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HARVARD LAW LIBRARY
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RECORDS ^^
TOWN OF PLYMOUTH,!'!'.-^.
Published by order of the Town.
VOL. 1.
1636 TO 1705.
PLYMOUTH :
Avert & Doten, Book and Job Printers.
1889.
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PREFACE.
At tl)e annual meeting of the Town of Plynioutli held on the
seventh of March, 1887, it was voted, on motion of Artliur Lord,
'* that a committee of three be appointed by tiie Moderator to con-
sider the expediency of printing and publishing the whole, or any
part, of the Town Records as a part of the history of the Town, and
report at tiie adjourned meeting, with an estimate of the expense."
The committee, consisting of Arthur Lord, Charles G. Davis,
and William W. Brewster, presented at tiie adjourned meeting,
lield on the 4th of April, the following repoit :
**The committee appointed under Article 16 of the warrant
relating to the printing and publishing of the Town Records as a
part of the history of the town, submit the following report:
The records of the proceedings of the town, from the date of
the earliest record to the year 1828 are contained in four volumes,
which are numbered and dated as follows: Vol. 1, 1660; vol. 2,
1660 to 1710; vol. 3, 1716 to 1795; vol. 4, 1795 to 1828.
The ciates above given do not accurately cover the periods
included in the several volumes. These volumes coutain the
record of all the formal action of the town, which it would be
expedient, in the opinion of the committee, for the town to
publish. These embrace the records of the town meetings, the
laying out of highways, the grants of land by the town, and
cover the important periods of local history, the union of the
colonies, the various French and Indian wars, the Revolution, the
war of 1812, and the interesting action of the town in relation to
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VI PREFACE,
the Embargo, and contain much of national and public, as well
as local interest, which has never been published in permanent
form. ^
The first volume, which in the lapse of years has become some-
what illegible and worn, was copied under a vote of the town in
1824, by Rossiter Cotton, and that copy in 1860 was compared
with the original and corrected by Daniel J. Robbins, under the
direction of the Selectmen, in compliance with a vote of the town.
A copy of volume 2 of the records was made by Daniel J.
Robbins in 1860, under a vote of the town, and these copies,
with the certificates of the copyists, are deposited for safe keep-
ing in the Registry of Deeds.
With the aid of these copies it is believed that an accurate
transcript of the records could be made for publication. The im-
portance of their publication will be readily admitted. Within the
past few years many other towns, notably Braintree, Dedham
and Groton, have caused to be published their early records, and
the wilier interest in the Plymouth records affords a much stronger
argument than exists in those to^'ns for their publication.
The committee have considered mainly the question of expense,
believing that the only opposition to the publication of the town
records would arise on that ground. From estimates which have
been submitted to them by responsible printers here and in Boston,
it is believed that the expense of the publication of an edition of
one thousand copies of one volume of about three hundred pages,
which would include all the records in the first volume of town
records and part of the second would be about one thousand dol-
lars. This would include all the records to a date subsequent to
1700.
The committee are assured that an edition of that size could be
readily disposed of at a price which would repay to the town all
money by it expended in its publication ; so that all the burden
the town would assume would be the granting of the use of
the money necessary until the edition was sold.
Believing that under this view of the matter the town would
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gladly incur the slight expenditure to insure the publication of its
early records, they recommend the adoption of the vote submitted
herewith.
They make no recommendation as to the publication of the
remaining volumes at this time, believing that their publication can
await that of this first volume, and that then the town will willingly
vole to continue their publication, if experience shall show that
the opinion of the committee as to tiieir probable cost to the town
was correct.*'
In accordance with the above recommendation of tiie committee
it was voted *'that a committee of five, of whom the Moderator
shall be one, be appointed by the chair with authority to print or
publish, at a cost not exceeding one thousand dollars, so much of
the town records as a part of the history of the town as they shall
deem expedient, and that tiie Selectmen be authorized to borrow a
sum of money not exceeding such amount as may be required to
carry out this vote."
The committee as a|)pointed by the chair consisted of the
Moderator VVm. T. Davis, Arthur Lord, Charles G. Davis, Wm.Vf.
Brewster and Thomas B. Drew. The editorial management of the
publication was placed by the committee in tlie hands of the chair-
man, whose introductory chapter will further explain its character
and scope.
The present volume of three hundred and thirty-six pages in-
cludes the first volume of town records, and ninety-eight pages of
the second, closing with the record of the town meeting held May
2 1st, 1705.
It is the hope of the committee that sufficient interest will be
excited by the volume to secure a continuance of the work of
publication.
Wm. T. Davis,
Arthur Lord,
Charles G. Davis,
Wm. W. Brewster,
Thomas B. Drew,
Committee of Publication,
Plymouth, Nov. 15th, 1889,
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INTRODUCTION.
The records of Plymouth, exeluaive of the records of births,
deaths and marriages, are contained in nine volumes, the first
covering the period from 1636 to 1692 ; the second from 1G92 to
1716 ; the third from 1716 to 1795 ; the fourth from 1795 to 1828 ;
the fifth from 1828 to 1854 ; the sixth from 1854 to 1866 ; the sev-
enth from 1866 to 1878 ; the eighth from 1878 to 1887, and the
ninth from 1887 to the present time.
These records have been kept by Nathaniel Sowther from 1636
to April, 1645 ; by Nathaniel Morton from March, 1647, to June,
1685; by Thomas Faunce from July, 1685, to May, 1723; by
John Dyer from March, 1723-4, to March, 1732-3; by Gershom
Foster from March, 1732-3, to March, 1733-4; by John Dyer
again from March, 1733-4, to March, 1739-40; by Edward
Winslow from March, 1739-40, to January, 1741-2; by Samuel
Bartlett from January, 1741-2, to March, 1766; by John Cotton
from March, 1766, to March, 1767; by Ephraim Spooncr from
March, 1767, to April, 1818 ; by Thomas Drew from April, 1818.
to March, 1840 ; by Timothy Berry from March, 1840, to March,
1852; by Leander Lovell from March, 1852, to March, 1878, and
from March, 1878, to the present time by Curtis Davie, the pres-
ent Town Clerk.
Nathaniel Sowther was chosen Clerk of the Colony Court on the
third of January, 1636-7, in obedience to a law passed probably
November 15, 1636. Before that time tho Plymouth Colony rec-
ords were kept by the different Governors, William Bradford, Ed-
ward Winslow and Thomas Pn-nce, and are in their handwriting.
At the time of the passage of the above law another law was
passed providing '*that every man's marke of his cattle be brought
to the towne book where he lives and that no man give the same
but shall alter any other brought by him and put his owne upon
them."
There was no Town Clerk at the time of the passage of this law,
ftnd Mr. Sowther, as clerk of the Colony Court, opened a '*town
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book" and made the entries relating to marks of cattle to be
found on the opening pages of this volume.
These entries, which are not dated, mii8t have been made be-
tween November 15th, 1636, the date of tlie passage of the law
and the last day of March, 1637, the date of the succeeding entry.
Not only was there no Town Clerk at that date, but it is difficult
to define the exact point of time when Plymouth became a towu.
It was never incorporated, nor ever by any act of colonial legisla-
tion created into a municipality. Its first recognition by the Gen-
eral Court as a town was in an order passed on the 28th of Octo-
ber, 1633, "that the chiefe governm* be tyed to the towne of
Plymouth and that the Gov' for the time being be tyed there to
keepe his residence & dwelling, and there also to hold such Courts
as concern the whole."
The bounds of the town were not fixed by law until the second
day of November, 1640, when it was ordered by the Court of As-
sistants : •* Whereas by the act of the General Court held the third
of March in the sixteenth year of his said Majestic *s now reign
(1639-40) the Governor & Assistants were authorized to set the
bounds of the several townships it is enacted and concluded by the
Court that the bounds of Plymouth township shall extend south-
wards to the bounds of Sandwich township and northward to the
little brook falling into Black Water from the commons left to
Duxbury and the neighborhood thereabouts and westward eight
miles up into tlie lands from any part of the bay or sea ; always
provided that the bounds shall extend so far up into the woodlands
as to include the South Meadows toward Agawam lately discov-
ered and the convenient uplands thereabouts.*'
For the want of a more certain date the 28th of October, 1633,
when the order was passed by the Court of Assistants making the
town of Plymouth the seat of the colonial government, may be
properly considered the true period of the birth of the town as
distinct from the Colony of New Plymouth. The town records
were not begun, however, until three years later, when, as has been
stated, Nathaniel Sowther, the Clerk of the Colonial Court, en-
tered the marks of cattle in obedience to the requirements of law.
The two clauses on the second page of this volume relating to the
cattle of Nathaniel and John Morton, and dated 1653, are not
parts of the original record, having been interlined by Nathaniel
Morton at that date, after he became Clerk of the Colonial Court
and assumed the functions of Town Clerk.
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Of Nathaniel Sowther little is known. He appeared in Plym-
outh in 1635, and was made a freeman on the 4th of October in
that year. He was chosen Clerk of the Colonial Court, as above
stated, on the third of January, 163G-7, and was succeeded by
Nathaniel Mort«n in 1647. In 1638 he bought of Lieut. Wm.
Holmes a house lot where the northerly row of tombs now stands
on burial hill, and there lived until his removal to Boston, about
the year 1649. He died in 1655, leaving no male descendants.
By a first wife, Alice, who died in 1651, lie had two daughters;
Hannah, who married Wm. Hanbury, and Mary, who married Jo-
seph Starr. In 1655 he married a second wife, widow Sarah Hill,
It has been thought by some that his name Sowther was identical
with that of Southworth, but in tlie records lie invariably spelled it
either Sowther or Souther, while the name of Southworth, which he
had frequent occasion to write, he nlways spelled either South-
worth or South wood. It is a little singular that the pronunciation
of Southworth at the present day as a christian name is almost
always in accordance with the Southwood spelling which disap-
peared from the records at a very early day.
There was no provision of law for a Town Clerk during Mr.
Sowther's term of service, and he continued to keep the town rec-
ords as the Clerk of the Colony. The only requirement touching
the subject was contained in an order passed by the General Court
on the third of March, 1645-6, "that the Clarke or some one in
every towne do keepe a register of the day and yeare of every
marryage byrth and buriall & to have 3^ a peece for his paynes."
This order did not specifically require the appointment of a Town
Clerk, and as long as the records were kept by the Clerk of the
Colony in distinct town books, the demands of the order were sat-
isfied.
The last entry made by Mr. Sowther bears the date of April 8,
1645, and the first entry of his successor, Nathaniel Morton, that
of March 4, 1647. The last entry made by Mr. Sowther in the
Colonial Court records bears date July 7, 1G46, and the first made
b}' Mr. Morton that of December 7, 1G47. The gap in the Col-
onial records is filled chiefly by the handwriting of Wm. Bradford,
then Governor, one single entry having been made apparently by
the same unknown hand which fills the gap in the town records.
No record exists of the precise time when Nathaniel Morton was
appointed Clerk of the Colonial Court. It is only known that he
entered his first record of the proceedings of the Court on the 7th
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of December, 1647, and his first record of the town on the 4th of
the following March. The ofl9ce held by him and Mr. Sowther
was that of ''clarke" until March 5, 1667-8, at which date he for
the first time signed his name as secretary. Like his predecessor,
he kept the town records in his capacity as Colonial Clarke or Sec-
retary until the 4th of August, 1679, when, as appears from the
record on page 160 of this volume, he ''was sworne Clarke of the
Towne of Plymouth for this present yeer."
Mr. Morton is known not only as the Secretary of Plymouth
Colony, but as the author of ''New Euglaud's Memorial" published
in 1669. He was born in 1613, and came to Plymouth in the Ann
with his father, George Morton, in 1623. He married in 1635 Lydia
Cooper, and one of his children. Remember Morton, married in
1657 Abraham Jackson, the ancestor of a family which has always
been prominent in the Old Colony. He lived for many years on
the estate now occupied by Frederick L. Holmes, adjoining Hob's
Hole Brook, but in the latter part of his life until his death he oc-
cupied a house which stood on the easterly side of Market Street,
immediately above the estate of Mrs. John B. Atwood.
His last entry in the town records is dated May 18th, 1685, and
he died on the 28th of the following month.
Thomas Faunce was chosen Town Clerk July 6, 1685, and his
first entry was the record of the meeting at which he was chosen.
He served until May 13th, 1723, at which date his last entry was
made. He was born in 1647, and notwithstanding he was an old
man at the date of his retirement, he lived until the 27th of Feb-
ruary, 1745, after he had entered his ninety-ninth year. He was
the son of John Faunce, wiio came in the Ann in 1623, and he
married in 1672 Jean, daughter of William Nelson. His mother
was Patience Morton, a sister of Secretary Morton, his predecessor
in office. He was the last ruling elder of the First Church, having
succeeded Elder Thomas Cushman, who died on the 10th of De-
cember, 1691. During the closing years of his life Mr. Faunce
lived in Chiltonville, on the southwesterly side of the old Mauomet
Road, a little north of the Eel River Bridge. As his term of ser-
vice as Clerk extended beyond the period covered by this volume,
a reference to his successors will be reserved for future publications
of the records.
This volume is largely devoted to grants of land by the town
and the bounding out of hinds granted by the Colonial Court.
Such records are somewhat dry in their details, but they disclose
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the methods, most interesting to the antiquary and historian, by
which the foundation of onr land titles was originally laid. The
grants of lands by the Colony Court began before the town had
secured any possessory rights, and the grants or sales made by the
town did not cease until the present century had opened.
Until the spring of 1624 the tillage lands of Plymouth were used
in common. At that time, as Bradford says, the Pilgrims "began
now highly to prize corn as more precious than silver, and those
that had some to spare began to trade one with another for small
things, by the quart, pottle and peck ; for money they had none,
and if any had corn was preferred before it. That they might
therefore increase their tillage to better advantage, they made suit
to the Governor to have some portion of land given them for con-
tinuance, and not by yearly lot, for by that means that which the
more industrious had brought into good culture (by such pains)
one year, came to leave it the next and often another might enjoy
it ; so as the dressing of their lands were the more sleigh ted over
and to less profit; which, being well considered, their request was
granted."
In compliance with the above request, one acre of land was
given to each person. Sixty-nine acres were given to those who
came in the Mayflower, including twenty-nine acres between the
town brook and Fremont Street, east of Sandwich Street, sixteen
on Watson's Hill, five between the Burial Hill and Murdock's
Pond, and nineteen between Court Street and the harbor, bounded
on the north by the Railroad Park.
Thirty-three acres were given to those who came in the Fortune
in 1621, including six acres immediately north of the Railroad
Park, eight immediately north of the second or Woolen Mill
Brook, and nineteen between the first, or Shaw's Brook, and the
Second Brook.
Ninety-five acres were granted to those who came in the Ann
and the Little James in 1623, including forty-five acres lying
north of the Second Brook and extending across the Third, or
Cold Spring Brook, and fifty acres lying on both sides of Hob's
Hole Brook, and along the shore farther south.
These lands, including one hundred and ninety-seven acres
within a territory not more than two and a half miles long, and a
quarter of a mile wide, were doubtless the old cleared com lands
of the Indians. Their grants are recorded in the Plymouth
Colony Records.
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The second division of lands also recorded in the Plymouth
Colony Records was made January 3, 1627, when each free
holder received twenty acres.
Up to the year 1651 the Colony granted and laid out to Free-
men in different parts of the town lots varying in size from five
to one hundred acres. Plymouth, at that time, mdnded Plymp-
ton, Kingston, Carver, and a part of Halifax. Jones' River
Meadows lying in what are now Kingston and Plympton, were
granted to eight men in 1640. In the same year the South
Meadows were granted to eighteen men, and Dotie's Meadows to
five men. All these grants are recorded in the Colony Records.
The bounding out of many of these grants was subsequently
made by the Town Surveyors and recorded in the Town Records.
The Winnatucksett Meadows, the Monponsett Meadows, the
Punckatesett lands in what is now Tiverton, and lands in Free-
town, which belonged to the town, were granted by the town,
and their bounds are entered in the Town Records. Indeed, all
the lands included within the original limits of Plymouth are
granted and bounded out in either the Colony, Town or Proprietors'
Records except a small part of Halifax, the bounds of which are
recorded in the Pembroke and Middleboros records, and are a
part of the major's and twenty-six men's purchase added to
Halifax, and a small part of Carver, which the Proprietors of
the South Purchase of Middleboro laid out by mistake within the
bounds of Plymouth, and are bounded out in the records of the
South Purchase of Middleboro.
On the 9th of February, 1701-2, a lot of thirty acres was
granted by the town to every proprietor or freeman, and on the
16th of the following month it was voted that all the lands not
disposed of within a tract a mile and a half square, should be
held by the town, and all the unallotted lands outside of that
tract should be granted to the freemen of the town. The bound-
aries of the mile and a half may be found in a foot note on
the 296th page.
Before the consummation, however, of this grant to the
proprietors the town voted on the twenty-fourth of May. 1703,
that all the common land described on page 314 should be
devoted to a sheep pasture, but after the failure of this enter-
prise the lands were disposed of, as stated in the foot note on
the above mentioned page.
The proprietors, under the above grant, two hundred and one
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in number, organized, with the choice of Thomas Faunce as
clerk, on the 26th of December, 1704, and on the 3d of the
following January each proprietor received a twenty acre lot, and
soon after a sixty acre lot. After the incorporation of the town
of Plympton, on the 4th of June, 1707, the proprietors took
the name of the Plymoutli and Plympton Proprietors, and after
the cedar swamps which liad been previously surveyed by order
of the town by Jacob Tompson had been divided in thirty-nine
lots among the members, all the remaining lands, including more
than thirty thousand acres, except a few strips and gores were
laid out in ten great lots find also divided.
The successors of Thomas Faunce as Clerk of /-the Proprietors
were Samuel Bartlett, chosen May 25, 1747; John Cotton, chosen
April 6, 1767, and Rossiter Cotton, chosen March 31, 1790, soon
after which date the affairs of the proprietors were closed. Their
records contained in twb volumes are deposited with the records
of the town.
The land within the mile and a half tract was disposed of by the
town at various times a few lots at the base of Burial Hill, on
School Street, as late as the year 1810. The only lots remaining
unsold, so far as the editor knows, are Training Green, Cole*s
Hill, Burial Hill, a part of Court Square, once called the "great
gutter," a triangle of land at the foot of Middle Street, in the rear
of the old Bramhall store, a strip twelve feet wide at the junction
of Sandwich and Water Streets, a lot on School Street, two
lots on South Street and the South Pond Road, ninety-four acres
of woodland at New Guinea, on both sides of the Kingston line.
Town Dock, and a hundred acres of woodland at Manomet Ponds,
given by the Proprietors to the town for the benefit of the Indians.
In the preparation of his work for the press the editor has made a
transcript of the original records, following closely their punctua-
tion , orthography and use of capital letters. In some instances words
have been supplied by the copies above mentioned where their
illegibility or loss has occurred since the copies were made. In
all other instances lost words are indicated by stars.
The numbers enclosed in square brackets show the numbers of
the corresponding pages in the original records.
It will be observed that in some instances entries have not been
made in chronological order. One of these will be found on the
26th page, another on page 208, others on pages 214, 215, 216,
218 and 329, and in various other places in the volume. These
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irregularities are to be accounted for in various ways. The
original first volume of records was at some time in such a
dilapidated condition that its leaves were separated and pasted
at their inner edges on blank sheets of paper and rebound. Tn
the arrangement of these sheets many of these irregularities
occurred. It is evident also that there were loose papers in the
town archives thought worthy of preservation which were inserted
in the volume at the time it was rebound, without regard to their
dates. In some instances these sheets were probably copied and
entered wherever in any part of the original volume there was
sufficient blank space.
It must be remembered in connection with the dates of various
entries that until 1752 the year began in England and its colonies
on the 25th of March, and that double dates were often applied
to all days between the Ist of January, and the 24th of March,
inclusive. Thus an entry made on the lOlh of February, 1750,
old style, would be 1751, new style, and would be dated 10th
of February, 1750-1.
In conclusion, the editor trusts that the work on which he has
bestowed much careful labor will meet the approval of both the
committee of which he is a me mber and of the town whom he serves.
W. T. D.
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PLYMOUTH RECORDS.
(NoTB.— A law WAS passed by the Colony Court, November IS, 10.T), "That
every mans marke of his Cattle be brought to the towne l>ook where he lives
and that no man give the same but shall alter any other brought by him and
put his owne upon them.*')
[1,] * Bartlet a peece cut out of the right eare before and *
out of the left eare behind.
* Chinch 'cropt on both eares and a sHtt in the downewaixle.
* Little a slit in tiie further eare.
* Higgens a peece cut out behind in the right eare a slitt
cut in the same place.
Edmund Chandler a slit cutt in the neaUier side of the
left eare under the eare.
Steephen Tracy a slitt under each eare.
Richard Sparrow the top of the right eai*e cut of and two
notches cut out of each side hether eare.
Mr John Weekcs a swallow tayk cut out on the left eare.
William Pontuss swallow cropt upon the * and a snip cut
out upon the outside of the right eare.
r2.i ****«»*•
Mris ffuller a half cut out behind the right eare.
Christopher Waddesworth a swallow forke * * and a sn'p
not cut out.
Georg Soale a peece cut out like a -|- of the under side of
the right eare dowuewarde.
Josias Cooke a half round cut out upon * and a peece cut
out round up'm the back side of *
Experience Michell cutt with this mark A *•
John Tildcn cutt with this mark ± in the right *.
* Alden a peece like a long round cut * *.
2 John Dunhnme two scotches upon the right eare *.
John Cooke the yonger a peece cutt out from the top *
of the eare almost upon the outside of the right eare.
1 Sliced off at the top.
^ This line is erased in the records by lines drawn through it.
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ffrancis Cooke a hole in the left eare and a slit in the right
eare downe the middest of the eare.
• [3,] Mr Thomas Prenoe three marks in the outer side of the
eare thus ^
Leiftennant Willm Holmes foure marks in the fore side
oi the far eare thus &
Jonathan Brewster a crop upon the nar eare and * of fur
•i^are eutt of.
1653. Nathaniell Motion the markes of his mare two holes in
each eare her naturall markes of a black
couller * tending to an iron gray being whit
» ^ on the • the topp of her head downward
and for his other cattle an hole in each eare.
' Nehemiah Smyth a slit into the middest of the left eare
the under peece cutt forth toward the root.
Steven Bryants marke a slit in the le.t eare on the topp
of the eare.
Thos : Popes marke the topp croped of the farr eare and
out of the same eare on the right side.
Mr Atwood cropt upon the left eare and a hole in the
other.
Abigaill Clarke a halfe mooue on the right eare.
Mr Browne a round hole in the nar eare and on the right
eare * * on both sides thus (o).
1653. John Mortons marko a peece cut out of the neare eare
and a snipp kutt of the same eare my Mare coulte a starr of white
in the forehead and two hinde feeto white the horse coulte * and
a tipp of white on the Nose and for cattell the Marke aforesaide.
John Wood a hollow cut out on the top of right yeare.
Giles Rickett the top of the left yeare cutt of and a
slit upon the same yeare.
[4.] Leiftennant Southworth the marke of his Cattle is a cropp
ou the left eare.
John Dunhame senior the marke of his Cattle is a croch
on the left eare.
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[5.] The last day of Mticb 1637.
It is concluded upon at % Townes meeting that Nicholas
* shall repaire the Herittf ware and draw and divide
the Hering this yeare and shall have fonre and fourty bushells of
Indian corne for his paynes but the Town aball pay him for the
boards used about the repaire thereof. And it is agreed also
that * shall bring the corne to his house which abalbe due for *
of hering as he hath by the last day of January upmi * that he
that shall make default herein shall pay a fourth m^ore and shall
pay the officer for distraining for *
William Nelson is hyred to keep the cowes this yeav^ at
the same wages he had the last year wich is 50 bushells of Indian
come and is to keep them untill the middle of November next.
[7.] MrPrenceGov^
At a meeting of the Townesmen of New Plymouth held
at the Govnors the XVIth day of July 1638 all the Inhabitants
from Jones River to the Eele River being * thereunto To consider
of the disposition of the stock given (by Mr James Shurley of *
London merchant) to the poore of Plymouth who had playnely
declared by severall letters in his owne hand writing that his in-
tent therein was * wholly to the poore of the Town of New
Plymouth * wordes of the said Ires recorded it doth most playnely
appear. And whereas there was some difference how farr the
Town of New Plymouth doth now pperly extend because some
have extended the same as farr as betwixt the said Rivers in
regard the constablery and liberties of the said Towne extend
themselves so farr yet after much agitation and allegations made
It was concluded that the Inhabitants of the said Towne of New
Plymouth dwelling betwixt the houses of Willm Pontusand John '
Dunham on the south and the outside of the new streete on the
north side have power to order and dkyose of the said stock of
cowes so given as aforesaid And have therguix>n nominated and
appointed Thomas Prence gent Gov^ IHftni Bradford and Ed-
1 Probably Nicholas Snow.
3 In March, 1623-4, Edward Wiuslow returned from England in the Charity*
bringing with him the first cattle introduced into the Colony, and a letter itoax
James Shurley, one of the merchant adventurers, presenting a heifejr ,90 a
gift, with its increase, for the benefit of the poor of the town.
s The house of Wm Pontus was near the farm of Thomas O. Jackson and
the house of John Danham was near what is now called the Poor-house pon4
The New Streete was what is now called North Street.
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ward Winslow gent and Assistants of the Gov*nt, Stephen ♦ *
John Done and Thomas Willet gent and John Dunhame * to have
the power and authoritie for there fonre next years to put fortli
and dispose the said stock of cowes to ♦ the Inhabitants of the
poore of the sd Towne of Plymouth as shalbe thought fitt to
ptake therein, and by such * in their Judg"' and discretion shalbe
thought meete and according to the mind of the Donor in his
fores' d letters declared And also by way of curtesye to supply
the wants of some others wch doe inhabite wthin the liberties of
said Towne if they shall thinke fitt.
[9.] 26th July 1638.
The stock at this tyme was thus disposed.
John Shawe — foure shares \ in the pyde cowe ^
ffrancis Billington sixe shares f wch was Goodman
M" Hodgkinson two shares J Shawes.
Mr John Holmes sixe shares "\ in the browne back
Mr Thomas Hill foure shares >■ cowe was at Geoi'g
Ralph Wallen two shares 3 Soules.
Josuah Pratt foure shares ^ in the black heiflPer
Thorn Atkinson foure shares I wch was Heni^y
Samuell Eddy foure shares J Howlaude.
Mr Raph Smith six shares ") In the Red cow wch
Natha" Sowther six shares j was Mr Smyths.
Mr Hellot six shares ) In the browne back cowe
Thom Lettice six shares j wch came from Henry Rowland.
There remayned more to the stock at the same tyme
Two steers in good man Dunhams hands.
One red steere in good man Shawes hands.
One browne steere in Mr Smyths hands and a bull calf.
One bull calfe in Geo^g Soules hand.
One cowe calf wch came from Henry Howland.
One old cowe in goodman Dunhams hands.
In money due to the stock £4 10s.
The cow calfe was put to Goodman Dunhame for as long
as the farm cowes are and a yeare longer upon the same conditions
that the cows are.
* Probably Stephen Bryant.
'^ Pyde for pled meaning spotted or speckled.
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[10.] At a Townes meeting held the Vlth day of February
. This order was 1638 Mr Thomas Prence Govnor
agreed uponi to Richard Willis
stand this year is hyred to iceepe the Townes cattell for fifty
3Iareh 17th 1639. Bushels of Indian eorne and is to keepe them
from the first of Aprill to the middest of No-
vember following wch must be paid by eich
man according to the number of his cattle
pportionally and according to the tyme they
are kept by him. But if the want but a month or
VI weeks of the whole tyme. then they are to
pay as if they had remayned the whole tyme
and if any do refuse to pay because his cattle
went not with the heard ; yet notwithstanding
he is to pay his pportion as if they had beene
hearded with the rest.
It is also agreed upon that onely the milch cows and
workcing beasts shalbe kept about the Towne * and the rest to be
remooved from the Towne in May and he that doth not remoove
ills other cattle then to forfeit tenn shillings a peece for every
beast remayneing here.
It is likewise agreed upon that none shall suffer any calves
to goe without a kee]>er upon penalty of five * a peece to be forfeit-
ed to the Townes use except they to be kept in enclosed grounds.
It is ordered also that none shall suffer any goates to goe
without a keeper upon penalty to forfeit five shillings a peece for
every default to the townes use.
It is ordered likewise that the Milner shall observe such
order in stoping and loosening of the water as shalbe given by
the overseers of the hering ware.
John Dunhame and Willm Pontus doe undertake to pcure
the hering ware repaired and drawne and what they agree for
with any that shall doe the worke shalbe payd by the whole
Towne according to eich in pporcon of sluires. *
[12.] It is histly agreed upon That if auy shall refuse or
neglect to make theire fence about tlieire gardens betwixt his
neighbour arid himself whereby any losse or detryment doth
accrue to his neighbour upon warnkig thereof given hee that hath
the damnage shall cause the said fence to be made and thother
to pay him what he shall disburse aboute it and if he refuse to
pay it then his goods to be distrayned for it.
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At a Townes meeting held the xix March 1689,
It is ordered and agreed upon That Thomas Atkins and
John Wood shall repaire the heriug ware this yeare and shall
draw and deliver the herings to eich man according to his shares
due to them and shall have ii* p thousand for their paynes of the
Towne and after the same rate of the country for those the
shalbe allowed to eate and for bayte and to be payd either in
money or come at Harvest at such rate as it doth then passe at
from man to man.
It is also agreed upon that whosoever shall take any
herings either above or below the ware after the ware is sett or
shall robb the ware shall forfaite five for one.
[13.] At a Townes meeting the xviith December 1640
The ffreemen wthin the Towne do genally consent That
^ Mr Chauncey shall have the place that he desireth to be graunted
unto him if no way can be found for his staying at Plymouth but
if any do goe wth him that should have lands elswhere and take
them up there then there shalbe a ratable pporcon abated of the
land he shall have elswhere.
Whereas there is iiii^^ and xxx bushells of come for a
rate levyed upon Plymouth and Greens Harbour The Towne
* appoynt That John Winslow Thom Willett and Thom Clarke
shalbe added to the committee to levy men equally for the pay-
ment of it.
It is ordered That the Gov' Mr Thom Prence and Mr
John Jenny wth the foure committees and Josuah Pratt shall
dispose of lands for the Towne this yeare.
[15.] At a Townes meeting held the 25th March Anno Dom
1640,
It is ordered and agreed upon That all swine above three
months old shall)e* ringed from the first of Aprill next untill the
last of October following upon the penalty of vi** a swine as
often as they shalbe found runing during the said terme pyided
that if any shall loose their ringes upon warneing ringe them
1 Rev. Charles Chauncey came to Plymouth in 1638, and was associated with
Rev. John Rayner, of the First Church, until KUl when he removed to Scituate,
where he remained until 1(>54, when he became President of Harvard College.
a After the capture of New York from the Dutch, in l<i64, Thomas WiUett
WA8 ma4e ite flrst ma^or,
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again psentlj and if any swine be complayned of to be unruly or
break into mens grounds that they be yoaked also.
It is ordered that no oxen sbalbe kept about the Towno
except when they are wrought, upon the penalty of xd a peece. ,
The like penalty for any young eattell that shalbe kept
about the towne exce[>t they be kept on the south side the towne
with a keeper. . . t. .
It is ordered and agreed upon that Willm Pontu3 Tjiqpia/s
Lettice and John Greemes shall repaire the hearing. ^are aqd
draw yt and deliver out the shares and to have xviiid p thousand
and are to hold yt three yeares save that in regard of the charges
this yearo in repaireiug the ware if they shall not b^ sufficiently
paid fov their paines for this first yeare and make it appeare to
the Gov' then at his discretion to allow them iid p thousand oii so
much as he shall think fitt, but if any of them misbehave himself
therein the Towne shall choose anothet* in his stcade. ' - ' •;
. . . ' rr)
[IG.] At a Towuos meeting held the xxith Aprill 1641
Concerneiug J he killing of wolves It is agreed upon tbat eveiy
housholder wlhin the Towncship biiall [)ay a half penny for evei'y
pson in his famyly to him that shall kill a; woolfe for every woolfe
that is killed wthin tlie liberties of this Toivneship (except pb'Arc
psons yiat have not eattell) and shall hringe the skinn to Mr John
Jenney and there receive eorne for his pay but Mr Jenney shall
have the skinn for his paynes in delivering forth the Corrte.
Whereas Clarkes Hand is graunted' to the Towne of
Plymoutli and Mr John Jenney is desirous to set up the makeing
of salt there The Townesmen of Plymouth to further the said
worke doth graunt tiie said John Jenney and liis assignes the
wood upon the said Hand for makeing of salt there, and libert}'
to make use of the said Hand for planting so long as he or His
assignes shall make salt upon the said Hand and that none shall
cutt wood there wthout consent of the said John Jenney or his
assignes and shall sell the Townesmen of Plymoutli good salt for
two shillings the bushell pvided that the said John Jenney shall
not hereafter assigne the said salt works to any man wch not of
the Towne cf Plymouth wtliout the Townesmen*s consent.
(Mr John Jenney . < . !
Mr John At wood
Mr John Howland
Mr W™ Paddy .
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At a Townes nu»eting held the xxvith November 1641
It was agreed that Mr Willm Paddy Thorn W i I lett Thomas
Clarke John Dunhamc & John Whislowc shall make and assesse
the Rate* for the pnblike charges of this Towne this yeare.
[Then considerations
were pi>osed a h o n t
hemp and flax dressing.]
[17«] At a Townes meeting held the second of May 1642,
It is agreed upon that Mr Bradford will fynd a Bull for
the Towne Cowes this summer hee sliail have vi** a head for every
cowe in the heard that is in the Bill and likely to take proofe.
It is agreed That all that .will not remove their yong
caltell and oxen and all others that give not milk by the ixth day
of May next shall pay xd a head ymmediately to the Townes use
as oft as they shalbe found about the Towne during the Summer
(except the oxen whilst they work and those to be payed for their
keeping according to the Rate for the Townes cowes.
Willm Baker is to keepe the Townes Cowes this sumr. and
is to have xxxvi bushelis of corne and a paire of hose and shoes
and his tyme to begin the fourth of May and to continue to the
last October following.
The xxiiith of May 1642
At a towns meeting It is agreed that Mr Winslow shall
have power to sell the two oxen at Josias VVinslowes (so that he
take good securitie for the payment for them and the comodities
received for them to be brought to Plym to Mr Paddys house
to be disposed )>y him the rest appoynted for the overseeing
and ordering the poores stock.
[19,] 1642
At a Townes meeting held the viith July for disposeing
of the Townes stock of cattell called the Poores Cattell before
Mr Bradford Mr Thomas Prcnce Mr John Jenney Mr Willm
Paddy Mr Thomas Willett and John Dunhame appoynted with
some others to dispose thereof.
The Browne Cowe ) had I two yere old i yere old steere
Mr Holmes had ) and a steere and calf. The yeare-
ing steere and the calf with xd was
get against the two yeare ateere.
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The Pyde Cowe wth
John Sbawe was. dead
The Brown black Cowe ]
Mr Hellot Thorn )-
Lettis had is dead J
Josiiah Prat is black
heififer
The Red Cowe in Mr ^
S my tile's hande is dead )
The Cowes set forth
Josiiah Pratt "\
Thorn Savory >
Anthony Savory )
Mr Holmes ^
Willm Hoskius >
ffrancis Biliington 3
Edmond Tilson |
John ffinney j
And Mr Holmes had the yereling
steere and the calf and the lOd and
the two yeare old steere remained to
the stock.
her encrease was onely a yeareling
heiffer valued at 4£ John Shawe
had the heiffer and is to pay the
stock xxd and to bring in her hide
to Goodman Hurste to be tanned,
her encrease is a three old steere
and i yeareling heiffer The heiffer
and 27d were set against the steere
and Thomas Lettis had the heiffer
and 27d and the stock had the
steere
her encrease is i three yeare old
heiffer and i cow calf. Josuah had
40.d"and the cowe calf and the
stock had the heiffer.
Iier encrease is one two yeare old
heiffer valued at 54. s M™ Smyth
is to have the heiffer and to pay the
stock 27. s.
this yeaie are these three.
The heiffer they had and Josuah is
to have thone half of the benefitt
and Thorn and Anthony Savory
thother half.
The browne Cowe and Mr Holmes
to keepe her.
the black cowe Josuah had.
[20.] The account the division of the stock
The stock hath ] by John Shaw
Qweing to yt
by Mrs Smyth
01.
01.
02.
07.
02. 08.
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PLYMOUTH RECORDS.
The stuck oweth
' to Mr Holmes
00.
10.
To Thom Lettis
01.
07.
To Josiiah Pratt
02.
00.
To Richard Sparrow
00.
12.
for keeping a steer
To Mr Bradford and
TliomWillet for cany.
lug a yoke of steers to
greens harbor
00.
02.
3
To Mre Smyth
00.
05.
^ more to Richard Spari-ow 01 . 00.
iu(»re to Josius Wiuslow
for wintering a yoke of
steers
The stock oweth in all
Oo. 16. 3
01. 10.
06. 3
There is in the stock at this Division July. 7th 1642
Three cowes in the hands of Josuaii Prate Mr Holmes and Edmdnd
Tilson ns before.
It i yoakc of oxen in hands of Josias Cooke
It i yoake of steeres came in tliis yearc
It i cowe in the hands of John Dunham
It i yoke of oxen in the hiinds of Josias Winslowc
It iii hides to be dressed. by James Hurst.
Tiie yonke of oxen in Josias Winslowes hands were sold
bv Mr Paddy for xvi£ and the cowe in John Dunham's hand for
iiii£ lO.s
The to tall account
£ 8 d
ffor the yoke of oxen and the cowe 20. 10.
It o^-eing to yt by Mrs Smyth and
John Shawe 2. 09.
The stock oweth
rouiayneing to the stock
£
s
d
22.
19.
07.
06.
3
£
s
d
15.
12.
9
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£
8
d
proofe
22.
19.
In the stock now
There is i yoak of oxen
three cows
i yoak of steeres
'
3 hides
In money £15. 12. 9 .
[21.] At a Townes meeting held the xxth September 1642,
It is agreed upon by the genrall consent of the whole
Towne that a fortyfycation shalbe made about the ordinance
aod another peece mounted and that Gov' Mr Prence, Mr Atwood
Mr Jenney and Mr Faddy shall agree wth workmen to have it
donn speedyly and t6 repaire the watchonse and make a brick
chimney to it. And afterwards to make a rate for all throughout
the Towneshipp.
Mr Atwood Mr Jenney Mr Paddy John Winslow Manassah
Kempton Thomas Clarke and John Cooke Ju' : are appoynted to
make the rate for the payment of the Clark and messengera
wages.
It is agreed upon that the Gov' Mr Prence Mr Jenney Mr
Paddy Mr Done John Winslow and John Cook or the major pt
of them shall dispose of lands for the Town 6n munday come
fortnight wch will be second munday in October.
September 26th.
Whereas Richard Willis by his long sickness is growne
very weake and in great want It is agreed that there shalbe a
contribncon gathered for him throughout the Towneship and that
Manassah Kempton and Thomas Clark do it for that side of the
Towne towards the Eele River and Mr Paddy and John Cooke do
it in the town and thother side thereof and to take a note what
every man will give him.
It is agreed that Mr Jenney Manassah Kempton and John
Dunhamc shall be added to the comittees to conferr and conclude
with the generall Court about the war.
It is agreed that every man shall bring two pceces
more of viii foote long to finish the fortyfycacon on the fort hill ^
and that Richard Church shall speedyly make the carriage for
another peece of ordinance.
I Puriftl HIU WW wlW Fort HiH exclusiveljr \M\%\\ 1698^
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[22.] At a Townes meeting holden at Plym the xiiii th of
January in the xviith yeare of his ma*^ now Raigne 1642.
Concerneing the placeing and disposing of ffraneis Bil-
lingtons children according to the Act and order of the Court,
It is ordered and agreed upon that John Cooke tlie
yonger shall have Joseph until hee slialbe of the age of twenty
and one years (being now about vi or vii years old) and fynd him
meat drink and apparel 1 during the said tcrme.
It is ordered that Benjamin Eaton his eldest Hoy shalbe
wth John Wiuslow upon these conditions untill he shall accomplish
the age of xxi years being about xv years in march next and is
to fynd him meate drink and apparell during the said terme and
pay ten n pounds for his service or xxxiiis iiiid yearely pvided
that if he dye before thend of said terme that then the said John
Winslow shall pay pportioimbly to the tyme he lives and no more
and the payments to be made in Countrey^ pvided that if any man
els will take him upon these condicons he may wth the approbation
of the Governor and Mr. Prence.
It is ordered and agreed also that Gyles Kickett shall
lake another of his childien a g'^rle aboute five years of age and
shall keepe her and find her meat drink and apparell untill she
shall accomplish the age of twenty years or be married with consent
first so that she marry wth consent of the ma*™** and shall liavc
XXX s in hand with her towards the apparelling of her paj'd him
wthin a month after she comes to him.
It is ordered and agreed likewise That Gabriell ffallowell
shall have another of his children a gerle about years of age
and shall have her untill she shiill acctmiplish the oge of twenty
yea res or be raarryed (first happening) so that she marry with
consent of the ma****'* then being and shall fynd her meate and
drinke and apparell during the said tcrme. And shall have wth
her XXX s. pa3'd him ^^tllin one month after she is come to him
townrds the apparellinor of her and shall also have xxxiii s. iiii d
for the first three yf*ars next after the takeing of her to be payd out
of that wch John AVinslow is to pay yearely for Benjamin.
It is also agreed upon that the Mioney remayneing of the
poores stock shalbe to buy corne to releeve the |)sent extreme
necessities of such as are ready to pish*-* for want of bread. And
* Country pay is here intended.
2 " l*ibh " is an abbr«^viation of " perisli.'.'
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thai those that have to do in disposeing the yeares cattell shall
pvide the Corne and dispose it where neede is according to their
hest discretion.
The Towne graunted xxx acrees of the lands of Clarka
Hand to the five that make salt for xxi yeares paying a
hushell of palt yearely to Josnah Pratt dnreing the said terme if
it he demanded.
[28.] At a Townes meeting held the xix Aprill 1G43,
It is agreed upon that John Smyth shalbe the Cowe Kcei)
for this yeare to keep the Townes Cowes and shall have fourty
bushells of Indian Corne for his paynes and a paire of shoes to
be equally levyd upon every man according to the nnraber of
Cowes that they shall have kept by him and he is to kecpe them
untill t)ie midle of November next.
It is agieed that no oxen be kept amongst the Cowes
longer than they are in workc upon payne x. s. u. peece to be
levyed to the Townes use.
It is ordered also That the yong cattell shalbe kept wth
John Barnes and Georg Watsons cattell on thother side the
brooke.
Its ordered That those that keepe two or three Bulls
to serve the cattell wthall shall have two cowes kept freely for
eich Bull.
The Corne levyed for the Cow Keeps psent use.
The Gov' i peck and a pottle
Mr Prence i peck and a pottle
Mr Paddy i peck and a pottle ^
Nath^ Sowther )
Mr Hanbury ) i peck
Robert paddock i peck
Mr Jcnney i peck and half in biskett [bread]
Mr Done J peck
Thom Southwood J peck
Rich : Sparrow j peck
John wood i peck
Mr Willett ^ peck
Sam Hicks ^ peck
Mr Reynor J peck
^
^ A pottle is a measure of two quarts.
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Josias Cooke i pottle
Bich : Knowles i pottle
John ffinney i pottle
Mr Hopkins i pottle
[24.] At a towoes meeting holden the xxixth May 1643
^ It is agreed apon that all housliolders wtliin the Towne-
ship shall forthwith pvide sufficient Armes according to the act
of the Court for themselves and their servants able to beare
armes wthiu month after the 5th June next on wch day .they are
to trayne viz Muskett either wth snaphauce ^ oi m^hlocks with
match callivers' and carbines wch are allowed. and also fowling
peeces not above foure foote and a half long .and of reasonable
bore And that Mr Thorn Prence Mr W™^addy John Barnes and
Mathew ffuller to view all such Aiiaes and 'to certefye such as
are defective And those that want either* (o putt in a sufficient sum
or goods to pcure them or els the ^fyne by the said act to be
extended upon them.
Those that contributed to buy Drumheads.
Mr Bradford
6d
James Cole
6d
Mr Prence
6d
John ffinney
6d
Mr Jenn^y
6d
Thorn Pope
6d
Mr Attwood
6d
Richard Sparrow
6d
Mr Paddy
6d
Robert Paddock
6d
Mr Hanbury
6d
Gabriell ffallowell 4 d
Natb Sowther
6d
Richard Wright
6d
Thorn Southwood
6d
Thom Cushman
2d
Mathew ffuller
6d
Willm Nelson
2d
Manasseh Eemptoii
i6d
It is agreed upon that —
Russell shall
have 4£ lOs
to make the Causey * on the marsh to Joanes River
bridge and to
1 On the 2d of January, 1632-3, the Colony Court passed the following law:
In regard to our dispsion so far asunder and the inconveniency that may
befall it is further ordered that every freeman or other inhabitant of this Colony
provide for himself e, and each under him able to beare arms a sufHoient musket
and other serviceable peece for war wth bandeleroes (bandoleers boxes con-
taining charges of powder) and other appurtenances wth what speede may be ;
and that for each aole pson aforesaid he oe at all times after the last of May
next ensuing furnished wth two pownds of powder and ten po^mds of bullets
and for each default in himselfe or servant to forfeit ten shillings.
> A snaphanoe was a flint lock. In 1620 the matchlocks were going out of
use and the flint locks coming in. In the party of eighteen, landing on
Plymouth Rock, December 11th, 1620, old style, there were probablv two flint
looks, one of which was carried by Miles Standish.
* A calliver, or caliver, was a small gun or pistol.
* " Causey " means " Causeway."
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have J cwt of bi*ead for the psent and the said sum to be levyed
upon the Towne in Come at harvest next.
Those that agreed to pvide the said bread,
Mr Prence
14 1b~
and for thother 7 lb
Mr Hanbury
14 1b
other meanes must be used
to pcure it pvided that it
John Barnes
14 1b
Mr Paddy
7 1b,
be in pt of payment.
[25.] At a Townes meeting held the xxiiiith of September 1643
It 18 agreed upon by the whole that th^re shalbe a watch
kept in regard of the danger of the Indians. That all the whole
Town^ship shall joyne in keepeing the watch at Plymouth And
that i^hen any cannot come to do his duty in the watch the
Captaine of the watch or the Corporall shall put a sufficient man
in his stead and he shall pay him and if he refuse to pay he shalbe
distrayned for it. That there be six men and a Corporall for one
watch wch is to continue xxiiii houres from sunn sett to sunn sett
and that he that comes not then to his watch and another be putt
in his stead he shall pay him although he come himself. ^
It is agreed upon that there shalbe a watch house ^ forth-
wtli built of brick and that Mr Grome will sell us the brick* for
xi s p thousand. That sd ordinance be changed for smaler peeces
if they can be had.
That Nathaniell Sowther Thomas Southwood ^ John Dun-
hame and Thomas Cushman shall divide the number of the
Inhabitants into sevrall watches accoMing to the form order.
That Nathaniell Souther and Thomas Southwood shalbe
captaines or masters of the watch thone for one weeke and
thother for another weeke and so to continue as long as the watch
continues, and Thom Southwood to begin.
At a Townes meeting held the ix of October 1643 for
eiecion of Comittees for the Court and psons to be of the Counsell
of warr for the Towne &c
Mr John Done
Mr W™ Paddy
John Cooke
John Dunhame
Comittee for
the Court
1 The watch-house was built on Burial HiU.
2 South worth.
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To be of the Coiinsell
of war for the Towne.
The Govuor
Mr Prence
Mr Hopkuis
Mr Jenney
Mr Paddy
Nathl Sowther
Mr Hopkins Manassah Kempton John Winslow Jolin
Cooke Thorn Clarke Richard Sparrow and Thomas Ctishinan are
chosen to be Raters to rate and assess 3 the charges of this ycare
for this Towne for the fortyfycatiou ^ work donn about the ordin-
ance, for the building of the watchhonsc and the officers wages
(but not the bridge causey except it be finished.).
[26.] At a Townes meeting holden the xth flfebruary 1643
It is agreed That wolfe traps be made according to the
order of the Court in manner following,
1 That one trap be made at Joanes River by tlie Govern-
ors famyly Mr Prences and Mr Hanburies and mathew ffuller and
Abraham Pearce
2 That one be made at Playne Dealing ^ by Mr Combe
Mr Lee ffraucis Billington Georg Clark John Shawe and Edward
Dotey.
8 That one be made at Wellingsly by the Inhabits tliere
with the help of Goodman Dunhame
4 That one be made at broken wharf e " by Manassah
Kempton Edward Ranges Richard Higgens Nathan iell Morton
Nicholas Snow Anthony Snow John Jenkins Willm ffallowell
Robte ffinney John and Ephraim Morton.
5 That one be made at the Towne by Mr Prence Nathan-
iel Sowther Thomas Southwood Mr Done John ffinney James
Cole and Giles Ri(ikett.
All these traps to be made before the next Court.
It is agreed that 50s be levyed by a rate for the Causy
at Jones River bridg fi^r the psent and when he shall have donn
as much more thereon as by his bargaine he ought to do then to
have the rest of his 4£ 10s to be made up by a second rate.
1 On Burial Hill.
•2 '« Playne Dealinj? " was what is now called ** Seaside."
B Broken Wharf was near the head of the Beaoh.
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'f hev that made the rate for the watchou&e and also to
iiiake these rates
Charges
the forty fine
tlie fort last
year
( ffor the bridge causey
ffor Richard Church wages
ffor sawing tlie ptaulcs
ffor iron work to paddock
To Mr Gi-oomes
! for a paire of wheels
to Mr ffnller for drawing the
planks to the Towne
for repaire of the stocks
to John Groome
£ s d
02. 10. 00
00 16. 00
00. 08. 00
00. 04. 00
00. 10. 00
Oh 10. 00
00. 06. 00
00. 06. 00
6. 10. 00
Comittes now chosen C Mr John Done
Mr W" Paddy
Manasseh Kempton
John Cooke Ju'
Stephen Wood and Andrew King are to repaire the hear-
ing ware and to have it for three yeares now next ensuing and are
to have xiiiid p thousand for drawing the fish and delivering out
the shares during the said terme
[27.] At a Townes meeting the xxii June 1644
In case of alar u me in tyme of warr or danger these
divisions of the Towneship are to be observed and tiiese cora-
panys to repaire together.
At Joanes River
' Mr Bradfords famyly one
Mr Prences one
Mr Hanbury one
Mr Howland one
ffrancis Cooke one
Phineas Pratt
Gregoi-y Armnstrong
John Winslow
LMr Lee
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At the
Ele River
f Thomas Little
Thorn Williams
John Smith
Robt ffinney
Manasseh Kempton
Joseph Warren
Richard Church
Robt Bartlet
and the rest
Plymouth towneship"^ fffraucis Goulder
according to order r Wellingsly -{ Edmou Tilson
given J L John Smaley
And for a watch It is ordered that the watches shalbe
ob8er\'ed as they were the last yeare vii men of a night and to begin a
half an hower before the sunn sett and to pay iiii d an hower for
every one that comes after And if any come not themselves nor
send not a sufficient man he shalbe fyned. And Nathaniell
Sowthe ^ and Thom South wood masters of the watch.
Orders agreed upon by the Counsell of wair, That the
leade be made up into bullet ts and men hyred to do it.
That when an Alarum is made and continued in Plymouth
Duxborrow or Marshfeild There shalbe twenty men sent from
Plymouth and as many from Duxborrow and tenn from Marsh-
feild to releeve the place where the Alarum is so continued.
And when any of. these places stand in neede of help
upon the continuance of the Alarum Then a Beacon to be fyred
or els a great fyer to be made from Plymouth upon the Galhouse
hill, on the Captain Hill for Duxborrow And on a hill by Mr
Thomas his house for Marshfeild. *^
[28.] At a Townes meeting xxiith July 1644 for the ordering
of the poores stock.
By Mr Bradford Mr Prence Mr John Done Mr 'J'homas
Willett and John Dunhame.
Josias Cooke is to have the yoake of steeres wch are in
hands untill the first of November come twelve months and is to
leade for them fourty loades of wood as he shalbe appoynted.
1 Sowther is here meant.
2 Gallioust^ Hill wa-s Gallows Hill, and was the high ctouikI between Mur-
clock's Pond and Samoset Street. The Hill in Marahneld was that lying south
of the Webster Place.
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There was a browne heiffer web came in out of the xv£
Web lieiffer is putt to Wiilm Pontus for two yeares and if she
have not a calf tlie fii-st yeare tlien he is to be payd for the
wintering of her this yeare as other have, but if she have a calf
then not, and to have iier two yeares on the same termes other
have thother Cowos.
.Josuah Pratt and | Are to have the Cowe (that
Thorn Savory ) Josuah had) betwixt them
but Josuah to have two parts
and Thorn one ptc.
The Cowe that Edmond Tilson liad hath a cowe calf wch
the said Kdmond is to winter and to have vi. s out - his stock
for that half wch belongs to the stock.
Edmond Tilsoii | are to have tiie Cowe at Edmond
Sanujell Eddy 3 Tilsons betwixt them, but Kdmond
to have two pts and Samuel one pt
and Edmond to winter her and
Samuel pay his part thereof.
Mr John Holmes "i Are to have tiie Covvc that is wth
Wiilm Nelson \ Mr Holmes aiui every of them
John Hey wood J equall parts.
In stock two oxen, two steers in Josias Cooke hand three
cowes with Mr Josuah Piatt Edmond Tilson and Mr Holmes, and
o|ie heiffer wth Mr Pontus, and a cow calf wth Edmond Tilson.
These are put forth but for one yeare.
[29.] At a Townes meeting holden the xxi th November 1644
The Townes men agreed that five men should be chosen
to make the Rate for the payment of the publike officers and the
lott fell upon Mr W"" Paddy Mr John Howland Manasseh Kemp-
ton John Dnnhame and I'hom Cushman, the Rate they made was
for v£ v s
The eight of Aprill 1645
Mr Bradford Mr I'rencc Mr Paddy Mr Done Nathaniell
Souther and Thomas South wood for and on behalf of the Towne
agreed wth James Cole that his sonn HeugU Cole should keepe the
Cowes this yeare from the middle of this instant Aprill untill the
middle of November following and shall have fifty bushells of
corne for his paynes and shall bring them up every morning to
bee milked and then carry them forth to feede and bring them
hoame at night. The Corne is to be equally levyed according
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to the number when they are brought together and eich man to
pay his pporcon as it shall come to.
[30.] 1646 The disposall of ye poors stock that year.
goodman Tillson (in ye division) hath ye hefer of 2 yeai-s
olde and ye stociv had a yearling bull and a cow calfe. And he
was to pay to ye stock 1£ Ts 6d this was paid in corne to ye use
of ye pore a year after viz 5 biishclls to old goodman pontis and
ten bushells lent to John Dunham junior and 2 bushell still
remaining in ye hands of John Dunhame wliich he is redy to pay.
This 2 bushels of corne in goodman 's donliam's hand is alowed
to goodman pontis. 1650. MrHolums^ had a 2 yearling stear
valued at 2£ so he had the stear and ye stock was to have 1£
which is yett unpaid.
JoBuah Prate and Thomas Savory had a yearling heafer
and a Bull calfe the hefer valued at 2£ 5s and the caife at 20s
The stock is to pay them 1£ 7s 6d That is to Josuah 18s 4d and
to Thomas Savercy 9s 4d
Mr Willett bought at ye same time a yearling heafer and
ye bull calfe which came from Josuah' s parte and a yearling
bull of Tillsons at 4£ 5s paid as foUoeth to Josuah 18s 8d and
to Tho : Saveray 9s 4d paid more for ye poora use 8 yeards of
coten at 2s per yeard 16s 5d more tOxTho. Clark for exchange of
a beast and 15s for wintering of a beast belonging to ye stock,
rest due from Mr Willett.
The cow calfe that came from Tilson
was sould to John Dunham and Sam Eedy
at 18s John Dunham hath paid his part 9s
in a saw which Kenebeck must answer and
Eody is still debtor.
[31.] At a towne meeting the 10 of Desem 1646
It was agreed that whosoever eoms not to ye towne meet-
ing being thereunto warned at ye time appoynted shall forfite to
ye towns use for every shuch defalte 12d exept he have a suffi-
cent and lawfull excuse.
William Hoggkins ^
Christopher Winter
1 HoltneB is here meant.
'<< WilUani Hoskins is here meant.
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Ralph JoaDes
f raDcis Cooke
Jacob Cooke
William Spooner
Mr Howland
Joseph Raitisden
John Cooke
francis Billington
Mr Lee
Sam. Sturtevant
Edward Gray
John Sha«r
Steven Briant
John Winslow
Sam Kin[^
Ephrem Tincome
Sam Cutbert
Ed Doty
Mr Holmes
James Hnrst
John Howard
Willliam Nellson
John Morton
John Moses
Tho. Letice
lieutenant '
Tlio South worth
James Cole
William Browne
Mr Pady
Honoris Attkins
Mr Willett
Mr Bradford
John Smyth Senior
John Thomson
Rich. Sparrow
John Wood
Tho. Sherive
Anderew Ring
Rich Wright
Gabriell ffallowell
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Elder Cushman
Jos Pratt
John ffinney
Tho Savorey
Giles Rieket
Tho. Pope
Georg Wattson
John Barnes
£d Holman
John Donham Sen
Samuell Dunham
James Glaee
John Jourden
Sam. Eedy
Steven Woode
Henery Woode
Ed. Tillson
ff ran CIS Goulder
Tho. AVhitney
Nath. Morton
John Dunham Junior
John Churchell
Manasah Ktmpton
Epherem Morton
Tho. Morton
Robert ffiney
Thomas Clarke
Georg Bonham
John fifance
Rich. Smith
Robert Bartlett
Tho. Little
Nath. Warren
John Smith
William harlow
[32.] At a towne meeting ye 4 Des^ 1647
Mr Howlaud
Mr Willet
Mr Pady
Manasah Kempton
and John Donham
were chosen to make the rate
for comon charges being
3£ And allso 25 pounds for
ye meeting house.
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The 31 July 1652
The division of the stock of the pore was made between
The Gove'r goodman Dunham and Will Paddy. John Heywood
is to keepe the cow hee had this psent yeare eusiieinge : -
his Increase for ye last 2 years were a stere of : yftaV' and
vantage valued at 348 and a cowe-calfe of this year vfllued at 228,.
in ye division he had the cow-calfe at j^e prise. the etock
hath ye steer and is to pay him 6s
John donham had Increase only one yearling stear
valued at 34s he bought ye halfe and is to pay to AVilliam NcUson
10s and to John howard 6s.
William Nellson hath Increase a yearling heafer valued at
50s and 2 cow-calves valued at 40s. he having a young cow before
ye half only of her belonging to ye stock, valued at o£ his part
being 508. ' '
the stocke is now to have ye said yong cowe wboly ye
next year. '
And he is thus paid for his part, 40s in ye yong
catle and 10s by John dnnham as aforesaid
John howard is to have ye cow he had this present in-
suing year.
John donham is to have ye cow he had in ye same mauer
and John Smith likewise his.
The old cow that is at William Nellsou's is sonld by us
to John dunliam senior for 4£ 6 bushel Is of rye being nllready
gone upon her head to fruncis Hillington ye rest he is to make
way for upon demand. William Nellson hath only now in his
hand ye yong cowe afforesaid which he is to keep this instiing
year.
a smale debt or 2s to
be cleared by Mr Paddys stock
due now to ye slock 16o2
a yearling stear that came
from John heawards cowe anil
7s. from Mr Pady and Mr Willett
for halfe a calfc of John Smiths
[33.] Mr Bradford Governor
March the 4^'> 1647
Such as were a pointed by the Townesliip of new Plym-
outh to dispose pf Iftnd^ have granted unto Thomas Little of
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plymoath aforaaid five acres of upland medow beyond Thomas
Clarks farme at a brooke comonly called the Indian brooke ^ the
medow being mutch of it nought the lower end of the said medow
is to be understood the said five acres of upland medow to
apertaiue unto the said Thomas littell so long as after himself e or any
of his posterity shall Remayn within the limits of the towneshipe
of Plymouth aforsaid but if both him and them shall all depart
the towneship aforsaid then yt the five acres of medow aforaaid
is to Return into the lands and disposing of the aforsaid Townc
of Plymouth.
1646
At a Townesmeeting of the Towne of plymouth which was
in October the yeare above written was granted unto John hay-
woo<l of the townc aforsaid 4 acres of upland ground lying necr
unto goodman hursts brooke ^ adjoyning unto the gardin plote of
the said John hay ward and so to extend it selfe in length into the
woods westerly provided yt he alow a sufHtient pasage for cattell
betwexte the Swampe lying at the nether end of the land and the
land it selfe.
[34.] Christopher Winter
Mr Rowland
ffrancis Cooke
Jacob Cooke
William Spooner
John Cooke
Joseph Knrusden
ffrancis Billington
Will, hoskins
Mr Lee
Samuell Sturtevant
Kdward Gray
John Shaw
Samuel King
Kphraim Tinkham
Samuell Cutbert
John Dunham Junior
John howard
1 At Manomet Ponds.
' This brook w^ whf^t {h now called Cold Spring Brook.
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William Nellson
John Morton
John Moses abs
Tho. Lettice
Lieutenant Southwortli
James Cole sen
Willam Browne
Mr Paddy
Samuell Hiekes
Cnptainc Willet
Mr Bradford
John Smitli Jun abs
John Wood
Andrew Ring abs
Richard Wright
Gabriell ffallowell
Elder Cnshraan
Tho. Savory
Gyles Riekard Sen
Tho. Pope
George Watson
John Browne
Edward holmnn abs
John Dunham Sen
Samuell Dunham
John Jurden abs
Samuell Eedy abs
henery Wood
Edward Tillson
ffrancis Goulder
Tho. Whitney
Nathan iell Morton
John Churchell abs
Mannasses Kempton
Ephraim Morton
Tho. Moi-ton
Robert ffinney
Tho. Clarke
Georg Bonum
Robert Bartlett
Natha Warren abs
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John Smith
WUlam harlow abs
John Rickard
Gyles Rickard- Jun
Richard flfoster
Joseph Warren abs
Arthur hatheway
John Keithe
James Cole Junior
James 8haw
« * * « *
Samuel flfuller
« * * «
Jonathan Dunham
Thomas Lucas
* [36.] Plimouth april th'.^ 6"' 1706 laid out and bounded thirty
six acres of land being part of the sixty acre lot of Mr Ephraim
Little in the present division of sixty ncro lots in said plymouth
Township as followeth : lying at a place called the horse neck. 31
acres thereof is bounded on the north side thereof by the
58 acres of Caleb Cook ; and on the East it is bounded from a
stake in the range of said Cooks land in boxberry swamp i*anging
south and by west sixteen pole to the stake which is the nortl^east
corner bound of the ten acres of Jonathan Bryant and from
thence bounded by said ten acres unto the southwest corner bound
there being a jjine tree marked ; and from thence ranging south
and by west 28 pole to the stake which is the east corner bound
of the 20 acre lot belonging to the heirs of Joshua Pratt ; and
from thence by the head of said 20 acre lot unto the pine tree
marked which is the north corner bound thereof ; and from thence
by the rang of said 20 acre lot southwest 3 quartere of a point
south 14 pole to two small red oaks marked standing t^)gether
by the edge of the meadow ground at Jones river ; and so on the
same rang to said river ; and from thence bounded by said River
up stream unto the 58 acres of Caleb Cook first mentioned. And
the other five acres thereof lyeth on the northeast side of Jones
River and is bounde*! by said river from the last mentioned range
down stream unto the upper end of the meadow of Jonathan
1 This entry is written on a half nheet of letter paptT, and when the first
volume of the reoor<l»i waa rebound was inserted in this place. The laud
referred to wan in Kingston.
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Briant which he bought of Samuel Bryaut ; from thence bounded
by said Jonathan Brvunts meadow untill it come down unto the
bound between said meadow and the meadow of Samuel Bryant ;
and from thence on a straight line to the stake which is the
southerly corner boinid of the land of the heirs of Joshua Pratt
and from thence by sd prats land northwest 3 quarters of a
point westerly 70 pole to a stake and stones on the side of a hill ;
and from thence on the same range 45 pole more to a pine tree
marked on the * * * * hilTnear the meadow ground; and
so on the same rang home to * * * * * ground ; and
from thence bounded by the edge of the upland * * * nty
two pole to the two small red oaks marked by the meadow side
* * * mentioned. There being allowance * * way through
gates or bars ; cross the last * • ed five acres
John Bradford
Samuell Sturtevant
[37.] The 27th 6 mo lOoO
Willi Nelson : is to keepe the ould cow that is in his hand
this psent yeare.
John Heywood is to keepe the yonge cow that is in his
hand for this psent yeare.
Tho Savory is to keepe the cow in that is in his hand for
this yeare.
John Smith is to have the Cow that is in goodman Pontus
hand for this yeare.
Willi Nelson is to have a heyfer that is a yeare ould and
vantidg halfe belonginge to the stock and the other to himselfe;
and is to kee|)e her f o ■ three yeare to tho halfes.
Willi Paddy is debt to halfe a calfe wh was John Dun-
hams att 12s to pay to the stock.
[38.] The pors stock being caled in 1048 August 4th
1 cowe at William pontis. The Increase a yearling
Rteere ^nd a cow calfe.
1 John Dunham and Sam. Eedy. The Increase a year-
ling hefer and a bull calfe.
1 heifer at William Nelson. Increase a cow calfe
and I cow between Will Nelson and Haward a yearling stcere
The stock hath bought goodman pontis halfe of ye year-
ling stear and a cow- calfe valued at 2jC 10s so he is to be payed
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25s, Mr Willet hath bought them and is to pay him 25s. and the
stock 25s.
The yearling hefei* and a bull calf that was John Dunham
and Sam Edy was valued at 3£ 4s the calfe is Ids Mr Pady is to
give 9s for ye halfe and either Mr Willet or Tho : Litle is to give
23.8 for ye halfe of ye heifer present pay.
The share of Nellsons is valued at 2£ 2.8 Mr Wilet is to
give 31.8. 6d except William Nellson can make redy pay.
The catlc nrc thus disposed now this 3'ear 1648 Aug: 5
To good man pontis The cowe he had before
John Dunham ye cow that he and Sam : Eedy had before.
William Nellson ye old cow
John Haward ye yoiige cow
Thom : Saverey to have a cow yt is to be bought.
[39.] At a Townes meeting holden at ply mouth
the 4^'* of November 164S,
The Raters for coman charges were Mr Howland
Manesses Kemton
Thomas Cushman
John Cooke
Thomas Clarke
The townehave apointed Mr Willot and Richard Church
to manage the busines at the Court concerning the bridge at Keil
river in the behalf e of ye towiie
At a meeting of the Townsmen of new Plymoulh holden
at the meeting house the 1 T***. of May 1 649 the Comites chosen
weer
Mr howland
Mr Paddy
goodman Kemton
goodmau Dunham
Constable Jolm Thomson
Surveyors Mr howland
Mr Paddy
Mr Willit
Grand Jury Robert Bartlct
John flennoy
Jacob Cook
Andrew Rinjre
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At a meeting of the Townsmen of Plymouth holden at
the meeting house the * of November 1649 the Raters for the
piiblick chaises were chosen
Mr howland
Mannasses Kemton
John Dunham Sen
John Cook
Iciuetenant Southworth
Wheras a eertaine propryety or privilidg was formerly
graunted by the Towne of Plym unto Mr Bradford Govr Mr
Willam Paddy Captaine Tho Wiilet and others in and unto Clarks
Hand ; at the Townsmeeting holden by the Townsmen of Plymouth
aforsaid the 18* of febreuary 1649 they the said Mr Bradford Mr
Paddy and Mr Wiilet did freely and fully surrender all theire
said Right and Euterest which they have formerly had in the
said Hand unto the Township of Plymouth.
[40.] The pores stock was taken notis of by William Brad-
ford and John Dunham senior this 26 day of August 1655.
The cow which John Smith had is dead without any in-
crease.
The cow John Dunham had was also boged and dyed.
And her increase kild by the wolf. ,
The cowe at William Nelsons hath no Increase but one
that was lost And we have changed her for a yonger with calfe
as is suposed. And he is to paye the stock.
The cowe John Heaward had hath encrease a cow-calfe
of this year valued 15s and a two year old stear of which is to
have half when sould and he hath the calfe in part thereof.
And let him keepe the cowe still upon the former termes.
And the other is in the hands of William Nelson.
.4
[41 •] At a Gcnerall meeting of the Townsmen of New
Plymouth Iiplden at the house of Mr Willam Bradford Gouv the
IS'*" of febreuary 1649
Wheras in Regard to the distance of our habitations and
sundry other Inconveniencies the whole Town cannot Redyly com
together to acte in the Redrese of sundry things in the Towne
aforsaid : The said Towne have therfore ordered by these psents
yt seaven men ^ bee chosen and deputed by and in the behalfe of
1 In the choice of these seven men the Town anticipated the law passed by
the Colony Court in 1()65, providing for the choice of a Board of Selectmen.
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the aaid Towne to order the affayeis thereof ; Videleset the said
Beaven men to have the disposing of all such lands whether at
Clarks Hand Manomct ponda or any other place within the
libbertyes of the said Town undisposed of : to the use of such of
the said towne as are in want for theire psent ncssesityes they to
make use therof as long as they please or their heairs after them
but not to make sale therof if they depart the towne but to
surrender them upp unto the towne agayne at theire departure.
further the said seaveu men have power by these presents
to make Inquiry into the state and condition of the poor of the
Towne and to use theire best descretion and Indeavors that tlie
poor may bee comfortably provided for by contriving and seting
them in such wayes and courses as may most probably conduce
therunto ; and allso to see yt the provissions of the poor bee not
unessesaryly Imbezeled misspent and made away in the sommer
season before the winter and times of hard things com : A.nd for
such poore as are aged or dccripped as they cannot work or any
other conceaved by the said seaveu men to bee in absolute need
they have libberty and power by to make a Rate for theire Releefe
* shall bee absolute necessity calling them therunto ;
And whereas libberty was graunted by the Court holden
at New Plymouth * of June last past before the date heerof unto
the Townshipe of Plym aforsaid to heard and keepe cattell at
Sepecan ; ^ the seaveu men aforsaid have libberty and * by these
prsents to hier and Imploy men as they shall see ocation in
bearding wintering of cattell at Sepecan as aforsaid
finally yt the said seaven men bee Annuall and yt every
yeare it bee at the Townes libbertye to make a new choise by
papers or otherwise as they shall see ocation.
Accordingly at the meeting aforsaid seaC\'en men were
chosen which were These following
John Barnes
Robert ffinney
Captain Tho : Willet
Leiuelenant Tho : South worth
John Cooke Juni
John Dunham Senior
Tho: Clarke
1 Sepecan became Rochester, June 4, 168G, and included what are now
Marion and Mattapoisett.
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AUso yt aDj five of the seaven men men aforsaid Id case
of the absence of the other two or otherwise shall agree in about
or concerning any of the pticulars aforsaid ; it shall stand in force
as if all were prsent and agreed therin
And that no Rate bee made by the abovesaid 7 men to
exceed the sume of 3 pounds for the poore aforsaid. And if
there shalbee Reason to make a larger Rate for the end aforsaid
that the said 7 men * to the towne that further order may bee
taken in that *
[42.] Att a Townsmeeting of the Townsmen of New Plymouth
* the house of Mr William Bradford Govenr the 4*** of Novem-
l)er 1650 j
It was ordered yt whosoever shall after the day of the
date * kill a wolfe or wolves and bring Testimony thereof by
the skin or head &c shall have for every wolfe yt shall apeer to
be killed within the Townes liberties ; fifteen shillings and this to
be levied by Rate. And wheras Nathanniell Warren hath lately
killed a wolfe before the date heerof yt hee allso bee considered
in the next Rate as shalbee thought meet.
The Raters for the Publick charges of this Prsent yeare
were
Mr John howland John Cooke Juni
Mannasses Kemton Tho : Clarke
John Dunham Sonl
Gyles Rickard Seni chosen constable for the Towne to
serve untell the next June court bee expired.
Att a Townsmeeting of the Townsmen of New Plym :
holden at the meetinghouse the first of March 1650 Mr howland
Mr Paddy Captaine Willet Mr John Winslow John Cook Juni and
Tho : Clarke have engaged to pay two coats a peece to bee in
reddynes in the hands and custetie of John Morton to pay any
Indian that shall kill a woolfe and make it known to the Govenr upon
undoubted Testimony and for such as kill lesser woolves to have
an axe or hatchet for every such woolfe ; and that the charge of
the said coats bee considered and abated unto the abovesaid pties
in the publik chaises at the yeares end.
It was ffurther agreed by the Townesmen aforsaid that
the Court order about woolfe trapps (as it Respects them) bee
forthwith put in practise viz : that five trapps or more bee forth-
with made by severall companies in severall Naighborhoods' in
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the Townslnpp ; and that Nathanniell Moitoii doe give notice l»y
l^apers of the names of such as are to Joyne together for the
end aforsaid that soe they may bee made and tended
June 1651
ordered that all graves especially
for grown peraons bee diged fivt»
foot deep and that all such as have any ocation * * ♦ graves
[43 •] At a Towne Meeting held at the house of Mr William
Bradford the 25* of November 1651
The Ratere for publick cliarges that were chosen were
Mr John howland Mannasses Kemton John Dunham Seni John
Cook and Tho : Clark.
The seaven men chosen to oixler the afaires of the Towne
febreuary 18*** 1649 are to continew in theire places by the order
of the towne for this following yeare.
An acre of land is graunted unto John Rickard at
Welingsley for him to build an house or soe as it hinder no hieway
^ January 1651 Willam harlow and Benjamin Bartlet have
killed two wolves for which the towne is indebted to them.
febreuary 1651 Robert Bartlet also killed a woolfe the
same month 1651.
Robert Bartlet hath sence killed another woolf month
1651.
At a Townsmeeting held at the meeting house the 28th
of febreuary 1651 it was agreed by the consent of the Towne
that the land graunted unto the Towne by the court at Sepecan
should bee Purchased of the Indians at the publicke chai*ge of the
said Towne ; when the true ppriatora thereof shalbee manifested
It was otxlered that wheras there is a Neglect of appeerance
at Townemeetings when orderly Sumoned thenmto : That in case
any shall for ye future neglect to com to Townsmeetings when
orderly warned shalbee lyable to pay the fine ordered the 10
December 1646 videlect twelve pence a pson for every such
default and the said fine to be Required by the Cunstable or som
other thought meet by the Towne unless any pson can sufl9cient
reason for his absence.
1 The three clauses relating to Wm. Harlow, Benjamin Bartlett and Hobert
Bartlett have lines drawn through them in the Records.
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At this meeting Natlianiell Moi'ton Requested of the
Towne a smalc moj-etie of land lying betwixt the hieway by his
house and the water side or Creeke commonly called and known
by the name of hobshole allis WelHngsley the said small moyetie
being compased on the one side with the aforsaid hole or creeke
and on the other side with the brooke Kuning into the said creeke
which makes it a necke tiie said ********
[44.] "
for the G overs Teame
Tho: Lettice
William Nelson
John Morton
for goodman Winters Teame
Willam Hoskins
ffrancis Billington
Nicolas hodgis
W^iU Spon
for Mr Rowlands Teame
Willam Spooncr
Benjamin Eaton
Tho: Gray
for ffrancis Cooks Teame
John Cooke
John harmon
Samuell Hinge
for goodraan Shawcs and
Samuell Sturtivants Teame
They to cut wood for theire
owne Teame.
for goodman hursts and
Ephraim Tinkham*s Teame
Themselves to cut the wood
and John Dunham to bee
added to them
for Samuel hickes Teame
Gorg Watson
John Smith Juni
hugh Cole
for Andrew Rings Teame
Richard Wright
heuery Atkins
Benjamin Prat
Wheras Nathaniell Warrens
Team did nothing in this
* the last yfjare ; hee and his
brethren are to provid wood
for themselves and draw
proportionable to others
for Tho : Clarkes Teame
Willam Shirtley '^
Richard Smith
John Smith Seni
for Robert Barllets Teame
Willam harlow
Richard ffoster
Joseph Green
Gyles Rickard
for Mannasses Keratons Teame
Samuell Dunham
Ephraim Morton
Tho: Morton
1 A portion of a leaf in the Records containing tlie preface to this list is torn
out. The names of Nicholas Hodgis, Benjamin Eaton, Tho: Gray, Samuell
Kinge, Joseph Green henery Wood and John Wood have lines drawn through
them in the Records .
2 William Shirtley means William Shurtleflf.
3
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for Mr Winslows Teame
John howard
Samuell Cutbert
John holmes
for goodman Doties Tcarae
James Cole
Tho: Sherive
Willam Browne
for Robert ffeneys Teame
Tho: Whitney
Edward Tilson
John Churchill
for goodman Rickards Teame
henery Wood
John Wood
John Rickard
Leif tenant Southwoilh
Samuell *
for goodman Barnes his Teame
James Glase
Jonathan Dunham
1636
[45.] Att a Generall meeting of the Townsmen of Plymouth
holden att the house of Mr Edw Winslow The * of flfebruary
Anno dom 1636.
1636 Impr wheras great destruction of firewood is by reason of
The topps of many trees are only taken away and the * are left
behind It is ordered by the towne That whosoever * a tree for
firewood upon the Comon grounds shall not only * away
the toppes but shall alsoe cutt up the bodys of such and cause
them to bee carryed away as well as the toppes * within one
month next after they were fallen upon that each that shall doe
the contrary shall forfeit five shillings for each tree to be levied
to the use of the towne of Plymouth
1641 It is ordered by the Towne that all Swine above • months
old shalbee Ringed ;
May 16 It was ordered by the towne that if any shall absent
1636 himselfe from the towne meeting being orderly
warned (which is to say * ) before by the con-
this was es- stable or his de[)utie ; unlesse urgent occation
tablished to Require a shorter warning ; shalbee fined twelve
bee in force pence for every pson that shall make such defect
January 9'*' of non appcerance to the use of the towne unlesse
1660 he can make a Just excuse
Att a Townsmeeting held att Plymouth the 3^* * The
Richard Towne graunted unto Richard Wright twenty five
Wrights acres to bee layed forth for him at Winnatucksett
grant of to him and his assignes for ever in Regard that
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25 acres of hoe was to have had * * in the Townnhip of
laud at Plymouth which hee bought of * * as ap|)eei*s by
Winatuxet a Record of Court beuriiig dati; * 1C38 wiiich hfce
never was possessed of * * in any place ; In
consideration * * of the Towne «***•*
• « » *
[46.] It was ordered by the to^ne that all graves especially
for elder psons shalhee diged five foot deep and that all such as
have any occation to Imploy any in diging of graves shall see
that they be diged soe deep ;
It was ordered by the towne that all lands or pcells of
lands that shalbee graunted to any within this towneship for the
future shalbee graunted openly in towne meetings and that like-
wise all Rates that shalbee for the poor shalbee made anually
by those that are chosen anually to make the Rates for the publicke
charges of the countrey.
It was agreed and graunted by the towne of Plymouth
ananimously That all such pcells of land both upland and meddow
which hath bin formerly graunted by the seaven men apointed to
order the affaires of the town ; shalbee the proper Right of such
to whom such lands or meddowes have bine Graunted to
belong unto them and theire heires and assignes for ever with-
out any exception whatsoever and in speciall a meddow comonly
Called Dotyes was graunted to the pties to whom it is disposed to
them and their heires for ever without exception ; alwaies pro-
vided that notwitstanding this order and graunt ; That whosoever
hath any lands graunted unto them upon any either Hands or
beaches belonging to the towne the propryety therof shalbee and
Remaine unto the Towne of Plymouth in comon ; and that such
said psons as to whom such lands are graunt^^d to have the use
therof for a season.
1657
* ember 26 The Towne agreed that theire land att
• 7 ^ Punckateesett over against Road Hand shall
bee lett unto Captaine Cooke and they have
appointed Captaine Willett to lett it in theire
behalfe which accordingly was done and tiie
tearmes are elswhere extant in the Records of
the Court ;
1 Fiinckateesett on Seconnett River in lihode Island.
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[47.]
March The Names of those that have Interest and proprieties
1651 in the Townes land att Punckateesett over against
. Road Hand
Captaine Willett
Leiftenant Southworth
Mr Willam Bradford *
Mistris Allice Bradford
Mr John howland
The Elder Thomas Cushman
John Barnes
Thomas Clarke
Gyles Rickard Seni
Nathaneel Warren
Joseph Warren
Mannasses Kemton
Mistris Elizabeth Warren
John Rickard
Samuell Dunham
Ephraim Tinkham
Arthur hatheway
Willam Nelson
Mr Paddy
Mr Rayner
Thomas Pope
Richard Wright
Willm Spooner
John Morton
Ephraim Morton
John Smith Juni
Gyles Rickard Juni
ffrancis Cooke
John Cooke
Willam harlow
George Bonqm
Mr John Winslow
James hurst
Samuell Eedy
John Dunham Seni
1 The name of Mr. Bradford haa a line drawn through it in the Records.
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Robert flinney
Robert Bartlett
Edward Gray
Patience Fauiice
John ffaunee
Georg Watson
Edward Doty
John Shaw Seni
James Shaw
Gabriell ffallowell
Nathaneell Morton
Samuell hickes
John Churchill
James Cole Seni
Andrew Ringe
henery Atkins
Thomas Lettice
John Dunham Juui
Willam Browne
Edward Tilson
Mr Lee
Thomas Whitney
John Jourdaine
Jacob Cooke
Thomas Moiton
Thomas Savory
ffrancis Billington
John Smith Seni
Jonathan Dunham
John haward
James Cole Juui
Richard fifoster
James Glassc
Mtris Ann Atwood
Samuell Kinge
John Wood
Mistris Margarett hickes
Misti'is Jeney
Will: Shiitliffe 74
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[48.] Such as were appointed by the Township of Plymouth
to dispose of lands did graunt unto Thomas Little
five acrees of upland meddow beyond Thomas Clarkes
ffarme att a brooke comonly Called the Indian brooke
the meddow being mijeh of it nought the lower end
of tlie said meddow is to bee understood That said
five acrees of upland meddow to appcrtaine unto
Thomas the said Thomas Little soe long as either himselfe or
Littles any of his posteritie shall Remaine wilhin the lymetts
5 acre of the said township of Plymouth but if both himselfe
medow and all his Posteritie shall depart the township that
then the said meddow shalbee att the disposing of
the towne.
foure acrees of upland ground was gi-aunted by the
towne unto John haward lying neere unto James
4 acres hursts brooke adjoyneing unto the garden plott of
land to the said John hayward ; and soe to extend itselfe in
John length into the woods westerly provided hee alow a
Haward suflScient passage for cattle betwixt the swamp att
the neather end of the said land and the land itself ;
The Towne Graunted unto Nathancell Morton a
small Moyety of land, lying betwixt the highway by
his house and the waterside or creeke comonly called
and knowue by the name of hobshole allis Wellings-
ley The said smale moyety being compased on the
one side with the aforsaid hole or creeke and on the
other side with the brooke Runing into the said creeke
t which makes it a necke the said moyety soe bounded
as aforsaid with all the appurtenances belonging
tlierunto to belong and appertiine to him the said
Nathaneell Morton hee his heires and assignes for
ever ;
The Towne Graunted unto Richard Wright five
and twenty acrees of hind to bee aded to that which
formerly was alowed to bee his due which was twenty
ffve acrees in lieu of a pcell of land which hee should
have had att Mannomett ponds all which fifty acrees of
land are to bee layed forth for him att Wiunatuxett *
1 The Winnatuxett River rises in Plympton, and running through Halifax,
empties into Taunton River at Bridge water. The land referred to is in
Plympto^, th^p a part of Plymouth.
Nath"
Mortons
grant
of land
hobshole
* 6
» 1659
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by Mr Bradford and the Elder Cusliniau ; and hee
the said Richard Wright hath alsoe libertie to looke
oiit some meddow there to accommodate him withall
that soe a competency may bee confirmed *»*»♦.
[49.] A pcell or Tract of land was graiiuted unto Mr John
The 24th
of May 1660
John
Howland.
The 24th
of May 1660.
The 24"*
of May 1660.
The said land
called Rehoboth
was and is
relinquished into
the towne by the said
Stephen Bryant.
The 24"»
of May 1660.
howland lying att a brooke within two miles or
therabouts of Winnatuxett meddow lying att or
about the said brooke; the said p'^mises with all
and singulare the appurtenances belonging thcr-
unto was graunted by the towne unto the said
John howland hee his heires and assignes for ever,
fldfty Acrees of land is graunted unto the Elder
Thomas Cushman neare adjacent unto the place
where the land abovesaid graunted unto Mr John
howland lyeth ; the said fifty acrees of land with
all and singular the appurtenances belonging ther-
unto was graunted to the said Tliomas Cushman
To him and his heires for ever ;
ffour score Acrees of land was
graunted unto Stei)hen Bryant lying
on the south branch of Joanses River
neare his meddow there provided hee
Renounce and Relinquish all his title
and Claime to a place formerly
graunted unto John Shaw Soni ; CalUd
Rehoboth * condition wherof the
said four score acrees of land with all
and singulare the appurtenances be-
longing therunto is graunted unlo the
said Stephen Bryant to him and his
heires forever bounded on the Noitli-
west corner at the brooke next
his meddow with a white oak att the
uper end of his meddow ; on the
Southeast side bounded with four pyue
and one oake tree all marked ; on the
lower end with two pyne trees marked
on the foure sides ;
tiifty Acrees of land is graunted
unto ffrancis Combe lying next to
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and thence to
a Rid oake on
the vvesteren side
and soe to his
meddow to a
Rid oake marked.
The 24^»»
of May 1660.
Stephen Bryants land Neare unto the
meddow of tlie said ffrancis Combe
The said fifty aerees of land with all
and siugiilare the appurtenances be-
longing thernnto is graunted unto the
said ffrancis Combe to him and his
heires for ever ; bounded with a great
Rid oak tree att the wadeing place
and soe Rangeing through a little
swamp and * with a white oake by
the swamp and soe Ranging to another
white oak marked on four sides and
soe Rangeing againe to the westeren
corner to a Rid oake soe threw the
aforsaid swamp to anotlier white oake
marked on foure sides ; *
ffifty Aerees of land was graunted unto
ffrancis Billington viz : a Round Knowle of
hind lying and adjoyning to the hole of
meddow belonging to the said ffrancis Bil-
lington on tlie south side of the Cartway
goeing to Stephen Bryants meddows ; the
said ffifty aerees of land with all and
singulare the appurtenances belonging there-
unto is graunted unto the said ffrancis Bil-
lingto'i to him and his heires for ever.
[50.]
1660
(fifty Aerees of laud was graunted unto
Samuell Sturtivant lying on the North side
of Joanes river on the Southeast side of
his meddow there the said ffifty aerees of
land with all and singulare tlie appurten-
ances belonging thernnto is graunted unto
the said Samuell Sturtivant to him and his
heires for ever ;
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• 24th
May 1660
Three acrees of land was grauDted unto Jonathan
Dunham and three acrees of land unto Benajah
Pralt lying att the heads of theire lands to bee
viewed and layed forth for them by George Watson
and George Bonum ; the said prmises with all and
singuhire the appurtenances belonging therunto is
graunted unto the snid Jonathan Dunham and
Benajah Pratt ; to them and each of them theire
and each of tlieire heires and assignes for ever ;
The 24*
of May 1660 (forty Acrees of land is graunted unto
three Indians namly to Acconootus Wanna
and Wampocke lying att Shifting Cove ^ to
bee layed forth and bounded with «11 other
conditions and cerconistances to bee ordered
about it by George Watson Robert Bartlett
Nathaneell Warren and Willam Cooke ; and
if there shalbee occation to ])ut in another
Indian with them that then they shall each
ten acrees ;
The 24^^
of May 1660. It was agreed by the towne that Willam
harlowes ffenoe of Post and Rayles where
it now stands next tlie highway shalbee the
bounds of the upper end of his land ;
The 16th
of May 1652 The Towne graunted unto Mr John
Reyner asmale Moyety of land *^ viz : what-
soever was then Comon lying att the ujjcr
end of tlie acrees formerly layed out to Mr
John howland and others on the other side
of the brooke against the mill ; a little
brook pteing Gabriele ffallowell and it att
the uper end ; To belonge to the oiiely
proper use and behoof e of him the said
Jolm Revner bee and his heires for ever ;
1. Shifting (^ove wa« a Cove on the Manomet Sliore, South of Manonu-t Point.
- This land included the Poor House lot. P^allowelPs land included a part or
the whole of the land of the late Stephen Mayhury. and the little brook was
the outlet of the swamp, which by the raiHing of the Mill i>ond has become
what is now Slaughter House Pond. This brook was a little later called
Dunham 's Brook.
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[51.]
The 80*
of May 1659
Ellen Cushma^D
The 30*
of May 1659
Lieut Southworth
Patience Faunce
The 30*
of May 1659
The 21
of November
1660:
The confeirination
w>i8 on the 20th
of January 1660:
Richard Wright
The 20*
of flPebruary 1660:
An Inlargment of land is graunted unto
the Elder Cushman att the uper end of his
land att JoanseB river ; to goe up in equal
proportion for breadth into the woods soe
high as the pyny ^ * ;
An adition of land is graunted unto
Leiftenant Southwoith and Patience ffaunce
Widdow att the heads of their lotts of the
said Leiftenant Southworth and John fifaunce
att the Eel river ; this adition to extend a
quarter of a mile into the woods from the
heads of the said lotts ;
In like manor an adition of land is graunted
unto Robert ffinney and Thomas Moiton att
the heads of theire lotts they are now
possessed of ; to extend a quarter of a mile
into the woods from the heads of the said
lotts
Memorand : That the last graunts above
mentioned viz : to Leiftenant Southworth
Patience ffaunce Elder Cushman Robert
ffinney and Thomas Morton ; is to bee
understood onely of the wood of the said
lands to belong to them ; but the land to
Remaine comon ; and that on the graunts
to Robert ffinney and Thomas Morton any
may Notwithstanding take any dry wood
within the said bounds ;
A smale pcell of land lying neare unto
John Cooks att Rockey Nooke was graunted
unto Richard Wright to bee a place to sett
on bouse on ; and it was layed forth and
confeirmed unto him the said Richard
Wright as it was bounded by Ephraim
Morton one of the measurei's of lands
appointed by the towne
It was ordered by the towne that all the
land lying att the Eehiver swamp betwixt
* ** Pyny" probably means Pine WckkIs.
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Richard Wright
the Eelriver and the Bhingle brooke ' shalbee
Reserved for comon to the use of the towne ;
Att the same time it was ordered by the
towne likewise that all the land that Ijeth
betwixt John Cooke and fifrancis Billington
not disposed of alreddy to Richard Wright
shalbee and Remaine for comon to the use
of the towne ;
At the same time It was graunted unto
Willam Clarke that in case when his land
is layed out and bounded there is any that
will not be prejuditiall to others that hee
shall have enlargement ;
[52.]
• «
The 8d of
September
1660:
ffebruary
1660:
ffifty Acrees of land is graunted unto
Robert Bartlett lying between the sea and
the flferne swamp between the Eelriver and
Maunomett ponds with all and singulare the
appurtenances to him and his heires for
ever;
It was ordered by the towne that wheras
Complaint is made of great abuse by Reason
of the peeling of the Rind of from cedar
trees in the swampes belonging to the town-
ship whereby much timber is like to bee
spoyled and thereby the town much damni-
fyed ; That whosoever shall hentsforth either
themselves or any they shall Imploy or
sett on worke either English or Indians
peele the Rinds of any cedare trees within
this towueship or belouging thereunto ; and
not Imrove the bodyes of such trees soe
peeled within halfe a yeare after they are
peeled shall forfeite for every such default
fifty shillings to the townes use
It was ordered by the towne hencforth
none shalbee pmitted to take into ptenorship
any of any other towne to gather knots and
raakeTarr on the townes lands to the prcju-
^ Shingle Brook is the stream on which the zinc factory of N, Wood & Co.
stands in ChiltonviUe,
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Aprill
1661
These arines
were delivered
to the Constable
by order from the
Towne • 13, 1676
dice, of the town on the penaltie of forfeit-
ing for every load soe gathered in such
ptenorship five shillings to the townes use
It was likewise ordered att the same time
that none shall gather any knots to make
Tarr and lett them lye uudrawne together
above six months on payne of forfeiting
and loosing the said knotes ; It being by
this order lawfull for any other in such
ease to take them and Improve them ; as
they sliall see good ;
* The guns and swords belonging to the
towne were disposed of as foUoweth :
It to Mr Bradford one gun ;
To Nathanneell Morton for the use of
Abraham Jackson one short gun and a
sword ;
To Nathanneell Warren for the use of
his man John Rose one matchcock gun with
a fier locke since delivered to him for the
said gun and hee is to stock it and fitt it up
on the townes account.
To Thomas Morton one long gun
To Ephraim Morton one sword
To John Dotey one gun viz. one muskett ;
To Stephen Br3^ant one of the longer sort
of guns which was since delivered to
Sergeant harlow
To Jonathan Dunham one sword ; which
hee since hath Returned, tliese to be kept
* * * Mr Southworth Mr Crow and Mr
Barnes in the behalfe of the towne Reconed
with Gyles Rickard Seni ; and George
Bonuni and there Rerauincs due to the towne
from the said Rickard 2£
It from George Boniuu 0. 18. \
three swords belonge to the Towne
Nathaniel Morton * sword
Sergeant Tinkham one sword
Leift Morton one sword
1 The clause here inserted relating to tlie disposition of anus is erased in the
Records by marks drawn over the lines.
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[53*] Att the Towne meeting held att Plymouth the 10th day
of Janaary 1661
It was ordered that a Rate of ten pounds should bee made
and levied upon the Towne to bee layed out in bellowes and tooles
for a smith and to bee kept for the uses of the towne ; The men
deputed to make the said Rate were John Cooke, Nathantell WaiTen
and hugh Cole ;
It was likewise ordered att the same meeting by a unani-
mus voat of all the Townsmen then prsent : That a Rate of sixty
pounds should bee made and levied upon all the Inhabitants of
the Towne ; to bee Improved for the purchasing and procuring
of a place for a minnester by those psons formerly deputed by
the Towne to enquire out and prepare a place for the end aforsaid :
whoe were Captaine Southworth Robert flinney Ephraim Morton
and Nathaniell Warren ; The said sum soe to bee levied is to bee
payed att two severall payments viz : the former being the one
halfe therof is to be payed by the last day of June next following
the date heerof ; and the other halfe to bee payed by the last of
November next following the date heerof in current countrey
pay ^ and to bee desposed to the end aforsaid by the psons above
named ;
Gorg Watson Nathaniell Warren' and Joseph Warren
are deputed by the Towne to give meeting with Mr Hinckley and
Nathaniell Bacon whoe are appointed by the Court to set out the
bounds of the Townes lands att Sepecan this to bee done as sone
as ooDveniently may bee
At this meeting f¥ifty acres of land is Confeirmed being
formerly graunted unto Edward Gray lying on the west northwest
side of Joanes River meddow or therabouts to bee layed out on
both sides of the brooke which Runs from the pond through his
owne meddow soe as it may bee as little prejudicial! to the
Generall as may bee ; the said fQfty acrees of land with all and
singulare the appurtenances belonging therunto graunted unto
the said Edward Gray to him and his he ires forever ;
[54.]
* A smale pcell of swamp or meddow is graunted joyntly
1661 unto Andrew Binge and Abraham Jackson lying att
the south meddow at the further end of the Cove ;
Wheras formerly a smale pcell of land was graunted
1 ** Coontrey pay'' was " pay in produce " at fixed prices.
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unto John Dunham Juni : lying on the north side of his feild
above plaine dealing in ease it should not prove prejudicial! to
the Neighbourhood there ; and wheras some of the neighbors
whom it most conserneth have taken notice of liis desire con-
serning the pmises and have given theire consent unto his said
Request ; The Towne have therfore grauntcd unto the said John
Dunham three acrees of land lyiug on the noilb side of bis field
aforsaid ; to him and his heires for ever this to be lajed forth and
bounded with all convenient speed and the bounds to bee here
entered ; provided that the Neighbours shall have libeilie to fetch
wood from of the said land as they shall have occation notwith-
standing this graunt ;
Att a towne meeting held at the meeting house att
Plymouth the 24**^ of March 1661, Conseruing the demand of
twelve pounds by Richard Church and John Thompson in Re-
ference unto a former bargaine about the meeting house ; the
Towne agreed by a voate that they would not compound with the
saidptes; but will answare the tryall of it by law if the said
pties shall see cause to comence suite against the towne or any
that have formerly bine theire agents about the said bargaine ;
Libertie is graunted unto John Cooke and Jacob Cooke to
looke out some land where it may lye convenieut for them and
not prejudicial to others and a Competency therof to bee Con-
feirmed unto them by the towne.
Att a Towne meeting held att Plymouth the 24th of 1662,
LfCiftenant Ephraim Morton and George Bonum were
appointed by the Towne to be Sui*veyors for the measuring of
land as occation may Require within this Township.
[>554i] ;Att ap?owne meeting held att the meeting house att
Tjyipouth ^be 24th day of May 1662
•* IXV'^ Towne haye Refered the busines about our lands att
'PunQK^ieesett and places adjacent concerning the Incroachment
of some of Road Hand upon some pte of the said land; unto
the deputies of our Towne together with the messengers of the
towne now sent viz : John Cooke and Nathaniell Warren to make
our addresses to the Court in the towned^ behalf and otherwise to
to act (conserning the same) as the^ ..9]}al} see cause ;
Mr Howland desired a smale* liole or pcell of meddow
neare his land graunted him formerly by the towne ;
Richard Wright desireth a smale pcell of meddow about
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two accers which is over measures of what was alowed to fifrancis
Biliington ;
Jonathan Shaw desires some Comon land about his house
att Lakenham ^ ;
ffrancis Combj Requesteth a smale point of meddow neare
the meddow he bought of Edward Gray
Ephraim Tinkham Requesteth a smale pcell of meddow
lying upon the brooke that Runcth from Doties pond ;
Benjamine Eaton desireth a smale pcell of meddow about
half an acree lying neare ffrancis Billingtons meddow and some
upland to it ;
Ephraim Morton desireth an Inlargment at the head of
his lott;
The Towne have declared themselves Conserniug Clarkes
Hand that it is now att theire disposing notwithstanding former
libertie graunted to pticular psons to Improve it ; It being now
deserted and not Improved by any ;
Georg Watson Nathaniell Moi-ton and Willam harlow
Renewed theire Request for their former desire of land att Manno-
mett ponds ; the towne was moved to chos some to dispose of
lands and those pticulares are Refered untill the towne shall take
further order for the disposal of lands ;
Att this meeting Willam Crow was voated to bee a sur-
veyor for the measuring of lands ;
[56.] Att a Town meeting held by the Townesmen of Plym-
outh the 30**^ of June 1662
The Towne made Choise of Robert fflnney and Ephraim
Morton to Receive that which is agreed by the Towne to be
brought in for the building of a house for a minnester ;
Att this meeting the Towne agreed in Reference unto
lands for the disposing therof that there shalbee a meeting on
sett purpose for that end ; to bee on the last Munday in October
next and that then the towne either together or by a Comittee
then to bee chosen for that purpose dispose of lands ; and that
in the meantime such as want land have libertie to look out for
the supply of their wants in that behalf ;
WUlam harlow the Constable of Plymouth for the yeare
1662 gave in his account as followeth :
1 Lakenham was the early name for what is now Carver;
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The sixteenth of October 1661 the towne by their Ratorg
made a rate of £ s d
25 12 03
The pticulares wherof were disposed as folio weth
Item to tlie Treasurer
Item to flFrancis Goulder
Item to Mistris ffuller
Item to John Barnes
Item to Edward Gray
Item to Thomas Savory
Item to Kphraim Morton
Item to John Cobb
Item to John Dunham Seni :
Item to Robert fflnney
Item to Mr howland
Item to Willam Crow
Item to Nathaniell Warren
Item to charges of Ratoi-s att James Coles
Item to 4 barrells of Tarr as yett in
William harlowes hands
Suma totalis ^ 25 13 07
Reste due to Willam harlow when the
Tarr is delivered 00 01 06
[57«] At a Towne meeting held by the Townesmen of Plym-
outh the 27th of October 1662
The Names of those that desire meddow in Sampson's
Countrey ^ or therabouts are as foUoweth
henery Wood foure acrees of meddow
John Jourdaine graunted Jonathan Dunham
Nathaniell Warren lyi"g ^^t Sampsons * pond ;
Willam harlow to him and his heires forever.
Gabriell ffallowell
Robert ffinney
Joseph Dunham
Abraham Jackson
Thomas Whitney
Thomas Pope
1 This footing is a correct copy of tlie origiual, but should be 24 19 1
* Sampson's Countrey was in the vicinity of Assowampsett Pond in Lakeville
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Samuell Dniiham
Saimiell Kinge
The Names of those whoe desire meddow att the lower
south meddow ; next unto those that have had former grauntes
there
Gorge Watson
Ephraim Morton
Nathanieil Morton to bee Considered with
John Rickard some meddow there in lieu
Jonathan Sliaw of that which hee Relinquished
James Cole Juni : in Joanses River meddow
hngh Cole
Joseph Bartlett
The Names of such as desire Medilow in the * soe
called ; lying on the south side of Turkey Swamp.
Captaine Bradford
Stephen Bryant Joseph Warren
Samnell Sturtivaut Willam Crow
John Morton Edward Gray
Richard Wright Samuell Kinge
John harmon
Ephraim Tinkham
hen( ry Wood
Twenty . acrees of upland graunted unto
This is since Thomas Leltice lying on the Northwest side of
layed out a little brook att Doteys meddow being a little
for liim * above his Comon wast meddow there to him and
* 6 book his heires for ever ;
fifty acrees of upland is graunted unto Jonathan Morey
next unto Sandwich bounds butting on the sea * * for ever
* * and * * ;
[58 •] foure acrees of meddow is graunted unto ffrancis
Combe lying next unto his meddow which hee bought of Edward
Gray on the southerly side therof : to him and his heires for ever ;
Twenty acrees of upland is graunted unto John Rickard
lying on the northerly side of lakenham with all and singulare the
appurtenances therunto l)elon<;ing to him and his heires for ever ;
Twenty acrees of upland is graunted unto James Cole
Juni : lying on the northerly side of his land att Lakenham with
all and singulare the appurtenances to him and his heires for ever ;
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The Towne have graunted unto John Dunham Seni : That
* a graunt of land formerly graunted unto him by the court
lying att Swan hold : shalbee layed out to him with the best con-
venience that may bee ;
fifty acrees of upland is graunted unto each of thoae
twelve men that have meddow graunted to them at Winnatuxett
to bee layed out to them there
The names of such as desire meddow att the new found
metldow in the south side of ^Turkey Swamp
Capt Bradford Joseph Warren
Stephen Bryant John harmon
Samuell Sturtivant
Samuell Kinge George Bonum and
Edward Gray Andrew Ringe desired
John Morton a peece of meddow lying
Willam Crow southerly from the
Richard Wright cedar bridge.
Thirty acrees of upland graunted unto John harmon att or
neare winnatuxet when those abovesaid twelve men have theire
portions layed out for them if then it can bee found with all and
singulare the appurtenances to him and his heiies for ever
Thirty acrees of upland is graunted unto Samuell Dunham
lying att ^ Warrens wells on the Easterly side therof with all and
singulare the appurtenances to him and his hei res for ever ;
Thirty acrees of upland is graunted unto Joseph Dunham
lying att his brother Samuell Dunhams att Warrens wells aforsaid
with all and singulare the appurtenances to him and his heires
for ever ;
A smale pcell of meddow is graunted unto John Barnes
lying alt the uper end of the south meddow ; if it bee not graunted
before to any other
[59 •] fifty acrees of upland land is graunted unto Nathaniell
Warren neare Mannomett ponds ucare some meddow formerl}'
graunted to his Mother ; the said fifty acrees of upland with all
and singulare the appurtenances belonging therunto ; to him and
his heires for ever ;
1 Turkey Swamp was near the line between Plympton and Halifax.
2 Warren's Wells — a tract of low land between the South Pond Road and the
Russell Mills Pond.
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fifty acrees of upland is graunted unto Ephraim Morton
fyn»|[^ OB tbft further side of the brooke att Mannoniett ponds over
against Sanuiell Ryders land ; tlie said lifty ncreos of upland with
all and singulare the apprrrteaaiiccs to the said Kpliraitn Morton
to him and his heires for ever ;
fifty acres of upland graunted unto Joseph Warren lying
att Mannoinctt ponds neare unto the place above meBtioned with
all and singulare the appurtenances ; to him nnd his heires for
ever;
Graunted unto Gorge Watson Willam harlow and Nath-
an lell Morton ; to each of them fifty aciees of upland lying att
Mannomett Ponds at the further end therof ; the said fifty acre s
of upland to each of them with all and singulare the appurten-
ances belonging therunto ; to belong to them and every of them
tbeire and every of theire heires and assignes forever ; tliis to bee
understood that if there is not enough to make up the same ; that
is good betwixt the Indians and the pond then to have some to
make it up on the other side of the pond ;
fifty acrees of upland is graunted unto John Churchill
lying att Mannomett ponds on the southerly side of the above-
said hundred and fifty acrees graunted to Gorge Watson William
harlow and Nathauiell Morton when theires is layed out ; the
said fifty acrees of upland with all and singular the appurtenances
to him and his heires for ever
fl3fty acrees of upland graunted unto Joseph Bartlett lying
att Mannomett Ponds over against his IJnkells land theire with
all and singulare the appurtenances to him and his heires for ever
A small pcell of land is graunted to Jonathan Shaw *
neare his house att Lakenham to bee layed out to him soe as to
bee not prejudicial! to the Naighbourhood there ; the said pcell of
land to appertaine with all the appurtenances unto the said
Jonathan Shaw hee and heires for ever ;
fifty acrees of upland is graunted unto hugh Cole lying
betwixt the hither mannomett point and the peece of salt
marsh ; with all the appurtenances belonging thereunto unto him
and his heires for ever ;
forty acrees of upland is graunted unto John Dunham on
the southwest of ^ Colchester
I Colchester was a part of what is now Plympton.
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[60.] Att the Towne meeting held att the meeting house and
with a Joynt consent agreed that the house for a minnester which
hath bin in agitation shall bee built att the Townes charge accord-
ing to such proportions on each man as they Iiave engaged for
the Accomplishment therof ; and that such as have not bine
spoken to ; or have not expressed themselves what they will give
towards it bee spoken to in convenient time and that such sumes
as they shall contribute towards it ; bee aded to the Rest for the
accomplishment therof ; that soe such as have undertaken to agree
with workmen (in the townes behalf) be not damnified ; and that
the said house may be built according to expectation ;
Capt; Southworth John Morton Stephen Bryant and
Ephraim Morton were appointed by the Towne to Assist Capt :
Willett in defending against Richard Church and John Thompson
plaintiffes against him in an action of the case to the damage of
twenty foure pounds about our meeting house.
Wheras Complaint is made of some disorder and abuse
about takeing of the heerings at the yearly season the towne
have proposed to henery Wc»od that if himself with som others
that hee shall agree with all will order by draw or take them and
made equall devision of tiiem to the Inhabitants of the town they
will allow him or' them 9 pence a thousaud ; onely for full agree-
ment concerning these propositions it is Refei ed untill the next
trayning day after the date heerof ;
Att a Towne meeting ht Id att the meeting
house the 23 of March 1G62 It was oi-dered
by the towne that henery Wood and Gorge
Bonum with one other whom they shall see
meet to be added to them ; shall draw or
take and devide the herrings to the severall
families of the Township of Plymouth whoe
shall have theire shares in number according
to the number of the i sons in theire families
and they the said henery AVood and Gorge
Bonum etc are to make meanes for the stopagc
the said of the said herrings and takeing of them
to in theire goeing up att theire owe
p charge ; and they are to lett them goe up on
for fryday nights on saterday nights and on the
ing and Lords daies : and the towne doth prohibite
il)utini'- all tliose that have enterest or shalbee Im-
Herrings
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* them to the ployed in the Mill to stopp water when the
* habitants tide is out of the pond during the time of the
* for said herrings ; and that they the said pties are
* * hereby autly^rized to take eourse for the pre-
* thousand venting of Boyes swine and doggs from
bee delivered anoying of them in theire coming up
* mill
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Abraham Jackson desireth a smale pcell of upland att or
neare Warrens wells neare unto some land lately graunted to
Samuell Dunham and Joseph Dunham
Robert tHnney Nathaniell Warren and Ephraim Morton
are appointed by the towne to Run the line and to see the bounds
sett betwixt the Township of Sandwich and our Township.
Nathaniell Morton and Nathaniell Warren are appointed
by the towne * » * ♦ * ;
[01.] The bounds of John Dunham Juni : his graunt of forty
acrees of land on the southwest of colchester is bounded as
followeth viz : on the northerly end with a white oake tree on the
southwest corner and on the other corner of that end two young
aspin trees growing * and on the west side with a white oake
tree by the way side ; from the said west bound to bee in bread tli
forty pole broad ;
Att a Towne meeting held att the uieeting house att
Plymouth the 3"» of July 1G63
Nathaniell Warren and Epinaim Morton were api)()inted
by the towne to give meeting to tiiose appointed by the Court to
Run the line betwixt Sandwich and our Township
A certaine pcell of meddow lying att the lower
eiul of the uper south meddow being about 2 acrees
Minister bee it more or lessc is Reserved for the use of a
Lott m inn ester
It is likewise ordered by the Towne that Clarkes Hand,
Sagaquish and the gurnetts nose the wood of them bee Reserved
for the use of a minnester onely John Smith the boates man att
Plymouth hath libertie this year to fech from any of the said
Hands what hee needeth ; and if in case any other att any
time or the said Smith att the Revolution of this yeare shall fech
any wood from of any of thost^ Hands or places foruamed they
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shall forfeit all such wood to the townes use ; to bee Improved for
the use of the minnester ;
Att the Towne meeting held at the meeting house att
Plymouth the 16th day of September 1663 ;
It was ordered and agreed by the towne that the house
now in building by the towne shalbee att the dispose of ihe Towne
for the use of the minnester and that for this yeare the sume of
sixty pounds bee allowed unto Mr Williams for his maintainanee
to be collected out of the Township.
Att this meeting Robert ffinney Nathaniel WaiTen
Ephraim Morton and Nathaniell Morton they or any two of them
are appointed by the towne to agree (in theire behalf e) with a
workman about the covering of the rainnesters house with
shingle if it shalbee found to bee the best way of covering
Att this meeting two sertaine pcells of Meddow
{^ were graunted unto John Jourdaine and Richard
gd ch Wright to each of them a like portion of the said
& 5* pcells viz : the one pcell lying att the southeast end
2^ ^H of Jacob Cookes meddow in the woods ; and the other
^ 2- i>cell ; soe much as is coraon att the head of Capt«ine
S.'^ Southworths meddow att Winnatnxett; and both the
^ said pcells exceed not foure acrees apeece thoy the
said John Jourdaine and Richard Wright to have and
to hold to each of them foure acrees of the above
said pcells of meddow to them and theire heires and
assign es for ever ;
seaven acrees of upland was graunted att this meeting
unto Jonathan Bosworth lying att the southeast end of Mi- how-
lands land lying att a place called Colchester soe it prejudice
not a highway there ; the said seaven acrees of upland with all
and singulare the appurtenances to him and his heires for ever ;
[62.] It was agreed by the towne that such as have meddow
att the upcr south meddow shall have to each of them a smale
portion of upland graunted and layed forth about ten. acrees a
man to lye as conveniently as may bee unto theire meddowes tl ii
to bee done as soon as the land can bee viewed and thinges put
into a way for the orderly doeing of the same ;
The 20*'* of february 1662.
The bounds of the land graunted to Robert Bartlett is as
folio ^etb yi;? ; fifty acrees of upland lying along by the ferno
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swamp between the Eelriver and Mauoraett ponds being bounded
on the North norwest end with a Rid oake under the foot of the
pyne hills by a little swamp and soe Ranging North northeast fifty
pole in breadth towards the sea and soe Runing along by the sea-
side eight score pole to a little swamppe peece of ground comonly
called the grounatt place and soe Runing from the ^ grounutt
place west southwest to a pyne tree standing on the southwest
side of a ferney swamp ;
* ^ The bounds of the land of Joseph Bartlett the 20^* of
february 1662, is as followeth viz: fifty acrees of upland
lying att Manomett ponds att the brooice side ; the easterly
end thei-of being bounded with a little swamp nud soe ex-
tending it self in the length therof six score pole by the
brooke side up into th^ woods being bounded att the uper
end with a walnutt tree l)y the brooke side ; and being in
breadth three score and eiglit pole from the brook ; itt is
bounded with a marked maple tree standing in a smale
swamp on the westerly corner ; and on the northerly corner
with a little white oake marked ; and a stone pitched upright
by it ; always provided that there is and for ever shalbee a
way Reserved through the breadth of the aforsaid land for
the conveniency and use of those that have lands lying on
the further side of the abovesaid brook att or neare the
old way which cattle use to goe over the brooke att which
said allowance for the way is foure pole in breadth ;
The 2"** of November 1663 the Town mett on some
occations not heer enserted ; the Towne api)ointed this day month
to bee another Towne meeting
[63.] Att a Towne meeting held att the meeting house att
Plymouth the 30"» of December 1663.
It was ordered by the Towne that whereas great damage is
in the Remote meddowes of the Towne by neat cattle to the Indan-
gering the Impi*overishing and undoeing of the Towne That in case
any neatca1;tle shallbee found in any meddowthat is above four miles
from the saltwater viz ; the south meddowes Doytcs meddowes
Joneses River meddow and Winnatuxett meddowes with all other
meddowes adjacent or neare the said meddowes within the said
1 " Grounutt*' undoubtedly means "g^'ound nut.''
'^ This land is in what is caUed the Brook NeighlK>rhood, and portions of it
are now occupied hy descendants of Joseph Bartlett.
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limites of the places above mentioned from the first day of Aprill
to the last day of August annually ; they shalbee comitted to the
pound and there to Reraaine untill the damage shalbee satisfied or
cattle Replevied ; and that it shalbee lawfull for any two men of
the towne soe finding cattle trespasing as aforsaid to bring them
to the pound and to have six pence a head for all such cattle soe
brought to the pound as aforsaid and the pound keeper to have
four pence a head for all such cattle soe Impounded ; and that the
owners of the said cattle so Impounded they or some of the naigh-
borhood shall have reasonable notice therof :
It was ordered by the Towne that all swine upon Just Com-
plaint of damage done by them shalbee Ringed or Yoaked ; and in
case any mans swine being Ringed shall break into any mans
corne field or garden being sufficiently fenced the owners of each
swine shall pay Just damages :
^ Att this meeting Jonathan Shaw desired a pcell of upland
about twenty acres might bee granted to him lying betwixt land
wliich he bought of Robert Ransom and the pond
Wheras a certain pcell of meddow lying iieare the bounds of
Plymouth Towards Sandwich hath bine challenged for Correction
by Robert Bartlett ; which yett notwithstanding hee could not clearc
up to bee his by the Record of the court ; and that since it doth ap-
peer to bee within the Liberties of our Towne ; The Towiu' have
graunted and doth by these presents confoirme unto the said Robert
Bartlett eight acrees of the said meddow with all and singulare
the appurtenances belonging thercimto To him and his heires for-
ever ; The said meddow is a pcell of meddow somtime mowed by
Thomas Butler : and on the easterly ptc of it is neare a poud and
a little swamp and on the notherly pte of it hath another pond
neare unto it and on the westerly pte or side of it hath another
pond out of which said pond cometh a small Issue or Rundlett of
dirty water ;
1 TUis land was on the Wenhan^ Road in Carver.
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[64.1 The l)oiin(ls of the lands grauntetl to Richard Wright att
Winatucksett lyeth southwest and Northeast and the wes-
^. tern hoinul by the River side is a walnut tree hy a great
^ Rocke tnd the northerinost bound is a wiiite oake and the
£- easterly bound a small white oake ; and the south lK>und a
^ Rid oak ; and is four score p<>le in breadth and a hundred
^^ in length in all fifty acrees ; fore mentioned in this booke.
«^ ^The bounds of a small pccll of land att Hockey nooke
cf whereon Richard Wright now liveth as followeth viz ; by
S the Conion Koad way with a Rid oake tree from thence to
w a great cleft Hockc on the northwest side and soe to the
E. sea; and on the boulherly side with the land of flfrancis
I Hillington.
ir The bounds of the lan<l which John Dunham Juni
5. bought of Benajah Pratt lying al)ove plaindealing viz ;
which he now liveth o\\ is as followeth on the southwest
corner with a burchcn tree marked : on the northwest
Corner with a Rid oake tree marked haveing a white oake
Joyned to it on the northeast corner with a bush marked
and on the southeast corner with a white oak tree marked ;
and between the white oake tree last named and the said
bush there is a very great Rocke by the brook side stand-
ing directly in the Range :
The bounds of the land graunted by the Towne to John
^ Dunham Juni : which was layed out to him by Leiftenant
H* Morton ; lying and being att Winnatuxeti which is
t^ twenty of the fifty graunted to him there ; is as followeth ;
=^ att the southwest corner with an heap of stones lying on
I a Ro(»ke : att the northwest corner with a great Pyne tree
:^ marked ; att the northeast corner with a Rid oake tiee
=, marked at l\vt s(>utlieast corner with an heap of stones
lying on a great broad stone flatt almost by the grounti.
5C The bounds of Richard Wrights land att Winnatnxett
g- It lyeth southwest and Northeast and the western bound
^ by the River side is a walnut tree by a great Rocke and
^ the northwest bound a white oake ; and the easterne
::. bound a small white oake and the south bound a Rid
5! oake and is four score pole in breadth and an hundred in
lensrth.
1 The paragraph concerning: tlie bonncls of Richard Wright at "Rockey
I^ooke " has liiiea drawn through it in t)ie records.
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The bounds of the land of Richard Wright on which his
house standeth at Rockey nooke as it was layed out by
Leiftenant Morton is as foUoweth The bounds on the
Northerly side is a great cloven Rocke by the sea side
^ and soe Ranging up towards the woods to a great heap
g[ of stones within the feild and soe to the path the breath
S is to run southerly from the said heap of stones to a great
Rid oake marked on four sides ; the southerly side to
Run from the said Rid oake downward to the sea to a
great Remarkable Rocke and soe to the sea the length of
it is from the Coinon Road way to the sea ;
[65.] Att a Townc meeting held att the house of Mistris
Bradford att Plymouth the twenty sixt of January Anno 1663.
It was ordered by the Towne that the sume of sixty pounds
shalbee levied by Rate for the Inlargement and finishing of the
* minnesters house provided that in case som few that may scruple
the way of gathering or levying th.5 said sume by Rate ; that if
they shall volentarlly pay according to theire proportions to the
satisfaction of them that shall undertake for the accomplishing of
the worke ; it shall be accepted ; ihc said sume of sixty pound is
to bee payed the one lialfe therof by the first day of May next
ensueing the date heeiof ; either in Tarr or any kind of corn ;
provided the Tarr bee marchantablo and to bee delivered att twelve
pence in a barrell cheaper then it shall att that time goe at Boston
and the corn att prise then current ; the otht*r lialfe of the above
said sume of sixty pound is to be paid by the * of September
next ensueing the date heerof ; in wheat barly pease butter or
money in any of the aforsaid pticulares ; alsoe to be liemcmbered
that in case any one shalbee able and willing to pay his whole Rate
att the time of the first payment in Tarr it shalbee att libertie of
the undeitakers for the worke ; whether they will Receive it or noe
and accordingly to doe therein as providenre shall offer opportinii-
ties the Improvement thereof towards the accomplishment of
the said work ;
The pspns appointed to mnke the above said Rate were John
Dunham seni ; Joseph Warren William luirlow and William Cmw
and these or any three of them to make the said Rate and deliver
a transcript therof to the Constable with all convenient speed ;
1 The minister's house often referred to was situated south of the Unitarian
church nearly on the sit« now occupied by the house of Charles B. Harlow,
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The undertakers for the said worke in the behalf e of the Towne
are Capt: Southworth G3'le8 Riekard seoi: Robert ffinney £ph-
riam Morton Nathaniel Warren Edward Gray and Nathaniel Mor-
ton ; The adition n greed on is to bee 14 or 15 foot in unto the
building alreddy erected to bee in equall breath and heigth unto
the same and * chimney es and that the whole house bee
covered with shingle upon boards
Wheras there is forty or fifty shillings over plusse of the
Countreys of this yenre The Towne alowetli that (bee it more or
lesse) itshalbee aded and put into the stocke for the accomplishing
of the aforesaid lioiise ; and that Nathaniel Warren and £phraim
Moilon Require it nnd cause il to bee aded to the aforsaid stocke ;
A quarter of a mile in length was by the Towne alowed and
Confeiimed unto each of the naighbours that have land on the *
of the Eeleriver viz ; Nathaniel Warren Robert Bartlett Joseph
Warren and Ephraim Moiton and the Rest this to goe from the
heads of theire lotts towards the pyne hills a quarter of a mile in
length and of equall breadth to the lotts of land they are now pos-
sessed of; the said addition with all and singulare the appurte-
nances to have and to hold to them and theire heirs for ever ; Na-
thaniel Warren hath libertie from the Towne and is deputed in
theire behalf e to purchaise a ceitaine peell of land
Nathaniel WaiTen and Joseph WaiTen are appointed >)y
the Towne to goe with the Measurers of land att some convenient
time to settle a difference about lands betwixt Robert Bartlett and
and hugh Cole This day month is appointed by the Towne on
which to have * * about the herrings and * *
[66.] Januai-y the 26 1663.
It was ordered by the Towne that for as much as C;ipt:
Southworth having formerly bought about ten acrees of meddow
of Mr. Rayner and it being found to bee but five or six Acrees;
Rather than to Remove the bounds upon the naighbours the towne
have graunted four Acrees of meddow unto the said Captaine
Southworth where hee can find it in any undesposed of ; and hee
hath pitched upon foure acrees of meddow in a hole mowed by
• was Captaine Bradford neare Mnnponsettt Pond;
• nted The Towne have graunted unto Samuell Dun-
• yeares ham and Gyles Riekard Juni ; a pcell of meddow
• but ground Comonly Called and known by the Name
forpottei) of Sou there Marsh to each of them a like propor-
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Recortled tion therof the whole being estimated att about
by order twelve aerees ; to them and theiie heircs and as-
entered signes for ever ;
[(>7.] Att the Towne meeting held att Plymouth the 21 of
ffebriiary Anno dom 1663.
George Watson Nathaniel Warren and Willani Clarke were
appointed by the Towne in their behalfe to manage the business
al>ont an exchange of land desired by Acanootus wiiieh was then
mentioned to the Towne by the said Nathaniel Warren ;
It was then oidered by the Towne that if any of the
Towne shall make wares unto any of the Remote Rivers of the
Towne to take herrings that in ease any shall come afterwards to
take herrings att the said Rivers and soc come to have benilit
of the said wares and likewise of the wares made before tlies*
come to take herrings as aforsaid in such Remote Rivers Thatt all
such psons shall beare a proportionable charge both of the said
wares and wayes made unto them ;
It was thon ordered by the Towne that whereas att a for-
nier Town meeting held att Plymouth the 30 of May 1659 Sundry
Inlargments of land onely for the wood therof was grauuted un-
to the Elder Cushman and divers others ; Thatt att this meeting the
Towne graunted unto all such psons th it not onely the wood of
such lands shalbee theires but the propriety of the land alsoc more-
over that this graunt is generall to all such as have great lotes on
both sides of the Towne viz ; That to each they shall have an ad-
dition of a quarter of a mile from the heads of theire lotes in
length ; and in breadth to bee in equall proportion with theire
said lotes by the great lotts is understood the lotes that were layed
out att the first ; on the north side of the Towne soe farr as to the
south side of the widdow Doties lott and on the south side of the
Towne from holmans Rocke to the Keleriver ; this graunt is both
of laiul and wood : provided that this doth not prejudice any for-
mer graunts ;
Att this meeting ten aerees of land was graunted unto
Thomas Savory att the * foure mile brook lying next unto his
other land there
John Att this meeting a smale i)eece of wood land viz :
Jordan that peece of wood land lying betwixt the feild of
1 Four Mile Brook crosses tlie Carver Kuml.
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Gyles Richard Seiii ; ami the ^ little town is granted
unto John Jourdaiue ;
Att this meeting a little peece of upland ground about an
aereo was graunted unto Benajah Pratt lying eastward from his barn
To bee layed forth by John Dunham seni ; and Gorge Watson the
bounds wherof is to the eastward or northeast corner of a wall
att John Dunham seni ; his feild and soe eastward of a Round hole
to A smale Rocke :
Att this meeting the Towne granted untoSamuell Dunham
Joseph Dunham Abraham Jackson and Jonathan Pratt to each of
them six acrees of meddow ; lying in a meddow neare the lower
south meddow.
^ Wheras a ceitaine pcell of meddow hath bin for sometime
challenged by Robert Bartlett lying neare unto the bounds of Ply-
mouth towaixis Sandwich it being graunted him by the court which
yett notwithstanding hee could not prove by the Record and that
since it doth apeer to bee within the liberties of our towne The
Towne have graunted unto the said Robert Hartlett eight acrees
of the said meddow to him and heiros for ever ;
[G8.] ffebruary 1663.
Att this meeting twenty acrees of meddow was graunted
unto Robert fflnney lying att Sampsons Countrey if it be there to
bee had
The Remainder of the meddow formerly graunted to Gyles
Rickard seni ; lying between Doties meddow and a place called
Colchester is graunted unto his sonnes John Rickard and Gyles
Rickai-d juni ;
Thirty acrees of land was graunted unto Robert Ransome
lying on the south side of Lakenham pond next adjoyning unto
the land hee hath there ;
fforly acrees of land is graunted unto Jonathan Shaw lying
att Lakenham next adjoyning unto that land hee hath there alreddy
Ten acrees of land was graunted unto every of those that
have meddow in the uper south me<ldow and ten acrees of land is
graunted unto every of those that have meddww in the lower south
meddow ;
^ The little town wtis on the roac) leading from the Sandwich road at Huhit
Hole Brook.
'^ These seven lines have marks drawn through them in the records.
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Ten acrees of land is graunted unto Robert Bartlett lying
adjoyning to his meddow that Thomas Butler mowed
A little pcece of swamp was graunted unto Andrew
Ringe lying between the ^ pond on the backside the fort hill and
Gabriell £Fallowells ifence
Ten acrees of land graunted unto Stephen Bryant adjoyn-
ing to his meddow formerly graunted by the towne ;
Thirty acrees^'of land was graunted unto Gorg Bonum
lying southerly to that land which hee bought of Edward Gray ;
Thirty acrees of land was graunted to Gyles Richard Juni ;
lying next adjoyning to his fathers meddow before mentioned
Thirty acrees of land is graunted unto Willam Nelson
lying on the North side of Jonses River meddow on both sides of
the brooke that goes from Mr. Joseph Bradfords ; soe as it bee not
prejudiciall to the naighbours ;
In ease it soe fall out that there is more meddow in the
place where Robert Bartlett hath meddow above expressed that
then the towne have graunted that which Remaines unto Joseph
Bai-tlett soe it exceed not six acrees ;
[69.] March the 22 cond 1663
The owners
names
Impri
Mr howland
Mr Cushman
I
* The severall lotes on Puncateesett
Necke are as foUoweth
Lott is ffoggland bounded with a well
or springe and a Cedar bush on the north
beach thei-of ; and one share lying on
the east side of the South point of the
necke ; bounded att the South end with
the highway; and goeth downe to the
creekes mouth ; the west side bounded
with the highway ; the north end bound-
ed with a pyne stake at the west side
and on the east with a stake standing
by a stone in the marshy ground ;
Thomas
Clarke
William
2
Lott lyeth on the southend of the
south point and west side therof ; the
north end is bounded with a walnutt
1 The pond here referred to is Murdock's Pond and Fort Hill was 'the Burial
Hill and extended across Russell Street.
' Puncateesett Necke was on Seconnet River and is now in Rhode Island.
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Shirtliife
stake standing by the highway the said
highway is three pole in breadth and
goeth betwixt this lott and the share of
the first lott to the creekes mouth south
fourteen degrees westerly ; and goeth
from this lott and share to a springe att
the head of the Cove the south end and
west side of this lott is bounded with
the sea.
Memorandum that on the 12th day of
June 1672 that Elizabeth sometimes the
wife of Willam Shurtlefife deceased came
before the Govr and freely surrendered
up all her right and Interest shee had in
the land att Punckateesett which was
the land of her former husband Willam
Shurtliffe forenamed ; unto Thomas
Clarke above named and acknowlidged
her selfe to be satisfyed for the same ;
and the Gov' gave orders it should be
soe recorded.
Samuell
Eedy
Thomas
Savory
3
Lott is on the west side of the south
point bounded on the south end with a
walnutt stake standing att the highway
side betwixt the 2cond lott and this att
the north end buteth to the highway att
the cove as farr as a white thorne bush ;
att the East side bounded with the high-
way at the west side with the sea and
ffogland beach ;
Joshua Pratt
Gyles Rickard
Juni :
4
Lott lyeth on the south end and west
side of the body of the necke and is
on the east 'side of the highway that
goeth to the Cove bounded with a Pyne
stake and a Rid oake stake att the south
end therof and att the north end it butts
to the east and west highwayes and is
bounded with a walnutt stake and a
dry pyne stake.
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PLYMOUTH RECORbS.
Ephriiini
Tinkliain
John Smith
Jiiiii ;
Nathan iell
Warren
John Smith
Seni :
1 Lott lyeth on the easterly side of tlio
fourth lott and att the south end bounded
with a Rid oake stake and a walnutt
stake and att the North end with a dry
pyne stake and a stone sett up att the
highway.
__ _ __ _. .
\ Lott lyeth on the East side of tlie
jfirst lott bounded on the soutli end with
I two wabiutt stakes and on the north
lend next the highway with a stone sett
lup and a Kid oake stake
Gyles Rickard
Seni :
John Riokard
[70.]
(iabriell fallowell
Andrew Ringe
Lott lyeth on the east side of the
; first lott bounded on the south end with
two walnutt stakes ; and the north end
with two Rid oake stakes next the high-
way^
I lyeth on the east side of the seaventh
lott and att the south end is bounded
I with a walnutt stake and the waare and
iatt the north end is bounded with a Rid
oake stake
Mistris hickes
Sam : hickes
Thomas Lett ice
Rich: Wright
lO
lott lyeth on the east side of the body
of the uecke and on the north side of
the east and west highway att the east
end buttetli on and bounded att the said
end' with a stake and a little walnutt
tree in swampy ground ; and att the
Ihead being the west end and next the
ihighway that goeth through the body of
the neeke and soe to the maine it is
I bounded with a smale Rid oake and a
pyne tree ;
I Lott lyeth on the north side of the
|9'^ lott and buteth home to the waar
ibounded att the east end with a little
walnutt tree in swampy ground and a
[Rid oake stake and att the west end
with a pyne tree and a walnutt etake,
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Mistris Jeuncy
Joseph Ramsdeu
I [
MistriB Warren
Joseph Warren
12
Willam Browne
Edmund Tilson
John Wood
Thomas Pope
Lott lyeth on the north side of the
10th lott and is bounded att the east
end with a Rid oake stake and a bnrch
tree and gocth to the waare and att the
west end on the south side it is bounded
with a walnutt stake and the north side
bounds at the head to bee Regulated att
the head in the s^amp according to this
wahiutt stake
Lott is on the North side of the
eleventh lott : att the east end it buteth
to the waare and is bounded with a
burch tree and and an alder stake : and
att the west end it is butted to the high*
way ; and the bounds to bee Regulated
according to the south head bounds of
the 11'** lott which is now a walnutt stake
and the north head bounds of the
thirteenth lott which is a burch tree in
the swamp
13
Lott is on the north side of the 12th
lott goeth to the waare att the east end
and is bounded with an alder stake and
a white oake stake standing by the end
of an alder tree and att the west end and
iiOrth side it is bounded with a burch
tree standing in the swamp the south
head bounds of this lott to bee Regulat-
ed according to this burch tree ; and the
north head bounds of the 10*** lott which
is a walnutt stake ;
14
Lot lyeth on the north side of the 13***
lott on the east side is bounded with a
white oake stake and a beach tree buteth
to the water and att the west end is
bounded with a burch tree in the swamp
and a white oake stake ;
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Robert Lee
Edward Doutey
Francis 1 6
BiUington I
James Shaw I
I Lot lyeth on the north side of the 14th
lott and on the east end is bounded with
'a Beach tree and a great dry white oako
and goeth to the water ; and att the head
next the highway with two white oake
'stakes ;
i
i Lott lyeth on the north side of the IS***
llott att the east end bounded witli a
'great dry white oake tree and a groat
white wood tree ; and goeth to the water ;
and the west end bounded with a white
oake stake and a Rid oake stake ;
John Dunham
seni :
Jonathan Dunham
17
Lott lyeth on the north side of the 1 6"*
lott and att the east end is bounded witli a
white wood tree and a flatt blake
stumpe that stands by the water side ;
and att the head and west end thcrof ;
with a Rid oake stake ; and a wain 11 tt
stake ;
Francis Cooke | j g I lott is on the north side of the 17* lott
Jolni Cooke 'and att the east end is bounded with a
blacke flatt stump by the water side and a
great white- wood tree and att the west
lend with a walnutt stake and a Rid
oake stake
Samuell
Sturtivant
Edward Gray
19
Lott is on the north side of the IS'**
lott and att the east end is bounded with
a great whitewood tree and a Rid oake
tree and att the head and west end therof
it is bounded with a Rid oake stake and
a walnutt stake. The 17: 18 and 19:
lotts are 96 pole in length which is to be
measured from the west end and then
what land falleth att the foot betwixt
the water and them is to be equally de-
jvided to them in Respect of theire Infe-
Irior quallitie to other lots ;
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• Winslow
Gorge Bonum
20
lott lyeth on the west side of the body
of the tieeke and is bounded with a Rid
oake bush att the west end therof att the
east and west highway side and on the
north side and west end it is bounded
with a willow stake by a sroale Roeke
stone it extends from the Cove highway
to the way in the body of the necke and
lyeth on the north side of the east and
west hio:hway ;
Robert
ffinney
Samuell
Kinge
21
I Lott is on the north side of the 20*
lott ; and extends from the Gove to the
, highway in the body of the neckc and on
I the south side at the west end is bounded
I with a willow stake ; and on the north
iside of the south end with a Rid oake
; stake ;
Gorrge Watson
John Shaw
senier
I 22
Lott is on the north side of the 21 lott
bounded at the west end with a Rid oake
stake and a pyne tree and extends from
the water to the highway in the middle
of the necke ;
Willam
harlow
henery
Attkins
23
Lott lyeth on the north side of the 22
lott bounded att the west end with a
pyne tree and a walnutt stake and ex-
tends from the water to the highway in
the middle of the neckc ;
James Cole
seni :
Robert Bartlett
[72.]
Samuell Dunham
James Cole Jnni :
24
Lott lyeth on the north side of the 23
lott; and att the west end is bounded
with a walnutt stake and a walnutt bush
and extends from the water side up to
the highway in the middle of the necke ;
25
Lott on the north side of the 24th
lott and att the west end is bounded
jwith a walnutt stake auJ a walnutt Bush
'and extends from the water side to the
.highway in the middle of the necke ;
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Arther Hatheway
John Howard
26 lott is on the north side of the 25
jlott and att the west end is bounded
with a walnutt stake and a sniale Rid
oake bush and extends from the water
side to the highway in the middle of the
necke ;
John flfaunce
Thomas Whitney
John Barnes
.John Morton
2 7 I lott lyeth on the north side of the 2G
jlott and at the west end is bounded with
a smale Rid oake bush and a Rid oake
jtree by the bank and extends from the
'water side to the higliway in the middle
|of the neck.
I
28 ! ^^^^ lyeth on the north side of the 27*^*
lott and att the west end is bounded
I with a Rid oake tree on the bauke and
la white oake tree on the banke and
I 'extends from the waterside up to the
I I highway in the middle of the necke ;
John Dunham Jun
Willam Spooner
29
Mistiis Bradford
Mifttris Attwood
30
lott is on the north side of the 28th
lott and att the west end is bounded with
a white oake tree on tne banke and a
white oake tree a smale distance of;
and extends from the water side to the
i highway in the middle of the necke ;
! lott is on the north side of the 29*
J lott and att the west end is bounded with a
white oake tree a smale distance of
from the bank and a Ride oake bush on
the line on the north side of this lott it
extends from the waterside east southerly
14 degrees eighty six pole to a walnutt
! stake that stands by the highway ;
Jacob Cooke 1 1 I lott is on the north side of the 30th
John Jordnine 1 lett and on the south and west end is
bounded with a Rid oake bush and on
the east end and south side with a wal-
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Caplaine
Willett
Mr Paddy
iniitt stake and from this waluutt stake
the line to Run betwixt this lott and
the highway north 14 degrees westerly
for a highway to the 32 lott and to the
meddow the north bounds to bee ordered
by the owner therof and the owner of
the 32 cond lott
32
lott lyeth on the north side of the
one and thirtyeth lott and is bounded
with the said 31 lott to bee equall in
quantitie with the 31 lott; and the
bounds betwixt to bee sett as the owner
shall agree ; and this lott is to have a
highway to the marsli on the east side it
being the north point
Kphraim
Morton
John Churchill
Mannasses
Kemton
Nathaniell
Morton
-7 -? I lott lyeth on the east side of the North
'point and highway that is in the body of
I the neeke att the soutli end is bounded
att the highway with a wliite stone and
a walnutt stake and from the said stake
extends notherly to the meddow to a
white oake tree
34
lott lyeth on the east side of the 33
lott and is bounded att the south end
:itt the highway with a wahiutt stake and
a walnutt bush and from the said bush
the line extends north 14 degrees eastcr-
Thomas I -7- lott lyeth on the east side of the 34
Morton lott and is bounded att the sout hend of
Richard ffoster the highway with a wabiutt busii and a
* smale walnutt tree and from the said
[ I walnutt tree extends north 14 degrees
east to a younge Rid oak sapline : taking
iall upland :
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James hurat
Willam Nelson
36
lott Ijeth att the goeing unto the nccke
on the mane upon the east side of the
thirty fift lott and is bounded att the
south end with a smale walnutt tree and
smale white oake tree ; and att the
north end with a young Rid oake sap-
line and a smale walnut bush; his
breadth 45 pole ; and in length seaventy
eight ; ^^____^__
[73 •] Memorandum That against the east side of the eight
lott and against the east end of the 9th lott there is a peece of
meddow estimated att about three, acrees that doth not appertaine
unto those lotts but Remaines undevided as the measurers doe testi-
fy and declare; furthermore the said measurers have declared that
conserning a certain hill on the southwest point of the 2 coud lott
that wheras it is badd they allowed for itt in the measure ; and
therfore wheras there are stones on it that may bee usefull for
the generall ; that it is left comon ; and wheras there is certaine
vaines of stones lying about the first lott ; called ffogland ; that
they are left comon for the good of the whole in consideration
that they may prove usefull for the generall ;
Wheras the measurers of the said land att Punckateesett
etc layed out but thirty and six lotts ; and that it doth appear by
the list of the Names of the Purchasers that have enterest in the
said lands ; that there should have bine thirty seaven lotts layed
out ; and one single share more ; Captaine Southworth expressed
himselfe to bee willing to bee left out for the present in taking his
pte with the other ptenors ; and to take a share for himselfe and
one for Mr. Rayner (which two shares make one lott) in the lands
adjoyning as yett not layed out ; provided the rest of the ptenors
would cleare it from the Indians in point of purchas or such
troble as might arise from them or others in that behalfe which
they joyntly engaged to doe ; and likewise for the odd single
share not layed out henery Wood expressed himselfe willing to
accept of it and to take it when layed out for his share on the
tearmes and conditions that was engaged to Captaine Southworth
for his ;
Att a Towne meeting held at the meeting house att Ply-
mouth the 17*^ of May 1664
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Wlieriis nuich prejudice acreweth unto the towne by the
non appeornuceof the townsmen att Town meetings when lawfully
warned therunto and that this abuse ariseth by the neglect of the
execution of fonuer orders made by the towne for the Redresse
heerof ;
It was att this meeting further ordered that whosoever
shall absent himself from any towne meeting being orderly warned
Iherunto shall pay twelve pence for every default according to the
aforsaid orders ; unlesse hee can make a Just defence approved of
by the towne and that the cunstable of the Towne shall carfully
levy the same for the townes use ;
Wheras the Towne hath formerly ordered in Reference
iiuto horses or horse kind belonging to other places and townships
Runiug within our Townes bounds that the owners of such horses
or horse kind should pay for every one they have Runing in our
townes liberties ; the some of two shillings and six pence p anum ;
and that in case any of our Towne or others shall att any time
take up and carry away any such out of the towne to bee Respon-
sable to pay the said sume for every horse kind they shall soe
carry out ; and that by the neglect of the Improvement of the said
order the towne is much damnified ; it was nowe ordered by the
lowne that whosoever of other Townships or places that have any
horse kind goeing withhi the liberties of our Towne shall pay the
sume of 2 siiillings and six pence for every of them for every
yeare which according to their age or otherwise they shall apeer to
have bine in the Township or towns liberties : and this for the time
past ; and for the Time to come that the above said order to bee
strictly observed in the ptes of it : and that whosoever shall carry
out of the Township any such horse kind as have bine for some
time therein shall pay * * ;
[74«] Att a Towne meeting h.-ld att the meeting house att
Plymouth the 8^'» of July 1664
It was ordered by the towne concerning the tiolriver bridge
that our deputies be fully I m powered to treat with the court and
caiTy on the busines about the building of it
The Raters chosen were Robert ffinney Willam Clarke and
Willam Crow
Att a Towne meeting held att the meeting house the *
of October 1664 The Raters chosen were John Morton Robert
ffinney Willam Ci-ow
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four acrees of
meddow is
granted unto
John Jourdaine
att the south
meddow out of
that meddow
there undisposed
of
Wheras great Ineonveniency hath accrew-
ed to the Towne by pmiting of sundry psoiis
to take the benifitt of the Townes Comons
in a promiscuous and disorderly way ; It is
ordered by the Towne that noe one Shall
Improve any benefit on our Comons except
householders approved by the Towne up »ii
paineof forfeiting wliatsoevershailbee Raised
to the townes use ; and in case any under pre-
tence of hiering of servants shall Improve
and Imploy any man or boy that hath noe
Right to the Comons of the Towne ; that
shallbee found to bee in ptenorship in Im-
proveing the said Comons by Raising any
benifit thereon ; that whatsoever benifit or
proffitt shallbee soe Raised as afoi-said shall-
bee wholly forfeit to the townes use
were appointed by the Towne
in due and convenient time to
meet together to consider of
such propositions and pticulars
as may probably tend to the
Comon good and welfare of
the towne ;
It was ordered by the towne that in case the Constabhj
Samuell Sturtivant shall faithfully and carefully collect w^hat is
yett unpayed of the last yeares Rate to the minnesters house hoe
shall have halfe of his ovvne Rate viz ; of the last Remited unto
him that is to say to the last Rate to the houso aforsaid
The last Munday in December next is appointed for a
Towne meeting day for the disposing of lands etc
Att a Towne held att the meeting house att Plymouth by
the Townsmen of Plymouth the 27lh of May 16G5
Certaine of the naighborhood betwixt the towne and the
Eelriver were appointed by the towne to view the highwaies in the
naighborhoods aforsaid and to Consult and Compound with the
naighbors for the settling of them for the best conveniency that
may bee both to the generall and each pticulare ; and what con-
clusions they Come to of any wages that they make Record there-
of to the Court that soe they may bee entered upon publicke
Record with the markes of them : and soe to bee pmanent
Mr Prence
Capt Southworth
Nathan iell Warren
Ephraim Morton
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Rol)ert ffinney Nath : Warreu
Willam Harlow Nath : Morton
hugh Cole Ephraim Morton
Willam Clarke
Conscrning the land att Pnnekateeset it was ordered tliat
Capt : Southwortli Natlianiell Warren and Edward Gray doe treat
with Phillip the Sachem Conserning our Interest therein (soe much
oposed) and to Procure of iiim an evidence for it besides what
ivee have or a full Confeirmation thereof ; and to Indent with hy
giving him some gratuitie for his satisfaction Reward and Incur-
ragment and tliat John Cooke Nath : Warren and Edward Gray
doe lett out our meddows therein in the behalf e of the ptenors for
this yeare to the best advantnge tJjey can
[75 •] heer followeth the bounds of severall pcells of land be-
longing to Gyles Rickard seni : graunted unto him in severall
places.
Imprimes a Lott of Land lying a little from Lakenham
Necke on the easterly side of Winnatucksett River begin ing att a
great Rocke and soe Runing eighty pole Northwest downe the
River and the other Rangeth northeast one hundred pole to a
great heap of stones upon the southeast corner ; and on the
Northeast end a brooke and soe to another brookc by the end of a
swamp ; and southwest untill it comes to Winnatucksett River unto
a white oake tree there marked
The bounds of the meddow belonging to Gyles Rickard
seni : in Winnatucksett meddow is as followeth viz ; twelve acrees
wherof eight lyeth next Mr John howland between the said John
howland and Edward Gray; bounded on the easterly corner with a
maple tree ; next to the said Joh'i howland with another maple tree ;
on the westermost Corner next to Edward Grny with nn oake :
and on the norlhermost Corner next to Edward Gray with a pyne
tree ; three acrees and an halfe more therof lyeth nt the uper end of
the meddow next above Ca|)taine Southwortli ; and halfe an acree
that lyeth ad joy n ing to these three acrees the said Gyles Riekard
bought of John Cobb and Edward Gray soe the whole of tiie
afursaid amounts to twelve acrees ; furthermore tlw.MC lyeth by this
meddow that lyeth above Captaine Southworths meddow an acree
and an halfe that doth belonge to John Morton ; soe this five acrees
and an halfe is bounded on the nothermost Corner next to Cap-
taine Southwortli with a white oake marked : and on the wester-
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most corner is bounded with a great blaeke oakc standing in the
rneddow the uper end is bounded with the upland there being uoe
more above it belonging to that meddow ;
Those peel Is of land above mentioned were
layed out according to order pmee Gorge
Bonum
John Morton and John Cobb have acknowledged the sale
of these smale pcells of meddow above mine att Winnatucksett to
goodman Rickard ; and I thinke Edward Gray alsoe but hee hath
sold it before witnes Thomas South worth
Plymouth the 30*^ of December
1664
The bounds of the land of Gyles Rickard seni ; lyiug att
his meddow in the woods which was graunted him by the court ;
the length of it is half a mile the easterly end buteth upon pte of
the meddow and a peece of low swamp ground the brooke that
Runs out of the meddow bounds tiie land all along the south side ;
the north side upon the comon ; the Range of the land lyetii west in
length att the west end by the brooke it is bounded with a marked
white oake : and from thence north to a marked Rid oake about
fifty pole in breadth ; the east end is bounded on the north side
with divers marked oakes and soe to run on a line to meet with a
marked Rid oake that stands on the north side att the west end
of the land mensioned :
pme Thomas South worth
May the 1; 1663
The bounds of twenty acrees of land graunted unto
Thomas Lettice by the towne the 27 of ()ctol)er 1662 was layed
out by Willam Crow the first of ffebruary 1 664 as followeth
Att the Request of Thomas Lettice
'i'his graunt I have measured and bounded the said
is formerly land att the north end on the east side
Recorded with a yoiuig Rid oake tree ; and from
in this booke tlie said tree the line goeth nearest due
south unto a great pyne tree marked
and standeth on the west or norwest
side of the said little brooke and from
the said Pyne tree the line goeth direct-
l}* to the meddow and at and from it
the Hue extends to a younge white oake
sapling growing upon the Root of a
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P^me tree and soe home to the med-
dow ; allowance being given for a high-
way threw the said land
William Crow
[76«1 A true Record of the Amesiircraent of severall lotts or
portions of meddow aloted to severall psons in the lower south
meddow in the township of Plymouth which was done the 14^'' of
Aprill 1664 as followeth
The six acrees belonging to Gorg
Watson which hee bought of Gorge
Bon urn lyeth betwixt the meddow of
John Wood on the north side and the
meddow of Thomas Pope on the south
side ; and all the meddow that lyeth on
both sides of the little brooke which
Cometh from towards Lakenham and
Runeth into the maine brooke is
graunted and layed forth to the said
Gorge Watson for three acrees of
that six which was formerly graunted
him by the seaven select men ; and
wheras there is a smale peece of med-
dow which is thought to be Comon if it
shall appeer not to belonge to any lott
alreddy layed out which small peece of
meddow lyeth upon a smale brooke
higher up in the same meddow calle I
the beaver dam brooke ; if as afo said
it doe not appertain c to any other al-
reddy layed forth then the said Gorge
Watson is to have it for two acrees
more of tlie said six acrees graunted
by the seaven men aforsaid ; and the
other two therof below Willam har-
lowes meddow ; on the west side of the
said River
Nathaniel Mortons Lott is bounded on the northerly end
on the East side with a smale white oake tree formerly marked
and now Rei^ewed and on the northerly end on the west side with
a great Pyne tree marked the River trending in att that place neare
Geo
Watson
of these two
acrees see 13
pages forwards
these two acrees
of meddow is
otherwise ordered
for Gorg Watson is to
have it in another
place
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to the upland ; there is a Certaine Cove lyiug on the easterly side
of the said lot Riming into the land there being meddow graunted
to Nathaniel Morton hee Renounced it lying att Jones river ; and
tooke it att this meddow soe that this pcell of meddow became
six Acrees hee having six acvees there graunted him by the
Court before this was layed out to him
Gorg Bonums Lott lyeth next unto Nath : Mortons Lott
on the southerly end and is bounded on the northerly end on the
east side with a greate pyne tree marked standing on the southerly
side of the Cove fornamed in Nath ; Morton** lott neare unto the
entery thereof ; and on the northerly end on the west side with a
smale Pyne tree marked
henery Woi-ds lott lyeth next to Gorge Boriunis Lott on
the southerly end and is bounded on the nortlierly end on the east
side with a pyne tree standing on a point marked and on the
northerly end on the west side with a white oake tree marked ;
John Churchills Lott lyetli on the southerly end of hen*»ry
Woods lott and is bounded on the northerly end on the east side
with a pyne tree marked and on the northerly end on the west side
with a pyne tree marked ;
Willam harlowes Lott lyeth on the southerly end of John
Cluirehills Lott and is bounded on the northerly end on the east
side with a pyne tree marked and on the northerly end on the west
side with a i)yne tree marked and on the southerly end on the west
side with a pyne tree marked standing in a grove of pynes and on the
southerly end on the east side with a smale pyne tree on a point
pme Nath : Morton
Towne Cleark
1604 In Reference unto the desire of Jonathan Morey to
have the meddow land graunted to him that was sometimes
Thomas Littles })eing upon the Indian Inooke beyond Mannomett
ponds ; The towne did give libertie unto the said Jonathan Morey
to use and Imi>rove the snid meddow untill ihey shall see Reason
otherwise to dispose of it ; Reserving still the propriety thereof
unlo themselves ;
[77«] Ten acrees of land is layed out to Stephen Bryant by
his meddow on the westerly side begin ing att the Path goeing to
Bridgwater ; bounded with a great Rid oake att the pathside ; and
Runs Northerly alonge by the meddow side to a white oake which
is betwixt ffrancis Combe and him; soe Rangeth to a Crooked
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walnutt by the meddow side ; att the Northermost Corner ; soe
Ranging westward to a white oake and soe Ranging south backe to
flfrancis Combe ; is marked with a smale Rid oake itt Runs forty
pole square
Att a Towne meeting held at the meeting house the
eleventh day of September anno dom 1666 the towne of Plymouth
did with one unanimous consent agree to alow unto ^ Mr Brinsme
seaventy pounds a yeare besides his fierwood ;
And wheras in consideration that the said Mr Brinsme is
like to leave good acomodations to come hether and therin shall
much deny himselfe and that in case he should change his condi-
tion and by death bee taken away from amongst us and leave a
family behind him ; hee haveing nothing assured to him in point
of proprietie beside the said sum yearly abovementioned ; in
Reference to acomodation of house and land or farme etc ; The
Towne have Refered the matter with like unanimouse consent unto
the Gov"" : Capt : Southworth Capt : Bradford the Elder Cushman
Nathaniell Morton John Barnes Robert ffinney Nathaniell Warren
John Morton and Ephraim Morton to treat with Mr Brinsmee
about it and to come to Composition with him either to accomo-
date him with land etc ; according to what wee have or to engage
to alow him a sume to procure acomodation himselfe soe that the
said sume exceed not an hundred pound ;
Wheras att the said meeting Complaint was made by di-
vers of want of acomodation of lands ; especially meddow It was
agreed that the next towne meeting which is to bee on the next
training day after this date that then there shalbee a Consideration
of such in som proportionable way to such as are alreddy accomo-
dated
Att which day the toWne agreed and gave libertie to Na-
thaniell Warren and Joseph Warren to Purchase thirty acrees of
meddow with • * graunted by the Court unto the towne at
Sepecan which is for * * Likewise it was agreed and ordered
then by the Towne that Nathaniell Warren and Willam harlow
shall alsoe Purchase such other lands as are yett unpurchased be-
sides those fornamed in the behalfe of the Towne with the Courts
*
The bounds of Gyles Rickard seni : his land lying next the
land of Gorg Watson lying above the head of Wellingsley brooke
iRev. Wm. Brimsmead is here meant i^ho supplied the pulpit of theFinst
Church a short time after the departure of Rev. John Rayner.
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is as followeth ; on the south corner with an heap of stones and
soe Rnning forty pr>le up upon a west southwest line to a smale
heap of Rockes witii some stones on the topp of them ; which is
the bound of the west corner ; on the south corner it is bounded
with a smale Red oake tree ; and on the east corner with an heap
of stones
The bounds of acertaine addition of land graunted
unto the said ^ Gyles Rickard seni : aded to his gar-
den plott hee now liveth on is as followeth viz ; forty
This foot in breadth on the southerly syde below from his
layed out (fence southerly or therabouts and Twelve foot
August from his fence southerly att the uper end or ther-
1 667 abouts as it is now staked and layed out ; and soe
for tlie length Run upon a straight line from the
lower end to the uper end is tiie bounds ;
[78 •] Att a Townmeeting held att the meeting house att Ply-
mouth 27'** of Dember 1665 Capt: Southworth engaged to assist
the Constable of Plymouth in procuring in the Remainder of the
Rate levied for the finishing of the minnesters house.
Robert (finney
were appointed by theTowne to
take speedy course for the
finishing of the said house.
Att this meeting It was generally voated by the Inhabi-
tants that the sume of seaventy pound formerly engaged unto Mr
Brinsme to bee alowed to him yearly bee Raised by way of Rate
and that the said sume bee payed att two severall payments An-
nually viz ; the one halfe by the fiifteenth of May and the other
halfe thereof by the fifteenth of December and that one third pte
or one pte of three of every such paiment of seaventy pounds bee
payed in money or wheate att prise Current the said money or
wheat to bee delivered by the fifteenth of June anually and the
other two thirds to bee payed in Corne or Tarr att prise Current ;
to bee payed att or before the times forementioned yearly ;
Att this meeting a ^garden plott was graunted unto Jacob
Michill adjoyning unto the homestead of Gyles Rickard seni : in
iiphraim Morton
Nathaniell Warren
and Will am* harlow
1 (iyles Rickard lived on the Houth aide of Sandwich Street on land including
the house lots of the late John Chase and the late (George Harlow.
'■^ This garden plott included the lot on which the ('arver house stands on the
South westerly side of Sandwich Street recently owned by the late Barnabas
H. Holmes and Jacob Michill built a part of the present house.
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ease hee build theron ; the said garden plott to be layed forth by
Nathaniell Warren and Willara harlow ; with as little prejudice to
any of the naighbours as may bee ;
Att this meeting it was agreed by the towne that the
southeast side of Captaine Southworths laud att the Eelriver bee
bounded with the said River from the lower end to the uper end of
the said land ;
The eight day of January 1665 Wheras John Morton
Leiftenant Ephraim Morton Robertt ffinney Stephen Bryant and
Sergeant Tinkham and Willam harlow were formerly appointed by
the Towne to dispose of such pcells of meddow as are yett undis-
lK>sed of to such especially as are in want in the Towneship ; did
accordingly meet on the day and ycare next above named and dis-
posed of meddow to severall psons as followeth
Impr That wheras Gorge Watson expended forty five shil-
lings in money towards the paying for the south meddowes ; six
acrees of meddow was appointed unto the said Gorge Watson in
lieu therof ; lying in the lower south meddow in case the said forty
five shillings bee not satisfyed betwixt the date heerof and the last
of Aprill next ; and in case it bee then paied that the said meddow
is to returne to the Towne
The bounds of Robert fflnneys meddow when it is deter-
mined by the Towne next wee dispose unto Gabriell ffallowell
three acrees of meddow in the meddow last found out lying neare
the south meddow
And unto John Jourdaine foure Acrees to lye next to
Gabriell ffallowell
And unto henery Wood three acrees next to John Jour-
daine
unto Edward Dotey three acrees att the turkey swamp
unto Samuel! Sturtivant two acrees att the turkey swamp
unto Thomas Pope two acrees next unto henery Wood as
above said
unto Jonathan Shaw two acrees on the brooke where his
father Watson hath meddow att the south meddow
unto Gabriell ffallowell three acrees
unto Samuell King three acrees att the Turkey Swamp
unto Jonathan Morey three acrees next unto Thomas Pope
unto John Dotey three acrees
unto Richard Willis two acrees next to Jonathan Morey
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unto James Cole Jiin : three acrees next to Richard Willis
unto Siimuell Kinge Jiin : three acrees next tj James Cole
unto John harman two acrees att the Turkey swamp
[79«] unto Willauj Nelson four acrees att the lowest of the
lower south meddow
unto Samuell Dunham halfe an acree next unto his other
meddow
unto Benajah Pratt two acrees of swamp
unto Joseph howland two acrees alreddy measured att
the Turkey swamp
unto Stephen Bryant att the Turkey swamp three acrees
or where Robert Latham mowed on the Townes meddow
unto Gorge Bonum that pte of swamp between his owne
meddow to the Ceader Bridge and another pcell of swampy med-
dow att Andrews Bridge lying a little ab >ve the said bridge ;
unto Ephraim Tinkham four aorees next to Willam Nel-
son as above named ;
unto Leif tenant Morton foure acrees next to Ephraim
Tinkham
unto William harlow foure acrees next to Leift Morton
unto Joseph Bartlettpne acree of meddow att the second
Pond beyond the Indian brooke towards Sandwich and two acrees
more att the south Countrey if it bee there to bee had
unto Nathan iell Morton one acree of meddow in holes on
the North side of the Cove which land is layed out to him and
Joseph Dunham and others att the lower southmeddow It being a
smale slip of meddow which Runs out of the said Cove on the
north side of the ffathermost slip if it bee an acree but if not to
bee made up by the next slip up the Cove easterly on the said
north side
We graunt unto Ephraim Tinkham and Willam Nelson two
acrees of meddow att Taspequans Pond :
Those who have proportions of meddow att the south
Countrey are to pay one shilling and six pence an acree by the last
of march next or otherwise to forfeit theire graunt ;
The bounds of Stephen Bryants meddow above expresed
is as foUoweth viz : it is bounded with a pyne tree marked betwixt
Edward Doytes meddow and a stake on the other syde Right
opposite ; and att the other end betwixt the meddow of Samuell
King and it is bounded w4th a pyne tree marked ; and oppo-
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site against with an oake tree marked standing att a little cove or
slip of meddow att the upper end of the said Cove ; opposite to
the aforsaid pvne tree between the said Samuell King and him ;
The bounds of Captaine Bradfords meddow att Naponsett
pond is as followeth viz : fourc acrees lying att the uper end of
Tnrkej swamp on the westerly side of the Hand and is bounded
with a maple tree marked standing on a hill side betwixt his med^
dow and the said swamp and soe Rangeth Crosse the meddow
on a southwest line to a white oake tree marked ; cercnlated with
a swamp att the northwest end
Alsoe to Joseph howland two acrees of meddow there
layed out to him lying on the westerly side of Capt : Bradfords
meddow abovesaid and is bounded with the aforsaid white oake
on the southerly end of the said Hand and soe to another white
oake standing in a swamp on the westerly side of tiie said med-
dow ;
I Gorge Bonum being appointed by the Towne of Ply-
mouth to lay out such lands as was given out ; as to the £lder
Cushman fifty acrees lying upon the brooke by Jonathan Bos-
worthes about halfe a mile downe the said brooke or therabouts ;
did with the Elder and his son and Jonathan Bosworth lay out the
same begining att a smale spruce upon the aforsaid brooke it be-
ing the corner bounds and soe Runes Northwest six score pole
unto a smale oake bush from thence Northeast unto a smale
Rocke neare a spruce swamp side ; it being the next Corner bound
and fi-om thence eastward to a great spruce tree
A lott of land layed out for Jonathan Shaw containing forty
acrees from tne old bounds to the pond 44 pole to Range up by the
pond side above the head of the pond to a smale Red oake neare
the cartway that comes from the south meddow on the westward
side It Rangeth over from that unto two smale Red oakes about the
northeast end of a deep bottome ; and soe it Rangeth north to his
bounds of his lands
[80.] a lot of land layed out to Robert Ransom thirty acrees
from the easterly of the pond side begining att the brooke that Runs
out sixty pole and Runs away east northeast unto two Pynes that
stands in a swamp att the very Corner and soe Rangeth to the
brooke that Runs by the side of his owne land ;
The bounds of the upland graunted by the Court unto
John Dunham seni : lying att a place»called swan hold ;
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as it was layed out by Leiftenant Morton is as followeth :
viz: bounded on the westerly end with a Pyne tree
marked standing on the northwest side of a little swamp ;
and on the Northerly to a marked tree on the south side
of Dotyes Pond and on the southerly Comer it is bounded
with a black oake marked and soe Runing downe betwixt
the said swan hold and Dotyes pond aforsaid to a marked
tree on the Easterly Corner; In Reference unto the
bounds of his meddow att Swan hold ; Leiftenant Morton
judged that all the meddow there either Respecting
quantity or qualitie was but competent and scarsly soe ;
to answare the Courts graunt to the aforsaid John Dun-
ham seni ; and soe the whole that is there is alowed unto
him in Respect unto the said graunt ;
Att a Towne meeting held att the meeting house at Ply-
mouth the fifth day of ffebruary 1665 ;
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08
S
Q
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Capt : Southworth
Leift Morton J were chosen by the Towne to bee the
Mr John howland j select men for the Towne of Plymouth ;
Gorg Watson ( and Impowered by the towne to call
and Robert fiOnney Towne meetingb as the occations of the
towne may Require and to take Course
about Idle and extravigant psons and to
gi*aunt lands either upland or meddow
as occations of the yeare may Require
within our Township ;
The Rators Chosen by the Towne to make a Rate of forty
pounds for and towards; as pte of the charge alowed to Mr
Brinsmed ; for this yeare were
Willam harlow
Willam Clarke
and Samuell Dunham
Leift Morton f were appointed by the towne to settle
Nath : Warren | two severall graunts of lands lying att
Gorg Bonum -{ Manomett Ponds viz : the one unto
Willam Clarke | Samuell Ryder and the other unto the
and Hugh Cole t, said WiU : Clarke which graunts was to
each of them twenty acrees :
Benajah Prat was Chosen by the Towne to bee a Receiver
of the excise acooxQing to Court ordar
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Jonathan Barnes
and Jabese howland
Edward Gray
Will : Clarke
and Will am Crow
The Towne have graunted unto Mr Thomas Prence six
acrees of upland raeddow lying on the west side of Joneses Rivet
meddow next unto that meddow which whs formerly graunted
unto Mr John Winslow ;
}are graunted libertie to looke out
fifor accomodation of land within
the Township both upland and med-
dow ; in order unto theire accomo-
dation :
^ were appointed to Repare to the
}■ Inhabitants of the towne with the
J first conveniency they can to see
what may be collected for the Re-
leife of ffrancis Billington hee have-
ing lately suffered great lose by
the ^ burning of his house ;
June the 20*^ 1666 the Surveyors for the high waies Chosen
by the Towne were Jacob Cooke Thomas Lottice and Robert
ffinney whoe were chosen the last yeare to the said office but for-
asmuch as they did nothinge in the mending of the wayes they
were Required to serve this yeare againe
[81.] Att a Towne meeting held att the meeting house att
Plymouth the fourth of July 1666.
The cellect men chosen were
John Morton
Leifte : Mortou
Robert ffinney
Nathaniel Warren
Willam harlow
\.
The Rators chosen were Willam harlow
Willam Clarke
Willam Crow
The pticulares the Celect men are to take into theire Cog-
nizance and charge besides what the Court orders to them : is as
followeth
Item to looke into the Towne bounds that none encroach
on them
Item to the settleing of the bounds betwixt Plymouth and
Sandwich
1 This was probably the first fire la Plymouth after the destruction of the
Conunon Houae, January 14, 1620-1, old style. Billington's house was at Se'uiide.
these approved
by the Court
and sworne
July the 5 : 1666
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Item to take some Course with Idle psons and to sec them
follow some lawfuU Implyment
It^m to finish the settlement of the bounds of Agawam
Item to mind the Townes Consernes in Reference to the
Comons and uuuessesary spoyle of wood theron ;
It is ordered That wheras there is due from tile Towne
unto Gorge Watson the sume of 47 shillinges in money That in
case the said sume bee payed unto him by the 16*** day of October
next ; that the six acrees of meddow bound over unto him for
the payment of the said sume shalbee then Released to the Townes
use or then to bee his proper Right ; and in case it bee then
Released as aforsaid that then the said six acrees of meddow
shalbee at the Townes dispose for a publicke use and not to bee
appropriated to any pticulare and that the Towne shalbee att the
Charge of the laying of it out ;
Octo]>er 17 16(56
^ The waies layed out by Leift Ephraim Morton Nathaniel
Warren Robert ffinney hugh Cole Willam harlow and Nathaniel
Morton Apointed by the Towne of Plymouth for to lay them out :
are as foUoweth : viz : from the Towne bridge up the hill as the
way now is onely a little on the turning on the Right hand on the
banke to be taken downe and soe up to three stones piched into
the ground together on the tope of the hill ; and soe upon a line
to another greate stone pitched up on the westerside of the way
and soe bounded by another neare the southeast Corner of Giles
Rickards garden and soe up the hill to a great Rocke which is
the bigest on the tope of the hill neare the Corner of John
Barnes his garden place ; and from thence on a line to a heape of
stones ; and from thence on a line to a heap of stones in a valley ;
and from thence to a Rocke by tlic swamp side with a great stone
on it lying neare Willam harlowes ; and from thence to a heap of
stones on the southerly side of the gutter that Runs downe to the
watering place ; and from thence onward to another heap of
stones in Alkannus feild ; and from thence to a heape of stones
on the Northerly side of Wellingsley brooke and soe over the said
1 This is the laying out of Sandwich Street. The town bridge was just above
the level of the brook and conse(]uently there was a hill on its southerly side.
Giles Rickard's land was on the right, the land of John Barnes was on the
left opposite to the Green, and Alkannus' held extended from Sandwich
Street to Gallows Lane at Mount Pleasant Street. From John Churchill's
land at Jabez Corner the laying out includes two roads, one along shore to the
Cliff and the Warren farm, ana thence to the old Manomet Road, and the other
by George Bramhall's, and to the left across Eel River and intersects the other
on the south si'fe.
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brooke to an lieiipe of stones on the tojip of tlie hill by Wellingsly ;
and from thence to a heape of stones on the southerinost end of
the said hill ; and from thenee to an heape of stones along
suiillieiij to a Corner of a field which was formerly Ralph Wallens
and from thence to another heape of stones (mwards to the
topp of a- hill sontherly and from the stones a long Rocke with a
dent in the topp of tlie southwest end of it ; lying on the southerly
side of John Chnrchills feild which was somtimes the land of
Anthony Snow and from the said Rocke towards the waterside
northeast ov thereabouts to an heape of stones and soe alonge the
liyeway as it is now in use and soe along the waterside as it is
now in use to an iiea|)e of stones att tiie lower end of
(iorge Mortons land and soe bomided with he:i[)es of stones
on the westernside of tlie said way thtit is now in us;? unto
Robert flinneys Clift and soe to the flishing jioint ; lett it be
understood that all the hea[)es of stones mimed are to be named
as markes of this way doe lye on tiie w(»stern side of the said
Way ; but to proceeed. The way from the flishing point is to goe
to the end of Nathaniel Warrens l^and to an heap of sto::es and
soe by heapes of stones up threw his feild to his bavne and soe
on the southwest side of his house downe to the way that Comes
over the Eelriver bridge and soe to a peece of Comon land which
lyeth between the lands which formerly were Mr Winslows and Mr
Warrens; Hut to returne to tiie aforsaid Rocke by the side of John
Chnrchills feiltl and from that said Rocke the way is to goe up
the valley and soe towards the Kel river as it is now in use to an
heap of stones on tiie westerly side of tiie said way att the head
of Willam Clarkes feild ; and soe bounded by si^verall heapes of
stones on the westerly side of the said way to a Certaine groat '
Rocke lying neare the foot of Kel river bridge leaveing James
Clarkes house on the westerly side of the * an I soe from the
said Rocke over the said bridge and s >e directly t:) mjet with the
way on the southerly side of the said Hridge fornained :
[82.] Att a meeting of the Ceiectmen of tlu' Towne of Ply-
mouth the scond of ()ctol)er 1 (>()()
It was onlered by them that hensfortii noe wood or timber
be si>oyled by barkeing within a mile and an halfe of any naigh-
borhood but they that fell trees sliall carry away l)oth top and body
on the penalty of eighteen ikmicc a tree ;
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It is further ordered by them that whosoever shall carry
or sell any barke out of the towne shall forfeite thee prise tberof
to the townes use :
It is further ordered by them if any of our Township shall
find any Ineroachment upon our Towne by any of any oilier
towne ; It shalbee lawf ull for any of our Towne forthwith to take
out an attachment upou any timber or knots or Tarr etc soe felled
or taken and shalbee payed for his paines and the benifitt to Re-
dound to the Towne
October 22 1666
It was ordered by the Towne that the Celect men of the
Towne of Plymouth or any two or three of them agreeing together
shall have power to give oixier to the Constable to wame Towne-
meetings as often as occation shall Require Respecting the townes
occations and that the Constable shall give seasonable warning
therof by order from them ; accoixling to the time appointed by
the towne formerly in that Respect
Nathaniel Warren
Joseph Warren
Willam Clarke
and hugh Cole
are deputed by the Towne to Pur-
chase all such lands as are to be Pur-
chased of the Indians att or about
Agawaam
Nathaniel Morton ^ were appointed by the Towne to lett
John Morton I and to farme, sett and lease out the
and Leift : Morton [ Townes lands att Agawaam for the
Townes use for any tearme of time
under seven yeares
Willam Clarke ^
Willam harlow
and ffrancis Comb
Att a meeting held by the townsmen of Plymouth the
' 2cond of January 1666 ten acrees of land was graunted unto
Benjamine Katon lying above fifrancis Billingtons house neare
Rockey nookc ;
hugh Cole to be accomodated with meddow att the lower
south meddow downc that River below those that have meddow
there alreddy graunted
the land above expressed graunted to Benjamine
Eaton was above the land that was somtimes Goige
Clarkes and is to be layed out as to the best conven-
iency to him soe to as little prejudice to the naighbors
October as may bee ; the land lyeth between ffrancis Billing-
1666 tons and that which wa9 John Cookes graunt above
Gorge Clarkes ;
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New Plymouth
haveing order nit a Townemeetiug held the seeoud
day of January 1666 for the bounding of ten acrees
of land graunted to Beujainine Eaton lying above the
'z lands that was formerly Gorge Clarkes and betwixt
? -= ffrancis Billiuirtons lott and the lotts that were John
j; p Cookes ; have hived it out on the westward side of the
^ ^ .swamp called Bradfords ^[ar8i) and on the soutii
^ 5 side and east end of the said land have bounded it
3 ^ with a swamp wood tree standing att or in the swamp ;
'3 § from thence the line extends nearest southwest and
— ^ 'O' ^'^st to a Red oake tree marked and standing on
o ^ the westward side of the Topp of a hill ; and on the
•J — north side and east end next to the swamp with a
^ young walnutt sapling and from the said walnut the
line extends nearest southwest and by west unto a
forked Red oake sa pi in*; ; bounded Aprill 11'** 1667
pr Will : Crow ;
[8JJ«] Att a Townemeetiug hehl att the meeting house att Ply-
mouth the* day of July 1667; It was agreed and concluded us
followeth
viz :
That the sume of fifty pounds shalbee alowed to Mr. Cot-
ton for this psent yeare and his wood To be raised by way of Rate
to be payed in such as god gives ever onely to be minded thiit a
considerable i)te of it shalbee payed in the best pay ; and Willam
Clarke and William Crow are appointed by the Towne to take
notice of what is payed and brought in unto him and to keep an
account therof : Joseph howland and ffrancis Combe are agreed
with by the Towne to find the wood for this yeare for the sume of
eight pounds
Robert ffinney f are appointed by the towne to take
Willam Clarke J some speedy course for the finish-
and Joseph Warren |^ ing of the ^ minneslers house ;
Willam Clarke f are apointed by the Towne to take
!
and William Crow ( the account of Kdward Gray in the
1 It is probable tbat the ininistor's house here referred to Htootl on tlie lot
}dven to the church in hikW by Bridget Fuller for a parsonage and on its south-
easterly corner about where the house of Isaac Brewster now stands. The old
house and lot seem by the records to have been sold in 1G07 by Rev. John
Keyner's son John, to (ieorge Bonum.
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behalfe of the Towne ; and also all other accounts that doe belong
unto the Towne in pticular to demand tliat which is due to the
Towne for the Rent of Agawam ;
The Ratere chosen to make the Countrey Rates and other
for the Towne were John Morton serjcant "VVillam harlow and
Willam Clarke ;
tfifty acrees of land formerly gran nted unto
Jonathan Morey layed out unto him by Gorge
this land Bonum was att this meeting Confeirmed to him
is neare and his heires and assignee for ever; the bounds
tl.e bounds wherof are as followeth viz ; begining at a *
of Sandwich swamp lying att the northeast end of the said land
the northermost bounds of the said land is a whit
oake standing on a little brow of a hill and Rangeth
from the said oake for the length theroi on a
west southwest line nearest unto a pyne tree by the
herring pond soe called ; and soe Ranging for the
southermost bounds to a pyne tree leaning over
the said pond ; and soe backe for the eastermost
bounds to a little Rid oake standing by the swamp
The bounds of hugh Coles Laud lying neare the hither
maunomett pointe soe called is as followeth viz : bounded att the
easterly end with a great Rocke by a place coraonly called the salt
marsh and soe Ranging up into the woods upon a southwest line
halfe a point westerly ; which is from the great Rooke spoken of
72 pole to a heap of stones; and Ruuing along by the sea one
hundred and two pole ; and there att th 3 northerly end bounded
with a heap of stones; and there Runing into the woods south-
west half a point westerly 72 pole and there bounded with a heap
of stones ;
Layed out to Gyles Rickard Juni : a pcell of land lying
betwixt the meddow of his father which is neare Dotyes meddow
in the woods and a spott of meddow lying on the northwest side
which pcell of Land is ninteen acrees and is bounded att the north
end with three white oakes marked : and another pcell of eleven
acrees on the south side of his fathers said meddow and on the
west syde with a Rid oake marked and a white oake and a Rid
oake on the south corner and is bounded in with a swamp :
Six acrees of meddow was graunted unto flfrancis Comb^
ying att the south meddow brooke
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An addition of land was graunted unto each of the
uaiglibors on the north syde of the towue att and about plaine
dealling viz ; to Run a quarter of a mile into the woods from the
ends of theire lotts this is to be understood of all the great lotts
towaixls Jones River
[84«] Ten aerees of meddow was graunted unto hugh Cole
lying att the south meddow brooke
Plight aerees of meddow was graunted unto Joseph Bart-
lett lying at the south meddow brooke
Six aerees of meddow was giaunted unto Jolm Cole lying
att the south meddow l^rooke ;
four a(nves()f meddow was graunted unto Daniell Dunham
lying att the south meddow brooke
five aerees of meddow is graunted unto John ffallowell
lying att the south meddow brooke ;
six acre^'S of meddow is graunted unto Samuell Eedey lying
att the south meddow brooke ;
a peece of swamp is graunted unto Robert Hartlett to
make meddow of lying adjoynlng to liis meddow att the Eehiver
flfour aerees of meddow is giaunted unto Benajah Pratt
lying att the brooke Comoiily Called Crane brooke ;
Samuell Sturtivant is graunted to exchange his fifty
aerees of land graunted unto him \*y the Towue for fifty aerees lying
att Monponsett pond to tiie south end of tlie pond ;
The swamp lying att ihe path by John hawards house
(that was) is graunted to William Nelson
A peece of meddow lying on the southeast side of Cap-
taine Bradfords meddow being a peece between some meddow al-
reddy la\'ed out is graunted unto Thomas Cushman Ju ni ;
Att tins meeting it was ordered by the Towne that noe
Cattle either horses hoggs or other Cattle shall not be put turned
or Carry ed to the ^ salth »usf l)each from the first of May untill
the first of November Annually :
The bounds of a garden place or homsteed
layed out to Jacob Michell according to a
former graunt expressed in this booke is as
followeth
It adjt.yneth to Gyles Uickards garden plott on the south-
east syde of the garden plott of the said Gyles Rickard ; and is
1 S^lthoose BetK'h 19 Duxbury Deach.
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l)ounded on the other syde att the lower end and att the iiper end
therof with two stones sett into the ground ;
The Towne have ordered and engaged to Refrayne from
sending any hoggs to the gurnett beach att any time ; and hon^s
or neat cattle to the said beach from the begining of A prill unto
the last of October Annually ; and that this order be Comunicatcd
to the Towne of Duxburrow desireing and expecting that they
should doe the like ;
[85«] Att the towne meeting held att Plymouth the l^*** day of
October 1667
Leiftenant Morton ) That whems the sume of twenty-
Gorge Bonum I two pounds is alowed by the Court
Joseph Warren J with that which is alreddy expende<l
Willam Clarke towards the building of a bridge over
and hugh Cole J the P^elriver ; which is accepted by
the towne These are appointed by
the Towne to Receivt^ the said sume :
and to serch the old bridge and to take
Course and agree with the workmen
for the Rebuilding or Repaireiug
therof in the place it now is in the
most prudensiall and fmgalest way
that may be ;
Wheras by a former Towne order William Clarke and
William Crow were appointed by the Towne to take the account of
Edward Gray in tlieire behalf e as alsoe all other accounts apper-
taining to the Towne ; but were not Impowered to prosecute by
Law for the Recovery of any debt due therunto iprhese are to
certify that the Towne of Plymouth hath IrapowereJtTnid doe by
these prsents Impower the said William Clarke and William Ci-ow
to demand Receive and in any case of none payment of any debt
or debts due to the Towne by due course of law to Recovering any
such debt or debts in the behalfe of the Towne aforsaid and will
alow and approve of theire Regulare acting Respecting the prmiscs
as nesessitie ma}^ Require"^
In Reference untothe proportion made by the Ccloctmen
that some prudentiall Course might be taken for and about the
Receiveing of Townsmen and stating of theire privilidges j the
Towne have appointed and doe Request
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PLYMOUTH RECORDS. 91
The Gov^
Edward Gray
Nathnniell Morton
Gorg Watson
Leift: Morton
as a Committee in due and
convenient time to meet to-
gether and to treat of and con-
trive such pticulars as may be
thought meet to be proposed
Serjeant Tinkham )- iinto and voted by the Towne
Serjeant hi^rlow for theire more orderly pro-
Joseph Warren ceeding in that behalf :
Wm Clarke
and Willam Crow
Joseph howland
In Reference to tlie proposition Concerning a more Just
and equal! way to be thought on for the makeing of Rates ; It is
reft^red to the next meeting of the Celect men and that then such
as shall see good to propose any thing Respecting the premises
shall Repaire to them and Comunicate the same and Consult with
them in Reference therunto
Att this meeting the Towne graunted unto Robert Barrow
and Edward Dotey to each of them six acrees of swampy meddow
lying att or not far from the upcr south meddow betwixt Andrews
bridge and the new meddow soe as it doe not Infring any former
graunt nor liinder any highway fflfty acrees of land was graunted
unto John Jourdaine lying towards the north end of Sandwich
herring pond Joyning to Jonathan Moreyes swamp ; soe as in case
hec sell it to some of tlie Towne of Plymouth
A privilidge of grasse or sedge is graunted unto John
holmes att the ^ Reed pond in case hec can make meddow of the
whole pond or any pte therof it is to be his owne ;
[86.] The 30'** of November 1667 The Towue agreed to send for
Mr John Cotton and to leave the charge of tlie Transportation of
him and of his family and goods from '^Martin's Vinyard to Plim-
outh ; Morover they haveing formerly agreed to alow him for this
yearc the sume of fifty i)ouud8 ; to be Raised by Rate
1 Reed pond was flowed ground on Cold Spring; Brook between the country
road and the railroad.
*■* Up to the latter part of the 17 th century the Island now called Nomans Land
was called Martha's Vineyard and what in now called Martha's Vinevard was
called Martin's Vinyard. The name undoubtedly came from Martin Pring
who visited it in l^i. Nomans Land probably derived its name from a christian
Indian chief named Tickanoman who flonrished about 1050 on Martin's Vine-
yard. A point of land on Martha's Vineyard nearly opposite Nomans laud is
laid down on a pen and ink plan of the Island dated 1(^93 as Tickauoman's Point.
In an old deed it Is called Nomau.
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It was agreed by the Towue that the sume of fifty |X)unds
shalhe speedily Raised by Rate wherof twenty-five pouuds to be de-
livered to Mr. Cotton as pte of the abovesaid fifty ; and the other
twenty-five pounds to be Improved by the psons deputed ; for the
defraying of the charge of his Transportation and the other nes-
sesary cnarges about the house etc ; Tlie Rators Chosen to make
this Rate were Leift : Morton Wilhim Clarke and Willam Crow
The lands which I laycd out for Sarauell Sturtivant att
Monponsett pond of fifty aciees abutting upon fifty acit^es of Mr
Willam Bradford's lying on the east end of the said Willam Hrad-
fords ; and is bounded with a Pine tree by the pond syde and
Runes easterly from the corner of the pond to a blacke oake on
the north syde of the path ; and Rangeth southerly to a smale
blacke oake and soe to a little white oake marked ; and so Rangeth
by the swamp syde to a blacke oake that standcth on a plaine :
which oake is the corner bound answarable to the forenamed pyne
tree by the pond syde ; between the said WMllam Bradford and
Samuell Sturtivant ; pme Gorg Bonum :
The bounds of Cnpt : Willam Bradford's land att Monpon-
sett pond is as followeth
* should (viz) fifty acrees of land bounded on the
* been laid northwest with a j)yne tree marked by the pon<]
* Captaine syde ; and the westermost bound a smale Rid
* * oake tree marked ; the southermost bounds a
* * tree marked standing l)etween him and Samuell
lying on Sturtivant; and another pyne tree marked
* * standing by the ponds syde betwixt Samuell
att Monpon- Sturtivant and him for the eastermost bounds
sett * *
* * of
January 3r*
16G7
The bounds of James Clarke's farme is as followeth viz :
bound on the easterly end with the pond and soe Runs one hun-
dred ninety two pole northerly to a Roeke upon a R jcke}- hill with
stones upon it ; and soe Runs in westerly an hundred pole to a
great Rocke and a while oake tree by it marked and on the south-
erly corner tnarked with a smale Red oake tree ; but sd tree being
Roted down a heap of stones is set in ye place By Thomas faunce
surveyor to the Towne of Plimouth Aprill 5 WMb
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The twenty acrees of Land the Towne graunted unto
James Clarke Ijeth against pte of his farnie land abovcsaid ; and
is bounded on the easterly corner with a Rid oake and on the
southerly corner with a Rid oake tree, and on the westerly corner
with a Rid oake and on the northerly corner with ja Rocke and
stones upon it ;
(Aprill 5*^ 1695 A Raing run and settled between Samuell
Riders land below mentioned and James Clarkes farm land sd
James Riders northerly corner bound is a heap of stones by the
swamp sid and soe to Run a strait corse to James Clarkes
southerly corner bounds of his farm land and from thence
upon a straite course to the sd Riders head bound in his
record mentioned, Raniged and settled on the day and
yeare above written by 'I'homas faunce surveyor to the Towne
of Plimouth) The bounds of Samuell Ryders Laud att Mannomett
ponds is as foUoweth viz ; on the easterly corner bounded with
the pond and brooke and soe Runing Northerly to a heap of
stones ; and so Runing westerly one hundred pole and there boun-
ded with a Rid oake tree and thence for his soutlierly corner to a
smale Run of water that Runs into the brooke and there marked
with a swampy oake ; fifor the twenty acrees graunted unto him by
the Towne it is bounded as followeth ; ffor his easterly bounds
therof it is a stone sett into the ground by a Cartway syde and
bounded on the south corner with a Red oake ; and the westerly
corner with a Rid oake ; and on the nortlierly corner with a Red
oake by a Rocksyde
the bounds of Thomas Popes land is as followeth the north
end bounded with a great white oake by a little brooke and soe
Runing southerly six score Rod and bounded on the east syde of a
l)Oud with a Rid oake tree ; and from thence Runing easterly three
score and six pole marked with a bush ;
Awanno thf) Indian and Awampocke theire land is bound-
ed on the easterly corner with a Rid oake tree and soe Runing
Southerly one hundred Rod to a great pond ; and from thence
westerly to a little pond whicli is fifty rod distance and soe
l)ounded on the north corner with a bush ;
[87 •] Att the Townemeeting held att the meeting house att
Plymouth the one and thirtieth day of January ann** dom 1667
Joseph howland *) agreed with the Towne to be the standing
Joseph Bartlett \. troopers for the Towne for the tearme of
and flfrancis Combe J five yeares from the date heerof full to be
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PLYMOUTH RECORDS.
Joseph Warren
and Jonathan Morey
expired and to be alowed the same of four
pounds and ten sbillinges which is in the
hands of the former troopers viz; Capt:
Bradford Willam Clarke and James Clarke
belonging to the towne ; and to be assisted
by the Towne for the procuring therof ;
1 are appointed by the Towne to forwame
) the Indians not to make use of our lands
lying neare sandwich bounds; and to
oppose them in makeing use therof : and
to signify unto them that they shall not
soe doe. unles they can make Just
title therunto ;
Att this meeting libertie was graunted unto all such as
have land graunted to them att Winnatucksett to Remove theire
said graunts a mile and an halfe from theire meddows towards
Monponsett pond ;
8aml Kinge
Edwd Dotey
John Andrew
& Saml
Abraham
Jackson
Joseph howland
John
Dotey
fflfty acrees of land is graunted unto Sam-
uell Kinge lying neare to his meddow at Mon-
ponsett pond ;
fflfty acrees of Land is graunted unto
Edward Dotey lying neare his meddow att
Monponsett ; next unto the fifty acrees graunt-
ed unto Samuell Kinge ;
Graunted unto John Andrew and Samuell
Mylam to each of them thii*ty acrees of upland
somwhere about Mannomett ponds if they can
find it in any such lands as not graunted unto
any others
Thirty acrees of land is graunted unto Abra-
ham Jackson where John Andrew and Samuell
Mylam shall have theires if it may be there had
if not any wherelse wher hee can find it ; not
prejudiciall to othera ; within this townshipp
Thirty acrees of land is graunted unto Joseph
howland lying betwixt the Indian pond and Bil-
lington's tree ; on the northsyde of the said
pond
Thirty acrees of land is graunted unto John
Dotey lying next unto Joseph howlands att the
same place ;
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Tho8: Thirty acrees of land is graunted unto
Cushman Thomas Cushman Juni: lying next to John
Doteys att the same place ;
Jona : Ten acrees of land is graunted unto Jonathan
Shaw Shaw lying next unto his land at Lakenham ;
This is ^ Graunted unto James Clarke a certaine pcell
otherwise of sedge or a pte of the pond att Mannoraett
* * ponds viz : all that pte of the pond or sedge
* * ground which lyeth between a place there called
* from the Gurnett and the bounds of Samuell Ryders
* * land and soe upon a straight line unto the
* ♦ beach
The Towne have ordered
Richard That ffifty acrees of land graunted unto
Wright Richard Wright lying att Winnatucksett shalbe
layed out and ordered by Captaine Bradford
and the Elder Cushman ;
The Towne of Plymouth haveing ordered us whose names
are heerunto Published soe to measure and bound unto Richard
Wright fifty acrees of upland att or neare Winnatucksett as by
theire Record doth appeer dated October 16 1659 wee have ac-
cordingly done the same ; upon the east syde of Winnatucksett
River where the said Richard hath begun to settle or Improve ;
and have since bounded the said land on the northerly syde next
the River with a great Rocke : and from the said Rocke (which
may be Knowne) by nother great Rocke that stands in the line by
him ; The line extending nearest northeast and by north unto a
stone sett or pitched into the ground for the length of the said
land and from the said Rocke the land goes soe farr up the said
River unto and is bounded by a stone sett into the ground by the
said River syde neare a live oake that stands on the banke of the River
and from this stone it extends nearest northeast and by north to a
Rid oake marked on four sydes these four markes are the bounds
of the aforsaid fifty acrees of land ; which land butts home to the
River ; pformed the 12*** day of february 166 *
Pme Willam Bradford,
Thomas Cushman.
1 This clause has Unes drawn through it iu the records.
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[88«] The bounds of Gorge Watsons medclow att the Lower
south meddowe is as followHh viz ; on the south syde of a little
brook e ; bounded with a pyne tree betwixt the meddow of Thomas
Pope and the said Gorge Watson and soe Runiug west«irly to a
great spruce tree ; and on the easterly end with a pyne tree which
stands betwixt the meddow of John Wood and Gorg Watson ;
The aforsaid brooke Runing through the said meddow of the said
Gorge Watson from the maine River westerly up unto the aforsaid
spruce tree the said meddow soe bounded as aforsaid was layed
forth by Leiftenant Ephraim Morton unto the said Gorge Watson
for ten acrees be it more or lesse ;
ffurthermore there is two acrees grauuted and ordered to
Gorg Watson lying att the lower southmeddow ; att n place called
the beaver dam brooke ; bounded att the easterly end with a pyne
tree ; on the north syde ; and a spruce tree on the south syde ; att
the easterly end next the meddow of Robert Ransom ; and att the
westerly end with a pyne tree ; a smale brooke Runing through it
into the maine River ; this pcell soe bounded the said Gorge Wat-
son is to have for two acrees of meddow be it more or lesse ;
Three score acrees of land is layed forth by Gorge Bonum
unto Thomas Savory att the four mile brooke on the northwest
syde therof ; bounded on the easterly corner with a white oake tree
marked standing on the syde of a hill neare the brooke ; and on the
southerly corner with a great pyne tree marked upon the topp of a
hill neare the brooke ; and soe Rangeth northwest neare to a great
blacke oake marked standing on the northwest syde of the cartway
that goeth to Swan hold ; and soe Rangetli to a white oake marked
standing on a point of land att the northwest corner of a pond called
beaver pond ; and on the southeast syde of the said pond to a
pyne tree marked standing neare the pond syde which is the bound
of the said land on the easterly corner ;
New Plymouth
flfebruary 19* 1667
The bounds of thirty acrees of land graunted unto Joseph
howland the 31 of January 1667 by the Towne of Plymouth on
the northsyde of the Indian pond the said land att the south end
and east syde ; is bounded with a white oake tree which stands
on the north. syde of the cart way ; and att the end and east syde
it is bounded with a smale Red oake sapling standing neare a
swamp soe to a white oake tree standing on the south syde of a
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hill ; and is on the north and westward sjde of the said land and on
the southward end^and westward syde it is bounded with a smale
Eid oake tree standing on the south syde of the aforsaid cart way ;
the line is noith forty degrees to the eastward and south foi*ty
d^rees to the westwai*d ; length one hundred pole breadth forty
eight pole more or lesse ; bounded as aforsaid
pme William Crow
A pcell of sedge ground is graunted unto Joseph Bartlett
lying att a pond by Thomas Clarke's ffarme on the easterly syde
therof ; bounded on the western end with a Ceder bush ; and soe
Ranging into the pond ; and on the easterly syde with a place or
gutt comonly called the Gutt; which pteth the ponds and soe
Ranging from the said Gutt over to the clifts of the beach ;
[89 •] Att a Towne meeting held at the meeting house att
Plymouth the 16"» day of March 1667 ;
The Towne have graunted unto Mr Thomas Prence a
smale psell of land lying att bis meddow att Jonses River being
about twelve acrees be it more or lesse which is a psell of land Invi-
roned about with swampes ; to be layed forth for him by Edward
Gray and William Crow ;
Jona ; Barnes An acree and an halfe of land is graunted
unto Jonathan Barnes in Alcarmus feild to be
layed out to him by William harlow and
Nathaniel Morton
A libertie is graunted by the Towne unto the
grant to Indian called Caussetan and bis Relations to
Indian Improve a smale psell of land about ten acrees
about ^ breakeharthill and for the acknowlidg-
ment of the Towne to be the true propnators
therof the said Caussetan or some one of his
Relations is to pay yearly halfe a pecke of
Indian Corne ;
Thirty acrees of land is graunted unto Eph-
raim Tilson lying att the head of Nahucked near
Lakenbam
Thirty acrees of Land is graunted unto William
holmes for the accomodation of his son : the
said t;hirty acrees to be att the said Nahuckett ;
1 Breakehart hill is the hill on the Sandwich road south of Ellisville.
7
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Willis ffifteen acrees of Land is graunted unto
Richard Willis lying neare Warren's wells
The Towne have agreed that a lean too and a Cellar shalbe
made and erected to the minnesters house ; to bee about halfe the
length of the house ; It being left unto Leiftenant Moi*ton and
Serjeant harlow to agree with workmen to doe it ; as they shall
Judge most Convenient ;
It is ordered by the Towne that notice be given to those
that are the owners of the mill That the Towne Requires them
either by a fflood gate or otherwise to take Course that the herrings
or Alwives may have free libertie to goe up to spawn att the
season therof according to a former agreement and Ingagement ;
and in case they shall Refuse or neglect soe to doe that then the
Towne will take Course that it shalbe done ;
The Towne have agreed with Abraham Jackson to make and
sett up some fCence or a psell of ffence about the minnesters gar-
dens next unto the street which is to post and Railes viz ; five
Railes in a post the postes to be oake and if the Railes be Ceder
that they shalbe sufficient halfe Rounds and this to be done soe
farr as the gardens doe Reach or extend next the street and
alsoe that it be done seasonably for sowing of garden seeds ; and
hee is to have two shillings a Rod ; alsoe provided that the Rails
shalbe hut ten foot longe or eleven foot with the ends entered into
the postes ; and in case that hee shalbe found not to make wages
therof that hee be Considered more as Reason shall Require ;
The Towne have fuilher agreed with the said Abraham
Jackson to find Mr Cotton with wood this following summer for
six shillings a Cord ; The Comittee appointed by the Towne to
Consider of such propositions
Graunted unto James Clarke a Certaine psell of sedge
ground att Mannomett pond bounded upon the southerly Corner
with a Rocke ; with an heap of stones on it by the said pond syde ;
and soe Runing on a line unto a place Comonly Called the ^ Gur-
uett ; unto the easterly point of it ; and soe Runing on the same
line over to the beach ; and soe extending in breadth home to his
meddow formerly graunted to him and unto his owne upland on the
Northwest syde ;
1 It is difiloult to say wliether this line ran in the direction of the Gurnet
across the bay or whether there was a place at Manomet called by that naiue.
If there was such a place the editor has never seen it referred to elsewhere.
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[90.] Plymouth
Measured and bounded thirty acrees of upland unto John
Dunham Juni : and is pte of fifty acrees of upland graunted by- the
Towne aforsaid unto twelve acrees of meddow lying att Winna-
iaxett which was graunted there to John Dunham seni : The said
thirty acrees lying on the Northwest syde; and the Southwest
syde of the path that goeth to Bridgwater ; the said land is boun-
ded at the Northeast end and the Southeast syde with three spruce
trees growing up tc^ether or out of one Root which trees stand on
the Northwest syde of the said broolce ; att the Northeast end and
the Northwest syde of the said land it is bounded with a stone sett
into the ground on the Southwest syde of the aforaaid path ; att
the Southwest end and on the Southeast syde the said land is
bounded with asmale ash tree marked in the swamp; and att the
said end and Northwest syde it is bounded with a great white oake
there growing another from the Root thcrof ; These four markes
are the bounds of the said land : being one hundred pole in length
and forty eight pole in breadth Aprill the 27 : 1668
pme Willam Crow Surveyor.
Att a Townmeeting held att the meeting house att Ply-
mouth the 18*»» day of May 1668
Liberty was graunted by the Towne unto Edward Dotey
Thomas Dotey and Thomas hewes to sett up a stage for (fishing att
Clarkes Hand and to Improve such wood as they shall need theron
for the makeing or building of the said Stage and other nessesaries
for the makeing of ffish but not to Transport any wood of from the
said Hand except to keep fier in theire boates ; and That they be
prohibited to keep any doggs there soe to anoy or Course such sheep
as shall att any time be put upon the Hand by any of our
Towne ; and the Towne doth heerby prohibitt that noe hoggs or
other Cattle except sheep shalbe put on the Hand ; and this privi-
lidge or libertie to be and appertaine to the psons above named for
the tearme of seaven yeares from the date heerof and noe more un-
lesse the Towne shall see Cause to give further liberty ;
Att a Townmeeting held att the meeting house att Ply-
mouth the sixteenth day of June 1668 In Reference to a Complaint
that many horses are Rid and driven threw the Towne by
Strangers some of which horses are * to be taken up and sold or
made away in a disorderly way and probably therby many
wronged; The Towne have appointed hugh Cole Serjeant harlow
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and Stephen Bryant to take notice of such horses as are soe car-
rjed threw the Towne and are heerby Impowered to examine them
whether they have a passe for them and all of them and in case
they find them to be caiTying of them away disorderly to take
speedy Course to have them seized on that soe the law may be
followed on them ; That is to say they are heerby Impowered to
seize on them and forthwith to bring them before some one of the
majestrates of this Jurisdiction for tryal ;
William Crow and Joseph Warren arc appointed to Run
the line of our grant of land att Sepecan in the behalfe of the
Towne ;
Thirty Acrees of Land is granntcd unto Daniell Ramsden
lying on the southeast syde of Lakenham by John Rickards Tarr
pitts by a swamp syde neare D(»ties plaine ;
a smale psell of sedge Ground was Gr/iunted unto Joseph
Bartlett lying and being att Mannomett ponds lying neare unto
the sedge Ground graunted to James Clarke ; on the easterly
side therof ; being about halfe an acrce be it more or lease ;
[91.] The names of such as have voated in Towne meeting
in the Towne of Plymouth
^ Mr Thomas Prence
Capt : Thomas Southworth
Capt : Willam Bradford
Mr John Cotton
The Elder Thomas Cushman
Mr John howland
Jacob Cooke
Samuell ffuller
ffrancis Billington
William hoskins
Samuell Sturtivant
Edward Gray
Stephen Bryant
Joseph Ramsden
John Dunham juni :
Samuell Kinge
^In this list the names of Thomas Prenoe,.Thoma8 Southworth, John Howland,
Francis BiUington, Joseph Ramsden, Henry Wood, John Morton, John Wood,
Qabriell FaUoweU, Thomas Savory, John Dunham, sen!: Jonathan Dunham,
Thomas Pope, John Barnes, Thomas Whitney, Thomas Clarke, Nathaniell
Warren Hugh Cole and Jonathan Bosworth have lines drawn aoroes them in
the records.
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Ephraim Tinkham
henery Wood
John Cobb
Willam Nelson
John Morton
John Moses
Thomas Lettice
James Cole sen! :
James Cole juni :
John Smith
Gorge Bonum
John Wood
Thomas Lukas
Andrew Ringe
Richard Wnght
Gabriell ffallowell deceased
Thomas Savory
John Dunham seni : deceased
Jonathan Dunham
Benjah Pratt
Gyles Rickard seni :
WUlam Crow
Thomas Pope Gone from Towne
Gorg Watson
John Barnes
Edward holman
Willam hariow
John Jourdaine
Benjamin Eaton
Jonathan Barnes
John Rykard
Gyles Rickard Juni :
Samuell Dunham
Samuell Eedey
Thomas Whitney
Nathaniell Morton
Leift : Ephraim Morton
Thomas Morton
Robert ifinney
Thomas Clarke
Willam Clarke
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Robert Bartlett
Nathaniell Warren
Joseph Warren
hiigh Cole'
Jonathan Shaw
Samuell Ryder
James Clarke
Abraham Jackson
Joseph Dunham
John holmes
Joseph Bartlett
Mr Joseph Bradford
Jonathan Pratt
Edward Dotey
Goi-ge Morton
Thomas Cushman
ffrancis Combe
Joseph howland
Jonathan Bosworth
John Ban-ow
Robert Ransom
Jonathan Morey
John Bryant
Jabez howland
Daniell Dunham
Richard Willw
Ephraim Tilson
John ffalloway
John Bradford
Robert Bari*ow
John Dotey
Joseph Churchell
Nathaniell Southworth
Mr * *
Thomas Faunce
John Drew
John *
Samuell Gardner
Josias Morton
Nathaniell Morton
Thomas Clarke jun :
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[92,] Tlie bounds of the land of John Andrew and Samuell
Mylam is as followeth viz ; it is bounded with Mannomett Ponds
brooke on the Northerly end ; and on the Northerly Corner with
great white oake tree standing by the brooke syde and soe Runeth
by the said brooke four score and twelve pole ; and then Runeth away
south southeast or therabouts fourscore and twelve pole ; and there
bounded with a Red oake tree marked and soe Runeth east north-
east or therabouts four score and twelve pole and there bounded
with a smale Red oake bush which standeth on the southwest
syde of an old Indian path ;
The bounds of the Land of Wecanucked allies Tantarega
is as followeth viz ; bounded on the southerly Corner with a Red
oake by the Cliflf ; and soe Runeth Northwest or therabouts fifty
pole and there bounded with a smale Red oake att the northerly
Corner ; and soe Runeth Northeast down two and thiity pole to a
Red oake tree marked ; and soe away southeast fifty pole or ther-
abouts to a whit oake tree marked neare the Clift ;
The bounds of Richard ffosters Land viz : it is bounded
with the beaver dam brooke on the southerly syde and soe Runeth
down four score pole easterly ; and then Runeth fifty pole Northerly
and there bounded with a Red oake tree ; and soe Runeth up
westerly four score pole to a Red oake tree ; and at the southwest
end bounded with a swamp that Runeth into the beaver dam
brooke ;
A neck of land compased with swampes Containing twenty
six acrees layed out between William hoskens and Ephraim Tilson
to each of them thii'teen acrees viz ; Thiiteen acrees to Ephraim
Tilson bounded upon the noi*therly corner with a white oake tree
Runing eight pole easterly ; bounded with a white oake soe Runing
away southerly four score pole to a pyne tree marked by a swamp
syde and from thence westerly and the westermost bounds a white
oake ; Ephraim Tilsons easterly bounds is Willam hoskins
northerly bounds being a white oake and from thence eight pole to
a heape of stones placed by a corner of a swamp and from thence
four score pole Runing southerly to a spruce tree marked by a swamp
syde and from thence westerly to the aforsaid pyne tree that is
Ephraim Tilsons southerly bounds ;
To Ephraim Tilson seaventeen acrees lying on the westerly
syde of the head of Nahuckett Brooke ; the easteren bound marke
is a white oake and soe Runing alonge by a swamp four score pole
in length to a great Rocke from thence thirty six pole to a Red
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oake ; from thence four score pole to a maple tree which is the
Northermost bounds
To Willam hoskins seaventeen acrees lying on the easterly
syde of the said Nahuckett Bix)oke and a smale Red oake for the
Northermost bounds from thence easterly four score pole to a
shrub on a plaine ; and from thence thiily six pole to a white oake
tree ; and from thence alonge the brooke to a Red oake by the
meddow syde which is the westermost bounds
Layed out by order by Leiftenant
Ephraim Morton
[93.] New Plymouth
Measured unto Mr John howland and Joseph howland ten
acrees of land graunted by the Towne unto Jonathan Bosworth att
the southeast end of sixty acrees hee then lived on att a place
comonly Called Colchester the said ten acrees is bounded on the
Northwest syde with a white oake tree which is one of the
bounds of the aforsaid sixty acrees and with the brooke when it
goes into the said sixty acrees on the southeast syde of the said
land att the northeast end is bounded with a young white oake and
att the southwest end with a great Cleft Rocke haveing a little
Rocke standing close to him June 13^ 1663
p' William Crow Surveyor
New Plymouth
Measured unto Mr John howland fifty acrees of upland
att a place Comonly Called Colchester and it adjoynes unto the
land that the said howland and his son Joseph bought of Jonathan
Bosworth being measured and graunted for his Lott belonging to
his Winnatuxett Meddow the length therof extending Northeast
nearest one halfe easterly from the aforsaid bought land bounded
at the Northeast end and southeast syde with a maple tree stand-
ing by or neare a spring and on the said syde att the southwest
end with a white oake tree neare the meddow ; att the northeast
end and northwest syde bounded with a maple tree being on the
westward syde of a swamp on the said syde ; and southwest end
is marked a white oake neare the line of the aforsaid bought land
June 13*^ 1668
prme Willam Crow Surveyor
Att a Townmeeting held att the meeting house the sixt
day of July 1668 It was ordered by the Towne That if any
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pBon or psons within this Towne shall find any barke lying upon
the Comons of this towne or knoweth of any Barke that is gott
upon the comons That it shalbe lawfull for him or them to seize
upon it acording to law for the Townes use and to be payed his
paines for his prosecution therof ;
And that no pson or psons from the date of these
presents shall load Transport or carry away or cause
to be loaded Transported or carryed away any barke
out of this Towne by land or water without lycence
under the hands of two of the Celect men of the
Stephen Towne upon the penaltie of the forfeiture of the said
Bryant barke or the prise therof to the Townes use and that
desenteth the said Celect men shall forthwith graunt such
lycence to such as shall make it appeer that (hey
have cut such barke on their owne land ;
Twenty Acrees of land was graunted unto Thomas Dunham
lying on the North syde of the Towne about Jonses River to be
layed forth for him by the Elder Cushman Jacob Cooke and
Stephen Bryant as conveniently aa they can to his benifitt and as
little prejudiciall to others as may bee ;
Leif t : Morton "j are appointed by the Towne to take an
Serjeant harlow \ account of William Crow in the Townes
and William Clarke J behalfe and to give him or alow him
Reasonable satifsaction out of the
Townes stocke for his paines in the
Townes business Respecting the said
accounts
The second Tuesday in September 1668 is ap-
Townsmen pointed for a full Towne meeting to treat and
settle the busines about Townsmen ;
The Towne have (with the Consent of John Everson)
disposed of Richard Everson his son unto Willam Nelson scni : of
Plymouth to be and Remaine with him untill hee hath attained the
age of one and twenty yeares hee being att the date heerof about
two yeares old
[94«] Att a Townmeeting held att the meeting house att Ply-
mouth the 29'** of October 1668 the Towne agreed to alow unto Mr
John Cotton the sume of eighty pounds for this following yeare
out of which said sume hee is to find and provide for himselfe fire-
wood without any Charge to the towne untill the yeare is expired
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the manner of the pay of the said four score pound is to be one
third pte therof in wheat or butter and one third in Rye or barly
or pease and the other third in Indian Come to be payed att two
severall payments one halfe therof by the fii-st of January next
and the other halfe by the last of September next ; the prises of
the pticulara above expressed to be as followetb viz :
wheat att
4"
Q^
a bushell
Rye att
3
6
a bushell
pease att
3
a bushell
Indian Corne att
3
a bushell
Barly att
4
a bushell
Mault att
4
6
a bushell
Butter att
6
a pound
It was alsoe agreed by the Towne that the said sume
should be levied by Rate on the severall Inhabitants of the Towne
The Rators Chosen by the Towne on the thiixi day of
December 1668 were
Nathaniel Morton
Joseph Warren
Samuell Dunham
Att the Townmeeting last above written
It was ordered by the Towne ; that the Celect men shall
hensforth have full ix)wer to Require any that shall Receive any
stranger soe as to entertaine them into theire house to give Cccu-
I'itie unto them to save the Towne harmles from any damage that
may acrew unto them by theire entertainment of such as aforsaid ;
It was likewise agreed that John Everson be forthwith
warned to depart the towne with all Convenient speed ;
Att the Towne meeting held att Plymouth the 15"* of
ffebruary 1668 The Towne appointed Robert tilnney and Willam
Crow to take notice and Require all those that are Rated to pay
the aforsaid sume to Mr Cotton to bringe it in seasonably and in
the specye agreed on and to take and keep an exacte account
therof ; as alsoe to take some Course that the ground appertaing to
the house in which hee liveth be ffcnced seasonably that soe it
may bee Improved to the use and benifitt of Mr Cotton ;
Liberty is grauuted by the Towne unto Lciftenant Moi-ton
and Edward Dotey to sett up a stage att ^Sagaquas and to have
the use of soe much land on the upland upon the Rockey ix>int
1 Sagaqaas was Saiiuash.
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there on the Northwest syde of the said Leiftenant Mortons Med-
dow as may be ConveDiciit mad Requisite for two boates to make
ffisb on tlie shore ;
[95.] The bounds of the lands graunted by the towne of
Plymouth on the 21 of October 1662 unto Gorge Watson Willam
barlow and Nathaniel Morton being an hundred and fifty acrees
viz ; to each of them fifty acrees lying together att Mannomett
ponds as is els where expressed in this book ; which was layed out
to them according to order by Leiftenant Morton ; is as followeth ;
viz ; a necke of land lying to the Northeast (or therabouts) of the
Indians Land which said necke is bounded to the Northwest (or
tlierabouts) with the lands of Leiftenant Morton and Joseph War-
ren leaveing an highway betwixt the said lands of Leift : Moiton
and the said Necke downe to the sea ; The said Necke is alsoe
bounded on the west southwest end with the Indians lands and
Runeth over to the Noilhwest westerly to a marked oake tree ;
the said Necke being estimated att fifty acrees or therabouts be it
more or lesse ; the Remainder of the aforsaid land being an hun-
dred acrees ; Runeth from the Indians land on the west southwest
syde or therabouts ; lying by the sea on the Clift ; and extendeth
itselfe in length two hundred pole west southwest or therabouts to
a white oake tree in the plaine noare the pond ; and is bounded on
the Northwest syde with a marked walnut tree standing on the
west syde of a little swamp and Runeth four score pole over east
Northeast or therabouts to the aforsaid Marked trees
Att a Towne meeting held att the meeting house att
Plymouth the fifteenth day of ffebruary 1668
The ffollowing proposition was Read unto the Towne
The Comittee appointed by the Towne being assembled or
the Major pte of them after much agitation of pticulars thought
meet to offer these following propositions to further consideration ;
In Reference unto the terminateing and stateing of Towns-
men of Plymouth that only such be deputed Townsmen that were
Inhabitants and ffreeholders therof att that time when as the court
alowed it to be a Townshipp and theire successor and tliat it be
att theire libertie to admitt such others into such there society as
are houskecpcrs of honest life and are like to approve themselves
soe as they may be benificiall to the commonwealth according
to theire capasitie and abilities ;
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The Towne approved of the said propositions and voatcd it
to be the Rule and was for the admition of Townsmen for the pres-
ent and accordingly tooke an exact view of the list of the names
of those that were formerly called and had voated in Townmeeting
and established such as were found to be Townsmen according to
the said order and admitted some few more unto them ; and
Refered others to further consideration ;
The names of those who were found to be Townsmen of
Plymouth according to the abovesaid order which Relates unto
the time of the establishment of the Towne of Plymouth and the
bounds therof sett by the court which was in the yeare 1 640 :
Thomas Prence
Capt : Thomas Southworth
Capt : Willam Bradford
The Elder Thomas Cushman
Mr John howland
Jacob Cooke
Samuell if uUer
Samuell Sturtivant
Edward Gray
Steven Bryant
Samuell Kinge
Serj Ephraim Tinkham
John Cobb
Tho : Lettice
James Cole seni :
Gorge Bonum
John Wood
Gabriell ffallowell
Rich : Wright
WUlam Crow
Tho : Pope
John Barnes
Gorge Watson
Benajah Pratt
John Jourdaine
Gyles Rickard Juni ;
Grles Rickard Seni:
Samuell Dunham
Samuell Eedey
Tho ; Whitney
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Nath : Morton
Leif t : Ephraim MoitoD
Tho : Morton
Robeit ffinney
Willam Clarke
Robei-t Bartlett
Nathaniel] Warren
Joseph Dunham
John holmes
Mr Joseph Bradford
Kdward Dotey seni :
Edward Dotey Juni :
Gorge Morton
John Barrow
Richard ffoster
John ffaunce
James Cole Juni :
Joseph Churchill
These following were admitted att the same time
Willam hoskins
Willam Nelson seni :
John Dunham
Joseph Warren
Serg Willam harlow
Andrew Ringe
hugh Cole
James Clarke
Joseph Howland
Jonathan Pratt
Jonathan Barnes
Joseph Bartlett
Daniel Dunham
Abrahaii] Jackson
John Cole
Samuell Kinge Juni :
Richard Willis
Jabez howland
John Doty
Att the same meeting a Comittee was chosen further to
Consider of such pticulara as may be proposed and thought meet
to be observed in Reference to Towne privilidges whoe are to
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meet for that purpose on Munday the 21 of this Instant ffebriiary ;
Mr Thomas Prence
Capt : Thomas South worth
Nathan iell Morton
Leift : Ephraim Morton
The Elder Thomas Cushman
Edward Gray
Samuell Sturtivant
Willam Clarke
Joseph Warren
serg William harlow
Robert ffinney
Willam Crow
1^
Nathan iell
Morton
these with any others of the
Townsmen that shall please to
give them meeting to propose
and agitate mattei*s Relating to
Towne privilidges and to
acquaint the Rest of the
Townsmen with what they
thinke meet in Reference to
the primises att the next
Towne meeting and then to be
Rejected or established '^as the
whole or Major pte shall thinke
meet
Att this meeting the Towne grauntcd unto
Nathaniell Morton seni: what lands arc or
may be suppos ^d to l>e comon between his lands
lying by the lands of John Churchill ; and the
Creeke comonly Called hobshole in the Township
of Plymouth ; alwaies provided That hee leave a
competency of Land without the tfence to sett up
on the said land next unto the Creeke syde for the
landing of hay or other goods and alsoe provided
that hee and his heires and assignes give libertie
unto the naighbors to cart up hay or other goods
from the said Creeke through his land there unto
the Comon Road way att any time soe as not to
goe through or spoyle any Corne theron
Att this meeting likewise the Towne graunted unto
Richard Willis a smale pcell of comon land lying att the end
above the smale psell of land which hee bought of Nathaniel
Morton bounded with two heapes of stones att the uper end
provided ; alsoe that hee give libertie unto the Naighbors to Cart
hay or other goods up through the land hee hath there ; both that
which hee hath now graunted him and that which hee bought as
aforsaid ; from the Comon highway to the litle Towne and not
to be Interupted by him nor his heires or assignes att any time
when they may Cart; and not spoyle or damage any Corne
thereon ;
The bounds of the land of Mr Joseph Bradford att
Winnatucksett is as followeth It abuteth on the Northsyde of
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the River haveing Richard Wrights land lying on the southsyde
of it and it Runs fourscore pole from the River haveing a swamp
on the northwest syde the whole length of it and soe Rangeth to
a smale pyne tree standing in low swampy ground ; and soe
Rangeth to a white oake marked standing on a hillsyde ;
The bounds of the Land of Samnell Kinge Seni : being
fifty acrees it begins att the bound marked tree that standeth
between the meddow of Steven Bryant and the meddow of the
said Samuell Kinge ; the said tree being a white oake tree marked ;
and soe it Rangeth along by the nieddowsyde of the said SamueH
Kinge eight score pole to a white oake standing by a swamp syde
which is his southermost bounds and soe Runeth fifty pole into
the woods from the said swamp to a blacke oake which is his
westermost bounds and soe to a smale white oake which is his
Northermost bound
Att the Towne meeting held att the meeting house att
Plymouth Monday 21 of february 1668 fifty acrees of land was
graunted unto John Lukas lying nearc the land of Samuell Kinge
above mensioned to be viewed and layed out by Gorg Bonum for
him the said John Lukas and if it can not there be had ; then it
is to be had elswhereif it can be found ;
[9T«] Att a Towne meeting held att the meeting house att
Plymouth the 12**» of May 1669 Leift Morton and Robert flflnney
were Chosen to be deputies to serve in the Towns behalfe att
June Court next and the severall adjournments thcrof ;
Mr Willam Clarke was Chosen Constable for the Towne ;
Samuell Dunham and Andrew Ringe Chosen Grandjury-
men
Leiftenant Morton Serj harlow and Willam Crow were
Chosen to be Celect men.
Thomas Cushman Juni: Benajah Pratt and Gorge
Morton Chosen Surveyors of the highwayes
In Answare unto a proposition made unto the Towne in
the behalfe of Mr Cotton That wheras God by his good Provi-
dence hath soe ordered that hee is likely to Continue amongst us
and to preach the word of God unto us That in case hee should
end his life in that workc amongst us and leave a family behind
him that for as much as the house hee liveth in is the Townes for
the use of the minnestry successively and that The Towne Cannot
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accomodate him with any farme or liveing to leave behind him
for his family Tlie prmises Considered ; Tlie Towne have unani-
mously voted to alow unto his wife or family the sume of fifty
pounds and that shee or they be prmited to live in the said house
untill the Towne shalbe provided of another minnester incase
God doe soe dispose that hee end his life in this Towne before
them ;
Att this meeting it was ordered by the Towne that the
Constable shall have fifteen shillings alowed him by the Towne
for the yeare hee is Constable ; and that hee be Rated according
to his estate in all Respects as others to any Comon Charges and
that hee give a true account to the Towne yearly of his proceed-
ings in his office and that the said account be Recorded ;
Att a Towne meeting held att Plymouth the 29**» day of
July 1669
The Raters Chosen to make the Country Rates and Rates
for the Towneb Concerns were Leiftenant Moi*ton Serjeant
barlow and Samuell Dunham ;
Att this meeting a quarter of an acree of land was
Graunted to Willam harlow being a little ^ Knowle or smale
psell of land lying neare his now dwelling house on the westerly
syde of the Road way To sett a new house upon
Steven Bryant and John Waterman are appointed by the
Town To view and make Report to the Towne of severall psells
of land desired by Serjeant Tinkham Willam Crow and John
Jourdaine and to make Report thereof to the towne
Leiftenant Morton and Samuell Dunham were appointed
by the Towne and Invested with full power in theii*e behalfe to
sue and Implead the case against those that have hiered the
Towues land att Agawaam ; and the Towne to beare the Charge
of the said action ; and to stand to the award that shalbe given
by law upon the said suite ;
The 29"* of July 1669 John Evei-son Came before
Captaine Southworth and ackuowlidged that hee hath disposed of
his daughter Martha Everson unto Robert Barrow of Plymouth
to be to and with him as his owne Child from this time forwoi'd to
be provided for looked unto and desposed of by him the said
Robert BarrO'V as his owne Child ;
1 This is the lot on which a house belonging to Professor Leuiael Stephens
stands, on the west side of Sandwich Street beyond Fremont Street. This
house is the one which William Harlow built.
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[99«] Att the Towne meeting held att the meeting house att
Plymouth the 15* da^' of December 1669 The Rators Chosen to
make the Rates for Mr Cottons Malntainance were
Nuthaniell Morton
Serjeant harlow
Willam Crow
The prsons ap|>ointed to see his Rate lajed on were
Willam Crow
Samuell Dunham
In Reference unto a Controversy between Captaine
Bradford and the Towne about his usuall Rate to Mr Cottons
maintainance It is mutually agreed by and between the said
pties that for three yeares from this date this yearc being encluded
that hee shall and will annually pay unto Mr Cottons Maintain-
tance the sume of fifteen shillingA ; and when the said time is
expired that then the towne and him to come to a further agree-
ment about the same ; and in Reference unto his pay to Mr
Cotton for the last yeare not yet payed hee hatli engaged to pay
the Bume of twehe shillings and for wimt is beliind of former
years that what is due hee will pay it ; .
Att the Towne meeting held att the meeting house att
Plymouth the 15*** of £Pebruary 1669 It was ordered by the Towne
That if the Constable doe Receive an order from either the
Majestrates Residing in the Towne or from the court or from the
Celect men of the Towne att any time to warne a Townmeeting
and neglect to give due warning viz : by himselfe or others to
every one written in the list of the Townsmen The said Constable
see neglecting shall pay twelve pence for every one that hee
neglecteth soe to warne to be levied to the Towues use by the
Constable succeeding the yeare following after such defects
are made
Samuell Dunham and Willam Crow are deputed by the
Towne to Receive that which is behind due to the Towne from
the Constables of Plymouth for the two yeares last past before
the date heerof and are heerby Impowered to prosecute in law
what shalbe nessesary in the Townes behalfe for the Recovery
tbeerof ; and likewise by vertue of this order to Require what is
behind due to the towne on sepecan account untill august the fift
1672 this addition being then added ;
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It Wftfi ordered by the Towne that all meddowes in our
Township or belonging to the Towne shalbe Ratable to all our
comon charges of both Towne and Country
Memorand : That the Rators be minded
To Remember Myles Blacke or any other that Keepes
Cattle on the Townes Comons to be Rated for ;
Joseph Bartlett hath agreed with the Towne to pay for
the Rent of Sepecan forty shillings which is in the Custody of
Willam Clarke and engageth to the Towne to pay forty shillings in
currant Country pay by the fif tenth of November 1671 and doth
freely surrender the said lease of the land att sepecan and the
Towne accepts of it on the payment of the said sumes
Att the Towne meeting held att Plymouth
the fffteenth of May 1670
The Towne have voted that such as have made a wast
Gate for the letting of the ffish goe up shalbe ffully supplyed with
ffish for theire owne pticular use in the first place for this yeare ;
and that the hedge they make to stopp the fflsh shall stand until)
such time as none appeers to take fflsh when ther is ffish before
the said hedge or weire and that it shall not be pulled downe att
that time untill the Miller is Reddy to stopp water ;
[100*] Att a Towne meeting held att the meeting house att
This was
Rattifyed att the
meeting of the Towne
on the 8^^ of August
1677 att the said
meeting Mr Gray and
John Bradford were
appointed by the
Towne to look to
the execution
of the said law
Plymouth the seaventh of July 1670.
Wheras Complaint is made of Great
stray and wast of Timber in the swamps
or the Comons belonging to the Towne ;
It is ordei*ed by the Towne that hence-
forth noe bolts boards or shingle shalbe
transported out of the Townshipp
either by our owne or others ; on paine
of forfeiting the said bolts boards and
shingle or the worth of them to the
Towne use ;
Edward Gray and ) are appointed by the
Joseph howland j Towne to see that
this order be duly
and strictly pf orraed
and observed ;
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Serjeant harlow j were ChcMsen by the
Willam Clarke >• Towne to make the
and Willam Crow 3 Country Rates and
the Rate for the
Comoii Charges of
the Towne for this
yeare ;
Att this meeting the Towne grannted unto John Cole one
acree and an halfe of salt sedge ground ; lying att Jonses River
to be for his use as longe as hee continueth there ; and ordered
Joseph howland to lay it out to him which was don as follow eth :
The bounds of John Coles sedge ground; the acree is
twenty pole in Length and eight i>ole in breadth and is bounded
on the eastsyde witii the River ; and on the westsyde with three
stakes ; the syde line extends North and south the halfe acree
extends twenty pole in length and four pole in breadth it is
bounded on the Northsyde with the River and on the westsyde
with two stakes ; this sedge ground lyeth att a place Coraonl y
Called Mr how lands point ;
Att a town meeting held at Plymouth the 13*^ day of
december 1670
The Ratora Chosen to make the Rate for Mr Cottons
Maintainance was Leift Morton Serjeant harlow and Samuell
Dunham ;
Att this meeting ;
The Towne graunted unto Thomas Dunham twenty acrees
of Land lying on the Northsyde of the smelt brooke
The Towne likewise graunted unto Edward May twenty
acrees of Land lying att Naponsett ponds there two psells to be
layed out to the pties above named by Willam Crow and Joseph
howland soe as it may not be prejudiciall to any former graunt ;
Att this meeting a pscll of Laud was graunted by the
Town unto John Morton lying in Alcarmus feild to sett an house
on to the vallue of four acrees if it may there be found if not ;
hee is to have it in any other place within the township as is not
disposed of alreddy to others
Att the said meeting the said John Morton
Schoolmaster proffered to teach the children and youth of the
towne to Read and write and Cast accounts on
Reasonable considerations
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Att this meeting Nathaniel Moiton Leift Morton and
Joseph Warren were appointed by the Towne to agree with
Tatoson about a psell of Land desired by him att Sepocnn.
An acree and an halfe of Land is graunted by the Towne
unto Tiiomas Doten lying in Alcarmus feild to sett a house on in
the most Convenienetest place soe as it may not be prejudieiall
to others
A smale peece of land lying and being att the Towne of
Plymouth by the watersyde att the foot of the hill below Mr
Cottons was graunted by the Towne unto Mr Willam Clarke of
Plymouth to sett his ware house on ; with free egresse and
Regresse therunto without Interuption ;
[101 •] Ordered made and Concluded by the Towne of
Plymouth att theire Towne meeting held att the meetinghouse att
Plymouth on the 26*** of December Ann** dom 1670 as followeth ;
That every one shall bringe in an exact bill of his estate
to the Rators that shalbe att any time orderly Chosen ; and incase
any doe neglect heerin ; It is left to the descretion of the Rators
to Rate them as they shall see cause ; and if any one shall biing
in any false bill of his estate ; the Rators suspecting it to be soe
upon special grounds; shall Keep it untill the next Towne
meeting and there prsent it to the Towne and it being there proved
to be false the prson that sent it in shalbe lined twelve pence on
the pound for whatsoever Ratable goods etc he hath omitted to
enter into his said bill : to the use of the Towne ;
Ordered that all uplands be vallned in Rateing att 20 s an
acree viz : plowed lands and hoed lands and all meddowes at
20 s an acree if within foure miles of the place where the hay is
used ; but if more Remote att ten shillings an acree ; and that sach
Rates as are made upon meddowes be levied on the owners of the
meddowes onely this to be understood of such as lett hay by the
load ; or from yeare to yeare
Ordered that all neat Cattle be Rated for as
followeth : viz : a Cow to be vallued att fifty
shillings and all heiffers of three yeares old equall
to a cow ; a paire of oxen att seaven i)Ound twoo
yeare olds both heiffers and steers att thirty ,
shillings apeece ; and all yearlings at( twenty
horse Kind shillings apeece ; and that * horses and mares
to be Rated be vallued att three (x>unds apeece all two year
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as neate olds of horse Kind att foi*ty shillings a peece ;
Cattle and yearlings att 20 s * and that all such Cattle
both neate and horsekind soe to be Rated for
and vallued to be payed for that are in each man's
Costody thQngh not his owne ;
Ordered that all sheep be vallued att six shillings apeece
in Rateing and that Rames be exempted
Ordered tbat all swine from halfe a yeare old and upward
be vallued att five shillings a peece and bores to be exempted ;
It is ordered that all single men that have not prsented
above eighteen pound stocke to be Rated ; that they shall Not-
withstanding be Rated to the same vallue
Ordered in Reference to the weavers of the Towne that
they be Rated for eveiy loome that is Improved as for thirty £
stocke viz : Gyles Rickard one loome John Wood one loome John
ffalloweys loome not soe Constantly Imployed vallued att 5 £
stocke and Daniell Dunhams loome les Imployed vallued att
5 £ stocke
Ordered that every Tayler in Reference to his facultie be
vallued att 20 £ stocke
Ordered that all buch as are Improved in any publicke
place That what sallery they have it be accoumpted as Ratable
stocke
Ordered That whosoever hath and Improveth any facultie
besides his Rateable estate be Responsible to be Rated for the
same propoitionablc to what they shall Rationally give in an
account of to the towne which if they shall Refuse or neglect to
doe ; That it be left to the doseretion of the Rators to doe thcrin
as they shall thinke meet ; ^
That all such as have bin or shalbe Improved about flish
or fflshing theire Improveniont thci in to be vallued att 20 £ : estate
a peece
Edward Gray to be Rated for six score pound stocke
this yeare Improved in trailing
William Clarke fourscore pound ;
Gorge Watson ten pound
Willam Crow ten pound
Joseph Warren ten pound
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[102.] This following order bearcs date the fiftof Augiibt 1672
It is ordered by the Towne that whosoever shall Neglect
to bring in his bill of his estate to the Rators att the time
appointed shalbe fined two shillinges for every such default to the
use of the Towne to be levied by t^ie Constable with tiie Rate
that the said delinquent is Rated att that time ;
Serjeant harlow his facultie being a Copper
vallued at £40
Joseph Bartlett his facultie being a Cooper
vallued att 30
Samuel Ryder being a Cooper his facultie
vallued att 30
Joseph Dunham for his facullie being a
carpenter vallued att 30
James Cole for his facultie Keeping an
ordinary att 80
Thomas Lettice for his facultie Keeping an
ordinary att 20
Thomas Lucas liis facultie being a Smith att 50
Jabez howland his facultie being a smith att 40
Edward Gray and serjeant harlowes and
Edward Doties boate att 25
Another boate of Edward Grayes att 25
Jonathan Barnes his boate att 18
Gorge Watsons boate att 12
Leift Mortons boate att « 18
Att this meeting it was voated by the Towne tliat Ihc
Elder Cushmau be ffreed from paying any Rate to the Miimcstry
for the future in Regard of iiis many emergent occatious and
expeifce of time ; therin Improved for the publieke good ;
A comittee was Chosen by the Towne to Consider and
draw up some proi^ositions to Restraine the eregulare Improve-
ment of the Townes Comons viz: Willam Clarke and William
Crow to give meeting with the Milletary officers att theire next
meeting ; to acte with them in Reference to the prmises
[103.] Att the Towne meeting held att Plymouth tlic 2cond
of ffebruary these following ordera were made and Concluded by
the Towne
Impr: That there shalbe noe Tarr made; by any
prson but such as are Townsmen or their order ; whose names are
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entered in the townes list bearing date the fifteenth day of
february 1668 or shalbe heerafter entered into the said list ; and
Incase there shalbe any Tarr found to be made by any that are
not Townsmen as aforsaid ; and have not order from some one of
them for the makeing of the said Tarr; all such Tarr to be
forf eite ; the one halfe to the enformer and the other halfe to
the use of the Towne
2 That there shalbe noe pyne knot picked or Tarr Run or
made within this Township by any person : but by such as are
the proprietors as aforsaid or theire order; and incase there
shalbe any such knotes picked or Tarr made by any except such
proprietors or theire order ; that all such knotes or Tarr to be
forfeite the one halfe to the enformer and the other halfe to tbe
Towne
3 That every ^^nch proprietor or his order may make ten
barrells of Tarr by the yeare and noe more
4 That any prson whatsoever of our owne Township that
shall find any knots gathered or Tarr made within this Township
by any prson whatsoever ; That is not a proprietor as aforsaid ;
or theire order shall seize the said knotes and Run them out
alowing one third to tlie Towne and incase they seize and gett
any such Tarr Reddy made ; then to alow the Towne two third
ptes ; but in case such knotes be onely drawne and sett then they
to have tbe one halfe and the Towne the other halfe ; the Towne
allowing theire proportion of the charge of the draught and
barrells ;
Willam hoskins Joseph Warren James Clarke Joseph
howland Joseph Bartlett Thomas Cushman Juni: John Barrow
and John Tilson ; are appointed by the Towne to see the above
written orders duely and truely executed in the Townes behalfe ;
John Rosse prmlted by the Towne to make as much Tarr
as hee can ; himself notwithstanding the former orders ;
[104.] Ordered by the Towne That whatsoever whale or pte
of a whale or other great fflsh that will make oyle shall
by the Providence of God be Cast up or Come on
shore within the bounds of this Township That every
such whale or pte of a whale or other such ffish as
whales will make oyle ; two ptes of three therof to belonge
and appertaine to the Towne viz: the propriators
aforsaid ; and the other third pte to such of the Towne
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as shall find and Cutt them ap and try the oyle;
provided they be of the said propriators that doe 8f>e
Ond and cut up and try them ; but incase any other
that are not propnators as aforsaid whether Inliabi-
tants of this Towne or forrauguers shall find any such
whale or ffish and bring wonl or give notice llierof to
the Towne ; they are to be sufficiently satis fyed for
the same ;
The Towne have graunted unto Peter Risse a psoll of
swamp ground or moddow lying att the easterly syde of Nahuc-
kett bi-ooke neare Lakeuham being somthing above three aci-oes ;
Measured and bounded unto Edward Maye twenty acrees
of Land adjoyning to and lying on the Northward sydo of tlie
Land of Samuell Kinge Seni ; att Moon|K>nsett meddow ; at the
Easterly end ; the said twenty acrees is bounded with :i spruce
tree : which is in the said Kinges Range neare a spring ; and att
the said end on the Northward syde is l)ouuded with a Ked oake
on the said syde ; att the westward end with a swamp white wood
tree ; standing in a swamp ; and att the said westward end on
the southward syde ; It is bounded with a Red oake ti-ee ; the
length therof is eighty pole ; the breadth forty pole ;
flfebrnary the 8* 1670
By Willam Crow Surveyer
The bounds of Edward Dotens Land neare Moon|)onsett
is as foUoweth
viz : bounded with a white oake tree marked standing by
a swampsyde on the easterly Corner in the Range between the
land of Samuell Kinge and his land ; this Range Runs away
Northwest an hundred pole ; to a white oake marked which is
the Norther most bounds att the Northermost Corner and soe
extends upon a Range southwest to a maple tree foui*sc<>re pole
which is the westermost bounds ; and soe Runs u|)on a southeast
line an hundred pole ; to a white oake ; which is the soulhcrmost
bound marked tree ;
The bounds of the Land of John Lucas lying neare
Moonponsett viz : bounded with a white oake tree marked stand-
ing on the Northsyde of a smale brooke which is the westermosi
bounds and soe Runs an hundred pole upon a Northward by east
line to a maple tree which is his Northermost bounds ; and see
Runs upon an east and by south line four score pole to a white
oake tree marked which is the eastermost bounds ; and soe Runs
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Booth and by west an hundi*ed pole to a maple tree ; which stands
in the lioiinds between him and £dward Dotens land ; this to be
understood that there is a smale sUpe of meddow in the said
land enduded which is a part of his land grauuted and bounded
as aforsaid ; to the said John Lucas ;
[105*] The bounds of a smale psell of meddow layed out to
John Doten near Moonponsett is as folioweth : it lyeth between
tew swampes; Runing upon a southerly line unto the end of
Captaine Bradfords meddow ; and is bounded on the westward
syde with a spruce tree ; and on the easterly syde with a spruce
tree ; and a stake standing in the midest between them ;
The bounds of Thomas Dunhams land j^rannted by the
Towne and layed out by Goi*ge Bonum is as folioweth ;
his east bound is a spruce tree standing by the smelt
brooke syde ; and Raugclh away Northwest U) 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 l3*eth forty pole one way and seaventy six {M)le the other
way;
Gorge Bonum Surveyor
The bounds of Richard Wrights and Thomas Michells
Land ; lying by a path comonly Cnlled Colchester
f^ g^ path in the Township of Plymouth ; on the Northwest
H -sr syde of the path ; and his east bound is a white oake
I 2L neare the path ; his south bound is a blacke oake stand-
g ^ ing upon the topp of a hill by a Great Rocke ; his west
Sen' bound is a smale white oake stancfmg by a swampe ; his
g) ^ North bound is a white oake standing by a Rocke ;
^ it Runs eight score pole in length and three score pole
in breadth ;
Gorge Bonuni 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
l)ound is a white oake by a swampsyde ; tlie 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 thi*ee acrees of meddow
and fifty acrce^ of upland
Gorge Bonum Surveyor
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Att a Towne meeting beld att the raeetiag house att
Plymouth the 24**' of May 1671 The Towne Ratifyed aud Con-
feirmed unto Gyles Rick&rd seni : a smale pseli 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 tlie said brook ;
layed out by Willam Crow Surveyor.
[106.] Att a Towne meeting hold att the meeting house att
Plymouth the 2V^ August 1671
Leift Morton \ were Chosen to be Rators for
Serjeant harlow v 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
himsclfe to bee in a Rcddines 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
^ ff ulling 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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Alt this Meeting the towne RequeBteth aud
appointed the Gov': Nathaniell Morton and
Leif tenant Morton to treat with and give
Corn Mill Notice unto the ownera of the ^ Corn Mill att
vote thereabout Plymouth that they provide a good and
sufficient house att the said Mill to Cecure
the Corue that shalbe brought thither to he
ground and that they keep the Mill in Repaire
soe as to grind Corue well and sufficiently
aud for that end alsoe to provide an
honest and skilful man to tend the mill
Constantly that prsons bee not wronged on
that behalfe :is thoy have bine; or otherwise
that the lowue will procure another Mill to
be sett up ;
Att a meeting held att Plymouth for the Towue of
Plymouth the 30"» of August 1671
The hiwes of the CoUonie were |>ublickly Read ; Att
this meeting the Gov': Mr howiand Wilhuu Crow aud Joseph
howlnnd was appointvd to' view a smale jnoycty of hind desired
by Kdward Gr^y to sett a warehous on ; att or neare the end of
his ground att liocky n(K>ke and make Rrport thorof to the Towne
It was agreed and voated by the towne att this UK^etiug that those
that made the last Rate for the Country shall make the Rate for
Mr Cotton for that whicli is behind of the hist yea re ;
The l)ounds of the land layed out to Richard Willis lying
att Warren's wells as followeth ; the southeast end of it is
bounded with the Eelriver brooke ; and the Noitheast 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 acrees breadth along the Eelriver brooke ;
and there l)Ouuded with a Red oake tree marked ; The west
liouud is a Red oak tree marked ;
The bounds of the land layed out to Joseph Churchill and
Kliezer Churchill att the Great south pond is as followeth
The Noilhwest end abnteth on the said pond and is
liounded att the Northerly Corner with a Red oake tree Marked
aud 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
Hocke ; and the easterly corner bounded with a Pyne tree marked
1 The corn mil) wah on the site of the factory of Iioring & Parks.
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[107.] The bounds of an addition of land formerly Graunted
unto Gyles Rickard Scni : lying adjqyning unto his old feild att
Wellingsley allies tbe little Towne lately layed out by Leif tenant
Moiton is as foUoweth ;
viz : tbe westerniost bonnds is an heap of stones being
forty pole or theraboutbs 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 tbe
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 a^d 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 l)ounded with, a smale Red oake marked ;
Att a Towne meeting held att the meeting house att
Plymouth the 15^ day of Janunry 1(>71 the Raiors Clioscn to
make the Rate of forty pound for Mr Cotton was Leift Motion
Serjeant barlow Willam Crow ;
And Edward Gray and Willam Clarke were Chosen to
see the same duoly payed
It was ordered by the Towne lli:it the ancient order about
the fine for non appeerance att Towne meetings be duely levied
according to tlic tearmes of that c»rder for the future ;
Thomas Wiiitney is graunted by the towne to take in aud
Improve a small necke of land alt tLe easterly cud 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 20* day of May 1672; The Towne did agree and
unanimously voate and Conclude that theire lands Att Sepecan
Agawaam and places adjacent : the proffltts and benifitts therof
shalbee Improved and Imployed for and towards the Maintainance
of the free Seoole now begun and erected att Plymouth ; and
that the proffltts and benefitts therof shall noe way estranged
from the said use ; soe longe as ther shaibe occation to use it for
that end ; ai^d in that behalf e ; and the Towne have made Choise
of and do Request Mr Thomas Prence and Captain Willani
Bradford together with the Celect men <^f the Towne to Improve
it the best they Can for the end aforsaid ;
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A tt thiB meeting
The Gov' \ Together with the Celeet men of the
Capt: Bradford JTowne are appointed by the Towne
Elder Cashman m to meet together in due and Convenient
Nathaniel Morton f time to agitate and Contrive the best
Robert ffinney \ and equalleat way that may be for
Edward Gray i the payment of auch Rates as are
Mr Willam Clarke m to be payed in one Respect or other ;
and Joseph Warren 1 and to make Report of theire doeings
And Stephen Bryant / thereon to the Towne ;
Att this meeting the Towne Graunted onto Edward Gray
a Certaine smale psell of Land on which his warehouse now
Btandeth att Rockey nooke by the watersyde ; being about three
quarters of an acree be it more or lease ; 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 tberof ;
Att this meeting the Towne Graunted unto Gorge Watson
a smale addition of LaCd att the head of his Land lying above
the little towne be it three quarters of an acree be it more or Jesse ;
[108«] Att the Towne Meeting held att the meeting house att
Plymouth the 20* 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
harlpw ;
Att this Meeting a smale slip of Land be it more or lease
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 Goige Bonum
a necke of land lying att ^ 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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Measured and bounded unto Alexander Kennedy
twenty five acrees of Land lying on tbe Noi-thsyde
of Edward Mayes Land : att a place comonly
Called Moonponsett ; att tbe westerly end therof ;
Alex Its bounded witb a swamp white wood tree from
Kennedys which tree the line extends easterly to a Red oake
25 acrees tree which is Edward Mayes bound mark att his
North Ck)rner; and fmm 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 Noithwest and by North
nearest to a white oake tree Marked ; whieli
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
p' Wilfcam 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 Laud 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 adjoyniug to his meddow att Moon-
ponsett meddow bounded on the westsyde with the land of
Samuell King seni : and a swamp ; and on the eastsyde with a
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swamp as the swamp Rans ; and att tbe North end likewise with
a swamp
A smale psell of Meddowish Ground lying neare Daniell
Danhapis 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 Daniel! Dunham
Twenty acrees of Land is Graunted unto James Barnabey
lying att the Eel river att the southwesterly syde of tlie 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 20"' 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 int6 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
fllO.] Graunted unto Andrew Ringe
Graunted unto John Dunham Seni : a smale psell of
Meddow or meddowish ground lying att Winnatucksctt ; being
three acrees be it more or lesse ; lying on the Northeasterly syde
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of the Hand and ia bounded with the meddow of Gyles Rickard
seni : on the one end and the meddow of Richard Wriglit on the
other end ; and with a brook and a swamp on the easterly syde
therof ; and with the said lland ; on the westerly syde therof
New Plymouth ffebruary 7*** 1670
Measured and bounded unto Serjeant Ephraim Tinkham
fifty aerees of upland lyinp 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 westayde the land is bounded with anoUier,
white oake ; and att the North end and westsyde it is bounded
with a pyne tree ; the breadth fifty six pole and the length es^tends
north one halfe point easterly from the said River
p' m Willam Crow
Surveyor
New Plymouth febrnary the seavcnth 1B70
Measured and bounded unto John Jourdaine fifty
aerees 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
John and north of the said Jourdaines Land It is bounded
Jordaine 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 aerees 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 Goi^e Bonum 4 aerees
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 sydeor sydes which tree standeth
as low as there is any meddow Considerable and att the south
comer with a pyne tree that leancth over the said meddow and
ten acrees of upland which lyeth by the said Meddowsydc ;
bounded with the said wliite 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 laymg out and bounding
therof to be don by us whose names are heerunto subscribed
therfore wee underwritten have bounded the said psell of land ;
9
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att the south end and west syde therof with a little brooke where
it goeth 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 heiTing brooke where the
said hemng brooke goeth into the said Moonponsett |X>nd and
att the said North end and east syde the said Land is bounded with
a three cornered Bocke 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 tlierof
dated the 27"* of January
Ann** 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 f olloweth ;
The easterly Comer 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
Bouthsouthwest 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.] ffebraary the 27*^ 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 bis
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 iott according to what was GrauDted to
him by the Court as appeers upon Record ; The southsyde from
the old bounds being a white oake standing att the southermost
Coroer 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 f i-om thence to a white oake stamling 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 bounds 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 biixls heads six of them
by the first of June next and six of them by the first of October
next on painc 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 fldsh Called the
alewives be not hindered by the mills or otherwise in theire goeing
up; and that they be afforded water suflficient to Repaire to the
salt water when the fldood Gates are shutt downe and that none
shall take any such flSsh in theire Goeing up except for eating ;
and that the wastgate be drawn up every Night in the season the
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ffish are goejng up and that butt oue ware be made for them in
theire Coming downc
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 Wiilam Crow
The deputies were Leift : Morton Wiilam Crow
The Constable John ffallowell
The Gratidjui^men Serjeant harlow and Gorg Moi'ton
Andrew Ringe \
Jonathan Shaw f ^ -,,.,.
Joseph Warren ) Surveyors of the h.ghwaies
Nathaniel Southworth /
The Towne have graunted unto Wiilam Crow four acrees
of meddow or meddowesh Ground lying att the uper end on the
East Comer 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 Wiilam 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
Two acrees of Meddow is Graunted to John
John Jourdaine lying in the abovesaid Cove when the
Jordan 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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f
Memorand That thirty acrees of land apeece be graunted
to Saroaell King Juni : and Isaac Cakebread where they desire it
if it be not found prejudiciail To Steven Bryants and Edwai-d
Doties meddowes
Memorand That a competency of land be Graunted to
Robert ffinney att the head of the Eeiriver neare his meddow ;
John Dotey desireth ten acrees of Land att Monponsett
G raunted unto Benajah Pratt six acrees of upland lying
att a place Called Pontuses Meddow there being a swamp
Included in it ;
[115.] Thirty acrees of land is Graunted unto John Water-
man lying between Alexander Kenadaies land and John Cobbs
land by Lathams Cartway to Winnatucksett ; and the way goeing
to Bridge water
Twenty acrees of laud is graunted to Peter Risse att
Winatuxet Brooke on the Northwest syde of the said brooke ;
fifteen acrees of land is graunted unto Richard
Richard Wright lying next his land att Monponsett ; in leiu
Wright of a psell of land by him surrendered lying att the
Towne of Plymouth neare John Woods land
Six acrees of hind is graunted to Jacob Cooke
Jacob seni: lying neare his meddow att Winnatucksett
Cook Sen on the Westerly syde tUerof ;
Wheras Great Complaint is made of much abuse by the
ffeeding of neate Cattle and horses in the ffresh meddowes belong-
ing to severall of the Towne of Plymouth ; It is ordered by the
Towne that if any neate Cattle or horses shalbe found in any of
the fresh meddowes viz : Winnatucksett meddowes Jonses River
meddowes Dotyes meddowes or either of the South meddowes
either u|)per or lower or Moni)onsett meddowes or in swan holt
meddowes whether the said Neat Cattle or horaes be belonging to
either the Inhabitants of the Towne or fforraignors from the 15***
of Mai*eh untill the fifteenth day of July Annually It shalbe
lawfull for any that shall find such Cattle or horses soe treaspass-
ing to bringe them to the Townees pound, and that the owners of
such cattle or horses shall pay for every neat beast two shillings,
and for every horse kind five shillings for every default to be
payed to them that bringe the said Cattle to the pound, provided
they pay the Charge of Impounding them
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Capt : Bradford \ are appointed by the Towne to view
Serjeant barlow I lay out and bound certaine psells
Willam Crow i of Wood land for the use of
Joseph WaiTen r the Towne lying on the Northsyde
and Joseph howland \ of the Towne, and when that is
of the Towne / done. That John Bryant seui : be
accommodated with some land if
it be there to be had ; if not else-
where if it may be fond ;
Capt: Bradfoixl "| are appointed by the Towae to
Willam Crow > Run the Townes bounds ou the
and Willam Nelson I North end and west syde of the
Township ;
Att this meeting the Towne Graunted unto John Attwood
seni : a smale slipp of Meddowish Gi-ouud and upland together
lying between the highway and the brook att the en<l of his
orchyard; which was somtinies the orchyard of Mr Cushman
which said smale slipp is to Run up the brook as high between
the highway and the brooke as ^
[116.] NewPlymouth January the 31 1672
Wheras the Towne aforsaid Graunted unto several men
fifty acrees qf land apeece that had meddow att Wiiina-
tucksett off whom Captaine Thomas Southworth was one
of those men and Now Joseph liowland being in posession
of the said Captaines Meddow; have thcrfore measured
and bounded unto the said Joseph howland ten acrees of
land lying on the eastward syde of and butteth home to
jd the said Captaines Meddow ; att Winnatuxett Att the North
5 end and Westerly syde of the said ten Acrees it is I founded
^ with a white oake Marked ; att the North end and East-
g ward syde it is bounded with a smale white oake ^^apling ;
^ That hath now two graines from the Roote ; and on the
§* westwai*d syde and south end it is bounded with a Great
^ spruce tree And on the eastsyde and south end It is bounded
with a Red oake sapling that standeth on or by the syde
of a hill ; Alsoe in or by the said Right ; measured and
bounded unto the said Joseph howland forty acrees of land
1 The brook here referred to has in modem times l)een caUed Shaw's brook.
It is a little south of Samoset Street, and is what was called in the earliest days
♦• First Brook.'*
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on the westward syde of Winnatuxett River; where the
River bounds Richard Wrights land ; At the Eastward end
and Northeren syde it is bounded with a smale white oake
tree next or neare the River and on the said Eastward end
and Southward syde it is bounded with alonge Rocke which
lyeth on the westward syde of a swamp and att the west-
^ ward end Northward syde, it is bounded with an oake;
^ and att the sd Westward end and southward syde it is
g^ bounded with an oake ; The Northward syde of this land
o is layed home and abuteth to the River ; The lines att the
end of this land are not alike, there being an Angle att
the eastward end therof
pme Willam Crow
Surveyor
L117.J The bounds of tliirty acrees of upland or therabouts
which was Graunted by the Towne unto Jacob Cooke seni : in
Leiw of the land taken away from him att the head of his laud
att the smelt brooke in the Townshipp of Plymouth by the
Runiug of the line of Edward Grayes and Samuell ffuUers Lands
which thirty acrees of land is bounded as foUoweth ; viz : att
tlie southeast end with an ash tree marked and with three stones
att the foot of it ; and att the southwest end nearest, it is bouuded
with a blacke oake tree marked haveingalsoe three stones att
the foot of it ; and the southerly syde is bounded with the smelt
brooke ; and on the westerly syde betwixt Samuell ffuller and
him ; it is bounded with a white oake tree and three stones att
the foot of it
The bounds of the Lands of Jacob Cooke Graunted by
the Towne and layed out By Gorge Bonum, lying against Joucses
River meddow upon the southsydc of the way Goeing to winna-
tucksett ; it is bouuded by a white oake tree Marked standing on
the south syde of the way against Brewsters hill and soe Rangcth
up into the woods to a blacke oake tree with three stones att the
Root therof, and soe Ranging for the breadth of it to a white
oake tree with three stones pitched att the Root of it upon a little
Hand in a pond ;
The bounds of the meddow of Edward Gray lying att
Moonponsctt brooke being two acrees, be it more or lesse is as
foUoweth
viz: next unto Captaihe Bradford it is bounded with a
white oake marked ; att the eastern end of an Hand which is the
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said Edwai-d Grayes Northeren bounds ; and his easteren bounds
is a smale Cedar standing att the edge of a swamp marked, his
westeren bounds or his westercn corner is bounded with a white
oalce standing on the edge of a swamp and soe Runs downe the
brooke to the meddow of Samuell Sturtivant and is l>ounded
ther on the westward syde and on the Eastward syde with a spruce
tree between Samuell Sturtivant and him ; and also ten acrees of
upland abuting on the said meddow ; the easteren bounds therof,
is the westeren bounds of the meddow aforsaid, his westerraost
bounds of it is a Red oake ; and soe it Rangeth downe by the
side of Goodwife Sturtivants Land ; to the afoi*said white oake
which stands betwixt them in theire meddow,
Att the meeting house held att Plymouth
the 23 of July 1673
Leift Morton \ were appointed by the Towne to goe
Willam Crow /• with those that shall Goe by the order
Joseph Warren ) of the Court to Measure theire land
att Sepecan
Att this meeting the Towne voated that theire house in
which Mr Cotton lives shalbe Repaired att theire charge; and
that it be declared to him that they expect that hee should keep it
in Repaire all such time as hee lives in it ;
Joseph Bartlett engageth to pay forty shillings due to him
from the Towne unto the psons appointed to Receive it, as soon
as Come is payable ;
Edward Gray Willam Crow and Samuell Dunham ; aie
appointed by the Towne to Receive what debts are due to the
Towne from any pson or psons and alsoe in the Townes behalf to
take accoumpt of the Constable ;
Leift Morton
The Rators Chosen att this meeting were ^ Serjeant harlow
Will: Crow
[118.] The bounds of the land layed out by Gorge Bonum
unto Edward Gray on the 14*^ day of ffebruary 1673 belonging
to the said Edward Gray by vertue of a Graunt unto the propria-
tors of Meddow att Winnatucksett which land lyeth att the
Northwest corner of Monponsett pond, is as followeth viz ; by
the said pond syde with a pyne tree marked and att the uper end
with a spruce tree marked by a swamp syde ; and soe bounded
Bound with the said swamp which said swamp Runeth downe
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to the said pond on the Northwest ; the said proportion of land
is fifty five acrees bounded as afoi'said ;
Twenty acrees of land which was Graunted to James
Bamaby lying on the southwest syde of the doable brookes att
the I^^lriver ; is bounded as followeth viz : the fiasteren bounds
therof is a burch tree marked by the brookc syde, att the Comer
of a swamp ; on the southerly syde it is bounded with a beach
tree marked ; on the westerly corner itt is bounded with a white
cake Marked on the Northerly syde or Corner therof it is bounded
with an ash tree marked standing by the brook syde ; on the
Northeast end ; it is bounded by the brooke and on the southerly
syde by a swamp ;
Willam Nelson haveing Relinquished his Graunt of
thirty acrees of land graunted unto him, neare Joneses River
meddow ; To have soe much land on the North end and east syde
of John Cobbs land which lyeth somwhat distant from Moon-
ponsett brook have measured and bounded as followeth ; beginning
att a Great white oake tree which Standeth on the south syde of
the Hray that Goe to Bridgwater which is one of John Cobbs
bound markes the line extends to a Great fflatt Rocke that stands
about twenty Rodd distant from John Cobbs North corner marko
and from the said Rocke the line extends Eastward to a white
oake tree marked standing in or close to a swamp, and fh)m the
said white oake tree the line extends to a white oake tree, that is
the said John Cobbs east corner marke of his land ffebruary the
W^ 1673,
By William Crow Surveyor
Measured and bounded unto John Waterman thirty acrees
of upland lying on the westward of monponsett pond ; and is
between the lands of John Cobb and Alexander Kenedey as
followeth atl the west corner therof It is bounded with a white
oake tree marked standing in a swamp att the North corner with
a white oake Marked standing by the New way that Goes to
bridgwater ; att the east Corner is marked a pyne tree, standing
on the westward syde of a hill ; and att the south comer is
marked a white oake tree standing close to or by a swamp near
Allexander Kennedys land ; the length lyeth Northeast a quarter
of a point easterly eighty pole, the breadth lyeth southeast one
quarter of a point southerly ; that is from the west end and
North syde, allowance of lapd being made or GiveA, that if
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occation be there slialbe a way through this land and that by
Consent of the said John Waterman,
p Wiliam Crow Surveyor
Plymouth the 12 of ffebruary 1673,
[119.] Att a Towue meeting held att the meeting house att
Plymouth the 16*^ day of flobruary Ann"" Dom 1678
Wheras Notwithstanding for what upon serch is or Can
be found in the Records of the court for the Jurisdiction of New
Plymouth Tlie land which Saniuell Ryder bought of Samuell
Eedey lying att Mannomett ponds in the Towneshipp of Plymouth ;
is found to be Comon and att the Towns dispose ; The Towne
have Graunted unto the said Samuell Ryder all theire Right and
Interest in the said land, which is twenty five acrees of land
lying att Mannomett ponds aforsaid ; as it is now bounded and
in the possession of him the said Samuell Ryder, To him and
his heires and assignes for ever ;
Att this meeting the Towne Graunted unto Jabez
howland, Thdt wheras Gorge Bonum is Interrupted by him in
his way to the ffulling mill ; that in case he doe Relinquish an
acree of his land below by the brooke wherby the said Goi'ge
Bonum may have a way threw it, to his said mill ; that then the
said Jabez howland shall have an acree in Iciw therof out of the
townes land on the top of the hill.
It is ordered by the Towne
That every Inhabitant that is a Townsman and expect
town privilidges shall pticularly engage for him or themselves to
pay theire pro[)ortions to all towne charges that the towne in
Generall shall conclude of to disburse and Rate for ; and that all
such psons as shall Refuse to pay such Rates shalbe denyed of
all and every the Towne privilidges they make use of acconling
to order of the Towne upon herbage, wood Timber TaiT fflsh or
what else may be in the Towne ; And that none be pmited to be
Inhabitants in the Town before they Ingage to beare theire
proportions of all Town Charges
And that all lands meddows and other Ratables within
our Township shalbe Rated to all Towne Charge
ordered by the Towne that the Celect men c»f the Towne
be Impowered to call such younge men or others as live Idelely
and disorderly to an accompt for theire mispending theire time in
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ordinaryes, or otherwise and to take Course for their Reformation
as shalbe by them thought meet ;
The Towne expressed themselves Content that the
Naighbours about the Middle of the Towne shall have the benifitt
of the ffish called Alewives which goe up att the season att the
mill brooke, soe as they take a course that they may Goe up
without Interuption ;
The bounds of Gorge Watsons Meddow lying in the
meddow Comonly Called Doties meddows, and is bounded on the
eastei-en end with a stake, standing the west syde of a spring
brooke and soe Runeth westerly to another stake standing abqut
the middle of the meddow ; and from thence still westerly upon
a straight line to a Grove of bushes standing by the brooksyde;
and it is bounded on the south syde with the brooke, and on the
Northi'yde ; It lycth adjoyning to James Coles meddow ;
[120.] Att a Towne meeting held atl the meeting house att
Plymouth the 18*^ of May 167i ;
The Towne have voated and do Graunt unto Leiftenant
Kphraim Morton heerby a Confeirmation of four lotts breadth
viz : four score pole of land in breadth lying on the southerly
syde of the Eelriver in the Township of Plymouth, bounded on
the Easterly syde with a highway Runing up by the land which
was som times Richard Churches land ; and extending in length
to the fifoot of the pyue hills ; The like liberty of Confeirmation
is Grauntcd to any of the Inhabitants of the Towne Respecting
theire antient proprictyes, if they shall see cause to desire it ;
Capt Bradford
Lei ft Morton
Elder Cushman / were appointed by the Towne
Nathaniell Morton / to meete together on the next
Serjeant harlow V training day which wilbe on the
Willam Crow / third monday in June next ; To
Willam Clarke t ^^"'**^®'' ^^ pticulare in Ref^r-
Joseph howland \ ence unto equall makeing of
and Joseph Warren I Rates;
Edward Gray /
The fifty acrees of land Graunted unto Mr Thomas
Cushman belonging to Winnatucksett meddow ; or neare a place
called Colchester in the Township of Plymouth; is bounded as
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foUoweth viz : with a smale Red oake sUnding neare Colchester
brooke;
The Sonthermoat boand is a Red oake marked standiDg
neare a Rocke on the southwest sjde
The westermoat bounds is two smale Red oakes neare a
spott of meddow Ground
The Northermost bounds is a white oake standing by the
same brooke that is oomonly Called Colchester brooke; and
Jojning to that ; which was formerly Grauuted and layed out to
the said Thomas Cushman
The bounds of a psell of land Grauuted unto Gorge
Bonum being a necke of land Joyning att ffresh Lake in the
Township of Plymouth, on the Northesterly syde of The said
lake is as foUoweth
It adjoyneth to the Lott of the said Goige Bonum which
hee bought of John Rickard, which was somtimes the lott of
Steven Deane ; the said necke of land, Runing alonge on the
same Range as the said lott doth betwixt the pond and the swamp,
and soe Runelh to lout pond ; and a Certaine swamp that Runeth
betwixt the said lout pond and ffresh Lake is the southermost
end therof ;
four acrees of land was Graunted unto Thomas Lucas
lying between ^ Mr Prences Bottome (soe Called) and deep water
if it be there to be had if not to have foure acrees in some other
place where it may be found not disposed of to others
[121*] Att a Towne meetii^ held att Plymouth on the \b^
day of June 1674 It was ordered as foUoweth ;
schools Wheras att a Towne meeting may the 20^ 1672 the
proffitts and benifitts of the lands att Sepecan
Agawaam and places adjacent were given toward the
maintainance and Incouragement of the free Scool att
Plymouth the Towne declares that theire grauut was
onely of the lands there and therabouts which were
purchased by the Towne of the Indiass before the
said May the 20^ 1672 and they doe desire and
Authorize Capt: Bradford the Secretary the Celect
men WiUam Clarke and Joseph Warren to doe theire
uttmost to Improve the said Lands for the attaiDing
^ ^ Mr Prences Bottome was a piece of low or valley land granted to
Thomas Prence. It is now owned and occupied by B. M. ^¥at80n.
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of the ends propounded Namly that their Children be
pfected in Reading when they are entered tiie bible :
and alsoe that they be taught to w right and Sifor;
besides that which the Country expects from the
said Scool
Att a Towne meeting held att the meeting house att
Plymouth the 14**» day of October 1674
Andrew Ringe ] appointed by the Towne to see
and Jonathan Barnes ) unto and procure in Mr Cottons
roaintainance
The names of the men that engaged to draw the wood ;
Samuell Dunham 9 load 1
Andrew Ringe 8 load ^
John Wood 6 load \ in all 30 loiid
Daniell Dunham 4 load I
Joseph Churchill 8 load ^
Daniell Dunham *) were appointed and authorized by the
Joseph Wan*en > Towne ; and Invested by them with
and Jonathan Barnes j full power for and in theire behalfe
legally to demand and Recover what-
soever is or shalbe due to the Towne
from any pson or psons and are
Responsible to give an accoumpt to
the Towne from time to time of theire
actings in the prmises as occation
shall Require
And the Towne have ordered and deputed Nathaniel
Morton the Now Town clarke for them and in theire behalfe to
give full power to them and to any that shalbe by them and under
them deputed, by a legall letter of Attorney signed by his hand
to acte in the prmises from time to time as occation may Require
untill the Court shall see Reason otherwise to order
Att this meeting Gyles Richard Jun : Requested a smale
psell of land up above the Naighborhood, and Andrew Ringe and
Benajah Pratt were appointed to view the said land desired and
to make Report therof to the Towne in oi-der to a graunt therof ;
This Towne haveing formerly and now seen the great
damage that hath and will arise unto the Townes Inhabitants in
the Generall by Graunting of Great psells of land to pticular
men ; and suffering of pticular men to make use of the Townes
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comona as they please therby turniog the Generall advantage of
the Townes oomons to theire private benifitt which was and is more
to the hurt and damage of the Towne then the benifitt of the
said pticiilars ; The Towne haveing therfore ordered some prsons
to view theire eomons and they haveing made Report to the Towne
in open Towne meeting It is therfore ordered acceded and con-
cluded, and they doe heerby sett apart all the uplands and
swampes that are surrounded by the wayes lines and places
heerafter mensioned ; and that they shall Remaine for ever for
Generall Comons for the Townes Generall use, for wood and
Timber for the Inhabitants to make use of in the Towne for
building ffencing and fierwood ; and that not any waies the said
lands or swampes to be graunted to any pticular men ; hereby
alsoe prohibiting all trees not to be felled for barke or to be cutt
downe or carrieii away out of the Township either in whole trees
or wrought up ; the said lands bounded as followeth To Remaine
for ever to the Generall use of the Towne ; provided this acte
and order not to hinder or disturbe any pson or psons in theire
pticular proprieties
Graunted by either the court or Towne
within the bounds as followeth, viz :
begining att the smelt brooke where
Samuell ffuUers house standeth or where
thcEinges Road therby croseth ; and from the
said River the line to extend to a brooke that
is called colchester brooke ; where Mr howland
hath lands ; as the cartway goeth to and
from the said brooke and River ; and from
the said colchester brooke to extend as the
said Colchester brooke Rnneth untill it
comes unto Winnatucksett River ; and soe
downe Winnatucksett River untill it comes
to a brooke that comes out of a meddow
Called Monponsett meddow and soe from
the said Meddow to the £astside of
Monponsett pond and from thence to
Joneses River pond where the Towne line
cutts the pond ; and soe to the brooke that
Goeth out of the said Joneses River pond
and the line to extend as the said brooke
Runeth untill it comes to Joneses River
[122.]
proved that a
grannt of land to
John Barvow in
this tract is ex-
cepted and some
speech likewise of
a pseli of land
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John Bryant bridge; and soe to the firet Station att
desireth the smelt brooke or smelt River fore named ;
And whatsoever pson or psons Inhabitants or others that
shall Treaspas in any of the afore mentioned ptieulars shall pay to
the Generall use of the Towne And if the Treaspas be one more
then twenty trees a yeare then to pay
At the Towne meeting held at the Meeting house at
Plymouth the 13*** of ffebruary 1674 It was unanimously agreed
and voated by the Towne that our meeting house shalbe speedily
Repaired att the Townes Charge
And Mr Gray and ) were appointed and deputed by
Mr Clarke ) the Towne to take speedy Course
that the said meeting house be Repaired ; and the Towne heerby
engageth to see the Charge therof faithfully defrayed in such
^ specue as they shall agree with men for the doeing of it ; and
that such pay as is due from ffrancis Combe Jonathan Morrey
John ffallowell and Samuel Ryder, and all pay as is alreddy payed
by them, to the Townes agents, be improved Towards the effecting
of the said worke; alwaies provided that the twenty seven
shillings due in money to Leiftenant Morton be first defrayed
out of it ;
It is ordered by the Towne that henceforth
the Celect men of the Towne are fully
Impowered successively to take effectual Course
That all extravigant psons that have or shall
. Come into the Townshipp or any such as the
selectmen or any two of them shall or doe not
Extravagant approve off That they shall warne them out of
Persons the Towne ; and take a speedy and effectual
warned course that they depart the Townshipp: or
out of Town take sufficient Cecuritie to save the Towne
harmles from such damage as may acrew to
them by theire staying therin; Leiftenant
Morton and Joseph Warren were appointed by
the Towne to settle the Matter between the
Towne and Acanootus the Indian about the
exchange of lands
1 The editor does not feel sare of the exact word in the original records. If
"specne," as here printed, it means " specie," not as we use that word, but in
the sense of " kind^' of pajrment.
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The 16 of flfebruary 1678
Att this meeting the Towne Graunted unto Jabez howland
That wheras Gorge Bonum
Aprill 29»»» 1674
The Towne of Plymouth haveing graunted unto Jabez
howland by way of exchange an aeree of land on the topp of
the hill next the said Jabez his land, that is on the south sjde of
the mill brook : for soe much lands to be Relinquished by him of
his land there ; next the said brook ; and on the west syde of liis
land ; I therfore have measured of the Relinquished land : from
the said Jabez his lands : and bounded his other lands ; from it
by one stone sett into the Ground neare the fulling mill : and
brooke from which stone the line extends up the hill southward
to another stone sett into the Gi*ound, next to a Rocke ; on the
topp of the hill ; from the stone sett into the Ground neare tbe
topp of the hill : the line that Compaseth ; the'aforsaid one aeree
Graunted by the Towne extends westward to a stone sett into
the Ground ; and from this stone ; the line extends southward to
a stone sett into the Ground by Gyles Rickard Seni : his ffenee :
and lands and from the stone sett into the Ground by the said
Rickards land, the line extends eastward till it meet the head
line of the said Jabez his land att the southwest Corner therof
Aprill 29 1674
pme Willam Crow Surveyor
[123.] Att a Towne meeting held att the meeting house att
Plymouth the 24^ day of May 1675 it was ordered by the
Towne That notwithstanding all former orders made by the
Towne prohibiting the Outing or Transporting any barke out
of the Township; Great Spoyle and stripp of Timber is made
on the Townes Comons by that meanes The towne therfore
ordereth that whosoever shall or doth Cut any barke on the
townes Comons within this township : that all such Barke shalbe
forfeite to the use of the Towne: and Andrew Ring Benajah
Pratt and Jabez howland are appointed by the towne or any two
of them is appointed to take some Reall and serious Course that
the said order be duly executed :
Att this meeting it was ordered and unanimously agreed
that the Towne doe freely Give unto Mr John Cotton theire
p'sent minnester and to his heires and assignes for ever Tbe
house and. land upon which hee now lives ; incase the said
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kr Cotton liveth and dieth in this place ; in the worke of the
minnestry : In Consideration of which the said Mr Cotton and his
wife doe fully and freely quitt and discharge the said Towne of
that fifty pounds which they had promised to mistris Cotton
formerly incase of her husbands decease in this place ;
Morover It is agreed that the said house shall now be
viewed by four men ; mutually and Indifferently Chosen ; by
the said Towne and Mr. Cotton : and they shall Judge in what
condition the said house is: and sett a Just vallue therupon:
according to theire best Judgments : and if God by his Provi-
dence shall Call Mr Cotton from his worke in this place during
his life time; That then four men be by the said Towne and
Mr Cotton mutually and Indifferently Chosen to view the said
house and what the said house is better and the additions of
building upon the laud shalbe vallued by them and accordingly
shalbe payed by the Towne to the said Mr John Cotton or his
order ;
The prsons Chosen to acte according to this order in
vallueing and Judging of the worth of the house etc ; are
Leift : Morton and Joseph Dunham Chosen by the Towne
and Serjeant harlow and Joseph howland Chosen by Mr Cotton :
Att a Towne meeting held att Plymouth the 7*** of
January 1675
The Towne haveing Received by theire Constable two
wan*ants the one Injoyning them to presse eleven able sufficient
men to goe forth as souldiers against the Indians our enimies the
other Requireing a Rate of eleven pounds to be made for and
towards the Charge of the souldiers to Goe forth
In obedience and in order wherunto the Towne primarily
made Choise of a Councell for the Towne to advice and order
the affaires of the Towne Respecting the prmises whose names <
are as followeth viz : Capt Willam Bradford Joseph Warren
Mr Thomas Cushman Willam Crow
Leiftenant Morton Willam Clarke
Serjeant harlow
Accordingly alsoe they Chose Rators to Levy the said Rate
viz: Joseph Warren
Willam Crow
Willam Clarke
lO
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The men appointed by the Towne to make and provide
Clothing in the behalfe of the Towne for the Bouldiers now to
Goe forth were
Mr Gray
Joseph Warren
Jabez howland
Willam Clai'ke
Joseph Bartlett
and the Towne stands hereby Ingaged to satisfiy for which they
shall order disburse in that Case
[124.] Measured and bounded unto John Cobb fifty acrees
of land lying on both sydes of bridgwater path betwixt two
swampes where Robert Lathams way Comes into the said Path,
and is bounded with a white oake that stands on the South syde
of the North swamp att the eastward end of the said land, and
on the said syde ; and on the westward end it is bounded with a
smale Red oake tree, on the Northsyde of the south swamp the
said land is bounded att the eastward end with a forked young
Red oake ; and att the westward end of the said Land, on the
said syde it is bounded with a great white oake tree standing, on
the southsyde of the Path
ffebruary 18 "» 1667
p' Willam Crow Surveyor
att the Towne meeting held att the Meeting house att
Plymouth the 19 day of ffebruary 1675
Leift Morton J appointed by the Towne to see
Robert flfinney V to the Gathering in Mr Cottons
and Joseph howland ) sallery
It was ordered by the Towne that there shalbe forthwith
a fortification build upon the fort hill att Plymouth : to be an
hundred foot square the pallasadoes to be 10 foot and one halfe
longe : to be sett 2 foot and an halfe in the Ground ; and to be
sett against a post and a Raile ; every man is to doe three foot of
the said ffence of the fortification the Pallasadoes are to be
battered on the backsyde one against every two and sharpened
on the topp to be accomplished by every male in each family from
sixteen yeares old and upwards and that there shalbe a watch-
house erected within the said ffence or fortification and that the
three peece of ordnance shalbe planted within the said ffence
or fortification ;
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Agreed with Nathaniell Soathworth to build the said
watchhouse which is to be sixteen foot in length and 12
foot* in breadth and eight foot studd to be walled with board ;
and to have 2 fflores the uper flore to be six foot above the lower
fflore ; and he is to batten the walls and to make a smale paire
of staires in it and to fram two smale windowes below to make
2 gables to the Roofe or eachsyde one, to Cover the Roof with
shingle ; and to build a Chimney in the said house ; and to do
all the worke therunto ; onely the frame is to be brought to the
place att the townes Charge ; and for the said work hee is to
have eight pounds to be payed either in money ; or other pay
equivolent :
Att this meeting the Treasurer promised to procure
Carriages for to mount the ordnance, or to pay for the makeing
of them ;
Att the meeting held att the Meeting house att Plymouth
the 4^ of May 1676 The Celect men Chosen were
Leift: Morton
Willam Crow
Willam Clarke
Joseph howland
The Deputies
Leift Morton
Mr Gray
The Constable
Gorge Morton
Grand jury men
Serjeant harlow
Serjeant Tinkham
The Surveyors
Steven Btyant
Isacke Cushman
Ephraim Tilson
Mordica Ellis
Att this meeting the Town voated that 30 £ more shallbe
Rated for to be aded to the former Rate to pay the souldiers etc ;
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[125.] Major Willam Bradford
Mr John Cotton
Mr Thomas Cushman
Samuell ffuller
Edward Gray
Steven Bryant
John Dunham sen :
Samuell Kingc sen :
Serjeant Ephraim Tinkham
John Cobb
John Mores
Thomas Lettice
James Cole
Gorge Bonum sen :
Andrew Ringe
Richard Wright
Gyles Rickard sen :
Willam Crow
Goi^e Watson
Serjeant Willam harlow
John Jourdaine
Benjamin Eaton
Jonathan Barnes
Gyles Rickard Jun :
Samuell Dunham
Nathaniel Morton
Leift Ephraim Morton
Thomas Morton
Robert ffinney sen :
Willam Clarke
Joseph Warren
Jonathan Shaw
Samuell Ryder
James Clarke
Abraham Jackson
Joseph Dunham
John holmes
Leift Joseph howland
Joseph Bartlctt
Mr Joseph Bradford
Nathaniel Southworth
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Thomas ffaunce
John Bradford
John Drew
Jonathan Moray
John Dotcn
Joseph Churchill
Gorge Morton
Robert Barrow
£liezer Churchill
Samuell Sturtivant
Samuell harlow
Isacke Cushman
Elkanah Cushman
John Bryant sen :
Nathaniell holmes
Baruck Jourdaiue
Joseph ffaunce
John Rickard
John Bryant
Jacob Cooke
Ephraim Morton Jun
Robert Ransum
Ephraime Tilson
Caleb Cooke
John Morton
Samuell Dunham Jun
Willam Bradford Jun
John Gray
Thomas Clarke Jun
John Sturtivant
Samuell Gardian
Nathanell Wood allias Attwood
Isacke Lobdell
Joshua Pratt
Thomas Cushman
Edward Doten
Jonathan Pratt
Goi^e Morton
John Barrow
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[126.] Att the meeting held att the meeting honse att
PlymoQth the 13*^ of Jane one thousand six hundred seventy
and six
The Raters Chosen were ( Leift Morton
Serjeant harlow
WiUam Crow ;
Att this meeting the Towne ordered that all the Guns
and swords helonging to the Towne shalbe delivered in unto the
Connstable
The Towne voated alsoe att this meeting that all
Inhabiting in this towne or within the bounds of the Townshipp
shal be Rated to publiek Charges except such as live on the
almes of the Towne ;
Willam Crow \ were appointed to present to the
Jabez howland r Court in the townes behalfc what
and ; Joseph Warren ^ chaises is due to them from the
Country ; in order theninto to pre-
pare the said aocoumpt against the
next Court and then to present it
Att the Towne meeting held att Plymouth the 19^ day
of August 1676 Leift : Ephraim Morton
and Leift : Joseph howland
were chosen Deputies to attend the next Generall Court and to
acte in the Townes bebalfe in the Coneemes therof
Serjeant harlow \ were chosen by the Towne to take
Willam Crow V the accoumpt of each manes estate
and Joseph Warren ' in the Towne in order unto the
settl^ing of matters Relating to the Raiseing of means by Rates
in this Colonic for defraying of the publicke Charges of the
CoUonie ;
Leift Morton \ were Chosen Rators to levy the
Serjeant harlow V Rates for the publicke Charges
and Willam Crow ; f ortwith to be Raised by Rates ;
It was ordered by the Towne that Joseph Warren and
William Crow shall take the accoumpt of the last years Constable,
and to Give it in att the next Towne meeting ;
Att a Towne meeting held att tlie meeting house att
Plymouth the 15* day of September Ann' Dom 1676 the Towne
did agree and voate That Mr Cotton our Minnester shall have
ftlowed uuto him for this year, the sume of sixty pounds to be
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payed in Current silver money of New England the one halfe
therof to be payed by the last of October next ensueing the. date
heerof and the other halfe att or before the first day of Aprill
Next ensueing the date heerof
The men appointed by the Towne to see the said engage*
ment pformed that is to say to Collect and cause to be payed ; by
the Inhabitants are ; Serjeant harlow and Nathaniell Southworth
It is agreed by the towne that the said sume shalbe levied
by Rate on the said Inhabitants ; and the Rators Chosen were
Serjeant Willam harlow Mr Willam Crow, and Joseph Warren ;
Att a Towne meeting held att the Meeting house att
Plymouth the 15^ June 1677 the Rators Chosen to make the
Rate for the payment of the souldiers were
Mr Willam Crow
Joseph howland
Willam Clarke
The Comittie Chosen to take an accoumpt of what is due
from severall psons Relateing to the warr since the last expedition
nnder Major Bradford are
the said Major
the two Deputies
Leiftenant Morton
Mr Crow ; serjeant liarlow
Nathaniel Morton
[127«] Att the Towne meeting • held att the Towne of
Plymouth the 15"» of May 1677 Mr Edward Gray and Joseph
howland were Chosen Deputies to serve att the next Court and
the severall adjournments therof
Leift : Morton | were Chosen to serve in the ofBce
Serjeant harlow r of Celect men
and Mr Crow )
Jonathan Barnes was Chosen Constable
Andrew Ringe and ) Chosen Graudjurymen
Benajah Pratt f •
Leiftenant Morton \ were Chosen Surveyors
Serjeant Tinkham r of the bighwayes
and Serjeant harlow '
Mr Crow and ) were appointed by the Towne
. Joseph howland I to take an accoumpt of the
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estates of each man of this
towne soe as' it may be in a
Reddines to be presented to
the Next Court
Memorandum that all the Male Inhabitants Cai)eable of
Workeing have pformed theire dutyes of worke to the highwaiea
viz all such of them as live in this Towneship from and between
Major Bradfords and John Cobb
The Towne have ordered tbe Deputies of this Towne Now
Chosen to make enquiry Concerning the Graunt of Saconett Lauds
unto the ^ servants and to declare that the towne find themselves
agreived ; in that Larger Portions of Land by f arr are distributed
than was att first Given to them by the Court and this towne
doth order the Secretary Leif tenant Morton Mr Crow and
Serjeant harlow to Joyne with the Deputies of our Towne Now
Chosen to serch the Records of the Graunts of the lands aforsaid
and to prepare the Case by drawing up a draught of the
pticulars of theire agrievantes Respecting the pmises soe as it
may be in a Reddines to be psented to the Next approaching
Generall Court In Regard that the Graunt of Land Att
Agawaam is found deficient and that Notwithstanding wee are
Rated according therunto as fully as if wee had a full Graunt of
the propriety therof ;
It is ordered by the towne that our Deputies Now Chosen :
shall endeavor to procure the said Graunt fully pfected ;
Goi-ge Bonum and Andrew Ring are appointed to view a
smale Moyety of land lying in Alcarmus feild between Thomas
Dotens Land and the Land of Joseph ffaunce : desired by Gyles
Rickard : and to make Report therof to the Towne att the Next
Towne Meeting; that if it appeer not to be Matterially preju-
diciall to the Naighborhood : that it shall then be Grauntcd to him
by the Towne ;
In like manor they are desired to view a smale Moyety of
Land desired by Nathaniel Wood and to make Report therof to
the Towne ;
In Reference unto a smale psell of Land & a smale
Cottage theron formerly posessed by Thomas Dunham deceased :
Now desired by Benjamine Eaton the Towne have ordered
1 In early times the word " servant" did not necessarily mean what it does
today. This should be remembered in connection with the statement that
>ViJliam Brew9ter was the servant of Sir William Davison.
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that the said Benjamine Eatoo enter upon the same and posesse
and Improve it, being willing to Graunt and surrender up theire
Right therin unto him, the said Benjamine Eaton to hun and his
heires and assignes for ever :
[128.] Att a Towne meeting of the Towne of Plymouth
held att the meeting house att Plymouth the first of August 1677
The Rators Chosen to make all the Rates viz : for the
minnester and the Country charges and the Towne Charges were
Leift: Morton
Serje: harlow
Willam Clarke
The Towne have Graunted unto Gyles Rickard Jun : a
smale psell of upland Ground being aboute two aerees be it
More or lesse Lying and being in Alcarmus feild between the land
in the possession off Joseph ffaunce on the southerly syde ; and
the land of Thomas Doten on the Northerly or Northwest syde
or end ; and abutting on the Kinges highway, which leads from
the towne of Plymouth to Welliusley Brook ; and extending from
the said highway westerly or southwest nearest up towards the
woods, untill it meets with a psell of land appertaining to Gorge
Watson : provided withall that hee his heires and successors is to
leave au' ^ highway to Goe from the aforsaid Comon Road between
The aforsaid Thomas Dotens land and his said land ; up towards
the woods, viz : an highway of forty foot wide for egress and
Regressc, of horse and foot and Carts, to and from as occation
may Require
The Towne have Graunted unto Thomas hewes a Certaine
swamp Called hurtleberry swamp lying above Serjeant harlowes
between the uper old footpath as did fonnerly lead from the
Towne of Plymouth towards Wellingsley Brooke and the path
that Goeth from the Towne to the Naighborhood Comonly Called
the little Towne : which swamp is Graunted to him to make
tryall to make Meddow therof but not speedily to make sale
therof provided alsoe that incase hee ditch or ffence about it hee
shall not binder Crosse nor stopp any high way that Goeth by it
or lyeth Neare it pticularly hee shall not hinder nor Intcrupt the
highway by which Serjeant harlow and others of the Naighbors
doe usually Cart wood out of the woods ;
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The Towne have Graunted unto Jonathan Morey three
score acrees of upland Ground lying and being att the salt water
pond by the way between Plymouth and Sandwich and six acrees
of Meddowish Ground by the said pond adjoyning or neare unto
the upland for a place for him to build and settle on : provided
hee keep two sufficient Gates on the said land that soe Notwith-
standing this Graunt passengers may passe through it; on the
highway that Goes through the same as formerly ;
Att this meeting it was ordered agreed and voated that
the sume which shalbe payed to Mr John Cotton our p'sent
minnester shalbe four score pounds for this yeare which sume
shalbe payed in Country pay one third to be payed in wheat or
butter or tarr or shingles, another third in rye pease or mault ;
and the other third in Indian Corne the wheat att four shillings
six pence per bushell, butter at six pence a pound Mault att four
shillings a bushell, pease att three shillings and six pence a
bushell Rye att three shillings and six pence a bushell Indian
Corne att three shillings a bushell Tarr and shingle att prise
Current with the Marchants The payments to be made : the one
halfe by the first of No^mber, the latter halfe by the first of
March to those appointed to Collect it ; and this to Continue till
God in his Providence soe Impoverish, the Towne that they
shalbe nessesitated to abate of the said sume ;
It is further agreed that if any will pay theire Rates or
pte thereof in money they shall have liberty soe to doe ;
The Towne have Chosen Mr Edward Gray and Joseph
Bartlett to Collect the Rate for the minnester for this p'sent year;
and the said Edward Gray and Joseph Bartlett doe engage and
promise to the Towne that the said sume as above mensioned
shalbe payed Reasonably to the minnester att the times above |
appointed, provided like Course be taken for the future ; j
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I
[129.] Att the Towne meeting held att the meeting house
att Plymouth the 8* of August 1677 It was ordered by the
Towne that such won Ives as have bine killed by any before this
date unpaied for shalbe payed for twenty shillings a peece that
is to say old woulves ; and that for such woulves as shalbe killed
by any of the Towne after this date within the Township they
shall have butt ten shillings a woulfe viz : an old woulfe but nott
soe for cubbs ;
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4.tt this meeting thirty acrees of Land was Graunted, and
fully Confeirmed unto John Bryant son in law to Steven Bryant ;
lying att or neare a place Called Billingtons holes neare unto or
upon Jonses River in the Township of Plymouth to be layed forth
to him by Leiftenant howland and William Crow ;
Att the Towne meeting held att the meeting house att
Plymouth on the 17*^ day of September 1677, The Towne
Impowered and authorized Mr £dward Gray in theire behalfe to
demand of the Towne of Scittuate, or such as are more emediately
Concerned , to make payment to him, the said Mr Gray the sume
of nineteen pounds, sixteen shillings and eight pence for the said
Towne of Plymouths use which is a debt due to the said Towne
of Plymouth from the Towne of Scittuate soe ordered by the
Country and upon Receipt of the said sume to give Receipts or
acquittances for the same ; and the Towne doth heerby Impower
the Towne Clarke, incase there shalbe occation to give a letter
of attorney in theire name to sue for our due in that behalfe ;
morover The Town doe heerby Impower the said Mr Gray to
make payment of such pte of the said sume as is due to any
souldier or souldiers unto whom it is assigned Retaining that
which is his owne due therof and be heerby Responsible to
produce the Remainder for to be Improved for the publicke use
of the Towne ; and what charge the said Mr Gray shalbe att in
procuring and Transporting of the said sume to be payed by
the Towne
morover The Towne doe Impower Mr Edward Gray in
theire behalfe to demand the sume of 2£ 4s of Steven Bryant
and 2£ from Willam Nelson Sen : and 3£ from Jonathan Morey ;
and 2£ from Mr Clarke & 4£ from Samuell Ryder and to Improve
the same ; or soe much of it as hee shall see Cause for the
Repaireing of the meeting house ;
The Towne have Graunted unto Andrew Ringe a smale
p83ll of upland near his house about halfe an acree more or lesse
to plant an orchyard or otherwise to use as hee shall see Cause
Att a Towne meeting held at the Meeting house att
Plymouth the 7*** of January 1677
Wheras att a meeting held att the meeting house att
Plymouth the 15*** day of ffebruary 1669 : It was ordered by the
Towne that if the Constable doe Receive an order from either
the Majestrates or any Majestrate Resideing in the Towne or
frpn) the Court or from the Celect men of the Towne att any
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time to warne a Towne meeting and Neglect to Give due warning
viz : by himself e or others to every one written in the list of
those who doe acte in Town meeting the said Constable soe
Neglecting shall pay twelve pence for every one that bee
Neglepteth soe to warne, to be levied to the Townes use by the
Constable succeeding the yeer following, after such defects are
made ; as alsoe that many whoe have bine orderly warned to
towne meetings have frequently Neglected to appeer theratt:
wherby the Towne is much damnifyed ;
It is further ordered by the Towne that if any shall
absent himselfe from the Towne meeting being orderly warned ;
which is to say a week before by the Constable or* his Dcputie
unless oceation Require a shorter warneing, shalbe fined two
shillings for every such defect of non appeerance to the use of
the Towne unless hee Can make a Just defence for his said
absence ; and that such fines for such defaults be forthwith made
known to the Constable by the Towne Clarke; and forthwith
levied by the Constable for the use of the Towne ;
A smal Moyety of laud was Grauuted by the Town to
Mr Edward Gray lying att the foot of the hill below Mr Cottons
att the watersyde viz : about 40 foot square to sett a ware house
on ; with libeitie of Convenient egresc and Regresse therunto
It was ordered by the Towne that Jonathan Morey be Invested
with full power from the Towne to defend our Just Rights
Incroached upon by others on our Comous towards Sandwich ;
[130.] Att a Towne meeting held att the meeting house att
Plymouth the 20 "» of May 1678
The Towne have sett and to ffarme Ictt Clarkes Island
for the tearme of seaven yeers unto Richaixl Willis of Plymouth ;
to begine from the fifteenth of October 1678 and from that time
the said tearme of seaven yeers to be fully and compleatly ended,
for and in Consideration of the full sume of three pounds pr yeer
to be yeerly payed in Currant silver mony of New England To
the Towne of Plymouth or to theire order : notwithstanding this
lease any of the towne may fech what wood of the said Hand
they pleas either for building fierwood or otherwise; but are
heerby prohibited from puting any Cattle of any kind theron : to
the said Willis his Anoyance or to the Anoyance of any that hee
may take in under him to Improve the said Hand for the said
Tearme of seaven yeers ; In Reference unto the Request of James
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Cole that hee maj Reataine and Improve two acrees of laud by
him lately Inclosed with other land of his lying below the land of
Dauiell Dunham on the south syde of the Towne of Plymouth
which said two acrees of land : is for the prsent att the Townes
despose : In Regard that the Court Record doth not pfectly and
clearly demonstrate the proprietors to whome Att the first it was
alloted ;
The Towne doe heerby give libeitie to the said James
Cole his heires and assignes to Improve the said two acrees of
land to his or theire pticular use and benifitt, untell any other true
propriators doe appeer to lay Claime therunto ; viz : 'the Towne
doth heerby surrender up unto the said James Cole his heires and
assignes all the Right and Interest they have unto or In the said
two acrees of land untill any other doe appeer to have better
Right therunto, provided that hee the said James Cole doe leave
out to the Townes use other two acrees of his owne land att the
same place, to be att the Townes dispose soe longe as hee
Retaines the aforsaid two acrees of land ;
Att a meeting of the Towne of Plymouth held att the
Meeting house att Plymouth the 26*** of June 1678
The Rators Chosen to make the Rates for the Minnester
and other charges for the Country Rates were
{Leif t : Morton
Mr Crow
Will : Clarke
Att this meeting the Towne Graunted unto John Morton
a smale peece of upland for an homsted to build an house on
lying and being by the little brook where the old prison stood
between that Cartway that Goeth allonge by the place, where the
old prison stood; and the land of Andrew Ringe above and
the barne of John Wood ;
The Collectors to Gather the minnesters maintainance
for this yeer arc Willam Clarke and Abraham Jackson whoe are
to doe it on the same Conditions as it was pformed the last yeer ;
five shillings was allowed to Goodman Edey viz : Samuell Edey
for work don by him in time of the warr in makeing Clothes for
souldiers
Serjeant harlow \ were ordered by the Towne to sett
Mr Crow v and to farme lett our Right of lands
Joseph Warren ) att Agawam etc for the tearme of
seaven yeers from the date heerof ;
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^ It was ordered by the Towne that all such Cattle as are
or shalbe wintered in the Towne or Townshipp tbo otherwise
disposed of afterwards shalbe Rated for that yeer in which they
were wintered ;
[131.] Att a Towne meeting held att the meeting house att
Plymouth the 15*** day of December 1678
The Towne have sett and to ffarme lett unto Edward Gray
of. Plymouth Clarkes Hand ; for the tearme of seaven yeers ; to
begine att the date heerof and from thence to be Compleatly
ended ; for and in Consideration of the sume of three pounds and
nine shillings yeerly to be duely payed in current silver mony of
New England to the said Towne or theire order for the said
tearme of seaven yeers and that hee alsoe pay unto Patience
Willis widdow the Relict of Richard Willis of Plymouth late
deceased : the sume of twenty shillings silver money for that the
said Willis had an Interest from the said Towne for the tearme of
seaven yeers as aforsaid, the Towne haveing and Retaineing
liberty Notwithstanding this Lease, they or theire order to ffech
what wood they need from off the said Hand, as they shall see
cause, either for building fPencing or fierwood; but are herby
prohibited from Leting any Cattle of any kind therupon. To the
said Leasser his Annoyance or the Annoyance of any that hee
may be in ptnershipp with: or take in under him for Uie
Improvement of the said Hand, for the tearme aforsaid;
the Conditions above expressed being duely observed: he the
said Edward Gray is to have and Injoy the said Hand for
the said tearme of seven yeers, and although the said Edward
Gray should decease before the said tearme of seaven yeers is
expired ; yett Notwithstanding his heires successors, or assignes
shall or may Injoy it on the like Conditions as above expressed,
for the aforsaid tearme of seaven yeers It is likewise agreed by
and between the towne and the said Edward Gray that hee
may keep sixteen neate Cattle on Clarkes Hand Rate ffree
and no more Edward () Gray his
marke.
The Towne have Graunted unto Mr Cotton that incase
any Comon land Can be found fitt for pastureing about the
first brook, as is Conceived there may, that hee shall have a
Competency therof , Graunted and layed forth to him and bis
heires for ever ;
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The Towne haveing Graunted the 16*** of May 1673 unto
frrancis Curtice eight acrees of land att the second place of
Goeing over Jones River by the Indian Bridge by the herring
ware ; I have measured and bounded the said eight acrees ; which
Ijeth on the eastward syde of the said River ware and bridge :
and att the southwest Comer of the said Land it is bounded with
a Red oake tree standing by the River att or neare a Row of
Rockes or stones that lye a Crosse the River ; and from the said
tree the line extends to a stone sett into the Ground att the
southeast Corner of the said Land by a Red oak sapling marked
on four sydes ; and from the said stone and line extends North
and by west nearest unto another stone sett into the Ground ; att
the Northeast Corner of the said Land by a pyne tree Marked ;
and from the stone att the Northeast Corner^ the line extends
west and by south unto a stone sett downe Neare the bankes of
the said River by a Red oake Sapling Marked ; soe to the River
And on the west syde of the said Land the said River to be the
bounds : from the Northwest Comer stone to the aforeaid Red
oake tree ; att the Southwest Comer the Length fifty four pole ;
the breadth twenty-five pole; allowance being made for the
highway ;
December the 18* day pr me Willam Crow
Surveyor 1678
[132.] The bounds of a Graunt of Land Graunted by the
Towne unto Benajah Pratt lying att a place in the Townshipp of
Plymouth called Pontuses meddow ; It is as foUoweth viz ; 8
acrees of upland bounded att the North end with two Acrees of
Land which belonges to Joseph Churchill ; and on the east end
or eastermost Corner it is bounded with a young Red oake
standing by the cart way ; The south bound with a stone sett
into the Ground on the syde of a Ridge ; The west bound is a
smale Red oake marked standing on the syde of a hill; this
Last bound pteth the said 2 acrees fornamed from the said
Benajah Pratts Land ;
Att the Towne meeting held att the meeting house att
Plymouth the seaventh of Aprill 1679,
The Town Graunted unto Samuell Jenney the watchhouse
upon the ffort hill in Respect of his destitute Condition to be for
a house for him to dwell in ; and not to be sold or estranged to
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any other use ; and hee hath liberty to Remove it to any other
place for the end aforsaid, when he pleaseth ;
Att this Meeting the Towne Graunted unto 'Joseph
Warren sen : twenty acrees of Land lying att The Eelriver on
the Southeily syde of Ephraim Mortons Laud, there, hounded on
the westerly syde with the Cart way that Goeth to the herring
pond, comonly Called the halfway pond, And on the easterly
syde by a smale brook or Run of water Comonly Called the
shingle brook ;
Likewise the Towne Graunted unto Ephraim Morton eTun :
Att this Meeting a smale psell of Land lying att the Eelriver on
the southerly syde of his other Lands on which hee Now dwelletli
viz : Joyning to his said Land and soe Runing to the brook which
Runeth through the swamp and soe to the Road way that Goeth
to the herring pond Comonly Called the halfe way pond ; and*
soe to the Land of Robert Bartlett his Land or the Lands there
which belonge unto the heirs of Robert Bartlett aforsaid deceased
A smale psell of Land was Likewise Graunted by the
Towne To Nathaniel Wood lying and being att the first brook on
the Northerly syde of the brook Neare unto house lately erected
between the said house and the Comon Road ;
The Towne then voated to pay to Mr Cotton out of
the Townes Come in the hands of Gorge Morton the
sume of six pound and three shillings as due to him
for all arrcares of Rates made for his Maintainance
untill May the 30*** 1677 : upon the payment of which
Mr Cotton doth wholly acquitt and discharge the
Towne of all former arreares and acknowlidge himselfe
fully satisfyed with Reference therunto; I under-
written having received the said summe above
mentioned of George Morton doe fully acquit &
discharge the towne of Plymouth as a Towne of all
August the summes due to me for my maintenance till the
4 1679 said 30"» of May 1677
Witness my hand John Cotton
Att a Towne meeting held att the meeting house att
Plymouth August the 4*^ 1679 Nathaniel Morton was sworne
Clarke of the Towne of Plymouth for this prsent yeer
Att this Meeting it was ordered by the Towne and voated
that all actes and orders and Graunts of lands and all other
pticulars formerly entered in our Town book shalbe as Authenticke
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and Good iu law as if they had bine entered by a Clark
under oath
Att this meeting Major Bradford was Chosen Moderator
to acte as such as there May be oceation att our Town Meetings
Lei ft : Morton Willam Crow ) Raters to make the
and Willam Clarke were Chosen ) Rates of all kinds to
be now Rated
The Collectors to Gather the Minnesters Maintainance
for this yeer are Steven Bryant sen :
and Samuell Dunham sen :
and the Towne hath engaged to stand by them in the procuring
of it;
Att this meeting the Towne voated that the one halfe of
Mr Cottons Rate shalbe payed into the Collectors by the first
of October next ; memorandum that the Collectors are to acte in
the procunng in the Maintainance for Mr Cotton on the same
Conditions as it was don the last yeer ;
The Con startle is ordered by the Towne to take Course
for the settleing of the bell and the Turrett and the sweeping of
the meeting house and the Ringing of the bell and to pay for the
doeing of these pticulars ; and likewise to pay Kokawehewan an
Indian for the killing A woulfe
The bounds of a tract or psell of land which was Graunted
by the Towne of Plymouth unto Mr Nathaniel Warren deceased,
which said Graunt of land beareth date the 27*** day of October
Ann** Dom 1662 lying neare Mannomett ponds, in the Township of
Plymouth aforsaid neare unto some Meddow Graunted unto
Mistris Elizabeth Warren the mother of the said Nathaniel
Warren ; sou Id by Mistris Sarrah Wanen of Plymouth aforeaid ;
to Joseph Bartlett the 4*** of August 1679 The bounds therof is
as followeth ; on the southwest Corner with a Rocke and stones
layed upon it on the southeast Corner with a pine tree standing
upon a hill by the side of a little pond ; on the Northwest Corner
bounded with a Great white oake in A maple Swamp by the
brooksyde ; on the southeast Corner with a smale Red oake
standing on the side of a hill ; the brook being the foote bounds
of the said land ; and It Joyneth on the Northerly syde to the
land of Benjamine hammon which hee bought of ffrancis Curtice ;
New Plymouth ;
Wheras the Towne Graunted unto John Bryant son in
law unto Steven Bryant thirty acrees of land, lying att or Neare
II
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a place Called Billingtons holes, as appeers by theire Graunt the
eight of August 1677; wee have by order m the said Graunt
measured and bounded the said thirty acrees of Land ; Att tlie
southeast Corner therof, with a R^d oake tree standing on the
Northerly syde, of a little brook, att the Roote of which Red
oake tree there is a stone pitched into the Ground ; Att the
Northeast Corner with a little Red oake sapling att the Norwest
Corner with a smale Red oake Sapling ; and att the southwest
Corner with a siuale Red oake tree ; Layed out for thirty three
pole in breadth ; and one hundred forty six pole in length ; and
due allowance Given for the highway that Goes through the said
Land the 23 day of July 1679
pr Willam Crow Surveyor
Joseph Rowland
[134.] New Plymouth
Measured and bounded unto John Morton fiifty Acrees of
upland graunted to him by the Towne to his Meddow att Winna-
tucksett ; The said land lyeth between Allexander Standish his
meddow Abraham Jacksons Land and the Path that Goeth to
Bridgwater; The bounds of the said land is as followeth; Att
the Northeast corner therof is Marked a younge white oake tree
which standeth in or Near a swampp which is the said Abrahams
bounds marke from the said white oake tree the line extends to a
maple tree standing in a swampp and soe the line extends hom
to Allexander Standish his Meddow ; and then the line extends
as the meddow lyeth, to a fforked spruce tree marked ; and from
the said spruce the line extends westward as the swamp lyeth
untill it Comes to or Crosseth a south line ; that Comes from a
white oake tree marked standing on the south syde of Bridgwater
Path ; then as Bridgwater Path lyeth soe the line Runeth untill
it Cometh to Abraham Jacksons Land att the said Path ; then to
a Red oake tree which is Abraham Jacksons southwest Corner
marke and from thence the line extends to the aforsaid white
oake tree which standeth in or Neare a swamp ;
June the 7^'' one thousand six hundred
seaventy and nine Willam Crow
Surveeyor ;
Att a towne meeting held att Plymouth for the Towne of
New Plymouth att the meeting house the sixt day of JanuaiJ
1679 Willam Crow Joseph Warren
Le if ten ant Morton Edward Dotey
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or any three of them are appointed
by tlie Towiie to Run the sontheren
line of the towncs bounds accord-
ing to the Court order ;
Major Bradford \ are appointed by the Towne to
Leiftenant Morton / demaund in all the townes debts
Willam Crow / ^x\^ to them from any and Incase
And Joseph Wanen J of Non payment the towne heerby
Impowers them to make suite of Law for the Recovery therof
and that they keep a due accoumpt of what they Receive and are
Irapowered heerby to Give legall Receipts and acquittances for
what they Receive of Any and that they give in a true and
faithfuU accoumpt to the Towne Respecting the prmises when
by them Required and the Towne doe heerby Impower Nathaniel
Morton Clarke in the behalfe of the Towne to Give foith a letter
of Attorney to Anuy two of the psons above named to make
suite and plea for any debt dew to the town for any psons as
occation May Require ;
It is Agreed between the Towne and Edward Gray (as an
Apendix to his Lease for Clarkes Hand) that hee may keep
sixteen Neat Cattle ; on the said Hand Rate free ; And noe more ;
The bounds of Serjeant Ephraim Tinkhams land viz :
that which was somtimes the land of John Dunham is as followeth ;
Att the North Corner a blacke oake tree marked and soe Runing
forty pole soutli and by East to a smale Pyne Marked att the
East Corner and soe Runing four score pole southwest and by
west to a white oake tree marked ; and soe Runing forty pole
North and by west to a Red oake tree on the west Corner,
Measured and bounded by Gorge Bonum and Ephraim Morton ;
[135.] Att a Towne meeting held att the meeting house in
Plymouth the 20*'* of January 1679
Leift: Morton \ are appointed by the Towne to
Mr Edward Gray / Run any line of the bounds of
Joseph Warren / the Townes lands as they shall
and Mr Crow 1 see cause
And alsoe to treat with the purchasers of Sepican soe
called of and concerning our title to the said Lands and places
adjacent ; and to Come to Composition with them Respecting the
controversy betwixt the said Towne and them about it as they
shall see Reason, and in case they Can not Close in a mutuall
composition they are heerby Impowered by the said towne and
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in theire bchalfe to Answare or prosecute a suite with tliem
Concerning tlie said lands as lUey shall see cause ; and that the
Clarke of the said Towne shall in the behalfe of the Towne make
and scale a letter or letters of Attorne}' in the townes behalfe to
Answare or prosecute a suite or suites Respecting the pmises :
and the said Comitte are heerby Im|)owered to Appoint and
Constitute one attorney or more to be healpfull to them Rfispect-
ing the prmises as they May have occatiou And that the
mony belonging to the towne that is or may be in the hands of
William Crow be Improved for defraying the Charge of the said
expedition as occation may Require ;
Att a Towne Meeting held att the meeting house att
Plymouth the 2G**' day of Aprill Aun^ Dom 1680; The Towne
agreed to allow Mr Cotton four score ix)und pr ycer ; the one
halfe therof to be payed in Currant silver Mony of New England
and the other halfe in Come and provisions att prisses yeerly
sett by the Country : The one halfe of both specaes to be payed
by the first of October; and the other by the first of Aprill
yeerly ; The said sumes to be put into and Raised with the
Country Rates ; and Gathered in by the Constable ; And this to
continew soe Longe as the Towne shalbe Inabled to pforme it ;
And the Towne doe allow unto the Constable fifteen shillings for
the procuring in the said sumes in season ; for the following yecr ;
on Condition hee see the said sumes duely and fully payed ; in
time and specue The Towne have voated to hier a pasture for the
depasturing of Mr Cottons Cattle for this preent yeer ; And to
Indcavor to buy a Pasture for the use of Mr Cotton for the
future ;
furthermore severall Men have underwritten to healp him
unto wood according to such psells as is expressed in a List of
theire Names ;
It is ordered by the Towne that every housekeeper of
this Towne shall bring in six blacke birds heads or two Crowes
heads unto the Grand jury men of our Towne betwixt this and
July Court Next on paine of forfeiting twelve pence for every
Neglect therof to the Townes use ;
The Deputies Chosen Att this meeting to serve att the
Court were Leift Morton
Will: Clarke
The Constable John Doten
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The Celect Court Mr Gray
Mr Crow
Lcift : Morton
The Grand jury men Serjeant harlow
'J'homas flfaunce
The Surveyors of the high way es James Clarke
Abraham Jackson
Ephraim Tilson
Elkanah Watson
It was voated by tlie Towne In Reference unto pay for
tlie killing of woulves between Mr Crow and the Towne that
Mr Crow shall have twenty shillings for killing every of those
woulves in coutrovei-sy as aforsaid ;
[136.] IC may 16(57
. The bounds of lands graunted to William Iloskins at ye
head of ^ mohutchett at a towne meeting as is to be seen in ye
grant 16G7 it being thirtie acrees i« as followeth a spruce tree
marked standing by ye syde of a browne swamp being the
northerly corner «& soe extending westerly four score pole & tliere
marked with a pine tree standing by another browne swamp &
thence extending southerly to a cedar swamp & so following ye
cedar swamp that comes into ye said pond
The bounds of Ephraim Tillsons lott of land graunted
att ye same time & is alsoe thirty acrees lying at ye head of
mohutchett meddow & lyeth on ye northerly syde of William
Hoskins is as followeth The north corner is bounded with a
white oake Tree Soe runneth westerly eight pole to another white
oake from thence ye range runnetli southerly sixty pole to a pine
tree & from thence easterly eighty pole to a spruce tree standing
by a browne swamp ;
[137«] Att a Town meeting held att Plymouth att the meeting
house the 16*** day of August 1680 The Rators Chosen were
Leiftenant Morton Serjeant harlow and Willam Crow, these are to
Rate for the Country and for Mr Cotton and such other Rates as
may fall within this yeer ;
"1 Mohutchett brook," a stream a short distuiice southwest of Carver Green.
The tlistrict about it is now called *' llutchett,"
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In Answare to Mr CottoiiB paper put into the Town-
meeting Respecting the house and Ground hee lives on ; and
Reparation therof etc; The Towne have Refeired the Issueing
of an Answare to the Next Towne meeting ;
The Towne have ordered that the order about Nou
appeerance att Towne meetings be vigorous put in execution and
for that end an exact list was taken of the names of such as
made defect att this meeting by Non appeerance
The Town have Graunted unto Samuell King Jun : a
smale psell of land about ffresh Lake or ^ Sparrows plaine ; to
build and plant on That i3 to say ten acrees Absolute ; and if
the Naighboors about the Towne and hee Can agree about it,
then hee is to have ten acrees More as hee shall have need therof
to Improve it ;
Wheras att a Towne meeting held att the meeting house
att Plymouth the 12*^ day of May 1669 the Towne then unani-
mosly voated to allow unto mistris Joanna Cotton wife unto Mr
John Cotton our minnester ; or his family the sunie of fifty pounds
Incase God should soe dispose that hee end his Life in this Towne
before them;
Att the Towne meeting held att the Meeting house att
Plymouth aforsaid th'j eight day of November Ann" Dom 1680,
The Towne then voated and doe heerby give unto Mr John
Cotton theire present Minnester the house hee then lived in and
the homsted it Now standeth on att Plymouth aforsaid but not
that which was Mistris Bridgett ffullei-s and Samuell flfullers which
is not Intended in this Gift ; and bequest ; The said liouse and
homsted on which the said house standeth ; (excepting the
homsted of Bridgett ffuUer and Samuell ffuller aforaaid) To have
and to hold unto the said Mr John Cotton To him and hi:5 heires
and Assignes for ever : on Consideration wherof the said John
Cotton and the said Joanna Cotton his wife doeth botli for
themselves and theire heirs and successors ffreely discharge and
Relinquish and quitt claime unto the above meusioned fifty
pounds ; as Not payable nor to be demaunded nor Required of
the said Towne of Plymouth nor theire heirs executors nor
administrators for ever ;
Moreover it was further voated by the said Towne att
1 Sparrow's Plain " was a tract of land near the westerly end of lUIlin^u
Sea, or Presh Lake, where forty acres were granted to Kichard Sparrow in
J037, TJje tiilj near it still bears the name of •* Sparrow's Hill."
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the abovesaid meeting That (after the Couelnsiou of this piseut
yeer for which this Rate for the miunesters Maintainauee is
aheddy made) that then they will add ten pounds pr annum to
his eighty pounds yeerly sallery formerly allowed him, which
amounts to Ninety pounds : as it was eighty pounds the Last
Rate ; and the said Mr Cotton is to tfind Pasture and fierwood for
himselfe and family for the future ; and Nathaniel Morton
Secretary and Willam Clarke are appointed ; in the behalf e of
the Towne to give sufficient Legall evidence of the said house
and land ; unto the said Mr John Cotton
[138.] The bounds of Jacob Cookes land iayed out by
Gorge Bouum Three score acrees Att Moouponsett is as followeth
The Easterly bounds is a black oake tree Marked
The bounds Northerly is a blacke oake tree Marked,
which is the Corner bounds of Major Hradfords Land
the southerly bounds is a wliite ooko tree standing by
a peece of nieddow the west is a white oake Marked
standing by a swamp These are the bounds of fifty
acres of the said land ; The Remainder which is ten
acrees is bounded by a i)yne tree marked standing by a
pond syde sliore, that is alsoe the west bounds of Major
Bradfords Land the southwest bounds of the ten acrees
Jacob Runes to the Northeren bounds of the aforsaid fifty
Cook acrees, and the west bounds of the said ten acrees is a
pyue tree standing by the pond syde, and the southwest
bounds of the said ten acrees is a spruce tree standing
by a swamp syde ; and soe from the said spruce tree
the Range Runs through a swamp ; which is the
westernmost bounds of the aforsaid fifty acrees
(iorge Bonum ;
Att a Towne meeting held att Plymouth the twenty
third day of May 1G«S1 It was ordered by the Towne
in Reference to the Corn mill That Mr PMward Gray
Leiftenant ^lorton and Willam Clarke are authorized
by the Towne To treat with Samuell Jenings and the
Rest of the ptnors about buying the Mill of him and
to come to a prise with him about it if hee be willing
Mills to sell it and incase hee Refuse to sell it ; that then
they signify to him that ihey Intend to Build another
mill ; and the Towne doe alsoe authorize them the
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said Edward Gray Leiftenant Morton and Willam
Clarke to put things in such a posture as that theire
may be another Mill Built Incase Samuell Jeuings
Refuse to sell his :
Measured and bounded seaveuty Acrees of Land
formerly Graunted unto Mr John Attwood in the 3^eer
1637 on the fift day of March as by Record may and
doth appeer, att the Northeast Corner therof it is
bounded with a Red oake sapling standing on the
North syde of a ditch Called Attwoods ditch and from
the Slid sapling the line extends west and by ICorth
Nearest unto a young Maple tree, standing in the
swamp between three Maples ; And from the said
Maple, which is Marked the line extends to a young
Atwood Red oake sapling tree Marked, standing on tlu North
syde of James Coles Land ; and the west syde of an
old ditch formerly Made by the said Attwomi ; and
from the said Red oake sapling ; the line extends East
& by North Crosse a point of upland to the swamp,
and soe eastward as the swamp lyeth till the above
said first sapling beareth North and by west; I say
Measured and bounded the 15^** day of flfebruary
1681 by
Mee Gorge Honum
Surveyor
[139.] Att a Towne meeting held att the meeting house Att
Plymouth the 22cond of August 1681
The Rators Chosen were
Serjeant harlow ) these are to make the Rates
and Willam hoskins f both for Mr Cotton and the
Country Rate for this yecr
Att this meeting the Towne voated that our pte of
This the mony due for mount hope shalbe Improved for
* other either the Repairing of the Meeting house or for the
likewise the building of A New one as occation May Reciuire
ordered
In Reference unto John harmon the Towne oixlered that
Incase any should come and sett him downe in the street of
Plymouth ; that a warrant shalbe in a Reddines to arrest the man
that sb{iU bring him and sett him downe in the street aforsaid ; or
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any pte or place within our Towushipp to answaie for brach of
law in that behalf e.
It was ordered by the Towne that Noe foraigne Indians
be prinitted to hunt within the preeints of our Towueship and
that if any shall soe doe that they be first warned to desist ; and
incase they goe on therin ; that Complaint be made of them to
the Court;
Att a Towne meeting held att the Towne of Plymouth by
the Inhabitants of New Plymouth the 30"* day of January
Ann« Dom 1681
The Towne have voted Leift Morton Mr Willam Clarke
Joseph Wanen and Joseph Bartlett To be a Comittee to take a
view of the meeting house ; and to take some speedy Course
either that it may be Repaired ; or to build a New one as they
shall sec cause and the Towne of Plymouth doth heerby engage
to defray the charge seasonably and in such specue as shalbe
Requisite ;
It is enacted by the Towne that noe houskeeper or other
in this Towne Resideing in the Towne shall entertaine any
stranger into tlieire houses above a fortnight without giveing
Inforniation to the Celect men or some one of them therof upon
the forfeiture of ten shillings a weeke for all such time as any
such stranger shalbe soe entertained and stay without the said
Information : To ])e levied on the estate of such house keepers or
others that shall neglect to Informe as aforsaid :
And incase the Celect men upon Information as
strangers aforsaid shall see cause to cither take bonds for
regulated every such stranger either ; to keep and save the
Towne harmles from any damage that may acrew
unto the Towne by the stay of such stranger or
strangers in the Towne or expcll them out of the
Towne ; The Celect men are heerby Impowered to
doe either as they shall see Reason and cause :
The Towne have Graunted unto Samuell Savory twenty
acrees of upland between Johns pond and the Cedar swamp neare
Swan hold in the Towneshipp of Plymouth ; and incase hee sell
it, that hee pte with it to pone but an Inhabitant of the Towne
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Major Bradford y
The elder Cushman j
Nathaniel Morton / were Chosen to be a Comittec to agiUite
Loift Morton i and prepare some pticular proposition
^Ir Willam Crow / to be proposed to the Towne they are to
Mr Willam Clarke \ meet on the 2cond of ffebruary concern-
and Joseph Warren jf ing the prmises ;
Joseph Bartlett ^
[140.] Att a Towne meeting held att the meeting house att
Plymouth the 13^ day of ffebruary 1G81 The Towne doe agree
that the money due to the Towne the prsent payment therof
shalbe devided according to every ones pro[)ortion of Charge
expended in the warr and to be devided by Major Bradford
and Mr Willam Crow ;
It is enacted and ordered by the Towne that noe ffree-
holder or Townsman shall sell or allianate theire privilidge iu
the Townes Comous unto any of any other Towne except bee sell
his laud therwith
It is enacted by the Towne that noe ffreeholder or
Townsman of the Towne of Plymouth shall have but oue Right
in the Comonage of the said Towne ;
Att a Towne meeting held att the meeting house att
Plymouthe 24**' of May 1682
The Celect men Chosen were Leift Morton
Willam Crow
Willam Clarke
Leift Morton and Josei)h Warren Were Chosen to be
deputies
To be Remembred by the deputies that some Course be
taken for the Restraint of soe many Indians Assembling some-
times att the North side of the Towne att the later ends of the
yeer and theire abusive Cari'iages there ;
Serjeant harlow and Willam Hoskins Chosen Grand
Jurymen
Elkanar Watson Chosen Constable
Nathaniel holmes \
Nathaniel South worth V were Chosen Surveyora of the
And Nathaniel Atwood ) high way es
It is ordered by the Towne that thirty pounds silver
mony be forthwith levied by Rate for the Repaireing of the
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Meeiiug house and to be delivered to the overseers of the vvorke
The Raters Chosen were Serjeant Willam harlow \
Willam Crow I
and Joseph howland i
Concern i eg the Mill the Towne have ordered that
Le if ten ant Morton \ shall treat with Charles Stock-
Joseph Warren and V bridge about and Concerning the
Josepli Bartlett ) building of a New Mill and to
make Report therof to the towne
[141.] Att a Towne meeting held att the meeting house att
Plymouth the V^' day of September 1G82
The Towne voated that theire land att Agawaam shalbe
sold and that the prise therof shalbe Improved for the building
of a New meeting liouse and for the defraying of other Necessary
uses behoof ull to the Towne ;
Major Bradford \ are Chosen ajid appointed by the
Leift : Morton /■ Towne to make sale therof for
and Serjeant harlow ) the Townes use as aforsaid ;
It was likwise agreed and ordered by the Towne that the
Jurisdiction of the said Land shall belonge to the Towne of
Plymouth onely ;
Moreover att the said Meeting the Towne engaged each
to other seriously That the alewives or herrings soe Called shall
not be stoped in theire Goeing up either in the half way pond
River or in any other River or Ruuett belonging to the Towne in
theire Goeing up to spaune ;
John Bradford and Thomas flfaunee are appointed by the
Towne to be Collectoi-s of Mr Cottons Hate
Serjeant harlow is appointed by the Towne to Graunt
Tieketts according to Law in such Case provided unto such as
are Nessesitated to travell on the Lords day incase of danger of
death or such like Nessesitous occations etc
Morover it was voated att the Towne Meeting held att
Plymouth the 4*'» of September 1G82 That they will take Course
that they that legally bought any Shares of Land of any Townes
men att Agawaam before the said Towne Meeting shall have
theire money Returned againe ;
Att a Towne Meeting held att the Meeting house att
Plymouth the 30 day of October 1 682 It was Joyntly agreed by
the Towne that the former Comittee viz : Leift : Morton Joseph
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Warren and Joseph Bartlett to Agree with Charles Stockbridge
about tlie dam ; and the passage to be Left for the ffish to Goe
up or any other pticulare Respecting the Mill brooke or any other
Thinge that may be Respecting the prmises ;
A prill the 7"^ 1684 att a Towne meeting; The towne
have voted the sume of fifty shillings which they will flfreely
Give and allow unto William Green towards his Cure in Meer
Pitty and Compassion to him in his prsent misery ; and not as
theire Charge ;
the towne have agreed with Gorge Bonum to take the
ale wives and to foraigners have them for 9 pence a hundred and
our Townsmen for 6 pence a hundred and take some Course with
uurully persons that hinder them from goeiug up and Coming
downe the brooke
The Towne have Graunted unto Acaunootus fifteen
acrees of Land att a place Comouly Called washanest Joyning to
a Pond to be layed out for him ;
The Towne have Graunted unto Thomas Cushman Jun :
three acrees of Meddow att the head of Jones River meddow to
be first Layed out for him and that what is left shall be to supply
others that have desired it soe farr as it will R-each ;
Joseph Warren \ are a Comittee Chosen by the
Nathaniel South worth \ Towne to Lett out Clarkes Ilaud
and Serjeant harlow ) to the best advantage they Can
for the Town
a Certaine sniale psell of land is Graunted to
Richard Wright to sett a house on being att the
Richard lower Corner of the New Street and to have it as
Wright longc as hee lives and when hee Eudeth his life to
leave it to the Towne ;
[142.] Att the Towne meeting held att Plymouth the second
of January 1(582 The Towue agreed and voted that noe Indians
shall hencforth be sett to worke in any of the Towues for the
wast in Cuting donne of any of the Timber of the Towne, as
makeing of Shingles or bolts ; or any way to the wast of the
Comons ; and that noe Indians shalbe Imployed upon any such
accompt on the penalty of whomsoever soe Im ploys them to
forfeitt five pounds silver mony, to be levied upon theire estates
for the Townes use ; nor that any Indian shall for the future be
Imployed about or worke any timber brought out of the Coiuon
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upon the same penalty and that this order to be in fforce and to
take place from the first of March next ; and it is further ordered
and agreed upon that the Celect men for the time being, be
heerby Impowered by the Towne To see to the strickt execution
of this order and to demand tlie forfeiture of the fines : for broach
of the same : and to prosecute the same to effect :
Leift Morton \ were deputed by the Towne to Agree
Joseph Warren y with workmen for the buiUling of a
and Willam Crow ) New meeting house : att I^lymouth
the length wherof is to be fforty ^\(i foot; and the breadth 40
foot ; and 16 foot in the wall
And These men to agree with workcmen fully to ffinish
the same with seats Galleryes &c in every other Respect ;
[143,] At the Towne meeting held att the meeting house att
Plymouth the 27**^ of May Ann*» 1681
The Towne have Impowered the Deputies to make
defence in plea Concerning John harman and doe heerby engage
to stand to what they shall Conclude in that liespect and the
Towne likewise engaged to pay the Charge that may arise in
that behalf
Leift : howland ; is appointed by the Towne with the
Celect men to take the Constables accoumpts that have not yet
brought in theire accoumpt to the Towne ;
The Towne have Grauntcd unto Leift: Morton twenty
five acrees of land on a place Called Warrens Wells plain e ;
Thomas ffaunce was Graunted att this meeting ten acrees
of land lying on the southwest or southerly syde of the said Land
Granted to Leif tenant Morton
Leift: Morton \
Will: Crow I were Chosen Celect men att this
Willam harlow ) meeting ;
Leift Morton and i were Chosen Deputies
Joseph WaiTen |
Andrew Ringe and j
Isacke Cushman J Grandjury men ;
John Bryant sen : Was Chosen Constable
Serjeant Tinkham
Thomas ffaunce
Jonathan Pratt \ ^""'evcra of the higl, waycs
Elkanar Watson
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William Bradford Jim :
Elkanah "VVatson
Nathaniel Wood
Isackc Cusliman
Willam Shirtlo}'
Steven Bryant Jun :
Samuell Gardiner
and John Gray
tookc the oath of fidellity
and desire to be pro|>osed
to the Court to take up
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Att the Town meeting held att the meeting house att
Plymouth the 17**^ day of June 1G83 the towne voted
to allow 25 € silver niouy towards the building of a
Cart Bridg att the Eelriver provided that the fouro
southeren Townes by order of Court feirmly oblidged.
not onely to Give twenty pound att the prsent ;
Therunto ; but alsoe that ever for the future the said
Townes be Ingaged : to pay theire Just proportions,
as the Townes are Rated in the Country Rates towaixls
the raaintainance of the said Eelriver bridge, and
Joneses River bridg alsoe ;
Att this Meeting Joseph Bartlett and Ephraim
Morton Jun : agreed with the towne for the sume of
twenty five pounds to build a bridge over the Eelriver
which together with the twenty pounds allowed by
the four southeren townes ; wilbe full satisfaction for
the building of the said bridge ;
The towne have likewise engaged to allow three
pounds silver mony for and towards the building of a
bridge over Jones River for the use and Conveniency
of the Naighborhood which bridge shalbe for hoof
and foot provided the Conditions and proportions doe
suckseed Concerning the Eelriver bridg above written :
[144.] Deputies Chosen
Leiftenant Morton
Joseph Warren
Constable
John Bryant Jun :
Leiftenant Warren ^
) Serjeant harlow ^
) Joseph Warren
Joseph howland
William Clarke
Celectenien
Grandjur^nnen
Thomas ffaunec
Jonathan Shaw
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Surveycrs of the liighwayes Joseph Bartlett
John Rickard Jim
Robert Ransoii
Samuell Sturtivant
Att the Towne meeting held att the meeting house att
Plymouth the 14 of July 1684
Joseph Bartlett and Ephraim Morton Jun : accnolidged
that they had Received the full and Just sume of twenty five
pounds in silver of the Constable for theire makeing tiieire bridge
att the Eel river
thirty acrees of Land was Graunted to Joseph Warren
buting upon the 20 acrees of land formerly Graunted unto him by
the Towne and Runing up by the brooke comonly Called the
double brookes ; hee allowing a Convenient highway through
or by it ;
Wheras in the yeer 1673 the sixteenth of May ; the towne
did Graunt unto Mr Willam Crow 4 acrees of meddow or
Meddowish Ground lying on the uper end att the east Corner of
the widdow Sturtivants meddow at Moonponsett to be layed out
to him by Captaine Bradford, which said Meddow or Meddowish
Ground lyeth on the east syde of Thomas Cushmans meddow ;
and ; soe up stream on both sides of the maine brooke
It is Now ordered and Graunted by the Towne that
Mistris Crow shall have her meddow Land where it is Granted
upon that brooke or elsewher ; if it be not there to be found ;
John Bryant was allowed by the Towne fifteen shillings
for Gathering in the minesters Rate the last yeer; and for
gathering in all the Rates of this prsent yeer as towne Country
and Minnesters Rate : hee is likewise allowed : thirty shillings ;
The bound Marks of Robert Barrows meadow lying
upon southers Marsh Brook at the Easterly End of a
seder ^wamp on the westerly or southwest End A
spruce tree marked standing in a swamp and soe to
Robert the shore to a maple tree Marked on foure sides &
Barrow from thence up the brook to a pine tree Marked on
Meadow 4 sides standing in the meadow on the northerly side
of the brook and from thence to a maple tree nearc
the shore standing on the southerly side of the brook
marked on 4 sids
William Rings Meadow Lying upon southers marsh
brook is bounded by Robert Barrows ; on the North-
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erly side of y brook is a pine tree marked on four
sids standing in the Meadow and from thence to a
maple tree Marked standing nearc the sliore on the
Will : sontherl}' side of the Brook & soe from thence up
Rings the brook neare an old beavour dam on the northerly
Meadow side of the brook A spruce and a pine tree Marked
on foure sids on the southerly side of the brook
A j>ine tree Marked on 4 sids standing by the upland
This Meadow was laid out and bounded
By Me George Bonam Junior
Surve)'or
[145.] Att a meeting of the Towne of Pkmouth on the
24*^^ of November 1684
The Towne desired and Appointed Major William Brad-
ford John Bradford Nathaniell Southworth Leiftenant howland and
Isacke Cushman to be agents in theire behalfc ; That if an3' shall
or doe Intrud within tlie Northerly line of the Towne Grauntod by
the Court as doth apeer upon Record that they shall oppose
them and the Towne by these prsents doe engage to defend tlicm
in that Case ;
The Towne did order Joseph Warren and Joseph Bartlett
to ffinish our southerly Line betwixt Sandwich and the Towne of
Plymouth ;
Att this townemeeting the towne Graunted unto John
Barrow thirty acrees of Land lying between the path that Gocth
from Plymouth to Bridge water and the path that Goeth up to
Joseph Kinges farme, and the Towne have appointed and desired
Major Bradford to Lay it out for him ;
Att the meeting held att the meeting house att Plymouth
the 18* day of May 1685 the officers chosen to serve were
Cunstable John Rickard senior Cunstable
Leift Morton .
Leift Joseph howland v Celectmen
Isacke Cushman )
Joseph Warren sen : ) c <• u- i
, *^ ^ , I Surveyors for high wayes
James Cole f & ^
Grand jurymen serjeant harlow
Barach Jourdane
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Major Bradford \
Leif tenant Morton I Commission ated to Rnn a west
Left: howland \ line on the North side of the
John Bradford I Towne
Joseph Warren 1
The Land of Jolm Barrow layed oiit nere Monponsett
according to the order of the Towne of plymouth the 3d of
August 1G89 The bounds Westerly is a Red oake tree Marked
of foure sides by Bridgwater path on the south syde so Rainging
soutlierly to a white wood tree standing neere a swamp from there
Rainging by the swamp side Easterly to a white oake Marked on
foure sides and soe Rainging northerly for waht of lands Grose
Bridgwater paith home to the land of frances Curtice Laid out
by William Bradford
and Georg Bonum Sr
[146. ] Wee whose Names are underwritten being Chosen by tlie
Towne of Plymouth and sworn in the yeer of our Lord 1684 to
Lay out the Kinges highway Throughout our Towneship have
Layed them out as followeth ;
ffrom our Towne Bridge to a heapc of stones att our
* New street end on the westward side of the old way ; from thence
to a heape of stones at the first brooke on the southwest side and
a Rocke on the North East syde from thence to the second brooke
the ffence on the Northwest syde and an heape of stones on the
southwest syde soe to ^ strawberry hill to a heape of stones on the
Westward side of the aforsaid old way ; soe to the Mile Rocke
on the eastward side of the aforsaid old way from thence to a
Sapling marked Against John Doties allies Dotenes feild forty
pole bounded with a stake and an heap of stones soe to the Land
of Goodman Tinkham alonge the old Road ; Leaveing his flfence
on the east side and from that flfence 40 foot westward soe to a
heap of stones bounded on the Eastside against Samuell Kinges
orchyard soe to a heap of stones on the east side of Nathaniell
Southworth flfence soe to the house of Gootlraan Bryants bounded
with a heape of stones on the west side ; and soe alonge the old
Road to • Mr Crowes land to a heape of stones on the west syde
and soe alonge the old Roade to a smal pecked Rocke on the
' *' New street " is what is now North Street.
2 " First Brook " is the small brook which crosses Court Street south of
Samoset Street. "Second Brook " crosses Court Street in front of the estate
of Koswell 8. Douglass, and *' Strawberry Hill" is the hill on the easterly side
of ('ourt Street, on which stands the Summer cottage of Charles S. Davis.
* Mr. Crowes land was at Seaside.
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east syde and soe alonsr the old Road to the land of ^ John Gray
bounded on the eastward side with a heap of stones and soe
along the okl Road leaveing William Shnrtleyes house on the
eastside and soe to smelt Brooke to a heap of stones on the west
syde soe by an hea[)e of stones on the westward side on Samuell
ifullers to a heap of stones on the eastward side in Isacke
Cushmans flfence ; soe to a stump with a heap of stones abont
it in Elder Cnshmans land so to a heap of stones on the westward
side soe to the end of the Cans way of Joneses River Bridge
bounded with a Roeke on the west syde and soe along the
Causway to the bridge ; and the way to bridgwater to Run up
from the old Road l)etwixt Elder Tiiomas Cushmans and Elkanah
Cushmans land Marked att the old Road that Goes to Jones
River with a heap of stones about a stump on the southerly side
to a Red oake tree on the southerly side And soe along the oI(J
Road that Goes to '^ Pirakin Bridge with severall bound upon the
southerly side and Northerly syde ;
ffor the westward Bounds Next Midlebery
A white oake tree on the southward side of the way
marked with P and soe alonge the old Road to a Red oake tree
att Mahuckett broke soe along to the old Road to the house of
Daniell Ramsden ; bound with an heap of stones soe to a white
oak on the south side of the way to an oak sapling against
Ephraim Tilsons Land and soe to a great tree marked on the
south side of the way and soe to the Corner of Robert Ransoms
ffencc bounded on the south with an lieape of stones neare
lakenham brooke ; soe allong the old Road to hunting house
brooke with a white oake tree marked on thn south side of the
way and allong the Road to Arthers swamp a white oake tree
marked on the south side of the way and soe along the Road to
spring hill : a white tree Marked on the south side of the way and
soe along the old Roade to the pting wayes a Red oake marked
with a heapc of stones
[147.] about it and soe along the Road to sparrowes hill
a pyne tree marked on the south side of the waj' & soe along the
old way to woods feeld a white oake marked on the south side
the way, and soe to Goodman flhiueyes land a heap of stones
1 The land of Jolin (Jray was at Rocky Nook.
-TIic location of Pinikin or Pipkin Bridge it ia diftioiilt to det«nnine. It is
qnite probable that it crossed Fountain Uea<l Brook, wliicli crosses the Bridge-
water road in the westerly i)art of Kinjifston.
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laied about a walnut Bapling and soe along the old Road to
^ Squirrills Rocke & soe along the old Road to Plymouth towne
brook leaveing the bridge on the East side soe allong the old
Road way to a tree marked on the south side of the way neare
Gyles Riekards land soe to the Northerly end of the training
Green a heap of stones on the westward side of the way and soe
along the old Road to Wellingsly booke bounded on the west side
with a peeked Rocke with som stones about it and soe to the
southerly end of wellingsly hill bounded with an heap of stones
the west syde the way ; soe to the southeast side of Eliaezer
Churchills land a heap of stones oi» the west side of the way and
soe up the valley to a Grat Roeke on the west side of the way
and soe along the old Road to Left : Mortons Land a Red oake
marked on the west side the way and soe along the old Road
to goodman ffinneses land, a Red oake marked on the west side
of the way and soe along as the way Now Runes to Mr William
Clarkes brooke and soe over the brook to a heap of stones on the
south syde of the brooke on the west syde rf the way soe to a
white oake tree neare the house of Thomas f'^nnces on the south
side the way soe to a heapc of stones on the south side of the way
and soe over the Eelriver bridge to a heap of stones on the south
syde of the way neare the bridge and soe along the old Road to
a heap of stones near the Corner of Joseph Warrens Barne on
the southwest side of the way and soe along the old Road to two
Rockes in James Barnabes land on the west side of the way soe
to a white oake marked and soe to a Red oake Marked and soe
to the old Road and there a Red oake tree marked all on the old
westerly side of the way soe to a Red oake tree Neare the woolf
trape soe to a walnute tree marked both on the south side the
way soe to Run throw the land of Joseph Warren att the
Eelriver Swamp thcr a spruce tree Marked on the west side the
way and soe over the brook to a Red oake tree on the west side
the way ; and soe along tlie Eelriver swampside leaveing the
swamp on the east side of the way soe to a pyne tree marked on
the west syde of the way soe to a Red oake marked soe to the
old path soe along to * Clam Pudding pond leaveing the pond on
1 Squirrel Rock ntood on Summer Street near the LoiigHouse, so called, above
Robinson's Iron Mill.
''^''Clam Pudding Pond" is on the easterly side of the Sandwich road, as it
now stands between the old Cornish tavern and the Thrasher neigh l>or hood.
It is sometimes called in the records Olampudder, and its name is not thought
by the editor to have any reference to either clams or pudding.
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tlie west side of the way soe alonge the old way to * saltwater jwiid
severall trees marked on the west side of tlie way are tliere 2
wliite oake trees marked on tlie way west side of the wa^' soe
along the ponds^'de leaveing the pond on tlie Kastward side of
the way soe along to the white oak tree marked and an heap of
stones on the westward side of tlie way soe to a sraal Hun of
water Neare Jonathan Moro^TS and soe to a while oake tree
Marked on the east side of the way soe to a Rocke and a pine
tree tree Marked on the west side of tlie way soe over a smale
neck of land witii a Red oake tree marked on the westsule of
the way and then to a pyne tree marked on the westerly side of
the way and soe bonnded by the Clifts & Saltwater to the
southerly end of ri)'nioiith bounds ;
Leift Ephraim Morton
Jonathan Shaw sen :
Abraham Jackson sen :
Barach Jonrdaine
Gorge Morton
Isake Cushman
Leift Joseph howland
Joseph Warren sen
Jonathan Barnes
"VVillam harlow sen :
Nathaniell Southworth
Joseph Bartlett
[148.] Major Will : Bradford
Mr John Cotton
Mr Thomas Cushman
John Bradford
Samuel Bradford
Jacob Cooke
Mr Joseph Bradford
Thomas Cushman
Isack Cushman
Elkanah Cushman
Leftenant Joseph howland
William Shertly
(^ileb Cooke
' Saltwater Poiul is at Elliaville.
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Francis Cook
Benjamine Eatou
Benjameu Eaton Ju
John Gray
John Barow
Richard Wright
John Stiirtevnnt
Steven B riant Sen or
John Brian t Jiinor
Samuel fuller
nathaniel South worth
Samuell Kinge seuor
Jolln Doten
John holmes
John Cobb
nathaniel wood alies atwood
Edward Doten
Sergeant James Cole
Abraham Jackson
Samuell Dimham senor
(ieorge Bonom senior
Goorg Ixmam Junior
Andrew Ringe
(ieorge Watson
Jonathan Barnes
John Briant Sen :
Robert Barow
Serjeant will : harlow
Joseph Dounham
Joshua [iratt
John Jordain
Barock Jordain
Gyles Rickard senor
John Hick a id senior
floseph faunee
nathaniell holmes
Samuell harlow
John Drew
Eliezur Churchill
Joseph Churchill
George ^I or ton
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Leftenant Ephraim mortoii
Thomas inorton
Robard finny
Samuell Gardian
Josiali morion
nathaniel morion
Will: Clarke
Thomas ffanuce
Ephraim morton Jnnior
Samuell Rider
Thomas Lasell
Thomas Clarke
James Clarke
William harlow
Joseph Bartlet
Jonathan morey
John morton
Samuell Dunham Junor
John Dunham scnor
Jonathan Shaw
Robert Ransom
Ephraim tilson
Jonathan prat
John Rickard Junor
Elkanah Watson
Will Ring
Eliazur Ring
Giles Riekaixl Jnnor
Stephen Brian t Junor
John pratt
Elkiah tincom
Eleazer Dowuham
Eliazier Cushman
John nelson
George Bon am
John Waterman
James Warren
Joseph Warren
Robert Bartlet
Samuel Lucas
Benony Lucas
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Ephraira Cole
John Mordo
uath : liaiiow
John Cole
John Churchill
William Churchill
Jonathan shaw Junior
Joseph Bartlet Junior
John foster
Joiin Carver
Benjamin Warren
Thomas Clarke
James Win slow
tFohn Barnes
Ehenazar holmes
Will: harne-
flames Clarke Junior
on the 11)''' of December 101)8
Nathaniell Warren
was voatted a Townsman
[149.] At a towne meeting held at the meeting house at
Plymouth by Townsmen Thierof July 6 lt)85
The Towne Chose Thomas faunce To be their towne
Clarke
Then allso the towne Chose major bradford and Josei)h
warren to be thier agents at the Court to answer the townes
presentment Relating to Joneses Kiver bridge, and to acte on the
townes behalf witli the agents of the foure other townes who are
ingaged with this towne to repaire said bridge for its reparation
At a towne meeting held at plymouth the 27 day of
July 1G85
Serjeant harlow ^
^ , ^ I f was Chose by the towne to be their
Isack Cuslnnau y -^
, ., .,, I Kators for the hole year
Jonathan Jshaw ) -^
At this meeting the towne granted to Mr John Cotton
Thirty acers of land Liing on the norwest side of the Land that
Edward Doten Bought of nn- will : crow ; and soe to extend
northerly to thee walck path and soe to liuu up in to the woods
for thee Length
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At this towne meeting tlie towue granted to nalhauiell
wood 2 aceres of Land Ling at the first Brook nere to John
Rickards I^and only A Cart way to be left bet wen them for ihc
neighborhood to goo up into the woods
At this meeting Lefteuant morton and serjeaut harlow
were Chosen to tack an aconent of those Constabels that iiave not
yet geven in their acounts of Rates Com mi ted lo them to jjatiier
At this towne meeting the towne voated to alow to widow
warren 3 shillines per week for diating will greue deuring tiie time
hee is with her to diate
At this towne meeting It was Agreed nppon by thee
towne That thee Rates Both for Cuntrey & towne Charge should
be made in one & the same speasey ; and that the Dei)utic's and
Grand jurymen shall have but 2 shillings per day Apeece for
theire servis At the Courts
At a towne meeting held at i)ly mouth the 12"' day of
October 1685 Thee Towne Chose and Comisianated major Brad-
ford Lefteuant morton Lefton : how land Joseph warren & Jolm
Bradford Either to agree with the Ageants of Medelburrow witii
Respect to the head line or to Run It Acording to Court graut
soe far as to take in the south meadowes
[150«] The bounds of Nathanell Woods 2 Acres of land
granted to him by the towne of plymouth one the south side
off the firat Brouck soe Called is as folloeth the north Corner A
Rock stone set into the ground and Ranging twenty poule one the
southwest side of the Common Road to a stone set into the ground
and soe Runing sixteene poule southwest to a stone set iuto the
ground and soe Ranging Northwest twenty poule to a stone set
into the ground
Mesured By nice P^phraim morton senior ordered By
the towue
The Bounds of the 12 acres of Land Laid out by Geoi-ge
Bonam and andrew Ring unto Samuell King Junor is jus folloeth
buting upi)on deepwater swamp bounded with a stake ui)pon a hill
at the southwest Corner and Runeth northwest 38 pole to a small
Red oake by the Cartway at the westermost bound from thence to
a small Red oake at the north £ast Cornour upon a side hill
above princes botom and Runeth along to a small pine tree ui)0U
the side hill & soe Crosing the Cartway that Cometh from depc-
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water & that Cartway is to be alowed and it Roncth along one the
west side of a letle Round Swamp and to a small white oke by
deep water swomp March ye 11 1683*
The bounds between John Gray and Caleb Cooke are as
folloeth Att the East end a small Rocke and a heap of stons
about it and ffrom tliat bound to the Common Rode & ther
bounded by a Walnut tree marked one fouer sides and a heape of
stoDs att the foot and from that bound to a Run astraite Corse
to A heap of stons by the Cart way that goeth up to Joneses
River medow and to John Grais land from that bound Last
Kxpresed Raingeth With Samuell ffuUere land to A heepe of
Btons one the southward side of the above sd way to the Red
swamp and ther bounded by a heape of stons and from the
wester Cornor bound which is a pine tree marked one four sids
standing uppon ^ Rcyboth hill these bounds last Exprd is the
•liaing between Caleb Cooke and John Grais land at the head of
sd Grais land Rainged and bounded the 9*** day of March 1G85*
pr mee Ephraim Morton senor surveior to the towne of plymouth
[151 •] Att a town meting heild att plymouth the 17^ day
of may 1686
Tiie Celect men Chosen were Lef tenant Morton serjant
barlow & Joseph warren senor
The Deputies were Leftenant morton and Joseph warren
senor
The Grand Jurymen were Isack Cushman and Eliazur
Cimrchill Isak Lobdeli
The Constable is John Doten
The survairs Chosen were Samuell Rider John Doten
samuell sturtevant and Jonathan Shaw ;
John Att this meting the towne granted unto John Doten
Doten senor of plymouth ffouer acrees of medow lying uppon
sen'' mahuchet broke and the sd Doten shall take it one
both sides of the broke and the sd Doten shall hold it
by vertew of the towns Wright
in Respect to William hoskins and Ephraim tilsons
liequest for the towne to stand by them to defend theire wrights
of lands that John tomson and John soule Challenges to be the
1 •* Reyboth hill," sumotimes in the rei^ortls called Uehoboth and Raabath
hill is on the southwest siUe of the old road round Spirit's pasture at Rocky
^ook.
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propriators of a seitain tract of laud purchised by Captain
Thomas soutliwoith of Josiah Wompatuck the towns answer is
tliat the}^ arc Resolved to stand for ther Whrits which they have
both from grant of the Court and alsoe by posession nbove
this 40 years
Att A towne metiug held at plymouth the 9^^ day of
June 1686 major Bradford and Leftenant Morton Were Requested
and Im powered by tlie towne to goe aloug With those Gentellmen
appointed by the Court to sctle the northerly bounds of the towue
At this meting the towue Requested Major bradford to answer
the towns presentment for the Want of a pound as alsoe the
towne agreed with John Rickard senor to build a pound of forty
foot stpiare 6 foot hy the posts to be white oai;e the Rails to be
substaiiishall sedor Rails Every top Raile to be pined and to set
this pouud above the Roiie at the head of ^ new streete End
Att a towne meting held at plymouth the 19^** diiy
John of July 1686 the town graunted unto John pratt
Prat twenty acres of land lying upon the westerly side of
Dotcns pond and to be laid out by the descresiou
of the survaior so as to take in his now dweliiig
house att this meeting the towne granted to Robert
Robt Ransom tweuty foot of land square uere to the wnic
Ransom houses below John Rickards
John At this metiug the town graunted unto John
Rickard Rickard Junior thirty foott of land s(piarc below the
Junior hill by the shore side uere to the Ware houses
Att this meting the towne granted unto Thomas
Thos Ilewes the Improvement of five acrees of u[)land
Hewes att saaquash for five years provided that he Cany
nothing to prigudice the medows there nor Cut
downe the wood Within forty foot of the bauk on
the southerly side therof
Major Bradford Eider Cushman Leftenant niorton Isack
Cushman and John Bradford these or aney 4 of them arc
authorized to act for the town as agents in there behalf With
Reference to the northerly bounds of the town
[152«] Att a towne meting held at plymouth the 30"* of
august 1 ^%Q Gorge Morton is graunted ten acres of
1 ICew Street was North Street.
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Geo : land at a place Comouly Caled &. Known by the name
Morton of the ^ hy Ridg together with a small percell of
swamp land Joyning to it be it 3 acres more or Less
At this meting Jonathan Barnes and Robert Ransom
Had the towns aprobation to keepe ordenarys for this
present yeare Att this town meting Elkanah Cushman
Was graunted 4 acres of meddow be it more or less
Joyning unto the brook that comes out of Jons river
meddow on the northerly side of the brook
Measured and bounded unto Elkanah Cushman
Klk* foure acrees of meddow Which was graunted unto
Cushman him by the towne Which sd meddow lyeth on the
northerly syd of the brook that Cometh out of Jons
river meddow the bounds of the sd meddow are us
followeth begining at a stake & a heapc of stones it
being the south bounds by the brook and soe Runing
norwest to a Red oake sapling which being Crows
bounds and soe Runing along the side of the Hand
to a mapell bush marked on 4 sids which sd bush
standelh in the meddow being the West Cornor and
soe from thence northeast to a while oake tree marked
on 4 sides standing on the upland and soe Runing
down East to a white oake tree marked on foure sids
standing upon the upland and soe from thence
southeast to a stake and heap of stons by the brook
and soe Runing down the brook to the stake and heap
of stons first Expresed the brook being the bounds
on the southeast end September the 2 1G86
pr mee Gorge Bonam senor
An agreement Made between Isac Cushman and John
Gray and Jacob Cooke each of them Inhabetants of the towne
of plymoutii as Respecting the setteling the bounds of their lots
of meddow lying on the Westerly end of Jons River meddow is
as followeth the Corner bounds on the south side of the meddow
l)etween sd Jacob Cooke and sd John Gray is a Red oake marked
on fouer sydes standing on the upland and soe Rainging from
thence to the north side of sd meddow to a small Red oake
marked on 4 sids With scverall staks standing in sd Raing also
on the other side of the sd Grays loot the Corner bound between
1 The *' High Ridp^e " here referred U) wfts near the iiwk »t the heacl of
HobB Hole Brook.
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the sd gray and the said Cushman on tlie south side of sd me<idow
is a Red oake marked on fouer sids standing on the West side of
a small Hand or hummach of upland & soe Rainging northwanl
to a stake standing on the meddow in the Westerly side of sd
Cushmans Uoot; of meddow which he bought of Mr Joseph
bradford of plymouth with scverall stakes standiug in sd Raiiig
and soe Rainging from that sd stake Westerly to a white oake
marked on fouer sids standing on a point of upland unto Which
Agreement Wee the above Written have set to our hands the
Eighteenth day of august 1686
Isac Cushman
Joh Gray
Jacob Cooke
[153«] Lef tenant Houland John Sturtevant and Nathaniell
Southworth were Chosen by the town to serve at the County
Court upon the Jury
John Downham William Sliurtly Elkanah Cushman and
John Briant Junor Were Chosen to serve at the Court of assistants
At a town meting held at plymouth the 27*** of September
1686 the town voatted and ordered the Reraoveall of Sariih
Downhams houce and to be set up at the houce of Giles Ricknrdb
senior
At this town meting ^ James Cool Jonathan Mory senior
Abraham Jackson senior John Rickard and the Widdow Rickard
had each of them the towns aprobation to keep ordenaryes for
this present yeare
At this meting the town agreed With Samuell Downham
Junior for the Ringing the bell and sweeping the meting house
for this present yeare and the towne is to alow the sd Downham
twenty five shillins for his worke
The Bounds of the laud settled betwen Steven briant
senior and Nathaniel Southworth by Georg Bonham survayor
as ffolloeth first a stone set up by a stump which was the antient
bounds upon the Eastward side of the high Way upon the south
side of the Brooke 2 and so it Runneth upon a west southwest
poynt a little southerly to a hummuek that stands upon A hill at
the head of the afore : sd Steven briants loot and soe to Run
1 '• Loot" evidently means lot.
' Jayies Cool mean's James Cole, who kent a tavern in Leyden Street, on the
site now occupied by the house of W. H. H. Weston,
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upon the same poynt from that humack Eighty |)*)le further to a
Red oake tree upon the north syde of the brooke which is the
uppermost head bounds Betwixt tlieni
At A town Meting held at plymouth the 9*** day of
febuawary 168G 87 Josepli Bartlet Jolm Bradfoi-d & Eplnnim
Morton Were Chosen to serve upon the Jury at the County Court
The Bounds of a Certain tract or neck of land G ran n ted
by the town unto Gorg Bonam senor lying near unto fresh lake is
as followeth the northermost bounds on the south side of the
brook is a mapell tree marked on four sids and from thence to a
sraal Red oake southward standing upon a point of land lying on
the North side of the Cart Way that goeth into the above sd
neck of land and soe Rainging southward to a spruce tree stand-
ing by ^ lout pond side and so from sd spruce tree Runeth along
the pond side to a swamp that lieth betwen lout pond and fresh
lake the pond being the bounds on the West side and the brook
that Cometh out of fresh lake is the bounds on the North side
[154.] At a town meting held att plimouth the G^ day of
June 1687
The Celect men Chosen by ye town Were
Leftenant Joseph Howlaud
Joseph Warren senor
and Isaac Cushmau
Mr William Clarke Chosen Constable
The survairs Were
Abraham Jackson senor
John Gray
Jams Warren
Jonathan praat
The 9**' day of June 1687 8
It is Agreed Betwen Gorge Bonan senor as overseer unto
Ruhamah Willis estate and Jonathan Barns both of plimouth
before Major brad ford Serjeant harlow & Joseph Warren senor
That the bounds betwen Jonathan barnses Ware houce and the
land of Ruhamah Willis That the sd Barnes shal Com no farther
upward towards her houce then three foott from liis Ware houce
at the Easterly Cornor Wher A stone is sett into the ground and
1 " Lout" is an obsolete word derived from the Latin word " lutuiu," and
means probably " muddy."
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soe to Run towards the southwest to Another stone set into the
ground Against the sd barncses fence and then tlie sd barnes is
to Run upward to the Cornor of his fence wliere is another stone
set into tlie ground and soe from thence we are bounded bj
goodman Watsons garden spot where is a stoone set iuto the
ground 4 foott or therabouts at the Southwest Cornor of tlie sd
barnes ground unto Wliich Agreement the above sd Gorge
Bouam and Jonathan Barnes have meutually set to there hands
Gorge Bo nam
Jonathan Barnes
The bounds betweext yo land of John Doty and John
holmes Is as folloeth A stone set into the ground by the Water
side and Another stone sett into ye ground forty pole up W^est
southwest And on the same point to the Comon Rode and there
bounded With A Walnut tree marked
Ephraim Morton
Joseph Warren
Joseph houland
[155.1 At a town meting held at plimouth the 15*** day of
august 1687
Leftenant Morton Was Chosen Comisioner by the town
to act With the Celect men of said town with Referance to oixlers
from the Counsell Respecting the Celect men of the town of
plimouth
Att this meting the town Imployed Joseph Bartlet senor
to provid the Measures Scales and Weights for ye towns use
accordding to order of the Councell Relating to the town of
plimouth Which the sd bartlet doth promise to do Within A
month after the date above Written and to Return an account of
the Cost thereof unto the town and the town doth promise to
Repay the sd Bartlet With all Convenient speed
At this meting Samuell Down ham senor deClared himself
sattesfied for his servise in Ringing the bell the last yeare
At this meting Leftenant Morton and serjant harlow
were desiered by the towne to take the acount of the Constable
of the Rats Committee to him to gather
At A town Meting held att plimouth the 24* day of
August 1687 At this meeting it was propounded to the town
whether they Judged them selves able to pay to Mr Cotton the
summe of 90 pd as they had done of late yeare the affirmative
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being put to voate but soni hands were held up tho Nccr.itive vote
being Called for many more hands were held up uiM)n which it
Was farther voted that the maintenance of the minester for this
present yeare 1G87 should be by the free subscription of Every
one & those promises to be ackowlidged A dew debt and that the
sd summes promised are and shall be duly paid in October and
Aprill as was in former years promised
It was further voted that the prises of grain shall be
Wheat at 4 shillings a bushell ; Ry and barly at 3 shillings Indian
Corne at 2 shiling 6 pence
The men appointed by the towne to see what persons
would give) (for Lakenham Wenatuxet and munponset Jonathan
Shaw & Robert Ransom senor ; for the north end of the towne
John Bradfoixl and Klkanah Cushman and from the town brook
southward Ephraim Morton Junior and Thomas flfaunce
The Towne have made Choice of the Celect men to make
the Rate Relating to the town Charges
[156.] New plimouth ffebruary the 10**» 1679
Measured and bounded unto Joseph Warren senior
twenty Acrees of land granted him by the towne
of plimouth Lying and being on the southward side
of Ephraim Mortons land att the elleriver and on
the Eastward side of a Cart way that Leads to the
Hering pond att the Westward End and Northward
side thereof It is bounded with a stone set into the
ground betwene and nere the Kings Road and the
aforesd waie that goes to the hering pond Also by
Which is a Red oake Iree marked from Which stone
the Line Extends east southerly Nineteene degrees
one halfe unto A stone set Into the ground on the
Westward sid of the shingle brooke from which stone
the line is soe to Extend home to the sd brooke as
the brooke Runeth to be the Eastward End bound
of the said land and on the Westward end and south-
side of the sd land It is bounded With a stone set
into the ground in the duble Brooke swamp on the
Eastward side of the • aforesd Cart Way that goes
over the afore said duble brook and from the said
stone in the swampe the line Extends Eastward to a
stone set into the ground Aboute the midle of the
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south side line from which stone the line extends to
A stone set into the ground on the Westward side of
the shingle brooke and so home to the Brooke and
this land is at the westward end therof to biilt
for this liome to the Cart way or path that goeth to the
grant se afor sd heren pond ; Within the Com passe of these
page 91 bounds is alowanee made for the Kings Road that
lyeth through the land The East end is Broader then
the west end by Reason of the sworn p
per William Crow surveior
The dimentions of the bounds of the Elder Thomas
Cushmans six lotts of land lying betwcn Samuel fuller on the
south side and Joseph Bradford on the North side by an old ditch
att the foot and by a stake and a heap of stones att the head
being twelve score pole from foot to head and fi-oni sd ditch att
the foot or scirt of the squar Raing six score pole to the North-
ward to A white oake Marked on 4 sides & thence terning About
and Runing twelve score pole to A pine tree Marked on 4
sides thence Runing directly six score pole to the heape of stones
and stake Above mentioned
The ditch and heap of stones first mentioned is the
mutually Ackowledged bounds betwen Thomas Cushmans land
& Samuel ITullers land & the bounds last mentioned are the
bounds Mutually Acknowledged betwen sd Cushman and Insine
Bradford the land Abuting on the saltmaish at the Easter end,
March 22^ 1686 Bounds setled by me Ephraim Morton senior
ther survior for the Towne of plimouth for the Elder Thomas
Cushman of plimouth
[157.] Att A towne meting held att plimouth the 23"* day of
January 1687, 88 ,
^Att this meting an order from his Excelency was
published Whereon hee did Require the sd towne of plimouth to
appere before his excelencey To make out there title to Clarks
Island Whereupon a voat being Caled for to know the towns
answer The towne haveing Considered thereof do Answer that
they are Resolved to defend there Rite in the above sd Hand to
there utmost according to law and therefore Chose a Committey
1 Sir Edmund Andros declared the titles of all public lands vested in the
erown. The town expended so nnioh money in resisting the claim of Andn*
to Clark's Island that it was finally obliged after the accession of William and
Mary and the deposition of Audros, to sell the Island.
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to Consider of and fully to act in the to mis bchalfc to defend
there Rite in the above sd Hand Ither l)y Bnin one of tliem or by
sum otiier person Whom they shall think ineete to Improve
therein and the townc doth promise to l:i!cc Care to defray the
Char«;e therof And thereupon did Agre.^ th it a Rate of ten
ix)unds in silver shouhl be forthwith made
The Committy Chosen to act in the towns belialf to
defend the towns Rite In Clarks Hand Were
Lef tenant niorton
Joseph houland
Josci)h Warren Senor
Isaac Cusliman
Nathan iell South worth
Joseph Bartlet
John Bradford
Att the above sd meting on the 2.*) *' of January Serjant
Harlow was Chosen by the Celect men and Cunstable to be the
Sealer of Weights and measures for the towne of pi i mouth
Att This meting the towne ordered that the Records of
sundrey psels of uplands and medow Ian Is should be Trance-
scribed Into the towne book That was formerly granted by a
Committe Chosen to graunt lands <& lay in loose papers
The bonds of fifty Acrees of l:iud Graunled by the
Towne to Mr. Thomas Cushman is as f 'Uoweth lying in the
Towneship of plimouth and on the norliierly side of a lettle
brookc Comonly Caled and known by the name of Colchester
brook the southermost bound att the Kast end is A maple tree
Marked on 4 sides and soe along the brook G score ix)le to A Red
oake tree Marked on 4 aides and from sd tree Rainging North-
wards 78 i)ole to A white oake tree Marked thence Rainging
Eastward 6 score pole to A birch tree Marked on 4 sides standing
in a swamp Survied and measured By
Georg Bon am Surveyor
to the Towne of plimouth
The bounds betwen the meadows of deacon Nathaniel
Wood and John Barrows which sd meadow Lyetli at the south
meadow & is bounded as flfolloweth from A pine tree Marked on
4 sides on the south side of the meadow & soe staked across the
meadow to a stump on the North side
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[158«] These are to Witnes That John harnmn have sold to
Edward Gray my Grant of upland &
the medow medow given mee by the towne Thirty
lyes where Robert acrees of upland and Two Acrces of
Lathum mowed medow lying about monix>n8et pond ujwu
upon monpouset Consideration of A Reokning betwen him
meadow and I; and so do by these presence
Resigne up unto goodmnn Gray all my
Rites and Intrest of my grant alx)ve
mentioned unto all Which I John hermou
do sett to my hand this 11'** of June 1667
John Hcrmon
Witnes Will: Hoskins
This was Acknowledged the 22***
of September before
Thomas Prence Gov '
Two acrees of meadow Laid out for John harmon alt
turkey swamp Below Mr William Bradford below that which was
laid out for Joseph Houland and is bounded on the north with a
white oake standing in upon the Hand and on the west with a
white oake standing in a swompe and lyes by the swomp syde to
the bounds of Samuell Stirtevant and on the north with a seder
and a stake on the side
Ten acrees of land lying on the Northwest syde of
Wenetuxet and is bounded with a Red oake on the foot and on
the East with A white oake by the River side and with a white
oake on the north Corners with a white oake Twenty acrees on
the northwest end of Turke swomp Round about with the swomp
and a white oake marked on the west end
Gorg Bonam survair
New plimouth laid out to P^phram mortou on the 12*
day of March 1691 forty Acrees of upland lying on the southerly
side of the shingle Brook and is bounded as followeth bounded
at the northerly Corner with a Red oake tree Marked on four
sids and from sd tree the line extends south souwest eigh score
pole to A white oake tree Marked on 4 sids and a heap of stones
by it which is the northermost Corner bound at the southerly end
and from sd tree the line to extend east southeast forty pole to
a small pine tree marked on four syds which is the eastermost
Corner lx)und at the southerly end and from sd tree the line
extends North and by east eigh scor pole to A standing pine tree
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on a hill side marked on four aids which is the easier]}' Corner
lx)nnd at the Northerly end and from sd tree the line to extend
west and by north 40 iK)Ie to the Red oak tiee flret mentioned
Surveyed and Measured pr me
Thomas ffaunce Surveyor
[159.] Att a Town meting of the Inhabitants of the Town
of plimouth on the 21*** of May 1688 The ollieers Chosen for the
town of plimouth were
The Select men Were
Joseph Waren senor
Isaac Cnshman
Serjant William harlow
and John Bradford
Klkanah Watson Comitioner
John Stirtevant Constable
The surviors were Jacob Cooke
Benony lucas
Robert Barilet
and John Pratt
The men appoynted to gp to see What persons would
Contrebute towards Mr Cottons Support for his Labour in the
ministree for this present year Were
Jonathan Shaw senior
Robert Ransom senior
Thomas Cushroan
Jacob Cooke
Josiah morton
and Tho : ffaunce
and that what is promised by each person shall be payed
both as to time and Specey as Was Agreed on the last yeare
At A townc meeting held att plymouth May the 28**» 1689
for the Choyce of Court and towne otflcers The Deputies Chosen
Were Isaac Cushman and John bradford
The Grand Jury Were Jonathan Shaw senior Thomas
Cushman & Elkanah Cushman
The Select men Serjeant Harlow
Joseph Bartlet &
Nathaniel Southworlh
The Cunstables Chosen Were Josiah Morton &
Wiliam Shirtleif
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The town agreed that the survey es of the high wa3'es
the last yeare Chosen should serve this yeare again
Att this meeting the towne doe sigree that there shall be
a declaration presented to the Generall Court that the Cuutrey
mite help to beare theire proportion of charge to Relive those
pei*sons that have ben Grevios sufferrors for defending the
^ Comon Write
Att this meeting the Towne voated for two Cunstabls to
be Chose to serve this yeare At this meeting the Towne do
Impower the Celect men to take care for the Reparation of the
Meeting house
[160.] An Agreement made betwen Robert & Josiah finnoy
both of The Town of plymouth in New England Respecting a
division of those lands that was given to us by our uncle Robert
finney of plimouth deceased as doth appeare by his Will to be
devided eaqually betwen us both Wee doe therfore Thus Agree
mutualy that The Lane that now is that leadeth downe to the
sea side along by The dweling house shall be the bounds betwen
us and Robert is to have all the lands from the above sd laiue
home to Thomas Mortons land on the north sid of the above sd
lane excepting A Certain peece of land That which by ouro
agrement Josiah is to have out of the foot of Roberts part which
is att the foott of Roberts land att the southeast end of sd laud
hom to the water side and is bounded next the Water sid upon
the banke With A heap of stones and soe Runeth up to another
heap of stones standing att the head of the Above sd pece or
tract of land and thence Croseth over to Another heap of stones
by the above Expresed laine and we doe further Agree that Josiah
Shall maintain the head fence and half the side fence of this
land soe bounded and this pese of land soe bounded Together
with all That land that was our uncles on the southward sid of
the above sd laine hom to the land of Mr Wiliam Clark is to
belong to Josiah and this division of land betwene us is to extend
in heigte to the head of the above sd laine where wee have mad
a heap of stones and from thence to square of both Wayes and
wee doe further agree that If we find the laine two narrow for
oure use there to leave out on both sids our proportion to make
it wider that so we may have Cumfortable egress and Regres to
1 The " ('oinmon Right" here referro<l t« was the title to land which it ww
necBHHary to defend against the claim of Andro».
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our hoiisiug and wedoe further agree that Robert shall have all
those persels of medow that was our uncls l)oth at small gains
ami att the Ealriver head excepting a certain peece Comouly
Caled and known by the name of icnolesses medow which is to
belong to Josiah
This devision of Lands alK>ve expressed we the above sd
Robert and Josiah doe Agree shall be binding both to us and our
lieires for ever as Witness our hands and seales on the fift day
of June 1689
In presence of Robert Ifinney O
Thos : ffaunee Josiah ffinney ()
Joshua flinney and there seales
[161.] Att a meeting of the Inhabitants of the towne of
plimouth on the 22'^ of June 1089 They did then voat and agree
that all Nescasary Charges that hath ben expended about defend-
ing the Towns Wright in Clarks Island shall l)e Repayed
2 they doe voat and agree that some of the lands in
Commonage bek»nging to the Towne shall be sohl for to defray
the Charges above expresed
3 they do voat and agree that If Aney of the Inhabi-
tants of the Towne are minded to bye aney lands that shall be
sold out of the Comons belonging to the towne ; that any such
[>ersons soe minded shall have the Refusall of such land as shall
be sould for the use Above sd
Att this meeting A Connnitte were Chosen to make saile
of Clarks Island Saquosh and the Gurnet together with aney
small prsels of uplands or meadows lying in Commonage belong-
ing to the Inhabetants of the towne of plymouth as alsoe a
Certain seder swomp Caled by the name of Colchester Swomp lo
help to defray sd Charge.
The Comittee Chosen to make saile of the lands above
exprest Were
Serjant harlow
John Stirtevant
John Doteu senior
Jonathan Shaw senior
Kphraim Morton Junior
John Gray these or aney foure of them agreeing are
to act fully in the particulars Abov expresed as also they are to
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take account of the Charges that hath ben Relating to Clarks
Island
Att a towne meting held att plimouth on the 9^ of August
1 689 John bradfoixl and IsuaC Cushman Were Chosen Deputjes
for the Whole year
att a towne meeting held at plymouth the 26 ^ of August
1689 the Inhabetantii then Chose A town Councell to act with the
Comition offecers According to Court order
The Councell Chosen Were
Serjent harlow
John Bradford
and Tho : ffaunce
Att a Meeting of the Enhabitants of the Town of
Plymouth on the 4*** of November 1689 they then Chose Ratere
to make A Rate of sixty pounds acording to the Warreut of
the Govenor
The Raters Chosen Were Serjant harlow
IsaaC Cushman
Pllkanah Watson
[162.] An Agreement Blade Betwen James Warren and
Joseph Warren both of the Towne of plimouth
on the first day of ffebruary 1689 or 90 with
R4;lTcrance to a de vision both of uplands
and meadow lands that before was in partner-
ship betwen us which said lands was formerly
tho land of CaptTho : Southworth and Constant
Southworth Lying on the Northwest side of
the Eele River betwen the lands of Tho:
ffaunce and the sd Rever Wee doe therefore
Agree upon a devision as followeth of the
above sd lands and medows begining att the
lower meadow the fii*8t devision belonging to
James Warren and is bounded with a stake
and a stone att the Rever side and A mapel
Tree and A heap of stones by it att the upland
side and all the other part of the meadow
below the grat Rock by the Rever side by
Clam's Island meadow hom to the bound above
espresed doth belong unto Joseph Warren;
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scuce we
find the tree
mentioned is
lower down
the river
The first de vision of swamp and upland
beloQgcth unto Joseph Warren and is bounded
att the upland side with an ^ odizar bush and a
heap of stones by it and soe Runeth upon A
weet Norwest |)oynt to a Red oak tree and a
heap of stones by it and soe on the same poynt
horn to the land of Tho : faunce and from
these bounds to extend southerly to a stake
and heap of stones by it standing by Clams
Island medow and soe to Run on the same
poynt of Compas as is above exspresed to a
heap of stones in the swamp and soe to a
red oake tree and a heap of stones by it on
the upland and so a Cross the lot The Nex
devision belongeth unto James Warren and
from these bounds last mentioned to extend
southerly to a stake and a ston by it by the
Rever side and so to a Red oake tree and a
heap of stones by it and from that Red oake
to Run aeros our laud on the same poynt of
Compas to a Red oake tree and a heap of
stones by it and so to another tree and a heap
of stones by it The Next devision belongeth
unto Joseph Warren and is to extend southerly
from the bounds last mentioned to a white oake
tree and a heap of stones by it by the Rever
side nere over againsl where the dubble brooke
Cometh into the Rever and soe to Run aeros
our land on the same poynt to another White
oake tree and a heap of stones by itt and soe
to severall other trees with heapes of stons by
itt and soe to severall other trees with heapes
of stons by them aeros the lots. And from
these bounds last mentioned James Warren is
to have all the lands to the head of the lotts ;
and we do further (-ovenant and agree with
Thomas faunce That hee shall have that slipp
of upland that lyeth betwen his owne upland
1 This is a new word in tlio records, and Mr. B. M. Watson of Plymouth, a
competent authority, thinks It a word unknown to botanical nomenclature.
Tho same geutlemau sugK^^^ts that it may mean " osier,*' tlie willow.
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aiul his half acrce of meadow soc Called to
begin at a great Rocke at the half acree bare
and soe to Kun acros to an other grat Rock oii
the hill side and soe to his own bounds aud
flora thence downward to the Cart way alwayes
provided that we may have free pasage for
Carting through his land betweu that and the
bridg either by Gats or barrs And All these
uphmds and meadows soe dcvidcd and bounded
as is herein above exspresed shall stand good
aud Remaine tirme and Inviolable for us aud
our heirs for ever and In Witnes to our free
and full Concorrance herein Wee the above
said James Warren and Joseph Wan-en have
set to our hands on the 3** of ffebruary 1689
or 90 in presence of us Witnesses
Tho : ffaunce Joseph Warren
Joan ffaunce James Warren
Att A meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of
plimouth July 12''^ 1(51)0 Isaac Cushman and Thomas ffaunce
Were Chosen Survt-yors for the Town of plimouth for the
measuring of laud.
[163«] Att A town meeting held att plimouth on the 10*** of
March 1690 Lef tenant Morton ai-d John Bradford were Cliosen
by the Inhabitants of the Towne to assist Nathaniel Southworth
at the Court Conserning the Whale attached by the Celect men
in the Towns behalf e to defend the Towns write tluM'iu so far
as they Can
Att the meeting above sd the Town did voat to stand by
the Celect men of the Town in prosecuting their Intrest In the
Whale attach : by the Celect men for the Towns use as above sd
but seing serjant harlow & Joseph Bartlct did somwhat decline
the Thing there upon the persons above named were Chosen to
act with nath : southworth therein in the towns behalfe
At the meeting above mentioned the town Chose 7 Jurore
i to serve at the County Cort at march aud 3 to serve at the Cort
of assistants in Aprill
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Johu Stiitevant \
Baiack Jordan were to serve at the
' Johu Moixlow County Court in Mai^i
I DO
and Jonathan Harns I
Epliraim Morton J were to serve at tlie
John Dot on V Cort of assistants
&JohnMnido ) in Apiill D0~
att the meeting Above sil tlie Town doe Inipower and
Request the Celeet men to take an account of the hite Cunstables
that have not yet given in theire accounts to the towne of Kates
Coniniitted to them to gather
At a town Meeting held att pliniouth on the 19*** of May
lOUO The Deputies then Chosen were John Bradford and Isaac
Cushman to serve att tlie next Court and att severall adjurnments
and for the whole yeare
The Celeet men Chosen were
Lef: Morton
Serjant Harlow
& Thomas ffaunce
John Murdow j
& Samuel Harlow f were Chosen Cunstables
Barach Jordan J
James Warren V Grad Jurors
and John pratt )
The surveyors Chosen were
Thomas Clark Georg Bonam
Jonathan Shaw Junior John Gray
& Isaac King
Att this meeting the Town granted unto John
John Murdow 30 foot of land square under the hill below
Murdock John Rickards leaving a Considerable ditch betwen
that and John Rickards Ware house
1 John Murd<K!k, whose nnme is foniul Hpclled \i\ the recordn Murdow or
Mordow or Miirdo, was a Scotchman, who appeared in Plynioutli not far from
l(iS7. He built the house which formerly stood on the north side of Town
S<|uare, an<l which shouUl have l>e<'n caUed the Murdock House instead of the
Brailford House.— a name by which it has been known to the present and the
last generation. Situale<1 as it was on the old (iovernor Bradford lot the name
Bradford House improperly associated the house itself with the Governor.
The origin of the name Bradford House is a recent one. In 17(i7 Thomas
I>avis came into the po.HseS8ion of the house and <M>cupied it until his death in
17S5, when it became the i)roperty of his daughter Sarah, the wife of I^eBaron
Bradford of Bristol, who, after the death of her husband, occupied it until
lier death in 1821. From her the name Bradford House was derived.
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Att A meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town of
ply month December 3*^ 1690 They then Chose Raters to make A
Rate of for the defraying Chargs Relating to the Warr The
Raters then Chos Were Serjent harlow Jolin Bradford & Tho :
ffaunee
Tlic bounds of the land that Joseph Howlaod sold unto
Thomas Lazcll lying in the township of plimouth at A place
Comonly Called and known by the name Colchester the south
Corner bound is A white oakc marked standing ueer a Rock Marked
on 4 siilcs the West bound is A mapcl tree marked on four sides
the North bound is A white oake marked on 4 sids standing in
or nee re swampe Ground the east bound is A mapel tree standing
in A swamp Marked on 4 sids
Joseph Rowland Survied and measured by
Thos : Lazell (Bounds) Geoi^ Bonum surveior to
the Town of plimouth
[164.] At a Towne meeting of the Inhabitants of plimouth
february the 23*^ 1690 The Towne Joautly voted it was their
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desire that utmost endeavores should be used to obtaine
A "Charter of his majesty that wee might be and Continue A
distinct Govermeut as formerly
The Towne also then voted that they would bear
tiieir proportion of five iuiudred pounds & more
if need Require for the obtaining A charter and at
present to Raise tlieir proportion of two hundred
pound for that end and purpose to be sent to those
Agents gentlemen that shall be Improved as our agents and
the Remainder to be Ready upon tidings from them
to be delivered for the accomplishment of our desires
New Plimouth
Measured and bounded unto Joseph Warren fifty
Acrees of land formerly Granted unto Joseph Warren
I Plymouth Colony never had a charter, but managed its affairs under the
Patent from tlie Council of Plymouth, and tlie compact signed in tlie cabin of
the Mayflower. After the revolution of l(i88 and tlie accession of William and
Mary, efforts were made to obttun a chart-er. Sir Henry Ashurst was made the
tigont of the coUmy, and he was assisted by Rev. Ichal)od Wiswall, of Ouxbury.
Increase Mather and Messrs. Cook and Oakes were at the same time in
Kngland, acrting for the Massachusetts Colony. Through the influence of
Gov. Sloughter, of New York, it was at one time decided to include Plymouth
in the New York commission; but it was finally embraced iu the Massachusetts
cliartcr which Injars date October 7th, Itiol.
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seuior lying att Mounoment ix)ud8 ou the easterly side
of left Ephiaim Mortons lot bounded ou the Northerly
Corner with a Rock neere the bank side and A heap of
stones on it theuce Rainging south and by west eigh
Joseph score pole to A heap of stones thence Rainging on a
Warren east and by south line fifty pole to A small white oak
Marked on 4 sids and from sd oake the line extends
north and by east eigh score pole to A rock and A
heap of ston«;s upon it by the pond sid and from sd
Rock to extend west and by north fifty pole to
the Rock first mentioned
Measured and bounded on the 13***
of Marcli 1601 pr me
Thomas ffaunce surveyor
New Plimouth April 13''» 1691
Where as A knowle of land was formerly graunted
to William Harlow seuior containing 2 or 3 acrees
lying on the southerly sid of his land he bought of
samuel hicks Therefore laid out to the above sd
William Harlow 2 Acrees begining att the Corner of
the sd William harlows fence Rainging eastward 12
pole along the Road to a stone set into the ground
* neer the bank on the westerly sid of the spring and
Harlow soe to extend from said bouud to A heape of stones
by the stone wall fence belonging to Samuel Harlow
tliat is About his meadow and from sd heap of stones
to extend along by the detch and fence Aboute the
meadow belonging to nathaneel holmes and so home
to the fence of William harlow above sd
Measured and bounded on the day
and yeare above mentioned per me
Thomas ffaunce,
Surveyor to the Townc
[165.] At a meeting of the Inhabitants of the Towne of
plimouth May the 25*'' 161)1 for the Choyce of Cort and Towne
oflicers
The Deputies Chosen by the Towne to serve at the next
Cort and the severall Adjournments were
John Bradford and Isaac Cushman
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the Select men were Serjant Harlow Nathaniel Southworth
& Thomas ffaimce
the Grand Jurors were Jonathan Sliaw senior WiUiam
Shurtleff and Klkanah Cushman
the Cunstal)les were John Gray and Jlphraim Coole
the surveyors for the high wayes were Ephraim Morton
Junior Joseph faunce John Waterman and John Pratt
At A towne meeting held at pli mouth on the 31 day of
Agust 1691 The Jurors Chosen to serve at the County Court were
John Doty John Murdo Samuel harlow James Warren
Serjant harlow being deceased that was Chosen Select
man for the yeare at this meeting the Inhabitants of the Town
Chose Leftenant Morton to serve in liis place this following year
At this meeting the Towne being Informed of some
persons that Intended to lay out lands within our Township which
were not Inhabetants of our Town The Inhabitants of the
Towne then made Choyce of John Bradford Isaac Cushman and
John Doty to serv warne oppose and hender any peii»ons that
should Attempt to lay out any of the Towns Comons or settle
boundarys thereon
At this meeting The Town Grauuted unto Joseph
Joseph Bartlett Senior 70 foott of laud along the shoi*e
Bartlett where his warehouse now standeth below John
Sen*^ Rickards dwelling house and downe towards the sea
so far as he shall se Cause to Whorfe
Att A town Meeting held at plimouth March 9*'' 161)4 the
Jurrors Chosen to serve at the County Court were Ei)hraim Morton
John Stirtevant John Nelson and John Doty ; and for the Court
of assistants Abraham Jackson James Warren Nath : holmes
and Nathaniel Harlow
At A towne meeting held at plimouth May 30*** 1692
Lcften Morton and John liradford were Chosen Deputies
to Represent the towne in tlie grate assembly to be holden at
Boston on the eight day of June 1692
at this meeting John fifoster had 30 foot square of
John land granted to him by the towne below the path next
Foster the bank sid betwen the sd bank and the highway if
it be there to be had and not interfere upon the
hig way
Att the Towne meeting on the 9*'' of March 92
above mentioned John pratt desired that his land
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formerly Granted to liim alt woiiham ami laid out on
the easterly sule of the brook mite bo Removed and
John laid out upon A square on the oi her side of the brook
Pratt for his better Convenience of fencing of it which
Request wa.^ granted him by the Iidiabitants ihen
present
The bounds of the land granted by the Tt)wn of
plimouth unto Joini ffoster are as foUovveth by a Rock
John by the high way to the southward end of ins shopp
Foster and soe alonge the hig way to A stone sett in to the
ground and from thence Rainging to a tree standing
on the bank marked on 4 sydes and from thence
Rainging to an other tree on sd bank marked on
4 sides
Measured and bounded
pr me Thomas ffaunce
[166.] Att A Town meeting held at plimouth on the 25**^ of
July 1C92 for the Choyce of Towne ofHcei-s The Select men tlien
Chosen Were William Shurtlef Isaac Cushman and Thomas
ffaunce & left Mory was Choysen Commissioner, The Grand
Jurors were Ephraim Morton Junior Thomas Cushman and
Jonathan Shaw Junior The Constables are samuel Lucas and
Eliazar Ring The Surveyors for the high wayes are James
Warren Caleb Cooke Samuel Stirtevant Giles Rickard Junior &
Robert Ransom Junior
At A Town meeting held at plimouth on the 3** day of
October 1692 It was ordered and Agreed By the Inhabitants
of sd Towne to make A Rate of 80 pounds for Mr Cotton of
which one half is to be paid in money the other halfe in Corrant
Cuntery pay sd payments to be made in October and the other
half in Aprill ffollowing which sum is ingaged to him for his
labour in the Ministry ffor the present yeare 1692
Its alsoe voated that the Select men shall make the Rate
for the m in ester
voated that 5 j)ounds be Rated for the Repairing the
meeting house in sd Rate
voated to pay former Charges to Deputies and Grand-
jurors
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voaled tliat the proprj'otoi-s of Winitnxet meadows shall
have libert}' to sett A fence one Monponset 8i<le of the biook to
secure their meaddows
J. Diinh"* At this meting ffifty Ackers of land was Granted
to Joseph Dunham
At a town meeting held at plimouth September 14*** 1(593
Johon Nelson was Chosen to be the towns Representative at the
Grate and General asscmbley at Boston the Jurors Chosen were
Abram Jackson John Dotey John Mordo & John Sturtevant
voated att this meeting it was voated that the Select men
should make the Rate for the Minister for ye yeare Insuing
Q ^ The Bounds of the twelve acrees of meaddow
^ ^ belonging to the Elder Thomas Cushman at Wenatuxet
so c is as followeth bounded with a white oake tree at the
y cu Northerly Corner sd tree is marked on 4 sides and
^ o thence Rainging across the Meaddow westward to a
;► w
Red oake tree marked on 4 sides which is the bounds
J? Cu betwen the sd Elder Cushmans Meadow and Mr John
^ '^^ Rowlands meaddow and from sd Red oake Rainging
5? cr up the Meaddow southward to a pine tree marked on
S- 3 4 sides and from thence Rainging aCross tlie meaddow
^ ^ to a bunch of maples standing by the meadow which
is the bounds betwen John Dunhams lot and the
above sd Elder Cushmans
[167.] New Plimouth
Att A meting held att plimouth the 22*"* of february 1650
by Mr Howland Mr Willett John Dunham John Cook William
Paddy & Thomas Clarke
Wee grant to mr howland Elder Cushman John Cook
John Dunham senior Twelve Acrees Apece of meddow ground
att Wennituxett To take it on both sides of the River so as
others that shall have more grants theare be not prejudiced
Wee further grant that Mr Bradford may have twelve
Acrees of meaddow att the above sd River to ly opon both sides
of The River
Wee Graunt unto James bust Twelve Acrees of meddow
gix>und Att Winnituxctt
The 29*** of the 10 month 1651 Wee grant unto Lcftenant
Thomas South worth Twelve Acrees of meaddow ground att
Winnituxctt
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The 24*** of the 10**» moii 1651 Woe grant unto Edward
Dotey four Acrees of meddow ground att Winuetuxett and If
there be any more left undisposed we grant him four Acrees more
We grant unto John WiuhIow Twelve Acrees of meddow
ground att Winnatuxett upon both sids of the brook as the above
sd men arc granted
Wee Grant unto Jacob Cooke Twelve Acrees of meddow
att winnituxett upon both sides the brooke as the other graunts
The 29*»»of the 10"» month 1651
Wee grant unto Geyles Riekard Senior Twelve Acrees
of meddow ground att Winnituxett
Wee further Grant to the above sd Geyles Riekard senior
An enlargment of his ground lying Southward of his house
provided the neigliborhood l>e willing to it & this upon the view
of Mr Thomas Willett and Mr Paddy
The 29^ of the 10»»» 1651
Wee Grant unto Georg Bon am twenty Acrees of upland
lying att the head of his lott att the Eyle River above the
upper foord
The 29 »^ of the 10»M651
wee grant to John morton ten Acrees of meaddow att
winnatuxett to be layd out by the measurors
The 17**^ of march 1654
we grant to good Watson A little slip of medow above
the bridge that is upon the Cedar swamp brook att the south-
meadow
Wee Grant to Andrew Ring A percell of meadow upon *
Brooke by Josh Pratt soe it extend not six Acrees
Wee Grant to Samuel Dunham and Giles Riekard * * *
the meadow att Souther Marsh
[168.] The 25'^ of December 1655
Wee Grant unto George Bonam and Andrew Ring three
Acrees of meadow Apece lying att the Southeast end of the
Cedar Swamp neer the south meadow
Wee Graunt to Thomas Clarke The Scerts of meddow
lying uppon The pond att Monument from the Creicke Round
abound
Wee Graunt to Thomas Clarke five Akres of meddow
lying in the same meddow with Thomas little Tho : littles being
first layed out According to his graunt in the town book
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We Grail ut to Samuel Stirtevant four Akers of nieddow
lyincr upon the North side upon A !>ranch of Jonesriver and that
Mr Lee have the Remainder provided that it exceed not foure
Akers
Wee Graunt to francos Cooke 3 holes of meddow \y\\\^
at the Hither end of tlie Greate meddow Caled Jons River
Wee graunt to Ephraim Tincora three spots of meddow
that lyeth next James Hursts at the caster end of James hurst
soe tiiat there be not above four akers October 14 1653
The IT^'^of March 1654
Wee Grant to Goodman Watson A lettle slip of meadow
above the bridg that is upon tiic Ceder swamp brook att the
South meadows
Wee grant to Andrew Ring a percell of medow
upon Craine brook by Josiah pratts soe it excewl
This is not six Acrees
above We Grant to George Bonam and Andrew Ring
Recorded three acrees apece of meadow ly^ig »*^tt the south-
east end of the Cedar swamp nere the south
meadows
[169.] The first of february 1648
It is granted That Thomas Cushman Gabrill fallowel ami
Richard Write shall have an acree of meddow apeece att the
West meddow at Kdward Dotyes farme
It is further Granted that John Wood Henry Wood and
Stephen Wood should have an Acree of meddow apece att the
same meddow next to them
Its fur granted That Goodman golden Samuel Downham
and John Downham shall have an Acree Apece next to them
and these 9 acrees be layed out to the above sd persons l)etwen
Mr fuller and Mr Atwood
Its further granted that the persons following have an
Acree of meddow apece lying above Mer Atwood to be devided
by *
Andrew Ring \ Thomas Whitten \
John Morton > 3 Nath : Morton > 3
Ephraim hicks ) George Watsou *
Robert Padducke \ Edhraim Tinkum \
Tho : Letice >• 3 John holmes V 3
John Dunham ) Will : Nelson J
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Mer Lee J John fin ney
good Stirtcvant V 3 Kob : linnej
good Kingc ) John Thomson
These sd meddows granted to the ml persons to them and
theire * soe long as they live in the Town and noe longer and
theu to Returne to the Town Acording to tlie directions att the
Town meeting
William Paddy
Jolni Donnbam
Richard Sparrow
Thomas Southworth
[170.] The Bounds of John pratts Land at Wenham on
which his house now 8tandeth are as foUoweth bounded by the
brook which Cometh out of Dotyes pond on ye southerly side
and soe along as the brook Runeth till it Cometh where the brook
tumeth an other way and there marked with a maple tree & so
from sd tree along the swampe to two white oak saplings marked
ou 4 sides & from thence across sd land and there marked with a
White oak tree marked on 4 sides and from tliench Rainging
down to sd Dotens pond and marked with severall pine trees in
sd Rainge and at sd pond sid there bounded with a pine tree & a
heape of stones by it Measured and lK>un(lcd on the 8*** of June
1692 pr mee Thomas ffaunce Surveyor
New plimouth measured and boun.led unto Ben pratt on
the 8^ July 1692 twenty acrees of land Ahuting on the path that
goeth from John prats to lakenham on the southerly side of said
path and is bounded as followeth Neere the path bounded with
a white oake bnsh and A hea of stones by sd bush & from thence
Rainging np the plain 4 score pole to a lettle bush & A heape of
stones & from thence to extend 40 pole to a pine tree and a
heap of stones by it and fron thence to extend towards sd path
foure score pole to A pine tree Marked standing Neere sd path
& a heape of stones by sd tree
pr mee Thomas ffaunce Surveyor
The bounds of three Ackers of meadow more or less
Measured and bounded by George Bonam for .Thomas Cushman
lying att the head of Jons river meadow bounded by A Red oake
att the ffoott marked on four sides thence Rainging to a stake by
the brooke and from sd stake to a maple tree standing on the
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soutlicost side of au Island and from sd tree and stake at the
foot Rainging up tlie brookc on both sides to an tisb tree on the
east sid of the brooke and A white oake on the west side of the
brooke both marked
The bounds of the land of Thomas Cushman lying at
the Indian pond the bounds on the Noithern side is A red oake
tree standing or neere a small Island on the edge of the pond
marked on 4 sides thence Runing Eastward to a Red oake marked
on four sides and thence Runing southerly to a white oake
standing on the ffot of a hill Caled halfway hill marked on 4
sides thence Runing Westwardly to the pond again to a black
oake marked on 4 sides standing by a sloaping Rock by the i)ond
side and thence Runing Northerly to the bounds first mentioned
Thirty Acrees more or less This lyeth Joyning to the pond att
the Western end
Surveyed and bounded by mee
George Bonam Surveyor to the
Town of plimouth
[171«] A list of those nams of those that toke the oath of
fidelety at the town meting held at plimoutli the 17'** day of
May 1686
Samuell Downham Junor
John Coob Junor
Abraham Jackson Junor
Robert Bartlet
Nathaniell harlow
Elkiah tincom
Isack King
Joseph King
Frances Cuiles
Francis Cuke
George Samson
Samuel lucas
The bounds of that tract of land which was granted unto
Stephen Bi-yant Junior for Convenience of fenceing his meadow
in the woods where he now liveth sd land is bounded as followeth
at the uper end it is bounded by a tract of land granted bj the
towne unto his fath Stephen Bryant senior and on the southeast
syde by the meddow belonging to sd Bryant and down along ^^
bounded by sd meddow till it Cometh to a pine tree Marked on
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foiire sides stalling necie the brook th .t raneth thioiigh sd
meadow and from sd tree Kainging westward to A white oakc
tree marked on 4 sides standing neare A swampe and soe np
along and bonuded by sd swampe till it Comes to his fathers land
above Mentioned alwaies provided that John Bryant and his
heii-et) shal have free liberty and in no wise hindered at any
time from haveing free passage throngh said land unto his
meadow or fai-ra fencing of his meadow allong the scirts of
upland as ocasion may Call for this tract of land above Men-
tioned Coutaignes 16 acrees be it more or less September 16***
16D3 l)ounded out unto the abov named Stephen Bryant pr me
Thomas fifannce Surveyor To the towne of plimou
The Mark of Samuel Bradfords reate Cattle & hoi*ses
& swine is as followeth A Cropp of the neare eare
The marke of nathaniel Mortons Cattle horses & swine is
as followeth A hapeney out of the foreside of the Rite eare
Joseph Bartlet Junior his mark for iiis neate Cattle horses
& swine is as followeth A half cropp cut out of the furr eare
behind and a half cropp cut out of the neare eare before
£luathan Bartlets Mark for his Neate Catle horses and
Bwine is an half Crop on farr Ear before and an Whole Crop on
ye Nere Eare
Benj*" Bartlets Mark for his Neale Catle Horses and
Swine is an Arow head on ye Top of Each Kare
[173.] The 13*** of June 1659 John Barnes sold a blaek
horse unto Mr John SafHu about three yeares old or
The U^ of June 1659 William Clarke sold a Red horse
unto Mr Thomas Dexter for about foure years old ;
The 28'** of ffebruary 1659 John Barnes sold a blaeke
horse of about five yeares old had a little starr in his forehead ;
to Mr Gibbs of Boston Marchant and likewise a mare of a
Chesnutt Couller about nine yeares of age with one wall eye and
a white strip between her nostrills was sold by the said John
Barnes to the said Mr. Gibbs the same day :
Januai7 the first 1661 The markes of Mistres
Elizabeth Warrens horses arc as followeth one
Red mare about thirteen yeares old with a white
blase in her face marked with two slits in the
these horses neare eare and soe the bltt cut out which marke
were entered is on the out side of the said eare and alsoe the
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said mare is branded with a P on topp of
the buttockc
2eondly a Coult of about a yeare old of the same Couller
and the same marke
3**ly a Bay mare witli a black tayle and maine with a
little starr in the forehead about five yeares old of the same
marke
4 ly a blackeish horse Coult with one white foot l>chind
and a fayer starr in his forehead of the same marke
5 ly one young mare neare two yeare old blackish with
gray heires of the same marke
one blacke mare neare 4 yeare old with a few gray heres
in her forehead which belongcs to Nathan iell and Joseph Warren
of the same marke as Mistris Wanens above said
and one Rid horse Coult with a white blasse downe his
face of the same marke belonging to the said Nathaniell and
Joseph Warren ;
The marks of Thomas Morton horses a mare of about
six yeare old of a whitish Gray Couller Cropt on the Right eare
with a P on the left buttock
a mare of a yeare old Coult of a blakish Couller with
a speck or starr in her forehead and a little blase that
1661 Comes downe her nose marked with a slitt upon the
topp of the Right eare and a P on her left buttocke
[174,] ffrancis Combes marke of his Cattle is an halfe moon
Cut out of the farr eare on the farr side of that eare and an hole
in the same eare
November
1662 Nathaniel Mortonss markes of his horses are as
foUoweth : a black horse of foure yeares old or
therabouts with all foure white feet and a blase
downe his face most on the left side and his arti-
ficiall markes are a pece cut of the left eare on the
tope somwhat hollow in the midds or somewhat
deeper in the midds ; with a smale bitt cut out of the
same eare on the outside therof somwhat halfe Round
like a halfe mooue ; and a mare coult of a yeare t^^
vantage old of a blackish browne culler for the prsent
with a Starr in her forhead with a little white on her
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left hinder foot below her fetloeke on the edge of her
hough or therabouts and for her artifioiall marke she
is as the horee is crop on the left eare on the topp
and a little bite cut out halfe round of the same eare
on tlie out side therof ; onely the Crop is not soe deep
in the midds as the horse and is not cut Right of but
a little on one side ;
Tlio marke of a horse of Nathaniel Mortons which
1G69 had from Barnstable of a whitish Couller of about
three years old ; marked with a slit on the topp of
his left eare and a little peece Cut out of the back
syde of his said ear ; towards his body much like a
half moone.
Joseph Hartletts marks of his Cattle is an halfe Cropp
on the far eare before.
John Andrews Marke of his Cattle is a little Cutt or
noch on the hinder part of the neare eare ;
Joseph Warrens marke for his Cattle both neat Cattle
horses &e is a peece Cutt out behind the topp of the Near eare
like unto an Arrow head : or like unto a V
Aprill The markes of Mr John Bradfords Cattle is
the 13'*" the topp of the Kight Eare Cutt off; and a Slitt
1683 on the under side of the Left Eare ;
The Marke of Jolin Grayes Cattle is a half
May the peny Cut out of the Right Eare on the under
tenth 1688 side of the Eare and an half penny Cutt out of
the left Eare on the under side of the Eare ;
[175.] Oeorg Bonams Senor marke and Georg Bonam
Juniora marke of theire Cattle and horsies is a half pence Cut
out of the hind p/irt of left Eare
liobbert Bartlets Marke ffor his Cattell is a half Cropp
cutt out of the ffarr eare before and a halfe Cropp Cut out of
the nere eare behind
James Warren's marke for his Cattell is a halfe Cropp
Cutt out of back \)Vi\'i ye Left eare and A hapenny cutt out of
the backside of the Right eare
William harlows Marke for his Cattle and swine is as
foUoweth A Cropp on the Rite eare and a half Croi)p on the
hind part therof
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Benjamin Warrens Marke for his Neete Cattell swine and
horses is as followelh A half Crop Cut out of the foi*e part
of the left eare
Ebeuazer holmes Marke for his Neate Cattle horses aud
swine are as followeth is A halfe Crop Cut out of the Right
eare before
Joseph Bartlets Jnn Marke for his horses and Neate
Cattle is two half Cro))S one on the fur care behind and the other
on the nere ear before
John Doty his eare Marke for his neat Cattle hoi'ses
sheepe and swine is as followeth is a hapeney Cutt out of the
back i)art of the ffarr ear
Joseph holmes his eare marke for his Cattle horses sheepe
and swine is as followeth (viz) a half Crop on ye under side of
Right eare & a half Cropp on the uper sid of the left eare
John Morton his marke for his neate Cattle horses shepe
and swine is a half peney cut out of the under side of the
Kite eare
The mark of Thomas Mortons Neate Cattle horses shelve
and swine sure as followeth (viz) a half Cropp of the under side
of the farr eare and a slitt in ye neere eare
The eare mark of Isaac Dotys Neet Cattle horee kind
sheep and swine is A haponey Cut out of the under side of
ye left eare
The ear mark of Mr John Sturtevants neat cattle &
sheep * * upon the Left Ear and a Round hole in the
Right ear
[176. J Plimouth December The first 1699
Then It Was ordered and Agreed too by The Major of
The Rigements of the County of plimouth and The Comishion
officers of Each of The Millitary Companies of the Town of
plimouth Thatt The high way Leading downe from Midleboreongh
Through sd Town of plimouth To The Chois Lauding pluce &
whorfs att The Bay or Waterside shall be the dividing bounds
Betwen The souldiers of each Company
Major Nath Thomas
Cap* John Bradford
Cap James Warren
Lef Nath Southworth
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Insg John Watterman
iDSg Natli Mortton
Plimoulh March 15»'M7 |f
Wheras The Flonorahle the Left Governor hath Granted
CorainisBions to niilletary of!icei*8 for Two Companies in the
Town of ))li mouth These are to eertyfy all whome it may Concern
Th:it ye Deviding line hetwen ye Two Companies in sd Town
shall lie as folioweth (vis) Begining at ye * Town hredge and
from sd hredge as ye lioad or highway leads Towanl Wenhani in
pit niton and from sd bredg Downward by The brook To ye sea
an<l all the solders on ye Northerly side of sd line to belong to ye
Northerly Conn)any and all on ye southerly side of the line to
belong to ye southerly Comimny
pr us Isaac Winslow Colnor
John Cushing Left : Coluor
[178.] Complaint being made to the Cort of (juarter sesseons
of the want of a Road or highway throw the towne of pliniouth
to Rochester the sd Justices did think it Conveniant for the
Select Men of the town of plimouth aforesaid to lay out the way
towanls Rochester soe far as sd towns bounds extended that way
\\\\o\\ which we the select men of plimouth aforsaid with the
desii-e of the towne that we should undertake the worke did on
the last day of 10i>H went up and vewed the land & we aprehended
that the most Conveniant way is from plimouth towne along the
old south meadow path to the sedar bridge & soe leaveiug
Benoney Lucas house on the Right hand and soe goeth on the
castwaixl sid of sd Lucas his land & leaving Samsons pond on
the eastward and along the way that now goeth to the River
where the bridg useth to be Above John Bensons house This we
determine to be the Roade from plimouth to Rochester
William" Shurtlif
John Mordo Selectmen
voted an act vallied by the Inhabitants of the Town
[171).] Jnmes Clarke Junior of plimouth did on the 25^'* of
Agust 1718 Take up in my Corne feild A sorrel Collored * of
about 12 hands high & neere 14 years of age and much wind
galed Marckt I G upon his shoulder
1 Tlie briili;*^ li^n^ niforn-d U^ crossed town hrcntk at the foot of what is iiow
SpriiiK Hill, ami tlio liigliway roferretl t4j was Mill Lane with its continuation
Slimmer Street. A way down Sjtrin^ Hill Wiis not laid out until 171(>.
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Taken up by William Swiff of plimouth A stray horse *
bauds & a half high he is a Red horse With a While face and is
* with a O upon ye neere thigh if aney peraon shall lay a Right
to him they may have him paying ye Charges Dated at plimouth
* of March 1719 William Swift
Taken up astray horse of a black Culler brand marked *
nere side on ye sholder with a T and on ye hind thy on ye * side
with ye letter M if aney person lay a Right Clame for him paying
the Charge said horse was Takein up by Elehazar Cobb of
plimouth on the 2^ Day of June 1719.
Taken up a stray Mare of a lite bay Culler or a dark
brown Judged to be about four years old no artifical Mark
Desernable if any person lay aney Right Clame to her paying
the Charges he or they may have her said mare was taken up a
stray by Ebenazar holmes Junior of plimouth about the begining
of Desember 1720
plimouth October 16 1721 Then taken up by Jonathan
Bryant of plimouth a stray Heifer of a year and vantage Red
and white spotted no artificall Mark to be Deserned
plimouth November 8*** 1721 Then Takeu up by James
Clark Junor A smal Black * a stray Noe Natural nor artificall
marke Judged to be five or six yeai'e old
The markes of Nathaniell Mortons
Samnell Savory's markes of his
Cattle, is a half Crop cut out of the
topp of the Right eare on the fore pte
of the same eare and a half Moone
Cutt out of the backsyde the same eare
* * of a blaeke Couller * horse coult belonging *
Eedey is marked with a hole burned in each eare
Marke of ffrancis Combe
his Cattle is a halfe moone Cut out the farr eare on the
under part of *
Markes of a horse sold by Jonathan Barnes the fift of
June 1667 : a mouse coullered horse with a peeee cut out of the
Right eare about * yeares old
The Markes of John Dunham the younger his Cattle is a
Cutt under the eare and an O sett upon the fore hoofe with
an Iron
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The markcs of Jonathan Mawiy his Cattle is a slit on
the topp of the Right eare ; and a halfe moon Ciitt out on the
sume eare on the out side
John Bryants senor Marke for his Cattle is a Cutt Cross
the neare Eare
Samuell Kings Senor his marke is a slit on the topp of
the Right eare
The Towne brand mark of Briston is B on the off
shoalder this was lentered the 20 of flfebruary 1G81-82
The mark of Thomas faunces Cattle and horseses is a
iialfe Crop on the outside of the Right eare Like to an arrow
head
The Eare Mark of Josiah JSIortons nete Cattle horses
sheepe and swine is a half peney cut of y fore side of the
Right eare
The mark t)f John Washbons Cattle horses sheep and
swine is a half Crop on the under side of the Right eare & a
little Crop on the Top of the left eare
The eare mark of the neat Cattle shei)e and swine of
Thomas Morton ye * * A Crop of the Top of ye Rite eure
The eare Mark that Jacob Mitchel hath for his catel
horses and sheep is a hole punched out of the Rite eare
The eare mark of Samuel Hoskins neat Cattle sheep and
swine A Crop on ye Topp of the Rite care and a hapeuy cut out
of the under side of the left
The eare mark of Elkanah Churchills neet Cattle 8hee[>e
& swine is a hole made in both cares
Plimouth Towne
Book
Thomas Faunce
Town Clerk
of plimouth
1697
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jr ^ -| Tliis Writting jMade the Ninth day of January
Y[^-_% iCuS bctwcii William Clark soq of Thomas Clark
L ^* —"of the Town of New plimouth in The Collony o*
New |)li mouth on the one party aud Thomas ffauncc The son of
John ITaiince of the afforsd Towne deceased on the other party
Wittneseth, That Whereas The said William Clarke and Thomas
ffaunce are personally posesed of sundry I^ots of land lying on
the Northward side of Ele River in the Towne of plimouth
aforesd Which were formerly posesed and Improved by The
aforesd Thomas Clarke and John fiFaunce and Whereas the
bounds of and line or Rang betwixt tlie said persons and lots are
very dubious & well knowne whereby trouble and dammage thereby
may arise to the aforsd pnrtycs there heirs or assignes for the
[)revention thereof It Is Therefore by these presence freely and
also fully Covenanted agred and C*oncluded by and betwen The
said William Clark and Thomas ffaunce Mutually for themselves
and there heires and assignes for Ever that the bounds that tliay
the said William & Thomas have Made This day betwen there
said lots and land and herein Inscribed and discribed shall
Remaine for Ever to be bounds and land Marks betwixt the said
lots or lauds to be keept observed and Remaine Fuvoliable for
Ever by the said William & Thomas theire heires and :issignc8
for Ever The bound Rang or Line Is as ffolloweth The first land
Mark Is a stone sett into the ground at the Northeast End of
the said lots by the Marsh side about which Is laid a heap of
stones and from ye said stone by the sd Marsh the line Is to
Extend to a prety big Rock standing Neare the swamp side aud
from the said Rock the line Is to Run or extend unto a stone sett
into the ground on the of a small hill about Which Is laid
a heap of stones from Which stone ye line Is to Extend to another
stone sett into the ground by a Red oak sapling standing neare
The North Corner of the Now dwelling house of the said Thomas
ffaunce about which is laid a heap of stones & from the said
stone at the North Corner the line Is to Extend to a small Rock
standing in a bottom which Rock hath on the south side therof a
small flat Rock and from the said small Rock the line Extends
Nearest southwest unto a stone set downe in the ground upon a
long Ridg of land about which Is laid a heap of stones and from
the said stone on the Ridg the line P^xtends unto a stone set downe
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into the ground on tlic Northward side of a hill which Is neare
tlie half mile End about Which Is laid a heap of stones and from
the said stone set on the side of a hill the line Extends unto a
stone sett into yc ground on a small hill that Is on the North side
of tlie southward most half of those that are Called gileses holes
a«Kl from tbe said stone the line Extends to a pine tre Marked on
fouer sides from the head bounds standing on the Westermost
side of the southermost hole of gilcs holes Comonly Called giles
holes and the said William Clark doth by these prests frely give
[3.] and Enfeoflfe to the said Thomas flPaunce his heirs and assigues
in fre privelege Benifitt and use of a spring of Water that Is at
the Northward end or Corner of Thomas ffaunces house in
William Clarkes land with Egres & Regres to and from the said
spring for Ever provided alwayes that in Case the said William
his heirs or assignes shall fence in the said spring the said Thomas
his heirs or assignes shall mainotainc Either gate or stile for theire
use to and from the said spring and so to have It Without
Mollestation ; for the true performance of all and every of the
abovesd agrements The said William Clark and Thomas ffauncc
have hereunto Joyntly and severally set to theire hands the day
and yearc first alK)ve Kitten and doe Joyntly agree that these
presents be Recorded in the Court Records of the Colony aforesd.
The laud bounde<l and these William Clarke
signed in prescciice of these Thomas ffaunce
Witnesses
William Crow
Joseph Warren
[5.] plimouth february IG"' IGOg
Measured unto M" John Cotton 30 acrees of land Granted
unto him by the Towne of plimouth lying on the Northerly syde
of the land of edward doty late of plimouth deceased sd land is
bounded as followeth the Northerly Corner att the westerly end
is bounded with a white oake marked and a heap of stones by sd
tree ; sd bound is on the P^iasterly syde of a grate hill in a little
doak or valley and from said tree The line to ilxtend East and by
North to a small white oake marked and a heap of stones by sd
tree which is a bound betwen the land of John Cobb Sen and
John Nelson and from the white oake first mentionc^d the line to
Extend south and by East 44 pole to a white oake marked and a
bcapo of stones by sd oake standing on the Northerly syde of a
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grate bill aud soe Rainging East and by North till it Cometh to
the westerly end of Edward dotyes land and soe to the Norwest
Corner of sd Land aud soe along sd dotyes RaiDge
Mr John untill a grate Rock or Rocks that lyeth on a bill on
Cotton the Northerly syde of sd dotys land will l)eare from
sd dotyes Rainge East and by North and from sd
Rock the line Extendeth east and by North to the
lands formerly laid out and soe along sd lands till
it Comes to the bound above named belonging to
the abovesd John Cobb & John Nelson Measured
and bounded on the day aud yere above mentioneil
pr me Thomas ffaunce Surveyer
to the Towne of plimouth
New plimouth January 6'*' 169^
Measured unto James Barnebe twenty acrees of upland
formerly granted by the Towne of plimouth unto his father James
Biirneby late of plimouth deceased sd land is bounded asfoUoweth
with a spruce tree standing nere the duble brook in the Corner of
the swsunp aud soe Rainging along the swamp west and by north
uuto a beech tree Marked on 4 syds standing on a hill syde neere
sd duble brook and from sd beach tree South and by West to a
white oake marked on 4 syds standing in a swampe and from sd
tree tlie line Extends East and by South to a maple
James tree marked standing neere the duble biooke sd
Barnaby land is bounded by the duble brooks on the Northeni
syde & easterly end of sd land with allowance of
four pole in breadth for a highway to goe through
sd laud where the way now goeth through it
Measured and bounded on the day and yeare alwve
mentioned pr me Thomas ffaunce Surveyor
The settlement of the bounds of a Certain Tract of land
belonging to John Cobb and John nelson ye said Nelson haveing
asined his right in sd land to sd Cobb yet have other lands
bordering upon sd land and adjoyning to it doe therfore agree
upon the settlement of the bounds as foloweth sd land lyeth on ye
westerly end of hawards swamp and is bounded on the Northerly
Corner with a Rock and heap of stones by sd Rock & soe to
Rainge southerly to a white oak tree standing on
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221
«-■ Sm
o o
» O
P
the 8)'cle of a hill nere the sd hawards swamp syde
& from sd tree upon a straite Une to the walke ])ath
and there bounded with a white oake bush and heap of
stones The settlement of the bounds above mentioned
was done by John Cobb and John Nelson the parties
therein Conscerned January 80'** 16Dj}
6 acres
and 8 quortors
of
Joseph
Warren
[6.] January (>'*' ir>9j{
Measured and bounded Uy Joseph Warren 30
aerees of land formerly granted by the Towne
of plimouth unto Joseph Warren senior late of
plimouth deceased sd land lyeth adjoyning to
his other lands on the westerly syde of the
Roade that goeth to sandwedg on the southerly
syde of said land & is bounded as foUoweth
with a white oake tree marked and a heape of
stones by sd tree neere sd Rode and soe
Rainging west and by north to a spruce tree
standing neere the duble brook soe Caled and
from sd tree Rainging North and by east to a
maple tree marked adjoyning to his other
lands and twenty aerees of sd land lyeth on
the Westerly syde of the Roade that goeth to
Sandwich and is bounded with A spruce tree
marked on 4 sydes standing neere where the
shingle brooke Cometh in to the duble brooks
and from sd spruce tree Rainging south and
by East four score and six \yo\Q to a white
oake Tree Marked on four sydes and a heap
of stones by sd Tree and from sd bound
Rainging west and by south to A grate Rock
neere to the brok and soe home to the brok
and soe downc the brok as it goeth untill it
Cometh unto the spruce tree first mentioned
and the other 3 aerees of sd 30 akers lyeth
adjoyning unto his other lands on the easterly
side of sd Sandwedg Road on the southerly
of sd land bounded by sd land on the Northerly
syde and on the southerly syde with a red
oake tree Marked on 4 sydes standing neere
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stl Roade and thence Kainging P2asteily to
anotlier Red oake tree marke<l and soe home
to his other lands
Snrveyed and nieasnied by me Thomas flfauncc Snrveyor
to the Town of plimouth on the day & yeare above Written
An Agreement Made the 25*'* day of february IfiOg
betwcn Robert Bartlet & James Warren Respecting the setting
of the bonnds of their lauds betwen them ; which are as followetli
from a stone sett in tho ground on the southermost point of
upland Abuting upon the sd Ro))ert Bartletts Meadow & from sd
stone Raiuging Northerly along by a ditch till it Cometh to the
bounds of the meadows belonging unto the sd Robert Bartlet and
James Warren & from the bounds first mention Ranging south-
easterly to A white oake tree Marked & soe Rainging thence to
the meadow And we further Agree that the sd James Warreu
shall make and maintaine A good sullicient fence from the
southermost Corner of his orcliard & soe along the meadow syde
to A heape of stones on the syde of A hill Against the midie of
bogles Cropp soe Caled & from sd heape of stones
S the said Robert Bartlett is to make and Maintaine
55 likewise a good sufficient fence along his said meadow
^ side to the bounds first mentioned and soe along sd
£ bounds as above Expresed and soe westward to the
§ River and as to the settlement of the bound betwen
^ their lotts begining uiK»n the hill on the Eastermost
^ ^ end of James Warrens house & is bounded up along
•p % as follows Begining att two Rocks on the side of a
S 02 hill ueere tlie sd Robert Bartlets fence and soe Rana^in^;
^ g North Easterly to an other Rock nerc the fence & soe
^ j§ from sd Rock on the same point to an other Rock
p^ neere sd fence and from sd Rock to Raing Easterly
to a heape of stones neere sd fence & from sd heai>e
of stones to 3 stones sett into the Ground ou a liill
nere sd bartlets fence & soe from thence to the Raing
as the lotts were formerly settled by ; We doe further
agree that ye bounds as they are here mentioned shall
be binding to us and our heires for ever as Witness
our hands and scales on the day and yeare above
Mentioned
Robert Bartlett
James Warren
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[T.] At a towiie Meeting held at pliniouth on the 13*'' of
March 169^ for the Choyce of Towne officers for the yeare The
Select men Chosen were Isaac Cushman William Shurtly Nathaniel
Southworth John Stirtevant and Thomas flfaunce
The Cunstables were Robert Bartlet and Richard Cooper
The Gran Jurors John Nelson Klkana Cushman and
Thomas Clarke
The surveyors for the high wayes are Samuel Bradford
Samuel ffuller William Ring Benjamen Warren and Edmond
Tilson
At this Meeting Thomas ffaunce was Chosen Towne
Clerk for the folong yere
The Jurors for the quorter scsions arc Nathaniel Wood
John Mordo Jonathan Barnes and Joseph Stirtevant
At this meeting the Town voated that the Select Men
shall herby have full power to Constitute <& make such orders in
the Towns behalf as they shall think most likly to prevent the
grate stray and Wast that is made of the Timber upon the
Comons belonging to the Towne of plimouth
The bounds of the lots betwen Robert Bartlet and
Benjamin Warren are as foUoweth begining at a heape of stones
on the southwest syd of the watch house hill soe Caled & soe
Rainging to a heape of stones in the land betwen sd lots on the
brow of the hill and from thence Rainging as the lotts Run up to
an other heap of stones in the lane and from sd bound Rainging
to an other heap of stones att the half mile end and soe Rainging
as the lotts Run to a heape of stones att the head of the lots and
a Red oake tree marked on 4 sides sd tree standeth neere to sd
tree standeth neere to sd heap of stones sd bounds are neer the
foot of the pine hils
The bounds betwen the lotts of land belonging to
benjamon Warren & James Barnebe are as foUoweth begining att
a heape of stones on the banck nere the River and soe Ranig to
a heape of stones in the lane neere where James Barnebes house
formerly stood &, from thence Rainging on a straite line as the
lotts Run to a heape of stons standing att the southeast end of
A swampe and from sd heape of stones Rainging as the lotts
Run to the head of sd lotts and there bounded with a white oake
tree Marked and A heape of stones by sd tree
Att A towne Meeting held at plimouth on the 19'** of
Aprill 1693 at this meeting The Committie that was Chosen by
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the Inliabitants of sd Towne to sell some lands in Comonage
belonging to the towne of plimouth to defray the Towns Charges
Relating to Clarkes Island sd Committie brought in tlieh'e aecount
of lands they had sould of sd towns Comon for the End Aforesd
and sd account was Redd in said Towne Meeting and after they
delivered the overplush of the money to the select men for the
towns use and the Towne Approved of theire aecount and allowed
of and Confirmed what they had done therein
At A town Meeting held at plyraouth february 12*** 169|
The Inhabitants of sd Tow^ne voated that the Selectmen of sd
towne should Indeavour to get A scoolmastor to teach Children to
Reade and write & the Inhabitants will take Care to defray the
Charge therof att this towne meeting Isaac Cushman William
Shurtlif Nathaniel South worth and Baruck Jordan were Chosen
to serve on the Grand Jury att the Superior Conrt att plimouth in
this Instant february <fe John dotey John Sturtevant Joseph Bartlett
James Warren John Mordow John Churchill Ephraim Coole and
John Morton thesfj to serve at sd Coit on the petty Jury and
Samuell Lucas Ephraim Morton Jonathan barnes Nathaniel holmes
and John foster to serve at the Country Cort at March nex after
this date
[8«] Wheras We the Select men of the Town of plimouth
W^hose Names are under written have Received ordei-s fi-om the
inhabitants of sd town at the Town Meeting held att plimouth
March 13*** 169§ to make such orders in sd towns behalf e for the
preservation of the Timber on ad Towns Comous or to Improve
it soe as it may be most beneticiall for sd Town
1 In pui*suance of sd Towns order We do Agree and
order as followeth that from henceforward Noe oak Timber of
Any sort Cordwood or bark Cutt on said Towns Comons shall be
transported out of sd Town on forfiture of all such Timber Wood
or Bark soe Cutt or transported for the us of sd town or ye value
of the same from the persons soe Cuting or transporting
2 Wee agree and order that all spruce or pine boards or
planck that shall be Cutt of the timber on said Towns Comons
and be transported out of said town by any person or persons
all such person or persons so doing shall pay to the select or
their order for the use of said town one shilling threpence pr
thousand for boards or planck soe transported and If any i>crson
shall presume to transport any such boards or planck out of sd
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town before Account be given and sAttisfaction made to the
Selectmen or their order for the use of sd town shall forfitt twenty
shillings for eveiy thousand soe transported
3 we agree and order that if any person or persons
shall make and transport any Ceder Ciaboards or shingle of
timber gotten on said towns Comons shall pay or Cause to be
paid to the Selectmen or their order three half pence pr thousand
for shingle & 6 pence pr thousand for Ciaboards and whosoever
shall presume to transport or Cause to be transported any shingle
or Ciaboards soe goten before Account be given and sattisfaetion
made to the Select Men of sd town or their order shall forfitt 12
pence pr thousand for shingle and five shillings pr thousand for
Clahords for the use of the said Town
4 wee agree and order that all tarr that is made of
knots picked on the Comons of sd town and transported out of
said town the owner of said tarr shall pay one peny pr barrcll to
the select men or their order for the use of the town and w hose-
ever shall presume to transport any such tarr soe made before
account be given and the sum be paid to the select men or their
order shall forfitt 12 pence pr barrell for the use of the town
5 we agree and order that henceforth Noe Ceder bolts or
ffcnceing stuff that is Cutt on sd towns Comons shall be trans-
ported out of sd town on penalty of forfiting all such bolts &
fenceing stuff for the use of the town or the valine of it
March 22 IGOSJ
Isaac Cushman
Nathaniel South
William Shurtlif
John Stirtevant
Thomas ffaunce
The Select men for the town of plimouth
Memorandom
The abovesd orders on the day of the date therof Being
publickly Redd before the Justices of the County of plimouth in
sessions were approved and allowed by said Justices
Attests Samuel Sprague Clerk
New plimouth January 26*** 169} Then Measured twenty
five acres of land formerly Granted unto left : Ephraim Morton
by the Inhabitants of the Towne of plimouth lying upon A plaine
15
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Comonly Caled and known by the name of ^ Warrens Welas
plaine and is hounded as foUoweth begining at A Red oake tree
marked on 4 sides standing on the southerly side of A Cart way
that leadeth downc to Josiah phinneycs and from sd tree Ilainging
southwest and by west one hundred pole and there bounded with
A blaek oake tree marked on 4 sides standing on the brow of a
hill on the westerly end of Warrens welles swamp and tiienee
Rainging southeast and by south forty pole and there
Ep" bounded with a Clumpe of maple bushes and
Morton A stake stuck into the Ground neere the brook and
bounded by sd brook and thence Rainging Northeast
and by East one hundred pole and there bound with
A black oake tree marked on 4 sides Measured and
bounded on the day and yeare Above Written pr me
Thomas ffaunce Surveyor to the Town of plimouth
[9.] New plimouth January 20 169 J
Then measured Ten Acrces of land formerly Granted
unto Thomas jBfaunce by the Inhabitants of the Towne
of plimouth upon Warrens wells plaine and is bounded
as foUoweth begining at A black oake tree marked on 4
sides which is the southeast comer bound of leften:
8 Mortons land at the Easterly End of sd land and
g Raingeth southwest and by west four pole and Adjoynins
^ to left mortons land and is bounded at the head with
o two black oakes grow out of one stumpe sd trees are
H marked on 4 sides and thence Rainging south East and
by south 20 pole and there bounded with a black oake
tree marked on 4 sides and thence Rainging North East
and by east four score pole to A forked black oake tree
marked on 4 sides Measured and bounded on the day
and yeare Above Written pr me Thomas ffaunce
Surveyor to the Towne of plimouth and with the helpe
of Nathaniel Morton & Thomas Morton
The bounds of James Barnebes lott at the Eale River
1 Warron's Wells wa« soiiiotimcs called Wallen's Wells, " Wells " means
'springs," and Wallen is an obsolete word meaning "boiling.*' There was
. '• Wailens Wells " near Aasterficld, the birthplace of Gov. Bradford.
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^
ou the southerl}' side therof bo^iiiing at the foot of sd
lott ami bounded with A heape of stonep and from
^ thence Ranigiii(s^ as the lotts Run to a Red oake tree &
n a hcnpe of stones standing neere the half mile End ;
B and Rain<^ing still on a straite Corse to the head of sd
lott and there bounded with A Red oake sapling marked
on 4 sides
february 14'^ 1C9J Then measured unto George Morton
45 aerees of land lying ou A plaine on the southerly side of the
Eale River 30 aerees of which was formerly Granted unto left
£pbraim Morton and by him given unto ye sd George Morton as
by his will doth appear the other 15 aerees was Granted unto
him the said George Morton by the Inhabitants of the Town as
pr town Record doth ape sd land is bounded as folioweth begin ing
at a white oake tree Marked on 4 sides and thence Rainging south
southwest six score pole to A Red oake tree Marked on 4 sides
and thence Rainging South South East 60 pole to a
o black oake tre marked on 4 sides and thence Rainging
o North north east 6 score pole and ther l>ounded with A
3 white oake tree on 4 sides marked Surveyed measured
o and bounded on the day and yeare Above Ritten pr me
O Thomas ffauncc Surveyor to the Towne of plimouth
flfebruary 14*^ 169J Then Measured unto Nathaniel harlow
15 aerees of land formerly Granted unto Serjant William harlow
by the Inhabitants of the Towne lying on that plaine where left
Mortons land lyeth and Adjoyneth to it and is bounded as
folioweth begining at George Mortons southeast Corner bound
which is A white oake tree marked on 4 sides and from thence
Rainging south southeast 50 pole and ther bound w^ith A white
oake tree Marked on 4 sides and from thence Rainging South
southwest 40 pole and there bounded with A white
g sapling marked on 4 sides & from sd bound Rainging
"g Nornorwest 50 pole and there bounded with A white
S oake tree marked on 4 sides standing on the side Rainge
i of George Mortons land Above mentioned Measured
^ and bounded on the day and yeare above Mentioned
pr mee Thomas ffauncc
Surveyor to the Towne of plimouth
plimouth March 19»»» 169 J
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s^ Tl)en Reconed with Samuel Incas and Eleazar Ring
^ the Cnnstables of sd townc in the year 1692 of Rates
"^ Coramittod to them to p^ather in sd yeare and there is
g still due to the Towne from sd Cunstables 02z=05:=00
^ which is sumthing doutfull whether it will be gott4?n of
those that were to pay it. The account was taken by
the select men of the Town the day and year above
Mentioned
[10.] At a towne Meeting held att plimouth March 10*M6i)|
by the Inhabitants of sd towne at this meeting they voated that
Thomas ffaunce should still continew in the place & otKce of their
townc Clerk for this present yeare att this Meeting the Inhabi-
tants made Choyce of towne officers for the yeare ensuing which
are as followeth for the Select men were Chosen Isaac Cushman
William Shurtlef and Thomas ffaunce for Cunstables Were
Chosen Giles Rickard Junior & John ffoster The ffence vewers
were John dotcy George Bonam Junior & James Warren The
persons Chosen to se to the due observation of the law Relating
to horses are Thomas & Benoney Lucas The Surveyors Chosen
are John Gray William Ring Jonathan Shaw Junior & Nathaniel
Morton
At this Meeting Isaac Cushman in the balf of him self
and severall other of the proprietors of Jones River Mcaddows
Requested liberty of the townc for the Conveniencey of fencing
their mcaddows there to sett their fences straitc though it tuck in
som points of upland which Request was granted to them by
said towne
At a town meeting held at plimouth on the
80 of Aprill 1G94 by the inhabitants therof at
John this meeting John Sturtevant was Chosen by
Stirtevant the Major part of the voters ther present to
refuceth to serve for and Represent them in the Grat and
serve the Towne General Court ap * to begun and held at
in the service bostorn on the thirth of May one thousand
six hundred uinty 4
At this Meeting Elkanah Cushman Nathaniel Wood &
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Samuel Harlow were Chosen to the office of ^ Tithing men for
this present yeare
At this Meeting George Honarn senior in the ])ehalf of
himself and several other of the propriators of the meadows at
the South meaddows Requested liberty of the town for the
Convenience of the fenceing their meaddows there to sett their
fence straite although it took in some points of upland that are
Common which Recpiest was Granted to them by said town
att this meeting the Town declared themselves to be
against Warning town meetings by set papers up for that end
but doe Expect warning from the Cuustables by word of mouth
when Ever there shall be ocasiou for town meetings
At A town Meeting held at pliniouth on the 14*'* day of
May 1CD4 the Towne made Clioyce of William Shurtlif to serve
for and Represent them in the General Court at boston (»n the 30
of May 1(594
At this Towne Meeting the Inhabitants of sd towne mad
Choice of Isaac Cushman Tliomas ffaunee and James Warren to
be A Committee to settle Matters of <liflferance betwe persons
Respecting theire bounds or Rainges betwen them as there May
be ocasiou for their heipe *
At this Town Meting the Towne (Granted unto Isaac Ring
ffifty acrees of land lyiug on the Westward side of a brook
* Aftor tlu' union «»f the Colonics a law wjih |mKH(Ml by tJie General Court of
Maftfia<!liusett8, in W.f2, r(M|iiiriii>; tithing men to In* choHcn in cvory town, and
their duticH were .specified sw followH: —
** All and ev^ry jH^rsiin and |H*rsonH wliat4'ver sliall on the Lonl's da^' v.nrv-
fuUy apply theinHelveB to duties of religion and piety publicly and privately,
and no tradeHuian, artiticer, lalMirer or other i>er8oii whatever shall up*»n the
land or otherwirte do or exercise any labor busincsH or work of their ordinary
callings, nor engage in any game, sp«irt. play, or recreation on the Lord's day.
or any jiart thereof (works c)f necessity and charity only <'xcepted) upon
penalty that every perwm so ofTending shall forfeit Hve .shillings.
No traveller, drover, horse courser, wagoner, butidier, higlcr (poultry dealer,
Ed.,) or any of their servants <<hall travel on tliat 4lay or any part thereof
exw'pt by some adversity they were Ixdated and forced U) lodge in the woods,
wilderness or highways the night bef(»re and in such cu.se to travel no further
than the next inn or place of slielter upon the iKjnalty of twenty shillingn.
No vintner, innholder or other person keeidng any public liouse of entcrtain-
inent shall encourage or suflFer any of the inhabitants of the respective towns
where they dwell or others not iK'ing strangers or lodgers in such houses to
abide or remain in their houst's, vards, orchards or tiehis <lrinking or idly
spending their time on Saturday night after tlie sun is setor on the Lord's day,
or the evening following.
AH and every justice of the peace, constable and tithing nuiii are ro<|uired to
take care, that tliis act in all the particulars thereof, be duly observed, as ahso
to restrain all jiersons from swimming in the water and unnecc^ssary and
unreasonable walking in the .streets or fields."
In l(>iW their powers were ex t4'!ideil to the inspection of licensed liouses and
the pn«ervation of g<Mxf order during the week as on the lord's day, and the
Selectmen were re<iuire<l to provitlc them with a black stuff two feet in length,
tipped at one end with brass.
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Comonly Caled and Known by the name of Wesatuckit brook ;
which sd brook Riineth down by the sd Isaac Rings Now dweling
house sd fifty acres of land with all and singular the proffitts
priviledges and appurtenances therunto belougin or any wise
appertaining is granted unto the above named Isaac Ring to him
and his heires and assignes for ever
The bounds of the fifty acres of land granted by the
Towne of plimouth unto Isaac Ring is as followeth the sooth East
Corner thereof is bounded with A gore of the sd Isaac Rings
meaddows and from thence Rainging Norwest thiity and four rod
to a white oake tree marked with a heape of stones by it and
from thence Rainging southwest to a white oake tree Marked with
a heape of stones by it and from tlience Rainging southeast to a
Rock by the meadow sid Surveyed and measured by
Isaac Cushman Survor
[11.] An agremcut Made betwen James Warren and
« Benjamin Warren both of plimouth ; on the first day
g of May 1694 with Rcferance to the settlement of the
^ S bounds betwen theire meaddows and uplands at the
SS beach head bounds betwen the sd James Warrens
g >- ui)iand and the sd Bcnjamen Warrens Meaddow there
^ is as followeth begiuing at a heape of stones & a
stake nere the sand bank & from thence Rainging to
the southward to a stake and a heap of stones stand-
ing at the Edge of the meddow and from thence
Rainging westwards to a stake and A heape of stones
by it standing neerc the River and from thence uppon
a straite Corse down to the River
The l)ounds of John Barrows Meaddow Given to him
^ B by his Grandfather George Bonam Senior lying at the
3, south mcddows att the ffalis is as followeth bounded
c ^
o
m
with A maple Tree at the South Corner leaning over
the River and from thence to A pine tree Marked
and from thence to A spruce tree marked which is the
bounds of the land as well as of the meaddow
The O*"* of Aprill 1684 Then laid out to John Barrows at
the south meaddows ten acrees of upland Against his Meddow on
the Norwest side of the Rever ye southerly bounds is A spruce
tree standing neere the Meadow and on the Norwest Corner
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Rainging to a pine tree Marked and bounded and soe up the
meadow to a Red oake tree marked neere the meadow and his
northerly bounds is a Red oake tree marked on 4 sides all fformer
Cart wayes allowed to mens meadows surveyed and measured on
the day and yeare Above Written pr me Isaac Cushman one of
the surveyors of the town of pHmouth
On the 9*" of Aprill 1694 laid out to George Bonam 10
acrees of upland at the south meadows that is to say 5 acrees on
the Easterly side of his meadows & 5 acrees on the westerly side
of his meaddows The Easterly land bounded lying to the Eastward
of the way that goeth to the Ceder bridge the southerly bound
mai'ke is A grate stone neer the bridge and soe Easterly to A
grate oake tree Marked on 4 sides & noitherly to A pine tree
marked westerly to a pine tre marked on 4 sides 5 Acrees
Bounded beginning at A Red oake tree the bounds betwen
Jonathan Barnes and him Runing downe by his meaddows to A
white oake that is betwen Nathaniel Wood and he to A pine tree
Marked on the wester side or Corner and soe to A pine tree at
the Norwest End or Corner both of them Marked on 4 sides All
Cart wayes Allowed to mens meadows Measured and bounded on
the day and yeare above written pr me Isaac Cushman surveyor
to the town of pli mouth
On the 9**^ of Aprill 1G94 then laid out to natlianiel Wood
ten Acrees of upland Against his Meaddows at the south
Meadows the bounds at the Northeast end is A pine tree that is
betwen him and Robert Barrows and soe Runeth down alonge the
meaddows side and is bounded at the southerly Corner with A
pine tree Marked on four sids and towards the Norwest Corner
A pine tree marked on 4 sides Al Cart wayes allowed to mens
Meadows Measured and bound pr me Isaac Cushman surveyor
On the 9"^ of Aprill 1G94 laid out to William Ringe 10
acres of upland neere his meadows at the south Meadows & is
bounded as followeth begining att A white oake tree which is
bounded betwen George Morton and he and soe along his
meaddows southerly to a Red oake tree Marked neere the
Meaddows and soe westerly to A grate pine tree marked and at
the norwest Corner to A pine tree marked on 4 sides al formen
Cart wayes allowed to mens meadows Measured and bounded pr
me Isaac Cushman surveyor
[12.] On the 9'»» of Aprill 1694 Then laid out to Jonathan
Barnes at the south meadows 10 acres of upland on the southwest
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syde of his meadow and is bounded as followeth bcgining nere
Barnes bridge soe Called and bounded witli a Red oake tree
Marked on 4 sides and soe upward alonge by the afore sd bamses
meadow towards the North and bounded with A Red oake ti-ee
Marked on 4 sides by tiie meadow and from that to the southwest
Corner to a Red oake tree Marked on 4 sides and soe southerly to
a pine tree marked on 4 sides all old Cart wayes to mens meadows
allowed Measured and bounded for Isaac Cushman surveyors
On the 9*** of Aprill 1694 On the day and yeare above
Mentioned Then laid out to Abram Jackson senior at the south
meadows 10 acrees of Med Adjoyning to his meadows there on
the southerly side of that meadow Comonly Caled polopoda Cove
and bounded with a pine tree standing neere the meadow and soe
toward the nor west to a white oake tree marked & soe towards
the southwesterly marked with A pine tree Marked on 4 sides.
And the other tenn acrees of upland laid out to the sd
^ Abram Jackson upon the account of secratary Mortons Interest
these said ten acrees of land above said is laid out on the north-
east side of his meadow & is bounded as followeth at the south
end with A pine tree marked ; the westerly bounded with a Red
oake tree nere the meadows betwen Eliazar Ringe and him
Ruinging Northerly to a Red oake sapling Marked & soe Raingiug
Easterly to a Rock All former Carts wayes allowed on to mens
meadows Measured and boundid pr Isaac Cushman surveyor
At a towue meeting held at plimouth on the 30* day of
July 1694
The assessors then Chosen to make the provence Rate
were Isaac Cushman William Shurtlef and Thomas ffaunce
At A Town Meeting held at plimouth december 17"" 1694
at this Meeting a small ^ Tract of land was Granted to Geoi^e
bonam senior lying on the souther side of the Town brook
Adjoyning to his fuling Mill being an acree or thereabouts be it
more or less sd land is Granted to him th sd George Bonam and
to his heires for Ever sd land is bounded as followeth up streame
bounded next the Grist Mill with a bush and A heape of stones
by it neere the brook side and from sid bound up the banke to a
stone sett into the Ground and from thence to an other stone set
1 Abraham Jackson married Remember, daughter of Nathaniel Morton, the
Secretary of Plymouth Colony,
'i This acre of land extended from what is now called Robinson Street to the
Brook.
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in to the Ground ncere to the Rainge of lands belonging to the
helres of Elkanah Watson late of plimouth deceased and soe
along that Rainge till it Cometh to a stone set into the Ground
and from sd bound to ICxtend downwards towards the sd town
brook on the Easterly syde of A gutter that leadeth towards sd
brook and soe to the Taile of the sd fulling Mill
[13.] September 1692
The bounds of the Easterly end of Jones river Meaddows
was settled by Isaac Cushman surveyor of the town of plimouth
which is as followeth Mer Joseph Bradfords meadow on the
Easterly side is bounded by the brook the bounds bet wen Mer
Joseph Bradford and John Gray on the south side of the Meadow
is a Red oakc tree standing on a side of a hill Neere the
Meaddow Marked on 4 sides & soe Runiug over the meadow to
the aforesd brook ou the Northerly side ; on Northeast side of sd
brook to an ash pole standing Neere the Brook ISIarkcd on 4 sides.
The bounds betwen John Grey & Samuel (fuller on the
south side of the meaddow is a Red oak tree standing on the
side of a hill Neere the meaddow Marked on 4 sides and soe
Rainging over to the North side of ye Meadow to a white oake
tree standing by the Meaddow side Marked on 4 sides and all the
swampe that doth fall within this line from those two fore
mentioned bounds belong to John Grey to make up his lot of
meadow The bounds betwen Samuel ffuller and Caleb Cook on the
South side of the meaddow is a white oak Sapling standing on
the side of a hill Neere the Meaddow Marked on 4 sides and so
Runing over to the Nortlisidc of the Meaddow to a Red oake tree
Marked ou 4 sides and all the swampe that doth fall within this
line from those two fore mentioned bounds belong to Samuel
ffuller to make up his lot of Meadow The bounds betwen Caleb
Cook and Major William Bradford on the south side of the
Meaddow is a Red oake tree standing on the side of a hill Neere
the Meaddow Marked ou 4 sides & so Runing over to the North
side of the meadow to a white oake tree standing by the
meaddow side Marked on 4 sides and all the swamp that doth fall
within this line from these two fore mentioned bounds belonge to
Caleb Cook to make up his lot of meadow The bounds betwen
Major William Bradford and Isaac Cushman on the south side of
the meadow is a Red oake tree staning on the side of a hill A
good distance from the Meaddow Marked on 4 sides and soe
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RuniDg over to the North side of the Meadow to A Red oake tree
that is the bound betwen John Gray and Jacob Cook which is
Marked 4 sides The bounds betwen Eliazar Cushman and Isaac
Cushmau on the south side of the Meaddow is a Walnut tree
standing on the side of a hill by a hole of Water and soe Runing
over the Meaddow till it Cometh to a lettle Hand or hummuck
of laud to a white oake tree Marked on 4 sides that was the
bounds betwen Isaac Cushman & John Grey of John Greys u[>er
lot of Meaddow
Settled by Isaac Cushman Survey
to the Town of plimouth
The bounds of the 3 acrees of land that Richard Cooper
bought of Joseph Dunham are as foloth (viz) on the northeast
Comer with a heape of stones at the head of the widdo sarah
woods lot & from thence Runing westerly to a Red oak sappling
<& a heape of stones and from thence southerly to a black oake
tree & a heape of stones & from thence Easterly to a Red oake
tree & a grat stone sett an End & from thence Rainging Northerly
upon a straite line to ye first l)ound8 at ye head of the widow
sarah woods lot ;
[14.] New plimouth flfebruary 5"' 169^
A Record of a Road or highWay laid out by the select
men of the town of plimouth whose names are under Written for
the Convenienccy of the neighborhood at Monoment i)onds sd
high Way is bounded as ffolloweth iip the lane towanls the ponds
through the lands of Robert bartlet and benjamen Warren to the
head of sd lane as the fence is now sett and from the head of sd
lane to Run as their lotts Raing up leaveing ten foott of Each
lot above Expressed throughout the length of sd lotts for the
high way abovcsd and above the head of lane is bounded as
JTollowcth bounded upon Henjamen Warren's land with a walnut
tree & A heape of stones by it and on Robert bartlets land
opposate agans the sd walnut tree is a heape of stones sd l)ounds
are nere to Robert bartlets barne and from sd bounds up to the
half mile bounds of sd lotts and there bounded with a walnut
tree on Each side and a heape of stones by them twenty foott of
land long betwen sd bounder eys and from thence up to the head
of the lotts al)ove8d and there bounded with a Red oake tree
standing on Roberts side and a heai>e of stones on benjamens
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side and from sd bounds up along the patli to sd pouds
^ as the path Now goeth untill it Cometh To Thomas
g Ciarks and from sd Thomas Clarks up along the lane to
^ Samuel Riders house and then up by Samuel Riders
S house along till it Cometh to the Beaver dam path and
I up that path till it Cometh where the path terns out to
o Joseph Bartlets house and at the Turne of the path
^ bounded with a Red oake tree on the Northwaixl side
;^ and a hcape of stones on the southward side and soe
§ up the path till it Cometh to the Brook by sd Joseph
^ Bartlets house
Bounded on the day & yeare above
Mentioned by Isaac Cushman
William Shurtliff
Thomas ffaunce
At a towne Meeting held at plimouth March 6'*" 169^ at
this Meeting liberty Was Granted to Caleb Cook and John Gray
to fence their land at Rockcnook downe to low water Mark upon
Condition that Joseph Howland may have free passage through
theire lands out of Rockey Nook up to the highway
At this Meeting The Town Granted to Thomas Lazel six
acrees of land on the southerly side of his land at Colchester,
upon Condition that the said Lazel leave a sufficient Road for the
Neighbours to pas through his land there where the way Now
goeth up towards Wenatuxet Meadows
at this Meeting The Towne gave liberty to ockanutas to
sel a tract of land unto Jonathan Morey Junior lying upon the
Clifts towards Sandwich which sd land he saitii he bought of old
Skepeunk
At this Meting A tract of land was granted to Isaac
Cushman lying on the Northward sid of Thomas Lazell and on
the northward sid by the way that goeth to Colchester swamp and
on the westward sid by the land formerly granted unto Mer
Thomas Cushman
[15.] Att a Town Meeting held at plimouth on tlie 29''* day
of March 1695 flfor the Choyce of Towne officers for sd yeare
which are as followeth The Select Men for sd yeare are
Joseph Bartlet senior
John Waterman
John Mordo
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The Towne Gierke is Thomas ffaunce
The assessors for to make the Rats are
Joseph Bartlet senior
John Waterman
John Sturtevaut
The Cunstables are Caleb Cooke and James Warren The
surveyors for the high waies are
Left John Bryant
Elkanah Cushman
Nathaniel Wood
Josiah lihiney
William Harlow
Jonathan Shaw Junior
At this Meeting the Town made Choyce of Major
Bradford Left John Bradford Isaac Cushman William Shurtlef
John Nelson & Thomas ffaunce A Comitty to Consider of and
draw up such argcmeuts as may be of use to defend the Towns
Bight on the North sid of the Towne
Att A Towne Meeting held at plimouth on the 6**" of May
1695 Mer John Bradford was Chosen Representative to act for sd
towne and in their behalfe at the grat & Generall Cort at bostern
voted that the Select men Shall take Spedy and efectuall Care for
the Reparation of the Meting house and have liberty to make a
Rate on the Inhabitants for to defray the Charge theix>f
At this meting the town granted unto Mer Nathaniel
Thomas Junior the boggey land on the North side of the ^ Town
brook from the fuling Mill to extend downe streame soe low as
noe wais to prejudice the Comfortable ])assage of people throug
sd town brook at the usuall way of going over ; with Carts and
horses as also liberty to sett the fulling Mill lower down upon the
streame provided ye sd Nathaniel Thomas doth not bender
the Al wives going up the brook by his sd mill at the seasons of
their going up voted that there should be a town Meting on the
2** Mundday of June Next Ensuing for to se whether the towne
Can Agree as to a division of sd towns Coraous
[16.] At a Town Meeting held at plimouth on the tenth of
June 1695 The towne Ma<le Choyce of Major Bradford Lef tan ;
Mory Isaac Cushman Will Shurtlif Joseph Bai1;let William Clarke
i The FulUn^ Mill stood on the North side of Town Brook South of whatia
now called Mill Lane.
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James Warren John Nelson Nathaniel Sonthworth John Mordo &
Thomas ffannce to be a Comittie to give in their Reaseins why
the Remote Inhabitants of plimoutli shonld not have their petition
granted them
And whereas tlicre was divers ordere made and agreed on
by the select men of the tnwn in the j'eare 1 61) jj for to prevent
the grate stroy of timber on the towns Comons and said orders
were allowed on by ye Justices in sessions then sitting at this
meeting the towne made choyce of persons to se thes*:; laws put in
Execution the persons Chosen arc Capt Joseph Ilowland
Nathaniel wSouthworth John doty Elkanah Cnslnnan APWill:
Clarke John Mordo William Shurtlef and Joseph Hartlet senior
The bounds of the Meaddow of Mer Joseph Bradford
att Wenatiixet in the Township of plimouth is as foUoweth on the
southestward end with the bounds of Captain Thomas Sonthworth
deceased And att the Northwest End one the Northerly Corner
with a pine stump & a heape of stones by it and thence Rainging
Westward to a stake and a heape of stones by it and all the
meaddow that lyeth on both sides of ^ Whets ton vs vinyard brook
until an other brook Meeteth with sd brook is to belongc to sd lott
The bounds of the Meddow of John Cook at Wenatuxet
in the Township of plimouth which is as followeth That the
bounds of the sd Cooks Meaddow on the southeastward End is
bounded with the bounds of sd brad fords Meadow and att the
Northwestward End of sd Cooks Meadow att the Northward
Comer is A white oake Marked standing by a swampe which is
the bounds betwext sd Cooks and John dunhams meadow All
which bounds are Renued by Isaac Cushman surveyor To sd
Towne on the Tl^ of June 1695.
At A Towne Meeting held at plimouth february 5*** 169|
An aconnt of Charges to be leaved by Rate on the Inhabitants of
the Towne for the defraying Towne Charges which was allowed
of at sd meeting which is as follows
To John Bradford 05—14—08
for the seting the Grate Guns on Carrigcs 06 — 00 — 00
for the Cunstables Wages for gathering
the Rates 00—15—00
1 This is Weston's vineyard brook probably named after Edward Weston
who lived in that neighborhood.
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to James Warren 3 shillings to Josiab
phiney
for Keeping nan Ranisden 01 — 05 — 00
for Joseph Bartlet for Keeping Nan
Ramsden 06—00—00
for Care for nan Ramsden 01 — 10—00
To Thomas Clarke for service on the
Grand Jurey 00—12—06
To Elkanah Cushman 00—15- 00
To Mer Bartlet 01— 15— 00
To John Sturtevant 00—15—00
To Mer John Moixio 06—02—00
[17«] The bounds of the Memlows of Capt: Thomas South-
worth deceased At Wenatnxct l)eing formerly laid out by
leftcnant Ephraim Morton and Now Renewed which are as
foUoweth on the northward side of the River at the Eastward
Comer bounded with a white oake tree marked on 4 sides and
thence Runiug southward Crossing the River to a grate white
oake tree Marked on 4 sides and at the westward Corner on the
southwai*d side of the River with a stake standing neere the
upland and so Runing Northward Crossing sd River to a small
white oake Marked on 4 sides May the 28^^ 1695
pr Isaac Cushman
Surveyor for the townc
of plimouth
Whereas the Court Granted unto ^Mer John darbe
deceased in ye yearc of our lord 1637 three acrees of land at
Munks Hill in the towneship of plimouth Therefore the land
Granted to sd darbe is laid out Noere to sd place and is bounded
as followeth at the Northwest Comer with a white oak with a
heape of stones by it sd tree is marked on 4 sides standing on the
southward side of the highway that goeth from Nicks Rock to
Lakingham and thence Runeth westward twelve score pole along
sd way to a pine tree Marked on 4 sides with a heape of stons by
it and thence Runing forty Rod to a pine tree Marked on four
sides and thence Runing Eastward twelve score Rod to a pine tree
Marked on 4 sides with a heape of stones by it and thence
1 This is John Derby Irom whose family Derby or Darby Pond derives ite
name.
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Rainging Northwinl forty pole to the boiindery first iiaincMl
Measured and bounded on this 12*** of June 1095
pr Isaac Cui^hmau siirveior to the
Towne of plimonth
May 28*^ 1695 laid out to Thomas Lazel six acrees of
land on the southward side of Coulehcster Brook and Joyueth to
the land of the said Lazuli and is l)ounded as flfolloweth on the
Eastward Corner with a white oake tree marked on four sides
standing by a Rock thence Rainging southward twelve R(K>d to a
Retl oak Marked on 4 sides and thence Runing Westward Eighty
Rod to a Red oak tree Marked on 4 sides and thence Rainging
Northward twelve Rod to a Chrocched Red oake standing ncre to
the said brook and Marked on 4 sides with sufHcent allowance for
a highway for the neighborhood
Measured and bounded by
Isaac Cushman sur\'eior
To the towne of plimouth on the day
and year al)ove Rit
[18.] Att a towne Meeting held at plimouth on the 15"* of
July 1695
upon Notice given at sd Meeting That M*' John Wods-
worth and M*' Samuel Sprague were to Come to Run a dividing
line betwen the sd towne and oure Remote Inhabitants on the
westermost part of sd towne The Towne Made Choyce of Major
Bradford left John Bradford Ephraim Morton John dotey and
James Warren to meet these Gentlemen & to Request them Not
to Run aney line in our township untill the Generall Cort are more
thoroughly Enformed of our Circumstances with Reffcrance to
our lands in that part of our towneship but if those Gentlemen
se Cause still to Goc on in Runing sd line then to oppose them in
their proceedings therein
at said Meeting abovesd John Nelson Giles Rickard
Junior & John (foster were Chosen to be tithing men for this
present yeare
At said meeting William Shurtlef was Chosen Towne
Treasurer
At a towne Meeting held at plimouth on the 29*** of July
1695 at this Meeting the Inhabitants of sd towne Made Choyce of
Major Bradford John Bradford Ephraim Morton John dotey and
James Warren together with the towne Clerk to draw up and
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present to the GoLeniU Couit the towns Reasons why they did
Reques the Gentlemen to forheare Runing the deviding line at the
present
At this Meeting William Shurtlif was Ciiose Comisioner
to act with the Rators in making ye provenee Rate Also at this
Meeting M" William Clarke Isaac Cushman & Ephraim Morton
were Chosen to make the Rate for the minister and for the
defraying of all other towne Charges
At a towne Meeting held at plimouth on the 2** of Septem-
ber 1095 ordered that the Ratora shonld make a Rate of 85
pound for the maintenance of the Ministry for the present yeare
M'^ Cotton Considering the grat Charges lying on the Inhabitants
of said Towne Consents thereunto
At this Meeting M''' John Mordo John dotey Giles
Rickard John Stirtevant and William Ring were Chose to serve
on the pety Jury at the County Cort
At a towne meeting held at plimouth on the 16*** of
december 1^05 at sd Meeting it was vontod by the Inhabitants of
sd towne that the Justiceses of the County nhouM be Informed
of sd townes Request that ye Road over Jones River might be
where travelors doe Now usally pass & doe Request and appoint
M'' John Bradford and John Nelson to acquaint sd Justices with
sd townes desire
The Jurors Chosen to serve at the County Court were
Eleazar Churchill John Churchill John Rickard Ephraim Coole
Samuel Lucas John Carver & John Churchill
at sd Meeting Left John Bradford doth Engage to said
towne that in Case the County Court doe allow of the Turning
the Road over Jones Rever That the Towne shall Not be
Charged with the purchase of the way that may goc through aney
mans land by the Turning sd way At sd meeting John Rickard
was Granted the land on which his Whorfe now standeth and
liberty to whorfe in breadth and length against his own ware
hous leaveing suflicent Roome for Carts Convenintly to pass
along the shore
[19«] Att the Towne Meeting last Mentioned The Towne
Granted to William Shurtlef and Ephraim Coole to Each of them
30 foott of land square under the hill Northward from M*'
bartlets warehouse by the waterside with liberty to buld a Narrow
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whorfe from sd land into the sen nlowing Convenient Rome for
Carts to pass along the shore
Att a Towne Meeting held att pi i mouth on the second of
March 169f ffor the Choyce of Towne officers for said yearc as
also for the Choj'cc of Jurors to serve at the Grand assise are
William Shurtlif Kphraim Morton Samuel Ridcir Nathaniel Morton
and John dotcy At this meeting Thomas faimce was Chosen to
be Town Clerk The persons to serve on the pety Jurey at sd
Court arc John Nelson Leftan Bryant Nathaniel Southworth
M*' John Mordo & Klkanath Cushman and for the quarter
sessions the grand Jurors arc George Morton William Ring
Kleasar Ring and John ffoster and the Jurors of Tryals are
M*' William Clarke John Waterman Nathaniel Holmes John
ffoBter Samuel Stirtevant & Robert Rartlet The Surveyors for
the high wayes are Nathaniel holmes Joseph Rartlet Junior
Abram Jacson Samuel Bradford and Eliazar Jacson The Select
Men arc M" William Clarke John Ricord Junor & Thomas flPaunce
The Cunstables arc Josiah finney & Natlianiel Jacson William
Shurtlif Chosen towne Treasurror Joshua pratt Eliazar Cushman
& Jonathan Shaw Junior Chosen to be Tithing Men
At this Meeting it was ordered and agreed upon by the
Inhabitants of the Towne that Every householder should kill 12
black birds and bring theire heads to persons appointed by the
Towne to Receive the Tale betwen the Middle of Aprill & The
last of May next Ensuing & those that Neglect to kill theire
proportion as above sd shall pay a fine of 3 shillings for the use
of the town to be leavc3'ed upon them in their Rates The Men
appointed to Beecive the Tale of the birds arc deacon Thomas
Clarke Benjamen Warren William Shurtlif John Waterman John
Gray Jonathan Shaw Junior
October 17* 1696 Then laid out and bounded unto
William Shurtlif and Ephram Coole the land granted by the
Town in this page above Mentioned; Northward from M"
Bartlets hous A Considerable distance and there bounded out to
William Shurtlif 30 fott of land in breadth on the front next the
sea ; where its bounded with two stakes drove into the ground and
is to Extend in length from sd stakes 30 foot up towards the
banck and leaveing of ten foott of Comon there is staked out to
Ephraim Coole 30 foot of land still Northward from the sd
William Shirtlifs land before mentioned and to Extend as afore
l6
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sd in length 30 flfott upwards from tlie sea towards the banck ;
surveyed and bounded out on the day and yeare herein last above
mentioned pr Me Thomas ffaunce surveyor to the town of
piimouth
[20,1 This Inderture Made the 19*»» of March 169^ betwen
John Gray and Caleb Cook on the one party & Capt Joseph
Howland of the other party all of the towne of piimouth in New
England Witneseth That whereas the Inhabitants of sd tewne of
piimouth att a Towne meeting held at piimouth on the 6*** of
March 169^ Granted liberty to us ye said Gray and Cooke to Run
our fences at the foot of our lots downe to low water Marke upon
Condition that the sd Capt Uowland have liberty of free passage
through our lands through Gates or barrs from his house att
Rockenoock up to the Comon Roadc upon which Consideration we
the abovesd gray and Cooke have upon the day and yeare above
Mentioned agreed upon and bounded oute A way from the sd
Capt Howland through our lands up to the Comon Roade of
Twenty foot in breadth The bounds thereof are as foloweth
Regining at the sd howlands house & bounded on sd Cooks land
on Each side sd way with a heape of stones and soe along sd way
on sd Cooks land to a Red oake tree and a heape of stones on the
south side thereof opposite to sd tree and from thence Rainging
to a Rock on the one side and a heape of stones on the other on
the southerly syde of sd Rock and soe to a walnut Tree and a
heape of stones on the south side opposite against it and from
thence to a white oake tree and a heape of stones on the
Eastward side and soe to the ¥A\d of the birch swampe and there
bounded with a Rock on Each side of the way and stones laid
about them and from thence to two Rocks more and heaps of
stones about them and soe to a white oake Tree and a heap
of stones on the south side opposite to sd tree and soe Right from
sd Rock to a heape of stones in sd grayes land on the Noitherly
side of a white Rock and soe to an other Rock and a heape of
stones on the south side of sd Rock and soe to the Top of a hill
and there bounded with a heape of stones on Each side of sd
way and from thence to the Comon Road and there bounded with
a heape of stones on Each side of sd way Memorandom it is to
be understood that this way thus bounded oute as aforesd is
twenty foot in breadth through the whole length and the sd Capt
Howland is to make by this Agrement and Maintaine the fence
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from the l)ound tree bet wen sd Cooke and Howland downe to low
water Marke and to Maintaine a Cart Gate on sd allowed way
before his owue dore and another upon sd way uetwen sd grayes
land and Caleb Cooks and said Capt Ho viand !H)tli Engadge to
keepe within the boundereyes herin above Mentioned and agreed
u]x>n to be for hib Convenient Egres & Regress from his own
land to the Comon Road and the sd Caleb Cook is to make and
Maintaine A sutficent fence from high water Marke in the Rainge
betwen sd Cook and Gray down into the sea & att the Roade the
sd John Gray is from time to time to maintaine a Cart gate on
sd way from sd Capt Rowland and the sd John Gray is to make
and Maintaine the out side fence into the sea and where Either
the said Cooke or Gray shall see it will be for their Conveniencey
they have liberty att their own Charge to set up Gates upon sd
way and the sd Capt Howland doth promise for him selfe his
heires or assigncs that they haveing free pass along sd way above
Expresed will for Ever quitt all Claim of wais formerly laid oute
for sd Howland by the water side through the sd Grayes and
Cooks land And In Witnes of our Joyent Concorrance ai.d
Agreement as to the settling and bounding out sd way and as to
observation of the particulai*s above Expresed we the sd Capt
Joseph Howland John Gray and Caleb Cook doe by These presents
bind ourselves our heires Executors and assignes for Ever as
Witnes our hands and scales on the day and yeare first above
written Joseph Howlauds scale O
signed sealed and declared
John Grayes
seale
to be our Joyent agreement In
Caleb Cooks
seale
presence of
Benjamen Lumbert
Abiall Shurtlif
[21 •] The bounds of yc lands of sevcrall of the Neighboures
on the south side of the Towne of plimouth as they were ordered
by the Court to be laid out & Bounded by Capt Southworth &
George Watson as followeth The bounds Betwen the lands of Left
Ephraim Morton and the lands of Thomas Morton are as
ffolloweth viz : it begins att the Eastermost Corner of a stone
wall below and soe Raingeth up into tlie woods on a southw^est
line half A point southerly twelve score pole more or less unto a
black oake tree Marked with E M on the Northerly side & with
T M on the southerly side On the 25*^ of March 169C the Rainge
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betwen the lots above Mentioned was Run by Thomas ffauncc
Giles Rickard Junior Nathiel Morton and Samel Cornish and is
settled as flfoUoweth viz begining below where the two stone wales
mete and from thence Rainging up on the southerly side of the
stone wall southwest half A point soutiierly bounded with severall
heapes of stones in sd Rainge betwixt the foot bound and the
head of the field and att the head of the field Neere the Comer
of the old head ditch is a heape of stones and from said heapc of
stones Rainging up still on the same point and bounded by
severall Rainge trees Marked and soe Extendeth up to the black
oake tree above mentioned to be the Raingen bounds betwen
sd lots
The bounds betwen the lands or lots betwen Nathaniel
Morton and the Children of Josiah Morton late of plimoutli
deceased are as followeth viz bounded below with a heape of
stones Neere the fence and soe Rainging southwest half a poynt
southerly up into the woods bounded with severall heapes of
stones in said Rainge soe far as the head of the fields and then
bounded by severall Rainge trees untill it Cometh to the head of
the lots and there bounded with A white oake sapling and a heape
of stones which is the head bound betwen said lotts
The bounds betwen the lots of Nathaniel and Thomas
Morton are as followeth viz bounded below Nere the seaside with
A heape of stones and from thence Raingeth southwest halfe a
point southerly up into the woods and bounded with severall
heapes of stones in sd Rainge soe farr as the head of the fcilds
and from thence bounded by severall Rainge trees Marked : up to
the heads of said lots and there bounded with a stake and a heape
of stones
The Bounds betwen The lots of George Morton and
Thomas Mortons lot are as followeth vis : its Agreed upon by said
George Morton & the said Thomas Morton that the brook shall
be the bounds betwen theire lots from A flat Rock with a heap of
stones on it at the head of the brook and soe downe sd brook to
the fot of their sd lands and att the head of said brook to Extend
from sd flat Rock Neere two poli southeasterly to A heape of
stones upon the hill side and from sd heape of stones to Range
southwest half a point southerly up into the woods and bounded
with severall heapes of stones in sd Rainge belowe and up in the
woods with severall Rainge trees Marked ; up to the head of sd
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lotts and the Corner bound betwen said lotts is A Red oake
sapling Marked on 4 sides and A heape of stones by sd sapling
[22 •] The bounds betwen the lots of George Morton and
Joseph Churchill are as foUoweth viz : bounded Neere the foot
of sd lotts with a walnut tree on the southerly or southeasterly
Corner of the sd Joseph Churchils stone wall by his orchard
sd tree is marked on fouer sides and A heape of stones by sd
tree and Raingeth from sd tree southwest half a point southerly
up into the woods and bounded by severall Kainge trees marked ;
in sd Rainge and at the head of said Joseph Churchill lot next
to wobeiy feilds is bounds with a forked Red oake tree marked
on foure sides with a heape of stones by sd tree which is the
bound betwen the sd Mortons lots and the said Churchils lot soe
far as the said Churchils lot Raingeth with said Mortons lotts
The lots above Mentioned were Rainged bounded and in
breadth Measured on the 25 *^ and 26 * day es of March 1696 by
Thomas flfaunce surveyore To the Towne of Plimduth
Each lott specifyed in page 21 & 22 are twenty pole in
breadth to one single lott
At a Town Meeting Held at plimouth June 29*^ 1696 at
sd Meeting it was ordered by the Town That the ^ uper society
should have the schoolmaster the Next qnortor & the 3* quortor
to Remove to the Eelerever & the 4*^ quorter to Remove Noo
further Northward in sd Town for settlement to keepe scoole
Then John Greyes
At sd Meeting The Towne voted that five pounds should
be allowed towards the payment for the Care of M^ hunters Wife
Now under the doctors hands and also the Towne Agreed with
John Nelson To Keep Nan Ramsden one yeare for Qve pounds &
to furnish her at tlie Expiration of sd yeare with Cloathing as
good as Now shee hath and whereas John Churchill senior late of
plimouth deceased has a grant of land at ponds of fifty Acres &
that grant Now faling to John Churchill and he haveing often
solicited The Town for liberty to Remove sd grant to some other
place ; upon which at tiiis Meeting The Town granted liberty to
the sd John Church to throw up his grant at the ponds and
to take up his fifty Acres at the uper sosiety where it may be least
prejudiciall to aney perticular
1 The Church in Plymptoii, th«ii a part of Plymouth, was organized in ICiUti,
^nd was often called the Upper Society.
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[23.] At A town Meeting held alt pliniouth September 14*^
101)6 Not Reliujuishinji: the Towns Just Right according to law
to all tlieire Inhabitants paying their Rates as formerly The
Conclusion & voate of the Town at this Meeting was that they
would pay to M*^ Cotton their Minister for this present yeare
IGOf) begining the 30 ^'' day of May last past the flfull sum of
jscaventy five pounds in silver money and the sd M^*^ Cotton Rests
Contented with the sd snm for this present j^eare it was also then
voted that said sura be duely and seasonably paid the one halfe
in October Next the other halfe att or before the first day of
March next P^usuing At this Meeting the town Agreed ui^on the
Raising of Moneys for the defraying the town Charges which is
as follow^eth In prim is for
the scoolemaster 33 — 00. 00
John Bradford 01—12. 00
To iSamuel dunhara for sweping the
meeting hous 01 — 10. 00
To ^ (Trench doctor fo Care of Hunters wife 05 — 00 — 00
To John Nelson for keeping Nan Ilamsden
on year 05—00—00
To Nathaniel Southworth for service att
Cort 03—12—00
To John Nelson for service for the Town 01 — 00-00
Grant to At this town Meeting The Town granted unto
Holmes Nathaniel Holmes and to Nathaniel Morton forty
& Morton foot of land square betwen the land of Nathaniel
Harlow and wenensly harbor by the shore side
At A town Meeting held at plimouth december 2*^ 1696
they then Chose John Morton John Churchill James Barneb John
doty Jun : John Coole and John Barnes to serve on the petty
Jury at the quorter sessions in december 1696
Att A towne Meting held at plimouth on the first of
March 1696 the Towne made Choice of Nathaniel Southworth
John Nelson John doty senor William Shurtlef and Lef:
Jonathan Mory to serve on the Grand Jury at the Grand Asize on
the 2 tuseday in March and Epraime Morton Left John Bryant
John Stirtevant Elkanah Cushman and P^phraime Cole to serve on
the Jury of tryals att sd Court
I The French Doctor was Francis LcBaron.
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Att sd Meting the towne made Choice of Samuel Rider
James Warren Samuel Stirtevant and Nathaniel Morton to serve
on the Grand Jurey for the yeare Insuing and also made Choice
of John Morton Eliazur Churchell Jonathan Shaw and Joseph
fifaunce to serve on the Jury at tryals on the 3^ tuseday of this
Instant March
Att sd Meting An Indian Called Ralph Jones desired
leave of the Towne to sell so much of his Intrest of lauds in the
towneship as will fech him 6 or 7 pounds which was Granted
him and api)ointed Leftenant Jonathan Mory to purchase It
of him
[24.] At sd towne Meting James Nutes desired leave of the
towne to make sale of his 50 Akers of land which he hath lying
at saltwatet" pond which he had of the towne In low land about
half way pond the towne Granted liberty to Jonathan Mory Junior
to purchase sd land of sd Nutes
Att a towne Meting held at plimouth the 8*** of March
1696 for the Choice of towne officers for sd yeare the select men
for sd yeare are M" Nathaniel thomas Jun ; Ephraime Morton
and thomas fifaunce The Cunstables are William Ring & benjamen
Warren ; Thomas fifaunce Towne Clerke ; the Towne Treassurer
William Shuitlef ; surveyors for the High Wayes are Samuel
Bradford Joseph Bartlet Jun ; Robert Ransom sen Giles Rickard
and John Bryant Jun ; John doty senior Elknah Cushman &
James Warren are Chosen fence Vewers M" Joseph Bartlet John
doty and Benjamin Warren they are apix^inted by the towne to
determine and settle tlie bounds of the land granted by the Towne
Unto M*"*" Nathaniel Morton late of plimouth deseaced what they
shall Judge to bee a Meete Competency for the use of the
Naiborhood according to the Towne Grant; Att sd Meting Left;
Morey and M*^"^ Nathaniel Thomas Jun : are granted by the towne
the Right of purchase of tenn Acres of land lying att the Herring
pond Called ^ sandwedg Hering pond which Is the land of Will
wapnut Indian deseaced Att sd meting Tiie order Relating to the
Killing of black Hirds was Againe Renewed and those that have
not killed their proportion of Black birdvs the last yeare are
hereby ordered to make up theire full number of birds for the
yeare Insuing and to make up theire Number of wt was wanting
i What is now known jus HerrinK Pond wrts calh'tl Sandwich Herring Pond to
distinguish it from what was calUul Ifcrring l*ond on the Eel llivtT.
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of their douzen the last year or 6 Crows in the Rome of 12
blackbirds for Each house holder and this to be done betwen the
8**" of March 1697 and the last of octol)er next Ensuing and
bring their account of the birds heads as abovesd unto the
persons appointed to Receive the Heads the last yeare.
Saml At sd Meeting the Towne granted to Samuel Harlow
Harlow tiie swampy land by the highway Joyning to his spring
& soe downwards towards the •
At a towne Meting held at plimouth december 2** 16ii6
The town granted to John Morton & Samuell Lucas to each of
them 30 foot of land square lying by the water side betwen M*'
bartlets Ware house & William Shirtlifs laud leaving a suficent
Cart way on ye shore
[25 •] March 11 169JJ Measured and bounded out unto M*^
John Mordo ^A persell of land which sd Mordo Bought of
Major Bradford over the streete to the westward of Ephraim
Cooles shopp and begining at the Corner of the streete Against
sd Cooles shop and therr bounded with a stone sett into tlie
Ground and from sd stone to Extend Norwestward allong the
streete six pole and there bounded with A heapc of stones and
thence Raingiug southwestward 6 [K>le and there bounded with a
heap of stones and from thence Raingiug Eastward to the laine
side and there bounded with a heape of stones a lettle above sd
Mordows shopp and from thence Raingiug downe sd lane 6 |>ole
to the boundary first above Named Bounded out as abovesd on
the day and yeare above Mentioned pr Thomas ffaunce
Surveyor to the Towne
of Plimouth
At A Towne Meeting Held at Plimouth on the tenth of
May 1697 The Inhabitants of the Towne Made Choyce of James
Warren to be theire Representative.
At sd Meeting 30 acrees of land was Granted unto James
Warren and Benjamin Warren That is to say 15 acres Apeece to
Each of them at the ^ drinking Place soe Called in the Towneship
of Plimouth on Consideration of the Charge and trouble they have
^ This lot was on the corner of Main Street and Town Square, and was sold
to John Murdock by Major William Bradford, son of the Governor. Tlie
.blacksuiith's shop of Bphraim Cole was on the corner of Main and Leyden
streets, and may now be seen in the rear of the express office of Harvey W.
Weston.
- The drinking place is between the uew liocky Hill road and the shore.
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ben att iu the defence of their Right unto a setlg ftlalt yt they
bought of the Agents of scl Towne liing at tlie Eeal River
At sd Meeting the Towne Granted unto John dotey senior
A Confirmation of Six Acres of land which the sd dotey had
bought of his Mother with his other lands which he could not
as yet find a Record for on Consideration that John Cobb and
John Holmes Consented thereunto sd laud lyeth Above the Conion
Road way on the southerly side of his own land and soe to Run
up in length with his other laujls
At this Meeting The Town Made Choyce of M" Isaac
Cushman James Warren and Thomas ffaunce and Imi)owered
them to settle aney difiPerence that might Arise in Rainges of
land : tliat Mite Arise in sd towne betwen one Neighbour and an
other as there may be ocasion for their helpe therein The sd
persons Were alike Chosen by tlie Towne to see that the Towns
Comons be not Intruded on Either by our own Inhal)itants
or others
At a towne meeting on the 10*'* of May the Inhabitants
then Chose M" William Shirtlif to be Improved with M*^ Isaac
Cushman James Warren and Thomas ffaunce : for what ocasion
there may be for their helpe and Improvement in aney perticklors
herein above Mentioned and it was alike voated by the Inhabitants
then mett that what they or aney three of them should doe as to
the settling of Rainges betwen one Neibour and an other and to
defend the towns Interest from being Intruded on shal be of full
force and vertue
[26.] New Plimouth May IP" 1697
Then laid out and bounded unto James & Benjamin
Warren 30 Acrees of land which was Granted them by the Towne
at Manoment high land Neere the drinking Place soe Called sd land
is bounded as ffolloweth begining at the banck next the sea and
there bounded With A Rock and a heape of stones on sd Rock
and soe Rainging along the banck East North East six score pole
to A Rock and A heape of stones on sd Rock & from sd Rock to
Extend down to the sea sd Rock is a lettle to the Northward of A
small swampe and from thence Rainging South South East fforty
Pole and there bounded with a heape of stones there being A
smal Red oake on Each sid sd heape Marked on 4 sids and from
thence Rainging West southwest six score pole to another heape
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of stones and from thence Rainging Nor Norwest to the Roock
lierein first Mentioned and from thence on a straite line to the sea
Surveyed and Measured
on the day and yeare Above Mentioned
by Mee Thomas flfaunce Surveyor
To the Towne of plimouth
June 1«"' 1674
Measured and bounded unto abraham Jacson 30 Acrees
of Land lying att the hering Ware att Monponsett brooke att the
Northwest Corner Is a white oake marked from Itt the line
Extends East or E northerly to the brooke leaving the poynt
Common from the sd oake the line Runs S J westerly nearest to a
Red oake then J Easterly to a white oake and so to the brooke
then as the brooke Runetli till It meets with the East line that
Coms from the fii*st white oake breadth 60 pole length 80 pole
Att a towne Metting Held att plimouth June the 7*** 1697
Att sd meting the Town voated that the Towne Treasuror
should Take Acount of M'"' Joseph Bartlet what he laid out
About the Careges of the greatt guns and what Remains to
Compleat the work the sd Treasuror Is hereby ordered to Agree
with a workman to tfinish and lo pay It out to the Towne stocke
[27.] July 2*^ 1694
Laid out to Benoney Lucas by Isaac Cushman at a place
Comonly Caled the south Meadows in the township of plimouth
24 acrees of upland and is bounded as ffolloweth on the Ejistward
Corner with A white oake Marked on 4 sides thence Runiug
Northward to a Red oake Marked on fouer sides and thence
Runing Westward to a white oake tree marked on 4 sides and
thence Runing southward to a pine tree Marked on 4 sides thence
Runing Eastward to two Red oaks Marked on fouer sids and
thence Runing Northward to the white oake first Mentioned and
lyeth on the westward side of the seder bridg and ten acrees of
sd land belongeth to the Meadow of William Harlow deceased
which Meadow lyeth in the uper south Meadows ten Acres
more of sd land belongeth to John Morton and four acres of sd
land was granted by the towne to sd Lucas it is to be understood
that there is suflficent lowance for a cait way for the Neighbours
to fetch hay through sd land
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Laid out to John Barrows ten Acrees of upland at a place
Comonly Caled the southmeadows In the township of plimouth on
the southerly side of sd Meadow and is bounded as ffolloweth five
acres of sd land lyeth on the westerly sd of A. bridg Comonly
Caled Andrew Rings bridg and at the Eastward Corner Is
bounded with a white live oake and thence Runing westward to a
pine tree marked on foure sides and thence Runing Northward to
a pine tree Marked on fouer sides which Is the bound of Robert
Barrows meadow and bounded with a swamj) on the P^astward
side five acrees more lying on the Eastward side of sd bridge
and Is l)ounded at the westward Corner with a Red oake Marked
and thence Runing southward to A stone set into the ground
thence Runing Eastward to a Red oak Marked and thence Runing
Northward to a Red oake marked July the second 1694
By Me Isaac Cnshman
Surveior
At a towno Meeting held at plimouth November
15^*^ 1697 the Inhabitants then preasent Gave M"
Mr Little Ephraim Lettle a call to preach to them for the
called winter season in order to a probation of him for
further Improvement of him : if the sd Little &
the Inhabitants do mutually agree & the luhabitants
did vote to allow to sd Little for his labours in the
ministre after the Rate of sixty pound per yeare
[28.] The 4 acrees of Meadow belonging to Samuel Harlow
in tlie lower south meaddows over lease Recorded being Judged
to fall into Middieboro purclias that is on the westward side of
the River the sd Imrlovv took up all the sd 4 acres on the East
side of the River hegining at Nathaniel Mortons bound tre in his
Record Mentioned and soe Rainging down the nieadow and soe
Round the poynt of upland unto a place where the River Cometh
Close to the upland and there bounded with a pine tre Marked on
4 sids and all the Meadow lying on the East side of the River
from Nath : Mortons ))ounds down to sd pine tre is laid out to
Samuel harlow for 4 acres Measurpd and bounded on the tenth
diy of May 1698 by Thomas ffaunce Surveyor
to the Towne of plimouth
The bounds betwen Baruck Jordans Meaddows at the
South Meadows and an Acree of Meaddow that George Bon ham
bought of Nathaniel Morton is a Rainge of staks Rainging across
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the Meaddow and on the other side the Raing betwen Nathaniel
Ilowland and the sd bonhams acree is a Raing of stacks Raingiug
across the mcaddow
Tlio bounds of Nathaniel Harlows 2 acres of Meaddow
lying botwen an acree of Meadow belonging to George Bonam
and William Ring is a Rainge of Staks Rainging a Cross the
Meaddow
Whereas tliere was Granted to M**' John Reynor then
teaclier of plimoutli now deceased one hundred acrees of land in
the yeare HUO by the Honowered Court of plimouth Neere to a
place Conionly Caled Jones River Meadow and whereas Capt
Joseph Ilowland hath ben sence Improved by the Heires of the sd
M" John Reignor to lay out act and doe upon sd land as though
they themselves were there present
Therefore is laid out to the sd Capt Joseph Uowland on
theire behalf the hundred acrees of land on the Eastward side of
Jones River Meaddows in the township of plimouth in New
England & is bounded as followeth on the westward Corner with
a small White oake Marked om 4 sides thence Rainging southeast
one hundred Rodds to a Red oake Marked standing on the
Northeast side of the way that goeth to Jones River Meaddow
thence Runing North East Eight score Rodd to a Red oake tre
Mai ked standing Neere to a place Comonly Caled hylly plaine
grate hill and thence Rnning Northwest one hundred Rodds to a
white oake marked on 4 sides as the Rest of the bounds are &
standing on the Northeast side of a swamp thence Runing
southwest Eigh scoore Rodds to the bounds first Mentioned
August 16 1G97 By me IsaaC Cushman surveyor To the Towue
of plimouth
[29.] July 24 ^'» 1G97
Then measured and bounded unto Nathaniell Morton
foure acers of meadow at the south meadows formerly granted to
Left Ephraim Morton deceased from the boundereyes of
Tinkhams meadow downe the River and bounded on the west sitle
with a great pine tree marked on 4 sides 2 pine trees standing on
the southwest side of sd tree surveighed and measured on the
ikky and yeare above write
By me Thomas Thomas flfaunce Survaier to the Towne
tf plimouth July 24 1G97
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Measured and bounded unto Samuel Harlow
se tbe fouer acrees of Meadow at the lower south
alteration meadow which was formerly granted unto
of these sergant williani Harlow late of plimouth
bounds in page deceased begin ing at Nathan lell Mortons
28 and boundareyes of His said meadow and so
the Reason Rainging downe the River forty i)ole and
of it hounded on the Eastward side of the River
with a spruce tree Marked on 4 sides and on
Sam' the westerly side of sd River hounded with a
Harlow swamp white oake Marked on foure sides
standing a little within the meadow surveighed
and measured By me Thomas ITaunce
surveiyor to the Town of plimouth
July 24 1697
Measured and bounded unto Nathaniell Morton ten acrees
of upland at the Southmeadows In the Township of plimouth
six of which sd ten Acrees Is laycd out in barnses Neck so
Called and bounded by the land of georg bonham on the southerl}^
side and on the Northerly side nex to abrahani Jacson with a
stake and a stone set into the ground nere the Coasway in tlie
Cove and the uplands to Extend home to the meadow so far as
the sd Mortons Meadow goeth and from sd stone and stake
Ranging Northeastward 52 ix>le to another stake and stone set
into the ground and from thence t<» Raing home to the Eastermost
boundereyes of georg bonhams land and the other fouer acrees Is
layed out on the south side of the River and lyeth adjoyning to
the sd georg bonhams land and bounded by It and on Each
Corner bounded with a pine tree Marked on 4 sides
Surveighed and Measured by Mee Thomas flfaunce
Surveyher to the Towne of plimouth
[30.] Layed out to John Churchill fifty acres of land In the
Township of plimouth and Is bounded as followeth sixteen Acres
of sd land lyeth on the Westward side of William bonys land
and Is bounded as followeth on the Northwest Corner with a Red
oake Marked on fouer sides thence Runeth westward forty Rod
to a white oake Marked on fouer sides standing by the swamp
Commonly Called the Coasway swamp and thence Run ing south-
ward sixty Rod to a White oake Marked on fouer sides and
standing on an Island In the swamp and thence Runing Eastward
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forty Rod to a White oake which Is the southwest Corner V)ouiid
of sd honeys land and thenee Runing Northward 60 Rod to the
bounds first Mentioned More fiften acres on the south End of the
land of sd honeys and l)ounded As followoth at the westward
Corner with a white oake and thence Runing Kastwanl 60 Rod to
a spruce tree Marked and thenee Runing Northward forty Rod
to a Red oake Marked on fouer sides thence Runing westward
sixty Rod to a white oake Marked thence Runing southward forty
Rod to tlie first bounds Mentioned and with a suflishant allowance
for the highway to goe to Meting And further Is Allowed lo the
first sixten Acres a little Garden spot at the louer end of It on
the westward side of William bonys land More layed out to John
Churchil on the westward End of Isaac King and John bryants
land betwen that and Turkey swamp Nineten Acres of land and
Is bounded as followetli at the southwest Corner with a Red oake
Marked on 4 sides and thence Runing Eastward Nere 80 Rod
to a White oake Marked on fouer sides and thence Runing North-
ward to a small white oake Marked on fouer sides and thence
Runing westward to a Red oake Marked on fouoi* sides and thence
Runing southward to the bounds first Mentioned which land
lyeth diamond square by Isaac Cushman surveighcr to the Towne
of plimouth March 30 1697
Memorandom this was layed out upon the Aeount of a
grant at Manoment ponds formerly granted to John Churchel
deceased
[31.] At a towne Meting held at plimouth on the IS*** of
September 1697 for the Choyce of Jurrors to serve at the County
Court the persons Chosen were M" William Clarke Abraham
Jacson sen John doty seni : Nathaniel Holmes and deacon Thomas
Clarke at sd Meeting M" William Shurtlef & M" Nathaniel
Thomas were Chosen by the Towne to treate with Middlebery
Agents Respecting the Rainge betwen the towne and Major
Churches & M" John Tomsons purchas and to make Report
thereof To the Towne
At a towne Meeting held at plimouth October 5*'' 1697 the
Inhabitants then Mett did voat to Contrebute Every sabbatli day
to Carry on the worship of god Amongst them
March 30*** 1697 laid out to samuel stirtevant twenty
Acrees of land by virtue of a grant to the Widdow Stirtevant
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Now the wife of John bass of BrtMitree ; which the towne
granted to her in her Widowhood sd twenty acrecs of land lyeth
att Mon|K)Usett and on the westward side of tlie Meadow of
Samuel Stirtevant Joyning to sd Meadow and is bounded as
followeth on the south East Corner with a white ojike Marked on
4 sides standing by tlie Meadow side and is the bound of the
Meadow and thence Kuniug westward to a small Red oak Marked
standing by A lettle swamp thence Runing Nortiiward to a Red
oake Marked on 4 sides which is the bounds of Adam Wrights
and thence Rnning Eastward to a white oake Marked standing l)y
the Meadow side which is the otiier Corner bound of sd Meadow
with snfflcent allowance for a highway for the Neiglibours to goe
to Meeting
surveyed and Measured by Isaac Cushraan
Surveyor
Att a towne Metting held at plimouth October 11 1G97
The Inhabitants then Voatted to allow unto M" Cotton for his
labhours in the Minestry on third of a yeare 2.") pounds Which Is
to be Raised by Rate on the Inhabitants of this society More six
pounds for the Repairing of the Meting house six pound for the
Representative to M*"^ bartlet 12 shillings To Thomas ffaunce one
pound 1 1 shiling for keeping John andros to M " Thomas for
Cloathing for Nan llamsden 12s 3d to John Rickard for Cloathing
for John andros 10 shilings six pounds for the keping Nan
Rarasden this present yeare to Samuell dounham one pound five
shillings to Samuell stirtevant 5s To Ephraime Morton 2 shillings
[32.] Att a towne Meting held at plimouth december ye 6***
1697 for the Choice of Juniors to serve att the Court of Quarter
seshons the persons Chosen were Eliazer Churchell John Churchell
Samuell lucas John barnes James barnabe & benjamin soule
. Att sd Meting the Towne Impowerid Le"* Jonathan
Morey James Warren & Samuell lucas to Run the Rang and settle
boundereyes betwen se pecan and plimouth in wt yet Remains to
be Run and settled
Att a towne Metting held at plimouth on the 13 of June
1698 John brad ford Was then Chosen by the towne to Joyne With
James Warren & Samuell Lucas to Run & settle the Rang abovsd
in the Rome of Jonathan Mory because of his absence
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Att a towne Metting at plimoiith the 8 of March 169 if
M" Joseph bartlet senior John doty senior and benjamin Warren
were ajwynted by the towne to sette the differancc betwen them
and Nathaniell Harlow & we provided as followeth we set up a
stake and & heap of stones at the Northeast end of sd land Close
to the bay and from thence southerly on a straight line to a heap
of stones before tlic ware house dore and from thence ou a
straight line to a Rock and a heap of stones on sd Rock and from
sd Rock on a straight line westerly to another picked Rock & so
Runing westerly to high Water Mark ; March 11 169^
John doty senior In testemony of My Consent to tiie
Joseph bartlet sen : settlement of the boundereyes above
benjamin Warren Mentioned I the sd Nathaniel Harlow
signed in presence of have here unto set My hand and scale
Thomas ffaunce Nathaniell Harlow
John brad ford J*"
Att a towne Metting held at plimouth on the 4^ of March
1698 for the Choice of towne officers the selectmen Chosen are
William Shurtlef
John Rickard Jun &
John Mordo ;
the Towne Clerk Chosen was Thomas ffaunce
The Cunstables Chosen Were Benjamin Eaton & Abiall
Shurtlef
The surveighers for the high Wayes Were Samuel ffuller
John Morton John Clark John bryant Jun Ephraimc Tilson &
P^liazer Morton
The Ty thing Men Chosen are M*^^ Nathaniell Thomas &
John Rickard Sen :
The fence Vcwers Chosen are John Bradfoi*d
Jonathan Shaw Sen :
& Robert bartlet
William Shirtlef Chosen Town Treasurer
[33.] At sd Metting the towne Made Choyce of Grand
Juriois for the Supperior Court Which are as followeth M*"*^
Nathaniell Thomas John Stirtevant William Shirtlef & John
dotey ;
the petty Jury for the grand assise are Nathaniell
Sou th worth M" Joseph bartlet Nathaniell Clarke Ephraimc Cole
Samuel Lucas & John foster ;
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26f
The grand Jury for the yeare are Giles Riekard Junior
Thomas Clarke Sen Elknah Cushman & Joseph Bartlet Jun
The petty Jury for the County Court are Eliaser Churchill
Eliazer Ring Jonathan Shaw Sen John Morton Nathaniell Wood
Samuel fuller
Att sd Metting the Towne granted to georg Shaw 12
acres of land adjoyning to the land he liveth on att the south End
of lakenham pond
Plimouth April 28 1705. Then forty acres of
land was laid out to Thomas holmes that Was
Thomas granted to his grandfather holmes in the year 1641
holmes & ten acrees of land it being part of his 20 acre
his fifty lot became Due to him by a settlemen of the
aces propriety of the Comon land in plimouth sd 50 :
Recorded accres of land was laid out at a place Caled four
mile brook in the Township of plimouth aforesd &
bounded on the west Corner with a white oak tree
marked nere the brook & from sd tre the line to
Extend South East : 67 : pole to a maple marked
on 4 sids Ncere a pond & then thre pole on the same
point into ye swampe & then the line to Extend
North East an hundred pole to a Red oak Marked &
then the line to Extend southwest & by south to the
brook and then bounded to sd Meadow & Meddowish
ground to the bounds first mentioned leaving a way
through sd land wher the way now is to Lakenham
James Warren )
Nathaniel Morton )
surv
[34.] New plimouth
This agrement Made the twenty fift day of Jaunary 169^
betwen John Nelson John dotey senior and Samuell Lucas all of
them Inhabitants of the Towne of plimouth in the County of
plimouth in the province of the Massachusetts bay in New
England as followeth Namely the said John Nelson John dotey
senior and Samuell Lucas doe by these presents declare that they
are fully firmly and Joyntly agreed betwixt themselves for
themselves Mutyaly and for there heirs and Assignes for Ever
Concerning A Certaine persell of land Comonly Caled and knowne
by the Name of the Gurnett being and scittuate Within the
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Township of plimouth afoi*sd ; that the said land at said Gurnett
being surveighed and divided by Jacob Thompson of Midlebery
in the County af oread on the 22^ & 23 "^ dayes of this Instant
January the first and second lots in sd divisin acordin as It Is
Written by said surveyer are and shall be the proper lotts of said
samuell Lucas and that the third lot Is and shall be tlie proper
lott of said John doty and that the fourth lott Is and shall be the
proper lott of John Nelson ; furthermore said Nelson dotey and
Lucas doe hereby firmly agree With and for themselves theire
heires and assignes for Ever and that Each of them shall have
free Egresse and Regreese through all the said lots with Cails
and Cattle provided always thay be Carefull to shut up bars also
said partyes doe all agree as abovesd that wt water there Is upon
aney of said lots It sliall be free for the use and benefitt of Each
of said proprietors there heirs and assignes for Ever for the full
Confirmation of This agreement above Writcn in all particulora of
It said Nelson doty and Lucas have sett to there hands and seals
the day and yeare above Written ;
Signed sealed and declared to be John Nelson O
the agreement of the three partiys John dotey sen O
abovenamed in presence of Samuell Lucas
John Cotton
John Mordo
Att a towne Metting held at plimouth aprill ye 11'*' 1698
the Inhabitants of said towne did very unaniraosly agree to give
M**" Ephramc Litle^ a Call to setle in said towne to Carrey on the
Worship of god as ther Minister of sd towne and did apoynt
William Shirtlef John Rickard John Mordo Nathaniell Thomas
& Thomas ffaunce to siguifie the desire of said Inhabitants to sd
M"" Little as also It was voated at sd Metting to alow to sd M*'
Litle 60 pound for his sallery for the yeare insueing
[35.] New Plimouth May 11^ 1698
Laid out to Abraham Jacson 10 acres of upland at the
south meadows adjoyuing to his land that buts hom to his
Meaddow at the Cove at the head of Barnses Neck begin ing at
sd Jacsous bound mark w*^ a forked Red oake and Raingeth from
sd oake down along the Med 40 pole and there bounded with a
iRev. John Cotton left Plymoutli in 1697, and died in Charleston, South
Carolina, in 1G99. Rev. Ephraim Little of Marnhtield, a graduate at Harvard
in 1695, was his saccessor.
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small white oake tree Marked on 4 sides and from thence Raing-
ing Norward 40 pole to a Red oake tre Marked on 4 sids and
thence Rainging Eastward across to the sd Jacsons boundery of
his other land and bounded by it ; with alowance for the fencing
of the Meadow upon the upland and for A Cart way Either
through gats or bans through sd land to the Meadows lying
against sd land
A Record of the Renewal of the boundaryes of M*'
Nathaniel Mortons lott of Meadow in the lower south Meaddow
bounded on the Northerly end att the East side with a smal
white oake tre Marked on 4 sides and on the northerly End on
the west side with a grat pine tree Marke the River turning in at
that place Nere to the upland and soe Rainging down the meaddow
to a white oake sapling standing a lettle to ye Northward of a
cartway that Corns out of amy Willisses Meaddow sd sapling
being marked on 4 sids ; standeth by the edge of the meadow and
thence Rainging acros the meadow to the mouth of the Cove and
there bounded with a grate pine tre Marked on 4 sids and from
sd tree athort the mouth of the Cove to an other pine tree marked
is to be understood to divide betwen the Med lying on the River
and the Meaddow in the Cove
plimouth May 11'^ 1698 laid out unto abraham Jacson in
the New Mead 6 acrees of Meadow begining at a grat pine tre
Marked on i sids and thence Rainging southeast & by south
aCross the Meaddow 40 pole to a stake Necre to the Hand and
thence Rainging North East and by North 24 \)o]v *» an other
stake and from sd stake 40 pole to the upland & tli* re bounded
with a stake by the Meaddow side and a pine tree Marked on 4
sids being on the shore.
May 11*^ 1698 then laid out to William Harlow npon
Jonathan prats Right 6 acrees of Meaddow Joyning to abram
Jacson six acrees above Mentioned on the Northerly sid there of
and Raingeth from Jicsons boundarey on the shore 40 pole down
along Jacsons Raing to his bound stak anrl from thence on a
straite Raing 34 pole to a stake standing in the Meadow about
4 pole from the point of an Hand in sd meadow and from sd
stake Rainging to a point of upland on the North side and acros
that point to the Northerly part of it and there bounded with a
pine tree Marked on 4 sids and from thence Rainging to abraham
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JacsoDS Corner bound next sd Harlow which is a pine tre standing
on the upland
[36.] May 11*^ 1698 then laid out to George Morton 4 acres
of Meaddow formerly granted to Samuel dunham in the New
Meadow soe Called which is laid out ad joyning to William harlows
6 acres in Record mentioned begining at the stake standing in the
Meadow about two pole from the upland at the Island in sd
harlows Record Mentioned and soe Rainging aCross the pint of
upland into the Cove and aCross the Cove to a pine tre Marked
and from sd tree Extending farther Northward to the botom of
an other Cove and thence Rainging Northwestward to another
pine tree Marked on 4 sides and from thence on a straite line to
William Harlows Corner bounderey in his Record Mentioned all
these meaddows and lauds of Jacsons harlows and Mortons last
Entered on Record were Measured and bounded by Thomas
ffaunce Surveyor
to the towne of plimouth
New plimouth May 11*** 1698 then laid out to Richard
Cooper 10 acres of land at the South Meaddows at the southwest
side of the Cove upon benijah pratts Right and sd land is bounded
by William Rings land and soe Rainging from sd Wil" Rings
Comer bound which is a Red oake standing som distance from
the meadow and so Rainging 40 pole SouthEasterly and there
bounded with a stake standing ab«ut 4 pole from the Meadow
nere 2 pines growing by the Meadow side and thence Rainging
west and by south 42 pole to a pine tree Marked on 4 sids and
from thence Rainging Norwest & by North 40 pole to William
Rings head Corner bound being a stooping pine tree Alowance
is made for all to have fre pasag to theire Meadow through sd
land Either through gats or barrs at all times Surveyed and
Measured per Thomas ffaunce surveyor
to the Towne of plimouth
At a towne Meeting held at plimouth May the 10^ 1698
for the Choyce of A Representative the first Choyce fell on
Ephraim Morton but he making his Refusal of sd service for sd
towne they then proced to a new Choyce which fell on Jonathan
Mory Senior
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[37.] New plimouth Aprill 17«» 1698
Measured and bounded unto Ephraim Morton twenty
Eight Acres of land lying in th ' township of plimouth on a plaine
above Lettle To vine Comonly Caled Lout pond plaine which sd
land the said Ephraim Morton bought of severall persons as per
deeds uuder theire hands and seals doth and May Appeare sd
land is bounded as follows begining at a white oake sapling & a
heape of stones by it sd tre being Marked on 4 sides and from
thence Rainging southeast and by East 72 pole To an other
White oake sapling Marked on 4 sides and from sd tree Rainging
southwest and by south 66 pole to a young Red oake sapling
standing in a valy Marked on 4 sides and a heape of stons about
it and thence Rainging Norwest and by West 72 pole to a white
oake sapling standing on the North East side of a hill a lettle to
the Eastward of lout pond being Marked on 4 sides and a heape
of stones by sd tree and from sd tree on a strait line to the white
oake tree Grst above Mentioned Measured and bounded as above
Mentioned pr Thomas ffaunce Surveyor to the Towne of plimouth
January 28 1694
An acount of the lots of upland upon the ^Gurneett
1 The first lot being about seaven acres and a quarter
lyeth on the Southerly End of the said Gurnet and the Northerly
side of the said lot Is bounded from a heap of stones from at
the Westerly End Thereof Next the Marsh to a small hornbeam
tre Marked at the East End Next the sea which tree hath a heap
of stones about It ;
2 The second lot being about six acres and f Is bounded
on the soutlierly side thereof by the first lot and on the Northerly
side thereof It is bounded from a soft forked Wood tree Marked
standing Next the Marsh to a Walnut tree Marked With a heap
of stones About It standing at the Piiasterly End Next the sea ;
3 The third lot being about six acrees and three
quarters Is bounded on the southerly side thereof by the second
lot and on the Northerly side thereof from a Cedar tree Marked
standing at the Westerly end Next the Marsh to a Walnut tre
Marked With a heap of stones about It at the Easterly End
Next the sea
1 The description of these lots is interesting on accoiuit of the information it
gives concerning the cliaracter of the trees growing on the Gurnet. The '"'soft
forked wood tree," meniioned in the description of the second lot, means a
" forked soft wood tree," — perhaps a poplar tree.
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[38.]
4 The fourth lot being about six acres and three quarters
Is bounded on the southerly side Thereof by the Third lot and
on the Northerly side Thereof It Is bounded from a Cedar tree
Marked at The Westerly End Next the Marsh To a heap of stones
Alt the Easterly End Next the sea ;
pr Jacob Tomson
Surveigher
Att a towne Meting held at plimouth on the 13*^ of June
1698 The Towne voated that all Nessesary Charges that shall
A Rise Relating to The setteling of the Townes bounds As Also
in defending the Towns Write within theire township from The
Introusion of strangers shall be borne by The Inhabitants of The
Towne The persons Chosen and Inipowered in sd Work Rendring
an Acount To the Towne of theire Reasonable Charges Therein
Att sd Meting The Juriors Chosen to serve at The County
Court Were John Waterman Nathaniell Thomas John pnilt &
frances Cooke
New plimouth July 13*^ 1698
Then Measured and staked out to John Rickard 30 foot
of land Eaob Way or square for nerly granted to said John
Rickard by t.. Inhabitants of the Towne of plimouth Where his
Warehouse Now stiind( th below the hill by the Water side and
begining at the Warehouse Corner Next the sea side and so
Ranging allong the shore Towards M" Nath* Thomas his Ware
house oO foott and there bounded with a stake and from thence
Raingiug up towards the upland or hill 30 foot and there bounded
with a stake and from thence Ranging to another stake set or drove
into the ground standing 30 foot from the lower corner of sd Ware-
house dore
pr Thomas flfaunce surveigher
To the towne of plimouth.
[39.] on the day and yeare aforementioned then Measured and
bounded out to sd John Ricard 20 fott of land which sd Rickard
bought of Robert Ransom late of plimouth deceased & adjoyneth
Nere sd Rickards Ware house aforesd which land Was formerly
granted to sd Robert Ransom by the Inhabitants of the
Towne of plimouth* as pr Towne Record dotn & May appeare
sd land Is 21 foott in length and there bounded with a stake
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Which BtaDcJB about a foott to the south of the Ware house
that stands on sd land and sd land It something Interferes on sd
Riekards land aforesd It Is laid out 21 foot square and bounded
With staks next the hill and from sd stakes to Extend the length
of sd Ware house
pr Thomas ffaunce surveyor to the
Towne of pUmouth.
New plimouth July 13 1698
Then Measured and bounded unto M*' Nath^ Thomas thirty
foot of land squar below the hill by the Watter side Where his
Ware house nowe standeth which sd laud Was formerly granted by
the Inhabitants of the Towne of plimouth unto John Murdo as per
towne Record doth and May apeare and soe begining at the south-
ermost coiner of sd Na*^ Thomas his Ware house and so Measured
30 foott square and staked it out and there Is Remaining betwen
M" Riekards bounds and M*' Thomas his Ware house 17 foot in
breadth of common land
pr Thomas ffaunce surveyor
To the Towne of plimouth
Att a towe Metting held att plimouth august 6**^ 1698
Tlie Towne voatted that the Common Meadows lying upon
Sampsons brook towards Rochester and sampsons pond in ye
Township of plimouth Which sd Meadows the agents of plimouth
aforesd have lett out to sundry persons shall stand good for this
present yeare
Att sd Meetting the towne voated that With Referance to
the Contest bettwen giles Rickard & Jonathan barnes With Refer-
ance to a former grant about a perccll of Meadow at the south
Meadows in the Township of plimouth, that the said giles Rickard
shall have 2 acres next to the Meadow formerly the Meadow of
Josiah Cooke & then the said barnes to have 4 acres & then ye said
Rickard to have two acres More of Meadow or Meadowish land
[40.] Att sd Metting M" Joseph bartlett Engaged to fflnish <&
Com plea tt the setting the greatt guns upon Carraiges With Iron
Work and all other Things suitable for said Work by the last of
October Next Ensueing this date for three pound ten shillings the
town also Improved the sd M" bartlett to agree with a Workman
for ye Repareation of the Metting house
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^Att a towDe Metting held att plimouth September 10*^
1698 for the Choice of Juriors to serve at the County Court Which
Were John Stirtevant Nathaniell Morton Benim soule & Eliazer
Cushman ;
Att a towne Metting held att plimouth on the 3* day of
October 1698 The town voated to allowe to M'^'' Ephraime Little
their present Minister fifty five pounds towards the building of an
house and one Acree of land that Is to say : one half acre Neare
about the pound If It be there to be had upon the towne Commons
& the other half acree as Neare the abovesd place as Can be Con-
veniently had provided that the sd Little Continew some Consider-
able Terme of years Not less than ten in the Work of the Minis-
trey in sd town tlien sd land and Money abovementioned to him
the sd Little & to belong to him & his heirs for Ever And in Case
the sd Little should decease in the Work of the Ministry in sd
town before sd terme of years be Ended then the sd land & Money
to belong to sd Littles heirs for Ever ;
Att sd Metting the towne agreed unto the Makeing of a
Rate for the defraying of town Charges & Is as followeth
viz for the Representative ten pounds
for keeping John Andros one yeare
for the Constables fifteen shillings
for the towns Agents for running the
line betweecn sipecan & plimouth 01 13 00
for James Warren for obtaining Rec-
ords from Court 00 06 00
to the select Men for making Rates
fifty shill 02 10 00
[41.1 Att the town Metting last Mentioned M*'' Nath" Thomas
James Warren & samuel stirtevant Were Chosen &
Nath appoynted a Coramitty In the towns behalf To take
Thomas an account of the late Cunstables selectmen &
to Ml treasurer of What Moneys are in theire hands
£
s
d
10
00
00
10
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00
00
15
00
1 At this time there were three Courts established by the Province Laws—
" The Geiieral Sessions of the Peace," held by the justices of the i^eace of
each county, and '* Inferior Court of Common Pleas," which was also a C-ounty
Court, and' the •* Superior Court of Judicature," which was a Province Court.
Besides these Courts, justices of the peace had judicial power ** in all manner
of debts, trespasses and other matters not exceeding forty shillings in valae,
wherein the title of land was not concerned."
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belonging to the sd town ; Att sd Metting the town
granted to M*' Nath" Thomas Jr to Whorfe from
the southerly side of his owne Whorfe to the
southerly side of M*' bartlets If he shall give him
libberty to Joine thereunto Att sd Metting the
James town granted to James Warren 30 foot square
Warren Each Way of land With liberty to Whorfe downe
into the sea or bay against sd land as May be Con-
venient & to take sd land aney Where by the shore
side betwen the lands formerly laid out to Ephraim
Cole & the New stretts End so Called provided he
take sd land below high Water Mark so as to leave
a suffichant Cart way betwen sd land and the hill or
bank & also Not to Come No Nearer towards the
New streets End then shall be thought fitt by Men
apointed to Judge What Roome May be thought
Convenient to be left for publick use ;
Att sd Meting before Mentioned the Towne granted
John to John Churchill sen 30 foott of land S'juare liing
Church at Wellensly Nere Nathaniell Holmeses Ware house
Memorandom on the 4*^ of March 169| Then was the
Rainge Run and settled betwen Eliazar Churchill and Robert
Bartlett both of pliraouth of lands which sd bartlett bnught of
Nathaniel Harlow lying adjoyning to said Elizar Churchills land
on which his house Now standeth & is bounded as followeth
begining at the lower End of sd land Next the sea upon the
banck and there bounded with A Rock and a heape of stons upon
sd Rock Now the Midway betwen the foot boundery and the
highway sd Rock lyeth across the Range and from thence to
Extend to the fence Neere the highway and there bounded wth
a heape of stons
[42. J Att a towne Metting held att plimouth decemher 19'^
1698 for the Choce of Juriors to serve at the County Court
decemher 20*** 1698 Which Were John foster Ephr.-iiine Cole John
Cole Eliazar Morton Nathaniel Jackson and Richard screes
Att sd Meeting the town agreed with Abraham Jackson
sen to Ring the bell & sweepe the Meting house & to sc<» to the
keepping the doores «& Windowcs of sd house shutt for one
yeare & are to allow to sd Jackson one pound ten shillings for
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his sallery for one yeare Att sd Metting voated that Eight
pounds should be Raised to be added to the Charges before
mentioned at a towne Metting held at plimouth October 3 1698
as also one pound ten shili to Sam dounham for his service in
keeping the Metting house & Ringing the bell
Att a town Meeting held at plimouth March ye 6*** 169f
for The Choice of town oficera The select Men Chosen are
William Shirtlef James Warren & John Waterman The Cons-
tables Chosen James barnaby & f ranees Cooke The grand juriors
Chosen for the yeare Were Caleb Lorein Jonathan Shaw Junior
Eleazer Ring & Joseph fan nee The surveighers for the high
Wayes Chosen Were Nathanicll holmes Will harlow John gray
John pratt & Richard Cooper, The Tithing Men Chosen are
deacon Nath Wood & John foster The fence veiuers Chosen
Were John dotey sen & samuell harlow The grand juriors Chosen
for the Sup"*' Court in March 1G9§ Were Ephrame Morion James
Warren Nath Warren Samuell Stirtevant & Lev John bryant
The pety Jury for the Superior Court are Nath South worth John
Waterman Nath Morton benjamin Warren & John Rider The
pety Jury for the County Court are Will Ring Robert bartlett
Ephrame Cole & Sam fuller
Att sd meting the towne granted to John barnes 30 foot
front of land betwen the towne pond in the township of plimouth
and the Cart Way that goes downe by barnsses Ware house db soe
to Extend towards the Town pond and to his heirs for Ever
At sd Meting the townt^ granted to Thomas flf an nee all that
poynt of land lieing betwen the Ele River and the 20 acres of up-
land formerly given to James barnabe from the Cart way that
goeth out of black murs feild athwart the Ele River to barnabes
westward corner ln)und on the Northerly End and so Ranging
down and bounded by his Rainge to the double brooks and soe
downe the double brooks home to the sd River Leaveing asuffiish-
ant way through sd land to the River Through gates or bars for
Ever
[43.] At the sd Town Meeting March 6**» 169f The towne
granted to Nathaniel Warren 50 fotfrunt of land below ^ Coles Hill
soe Caled by the shore side and soe to Run down from High Water
Marke in to the sea to whoi*f out soe farr as may be Convenient
1 This is tlie first mention of Cole's Hill in either the Plymouth Colony or
Town Records.
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the Bd Warren alwayes leaveing A snfflccnt way for Carts to pass
along the shore between the banek & the sd land to be taken upp
Att sd Meeting the town Granted to Abiall shurtlif 30 f iitt
of land square below sd Coles hill by the shore s de he leaveing
also a suffleent Cart way betwen the banek and sd land
March 5*** 169f Then laid out to Nathaniel Holmes and
Nathaniel Morton the forty foot of land formerly granted to them
by the town of plimonth at Wellensle wher their Ware house Now
standeth sd land is bounded at Each C<>ruer with heaps of stons
and leaveing ten fut of Comon land
Then bounded out to John Churchill thirty foot of land
next to Nathaniel Holmes above sd which sd land is bounded out
by four heaps of stons. surveyed and bounded pr me
Thomas ffauuce surveyor.
Att a towne Meeting at plimouth Aprill tenth 1699
1 The Inhabitants voated that the present select Men of
sd Town doe in some Convenient time Run the line betwen plim-
outh and Middlebery Towneships and are herliy appointed as
agents or trustees for and in behalf of the town with full power to
agree with the agents of other towns and settle bouidni'ys and In
sd Town's behalf to defend what land fals within sd Town's line
from any that shall make Intrusion upon it.
2 voted That the select men are to Rent f ute the Mead-
ows lying in Comonage for the use and beuifittof the town for this
yere
3 voted That the select men are to be the assessors to
make the Rats for this yeare.
4 voted That M" William Clarke haveing as was alledged
formerly a grant of forty acrees of land on the southerly side of
the ealc River and the Record Not to be found of the grand but
only of the bounds The Inhabitants therfor herby granta Confirm-
aty of sd land formerly laid out to sd Clark
6 voted To Joseph Bartlet Juner ffiftene acres of land
lying on the Easterly side of Mer bartlets brook at Manement
ponds for Ihre pounds To be paid for the use of the Towne by said
Joseph Bartlet or his order.
[44.] voted That what Interest of swampy or Medoish ground i
was formerly granted to Benijah pratt late of plimouth deceased i
shall be taken up by his sons at the Horse Neck soe Caled at the '
south Cuntery in plimouth Township.
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voted & granted to John Rider forty foot of land to Run
up from bis barne towards the highway and then to Run square of
against his house for his Convenience of building
Granted to Eliazar dunham 60 foot of land square on the
North side of the way leading to Lakenham on the hill side above
followels medow
Granted to John dotey ffifty foot of land square betwen the
* grate gutter & the half acre of land laid out to M" Little on the
uper sid of the way Nere the pound.
The bounds betwen Robert bartlets Meadow & swamp
Lying on the southerly side of the Elereiver & the Land of
Ephraime Moiton begining at sd Mortons landing place so Called
at the head of the Meadows and there bounded with a stake & a
Clump of brush by the River side and from thence East Northerly
to a Red oake sapling sproutting out of a stump & from thence
Rainging Northerly to a White oake sapling Marked on 4 sides
standing on the Easterly side of nd swampy ground and soe down
to the River and ther bounded with a stone sett in to the Ground.
New plimouth Aprill 7*^ 1G99
Then mea<*ured and bounded to M" Ephraime Litle Junior
half an Acre of Land formerly granted unto him by the Inhabitants
of the Town of plimouth att Th head of The ^ New street soe Called
begining at a ditch and Tiierc bounded with a stake & so Running
North Westward 8 pole and There bounded With another stake &
so Running up the hil side from the sd stakes That standeth Ncare
The Common Road that Lcadetli out of town ten poles in Length
and there bounded with another stake & then running southeast-
ward 8 poles & there bounded with another stake & from thence
Extending to the stake first mentioned Measured and bounded on
the day and yeare first above Written
per Mee Thomas flfaunce surveier to the Town
of plimouth
[45«] Memoiandom Whereas M*' John doone had a grant
of one hundred Acrees of Land at Joans River in the yeare 1637
& haveing sold sd land to Govener brad ford and now in the
posesion of Joseph Bradford & the boundarys of sd land being lost ;
1 The '* grate flatter '* was what is now Court Square.
2 This half acre lot included the two estates opposite the liead of New or
North Street, owned and occupied by William r. Stoddard and the heirs of
Mrs. Isaac L. Hedge. Mr. Little sold the lot in 1700 to Isaac Lothrop, who
built the Iiothrop house, which was taken down about the year 1890.
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Nesesitats a new surveigbing and Measuring Therfor Measured and
bounded out sd land to sd bradford on the 23*^ of May 1699 & is
bounded as followeth bound att the fot of sd lott by Joans River
and begining where the brook Cometh into Jons River Comonly
Caled The trout brook and is bounded by sd brook & Raingeth up
along sd brook 2 hundred pole in length & bounded at the head
with three Maple trees standing all together in one Clump which sd
Maples are all Marked on 4 sides & stand prety neere to sd brook
& from sd trees Rainging west and by North Nerest foure score
pole and there bounded with A Red oake sapling Marked on 4
sids standing Neere a valley that leads to ^Causon's pond so Caled
& from sd sappling Rainging down towards the River 6 score pole
to a white oak marked About four score pole in bredth from the
Abovesd brook & from sd oake to Raing on a strait Corse to A
stakp and a heape of stons A little to southward of the sawmill &
soe to Extend to the River
Measured and bounded on the day
and year above written pr me
Thomas (Taunce survier
At a town Meeting held at plimouth on the 10^ of May
1699
The Inhabitants Made Choyce of Mer Nathaniel Thomas
Junior for to serve as theire Representative at the Grat and Gen-
erall Coii; on the 31 day of May & at the severall adjornments
of it
New plimouth May 21^ 1699
Then Measured & staked out To John Morton and to Sam-
uel Lucas 30 foot front of land square to Each of them along the
shore by ihe shore side to the Nortliward of Joseph Bartlets Ware
house betwen tiiat and William shurtliffs warehouse There being 12
foot of Comon left betwen Every lott & free Egres and Regress
for Caits along shore as ocasion may be Measured and bounded
out on the day and year above Written pr Thomas ffaunce sur-
veior To the town of plimouth.
1 Causons pond is probably the pond known as Crosman's Pond. It has been
supposed in recent years tliat the name Causon was the result of a vul^rised
evolution from the name Crosman, and this supposition was reinforced by a
story that a man by the name of Crosman was once drowned in the pond. It
is probable, however, that Causon is correct, and that Crosman, as laid down
on recent maps, is wrong.
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[46.] At a Town Meeting held at plimouth July 31 1699 voted
that the select men should take Care to provide A scoole Master
for the town with all Conveniant sped & should settle him as Neere
the senter of the Towne as may be with Conveniency & that Every
seollar that Corns to wrigh or syfer or to lern latten shall pay 3
pence pr weke if to Read only then to pay 3 half pence per weke
to be paid by their Masters or parents^ & what shall Remain due to
sd scole to be Levied by Rate on the whole Inhabitants in '. •
Just and Equal proportion
And for to prevent further strey of the Comons The Inhab-
itants thought meete to make Choyce of A Comitty to Endeavour
to draw up som Method or Rule to propose to the Town in oi-derto
a division of sd towns Comons sd Comity are
Lef : Bradford
Josc'ph Bartlet sen
M^ Nathaniel Thomas
John Waterman
& James Warren,
and its further ordered and voted by the Inhabitants of
the Town that Noe Cord wood, oake timber or planck shall be Cut
on sd Comons to be transported out of sd towne untill sd Comitie
have prepared some Method & propos to the towne as abovesd on
forfiture of sd timber or the valew of it for the use of sd Towne &
have Made Choyce of Joseph Bartlett John doty & Caleb Cook as
Agents or trustees of sd town to se this order be duely & truly
performed & to Mak seisyur of aney wood or timber that shall be
soe brought down to be transported out of sd t«>\vu as abovsd
At sd Meting A spot of land was grabted to M**" Little
and Caleb Loren to the Eastward of the Road Neer New strete
and by the fence side which was somtime M **' Nath : Clarks
fence : to dig a well Not to Exceed 5 foot into the lane from
sd fence
At sd Meeting Liberty was granted to Ephraim Cole to
set up a pew behind the North dore in the Meting house
Whereas sundry of the Inhabitants of The Town of
plimouth haveing Takein in Certaine Tracts of Common Lands
To The prejndace of suiidiy Neibhours whereupon the Inhabi-
tants of sd Town Att a town Melting held at plimouth on the
15^ day of May 1699 M«de Choice of William Shirtleif John
Doty sen James Warren & Thomas faunce to be agents for &
trustes in the behalf of said town to defend the sd Commons
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from particular Intrustions & lu the Town's Behalf to Warne
anej of sd Inhabitants that have Made aney Ineloser of sd
towns Commons to Remove tlieire fences of said Comons and
upon Theire Neglecting or Refussing in Convenient time soe to
doe the agents or trustees above Mentioned are hereby Impowred
by sd Inhabitants To Remove all such fences found upon sd Towns
Commons or sue such persons so Neglecting or Refusing to
Remove Theire fences of sd Commons upon Warning given Them
by sd Agents Its Further voated by sd Inhabbitants that aney
three of sd fouer Agents agreing In setlement of Tlie Ranges
betwen The Towns Commons & particular persons Rights shall
be and Remain good
[47.] November 16* 1699
Then laid outt to John dotty sen six acres of land
granted to him by the town liing on the southerly side of his
owne land above the Common Rhode Way and bounded as
follow*^, below Next the Rhoad with a Red oake sapling Marked
on 4 sides and Runneth up in length with his lots & at the half
mile End It Is bounded With a White oake sapling standing on
the North side of the Cart Way Nere sd Way
' Measured and bounded The day
above Written
per Mee Tho : ffaunce surveigher
November ye 16 : 1699
Wheras old M*' John holmes had a grant of ten acres of
land att The head of his land above the Common Rhoad Way
betwen The sd Way and James hursts land now in the posseshon
of John Cob and Whereas Thay have by Their Anchient Claime
and Common Estimation of Neibhours held this strip of land
betwen the abovesd Way and the land of The abovesd Cobb and
the six acres of land laid outt to John doty above Mentioned
Therefore The sd strip of land Is laid outt to the sd holmses
heirs for ten acres be It more or less and Is bouuded as ffolloweth
by the Road 'at The southerly End With a White oake bush and
a stone sett into the ground and soe Ranging up to sd Cobs
bounds Which Is a Red o ik sapling and att The Northwest End
bounded Next the Road With a Red oake sapling Which Is John
dotys Corner bound of his acres above recorded and so to Run
up in Length with John dotys laud and there bounded With a
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White oake sapling Marked on 4 sides standing on the sontherly
side of the Way opposite against dotys Corner bound at the
head Which sd White oake Is a side Rang of sd Cobs Land,
Alwayes provided that the sd holmeses heirs Leave a Way for
Carts and Cattle to pass Thrc>ugh sd land up to ye Commons att
the head Thereof ass theire May be ocation for the Neibhours to
pass Through to the Commons
Measured and bounded The day
above Written per Mee Tho : Faunce
surveigher
November 11^ 1699
Then Measured & bounded out unto George Morton ten
Acrees of land att a place Comonly Caled & Known by the Name
of the high Ridg & is bounded as followeth begin ing at the Nor-
west Corner of ye swamp below sd Redg «fe there bounded with A
stake and a heap of stons About it & thence Rainging West south-
west 40 pole to a Red oake sapling Marked on 4 sides & a heape
of stones by it and thence Ranging south southeast 40 pole to a
grate white oake tree and a heap of stones by sd tree said tree
being Marked on 4 sides and thence Rainging East Northeast 40
pole to the swamp below the Ridg & there bounded with a grat Red
oake tree Marked on 4 sides & soe bounded by the above named
swamp till it Cometh to the stak & stons above mentioned
Measured and bounded per Thomas ffaunce
surveyor to the town of plimouth
At a Town Meeting held at plimouth October 19 "* 1699
The following bill of Charge was alowed of by the Inhabitants to
be leavied by Rate on sd Inhabitants which is as foloweth Impri-
mis for ye
Representative
for Keeping John Andrew
for glasing the M^eeting house
To abraham Jacson for Keeping the
Meeting house & Ringing 01 14 00
To John Bradford for service at bostom
for Ihe Town 01 10 00
To the Comitty for Taking account of
the select men 00 09 00
To the select men for Atending to give
the acount 00 05 00
£
s
d
12
00
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10
00
00
02
11
06
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£ s d
To the present select men for Making
Rates 02 00 00
In Rcf erance to a former order Made by a Comitty Chosen
by sd Inhabitants for that End bearing date March 13*^ 169f for
the preventing the strey of timber on the Town's Comons which
were allowed by the Justesses acording to law viz tliat henceforth
noe spruce or pine timber or boards made of Either of them shall
be Caried or transported out of the town upon forfiture of sd tim-
ber or boards or ye vallue of them for the use of the Town and if
any pei-son or persons shall bring down aney boards or timber in
order to transport outt of the town he or thay shall be Liable to
Make It appeare that thay have Cutt sd timber upon theire owne
Lands or out of some other township on forfiture of sd timber or
boards As abovesd, Its further voatted that the same obligation
shall be upon Coardwood Ceder or oake timber for the partyes that
bring It to transport away out of the town such persons so bring-
ing sd Wood or timber shall be Liable to prove as abovsd that
thay have Cutt sd Wood on theire owne Land or otherwise to pay
The dutyes on shingle Claboard or Railes by the former orders sett
upon them and these orders to take place Within a mouth after the
date hereof and henceforth noe more Timber to be Cutt to be trans-
ported out of the town and that the months time spessefied is
only to Transport what Is Already Cutt, The town apointed Leut
Mory & Lev briant John doty sen benjamin Warren Elknah Cush-
man and Caleb Loreiu to have the Inspection of these orders.
[49.] Att a towne Metting held at plimouth December ye 11 *''
1l'j9
The Juriors Chosen att sd Meting were John Morton Elia-
zer Churchell John Churchell Ephraime Cole Nathaniel Jackson
and John barnes
Att sd Meetting the towne voatted to Let out a sertaine
branch of a Ceder swamp Lying about The head of Wonqu(»nquauy
unto shuball smith at Sandwidg for three years for forty shillings
per yearc, Also the select men are Impowred to Lett outt a small
Ceder swamp Liiug neare Roches for Ihree years provided he pay
five pound downe upon his takeing of the Lease for the use of the
towne : Its further voatted att sa Met that with Refiferance to the
settlement of the bounds between plimouth and Midleborough the
town voatted to stand to the proposition Made by the Agents of
l8
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Midlebereh viz to Chose Capt basseett Cap* Edsou & Capt Chit-
tengton to Run the line and settle the bounds betwen sd plimoath
and Midleberough aeording to oure Court gr^nt of township.
Att a town Meetting held att plimouth february 26"* 1700
The Grand juriors Chosen for the yeare Were William Ring
Thomas Lorcin Benjamim Eatton Jun &. Georg Shaw
The petty Jury Chosen to serve att the County Court the
fifth of March Were Capt Warren M" Mordo John ffoster and
William harlow ;
Att sd Metting The town voatted to Alow the sum of ten
pounds to Mistris Cotton upon the Acount of Arears Due from
the Town to her Latte Husband M*' John Cotton deceased and
thatt upon the payment of The Money she give a General
Acquittance To the Town ;
Att the Metting abovesd The town doe order Thatt with
Refferance to all former grants of Lands within the Township
shall have Nott yett ben Laid out and bounded That thay shall
be Laid out within 8 months after this Datte
[50«] And with Refferance to aney grants of Lands within
the township That shall be hereafter Made Thatt the persons to
whome It Is granted shall have theire Land Laid outt within three
Months after It Is granted or Else forfeitt theire grant, And
Thatt No Records of bounds of Land shall be Recorded by the
Clerk of the Town but it Comes from under the hands of 2 of
the sni-veighers of the Town and for that End the Town Made
Choice of James Warren & Will Shurtlif to be surveighers for
the Town for the Measureing of Lands as ocation shall be
Att a town Metting held att plimouth March IS*^ 1700
The Select Men Chosen Were William Shirtlef James Warren &
John Mordo; The Cunstables Chosen Were Richard seers &
Benjamin sole ; The surveighers Chosen for the High Wayes
Were Samuell Stutevant samuel ffuller Isaac Lathrop Ebenaser
holmes & Ben Praat ; William Shirtlef Chosen Town Treasurer
The Town Mad Choice of a Committy To settle how far
Each surv'eigher shall Mend and surveigh ; Which is Capt
Bradford William Shirtlef Ephrame Morton John briant & John
praat ; The Tithing Men Chosen were John Dyer Eliazar Morton
&; William Churchell Att sd Meetting The Town granted to
samuell ffuller Libberty to Exchange The hundred acres of Land
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formerly granted to M" Bridgett ffuller att her Meadow at
LiikcDham & to take Itt up att the Indian pond plaine
Att sd Metting Ten acres of Land Is granted to Nicolas
May at Manomet ponds Ten acres Is granted to Samuell Cornish
at or Neare the sam place
Att sd Metting SamneU Rider protests against the
grants
[61.] Att sd Meeting The Gran Joriors Chosen to serve att
The superior Court were James Warren Nathaniell Southworth &
Nathnniell Morton The petty Juriors Chosen to serve att sd Court
were William shirtlef Ephraime Morton John Mordo Samuel Stirt-
tevant John Stirtevant & John Carver
Att sd Meetting The town grantted to Isaac Lathrop A
peice of Land att the gutter by The Corner of John Wattsons
ffence to sett a house on sd Land to be 50 ffoott (Front.
Att sd Meetting The town voated to scett up a pound on
the Towns Charge
Plimouth Aprill 3 1700
The Land granted to Isaac Jrathrop by the Town of plim-
outh Is Bounded as flPollowefh : on the Easterly Corner of John
Watsons ffence with a stake seett in the ground and from thence
Extending 80 foott Westerly by The sd Watsons (fence to a stone
seett unto The ground and from thence Southerly fflfty foott to a
stone seett into the ground and from thence Easterly 80 fott to a
stone set in the ground nere the high way and from thence fiftty
foott to ye bounds first mentioned
Measured and bounded The day and
year first montion** per James Warren
& William Shirtlef surveyer of ye
Town of plimouth
Att A Town Meeting held at blimouth on the 1 3 "* of May
1700 Nathaniel Warren was Chosen Representative ; The Juriors
Chosen to serve at the County Court in June were Ben jamen War-
ren John Bradford Junor John Watson & Thomas Shirtlif ; At sd
Meeting The Inhabitants Then Mett voated that the select men
should be the assessors for the yere Ensuing att sd Meeting The
Town voted to Raise the sum of 63 pound for to defray publick
Charges in sd town (viz)
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£ 8 d
To the 8C00I Master 33 00 00
«fe for M« Cottons Arrears 10 00 00
& for the Asembly man 10 00 00
& for the pore 10 00 00 <& this sums
to be Rated for on the Inhabitants <Sb
paid in by the last of September
Next after this date
[52.] At the Meting last Mentioned A former grant of 10
acrees of land to Giles Riekard was Confirmed Lying at the tfouth
Meadows against his meadow
Att sd Meeting The Town granted to Elisha Holmes <&
Manasses Morton fifty foott frunt of Land along the Road Above
John Riders land in the Comon ty Lyeth betwen sd Riders land &
the Road that is to say to each of them fifty foot frunt A peece &
to Extend in length down towards the sea till Coming with 12 or
14 foot of sd Riders land ; provided sd holmes & morton build or
Cause to be builded dweling housing upon sd«pottsof land within
two years after this date or otherwise to Return to the Town
againe Att sd Meting Liberty was granted to Nathaniel Warren to
fence in A pece of Comon s betwen the Town brook and barrows
land for 7 years provided at the End of sd time he Remove his
fence and leave it to the towne.
April 24 1700 The Meadow Granted To Giles Riekard &
Samuel dunham at A place Caled southers Marah is bounded as
followeth from the Northermost beaver dam southerly all the
meadow lying upon sd brook To the bounds of Will: Rings
Meadow is laid out to samuel dunham
Surveyed and bounded per William Shurtlif
& James Warren surveyors
May 9* The Meadow Granted to Giles Riekard at south
1700 Meadows is bounded as followeth the first two acrees
are on the southwest by M^ Jonathan barnes Meadow
<& is in length 26 poole and a half and Runs over at
Each end West Norwest to pine trees Marked at Each
Corner
Wm Shurtlif
James Warren aur :
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May 9^ The 4 acres of Meadow Granted to Jonathan barnes
1 700 at the south meadows is as f oUoweth southwest by
Giles Rickards & Runs up the River or brook from
Giles Rickards one hundred Rood 80 Rood is six Rood
Wide and Twenty Rod is Eight Rood wide & at the
uper End two pine Trees Marked on Each side upon
the upland
per Wm Shurtlif & James
Warren surv ;
The 4 acres of Meadow & Meadow ish land laid out at
south Meadows To Giles Rickard by vertue of A grant is as fol-
loweth from the aforesd barnses Meadow it Raingeth Eighty Rood
up the brook towards swan hold & is betwen Eight or Nine Rood
in brcdth & at the head two pine trees Marked on the upland
Rainging west norwest & East south East Wm Shurtlif & James
Warren surveyors
Att a town Metting held at plimouth May 13 "» 1700 The
Towne granted to Ephrame Tilson a Certain Cove of Meadow be-
ing an acre and a half or there abouts liing on the Easterly side of
The south Meadow brook
[53.] May 9 1700 The ten acres of upland granted to Giles
Rickard at south Meadows Is bounded as ffolloweth, viz It Lieth
on the southeast side of his Meadow a stake stuck in the ground
on the southwest Corner Neare a Run of Watter that goeth into
the Meadow and from sd stake Runeth 32 Rod East and by south
to a stake Neare the Way that goeth to south Meadows and from
thence to a nother stake 50 Rod North and by East to a pine tree
Marked and from sd tree 32 Rod West and by North to a stake
sett by the Meadow side and from sd stake 50 pole southwest &
by West & the Meadow to be the Westerly bounds till it Comes to
the stake first mentioned per Wm Shirtlef & James Warren sur-
vighors
May 9*1700
The Meadow granted to Daniel Dounham on south Meadow
brooke is bounded as foUoweth thirty six Rod to the Westward of
south Meadow brook to two pine trees Marked one on the North
side and another on ye south side Liiug on horse Neck brook per
William Shirtlef & James Warren
surveyors
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May ^^ 1700
The Meadow granted to Benijah praatt att horse Neck
brook is bounded as ffolloweth on the Easterly Knd of Daniel
Dounbams Meadow and soe Extendeth up to a stake stuck in the
ground where ye upland Comes Neare to ye brook on the Westerly
side and a pine Tree on the Easterly side Marked
p' William Shirtlef and James Warren surveyers
The twenty acres of Land formerly granted to Deacon
Dounham is Laid out and bounded as followeth, att Wenham, viz,
bounded Northeily by The Way aboutt six or seven Rood that
Cometh from thence to Towne & from Thence the brook and way
or Rhoad that goeth to south Meaddows to be the other bound one
Each side East & West till it Come down to a Red oake tree
Marked by a swamp and from sd tree to Extend Westerly to the
brook to a Maple tree Marked p' William Shirtlef & James Warren
surveiers
plimouth Aprill 2^ 1700
The Land granted to John Rider is bounded as followeth
on the southeast Corner with a stone sett into the ground by sd
Riders fence, from sd stone Northwesterly to a Nolher stone set
into the ground, from thence on a straite Line Nere the southeast-
erly Corner of sd Riders house to a stake sett into the ground
Nere the southeasterly Corner of sd house about 6 ffoott from sd
house, from sd stake East Northerly to sd Riders other Land
pr William Shirtlef and James Warren
surveyers To The Town of plimouth
March 28 1700
Whereas Elder Thomas Cushman deceased gave unto his
three sons Thomas Isaac & Elknah 12 acres of Meadow at Winat-
tuxett Liing betwen the Meadow of John dounham formerly de-
ceased and the Meadow of M" John howland deceased, The sd
Thomas Isaac & Elknah have agreed that ye sd Thomas is to take
the uper and Next the sd douiihams Meadow & the sd Elknah Is
to Take in Midle next to the sil Thomas and the sd Isaac Takes
his at the lower end next the sd howlands Meadow, and The
bounds of division are as ffolloweth That the bound on the North-
erly side of The River betwen The sd Thomas and Elknah Is a
White oak Marked, The bounds on the southerly side is a pine
tree Marked on 4 sides and the bounds betwen the sd Elknah and
Isaac on the Northerly side of the River is a Maple tre Marked
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on 4 sideB and on the southerly side of a pine tree Marked on
f ouer sides
Thomas Cashmau
Isaac Cashman
Elknah Cushman
Bartlet 5 The eight Acres of Meadow Granted to Joseph
bartlet att a town Meeting held at plimonth on the
14*^ of July 1667 at the south Meadow River is
bounded as ffolloweth from Samuel Eedys bounds
down the River to A pine Tree Marked on the North
East side of the River & from sd tree to Run south-
west and by west to an other tree Marked on the
south west side of the River All the Meadow on both
sides the River with the above mentioned bounds
William Shurtlif & James Warren
surviors to the Towne of plimouth
Coombs 1 The six acres of Meadow Granted to frances
Combs at south meadow River At a town Meeting
held at plimouth on the 14*^ of July 1667 is bounded
as followeth on the Eastward side of the Ri\^r A
lettle below John Bensons it Runs 26 pole by the
This sbold River to a stake stuck in the Meadow Neere a Run
have ben of water & from sd stake 28 pole about East <& by
first south to an other stake stuck in the Meadow & soe
Entered Running to the upland the same Corse to A yong
Red oake sappling Marked & the upland to be the
Northerly & Easterly bound together with an other
acre lying up sd River Above John Bensons
survyed & bounded per
Will : Shurtlif James Warren
surveyors To the town
Aprill 22 1710
Then ye 4 acrees of meadow Granted by ye Town
of plimouth on ye 31 of August 1702 To Nathaniel
holmes senior and Joseph faunce at ye Ceder
swamp on southers Marsh brook & bounded on the
North end with a spruce tree marked & then to
Extend Northwesterly to a maple it being ye bound
of Robert baiTOws Meadow & then by sd meadow a
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Nathallen
holmes &
Joseph
flfaunce
their
medow
huj^h Cole
Cross ye brook to A Crooked Maple Marked on 4
sides and then to Extend 44 pole southwest 7 De-
grees westerly to a Crooked Maple standing in the
brook Marked on 4 sides & then 14 pole southeast
7 Degrees southerly to ye bounds of ye Ceder
swampe & then to Extend soe as to take in all ye
Meadow Ground to ye bound first mentioned
James Warren )
Nath. Morton J
John Cole 3
surveiors
L55.] 2 The Ten acres of Meadow granted to
hugh Cole att a town Meeting held at plimouth July
14 1667 liing at south Meadow River is bounded as
ffolloweth on the Northerly side by francis Combses
Meadow and Easteily With a pine tree standing on
the upland on the Northerly side of sd Meadow and
from sd tree to run southerly by a Little Neck of
upland to two pine trees Marked on the southerly
side growing both out of one Root which is the East-
ward bounds of Sampsons brook and from sd bounds
all The Meadow down the River on both sides
Within our bounds to a pine tree Marked on 4 sidoa
where the River Comes Nere the upland and froiu
sd tree to Run over the River south south west to
another pine tree Marked and soe on the same
Course till It Come to Rochester bounds
surveyed and bounded By William Shurtlef and
James Warren Surveyers
to ye town
The six acres of Meadow granted to John
Cole Liing on South Meadow Biver att a town
Metting held at plimouth July 14 1667 is
bounded as followeth Itt Lieth on The southwest
side of the River in a Body of Meadow below
Willesses and Is bounded Westerly by sepecan
Line : 53 Rood in Length and is Eighteen Rod in
breadth and at The Eastward Corner stakes stuck
into the Meadow
surveyed and bounded By Will Shurtlef &
James Warren surveyors to
The Town
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Sam Eddy 4 The Meadow grantted to Samoell Edey on south
Meadow River att a Town Meeting held at plim-
outh July 14 1667 is bounded as ffolloweth from
the aforesd hugh Coles bounds att the Meadow
Liing Down the River to a great pine tree Marked
on the Northeast side of the River and from
thence to Run southwest and by south to the North-
eastermost part of John Coles bounds
surveyed and bounded By Will Shurtlef &
James Warren survey ers to ye town
John 6 The five acres of Meadow granted to John ffalla-
fallowell well at south Meadow River att a town Metting held
at plimouth July 14 1667 is bounded as ffolloweth Att
The Meadow below Joseph Bartlets bounded down
the River till It Come to sepecan bounds That Lieth
on sd River
surveyed and bounded By William Shurtlef
and James Warren surveyers to the town of pli-
mouth
[56.] plimouth June ye 8"» 1700
Th(^ Land granted to Manasses Morton and Elisha holmes
Att a town Meetting held att plimouth May 13"* 1700 and Is
bounded as followeth that Is to say Mannasseth Mortons partt on
the southwesterly Corner with a stone sett in the ground Nere The
high way and from sd stone Rimuing Northeasterly to a stone sett
into the ground 14 flfoott from John Riders Land and from sd stone
Running fifty foott westerly To another stone seett into the ground
and from sd stone Running southerly To another stone sett into the
ground Nere the high way and from sd stone fifty foot to the stons
Last Mentioned.
Elisha holmeses part Is bounded as followeth that Is to say
on the Easterly side With Mannasseh Mortons Land and from
Manasseth Mortons southwest Corner bound Running Northwest-
erly fifty foott to a stone sett in the ground Nere the high way and
from sd stone Running Northeasterly to a stone seett into the
ground about 14 foott from sd Riders Land and from sd stone
Running Easterly to Manasseth Mortons Northwest Corner bound
Surveyed and Bounded By W^illiam Shirtlef
and James Warren surveyers to The Town of plimouth
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The bounds of Nicolas Mayes Land Granted him by the
town above Manoment ponds is as followeth on the North East
side bounded by samue.ll Cornishes Lands from the Red oake Tree
Marked standing by the path thatt Goeth to the herring pond To
Extend west and by north fifty pole to a grate Rock & from thence
to Extend south and by west 32 pole to a Red oake tree Marked
on : 4 : sides & from thence to Extend East : and : by south fifty
pole to a Red oake bush stauding neer the uforesd path <& from
thence to Extend 32 pole North & by East Till it meteth with the
bounds first Mentioned
Measured & bounded on the 26*** of Aprill 1700
pr James Warren
William iShurtlif surveyors
The bounds of Samuell Cornishes Land granted to him by
ye Town above Maneoment ponds is bounded as followeth viz on
the southeast Comer With a Red oake Tree Marked on 4 sides
standing by a Run of Watter and from Thence to Extend East and
by south 40 pole To another marked Red oake Tree standing by
The way y* goes to the herin pond and from Thence to Run North
& by East 38 pole lo a Red oake sapling Marked and from ye
bounds fii-st mentioned to Kun 42 pole to a White oak Tree marked
on 4 sides North and be East and from sd White oake To Run on
a straite Line till It Comes to ye Red oake sapling.
Measured and bound on ye 26 of Aprill 1700
per James Warren & William Shurtlef surveyei's
[57.] Att a town Metting held at plimouth September 14 1700
for The Choice of Juriors To serve att The County Court Line**
South worth John Watterman Nathan iell Morton & Adam Wright
Att sd Metting Line" Southworth & John Mortton Were
Apoynted by ye Town To Vew The Land Desired by Cap* Warren
&, to Make Report Thereof to The town
Att sd Metting Liberty Was Granted To Elknah Cushman
Benjamin Baitlett & others To sett up a pew up in ye old Gallery
Att sd Metting John Rickard John Churchill Jacob Cook
Together With The Rest y* had formerly an Intrest In a seatte
Liberty Is granted Them To Raise sd seate higher If They see
Cause provided Thay Raise ye hindermost seats in Like proporttion
To Theirs.
Att a town Metting Held at plimouth Decern^' 16 1700 For
The Choice of Juriors To serve att The Quartter sessions on 17
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lustant The. persons Chosen at sd Metting are John Mortton John
Chnrchell Ephrame Cole Eliazer Ring Thomas Moilton & Stephen
Barnabe
Att sd Metting Capt Bradford Was Chosen To Answer ye
Towns presentment for want of a pound.
At sd Metting Eliazer Dounham Is agreed With By ye In-
habitants of The town To Ring The Bell <& sweep the Metting
house & To Keep The Dores and Casements Carefully shutt for
one yeare from The Datte Last above mentioned & The town Is to
aLow to sd Dounham for sd service sd year Thirty shillings
Att sd Metting Cap* Bradford Capt* Warren Lei" South-
worth P^lknah Cushman & Samuell Sterttevant were appointed a
Committy To Draw up some Method To propose to The town The
next town Metting in order to The Division of The Comons Which
Is to be on The first Munday in January next.
[68.] Att a Town Meeting held at plimouth January 20***
17^ at sd meting a leter was Red to the Inhabitants signed by the
agents of Medlehery Relating to some Controversey betwen the
purchasers of the south purchis soe Caled lying partly within the
township of plimouth & Midlebcry wherein sd agents moved for
Agents to treat them in order to a Complyance if it mite be or to
sserve it in a Cort of law The Ihabitants of plimouth doe appre-
hend themselves to be the Rightful propriators of the land in Con-
troversey and Chose Left Jonathan Mony Left William Shurtlif
and deacon John Waterman to be their agonts to prosecute the
mater in a Corse of Law if put upon it and the Inhabitants voted
to stand by them theriu and to defray the Charge that shall aRise
therupon
The hundred acrees of land Granted to samuoll ffuller at a
town Meeting held at plimouth ye 18*** of March 17J^ att the In-
dian pond in the Lew of A hundred acres formerly Granted to M"
brigget fuller at dotyes plaine Neere dotyes Meadow is Bounded
as followeth on the Northwest Corner w*^ A White oake tree
Marked which is the Corner bounds of Jacob Cooks Land & from
sd tree to Extend Northeast and by East half a pint Easterly till
it Cometh down to the Indian pond <& from thence to Extend 136
pole southeast and by south half a pint southerly till it Cometh to
two White oake trees standing together Marked a lettle to the
southard of the af orsd pond & the pond to be the East side bounds
as far as it Extends & from Thence to Extend 108 pole southwest
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and by west half a pint westerly to two trees Marked aad from
thence to £xtend on a straite line to the bounds first Mentioned if
it doth not Infnng on Jacob Cooks land
laid out and bounded July 1700
per James Warren & Will Shurtlif
surveyors to the Town.
plimouth January 16*** 1700 We being desired by Joseph
alden & Josep Haward to Renew & settle ye bounds of the peace
of land granted by the select men of the Town of plimouth to John
dunham * on the 15*** of february 1658 doe Renew & settle them as
ffolloweth as they were formerly Reputed to be settled That is to
say a white oake tree on the westerly Corner nere ye head of the
little pond & from sd tree southeasterly by a Rainge of trees to an
other pond Caled Afresh lake neere an old Wolf trapp and soe
bounded southerly by fresh lake and Northerly by the sd little pond
till it Cometh to the Northeastermost End of sd pond to a grate
pine tree Marked & from thence southeasterly by an old sawpitt &
from thence to a white oake bush & so on a straite Corse to a birch
bush Marked on 4 sides standing by the brook that Cometh out of
fresh lake.
per William Shurtlif & James Warren
surveyors To the Town
[59.] September 1641
The 8 acres of Meadow granted to Jdhn dunham senior at
swan hold is bounded as foUoweth with a black oak tree standing
on the west side of the Meadow Marked on 4 sides and from sd
tree Extending East 60 pole to a white oake stake set in the
Meadow & from thence to Extend North 22 pole to a pir.e stake
stuck in the Meadow and from sd stake to Extend West 60 pole to
a pine tree standing Neere the Meadow Marked on 4 sids & from
sd tree to Extend south 22 pole to the bounds first Mentioned
per William Shirtlif James Wan-en
The 4 acrees of Meadow granted to daniel dunham on the
14"' of July 1667 at south meadow brook is bounded as flfolloweth
on the southwest Corner with a white pine tree standing on the
East side of the south meadow brook and from thence Running
Westerly aCross sd brook to 3 maples growing out of one Root &
^ The ten acres granted to John Dunham are included in the Plymouth park
at Billington Sea. In ancient deeds the land between tlie two ponds is called
Donhanis Neck.
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8oe up the brook to two pine trees Marked on Each side the brook
a letle above where hors Neck brook Cometh into soath meadow
brook tliat hath not ben laid out to any particular within sd bounds
surveyd and Mea. by us the l?*** of January 1700
per William Shurtlif & James Warren
surveyors to the Town
Whereas The bounds of the forty Akrees of Land formerly
granted unto M^ William Clarke on the southerly side of the Eale
River by the town of plimouth being lost are Renewed as follow-
eth (viz) bounded by the Eale River with A black birch tree
Marked on 4 sides standing Neere the sd River on the southerly
side of the path that goeth over the River about 25 foot of from
Thomas fances fence there ; & thence Rainging south East & by
south Easterly forty six Rood to a stake set into the ground 12
foot Easterly from A white oake tre Marked on 4 sides & from
thence to Extend southwest by A Raing of Marked trees Eight
score Roods till it Cometh to two Red oaks Marked with A heape
of stones at the Roots & from thence to P!)xtend 36 Rods till it
Cometh to the River where a White oake tree is marked on 4 sides
& soe the River to be the bounds till it Cometh to the black birch
tree first Mentioned ;
, Measured and bounded on the 21^^ day of
June 1701 per James Warren and
William Shurtliff
Surveiors to the Town
[60.] For Choice of Town officers
Att a Town Meettiug Held att plimouth March ye 3*^ Ano
1701 Thomas faunce Chosen Town Clerk for the yeare Ensueing
The Sellect Men Chosen Were Cap« Bradford M" Nath
Mortton and Leit William Shurtlef; The Cunstables Chosen
Were Isaac Lathrop <& Jonathan Shaw Jun ; The surveiors for
ye high Wayes are M •' Joseph bartlett Dea John Watterman
John pratt Nathan iell Holmes & James Winslow ; The Tithing
Men Chosen Were Richard seeres James Barnabe <& Isaac King,
The Grand Jury for The yeare Ensueing are samuell harlow John
Bryantt & John Dyer, The fence veuers Chosen Were Elknah
Cushman Benjamin Warren and William Ring. John Dyer
Chosen To be scalier of Weights & Measures
Att sd The grandjuriors Chosen To serve att The
Superior Court Were Samuel Rider M" Joseph bartlett & John
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stiitevant ; The petty Jury Chosen to serve att sd Courtt Were
John doty sen samuell Lncas Eliazor Cushman & benjamin
Warren The Juriors Chosen To serve att The County Court are
Leivtt Southworth Robert bartlett John foster «fe Thomas howland
Att sd Metting Cap" Warren & Leivt Shirtlef Were
Chosen agents to Run the Line betwen plimouth and sandwidg ;
At sd Metting It was voated That the persons be trusted
with The oversight of the Commons To see Thay bent Entruded
upon Doe. further prosecute The Matter Relating to John Grayes
Claime of Land att Rockey Nook
Att sd Metting John Morton had Libberty from sd town
to build a seat up in the North Gallery in the ^Metting house
under The window
[61.] At A Town Meting held at plimouth on the 19'*^ of
May 1701 Capten James WarreL Was Chosen Representative to
serve sd town in the General Cort at bostorn this present yeare
At sd Meting Adam Wright Chosen to serve on the grand Jnry
for this present yeare, The Juror for Tryals Are Benjamin
Soule
At sd Meeting The Town voated that M*' Little should
have all the Contrebut That is Contrebuted on the Acownt of
the Maintanauce of the Minest for this present yeare in sd
town & the use of the 20 pounds in banek belonging to sd town
for one yeare : from the dat« abovesd he ye sd M'' Little Giveing
in securety to sd town to Respond sd Money at the Expiration
of sd yeare
At sd Meting Capt John Bradford was Chosen to be
helpfull defend the towns Wright from being Intruded on : with
Capt Warren & Left Shurtlef in the Roome of John doty latly
deceased & aney two of them Agreing shal be Accounted valed
At sd Meeting it was voted by the Town That noc pereon
should fence hence forward Any part of the Towns Comons with
out leave from the Town & whosoever shal presum soe to do
shal be proseeded with and prosecuted Acording to law by the
agents of sd Town
At sd Meeting 20 foot of Land Is granted To James
Warren & 20 foot to Nathaniell Warren on The Northward side
of There Whorf below Coles hill so Called and soe downward
Into The sea
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Att sd Metting M" Mordo had Liberty from The Town
to Wharf e a Cross from his one Wharf To M •' bartlets Whorf
Att sd Metting The Like Liberty Is granted To M^ John
Riekard To Wharf from his one Wharf To M" Thomases Wharf e
Att sd Metting Is Granted unto John ffoster That spot
of Land already fenced in about his shop below The bank
Att sd Meeting Leut Shirtlef is granted Liberty to
pnrchas 50 or a hundred acres of Land upon The Towns Commons
of said Town for 2s. an acre to him & his heirs for Ever att The
Westward of barnses bridg at The south Meadows
At sd Meeting liberty is granted to John Stirtevant To
fence ACross some pints of upland on the Towns Comons for the
more Convenient fenceing his Meadow at doties Meadow
[62.] At sd Meeting Nathaniel Thomas & Leften Jonathan
Morey was granted Liberty To purchas of the Indians Land
within the bounds of the town Towards Sandwedg hereng pond
on the Eastward to the quantety of one hundred acres
^ At sd Meeting the Town voted yt with Referance to the
4 spots of land in Controversey betwen Major Bradford & the
Town (viz) that part he sold to John Dier & the spot of land
where the old Meeting house stood & the spot of land sold to
Nathaniel howland Neere M*' Littles house and the spot of land
lately fenced in by Ephraim Cole Att the second brook by the
widow Nelsons: The Town doe herby quitt their Clame to sd
lands
At sd Meeting Samuel harlow is Granted the
Sam^ swampy land at the southeast of his own land whereon
Harlow his house Now standeth
At sd Meetin<T Granted to John Eaverson 6 acres of land
Next his own land where he Now liveth
At sd Meting the Town granted to Benijah pratt 2 Acrees
of Meadow Next his own Meadow upon hors Neck
1 The land sold to John Dyer was Rold hy Major William Bradford in 1608,
and is described in the deed as runninf( on the street northeasterly ''as far as
the northeasterly corner of the old storehouse which formerly stood on the
lot." It was the lot on the south side of Ley den Street, opposite the Univer-
salist Meeiinfc-hoQse, on which the house with a brick end stands. Whether
the old storehouse referred to was one of the very early structures is left to
conjecture.
The " spot of land on which the old Meetting- house stood," was the upper
part of the Odd Fellows' lot in Town Square. This land was sold by Major
Wiinam Bradford to John Murdock in 1698.
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Att sd Meeting Liberty is Granted to the Rickards that
have Meadow at Annasnapet to fence A Cross from pints of Com-
ons for the more Convenient fencing theire Meadows there Att sd
Meeting The Town gave Liberty to the surveyors of the Town to
sell a persel of swampe unto peter Thomson that lyeth Neere &
Convenient for him of Comons belonging To the Town which was
done and bounded out to him the sd peter Tomson which bounds
are as followeth A Maple tree on the East side of the land he now
liveeth on standing in a swompe & soe Cross sd sworn pe 16 Rood
southeast & by East to A white oake tree marked on the East side
of the 8 worn p & from sd tree southwest and by south 50 Rood to
the brook and then the brook to be the bounds to the head of the
brook
James Warren &
William Shurtlif
surveiore
New plimouth October 7**^ 1701 Then laid out to Thomas
ffaunce 10 Acres of land at the south Meadow soe Caled by vertu
of Right therto by vertu of an Ancient Grant of meadow at sd
south meadows & sd laud is bounded as ffolloweth (viz) begining
at a grate Red oak tree standing neer the Meadows which is the
Corner bounds of a lott of land Now in the posesion of George
bonam & Jacob Cooke & from sd Tree to Extend 40 pole south-
east to a small Red oake Marked which is the head bounderays of
sd Bonman & Cooks lott abovesd & from thence to Extend 44 pole
southwest to A small pine tree Marked on 4 sides & from thence
to Extend Norwest 40 pole to a grat pine tree Marked on 4 sids
& A Red oake sappling by it & soe bounded by the Meadow to the
bounds first Mentioned
surveied & Bounded per
James Warren
William Shurtliflf
Surveiors
[63.] The bounds of the land which William Shurtlif bought
of the Inhabitants of plimouth At A town Meeting
held at plimouth May 19*** 1701 Lying at south
meadow ; for two shilling p** Acree as p' Town Rec-
ord doth & may Apere sd land Lyeth on the North-
west side of the south meadow brook or River Against
A place that is Caled the fals &, on the Northwest
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Corner bounded w**» A grat Rock by beaver dam
brook <& there is 2 or 3 small White oak trees Marked
on the North side of the Rock by the brook & from
thence to £xtend Nere East Northeast one hundred
Grant Thirty two pole it Runeth by the brook About 20 or
to Wm. 30 pole to A grate White wood tree Marked & from
ShurtleflP thence by marked trees till it Cometh to a grate pine
Tree standing alone whicl) is marked on 4 sids & from
thence to Extend six score Rod or More south south-
east till it Cometh to a Red oake Tree Marked w"* A
hepe of stons at the Roote & soe do »vn to a grate Rock
thence by the side of the Meadow that was granted by
the town to the Ministrey & from sd Rock to Extend
one hundred thirty two pole Nere west southwest
bounded by the Meadow & River & the Lands form-
erly granted to Anthony snow & now Claimed by
John Barrows & att the Extent of the hundred thirty
two Rods to Run Neer Norwest on A straite line six
score Rod till it meeteth with the bounds first men-
tioned. This land was Laid out by us who have her-
unto subscribed on the 22 •* day of May one thousand
seaven hundred & one
James Warren
William Shurtleff
surveyors
At A Town Meting held at plimouth on the 28'*'of
May 1701 The Jurors Chosen to serve at the County
Jurors Court att September Next are John Mordo Abiall Shurt-
lif John doty Stephen Bryant & Ebenazur Cobb voted
.that Aney two of the select men shall Attend the Cort
to Answer the Towns presentment for Want of A scool-
master
Voted That with Referance to the petition of the uper so-
ciety for A township its Refered to further Agitation at the Next
Town Meeting
Voted That A scoolmaster shall be hired for the yeare by
the select men
At this Meeting A Comitte was Chosen to lake account
of the late select Not as yet Recond with & the Town treasurer of
what Moneys belonging to the Town in their hands The Comitte
are Capt Bradford Left : Jonathan Morey & Samuel Stirtevant
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[64.] At sd Meting Nathaniel Warren was Chosen to gather
the Money that is due from pertieular persons Relating to the
scooling there Children the last year
At sd Meeting The town voted to sell A persell of Meadow
Neere unto Will : Pilless for to defraying publeek Charge & gave
power to the select men to sell it for the Jinds afoi-sd
Voted that the first Monday in October Next to be a Towa
Meeting
Swing At sd Meeting The Town granted Liberty to Richard
Bridge seers to Make A swing bredg over the town pond Creek
At sd Meeting Totman had libei*ty to bring his family into
the town
At ' sd Meting George Morton Ephraim Moilon
1 It does not api>ear with certmnty that the work of making a stream was done
at this time. !No further reference to the matter is found in the records until
October 28, 1771, when the Town voted "to choose a committee to consider
about making a way for herrings from South Pond into Eel River, and accord-
ingly made ciioice of Thomas Foster, Esq., Lemuel Jat'kson, Ichabod Holmes.
Stephen Saiui)son and William Watson, Esq., a committee for that purpose,
they to view the place and report to the town what they think best to be done
in said affair at the next March meeting."
On the 16th of March, 1772, the committee reported and another committee
was chosen " to take into consideration the matter of the land through which
the brook may run, whose property it is, and to examine the laws of the Prov-
ince respecting alewives and the brook through which they^ do or may run, and
to examine the records and all matters and things respecting said way." The
committee chosen for this purpose consisted of "John Cotton, Esq., Thomas
Foster, Esq., Dea<!on John Torrey, Mr. Stephen Sampson and Mr. Jeremiah
Howes."
On the 13th of April, 1772. the report of the committee chosen October 28,
1771, was read as follows :
"The committee appointed by the town at their meeting in October, 1771, to
take a view of South Pond and the passage from thence to the Brook that leads
from Finneys meadows into Eel Kivcr, and re])ort their opinion whether there
may not a convenient pas.sage or brook be made to run from said Pond into Eel
River for the alewives to pass up said Eel River into said South k ond to cast
their spawn ; the major part of said committee have attended that service, and a
number of people being desirous of makioe a trial offered their services to labor
part of a day upon free cost, and did stop trie water, and dug a passage thirty or
forty rods long, and on opening a passage found a very considerable brook ran
down, quite large enough for alewives, and are informed a very considerable
brook runs ever since, though we do not apprehend that what is dug already is
sufficient, yet your committee are of opinion that a sufficient passage may be
made with not more than thirty pounds cost to make a sufficient brook for the
alewives to pass and go up out of Eel River into said Pond to cast their spawn."
" And further, your committee, on the best information, find that numbers of
alewives annually come up the Eel River, and doubtless if there was a good
passage dug would go up the said River and Brook into said Pond to cast their
spawn, and we are of the mind that there is the greatest probability, if the affair
l>e well managed, the Brook would soon be verv profitable to the town."
On the 15th of March, 177:*, it was voted by tfie town "to choose a committee
of three men to oU»ar the passage for alewives from Eel River to SouUi Pond;
also to carry xiy in hogsheads one cartload of alewives, the first that come in the
town brook this year, and put them into said South Pond ; and Thomas Foster,
Esq., Deacon John Torrey and Mr. William Warren were chosen."
The above extracts are interesting in view of the disputed point as to whetlier
the South Pond Water course is natural or artificial. A fair inference to be
drawn from them is that before the year 1701 there was no outlet from South
Pond, and that in that year one was dug which, proving insufficient, was re-
opened in 1773.
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voted to
allow
these men
Liberty to
make a
Herring
brook from
South pond
Ways
Nathaniel Morton Josiah fflnney Benjamin Warren
Ebenazur holmes & Thomas ffaunce Requested of
the Town that in Case they Can Make A stream
from the grate south pond soe Caled into the brook
that Runeth through finneys Medows into the £ale
River in order to the leting up alwives into sd pond
that the town would grant them the privilidg of
two or three pole breadth on Each side of sd strem ;
of land down along sd strem soe far as the town
Comons goeth ; which sd Request was granted to
them & to stop the pond when it needs
At sd Meting the select men or any two of them are
Apinted to lay out A highway from the sandy hill to
Lakenham & from sandwedg Rooade A Mile & a half
over dubble brooks towards Agawam
At A Town Meeting held at plimouth October 6'''
1701 At sd Meeting the Town Granted unto Left:
William Shurtlif all the Meadow or Meadoish
Ground Lying upon Samsons brook on both sydes
therof betwen the Meadow of Josiah ffinney there
& the Meadow laid out to hugh Colle & all the
Comon Meadow betwen hugh Cooles & the bridg
Above William P^llises for 18 pound in silver To be
Expended for tlie defraying Town Charges At sd
Meeting it voatcd That the surveiors have liberty to
leave of the Comons in laying out of land where they
Judg it Nessesary for Convenence for men to Come
to their lands that they bent penned up voted that
the land sold by abraham Jacson to Nathaniel War-
ren lying on both sides tlie way to Lakenham sd
Warren hath Liberty to take it all on the left hand
of said way together
At sd Meeting The town granted to Left : Bryant & fran-
ces Cooke A persell of land that lyeth Adjoyning to their laud att
Billentons holes scfe Caled About 15 or 16 acrees & leave it to the
judgment of the surveiors of the Towne as to the worth of it & sd
Money to be Improved for the defraying publick Charges of sd
Town.
Grant
to Will"
ShurtleflP
Nathaniel
Warrens
grant
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[65.] September 22 1701
Wee being desired To Renew The bounds of The forty
acrees of land That was formerly Granted and Laid out To
John Dounham senior of plimouth Betwen Colchester and
Winatuxett The bounds are as fiPoUoweth on the Northwest
Comer with a horn beam tree and a Red oak standing By
Colchester Brook Both Marked and from thence Eight
I score Rod south and by West by divers Marked trees Till
"o itt Comes to a greatt Maple Tree standing in a swamp
Q Marked on 4 sides Which is The south west Corner bounds
a and from Thence 40 pole East and By south to a beach
o and horn Beam Tree Both Marked Which is The southeast
Corner bound and from Thence To Extend North and by
East Eight score Rod By Marked Trees till itt Comes to a
horn beam tree Marked and from Thence Down to The
Brook aforesd and Then to Run 40 pole Down the brook
till it Meets With The bounds first Mentioned There was
Allowance to The Lott above Mentioned for a Road or
high Way 40 foot Wide Where itt now is laid out By us
The Day above Mentioned
James Warren & William Shirtlef
Surveighors
The Two ten Acrees of or Lotts of Land laid out
to John Watson At popes Neck by vertue of Meadow
his Grandfather had ther at the south Meadows are
both in A Twenty acree lott & Joyning to his Meadow
it is bounded as foUoweth (viz) on the southwest Corner
with a Red oake tree standing by the Meadow & from
g thence to Extend 40 pole Northeast & by North to A
^ pine Tree Marked on 4 sides & from thence to Extend
^ Eighty pole Norwest & by west to an other pine Tree
a Marked on 4 sides with stones at the Roote of it & from
^ thence to Extend forty poole southwest & by south to an
other pine tree Marked and soe down*to the Meadow &
ther the Meadow to be the bounds on the southwest side
James Warren
William Shurtlif
Surveyors
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[66.] Att a Towne Metting Held at pliDiouth December 8
1 701 Jnriors Chose To serve att The quarter seshions In sd De-
cember are John Morton Ephraime Cole John Churehell Eliazer
Ring Thomas Morton & Stephen Barnabe : Att sd Metting It was
orddered That The Town Clerk should Enter upon Town Record
That Leuft Shirtlef hath paid the sum of Twenty Eight pounds for
The sd towns use That Was Due from sd Shirtlef To sd Town For
The hundred Acres of land sold by ye Town To sd Shirtlef Liing
Att The south Meadows Bet wen Beaver Damm Brook and Sothe
Meadow River on The North side of sd River and For The
Meadow or Meadowish Ground Liing upon sampsous Brook and
The south Meadow River Which was sold unto sd shirtlef as upon
Town Record doth and May appeare
The propriators of The Meadows of Saquash vis Georg
Morton Claiming The one half in deale of all the Meadow or Mead-
owish ground belonging to Saquaish And Nat^ Morton & The
heirs of Josiah Morton deceas*^ <& Thomas Morton Claiming the
other half of sd Meadow upon sd ^Island & being all Meett
Together upon Saquash as Abovesd on the 2d'* of July 1701 Have-
ing all agreed to Make a division of sd Meadowish Ground into
2 parts or shares & to Cast Lots Who shall have Each part or J
as Abovesd upon Which we The persons above named vis Georg
Morton Nathaniel Morton Deceas** & Thomas Morton Haveing
agreed and fixed boundereys in order to a Divission of sd Meadow
as followeth Begining at The beach that leadeth to the stage point
so Called We fixed a stak and a heap of stones and from Thence
Raiuging Noith (Eastward By a Rang of stakes aCross The Meadow
to a greatt pine Tree standing upon the beach Marked on 4 sides
And Wee doe hereby Agree that all The Meadowish ground that
f alleth on either side of The Dividing Raing above Mentioned shall
belong to and be Acouuted his or their proper Interest Acordding
as These Lots should fall upon Which The Lots Were given forth
and the Southeasterly Lott fell to Georg Morton & the other
Lott To The above named Nath" Morton Thomas Morton and the
heirs of Josiah Morton and it is hereby To be understod that all
the Meadowish ground that fals Within the Rang of tiither lots To
the utmost Extent Thereof shall belong to the Lots in wich it fails
In Testimony of our Joynt Concu ranee Hereunto We The above-
^Saquish is laid down as an Island on the map of Champlain, raaile in 1605,
and it so remained until the passage between it and the Gurnet filled up at some
time during the latter half oi the last century.
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named Have Hereunto sett our hands on the day and yeare first
above mentioned
Georg Mortton
Nath Mortton
Thomas Mortton
[67«] Plimouth December ye 13 ano 1701
The 8 acres of land sold by M' Kdward gray of plimouth
deceased To John Rickard liing betwen the first and second *^ Brook
at The North end of The town of plimouth is Laid out by us The
subscribers and bounded as foUoweth That is to say that one the
Northeasterly Corner with a heap of stones about 6 pole to The
Northeast of Deacon Woods barn and from the sd heap of stones
southwest and by west 12 pole ^ to a heap of stones on the North
side of The Cart Way that goes to Atwoods swamp soe Cald and
from thence 32 pole Northwest and by North to another heap of
stones & from thence 12 pole J Northeast and by est to a heap of
stones below The Country Road and from thence 32 pole southeast
and by south to the bounds Grst Mentioned Allowing 45 foott in
breadth for the Kings high way Through sd lott Where the Way
now is
per William Shirtlef
& James Warren
Surveyei-s
Att A Town Meting held at plimouth on the 9^*^ of fcbru-
ary 170^ for the Choyce of Grand Juroi^s for the year Ensuing &
for Jurors of Tryals at the Next quarter sesions of the peace in
March next The Grad Jurrors were John Cluirchell Samuel Stirte-
vant Ephraim Cole & John doty The Jurors for tryals above
Named are Caleb loren Elish Bradford flfranccs Cooke & John
holmes
At this Meeting it was voted and Agred upon by the In-
habitants Tliat every ffreeholder That hath ben soe for six years
last past That hath not had 30 ackers of land Granted to them by
the Inhabitants of the Town within 20 years last past shall have
30 acrees of land laid forth to them out of the Comons belonging
to sd Town (by the persons hereafter Named that are the Towns
Comittv or Trustees to act in ye AfiFare) or soe much land as to
2 This land lay on both sides of Court Street, including the Sauioset Houhc
lot and the Burns' lot and others.
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Make it up 30 acrees with what they have already had Granted to
them sience sd Tirme of years & its further voted That all Town
born Children now Inhabitants in sd Town that have been Rated
towaixis defray pubiick Charg in sd Town for 14 years last past
shall have 30 acres apece of land laid out to them out of sd towns
CoiBons SLu abovesd & that None shall Take up aney Meadow
ground or sedor swamps by vertue of this Grant and it further
voted that every man May take up bis share abovesd as ner to his
one land as may be : and noe man shall take up sd land aganst an
other Mans land until the owner of sd land doth Refuseth it & if
two men doe pitch on one pece of land tlie Comitty have hereby
power to determiu whose it shall be and it was agred on at sd
Meeting that Monday the 16*'' of this Instant february shall be a
town Meeting for to Consider what farther to doe about the seder
swamps
The Comitte or trustees Chosen by the Inhabitants at sd
Meeting to lay out Each propriatoi-s lott are as foUoweth (viz)
Capt John Bradford
Capt James Warren
Left Shurtlif
Left Nath : South worth
Insign Nath : Morton
& Samuel Stirtevant
[68.] Att the Town Meeting last mentioned the Town voted
that the spot of land formerly Granted unto Elisha holmes lying
by manases Mortons house above Jolni Riders by the highway
upon Conditions shall belong to sd holmes free and Clcre to him &
his heires and assignes for Ever.
These are to give Notice that the land that did formerly
belong to John fflnney senior and to Robert finney senior betwen
princes bottom and deepe Water is disposed of to Samuel King
Junior being in quantytie 12 Acrees and is laid out by George
Bonam & Andrew Ring & lyeth upon sd depe Water swampe
bounded with A stake upon A hill at the southwest Corner & Run-
eth Norwest 38 pole to A small Red oake by the Cart way at the
northermost bound from thence to A small Red oke at the North-
east Corner upon 5 sides Marked a little above princes bottom and
Runeth along to A small pine upon the side hill soe Crosing the
Cartway that Cometh from deep water and that Cart way is to be
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a boand & it Kuneth along on the west side of a litle Round
swomp & to A small white oake by deepe water swompe March
11*M68J
At A Town Meeting held at plimouth on the 16"* of March
170^ for the Choyce of Jurrors for the superior Cort The Grand
Jurors were deacon John Waterman Nathaniel Morton & Benja-
min sole The Jurors for ti-yols were John Stirtevant Thomas Lor-
ing John flfoster Benjamin Warren & Benjamin Eeaton The select
men are Capt John Bradford John Rickard Jun & Samuel Stirte-
vant The Cunstabhis John pratt & Thomas Rowland Tho : ffaunce
Chos Town Clerk & sworn The surveyors for the highwayes are
Ebenazer holmes Samuel harlow Elisha Bradford Edmond Tilson
& Benjomen Eaton Junior The fence vewers are Caleb Loring Eli-
azar Cushman & Benjamen Warren
At This Meeting It was voted that A mile and
Mile & ^half from the Water side up into the woods from
half voted John Cobbs to Joseph Churchils land shall lye
Comon for the use of the Town That the select meu
of this Town shall make the several assesments that
fals within the Town for this present year.
That forty Acrees of land be laid forth out of the Town
Comons for the use of ye Ministrey perpetually & that there shall
be noe wood Cutt on sd land for 10 yers from this date.
Voted that Thirty Acrees of ^laud be laid out for the use
of the Ministrey in the uper society & A Convenien for a burieng
place & Traing place as Neere the meeting house there as may be
Convenient Voted Granted att sd Meeting unto M®' Ephraim Lit-
tle our present Minister & unto Thomas ffaunce to Each of them
thirty acres of land A piece
[69.] The Inlargment of land Granted to M" John Atwood
by the Court of Assistants on the 2* of October 1637 At ^piain-
^This tract of land, a mile and a half square, was lK)anded by a line be^inninj;^
at the shore, nea^ the mouth of Eel Creek, and extending southwesterly to a
point forty rods easterly of Triangle Pond, now marked by a pile of stones near
the road; thence running southeasterly across tho highway near the foot of
Sparrow's Hill, over l^ittle Pond to Lout Pond, and so on to a point in liid»»r's
orchard, so called, and marked by a white oak tree, and thence northeasterly to
the harbor, crossing the Sandwich road and Warren Avenue a little south of
Jabez Corner.
2 The upper Society was the Society in what is now the town of Plympton and
was incorporated in 1H95. The first meeting-house of this Society, built before
10D8, stood on the southerly end of Plympton Green, opposite the old lane which
leads easterly by ihe house of Wm. S. Soule and the thirty acres of land referred
to in the text included the Green and the Burial Ground.
3 Plaindealing was what is now called Seaside. Its meaning is a Plain by the
sea, as the Town of Deal; on tlie English Channel.
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dealing is bounded as ffoUoweth (viz) on the southeast Corner
with A pine Tree Marked on fouer sides standing by a Red
swompe & from thence to extend fouer scoore poole Northwest till
it Cometh to two pine Trees Marked with A heape of stones at the
Roots & from thence to Extend Eight scoore Rods southwest till
it Cometh to another pine tree Marked on fouer sides with a heape
of stones at the Roote & from thence to Extend fouer score Rood
southeast till it Comes to two Red oakes sapplings Marked & from
thence to Extend Eight scoore Rood Northeast till it Cometh to
the bounds first Mentioned This was Laid out by us whose Names
are hereunto subscribed on the 2** of March 170^
James Warren
William Shurtlif
Surveyors
Memorandom on the 11'^ of March 170| A Renuall of the
bounds of land betwen William Harlow & Elisha Holmes at man-
oment pint soe Caled is as followeth (viz) Its agreed upon by
both parties . above mentioned that the sd harlows Northermost
bounds of his land on which his house now standeth on or he liveth
upon shall Com hom to said holmes southermost bounds next to sd
harlow & the bounds are as followeth (viz) from a heap of stones
Rainging Northeast and by North Nerest to a Remarkable Rock
upon the high Ground & from thence to A heape of stones upon
the banck by A Red oake bush Marked This settlement of the
Raing of the land betwen the parties above mentioned was made
and Concluded upon by us the sd Will : harlow & El isiia holmes to
be a finall settlement of ye Raing betwen us as Witness our hands
on the day and year Above Mentioned
Signed In presence of
Nathaniel holmes Jun William harlow
& John ffaunce Elisha holmes
[70«] New plimouth
Memorandom March ye 16 1702 Then a devision of lands
Made Betwen Ephraime Tilson & Edmund Tilson his son Both of
plimouth in New England ; of Lands Thatt Was in partnership
Betwen Them is As followeth viz ; The Gaiden s[)ott on Which
There houses Now standeth on The Westerl}' part is To belong To
The sd Edmund From a heap of stones by T!ie high Way nere
about The Middle of The length of sd spot ; and from thence Across
To a White oak sapling Marked standing by The swamp And Wee
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have Devidded The field Where The barnes standeth as foUoweth
from A heap of stooes by the high Way & soe to a swamp on the
southarly side to A heap of stones and soc all the land from sd
bounds To The high Way To belong to The sd Edmund Att the
Easterly End Alsoe The land at The Neck soe Called Wee have
devided as ffoUoweth begining Att a small White oak sapling
Marked standing nerc lands Bellonging To Sam" Watterman att
The Easterly End, and from Thence To A Bluesh Rock nere the
niidle of The field and from thence Northwesterly To .\ White oak
Marked standing by The neck swamp soe Called And The West-
erly part to bellong to Edmund and the fourten acres of laud that
Was Robert Ransoms is to belong to Edmund sd land Lietli
on the neck in the Northeast side of The land Above Mentioned
And for The lands yett undevided liing in partnership betwen us
shall in Convenient time be Equally Dovided betwen us both : And
In Testimony That this shall stand good unto us and our heirs for
Ever Wee The partys Above Mentioned have hereunto sett our
hands on the day and yeare first above Written
signed in presence of Ephraime Tilson
us Wittnesses Edmund Tilson
Jonathan Shaw
Nathaniell dounham
The Fifty foot of Land square That Was granted unto
John doty senior Att a Town Metting held at plimouth Apnell 10
1699 was laid out & Bounded as flfoUoweth on the Northerly End
of M**" Littles Garden his house stands on & on the Westward side
of the highway & is fflfty foot square and at Each Coruer a stake
drove into the Ground This was laid out on the 12"* of July 1701
by James Warren &
William Shurtlif
Surveyors
[71 .] At A Town IVIeeting held at plimonth on the 15*^ of May
1702 Capt James Warren was Chosen Rei)resentative Nathaniel
^lorton was Chosen select Man in John Rickards Roomehe Refus-
ing to serve the town in that office Jnronrs Chosen for the quarter
sesions in June Next are M'"' Joseph Bartleit serjant Rickard Sam-
uel harlow & John Watson
At sd Meeting 20 acrees of land was granted unto
Nicolas May Neere to his own land at Mauoment ponds At sd
Meeting Liberty was Granted unto John Stirtevant to take up 30
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Morton to
drown swamp
at Warrens
Wells
Ebenezer
holmes
land
Acrees of land at Monponset of the hundred Acrees of land form-
erly Granted unto M" Atword at doties Meadow.
At sd Meeting 30 Ackors of land was Granted unto
Ephraim Bradford on the North side of black water in Case he pay
or Cause to be paid fouer pounds for tlie Towns use for sd laud
Grant to At sd Meeting liberty was Granted unto Na-
Nath^ Morton thauiel Morton & Thomas Morton to make a
and Thomas stopage on Warrens wels Brook to drownd A
persel of Swompe belonging to sd Mortons
there upon sd Brook as also the Conveniant up-
land Ncere the place of darning or stoping sd
Brook & the scirts of swompy Ground that may
be drond by sd dam.
Wee being desired To settle bounds att The head
of the Land That Was formerly granted to M'
Thomas Southworth and now in posseshon of Eben-
ezer holmes are setled as followeth — viz — With Two
Red oaks Marked on 4 sides standing by The Ele
River and from thence To Extend Northwest J poynt
Westerly by Marked Trees so far Till Itt meet With
his Southmost Line or Rainge
August 6* Jame* Warren
1702 William Shirtlef
The bounds of the 30 acrees of land formerly
Granted to Samuel dunham at or Neere Warrens
Wells & sold by him to abraham Jacson & by sd
Jacson to M*' William Clarke the bounds being lost
Were Renewed & bounded as fifolloweth by us whoo
have hereunto subscribed on the 6"' of August 1702
(viz) with A white oake tree on the Northerly Cor-
ner standing in Ebcnezar holmes Rainge & from
thence to Extend about 92 pole southwest and by
Samuel west 2 degrees Westerly to a Red oake standing
dunhams Neere Warrens Wels brook & then by Warrens
land to Wels brook to Eeale River brook & tiien bounded
Abraham down the Eeale River brook Easterly till it Cometh
Jackson & to Ebenezar holmes Corner bounds wiiich was 2
from him Red oaks and then bounded by P^benezar holmes
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to Wm
Clark
[72.]
Joseph
dunbams
land to
W" Clark
William
BaiDS hi8
land
land Northwest half a pint Westerly Aboat 60 Rod
till it Comes to the bounds first Mentioned
James Warren
William Sburtlif
Surveyors
The bounds of the 30 Acrees of land formerly Granted
to Joseph dunham & sold by him to M** William'
Clarke the bounds being lost or not known are Re-
newed by us Whose Names are hereunto subscribtjd
on the 6 ^ of August 1 702 Nere warrens wells (viz)
with a white oake sapplingon the East Corner which
was Josiah filnneys Corner bounds and stands in the
Rainge of Ebenazar holmes land <& from thence doth
Extend Northwest half a pint Westerly 53 pole to
A Red oake tree Marked on 4 sids & from thence to
Run southwest 2 degrees Westerly about 92 pole to
a Red oak tree marked on 4 sides standing by War-
rens Wells brook & then bounded by the sd brook
53 pole till it Cometh to Josiah ffinneys land &
bounded by the aforesd ffinneys land till it Cometh
to the bounds first Mentioned
James Warren
Will : Shurtliflf
Surveyors
The 58 Acrees of land Granted to William barnes
by the town of plimouth At senter hill for three
pounds & ten shillings in money was Laid out the 25
of ffebruary 170§ and bounded as foUoweth on the
southeast C<»rner with A pine tree Marked on 4 sides
with A heape of stones About it & from thence to
Extend west and south by A Marshie pond 80 pole
lo another pine tree Marked on 4 sids &, then to Ex-
tend North and by west one hundred pole to A pine
tree Marked on 4 sids with A heape of stones About
it & then to Extend East and by North About one
hundred & twelve pole to A Rock and soe down
to the sea & then bounded by the sea southerly till
it Cometh to the bounds first Mentioned
John Bradford
William Shurtlif
Nath : Morton Com*
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The 3 pound and ten shillings in money was paid by Will :
bams to Major John Bradford & Insign Nathaniel Morton select
men of the town of plimouth for the use of sd Town on the first of
March 170§
[73.] At A Town Meeting held at plimouth August 31 1702
Jacob Cooke Will : harlow Joseph holmes senior
& Jonathan Bryant were Chosen to serve in a
Jury of Trials on the third Tusday of September
next Ensuing this date M *' Nath : Thomas
Chosen Modderator for sd meeting With Reffer-
ance To the defraying Town Charges for sd
yeare it was voted by the Inhabitants therr Mett
To sell from out scirts of Comon lands belong-
ing to sd town Not to Exceed 30 pounds worth
Those that did then appere to by sd land were
then Entered in town Meeting which are as fol-
loweth (viz) Captain Warren & Ephraim Mor-
ton senior they both put in for 6 pounds worth
A pease Will : Shurtlif for som land adjoyning
to his own land at the south Meadows Samuel
Lucas for som land betwen Jacob Tomsons
lands & his at Monponset about 30 acrees M*'
Joseph Bartlet 6 pounds worth on the Easterly
side of Island pond soe Called & James Clark
6 pounds worth at the same pond <& John Bryant
20 ackors at his own land & John Kickard Jun-
ior A slip of land and meadowish Ground be-
twen his own land & Winatuxet River and an-
nasnapet brook Also William Barns hath liberty
to purchas of the Towns Agents 50 acrees of
land at the senter hill soe Caled & Capt John
Bradford Left Jonathan Mory and Ensign Na-
thaniel Morton are Chosen & appointed The
Agents to Towns Agents or Trustees To vew the severall
view & set spotts of land above Mentioned & to set A prise
prise on Land on Each spot of land what Each byor shall give
pe acre for what shall be laid forth to them by
vertue of the act of the Town Above mentioned
& any two of them have power to act & the
money to be Imploued for the defray The Town
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Charges as abovesd At sd Meeting Ralph Jones
an Indian hath liberty from the town to sell som
of his land neere sandvredg bounds & have
Apointed Capt Warren and Left Jonoth : Morey
to purchas it of him for the Towns use.
At this Meeting 20 acrees of land is Granted to
abraham Jacson at the 4 Mile brook soe Caled Next
to his sons land there.
At sd Meting it was Granted to Joseph ffaunee
all the Comon land Joyning to his own land at the
High Redg & betwen Baruck Jordans John Churchels
Eliazar Churchells & Deacon Georg Mortons lotts
there
Also at sd Meeting Ten acrees of land was Granted
to Joseph Churchel to Mack up his old Addition of
land to his lott
Granted to the Widdow patience holmes half an
Acree of land Neere to deacon Woods land on the
Westerly side of the Roade or an acree on the west
side of the Road to Lakenham Neere where Jonathan
pratt formerly lived
Granted to John Bradford Junior a pereel of land betwen
his own land & Samuell Bradfords land not Exceeding 20 acrees
Indian
Abraham
Jacksons
20 acrees
Joseph
Fan nee
Joseph
Churchel
Widow
Patience
Holmes
[74.] At this IMeetiug upon Complaint Made to the town of
the grat damage likiy to accrew the harbour by the cutting down
the pine trees at the beach The Inhabitants doe therefor voate
that henceforth Noe pine trees shall be felled on sd beach on
forfiture of 5 shillings pr tree to be Recoverable of those yt soe
doe & that Noe Man shall set aney fire on sd beach on forfiture
of 5 shillings per time for the towns use
At the sd Meeting the Inhabitants Granted to
Nathaniel holmes senior & Joseph ffaunee four
acrees of Meadow Next to Robert Barrows at the
sedar swonipe
Like wise William Churehell is Granted 5 or 6
acrees of swompy land on the westerly side of a
swompe Neere Joseph Kings
Eliazare prat is Granted liberty to Enjoy the 30
acres of land that was laid out to him by the towns
Comity under a supposision of his then Right therto ;
Nath^
Holmes
Will :
Church »
Eleazer
Prat
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but being found to the Conterary the town ordered
him to bold sd land & that yt should be his share
till other yong men of his Age & standing had a
like proportion
At sd Meeting it was voated that M^*" Joseph Bartlet
shall herby have power to Gather in the Arrears of what money es
is yet unpaid Relating to the scoole in ^ M " hales Tim by vertue
of an act of the tx)wn then made
At sd Meeting it was voated by the Town
That Nathaniel Southworth should be Reim-
bursed the money he paid to M'^ Cottons sous
sedge Relating to the pew in the Meeting house & it
in ye Town was further voated at this Meeting that all the
pond granted ^ sedg that Grows on the Comon flats About
to ye Ministry the Town pond is henceforth Reserved for the
use of the Ministrey of this lower sosiety
perpetually Never to be allienanated from that
use for Ever it is to be understood that sedg
that shall yearly Grow thereon
At sd Meeting The town Granted A sertain swompe
known by the Name of Litle Meadows swompe unto sunderey of
the Neighbours (viz) deacon Thomas Clarke Left Jonathan
Morey Jonathan Mory Junior William harlow Samuel Cornish
James Clarke Janer John Clarke Joseph Silvester humphrey
Turner Samuel Rider Joseph Bartlelt Juner Elnathan Bartlett
Benjamin Bartlett John May the sd swompe is Granted to those
Above Named or soe Maney of them as will take the trouble of
drounding sd swompe & they are to drown sd swomp within 2
yeares after this date & then to belong to them and their heires
for Ever
[75.] plimouth October 7*** 1701
The ten Acrees of land laid out to Jonathan
Shaw at the south Meadows by vertue of Meadow
1 MoseB Hale taught school in Plymouth a year or more. He was the son of
John Hale of Newbury, and graduated at Harvard in 1()99.
2 This sedge grew on flats on l)oth sides of the Town Pond and now flowed
by it. The flats on the north side were leased by the Precinct in 1795 to
William Hall Jackson for nine hundred and ninety-nine years, at an annual
rent of six bushels of corn, and those on the south side, in 17H8, to Stephen
Churchill for the same period, at an annual rent of four bushels. Until the
death of Rev. James Kendall, the pastor of the First Church, rent was
regularly paid to the pastor, by Uie grantees of the original lessees.
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Jonathan he had there of his Grandfather George Wattson it
Shaw is bounded as ffolloweth (viz) on the Westward syde
of poopes Neck soe Called with A bunch of swompe
White oakes Marked & from thence to extend East
till it Cometh to two swompe White oakes Marked
on the East side of the aforesd Neeck & soe all the
upland from the fore Mentioned southerly bounds
in sd Neck only leaveing sufficant way for Carting
hay through Gates or barrs when sd land shall
be fenced James Warren
William ShurUif
Surveyors to sd town
PJimouth
Wee Who have hereunto subscribed being Chosen
Shirtlef by The Town of plimouth To prise a Certaiue Trackt
William of Land The town aforesd granted unto William Shirt-
lef of plimouth and is bounded as followeth viz all The
land in the Neck Betwen beaver Dam Brook so Caled
and The South Meadows Which sd town has Nott
bin formerly granted or disposed of Itt Is to Extend
from pollapoda Cove To Beaver Dam pond and then
bounded by The brok liiat Runs out of The Beaver
Dam pond or swomp Till Itt Comes To the South
Meadows and Then bounded up The South Meadows
by sd Meadowe Till Itt Comes To The pollapod Cove
abovesd ; all The Land Within The bound abovesd
Which Is Towns Commons Wee have prised and val-
lued att 8 pounds and awarded The sd William Shirt-
lef To pay unto The town of plimouth or Theire order
The full Sum of 8 pounds That Then the land Within
the bounds abovsd to be his and his heirs for Ever
This 14th day of October 1702 pr John bradford
& Nath" Morton
At A Town Meeting held at plimouth on the 7**" of decem-
ber 1702 the Town of plimouth Granted unto William Shurtlif of
the town aforesd for Eight pounds in Money A sertaine Neck of
land which lyeth betwen beaver dam brook & the south Meadows
& is bounded as followeth (viz) it Extends from pollopody Cove
to beaver dam pond & then bounded by the pond & swomp Neere
southwest till it Cometh to beaver dam brook soe Called & then
bounded by sd brook southwesterly till it Cometh to the south
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Meadows aforsd & then bounded up the Meadows by sd Meadows
till it Cometli to pollopody Cove first Mentioned All the lands
within the bounds abov^d upon the Consideration above men-
tioned was Granted anto the sd Wiliiam Shurtlif & his heires &
assignes for Ever Excepting only what the Town had formerly
mad A grant of to aney particular persons before this Grant which
sd sum of money above mentioned was paid by sd Will Shurtlif to
the select men for the Towns use March first 170§
[76«] Att a Town Metting held att plimouth december7"*
1702 The Juriors Chosen To serve att The County Courtt are John
Mortton Eliazar Ring & Thomas Mortton
Att sd Metting Itt Was voatted That The 8 pounds That
William Shertlef paid for Lands Thatt he bought of The town
shall Go Towards paying The County Ratte.
Att sd Metting a Certaine swamp or Meadowish Ground
about Swan hold so Called Beying above The Way Thatt is Now
of use Goeing over Swan hold Brook Was Grantted unto Sundry
of The Neibhours Thereabouts (viz) Joseph Dounham John pratt
Nath^ dounham Micajah dounham Beuiiah pratt Jeduthan Robins
Eliazer pratt Joseph pratt Joseph Dounham sen & Abiall Shirtlef
With Libertty of Makeing stoppidg upon sd brook for The drown-
ing sd Land
Att sd Metting Itt Was Granted That Edmund Western
shall have fifty acres of Land Laid outt To him upon Winattuxett
neck so Called against his own Meadow Ther in Case he Rellinqish
aney Right or prettence of Rightt unto The percell of Land Thatt
Was Grantted and Laid forth for The use of The personage in the
upper sosiety
James At A Meeting of the propriators & Inhabitants of
Warren plimouth on the 31 of August 1702 Then liberty was
Grantted by the Town to James Warren senior for to
buy 6 pounds worth of their Comon lands at A place
Caled Clampuddeu plaine in the township aforesd to
be prised to him by men Appointed for that purpose
& since the sd Warren being desirous to have the grant
of sd land at A place Called duble brooks in the Town-
ship Aforesd Neere to his own land it being more Con-
venient for him To Grattify him in that matter At a
I metg of sd propriators & Inhabitants of the Town of
plimouth on the 1^^ day of december 1702 The Town
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granted to him the sd James Warren for »ix pounds in
money w**^ 9d 6 pounds the sd Wan^en haJth already
paid to the sc^leet men for- the use of the town 30
Acrees of land on the west side of the aforesd brook
Nere unto and to be laid out with the 30 acres of land
Granted to him by the Town At the Generall grant on
the 9*** of ffebmary last past
Att A Meeting of the Inhabitants & propriators of the
Town of plimouth on the 7*^ of december 1702 Then the town
Griinted to Ephraim Morton senior one 110 Acrees of land at A
place Called Claropudden plain for & in Consideration of six
pounds which the sd Ephraim Morton hath already paid unto the
select men of the Town for the towns use
[77«] The 6 acres of upland Granted unto John Eavcrson by
The Town of plimoutii is bounded as followeth (viz) att The South-
East Corner With a stake and a heap of stones and from thence
24 pole East To another stake and a heap of stones and from
thence 40 pole North to a pine Tree Marked on 4 sides and so
Down To his Meadow and from Thence 24 pole by The Meadow
Westerly until Itt Comes unto His other Lands and his Land To
bee The West bounds That he had of Stephen Bryant Sen This
Was Laid outt By us The 23^ of September 1701
pr James Warren
William Shirtlef
Surveighers
Att a Town Mettiug held att plimouth february 1"* 170§
The Grand jury Chosen for The yeare Were Calleb Lorein John
foster Samuell fuller & John Clark ; The Juriors Chosen To Serve
att The County Courtt Were John Mordo Abiall Shirtlef Josiab
finey <& Ebenazer Holmes
Att sd Metting The Town voatted to pay ^ Mr Dyer six
Acres of Meadow in poUopoda Cove Next To Will Rings Meadow
At sd Metting Itt was voatted Thatt The Land veued and
sett outt To Mr bartlett James Clark & John Riekard shall l>e Re-
corded upon Town llecoitl aeording To The Metes & l>ounds
Thereof Granted unto Adam Right 3 acres of Meadow on Colches-
ter brock If Itt be There to be had The Town Grantted unto Jo-
siah finey Liberty To Run The Same poynt of Compas upon The
i.Tohn Dyer followed Moses Hale as Teacher and succeeded Thomas Faunce
ill the ofiice of Town Clerk in 17*23.
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Southerly Side of his Land on Which he now Liveth as he doth
upon The Northerly side of sd Land provided There be Common
There To be had and dont Infringe upon aney partickular Mans
Right
Att sd Metting The town Granted unto Samuel Sonett
Indian 200 acrees of Land Where he now Lives
[78.] The Land Granted unto Joseph bartlett sen by The
town adjoyning to his other Lands at Mannomett ponds is Laid
out and bounded as foUoweth begin ing att The south End of The
fresh pond so Called & There bounded with a pine Tree Marked
on 4 sides and from Thence To Run on a straight Line to a stake
and a heap of stones about Itt at a place Called Churches Land-
ing by the saltwater and from Thence Northward by the Watter
side untill Itt Comes unto his other Lands and Then againe
begining on Tne Northwest side of The fresh pond att a Little
brook thatt issueth out of the pond and so allong The brook and
swamp to a Red oak tree Marked on 2 sides and from thence
athwort a small poynt of upland to a pine Tree Marked and so
allong The swamp to another pine tree Marked and from the pine
Tree West north west to a ditch and aLong The ditch to an arme
of The maine brook and so down The maine brook till Itt Meets
With his other Lands John bradford
Nath" Morton
ffebruary 10*^ 170§ then ye 28 acrees of land Granted to
John Bryant was laid out & bounded as ffolloweth (viz) with a
small Red oak tree Marked on 4 sids which was peter Tomsons
Northwest Corner bound of his 30 acre lott & from thence to
Extend East half a pint southerly 28 pole to A pine tree Marked
on 4 sids & from thence to Extend south half A pint Westerly to
the land that was formerly John Cobbs & ther bounded by the
west side of sd Cobbs land as ffarr as that goeth & then to A
stake stuck into the Ground 165 pole distant from the pine tree
before Mentioned & from sd stake to Extend west half a pint
Northealy 28 pole to A pine tree Marked on 4 sids & from thence
to Extend North half A pint Easterly by the Easterly side of
the aforesd peter Tomsons land 165 pole till it Cometh to the
bounds first Mentioned The 5 pole in length over Measur was
allowed for the highway that goeth through sd land to bridgwater
& also A way to lay through sd land to A hering ware
James Warren
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PLYMOUTH litlCORM
March The first 1702 The above Named John bryant
paid unto The Selleet Men of The Town for The use of sd Town
Two pound fiften shillings for sd Land above mentioned
[79.] At A Town Meeting held at pli mouth on the first day
of March 170)| for the Choyce of Representatives &
Town officers The select Men Were Major John
Bradford Samuel Stirtevant & Nath : Morton, The
Cunstables Chose at sd metting were John Barnes &
Elisha Bradford, Thomas flfaunce Chosen Town
Clerk Jacob Cooke & Eliazar Ring were Chosen
Town Tithing Men The (irand Jury Chose to serve at the
officers Superior Court are LqU Nath : Southworth Left
Jonathan Morey Elkath Cushman Eliazar Cushman
& Samuel Lucas The Jurors for Tryals are M*'
Joseph Bartlet deacon Wood Benoney Lucas Richard
Seeres & Eliazar Morton, The Surveyors for the
' highwayes are John Morton Josiah ffinney James
Rowland Thomas Shirtlif Benoney Shaw & James
Clarke Junior
At sd Meting it was voted That Capt James
Liberty Warren and Left Mory should sell the Indiana
to sell land (viz) Ralph Jones soo much of his sd land
Indian Land as may pay for his Cure & the Town promiseth
to give purchas Grant to thos that ye sd Warren
& Mory shall sell it to for sd Indians use.
At sd Meeting Nathaniel I Thomas proposed to
the. town to Make A Trough for the herings to goo
through his mill dam into his mill pond & soe to
keep his dam up at the season of the fislies going
up which sd Mosion being Made the Town
A proved thereof & voted That in Case thesd Na-
thaniel Thomas Make a throwfare for the fish
abovesed that he shall keep up his mill dam at all
seasons & doe herby forbid & prohibbitt any per-
son from Taking or Killing aney al wives below sd
Thomasses mill dam down stream to the sea on
forfiture of 5 shillings a pec for aney that shall
offend in this kind that soe the fish mite be pre-
Ale wives served if it mite be that they mite not be beaten
not to be out of the brook And doe Appoiutd an Request
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taken below John dyer John foster &, Richard seeres to have
the Mill Inspection of this affaire and to forewarn persons
of Trespasing on ye particulars above mentioned
and to prosecute aney that shall offend in that
kind the forfiture to be one half to the persons
apointed to have the Inspection of this affare &
the other half to the poo re of the Town
At sd Meeting liberty was Granted to the Neighbours on
tlie southerly End of the Town to fence from the southeast End of
hillentons sea down to finney meadow soe Called to prevent their
Cattle going to the boggs
At sd Meeting the Inhabitants granted to Eliaz Ring 10
acres of land Joyning to his land Neere f ranees Cooks
At sd meeting the town voted that EphraimCole
a Confirma- hath A Confirmation of his Grand father Cols land
tion of on the southeast sid of Atwoods swomp which is
Land to Comonly known by the name of Cools feild & to
E[)hraim Cole be bounded out by the surveyors of the Town Ac-
cording to the Raings of the old fence about sd
land
[80.] At A Town meeting held at plimonth March Ib^ 170*^
At sd meeting Capt James Warren was Chosen
Joseph Representative to serve the Town At the General
Churchell Court Now siting at Boston
& Eleazer At sd meeting the Town granted to Joseph
Churchell Churchill & Kliazar Churchill that their land at the
agent south ponds shall extend home to & be bounded by
the pond on the southwest side of sd land
Bradford At sd meeting liberty is Granted to Major John
Major Bradford to milk the pine Trees upon the Towns
Comons from the head of blackwater to
Meadow & from duxbery bounds to Jones River &
hath liberty to Imploy straingers lately Com from
the westward upon sd Comons within sd limits upon
Condition the sd Bradford doth give in bonds to the
selectmen of the town to secure the town from
Aney Charge yt may fall on sd town Respe sd per-
sons & doo also Instruct Aney of said Inhabitants
in what scill sd strainger hath in Milking the
pines soe far as tliey are Capable of Ipstvucting any
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Sturtevant Id that Art At sd Meeting Samuel Sturtevant and
Samuel beujamin Warren were Chosen & Aded to Major
Warren bradford Capt Warren & Liften William ShnrtUf
benjamin with what they were betrusted with Relating to the
Comons of sd Town that they be not Intruderd on
by aney particulars & that Aney 3 of the 5 persons
May legaly act therin
At sd Meeting About 3 quortors of An Acre of land
Shaw be it more or less was Granted to Benoney Shaw Ly-
Benoney ing upon the south East side of his 40 Acree Lott to
Extend hom to the brook & soo bounded by the brook
home.
The Acree of land Granted to Ephraim Cole at the
Town Meeting held At pli mouth was laid out
Cole on the west side of the way that goeth to Nelsons
Ephraim brook ^ and bounded as ffolloweth to Extend from John
Rickards land Northerly 4 pole in breadth & 40 jkjIc
in length at the 2 Northermost Corners with heaps of
stones the length lyeth Neerc southwest and North-
east it was laid out the same day the sd Rickards laiul
was laid out by us James Warren
Will Shurtlif surveyors
Reed The Reed pond^ Granted to John holmes of plim-
pond outh deceased on the 13 *^ of October 1667 was bounded
Holmes the 17"* of Aprill 1702 as followeth (viz) with A strike
Thomas where John Nelsons Raing Cometh to the forsd pon<i
& from sd stake to Extend southeast by two heaix^s
of stones Neere the southeasterly End of the pond &
then More Easterly to an other heape of stones Nerc
the Creek that Isueth out of sd pond & soe down to a
heape of stones by A Rock & then the other part of
tl»e pond bounded by the beach Northerly & ihe
aforesd holmes other land James Warren
William Shurtlif
Surveyors
[81.] New plimouth October 7"* 1701
The 10 Acrees of land laid out to George Boiiam
Junior belonging To Meadow his father had in ye lower
^NeUoDB Brook is Cold Spring Brook.
*Reed Pond was an overflow of Cold Spring Brook near the point crossed by
the Railroad.
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Bonam smith MeadowB is Bounded as ffolloweth (viz) on the
Geoi^e Easterly End by the land or ffarme' he now liveth on 40
}x>le & from his Eastermost bounds 32 pole Northeast
& by East to A pine tree Marked on 4 sides & from
thence to Extend 40 pole to A pine tree Marked stand-
ing by the Way that Cometh from thence to Town &,
then by the Road or way 32 pole Southwest & by west
to the bounds first mentioned & 2 Acrees More by his
house betwcn the way and the Meadow
( James Warren
William Shurtlif
Surveyors
The half Acre of land Granted to the Widow pa-
tience holmes by the Town of plimouth was laid out
on the Westward side of ye Way Towards the first
bixK>k on the 26 of Aprill 1 703 it is in length About
10 pole Northwest & Southeast & in Wedth about 8
Widow pole Northeast & Southwest «fe at Each Corner A
patience stake drove in tlie ground About A Rod & a half
Holmes from the land deacon Nathan loll Wood had of The
Town Aforcsd James Warren
Will Shurtlif
Surveyors
Att a Town Metting Held att plimoutli Aprill ye 26 "^ 1703
Mr Nathaniell Thomas Was Chosen Representative att sd
Metting Capt James Wanen was Chosen Comishener
Know all men by these presents That we Samuel
barrows and John Tincom both of the Town of Middlebery in
the County of plimouth in New P^ngland being Joynt parteners in
A Certain parcell of Meadow lying and being ui)on both sides of
the River Called the south Meadow River in the Township of pli-
mouth in the County aforesd which sd parcell of meadow is
bounded up streame by the meadow yt was formerly William bar-
lows & Down stream it is bounded by the Meadow of Nathaniel
Morton Whereof we have Now by mutuall Agreement Divided sd
])ercell of meadow Equally betwen us haveing Respect to quallity
as well as to the quantety as followeth (viz) Namely We pitched
A liaing of staks ACross sd meadow and we doe by these presence
Mutualy agree that all yt part of sd parsell of meadow lieth up
streame from sd Raing of stakes shall belong unto sd Samuel Bar-
rows and his heires and assignos for Ever And all the part of sd
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parse! of Meadow which lyeth Down Btrem from sd Raing of stakes
shall belong imto sd John Tinckom and to his heires and assignes
for Ever Now the aforsd Rainge of stakes thus sett and the Divis-
ion thus made we Doe mutualy agree shal stand and Remaine as a
full settlement us and our heires and assignes for Ever In Witnes
Wherof we the aforsd Samuel Barows and John Tinkom have
herunto sett our hands and seales this 28 Day of March one
Thousand seaven hundred and Nine
Samuel BaiTows sel ()
Signed and sealed John Tinkom ()
*in the presence of
Ephram Wood
Isaac howland
[82 •] Att ye Town Metting Last Mentioned The Inhabitants
of plimouth voatted Thatt all ye Seder Swamp Throughout ye
township shall Bee Divided and Laid out Acording To ye Direc-
tions following Thatt Is To Say yt all old propriators and other
Inhabitants of ye age of 21 years yt are Free holders and house
Keepers Born Within ye Town shall have Each of 3'™ a full share
Also ye other of The Inhabitants Viz Male Children which W^ere
born in ye Town and Ooe Reside Now in Itt who have Arived unto
ye Age of 21 years shall have P2ach of y" half A share ; And
That all such Other Inhabitants That Doe Sucksed aney of yc
Ancient propriators Tq have a full share Uules Such Ancient In-
habitant have A Son Come in upon his Wright and yt Noe [)ei*s(>n
To have More Then a Single Share Though he May have More old
propriators Rights Then one And yt The Children of such pei*sons
Who are Dead and Would by this Voate have had a right had he
bin Liveing viz : Such Children Who are under The Age of 21
years shall have ye Right yt Was Their fathers That Is To say a
full Right and That No person ui)on aney prettence whatsoever
shall have Aney share Exept They Reside Now in ye Town Ex-
cept The Children under Age afore Mentioned And Such persons
who have in ye Town a Farm Contahiing An 100 Acres of Tillage
Leased out With A Tennant upon Itt Though himself Nott Now
Residing in ye Town 'J'o have a full share Also ye Town made
Choice of Leiut Jacob Tomson To be Thcire Surveijiher To La\'
out The Ceder swamps in sd Town acording To ye Method above-
mentioned Att sd Metting Major John Bradford and John Stirte-
vant Were Cboseu and Apoynted by ye sd Inhabittants Their
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AgentB or Trustee To Assist Leut Toinson in Laying out sd
swamps and To se ye orders of ye Town Relating To Aney Tres-
pas Done upon The Ceder Timber in sd swamps Duly Exeeutted
and To prosecute aney yt shall of end in ye breach of sd Towns or-
ders Respecting The Swamp and Timber
Itt is further voatted by ye Inhabittants yt If aney of ye
Inhabitants Shall Cut aney Seder Timber from ye Dates Last Men-
tioned To ye first of august Next in aney of the Seder Swamp
Within ye Township shall forfeitt Their Shares in sd swamp and
aney other yt shall presume To Cutt aney Seder Timber in sd
swamp yt Is not a propriator Shall forfeit 20 Shillings per Tree
and yt Those Swamps To be Laid out betwen This and .The first of
August Next Itt Was Voatted also yt There shall be 5 shares
Laid out in one Lott and y t ye persons Laying out sd swamp shall
have Respeckt To Equalise sd Shares both in quantity and qual-
lity as nere as may be and yt Every propriator shall bearyeCharg
of Laying outt his one Lott or share
[83.] At A Town Meeting held att plimouth on the 24"' of
May 1703 for the Choyce of Jurors which were Samuul Waterman
flF ranees Cook Thomas Holmes & Edmond Tilson
Att this Meeting it was voted by the Inhabitants that ye
Laying out of ye Ceder Swomps sliall be suspended until the next
winter & that none of the Inhabitants shall Cutt aney Green Ceder
trees in aney Of the Ceder Swomps untill sd swomps l)e devided if the
Town proceed to a division of sd swomps on forfiture of 20 shillings
per tree & Chose & appointed Major John Bradford John Stirtevant
francis Cook Benjamin WarrtMi & Bennejah pratt to liave Inspec-
tion of this affair those last mentioned were added to those Chose '
by the town at a town Meeting on the 16*** of ffebruary 169^ for
the like service
At sd Meeting a certain Tract of land lying
M*' Isaac Neere to lands belonging to M" Isaac Cushman &
Cushman Benjamin Sonle where they Now live if it Exceed
Benjamin Not 18 acres is granted unto sd Cushman & Soule
Soule on Condition that they ye sd Cushman & Sole allow
of a suficiunt Roade to be laid out by the selectmen
of the Town through their other lands for the use of
the Neighbours there & Travilors as they may have
ocasion The Road through the sd souls land is
al Ready laid out as on town Record doth Appeare
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PLYMOUTH RECORDS.
Jacob
Cooke
At this
Meting
May 24
1703
Bliccpe
pastor
Jacob Cooke is Granted all the Comon land lying
without the bounds formerly sett by Capt Thomas
Southwortb unto M" Joseph Bradfords 100 acreH of
land at Jons River & within the bounds sebce sett by
Tho : ffaunce for five pounds in Money
It was voated by the Inhabitants of the Town That
all the Comon land ^ yt l3^eth within A mile & half upon
A square Every way distant from the head of Cobbs
Meadow soc Caled ; which sd Meadow lyeth betwcii
Munks hill and annnsnappet shall ly for A perpetual 1
Comon for Kver Excepting only meadows swomps &
. sworn py Ground or land & whereas sundry of the In-
habitants of sd town have subscribed to an agrement
to have their sheepe keept in A General Iflock on the
sd perpetnall Comons & to build a house forashepard
to dwell in & liberty for the sheapard for the time be-
ing to brok up fence & Improve 20 Acrees of land for
the Generall benifit of the owners of the sd flock oa
Auey part of the aforsd Comons also aney other free-
holder of the town hath liberty to Joyn with those who
have already subscribed aney time within 3 years from
the date herof Next & to have the like priviledg w^
them he or they paying their proportion of the Charge
for the shepards w^ges house folds etc Acording to the
number of sheepe they shall have keept in sd flock
also aney other free holder of sd town who shall se
cause to put their sheepe iu the Generall flock at any
time herafter shall have liberty & an flquall share in
sd house folds (etc) & privilidgof Comonage provd he
or they pay to those who are the first undertakers the
[84.] Charge of tliis present year for the first yeare
their sheepe go in the Generall flock after the sam
Rate p*" head as the first undertakers pay for this pres-
1 The head of (^obb's meadow is at the easterly end of a grassy meadow
now owned by Albert Benson a short distance south of the road leading from
Parting Ways to Plympton. The sheep pasture extended a mile and a half
each way from this point, including a lot of three miles square. A part of it
was within the present bounds of Plympton, Kingston and Carver. On it«
southerly side it extended across the Carver road and nearly over to the South
Meadow' road. One of the wood lots within the bounds is still called the
" Shepherd's Tent lot." It was finally abandoned tvs a sheep jwtsture, and in
1784 tlie town voted To sell it. The towns of Plympton and Kingston, which
had been incorporated in 1707 and 1726 respectively, put in claims for a share,
but it was finally decided that they had no interest m it, and the whole was
sold in lots at various times by tlie town of Plymouth.
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315
Harlow
Will :
Senior his
Ten acree
Lott
John
Brad**
Jun Lott
ent year for the shepards wages house folds (etc) also
yt noe person what soever shall have more sheepe go
in the sd flock at aney time hearf ter then proportiouall
with other subscribers according to the number he or
they put in the first yeare & alsoe yt Noo peraon may
have herafter aney sheepe goo on sd perpetuall Com-
ons other then such as shall Joyn w'** the first under-
takers their heires or assigns or pay pro Rate for their
sheepe as aforsd provided and its yc In tent of this
voate that the first undertakcra or those yt are Con-
serued in sd flock the first 3 years shall build a shep-
ards house & shepe folds & also fold their flock of
shepe the first 3 years somers on sd perpetuall Com-
ons for the benifit of the Geuerall acording to Each
mans propo : in order to bring sd Commons to gras
The 10 Acrees of laud Granted to William
harlow senior deceased By vertue of his haveing
Meadow at the lower south Meadows was laid out
at the south Meadows by pollopody Cove & is
bounded as foUoweth with A white oak bush on
the southwest Corner which was the Corner bounds
of George Mortons 10 acre lott & from thence to
Extend Northwest half a pint Northerly 28 pole
to a piue bush Marked &, from thence to Exteud
Neere Northeast b'2 Rod till it Cometh against the
head of the Cove abovcsd & then Easterly down
to the Cove & then southwcbt 32 Rod by the Cove
to a white oak bush which was abraham Jncsons
Corner bounds & ther bounded by the sd Jacsons
and George Mortons land Neere southwest till it
Comes to the bounds first Mentioned leavciug A
way to goe to the Meadows By us the 3** of
Aprill 1702 James Warren
Will : Shurtliff surveiors
The 20 Acres of Land Granted To John Brad-
ford Junior ye 31 of august 1702 Was Laid oult
on ye Southwest Side of Jonses River ye 23 of
September 1702 and bounded as followetli viz on
ye Northerly Corner w^^ a Red oak Standing by ye
River and from Thence To Extend south and by
East about 18 pole by ye Land yt Capt John
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Bradford bought of ye Town To a pine Tree
Marked on 4 sides standing in ye Raing of ye
aforesd Land and from Thence To Extend South-
east by East Till Itt Comes To Sam'' bradfords
Land Till Itt Comes to Jonses River and Then
Neare Northeast Till Itt Comes To ye bounds first
Mentioned
James Warren &
William Shirtleff
Survey ers
[85.] Att a Town Metting held jitt plimoutli September 12***
1703 Att sd ISIetting ye Juriors Chosen Were Caleb Lorein
Benj Eaton James barnabe & John Watson
Att sd Metting Itt was voated by ye Inhabittants of ye
Town To allow unto ^ Mr Ephraime Little our present Minester
sixty pounds for his Sallery for This present yeare Which is To
Commence from ye 15*** of May Last past and w*^** hath since sd
Term bin Contrebutted To goe Towards sd sum and Whatt fals
shortt of 60 pounds by Way of Contrebution To be forthwith
Levied by Rate upon j'c Inhabittants of this Lower Sosiaty & ye
Inhabittants To be Notified by ye Cunstable What Each Mans
proporttion is of sd sum — And ye Town Doe further Voate To
Keep up Theire Weekly Contrebutton & Each luhabittant Con-
trebutting is To Mark his money Which he shall Contrebute —
Which shall be substractted out of his Rate att ye Close of ye
yeare ;
The Town further Voatte yt all Moneys Contrebuted
unmarked shall be Acounted tStrangers Money and shall be
Allowed To Their Minester over and above 60 pounds ye sd Sum
To be paid in money or provishions at money price
Att sd Metting Itt Was Voatted To Make a Rate Towards
ye Defraying Town Charges To be paid by ye first of december
Next Ensueing ye Date abovsd The Town Charges are as fol-
loweth
£ s d
for ye Scole Master 13 00 00
To M' Nath" Thomas Rei)resentativc 12 00 00
1 Rev. Epbraim Little of Marsh field, a ^aduatc at Harvanl in 1(>1J5, was
settled over the First Church in KJiHt, and continued in the ministry until his
death Isoveniber 23, 1723.
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£
8
d
5
00
00
I
10
00
for yo Releif of ye pore
for Ringing ye bell
To M"^ Mordo for a Lather^ and Lock
Att 8d Metting William Shirtlef and Nath Thomas Were
apuinted and Desired To prosecute Joim Cole for Trespasing upon
ye Towns Intrcst of Sedg ground viz ye Town pond given by ye
Iubabit4int8 for ye use of ye Minestrey
Voatted yt Capt Warren & Leiut Shirtlef shall vew a per-
sel of Land Desired by Deacon Wood and To Make a Repoitt
thereof To The Town in order To a Grant from ye Town to him
Granted to Abiall Shirtlef 20 Acres of Land Nere
Abiel about ye South Meadow on Consideration of Sum
Sburtleff Loss Sustained by him With Refferance To a bar-
gaine Made With ye Selleck Men about building a
bridg over Jonses River
Granted To Deacon Tho : Clark and Will barlow a
slip of Common Liing betwen There Lotts att Manno-
ment ponds To Each of Them a like proportion Granted
Tho : To Tho. Doty on ye westward of his fathers Land To
Doty Extend To a Slow for ye Convenience of water not to
Exced a Quarter of an acre
[86.] There is seaven Acrees of Meadow laid out for Robert
Ransom at the south meadows on both sides -the
River Caled the south meadow River bounded as fol-
loweth on the East Corner a Maple tree marked & on
the North Corner a spruce tree marked & from thence
Runing 30 Rood down the River to a small white oake
marked & from thence Crossing the River Eastward
to A black oake Marked More of upland laid out for
Joshia & Robert Ransom on the Eastward side of the
River 10 Acrees of upland bounded as foUoweth on
the Northward Corner with A pine tree marked from
Robert thence Runing Eastward 40 Rod to a small Red oake
Ransom marked from thence Runing southward 40 Rood to a
pine tree marked standing in A swompe & from
thence Rainging Northward 40 pole to A black oake
tree marked which is southward Corner bounds of the
Meadow laid out for Robert Ransom May 27 pr
Isaac Cushman surveior
1 A Latch.
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318 PLTMOUTS BSCORDS.
May 24 At a Town meeting held at plimouth on the 24*^ of
1 703 May 1 703 at sd meeting M*' William Shurtlef Made A
motion to the Town to Exehainge some part of his
meadow at the high pines ^ soe Caled with the Town
for the upland and meadow at the soulhmeadows
belonging to the Town there for the use of the min-
estrey upon sd motion the Town Made Choyce of
Capt Warren and Nathaniell Morton for their
Agents or trustees to agree with sd Shurtlif as to an
Exehainge of sd lands & to Make Report therof to
the Town in order to the Towns Confirmation therof
& Wheras M*' William Shurtlif hath passed a deede
to sd Agents of sora part of his sd meadow acording
to his Agrement with sd Agents or trustees Therfore
December at a town meting held at plimouth on the 15'^ of de-
15*** 1703 cember 1703 the Town Granted unto M'*^ William
Shurtlif abovesd both the upland & meadow land at
sd south meadows that was belonging to the Minis-
trey & Now Exchainged to him & his heires & as-
signes for Ever
At sd Meeting Ephraim Coole Riehaixi Seers Thomas
Holmes & Nathaniel Rowland were Chosen to serve on the Jury
december At sd Meting Information being given that there
15 1703 was strey of wood upon the lott of land laid out
for the use of the Ministrce Therupon the Inhabi-
tants Made Choyce of William Ring & Isaac
LfOthrop to have Inspection of sd land that the
wood bent destroyed & they are Invested herby with
full power from sd town to prossecut aney that
shall trespas theron according as the law dyrects
Att a Town Melting held att plimouth on ye first of
March 170 J For the Choice of Town officers for the yeare
Insueing viz Thomas faunce Chosen Town Clerk. The Selleckt
Men Chosen Were Major John bradford Samuell Stirtevant &
Nath" Morton The Cunstables Chosen Were Thomas Shirtlef
and John Watson — The Grandjuriors for ye yeare Were Ephraime
Morton sen John Dyer Eliazor Ring and John holmes Juriors for
Tryals att ye Inferior Court Chosen are John Churchel Benj :
Warren Thomas Morton & Calleb Lorein : The Tything Men
1 •• Hiffh-pines" is a place on Salt-house, or Doxbury Beach, where pine trees
of considerable size once grew, as they did on Plymouth Beach.
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PLtMOUTti ttECOtlDS, 319
Chosen are James barnabc & sam" Bryant : The survejhers for ye
high Waves Chosen Were Deacon Clark Benj : Warren Thomas
howland Calleb Cook John bryant & beuijah pratt The Grand
Juriors for ye Supperior Court Chosen are Sam" Stirtevant Nath"
Morton & Abiall Shirt lef The petty Juriors att sd Courtt Chosen
were Leu* Shurtlef Deacon Clark John Mordo John Stirtevant
& Eliazer Churchel
[87.] At sd Metting Last Mentioned Itt Was voatted by ye
Inhabitants That there Should be a G rammer Seole Master
provided for ye use of ye Town for ye yeare Ensueing Which
shall be Settled in the Seuter of ye Town &
school Capt Warren Nath" Thomas & Mr Mordow
170 J are appoynted by The Town To procure one
in ye Center voatted That There shall be a Rate Made upon
of ye Town ye Inhabitants of The Town To Defray ye
Charge Thereof
Att sd Metting An Antient Grautt of Meadow To
Edward Dotty att Rockey Neck brook Is Confirmed unto Sam"
Dotty being 6 acres If Itt be There To be had and Nott to Exced
six acres
[88.] Att sd Metting The Agents of the purchassers of ye
South purchase in ye Township of Midlebery moved To ye
Inhabitants of ye Town of ptimouth To Chuse Three Agents or
Trustees To Give yn A Treatty in order To A Complyance With
Reflferancc To ye DiflPi»rance yt hath a River Relatting To ye
Tittle of Lands betwen ye sd Inhabittants of plimouth and 3'e
purchassers of sd Tracks upon Which Considerattion ye Town
made Choice or Major John Bradford C.ii)t Warren and Leu' W™
Shirtlef as Theiie Agents or Trustes in Theirc behalf & Doe
herby Invest Them With full power To Agree w*** ye Agents of
sd purchase & putt a Kineall Isue unto ye Matter of DilTerance :
Aw**' Thay Doe one ye Towns behalf Respeckting ye Differance
shall stand Good and Remainc in full force and vertue
At A Town Meeting held at plimouth on the 22 ** of May
1704 for the Choyce of a Representative & other Conserns as fol-
loweth (viz) Capt James WanxMi was Chose Representative for the
yeare The Jurors Chose to serve at the County Court on the 20***
of June were Robert Bartlet Will : harlow Kben Cobb & Ben :
Soule
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PLYMOUTH MECORDS.
At sd Meeting it was Agreed upon & voted by the Inhab-
tants That ye select men should make a Rate of 30 pounds upon
the Inhabitants of this lower society for the ministers sallery for
one half year Comencing from the 15'** of this Instant May to be
gathered in by the middle of October Next & when sd half year is
Expired then to Make A Rate for ye whole year yt soe tlie whole
sallerey for ye yeare Relating to the man ten an ce of Ministrey
may fall within the Compos of one Cunstabls time in Evei-y
yeare & to Keepe Contrebution afoot in the Congregation & to be
Regulated acording to former Town order
Att sd Metting Itt was voatted yt all The Cedar
Swamp Within ye Township shall be Devided
acording To former Town Ackt and yt There
Cedar shall be no Sedar Timber felled upon sd Towns
Swamp Commons from this date To ye first of Aprill Next
Ensueing on penalty of Ten shillings per Tree for
Every default & Samuel Stirtevant & George
Bonam are Apinted to be.lielpfull to the surveyor
in deviding sd swomps & the persons hereafter
Named Are desired & apointed to have Inspection
of sd swomps to se the Towns order herin above
Mentioned Respecting the Sedar Timber duely
Executed The persons are Major Bradford Left
Shurtlif Samuel Stirtevant John Stirtevant Caleb
Loring Elkanah Cushman & George bonam & none
of sd Comitie May Cut aney sedar timber on
forfitur of 20 shillings per tree
At sd Meeting A small Goore of land lately
Joseph Taken in by Joseph Churchell on the Northerly
Churchels side of his lott is granted to sd Joseph Churchill
Grant yt is to say all yt lieth within the fence lately set
up by him up to the Comon Roade Way
[89.] Att sd Metting Last Mentioned Samuel King Junior
Samll had Liberty Granted him by ye Town To heave up
King his 30 Acre Lot Lately Laid outt and To Take
Grant Itt up Nere Mr Cushmans Land
Att sd Metting Granted To John Gray a Small Goare of
Land Liing on ye Northward of his 30 acre Lott and The head
of ye Land he bought of benjamin Eatton and home to ye Line
Lattely Run by Leiu ** Thompson This Grantted in Case Itt may
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321
prove a peaceable Comply anee bet wen him and ye Rest of ye
Neibhours Respeckting Theire Ralnges of Their old lots
Adam Att sd Mettiug Adam Right had Grantted him Ten
Rights acres of Land Which is Granted in Consideration of
Grant ye Rhoad Laterly Laid Through his Land by ye
Seleck men for ye use of ye Neibhourhood
Jacob Att sd Metting ye Town Grantted To Jacob Michell
Michels 20 Acrees of Land Liing Neare To Major bradfords
Grant Land Att Jonses River voatted To Repair ye Metting
hons and Request Mr Nath^ Thomas To See IttDone
& To Returne his acount To ye Town in order To pay
Major John bradford and Nath" Morton are Chosen
surveighers for ye Town for Measureing Land
Nicolias May ye 15**» 1704— Then Laid outt To Nicolas
Mayes 20 May 20 Acres of Land formerly Grantted by ye
Acre Loott Town and bounded as followeth begining att a Red
oak Tree on ye Easterly side of ye Rhoad That
Leadeth To ye hering pond at Mannoment ponds
so Northerly To Sam" Cornishes Land Easterly 24
pole To a Red oak Tree marked on 4 sides & from
Thence Extending South & by West 90 pole and
There bounded with a Red oake Marked on 4 sides
and from Thence To Extend West and by North 28
pole To a Red oak Marked on 4 sides on ye south-
erly side of ye aforesd path and from Thence To
Extend North and by East something more East-
erly 90 Rod to ye bounds first mentioned Which is
15 acres of ye 20 above mentioned : The other 5
acrees was Laid out att ye same time and bounded
as followeth begining att a Red oak Tree Which is
ye West Corner bound of ye said Cornishes other
Land and from Thence To Extend Southerly by
Joseph holmsses Land Till Itt Cometh To his south-
east Corner bound w**" is a heap of stones by a
Swamp and so bounded by ye Swamp South South-
east To a Red oak Tree and a heap of stones on ye
side of a hill nere sd Swamp and fr«m Thence To
Extend Nerest Northeast Till Itt Comes To ye
Southeast Corner bound of his other land
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PLYMOUTH MECdHDjS.
surveighcd and Measured on ye Day and year*
above written by
James Warren
& Thomas Faunee
Surveighers
[90.] On the 11»^ of June 1G96 Then Measnred and bounded
unto John Nelson helkiah Tineon & Isaac Tincoii
John 8 aerees of Meadow wliicli was formerly Grante^l
Nelson unto William Nelson & £phraim Timcom both late
helkiah of plimouth deceased at the lower south meadow
Tincom at a i)lace Gomouly Caled the duble brooks Next
Isaac adjoyning to the meadow belonging to Benjamin
Tincom harlow & begining att his Corner bound on the
their lots North side of the brook & soe Rainging down sd
of meadow Meadow southwest and by south Ncerest 32 pole
to a pine tree marked & from sd tree liaing accross
the Meadow 40 pole to a Rock on A point of up-
land & from sd Red oake Marked standing About
5 pole from sd Rock & from thence Rainging
Northeast and by North to a i)oint of upland and
there bounded with a pine tree & from thence
Rainging Norwest & by west to the l)ound tree
firet mentioned.
Measured and bounded on the day & yea re above
Mentioned p' Thomas ffaunce Survyor to the Town
Aprill Twenty six Aerees of Land Laid out and Bounded To
ye 15 James Clark Junior Which ye Town Granted him Lib-
1704 erty To buy of ye Towns Commons of those men which
ye Town had apoynted To Sell Land — 20 Aerees Ling
James at a pond Called Island pond and bounded As follow-
Clark eth— With a Red oak Tree w*'' Was ye West Corner
Jun his bound of his 30 Aeree Loott and from Thence To Run
Loott West Northwest 23 pole To a pine Tree Marked on 4
Sides And from Thence Raingeth Northwest and by
west 40 pole and There bounded With a Red oake
Marked Standing nere his other Land and so Joyniug
to The other Six Aerees Laid out on ye Northwest Side
of beaver Darn Swamp & bounded As followe*** viz on
ye North Corner With a Red oak Marked on 4 Sides
and Raingeth East South East 22 pole To a pine Tree
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Marked Standing in ye Swamp side and from Thence
To Extend Sou tli ward allong ye Swamp 56 pole and
There bounded With a pine Tree Marked and from
Thence Raingeth West Northwest 22 pole To a Red
oake Tree Marked And from Thence Northward by a
Raing of Trees Marked To ye bounds first Mentioned
Measured and bounded ye day and year abovsd by
John Bradford
& Nath" Morton
Surveighers
[91.] The lOAcreesof Land Granted To Adam Wright by
Adam ye Town of plimouth Upon ye Acount of his
Wrights Allowing land for a way from Lakenham To ye
10 Acrees Mettinghouse in ye uper Sosiaty is bounded as
foUoweth on the 27"* of June 1704 on the North
east Corner with A Maple Tree marked on 4 sids
& from thence to Extend west about 27 pole to a
small Maple Marked on 4 sides standing by
Colchester brook & from sd Maple to Extend
south 60 pole to two R^d oaks Growing both out
of one Roote Marked on 4 sides & from thence to
Extend North 60 pole till it Cometh to the bounds
first mentioned This land was laid out in A spruce
swompe betwen Colchester brook & George
Samsons att Wenatuxett John Bradford
James Warren
William Shurtlef
Surveyors
Town At a Town Meeting held at plimouth on the 21 of
Meting August 1 704 for the Choyce of JuiTors to serve at
the quorter sessions in September Next Which were
as followeth ffrancis Adams Samuel Cornish Giles
Rickard Jonathan Bryant
At sd Meeting The following Account of Charges was
Taken in open town meting & voted to be Rated for upon the
Inhabitants of the Town which is as followeth
Imprimis for the scoole Master 22 — 00 — 00
Item for the assembly man 12 — 00 — 00
Item for Nathaniel Morton 01—16—00
Item for Major Bradford 00—15—00
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plymoutS records.
Item for Samuel Stirtevant 00—08—00
Item for Making Rates for the year 1703
& for 1704 01—00—00
Item for the Releif of the poore 05—00-00
Item To Thomas Howland for keeping
Will : yong a straiuger 02—00—00
Item for the Reparation of the Meeting
house 08—00-00
only forty shillings is to be allowed
to the uper sosiaty out of sd 8
pounds
Item for the Cunstables Sallerey for two
years past & this present year 02 — ^05 — 00
Item for benjamin Warren 00 — OG — 00
Item for John pratt & Tliomas howland 00—06—00
Item for the New Sosiaty 00—10-00
[92.] The bounds of the 6 acroes of Meadow of Joseph
Joseph Churchill & the 6 acres of George Mortons & the
Churchill 6 acres yt was John Tilsons at the South meadows
bounds was Renewed & settled on the 19*^ of July 1704
& bounded as followeth (viz) Joseph Churchels
East bounds is a whito oake stake stuck in ye
Ground on the southeast of the meadows & from
sd stake to Extend Nere North Northwest half a
pint Westerly to a white oake tree Marked on 4
sides standing by Watsons Cove which is the Raing
betwen Ransoms and the aforsd Churchels Meadow
& from sd white oak tree to Extend southwesterly
by the upland 20 pole to an other white oak tree
Marked on 4 sides & from thence to Extend Neere
Southeast and by south 3 degrees southerly across
the Meadow to a stake stuck in the ground standing
on the west side of a little Cove about 14 poole
from the bounds first mentioned all betwen the
bounds first Mentioned is Joseph Chutchils
George George Mortons is bounded on the East side by
Mortons the aforesd Joseph Churchels & is on the Norwest
Meadow End 30 pole in wedth from Church ils white oake
tree to an other white oake tree Marked on 4 sides
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Towards popes point & frjra sd white oake tree to
Extend Neere south southeast across the meadow
to a Red oake stake & from sd stake by the upland
till it Cometh to the aforesd Churchels meadow
John Tilsons Now in the posession of Edmond
John Tilson was hounded on the Easterly side by the
Tilsons aforesd George Morton & down the Meadow till it
Now Edmo Cometh to deacon Nathaniel Woods which is a
Tilsons white oak tree on the Northwest side of the Meadow
& from sd white oake tree which was the sd Woods
bounds on a straite line to a pine tre on the south-
east side of the Meaddow all betweu the sd
mortons and the sd Woods from upland to upland
was laid out to the sd Tilson To which bounds they
the above mentioned Churchill Morton & Tilson
Consented & agreed which was Renewed & settled
the day above Mentioned by me
William Shurtlif
Surveyor
Rings Ten The 10 acres of land Granted to Eliazar Ring
acre Loott by the Inhabitants of plimouth At a town meeting
held at plimouth on the first of March 170| was
laid out on the 27**' of June 1704 & bounded as
foUoweth (viz) 5 acres thereof next his other land
at Jones meadow & bounded o!i the west Corner
with a small white oake marked on 4 sides & from
thence to Extend 30 pole P^ast North p]ast to a
' Red oake tree marked on 4 sides & then Extending
south southeast 20 pole to a birch tree marked in a
swompe & there bounded by the swomp southerly
to his other lands & then bounded by his other lands
to the bounds first mentioned The other 5 acres
was laid out at a place Called bradford's bridg &
bounded at the west Corner with a white oake tree
marked on 4 sides <& then Extending southeast 16
pole to a maple standing by A swompe marked on
4 sds & then bounded southwesterly by the swompe
& brok as it turneth Glebing West North * till it
Coms to the bounds first mentioned
John Bradford
James W^arren
purveyors
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At A Town Meeting held at plimouth on the 11^ of
desember 1704 for the Choyce of Jurrors & other Town bnisnes
the Jurrora Chosen are Stephen Barneb Joseph Holmes senior
Thomas holmes & ffrancis Cooke
At this meeting The Town granted to Left : William
Shurtlif & £phraim Coole Liberty to whorfe down be-
low their land under Coals hill soe Caled down into the
sea soe farr as may be Couveniant for them At this
meeting the Agents of the Town yt were improved in
laying out or surveing the seder swamps in order to a
division of ym Gave the town an account yt they had
survyd ym & a vote being Cald for to know the towns
mind whether they would Chouse a Coroittic to take
Ceder notice of the Clamors or propriators their was object-
Swamp tion made by some which ocasioned much Discoree at
last this voat pascd yt is to say yt a Comity should be
Chosen to Consider of som Method to propose to the
town against the next town meeting wch is to be on ye
IS''* instant in order to their more peaceable agrement
about the settlement of division of sd swomps there was
2 things proposed for sd Comity to Consult which
would be most sattisfactor Eith to devide m into Neigh-
bourhoods or to leas them out for yeers the Comitty
are Major Bradford Capt Warren Left Shurtlif Ensign
Morton Samuel Stirtevant Caleb Loring & Benjamin
Warren or aney five of ym to act
[93.] Whearas the Town of plimouth at A Town Meeting held
att plimouth on the 24 of May 1703 did Grant A
P 83-4 pasell of land for a sheepe pasture That is to say
is page three miles square from the head of Cobbs meadow
83 & 84 A mile & a half Every way to such of the Inhabitants
of sd Town as shall undertake to keepe sheepe tlieroii
or on sd land & build on it & endeavour to bring it
to Grass & to such other of sd Town as shall Joyne
with the first undertakers to keepe sheepe on sd land
paying the first undertakers for such sheepe as they
shall keep thus in the Generall flock per head as the
first undertakers paid pr head for keeping their sheepe
the first yeare with the charge of building sheapards
bousing & sheepe folds (etc) & wheras the men here
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under named with the number of sheepe Each hath
signed & paid for hath ben at Grate Charge in build-
ing on sd land & keeping sheepe there the 2 last sum-
mers To bring sd land to Grass on the 26 day of de-
cember 1704 the town being Mett tc^ether voted yt
sd land abovesd shall be & Remaine to the men her-
after Named According to the Number of sheepe they
have signed for & to such others as shall Joyne with
them pursuant to sd town act for the uses aforesd &;
said land is by these presents Granted to them &
their heires & assignes for Ever for the uses aforesd
James Warren 40 sheepe
Nathaniel Thomas 40 shepe
20 shepe
20 shepe
20 shepe
24 shepa
20 shepe
20 shepe
20 sheepe
M*^ p:phraim Little
John Watson
Thomas Rowland
John Holmes
John barns
Isaac Lathrop
Thomas Holmes
Josiah ffinney
Ebenazar Cobb
Abiall Shurtlcf
William Barns
John ffoster
The widow labaron
Samuel Lucas
224
20 shepe
20 sheepe
20 shepe
20 sheepe
20 sheepe
12 sheepe
20 sheepe
178
The land yt ffrances Cook had A grant of att
Cooke Billentons hooles to buy of the Town upon Ap-
fifrances prizement was laid out & bounded on ye 26*** of
his land he May 1702 as ffoiloweth (viz) with A Red oake tree
Bought of standing on ye North side of the way on the south-
ye Town west Corner & from thence to Extend North half
a point westerly to A pine tree Marked & then to
Run North seaven degrees Easterly to A white oak
tree Marked & from thence to Run Neere North
}£ast to another white oake tree inarl^ed gn the
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North side of A brook & then to Run Northeast &
by East to an other white oak Tree marked stand-
ing on A hill on the south side of the aforesd brook
& from thence to Extend southeast & by south till
it Corns to the Rooad or way y t Goeth to Monpon-
sett & then bounded by ye way till it Cometh to the
bounds first Mentioned The land was prised at
flforty shillings
James Warren
John Bradford
William Shurtlif
Sui-veyors
The 30 foot of land Granted to John Barnes at
Barnes A Town Meetin held at plimouth on the 6** of
John his March 169f was laid out by us the subscribers on
Grant of 30 the 20*** of March 170^ and bounded as ffoUoweth
foot of land (viz) by A Rock on the Northeast Corner next
Recorded to barnses Crek^ & from sd Rock to Extend
bound southwest 30 ffot to A stake sett in the Marsh
neere the upland About high water markc & from
sd stake to Extend North Norwest half A point
Westerly to a stake sett in the bank Neere the
town pond & ffrom thence Northeast 20 foot to
A stake att the point Neere sd barnes Crek &
from thence south southeast half A poin Easterly
to the bounds first mentioned
James Wanen
Nathaniel Morton
L94.] At a Town Meeting held at plimouth on the 26* of ffeb-
ruary 170^ for the Choyce of Jurors whidi are as ffolloweth for the
Grand Jury for the year Ensuing are
William Ring
Elisha Bradford
Samuel Waterman
& Ebenazar holmes
The Jurors Chosen to serve on the Jury of tryals at the
County Court in March Next Ensuing this date are John ffoster
John Churchill hunfrey Turner & Thomas Howlaud
1 Barnes' Creek Was a small brook, draining what is now called Dublin, and
crofising Water Street into the rope- walk pond. It is now filled up, and a drain
into tlie harbor was made Home years ago which imperfectly supplies its place.
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329
The land
belonging to
Thomas I^ettes
Nathaniel
holmes his
10 acres
Granted
by the
Town
Nathaniel
bohneses
The 20 Acrees of land fformerly Granted
unto Thomas Lettiee of plimouth at dotyes
Meadows & laid out The bounds being lost or
not known wee have Renewed or new settled
as flPoUoweth (viz) With A pine tree on the
Northeast Corner Neere to the sd Lettices
Meadow Next to Annasnapet & from sd tree
to Extend Northwest about half a pint West-
erly 56 pole to a white oake bush marked &
from thence to £xtend southwest About half
a pint southerly 55 pole to a stake & then to
Run southeast 66 pole to a stake neere or in
the meadow yt was John dunhams which stake
bears nere Northeast & by Nortii from the
pine tree first mentioned This Was laid out
by William Shurtlif
& Nathaniel Morton
Surveyors for the Town
September the 16'^ 1710 laid out by us ye
subscribers To Nathaniel holmes ye son of John
holmes Ten Acres of laud at ye head of ye land
of Samuel Nelson pursuant to a Grant of the
Town of plimouth at a meeting held September
15 1710 and is bounded as ffoUoweth (viz) with
A bunch of small Red oake saplings with a
heape of stones about them standing nere the
uper End of Atwoods swomp & in the Rainge
of the sd Nelsons land and thence Morth North-
west 69 pole to a bunch of small Red oake
saplings with a heape of stones About them and
thence West Southwest 2 Degrees southerly 41
pole to A stake with stous about it standing on
ye East side of the path & from thence 37 pole
south southeast to a stake standing on leavill
Ground and from tlience East Northest to ye
bounds first Mentioned Nathaniel Thomas
Thomas Dyer
At a Town Meeting held at plimouth on the
2** of March 170{^ for and in Consideration of
the sura of Twenty shillings by Nathaniel
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PLYMOUTH RECORDS.
two acres
he bought
of the Town
10 acrees
of land
belongiDg to
Deacon Morton
holmes son of John holmes of plimouth unto
Jolm Watson Town Treasurror for ve use of sd
Town well and truly paid the Town have
Granted bargained & sold unto him the sd
Nathaniel holmes and to his heires and assignes
for Ever two acres of land and laid out by us
the subscribers Adjoining to ye 10 acres of land
Granted to him some time before at ye head of
Samuel Nelsons land and is bounded as foU
loweth (viz) with a bunch of small Red oak
saplings with stons :il)<»ut them being ye North-
erly Corner hounds of the above sd 10 acres
and thence North Nor west 15 pole to ye way
and thence southwesterly as ye way lise to a
stake with stones about it it being ye Westerly
Corner bound of ye aforsd 10 acres & thence
by ye Rainge of the aforsd 10 acres to ye
bounds first mentioned
James Warren Nathaniel Thomas
The 10 acrees of land granted to GeorGe
Morton by vertue of his haveing Meadow at
ye uper South Meadows Was laid out and
bounded as foloweth (viz) With a pine tree
Marked on 4 sides Which Was abraham
Jacksons southwest Comer bounds & from
thence to Extend 20 Rod Neere southwest to
small white oak bush marked & from thence
to Extend Neere southeast to a Grat Pine
tree marked standing neere William Rings
& soe Down to William Rings Northest
Corner Bounds & then Bounded by ye
Meadow to ye aforsd Jacksons land & Then
by sd abraham Jackson seniors land to the
Bounds first mentioned leaveing a Way
through sd land
September 28 1701
James Warren )
WiUiuni Shurtlif \ «""<^i«»-8
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331
[95.] Know all Men by these presents That We Nathaniel
Nathaniel
& Thomas
Mortons
Release to
their brother
George Morton
Morton & Thomas Morton both of plimouth
in New England in the County of plimouth
aforesd That Whereas there hath ben or was
A Controversey lately betwen Geoige Morton
of plimouth aforesd & the aforesd Nathaniel
Morton & Thomas Morton Concerning a
persell of salt Marsh Ground at Sagaquash
in plimouth aforesd & that the aforesd nath :
morton & Thomas Morton hath and doth lay
Claime unto a persell or [)art of salt marsh
ground that is in the posesion of the aforesd
George Morton & was by a former division
bounded out to ye sd George Morton as is
hereafter mentioned (viz) from a stake &
heape of stones standing on the beach against
the Cove to Extend Neere Northeast on a
straite line across the sd Marsh to a pine tree
marked on 4 sides which is ye dividing line
betwen ye sd George Morton & Thomas &
Nathaniel Morton for the Ending of which
Controversary abovesd Wee the sd Nathaniel
Morton & Thomas Morton Good Causes
moveiug us thereunto have Remised Released
& for Ever quitt Chiime & by thes presence
doe for us our heires P^xecators & adminis-
trators Remise Release and for Ever quitt
Claim unto George Morton of plimouth
aforesd his heires Executors & Admiiiistratore
All our Right title & Interest unto all ye salt
marsh Ground & sedg Ground yt lyeth
Eastward of the Cross line oi' bounds aforesd
& yt was fformerly in the posesion of the
aforesd George Morton with all the appurten-
ances & privilidges thereunto belonging or in
aney waves appurtaining to him the sd George
Morton his heires & assignes for Ever & for
the True performance herof we the above
Named Nathaniel Morton & Thomas Morton
have berunto sett our hands <& deals This
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fflfteenth day descmber 1703
sigDed sealed & delivered in the
presence Williara Sliurtlif
Ephraim lilorton
Nathaniel Morton & a seal ()
Thomas Morton & a seal ()
Meinorandom yt on the 15*** day of desember 1703 then
the above Named Nathaniel Morton & Thomas Morton personally
appeared before me the subscriber one of her M" Justices of the
peace for the County of plimouth & Acknowledg this above written
Instrument to be their act & deede
James Warren
[96 •] Know all Men by these presents That I Ephraim Mor-
ton son of George Morton of plimouth in ye County of plimouth
in New England Wlicras there is & may be Ground of Controvei'sey
betwen George Morton senior of plimouth & Ephraim Morton son
of ye sd George Morton aforsd Concerning the land wheron they
now live in plimouth Aforcsd doe Agree & settle the dividing line
betwen them as flfoUoweth (viz) froui the bay or beach To Run the
same Rainge as the fence of the sd Ephraim Morton now standcth
to A heapc of stons at the head of the aforesed feild and from
thence to f^xtend so!ithwest half a point southerly by divers
marked Trees till it Corns to a Red oake tree marked on 4 sids
standing at the head of ye aforesd Ephraim Mortons land on which
he now liveth in plimouth all ihe land lying southerly of the bounds
aforesd the aforesd Ephraim Morton have Remised, Released &
for Ever Absolutely quitt Claimed unto my father George Morton
of plimouth Aforesd to all the lands southerly of the bounds
aforesd with all my Right Tittle & Interest unto ye land aforesd
with all the appurtenances & privilidges thereunto belonging or in
any wise appurtaining unto my father George Morton aforesd his
heires Execators & Admini8trat(>rs firmely and Absolutely to Re-
mise Release & quitt Claim to all the lands southerly of the bounds
aforcsd to my father George Morton his heires and assignes for
fiver In Witnes whereof I have herunto sett my hand and scale
this 15 day of desember 1703.
Ephraim Morton
Signed sealed in
the presence of
Thomas Morton
William Shurtlif
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PLtMOVTH ttEOORDS. 333
Memorandoh that on the 15'*" day of desember 1703 Then
the above Named Epbraim Morton parsonably appered before me
the subscriber one of her Ma*** Justices of the peace for the County
of plimouth & acknoledged the above written Instrument to be his
Act and deed.
James Warren
[97.] At A Town meeting held at plimouth on the 12*** of
March 170|^ for the Choyce of Town officers which were Chosen rit
sd meeting as ffolloweth (viz) The select men Chosen at sd meet-
ing were Leften : William Shurtlif Nathaniel Morton & Caleb Lor-
ing The Cunstables ffrances Adams John Bradford Junior & Isaac
King ; for the Town voated to Chose 3 Cunstabls for this present
yeare The Tithing men Are James Barneb Jonathan Shaw Giles
Rickard & Isaac Cushraan Jun : Isaac Lathrop Chosen sealer of
Leather yt is Taned within sd Town Capt dyer Chosen pound
Keeper Surveyors for the high Wayes Chosen are Mer Joseph
Bartlet Capt dyer Mer John Stirtevant ffrances Cooke & John pratt
ffence vewers Chosen are Benjamin Warren Ebenazar Cobb
& Benjamin Sole it was also voted That the select men now Cho-
sen should make all the assesments in sd Town for this present
year
Grand Jurrors Chosen To seiTe at sd Court Are Samuel
Startevant John Stirtevant Benjamin Warren Ephraim Cole &
Thomas Morton
At this Meeting it was voated That Every house Keeper
should kill half a dusen of black birds betwixt this date & the mid-
dle of May next Ensuing this date & if aney man kill more Then
his half dusen shall be allowed a peney pr head to such person or
persons by the Town Treasurer & Every person Neglecting to kill
his half dusen of birds as abovesd shall pay two shillings to the
Towns use to be Aded to his Town Rate & Gathered by the Cun-
stable for the Town use & have Chosen Men to Receive the birds
beds which men are Benjamin Warren John Gray & Samuel ffuller
At sd Meeting it was voted That from & after the last day
of October next 1705 Noe swine of aney age or sort What soe P>er
shall Run on the Comons or at liberty but be keept up in styes or
in ye Inclosurs belonging to their owners on penalty of the forfit-
ing of Every such swine found at liberty as aforesd the one half
Towards the Maintanance of the scoole keept in sd Town & the
other half To such person or persons as shall be appointed by sd
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Town to take op the same & That in the month of March an-
naallj there be 3 or more meet persons Chosen by sd Town aney
or all of them haveing power to take up any swine found Runing
at large as foresd & uyon the oath of two Witneses before a Jus-
tis of the peace That such swine were found Runing at large out
of an Inclpsur or stye as aforesd haveing obtained a surtifficate
from such Justice of ye peace that such swine were by the oath of
Two wittnesses found at large as aforesd Then such persons ap-
pointed as aforesd May sell such swine or Kcepe them for his own
use Rendering the one half of their vallew To the select men of sd
Town for the use of the scoole as aforesd
Ten of the 20 acres of land granted unto Abiall Shurt-
lif by the Inhabitants of plimouth was laid out at Sam-
sons pond on the 19^"* of April 1705 & bounded as
flfolloweth with A spruce tree marked on 4 sids stand-
Shurtlif ing by Samsons pond & from sd Tree to Extend 43
Abiall Northwest to a pine tree marked on 4 sides & from
thence to Extend Northeast 35 pole to another pine
Tree marked on 4 sids & then to Extend 52 pole south
A little Easterly to A white oake tree marked on 4
sids & then to Run south southeast to ye aforesd pond
and then bounded by the pond to the bounds fii*st men-
tioned leaveing a way or alowing a way through sd
land where it now goeth
James Warren
William Shurtlif
Surveyors
[98.] plimouth March ye 20"' 170^ We the subscribers being
William Appointed by the Town of ppmouth at the
Barnes Request of William Barns to vew A way yt was
the way formerly laid out on the Northwest side of the
Recorded 8 acres of land ye lot of his fathers which land
lyeth neere little Town A little above the brick
Ways kill sd way on the North side of sd land being
very unconvenient both for sd barn^ & for the
Neighbours yt have most ocasion for it Therefore
in the Roome & stead of sd way on the North
side & from Comon land on the Northeast of sd
land we laid out a way on the East side of sd
land betwen sd land <& John Watsons land ^
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335
bounded sd barnses land on the East side as
foUowetb that is to say a heape of stons on a
small hill nere the brick kill on the west side of
them & soe Northward to the fence & from sd
heap of stones the Rainge to Extend south & by
west 7 degrees Westerly to a heape of stones 9
pole Westward from John Watsons laud leaveiug
the way there 9 pole wide & from sd heap of
stons to an other heape of stons by a stumpe at
the uper End of sd land being 6 pole distant
from sd Watsons land the line to Run straite
towards the way 9 pole at the lowest End & 6
pole at the uper Eud James Wanen
Nathaniel Morton
May 21 At A Town Metting held at plimouth on the
1705 21^ of May 1705 at sd Meeting The Inhabitants
Asembly of sd Town madeChoyce of Major John Bradford
man Chosen as their Representative To serve for & Represent
them in the Grate & Generall Court To be holden
at boston on the 30 of this Instant May & the
several adjoinments thereof throughout ye yeare
Jurors At sd meeting Eliazar Cushman John Watson
Chosen Ephraira Morton son of Ephraim Morton senior
& Job Cushman were Chosen to serve on the
Jury of Tryals at the County Court in June next
Comittie At sd meeting The Inhabitants Made Choyce
Chosen of M"' Nathaniel Thomas Junior & Benjamin
Warren as Their Agents or trustees to act for
them & in their behalf to Require money due to
the Town : of Samuel pratt & Isak howland both
of middlebery for their Improvement of lands there
some years past belonging to sd Town of plimouth
for the use of the Ministree of plimouth success-
ively & upon their Refusall or neglect to make
sattisfaction to sd Comittie or agents of sd Town
as aforesd Then to prosecute sd pratt & howland
in A Course of law & the sd Inhabitants doe
hereby Invest their sd Agents or trustees above
named With full power soe to doe
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At A Town meeting held at plimouth on y 10*** of
September 1705 the Jurors then Chosen were Abiall
Shurtlif Josiah fflney Samuel Lucas & James Clark
Jurors Junior & for the settling a scoolmaster & agreing on
Chosen Town Cliarges it was voted to be adjorned untill
Mundday ye 17*^ of this Instant September because
but few people did apeare to attend this meeting by
Reason Maney of the Inhabitants wer at see & others
through unavoidabl ocasions wer hendred
ERRATA.
In the foot note on page 106 ** Saquash " should be ** Saquish."
In the second foot note on page 179 "Clampudder" should be "Clampudden."
In the foot note on page 202 the date *'16ol" should be "1691."
In the foot note on page 237 "Edward" should be "Edmund."
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INDEX.
Acconutus, . . 41, 60, 172, 235
Adams, FrancU, . . 323, 333
Agawam, 6i, 86, 112, 124, 140, 157,
171,291
Alarm, 17, 18
AJden 1
Alden, Joseph, ... 284
Alkarmus, Field, 84, 97, 115, 116, 125,
127,152
Ancient Inhabitants, 312
Andrew, John, - 94, 103, 213, 272
Andrew Ring's Bridge, . 251
Andrew's Bridge, ... 79
Andros, 192
Androfl, John. . . . 255, 2(>4
Annasnapet, . 288, 314, :{29
Arms, 14
Armstrong. Gregory, ... 17
Arthur's Swamp, . 178
Assembly, . . 204, 323, ;«5
Assessors, . 151, 2:$2, 236, 275
Atkins, Honoris, . 21,33,37,67
Atkins, Thomas, .... 6
Atkinson, Thomas, . . .4
Atwood, Ann, . . . 37, 68
John, . 7, i;i4, 1(»8, 2»>
Mr., . . 2, 11, 14, 208
Nathaniel, . 149, 170, 181
Atwood's Swamp, . 294, 329
Austerfleld 22ii
Awampocke, .... 93
Bacon, Nathaniel, . - . 45
Baker, William, .... 8
Bandeleroes 14
Bangs, Edward, .... 16
Bark, . . .106, 142, 144, 224
Bamaby, James, 127, 137, 220, 223,
- 226, 5M6, 255, mi, 285, 316, 319, .3.«
Bamaby, Stephen, . . 283, 203, 326
Barnes' Bridge, . . 232, 287
** Creek, ... 328
Barnes, Goodman, ... 34
" John, 13, 14, 16, 22, 30, 36,
48, 60, 68, 77, 84, 101, 102, 183, IJW,
. 211,255,266,273,308,327,328
Barnes, Jonathan, 97, 101, 118, 141,
148, 151, 180, 181, 187, 189, 190, 201,
. 216, 223, 224, 231, 263, 276, 277
22
Fag«.
Barnes, Mr., 44
<< Neck . 258
William,' 183*, 300, 301. 327,
334
Barnstable, 213.
Barrow or Barrows, John, 102, 119,
142, 149, 176, 177. 181, 230, 251, 289
Barrow or Barrows, Robert, 91, 112,
. 149, 176, 181, 2.31, 251, 279, 302
Barrow or Barrows, Samuel, 311, 312
Bartlett, Benjamin, 32, 125, 211, 282,
303
Bartlett, Blnathan, . 211,303
Joseph. 49, 61, 55, 80, 89, ie,
97, 100, 102, 114, 118, 119, IW, 146,
154, 161, 16{), 170, 171, 172, 174, 176,
180, 182, 189, 193, 200, 204, 211, 213,
214, 224, 235, 236, 237, 238, 241, 247,
250, 257. 263, 267, 269, 270, 279 281,
. 285, 298, :301, 303, :«J7, 308, 333
Bartlett, Mr., . . 2.38, 255, :«6
Bartlett, Robert, 18, 22, 25, 28, 32, 33,
37, 41, 43, 54, 59, 61, 62, 67, 89, 160,
195, 210, 213, 222, 223, 234, 241, 256,
265,266,268,286,319
Banick Jordan's Meadow, . 251
Bassett, Capt., .... 274
Beach 302
Beach Head, .... 230
Beacon, 18
Beaver Dam Brook, . 75, 96, 293. 304
Beaver Dam Path, . . . . 2:«
Beaver Dam Swamp, . . . 322
Bell, . 161,188,1VK), 266, 26(j, 28;i, 317
Bellows, 46
Benson, John, . . . 215, 279
Bible 141
Billingtou, Francis, 4, 9, 12, 16, 21, 24,
l\:i, 37, 40, 43, 47, 57, (K). 83, 86, 87, 100
Billington Sea, . . :i84, 309
Billington Holes, . 155,162,291,327
Billington's Tree, . . . i)4
Bills of estates, ... 117
Blackbirds, . 131, 164, 241,247, :i33
Black, Myles, .... 114
Blackwater, .... 309
Boards 114,273
Bogles Cropp, .... 222
Bolts, .... 114,172,225
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INDEX.
Bonney, Will., . . 253, 2ri4
Bomim, Georpje, 22. 2.5, .-Vi. 41, 44, 4«i,
.V). .V2, <52, 74, 7.'.. 7(i, 80, 81, 82, 88. *K),
W. 101, 111, 121, 122, 125, 128, 131,
135. l.tti, 1.38. 140, 144, 148, l.VJ. HvJ,
l(i7, HJ8. 172: 17(i, 177, 181, 182, 184.
187. 188, 189, liH), 193, 1^, 201,202.
207, 208. 200, 210. 213, 228, 229, 2;^0,
232, 251. 252. 25:^, 288. 2i»5, 310, .311
Bosworth, Jonathan, 54, 81. 102. 104
Bounds of land, . 240
Bradford, Alice, . . . 3(J, <i8
Capt., 40, 50, .50. 77, 04. 113.
125, 12<>, 1.34. i;ft». 140, 274, 283, 285, :
. . . . . 280
Bra<lford, Elisha. . 2(J4, 20fi. :«>8 ,
Ephraim. . 2t«)
House. . . . 201
" John, 27,114, 140. 171, 170.
177, 180, 184, \m, 180. 101. 103, lU'),
108, 200, 201, 202. 203. 204, 213,214,
2.U>, 230, 240. 24<i, 2.V>, 2.5(), 272, 275.
280. 205, 20t>, .'.00, :«)1, :W2, ;<07, .308,
.300, 312, 313, 315, 318, 310, .321, 323,
:«5, .328. :i.3.3. 3,35
Bradford, Joseph, 102, 110, 148. 180,
188, litt, 2:«, 2.37, 2(>8, .314
Bradford, Lef, .... 270
Major, 287, .300, 310. .321,
.323, :;2<>
Bradford, Mr., 8, 14, 17, 18. 10.21. 25.
2^), 44, 145. 140. 151, KU
Bradford, Samuel, 180, 211, 223. 247.
.310
Bradford, Win., .3(i, «»2. U"*, 100, 124,
1:30, 131, 148, 10.3, 107. 171. 174, 170,
177, 180. 183. IW, 18<;, IW, 'SX\, 2;«).
2:ft», 248
Bradford's Bridge, . .325
Bradford's Mar^h 87
Braintree 255
Bread 1«5
Breaklieart Hill, . . . VH
Brewster, Jonathan, ... 2
Brick, 11. 15
Brick Kiln,! . 3.34, 3;i5
Bridgewater, . . \Y,\ i:w, ::07
Bridgewat^r Path, 7ri. 1(52, 17«>, 177, 178
Brinsuic, Mr., .... 77
Broken Wharf, ... 10
Browne, John, .... 25
Browne, Mr 2
Browne, William. 21, 25, .34, :rr, (55,100
Bryant. John, 140, 1.55, 101, 173, 174,
175, 181, 217, 2:'.0, 241, 240, 247, 254,
. 'li^^, 274, 2K5, :KJ7, :<08, 310
Bryant, Jonathan. . 27,210,301,323
Lt 273, 2<)1
" Samuel, .... 27
Stephen, 2, 4, 21, .30, 40, 44.
49, 50, 52, 02, 79, 80, ia5, HI. 112, 125,
120, i;i0, 13;^, 147, 148. LV). 101, 174,
. 181, 182, 188, 210, 2()<>, 289. 300
Bull, 8,13
Bullets, 18
Burial Ground, 296
Butler, Thomas, . 56, 62
Pane.
Callivers 14
Calves, ."»
Captain's Hill l.S
('arbines, 14
Carver 'MA
Carver. Jnhn. . . 18.3, 240. 275
Cattle, .3. 4. 5. 7, 8, 9. 12, 13, 18. 19. 20,
2.3. 27. 28, 29. :!0, 55, ,5<5, «), Oil, 110,
. i:i.3. 1.58, l(i.3. 211.210
Causon'M Pond, . . 2iR»
Canssetan ii7
Ccilar Bridge. . . . 50, 80, 2.31
Cedar Swamps, . . .312. 313, ;52ii
Cedar Timber ;»13
Cedar Trees, . . . 4.3, 313
Champlains Map, 2!Ki
CMiarter 202
Chauncey, Mr i\
Children 2t»5
Chimneys, .... .59
Chittengton, Cant 274
CMiurch, Kichanl. 17, 18. 28, 4(J, .52. 1.39
Church's Landing, . :W
Churchill, Eleazer. 123, 181, 185. 240.
247, 2.V), 257, 2<>5, 273, :«2, :'^l. 319
iniurchill, Elkauah, . .217
Churchill, John, 22, 25. :«, :J7, 51, 09.
70. 85, 110, 183. 224, 240. 24<J. 253,2^4.
2.55, 205, 207, 273. 282, 28.3, 293, 2J4.
302.318,328
Churchill. Jwcidi, 102, 123, 141. 149.
. 159. 181, 245, 29(», .302, 29l>, 30t>, :J24
Churchill, Stephen, . . .30:$
Churchill, William, . 18.3, 274, :W2
Clampndden l^bain, . ;I05, :Wi
Clam Pudding Pon<l. . . .179
Clam's Island Meadow, . 198, IJW
Clapboards. ... 225, 273
Clark. Abigail, . . . 2.13
Deacon 319
(Jeorge, . 16,86,87
James, <)2, 93, 94, 95, J«, 100,
102, 1 19. 148, 105, 182, 183, 215, 216.
.-JOl, :J03, 306, :^08, :?22, ;s:«i
Clark, John, . . 25«}, 303, ;^06
Josian, .... 18
Nathaniel, . . 256,270
Thomas, 6. 8, 11. 16, 20. 22, 24,
25, 28. 30, 31, .32, IW, :J6, ;«.62,a3. 101,
102, 149, 181', 183, 201, 2()6. 207. 218,
. . 223, j:i5. 2:«, 'J54. 257, \^\ 317
Clark, William, 43, (iO. 71, 73, 82. 8:^.
85, 80, vS7, 88. 90. 91, iVi, 94, 101, lO),
110, 111. 115, 116. 117. 118, 124,125,
126, K^O, 131, i:i9, 140. 143, 145, 14<i,
I 147, 148, 151, 15.5, 157, 161, 164, 167.
168. 169, 170, 174, 182, 189, 19(), 219,
I 2:«i. 237, 240, 241, 254. 267, 285. 299,
i .100.
1 Clark's Island. 7, 29. ;X), 47, 53, «), 1.5<>.
I . 1,58, 16;i. 172, li»2, 193, 197, 198, 224
Cliflf 85
Cobb, Ebenezer, . 289, 319, 327, 3:«
*• Eleazer 216
'* John.. 48, 72, 74, 101, 1:^7, 146,
148, 181, 210, 218, 219, 220, 221,249,
271,296,307
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rage.
Comb's Meadows, . 314,326
Colchester, 61, 53, 54, 61, 104, 121. 139.
202,235,292
Colchester Brook, 140, 193. 239, 292,
, . 306
Colchester Swamp, . . 197, 235
Cold Spring Brook, . . 310
Cole, Ephraim, 18.-5, 204, 224, 240, 241,
246, 256, 265, 26(5, 270, 2s3, 287, 293,
294, ;i09, 310, 318, 326, 3;«
Cole, Hugh, 19, 3;^, 45, 51, 73, 82, 84,
. . 86, 88, 89, 90, J02, 280, 281, 291
Col.*, James. 14. 16, 19, 21, 25, 26, :^,
:rr, 49, 67, 80, 101, 118, 139, 148, 167, '
168, 176, 181, 188
Cole, John, 48, 89, 115, 183, 246, 265, ,
280, 317
Cole's Hill, . 266, 267, 28(). .T26
Cole's Shop 248 I
Colony Laws, .... 123
Combe or Combs, Francis, 39, 40, 49,
76, 77, 86, 87, 89, 9:^, 102, 143, 212, 216, I
279, 280 !
ComlHi or Combs, Mr. . . . 16 ■
Commissioner, . 193.205,240,311
Commoniuje, . 197, 224, 267
Common Lands .'iOl
Common Meadows, . . . 263
Commons. .14, 41, 47, 72, 8*, 105, 118,
142, 144, 15»i, l.'W, 170, 197, 223, 224,
225, 237, 249, 270, 271, 273, 283, 286,
287, 288, 2^)1, 294, 304, 305, ;K)9, 310,
314, 317
Constable, 28, 31,47, 78, 111, 112, 113,
132, 146, 147. 150, 151. 155, 15(J, 161,
IW, 170, 173, 174, 176, 184, 185, 189,
19:{, 195, liW, 201, 2(M, 2a5, 223,228,
229, 2.S6, 239, 241, 247, 256. 2W, 2<i<j,
. . 284. 285, 2W{, :.08, 318, 324, WXi
Cooke, Caleb, 26, 149, 180, 185, 20),
. . 233, 235, 2;«5, 242, 243, 270, 319
Cooke, Francis. 2, 17, 21, 24, 3:i, 3(),(J6,
180, 208, 210, 262, 266, 291, 214, 309,
326, 327, :j:«
Cooke, Ja<!Ob, 21, 24. 28, 37, 46, 54, 68,
83, 100, 105, 133, i;i5, 149, 167, 180.
187. 188, lil5, 207, 2.S4, 282. 283, 284,
288, 301, .'i08, 313, 314
Cooke, John. 11, 12, 16. 17, 21, 24, 28,
29, ;^0, 31, 32, 42, 43, 45, 4<>. «>, 73, 86,
87, 2Ui,237
CrK)ke, Josias, . . 1, 14
Wm 41
Co( per, Richard, . 223, 2:J4, 2(K), 2«)
Cordwood, . . . 224, 270, 273
Corn Mill, . 122, 123, 167, 168, 171
Cornish, Samuel, 244, 275, 282, 303, 321,
323
Cotton, Joanna or Mrs., 145, 165, 274
John. 91, 100, 105, 144, 148.
180, 18;^, 219, 220, 258. 274, 290, 2<>1
Cotton, Mr., 87.98. Ill, i;^<>, 145. 158.
. 165, l(i7, 205, 240. 246, 255, 276
Council of War, . . 15, 145
County Court. 188. 189, 200, 204, 224,
240, 254, 257, 262, 2()4, 265, 26«), 282,
. 286,289,305,306,319,328,335
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County Justices, . . . 240
County Rate, .... 305
Court of Assifltantfl, ... 296
Court Street 294
Cows, . . 6, 8, 13, 19, 23, 27, 28, 29
Crane Brook, . . 89,208
Crosman's Pond, .... 269
Crow, Mrs., .... 175
" William, 44, 47, 48, 49, 50, 58,
71, 75, 8;i, 87, 90, 91, 92, 97, 9i», 100.
101, 1(M, 105. 106, 110, 111, 112, 113,
115, 117. 118, 120, 122. 123, 124, 126,
128. 129, 131, 1.32, 134, l.'^5, 136, 137,
1.38, i:U», 144, 145, 14<), 147, 148, 150,
151, 162, 1.53, l.-)5, 157. 159, 161, 162,
ItW, 1()4, l(w, 170, 171, 173, 175. 192,
219
Crows 164,248
Crow's Bounds, . . 187
Curtis, Francis, . 132, 16tM61,210
Cushing, John, .... 215
Cushman, Eleazer. 182, 2:H. 241, 2(i4,
286, 2^16, :iO». :i35
Cushman, Elkanah, 149, 180, 187, 188,
191, 204, 22ii, 228, 2:«>. 2;«, 241, 246,
247, 257, 273, 278, 279, 282, £83, 285,
308
Cushman, Isaac, 147, 149, '173, 176,
180, 18;j, 185, IW), 187, 188, 189, 193,
195, 198, 200, 201. 203, 2;^ll, 232, 2;«,
2;», 236, 2:^7, 2;^, 239, 240, 249, 250,
261, 252, 254, 255, 278, 279, 313, 317.
333
Cushman, Job, .... 336
Mr 62
Thomas. 14, 15, 16, 19, 22,
25, 28, .36, 39,77, 81, 89, 95, 100, 102,
la**, 110. 118, 119. 125, 131, 132, 139,
148, 149, 170, 172, 175, 180, 186, 192,
193, 195, 205, 20(), 208, 209, 210. 2^5,
278,279
Cutbert, Samuel, . . 21, 24, 34
Darby, John 2:«
Deal 296
Deane, Stephen. . 140
Deep Water. . . . 140,295
Deep Water Swamp, 184, 295
Deputies, 111. 132. 147, 150. l.M, 164,
. . 170, 173. 174, 184, 185. 203, 204
Dexter, Thomas, ... 212
Dogs JH)
Done, John. . . . 15, 17,2()8
»' Mr 11,16,18,19
Doten or Dotey. Edward. 16, 21 , 37, (J6,
79, 91, (H, 99, 102, 106, 118, 120, 121.
122, i:i3, 149, 162, 207, 208, 219, 220,
319
Doten or Dotey, Isaac, . . 214
•* John, 44. 79, 95, 102,
1.33, 149, 185, 190, 197, 201, 204,206,
214, 224, 228, 2.37, 2;W, 2:iJ). 241,246,
249, 25«j, 257, 266, 2f)8, 270, 271, 273,
28<>, 289, 294, 2i)8
Doten or Dotey, Samuel, . 31^
Thomas, 99, 116, 152,
163,317
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Doten's Field, .... 177
Dotey, Goodman, ... 84
Dotie's Meadow, «9, 65, 61, 80, 88, 139,
i«3, 287, 329
Dotie's Plain, . 100, 283
Dotie's PoJid, . . 47, 82, 186, 20t)
Double Brook. 127, 130, 137, 175, 191,
19<), 220, 221, 2r«
Doable Brooks, . . 2S>1, 305, 322
Drew, John, . . .102, 149, 181
Drinking Place, ... 249
Drumhc^s, 14
Dunham, Daniel, 89, 102, 117,127, 141.
156.277,278,284
Dunham, Eleazer, . 182, 2({8, 283
'' Goodman, . 16
*' John, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 15, 18, 19,
20, 22, 2:5, 24, 25. 27, 28, 29, .SO, 31, 32,
3:^, 34, 3(), 37, 4(», 48.60, .51, 57, 58, 59,
HO, 61. m, («, 81, 82, 99, 100, 101, 127,
146, 16;5, 188, 206, 208, 209, 216, 237,
278, 284, 292, 329
Dunham, Jonathan, 26, 37, 40, 44, 48,
57,66
Dunham, Joseph, 48, 50, 53, 61, 80, 102,
. 118,145,181,206,234,300,305
" . Micajah, ... 305
Dunham, Nathaniel, 298, 305
Samuel, 22, 25, 36, 49, 60 53,
67, 80, 82, 106, 111, 112. 113, 115, 122,
136, 141, 148, 149, 161, 181, 182, 188,
190, 207, 208, 209, 246, 260. 276, 299
Dunham, Thomas, 105, 115, 121, 152
Dunham's Neck, ... 284
Duxbury 18,309
Dyer, Capt 333
" John, . 274,285,287,309.318
" Mr., .... 306
" Thomas, .... 329
Eaton, Benjamin, 12, 33, 47, 86, 87,
101, 148, 152, 153, 181, 266, 274, 296,
316
Eddy, Samuel, 4, 19, 20, 22, 25, 27, 28,
36, 63, 89, 101, 127, 138, 157, 279, 281
Edson, Capt 274
Eel Creek 296
Eel River, 3, 11, 18, 42, 43, 55, 60, 72,
79, 89, 126, 127, 130, 133, 137, 139, 160,
191, 197, 198, 207, 218. 227, 249, 266,
285,290
Eel River Bridge, 28, 71, 85, 90, 174,
175, 179
Eel River Brook, . . 123, 29ii
Eel River Swamp, . . . 179
Ellis, Mordecai, ... 147
EUis, William 290
Everson, John, 105, 106, 112, 287, 306
" Martha, . .112
Richard, ... 106
Excise, 82
Extravagant Persons, 143
Fallowell, Gabriel, 12, 14, 21, 25, 37,
. 41,48,62,64,79,101,208
Fallowell, John, 89, 102, 117, 132, 143,
, , . , , , . 281
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Fallowell, Wm 16
Faunce, Jobn, 22, 37, ^, €8, 218, 297.
298
Faunoe, Joseph, 149, 162, UKi, 181, 284.
247,266,279,302
Faunce, Patience, . . 37, 42
Thomns, 102. 149, 165, 171,
173, 174, 182, 183. 191, 195, 1<»8, 199,
201, 202, 203, 2(Vt. 205, 209, 211, 217,
218, 219, 220, 222, 223, 225, 226, 227,
228, 22!*, 2:«. 2;^, 2.16, 237, 241. 342,
244, 246, 247, 248. 249, 260, 251, 252,
263, 265, 25(5, 258, 2liO, 261, 2<52, 263,
266, 2<i7. 208, 269, 270, 272, 285, 288,
. 291, 2<)6, 306, 308, 314, 318, 322
Fence Viewers, 225, 247, 256, 266, 286,
;«;<
Fences, 5,271
Fencing Stuff, .... 225
Finney, John, 9, 14, 16, 22, 28, 209. 296
Finney, Josiah, 196, 197, 226, 236, 238,
241, 290, 291, 300, 306, 308. 327. 336
Finney, Robert, 16, 18, 22, 26, 30, 34,
37, 42, 45, 47, 48, 53, 54, 69, 61, 67. 71,
73, 77, 78, 79, 82, 83, 84, 86, 87. 101,
106, 110, 111, 125, 133, 146, 148, 182,
196. 197, 209. 2J)5
Finney's Meadows, . . 291. :)09
Firewood, 34, 77, 156, 158, 167
First Brook, . . 177, 184, 311
First Fire 83
First Parish 30:5
Fish Ware 132
Fishing Stage, . 98, 10(>
Fort 162
Fort Hill 11
Fortifications, . . . 9,16,146
Foster, John, 18:3, 204, 205, 224, 228,
239, 241, 256, 265, 266, 274, 286. 287,
296, 306, 30i), 327, 328
Foster, Richard, . 26, 33, 37, 69, lO:^
" Thomas, . . . 2tl0
Four Mile Brook, . 59,96,257,302
Fowling Pieces, .... 14
Freeholders 312
French Doctor, .... 246
Fresh Lake, 140, 166, 180, 284
Fresh Pond, ..... 307
Fuller, Bridget, . 166, 275, 283
" Mathew 14
" Mr., . . 16,17.208
" Mrs., .... 1,48
•• Samuel, 26, 100, 130, 135, 142.
148, 166, 181, 192, 223, 233, 26(>, 2571
266, 274, 283, :i06, :i:i3
Fulling Mill, 122, 138, 144, 232, 2.«, 236
Galhouse Hill, .... 18
Gallows Lane, .... 84
Gardner, Samuel, 102, 149, 174, 182
General Court, 228, 229, 236, 269, 286,
309, 3i;5
Gibbs, Mr., 211
Giles* Holes, .... 219
Glace, James, .... 22
Glasse, James, . 34, 37
Goats, . . . . . 5
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Colder, Goodman, ... 208
Goulder, Fraucis, . . 18, 22, 24
Grand Assize, . . . 241, 246
Grand Jury, 28, 111, i:t2, 147, IM, 165,
170. n.i, 174, 18:i, 18,5, la-i, 201, 2(M,
205, 215, 22;^, 224, 2.>8, 244), 247, 23<j,
2«», 274, 275, 286, 286, 2<>4, 2iMi, aO«,
o08, .'US, .'U9, ;j:i;t
Graves, .... i>2, ^
Gray, Edward. 21, 24, i7, 45, 47, 48,
49, 50. 59, ()2, «;, 7;{. 74, 8:i, 87, HO, 91,
\ri, 100, 110, 114. 117, 118, 12.3, 124,
125, 128, 12<), l.io, ].T(?, 1.S9, 14:i, 14^),
147, 148, 151, IM, ir)5, 15<>. 158, 16;i,
165, 167, l(i8, 194, 2<)4
Gray, John. 149, 174, 178, 181, 185,
18t, 189, 197, 201, 204, 21.S, 228. 2.33,
2;m, 2;j5, 241, 260, 28(J, ;j;w
Gray, Thomas, , . . . '^\
Great Gnus, . . 2.'>7, 260, 2(»:J
<;reat Gutter 2tJ8
(Treat Meadow, . . . 208
Great Stmth Pond, . . . 12.3
Grenie, Mr., . . . . 15
Greenn'S, John, .... 7
Green, Joseph, . . . .3:5
•• William, . . 172,17.3
Green's UarlK)r (»
Grist Mill, 2:V2
Groome, John, , . . 17
Mr 17
Gnns 44, 150
Gurnet, 53, 90, 95, li)6, 2.57, 261, 29:1
Gutt, m
Hale, Moses,
Hale. Mr
Half Way End. .
Half W^ay Hill,
Half Way Pond,
Half Way Pond Uiver.
Hallet, Mr
Han bury, Mr., 13, 14,
Harlow, Benjamin,
Nathaniel, 204, 210,
Harlow, Samuei, 149, 181,201
229, 248, 251, 253, 2(>(i, 285
;i03, ?m
:;o:{
219, 227
210
160
. 171
4,9
15, 16, 17
:122
227, 246,
252, 265
,203,204,
287, 2iM),
2i)8
Harlow, Wm. 22, 26, :«, ;i3, .36, 41, 44,
47, 48, ,51, 58 67, 73, 76, 78, 80, 82, 8.3,
84, 86, 88, 91, 97, 98, \Y^, 101, 105, 107,
110, 111, 112, 113, 115, 118, 122, 124,
126, 12*), 131, i;j2, i:^, i;w, i;k), 145,
147, 148, 150, 161, 1.52, 15.3. 157, 165,
l<i8, 170, 172, 174, 176, 180, 181, 182,
18:i, 184, 185, 190, 193, 195, 197, litfi,
201, 202, 203, 204, 213, 227, 23(5. 2.50,
•25;J, 259, 260, 26<i, 274, '2Srt, :i01, 303,
311, 315, 317 ;n9
Harmon, John, 23, 49, 50, 80, 168, 173,
194
Hathaway, Arthur, . 2(), 3<), 68
Haward, Hey wood or Hay ward, John,
19, 21, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 34, 37, 38, 68,
89
Haward, Joseph, .... 284
Pftg«.
Haward's Swamp, . 220, 221
Hedge, Mrs. I. L., . . . 268
Heifers, 116
Herrings, 5, 6, 7, 52, 53, 59, 60, 98, 114,
1.31, 1.39, 171, 172, 236, 290, 308
Herring Brook, . . . 291
Herring Pond, . 160,191,321
Herring Ware, . 3, 17, 159
Hewes, Thomas, . 99, 127, 153, 186
Hickes, Ephraim, ... 206
•* Margaret, . . . .37
Mrs 64
Samuel, 13, 24, 33, 37, 64, 203
Higgins, Hiciiard, ... 16
High Pines 318
High Ridge, . . 187, 272, 'ML
Highways, 72, 152, 177, 178, 179. 180,
196,234,240
Hill, Thomas 4
Hincklev, 45
Hobshole, . . , . . 33
llodkin.soii, Mr.>4. ... 4
Hodges, Nicholas, ... 33
lloggkin.s, William, . 20
Hngtciiis, William, . . . 24
Hogs, . . . . 89, 90, 99
Holman, Edward, . . 22, 24, 101
Holmes, Ebene/er, 183, 214, 216. 274,
. 291,2i»6, 2*f,», ;«0, ,306
Holmes, Elisha, . 276, 281, 295, 297
Ichabod. . . . 2*K)
John, 4,19, .34, 91, 102, 148,
181, 190, 208, 249, 271, 2tl4, 310, 318,
:i27, ;f2t), :^J0
Holmes, Joseph, . 214, 301, ;i21, 32(>
Mr., • . 20,21
Nathaniel, 125, 149, 170, 181,
18.3, 204, 224, 241, 246, 254, 265, 266,
267, 279, 280, 285, 2«.l7, :^02, .32i), 330
Holmes, Patience, . . ^02, .311
*' Thomas, 257, JUO, 313, 318,
:J26, :i27
Holmes, William, ... 2
Hopkins. Mr., . . 14, 16
Hornbeam Tree, .... 2()1
Horses, 71, 89, W), 100, 116. 117, i;«
Horseneck, . .267, 277, 278, 287
Hoskiiis, Samuel, . . . 217
William, 9, ;W, 100, 103, 104,
1(55, 1()8, 170* 185, U>4
HousekeL'pere, . . . .312, 3:53
Howes, Jeremiah, . . . 290
How I and, Capt, . . . 243
'• Henry, . . 4
Isaac, . . .312,335
Jubez, 83, 102, IIH, 127, 129,
i;il, i:32, i:w, 14-1, 14(», 1.50
Howlaud, James, . . :?08
Howland, John, 7, 19, 31, :V2,3<> :59,41,
7:^, 82, 100. Uri, 12^». i:()6, 278
Howland, Jos«'ph, 80, 87, 91, 9:i, 96,
102, 164, 114, 115, ll'.l, 12:5, i:4. i;i5,
i:;9. 146, 147, 148, 1.50, 1.51, UJ2, 170,
174, IfcO, 189. III). liK!, l'.»4, UrJ, 2:^5,
237,242
Howland, Lieut., 15:>, 1':', 176, 177,
18:{, 188
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Howlaiid , Mr., 17, 21 , 22. 24, 28. 29, 4(i,
. 4«. (i2, 123, 142, 206
Howlaiid, Nathaniel. . 287, 318
Tbomas, 28<;. 2li(i, 319, 324,
32
328
Hunter's, John, wife, . . 245 j
Hunting House Brook. . . 178 ■
Hurst, James, 10, 21, .%, :'«, 70, 20(>, '
208,271 I
. 252 i
Hylly Plain Great Hill,
Idle Persons,
Tmlian Bridge,
Tndian I5rook> .
Indian Land,
Indian Pond, .
Indian < ond Plain, .
Indians, . . 15,
Inferior Court,
Island Pond.
82,84,
132,
. 38, 7(),
107, 287,
ii4. ik;,
i:«
1.59
80 I
308 I
110 I
. 275 I
!'4, 145, 170. 173 '
. 318 1
:0l. 322
Jahe-^ Corner, . . . }^5. 2<.H>
JjK^ivson. Abraham. 14, 15, 48, 53, (>1,
\H, 98. 102. 127, i:.2. 148. 1,51, H>2, l(w),
180. 181. IHrt, 1H9. 204, 2(M;, 210,232,
241, 2,'>0. 2.53. 254', 2.58, 2.59, li^^o, 272.
291, 2!H», :i02, .S15, ;Ki'0
Jai;ks(»n, Eleanor, . . . 241
Lemuel, . . . 2;K)
Nathaniel, . 241. 2(^5. 273
Wm. Hall, . , ;:o.3
Jenkins, John, .... 16
Jenney, John, . 0, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, Ki
Mi-s.. . . ' . .37,6,5
Samuel, . 1,59, 165, 1()8
Joaues or Jones, Ralph, 21, 247, .-■02,
308
Johns' Pond,
Jones River, 3, 16. 17, 26, 39, 42, 45
7(), S^^, 89, 97, 10.5, 115. 132, 133,
142, 155, 159, 208, 240, 309, 314,
31(5,
Jones River Bridge, 16, 174, 178,
Jones River Meadow, 62, 135, 172,
2(«>, 228, 2:«,
Jones River Pond,
Jones' Meadow,
Jourdaine, Baruck, 149, 176, 180,
201,224,
Jourdaine, John, 22, 24, 37, W, 54,
61.68, 72, 79, 91, 101, 112, 127,
132,
Jnrv, 189, 1<)9, 201. 204. 206, 22^^,
240, 241, 246, 254, 255, 2,57, 2(52,
2ti5, 273, 274, 275, 282, 28<;, 298,
305, 30<), 308, 313, 316, 318, 319,
169
49,
137,
315,
321
183,
317
187,
252
142
3;i5
181,
302
60,
128,
148
224,
2<>4,
301,
323.
336
Keith. John 26
Kempton, Manassah. 11, 14, 16, 17, 18, ,
19, 22. 24, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 36, (>9 I
Kennedy, Alexander, - 125, 126, 137
King, Ooi>dman, . . . 209
•• Isaac, - 201, 210, 254, 28.5, .a*
'♦ Joseph. . . . 210, ;^)2
•' Samuel, 21, 24, 37, 49, 50, 67, 79,
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80, 81, 94, 100, 111, 120, 126, 133, 148,
166, 181, 183, 217, 29n
Kingston, 314
Knowles, Richard, ... 14
Knowles' Meadow, . . . 196
Lakenham, 47, 49. 51,61, 73, 75, *«,98,
100, 120, 191, 2,38, 268, 275, 2?n, 32:i
Lakenham Bnjok, . . . 178
Lakenham Pond, . . .61, 257
Land Grants, .... 274
Latham, Rohert, . 80, 138, 146, 194
Latham's Cartway, . . . \Xi
Lather or Lacher, . . . 317
Lazell. Thomas, . 182, 202, 235, 23i»
Le Baron, Francis, . . . 246
Widow. . . . :?27
Lee, .Mr., 16, 17, 21, 24, 37, 2<)8, 209
Lee. Robert, .... 66
Lellice, Thomas, 4, 8, 18, 21, :«,;?7.49,
W, 74. 101, 118, 148, 208, 329
Little Brook 157
Little, Kphraim, 2(>, 251. 258. 267, 268.
29»{, 298, 316, .{27
Litli<^ I'ond, .... 284, 21W
Little, Thomjis, 22, 23, 24, 28, 38, 76,
83, 207
Little Town, . 61 , 125. 153. 261 . :i«
Little Town Valley, . . 124
Little's Meadows, . . . IXKi
Lobdell, Isaac, . . 149, 185
Lock 317
Looms, 117
Lord's Dav, . . 171
Loriiig Ca'^Ieb, 2(i«i, 270, 273, 273, 21H.
. 29t), 30f), 316, 318, 326, ;«:?
Loring, Thomas. . 274, 296
Lothrop, Isaac, 274, 275, 285, 318, :J27.
:^i
Lout Pond, . . 125, 140, 189, 2!IH
Lout I 'ond Plain, . . 261
Lower Society, .... 316
Lucas. Benonj, . 182, 215, 250, 30K
'• John, . 111,120,121,132
'* Samuel, 182, 205, 210, 224, *.**<),
248, 255, 25(), 257,269.28*3, ::01. 308.
327, :^3»»
Lucsks, Thomas, . 21), 101 , 118, 14<)
Lumbert, Benjamin, . . 243
Mahuehett Brook, . . .185
Male children, . . . 312
Manomet High Land, . . 249
Point, . 51.297
I'onds, :W, 43, 47, 50, 51, 82,
9.3. 94, «i5, 98, 100, ia3, 138, Kil. 203,
234, 2.3^5, 2.54, 267, 275. 282, 298, 307,
317, :«l
Mares 116
Marsh Held 18
Martin's Vinyard, . . .91
Matehlock, .... 14,44
Ma\ . Edward, . . 115, 120, 122
Mnv.JohJi ;X).3
May. Nichohks, . 275, 282, 2tl8, 321
Meadows :V>
Messengers 11
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Meeting-house, 46, 52, 71, 143, ir»5, KJl,
1(58, 1(»9, 171, 173, 1H«, 2a'», 2:tti 255.
2(W, 265. 2«Mi, 272, 28.3, 28iJ, 2H7. 324
Michell, Jacob, . 78. IK), 217, 321
Thomas. . . 121
Micldlelwro, or Middlel^rv. 1S4, 214.
251. 2(57, 273, .tU, 31«>, 3:V)
Middleboro Agents,
254
Middlel)oro Bounds,
178
Mile and a Half, .
21X5
Mile Kock.
177
Military Companies.
* . ' . 214,
215
Military Orticers,
118,214,
215
Milking Trees,
:«):»
Mill, .
. '41.5;{, IW.
30:1
Mill Brook, .
127. V2S\ I3*»,
172
Minister's Call.
251
Minister's Cattle
WW
Minister's House, 45, 47, 52, 54. .'>8, 72,
. 78. 87, 111, 112, VM\, 144, 145.
Minister's Lot, .... 53
Minister's Salary. KKJ. 113. 115, 123,
124. 12(J. 141, i4t}, 15(). 1.-.4, 157. HJO,
nil, 1(>4, 1(»5, KM), 171, 175, 1«K). WW,
1115, 205, 20(). 240, 24(J, 251, 2.V), 2(»4.
28(i. 31(i
Ministry '".(XJ
Ministry Land 289. 291, 2iKi, 318. 3.35
Mitchell Experience, . . .1
Moderator Kil, 301
Mohutchett, . . . H>5
Monponsett, 121, 125. 12(}, 132, i:J.3. 1(j7,
175. 177, 191, 20), 2;V), 2i»i), .301
Monponsett Hrook, . . I.'m"), 250
Monponsett Meadow, . 122, 142
Monponsett Pond, 69, 89, 92, 94, 122,
129, 1.30, 13(5, 1.37, 142
Monument, .... 207
Mordow, Mordo, or Murdock, John,
or Mr., 199, 20*, 20(5, 215, 223, 224,
235, 237, 238, 240, 241, 248, 25(5, 258,
363, 274, 275, 287, 289, :i0(j, 317, 319
Moifdow's Shop, ... 248
Morey, Jonathan, 49, 7(5, 79, 88, (W,
102, 143, 149, 154, 165, 15(5, 180, 182, !
217, 246, 247, 255, 2(50, 2(J8, 28;5, 287, 1
289, 301, 302, .•«)3, ;^
Morey, Lieut., . . 205, 273, 30S |
Morton, Deacon, . 3.'iO
Morton, Eleazer, . 256, 265, 274, ;«08 |
Ensign, . . . 326
Ephraim, 22, 25, :«, 3(5,44,45, I
46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52. 53, 54, 59, 72, 73.
77, 78, 79, 84, 96, 101, 104, 110, i;30 i
1:59, 148, 149, 150, 160, 1(515, 174, 175, I
180, 182, 184, 189, 190, 191, 197, 199.
203, 204, 205, 224, 225. 22(), 227, 2:5S, '
2,39, 240, 241, 243, 24<5, 247, 252, 2.m,
2(50, 261, 2(»(5, 274, 275, 290, :501, 306, 1
318, ;V52, 3:53, :5.35 I
Morton, George, 85, 111, 132, 147, 149,
160, 180, 181, 187, 227, 2.31, 241,244, '
245, 260, 272, 290, 29.3, 294, .502. 315.
324, .325, :530, .'531, .3.32
Morton, John, 2, 16, 21, 25, :53, 36, 49,
50, 52, 68, 71, 73. 74, 77, 79, 83, 86, 88,
101, 115, 122, 128, 157, 161, 182, 207,
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208, 214, 224. 246, 247, 248, 2,50, 25(5,
2.57. 2(59, 27.3, 282, 28;5, 2.S(), 2*>3, -Ml',
,'508
Morton, Josiah, . 182, lii5. 244
Josias. . . . lOJ, 2^);*.
Lieut., 57, 58. 80, 82, 8.3. 86, iM),
91,92, US, 105, 1(K), 107, 111, 112. 115,
116, 118, 122, 123, 124, 125. 1:12. l.'Ui,
139, 143, 145. 14(), 147. 150, 151, 1.^2,
153, l.-)7, 161. 162, KW, 1(^5. 1()7. 1(>8,
1()1». 170, 171. 173. 174, 176, 177, \M,
IH.'). 186, liK). 19;5, lii9, 201, 2(H, 226,
Morton, Manasscs, . 276.281,295
Nathaniel. 2. 16. 22, 25 :;2, 'X\,
.37, .'W. 44, 47, 49, .51, .5:5, .54, .59, 1)9, 73,
75, 76, 77. 80, 84, 8(). 91, 97. 101, 102,
liX), l(rr, IKh 11.3, 116., 12.3, 125.327,
1.39, 140, 141, 148, 151, KK), \{^i^. m\,
170. 182. '^08. 211, 212. 21.5. 216,
226, 228. 241, 244, 24(), 247. 251, 2.52,
2.53. 2.57, 2.59, 2<»4, 2I«». 2()7, 275, 280,
282. 285. 291, 2tl.3, 214. 295, 2tK), 29JS.
2*>9, .300, .lOI, .304, .'.07, ;508, .ill. ;n8
319, .321, 323, ."{28, :{29, :i.i2, 'X'^\, -X^Tt
Morton, Thomas, 25, .33. .37, 42, 44. ()9,
101, 148, 182. \\M\, 212, 214, 217.226,
243, 214, 283, 293. 2i»9. ;505. 318. 331.
:i:i2, .3.3.3
Morton , Secretary ,
232
Moses, John,
.21.25.
101. 148
Mount Hope, .
1(W
Munk's Hill,
,
2:58, .314
Musket, .
14,44
My lam, Samuel, .
iH, 103
Nahuckett Brook,
103
120, i;J7
Nan Uain.sden.
2:i8, 245,
246. 255
Naponsolt I'onds,
.
115
Nelson. .John, 182,
204, 20fi, '.
M9, 220,
221, 223. 236, 2.S7,
239, 240. 1
iU. 245,
24(5, 257,
310. .S2-J
Nelson, Saumel,
.329, ;j:U)
Nelson, Widow.
,
2S7
Nelson. William, 3
14. 19, 21
2.3. 25,
27, 28, 29, 3:5, ;«;,
r)2, 70, 80.
89. 101,
i.u, i:rr, i.V),
208. 322
Nelson's Brook,
310
New Mill, .
. 171
New Soi'iety, .
324
N»!W Street,
. ' 172
. i7:.2(;.s
New Street End,
\m, 2«;5
Nick's Rock,
. 2.W
North Stre<*t, .
2158
Nuti'S. James.
. 247
Oath of Fidelity.
210
Odizar Basil.
. I'.n)
Old Prison,
1J7
Ordinance. .
.11!
146.147
Ordinarirs,
188
Oxen, .
. 7,8
Paddock, Iloh'Tt, . . 13. 14. 208
Paddv, Mr., 11, 13, 14. 15, 16,21,25,28,
. ' .31,;«J, ()9
Paddy, Wm., 7, 8, 14, 19, 23, 27. 29,
.'.... 206. 207, 209
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Pallasadoes, .... 146
Parting Ways, .... 314
Pearce, Abraham, ... 16
Pew 270,282,303
Phillip, 73
Pimkin Bridge, ... 178
Pine Boards 224
Pine Knots 119
Pine Trees, . . . 302,309
Plain Dealing, . 16, 46. 296
Plank 224, 270
Plymouth Park, .... 284
Plympton, . . . 296,314
Polapoda Cove, 232, 304, 305, 306, 315
Pontus Meadow, . . i:^l, 159
Pontus, Wm., . 1, 3, 5, 7, 19, 27
Poor of Plymouth, ... 3
Pope, Thomas, 2, 14, 22, 25, 36, 48, 65,
75, 79, 9:i, 1«, 101
Pope's Neck 301
Pope's Point, .... 325
Pottle. 13
Pound, . 133, 186, 2rJ8. 275. 283
Pound-keei)er, .... 33;i
Pratt, Benajah, 41, 57, 61, 80, 82, 89,
101, 111, 1,33, 141, 144, 151, 159, 267,
287, :ia5, 313, 319
Pratt, Benjamin, . 33, 20*), 274, 278
" Eleazer, . . . :»2,305
" John, 182, 186, 201, 204, 209, 266,
274, 285, 296, 305, 324 3.33
Pratt, Jonathan, 61, 102, 149, 173, 182,
. . . . 189, 195, 259, ;^02
Pratt, Joseph, .... 305
•* Joshua, 4. 9, 13, 19, 20 22, 26, 27,
. 63,149,181,207,208,241
Pratt, Phineas, .... 17
Samuel, .... 335
Prince, Mr., 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,
19,72
Prince Thomas, 2, 6, 8, 14, 83, 96, 100.
110, 124
Prince's Bottom, . . 140, 184
Province Courts, . . . 2<>1
Province Bate, . . . 232
Pul)lic Charges 8, 275
Punclcateesett, . . 35,46,62,73
Quarter Sessions, 223, 241, 246, 255,
282,293,294,2^)8,323
Rails, 273
Ramsden, Daniel, . 100, 178
Ram.sden, Josep!», . . 21, 24, (io
Ransom, John, . . . .317
Roljert, 56, 61, 81, 9(5, 102, 175,
182, 186, 187, 191, 195, 2a5, 247, 262,
298,317
Ratable Goods 116
Ruters, 16, 28, 31, :«, 71, 82, 88, 92, 10(5,
112, 113, 115, 116, 122, 124, 12(), 145,
151, 153, 157, 161, lii6, 1(W, 171, 183,
1<)8 202,240
Rates, 6, 8, 17, 19, 22, .31, 35, 45, 72, 88,
91, 92. 106, 112, 115, 125, 138, 139,145,
147, 150, 161, 153, 161, 168, 184, 190,
191, 193, 201, 205, 228, 236, 237, 240,
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255,272,311,324
Rating, . . . 116,117,122
Rayner, John, .... 41
Records of Lands, . . 193
Reed Pond, .... 91, 310
Regiments 214
Rehoboth, 38
Relief of Poor. . . 317,324
Representatives, 206, 228, 229, 236, 248,
260, 264, 269, 272, 275, 286, 298, 308,
309, 311, 316, 319, 335
Reyboth, HUl, . . .186
Reyner, John, .... 252
Mr.. . . 13,36,69,70
Rhode Island, . . . .'36,46
Rickard, Giles, 25, 26, 31, 33, 36, 59, 61,
62, 63, 64, 73, 74, 77. 78, 84, 88, 89, 101,
117, 122, 127, 128, IK), 141, 144, 148,
152, 15,3, 181, 182, 188, 205, 207, 228,
239, 240, 244, 247, 257, 26;i, 276, 277,
. :}23, .•«3
Rickard, John, 26, 32. JU, 37, 49, 61.. 61,
101, 140, 175. 176. 1<'.1. 182, 184, IWJ,
188, 240, 241, 255. 2.M>. 258. 2(J2, 282,
287, 2*)4, 296. 298, :301, ;W6, 310
Rickard, Widow, .' . 188
Rickett, Giles. . ^. 2, 12, 16, 22
Ring, Andrew, 17, 21, '26, 28, ;J3, .37, 46,
50, 62, (>4, 101, 111, 1.32. 141. 144. 148.
161. 152, 155, 157, 173, 181, 184, 207,
208,295
Ring, Eleazar, 2a'5. 228, 232, 241, 257,
266, 283, 293, 305, :«8, 309, 318, 325
Ring, Isaac, .... 229
Ring, Samuel, .... 33
Ring, William, 175, 176, 228, 231, 240,
241, 247, 252, 260,266,274, 276, 285,
306, 318,.3;«
Risse, Peter, . . .120, V33
Robbins. Jeduthan, . 305
Roches, .... 273
Rochester, .... 216,263
Rocky Neck Brook, . . . 319
Rooky Nook, 42, 57, 58, 86, 123, 125,
235,242,286
Rosse, John, 119
Ryder, or Rider, John, 266, 268, 276,
278 ''81 296
Ryder,' Samuel,* 51, 82, 95, 102, * 118,
138, 143, 148, 155, 182, 185, 235, 241,
275,286,303
Saconnett Lands, . . 152
Saffin, John, .... Ill
Sagaquash— Sagaquish, or Saquish, 33,
106, 186, 197, :«1
Salaries, . . • . . 117
Salt, 6,13
Salt House Beach, ... 89
Salt Wat«r Pond, 164, 180, 247
Sampson's Country, . . 48, 61
Sami)Son's Pond 48
Sampson, Stephen, . . . 290
Samson, George, . . . 210
Samson's Brook, . 263, 291, 293
Samson's Pond, . . . 216,234
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Sandwich, 49, r^i, oG, 61, 80. 83, 88, ItW,
221, 235, 28<>
Samlwich Herring Pond, . Ul, 287
Sandwicli Line, . . . 17(i
San«l\vich Roa<l, .... 221
Sandwich Street 84
Sandy Hill, .... 2<U
SiUiiUkHh, ..... 293
Savory, Antjiony 9
Savor V or Savery, Samuel, . 21()
Savory, Thoma.s. 9, 19. 20, 22, 2r), 27,
. 2«. 37, 48, 59, 9(), 101, 1(>9
Scales and Weijrht«, . UK)
School. . 124, 141, 245. ;»3, 3.-^^, X^
School ma** ter, 115, 224, 245, 24<i, 270,
. 27<i, 289, 31(i, 319, 323, :j:k;
School Kate 319
Scituate, 155
Sealer of Leather. . . . 3:i3
Sealer of Wei^^hts, . 193
Sears, Richard, 2^», 274, 285, ;^, ;J09.
318
Second IJrook, . . 177, 287, 294
Sedi^e Flat,s, .... im
Sedge (Jround . . . 317,
Selectmen, 75 82, 8,3, IW*, 111, 124, 125,
1.32. 1.38, 14(,, 143, 147, 151, 1(», 170,
173, 174. Vi\ 1«5, 189, 195, 201, 2(H,
205, 22.3, 22J . 2;Ci, 241. 247, 25<>, 2(>4,
2(i(>, 27*, 274, 275, 2tH), 298, .3()S
SenterHill :iOO
Se|)ecaii, ;k), 32, 45, 77, 1(K), 114. llti,
124, i;«), 140, 11^3, 21^
Sepecan Hounds, . . . 255
Servant, 153
Seven, Men. . . . 30,31,32
Shaw, IJeiHHii, . . . .308,310
" CJeorjje, . . 257, 274
•' Goodman 3.3
•* James, . . 2<), I^, (WJ
John, 4. 9, If), 21, 24, .Mi, .'W», 07
Jonathan. 47, 49, 51, 50, «1, 79,
81, il5, 102, 132, 148, 174, 180, 182, 1S.3,
18.5, 191, 195, 197,201. 204, 2a5, 22H,
2;M», 241, 247, 250, 2.57, 2<)0, 285, 298,
;i03, 33.3
Shaw's Brook, .... 134
.Nheep, . . . 9»>, 117, 320, :«7
Sheep Pasture, . . . 314. 315
Shepherd's Tent Lot, . . 314
Sherive, Thomas, . . 21,. *«
Shifting Cove, ... 41
Shingle, . . . 59, 114. 172, 225,
Shingle Brook, 43, IGO, 191, 192, VM
Shoes, 13
ShirtiefF, or Shirtlev, Abiall, 24.3,2.5(J,
207, 289, :m,:m,':m, 319, .•?27, :j.34,
imi
ShnrtlefF, Elizabeth, . . . iKi
Lt., 28<>, 287, 2*13, 21»5, .317,
.319, ,32()
Shurtleff, Thomas, . 275, ,308, 318
Shurtleff,or Shirtley, William, 3,3.38,
02, (Hi, 174, 180, 188, 1<»5, 204, 2a5, 210.
223. 224, 225, 228, 229, 2.32, 2,V>. 2;k),
237, 239. 240, 241, 240, 247, 248, 249,
2M, 250, 258, 266, 269, 270, 274, 275,
23
Page.
276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 28.3,
284, 285, 288, 289. 2^>1, 2t»2, 214, 297.
298, 299, ;UX), 301, ;^04, :^05, :S00, .310,
311, .315, .316, .317, 318, 319, .32;i, .325,
. 32<i, .328, :«9, XiO, 3.32, 3:i;{, l^^
Skejieimk, .... 2,'55
Single Men, . ., . . 117
Smalev, John, ... 18
Smelt Brook 115, 121, 1.35, 142, 14.3, 178
Smith, or Smvth, John, 13, 18,21,22,
23. 25, 2(), 27, 21>, 3;i. .3(}, 37, 5,3, W, 101
Smith, or Snivthe, Mr., . . 9
Mrs., . . 9
Smith, Nehemiah, ... 2
*• Ralph 4
" Richard, . . 22,23
•• Shuball, . . 273
Snaphance 14
Snow, Anthony, . 1(>,289
*• Nicholas, . . . .16
Soldiers, .... 145,146
Sonett, Samuel, . . ;<07
Sonle, Benim, .... 2()4
'• Benjamin, 274, 28*i, 296, 313, 319,
'.^iiii
Soule, George, . . . .1,4
John 185
South ('(mntr\', ... 80, 2*57
South Meadow, 45. 61, 79, 70, 8(), 91 , 9(i,
133, 207, 208, 229, 231, 2.32, 250, 251,
25,3. 2.58, 2.59, "iOO, 26.3, 276, 277, 278,
288, 293, ;J01, ;X>4, 311, 315, .317,318,
;I24
South Meadow Brook, 89,' 277, 284, 285
South Meadow River, 279, 280, .311, 317
South Pond, .... 291
South Ponds, .... ;JOi)
South Purchase, . . . 319
South Pundar, . . . .319
Souther's Marsh, . .59, 175, 207
Souther's Marsh Brot)k, . 276, 279
Southworth, Capt., 45, 52, .59, 70, 72,
. 73, 77, 78, 79, 82, i;iO. 243
Southworth, Lieut., 2, 25, 2<>, ,34, :UJ,
42, 282, 28.3, 2»7
Southworth, Mr., ... 44
Nathaniel. 102, 1.32, 147,
148, 170, 172, 176, 180, 181, 188, liKJ,
li»5, 200, 204, 214. 223, 224, 225, 2.37,
241, 246, 25<), 2(k), 275, 295, im, im
Southworth, Thomas, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18.
21, 30, 74, 100, 110, I'M, IWi, 2(M), 209,
2:^7, 2:W, 299, 314
Sowther, Nathaniel, 4, 14, 15, 16, 18
Sparrow, Richard, 10, 13, 14, 16,21, 209
Sparrow's Hill, . . 178, 2*X;
Sparrow's Plain, . . . IWJ
Spooner, Wm., . 21 , 24, .3,3, 3(), 68
Sprague, Samuel, . . 225, 239
Spring Hill 215
Squirrel Rock, .... 179
Stockbridge, Charles, . 171, 172
Standish, Alexander, . . . 162
Miles, ... 14
Steers 19
Stoddard, Wm. P., . . 1()8
Strangers, . 99, 106, 169, 309
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INDEX,
Stranger's Mouey, . 316
Strawberry Hill, ... 177
Stray Sattle 216
Sturtevant, John, 181. 188, IW, 201,
204, 206, 214, 223, 224, 225, 228, 236,
238, 240, 246, 256, 264, 275, 285, 287,
. 296, 2i)8, 312, 313, 3iy, 333
Sturtevant, Joseph, ... 223
Sturtevant, Samuel, 21, 24. 27, 33, 40,
49, 66, 72. 79, 89, 92, 100, 110, ms,
149, 176, 185, 194, 196, 206, 208, 241,
247, 264, 256, 264, 266, 274, 275, 283,
289, 294, 296, 2<W, :«)8, 310, 318, 319,
324, i)26, 33:^
Sturtevant, Widow, . . 132,254
Superior Court, 224, 266, 266, 285, 25)6,
;S08, 314
Surveyors, 28, 46, 173, 200, 201, 228,
2:^4
Surveyors of Highways, 83, 111, i:i2,
147, 161. 1(», 170, 175, 176, 185, 189,
196, 204, 223. 236, 241, 247, 256, 2«i6,
. 274, 285, 2116, :i08, 319, 33:}
Summer Street, . . . 215
Swan Hold, 60, 81, 82, 96, 127, KJi).
305
Swan Hold Brook, ... 305
Swine, . 6, 34, 56, 117, 333, 334
Swing Bridge, .... 2il0
Swords 44,150
Sylvester, Joseph, ... 303
Tantanega 10.'^
Tar, 43, 44, 48, 68. 78, 86. 118, 119, 225
Tar Pits, 100
Taspequan's Pond, .... 80
Tatoson, . . .116
Tayler 117
Thomas, Mr 18,255
Thomas, Nathaniel, 214, 236, 247, 254,
256, 258, 2«i2, 2(53, 264, 265, 2(J9 270,
287, 301, 308, 311, 316, 317. 319, :i27,
329, 330, 3;n, ;e5
Thompson or Tomson, Jacob, 258, 2f)l,
301,312
Thompson, John. 21, 28, 46, 52, 184, 209
Peter, ... 288
Tilden, John, .... 1
Tilson, Edmond, 9, 18, 19, 22, 34, .37,
. 65, 223, 29(i, 297, 313, 326
Tilson, Ephraim, 97, 102. 103, 147, 149,
165, 182, 184, 256, 277, 2W, 298
Tilson, Goodman, ... 20
»• John, . . 119, 324, ;J25
Timber, 86, 86, 114. 142, 144, 172, 223,
224,225,227,270,273
Tincom, Helkiah or Elkiah, 182, 210
John, . . . 311,312
Tincome,or Tinkham, Ephraim . 21 , 24,
33, 36, 47, 49, (54, 80, 128, 148, 151, 16:i,
173,208,322
Tinoome, Isaac 322
Tinkham, Sjft., . . 91, 112, 147
Tinkham's Meadow, . . . 252
Tithingmen, 229, 2:^9, 241,256,266,274.
285, 308, 318, 33;i
Tomson, Peter, ... 307
Pa«e.
Town Book, . . '. 1*«
Town Boundary, . . 177, 18(>, 262
Town Bridge 177
Town Brook, . . 2:52, 23<»,
Town Charges, . 138, 246. ;i01, '^^\,
Town Clerk, 223, 228, 241, 247, 2H5.
29(), .{06, 308, 318
Town Council, . . . 1<»8
Town Debts, . . . KW, 170
Town Meetings, 3, 5, 6. 7, 8, 11, 12, 13,
14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 28, 29.
31, 32, Xi, 46, 46, 47, 48, 52, 55, 58, »>,
60, 70, 71, 77, 78, 83. 86. 87, 90, 91, 97,
99, 104, ia5. 111, 112, 113. 114. 115.
116, 118, 122, 1%\ 124, 125, 126, i;tt,
136, i:«, 13i), 140, 141, 144, 14<>, 147,
150, 151, 153, 154, 155, 15«i, 157. KK).
162, 16;*, 164, 165, 16(i, 167, 1«58. 1(»»,
170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 173, 176. 18: J.
184, 185, 186, 188, 189, 1<I0, 191, 195,
\\n, lt«, 200, 201, 202. 20.% 204, 206.
206, 223, 224, 228, 232, 2:^5. 2;'45. 2:^7,
239, 240, iM5, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250,
251, 254, 255, 25<i, 2«iO. 262, 26;i, 264,
2(»5, 2*«, 267, 2(J9, 270, 272, 273. 274,
275, 282, 28:J, 285, 28(J, 28i*, 291. 2m,
2*«, 298, ;«)1. 304, :«)5, :«6, ;?08, 309,
311, 313, 316, 318, 323, ;{26, 328, 32;».
33.3, ;tt5. .'fi^H
Town Pond, . . 366, vm, 317, ;$28
Town Pond Creek, . . 290
Town Records, ... 83, 162
Town Treasurer, 23JI, 241, 247, 25(), 2(>4.
274. 3;»
Town's Stock 105
Township Line, . . . 2.t9
Townsmen, . 90. 105. 107, 108, 109
Tracy, Stephen 1
Training Day, . . . \m
Traiuing Green 179
Trees ..... 85
Triangle Pond 29(5
Trout Brook, .... 2ffi>
Turkey Swamp, . . 49, 79, 80, 81
Turner, Humphrey, . ;i03, :J28
Upper Society, . 245,289,296,323
Voters, .
100,
148,
180
Wadsworth, Christopher,
. 1
John, .
,
,
2;fl)
Walck, Path, .
183
Walleu, Ralph, .
.
4
, 85
Wallen's Wells, .
226
Wampocke,
.
,
41
War
.
n,
202
Warren, Benjamin, 18.3, ::23, 230,2:^4.
241, 247, 248, 249, 25l>, 26<», 273,275.
285, 286, 2<>1, 29(i, 310, 313, 318, 319.
.324, .326, .'UJ, 335
Warren, Capt., 274, 282, 28:?, 2«i, :»1.
:i02, :no, 31 1, 318, 319, 32IJ
Warren, Elizabeth, 3(), 161, 212
James. 182, 189, 198 200, 201
204, 205, 213, 222, 224, 228, 229, 2:»,
2:}6, 239, 247, 248, 249, 255, 257, 264,
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Page.
266, 270, 275, 270, 277, 278, 279, 280,
281, 282, 2«4, 285, 286, 288, 289, 2t»2,
2^^, 297, 298, 2*>i), ;iOO, 304, 305, ;«>),
307, :J08, :X)!>, 310, 311, 315, 3le», 319,
322, 323, :J25, 327, 328, 3^10. a«. .'i;«,
Warren, Joseph, 18, 25, »}, 45, 49^ 50,
51, 58, 59, 63, 77, m, 87, J)0, 91, W.
100, 102, lot), 107, 110, 117, 119, 125,
i:«, VM, 1.36. i;U), 140, 141, 143, 145,
14(), 148, 150, 151, 157, IfiO, 162, 163,
169, 170, 171. 172, 173, 174, 176, 177,
180, 182, \K\, 184, 185, 189, 1«K), 191,
193, 195, 198, 199, 200, 202, 20.3, 212,
213, 219, 221
Warren, Lieut., . . • 174
Mrs 65,212
Nathaniel, 22, 25, 31, :«, :«»,
41, 44, 45. 46, 48, 50. 5.3, 54, 59, (iO, <;4,
72, 73, 77, 78, 79, 82, 8.3, 84, 85, m,
102, 161, 183, 212, 26(i, 276, 27(>, 28(»,
290. 292, 21>4, 295, 311
Warren, Sarah, . 161
Widow, ... 184
Wm 2^10
Warren's Wells. . 50, 98, 123, 21K)
Warren'H Wells Brook, . . 299
Warren's Wells Plain, . 173, 226
Washanest 172
Wanhhurn, John, . . . 217
Wast. Gate 114
Watch 15, 18
WaU'h-house, 11. 15, 16, 17, 146, 147,
159, 22:^, 262, 26<>. 270
Watercourse, .... 2^i0
Waterman, John, 112. 125, 127, 132.
13;i, 137, .182, 204, 2.35, 241, 275,282.
28:^, 285, 29(i, 3i;j
Watoou, Elkauah, l(i5, 170, 173, lU'),
198, 2:«
Watson, George. 13, 22, 25, .3.3, 37, 41,
41, 45, 47, 49, 51, (iO, 61, 67, 75, 77, 79,
82, »4, 91, V)5, 101, 107, 117, 118, 124,
. i:«), 148, IKt, 181,208, 243, 304
Watson, Goodman, . .207, 208
John, 275, 292. 2tW, 316, 318,
;«7, 3.'», :m, ;<:{5
Watson, William, . . . 2«K)
Watson's Cove, .... 324
Ways Laid Out, . . . S4
Weavers. .... 117
Wecanucked IWJ
Weekes, John 1
Weitrhts and Measures, . . 285
Well 270
Wellingsley, 16, 18, 33, 38, 8.3, 122, 1l4,
127, 179
Wellingsley Brook. 77. l.'Ki, 2«Ki, 267
Wenham, 2aj, 201>, 215. 27S
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WestMeddow, ... 208
Weston, Edmund, . . . 305
Whales 119,200
Wharf, 204, 240, 241, 265, 286, 287
Whetstones Vinvard , . . . 237
Whitney, Thomas, 22, 25, 34, 37, 48,
68,101,124
Whitten, Thomas, . 208
Willet, Capt 25
Mr 20,21,23,28
•* Thomas, 4, 6, 8, 18, 29, ;«, 31,
35, 59, 6i», 206, 207
W^illiam and Mary, . . li)2
Williams, Thomas. ... 18
Willis, Patience, . . . 1.58
•' Richard, 11, 79, 80, 98, 102, 110,
123, 15«>, 158
Willis, Ruhamah, . . . 189
Winnatucksett, .W, .35, :t8, 39, 60, &4,
57, 94, 95, 99, 110, 127, 1.3:3, IJU. l.'Jii,
1(J2, 191, 20(), 21^7, 2,38, 278, 292, .m5
Winnatucksett Brook, . . VX\
Winnatucksett Mea<lo>vs, 55, 104, 139,
2;«i
Winnatucksett River, 73, i;^6, 142, 301
Winslow, Edward, ... 3
*• Isaac, ... 215
" James, . . 183, 285
John, 6, 8, 11, 12, 17, 21, 31.
3(), 8ii, 206
Winslow, Mr :i4
Winter, Christopher, . . 20, 24
Goodman, ... 3.3
Wolf 29, ItiO
Wolf-traps, . . 16, 31, 179, 284
Wolves, . . . 30, :ft>, 154, 165
Wompatuck, Josiah. . . 186
Wonnuonquauy, . . . 273
Wootl, 85, 142
Deacon, . 2<>4, ,'{02, 308, .317
Ephraim, . . . ,312
llenry, 22, 25, 34, 48, 49, 52, 70,
76, 79. 101. 208
Wood, John, 6, 1.3, 21, 25, :i4, ,37, (i5.
. 75, tV), 101, 117, 141, 157, 208
Wood, Nathaniel, 149, 152, KiO, 174,
181, 184, 1J«, 223, 228, 2:J1, 2;«J, 2,'i7,
26<i .32,5
Wood, Sarah, . . . « . ' 2.34
*' Stephen, . . 17. 22, 208
Worship of (iwl, . . . 2."V4
Wright, Adam, . 282, :KM), ,321,:rj3
Richard, 14, 21, 25, .3.3, M, .36,
;«, .39, 42, 43, 46, 49, ,50. 54, 1^4, *>5,
101, 111, 121, 128, 1.33, 135, 148, 172,
181,208
Young Men,
Young, Wm., .
138
324
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