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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., March 19, 1627-8. (search)
en yt inhabited most remote from ye meeting-house, and dwell most fcattered; but a later note states, For want of a Penalty set, this order of no force. The same date an order was passed relative to the measuring out the remote meddows (probably in Weston). July 17, 1638, there was a grant of Waltham lands in the order yt all those Freemen yt have no Lotts at ye Towneship shall have 12 Acre Lotts beyond Bever Plaine and all other townesmen shall have six Acre Lotts in ye said Plaine. December 10, 1638, three orders of general interest were passed; one confirming the Highway to ye little Plaine beyond the Mill, another ordering that ye Highway leading to Concord shalbe 6 rods broad, and a third yt whosoever shall kill a wolfe in ye Towne shall have for ye fame 5s. Wolves were constantly giving trouble, and frequent bounties were offered as in this last order. In 1647, the town sold their right in the palisade that enclosed the wolfe pen. Another evidence that the inhabitants lived