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TWOMBLY, 281 fam.
UPHAM, 9.
VALENTINE, 208.
VAN ANTWERP, 207. VANCE, 130.
VAUX, 287. VERRILL, 63, 75, 102, 191, 234, 282. VIRGIN, 97. VOSE, 30, 208.
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WADSWORTH, 165. WAGG, 193. WAITE, 244, 276.
WALCOTT, 75, 78, 162, 165, 248, 282 fam.
WALKER, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 103, 156, 160, 200, 221, 277, 283 fam., 286.
WARD, 218, 292.
WARDWELL, 40, 41, 43, 45, 46, 57, 61, 66, 73, 75, 77, 78, 145, 163, 245, 254, 283 fam., 287.
WARREN, I, 85, 86, 92, 93, 127, 154, 239.
WASHBURN, 6, 7, 13, 16, 27, 29, 39, 47, 57, 73, 75, 77, 79, 141, 155, 162, 181, 187, 191, 192, 219, 220, 221, 241, 243, 245, 249, 251, 256, 270, 271, 274, 284 fam., 285, 286, 287, 288.
WATERHOUSE, 108, 160, 203.
WATERMAN, 27, 148, 288 fam.
WATSON, 169, 184.
WEBB, 159.
WEBBER, 36, 47, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 61, 63, 65, 68, 69, 70, 73, 75, 77, 78, 84, 100, 204, 221, 231, 263, 288 fam., 289.
WEBSTER, 59, 134, 203, 224, 240 287. WEEKS, 261.
WEEMAN, 157, 27I.
WELCH, 55, 59, 64, 73, 75, 77, 79, 86, 90, 91, 92, 93, 99, 102, 120 fam., 122, 123, 124, 137, 158, 169, 176, 220, 25I. WELLINGTON, 22.
WELLS, 289 fam.
WESLEY, 160. WEST, 6. WESTON, 27, 248, 290 fam., 292. WEYMOUTH, 259. WTHICHURCH, 223.
WHITCOMB, 290. WHITE, 216, 219, 234, 257, 265. WHITEHEAD, 212, 289.
WHITEHOUSE, 36, 38, 48, 49, 51, 53, 55, 73, 75, 77, 78, 79, 204, 220, 230, 263, 290 fam., 291. WHITMAN, 19, 154, 155, 176, 217, 235, 242, 252, 267, 291.
WHITNEY, 5, 19, 23, 25, 31, 32, 35,
37, 38, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 60, 68, 70, 71, 75, 96, 116, 121, 13I, 140, 145, 156, 160, 171, 177, 192, 205, 209, 243, 256, 258, 272, 29I fam., 292.
WHITTEMORE, II, 13, 16, 29, 41, 42, 82, 129, 133, 139, 177, 19I, 196, 219, 228, 231, 238, 263, 27I, 292 fam., 293.
WHYTE, 261.
WIDGERY, 15, 16, 17.
WIGGIN, 259.
WIGHT, 133, 170, 283.
WILDER, 164.
WILLARD, 9.
WILLIAMS, 83, 84, 85, 86, 193; 260, 288.
WILLIS, 12, 198, 293 fam.
WILSON, 56, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 73, 75, 294 fam.
WING, 159. WINKLEY, 168.
WINSHIP, 79, 219.
WINSLOW, 77, 180, 226, 294 fam.
WINSOR, 165.
WISWELL, 295.
WITHAM, 203, 257, 294 fam.
WITT, 227.
WORCESTER, 257.
WORK, 59, 73, 75, 77, 296 fam.
WORTHLEY, 136.
WOOD, 27, 140, 166, 176, 227, 248, 258, 261, 281, 294 fam., 295.
WOODBURY, 98, 124, 246.
WOODRUFF, 219.
WOODSOME, 270.
WOODWARD, 48, 50, 53, 59, 73, 75, 78, 86, 90, 91, 92, 98, 99, III, 151, 157, 19I, 295 fam.
WRIGHT, 27, 36, 37, 38, 43, 49, 50, 56, 64, 73, 75, 78, 93, 99, 123, 153, 219, 257, 264, 296 fam., 297.
WYMAN, 257. YEATON, 59, 86, 90, 133, 298 fam.
YEATS, 51, 77, 78, 79, 148, 297 fam. YORK, 155, 221, 268, 298 fam.
YOUNG, 75, 81, 170, 180, 268, 275, 298 fam.
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ANNALS OF OXFORD.
CHAPTER I.
SHEPARDSFIELD.
THE tract of land granted by the General Court of Massa- chusetts to Alexander Shephard Jr., lies between 44° 3ª and 44° 14/ N. latitude and between 6° 20/ and 6° 40/ E. longitude from Washington. This territory being so nearly equidistant from the equator and the pole, is not sub- ject to long continued or excessive heat or cold, and as the wind seldom comes from any one point for more than three or four days successively, the various climatic changes atten- dant upon the wind, follow one another in rapid and agree- able succession.
The title of the Commonwealth to this district is based upon ancient grants, "for the advancement of the Christian religion and the glory of God, and to replenish the deserts with peo- ple who would be governed by laws and the magistrates," from the crown of England, in exercise of the right of emi- nent domain.
Unlike most legislative grants, this to Mr. Shepard was for a tangible consideration, as the following abstracts from the records of the Court will show.
RESOLVED, That there be granted to Alexander Shepard Jr. and to his heirs, the unappropriated lands lying in the county of Cumberland in the Province of Maine, between a township of land granted to the Honorable James Warren Esq. and others, called Sylvester Canada ; a township grant- ed to Joshua Fuller and others. called No. 4; a township granted to the Honorable James Otis Esq. and others, and a township granted to Joseph Gerrish Esq. and others, called Bakerstown ; containing about three square miles, exclusive
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of the allowances of ponds, rivers, sag of chain, etc., bound ed as followeth, viz. beginning at a stake and stones in the line of Sylvester Canada aforesaid, near the bank of little Wilson pond, thence north 70 degrees west to the line of No. 4 township on the south side of Streaked mountain, thence on the line of said township to the south west corner thereof, thence on land granted to Jeremiah Green, to the north west- erly corner of said grant, thence south westerly to the north east corner of the township aforesaid granted to the Honor able James Otis Esq., thence on the easterly line of said town ship to Bakerstown, thence on said Bakerstown north line to Sylvester Canada aforesaid, thence on Sylvester Canada line to the stake and stones first mentioned.
PROVIDED, The said Alexander Shepard Jr. shall deliv- er in to this Court to their acceptance, on or before the last day of September next, an accurate map of all the late Prov- ince of Maine, therein distinguishing the appropriated from the unappropriated lands, the lines of the several counties, all the rivers, distinguishing how far navigable, all the islands, towns, harbors, rocks, shoals, inlets, creeks, bays, lakes, promontories, capes, mountains, peninsulas, etc. in said Province.
PROVIDED, Also the said grantee settle ten families in said tract within ten years; and also that said tract doth not in- terfere with any former grant. March 7, 1777.
Resolve accepting Mr. Shepard's map and confirming to him the grant of 1777, passed June 24, 1779.
WHEREAS, The General Court of this State, did on the seventh day of March 1777, grant unto Alexander Shepard Jr. a certain tract of land, lying in the county of Cumberland, upon certain conditions, one of which was that the said Shepard should furnish this State with an accurate plan of all the late Province of Maine, to the acceptance of the Gen Eral Court; and whereas the said Shepard has executed a plan of the said Province of Maine and presents it for accept- ance : therefore,
RESOLVED, That the said map of the late Province of Maine, presented to this Court by Alexander Shepard Jr. be, and hereby is accepted, and it is further,
RESOLVED, That the tract of land granted to the said Alexander Shepard Jr. by the General Court of this State on the seventh day of March 1777, be and hereby is confirm -
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to him the said Alexander Shepard Jr., his heirs and as- signs forever, by the following bounds, viz. Begining at a stake and stones supposed to be standing in or near Themp- son Pond, so called, seven miles and a quarter north west from a beach tree standing in the heal line of New Glou- cester and four miles north east from the north west corner of said New Gloucester; thence running north 45 degrecs east, twelve miles to a white pine tree ; thence running north 20 degrees east three hundred and fifty poles to a stake and stones ; then turning and running north 70 degrees west four miles and a half to a beach tree ; then turning and running south 14 degrees east seven hundred and thirty six poles to a pine tree ; then running north 14 degrees west two miles ; then turning and running south 54 degrees west twelve hun- dred and sixteen poles to the stake and stones first mention- ed ; exclusive of grants already made to Jonathan Greenleaf Esq., and J. Green ; and provided it does not interfere with any former grant, and he the said Shepard fulfilling the conditions of his grant.
It will be observed that the descriptions in the act of 1777, and that of 1779, do not exactly agree, although it is most likely that both acts were drawn by Mr. Shepard himself, with the intent of securing all unappropriated lands enclos- ed by the circuit of townships named, and this accounts for the large number of angles, and the irregular shape of the grant. But with all his skill in engineering, Mr. Shepard appears to have been unable in this case to have given meets and bounds sufficiently accurate to prevent future dissemion. The map which appears to have been the important con- sideration, although accepted by the Court, could hardly have fulfilled the very specific conditions of the act, for a map answering these requirements has not yet been made.
We may therefore assume that Mr. Shepard enjoyed con- siderable influence, and while professedly a yeoman, he was much employed in surveying "eastern lands", and both he and his father were active promoters of their settlement.
Neither appear to have gained wealth thereby, in fact, the probate records of Middlesex county show that Alexander Shepard Jr. had been financially embarrassed for some time before his death, and his son-in-law Simon Jackson, who had on petition of widow Elizabeth, been appointed admin- istrator April 2, 1788, reported the estate insolvent Dec. 4,
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1788 ; William Hill and Timothy Jackson were appointed appraisers, and Sept. 2, 1789, they presented list of claims aggregating £ 2598. The following year notice of intention to prosecute was served by creditors whose claims had net been allowed. The inventory mentions about 40 promisory notes ; most of them payable in either corn or wheat, and appraised £ 685. "The Eastern lands not appraised by rea- son of a dispute relative to the title. Sept. 2, 1789, Asa Bearce, William Barrows and John Greenwood, all of the Shepardsfield plantation, were appointed to appraise the lands in Maine. The plan on page 3 is from the one proba- bly made for this commission, although it is likely that some names were added subsequently by Mr. Greenwood, and as the ancient plan has become, in some parts, illegible, names have been supplied from other plans, evidently of later date, and now in the possession of Mr. Whitney.
The inventory represents 29 lots in the Ist. Div. £ 579. 31 lots in the 2d. Div. £ 498., and undlivided lands £ 922. was presented by Mr. Jackson, who stated that Mr. Shepard had sold some lots, and that deeds should be given to the buyers. May 3, 1791 Mr. Jackson was licenced to sell land to the amount of two thousand pounds, to pay debts.
In February 1792, Samuel Phillips, the Trustees of Har- vard College and other creditors, entered complaint, pray- ing that Simon Jackson be removed from administratorship, for the following reasons :
I. That he omitted certain property from the inventory.
2. That he did not comply with the law in selling land.
3. That he sold land at a distance from its location and gave buyers little information about it, which was disadvan- tageous to the estate.
4. That he raised the amount owed, to force the estate in- to insolvency.
5. That he not long before Alexander's death, assisted to cover the estate from the creditors.
A hearing was ordered and evidently Mr. Jackson's func- tions were suspended for a brief period, but he was reap- pointed April 7, 1792, and the citation to Mr. Jackson is en- dorsed, "claims not supported ".
June 23, 1818, Alex. S. Jackson, of Newton, an heir of Alexander Shepard Jr., complains that Jackson has render- ed no account of his administration.
Citation served upon Jackson, but no further record.
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The leader of the opposition to Mr. Jackson, Hon. Sam- uel Phillips of Andover, had jointly with John Phillips of Exeter, received from Mr. Shepard a warranty, bearing date of April 20, 1782, of 2000 acres of land near Thomp- son Pond ; the consideration being £ 125. This conveyance was not entered at the Cumberland Registry until Dec. 12, 1791, only a few weeks prior to the commencement of the proceedings against Mr. Jackson, and it bears the endorse- ment of William Hall and Nathan Fuller, both of Newton, dated November, 1791, identifying the signature, and de- posing that they were personally acquainted with the late Alexander Shepard Jr., and verily believed that the hand- writing was his. The records of the Probate Court at Cam- bridge show that testimony was given at the hearing by Joseph Parker, Josiah Fuller, Isaac West, Daniel Clark, John Bridgham, Samuel Durell, Thomas Hill, Christopher Allen, William Steadman, John King, and John Green- wood ; also depositions of Asa Bearse, Ephraim Washburn, John Bicknell, Isaac Cushman, John Caldwell, and Elijah Robinson : Mr. Robinson deposing that he worked for Mr. Shepard, on his farm, and just before his death, heard him say that he had embarrassed himself by buying and giving his son Jackson a place bought of Col. Fuller; and by giving his daughter such costly furniture, etc. so that he found it difficult to procure things comfortable for his own family. As evidence of his assisting to cover the estate from the creditors, there was submited a copy of a lease, dated Sept. 25, 1787, from Alex. Shepard Jr. to Simon Jackson of his farm, 200 acres in Newton, mansion-house, barns and buildings, for eleven years ; conditioned upon the payment of £ 1200., and that the said Jackson shall fur- nish wife Elizabeth with sufficient meat, drink, washing, and lodging, use of a garden plot, and such rooms in my house as she choose. Taxes etc. to be paid by the lessee.
This transaction evinces the intent of Mr, Shepard, in anticipation of his early demise, with a consciousness of the loss imminent from a forced sale of his large holdings in real estate, to provide maintenance for his aged wife; and under the circumstances, the Court justified the act.
The tradition that Mr Shepard was an actual settler upon his grant is not fully verified, although he may have spent considerable time there, but it is evident that he did not va- cate citizenship in Newton, for, up to and even after his
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death, he is identified as "yeoman, of Newton."
Mr. Shepard fulfilled the requirement as to number of settlers, but only a few received their title deeds directly from him, the others being provisional occupants. His first sale of land in his township, of record in Cumberland Reg- istry, is 600 acres to Jonathan Greenleaf of New bury, Sept. 17, 1777, 300 acres, being that granted to Jeremiah Green, of Boston. April 22, 1778 he conveyed to Daniel Bucknam Jr. of Sutton, 300 acres, Bog Brook being mentioned in the description of the purchase, and Nov. 12, 1779, Mr. Shep- ard gave to Phebe Bucknam, lot Io in third range, second division, "in consideration of the regard I have for her in consequence of her unexampled industry." This deed was recorded in 1795 , Borredell Jackson deposing that she was present and witnessed the signing of the same. The ambi- tion of the founder of the town is shown in a deed to Adam Turner, of Pembroke, one of the provisions being that the grantee shall pay to the treasurer, who may be appointed by the inhabitants, one shilling sterling, silver money, an- nually, until there shall have been raised one thousand pounds, sterling money, in gold or silver for the sole pur- pose of purchasing a Library for the use of the inhabitants of the town. In July 1785, Mr. Shepard conveyed to Joseph Barrows, Job Cushman and William Barrows, land on the brook or inlet to Mathews Pond, conditioned upon their building a good saw-mill ; and the November following, he sold three lots to Asa Bearce of Shepardsfield, for £37. 10S. provided the said Bearce shall clear 12 acres of land in the township, of all the wood and brush, standing, lying or growing upon the land, and shall seed the same with clover and herds-grass seed in a good and suitable manner. The income of this lot to be appropriated for the support of a learned public teacher of piety, religion and morals, and when a public teacher shall be regularly ordained or install- ed for the purpose aforesaid, shall peaceably and quietly deliver the said 12 acres, well grassed, clear of brush and well fenced to the trustees appointed to see to, and regulate the appropriation of the income of said land.
Quite a number of the settlers received deeds from Simon Jackson, adm'r., about the time of the incorporation of the town ; and in 1796, on petition, the General Court authorized him to give good and sufficient titles to John Washburn, Eben. Drake, Elisha Hayden, Jeptha Benson, Bezaleel Myrick, John Bridgham and John Bridgham Jr.
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As an inducement to settlers the proprietors of Number 4 (now Paris) laid out a road in 1774, from their town- ship, to New Gloucester, then a frontier town, and quite a rallying point for pioneers, a home for their families, while preparing in the wilderness, land for cultivation and cabins for habitation. High lands were then considered the best for tillage, therefore the road was located over the hill to what is now West Minot, thence over Greenwood and No. 4 hills to Paris hill; being very nearly the same course that the highway now takes ; a toilsome route, but the scen- ery is indescribably picturesque.
This road is said to have been considerably improved in 1779, and as the road was the first built in Shepardsfield, this date probably fixes the time of the advent of the first settler. At this time the Revolution had been in progress for four years, and although the finances of the country were in the greatest confusion, the activities of the war had been transferred south, and the conditions in Massachusetts were improving. The Plymouth pilgrims idea of personal liberty had fructified, and "the inherent rights of kings," had ceased to be conceeded by the masses, now set in their purpose, not only of a larger personal liberty, but also for national independence. The names of nearly all of the grantees are upon the rolls of the Continentals.
The incentive of our sires to migrate could not have been ambition for fame, or expectancy of wealth; nor can we believe that they were attracted by a desire to change their social relations, for the toils, dangers and privations of a life in the wilderness. It is said that when the first settler upon the neck of land, now Portland, was advised to save himself trouble, by the payment of a small land rent, an- nully, that he indignantly replied, that " he would be tenant to never a man in New England, " and as this expresses the underlying sentiments of the average New England yeoman, it is reasonable to conclude that the first settlers of this town were prepared to endure, that they and theirs might enjoy the feeling of independence, arising from the possession of an undoubted title to a sufficiency of those in- estimable gifts of the Creator to the creature; land, air, water.
John Greenwood, step-son of Mr. Shepard, is credi ed with being the first settler, and Greenwood Hill was named for him; others may have come with him.
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ALEXANDER SHEPARD JR., was born in Newton, Mass. Sept. 9, 1741, the eldest son of Alexander and Mary (Wil- lard) Shepard. His father was an intelligent farmer, an influential citizen, serving his town as Selectman etc. In 1772, he was on the committee appointed by the town to consider and report on the present unhappy situation of the country. The report of the committee was exhaustive, and was probably considered by the tories as decidedly seditious.
In 1777, he was named first on a committee of eight, of which his son Alexander was one, to hire such number of soldiers as shall from time to time be required of the town during the present war.
He was one of the proprietors of township No. 4, and on the 29th day of January, 1788, he was chosen clerk, in place of his son Alexander, deceased.
June II, 1771, the General Court granted to David Phipps Esq. and others, a township which became known as Phipps Canada, and now comprises the towns of Canton and Jay. This township like No. 4, was granted in lieu of prior grants, made of what proved to be New Hampshire lands, to the descendants of those who took part in Sir William Phipps expedition against Canada in 1690. Mr. Shepard, with Nathaniel Bridge and Jonas Dix, both of Waltham, were the committee of the proprietors to make sale of proprictors' rights. October 10, 1787, Mr. Shepard, in his own right, conveyed to Thomas Dascombe Jr., of Needham, 200 acres of land in Phipps Canada, at a price which appears nominal, and on the same date he conveyed 100 acres to Daniel Dascombe of Cambridge. In 1790, he removed to this plantation himself, where he died, probably in 1795. He was married four times, Ist with Mary Wil- lard who died in 1756, 2d Ann Pratt of Needham, died in 1762, 3d Abigail Draper of Dedham, died in 1779, 4th in 1780, with Mary Cheney. Other children :
Mary, b. Dec. 8, 1742, m. 1762, Thomas Dascoml e.
Edward, b. Aug. 29, 1744, m. Jane McCarty and 2d Eunice Hide.
Ann, b. April 19, 1746, m. William Upham.
Abigail, b. Dec. 1, 1747.
Daniel Willard, b. May 5, 1751.
Catherine, b. May 25, 1753.
John, b. Nov. 26, 1754, m. 1777, Lucy Child, d. 1785. He was a founder of the Baptist Church in Newton, and its first Deacon and Treasurer.
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Alexander Shepard Jr., was a man of superior natural and acquired ability, his chirography was elegant, and the commission given him by the General Court is a testimony of public confidence in his practical skill in civil engineer- ing. He was among the first to respond to the call to arms, in the struggle for Independence, serving in the ranks of Capt. Amariah Fuller's Company, which marched on the Lexington Alarm of April 19th, from Newton to Cambridge, and his name is frequently mentioned on the rolls of Massachusetts soldiers.
Mr. and Mrs. Shepard are named in the list of original members of the West Parish, and he was its first Clerk.
He was the owner of a large farm in Newton, near Au- burndale, upon which he built a good dwelling-house and extensive out-buildings, the same being under lease to his son-in-law, as previously mentioned.
In 1764 he married Elizabeth, (Jackson) widow of John Greenwood, and died January, 1788. His wife was born October 27, 1728, and continued his widow, spending her declining years with her son John Greenwood, at Hebron, where she died October 27, 1801. Two children are cred- ited to them at Newton, viz : -
Borredell, b. Oct, 25, 1765, m. Feb. 1786, Capt. Simon6 Jackson, ( Col. Michaels, Michael4, Edwards, Sebas2, Edward'.) Simon was a captain in his father's regiment in the Revolution, and five of his father's brothers, and four of his own were also in the service. Their children born in Newton, were - Borredell, b. March 7,1787. Alexander S. b. June 5, 1789. Charles A. b. Aug. 10; 1790. Michael, d. young. Ann Maria S. b. June 13, I792. He m. 2d. Sally Spring of Watertown, and had Susan, b. Sept. 13, 1805. Sarah S. b. Nov. 8, 1809. He died Oct. 17, 1818.
2 Alexander, b. Jan. 26, 1769, d. 1774. The death of this boy was a sore affliction to his father, and his disappoint- ment at the loss of the heir to his name and estate sought relief in the formal adoption of one of his step-sons; the General Court perfecting the arrangement, in 1781, by changing the name of Thomas Jackson Greenwood, to Alexander Shepard. The solace was however of brief duration, for this promising young man was removed by death in 1783, while a Sophmore in Harvard College.
Madam Shepard was a daughter of Capt. John Jackson
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the largest tax-payer in Newton. The industrious accumu- lations of his grandfather Dea. John, materially increased by his father Abraham, and his mother's share in her fa- ther Bisco's estate, mainly centered in him. He died Sept. 9, 1755, aged 73, demising to his dau. Elizabeth Greewood £400. She m. Ist, March 1748, John, son of Dea. Thom- as Greenwood of Newton. Children :
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