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of the place by the Blaisdell family a quantity of material resembling furnace slag was unearthed in a gravel pit near the south line of the farm, not far from and in sight of the state road.
The estate of Blaisdell sold to Clarence Benson & als in 1946. The Calls bought it in 1949.
Coffin, Eston: David Gains, the founder of the Gains family in Guilford, bought 100 acre lot No. 3 of Joseph and William Stanton in 1795. This is the lot next north of the present Gaines homestead. In 1813, shortly before his death, David deeded the homestead including the sawmill to his son, David Jr. In 1817 David, Jr. sold the home place of about 95 acres to his son Samuel, reserving the mill and mill house about 11 rods from the stage road, in the southwest corner of the 100 acre lot. Samuel conveyed the property to Nehemiah Andrews in 1845, and it was sold to his son, Chester H. Andrews in 1884, the latter selling to Mary Jaqueth in 1899. This farm is on the state road in District No. 13, and is crossed by the transmission line of the Conn. River Power Company. Elroy N. Coffin bought it in 1941 from her estate. He sold to Eston L. Coffin in 1944.
Condosta, Rosalie: A lot which they bought from Eston Coffin and built a home in 1948.
Denson, W. Charon & Ruth: This is the old No. 13 Schoolhouse and land around it. The Town School District sold to Warren and Lawrence Franklin in 1958. The next year they sold to Nettie & Ge- neva Scranton, who sold to the Densons in 1960.
Drew, Norman F. & Eileen: This is a small piece of property on the west road next to the Massachusetts line. It was deeded from Jeanne Dubois (formerly Crawford) to Albert E. and Cicelia Watson in 1945. They sold to Norman F. & Eileen Drew in 1958.
Ericson, Rev. Eric & Doris W .: The buildings on this farm are located on the eastern border of 100 acre lot No. 21 about 30 rods west from the state road. This was sold by Orlando Bridgeman to Abner Stebbins, of Vernon, in 1771; he deeded to his sons, Lyman and Zenina, who reconveyed to him in 1828. In that year Abner sold to Solomon and Luther Andrews, who sold the property to their brother Sanford Andrews in 1838; the latter resided upon the farm for life. After his death in 1897 it came into possession of his son, Herbert D., who remained there until 1916, when he sold the home- stead to Arthur A. Allen, of Greenfield, Mass. It has since been con- veyed to W. E. Benson, also of Greenfield. Some of the owners of this property were Justis and Jannet Wood, John Casey, Wm. & Grace Bevis, D. F. Clough, F. L. & Susan Kenney, J. P. Meany & O. H. Beauregard, before it went to J. Converse & Florence Blagden in 1923.
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By decree it went to Ward Blagden in 1940. He sold to Rudolph & Lucille Heins in 1945. They sold to Thor & Elsie Malmgren in 1947. The Ericsons bought in 1950.
Fairbank, Guy B. Est. & Mary Faith: This farm, situated on 100 acre lot No. 5, was deeded by Daniel Torrey to John Recke in 1784, and by him to Orlando Bridgeman in 1785, reserving Connable's mill pond of 111/2 acres, which was afterward also conveyed. Bridgeman deeded the farm in 1785 to Joseph Edwards. His widow, Anna, deeded a portion of the farm in 1806 to John Connable, who, in 1808 con- veyed a tract of 84 square rods for a burying ground. This was on the westerly side of the stage road as it then was; the place was afterward sold to Joseph Connable, who sold to Hosea Horton in 1830, who in turn sold in 1837 to Timothy K. Horton. In 1838 Horton sold to John V. Hale, who sold to Moses Corbett in 1841, who sold the property on the easterly side of the road in 1843 to Daniel McClure of Ber- nardston, Mass., and in 1852 he sold the lands on the west side of the road to Willard W. Gains, who sold to Joshua C. Stafford about 1870.
In 1894 Stafford conveyed the property then comprising 140 acres, to R. N. Fairbank, first having built the two story house, of which the original dwelling was made an annex. In 1942 it was quit-claimed to Guy B. & Mary Faith Fairbank.
Falby, Roy & Pauline: This was part of 100 acre lot No. 5 and we first find it separated from the Anna Edwards farm, as it was called in 1843, when Moses Corbett sold that portion on the easterly side of the stage road to Daniel McClure, of Bernardston, the deed reserved certain slate ledges and the burying ground. McClure sold to Ephraim Ellingwood in 1867. He sold in 1869 to John M. Joy, of Brattleboro, who sold in 1872 to Chas. S. Barber, who remained here during life, and his sons sold the property in 1899 to J. Sanford Grant, who sold to Merton E. Davis in 1909, he selling in 1913 to George and Lucy Butterfield, of Vernon. Lucy sold to Alice E. Ackler Miller, in 1923, who sold to Mattie K. Lyons in 1928. The next owner was Wil- liam MacElwin from 1930 to 1940 when he sold to Theodore A. & Evelyn Koehler. Then Lester Barber bought it in 1943 and later Beatrice Barber sold to Falbys in 1953.
Franklin, Russell: 100 acre lot No. 43, on the old road along the ridge of East Mountain, is the site of what was once a very good farm and had at least two sets of buildings. The entire lot was sold by Azariah Ellithorpe to Peter Jacobs in 1797, who sold the south half to Job Woodart, he selling it in 1799 to his grantee, Jacobs, who again sold in 1805 to Ephraim Ellingwood. During that year Jacobs sold 25 acres of the northerly part to Joshua Burrows. Ellingwood appears to have reconveyed to Jacobs, as the latter deeded in 1806 to Benjamin
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Young Smith, who deeded to Nathaniel Haynes in 1810. The latter deeded in 1815 to Hezekiah Chapin. He conveyed the property to Salmon Sheldon, and the property is still called the Sheldon Lot. Sheldon sold to Ephraim Ellingwood in 1848, he held it until 1866 when it was sold to Edward F. Wilson. It is not known who last resided on this property, but probably the Sheldon family. It was later owned by B. A. Whittemore and wife, and used for pasture and woodland. B. A. Whittemore sold to Gordon E. Franklin in 1951, then he sold to his brother Russell W. Franklin in 1952.
Franklin, Warren & Lawrence: This was a lot which Ora Fisher bought from Sidney J. & Rowena Gaines in 1946. He built a home. He sold in 1960 to the Franklins.
Franklin, Alfred & Frieda: In 1797 Solomon Chapin bought a part of 100 acre lot No. 2 in the southeast corner of Guilford near the state line. In 1846 he bought another tract of 46 acres of this lot. The orig- inal dwelling stood on the low land in the meadow southeast from the "Tubbs" house. In the early days the house was removed to the west side of the present highway, a short distance from the house later used. Solomon Chapin lived on the homestead; after his death in 1823 the property came into possession of his son Nathan Porter Chapin, who lived here until his death in 1890. By his will the property was devised to his daughter, Sarah Jane Chapin who afterward married Matthew Chapman. She deeded the place in 1895 to Richard J. Tubbs. In 1920 Tubbs sold to Wm. Barber and he deeded to Henry Bassett. The next year Edwin F. Porter bought it. He sold to John W. & Florence C. Stone in 1929. Hans & Katie Haagen bought it in 1933. They sold to John & Gerta Brand in 1942. C. B. Weston bought it in 1945. The next year Charles H. & Dorothy A. Laflin bought it. They ran an an- tique shop for a while until the house burned. When a small place was built later, they sold to Roy T. Monica and others in 1953, who sold to Warren B. & Lawrence E. Franklin in 1957. They deeded to Alfred W. & Frieda M. Franklin in 1959.
Frizzell, Allen: He owns a camp which is located on Sidney Gaines' land on the west side of Route #5.
Gaines, Sidney J. & Rowena: The settlement of the present Gaines homestead by Joseph Gaines was about the year 1795. This is upon Lot No. 2 on the state road and the first farmhouse north of the Massachusetts and Vermont state line.
Joseph came here with his father, David Sr., who settled the farm next north, on Lot No. 3. This has always been a productive and well managed farm, and has been continuously in the Gaines family for about 165 years. Joseph and his son Joel who succeeded him, both
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spent their lives here, each living to over fourscore years. E. Everett, a son of Joel, with his family occupied the homestead. Now his son Sid- ney, grandson Robert and his family are working the land of their ancestors. Robert's only son Robert, Jr. makes the seventh generation on the same homestead.
Included within the present limits of this farm is the property once owned and occupied by Joel Eddy, whose house stood on the west side of the state road a short distance south of the Gaines house. 70 acres of Lot 2 was bought by Joel Eddy from Joseph Stebbins, in 1797 and sold by his son, Wm. R. and Philendia, his wife, to Obed Gains. The barn was taken down and the timbers used in the large sugar house north of the Gaines house.
This farm now includes a small place once owned by Oliver Bagg, who deeded it to his son, Eddy Chapin Bagg, in 1855, the latter lived there about 25 years after which the property came into possession of Joel Gaines. The buildings were later taken down.
Gaines, Robert & Shirley: They own what is on the east side of Route #5 of the Tubbs property which Alfred & Frieda Franklin bought from Warren & Lawrence Franklin.
Gaines, Sidney J. & Rowena: This is the quarry and sixteen acre lot.
Gaines, Sidney J. & Robert E .: The farm so long owned by the Tubbs family is located in District No. 13 westerly about one half mile from the state road, the turn being about 40 rods north from the Gaines farm buildings. In 1785 Benjamin and Joseph Stanton deeded to Isaac Tubbs the whole of 100 acre lot No. 26, and Gains deeded 65 acres of the north end of 100 acre lot No. 27 to Tubbs in 1789. The farm appears to have come into possession of Samuel Gaines, as he deeded the property in 1839 to Samuel Tubbs, who lived here many years, deeding the homestead in 1875 to his son, Richard J. Tubbs, who remained upon the farm until 1903, when he conveyed to his son, Edward S., who lived here a time, then reconveyed to his father in 1906. The farm was then sold to Emily E. Paine and her son Sidney L; they sold in 1911 to Alvah C. Stacey, of Brattleboro, who lived here until he sold to Mrs. Jaryna Marynuik. In 1919 she sold to Stanley Marynuik & Anne Sierra with some reservations: said Jaryna Mary- nuik the right to remain on said premises during her lifetime, and to occupy the room in the southwest corner of the said dwelling house now occupied by her, together with the right at all times to the use of the water, cellar, the closet and the doors and approaches thereto as may be necessary for her comfort. Reserving also room in the barn on said farm for keeping one cow, with hay and pasturage and fodder for same and firewood for her room at all times. But in 1939 Jaryna
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sold to Bernard N. Jackson of Maryland for a summer home. The Gaines bought it in 1956.
Haagen, Hans: This is a lot which Elroy Coffin sold to Haagen in 1941. He has built a house. On part of the lot he has started another house.
Hamilton, George: This was part of the Blagden property; Ru- dolph Heins and wife sold to Charles & Della Blood in 1945. He sold to George & Marjorie Hamilton in 1948.
Harrington, Raymond & Eunice: This is a lot which V. L. Morse Inc. sold to them in 1956.
Jaqueth, Vivean R .: This was a part of the former Tubbs place- 151/2 acres. Henry R. Bassett sold to Edwin F. Porter & Wife in 1921, who sold to John & Florence Stone in 1929. Hans Haagen bought it in 1933. He sold to Jaqueth in 1941.
Jennison, Lyman & Marion: This is a part of the Herbert Andrews Estate. It is on the state line between Vt. & Mass. They bought it in 1946.
Malmgren, Thor Est. & Elsie: Lot No. 4, of 100 acres was purchased in 1776 by John Connable from Ezra Carpenter, the original grantee. He settled upon the property and erected a mill on the brook, Fall River, the water from the dam flooding eleven acres of Lot No. 5, the next lot adjoining on the north. The mill was there in 1785 but no in- formation appears as to when it was built, whether it was a sawmill or gristmill, but in 1791 he had a gristmill on the road leading west. Amy, Connable's wife died in 1785 and was buried in the little family cemetery on the homestead, the stone which marks her grave can still be seen a short distance west from the highway. After his death the property was sold in 1814 to Chester Gains, who conveyed it to his son, Edwin, reserving 66 rods, staked out for a burying ground. Edwin held the property until 1883 when he sold it to Joshua C. Stafford who removed the house, using the land in connection with his farm next, to the northward.
This was a part of the Fairbank farm. They deeded it to the Malmgrens in 1948.
Marynuk, Edward & Helen N .: This was the former Ed. Wilson place. The Heins, Rudolph & Lucille deeded it to the Malmgrens in 1947. The next year they sold it to the Marynuks.
In 1959 they bought a lot across the road from their house from Warren & Lawrence Franklin.
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Morse, Victor L .: This comprised lot No. 28 and other lands, and is located in District No. 13, on the road leading west from the state road at the schoolhouse in that district no longer in existence. Thomp- son's Vermont relates that the first land to be cleared in Guilford was on this lot, by Jonathan and Elisha Hunt, who lived in Vernon, then Hinsdale. The first conveyance of the property shown by the town records is from Elijah Gove to Vine Haynes, in 1785. He deeded to his son, Rev. Asa Haynes, in 1805, who lived there many years, deeding to his daughter Reumah wife of Russell L. Roberts, in 1856; in 1876 Roberts and wife deeded to Ellen M. Rose and Edward S. Cooley, who reconveyed to Roberts in the same year. He again sold in 1891 to Roscius N. Fairbank of Dummerston, who reconveyed to Roberts in 1895, in which year it was bought by L. M. and A. W. and Cora A. Bingham who sold to Victor L. Morse & Co. Inc. in 1955.
Nebelski, John R .: This is the Barber lot of 15 acres. Carrie Den- nison deeded it to Sidney J. & Rowena Gaines in 1937. They sold it to Charlie Nebelski in 1940. He deeded to John R. Nebelski in 1955.
Nebelski, Nick & Anna: This was portions of 100 acre lots No. 29, 43, and 44 about one mile northwest from the schoolhouse in District No. 13. Prior to 1795 it was owned by Dea. Jonathan Gurley. During that year his administrator sold it to Daniel Wheeler, who deeded in 1806 to Nathaniel Haynes, who deeded to Nathaniel Tyler in 1815. The Tyler family owned the property for some years. Lieut. Nathaniel Tyler died in 1826. In 1838 Geo. W. Tyler deeded the farm to Nathaniel S. Tyler and it was sold to T. K. Horton in 1839. He sold in 1846 to Timothy Whipple who sold in 1854 to Joshua C. Stafford, who sold in 1859 to James Haynes. In 1867 Haynes sold to Russell L. Roberts, who deeded in 1875 to Maria S. Dunklee. In 1876 she deeded to Elizabeth M., wife of Joseph Spears. The Spears family lived here until 1884, when the place was deeded to Sarah Stoddard. The family of Houghton H. Ward lived here until about 1895. Two years later it was sold to Harry B. Bingham who sold to Nicholas & Anna Nicbylski (Nebelski) about 1915 who are the present owners.
Nebelski, Steve: This was a small place of 20 acres in the northeast corner of Lot No. 3 and was occupied by Samuel Gains after he sold his large farm adjoining to Nehemiah Andrews in 1845. The house, now standing, is nearly opposite the school house in District 13, on the state road, at the intersection of the Stebbins Road, so-called, leading easterly into Vernon, now unused. This place was sold by Samuel Gains to Zelotes Dickinson, of Brattleboro, in 1845, with also a half acre adjoining on the south side of the Stebbins road, and the right to build a dam 10 feet high on the west side of the stage road.
Dickinson sold the property to George W. Williams in 1845; the
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latter sold it to Sanford Andrews in 1849; and he sold to Erastus Eddy in 1851; Mr. Eddy lived here until his death, and in 1884 his heirs reconveyed the property to Sanford Andrews, whose heirs sold it to G. H. Snyder and W. E. Judd in 1900. They sold to D. F. Clough in 1911, and it was again sold in 1912 to F. L. Kenney, who sold to G. M. Thompson in 1913; they to F. L. Allen in 1917. This place traded owners many times. Some of the owners were F. L. & Susan Ken- ney, E. D. Saxton, Ernest Schneck & Albert Wilcox, Leon & Stella Lyons, F. & M. Lyons, John Forbes, John J. Murphy, Lillian & Thomas Welch. They sold to William Taylor in 1933. In 1934 Mar- garet & Austin Doner were the owners. They sold in 1947 to Steve Nebelski.
Packard, Donald H. & Yung N .: This was a lot bought from Elroy Coffin by Kurt Haagen. He built a house there. In 1959 he sold to the Packards. Fire damaged the house in 1960.
Smith, Alfred W. & Anna K .: The heirs of Harry Ward sold to Florence & Michael Parlow in 1940. The next year he sold to Jeanne Crawford Dubois, who deeded in 1955 to Alfred W. & Anna K. Smith.
Wilson, R. Sanford: From the will of Sanford Andrews, George & Herbert Andrews got this property. They sold to A. J. Belden in 1911, who deeded the same year to Holden & Martin. In 1935 they sold to Frank E. Johnson. He sold to the Vermont Woodenware Inc. in 1951, they quit-claimed to R. Sanford Wilson in 1956.
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Allen, Dorr: This is the so-called Barney Lot, east of the road on the north side of Broad Brook. The heirs of W. W. Barney sold to Frank Ward in 1903, who sold to Etta Hobart in 1904. Nellie Wyman bought in 1908. E. P. Goodnow owned it and sold back to Nellie in 1917. Charlie Wilder bought of Nellie W. Burns in 1921. His heirs deeded it to Marion Wilder in 1955. She sold to Edna Denton in 1958. In November of the same year Denton deeded it back to Marion Wilder, who sold to Dorr Allen also in 1958.
Anthony, Reed P .: The original grantee of lot No. 105 was Salah Barnard of Old Deerfield, Mass. In 1763 his brother, Ebenezer, deeded to Jotham Bigelow of Holden, Mass. who was the first settler of Guilford Mineral Springs Farm. In 1773 Joel Bigelow bought 50 acres from his father, Jotham, the site of the present buildings. In 1777 Joel deeded a small piece to John Hinkley, which afterward
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became the site of the tannery, close to the present site of the Grange Hall.
The other half of lot No. 105 was bought from Jotham Bigelow by James & Edward Houghton in 1789. This was sold by them (a house and lot) to James Fosdick in 1797. (Chief Justice & Mrs. Royall Tyler lived there 1796-1801). This was deeded in 1832 to George Robinson, Jr., in 1853 to E. C. Cross, in 1856 to Elisha W. Cross, who sold to Charles Cobb in 1857. William Bullock bought in 1858. He and his wife, Lydia sold to Elizabeth M. Winslow in 1863, who sold to John Lynde in 1866. Parker B. Francis bought in 1868 and sold to Joseph Burnett in 1868, who deeded to the Guilford Mineral Springs Co. in 1869.
Joel Bigelow's 50 acres was acquired by Arad Hunt through a mortgage. He deeded to John Barnard in 1801, who deeded in 1804 to Edward Houghton. The main house was built at that time. In 1837 Edward Houghton, the grandson, deeded 130 acres to Lovell Bullock. He deeded in 1868 to Joseph Burnett and James Dalton, who deeded to the Guilford Mineral Springs Co. in 1869.
In 1901 all of the above property was deeded to Andrew G. Weeks. 76 acres was deeded by William W. Barney et ux to Horace W. Thurber in 1879 and on the same day to Andrew G. Weeks and War- ren B. Potter. This property had been deeded from John Shepardson and H. W. Lynde to Loren Shepardson and from said Shepardson to William W. Barney. This was deeded to Andrew G. Weeks in 1885.
In 1904 all of the above properties were deeded by the executors of Andrew G. Weeks to his widow, Harriet P. Weeks, then the same year to her daughter, Harriet P. Anthony.
In 1924 Harriet Anthony Frothingham acquired the Sibley prop- erty, the School house lot.
In 1946 all of the above properties were inherited by Reed P. Anthony, son of Harriet Anthony Frothingham.
Benedict, Anthony C .: This homestead was settled by John Shep- ardson about 1767. There were no less than three farms adjoining, owned by members of the Shepardson family.
The southern portion of lot No. 113 was sold in 1781 by Aseneth Meigs to Stephen Shepardson who sold to his son Stephen Jr., in 1785. Stephen afterward sold to Lemuel Lynde.
In 1850, John Shepardson deeded to Loren Shepardson, a farm of about 47 acres lying westerly from the Springs Farm, where Loren lived for some years, the property finally becoming a part of the Springs farm. The principal Shepardson homestead was occupied by John who sold the homestead to J. G. and F. E. Thayer. They sold in 1869 to Sam'l W. Davis of Readsboro; S. L. Hunt bought the property in 1876, and sold to Alpheus Ingraham in that year. After his death
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in 1910 it passed to his son Roy C. Ingraham, who sold to William Brunell and wife in 1925. By quit-claim deed it came back to Roy Ingraham in 1942, who sold in 1943 to Anthony C. Benedict.
Boyd, Arvine C .: This farm, on the hill northwest from Guilford Center, was one of the first settled, and has always been one of the most valuable and productive of Guilford farms. It is made up of parts of several 100 acre lots.
In 1767 Daniel Lynde bought the whole of lot No. 111 of Ichabod Mann, and purchased parts of several other lots soon after.
In 1808 Daniel deeded to Joshua Lynde for the consideration of $3000., retaining his outlying lots, which he conveyed to Daniel, Jr., in 1814. In 1819 Joshua obtained a lease of a part of the adjoining propagation lot, No. 114, from his brother Lemuel, who received a lease of it from the selectmen in 1795. Joshua deeded his farm to his sons, Barnard and John in 1822. The farm remained in the Lynde family until 1864, when it was sold by John Lynde to George C. Hall of Brooklyn, N. Y. for $5000, the place then comprising 240 acres. In 1872 it was sold by Addison B. Hall and wife to Frank E. and John G. Thayer, who occupied the place as partners until 1883, when John G. sold his interest to his brother, Frank E., who remained there until 1910 when he sold the property to Daniel Lyon, who sold in 1913 to Ralph A. and Clark H. Boyd of Wilmington.
In 1954 Ralph & Minnie deeded the undivided 1/2 interest to Ar- vine C. Boyd.
Broadbridge, Gladys M .: In 1794 Jonas and Mary Goodwin trans- ferred to Breed Newell, 29 feet by 63 feet. In 1797 Mary Goodwin and Breed Newell sold to Jonas Bond, who sold to Joshua Barnard the same year. Joshua Barnard deeded to John Barnard in 1800; Barnard and Clark's store is referred to in 1802. In 1807 John Barnard trans- ferred to Samuel Clark the same had of Joshua Barnard, in southeast corner of roads with buildings. The road from Barnard and Clark's store to Elisha Chase's tavern is noted about this time. In 1835 Willard Martin lived in the large house which he apparently built on the lo- cation of the Barnard and Clark store. Through business reverses the property came into the hands of S. L. Hunt who came to Guilford to work as bookkeeper at the Houghton and Martin tannery at Guilford Center. 1891, S. L. Hunt deeded to F. G. Taylor-Amos Hart home- stead-in 1897 Taylor and wife sold to Vira M. Stratton, who conveyed the same to Emily D. Norris in 1898. In 1900 Sophia E. Johnson, of Jamaica, Vt., purchased the property selling in 1905 to Chas. F. Ramsdell of N. Y. He sold in 1912 to F. L. Wellman. Frank Wellman sold to A. E. & E. E. Falby in 1928. Then in 1952 Gladys Broadbridge acquired the place by will of Evie E. Falby, her mother.
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Broad Brook Grange Hall: In 1809 John Phelps of Marlboro bought of Elisha Bigelow, two small lots with a house thereon, on the main road in Guilford Center, being the present site of the Grange Hall. In 1812 Phelps bought the farm of Arad Hunt, but lived on the Bigelow-Barnard farm in 1813. Phelps sold his half acre homestead in 1818 to Eliskim Foster, who sold in 1825 to Ezra Foster, of Leyden.
Arad Fessenden deeded to Merritt L. Lee in 1881; Merritt L. and Ellen E. Lee, of Athol deeded to George W. Parmenter in 1883. In 1887 Geo. W. and Mabel E. Parmenter deeded to Broad Brook Grange.
Clark, Earl W. & Clara G .: This farm lies on the easterly slope of the hill, northwesterly from the brick schoolhouse in Dist. No. 14, or Guilford Center. The buildings are on lot No. 106. This lot was deeded by Caleb How, the original grantee to John Stowell, in 1774. Stowell deeded to Joel Bigelow about 1777. Bigelow was a loyal Yorker, and some of the important town meetings dominated by that faction were held at the Bigelow farmhouse; he sold the farm then 100 acres, which has always been equal to any in town, in 1798, to Arad Hunt, who sold in 1807 to William Bigelow 2nd; the latter leased to Rufus Bigelow in that year. The farm was reconveyed to Hunt, who sold to John Phelps in 1812 for $4600. In 1818 Phelps sold to Richardson Houghton for $3500. In 1824 he deeded one half to his son Richardson Jr., who deeded the same to Thomas Lynde in that year, and Lynde deeded to Royal Houghton, who deeded the entire farm of 200 acres to Richardson Jr., in 1827. In 1834 the farm was sold to Barnard and John Lynde, and was deeded in 1851 by Barnard Lynde to Charles C. Lynde, the latter selling in 1853 to William W. Barney who lived there until 1890 when he sold to Joseph A. Clark, of Halifax.
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