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Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739., January 15, 1738. (search)
103, cows 438, swine 178, negroes 1. Valuation in 1747, £ 4,223 6s. 0d.; polls 144, horses 111, oxen 121, cows 435, swine 174, sheep 281; no slaves mentioned, but 3 were returned in 1752; in 1756, 1 to Thomas Wellington, 1 to Samuel Livermore, 2 to Captain John Cutting. In 1764 there were 13 slaves. In 1753 the number of polls was 147. Quick-stock, viz.: 3 slaves, 299 sheep, 188 swine, 111 horses, 455 cows, 118 oxen, 9 chairs, and 1 chaise. The chair being a sort of open chaise. February 1, 1730 Rev. Warham Williams baptized Peter, an infant negro belonging to Joseph and Margaret Priest. In 1790, there were 10 colored persons in the town; 6 in 1800, 5 in 1810. In 1753 one Prince Jonah, a slave of Abraham Bigelow of Weston, found a leather pocket case with tickets of land lying in Gardner, Canada, east of Northfield, belonging to Joe Williams, also one dollar, one pistareen, and two coppers, and an empty money bag. This was so extraordinary an occurrence that it was entered