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his east bound is a spruce tree standing by the smelt brooke syde ; and Rangeth away Northwest to a small Red oake : and soe Rangeth away southwest to a smale pyne tree standing upon a hill ; and southeast to a Red oake by the brooke and this Land lyeth forty pole one way and seaventy six pole the other way ;
Gorge Bonum Surveyor
& Thomas Michell Richard Wright
The bounds of Richard Wrights and Thomas Michells Land ; lying by a path comonly Called Colchester path in the Township of Plymouth ; on the Northwest syde of the path ; and his east bound is a white oake neare the patlı ; his south bound is a blacke oake stand- ing upon the topp of a hill by a Great Rocke ; liis west bound is a smale white oake standing by a swampe ; his North bound is a white oake standing by a Rocke ; it Runs eight score pole in length and three score pole in breadth ;
Gorge Bonum Surveyor
The bounds of Samuell Kinge seni : land; the east bounds of his meddow is a pyne tree ; the west bound is a white oake : the bounds of his land and meddow both ; The North bound is a white oake by a swampsyde ; the west bound of his land is a blacke oake; the south bound of his land is a white oake ; a smale pyne on the east syde of his meddow is his east bound of his meddow ; the sume of all is three acrees of meddow and fifty acrees of upland
Gorge Bonum Surveyor
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Att a Towne meeting held att the meeting house att Plymouth the 24th of May 1671 The Towne Ratifyed and Con- feirmed unto Gyles Rickard seni : a smale psell of upland ground lying by and adjoyning unto his land above the little Towne allies Wellingsley which said addition of land was formerly graunted by the Court ; to the said Gyles Rickard ;
Att the meeting above said the Towne graunted unto Edward May a smale psell of Swampy ground about two or three acrees (more or lesse) to make meddow off ; lying att or neare Moonponsett pond or att the lower end of a meddow called Moonponsett Meddow ; and is next a peece of meddow Called Edward Doteys addition ; with a spruce tree and a pyne that is the bounds of the said addition ; from which trees the said two or three acrees extends downe stream on both sydes the brooke unto a swamp white wood tree marked on the eastsyde of the said brooke ; and to the aforsaid pyne tree which stands on the westward syde of the said brook ;
layed out by Willam Crow Surveyor.
[106.] Att a Towne meeting held att the meeting house att Plymouth the 24th August 1671
Leift Morton were Chosen to be Rators for serjeant harlow the publicke Charges of the and Willam Crow Country
Att this meeting the former orders made by the Towne about Rateing were ordered to be observed in Reference to this Rate
Att this meeting Samuell Dunham was invested with full power in the behalfe of the Towne to Require in and Recover such debts as belonge to the towne as yett unpayed by severall prsons and to prosecute law for the Recovery of them if hee shall see cause
Att this Meeting John Morton appeered and tendered himselfe to bee in a Reddines to erect and keep a scoole for the teaching of the Children and youth of the Towne to write and Read and Cast accounts according to a former proposition to the towne expressed and Inserted in this booke
Att this Meeting Gorge Bonum had libertie to sett up a 1 ffulling mill soe as it anoy not the Corn Mill ; nor hinder not the Alewives in goeing up in theire season ;
1 This fulling mill was set up near where the factory of the Bradford Joint Company stands.
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Corn Mill vote thereabout
Att this Meeting the towne Requesteth and appointed the Gov": Nathaniell Morton and Leiftenant Morton to treat with and give Notice unto the owners of the 1 Corn Mill att Plymouth that they provide a good and sufficient house att the said Mill to Cecure the Corne that shalbe brought thither to be ground and that they keep the Mill in Repaire soe as to grind Corne well and sufficiently and for that end alsoe to provide an honest and skilful man to tend the mill Constantly that prsons bee not wronged on that behalfe as they have bine ; or otherwise that the towne will procure another Mill to be sett up ;
Att a meeting held att Plymouth for the Towne of Plymouth the 30th of August 1671
The lawes of the Collonie were publiekly Read; Att this meeting the Gov": Mr howland Willam Crow and Joseph howland was appointed to view a smale moyety of land desired by Edward Gray to sett a warehous on ; att or neare the end of his ground att Rocky nooke and make Report therof to the Towne It was agreed and voated by the towne att this meeting that those that made the last Rate for the Country shall make the Rate for Mr Cotton for that which is behind of the last yeare ;
att
The bounds of the land layed out to Richard Willis lying Warren's wells as followeth; the southeast end of it is bounded with the Eelriver brooke ; and the Northeast syde with Warrens Wells brooke and soe Runing fourscore pole along the said brooke and there bounded with a pyne tree marked; and it Runs up southerly six aerees breadth along the Eelriver brooke ; and there bounded with a Red oake tree marked; The west bound is a Red oak tree marked ;
The bounds of the land layed out to Joseph Churchill and Eliezer Churchill att the Great south pond is as followeth
The Northwest end abuteth on the said pond and is bounded att the Northerly Corner with a Red oake tree Marked and soe Runeth southwest ten acrees breadth ; and there bounded with a Pyne tree marked ; and soe Runeth eight score pole south- east and there bounded with a Pyne tree marked close by a smale Rocke ; and the easterly corner bounded with a Pyne tree marked
1 The corn mill was on the site of the factory of Loring & Parks.
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[107.] The bounds of an addition of land formerly Graunted unto Gyles Rickard Seni : lying adjoyning unto his old feild att Wellingsley allies the little Towne lately layed out by Leiftenant Morton is as followeth ;
viz : the westermost bounds is an heap of stones being forty pole or therabouthis up into the woods from his said old feild The bounds of the southerly Corner is a smale Red oak tree marked ; and the southeast syde of it Runs downe alonge the little Towne valley leaving a sufficient cartway in the said valley the easterly end is bounded with an heap of stones lying by the said Cartway and the Northeast end of it is bounded with the Cartway which leadeth from the said valley towards the Towne ; and Runeth along the said Cartway to the Land of Gorge Watson and these is bounded with a smale Red oake marked ;
Att a Towne meeting held att the meeting house att Plymouth the 15th day of January 1671 the Rators Chosen to make the Rate of forty pound for Mr Cotton was Leift Morton serjeant harlow Willam Crow ;
And Edward Gray and Willam Clarke were Chosen to see the same duely payed
It was ordered by the Towne that the ancient order about the fine for non appearance att Towne meetings be duely levied . according to the tearmes of that order for the future ;
Thomas Whitney is graunted by the towne to take in and Improve a small necke of land att the easterly end of his feild soe as it appeer not to be any ones propriety it being about halfe an acree more or lesse
Att a towne Meeting held att the meeting house att Plymouth the 20th day of May 1672 ; The Towne did agree and unanimously voate and Conclude that theire lands Att Sepecan Agawaam and places adjacent ; the proffitts and benifitts therof shalbee Improved and Imployed for and towards the Maintainance of the free Scoole now begun and erected att Plymouth ; and that the proffitts and benefitts therof shall noe way estranged from the said use ; soe longe as ther shalbe occation to use it for that end ; and in that behalfe ; and the Towne have made Choise of and do Request Mr Thomas Prence and Captain Willam Bradford together with the Celect men of the Towne to Improve it the best they Can for the end aforsaid ;
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Att this meeting
The Govr Capt : Bradford Elder Cushman Nathaniel Morton Robert ffinney Edward Gray Mr Willam Clarke and Joseph Warren And Stephen Bryant
Together with the Celect men of the Towne are appointed by the Towne to meet together in due and Convenient time to agitate and Contrive the best and equallest way that may be for the payment of such Rates as are to be payed in one Respect or other ; and to make Report of theire doeings thereon to the Towne ;
Att this meeting the Towne Graunted unto Edward Gray a Certaine smale psell of Land on which his warehouse now standeth att Rockey nooke by the watersyde ; being about three quarters of an acree be it more or lesse ; as it is now bounded and staked out by Mr Prence and Joseph howland whoe were appointed by the towne to view it and settle the bounds therof ;
Att this meeting the Towne Graunted unto Gorge Watson a smale addition of Land att the head of his Land lying above the little towne be it three quarters of an acree be it more or lesse ;
[108.] Att the Towne Meeting held att the meeting house att Plymouth the 20th day of May 1672 The Towne Graunted unto Alexander Kennedy twenty five acrees of Land Lying on the Northerly syde of Edward Mayes Land att Moonponsett ;
Att this Meeting the Towne Graunted unto John Waterman an acree and an halfe of land lying in Alcarmus feild To be layed out to him by Nathaniel Morton Leift Morton and Mr Willam harlow ;
Att this Meeting a smale slip of Land be it more or lesse The Town Graunted unto Nathaniel holmes lying betwixt his land in Alcarmus feild his house now standeth on and a psell of land belonging to Benjamin Bartlett in the said feild ;
Att this meeting the Town Graunted unto Gorge Bonum a necke of land lying att 1 ffresh lake on the Easterly syde therof ; extending from the brooke that Runeth out of ffresh lake to Lout pond ; and the swamp lying betwixt the pond and ffresh Lake is the bounds of the said Graunt att the southerly end ; July the 22 1672
1 Fresh lake was Billington Sea.
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Alex Kennedys 25 acrees
Measured and bounded unto Alexander Kennedy twenty five acrees of Land lying on the Northsyde of Edward Mayes Land : att a place comonly Called Moonponsett ; att the westerly end therof ; Its bounded with a swamp white wood tree from which tree the line extends easterly to a Red oake tree which is Edward Mayes bound mark att his North Corner ; and. from the said Mayes bound mark the line extends to a Red oake tree which is the said Alexander's east Corner Mark ; from which the line extends Northwest and by North nearest to a white oake tree Marked; which standeth att the syde or end of a swamp: from which white oake the line extends westerly to a spruce tree standing by the syde or in a swamp; from the said spruce tree the line extends to the aforsaid swamp white wood tree which makes an angle att the head of the aforsaid Land
pr Willam Crow Surveyor
[109.] Att a Towne meeting held att the Meeting house att Plymouth the fift day of August 1672 the Rators Chosen to make the Rates for the Country charges and Mr Cottons main- tainance were
Serjeant Willam harlow Willam Clarke Willam Crow
Att this meeting thirty acrees of Land was Graunted to Leiftenant Ephraim Morton lying about the head of the Eelriver fifteen acrees of Land was Graunted to serjeant Willam harlow to be att the same place
fifteen acrees of Land was Graunted unto Gorge Morton att the same place
Att this meeting the Towne Graunted unto Willam Crow a psell of Land lying on the eastsyde of Moonponsett pond between the swampes which is to be layed forth and bounded to him by Capt : Bradford and stephen Bryant
Att this meeting the Towne Graunted unto Steven Bryant a peece of Land lying and adjoyning to his meddow att Moon- ponsett meddow bounded on the westsyde with the land of Samuell King seni: and a swamp: and on the castsyde with a
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swamp as the swamp Runs ; and att the North end likewise with a swamp
A smale psell of Meddowish Ground lying neare Daniell Dunhams meddow att Swanhold being about two acrees be it more or lesse Runing by a smale brook which Runeth into the south- meddow brook ; is Graunted unto Daniell Dunham
'Twenty acrees of Land is Graunted unto James Barnabey lying att the Eelriver att the southwesterly syde of the double brooke
Three quarters of an acree of upland is Graunted unto John Waterman lying in Alcarmus feild att the upersyde of the land graunted to him by the Towne in that feild the 20th of May Last past before the date heerof ; the said three quarters of an acree of land to goe alonge even with his said former Graunt and to Joyne therto on the aforsaid side therof ;
A small psell of Land is Graunted unto Thomas hewes lying and adjoining unto the uper end of his Land hee now liveth on which is bounded on the Northerly or Northwest syde with the highway that Goeth to the Eelriver or more properly with the highway which Goeth from the said Thomas hewes his house to the Eelriver path and to goe for the breadth of it square with his other land and in length to goe as high as to a stone pitched into the Ground ; onely there is to be a lane left between this and his other land
The swamp att Wellingsley lying up the brooke is Graunted wholly unto the Naighbors there viz: John Jourdaine Gyles Rickard Juni : Nathaniel Morton seni : Abraham Jackson and Samuell Eedey ;
A psell of upland is Graunted unto Jabez howland lying by the mill brooke att Plymouth viz : all that upland which lyeth att the head of the land given him by his father Mr John howland and soe to Run square with the said land up into and to Close with the ffence of Gyles Rickard seni : as also a little peece of Meddowish Ground; att the foot of the land given by Mr howland as aforsaid to Run on a square with the said land to the brooke
[110.] Graunted unto Andrew Ringe
Graunted unto John Dunham Seni: a smale psell of Meddow or meddowish ground lying att Winnatucksett; being three acrees be it more or lesse ; lying on the Northeasterly syde
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of the Iland and is bounded with the meddow of Gyles Rickard seni : on the one end and the meddow of Richard Wright on the other end; and with a brook and a swamp on the easterly syde therof ; and with the said Iland ; on the westerly syde therof
New Plymouth ffebruary 7th 1670
Measured and bounded unto Serjeant Ephraim Tinkham fifty acrees of upland lying and being on the Northsyde of Winna- tucksett River ; neare Robert Lathams stacking place ; and on the eastward syde and south end of the said land it is bounded with a white oak tree standing neare the said stakeing place ; and on the said end and westsyde the land is bounded with another white oake; and att the North end and westsyde it is bounded with a pyne tree ; the breadth fifty six pole and the length extends north one halfe point easterly from the said River
pr m Willam Crow Surveyor
New Plymouth february the seaventh 1670
John Jordaine
Measured and bounded unto John Jourdaine fifty acrees of upland lying on the Northsyde of Winnatuck- sett River ; and on the westsyde of Ephraim Tinkhams Land; bounded on the south end and east syde with a white oake tree and on the said syde and North end with a pyne tree which two trees are alsoe the bounds of the said Ephraim Tinkhams Land ; on the westsyde therof and on the westsyde and north of the said Jourdaines Land It is bounded with a pyne tree standing on the westsyde of a swamp; and on the said west syde and south end its bounded with a Red oake tree standing neare the River and in the head line of the aforsaid Towne ; which tree hath eighty markes theron ; the said fifty acrees extends from the River north one halfe point easterly nearest ; and is fifty six pole in breadth
pme Willam Crow Surveyor
1667 layed out to Edward Gray by Gorge Bonum 4 acrees more or lesse of meddow att Winnatucksett River ; bounded as followeth viz : on the Northwest syde of the said River with a forked white oak tree marked which tree is alsoe the bounds of John Mortons Meddow in that place and the bounds of the said
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meddow of Edward Gray on the southsyde is a Red oake Marked standing neare the River ; and it is bounded downe the River with a Red oake marked on eight syde or sydes which tree standethi as low as there is any meddow Considerable and att the south corner with a pyne tree that leaneth over the said meddow and ten acrees of upland which lyeth by the said Meddowsyde ; bounded with the said white oake tree which bounded the said meddow ; and on the Northerly corner with a Red oake Marked and on the westeren corner with a white oake marked and on the southerly corner with a white oake leaning over the said meddow
[111.] Plymouth
Bounded for and unto Jabez howland a psell of land be it more or lesse Graunted and Given unto the said Jabez by the aforsaid Towne and his father Mr John howland which land lyeth on the southsyde of the Mill brook in the towne aforsaid next to the Garden spott of Gyles Rickard seni :
Att the Northerly end and the easterly syde of the said land it is bounded with a great longe Rocke that lyeth Close home to the aforsaid brooke ; and on the said end and west syde the said land is bounded with a smale Rocke which lyeth neare the brook on which is layed an heap of stones ; and att the south end and west syde the said land is bounded with a stone sett into the Ground and on the said end and easterly syde ; it is bounded with a stone sett into the Ground ; and Notwithstanding these bounds ; According to the Towne Graunt the land att the North end is to butt home to the said brooke as the brooke Runeth; and att the south end the land is to Joyne home to the Land or line of Gyles Rickard seni : and on the east syde therof the land is to Come home to the Garden spotts that lyeth on the said syde ; alwaies provided That the highway att the Northeast Corner shall not be Infringed or any wayes straightened; and that (if the Towne Claime it) the owners of the said Land shall maintaine a Coupple of Styles
October the first 1672
pr William Crow Surveyor
Wheras the Towne of Plymouth have graunted unto Willam Crow a psell of land lying on the Eastward or east syde of Moonponsett pond and ordered the laying out and bounding therof to be don by us whose names are heerunto subscribed therfore wee underwritten have bounded the said psell of land ;
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att the south end and west syde therof with a little brooke where it goetli into the said Moonponsett pond The west syde of the said Land buteth home to the said pond alsoe on the west syde and North end it is bounded with the herring brooke where the said herring brooke goeth into the said Moonponsett pond and att the said North end and east syde the said Land is bounded with a three cornered Rocke that stands on the upland and from the said Rocke the line extends southward to a great white oake tree marked on four sydes ; and soe home on the said line unto a brooke in a swamp; and where the said line Cutts the brooke there the brooke is the bounds of the said Land, for the southeast Corner therof
dated the 27th of January
Annº 1672
pr me Willam Bradford Stephen Bryant his W marke
The bounds of the Land of Willam Clarke of Plymouth lying on the southerly syde of the Eelriver by a place Comonly Called the double brooke is as followeth ;
The easterly Corner is bounded with a stump marked and a heap of stones about it; and soe Running Northwest to the River forty pole ; and soe Running southwest by the River syde eight score pole ; and there bounded upon the westerly corner with a maple tree neare the River and soe Runing southeast forty pole and there bounded with a pyne tree ;
The bounds of Leift: Ephraim Mortons Land lying on the southerly syde of the shingle brooke ; The Easterly Corner bounded with a smale Rid oake and soe Runing forty and eight pole Northerly and there bounded with a maple tree neare the shingle brooke syde and soe Runing seaven score and twelve pole southsouthwest or therabouts and ther bounded with a Red oake tree, and soe Runing forty and eight pole east southeast, or therabouts ; and ther bounded with a Red oake tree ;
[113.] ffebruary the 27th 1672
It being found by Captaine Southworth formerly and others with him That Samuell ffuller Came short of his first Grant of Land five acrees below and the Cartway Runing through the length of his land from his house to the head of his lott ; Therfore there is ten acrees aded for a supply which is extended forty pole higher into the woods Containing the same
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breadth with the former lott according to what was Graunted to him by the Court as appeers upon Record ; The southisyde from the old bounds being a white oake standing att the southermost Corner soe Ranging to another white oake ; and from thence over the brooke to a maple tree and from thence to a Red oake standing in the swamp ; and from thence to a white oake standing on the south syde of the brooke neare the foot of a great hill and from thence to a pyne tree on the side of a great hill being marked on four sydes ; The Northsyde bounds from the bonnds between Elder Cushman's Land, being a heape of stones on the Northsyde the path ; and soe along to a smale Red oake ; from thence by severall Marked trees to a pyne tree ; and soe on to a white oake marked on four sydes being the westermost bounds and soe Crosse the head by severall trees marked throw the smelt River swamp to a pyne tree on the syde of the hill marked on four sydes
pr me Gorge Bonum Surveyor
of this Graunt which is the Ground of the above mentioned ameasurment see Great booke of evidences of lands enroled folio 100 & folio 159
Att the Towne meeting held at the meeting house att Plymouth the 22cond of Aprill 1673 The towne appointed and Requested Capt : Willam Bradford to be moderater att all towne meetings att Plymouth and that the principall matteriall thinges to be proposed att Towne meetings be for the future drawn up in writing and openly Read ;
Att this meeting the Towne ordered that every man in the Towne shall procure twelve black birds heads six of them by the first of June next and six of them by the first of October next on paine of paying a fine of two shillings for every defect to the use of the Towne or 2 pence apeece for soe many as shalbe wanting of the dozen and if any bills more than a dozen then to have pence apeece for them out of the Townes stocke and that the said heads bee brought in by the times prefixed unto Willam Crow Jabez howland Willam harlow and Willam Clarke ;
It was ordered by the Towne that the ffish Called the alewives be not hindered by the mills or otherwise in theire goeing up ; and that they be afforded water sufficient to Repaire to the salt water when the fflood Gates are shutt downe and that none shall take any snch ffish in theire Goeing up except for eating ; and that the wastgate be drawn up every Night in the season the
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fish are goeing up and that butt one ware be made for them in theire Coming downe
And serjeant harlow and Jabez howland are appointed by the Towne to see these orders Respecting the ffish be duely executed and pformed ;
[114.] Att a Towne meeting held att the meeting att Plymouth the 16 of May 1673
The Celect men Chosen were Leift: Morton Serjeant harlow Willam Crow
The deputies were Leift : Morton Willam Crow
The Constable John ffallowell
The Grandjurymen serjeant harlow and Gorg Morton Andrew Ringe Jonathan Shaw Joseph Warren Surveyors of the highwaies Nathaniel Southworth
The Towne have graunted unto Willam Crow four acrees of meddow or meddowesh Ground lying att the uper end on the East Corner of the widdow Sturtivants meddow att Monponsett to be layed out to him by Capt : Bradford ; which said meddow or meddowish ground lyeth likewise on the east side of Tho : Cushmans Meddow and soe up stream on both sydes of the maine brooke ;
Twenty acrees of upland is Graunted to the widdow Sturtivant lying on the Northerly syde of her Meddow att Mon- ponsett to be layed out to her by Willam Crow
four acrees of Meddow is Graunted unto John Lucas lying att the south Meddow; Andrew Ringes and Abraham Jacksons being first layed out in the Cove
John
Jordan
Two acrees of Meddow is Graunted to John Jourdaine lying in the abovesaid Cove when the abovesaid Andrew Ringe's Abraham Jackson's and John Lucas his is layed out
Two acrees of Meddow is Graunted to John Waterman Andrew Ringes Abraham Jacksons John Lucas his and John Jourdaines being layed fourth
eight acrees of land is graunted unto ffrancis Curtice lying att the second place of Goeing over Jones River by the Indian bridge by the herring weire ;
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Memorand That thirty acrees of land apeece be graunted to Samuell King Juni : and Isaac Cakebread where they desire it if it be not found prejudiciall To Steven Bryants and Edward Doties meddowes
Memorand That a competency of land be Graunted to Robert flinney att the head of the Eelriver neare his meddow ;
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