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Samuell Dudly (search for this): chapter 4
ng the relative shares in the impaled ground. Common pales divided as follows:— John Haynes, Esq.70 rods.Steven Hart8 rods. Thomas Dudly, Esq.40 rods.William Wadsworth7 rods. Mr. Symon Bradstreet20 rods.George Steele6 rods. John Benjamin50 rods.Richard Goodman6 rods. John Talcott36 rods.John Bridg.6 rods. Mathew Allen45 rods.Symon Sackett6 rods. William Westwood30 rods.Richard Butler6 rods. James Omstead25 rods.Capt. Patrike5 rods. Daniell Denison25 rods.Richard Web5 rods. Samuell Dudly25 rods.John Masters4 rods. Andrew Warner20 rods.Antho. Colby4 rods. William Goodwine16 rods.John Clark3 rods. John White15 rods.Nath. Richards3 rods. John Steele14 rods.Richard Lord3 rods. Edward Stebinge12 rods.Abraham Morrill3 rods. William Spencer12 rods.William Kelse3 rods. Thomas Hosmer10 rods.Jonath. Bosworth2 rods. William Lewis10 rods.Tho. Spencer2 rods. Hester Musse10 rods.Garrad Hadon2 rods. Joseph Readinge2 rods.Edward Elmer2 rods. Thomas Heate2 rods.Jeremy Addams
Steven Hart (search for this): chapter 4
shall first tender the sale thereof to the town inhabitants interested, who shall either give him the charge he hath been at, or else to have liberty to sell it to whom he can. In the list which follows, evidently according to the preceding order, though not immediately succeeding it on the record, I preserve the original orthography, together with the number of rods, indicating the relative shares in the impaled ground. Common pales divided as follows:— John Haynes, Esq.70 rods.Steven Hart8 rods. Thomas Dudly, Esq.40 rods.William Wadsworth7 rods. Mr. Symon Bradstreet20 rods.George Steele6 rods. John Benjamin50 rods.Richard Goodman6 rods. John Talcott36 rods.John Bridg.6 rods. Mathew Allen45 rods.Symon Sackett6 rods. William Westwood30 rods.Richard Butler6 rods. James Omstead25 rods.Capt. Patrike5 rods. Daniell Denison25 rods.Richard Web5 rods. Samuell Dudly25 rods.John Masters4 rods. Andrew Warner20 rods.Antho. Colby4 rods. William Goodwine16 rods.John Clark3 ro
James Olmstead (search for this): chapter 4
that at least one half were not of the Braintree Company, as many have supposed. Thomas Dudley, Simon Bradstreet, Daniel Patrick, Simon Sackett, and William Spencer were here before August, 1632, when the Braintree company removed. Samuel Dudley was doubtless here also. Daniel Denison came here from Roxbury. Anthony Colby, Garrad Haddon, and Joseph Reading, were of Boston in 1630; and John Masters of Watertown, in 1631. John Benjamin, Edward Elmer, William Goodwin, William Lewis, James Olmstead, Nathaniel Richards, John Talcott, William Wadsworth, and John White, arrived at Boston, in the Lion, Sept. 16, 1632, a month after the Braintree Company removed; and John Haynes did not arrive until Sept. 3, 1633. The name of Simon Oakes is erroneously given in Col. Mass. Hist. Soc., VII. 10, instead of Simon Sackett. Precisely how many of the other half were of that company, I have no means to determine; but from whatever place they may have come, the number of inhabitants so increas
Simon Sackett (search for this): chapter 4
639; he probably removed to Hartford in 1639, where he was Selectman and Deputy, and died in 1640. John Kirman removed to Lynn, 1632, and was a Deputy, 1635. Simon Sackett died here before 3d November, 1635, when administration was granted to his widow Isabell Sackett. But this Book of Records was not commenced until 1632, severtwo persons, it is certain that at least one half were not of the Braintree Company, as many have supposed. Thomas Dudley, Simon Bradstreet, Daniel Patrick, Simon Sackett, and William Spencer were here before August, 1632, when the Braintree company removed. Samuel Dudley was doubtless here also. Daniel Denison came here from mpany removed; and John Haynes did not arrive until Sept. 3, 1633. The name of Simon Oakes is erroneously given in Col. Mass. Hist. Soc., VII. 10, instead of Simon Sackett. Precisely how many of the other half were of that company, I have no means to determine; but from whatever place they may have come, the number of inhabitants
Charles Towne (search for this): chapter 4
vernment, having some additional pillars to underprop the building, began to think of a place of more safety in the eyes of man than the two frontier towns of Charles Towne and Boston were, for the habitation of such as the Lord had prepared to govern this pilgrim people. Wherefore they rather made choice to enter further among the Indians than hazard the fury of malignant adversaries who in a rage might pursue them, and therefore chose a place situate on Charles River, between Charles Towne and Water Towne, where they erected a town called New Town, now named Cambridge, being in form like a list cut off from the broad-cloth of the two forenamed towns, wheTowne, where they erected a town called New Town, now named Cambridge, being in form like a list cut off from the broad-cloth of the two forenamed towns, where this wandering race of Jacobites gathered the eighth church of Christ. Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc., XIII. 136. Notwithstanding it was agreed that all the assistants should build at the New Town in the spring of 1631, it does not appear that any of them fulfilled the agreement, except Dudley and Bradstreet. Governor Winthrop ind
William Pynchon (search for this): chapter 4
, and Watertown, on the twenty-eighth of December, we grew to this resolution, to bind all the assistants Winthrop was then Governor, and Dudley Deputy Governor; the Assistants were Sir Richard Saltonstall, John Endicott, Increase Nowell, William Pynchon, Thomas Sharp, Roger Ludlow, William Coddington, and Simon Bradstreet. (Mr. Endicott and Mr. Sharpe excepted, which last purposeth to return by the next ship into England), to build houses at a place a mile east from Watertown, near Charles y like the old Market Place in Boston, it was used for traffic, in the open air, between the inhabitants and such as brought commodities for sale. but he went to England in the spring of 1631, and did not return. Nowell remained at Charlestown; Pynchon, at Roxbury; Ludlow, at Dorchester; and Coddington, at Boston. Endicott and Sharpe were originally free from engagement. Dr. Holmes says, the Deputy Governor (Dudley), Secretary Bradstreet, and other principal gentlemen, in the spring of 163
Joseph Holmes (search for this): chapter 4
ace, by which name it was known for more than two centuries, though no market-house was ever erected there. Probably like the old Market Place in Boston, it was used for traffic, in the open air, between the inhabitants and such as brought commodities for sale. but he went to England in the spring of 1631, and did not return. Nowell remained at Charlestown; Pynchon, at Roxbury; Ludlow, at Dorchester; and Coddington, at Boston. Endicott and Sharpe were originally free from engagement. Dr. Holmes says, the Deputy Governor (Dudley), Secretary Bradstreet, and other principal gentlemen, in the spring of 1631, commenced the execution of the plan. Coll. Mass. Hist Soc., VII. 7. No list of inhabitants is found until after the Braintree company arrived in the summer of 1632, except this memorandum on the title-page of the Town Records: The Towne Book of Newtowne. Inhabitants there—Mr. Tho. Dudly Esq., Mr. Symon Bradstreet, Mr. Edmond Lockwood, Mr. Daniell Patricke, John Poole, William S
Hester Mussey (search for this): chapter 4
eet to the easterly line. Eastwardly from Small-lot hill the land was divided into large lots, which were assigned in the following order and quantity: Samuel Dudley, 22 1/2 acres; Thomas Dudley, Esq., 63 acres; Richard Goodman, 6 acres; William Westwood, 27 acres; John Talcott,. 32 acres; Daniel Denison, 22 1/2 acres; John Haynes, Esq., 63 acres; (these lots severally extended from what is now Main Street to Somerville line; the following lots bordered southerly on the Great Marsh): Widow Hester Mussey, 9 acres; Matthew Allen, 27 acres; John Talcott, 45 acres, bordering eastwardly on the marsh, and another lot, wholly marsh, 50 acres; Atherton Hough, 130 acres of marsh and upland, embracing Graves his neck, or East Cambridge. At a later period, another planting field was enclosed by a common fence, and was called the West field, and sometimes West-end field. It was bounded northerly by Garden Street, easterly by Wyeth Street, southerly by Vassall Lane, and westerly by the Great
Hist Soc (search for this): chapter 4
like a list cut off from the broad-cloth of the two forenamed towns, where this wandering race of Jacobites gathered the eighth church of Christ. Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc., XIII. 136. Notwithstanding it was agreed that all the assistants should build at the New Town in the spring of 1631, it does not appear that any of them fulfisays, the Deputy Governor (Dudley), Secretary Bradstreet, and other principal gentlemen, in the spring of 1631, commenced the execution of the plan. Coll. Mass. Hist Soc., VII. 7. No list of inhabitants is found until after the Braintree company arrived in the summer of 1632, except this memorandum on the title-page of the Town R a month after the Braintree Company removed; and John Haynes did not arrive until Sept. 3, 1633. The name of Simon Oakes is erroneously given in Col. Mass. Hist. Soc., VII. 10, instead of Simon Sackett. Precisely how many of the other half were of that company, I have no means to determine; but from whatever place they may have
Harriet Lincoln (search for this): chapter 4
n the neck, between Roxbury and Boston, Dec. 6, 1630; but, for several reasons, they abandoned that project, eight days afterwards, and agreed to examine other places. On the twenty-first day of the same month: We met again at Watertown, and there, upon view of a place a mile beneath the town, all agreed it a fit place for a fortified town, and we took time to consider further about it. Savage's Winthrop, i. 45, 46. Dudley, describing the events of 1630, in his letter to the Countess of Lincoln, says, We began again in December to consult about a fit place to build a town upon, leaving all thoughts of a fort, because upon any invasion we were necessarily to lose our houses when we should retire thereinto. So after divers meetings at Boston, Roxbury, and Watertown, on the twenty-eighth of December, we grew to this resolution, to bind all the assistants Winthrop was then Governor, and Dudley Deputy Governor; the Assistants were Sir Richard Saltonstall, John Endicott, Increase No
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