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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 5: civil History. (search)
Townsmen please to have him keep them; and he is to keep them at Rocky Meadow. April 4, 1636. Agreed with John Talcott and William Wadsworth to have their house at Rocky Meadow this year, for the hog-keeper to abide in; and they are to have their cattle go free from paying towards the pound for dry cattle this year. It is ordered, That Richard Rice shall begin to keep the cows the 11th of April, 1636. It is ordered, That William Pattine shall begin to keep the dry cattle the 14th of April. Ordered, That whosoever finds a cock, hen, or turkey, in a garden, it shall be lawful for them to require three pence of the owner; and if they refuse to pay, then to kill the same. Andrew Warner and Joseph Cooke to make a rate for the division of the alewives. It was customary to put one or more alewives in each hill of corn, and to use them otherwise for the enrichment of the soil. They were considered of so much value for this purpose as to be divided ratably. As late as J