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A REPORT
OF THE
RECORD COMMISSIONE
CONTAINING THE
ROXBURY LAND AND CHURCH RECORDS.
SECOND EDITION. BOSTON:
ROCKWELL AND CHURCHILL, CITY PRINTE
No. 39 ARCH STREET.
1884. REPORT
OF THE
RECORD COMMISSIONERS.
BOSTON, December 31, 1880. The Record Commissioners obtained the consent of the City Council this year, to print, as their sixth volume, the Land Records of Roxbury,
thereby carrying out the idea of apportioning the work among the various sections of our present city. The second volume contains Boston records; the third, Charlestown records; the fourth, Dorchester records; the
present, Roxbury records; and the seventh, now in the printers' hands, will resume the Boston volumes.
ROXBURY LAND RECORDS. 1
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26.] *4. Isaack Heath his dwelling house, barne, orchyard and house lott three accres more or lesse upon the highway leading to the meeting house east, and South. upon Joseph Weld North, and upon
Jasper Ranlins west. and foureteene accres of salt marsh more or lesse, upon the west of the marsh of william Parke, upon the east of the marsh of Mr John Eliot, upon the North of the channell leading towards Pine
Hand, and upon the south of William Denison and his owne land being more six accres of upland in the calues pasture, abutting thereon upon the North, and the highway leading to Dorchester south, upon the land of the
heirs of Samuell Hagborne west, upon the lands of William Denison east, Allso six accres of salt marsh in grauelly poynt, and foure accres of upland at stony riuer upon the east, and upon the highway leading to the
great pond west, and fower and twenty accres not far from Gamblins end, upon the south of a highway leading to the great lotts, upon the North of the land of the heires of George Alcock, and upon the west of the
heirs of George Holmes. and sixteene accres at the great pond upon the North, upon the south of a highway, upon Mr. John Elliot west. and six accres more or lesse lately bought of Mr William Perkins lying in the
calues pasture, upon William Denison west, upon a lane to the salt marsh east upon Mr. John Elliot and William Denison North, and upon a lane leading to the house of Richard Goade
south, and in the second alottment of the last deuission being the eleventh lott, lying betweene John Stow and Mr John Elliot ninety foure accres three quarters and thirty pole. and in the fower thousand accres two hundred fifty and six accres. and three roodes of swamp-land lately the land of John Stow, lying on the cast of Isaac Morrill, upon the west of land lately John Stannards, and upon the highway North. and foure accres more or lesse lately the land of Richard Pepper, lying in the upper calues-pasture inclosed with the lands lately John Stows, William Parkes, Edward Pason, and Robert Williams, as it doth and may appeare by the markes and bounds thereof.
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[30.] *8. John Johnson his house barne, and hous lott on the back side of his orchyard and buildings lying together with liberty to inclose the swamp and brooke before the same, not anoying any highway,
conteining in all eight accres more or lesse, upon Thomas Lambs heires towards the west, and upon william Denison towards the south, and three accres of marsh betweene the home lott and the marsh of the heirs
of Samuell Hagborne, upon Thomas Lamb towards the north, and west, and william Denison east, and twenty accres more or lesse of mowing ground upon the marsh of Mr Thomas Weld, and the land of Thomas Lamb on
the east and so compassed with muddy riuer and stoney riuer, and ten accres of woodland more or lesse lying betweene the great lotts and the lands of the heires of Samuell Hagborne, and so turning up betweene the
lott lately bought of George Bowers and a way leading to Rocky swamp, and foure accres more or lesse lying betweene the way leading to Rocky swamp Northweast and upon the schoole land upon the south and east; and in
the last deuission, in the first and third alottments of that deuission being the fourth lott their one hundred ten1 accres and one quarter, and one and fifty accres and halfe bought of Edward Porter and John Pettit
lying in the thousand accres at Deddam. and six accres more or lesse bought of Jeames Morgan, upon stoney riuer west, and upon a highway leading to the great pond east. and sixteene accres and a halfe more or
lesse bought of Richard Goad
lying at rocky swamp, abutting upon the land of Edward Pason west, and upon the land of Edward Bridges east, and an accre and a quarter more or lesse, lately the land of Thomas Lamb, upon the home lott and Meadow of John Johnson Northwest, upon the highway leading to the watermill southeast, and upon the home lott of the heires of Thomas Lamb North, and three accres of woodland more or lesse lately the land of John Stebbins, lying at Rocky swamp. And fower accres of fresh meadow more or lesse lately bought of John Parepoynt lying in the great meades betweene the lands of Isaack Morrill and William Cheiney. And thirteene accres and twenty rod of land wood and pasture bought of Thomas Gardner in the nookes next Dorchester, betweene the lands of Henry Farnham and the lands of the heires of Thomas Stannard.
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[43.] *21. Mr Joshua Foote, his house, barne, with out houses, with garden yards and house lot at the east side their of foure accres more or lesse, butting upon Mr Thomas Weld east and south, and upon
the heires of Samuel Hagborne North, and twelue accres more or lesse inclosed, upon the highway to muddy riuer south, and upon stoney riner north, upon William parke east, and Mr Thomas Weld west, and fifteene
accres more or lesse, upon Francis Smith east, upon Abraham Newell west, and both ends betwixt two highwayes, and three accres more or lesse in the upper calues pasture, upon the highway northward, upon William
Parke east and south, and upon Edward Pason west; and fifteene accres of salt marsh upon Thomas Robbisons land (lately) north, and a creeke compassing it on the east and south; and foureteene accres upon the
north of the way that leadeth to the fresh meadowes, upon Abraham How and Thomas Bell south, the end upon Christopher Peake east, and upon Daniell Brewer west, and foure accres of fresh meadow more or lesse
adioyning to the meadow of Richard Goad, and fiue accres of salt marsh, upon the end of the twelue accres abouesaid, compassed with the creeke
bought of Jeames Morgan and Richard Pepper; and foure accres more or less within Boston gate, and in the thousand accres neare Deddam twelue accres, and in the second alotments in the last diuison the
foureteenth lott, betweene Mr John Eliot and Samuell Hagborne, one hundred and eighteene accres, and in the foure thousand accres two hundred nynty and fower accres.
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49.] *27. George Holmes his heires, their dwelling house barne and lott, fiue accres more or lesse. Butting on the way at Dorchester brooke South, and upon the heires of Thomas Pigg west, and two
accres of salt marsh more or lesse adioyning to it west and south, and to Robert Williams east, and three accres more or lesse in the neck upon Nickolas Clap east upon Nickolas Butler west, and eight accres more or
lesse upon the heires of Mr William Pirkins South, upon the heires of Thomas Pigge west, and upon Robert Williams east, and twelve accres more or lesse upon Elder Isaack Heath east, upon Gamblins end west and south,
and three accres in the Necke bought of Richard Goad, upon Nickolas Clap west, and upon Ralph Hemmingway east, and in the first and third
alotments in the last diuision being the five and twentyeth lott lying betweene Thomas Bell and the heires of Thomas Lamb fifty-six accres and a halfe and fiue and twenty rodds, and in the foure thousand accres one
hundred sixty and two accres.
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[55.] *33. Robert Williams his house, barne, and lott fiue accres more or lesse, butting upon Edward Riggs and Giles Pason southwest, upon Giles Pason northeast, upon the highway south, and upon Edward
Pason west, and seauen accres of land more or lesse upon Thomas Lamb south, upon John Burwell north, and betweene two highwayes, and twelue accres more or lesse, upon Richard Goad
south, upon the heirs of George Holmes west and upon Dorchester marshes east, and twenty accres more or lesse bought of Mr William Pirkins upon the west of the way leading to the
fresh meadow ioyning to the said twelue accres and so upon Richard Peacocke and John Johnson1 and in the first and third alottment in the last diuission being the three and twentyeth lott lying betweene Jacob
Sheafe his assignes and Thomas Bell thirty and two accres, and in the thousand accres neare Deddam twenty and fiue accres, and nine accres more or lesse bought of Thomas Gardner lying in the great lotts,
abutting upon Isaack Heath senior northwest, and upon Tobias Dauis and the schole land southeast and one accre and a halfe of salt marsh, upon widdow Holmes west, and upon Edward Riggs east, and three roodes bought
of Edward Riggs, butting upon Ralph Hemmenway cast, and upon Edward Riggs west, and upon the heires of George Holmes north, and foure accres in the fresh meadow bought of John Johnson, butting upon the land of the
heires of John Stannard westward, and upon the land of Giles Pason, and William Lion eastward, and one acre of fresh meadow bought of Edward Riggs butting upon Edward Riggs, southwest, and upon the heires of Thomas
Pigge northeast, and one accre more of fresh meadow bought of William Cheiney lying without the ditch, butting upon the land of William Cheiney north, and Richard Sutton and upon Dorchester highway south east and
a dwelling house, barne, and orchard with the land the housing stands upon, and adioyning to it, being about an accre more or lesse, lying upon the west side of a highway and so butting upon Edward Riggs and
Giles Pason towards the north, and the home lott and swamp within the fence belonging to the house affoursayd being eight accres more or lesse together with six accres more or lesse lying without the fence, butting
west upon a highway leading into the woods, and upon Dorchester brooke south east. And two accres and a halfe more or lesse of marsh being part of ten accres bought of Edward Pason, and now sold by William Lyon to
Robert Williams now lying below the salt pan.
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[59.] *37. Giles Pason his house barnes, and lott fiue accers more or lesse butting upon the highway towards the east, and south, upon the heires of Thomas Pigge North, and upon Ralph Hemingway west,
and six accres and a halfe in the great lotts, upon the assignes of Thomas Gardner south, and one end upon Richard Peacocke, and one side upon the highway; and seauen accres at the side of the lotts upon Dorchester
bounds, betweene Edward Riggs, and the heires of Thomas Pigge, and one accre more or lesse of salt marsh lying betweene Edward Denison and Dorchester tide mill, and in the first and third alottment of the last
diuision being the twelfe lott lying betweene Abraham Newell and the heires of John Levens, exchanged with John Roberts for thirty-three accres and a halfe and thirty rodds in his lott lying in the second diuission
the second lott betweene Richard Wooddy and Mr Thomas Weld, and in the thousand accres neare Deddam seauen accres and a halfe, and three accres more or lesse in the great lotts, upon John Stebbins westward, upon
Ralph Hemingway eastward and upon the schoole land south, and sixteene accres more or lesse bought of John Butler lying at the dead swamp, butting upon the highway west, and upon the brooke, east, and two accres and
a roode more or lesse in the fresh meadow upon Richard Sutton east, upon Robert Williams west, and upon William Lion south and foure accres more or lesse bought of Thomas Robison butting upon Edward Riggs and
Richard Goad
southward, upon Edward Pason westward and upon John Stebbins Northwest. And an accre and a halfe more or lesse bought of Richard Sutton, butting east upon Robert Williams, south upon Edward Riggs North upon Isaack Heath se, and west upon Richard Sutton.
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[69.] *48 Richard Goad his house, barne and home lott three accres more or lesse, upon two highwayes west, and north, and upon Ralph Hemmingway south, and foure accres more or lesse, upon Edward Riggs
north, and upon Robert Williams south, and one accre and a halfe of salt marsh more or lesse, upon the west of the heires of George Holmes, and two accres of fresh meadow in a little meadow whereof the assignes of
Joshua Hews haue the ressidue, and thirteene accres and a halfe bought of John Johnson being the sixt lott in the Nookes, and lying next Dorchester. betweene John Mayes, and John Gorton.
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76.] *55. Edward Riggs his house barne and home lott, fiue accres more or lesse butting upon the highway southward one end upon the land lately William Parkes northward, one side upon Robert Williams
eastward and the other side upon John Turner westward. And three accres upon the end of the great lotts northward, and upon a way betweene Roxsbury and Dorchester southward upon Nickolas Butler eastward, and upon
Giles Pason westward, and seauen accres upon the sayd highway southward, and upon Richard Goad
northward, one end upon Thomas Robison or his assignes eastward, and the other end upon the highway to the great meade westward. And one accre in the fresh meade with two rodds of upland at each end, lying betweene John Watson, and Robert Williams. And three roodes of salt marsh in blackneeck, upon Robert Williams northwest and southeast, and upon the creeke south, and upon Nickolas Clap east, and in the diuision of the Nookes being the sixt lott lying betweene the heires of John Stone and the lott of John Mayes being thirteene accres and twenty rodds. And in the thousand accres neare Deddam ten accres.
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[87.] *66. William Healy his dwelling house and orchyard with the mill lott being three accres more or lesse abbutting upon the highway south, upon Mr Hugh Prichards land north, and upon the highway to
the landing place west. And the old mill house with the appertenances lately Mr Hugh Prichards butting upon Stoney riuer south, and on the other sides upon the highway. And eleuen accres more or lesse bought of
Thomas Robbinson lying neare the great pond upon Isaack Johnson North, and upon Robert Pepper east. And a barne with two yards. And twelue accres of upland more or lesse lying upon the great hill, upon Mr John Gore
west, upon Samuell Finch east, upon a way leading to William Heath meadow south, and upon the highway leading to muddy riuer north. and the one halfe of seauen accres more or lesse of upland and meadow which lyeth
upon the west side of muddy riuer within the fence of Peter Oliuer upon the west side, the south end upon Mr Prichard and the north end upon muddy riuer bridg. And twenty seauen accres and a halfe and ten rodds
lying in the first and third allottment the sixteenth lott. And in the thousand accres neare Deddam twenty seauen accres bought of John Roberts, And twenty six accres and three quarters the fifteenth allottment
lying betweene William Webb and Richard Goad. And in the thousand accres neare Deddam twelue accres. And twenty three accres and thirty rodd in the first and third allotment bought of William Webb. William
Healy hath sold forty of these last accres unto John Weld.
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[110.] Entered In the Book on Transcript of the lands of Roxbury 26 February 169 5/6 This list Containes an accot
of the first Range of lots in the Town's half of Woodstock land as they were drawn at a Town Meeting appointed for that end 26 April 1695, and surveyed and layd out by M John Butcher and the Committee chosen by the
Inhabitants proprietors of the same the sd. Range containeing thirty four lots in number all of which ly upon the right hand of the path which leadeth to Woodstock the first lot of which sd first Range abutteth upon
sd path or highway and is bounded by the lines or highway which divides between the land of the first goers or first setlers of Woodstock and the stayers, or other inhabitants of Roxbury as by a Plat of the same
under the hand of the Mr. John Butcher may be more cleerly and perticularly appeeres, deciphered on the other sides. [112.] This list Containes the number and quantity
of the second Range of Lots as they were layed out by the aforesaid Surveyor and Committee, the first lot whereof being the 35 lot is bounded Southwardly by a high Way lying between the land of the first setlers of
Woodstock land and the other Inhabitants of Roxbury according as sd Lotts are deciphered in the Plat therof on the other side No.
54 Jonathan Davis 35
acres
otherwise Joseph Gord or his heirs
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Major John Bowles M??Edward Dorr and Samuel Williams being a Committee chosen and impowered by a vote of the proprietors of Woodstock north -- half the 19th May 1713 to enquire and inspect any
wrong entry in the Book in relation to any of these Lands meet this 20th Novembr 1716 and then Did Declare as their opinion and report that the 54th Lott entered Jonathan Davis 35; accres ought to have been entred
Joseph Gord or his heirs and accordingly ordred the Clerk to enter his name therein this was Done on examination and enquiry of the sd Davis and two of the heirs of sd Gord being present. by order of sd Committee W. DUDLEY clerk.
THE REV. JOHN ELIOT'S RECORD OF CHURCH MEMBERS, ROXBURY, MASS. 71
THE REV. JOHN ELIOT'S RECORD OF CHURCH MEMBERS, ROXBURY, MASS. 72
A recorde of such as adjoyned themselves vnto the fellowship of
this Church of Christ at Roxborough: as also of such children
as they had when they joyned, & of such as were borne vnto
them vnder the holy Covenant of this Church who are most
pperly the seede of this Church.
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(no date indicated and it doesn't appear this section is in date order)
page 90 1671
29. 8m. 71. Mrs Rebecca Dudley wife to Mr Joseph Dudley, Mary Goard wife to Richd. Goard,
Mary Evans wife to John Evans, Mary Davis wife to John Davis, admitted to full Comunion.
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page 115 1643 [Baptised]
page 116 1645
page 117 1647
page 118 1648
Month 1 day 11. John Woody sonne of John Woody.
day 18. Joseph Pepper sonne of Rob: Pepper
Hannah Lewis daughter of William Lewis
day 25. Obadiah Gore sonne of Mr. John Gore.
Johanna Paison daughter of Edward Paison
Sarah Goard daughter of Richard Goard
page 119 1651
Moneth 2 day 6. Deborah Park daughter to Will. Parke.
day 13. Joseph Goard the sonn of Richard Goard
page 120 1652
page 121 1656
Moneth 7 day 7. Benjamin Goard, sonne of Richard Goard.
page 171 1648
Month 3d day 25. Hannah Hanshet a child dyed of windy convulsions.
30 Joseph Goard a young child dyed of the same
disease.
pages 182 - 183 1678
Mon 12. day 11. A new borne infant of Robert Peirdoint dyed
by falling out of lap of a girle yt. had it &
slep, so leting it fall. day 5. Mary the daughter Jakob Newel dyed o Pox.
day 8. Theoda Willias| both dyed of the pox
Mary Hopkins | buryed yi day.
day 14. Marget, a child of Joseph Weld, dyed of the
the pox.
day 17. Elizabeth, the wife of Joseph Weld, dyed of
the pox.
day 18. John Goard, a young man, dyed of the pox.
day 21. Dorcas, infant of Widdow Nath. Gary, of the
pox.
day 28. Phebe, the wife of Richard Goard, of the pox.
page 185 1683
M. 4. d. 1. Hannah, wife of James Clark.
d. 21. A still borne infant of John Gravner, it dyed in
the birth.
d. 20. Blind Fathr. Goard buryed.
page 212 1673
INDEX TO ROXBURY LAND AND CHURCH RECORDS. 214
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