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John C. & Sarah C. of Lexington, Mass., own the homestead part of the farm.
Hall, James R. & Gloria M .: By Administrator's deed of Anne Mooney's estate Alfred F. Lamoreaux bought in 1932. He along with
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Gertrude Stockwell Lamoreaux sold to Albert J. & Catherine Griswold. They sold to Arthur W. Crookes in 1951 and that same year he deeded to Ruth V. Longfellow. The next year she sold to Arnold & Alice Anderson. The Halls bought from them in 1955. It is a 3 acre lot and house.
Henry, Florence & Gilford: This was a part of 100 acre lot No. 11, originally a part of the John Barber farm. About 1844, after the death of John Barber, in the division of his farm, a tract on the west side of the highway was sold to Ephraim Gale, who erected the set of buildings there. Jan. 30, 1931, they burned. In 1851 he sold this property, 55 acres, to William Wise, of Deerfield. He reconveyed to Gale in 1853, and he in turn deeded to his son Charles in 1856. The latter lived on the farm until 1871, when he sold it to Worden Babcock, who died there in 1873, and the place was then sold by his widow, Fanny, to Horace M. Newton, formerly of Greenfield, who remained there dur- ing his life.
His heirs, Horace F. and Emma (Newton) Prefontaine, took title to the property in 1910, and sold it in 1916 to Herbert L. Clark of Guil- ford, who sold in 1917 to Louis F. Colton, of Hartford, Conn. He sold in 1924 to Leroy R. Barnes, who sold to R. B. Longstaff in 1926. He sold in 1930 to Elroy N. Coffin of East Barre, Vt.
In 1944 Title was given by the E. N. Coffin Estate to Florence & Gil- ford Henry.
Hofmann, Michael M. & Mildred L .: A lot was bought from Norris and Annis Drury by Roy Clark in 1947. It was sold to Lee D. & Mar- jorie Laplante, to Sarah Jolly in 1954. The next year John F. & Estelle E. Halloran bought it, then they sold in 1956 to the Hofmanns.
Houghton, Edward S. and Marion: The Houghton farm is located on the main road leading from East Guilford toward Guilford Center.
It is a part of 100 acre lot No. 37, which was originally owned by Richard Crouch. In 1783 the lot was sold by Vernon Gleason to Phin- eas Smith, and in 1798 again sold by Joel Cutler to Jonas Nichols, re- serving 12 acres in the southeast corner, sold to Heman Bangs. Nichols conveyed the farm in 1804 to Heman Bangs, who, in 1805 deeded to John Houghton the farm of 42 acres and 13 rods. In 1808 John and his wife, Sarah, conveyed the property to their son Eli, reserving a life lease, and in 1810 Eli conveyed the property to his brother Samuel. He remained on the farm until he died in 1868. By his Will six of his ten children were given $5.00 each. All his Real and Personal property was to be divided equally between his four remaining children. The heirs of Samuel quit-claimed the homestead place to Joseph Houghton, one of the sons, in 1874.
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For many years during the ownerships of Samuel and Joseph Houghton a brick yard was operated in the basin near the present buildings, now used as a calf pasture. Many of the older residents still remember seeing the old white horse making its endless journey around the mixer. Brick, delivered in Brattleboro, sold for $7.00 a thousand. Much of the brick used in the Brattleboro Retreat was made on this farm. Fire destroyed the buildings in 1897. Then Joseph M. moved to Brattleboro. His son, George E., then purchased the property and erected the present set of buildings in early 1900's.
George E. married Florence J. Betterley, in 1898. The Houghton families lived in nearby localities until new buildings could be erected. In the settlement of Joseph Houghton's estate the farm became the property of Mrs. Florence Houghton. When Rural Free Delivery was established in this town, George Houghton had the distinction of be- ing the first carrier. He covered the route, as it then existed, with a horse and buggy or sleigh.
Since Mr. Houghton's death in 1925, his son, Edward S. Houghton, has developed the farm. It is owned now by Edward & Marion Houghton.
Houghton, George & Patricia: This is a lot bought from Florence Covey (a part of the Houghton farm) in 1955. He has a house built there.
Ingram, Herbert & Helen: This was part of the King Lot No. 36, and was sold by James King to John W. Blake in 1807. Blake sold all this portion of Lot No. 36 to Levi Boyden in 1810. In 1827 Boyden deeded to his brother William ten acres comprising the present home- stead. William Ryder owned the property later. His son, Geo. H. Ryder, deeded the home to Ellen M. Rose in 1873. In 1875 Mrs. Rose conveyed to Russell L. Roberts, and repurchased it in 1876. She joined with her husband, Warren J. Wilder, in a deed of the place to Geo. P. Miller in 1891. Helen Miller Ingram being the sole heir of George & Emma Miller received the property. It is now in Helen & Herbert Ingram's name.
Jacobs, Fay G. & Ethel R .: In 1925 they bought a 1 acre lot of Joel Flagg, and built a home.
Kuhn, Robert J .: This is a lot which came from the Elroy Coffin Estate, conveyed by Gilford & Florence Henry in 1947. There has been a shop dealing in antiques there for a time.
LaRock, Bernard and Bernice: This place is on the west line of 100 acre lot No. 13, and adjoins the school property in Dist. No. 3. In 1807 the land was bought by John W. Blake at a sale for taxes; Blake
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sold to Jonathan Melendy in 1809, and in 1813 Melendy sold to Dist. No. 3 the site of the present school house. In 1828 he sold the balance of the property to William Barnes who lived there and probably built the house. In 1830 it was occupied by David and Samuel Ayers, and it was leased in 1831 to Cyrus Carpenter; in 1835 the Barnes estate sold the property to Ephraim Gale who sold to Ariel Root in 1837; his ad- ministrator sold in 1857 to Thankful Tillotson, and she sold in 1858 to Jeremiah Greenleaf. About 1865 it was sold to Alfred and Jennie E. Tyler; after her death it was occupied for a time by Maj. General John Wolcott Phelps, who died here in 1885. Edward P. Reed of Brattleboro bought the place in 1886, his widow and daughters remaining in pos- session until 1926 when it was sold to August Rohde of Brattleboro. His son, Arthur Rohde, sold to Aaron & Beatrice Struthers in 1951. Marion Taft bought in 1956. Taft sold to Bernard L. & Bernice M. LaRock in 1959.
Broad Brook Garage: The Old Post Office & Store Building. This is on the westerly side of the fork of the roads in East Guilford, or Algiers, village. James King who then owned the entire 100 acre lot No. 36 erected the building for a store about 1790. The building with twelve square rods of land was sold by King to Jedediah Wellman, who sold to William Bullock in 1796. In that year Bullock sold to Thomas Hicks and Samuel Titus of New York. It is not clear how long they owned the property, but in 1819 it was leased by Benjamin Jacobs to Guy Arms, for 4 years at $70 per year. The store then being occupied by Darling and Jacobs, and the dwelling house connected at the west was then new. Later in the year the store was operated by Maxwell, Darling and Co. Arms bought the property, and sold it in 1822 to Abel Houghton, who operated the store in partnership with one Martin. They sold to Grindal R. Ellis and John R. Blake, who sold to Benj. R. Lyon in 1826. Lyon sold to Chas. Everett and Stephen Goddard, Jr. of Boston, in 1828, and in 1829 they sold to William Boyden. He set out the large sugar maples by the roadside. He sold the property in 1832 to Abijah Keith. In 1833 the southerly portion of the property was sold by John Phelps to Sam'l Houghton, who sold in 1871 to Aurelius and Waitstill Pettee. Rodney B. Field and Jane S. Field had previously bought the whole property, the northerly portion being occupied by Mr. Field and his family until his death. In 1884 Clifford K. and Geo. P. Field sold the property to Smith and Hunt, who sold to Phila Lam- son in 1888. In 1892 it was bought by Josephine A. Wilcox, who sold in 1898 to Emma M. Allen. In 1899 the place was sold to Rose E., wife of Wm. A. Gorham, who was the last postmaster at the Guilford office, this being discontinued in 1900 when this section was first supplied by R.F.D. #3 from Brattleboro. The Gorhams conveyed to C. E. Allen, of Brattleboro, who sold in 1920 to Fay G. & Ethel R. Jacobs. They
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deeded to Clayton Weatherhead in 1929. His estate sold to Louis I. Allen in 1930. Fred L. LaPierre and wife bought in 1943. Lawrence Hill was the next owner in 1946. He had a garage there until 1953 when he sold to Lawrence T. & Winifred Brissette with Raymond F. & Daisy A. Rist. Bernard LaRock & wife and Douglas Carpenter & wife bought it in 1956.
Lazelle, Warren N. & Saidee: This is a small farm made up of several parcels, formerly parts of 100 acre lots 13 and 36. The build- ings were erected by John Clark Melendy about 1847, upon land which he bought of Ephraim Gale. In 1866 this place was sold by J. C. and Lestina Melendy to John W. Cook, who, with his wife, Eliza, deeded in 1878 to Wm. T. Smart of Springfield, Mass. He lived here two years, selling to Frank W. McClure, then of Brattleboro, in 1880. Having removed to Brattleboro, Mr. McClure sold in 1892 to Elvira, wife of Marvin Hall. The Halls, with their son-in-law, Nelson W. Cooley and his family, occupied the property until 1895, when they sold to Lorenzo Leach, of New London, Conn. In 1908 the place was again sold, this time to Miss J. Ethel Leach and Miss Erva Skinner, the latter conveying her interest in the property to Miss Leach in 1912. Miss Leach sold in 1913 to Earl H. Underwood, of Providence, R. I. In 1932 he sold to Arthur J. & Bertha M. Clark. Bertha, widow, sold to the Lazelles in 1933.
Lower, Gladys M .: 100 acre lot No. 36, including all of East Guil- ford or Algiers village west of the Levi Boyden place and south of the Flagg farm, was owned by James King who lived where Wm. M. Mar- tin later lived, and remained there after he had sold the rest of the 100 acre lot. In 1794 he sold one half interest in his lands and a pew in the White Meeting House on the hill at Guilford Center, to his son James, Jr., who reconveyed to his father in 1802. The latter sold all his remaining rights in 1807 to John W. Blake, who sold the house and sundry other lands in 1810 to Samuel Baker Jr. who sold the house and one acre of land in 1819 to Benjamin Jacobs, the latter selling in 1821 to Abel Houghton, who sold to John Adams in 1822. In 1824 Adams sold the place to John Phelps, who owned the property until 1831, when he sold to Cyrus Carpenter, 2nd, who sold in 1833 to John Adams, Jr. The next year, 1834, Adams sold to Philander T. Clark, of Greenfield, who sold it in 1848 to Wm. L. Gregory; the latter sold in 1850 to Isaac T. Fisk who lived there ten years, selling to Ephraim Crary, of Westfield, Mass., who bought it for a home for his brother Isaac and wife Mary, and son Henry. After the death of all these, the place was sold by the heirs of Ephraim Crary to Wm. M. Martin who lived here until his death and it was decreed to his daughter, Gladys M. Lower, in 1945, of Keene, N. H.
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May, Robert & Lorraine: A lot with camp which was bought from Drury on Broad Brook Road in 1951 by Charles Cushman. He sold it to Richard Baybrook in 1951. Mays bought it in 1957. The camp burned in 1960.
Mckay, Edward V. & Marjorie: Land which came from John Mckay's estate on the Old Guilford Road.
Morin, Albert H. & Evelyn R .: A lot bought from John C. & Sarah C. Gale on the east side of Route #5. They have placed a trailer there for a home.
Morrill, Clarence L. & Dorothy J .: The "Melendy Farm": Daniel Boyden, of Worcester, Mass., was one of the first settlers of Guilford. In 1765 he bought 100 acre Lot No. 34 of Samuel Nichols, and with his wife Rebekah removed to this place where he remained the rest of his life. This farm is situated in Dist. No. 3, on the hill southwest from the Episcopal Church, and about one mile distant, adjoining the Melendy farm on the south, known for many years as the Squiers farm. In 1794 Daniel deeded one half interest in the farm to his son Daniel, Jr., reserving a life lease to himself and wife Rebekah. The farm was enlarged in 1821 by purchase of 23 acres 60 rods of land of lot No. 33 adjoining on the south side, and in that year was deeded by Daniel Jr. to his son Eli, who in 1828 conveyed the homestead to his brother Henry, who remained twenty-one years longer and sold to Royall Estabrook in 1849, the property having been eighty-four years in the Boyden family. Estabrook sold to Barney Gallop in 1855, and Gallop in turn traded the property for the Algiers tavern with Chas. A. Squiers in 1858. The farm was greatly enlarged and improved during the period of ownership by Mr. Squiers. Several hundred acres of ad- joining lands were added, a new house and several large barns erected, all afterward burned. The place was noted for its fine oxen and other cattle, of which Mr. Squiers usually wintered upwards of sixty head, with many horses, sheep and swine. After the last of eleven children had become of age and gone from home, the farm was sold, in 1889, to Perry and Johnson of Danvers, Mass., and Mr. and Mrs. Squiers re- moved to the Melendy farm adjoining on the north, which had been purchased by Mrs. Squiers in 1889.
Samuel Melendy, of Worcester, Mass., bought 100 acre lot No. 35 in 1757, eight years before the first settlement in the town. This is the first Guilford conveyance on record. In 1783 he deeded this lot to Aaron Whitney, who re-conveyed the property to Mr. Melendy in 1785, at which time his residence is stated in the deed as of Guilford. He died upon the homestead in 1813, and was succeeded in ownership by his son John, who conveyed the farm in 1853 to his son, Moses P.,
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who lived there until 1879, when he sold to Mrs. C. A. Squiers, and removed to Pleasanton, Kansas. Charles A. Squires sold to Eddie H. Tomb in 1899. Tomb to J. Henry Pratt in 1903. Florence Pratt, daugh- ter of J. Henry Pratt, was decreed the property in 1919. She sold to Guy Putnam in 1920. Putnam to Charles A. & Guy C. Whipple in 1940. Whipple to Clarence L. & Dorothy J. Morrill in 1953.
Martel, Henry & Edmee Property: which the State of Vermont owns now. 100 acre lot No. 130, in the extreme northeast corner of Guilford, was probably settled by David Joy, who lived there and sold his homestead in 1782 to Thomas Peck, who appears to have conveyed to Abiathar and Lewis Joy, and they to Anthony Jones, who owned the place in 1810 and in that year leased the slate quarry rights on the place for 999 years to Holbrook & Porter. Jones conveyed the farm in 1811 to Solomon Clark Pratt, of Vernon, he deeding the next year to Isaac Pratt, who conveyed one half interest in the farm in 1817 to Absalom Harris, who reconveyed to Pratt in 1819, when Pratt then conveyed the whole to Arad Hunt, who in 1825 deeded one half in- terest to Samuel Sikes Jr., who lived on the place many years, being succeeded by his son, Seth Leonard Sikes, who died on the homestead in 1875. The property was then purchased by E. C. Carpenter and J. T. Noyes, who sold in 1880 to Lucien Streeter and his wife, Hattie S. They sold to Edward Bushnell in 1883. He sold in 1900 to William McConnell, of Cedarhurst, N. Y. Nancy, widow, sold to Henry Northup in 1936. Northup to Martel in 1952.
The house spot is now under Route 91 and the State of Vermont owns the property on the east side of the road.
Nelson, Henry & Ethelyn: This is a small place on the state road next south of the Gale farm, and a part of lot No. 14. In 1812 Thomas Lyndes, who then owned the farm known later as the Hollis Boyden farm, sold one and one half acres in his northeast corner to Isaac Barber, a son of John Barber, who owned the farm adjoining on the east; a cider brandy distillery was erected by Barber on this property and operated as such for some years, but the building was changed into a dwelling-house. The place was sold by the Barber Estate to Cyrus Carpenter in 1844. In 1853 it was purchased by Hiram Pierce, and others, sold in 1872 to Samuel T. A. Bardwell, who sold in 1873 to Alfred S. Brown. It was then occupied for about five years by Hugh McNelis, a laborer, and Margaret, his wife. The place was afterward rented to H. P. Love, Simeon Adams, Charles Gorham, Stephen Cross- man, Henry Kimplin, Willard Stoddard and others. After the occu- pancy by Stoddard and his sons, the house was taken down. The land was sold by Mrs. Mary (Brown) Coombs to Hollis N. Newcomb in 1916. He erected the present buildings and enlarged the property by
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purchase of a tract of tillage land adjoining on the south. He deeded to Henry W. & Ethelyn H. Nelson in 1929.
Pike, Bertha: This is a lot which William A Barber sold to Bertha Pike in 1931. She has a house there.
Pike, Harold & C. Grace: Elroy Coffin & wife sold a lot to the Pikes in 1941. They built a home, which they rent to Edward & Mary Brackett.
Pike, Harold & Grace: This is the grist mill of H. N. Wilder and a lot from the property of Levi Boyden. A store was carried on for many years by Frank Brasor, from whom the Pikes bought the prop- erty in 1946. Now it is made into tenements. Harold has built a home up the road a ways from the old mill.
East Guilford Grist Mill: In 1864 the upper dam at East Guilford was put in repair and a new building erected by John E. Gale Sr. for a grist mill. This was equipped with two turbine wheels, two runs of the best French Buhr stones, elevators, corn cracker, and full equip- ment for a first class mill. Mr. Gale purchased the milling rights of the old Boyden mill, located at the lower dam. He operated the business but a short time, selling in 1865 to Lewis E. Yeaw, who sold the prop- erty in 1866 to Russell L. Roberts, who in that year sold to Chas. A. Squiers, he selling in the same year to C. H. Eddy and Obed Halladay. They sold in 1868 to Henry N. Clisbee and Herbert J. Richmond. After a time Mr. Clisbee retired from the business and it was conducted by Mr. Richmond and his lessees until 1889, when it was sold to Loima B. Lamson, of Hinsdale, N. H., who deeded to his daughter Minnie A. Lamson, the same year. The mill with all its equipment soon afterward burned. The site was sold in 1890 to John W. Davis, who sold to Henry N. Wilder, who rebuilt the dam and mill and operated it until 1900, when it came into possession of Russell L. Roberts, whose ad- ministration deeded it in 1901 to Timothy B. Goddard who deeded in 1903 to Fred Coombs, who with his sons built a new dam and pen- stock, conducted the business until the property was sold to Frank H. Brasor and Lester E. Barber, of Brattleboro. Italian immigrants were employed on this construction project.
Pons, Raymond: A house and small lot on the west side of Route #5 towards Brattleboro. Edward Kane sold it to Winfield & Lois Peck in 1953. They sold to Pons-1958.
Quintana, Leopold & Grace K .: This property is made up of several small parcels which George Gage bought of Fred & Clyde Coombs, Ernest Starkey Jr., and Warren & Saidee Lazelle. He built a
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house and garage and carried on a welding business until his death in 1958. The estate sold to Quintana.
Shaw, Anna & Leonard M .: This is a lot which Charles Plummer bought from Edward Mckay and sold to Anna Shaw in 1952. It is on the Old Guilford Road.
Shaw, Woodrow & Irma P .: In 1823 Solomon C. Pratt deeded to his daughter, Polly, wife of Artemus Gale, one acre of land on the north side of Broad Brook. Gale at once erected the two story house which stood there about ninety years. In 1833 the property was sold by Ephraim Gale to Cyrus Carpenter 2nd, son-in-law of Artemus Gale, who died in 1825. Cyrus Carpenter 2nd lived here until his death in 1863, when the property came into possession of his son Cyrus Edward C. Carpenter, who sold in 1904 to Sarah E. Coombs. The buildings all burned Aug. 7, 1914, and were not rebuilt until 1928, when Clyde A. Coombs erected a commodious and attractive residence upon the site. 1954 the Coombs Estate sold to John & Hope Telow. They deeded the next year to the Shaws.
Smith, Lillias: This was on the east side of the highway, next south of the Broad Brook House. In 1817 Solomon C. Pratt purchased one and one-half acres of land on the east side of the road, upon which he built the hotel and the store a few rods to the south. Rufus Graves occupied the store in 1817, under a lease for five years, but in the next year, 1818, he purchased the store property with forty square rods of land, Pratt reserving a right of way between the store and tavern, which has since been the cause of much controversy and litigation. He sold the property in 1820 to Jeremiah Graves. In 1821 the property was set off on execution to Henry Rice, of Boston. He sold it in 1825 to Cyrus Carpenter 2nd.
Carpenter sold to Moses G. Grosvenor in 1855. He sold in 1865 to Jeremiah Taylor and Solomon H. Edwards, the latter buying Taylor's interest soon afterward. In 1872 Edwards sold the property to Sanford A. Smith. The house was occupied by J. E. Hubbard for a time, and was moved to the eastward and remodeled into the present barn. The property is still in the Smith family, belonging now to Lillias Smith, widow of Sanford. Sanford's grandfather built the present house.
Squiers, Perry: The small house on the south side of the west road, adjoining the Tontine building was occupied in 1826 by Dana Car- ington, and was sold in 1827 by Abel Weatherhead to Ezra Lynde. During that year it was purchased by Ira Jones. His widow, Elizabeth, joined with her subsequent husband, W. S. Wilder, in 1841, in a deed of the place to Lauren Pratt. He sold to Cyrus Carpenter in 1842. In 1855 it was sold by him to William Goss, whose widow, Lucy B., sold
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to Thomas Gould in 1865. He sold in 1868 to Timothy Rose, whose widow, Ellen M., sold to Gilbert & Herbert J. Richmond in 1875. They sold in 1898 to Lucy J. Chandler, whose heirs sold to Emma R. Miller in 1915. Her heirs sold to Perry & Mildred Squiers in 1939. Mildred having deceased in 1959.
Stark, Lewis: This the former Mellen place, which the Mellen heirs sold to Truman Mead in 1934. 1939 Edward & Mary A. Warwick bought of Mead. They conveyed it back to Mead in 1940. Frank & Charlotte Stark bought in 1940. They both have since deceased, and the property belongs to Lewis, their son.
Starkey, Ernest Jr., and Anna: In 1810 John W. Blake sold to Samuel Baker Jr., 1 acre bounded west on the road north and east by land of Levi Boyden, south by the mill yard. In 1814 Samuel Baker sold it to Artemas and John Gale. The Long House and lot, so-called, was set off on execution against Artemas and John Gale in favor of Samuel Baker in 1819 and was set off to Benjamin Jacobs on execution against Samuel Baker in 1820. In 1820 it was sold on execution against Field, Gale and Co., to J. and A. Hunt. In 1822 it was sold by Sol. C. Pratt to Horace McIntyre, Pratt having recently bought it of J. Hunt. In 1827 this property was sold by Abel Weatherhead to Robert Bardwell, who conveyed to Charles Bardwell in 1841. It was sold in 1845 by Chas. Bardwell to Epaphro Seymour who deeded in that year to J. C. Mel- endy. The house was burned some time after 1820 when Artemas Gale lived there. In 1848 the lot was sold by John C. Melendy to a board of trustees, who conveyed in 1851 to Christ Church. New buildings were erected and occupied as a rectory by Rev. Rogers, later by Rev. C. C. Harris, the last settled rector. In 1893 the Episcopal Church property was all conveyed to the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont, and by that corporation the place was deeded to the Congregational Church in 1906. Lester & Edith Barber bought in 1928. Ten years later they deeded to Ray & Lillian Coffin, who sold to Ernest Starkey in 1941.
Taylor, Evelyn: This is a house on the west side of Route #5 northerly from Algiers which Sanford Smith owned. They sold to Evelyn Taylor in 1944.
Tracy, Richard & Louisa: This farm is on the state road adjoining Brattleboro line at East Guilford village, on 100 acre lot No. 131.
In 1793 the lot was sold by Jasper Partridge to David Joy, Jr., and Jasper Partridge, Jr., Joy taking the north half and Partridge the south half. Each built a house, Joy sold his 50 acres in 1796 to Charles Wood, of Foster, R. I., the house being on the place formerly owned by Jesse T. Weatherhead.
Partridge sold the south half in 1803 to Levi Robbins, of Hartford, Conn., who in partnership with Nahum Cutler and Asa Bowen op-
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erated a distillery, which was located on the farm on the south side of the old road, on land formerly owned by A. Mellen.
The property was sold on execution in 1806 to Heman Bangs and Gilbert Denison. It was again sold in 1807 to John W. Blake, who sold in 1809 to Arad Hunt, but appears to have been repurchased, as he lived here in 1812, and sold in 1815 to Joshua Blake, of Northamp- ton. He deeded back to John W. in 1816, and the latter sold in that year to Arad Hunt, he deeding to Artemas Gale and Philemon Baker the same year. They held the property two years, selling to Benjamin Jacobs in 1818. He sold in that year to John Phelps, Esq., who owned the property until 1836, when he sold to Phoebe, Arad F., and William Haley, who sold in 1839 to George Eels, of Heath, Mass., who built the large house now on the place. He sold in 1851 to Joel Flagg Sr. of Hatfield, Mass. Joel Jr. willed the property to his wife, Alice T. Flagg, in 1928. She willed to Richard F. Tracy, her son, in 1952. The property is now owned jointly by Richard & Louisa Tracy.
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