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haw three-fourths of an acre of land, the land being that upon which his dwelling house stands. This land was bounded east upon the country road; north and south on Thomas Willis. This house stood on the westerly side of Woburn street, near the northerly corner of the Lucy Ann Brooks estate. There was an old house that stood on the corner of High and Grove streets, on land formerly of Captain Timothy Wheeler, and it was sold by his grandson, Mr. Ebenezer Prout, to Messrs. John and Stephen Francis. It subsequently became a part of the Brooks estate. This estate contained sixty acres of land, and was bounded westerly, on Mistick Pond; southerly, on the way to the Weares; easterly, on the road to Woburn, and northerly, on a ditch and hedge. The deed to the Messrs. Francis was dated March 2, 1692. Mr. Thomas Willis built a house on the northerly side of the way to Woburn, at the foot of the hill known as Marm Simonds' Hill. It is supposed to have been built prior to the year