiah Chauncey,
John Allis,
Isaac Goodale.
John Billing,
Elijah Baker,
Preserved Clapp,
Simeon Pomeroy,
David Blodget,
John Keet,
Jonathan Moody, Jr.,
Jonathan Edwards, Alexander Smith,
Asahel Moody, V
Edward Smith,
Justus Williams,
Pelatiah Smith, Jr.,
Thomas Bascom,
Simeon Smith,
Gideon Henderson,
Jonathan Smith, Jr.,
Abner Adams.
Thomas Morton,
Benjamin Rhodes,
Of these, Thomas Hastings, Hezekiah Belding, John Allis and John Billing came from Hatfield, Elijah Baker, John Keet, Jonathan Edwards, Simeon Clark and Gideon Henderson from Northampton, Simeon Pomeroy from Southampton ; the remainder from Hadley. The following are found upon the map : Daniel Kellogg, on the east highway north of the highway crossing the second division ; Joseph Church, on the west highway at the north part ; Gideon Dickinson, on the east highway at the north part ; Reuben Dickinson, on the east highway at the north part ; Joseph Dickin- son, on the west highway at the north part ; Nathan Dickinson, Jr., on the east highway toward the south part ; Noah Dickinson, on the east highiway a little south of the highway leading to Pelham; Nathaniel Dickinson, on the highway leading northwest from the west highway ; Thomas Hastings. a little east of the east highway toward the south part; Josiah Chauncey, on the west highway toward " Mill Valley ;" Isaac Goodale, on the west highway at junction of highway leading to the northwest : Simeon Pomeroy, on the east highway toward the south part ; Jonathan Edwards, probably the " Dea. Edwards " on the map, on the east highway toward the south part ; Alexander Smith, on the west highway toward " Mill Valley :" David Smith and Noah Smith, on the highway leading northwest from the west
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highway ; Martin Smith, on the highway leading to Pelham; John Petty, on the south road crossing the second division; Oliver Cowls, (spelled " Cole ") on the northwest highway ; James Merrick, on the west highway at the south part ; William Boltwood, on the west highway toward " Mill Valley ;" Simeon Clark, " Dea. Clark " on the map, on the highway leading to Hadley ; Noadiah Lewis, on the highway leading to Hadley ; Hezekiah Belding, on the east highway at the north part : John Field, Jr., on the highway running northwest ; John Billing, on the west highway toward .. Mill Valley;" David Blodgett, on the east highway just north of the highway leading to Pelham ; Justus Williams, on the east highway toward the south part; Gideon Henderson, on the northwest highway.
Besides the names of the original settlers and the additions prior to. 1763 as given in Judd's History, there are found upon the map the following names: Lemuel Moody, Israel Dickinson, Lieut. Dickinson, Timothy Green, Reuben Cowls, Lieut. Jonathan Field, Widow Ingram, Stephen Smith, Solomon Gould, Silas Matthew, John Williams. William Rood, Enos Dickinson, Stephen Cole, Abner Lee, Aaron Warner, Jr., Gideon Dickinson, Jr .. Timothy Hubbard, Joel Billing, Thomas Hastings, Jr., Joseph Nash and Eli Parker. Concerning six of these, Lieut. Jonathan Field, John Williams, Stephen Cole, Abner Lee, Timothy Hubbard and Joseph Nash. but little is to be found in the records. Of those remaining, Lemuel Moody was probably the son of Jonathan Moody who came to Amherst between 1739 and 1745. Israel Dickinson was the son of John Dickinson who came to Amherst before 1745. " Lieut." Dickinson was probably Reuben Dickin- son, son of Ebenezer, one of the original settlers. Timothy Green was born in 1748 and came to Amherst from Hadley. Reuben Cowls was son of Jonathan, one of the original settlers. The widow Ingram was doubt- less the widow of John Ingram, Jr., also one of the first settlers. Stephen Smith was son of Stephen who came to Amherst before 1739. Solomon Gould came to Amherst from Hadley before 1760 and Silas Matthew before 1772. William Rood might have been a son of Benjamin Rhodes. Enos Dickinson was son of Nathan who came to Amherst about 1742. Aaron Warner, Jr., was son of Aaron who came to Amherst between 1739 and 1745 ; Gideon Dickinson, Jr., of Gideon who came before 1763 ; Joel Billing, of John who came before 1763; Thomas Hastings, Jr., of Thomas who came before 1763. Eli Parker came from Hadley and died in 1829, aged 93.
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CHAPTER III.
FOUNDERS OF AMHERST FAMILIES .- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS.
Among the eighteen "east inhabitants" of Hadley in 1731 was Ebenezer Dickinson, the founder of a family in Amherst which has claimed more numerous descendants and exercised a greater influence over town affairs than any other. Ebenezer Dickinson was the son of Nehemiah, who died in Hadley in 1723 in his 79th year, and the grandson of Nathaniel who removed from Wethersfield to Hadley in 1659, being one of the original settlers. Ebenezer had four sons, Gideon, Ebenezer, Reuben and Joseph, and five daughters, Abigail, Sarah, Mary, Jerusha and Experience. Gideon married in 1745 Hannah, dau. of Nathaniel Edwards of Amherst ; they had three sons, Gideon, Elisha and Samuel, and five daughters, Hannah, Abigail, Sarah, Martha and Naomi. Ebenezer? Dickinson married in 1734 Chloe Holton ; they had five sons, Ebenezer, Roswell, Luther, Zimri and Joseph, and two daughters, Chloe and Experience. Reuben commanded a company from Amherst in the Revolutionary war, and after the war removed to Thetford, Vt. His children were, Reuben, Sarah, Esther, Ruth, Josiah, Solomon, Elijah, Josiah, Rachel. Joseph Dickinson married (1) Martha daughter of Jonathan Dickinson, by whom he had Joseph and Martha ; (2) a second Martha Dickinson, by whom he had a son Ira. Abigail Dickinson married in 1740 Samuel Ingram, by whom she had two children, Lydia and Sarah. Sarah Dickinson married in 1743 Asa Adams. Mary Dickinson married in 1757 Noah Dickinson, son of Jonathan, by whom she had a daughter Mary. Jerusha Dickinson married in 1763 David Blodgett. Experience Dickinson died in Hadley in 1770, unmarried.
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