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his farm to other persons. May 25, 1661: Richard Russell, who had occupied the mansion-house five years, sold it, with twelve hundred acres of his land, to Jonathan Wade, who lived near the bridge on the south side of the river. After the death of Mr. Russell, his heirs sold three hundred and fifty acres to Mr. Peter Tufts. The deed is dated April 20, 1677. This tract is now the most thickly settled part of Medford. The names of early settlers are found in their deeds of land. Oct. 20, 1656: James Garrett, captain of the ship Hope, sells, for £ 5, to Edward Collins, forty acres of land on the north side of Mistick River, butting on Mistick Pond on the west. March 13, 1657: Samuel Adams sells to Ed. Collins forty acres of land; bounded on the east by Zachariah Symmes, south by Meadford Farm, on the south and west by James Garrett. Paid £ 10. Ed. Collins sells to Edward Michelson five and a half acres on the highway to the oyster-bank and long meadow. March 13, 1675