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Mr. Martyn accepted the invitation, and was ordained, May 21, 1746, O. S. a church having been gathered on the same day, con- sisting of ten brethren, besides the pastor elect, four of whom, it is worthy of notice, were foreigners.t
* The dimensions of the first meeting house were 46 feet by 36. The whole cost of finishing the outside was £443 11s. 2d. The building commit- tee consisted of Capt. James Eager, Wm. Holloway, and Jesse Brigham. The house was framed by Daniel Hemminway. The price of labor at this time, was, in the old tenor currency, for a man per day scoring timber, 6s. for hewing, os. 6d. for carpenter's work, 8s. White pine timber, 3 pence per foot ; for oak, 2} pence, running measure. "Allowed Jotham Bartlett £2 10s. for two barrels of cider at the raising of the meeting house."
+ The following are the names of the persons who subscribed to the church
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The ordaining council consisted of the following pastors, with their delegates :
Rev. Mr. Parkman, of Westborough, who preached on the oc- casion, from Heb. xiii. 17; Rev. Mr. Prentice, of Lancaster, who gave the charge; Rev. Mr. Cushing, of Shrewsbury, who expressed the fellowship of the Churches; Rev. Mr. Loring, of Sudbury; Rev. Mr. Hall, of Sutton; Rev. Mr. Gardner, of Stow; and Rev. Mr. Bar- rett, of Hopkinton.
Although the ceremonies of the ordination took place in the meeting house, yet it appears from the town records that it was in a very unfinished state, having neither pulpit, galleries, glass win- dows, nor even permanent floors. It was not till June, in the fol- lowing year, that a vote could be obtained "to glaze the meeting house and lay the floors ;" and not till the next autumn, that the · pulpit and gallery stairs were built. This was indeed the day of small things ; and when we compare the accommodations of the spacious and elegant temple since erected near the spot, with the loose floors, and rough seats, and open windows of the house in which our fathers worshipped, we shall do well to inquire wheth- er we surpass them as much in the punctuality of our attendance, and the spirituality of our worship, as in the beauty and accommo- dations of the place of our solemnities.
Northborough became an incorporated district, Jan. 24, 1766, not long after which, viz. April 30, 1767, the Rev. John Martyn, after a short illness, departed this life, in the 61st year of his age, and the 21st of his ministry. His wife died, Sept. 8, 1775, aged 70.
Mr. Martyn was a son of Capt. Edward Martyn, of Boston, where he spent his early life, under the care of an excellent moth- er, who had been left a widow in easy circumstances, some time previous to young Mr. Martyn's entering college. Mr. Martyn was graduated at Harvard University, in 1724. For several years after he left college, he devoted his attention to secular pursuits, and was for some time an inhabitant of Harvard, in this county .*
covenant at this time .- John Martyn, the pastor elect ; Ephraim Allen ; Josh- ua Dowsing, (sometimes written Townsend) from England ; John McAllester, from Ireland ; Jonathan Livermore, (afterwards Deac. Livermore ;) Gershom Fay ; Matthias Rice, (afterwards Deac. Rice ;) Samuel Allen ; Jacob Shep- herd, a foreigner ; John Carruth, also a foreigner ; and Silas Fay.
* Rev. Mr. Martyn was married to Miss Mary Marret, of Cambridge, by whom he had the following children : John, who lived in this town ; Mary, married to a Minot, of Concord ; Michael, who was married to Zilpah, daugh -. ter of James Eager, and lived in this town till the commencement of the rey-
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At length, at the age of 40, he directed his attention to Theo- logical pursuits, and became an able, faithful, and useful minister. He possessed, in a large measure, the confidence and affections of his flock, was honored in his life, and deeply lamented at his death.
Rev. Peter Whitney was the only person employed as a candi- date in this place between the death of Mr. Martyn and his own . ordination.
Mr. Martyn died the last day of April ; and, after an interval of only 6 months and 4 days, that is, on the 4th of the following No- vember, his successor was inducted into the office of a christian minister .*
The services at his ordination were performed by the follow- ing persons. Rev. Mr. Morse, of the second church in Shrewsbu- ry, (now Boylston) made the Introductory Prayer; Rev. Mr. Whit- ney, of Petershram, the father of the candidate, preached from Mat- thew, xxviii. 19, 20 .; Rev. Mr. Parkman, of Westborough, made the consecrating prayer, and gave the charge ; Rev. Mr. Smith, of Marlborough, expressed the fellowship of the churches; and Rev. Mr. Bridge, of Chelmsford, made the concluding prayer. The other ministers on the ordaining council, were, Rev. Mr. Stone, of Southborough; Rev. Mr. Goss, of Bolton ; Rev. Mr. Morrell, of Wilmington; Rev. Mr. Davis, of Holden; Rev. Mr. Woodward, of Weston ; Rev. Mr. Clark, of Lexington ; Rev. Mr. Sumner, of Shrewsbury ; and Rev. Mr. Cummings, of Billerica.
The salary of Rev. Mr. Whitney was £66 13s. 4d. with a set- tlement of £160, lawful money.
Rev. Peter Whitney was the son of Rev. Aaron Whitney, the first minister of Petersham, was born Sept. 17, 1744. He was grad- uated at Harvard University, 1762, where he pursued his Theologi- cal studies preparatory to entering on the work of the ministry.
Distinguished for the urbanity of his manners, easy and familiar in his intercourse with his people, hospitable to strangers, and al- ways ready to give a hearty welcome to his numerous friends ; punctual to his engagements, observing an exact method in the dis- tribution of his time, having a time for every thing and doing every thing in its time, without hurry or confusion; conscientious in the
olutionary war ; Richard, who settled in Windsor, Conn. ; and Nathaniel, who removed to one of the Southern States. Widow Abigail Fay, is the daughter of John, abovenamed, and is now living in this place.
* Mr. Whitney began to preach in Northborough, June 7, 1767, and gave his answer to settle the 12th of the following October.
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discharge of his duties as a christian minister, catholic in his prin- ciples and in his conduct, always taking an interest in whatever concerned the prosperity of the town and the interests of religion, he was, for many years, the happy minister of a kind and an affec- tionate people. At length, having continued in the work of the ministry almost half a century, he suddenly departed this life, Feb- ruary 29, 1816, in the 72d year of his age, and the 49th of his use- ful ministry .*
Mr. Whitney was married to Miss Julia Lambert, of Reading, in this state, by whom he had ten children who lived to man's estate, eight of whom still survive.
Mrs. Whitney survived her husband nearly five years, and died at Quincy, while on a visit to her children, Jan. 10, 1821, aged 79 years. All who knew Madam Whitney will bear testimony to her worth ; and admit that she possessed, in no common measure, dig- nity of manners, sprightliness of mind, and goodness of heart. She was indeed a most pleasant companion and a most valuable friend.
The writer of these sketches was the only candidate employed by their society after the death of his immediate predecessor ; and after a probation of about four months, was ordained their minister, Oct. 30, 1816.1 His salary is $600 per annum.
* Rev. Mr. Martyn left none of his writings in print. His successor made himself extensively known by his History of Worcester County ; a work high- ly valuable for the facts it records, many of which would probably have been lost, had they not, with great pains and fidelity, been collected and embodied in this work. It is a work, the value of which will not be diminished by the more minute histories now publishing in the Worcester Magazine and Histori- cal Journal.
The other printed writings of Mr. Whitney, so far as they have come to my knowledge, are-Two Discourses, delivered July 4, 1774 ; a Sermon, de- livered at a Lecture, July 4, 1776, on publishing the Declaration of Indepen- dence ; a half Century Sermon, preached June 1, 1796 ; a Sermon at the or- dination of his son, Rev. Peter Whitney, of Quincy, February 5, 1800 ; a Ser- mon preached at Shrewsbury, February 16, 1810, at the funeral of Mrs. Lucy Sumner, wife of the Rev. Joseph Sumner, D. D .; and a notice of a remarka- ble apple tree, in the first volume of the Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
The publication of the History of Worcester County recommended the author to the notice of the Massachusetts Historical Society, who elected him a member of that association.
t The ordination services were performed by the following persons :-- Rev. Mr. Whitney, of Quincy, made the Introductory Prayer; Rev. Prof. Ware, of Harvard University, preached from Jer. xv. 19 ; Rev. Pres. Kirk- land, of H. U. made the Consecrating Prayer ; Rev. Dr. Saunders, of Med- field, gave the charge ; Rev. John E. Abbott, of Salem, gave the Right hand of Fellowship ; Rev. Dr. Puffer, of Berlin, made the Concluding Prayer. Be- sides the above, the following Ministers were on the Council : Rev. Dr. Sum- ner, of Shrewsbury ; Rev. Dr. Bancroft, of Worcester ; Rev. Dr. Thayer, of
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It appears, therefore, that from the ordination of Rev. Mr. Mar- tyn, in 1746, to the present time, a period of 80 years, this chris- tian society has been destitute of a settled minister only about 14 months ; a fact highly creditable to the members of this society, as an evidence of their regard for the institutions of religion, and of the union and harmony which have long subsisted among them. And it may justly be considered, that the town is indebted to the spirit of union which has hitherto so generally prevailed among us, for the respectable rank which it now maintains. It would be easy, however painful, to predict the consequences of the prevalence of an opposite spirit. Large and opulent societies can bear to be re- duced by division. But in societies small as this, and whose re- sources are no greater than ours, union should be the watchword of all who wish well to the cause of human improvement.
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It is worthy of remark, that there has never been but one reli- gious society in this town, and that only a very few families have, at any time, withdrawn themselves from the Congregational socie- ty. Four or five families of the Baptist denomination usually at- tend public worship in the adjoining towns. 'The first person of this denomination in this town, was Thomas Billings, who joined the Baptist Society, in Leicester, in 1766.
The increase of wealth and population, and a regard for the in- stitutions of religion, led the inhabitants of this town, in the spring and summer of 1808, to erect a new and more spacious house for public worship.
The new Church is 56 ft. square, with a projection of 34 ft. by 15, surmounted by a tower, and cost, including the bell, $11,408 04. The cost of the bell was $510 00; its weight about 1200 lbs.
The proportions of this building are much admired by persons of good taste ; and its location is such, that it appears to great ad- vantage from the main road. May it long stand ; and be to this So- ciety a bond of union, and the place whither they shall delight to bring their stated offerings of prayer and praise .*
Lancaster ; Rev. Mr. Packard, of Marlborough ; Rev. Mr. Rockwood, of Westborough ; Rev. Mr. Cotton, of Boylston ; Rev. Mr. Frothingham, of Boston ; Rev. Mr. Ripley, of Waltham ; and Rev. Mr. Damon, of Lunenburg. Rev. J. Allen was born in Medfield, August 15, 1790, and was graduated at Harvard University, in 1811.
* The committee for building the new meeting house consisted of the fol- lowing persons ; James Keyes, Esq. Stephen Williams, Esq. Isaac Davis, Esq. Hollon Maynard, Col. William Eager, Seth Grout, Esq. Asaph Rice, and Phineas Davis, Esq. The business was committed to a sub-committee, com- posed of three ; S. Williams, Esq. Asaph Rice, and Phineas Davis, Esq. The house was built by Col. Eames, of Buckland, and Capt, Brooks, of Princeton.
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In the summer of 1822, a neat and handsome Town House was built, at the cost of about $1000, which is used for town meetings, singing schools, and various other purposes.
This town has been peculiarly unfortunate in the destruction of buildings by fire. No fewer than ten dwelling houses, in this small town, seven of them large, two story buildings, have been burnt to the ground. Besides these, two school houses, one grist mill, one saw mill, and one shoe-makers's shop, have fallen a prey to the same devouring element.
In respect to expenses incurred for the support of paupers, the town has for the most part been highly favored. Since the com- mencement of the present year, only two persons have been a town charge, the whole expense of maintaining whom, for a year, is less than one hundred dollars. .
Some additional particulars relating to the ecclesiastical and se- cular affairs of this town, it may be proper to include in these his- torical sketches. Owing to the destruction of the church records, in the year 1780, when the dwelling house of Rev. Mr. Whitney, with most of its contents, was destroyed by fire, we have no means of ascertaining the number of baptisms and of persons, who joined the church, as well as many other particulars, which it might be in- teresting to know, of what took place previous to that date. We learn, however, from Rev. Mr. Parkman's account of Westborough, that, in 1767, the year of the Rev. Mr. Martyn's death, that the number of communicants was forty four, 21 males, and 23 females. The whole number of persons admitted into the church, during the ministry of Mr. Whitney, as nearly as can be ascertained, was 204. Since the death of Mr. Whitney, 54 have been added to the church, exclusive of such as have been received by recommendation from other churches. Besides these, 84 persons, during the ministry of Mr. Whitney, owned the baptismal covenant.
The number of persons baptised, from 1780 to the time of Mr. Whitney's decease, was 661 ; from that period to the present, 132.
From the gathering of this church, in 1746, to the present time, seven persons only have sustained the office of deacons, two of whom yet survive.
The two first deacons of this church were Jonathan Livermore and Matthias Rice. Deac. Livermore resigned, October 2d, 1782; died April 21, 1801, aged 100 years and 7 months. Deac. Rice died February 13, 1764, aged 58 years. Deac. Rice was succeed- ed by Paul Newton, who resigned May 8, 1795, and died May 18,
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1797, aged 79. Deac. Livermore was succeeded by Seth Rice, who resigned April 30, 1807, and died Jan. 2, 1815, aged 77. Deac. Newton was succeeded by Isaac Davis, who resigned Nov. 18, 1825, and died April 27, 1826, aged 77. Deac. Rice was suc- ceeded by Nahum Fay, and Deac. Davis by Jonas Bartlett. Deac. Fay came into office June 14, 1807, and Deac. Bartlett, February 26, 1826.
: The amount of the ages of the five deacons who have deceas- ed, is 392 years, the average of which exceeds 78 years.
In giving the history of this town, it will be proper that we sub- join a brief notice of those persons who have distinguished them- selves as its benefactors. It has already been mentioned that the land on which the meeting house stands, with the adjoining com- mon, was the donation of Capt. James Eager, of whom an account was given in a former part of these sketches.
Mrs. Martyn, the mother of the Rev. John Martyn, at first, wholly supplied furniture for the communion table. Rabbi Judah Monis, formerly a Hebrew Instructer, in Harvard University, gave to this church a silver cup, also a large silver tankard, afterwards converted into two cups. Another silver cup was procured, with the joint legacies of Capt. J. Eager and Lieut. William Holloway. A silver tankard was given by Anna, relict of Deac. Matthias Rice. Another silver cup was given by Pelatiah Rice, and his son in law, Thaddeus Fay. Another by Capt. Gideon Tenny ; and recently, one by the late Deac. Isaac Davis. An elegant Folio Bible, in 2 vols. for the use of the pulpit, was the generous donation of Jo- seph Foster, Esq. of Cambridge .*
* Rabbi Judah Monis was a native of Italy, born in 1683 or 1684. Of his parentage, and of the circumstances which led him to emigrate to Ameri- ca, we have no account. He was employed as an instructer in the Hebrew language, in Harvard University, about the year 1720, before his conversion to Christianity. At length, he was led to receive Jesus Christ as the true Messiah ; and, March 27, 1722, was publicly baptised at Cambridge; the Rev. Dr. Benjamin Colman, of Boston, preaching a discourse in the College Hall on the occasion, from John, v. 46. In the preface to this discourse, the author says, that "it was prepared in obedience to the desire of the very Rev. Mr. Leverett, the present learned Head and President of the House where it was delivered, in case of the absence of the aged and venerable Dr. Increase Mather," who, he adds, " if his years had permitted him, would have presid- ed and served on so great a solemnity." "As to Mr. Monis himself," Dr. Colman writes, " it must be confessed that he seems a very valuable prose- lyte. He is truly read and learned in the Jewish Cabbala, and Rabbins, a Master and Critic in the Hebrew : He reads, speaks, writes, and interprets it with great readiness and accuracy, and is truly didaktichos, apt to teach. His diligence and industry, together with his ability, is manifest unto many who have seen his Grammar and Nomenclator, Hebrew and English ; as also his Translation of the Creed and Lord's Prayer ; the thirty nine articles of the
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APPENDIX I. Containing a list of persons who were heads of families in this place before or soon after it became a separate Pre-
Church of England, and the Assembly's shorter Catechism into Hebrew ; and he is now translating the larger Catechism." On the same occasion, Mr. Monis also delivered a discourse from Ps. cxvi. 10, entitled "The Truth," which was printed, with a Preface written by Dr. Increase Mather. This was followed soon afterwards by two other discourses from the same text, the first entitled "The Whole Truth," the latter, "Nothing but the Truth." These three discourses, with that of Dr. Colman, were printed in Boston, for Daniel Henchman, and "sold at his shop, over against the old Brick Church, in Cornhill, 1722."
Mr. Monis continued in his office as an Instructer in Hebrew forty years, till the infirmities of age rendered him incapable of performing its duties. After the death of his wife, in 1761, he left Cambridge and removed to North- borough to reside in the family of Rev. Mr. Martyn, who had married a sister of his wife. Here he remained till the time of his death, which happened, April 25, 1764, at the age of 81 years. As he had no children, he bequeath- ed the principal part of his estate, which was considerable, to the family in which he resided at his death. The sum of £46 13s. 4d. was distributed among seven of the neighboring ministers ; and about £126 was left as a fund, under the direction of a Board of Trustees, the interest of which was to be devoted to the relief of indigent widows of deceased clergymen. The Board of Trustees consists of the ministers of the following churches : The church in Northborough ; the first church in Salem ; first in Cambridge; the new north in Boston ; and the first church in Hingham. The fund now amounts to $400, the interest of which is distributed annually among four widows of deceased clergymen.
The following is the inscription on Mr. Monis' Grave Stone. 1
"HERE LIE BURIED THE REMAINS OF RABBI JUDAH MONIS, Late Hebrew Instructer, At Harvard College, in Cambridge ; In which office he continued 40 years. He was by birth and religion a Jew, But embraced the Christian faith, And was publicly baptised At Cambridge, A. D. 1722, And departed this life April 25th, 1764, Aged eighty one years, two months, and twenty one days.
A native branch of Jacob see, Which once from off its olive broke ;
Regrafted from the living tree, Rom. xi. 17. 24. Of the reviving sap partook.
From teeming Zion's fertile womb, Isai. Ixvi. 8. As dewy drops in early morn, Ps. cx. 3. Or rising bodies from the tomb, John, v. 28.29. At once be Israel's nation born. Isai. Ixvi. 8."
Lieut. Wm. Holloway, of whose family an account has been given, was for many years, one of the leading characters in this town. He died Jan. 6, 1760, aged 71.
Deac. Matthias Rice was a grandson of Edward Rice, one of the origin-
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cinct, in 1744. The second column contains the names of the per- sons who now live on or near the same house lots.
Those to whose names this mark (+) is prefixed, have descend- ants of the same name now living in Northborough.
John Brigham. Samuel Goodenow,
Mr. Holbrooks Saw Mill.
Samuel Goodenow, Jun. S
David and Jonathan, sons of Samuel Goodenow, Jun. AM
Deac. Jonas Bartlett,
Gill Bartlett.
Nathaniel Oakes,
Jacob Peirce.
Simeon Howard, Sen.
Near the Hearse House.
+ Gershom Fay, Sen.
Near Asa Fay's House.
Thomas Ward,
Asaph Rice.
Oliver ? Ward, (1)
Jonathan Bartlett.
Deac. Isaac Tomblin,
Hezekiah Tomblin,
Widow of the late Deac. Davis. On Tomblin Hill.
Ephraim Beeman,
Joseph Wheeler,
Samuel Dalrymple. On Ball's Hill.
Simon Rice,
Near Ephraim Barnard's.
+ Daniel Bartlett, (2)
Deac. Jonas Bartlett.
None of the above, it is believed were heads of families in this town so late as 1744.
The following are the names of the fifteen persons who paid the highest taxes in 1749, taken from the Town Record, Vol. I. p. 27.
Lieut. Wm. Holloway, Stephen Williams, Esq.
James Eager, Jun.
John Fisk.
Capt. James Eager,
Do
Deac. Matthias Rice,
Windsor Stratton.
Peletiah Rice,
Ephraim Barnard.
Samuel Gamwell,
Capt. Prentice Keyes.
i Jacob Rice, (3)-
Asaph Rice,
i Jotham Bartlett,
Gill Bartlett.
Timothy Fay,
Capt. Henry Hastings.
Josiah Bowker,
Nathan Green.
+ Jesse Brigham, (4)
Henry Brigham.
+Bezaleel Eager, (5)
Col. Wm. Eager:
al proprietors of Marlborough. He lived on the farm now owned by Jonah Brigham. He died without children, Feb. 3, 1764, aged 58.
Peletiah Rice was a son of Peter Rice, of Marlborough, and lived on the farm now in the possession of Ephraim Barnard. He left no sons; his two daughters, Thankful and Sarah, were married respectively, to Thaddeus and Adam Fay, sons of Gershom Fay. He died April 7, 1775, aged 81.
Deac. Isaac Davis was born in Rutland, in this county. His father, Si- mon Davis, was a son of Simon Davis, who removed from Concord to Rutland. Rev. Joseph Davis, the first minister of Holden, was another son of Simon Da- vis, Sen. Deac. Davis removed to Northborough during the Revolutionary war, and has been, for a long succession of years, one of our most distinguish- ed citizens. His first wife, the mother of his children, was a daughter of the late Dr. Samuel Brigham, of Marlborough, who was married to a daughter of Dr. Benjamin Gott, whose wife was Sarah, a daughter of Rev. Robert Breck, the second minister of Marlborough. Deac. Davis died April 27, 1826, aged 77. During his last sickness, he directed his family to procure at his expense new linen for the Communion Table, a direction with which they cheerfully complied.
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Gill Bartlett.
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Silas Fay, Thomas Billings, John Oakes,
Capt. Henry Hastings. Col. John Crawford. Joel Gassett.
The following twelve names were added, in 1752.
tJames Ball,
Edward B. Ball.
Cornet Simeon Howard,
Nahum Fay, Esq.
+ Nathan Ball,
Nathan Ball.
t Josiah Rice,
William Maynard.
t Gershom Fay,
Benjamin Rice.
+ Samuel Allen,
Samuel Allen.
John McAllester,
Hollon Maynard.
Deac. Jonas Livermone,
David Dinsmore.
Thomas Goodenow,
Stephen Howe.
Seth Hudson,
Near Ephraim Barnard's.
George Oakes,
Luther Hawse.
t Seth Rice, Sen:
Calvin Hastings.
To the above list the following names may be subjoined.
John Martyn, Jun. Zephaniah Briggs,
Benjamin Munroe. -
Capt. Joseph Davis.
i Deac. Paul Newton,
Martyn Newton.
t Col. Levi Brigham, (6)
Winslow Brigham.
Samuel Sever.
+ Samuel Wood, Sen. (7) IThomas Warren, and his son tEliphalet Warren, Jonathan Hayward, and his son Gideon Hayward, ~
(3)
Abel Warren.
tJonathan Bruce,
Samuel Dalrymple. John F. Fay.
t John Carruth,
Joseph Carruth.
+ William Babcock,
David Mahan.
Josiah Goddard,
Silas Bailey.
Solomon Goddard,
Jonas Babcock.
Silas Rice,
Benjamin Flagg.
Samuel Gamwell, Jun.
Reuben Babcock.
William Carruth, George Smith, Joshua Child, Warren,
Do.
On the South Road.
Do.
Capt. Timothy Brigham, now living,
Oliver Eager.
NOTES.
Brief notices of several persons whose names are found in the foregoing list.
1. Oliver ? Ward. I understand that a farmer of the name of Ward, was the first settler on the farm of Jonathan Bartlett, and I conclude that his name was Oliver from the circumstances that, in 1710, forty three acres of land were laid out to Thomas and Oliver Ward " on Woody Hill, near the upper end of Cold Harbor, north side of the brook, next John Brigham's meadow."
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