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 A COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT OF BOOK ONE OF THE GENERAL RECORDS 
 
 OF THE TOWN, TOGETHER WITH THE SELECTMEN'S DAY 
 
 BOOK, COVERING A PORTION OF THE SAME PERIOD, 
 
 BEING 
 
 VOLUME THRKB 
 
 OF THE PRINTED RECORDS OF THE TOWN. 
 
 ILLUSTRATED WITH FAC-SIMILES OF THE HANDWRITING OF FOUR TOWN 
 CLERKS AND OF AUTOGRAPHS OF FIFTY OF THE EARLY SETTLERS. 
 
 EIHTED BY THE TOWN CLEKK, 
 
 DON GLEASON HILL, 
 
 PRESIDENT OF THE BEDHAM HISTORICAL, SOCIETY, 
 
 MEMBER OF THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORfC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, 
 AND OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. 
 
 DEDHAM, MASS. 
 
 PRINTED AT OFFICE OF THE DEDHAM TRANSCRIPT. 
 
 1892.
 
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 PUBLISHED BY VOTE OF THE TOWN; 
 PASSED APRIL n, 1892.
 
 itje ittcmorti of 
 ELEAZER LUSHER, 
 
 OF DEDHAM, 
 
 For many years chosen to " Keepe the Towne Booke ;" 
 
 A man of diverse talents, frequently employed 
 
 "by the General Court in important public 
 
 affairs of the Colony, and at the same 
 
 time a leader at home in all 
 
 matters religious, civil 
 
 and military, 
 
 ts Uolume is Eespectfullg etiicatetr* 
 
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 was at first a perfect upright Creature, 
 The lively Image of his Great Creator : 
 When Adam fell all Men in him Transgress X \ 
 And since that time they Err, that are the best \ 
 The Printer Errs, / Err much like the Rest. J 
 Welcome s that Man, for to complain of me 
 Whose Self & Works are quite from Error free. 
 
 Nathaniel Ames (Almanaclt), 1729.
 
 INTROD UCTION. 
 
 THE year of the two hundred and fiftieth Anniversary of Dedham, 1886, 
 the Town published its first volume of printed Records, comprising the 
 Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1845. Two years later it published a 
 second volume, comprising records from the several churches, and inscrip- 
 tions from the cemeteries, 1638-1845. At the last annual Town meeting the 
 Town made another appropriation towards printing a third volume, to com- 
 mence with the earliest general records of the Town, by means of which this 
 book is published. It contains the whole of Book One of the Town Records, 
 also, commencing with page 150, is a transcript of the Selectmens' Day 
 Book, a very interesting little book, which has seen hard service, and which 
 has not been so faithfully cared for in the past as the other record books of 
 the Town ; by its paging it would appear that at least seven leaves are gone 
 at the beginning and probably a few at the end of the book. In cases where 
 the entries made in the Day Book were found entered in Book One, and 
 printed therefrom, they have not been again reprinted, references only having 
 been made thereto. 
 
 September, 3, 1635, the Court ordered a plantation to be settled about 
 two miles above Charles River. Mass. Col. Rec., Vol. 1, page 156. Prepa- 
 rations for the settlement were soon made, and we have a recorded meeting 
 Aug. 18, 1636, [p. 20]. At the third recorded meeting, Sept. 5, 1636, 
 ; ' all y e names of them w ch are admitted into our Society are subscribed" 
 (twenty-two in all) to a petition to the Court for an additional grant of land, 
 and praying that the Town might be distinguished by the name of CONTENT- 
 MENT. As a copy of this petition appears at the beginning of Book One, 
 this printed volume begins with that petition. The prayer was granted except 
 in regard to the name, which was called DEDHAM. Mass. Col. Rec., Vol. I,/. 
 179. At the beginning of the record of the first two meetings, however, the 
 name CONTENTMENT was written and afterwards erased and the word DEDHAM 
 written over it. When Book One was put into its present binding, some of 
 the leaves at the beginning seem to have been put together arbitrarily. As 
 now bound, after the petition and the Court order thereon, are eight orders 
 that might now be called by-laws, passed at different dates, and in the 
 arrangement of the matter for this volume it has been thought better to print 
 the Covenant before these orders, and also to include with these eight orders 
 others now bound into Volume three of the Records, as explained by a note 
 on page 4. The record proper begins on page 20 of this printed book.
 
 vi DEJDHAM TOWN EECOKDS. 
 
 These Records are important to the student of early Colonial history. 
 Dedham was particularly fortunate in having at the beginning men who under- 
 stood the importance of carefully written records. This book contains the 
 Records of four different clerks, Edward Alleyn, Eleazer Lusher, Michael 
 Powell and Joshua Fisher, and a specimen of the handwriting of each is given. 
 The excellent style of making up the records of the meetings commenced by 
 Alleyn was continued by his successors. The members of the whole "society," 
 as it was called, were interested to know that their conclusions were properly 
 recorded, for the custom was early established of reading at each meeting 
 " that which was agreed upon at the last meeting," and confirming the same. 
 Edward Alleyn was probably the ablest man in the original company, but an 
 important addition was made July, 1637, when twelve new men were ad- 
 mitted, including the first pastor, Rev. John Allin, and Eleazer Lusher, and 
 from that date Eleazer Lusher was an important man in the company. Upon 
 Alleyn's death, 1642, Lusher was chosen as the keeper of the Town Book. 
 
 Lusher was a member of the first board of seven men chosen to order 
 the affairs of the Town, May, 1639, and from that date during nearly the 
 whole period covered by this book, and for many years after, he was one of 
 the seven men, selectmen as they are now styled, and for many years he was 
 also chosen to keep the Town Book. The interesting sketch of Major 
 Lusher following this introduction, written by Erastus Worthington, shows 
 what an important man he was in the Colony. Under such skilful hands our 
 records read from the very beginning more like the complete records of a 
 modern corporation than like those of a little company of hardy settlers, 
 struggling to make for themselves a home in the wilderness. Indeed so 
 minute in detail were the records made of their early proceedings that over 
 two hundred lar^e pages are required to print the records of le"ss than a 
 quarter of a century (and this does not include the Register of Births, Mar- 
 riages and Deaths, or Record of Grants of Land). 
 
 In the second volume of the Printed Records, the whole of Book One 
 of the records of the First Church in Dedham was published, containing a 
 minute history of the formation of the Church, written by Rev. John Allin, 
 the first pastor. Mr. Allin's Ms. is quoted in Felt's Ecclesiastical History of 
 New England, Vol. \,pp. 374-5, and Rev. Henry M. Dexter, D. D., in his 
 exhaustive work on Congregationalism, page 571, says: "One of the best 
 minute descriptions of the methods in use in New England is that of the or- 
 dination of Rev. John Allin over the First Church in Dedham, April, 1639. " 
 The late Wm. F. Allen, A. M., Professor of History in the University of Wis- 
 consin, wrote the Editor "It seems to me one of the most valuable docu- 
 ments, as illustrating the religious life of our fathers of the seventeenth 
 century which I have ever read." A rare opportunity is thus offered in these 
 two volumes of printed Records to study the relations of the Town and the 
 Church to each other in the earliest days of the Colony.
 
 INTR OD UCTION. vii 
 
 This printed volume will also be found interesting to students of family 
 history, especially to such as trace back into the early Dedham families. 
 
 It has been repeatedly stated that the period of greatest immigration to 
 the New England Colonies was between 1630 and 1640: that at the latter 
 date there was a population in New England of about twenty-one thousand, 
 and that after 1640 more persons went back from New to old England than 
 came from old England to New. " Yet so thrifty and teeming have been 
 those New Englanders that from that primeval community of twenty-one 
 thousand persons have descended the three and a half million who compose 
 the present population of New England, while of the entire population now 
 spread over the United States, probably every third person can read in the 
 history of the first settlement of New England the history of his own progen- 
 itors." Tyler s History of American Literature, Vol. 1, p. 94. 
 
 An examination of the index to the Births, Marriages and Deaths, 
 Dedham [printed] Records, Vol. 1, will show that there are very few large fam- 
 ilies there recorded, the original progenitors of which (having the family sur- 
 name) are not to be found upon the general Records of Dedham within the 
 period covered by this printed volume. 
 
 The transcript of this Volume of Records for the printer has been made 
 by Miss Martha A. Smith, the Assistant Librarian of the Dedham Historical 
 Society, who has performed her work with intelligent skill in reading the 
 ancient manuscript, and with a full appreciation of the importance of accu- 
 racy in such work, and who has also assisted the Editor in reading proof. 
 
 The fac-similes of autographs, fifty in number, which are found on pages 
 221-3-5, have been copied with great pains from various sources, from what 
 purported to be original signatures ; the one of Ezekiel Holliman was fur- 
 nished by Edward Field, one of the Record Commissioners of Providence, 
 R. I. ; four more were furnished by James Hewins of the Medfield Historical 
 Society, and the rest by Julius H. Tuttle, Assistant Librarian of the Massa- 
 chusetts Historical Society and Editor of the Dedham Historical Register, who 
 has prepared the whole collection for electrotyping, and who has also con- 
 tributed the index of subjects and in many other ways rendered valuable 
 assistance to the editor. The tail-piece, page 220, was contributed by Archi- 
 bald I. Lawrence of Dedham, a pen and ink sketch-. of articles in the Histor- 
 ical Society Library, where the editorial work upon this volume has been done. 
 
 Some of the signs used may need explanation, viz : 
 
 The asterisk inside brackets is used to indicate that the words 
 included in the brackets were erased in the original Ms. 
 
 t The dagger indicates that in the original manuscript there is a check 
 mark, in some instances looking like an erasure, but which was intended to 
 show that the matter had been recorded elsewhere, generally used in regard
 
 viii DEDHAM TOWN TtECOBDS. 
 
 to grants of land, though sometimes used where memorandum was made of 
 something subsequently to be done, which when done was checked off. 
 
 The words indented in italics are from the margin of the original. 
 
 [XXX ] Crosses inside brackets are used to indicate that 
 something was omitted because herein previously printed. 
 
 [ ] Space within brackets indicates words illegible, and words with- 
 in brackets doubtful. 
 
 c. expedioon expedition. 6. Deaco Deacon, 
 
 in. coiuon common. p. par. per, por-pson person. 
 
 n. alien alienation. p. pro -gporcon proportion, pp proper. 
 
 In the index of names, if the same name appears several times on the 
 page it is only indexed once, thus differing from the plan adopted in the index 
 of the two previously printed volumes of Dedham "Records. 
 
 The New England Historical and Genealogical Society, a few years ago, 
 made an effort to bring home to town officials the importance of printing 
 town records, and a few cities and towns have already undertaken this work. 
 See Third Report on the Custody and Condition of the Public Records, to 
 the Legislature, 1891, //. 101-3, by the Commissioner on Public Records. 
 The establishment of that office was an important measure and Robert T. Swan, 
 the Commissioner, has done the State an important service, and his reports 
 are among the most valuable public documents issued by the State. Mr. 
 Swan also has urged upon towns the importance of printing their records. I 
 would here express my concurrence with Mr. Swan as to the importance of 
 printing records, and also my confidence of the feasibility of such work, when- 
 ever it is undertaken in the right spirit and not simply for pecuniary gain. 
 
 The Records of Watertown* one of the most ancient settlements of Mas- 
 sachusetts, are now in the hands of the printer and will soon be published, 
 and the committee in charge thereof can rest assured that their labor of love 
 will be appreciated, and as quite a number of the first settlers of Dedham 
 came here from Watertown, their records will be interesting to many readers 
 of this volume. 
 
 With thanks to all who have rendered assistance and encouragement in 
 this work, this Third Volume of Dedham Records is submitted, in the hope 
 that the public will enjoy reading as much as the Town Clerk has enjoyed 
 editing this book of Ancient Records. 
 
 Town Clerk. 
 DEDHAM, MASS., Dec. 1, 1892.
 
 ELEAZER LUSHES. i x 
 
 ELEAZER LUSHER. 
 
 BY ERASTUS WORTHINGTON. 
 
 Among the twelve men who were admitted as townsmen, and who 
 subscribed to the Covenant of the original Company, in Dedham, on the 
 eighteenth of July, 1637, was Eleazer Lusher. Although that list included 
 Mr. John Allin, Mr. Timothy Dalton, Michael Metcalf, Anthony Fisher and 
 others, men of character and influence, who were a distinct accession to the 
 infant society, yet when we consider the long and distinguished service he 
 rendered subsequently, both to the Town and Colony, to Eleazer Lusher 
 must be accorded the highest place. Concerning his English history nothing 
 as yet can be ascertained, although some search has been made. His name 
 was uniformly written without the prefix, which the Puritans were careful to 
 place before the names of those who had received a Master's degree from 
 any of the colleges in the University of Cambridge, England. Though a de- 
 vout man, and one of the chosen seven who founded the Dedham Church, 
 yet among those who were considered as eligible to the office of pastor, 
 teacher or elder, his name does not appear. These facts, considered in con- 
 nection with the great aptitude he exhibited for civil and military affairs, lead 
 to the inference that he had not been educated to become a religious teacher. 
 But of his superior capacity and thorough training, the records of the Town 
 and of the General Court furnish conclusive and abundant evidence. 
 
 The civil offices in the Town, which Lusher held almost continuously 
 from the time of his arrival to the year of his death, indicate in some degree 
 the extent of the public service he rendered there. From October 28, 1642, 
 not continuously but with few intervals, in all twenty-one years, he held the 
 office of Town Clerk, and for twenty-nine years he was chosen one of the 
 seven men "for the regulating of the planting and prudential affairs of the 
 town," as the Selectmen were first called. The first records of the Town
 
 x DEDHAM TOWN EECOEDS. 
 
 were the work of Edward Alleyn, who came with the original company and 
 they testify to his accuracy and ability. But in the time of Lusher there ap- 
 pear to be greater fulness and completeness in the records, as well as a 
 more systematic arrangement. Undoubtedly Lusher, being one of the seven 
 men, and devoting for some years nearly his whole time to public business, 
 originated, in some instances the substance, as well as the form of the record. 
 A careful study of the ordinances or by-laws printed in the early part of this 
 volume, forty-eight in number, 1 will show a surprising comprehensiveness not 
 only of small matters incidental and necessary to planting a new settlement 
 in the wilderness, but also of things having a broader import and belonging 
 to an advanced civilization. Many of them in form and substance seem more 
 like the laws of the Colony than the by-laws of a town. From internal evi- 
 dence these ordinances appear to have been adopted at different times, but 
 they are all recorded in Lusher's handwriting, and were no doubt collated 
 and arranged by him, if he did not frame them, as is quite probable. How 
 well his services to the Town were appreciated by the generation that fol- 
 lowed after his time and while he was remembered, may be known from a 
 couplet which was then repeated: 
 
 When Lusher was in office all things went well, 
 But how they go since it shames us to tell. 8 
 
 These services of Lusher received a substantial recognition from his 
 townsmen early in his career, in the gift of lands. It was the custom of the 
 settlers, besides making general dividends of lands to each owner of lots in 
 the Town, to grant unappropriated lands as a recompense for public ser- 
 vices. Accordingly at a general meeting of the townsmen, held Jan. 2, 
 1642-3, the following order was passed : 
 
 Whereas Eleazer Lusher hath been more than ordinarily employed in 
 public service in Town affairs, to his great damage and loss of time, it was 
 therefore the mind of the Town, declared by vote, that the seven men now 
 to be chosen, should make him some recompense in this division of lands. a 
 
 It was in the public business of the Colony however, that Lusher found 
 a wider field for the exercise of his peculiar fitness for duties requiring judg- 
 ment, skill and capacity. From 1640 to 1662, with the exception of a few 
 intervening years, he was chosen a Deputy or Representative from the Town 
 to the General Court. In 1 662 he was chosen one of the Court of Assistants 
 
 'In/ret, p. 4-19. 'Wortlrington's Hixtory of Dedham, p. 50. ''Infra, p. 92.
 
 ELEAZEE LUSHER. xi 
 
 or Magistrates. This was the higher legislative body of the Colony, and it 
 was also the highest judicial tribunal. To this latter office Lusher was an- 
 nually chosen up to 1672, the year of his death. The records of the General 
 Court show, that both as Deputy and Assistant he was active and prominent. 
 Besides his attendance upon the regular sessions, after 1650, Capt. Lusher, 
 as he was then called, was quite constantly employed on various special 
 committees and commissions, to which he was appointed by the General 
 Court. A brief enumeration of these trusts will indicate the high degree of 
 confidence which was reposed in him. 
 
 In 1650 he was appointed with Capt. Humphrey Atherton to agree with 
 Plymouth Court "concerning the title to land called Shauwamett and 
 P.atuxit, and the protection of the English and Indians there, according to 
 our agreement." In the same year, he was one of a committee to settle the 
 boundary line of Watertown and Sudbury. In 1652 he was appointed at the 
 head of a committee to lay out the boundaries of the Indian plantation at 
 Natick. In 1657 he was authorized to act as a Special Commissioner or 
 Magistrate, to hold Courts in Dedham and Medfield. In 1661 he was ap- 
 pointed with " magistratticall " power, to lake proceedings against vagabond 
 Quakers at Dedham. In 1662 he was appointed to hold County Courts at 
 Salisbury, Hampton and Dover. In the same year he was appointed as sole 
 commissioner in the place of Capt. Humphrey Atherton deceased, to perfect 
 the work of running the boundary line between the Massachusetts and Ply- 
 mouth Colonies. In 1663 he was appointed with Maj. Gen. Leverett to settle 
 some differences with Rhode Island, and in 1665 he was sent on a commis- 
 sion to the County of York, to allay some disturbance or "reviling of the 
 government there." 
 
 In 1661 he was one of an important committee of twelve leading men of 
 the Colony, of which Mr. Bradstreet was the head, "to consider and debate 
 such matter or thing of public concernment touching our patent, laws and 
 privileges and duty to his Majesty, as they in their wisdom shall judge most 
 expedient, and draw up the result of their apprehensions." This was just 
 after the Restoration of Charles II, when much disquiet existed in the Colony 
 concerning the disposition of the king towards the Charter, which the colo- 
 nial authorities guarded with jealous care. 
 
 In May, 1672, Major William Hathorne and Major Eleazer Lusher were 
 appointed by the General Court "to make diligent inquiry in the several
 
 x ii DEDHAM TOWN EECORDS. 
 
 parts of this jurisdiction, concerning anything of moment that have past, 
 and in particular of what hath been collected by Mr. John Winthrop Sen, 
 Mr. Thomas Dudley, Mr. John Wilson Sen, Capt. Edward Johnson or any 
 other, that so matter being prepared, some meete person may be appointed 
 by this Court to put the same into form, so that, after perusal of the same it 
 may be put to press." Though it does not appear that the committee made 
 any formal report, and the General Court took no further action upon the 
 subject until 1679, when a committee was appointed to peruse Hubbard's 
 History of New England with a view to tts publication, it has been thought 
 that the materials collected by the committee of 1 672 were placed in Hub- 
 bard's hands. An interesting letter, written by Maj. Lusher to Governor 
 John Winthrop, Jr., of Connecticut, inquiring concerning the writings of his 
 father, the late Governor Winthrop of Massachusetts, shows that Major 
 Hathorne had left that part of the work to him. 1 
 
 Perhaps the most important and responsible duty which was assigned to 
 Major Lusher by the General Court was that of collating and revising the 
 laws of the Colony, for which he was appointed at the head of a committee, 
 by an order of the General Court passed May 31, 1670. The order is sig- 
 nificant of the confidence which was reposed in his capacity for such work. 
 
 Whereas there is a great want of law books for the use of the several 
 Courts and inhabitants of this jurisdiction at present, and very few of them 
 that are now extant or complete containing all laws now in force amongst us, 
 it is therefore ordered by this Court, that Major Eleazer Lusher, Capt. 
 Thomas Clarke, Capt. Edward Johnson, Capt. Hopestill Foster, Capt. 
 George Corwin and Capt. Joshua Hubbard, or any four of them, whereof 
 Major Lusher to be one, shall and hereby are appointed to be a committee 
 to peruse all laws now in force, to collect and draw up any literal errors or 
 misplacing of words or sentences therein, or any liberties infringed, and to 
 make a convenient table for the ready finding of all things therein, that so 
 they may be fitted for the press, and the same to present to the next session 
 of this Court, to be further considered of and approved by the Court. 2 
 
 The laws of the Colony at this time were printed for each year, and in 
 1648 the laws were first collated and were printed in 1649. In 1659 the work 
 of collating and revising the laws was again undertaken, and the edition was 
 published by order of the General Court in 1660. The preface to this edition 
 
 1 Mass. Hist. Coll. 5th Series, Vol. 1, p.417. The letter is dated "Dedham 27. 5. 72." 
 3 Mass. Col. Rec, IV. Part II. 453.
 
 ELEAZER LUSHER. 
 
 recites that "the Bookes of Lawes of the first impression, not being to be had 
 for the supply of the Country put us upon a thought of a second." In 1670, 
 as it appears from the language of the order just cited, a similar want had 
 arisen. The committee, of which Major Lusher was the head, made its re- 
 port at the October session of 1G70, 1 when it was very critically considered, 
 and many verbal amendments made, which are printed in the General Court 
 Records. At the May session of 1071, it was ordered that the book of laws 
 be printed with a table and notes of repealed laws. It seems, however, that 
 it was not printed under this order, for a similar order was passed May 15, 
 1672, and it was printed that year. Its title was : 
 
 The General Laws and Liberties of the Massachusetts Colony, Revised 
 & Reprinted by order of the General Court holden at Boston, May 15, 1672. 
 Edward Rawson, Seer. Whosoever resisteth the Power resisteth the 
 ordinances of God and they that resist, receive to themselves damnation. 
 Rom. 13.2 Cambridge. Printed by Samuel Green For John Usher of 
 Boston 1672. 
 
 As to what portion of this critical labor was done by Major Lusher no 
 exact information has been obtained, but from his known capacity and his 
 position at the head of the Committee, it may fairly be inferred, that much 
 of it devolved upon him. It was printed in the last year of his life, and it 
 may be regarded as the best memorial of his eminent usefulness in the affairs 
 of the Colony. 2 
 
 Such in outline, were the civil offices held by Major Lusher, and such 
 were the varied and extended civil services he rendered in both Town and 
 Colony. But to all these he superadded a military service in which he 
 attained a high rank, and by his military titles he is best known. In 1648, 
 upon the petition of the town of Dedham, he was appointed Captain of the 
 train band. This office was neither a sinecure nor an empty honor, as the 
 inhabitants were required to assemble for a weekly training. 
 
 He was also one of the founders of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery 
 
 1 The original report of this Committee, made Sept. 29, 1670, is now among the 
 archives at the State House. It is carefully drawn up in Major Lusher's handwriting, 
 and proposes many verbal and other amendments to existing laws. It is signed by 
 Major Lusher first, and afterwards by the other four members of the Committee. 
 
 2 Copies of the Edition of 1672 are extremely rare. There is one in the State 
 Library and another in the Library of the Boston Athenaeum. A copy was sold with 
 the Library of George Brinley at Xew York, in March, 1879, for $130, which is in the 
 State Library at Hartford, Conn.
 
 xiv DEDHAM TOWN HE COEDS. 
 
 Company, and in 1646 and 1647 was an Ensign and Lieutenant of that 
 corps. Finally he was chosen Major of the Suffolk Regiment, which was 
 the rank and title of its commanding officer. Under a law of the Colony 
 the title of the Commander of a regiment was Sergeant Major, and he was 
 chosen by the County. No record when Major Lusher was chosen to this 
 office has been found, and it is not known how long he served, but he is often 
 referred to in the General Court Records as Major Lusher, and once as the 
 Worshipful Major Lusher. 
 
 The services of Major Lusher were recognized by the General Court in 
 two grants of land, one of two hundred and fifty acres in 1659, which were 
 located in Medfield in 1665, and the other, of five hundred acres in 1G64, 
 which were located near Concord, in 1666. 
 
 The records of Dedham do not furnish complete information concerning 
 the family of Major Lusher. It is certain, however, that he was married 
 when he came to Dedham in 1637, and that his wife came with him. In the 
 history of the formation of the Dedham Church by Mr. Allen 1 , it is stated, 
 that among those who were joined to the Church during the winter of 1638, 
 was "the wife of Eleazer Lusher,' ; but her Christian name is nowhere given, 
 and there is no record of her death. In the record of deaths in 1638, appears 
 the name of Samuel Lusher "deceased the 30 of the 10 m." 2 It will be ob- 
 served that this date is near the time when Mrs. Lusher was admitted to the 
 Church, and in the record of her admission an allusion is made to her afflic- 
 tions. Connecting this record with the fact, that elsewhere Major Lusher 
 appears to be the sole representative of the name in the Town or Colony, 
 the inference that Samuel was the son of Major Lusher, seems to be reason- 
 able and satisfactory. 
 
 But in 1662 Major Lusher was married to a second wife. This appears 
 from the records of Charlestown by the following entry : 8 
 
 "Eleazer Lusher (Capt.) Dedham m. Mary Gwinn Aug. 8 1662." 
 
 It further appears that Mary Gwinn was the widow of John Gwinn of 
 Charlestown. Her maiden name is not stated by Wyman, but an examina- 
 tion of her will, discloses that she was the sister of Jonathan Bunker of 
 Charlestown, and of Martha, the wife of John Starr of Boston. These were 
 
 1 Dedham Church Records (Hill), p. 14. 
 
 3 Dedham Births, Marriages and Deaths (Hill), p. 127. 
 
 3 Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown (Wyman), pp. 450, 636.
 
 ELEAZER LUSHER. xv 
 
 the children of George Bunker of Charlestown, of whom, Savage says, " he 
 owned the summit of that hill of glory bearing his name." 1 George Bunker 
 had a daughter Mary, according to Wyman, so that the identity of Mrs. 
 Mary Lusher, with Mary the daughter of George Bunker, is fully established. 2 
 
 Major Lusher died November 13, 1672, and his wife died on the twenty- 
 sixth of the following January. The wills of both were proved together, 
 Feb. 6, 1672-3, and are now on file in the Suffolk Registry. Major Lusher's 
 will is written in his own clear and uniform handwriting, and is apt and 
 exact in its forms of expression. 
 
 In the published Journal of the Rev. William Adams, not then ordained 
 as the second minister of Dedham, but who had received a call and preached 
 there before accepting it, occur these entries made in November 1672: 3 
 
 13. Major Lusher mortuus. 18. Sepultus. 
 24. Concionem habui f unebrem qualem qualem Dedhamiae in 
 obitum Majoris Lusher Armigeri. 
 
 In January 1672-3, there is this further entry: 
 Jan. 26. Mrs. Lusher widow of Maj. Lusher Esq. died. 
 
 Major Lusher died without children, and no cnc bearing the surname of 
 Lusher has since been known among us. Indeed the name apparently 
 has become extinct. 4 But as a given name, the name of Lusher has been 
 transmitted since 1685, through successive generations in a branch of the 
 Gay family. In Maj. Lusher's wall, it is stated that Lydia Starr, the daughter 
 of Martha, the sister of Mrs. Lusher, had lived in his family from infancy, 
 and she received legacies and lands by the wills of both Major and Mrs. 
 Lusher. Lydia Starr was afterwards married to Nathaniel Gay, and the 
 name of Lusher has been repeated in each generation of their descendants. 
 
 Maj. Lusher's house lot was on the easterly side of East street, "the 
 highway four rod broad " and the second lot southerly from the present Wal- 
 nut street. At the time of his death, the following entry was made in' the Church 
 book, as it is found in the Century sermon of Mr. Dexter, preached in 1738: 5 
 
 1 Genealog. Diet. (Savage) Vol. L, p. 299. 
 
 2 Dedham Historical Register, Vol. II., pp. 131, 135. 
 
 3 Mass. Hist. Coll. 4th Series, Vol. I, p. 18. 
 
 4 Suffolk Surnames, (N. I. Bowditch) p. 253. 
 
 5 Century Discourse, by Rev. Samuel Dexter, Nov. 23, 1738 (Second Edition), and 
 note, p. 26.
 
 xv i DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 Major Eleazer Lusher, a man sound in the faith, of great holiness and 
 heavenly mindedness, who was of the first foundation of this Church, and 
 had been of great use, as in the Commonwealth so in the Church, especially 
 after the death of the Rev. Pastor thereof, Mr. John Allin, departed this life, 
 Nov. 13, 1672. 
 
 Capt. Edward Johnson, the author of Wonder Working Providence, and 
 who was often associated with Major Lusher in the public business of the 
 Colony, describes him as "one of a nimble and active spirit, strongly affected 
 to the ways of truth ; " and again, as "one of the right stamp and pure mettle, 
 a gracious, humble and heavenly minded man." 1 
 
 1 Wonder Working Providence, by Capt. Edward Johnson. (Poole's Edit.) pp. 
 110, 191. 
 
 NOTE. An article in the Dedham Historical Register, Vol. II, p. 93, presents 
 satisfactory evidence that Major Lusher' s tomb in the Old Parish Cemetery is now 
 marked by a slab of slate, bearing an inscription with the name of Timothy Dwight.
 
 THE PETICION 
 
 1 May it please this Hofiourd Court to Ratifie vnto your humble peti- 
 tioners your grante formerly made of a Plantacion aboue the Falls that we 
 may posesse all that Land which is left out of all former grants vpon that 
 side of Charles Riuer. And vpon the other side five miles square. To haue 
 and enjoye all those Lands Meadowes. Woodes and other grounds, together 
 with all the Waters and other benifits what so euer now being or that may 
 be within the Compasse of the afore said Limits to vs with our ascociats and 
 our assignes for euer. 
 
 2 To be freed from all Countrey Charges for foure yeares. And milli- 
 tarye excercises to be onely in our owne Towne except som extraordinary _ 
 occasion Require it 
 
 3 That such distribution or Alottm ts of Lands Meadowes woods &c 
 within our said limits as ar done and pformed by the Grantees their succes- 
 sors or such as shall be deputed there vnto : Shall and may stand for good 
 assureance vnto the seuerall posessors ther of and thier assignes for euer 
 
 4 That we may haue Countenance from this Honoured Courte for the 
 well ordering of the Nonage of our scocietie according to the best rule. And 
 to that purpose to assigne vnto vs a Constable that may regard peace and 
 trueth. 
 
 5 To distinguish our Towne by the name of Contentment or otherwise 
 what you shall please. 
 
 6 And lastly we intreate such other helps as your Wisdoms shall knowe 
 best in favour to grante vnto vs for our well emgveing of what we ar thus 
 entrusted withall vnto our pticular but especially vnto the genrall good of 
 this whole weale publike in succeeding times. 
 
 Subscribed by all that haue vnder written in Coven* at [p r s l ] 
 
 1636 The 10 th of y e 7 Moneth this Peticion was published in a full 
 Genrall Court and granted as followeth : viz 1 : 
 
 1 That this Plantacion shall haue 3 yeares Immunitie from publike 
 charges 
 
 2 That our Towne shall beare the name of Dedham 
 
 3 All the rest of y e Peticion fully granted by a genrall voate. freely and 
 cheerefully with out any exception at all where vpon this short Order was 
 drawen vp and Recorded by y e Secretary M r Bradstreete
 
 2 DEDHAM TOWN HECOEDS. 
 
 Ordered y l the Plantacion to be setled aboue Charles Riuer shall haue. 
 
 3 yeares. Immunitie from publike Charges, as Concord had. to be accounted 
 from the first of Maye next, and the name of the said Plantacion is to be 
 Dedham. 
 
 To inioye all that Land on the Easterly and southerly side of Charles 
 Riuer. not formerly Granted, vnto any Towne or pticular pson. And allso to 
 haue 5 miles square on y e other side of the River 
 
 This Draught: or Tract of our Plantacion. being p r sented vnto the Court 
 Genrall. after publishing of our Peticion. It pleased the said Court, by a full 
 consent, to grante our said Towne of Dedham to extend euery wave accord- 
 ing to the same forme there in Delineated, without any contradiction at all 
 made of. or concerning the same, being viewed by the whole Courte. 
 
 Dedham, Towne Booke, for the Entering, and Recording, of all such 
 Orders as ar or shall be for the Gouerment there of as followeth, 
 
 THE COVENANT 
 
 1 We whose names ar here vnto subscribed, doe. in the feare and Reu- 
 erence of our Allmightie God, Mutually : and seuerally pmise amongst our 
 selues and each to other to pffesse and practice one trueth according to that 
 most pfect rule, the foundacion where of is Euerlasting Loue : 
 
 2 That we shall by all meanes Laboure to keepe of from vs all such, as 
 ar contrarye minded. And receaue onelysuch vnto vs as be such as maybe 
 pbably of one harte, with vs as that we either knowe or may well and truely 
 be informed to walke in a peaceable conuersation with all meekenes of spirit 
 for the edification of each other in the knowledg and faith of the Lord Jesus : 
 And the mutuall encouragm 1 vnto all Temporall comforts in all things : 
 seekeing the good of each other out of all which may be deriued true Peace 
 
 3. That if at any time difference shall arise betwene pties of our said 
 Towne. that then such ptie and pties shall p r sently Referre all such differ 
 ence. vnto som one. 2 or. 3 others of our said societie to be fully accorded 
 and determined, without any further delaye. if it possibly may bee : 
 
 4 That euery man that now. or at any time heereafter shall haue Lotts 
 in our said Towne shall paye his share in all such Rates of money, and 
 charges as shall be imposed vpon him Rateably in pportion with other men 
 As allso become freely subiect vnto all such orders and constitutions as shall 
 be necessariely had or made now or at any time heere after from this daye 
 fore warde. as well for Loveing and comfortable societie in our said Towne 
 as allso for the gsperous and thriueing Condicion of- our said Fellowshipe
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 3 
 
 especially respecting the feare of God in which we desire to begine and con- 
 tinue, what so euer we shall by his Loveing fauoure take in hand 
 
 5 And for the better manefestation of our true resolution heere in. 
 euery man so receaued : to subscribe heere vnto his name, there byobligeing 
 both himself and his successors after him for euer. as we haue done 
 
 Names subscribed to the Couenant as followeth : 
 
 Robert: Feke 
 Edward: Alleyn 
 Samuell: Morse 
 Philemon Button 
 
 -John : Dwight 
 Lambert: Generye 
 Richard: Euered / 
 Ralph: Shepheara 
 John: Hug-gin 
 Ralph: Wheelock 
 Thomas Cakebread 
 Henry: Philips 
 Timothie Dalton 
 Thomas Carter 
 Abraham Shawe 
 John Coolidge 
 Nicholas Philips 
 
 -John: Gave 
 >. John Kingsbery 
 John Rogers 
 Francis Austen 
 Ezekiell Holleman 
 Joseph Shawe 
 William: Bearstowe 
 John : Haward 
 Thomas: Bartlet 
 Ferdinandoe Adams 
 Daniell: Morse 
 Joseph : Morse 
 John Ellice i- 
 Jonathan Fayerbanke 
 John: Eaton: 
 Michaell Metcalfe 
 John Morse 
 John Allin 
 Anthony: Fisher 
 Thomas: Wight 
 Eleazer: Lusher 
 Robert : Hinsdell 
 John Luson 
 John: Fisher 
 
 - Thomas : Fisher 
 
 Joseph Kingsberye 
 John Batchelor 
 Xathamell Coaleburn^ 
 John: Roper ' 
 Martin Philips 
 Henry Smyth 
 John: Fraerye 
 Thomas Hastings 
 Francis Chickering 
 Thomas: Alcock 
 William: Billiard 
 Jonas Humphery 
 Edward Kempe 
 John Hunting 
 Tymothie Dwight 
 Henry: Deengaine 
 Henry Brocke 
 James: Hering 
 Nathan Aldus 
 Edward Richards 
 Michaell Powell 
 John Elderkine 
 Michaell: Bacon 
 Robert Onion 
 Samuell Milles 
 Edward Colver v ' 
 Thomas Bayes 
 George Bearstowe 
 John: Bullard 
 Thomas: Leader 
 J oseph Moyes 
 Jeffery Mingeye 
 James: Allin 
 Richard Barber 
 Thomas: Jordan 
 Joshua: Fisher 
 Christopher Smith 
 John Thurston 
 Joseph Clarke 
 Thomas: Eames 
 Peter Woodward 
 Thwaits Strickland 
 
 John : Guild 
 Samuell Bulleyne 
 Robert Goweji 
 Hugh Stacey 
 George: JJarber 
 James Jordan 
 Xathaniell Whiteing 
 Beniamine Smith 
 Richard: Ellice 
 Austen: Kalem 
 Robert: Ware 
 Thomas: Fuller 
 Thomas: Payne 
 John: Fayerbanke - 
 Henry Glover 
 Thomas Hering 
 John Plimption 
 George Fayerbanke 
 Tymoth Dwight - 
 Andr: Duein 
 Joseph Ellice ^ 
 Ralph Freeman 
 Job : Rice 
 Danll Ponde/ 
 John Hovghton 
 Jonathan Fayerbank Jur: 
 James Vales 
 Thomas Metcalfe 
 Robert Grossman 
 William Avery 
 John Aldus 
 John : Mason 
 Isaac Bullard 
 Cornelus Fisher 
 John Partridge 
 James Draper 
 James Thorpe 
 Samuell Fisher 
 T* Benjamin Bullard 
 Ellice "\7\7" woode 
 Thomas Fisher
 
 4 DEDHAM TOWN EECOEDS. 
 
 Number I 1 It is Ordered that whosoeuer shall receaue. 
 Equall Charges and posesse Lands in our Towne of what sorte so euer. 
 
 either by Grante purchase or Inheritance or any other waye 
 shall beare all equall charges with other men according to his pportion that 
 so publike Charges that concerne the Towne may be borne and defrayed 
 from time to time, according as any shall receaue benefit from the same 
 
 2 It is ordered : that all waters as well Riuers as Ponds 
 Waters free shall be kept free from being Appriated except such as shall 
 
 lye wholley encompassed within any one mans pper Lands, 
 that so the said waters may be kept free for the vse of the Inhabitants, in 
 coinon for the vse of Fishing or other wise, as occasion may require 
 
 3 For as much as due and seasonable apearance at publike 
 Meeteings Towne Meeteings ar oft times much neglected to the hin- 
 apearanee derance of y e seasonable dispatch of publike occasions and 
 
 the discouragement of such as giue better attendance. It is 
 for the p r uention there of for the time to com Ordered that who so euer of 
 our Towne. that is admitted a Townesman with vs shall delaye more then 
 halfe an houre after the time of meeteing where of he shall haue had reasone- 
 able notice shall paye for that his neglect one shilling : and for the whole 
 time of meeteing being absent he shall paye two shillings and sixe pence 
 except the reasons of his or thier absence in either of the said cases, be 
 apved of by the company assembled, or in case the pson shall declare the 
 reasons of thier absence vpon reasonable demaund. to the select men they 
 shall haue power to issue the same as to them shall apeare meete and in 
 case of refuseale or neglect of seasoneable and due payment as before said, 
 a distresse shall be taken vpon the goods of the pson so not makeing due 
 payem* by warrant from the select men for the time being : directed to the 
 Constable: and for the better execution of this order according to the true 
 intent there of : its allso ordered that euery Towneseman shall be called 
 halfe an houre after after the time appointed is com 
 
 4. It is Ordered by Genrall consent: that euery Twelue 
 Swampe to Acre Lott shall haue foure acres of swampe granted in the 
 
 Lotls first grante there vnto. besids what may be granted in any 
 
 deuident of swampe that may afterward be layed out: And 
 that allso: in like manner euery Eight Acre Lott shall haue the like grante 
 of three acres of swampe layed out as due there vnto 
 
 1 The first eight of these orders are now found on a leaf bound into Vol. I, be- 
 tween the Petition and the Covenant, the rest are on leaves now bound at the end of 
 Vol. IV; but similarity of hand-writing and paper, and consecutiveness in numbering 
 make it seem probable that they all belong together, and as they were nearly all 
 passed during the period covered by this printed volume, it has been thought more 
 convenient to print them all together. [ED.
 
 DEDHA1L TOWN EECOEDS. 5 
 
 5. For the p r uention of damage offences and disturbances 
 Fences in Corne Lands or other Lands to be enclosed. It is ther- 
 
 fore Ordered, that all Fences in our Towne whether of Rayles 
 or pales or what so euer other manner of fenceing may be alowed of against 
 any high waye or comon Land or other vninclosed grounds, shall be made 
 and mayntayned. to the height of three foote and one halfe. good sufficient 
 and strong, and so carefully kept in that state free from gapps rayles left 
 downe. or slipt out at one. or both ends, or posts broken and loose, or pales 
 broken or vnfastened. from the twentieth daye of y e first Moneth vntill the 
 Twelfth daye of y e eight Month from time to time and from yeare to yeare. 
 without fayle. And whoso euer shall fayle heere in or be neglegent of the 
 pformance heere of according to the true intent, and meaneing of this p r sent 
 Order as is aboue exp r ssed shall forfiet vnto the Towne and the vse there of 
 such penalties and so to be payed as in the Order for vieweing of fences, is 
 heere after exp r ssed 
 
 6 It is Ordered that euery man that hath an whole Lott 
 Meadow Lotts shall haue so many Acres of Meadowe. as he hath of vpland. 
 
 in his first grante for an house Lott. where of part of such 
 such pcells of Meadowe as lyeth adioyneing. to his said Lott shall be granted 
 to him in pt and the remainder shall be made vp else where 
 
 7 It is Ordered by generall consent that such as ar. or. 
 p 'cells Townes shall be admitted Townes men with vs haueing lesse portions 
 men of Land then formerly haue bene granted vnto other men 
 shall enioye all p r uelidges as other Townes men. and beare all charges ac- 
 cording to thier ^portions, as other men from time to time shall doe 
 
 8 It is Ordered that some smale peels of vpland. that lye 
 Vpland to mead: adioyning to the seuerall deuisions of Meadowe shall be 
 
 anexed vnto the same, where it may conueaniently be layed 
 out there vnto without p r iudice of other deuisions after ward to be layed out 
 
 9 The question concerning the power of the select men 
 Select:mens being gposed in a Genrall Towne Meeteing and being in 
 power a full Assembly considered. It was. for the auoideing of all 
 
 scruples in time to com, by Genrall consent Ordered, that 
 what so euer power all the whole Companey of Townesmen them selues so 
 mett togher had before any such Choice was made The very same power is 
 now put into the hands of y e select men now chosen and so to remayne in 
 full force, for the space of one whole yeare from the daye they ar chosen, in 
 all things except in these thre cases, viz* 1 The admitting of men to the 
 p r velidg of being Townesmen: 2 the granting of a genrall deuident: 3 the 
 granting of Farmes 1 of 11 mo: 1650 
 
 10 For the direction of Wood reeues or such as shall from 
 Wood reeues time to time be chosen to that care or office. It is Ordered 
 
 that all the care and necessary power, for the execution of
 
 6 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 all such orders that from time, to time, shall be of force, concerning the 
 ordering, makeing. maintayning and vieweing of fences in our Towne, as allso 
 the due pformance of the orders concerning Ladders, the apveing or dis. 
 aloweing of them in respect of the sufficiencie. length, and strength, shall be 
 in thier power, and care as allso the supplyeing of the Inhabitants with 
 Timber, for thier vse of building or repayering houses in our Towne. 
 or for makeing or repayering of fences and such like occasions, accord- 
 ing to the orders of the Towne in that case pvided and in case of the 
 breach or defect of the orders or any order in any of the cases afore- 
 said, it shall allso belong to thier office to demand & receaue such penaltie 
 or penalties as by the order or any order in force in each case respectiuely is 
 required, and the same so receaued to keepe in a true bill and that bill to de- 
 liuer som time in the Nyenth Moneth from yeare to yeare vnto the select 
 men for the time being or to som one of them, that so they may dispose of 
 the said sumes for the vse of the Towne. or in case of refuseall of payem 1 
 duely made vpon reasoneable demaund vpon any offender as aforesaid, then 
 they shall deliuer the bill of debts thvs refused to be payed in any the cases 
 aforesaid, to the selectmen in the first fitt season, who shall direct a warrant 
 to the Constable, for the due levieing all such penalties for the vse of the 
 Towne 
 
 10 For the p r venting of damage that might com by swine. 
 Swine it is Ordered that who so euer shall finde any swine at lib- 
 
 ertie abroad in any comon Land high waye or in any mans 
 Land except the owners of the swine after the last daye of the first Month 
 from time to t'me that is not sufficiently yoaked shall haue heereby power & 
 libertie to put all or any such swine in to the hand of the keeper of the 
 pounde who sh ill not deliuer them to the owner, but vpon sattisfing the 
 ordinarie fees due for poundage, and when so euer any damage shall be done 
 by swine such indifferent men as shall according to the order of the Courte 
 be chosen to viewe and value the scathe shall haue allso power to aproue or 
 disalowe the yoakes of all such swine as by whome the damage is done and 
 so to settle the damage vpon the owner of 'the fence or other wise vpon the 
 owner of the swine if they be not sufficiently yoaked as they shall iudge most 
 equall. but if damage be done by swine that ar vnyoaked the damage shall 
 be borne by the owner of the swine without respect to the fence, whether it 
 be good or badd. pvided that if it shall apeare that any swine haueing lost 
 thier yoake and by that meanes ar found vnyoaked such swine shall not be 
 put to the pound except the owner haue first notice there of. and neglect sea- 
 sonably to yoake them againe. And it is further ordered that all swine shall 
 be kept well & sufficiently Ringed all the yeare thorough & yoaked from the 
 last day of the first moneth to the twelfth of y e eight moneth from yeare to 
 yeare
 
 UEDHA3I TOWN RECORDS. 7 
 
 11 It is Ordered, that who so euer heere after shall receaue 
 Alienatio any Lott or other pcell of ground, lyeing within our Towne 
 to certifie in waye of Alienation by purchase or by exchange or by any 
 
 other meanes. shall within one Moneth. after any such act 
 done make the same knowen to the Towne Booke both the quantitie and 
 quallhie to haue the same entered, who so euer shall fayle heerein shall for. 
 fiet to the Towne and the vse there of the sume of one shilling for euery 
 Moneth so neglected contrary to the true meaneing this p r sent order and in 
 case such forfieture be not duel)' payed within 14 dayes after demand is 
 made, by the assignem 1 of the select men. then a distresse shall be taken 
 vpon the goodes of any such offender as aforesaid, by warrant from the select 
 men. directed to the Constable for the Levieing there of for the vse of the 
 Towne 
 
 12 For the p r uention of damage that might arise by fire 
 Ladders vpon any house in our Towne. It is Ordered, that euery 
 
 housholder in our Towne shall forth with gvide and mayn- 
 taine one good stronge. and sufficient Ladder, that may be sufficient in all re- 
 spects for the speedie and safe attayneing of the toppe of the Chimney of his 
 house vpon all occasions which said Laders shall be kept in posession con- 
 stantly at: against or neere the house or Chimney wher fire is vsually made 
 and for the greater care heere in as in a case of so great concernm 1 . It is 
 further Ordered, that who so euer being an housholaer. in our Towne. shall 
 fayle in any the pticulars aforesaide for the space of fourteene dayes together, 
 shall forfiet vnto the Towne and the vse there of the sum of five shillings, 
 for euery such defect to be payed vpon reasoneable demand made, by them 
 to whome the care of the execution of this order belonge and in case of the 
 neglect of such due payement as abouesaide the Constable by warrant from 
 the select men shall Levie the same by distresse. vpon the goods of any. 
 such delinquent. And for the further encouragem 1 . that Laders may be duely 
 pvided as aboue saide it is further Ordered, that it shall be in the libertie of 
 euery such householder, to take for the vse aforesaid such Ladder piece or 
 pieces, vpon the Comon Land of the Towne: it being for his owne vse and 
 not to sell as he from tme to time shall stand in need of: 
 
 13 It is Ordered that henceforth, the Constable or any 
 Rate to gather other that shall be deputed, to gather any Rate in our Towne, 
 
 shall stand charged with the whole sume. in the said Rate, 
 and shall not haue power to abate any man or set of any former debts, but if 
 any shall refuse to paye. they that gather the Rate shall referre them to the 
 select men for the time being, who shall haue power to abate or sett of: as 
 they shall finde to be Just. And allso euery man that is or shall be deputed 
 to gather any Rate in our Towne except the Countrie Rate shall giue Ac- 
 couut there of to the select men or so many of them as they shall depute 
 there vnto. when they shall require the same: pvided that this account be
 
 8 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 called for within three Moneths after the rate be gathered: or ought to be 
 gathered: And if any shall refuse or neglect as before said, to giue accounte 
 of any such rate, being there vnto required, they shall paye for the same, to 
 the vse of the Towne. as the selectmen shall iudge meete. that the case doe 
 require 
 
 14 For the direction and Ordering of high way worke. and 
 High way worke the p r uention of neglect there in. It is Ordered, that the Sur- 
 veyors for the time being and thier successors from yeare to 
 yeare. shall apoint and by publike notice, giuen to the Towne. shall declare, 
 sixe dayes for the high way worke: of which sixe euery Inhabitant shall 
 pforme four dayes work according to the surveyors appointment, the last of 
 which sixe dayes shalbe before the 20 th of the seauenth Moneth: and who 
 so euer of the fore said Inhabitants shall not haue pformed 4 dayes worke. 
 before the last of the foresaid sixe days be past, being appointed as before- 
 said shall compound for that thier neglect, with the select men for the time 
 being, to which end the surveyors shall carefully keepe a true bill yearely. of 
 all such worke as is pformed by euery Inhabitant, in pticular. as i beforesaid 
 which bill they shall deliuer to the selectmen or any one of them, within four- 
 tene dayes after the last of the foresaid sixe dayes be past which bill shall be 
 subscribed by all the surveyors or the major number of them. And for 
 pformance heere of as is aboue exp r ssed it is further Ordered, that such of 
 the Inhabitants aforesaid as shall be found vpon good knowledge, to be then 
 behinde in thier worke. shall forfiet and paye to the vse of the Towne for 
 those thier neglects, as is heereafter exp r ssed: viz 1 
 
 for y e neglect of one man one Carte: four Bullocks ) 
 for each day e ) 6s -0 
 
 for the neglect in the like manner of 1 man 2 bullocks ) 
 and 1 Carte ) 4 s 
 
 for the neglect of 1 daye worke of one man 2 s 
 
 All which said sumes. shall be payed in Merchantible Corne at the currant 
 price except the said psons can compound with y e surveyors to thier sattis- 
 f action, before thier bills be deliuered to the select men as aforesaide. who 
 shall not accept of lesse in this case then eight houres sufficiently empved. in 
 high waye worke. at thier appointment, for one daye: or if they shall put out 
 any pt of the said worke. by the piece or lumpe: they shall not compound 
 with any pson to the damage of the Towne or at lower or easier rates then 
 according to the former penalties pportionably. Allwayes pvided that the 
 surveyors shall call in no other man. nor for more, or fewer dayes. then as 
 they shall receaue in a List from the select men: and in case any vpon de- 
 mand, by order from the select men shall neglect or refuse to make seasonable 
 payement as is aforesaid ihen the Constable by warrant from the select men 
 to him directed shall by distresse Leuie the same vpon The goods of the 
 pson or psons so not makeing due payement and deliuer the same to the se-
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RE COEDS. 9 
 
 lect men or to whom they shall assigne the same for the vse of the Towne. 
 And it is further Ordered that it shall be in the Libertie and power of the 
 surveyors in any of the sixe dayes. before mentioned, to accept of the helpe 
 of hands in steade of Teames as the occasions of the Towne shall require 
 and they can agree with any Inhabitant 
 
 15 For the p r uention of damage that might arise thorough 
 fences to viewe defects in fences it is Ordered that y e Woodreeues shall 
 
 yearely. som time betwixt the twentieth and the sixe and Twen- 
 tieth daye of the first Moneth. carefully, and pticularly. viewe. all the Fences 
 in our Towne. that ar in or about all our home Lotts. that lye next any high 
 waye or coinon Land, and what defects so euer they shall finde in the said 
 Fences they shall giue p r sent notice there of. to the owner of the fence where 
 in the defect is founde. who shall within foure dayes. after such notice giuen 
 sufficiently make or repayer the same, or else for the neglect there of shall 
 paye to the vse of the Towne. the sufne of sixe pence, in currant Countrey 
 paye for euery such defect To which end. the Woodreeues shall demand the 
 same and in case of refusall or neglect of due payement in reasonable time 
 they shall giue a true & pticular Bill forthwith to som one of the select men. 
 who shall pceed in this case according to the order in that case pvided and 
 further allso the said Woodreeues shall keepe a true account of all such for- 
 fietures in this case as they or any of them shall receaue vpon demand as 
 aforesaid which sufiies: or a true & pfect bill of of the same they shall de- 
 liuer to the select men according as in the order in that case is required. And 
 for as much as doubts and questions about settling or ^portioning Fences in 
 genrall or pticular: or wante of due mayntayneing or repayering fences in 
 any season of the yeare may arise, it is therfor allso Ordered that the saide 
 Woodreeues. from time, to time vpon notice giuen by any of the psons con- 
 cerned in any of the cases aforesaid shall in due time, vpon viewe and due 
 consideration of the p r mises resolue settle conclude & determine the same as 
 to themselues or the greater number of them shall apeare most iust and 
 reasonable 
 
 16 For the encouragem 1 of such as may make.discouery of 
 Mines any Mine of Mettall or other Mineralls w th in our Towne in 
 
 any of the Cornon Lands there of as allso for the enableing 
 and furnishing of them with such necessary helps and accomadacions as may 
 be necessary in any such worke that may be helpfull for priuate and publike 
 good , 
 
 It is ordered as followeth granting to all such according as is heere after 
 exp r ssed. We doe giue and grante to euery Inhabitant amongst us. that is 
 admitted a Townesemen and to his heyers and assignes for euer. All such 
 Mine or Mines of any sort of mettall or Minerals what so euer (Jron Mine 
 onely excepted. vntill the date of y e Countries grante be expired), that he or 
 they shall really discouer and finde out by them selues or any waye or meanes
 
 10 DEDHAM TOWN HECOEDS. 
 
 by them pcured or at thier charge in any pt of our Towne being out of y e 
 gprietie of any man together allso with such conueainecie of Land : to be 
 layed out to them as may be needfull for building pastureing of Cattell or 
 other needfull occasions being such as the said worke shall really require and 
 the place is found capeable of Allso we doe grante vnto the Grantees afore- 
 said Libertie to take such sufficient woode timber or stone, as shall be founde 
 needefull for y e emgvem* of y e said Mine or Mines so that the said Woode 
 or Tymber be not cutt. within one mile of any house Lott in our Towne 
 now in being, yet reserveing. to the Towne and the vse there of. such Oake- 
 ing timber trees as the select men for the time being shall reasonably se 
 cause to marke out : pvided all wayes and granted with these condicions 
 viz 1 , that the said Grantee or Grantees, thier heyers and assignes shall 
 yearely paye. into the Comon Treasury of the Towne the Tenth pt of all the 
 gffits. which shall cleerely arise of the said Mine or Mines thus granted, after 
 such grantee or grantees: shall haue receaued in againe such charges as they 
 haue formerly disbursed, vpon the said worke. gvided allso that, it be one 
 mile from the Towne or vpward. but if it be lesse then so much then they 
 shall paye the eight pt of the cleere gffits as beforesaide. And allso that such 
 grantees doe really endeauour the emgvem 1 therof within the space of three 
 yeares next after the discouery thereof is made except the select men see 
 cause to grante longer time And allso further pvided that no such grantee 
 aforesaid shall bring in any ptner or purchaser, to haue share in the p r mises. 
 that is no Townesman with vs. so long as any one that is of the Towne. will 
 buye or take of from his hand any such Mine or pt there ^of. vpon such 
 tearmes as the said stranger will doe. neither shall any such Grante or 
 grantees or purchaser shall at any time bring in amongst vs any such ptner 
 purchaser or constant workeman as is not for his honest and peaceable con- 
 uersation apved of by the select men. for the time being. w (h last condicion 
 if they shall break euery such one shall forfiet his liberty of takeing woode 
 before heere in granted 
 
 And for y e p r uenting of such Mistakes or offences as may heereafter 
 arise about' the discouery or findeing of such Mines or Minerals or 
 the further emgvement thereof, we doe further order and declare, that who 
 so euer of our Towne heereafter. being a Towneseman as beforesaid shall 
 first giue notice to two of the select men whereof the keeper of the Booke is 
 to be one of any such Mine as beforesaid. that he hath by any meanes dis- 
 couered. and so discribe the place, that they may vnderstand that no other 
 hath already giuen notice thereof, then the saide discouerer shall haue the 
 ppriety of that so exp r ssed reserued to himselfe the space of sixe Moneths in 
 which time none shall haue libertye to p r uent him while himselfe or his as- 
 signes make further pfe of what he shall fully finde and empve. by vertue of 
 this former grante And further allso if any shall finde one Mine very neere 
 another: that is allready founde out so that ther arise iust question whether
 
 DEDHAM TOWN EECOEDS. 11 
 
 it be not another pt of the same, in that no naturall bounde. that must- nec- 
 essarrily disioyne or difference of Mettall resolue the doubt, then it shall be 
 accounted as one & the same Mine allready appriate by the former grante. 
 vnto the former posesser. And allso if two distinct Mines be founde so 
 neere together, that any question arise concerning the Land timber or woode 
 to accomodate the same according to the former grante and that the gpriators 
 of the said Mines cannot agree there in. it shall then be in the libertye and 
 power of each of the said gpriators or grantees to chuse one indifferent man 
 and the select men to chuse another, in the behalf of the Towne. and the 
 major pt of the men so chosen shall fully end settle and determine the same 
 
 17 It is Ordered that all such men as shall heere after, by 
 Paynes to the Select men for the time being, be chosen ordered or de- 
 sattisfie puted: to doe any such seruice as concerne the Towne in 
 
 genrall shall be reasonably satisfied for thier paynes and 
 time therein, at the charge of the Towne 
 
 18 For the p r uention of disorderly feedeing of pprieties as 
 Disorderly well in Meadowes as in Cornefields: It is Ordered, that euery 
 
 feedeing gpriator what so euer that hold or emgve any Land in any 
 
 Corne fielde in our Towne. shall yearely and euery yeare. 
 take in all his corne. of what sorte so euer it be. out of all such Fields as lye 
 in a comon enclosure together with others before the Twelfth daye of y e eight 
 Moneth. vpon the penaltie in the neglect there of of beareing all the dam- 
 ages what so euer may fall after the daye beforesaide. before which said 12 
 of y e 8 Month, no man what so euer shall haue libertie to put his cattell of 
 any sorte to feede in any such fielde vpon such penaltie as the Court hath 
 allreadye apointed but after the saide 12 daye of y e 8 Month, it shall be free 
 for all such ppriators to feede in such Fields as wher themselues posesse 
 lands as owners or vpon rente and no man what so euer shall put in his 
 Cattell to feede: in any Field where himselfe is no posessor vpon penaltie of 
 forfieting five shilling for euery such offence: except it be in such time as such 
 cattell ar employed in worke there for any posessor in the same fielde. Neither 
 shall any keeper of any hearde of Cattell what so euer put the heard by him 
 so kept or any pt thereof into any corne Field to keepe them there to feede. 
 though the Corne be all out. vpon penaltie of payeing of five shillings for 
 euery offence against the true meaneing of this order, neither shall he suffer 
 them wittingly or willingly to continue ther if thorough defect of the fence 
 they goe in of themselues vpon the like penaltie as beforesaide or if ther be 
 any damage done by the heard in Corne. the keeper by whose default it is. 
 shall paye the damage, besides the penalties aforesaide. all which penalties 
 shall be payed vnto whom so euer the greater part of the posessors of the 
 field wher the damage is done shall apoint to receaue. the same vpon 
 demande.
 
 12 DEDHAM TOWN HECOBDS. 
 
 19 It is Ordered: that a Platt shall be taken of the Bounds 
 Platt to take & Lynes of y e whole Towne, and that it be made Capeable 
 
 of a distinct Bounde and Platt of euery gprietie of each mans 
 Lands in the Towne 
 
 20 For the more orderly felling of firewood for the supplye 
 Fire woode and vse of each Inhabitant in the Towne, It is Ordered, that 
 
 it shall henceforth be in the libertie of any man that is ad- 
 mitted a Townesman heere with vs. to fell any such fire woode as he shall for 
 his owne vse stande in neede of. from time to time, all wayes gvided that no 
 Oake trees be felled, but such as ar granted to such psons. according to the 
 order of the Towne. in that case pvided and for .euery offence comitted. 
 against the true meaneing. of this p r sent order as is aboue exp r ssed. the 
 offender shall paye to the vse of y e Towne such a penaltie as y e Select men 
 for y e time being, shall adiudge meete. so that no fine exceed five shillings for 
 any one Tree felling 
 
 21 Where as vpon the examination of the Booke of Towne 
 Grants to enter Recorde it apeare that seuerall grantes, made to sundery of 
 
 y e Inhabitants of y e Towne ar not yet entered or Recorded in 
 any of our Bookes belonging to the Towne in genrall It is therfore in con- 
 sideration there of Ordered that all such Grantes. where of good euedence 
 may apeere. shall be yet entered, which grants so now entered shall be good 
 and sufficient assureance vnto the Grantee and his heyers for euer 
 
 22 For the p r uention of leaueing downe of Rayles. leaueing 
 Rayles downe gates set or by other meanes stayed or held open, wherby 
 
 damage haue bene oft times done in seuerall respects. It is 
 therfore Ordered, that who so euer here after, betwixt the twentieth daye 
 of the first Moneth and y e Twelfth daye of y 6 eight Moneth. from yeare to 
 yeare. shall offend in either of the said cases aboue saide shall for euery 
 such offence that is for takeing & leaueing downe Rayles or any rayle in the 
 Fence of any Field or Lott. wher Corne or other croppe is groweing. shall 
 forfiet to the owner of the Fence the full value of repayering the Fence if 
 neede be. and the sume of sixe pence for euery such offence allthough no 
 scath be done therby and the like sume for leaueing any gate by themselues 
 vnderset or otherwise held open, but if scathe be done thereby he shall allso 
 paye & sattisfie the full value of y e damage to the pson or psons so therby 
 wronged gvided all wayes that the offence be duely pved. 
 
 23 It is by the Towne Ordered, that all the power, right or 
 Meadfielde power tfuzli&ge. of Towne Government that hetherto or at p r sent is 
 
 remayneing in the Towne shipe of Dedham or any thier 
 Trustees or assignes where by they haue or did act. in and on the behalfe of 
 the Towne of Meadfielde shall be heerby wholley and totally Transmitted 
 and deliuered into the hands power and disposeing of the Townshipe of
 
 VEDHAHf TOWN ME COEDS. 13 
 
 Meadfielde aforesaid in Genrall and the Select men there of and thier Sue" 
 cessors for euer. 
 
 24 It is Ordered, that the waye leading from the Towne to 
 Great Playne the Create playne. shall be taken care of to be made, and kept 
 waye in due repayerations. from time to time by the Surveyers in 
 
 and by publike high waye worke: 
 
 25 It is Ordered, that the Land, now to be layed out in a 
 Deuident Genrall deuident shall be first Surveyed: at the Townes 
 
 charge and deuided vnto the Inhabitants by the rules of per- 
 sons and estates: each person in the Towne what so euer. being an Inhabi- 
 tant: shall receaue as much there in as eight pounde Estate: 
 
 26 The ppriators of the Purchased Lands haue Joyntly 
 Purchasd agreed and Ordered for the better Jmpvement there of. that 
 Lands the said Meadowe. be deuided. in to foure parts according to 
 
 the number of ppriators. in each part and haueing cast Lotts 
 wher each part shall be. the ppriators in the Jland ar to begin next the little 
 Bridge and so measure North warde so much as fall to thier ^portion and 
 the Inhabit vpon the Middle Playne ar to be next to the Hand deuision and 
 the East Street deuision to lye next them of the Middle playne and y e 
 smoothe playne deuisio is to lye most Northward. And it is agreed, that what 
 is wanting of the said purchased Lands, shall be made vp in vpland wher it 
 may conueaniently be founde for each deuision 
 
 27 For the recompence of such writeing as shall from time 
 Booke keepeing: be done for The Towne in genrall. or otherwise for any the 
 recompence: Inhabitants ther of: being such as ought to be gvided for. by 
 
 order by the Towne It is Ordered that who so euer shall 
 hereafter from time to time be chosen to keepe the Towne Booke and that 
 shall accept therof shall haue for the entering in the Record in our Towne 
 Booke. & the coppie deliuered to the person, whom it shall concerne wherin 
 onely one pcell is exp r ssely bounded by the Abuttm ts thereof sixe pence and 
 for euery Coppie wherin more then one pcell is so discribed. he shall haue 
 for the first pcell sixe pence as aforesaid and for each other therein discribed 
 by tbe Abuttments one penye be they more or fewer these to be payed as be- 
 foresaide by the p r sent posessor of the Land so Alienated. And for euery 
 grante made by the Towne he shall haue for the entering & the Coppie there 
 of sixe pence to be payed by the grantee. And the Transcribeing of each of 
 these in each case aboue exp r ssed shall be done according to Court Order in 
 that case pvided. by the said keeper of y e Towne Booke as payed for in the 
 saide recompence. before exp r ssed. without expecting any more. And 
 further: he shall haue for the entering of each Towne order sixe pence to be 
 payed & sattisfied. by the Towne from time to time
 
 14 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 28 For the selling of one constant, and knowen wave: in 
 Rates to asesse the makeing and Levieing of all Towne Rates what so euer. 
 6" Levie It is Ordered that all Towne Rates as aforesaide. shall be 
 
 Asessed and Levied vpon the p r sent posessor of houses. 
 Lands, or Cattell. whether owners or hyeres by the yeare or other wise: 
 whether by the yeare or for a longer time 
 
 29 For the p r uenting of the Waste of Timber in our Towne 
 Tymber. 6 by any Inhabitants ther of that shall haue grante of Timber 
 Monthes for thier supplye according to the Order of the Towne. in 
 
 that case gvided It is Ordered that whosoeuer of y e Inhabi- 
 tants, aforesaid, that shall haue grante of Timber for his supply in what he 
 standeth in need of. for any vse in the Towne not to sell: being such as 
 he or they haue not of thier owne Lands formerly granted them or thier 
 p r decessors: and shall let the said Tymber or any pt therof Lye vnempved. 
 more then the space of sixe monthes after the same is felled, shall forfiet all 
 the same timber so left wholley into the hands of y e Towne. to be disposed 
 of by the Wood reeues from time to time by new grante at thier discretion 
 gvided allwayes that this shall not p r iudice or hinder any speciall grante made: 
 or to be made, to any pson in pticular: of longer libertie 
 
 30 For as much as diuers men that haue Canooes for thier 
 Canooes necessary vse and occasions haue complayned of great wronge 
 
 done to them, by seuerall psons in takeing awaye thier said 
 Canooes: w th out thier Leaue or knowledge, which haue bene much to the 
 trouble and damage of y e saide owners: therfore in consideration and for y 6 
 p r uention thereof It is Ordered: that if any pson w'soeuer after the daye of 
 the publication heereof shall Remoue or take awaye any Canooe or Canooes. 
 w t!l in our Towne from the place wher the owner or his Assignes haue left or 
 fastened the same, from time to time, without Leaue or consent from the 
 owner thereof first had or attayned shall for euery such offence. Forfiet to 
 the owner thereof or to his Assignes: the sume of one shilling, or if the said 
 Canooe be so taken awaye or Remoued that the owner or his Asignes be dis- 
 appointed of the vse therof. the space of one whole daye or more, then the 
 person or persons that did remoue the same, shall paye to the owner thereof 
 or his assignes double the damage, w'soeuer may be made appeere. that was 
 susteyned therby. to be recouered in both cases, by Legall pceedings. as 
 other debts in case the same be not payed quietly otherwise 
 
 31 It is Ordered, that if any pson w th in our Towne w'so 
 Wayes to cleere euer shall after the publication heere of. Encumber. Interupt. 
 
 or Anoye. any high way or drawen waye in y e Town or in 
 the woods, by felling any Tree or Trees crosse or into any such waye either 
 by y e Body or Topp or any pt thereof and doe not forth w th before he or they 
 dept from the same, fully and sufficiently take the same awaye. and cleere
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 15 
 
 the waye. he shall paye and sattisfie. for euery such Tree so felled, to y e 
 Anoyeance of any such waye as afore saide. the sume of Twoo shillings. 
 to him or them that shall first giue notice thereof, to y e Select men of our 
 Towne for y e time being or to any twoo of them. And if y e pson that haue so 
 felled the saide Trees shall not vpon demaund of the said Twoo shillings p 
 tree, by the Informer forth with remoue the said tree or trees as before saide. 
 then the saide pson so felling those Trees: shall for euery weeke that they 
 lye vncleered out of the waye. paye to the Towne and the vse there of: Five 
 shillings p tree into y e hand of the Constable for the time being. 
 
 32 At a genrall meeteing of the Inhabitants of the Towne 
 Select mens dyet: 1651 It was ordered, that the Select mens dyet expended at 
 
 ' thier Town Meeteings shall be payed for at the charge of 
 the Towne. from time to time heereafter; 
 
 33 At a genrall meeteing of the Inhabitants of the Towne 
 Schoole 2o 1651 It was ordered that Twentie pounds p Ann: at the least 
 
 shall be the settled recompence of the Schoole master for the 
 space of seuen yeares next ensueing; 
 
 34 At a generall meeteing of the Inhabitants of the Towne 
 Dp 1 payed 1651 It was ordered, that all such men as shall heere after 
 
 be chosen by our Towne according to Lawe and shall pforme 
 the seruice of deputies at the generall Court from time to time, shall be 
 payed for that thier seruice at the charge of the Towne. the sume and 
 manner there of is left to the select men now to be chosen to determine 
 
 35 Whereas it apeare vpon experience that such fire woode 
 Fire woode as hath bene hetherto alowed to be made vse of. as in Comon 
 
 Libertie to each of our Inhabitants is now much spent and 
 there for. for the more conueanient supplye of the Towne. more libertie is 
 founde necessary, and that allso such care be taken to p r serue such Oake trees 
 as at p r sent or heere after ar like to be vsefull Timber, for the supplye of 
 building. Fencing &c: 
 
 It is therefor Ordered that it shall be henceforth in the Libertie of euery 
 Inhabitant in our Towne from time, to time, to fell take and carrye awaye. 
 any such fire woode of the Comon Lande of the Towne as he or they shall 
 neede for his or thier owne burning, from time to time gvided allwayes that 
 the same be such Trees onely: as by reason of the Rottennes crookednes or 
 other defect ar vnfitt for Timber: but if any man shall fell any such oake tree 
 or young oake stande or plante as in a Reasoneable ap r hension or judgement 
 may apeare by this order is truely jntended to be p r serued: as not being 
 burnt at the bottom or stubb or very crooked or defectiue as afore saide 
 euery such offender shall Forfiet for euery tree so felled contrarey to the true 
 jntent of this order the sume of 2 s : 6 d : except such pson haue leaue from the 
 Towne regularly the offence to be judged by the woodreeues the forfiet or 
 penaltie to be payed the one halfe to the Informer and the other halfe to the
 
 16 DEDHAM TOWN EECORDS. 
 
 Towne any order or clause or pvisoe: in any order to the contrary heereto 
 fore made is heere by repealed 
 
 pvided allso that if any Inhabitant shall fell firewood and suffer it to 
 lye vncutt or vnset vp 14 dayes after the same is felled, it shall then be in the 
 Libertie of any Inhabitant of our Towne to take the same and carry the same 
 awaye for his owne vse; 
 
 36 It is Ordered, that all such Inhabitants in our Towne 
 Booke to sub- from time to time as doe not subscribe thier names to our 
 scribe: Towne Booke of Orders, and therby declare his engagem 1 to 
 
 be subiect to the gouerm* of our Towne and beare pportion- 
 able Charges therein: &c: according to the Couenant where vnto we haue 
 generally subscribed: shall be heereby debarred all libertie of cutting fire- 
 wood or hearding or putting cattell in any of the comon Lands of our Towne 
 except such as shall by Inheritance posesse any one house Lott allready 
 builte whose p r decessors haue formerly subscribed as aforesaide. 
 
 pvided that the Libertie and power of the Towne exp r ssed in the second 
 Article of the Couenant be not p r iudiced therby but remayne in full force. 
 
 pvided allso that it shall be in the power and Libertie of the Select men 
 for the time being, to alowe and grante libertie to any Inhabitant to make 
 vse of the Comon p r uelidges before exp r ssed vntill he may haue an optunitie 
 to subscribe and is by the Towne admitted there vnto; 
 
 37 For as much as it was comitted to the select men by the 
 Dp' pay e what last genrall meeteing of our Towne to settle : determine the 
 d^ how recoippence that should be allowed to the deputies of our 
 
 Towne. It is therfore ordered that euery man that shall 
 henceforth be chosen orderly to be a deputie in the behalfe of our Towne 
 and shall so attend the seruice of the Genrall Courte. that the Towne be not 
 occasioned thorough his defect to chuse another, shall haue for that his ser- 
 uice for that yeare he is so chosen allowed & payed to him or his Assignes 
 the summe of Three pounds out of the Towne Rate 
 
 38 For the raiseing of the 20^pafm for the Schoole m r rec- 
 Schoole #z r pay: ompence: agreed vpon the last generall Towne Meeteing. It is 
 how raised ordered 1 that all such Inhabitants in our Towne as haue 
 
 Male Childeren or seruants in thier Families betwixt the 
 years of 4 and 14 yeares of age shall paye for each such to the Schoole m r 
 for the time being or to his vse at his Asignm 1 in Towne in Currant payem* 
 the surne of 5 s p aiim. 2 that whatsoeuer these sumes shall fall short of the 
 foresaid sunie of 20^" shall be Raised by waye of Rateing vpon Estates ac- 
 cording to the vsuall manner. 3 that these sumes shall be payed in twoo 
 equall parts and pportions for the space of Seauen yeares next ensueing the 
 first daye of January Anno 1651: each half part to be payed at the end of 
 each halfe yeare from time to time
 
 DEDHA1L TOWN EE COEDS. 1 7 
 
 39 Whereas the Generall Court hath Ordered that the Se- 
 Fences to lect men of each Town within this Jurisdiction, shall make 
 repayer: such Orders within thier seuerall Townes Respectiuely con- 
 cerning the due and seasoneable repayering of Fences within 
 
 thier seuerall Limits. It is therfore accordingly ordered that all Fences 
 within our Towne as well Generall as pticular and pticionall that ar heere- 
 after to be made or Repayered by newe postes. shall be made sufficient to 
 the height of Foure foote. except such Fences as ar. or shall be made of 
 stones, which shall be allowed sufficient at the height of Three foote and one 
 halfe. and that all psons what so euer that shall neglect or refuse the due 
 repayering or makeing the Fences belonging to them according to Lawe. 
 gportion pticular agreement or composition after the time allready p r fixed 
 Order: 15: and after due warning giuen by the woodreeues as in the foresaid 
 Order is required: shall paye for euery such seuerall defect in his or thier 
 Fence so neglected to be repayered. as aboue said, the sume of Five shil- 
 lings: and for euery daye so neglected after that time he or they so neglect- 
 ing shall paye the penaltie of 2 s & 6 d vntill those defects be sufficiently 
 Repayered: All these penalties shall be Levied according to the manner all 
 readye ordered, in the Order before named: and allso disposed of for the vse 
 of the Towne as is ther required. And further the psons so neglecting shall 
 be Lyeable to paye all damages that may arise in any pt of the time that any 
 pt of the Fence aforesaid shall want due reparations 
 
 And further: whereas: Fenceing Timber begin to be scarce in 'seuerall 
 pts of our Towne and in regard thereof as well as of other reasons consid- 
 erable. It is Ordered, that all Fences that ar. or shall be made about en- 
 closed Land,s that Lye at a mile distance or vpward from any house within 
 the p r cinct of our Towneshipe. shall be alowed to be made of 3 Rayles gvided 
 it be made to the height of 4 Foote as a fore said to p r uent damage by horses 
 & otherwise 
 
 40 Whereas ther is much complaint of great damage done 
 Swine to Ringe by Swine: being not kept sufficiently Ringed notwithstanding 
 
 the order already pvided in that case: It is for the p r uen- 
 tion therfore Ordered: that for time to come all swine of what sorte so euer. 
 after they come to the age of Two monthes shall be kept sufficiently yoaked: 
 continually according to the former order: in that case pvided and vpon the 
 same penaltie therein exp r ssed. And further all swine that being aboue the 
 age afore saide shall be founde. not sufficiently ringed, the owner shall forfiet 
 for euery such swine or pigge sixe pence the one halfe to him that shall giue 
 information thereof to som select man and the other halfe to the vse of the 
 Towne. And for the more full and due execution heereof to effect: It is allso 
 further Ordered: that if any pson shall neglect sufficiently to Ringe his or 
 thier swine after due notice there of then that owner of such swine shall for- 
 fiet sixe pence for euery day so neglected to be payed as aforesaid, and if
 
 18 DEDHAM TOWN BECORDS. 
 
 any offender heere in shall neglect or refuse to make due payem 1 as afore 
 saide then vpon complaint to the select men at any of thier meetings, they 
 shall by warrant to the Constable directed leuie the same: 14: of 11 mo 1055: 
 
 41 It is ordered at a generall Towne meeteing that all 
 Voates for Voates that shall henceforth be giuen for the accptance of 
 Townesmen psons to be Townesmen shall be giuen in by kernels of 
 
 wheate. and Indian Corne: the wheat to be vnderstood to be 
 for the affirmatiue and the Indian come for the negatiue. 1 of. 11. 1655 
 
 42 This is to giue publike notice that we the Select men 
 Inmates vpon consideration of that charge and trust committed to vs 
 
 by the Court: Title order Townships: Sect 4: doe there heerby 
 declare, that though we haue bene willing to coniue at some and be slowe in 
 our actings in this case hetherto: yet now we Resolue and accordingly pub- 
 lish and by vertue of the fore recited Lawe Order that no man (being a 
 single man) shall Hue out of seruice or sojourn in any place or Familie with- 
 in this Towne or be Inmate (either single man or others without the consent 
 and allowance of the Select men for the time being: and from time to time: 
 vpon the forfieture of the penall sume of Twentie shillings for euery such 
 offence continued for the space of one whole month: y e 14 of 11 mo 1055 
 
 43 Whereas seuerall men that haue bene admitted to the 
 Townsemen p r uelidge of being Townesmen with vs and therby to such 
 remoued^ rights & p r uelidges and enjoym ts as are anexed there vnto 
 
 and yet remoue themselues and thier Families out of our 
 Towne. It is therefore Ordered that all such psons as are allready Admitted 
 as before saide or shall heereafter be admitted, and that haue or shall heere- 
 after so remoue themselues and thier Families and remaine and dwell out of 
 our Towne the space and time of one whole yeare: all and euery such pson 
 and psons shall therby loose all the p'"uelidge of being or being reputed 
 Townesmen: and all the freedoms rights and benefits ariseing from his or 
 thier admission and if -after warde any such pson or psons returne &: dwell 
 in our Towne and shall desire to renewe the forsaid p r uelidge it shall be in 
 the Libertie of the Towne in any of thier Generall meeteings to accept or 
 refuse as they shall se cause. y e 17 of y e 10 mo. 1656: 
 
 44 For the better exsecution of thos orders formerly made 
 Swine to be about Swine that thay be sufficiently yoaked and Ringed 
 ringed all accordinge to the orders of the towne Richerd Elice is de- 
 t he year puted to take care of the east street and midle plaine so fare 
 
 as the mettinge hovse to see the orders duely exsequted and 
 for his paines therin the former penalties imposed vpon the owners of such 
 swine as are not sufficiently yoked and Ringed are to bee recauied by the 
 said Richard for his owne vse: and vpon his neglect of his trust in not exse- 
 qutinge the towne orders he shall forfitt for every such ofence to the towne 
 one shillinge.
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 19 
 
 And the like trust and charge in every respect that we haue commetted 
 to Richard Elice we doe commett to John Bacon for the rest of the Towne 
 he to recaiue the like feews for his paynes and pay the like penalties for his 
 neglect this power to remaine in thes mens hands till other be chosin in ther 
 rome: Dated 14: 11 m 1656 
 
 45 Conceringe the orderinge of fences about remot fillds 
 Power of Itt is Ordered that the viewars of fencis about the remote filds 
 v lew ars of Fences are invested with the same power concerninge Fencis about 
 about remot filds such filds: as thay are appointed vnto; that the woodreiues 
 
 haue by the Towne order and to actt 'in all respects accord- 
 ingly. 
 
 46 Itt beinge found by much exsperience. that much 
 Killin of Damage is done by blackbirds espetially in Indian Corne 
 Blakbirds &c both in the Springtime and afterward and att this time more 
 
 then ordanarie and no effectuall course haue ben takin for 
 the subduinge of them which same other townes haue done and by ther 
 exsperience haue found it much for ther advantage as also for the destroying 
 crowes Jayes Chirie birds which also doe much harme 
 
 Itt is therfore Ordered that henceforth who soever shall kill in our Towne 
 any of the blackbirds shall haue ninepence a dozin & for the other birds a 
 peny a bird provided thay bringe the heads of all such birds as thay kill to 
 sume one of the Selectmen who is to keep account of the heads so brought 
 and the persons that bringe them that so thay may haue there pay out in a 
 Towne rate which shall be levied vpon the arable land in the Towne 
 
 This order to stand in force till the Selectmen see case to alter it. 
 
 47 In consideration of the anoyance and trouble that haue 
 Dry Cattell bene somtimes formerly to seuerall of the home heardes and 
 reslrayned heardsmen by reason of drye Cattell goeing at liberty with- 
 out a keeper. It is therefore Ordered, that if any Inhabitant 
 
 of this Towne shall suffer any of thier dry Cattell (working oxen onely ex- 
 cepted) to goe at home at libertie so as any of the home heards shall be 
 p r judiced by them or any of them then euery such Inhabitant shall paye to 
 the owners of the heard so p r judiced the summe of five shillings for euery 
 beast so goeing at liberty: 25 of 12 mo: 1658: 
 
 48 Whear as it doe apeare the Towne lader that do belonge 
 For the meting to the meeting howse and haue beene mad oncapable of 
 howse lader sarvic in respecte of breaking and loosing ovt the staues 
 
 which tend to the damage of the Towne: it is theirfore 
 ordered: that whosoeuer shall remove or cavse to be removed the aforesayd 
 lader excpt in cause: of fire vpon sume hovse shall forfit to the vse of the 
 Towne for every such ofence: the sume of five shilings: 9 10 mo 1661
 
 20 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 DEDHAM 
 [*Contentment] The 18 August 163G being y e 6: month 
 
 Assembled whose names are heervnd r written viz* Edward Alleyn, Abra- 
 ham Shawe, Samuell Morse, Phillemon Dolton, John Dwite, Richard Eu r ard, 
 /Rafe Shepheard, John Coolidge, Thomas Hastings, Nicholas Phillips, John 
 Kingsbery, John Gaye, John Rogers, Francis Austen, Daniell Morse, Joseph 
 Morse, John Huggen, John Ellis 
 
 And with one accord agreed vpon these conclusions followeing viz* 
 
 1 Wheras all men that are admitted into our society doe 
 Informacon First of all Coven* by subscribeing their'names to keepe of 
 discou r ed from vs all such as shall not be fownd fitting. For w ch Cause 
 
 it is necessary that every man in our sayd assembly shold 
 give Informacon what he knoweth concerneing any man that is soe p r sented 
 vnto vs to be enterteyned. But for as much as some soe doeing & the same 
 after becomeing discou r ed by some false brother vnto the sayd ptie (& that 
 padventure also w th some misconstruction) [ ] much emulacon may arise 
 & faithfull pceedings [ ] For y e p r vention wherof we doe order That 
 
 wh [ ] of our society shall soe doe, & therof vpon good Te[ ] be 
 
 evicted. He shall then henceforth^ be excluded [ ] Assemblyes as a 
 
 Covenant breaker & as a man not [ ] to be admitted into society of 
 
 such as seeke peace & ensue it. And in case of noe humiliacon for satis- 
 faction be made then such a fyne to be set vpon him as at the next meeting 
 after shalbe thought fitting. 
 
 2 That ther shall not any waters w th in the compas of our 
 waters s[ ] Towne become Imgpriate vnto any pticuler man: 
 
 but shall Rest free for the Comon benefit of the wholl Towne 
 For matter of Fishing. 
 
 3 That noe man whoe is in Covenant tyed vnto any other 
 Servants pson for service for any tyme or Tearme shalbe admitted 
 
 vnto vs to Receive any Lott vntill the sayd tearme or tyme 
 shalbe fully expiered: And good testemony then given vnto vs of the same. 
 Set out & measured by Thomas Bartlet Lotts for seu r all men as follow- 
 eth viz*. 
 
 For Samuell Morse 12. Acres. For Raffe Shepheard 12. Acres. 
 For Philleman Dalton 12. Acres. For Lambert Genere 12. Acres. 
 For Daniell Morse 12. Acres. For Nicholas Phillips 12. Acres. 
 For Joseph Morse 12. Acres. 
 
 all these confirmed at this meeting & are Abuttalled as by the pticulers in 
 foil: appeth 
 
 1. Set out and measured for Abraham Shawe 12: Acres 
 
 Abr: Shawe Also graunted vnto him all that medowe w ch lyeth betweene 
 
 the 2: Riu r s & his Lott soe farre as his Lott extendeth west- 
 
 * The asterisk within the brackets indicates that the words enclosed therewith 
 were erased in the original text.
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 21 
 
 ward &: Southward to haue & possesse the same to him & his Assignes for 
 ever 
 
 Graunted vnto Edward Alleyn & his Assignes for ever All that pcell of 
 land & Medowe w eh lyeth betweene the Riv r s toward the East & the wood 
 towards the West And abutteth vpon the woody hill towards the North & 
 vpon the Cliffe of the Smooth playne towards the South And to haue soe 
 much [ ] wood vpon tbe sayd playne as may [ '] beyonde the 
 
 Cliffe [ ] wher it may be [ ] make a ditch & a bridge vpon the same 
 through [ ] a Fence to pte y e land soe graunted from the sayd playne. 
 Allwayes gvided John Gaye to haue his Lott by shall haue some 
 
 Medowe pcell of the same. And also that he or they maye heerafter Con- 
 ferre an other Lott out of the same vnto some other Freind such an one as 
 our society may apgve of. And moreover ther is graunted soe much of y e 
 woods as may be necessary for 3: Lotts, the sayd Edward Alleyn to haue soe 
 much therof as shalbe fi [ ] at the discretion of Abraham Shaw Samuell 
 Morse or Phileman Dalton, to be anexed vnto the sayd land soe graunted to 
 him & his assignes for euer. 
 
 2 That every man that hath an wholl Lott shall haue [ ] 
 Medowe Acres of medowe as he hath of vpland in his first graunt an 
 
 house Lott, & [ ] pte of such medowe as adioyneth [ 
 
 such Lot shalbe possessed by y e same man & what fales shorte is to be sup- 
 plyed els wher: 
 
 DEDHAM 
 [^Contentm 1 ] 1636 The 29 th of y 6 6*: Month, called August 
 
 Assembled whose names are vnderwritten viz* Rob te Feke, Edward Al- 
 leyn, Abraham Shawe, Samuell Morse, Philemon Dalton, John Dwite, Lam- 
 bert Genere, John Kingsbery, John Coolege, R[ ] Shepheard, John Gaye, 
 Nicholas Phillips, Thomas Hastings, Frances Austen, Ezechiell Holliman, 
 John Rogers, Joseph Shawe. Willm Bearstow 
 
 And w th one accord agreed vpon these conclusions following viz* 
 
 1 Ordered that m r Robte Fekes shall haue the same 
 Robte Fekes gportion of grownd for house lot y* others haue had assigned 7 
 
 vnto them: And y* he shall for a Fearme haue w th in 
 twoe [ ] of his seate, soe much vpland & medowe as shalbe sufficient, 
 
 in good Judgem* & he him selfe shall loveingly accept of. 
 
 2 Ordered y* single men shall henceforth haue Eight Acres 
 8: accre Lotts for an house lott and noe more for y er first sitting downe, & 
 
 soe much medowe grownd thervnto. Resoluon y 1 as their 
 
 [Families] increase they [ ] inlargem* as shalbe thought fitting & soe 
 
 neer vnto t[ ] former Lott as conveniently may be pformed. And allso 
 
 ] is ordered y* they shall haue ech of them An acre and an halfe of
 
 22 DEDHAM TOWN HECOBDS. 
 
 swampe to be cleered in maner & forme & cumpas of such tymes as Form r ly 
 is limited vnto y e two acre Lotts. 
 
 That y e next meeting shalbe vpon y e second day of y e next week at y e 
 G f : h'oure in y e morneing at John Gayes house. 
 
 Dedham The 5 th of y e 7: Month Called Septemb r . 1636. 
 
 Assembled whose names are vnderwritten viz*. Edward Alleyn, Abra- 
 ham Shawe, Samuell Morse, Phileman Dalton, Ezechiell Holliman, John 
 Kingsbery, John Dwite, John Coolidge, Richard Eu r ed, John Haward, Lam- 
 bert Genere, Nicholas Phillips, Rafe Shepherd, John Gaye, Thomas Bartlet, 
 Francis Austen, John Rogers, Joseph Shawe, Willm Bearestow. 
 
 All these being assembled subcribed their names vnto a 
 Petiton peticon vnto y e gen r all Courte for confirmacon of [ 
 
 [Graunt] to be comp r hended [ ] our towne whatsoeu r 
 
 is left from all form r grants on that side of Charles R .:. /|\ & 5 miles square 
 vpon the other side of y e sayd Riu r w th certeyne privileges of exemtion from 
 cuntry charges for 4. yeares &c. 
 
 Confirmed vnto Edward Alleyn that litle Hand w th y e 2 
 Edw. Alleyn drowned Iletts before graunted at y e first meeting to him & 
 
 his*signes forever. 
 
 Ordered y l y e next Fair day eu r y man of our society shall meet at y e 
 foule [ ] assist to mend y e same and soe many as can to bring whel- 
 
 barrowes 
 
 note y l after y e assembly was disolved: m r Robte Feke came and sub- 
 scribed his name vnto y e sayd peticon. 
 
 And Thomas Hastings : John Huggin did the like at Boston, soe y* all 
 y e names of them w ch are admitted into our society are subscribed thervnto. 
 
 The Coppy of w ch peticon is in y e beginning of this Booke as also of y e 
 Court order vpon y e same. 
 
 Dedham [ ] month Called September 
 
 Assembled whose names are vnderwritten viz 1 
 
 Edward Alleyn, Abraham Shawe, Samuell Morse, Philemon Dalton, 
 John Kingsbery, Lambert Genere, Richard Eu r ard. John Coolidge, Thomas 
 Hastings, John Gaye, John Haward, Thomas Bartlet, John Rogers, Daniell 
 Morse 
 
 After thankesgiving made vnto God for our good successe at 
 
 Confirmacon y e Courte Gen r all, before specefied By virtue of w ch [ ] 
 
 soe made vnto vs: we doe est [ ] confirme all y* was 
 
 ordered & done by vs before this daye [ ] distinctly Red cS; well weyed 
 
 accordingly.
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 23 
 
 1 Samuell Morse chosen Collector for money to be [ ] & 
 Collector payd out according to such seu r all occasions as shall [arise] 
 
 of & conc r neingour sayd Towne: And to give account therof 
 at what tyme or tymes soeu r , the same shall be Requiered of him 
 accordingly. 
 
 Ordered y* eu r y man shall p r sently paye into y e Collectors 
 Money hands according to his pportion of Lott. viz* for eu r y 12.[ 
 
 lot 18. ll & for eu r y 8. acre Lott 12 d towards expen [ ] made 
 at y e last Court, buying of Bookes, & [ ] of Bridge [ ] ou r the 
 
 litle Riu r . 
 
 3 Samuell Morse & Phileman Dalton vnd r takeing to mend 
 Swamp mended y e [ ] betwen Watertowne & M r Haynes his farme. it 
 
 is ordered That eu r y man of our societye shall pforme one 
 dayes worke in the same, or otherwise to paye vnto y e sayd vnd r takers [ 
 sum of 2 s : G' 1 : towards y e same worke. w ch is to be begon [ ] vpon y e 
 
 4 th day of y e next weeke. 
 
 4 A note Received from y e Wo rp11 John Winthrop deputy Go [ 
 in Recomendacon of his servant Henry Kingsbery y e [ ] to sit [ 
 
 w th vs: was Reacle, And his Request condecended vnto only Respited vntill 
 y e expiracon of y e tyme of his s [ ] w ch is next not to violate 
 
 our order formerly [ ] in that behalfe. 
 
 25 [November] 
 
 Assembled whose names are vnderwritten viz* Robte Feeke, Edward 
 Alleyn, Abraham Shawe, Samuell Morse, Phileman Dalton, Ezechiell Holli- 
 man, John .Dwite, Lambert Genere, John Haward, John Coolidge, Raffe 
 Shepheard, Thomas Bartlett, Thomas Hastings, John Huggens 
 
 For as much as the Court Generall was pleased to depute m r Danforth, 
 m r Alcocke & m r Alleyn, to set out y e bownds of Roxebery & such Farmes 
 as lye neer vnto our Towne of Dedham we thinke Fitting to give ayde ther- 
 vnto by Thomas Bartlet, whome we assigne to assist m r Alleyn therin; And 
 also we assigne Daniel Morse to attend m r Danforth in pfonnance of the 
 sayd busines if he shall Requier y e same. 
 
 Wheras our Towne of Dedham being far Remote from other Townes soe 
 that it is Requesite we shold enioye what number of people we may for our 
 better saffety from danger : as also for other compforts depending thervpon. 
 Wherfore we doe nowe by a generall consent order that all those w ch haue 
 or shall heerafter Receive Lott in our sayd towne: shall before the First daye 
 of November next become Inhabitant within our sayd Towne to imryve their 
 sayd Lotts & soe shall ther constantly Remayne dwelling in their [ ] or 
 
 such their heyers or assignes as shalbe appved of. And that for the space of 
 Seaven yeares to come next after the First day of the third month next, coiii-
 
 24 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 only called May daye next ensueing this p r sent daye Except those w ch are 
 Covenanted w th other Congregaeons w ch we doe order & enioyne to come & 
 setle as above sayd w th in Sixe monthes after a Church \v th officers shalbe 
 gathered in our sayd towne & ther Inhabiting, pvided that all such pties 
 shall in y e meane tyme make all necessary p r paracon by building '&c: as may 
 be Fitting thervnto. 
 
 And yf any pson or psons haveing Lott shall not pforme heerin accord- 
 ing to the true meaneing hereof: That all such graunte or graunts made vnto 
 any such ptie or pties shall become voyde as yf the same had never ben. 
 And the same Lott or Lotts w th all the appurtenances shall Returne vnto the 
 sayd Towne to be disposed of otherwise at our pleasure vnto such as will & 
 shall become Inhitants w th vs. 
 
 For as much as vpon good consid r acon we have Form r ly ordered y l noe 
 man shalbe admitted to haue Lott w th vs vnleast he First subscribeth both 
 to pay equall share of Charges w th other men of the same pportion of grownd 
 & submitt vnto all such orders & constitucons made or to be made con- 
 c r neing our sayd towne : as also y* he shalbe a man appved of by the wholl 
 Company: w ch we doe desier faithfully to maynetayne & keep vnviolated w th 
 our best indeavoure. 
 
 Wherfore we doe nowe Further order that noe pson soe ad- 
 Against mitted & haveing Lott w th vs shall at any tyme heerafter 
 
 Alienacons alienate bargen sell set over or assigne the sayd Lott or any 
 
 pcell thervnto belonging: vnto any other pson w* soeu r (not 
 being of our society) for the tearme of one wholl yeare or more except it be 
 vnto such as the Maior pte of our sayd wholl Company shall appve of & the 
 same to be Recorded in the towne booke. That onely such may still be 
 Re[ ] vnto vs, as are desiered by our first graunts. Soe y l yf any shall 
 soe doe contrary vnto our true meeneing heerin specefyed: the sayd Lott & 
 lotts or pcell therof soe alienated or set over shall become voyd from y e sayd 
 Grantees and assignes, as wholly as yf they had never possessed the same. 
 And shall Returne vnto our sayd Towne, as free to be granted vnto any 
 other as ever it was. Provided allwayes that what cost hath really ben 
 bestowed vpon the same, shalbe allowed vnto the sayd pties offending, to be 
 valewed by three vnd r standing men. Provided also y 1 this order shall not 
 extend vnto y e case of death: Soe that it shall & may be lawefull for any 
 ptye soe of Lott possessed to bequeath the same by will vnto whom he shall 
 please. And also every heyer at comon lawe after death may enter vpon y e 
 same & possesse it as his Inheritance anything heerin to the contrary notw th - 
 standing. 
 
 Moreover it is further gvided and agreed vpon that th p r sent order shall 
 stand in Force as abovesayd For the Space & tearme of Seaven yeares next 
 to come & [ ]longer w th out confirmacon of the same to be heerafter 
 
 made for longer tyme:
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RE COEDS. 25 
 
 Dedham The 31 December 1636 
 
 Assembled whose names are heervnder written viz* Robte Feke, Ed- 
 ward Alleyn, Abraham Shawe, Samuell Morse, John Kingsbery, Phileman 
 Dolton, John Dwite, John Hayward, John Coolidge, Richard Evered, John 
 Gaye, Thomas Bartlet, Thomas Hastings, Willm Berstowe, John Huggens. 
 
 First y* w ch was agreed vpon the last assembly was Read and confirmed. 
 
 Wheras Nicholas Phillips hath felled c r teyne trees w th out his Lott w th 
 out licence contrary to an order made in that behalfe. Therfore he is fyned 
 to pay vnto y e Collecto r for the vse of the Towne Sixe pence for every tree 
 soe felled. 
 
 And for y* Ezechiell Holliman hath felled one greate Timber tree for 
 clapboard w th out his owne Lott contrary to an order made in that behalfe, 
 therfore he is fined to pay vnto the Collector for y 6 vse of y e Towne the sum 
 of Ten shillings. 
 
 And the sayd Ezechiell is to paye in like manner for every lesser tree 
 soe felled contrary vnto the sayd order the sum of sixe pence for a fyne as 
 afore sayd. 
 
 The sayd Ezechiell Holliman is moreover Fyned the sum of Fifteene 
 shillings to be payd vnto y 6 Collector For that y* he hath covered his house 
 w th Clapboard contrary vnto an order mad in that behalfe. 
 
 Wheras c r teyne of our Company are gone up to inhabite this 
 Clapbord winter at our Towne of Dedham, & y 1 other materialls 
 
 are not well to be had for the [ ] closeing in of their 
 
 houses in such a season, w ch thing being well taken into consideration : we 
 doe therfore give liberty only for every such inhabitant abouesayd to make 
 vse of Clapboard to any pte of his house for his p r sent necessety from this 
 p r sent daye vntill the first daye of the third month next called May daye 
 And not afterward y* soe the order in that behalfe made may stand still in 
 force & effect to all intents and purposes for w ch it was soe made accord- 
 ingly 
 
 [* Ordered by gen r all consent y 1 yf any man henceforth from 
 Repealed this day shall fell any Tree of sixe Inches thicknes in the 
 
 Timber ires Carfe or of any scantling aboue sixe Inches in any place 
 w th in our sayd Towne, save only w th in his owne Lott w th out 
 licence of such as are or shalbe deputed thervnto Contrary vnto an order 
 form r ly made in that behalfe. Shall for every such tree soe felled w th out 
 licence Forfitt the sum of Twenty shillings of English money to be p r sently 
 payd vnto our Collector for the tyme being to the vse & benefit of our sayd 
 Avholl Towne accordingly.] 
 
 [*It is ordered by gen r all concent y* yf any man from henceforth shall fell 
 any tree lesse then Sixe inches in thicknes at the carfe, w th in y e distance of 
 
 * Erased by line drawn through in the original.
 
 26 DEDHAM TOWN HE COEDS. 
 
 One myle from the place wher the Meeting house is assigned to stand in onr 
 sayd Towne except in his owne Lott : shall for eu r y such tree soe felled 
 Forfet the sum of twelve pence of English money to be p r sently payd vnto 
 our Collector the tyme being to the vse & benefitt of our wholl towne : y l soe 
 noe waest may be made in any grownds w ch might become any mans Lott 
 heerafter to his p r uidise or hindrance w ch we desier carefully to p r vent.] 
 
 Wheras it is ordered form r ly y l eu r y man shall haue a c r teyne 
 Swampe ^portion of Swampe w ch he is to cleer of vnd r growne stuffe: 
 
 Pyne trees as by y e order appeth: And it nowe vpon viewe appeth y 1 
 
 c r teyn places of the sayd Swampe have many good Pyne 
 trees groweing & other places fewe or none: Therfore we doe agree & order 
 that eu r y Lott of twelue acres may ther take Three Pynes, & eu r y Eight acre 
 Lott twoe pynes for their p r sent vse. And the same to be well viewed: y l soe 
 eu r y man may haue- an equall pportion soe neere as may be of the same soe 
 viewed: To be taken before or after y e acres be measured at their pleasure 
 vnto whomesoeu 1 y e same shall fall. 
 
 A pposicon made for somewhat to be done conc r neing the 30 Acres of 
 purchased Lands, but the same is to be considered against the next meete- 
 ing w ch is to be for y* purpose vpon the 6 th day of the next weeke at the 
 house of John Haward at 8. of y e Clocke in y e Morneing 
 
 Dedham The 28. January being y e 11 th month 163G 
 Assembled whose names are heere vndervvritten viz*. Robte Feke, Ed- 
 ward Alleyn, Abraham Shawe, Samuell Morse, John Kingsbery, Phileman 
 Dolton, Ezechiell Holliman, John Haward, John Dwite, John Coolige, John 
 Gaye, Joseph Shawe, Thomas Hastings, Francis Austen, Willm Bearstowe, 
 John Huggens 
 
 First y* w ch was agreed vpon at our last assembly was nowe Read & 
 confirmed 
 
 Wheras ther was form r ly by y e gen r all Court graunted vnto 
 Purchased m r Samuell Dudly 300. acres of medowe & vpland: which 
 
 Landes sayd 300 acres Samuell Morse; Phileman Dalton; John 
 
 Dwite and Lambert Genere did for Twenty pownds lately 
 purchase from the sayd m r Dudly for the furtherance of a plantacon to be 
 aboue y e Falls. And for that our Towne nowe named Dedham is seated neer 
 vnto the sayd purchased lands: We are Willing to give vnto y e said purchasers 
 the sum of Twenty pownds more for their advantage in buying y e same. Vnto 
 w ch Samuell Morse, Phyleman Dalton & John Dwite being nowe p r sent have 
 assented & accepted of. Wherfore it is nowe by gen r all consent ordered that 
 y e first 30. Lotts allredy graunted out shall paye Thirteene shillings & foure 
 pence p Lott vpon y e Thirtith daye of this Month into the hands of Samuell 
 Morse Phileman Dalton & John Dwite or to one of them for satisfaction of 
 the first Twenty pownds.
 
 DEDHAM TOWX RECORDS. 27 
 
 And further it is ordered that a c r teyne quantety of y 1 medowe w ch lyeth 
 next vnto y e litle River shall become a somer pasture for milch Cowes: And 
 eu r y man that payeth 13: 4 d as aforesayd shall haue the free depasturing of 
 Twoe Cowes vpon y e p r mises. And the aforesayd purchasers shall haue the 
 depasturing of three Cowes thervpon forever because they haue soe loveingly 
 Resigned the same vnto our sayd Towne. And in case y 1 any man shall fayle 
 in paym* of the sayd money vpon y e sayd 30. daye of this month shall forfet 
 his depasturing of Cowes aforesayd for ever. Except Raffe Shepheard for 
 twoe lotts, Lambert Genere John Ellis, Richard Everard, John Rogers, & 
 Robte Whitmore being absent: Which are vndertaken for by Ezechiell Holli- 
 man & Phileman Dolton nowe p r sent And yf any of the sayd pties shall not 
 pforme paym 1 of the sayd 13. 4 d . accordingly \v th in y e space of one month: It is 
 ordered that such pty fayleing shall forfet y e sayd benefit of his depasturing: 
 And the same shall belong wholly vnto the sayd vndertakers as their j>p 
 Right for ever. 
 
 Moreover it is ordered that y e other Twenty pownds shalbe payd by 
 other Thirty lotts next to be graunted viz 1 Thirteene shillings & four pence 
 p lot as every man shalbe admitted, to make vp Sixtye Lotts in all. And 
 eu r y man soe paying 13. 4 d shall haue the like benefit of depasturing of Twoe 
 Cowes as y e form r 30 lotts had. And yf it shall happen y 1 soe many lotts be 
 not granted w th in y e Cumpas of one yeare from this daye That then, all we 
 y 1 are allredy admitted shall make good to y e sayd pties whatsoeu 1 is want- 
 ing of the sayd last 20: & haue vnto ourselves & assignes y c sayd depas- 
 turing forever. 
 
 It is agreed y* John Coolidge (in consideracon of his laying 
 Jo: Coolidge downe of some Right he had in y e sayd purchased 300. 
 
 acres) Is Released of y 1 Iniunction for coming to inhabit 
 w th in 6. monthes as appeth by an order made y e 14 November last. 
 
 Allso y* Ezechiell Holliman is Remitted all his Fynes form r ly 
 Ez: Holliman seased in consideraeon of some moneyes disbursed by him 
 
 for y e benefit of our Towne. 
 
 Dedham The 21 February being y e 12. Month 
 
 1636 Assembled whose names are herevnder written Edward Alleyn, Abra- 
 ham Shawe, Samuell Morse, Philemon Dalton, Ezechiell Holliman, John 
 Kingsbery, John Dwite, John Haward, John Coolidge, Thomas Bartlet, 
 Thomas Hastings, Francis Austen, John Huggens 
 
 First y t w ch was agreed vpon at our last assembly was nowe Reade & 
 confirmed. 
 
 Wheras Abraham Shawe is Resolved to erect a Cornemill 
 
 Ab: Shawe in our towne of Dedham, we doe grante vnto him Free 
 
 Myll liberty soe to doe. And for that purpose we haue nowe 
 
 assigned Edward Alleyn Samuell Morse Ezechiell Holliman
 
 28 DEDHAM TOWN RECOUPS. 
 
 Thomas Bartlet & Nicholas Phillips, or any 4: or 3. of them to accompany 
 him & his workmen to fynd out a convenient place And viewe what Fitting 
 [timber] is about y* place soe fownd for y* purpose: As also to order every- 
 thing conc r neing y e pfecting of y e same. 
 
 Remitted vnto Nicholas Phillips all his fynes in consider- 
 IV. Phillips aeon of his charges in enterteynm 18 form r ly & diu r sely made. 
 Set out by Abraham Shawe & Samuell Morse pcell of y e wood amongst 
 the Rocks vnto Edward Alleyn &c according to a graunt made vnto him y e 
 [18:] of y e 6: month to haue straight vp vnto y e m r ked tree, & to haue y e 
 same distance throughout adioyneing to y e graunted p r mises vnto y 6 Riuer 
 accordingly. Done in the p r sents of Raffe Shepheard & many others &c 
 The same to beginne at the Southermost lyne of the sayd 2 Lotts soe set 
 out & measured by Tho: Bartlet & soe alongst amongst y e sayd Rocks vnto 
 y 6 River the aforesayd distance throughout. 
 
 Dedham The 23 th of y 6 first Month called March 
 
 1636-7 The First Assembly in Dedham by whose names are vnderwritten 
 viz* Edward Alleyn, Abraham Shawe, Samuell Morse, Phileman Dalton, 
 Joseph Shawe, Ezechiell Holliman, Lambert Genere, Nicholas Phillips, 
 Raffe Shepheard, John Gaye, Francis Austen, Willm Berstowe, John Rogers, 
 Daniell Morse, John Huggens 
 
 1 First y* w ch was agreed vpon y 6 last assembly was Read & confirmed. 
 
 2 Jonathan Fearebanke being p r sented by John Dwite was accepted 
 & subscribed. 
 
 3 Graunted to Samuell Morse y* necke of medowe lying 
 S: Morse next vnto y 6 medowes graunted vnto Edward Alleyn towards 
 
 the North to have it for a medowe Lott: And yf it gveth by 
 measure to be more or lesse then 12: Acres to be Reckoned vnto him accord- 
 ingly. Also graunted vnto him. All y 1 vpland w ch lyeth betweene y e Rocks 
 & y 6 sayd Medowe, to begine at y e Northermost end of those lands graunted 
 vnto Edw: Alleyn & to extend soe farre as the sayd nowe graunted medowe 
 extendeth towards y 6 North. 
 
 4 Ordered y* in y e greate Hand vnd r y e Rocke shall a yard 
 Hogsyeard be paled in for Swyne, the pale to be cut 6: foote, a single 
 
 Rayle 12: Foote longe. y e posts mortised, pales to be bownd to 
 y 6 Rayles w th poles & withes: w ch Lambert Genere hath vnd r taken to doe 
 at 2?. 4 d p Rod, & to build a sufficient shead to lodge the Swyne into the 
 bargayne. to be payed by those of our towne y 1 doe put any Swyne therinto 
 Sam: Morse, Jonath: Fearebanke, & Willm Bearestowe or any twoe of them are 
 to assigne the Tymber for it. 
 
 5 Wheras ther hath ben made some pposicons by Abraham 
 Ab. Shawe Myll Shawe for y 6 erecting of a Corne Mill in our Towne. We 
 
 doe now grante vnto y 6 sayd Abraham Sixty Acres of Land
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RJ5CORDS. 29 
 
 to belong vnto y e sayd Mill soe erected pvided allwayes y* the same be a 
 Water Mill, els not. We order also y* eu r y man y* hath lott w th vs, shall assist 
 to breng the Milstones from Watertowne Mill by land vnto y 6 boateing place 
 neer m r Haynes his farme. It is alsoe further graunted vnto y e sayd Abra- 
 ham y* the sayd grownd & mill soe to be builte shalbe at his owne dispose- 
 ing in case of sale or other atienacon at his pleasure. Saveing y* our Towne 
 shall haue y e first Refusall of it, at such a price as an other man wold Realy 
 give for any such alienacon accordingly. 
 
 6 Granted vnto Edward Alleyn two Acres vpon the Smoth 
 Edw: Alleyn playne to lye Right before & next vnto his Hand for his 
 
 better accomodaeon in building & inhabiting his sayd Hand. 
 
 7 Granted vnto Philemon Dalton, Lambert Genere, Raffe 
 Ph: Dalton Shepheard & Joseph Morse, one pcell of Medowe as it lyeth 
 L: Genere vpon y e River, betwene y e barren hills & y e sayd Riu r : in 
 Ra: Shepherd consideracon of their paynes taken in first discou r y of the 
 Jos: Morse . North side of our Towne. 
 
 8 Granted vnto Samuell Morse & Edward Alleyn one 
 S: Morse smale pcell of medowe lying next above &: neere vnto y e 
 Ed: Alleyn form 1 " medowe soe granted & as y e same doth: in consider- 
 acon of their like paynes taken in discou r y of y l side of our 
 
 Towne. 
 
 9 Wheras vpon y* 31. December last it was ordered to Re- 
 Smale tres strayne trees of vnd r 6: inches in y e carfe for being felled 
 Swampe w th in a myle distant from our Meeting house intended. It is 
 
 nowe by vs p r sent ordered y* it be Restrayned vnto vpland 
 grownd only: soe y 1 all Swampes soe long as they are not lotted out, are Free 
 for such trees to be taken only for necessary vses, w ch also may further y e 
 cleering of Swamps w ch is much to be desiered. 
 
 1637 The 25 th Aprill being y e 2 d Month 1637 
 
 Dedham Assembled whose names arevriderwritten viz 1 Edward Alleyn, 
 Abraham Shawe, Samuell Morse, Philemon Dalton, John Kingsbery, John 
 Dwite, John Haward, Lambert Genere, Raffe Shepheard, Nicholas Phillipps, 
 John Gaye, Frances Austen, Jonathan Farebancke, Daniell Morse, Willm 
 Bearestowe, John Rogers, John Huggens. 
 
 1 First y l w ch was agreed vpon the last assembly was Read & confirmed 
 
 2 M r Thomas Carter p r sented by Philemon Dalton was 
 Th: Carter p r sented accepted & subscribed. 
 
 3 Ordered y* the watches & wards shalbe carefully set & 
 Seriante kept & all other things done & pformed according to y e order 
 
 of [ ] in y e best manner we may be able. And to that 
 
 purpose Daniell Morse Chosen Seriant at Armes to order the same vntill we 
 haue other supply.
 
 30 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 4 Wheras Frances Austen made knowne vnto vs y l his Lott 
 Fr: Austen pveth very defective & soe Refering himselfe vnto y e com- 
 pany. It was Resolved by vs y* it shold afterward be Rec- 
 
 tefyed. 
 
 5 Wheras Lambert Genere haueing pvided Clapbord for 
 Clapbord his house, but hindred laying the same both by sicknes as 
 
 also by some imploym 18 for our generall good. In w ch Re- 
 spect at his Request liberty was [ ] graunted vnto him for laying y e same 
 vntill y e first of June next the form 1 " order to y e contrary not w th standing. 
 
 Wheras meetings haue ben agreed vpon & tymes apoynted 
 Absence fro accordingly, it hath often happened y'by y e slacknes of many 
 meeteings their comeing, others haue by long attendance waested much 
 
 tyme to their greate damage. It is nowe for p r venticn therof 
 agreed & ordered that whoesoever shall haue Received notice of such a 
 meeteing & shall absent himselfe one halfe houer after y e beateing of the 
 drunie shall forfet twelve pence. And yf any shall wholly absent himselfe 
 shall forfet the sum of Three shillings & Fewer pence, except ther be some 
 greate occasions to the contrary & y e same to be allowed of accordingly in 
 eyther of y e sayd cases. 
 
 Dedham The 11. th of y e Third Month comonly called Maye. 
 1637 Assembled whose names are vnderwritten viz'. Edward Alleyn, Abra- 
 ham Shawe, Samuell Morse, Philemon Dalton, John Dwite, Lambert Genere, 
 Nicholas Phillips, Joseph Shawe, Raffe Shepheard, John Gaye, Jonathan 
 Farebanke, Daniell Morse, Willm Bearestowe, Joseph Morse, Francis Austen, 
 John Rogers. 
 
 1 That w ch was agreed vpon y e last meeting was Read & confirmed. 
 
 2 Wheras Thomas Cakebread of Watertowne hath diu r sely 
 Cakebrcad, manifested his desier to come and have Lot w th vs. It is 
 
 agreed y* vpon good consideraeon of his knoweledge in Mar- 
 shiall afayers & in other cases he may become an vsefull man in our Towne. 
 Therfore Abraham Shawe Clarke of our traynedband Daniell Morse Sariant, 
 & Philemon Dalton are apoynted totreate w th him conc r neing such pposicons 
 as may be thought Fitting conc r neing the same his enterteynem* 
 
 3 Edward Alleyn, & Abraham Shawe appoynted to attend the next 
 court both for defence conc r neing Watertowns gposicons against the North 
 side of our Towne : as also for other businesses ther to be pformed. And 
 also that they may choose other of our society to assist them yf yf occasion 
 serve & all at a com on Charge. 
 
 4 Wheras vpon good viewe taken of y 6 Swampes next y 6 
 Swampe Towne they are fownd to be soe greate y* y 6 form 1 pportion al- 
 
 lotted to men will not be neere sufficient to cleere them 
 wherfore we doe nowe by a gen r all consent order that soe many as haue 12:
 
 DEDHAM TOWX RECORDS. 31 
 
 acre lotts may haue 4 acres for their 2: acres foiyn r ly granted, & those 8 acre 
 lotts may haue 3. acres of Swampe yf they please, otherwise not. Provided 
 allwayes that [ ] the fourth pte of y 1 w ch [ ] man doth accept of 
 
 shalbe cleered eu r y yeare in manner and forme according to y e first order 
 Ordering also y* whosoever shalbe fownd defective shall for eu r y defaulte soe 
 made forfett y e price of an Ewe kid then to be [ ] valewed and payd 
 
 vnto y 6 collector for benefit of y e wholl towne. It is to be the [ ] valewe 
 
 of an Ewe kid of Eight weekes old when y e defect is soe fownd. 
 Agreed to take swampe according to y is order 
 
 Acres Acres 
 
 Ed: Alleyn 4 La: Gen r e 4 
 
 Ab: Shawe 4 Ra: Shepherd 4 
 
 Sa: Morse 4 Ni: Phillipps 4 
 
 Ph: Dalton 4 Jo: Gay 4 
 
 Jo: Dwite 4 Jo's: Shawe 3 
 
 Da: Morse 4 
 
 Jo: Morse 4 
 
 Wm: Berstowe 3 
 
 Jon: Farebanke 4 
 
 Fr: Austen 4 
 
 Jo: Rogers refuse. 58 
 
 5 Graunted vnto Abraham Shawe one litle hill of grownd 
 Ab: Shawe as it lyeth incompased w th Swampe aboue the Easterly side 
 
 of y e litle Riu r , in consideracon of some care & paynes 
 taken of & conc r ning our Townes busines. gvided that he take 4: acres of 
 Swamp to him selfe &: his son Joseph 3. acres all to adjoine vnto y e said 
 litle hill, and cleer y e same accordingly. 
 
 6 Agreed y 1 Phileman Dalton shall haue his 4: acres of 
 Ph: Dalton Swampe to lye next aboue m r Shawe & John Dwite his 4 
 John Dwite acres next above Phil: Dalton. 
 
 7 Ordered y* strangers hoggs may be enterteyned to be 
 Hoggs kept amongst ours in the Hand, yf they paye [ ] shillings 
 
 p yeare for ech heade or Swyne. wherof 18 d is to be payd at 
 the entrance & the rest before the Swyne be taken awaye. 
 
 8 Thomas Hastings laying downe his lott vnto our society 
 Jo: Eaton John Eaton is enterteyned into y e same & subscribed. 
 
 9 Wheras y e evill disposicon of y e Natiues hath caused vs of late to 
 vnd r goe very much watching & wardings &c wherby much expence of 
 municon &c hath ben amongst vs to our greate Charge & detrim* besids our 
 tyme expended & the samelike still to continewe. wherfore we doe by gen r all 
 concent order y* eu r y man that henceforth shalbe admitted vnto vs shall 
 p r sently paye vnto our Collector Ten shillings of English money to be im- 
 ployed for municon &c for gen r all defence of our Towne y* all men [in some] 
 pp ortion beare charge accordingly. 
 
 Dedham The 14 th of y e 5 th month cofhonly called July 1637 
 1 637 Assembled whose names are vnd r written viz 1 . Thomas Carter, Edward 
 Alleyn, Abraham Shawe, Samuell Morse, John Kingsbery, John Haward,
 
 32 DEDHAM TOWN EECOEDS. 
 
 Phileman Dalton, John Dwite, John Coolidge, Nicholas Phillips, John Gaye, 
 Raffe Shepherd, Joseph Shawe, Jonat: Farebanke, Frances Austen, Daniell 
 Morse, John Rogers, Wm Bearstowe. 
 
 That w ch was agreed vpon y e last meeting is confirmed. 
 
 Ralph Wheelocke Thomas Cakebread & Henry Phillipps admitted whoe 
 subscribed accordingly. 
 
 Dedham The 18 th of y e 5 th month comonly called July 1637 
 1637 Assembled whose names are vnderwritten 
 
 Thomas Carter, Edw: Alleyn, Abra: Shawe, Sam: Morse, Phil: Dalton, 
 John Dwite, Lambert Genere, Nicho: Phillips, John Gaye, Raffe Shepheard, 
 Joseph Shawe, Jonath: Faerbanke, Frances Austen, Daniell Morse, John 
 Rogers, Willm Bearestowe. 
 
 1 That w ch was agreed vpon y e last meeting is confirmed. 
 
 2 Ezechiell Holliman Requireing concent of our society to 
 Ez: Hollimans turne over his Lott, as also y* w ch he purchased of Raffe 
 alienacon to Jn Shepheard vnto John Kingsbery & Joseph his brother it is 
 & Jos: Kings- condescended soe to doe. gvided y l the sayd Joseph subscribe 
 bery vnto our Covenant accordingly 
 
 3 Vpon some agitacon conc r neing m r Daltons Joyneing w th 
 m r Dalton vs It is consented vnto, vpon y 6 manifestation of his Resolu- 
 
 con to sit downe w th vs in a Civell condicon w th out further 
 expectacons pvided y* y* he brengeth c r tifficate from y e magestrats. 
 
 4 M r John Allen w th diu r se others being ppownded to sit 
 m r Jn Allin downe w th vs onely in the same condicon. they are accepted 
 
 soe to doe gvided y* they breng c r tifficate from y e mages- 
 trates according to the order of Courte as they ought to doe. 
 
 5 It is agreed conc r neing Clapboarding of houses y l it 
 Clapboard shalbe at liberty vntill midsomer day next, not w th standing y 
 
 order w ch is afterward to stand in force from y 1 day forward 
 
 Ferdinando Adam, Michaell Metcalfe, m r John Allen, An- 
 Admitted thony Fisher, Tho: Wight, Eleasor Lusher, Robte Hinsdall, 
 
 John Luson, John Fisher, Thomas Fisher, m r Timothy Dal- 
 ton & John Morse, gduceing c r tifficates from y e Magestrates subscribed vnto 
 our Covenants accordingly. 
 
 Dedham The 11 th of y e 6: Month comonly called August 
 1637 Assembled whose names are vnderwritten, viz* m r Tymothy Dalton, 
 Ralph Wheelocke, Edw: Alleyn, Abra: Shawe, Sam: Morse, John Haward, 
 Mich: Metcalfe, Ferd: Adam, Ant: Fisher, Eleas: Lusher, Lam: Genere,, 
 Nich: Phillips, Jonat; Farebanke, Raffe Shepheard, Tho: Wight, John Luson,.
 
 DEDHAM TOWN EECOEDS. 33 
 
 Tho: Fisher, Fra: Austen, John Morse, Dan: Morse. Jos: Morse, Willm Bear- 
 stowe, Henry Phillips. 
 
 That w ch was agreed vpon y e last meeteing was Read and Confirmed. 
 
 1 Imp r wheras Certeyne Lotts haue long lyne wast vpon the names of 
 John Ellis & John Coolidge w th out any imploym*. It is ordered y* yf they 
 doe not w th in 6. dayes set on to build & impve the sayd lotts as is Req- 
 uesite. That then the sayd Lotts shalbe at liberty to be disposed of vnto 
 some other men. And they to haue Lotts layd out for them whensoeu r they 
 will set on to impve y e same as they ought to doe. And the very like for that 
 lott w ch John Dwite hath layd out for a freind in grateficacon. 
 
 2 It is ordered y* yf m r Peter Prudden w th 15. more of his 
 m r Prudden Company shall please to come vnto vs, they shall haue enter- 
 
 teynem 1 & Lotts accordingly to be layd out for them, breng- 
 ing c r tifficate from y 6 magestrats as is Requiered. 
 
 3 Wheras ther are about 16: acres of land Remayne lying 
 2: acre Lotts at the Southermost corner of the mydle playne as yet vn- 
 
 lotted out. It is ordered y 1 it shalbe layd out into 2: acre 
 lotts to set houses vpon: And their Swampe lotts shall adioyne thervnto. yf 
 ther it may be had. And further shall haue layd out for them vnto ech 2: 
 acre Lott 12: or 14: acres of grownd according vnto y e neernes or goodnes of 
 the same: to be ether vpon the Wigwam playne or els vpon the Eastermost 
 playne beyond Robte Hinsdalles, And to y 1 purpose we doe order that noe 
 more houselotts shalbe layd out vpon the sayd East playne. 
 
 4 Moreover yf any man shalbe willing to depte w th any 
 p' celling of pcell of his Lott for y e accomodateing of any to be ent r - 
 Lotts to be teyned for their habitacons. We doe order y* such shall haue 
 recompensed layd out for them in Recompence vpon y 6 wigwam playne or 
 
 vpon the Eastmost playne or some other place of y* distance 
 as shalbe agreed vpon for eu r y acre soe dapted w th : One acre & an halfe: or 
 yf further convenient distance shall haue twoe acres for eu r y acre soe de- 
 pted w th And such as accept of such pcells shall haue them made vp com- 
 pleat Lotts after such like pportions. 
 
 5 It is consented that Nic: Phillipps may purchase of 
 R. Shepherd Joseph Kingsbery y* Lott w ch form r ly was graunted vnto 
 gratef: Lott Raffe Shepheard for a grateficacon: to dispose vnto some 
 Alienated other man 
 
 6 Graunted y* John Bacheler, & John Roper may haue 
 Enterteynm 1 . Lotts w th vs. Also y e like to Marten Phillips vnto whom 
 Jo: Roper Nic: Phillips pmiseth pt of his lott to set an house vpon 
 Jo: Bacheler pvided that they breng c r tifficates & subscribe vnto o v 
 Ma: Phillips coven* 8 accordingly.
 
 34 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 Nat: Colborne to 7 It is consented that Nathaniell Colborne may haue 
 Ph: Dalton Philemon Daltons grateficacon Lott, brenging c r tifficate & 
 gratefieacon Lott subscribeing accordingly. 
 
 8 It is ordered y l eu r y man y 1 hath not done his dayes 
 N: towne worke at Newtowne Svvampe shall meete thervpon the third 
 Swampe day of the second weeke followeing-this to mend the same & 
 
 other places. 
 
 9 Ordered y l ther shalbe 2: Rods broade p r sently cutt 
 Pond head downe & cleered for an high waye in the Swampe at the 
 
 heade of the pond vnto the [ ] of the Wigwame playne. 
 
 And Nicholas Phillips vnd r taking y e same It is ordered that our Collector 
 shall make payment therfore. 
 
 10 It is ordered y 4 a dilligent & a carefull Respect shalbe 
 High wayes had for y e laying out of all high wayes y 4 may be conceived 
 
 Fitting & to be well m r ked & dooled, & the bredthes seu r ally 
 Recorded. And for y* we may not foresee all that afterward may be fownd 
 fitting in that behalfe. We therfore as carefull of the compforte of succeed- 
 ing tymes doe order that it may be lawefull at any tyme heerafter for our 
 society or some of them y* may be deputed foi such busines, to take & laye 
 out in or through any mans lott: a sufficient Cartewaye, horseway, or Foote- 
 waye for y e vse of all men or some pticuler mans accomodations. Allwayes 
 pvided that care be had to doe the same w th as litle p r iudice vnto y e owner 
 as may be. And y* such full Recompence shalbe made vnto y e sayd pos- 
 sessor as may be vnto his satisfaction by some other pcell of grownd in our 
 sayd Towne to be therfore valewably (as shalbe adiudged) given vnto him: 
 both for y e grownd itselfe & the conveniehcy therof, as also for the fenceing 
 of y e same in all Respects: yf y e same be to be done by the possessor or 
 otherwise by our Towne accordingly. 
 
 11 It is agreed y* Jeffery Myngey shall haue a c r teyne pcell 
 Jeff: Mingay of grownd given him to build vpon & to imploye as may be 
 
 sufficiently convenient for his subsistance. 
 
 12 It is condescended that m r Wheelock may lay out some 
 R: Clarke pte of his Lott vnto Rowland Clarke to build an house vpon 
 G: Bearestowe & y 1 our Towne shall conferre vpon him some more grownd 
 
 for an addieon thervnto. And the like to Willm Bearstowe 
 for his brother George Bearstowe. 
 
 13 It is by a gen r all consent agreed y* Henry Smith shall 
 H. Smith haue y e next Lott y* is graunted out in our Towne. 
 
 14 For as much as our pportion of allottm 18 that we haue 
 Noe more form r ly Resolved vpon are nowe fully compleate according 
 enterteynem 1 to o r Intendem ts We doe nowe therfore fully agree by a 
 
 gen r all consent that noe more Lotts shalbe graunted out 
 vntill a further viewe be made what accomodacon may be fownd, for comp-
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECOEDS. 35 
 
 fortable enterteynem 1 of others. In the meane tyme those whoe haue given 
 [on] their names desiering to haue Lotts w tu vs shall haue a negatiue 
 Answer given them, for y* we haue as many as we conceive can "yet be 
 enterteyned. 
 
 15 M r Dalton, m r Shawe, Samuell Morse, & Jonathan 
 Bridge Farebanke Chosen to viewe, & estimate the Making of a 
 
 Caunsey &: bridge ou r the litle River: That w th expedi3on 
 somewhat may be done for effecting of the same. 
 
 Wheras it was ordered y l m r Robte Feke shold haue an house 
 Robte Fekes Lott as others haue also y* he shold haue for a farme w th 
 farme in 2: myles soe much vpland & medowe as shalbe sufficient 
 
 &: he accept of. Soe it is nowe y* he hath accepted of 12: 
 Acres for an house Lott lying by y e Rocks towards the East And 150 acres 
 at y e backe of y e Rocks towards y e west. And one pcell of Medowe lying be- 
 neath the same towards y e North next Charles Riu r as it lyeth by the sayd 
 Riu r buttelled & bownded betweene a litle brook & c r teyne Rocks: As also 
 to haue 12. Acres of Medowe to be Layd out els wher as other men haue. 
 vided allwayes y* what portion shall at any tyme fall vnto him by other 
 devisions in y e Towne: the same shalbe layd out to adioyne vnto the sayd 
 150: acres as is Required. 
 
 Layd out For John Kingsbery in y'greate Hand about 9. acres 
 Jn. Kingsbery more or lesse as it lyeth betweene the medowe & hill towards 
 
 the South of y e Rocks towards the North & abutteth vpon y e 
 Claypitts towards the West y c swampe towards the East: together w th a 
 c r teyne Corner of grownd lying at y e West syd of y e Claypitts. As also One 
 pcell of Rocky grownd as it lyeth betweene pte of his sayd Lot & the Riu r 
 towards the South to make vp his full Lott soe estimated. 
 
 Dedham The 28 th of y e 9 th Month. 
 
 1G37 Assembled whose names are vnderwritten 
 
 John Allen, Tymothy Dalton, Thomas Carter, Raffe Whelocke, Edw: 
 Alleyn, Abr: Shawe, Sa: Morse, John Kingsbery, Mich. Metcalfe, Ant: 
 Fisher, John Luson, John Haword,^ohn Bacheler, Joseph Kingsbery, Phile- 
 man Dalton, John Dwite, Tho: Wighte, Nich: Phillipps, John Gaye, Raffe 
 Shepheard, Jon: Farebancke, Jos: Shawe, John Eaton, Fra: Austen, John 
 Morse, Daniell Morse, Jos: Morse, John Rogers, Henry Phillipps, Eleaser 
 Lusher, Robte Hinsdall, John Roper, Marten Phillippes. 
 
 That w ch was agreed vpon the last meeteing was Reade & Confirmed. 
 
 1 Wheras m r Prudden w th 13. more of his Company at our 
 
 m r Prudden last meeting had liberty given to come & haue Lotts in our 
 
 Towne yf they soe pleased: But not haueing since vnd r stood 
 
 anything of their acceptance: we nowe hould ourselves noe longer to stand 
 
 engaged vnto them therin.
 
 36 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 2 For as much as Tho: Bartelet hath not attended vnto y e 
 Measurer Measuring out of our Lotts, wherby our Towne is much 
 Comittees p r iudised. we wholly discharge him of that Imploym 1 vntill 
 
 he shall come & inhabit w th vs. And we make Choyce of 
 Eleaser Lusher to pforme the same busines & to haue the like wages. And 
 doe give him liberty to make choyce from tyme to tyme of whom he shall 
 please to assist him: And for y e better effecting of all such businesses, we 
 doe make choyce of m r Tymothy Dalton Edw:. Alleyn & Abraham Shawe 
 Comittees, y* they or any twoe of them shall direct such measurings or 
 setting out of all such lands as are or shalbe graunted as is necessary 
 accordingly. 
 
 3 We order y l eu r y mans Swamp not yet layd out shalbe 
 Swampe Pynes done w th all expedition. And therfore we also order y* noe 
 
 more Pynes be felled any wher w th out the pticuler assignem 1 
 of y e aforesayd Comittees or twoe of them. Only those pynes y 1 before this 
 daye are felled vpon other mens Lotts 'shall stand good vnto the fellers, yf 
 they take them both stock & toppe awaye cleer before the first daye of' the 
 third Month next, els not, & then moreover yf he taketh awaye pte and not 
 all, he shall forfet twenty shillings vnto the Towne. And also gvided that 
 such feller shall pmit him vpon whose Lott such tres weare felled, to take in 
 like maner soe many such trees vpon his owne swampe at any tyme after- 
 ward when he shall please after^y 6 same be layd out, the sayd Pynes to be 
 ther assigned by 2: of y e aforenamed Comittees. 
 
 4 We doe order y* eu r y Inhabitants in our Towne y* hath 
 Trees to be not Pynes Clapbord trees, or other Tymber convenient for 
 Assigned their vse: may have it assigned vnto them for supply of their 
 
 appent wants by our sayd Comitties or twoe of them. Every 
 mans ppriety allwayes Reserved. 
 
 5 We doe order y* all highwayes p r sently needfull shall w l 
 Highwayes expedieon be orderly set out by our Measurer, & twoe of y e 
 
 sayd Comittees, w th the assistance of some of the neighbours, 
 w ch the sayd high wayes are adiacent vnto. And the same, to be well m r ked 
 & dooled w th lastinge dooles. 
 
 C Ordered y 1 400: planke shalbe forth w th sawne & layd for 
 400 Planke a passage over the litle River. M r Dalton vnd r taking to 
 
 sawe the same w th in one month we order y* our Collector 
 shall pay him for the same. And John Dwite shalbe alowed for shulveing y e 
 Snowe 
 
 7 John Kingsbery & John Hayward appoynted to order y e 
 Bndge makeing of a foote bridge over the greate River over against 
 
 m r Carters lott At a Comon Charge.
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 37 
 
 8 It is agreed that vvhoesoeu r shall Really intend to make 
 Canooe a Caiiooe for his gp vse may haue one Pyne assigned vnto 
 
 him by twoe of our sayd Comitties (not haueing of his owne 
 sufficient y er vnto. Provided that he doth finish y e same Canooe w th in thirty 
 dayes after y e same be felled vpon y e penalty of 20 s . fyne as Form r ly in case 
 of Tymber disordered felled. 
 
 9 Henry Smith is accepted to haue a lott according to our 
 If: Smith former gmise, subscribeing his name vnto our Covenant, 
 
 paying Charges & brenging certificate. 
 
 10 Ordered that Edward Colver wheelwright shall haue 
 Ed: Coluer twoe Acres layd out for y e p r sent for imploym* in his trade 
 
 & after to haue an addicon els wher as shalbe fownd need- 
 full. In the meane tyme to haue free liberty of taking Timber for his trade 
 every mans gpriety Reserved. 
 
 11 It is Agreed y l soe many as will Joyne together to fence 
 Hoggs Parke in a pcell of grownd for y e keeping of Swyne shall haue soe 
 
 much set out vnto them in some convenient place for y* pur- 
 pose: And y* the same shalbe in equall gportion gp vnto them for ever. Pro- 
 vided y l every mans gportion of Fenceing alike be pfected before the 15 th 
 day of y e second Month next & those y l doe beginne and not pfect y e same 
 soe vnd r taken shall loose their labour & the Rest may finish y e same imedi- 
 atly after y e same daye & possesse y e same. Also it is agreed y* those w ch 
 doe not Joyne nowe, may at any tyme after haue assigned vnto them grownd 
 in y e like gportion for y* purpose to adioyne vnto the former or in some 
 other place. 
 
 12 It is agreed y 1 all fences agaynst high wayes next every 
 Fenses mans Lott shalbe made before y e last of y e second month 
 
 next sufficient in y a ludgem* of 4: men to be Choesen ther- 
 vnto. And the same to ludge of every damage y* shall arise by any such 
 defect ether in makeing or maynteyneing y e same to be p r sently made good 
 by him y* is the ocasion therof. 
 
 13 Wheras John Dwite haueing his grateficacon Lott layd 
 Joh: Dwite out next vnto Elea: Lusher he is contented the Towne shall 
 
 make vse of the same otherwise yf they please. Provided 
 that he may haue one other Lot layd out els wher when he shall p r sent a 
 frend y* y e Towne shall accept of for y e same. John Fraery & Robte Willms 
 are gpownded conc r neing the sayd Lott but not p r sent. 
 
 1 4 John Eaton manifesting himselfe to be willing to laye 
 R: Shep: downe vnto y e Towne ether his Lott in y e Hand or that sixe 
 6: acres acres in y e playne w ch he purchased of Raffe Shepheard, & 
 
 w ch of these to doe he hath taken 6. weeks liberty to give 
 his Resolucon.
 
 38 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 Dedham The First of y e 1 1 th Month 
 1637 Assembled whose names are herevnder written 
 M r John Allen, m r Tymothy Dalton, m r Raffe Wheelocke, Edw: Alleyn, 
 Abr: Shawe, Sam: Morse, John Haward, Mich: Metcalfe, Ant: Fisher, John 
 Luson, Tho: Fisher, Phil: Dalton, Joseph Kingsbery, John Dvvite, Lambert 
 Genere, Nich: Phillips, John Gaye, Raffe Shepheard, Joseph Shawe, Jon: 
 Farebanke, Tho: Wighte, Eleaser Lusher, Robte Hinsdale, John Morse, 
 Daniell Morse, Jos: Morse, John Rogers, John Huggens, Willm Bearestowe, 
 Henry Phillipps, Ferd: Adam, John Roper, Marten Phillips, Henry Smith, 
 Fra: Austen. 
 
 That \v ch was agreed vpon y c last meeteing was nowe Reade & confirmed. 
 
 Vpon a motion made by Ant Fisher It is condescended 
 
 Smiths Lott that Josua Fisher may enter vpon the Smithes Lott & ther 
 
 fitt himselfe y e building & otherwise for to doe some worke 
 
 of y* trade for y e Towne in the behalfe of his Father w'' h is expected this 
 
 next somer. Provided y* yf he cometh not in such a tyme as may be conceived 
 
 fitting by our sayd society Then the sayd Josua shall leave y e sayd Lott & 
 
 y e Towne to be at liberty to put in another Smith: aloweing vnto the sayd 
 
 Josua his wholl Charges vpon the same to be alowed by 2: Judicious men. 
 
 Michaell Metcalfe, John Luson, Ant: Fisher & Jos: Kings- 
 Meetinghouse bery Choesen to contriue the Fabricke of a Meetinghouse to 
 
 be in length 36 Foote & 20: foote in bredth, & betweene the 
 vpp & nether sell in y e studds 12: foote, the same to be girte and to order 
 men to worke vpon the same in all workes as they are seu r ally apted accord- 
 ingly. As also to ^portion the same workes & wages equally in all cases. 
 And they are ale wed to take Pynes for y e same house for board vpon y e wig- 
 wame playne or vpon y e entry goeing vnto the same. And are alowed to take 
 Oakes vpon y l grownd betweene Raffe Shepheards Lott & the Swampe 
 westward 
 
 Ordered y* considering y e p r sent deepe Snowe If any man 
 Timber shall lend Timber neer the same shall haue as much layd 
 
 vpon his Lott by the Towne afterward when they shall Re- 
 quier the same. 
 
 Wheras Phileman Dalton hath consented to laye out 2. Acres 
 Ph: Dalton of the west end of his Lott vnto Rowland Clarke to build an 
 
 house vpon. It is ordered that Phileman Dalton shall haue 
 soe much layd out vnto him in some other place w th advantage according to 
 the order form r ly made in y l behalfe.
 
 DEDHAM TOWX RECORDS. 89 
 
 The 18: of y e 11 th Month: 1637 
 
 Our weekely meeting appoynted for other occasions falling to be at 
 Joseph Kingsberies became altogether spent in agitacon conc r ning the 
 meeteinghouse wher these conclusions weare agreed vpon & soe ordered y r 
 they shold be added vnto y e busines of the form r meeting, most of the same 
 men being also nowe p r sent 
 
 First it is agreed y* ther shalbe alowed vnto such as doe fell 
 Meetinghouse Pynes of 2: Foote over at y e carfe sixe pence, & for Oake of 
 
 the same thicknes Eight pence: And for greater & smaler 
 after y e same Rate. 
 
 Thomas Wight, John Dwight, Nicholas Phillipps, John Eaton haue 
 vndertaken to fell all at the same Rates. 
 
 And agree y l yf any tree split by the default of the feller he shall loose 
 y e felling. 
 
 Crosse cutting every 2: foote over to be alowed sixe pence & soe eu r y 
 scantling after y l Rate. 
 
 Samuell Morse, Phileman Dalton, Ferd: Adam, Raffe Shepheard haue 
 vndertaken to pforme the same. 
 
 To allowe for digging of Pitts 12: foote in length 4^. foote broad [and] 
 5: foote deepe [2 s ]. 6< l 
 
 John Morse vnd r taketh to pforme the same, & hath liberty to take what 
 helpe he pleaseth. 
 
 To alowe for saweing Pyne board 5 s & for spliting G s p Cent 1 " And for 
 y e breaking Carfe of 2. foote deepe 3 d p foote Running measure. 
 
 Carpenters to haue for makeing of pitholls 12 d y e payer 
 
 Those 4. men appoynted to order y e worke shall appoynt wages for get- 
 ting Tymber to y e pitts & other such necessary busines. 
 
 Wheras John Eaton hath Relinqueshed vnto our Towne 
 R: Shep: 6: acres those 6: acres w ch he purchased of Raffe Shepheard. Pro- 
 to m r y-. Allen vided y* the Towne doe satisfye Ra: Shepheard & doe dis- 
 charge him of y e sayd bargen. And y l nowe m r John Allen 
 vndertaking to satisfye the sayd bargen, We doe w th a gen r all cosent conde- 
 scend thervnto: And y l he may confer y e same vpon one or 2: freinds after- 
 ward for house scituacons we aloweing vnto such his sayd freinds. Lotts els 
 wher as is Requesite in y* behalfe.
 
 40 DEDHAM TOWN HECOBDS. 
 
 Dedham The 20 th of y e Last Month: 1637 
 
 1G37 Assembled whose names are heerevnder written viz* M r John Allen. 
 m r Tho: Carter, m r Tim: Dalton, m r Raffe: Whellocke, Edw: Alleyn, Abr: 
 Shawe, Sam: Morse, John Haward, Phi: Dalton, Jos: Kingsberye, John 
 Dwite, John Coolidge, Lam: Genere, Nic: Phillipps, Mich: Metcalfe, Ant: 
 Fisher, Tho: Wight, Elea: Lusher, Tho: Fisher, John Luson, Robte Hins- 
 dall, John Gaye, Ra: Shepherd, Jos: Shawe, Jon: Farebanke, John Eaton, 
 Daniell Morse, Jos: Morse, Ferdi: Adam, John Rogers, John Huggens, Will: 
 Bearestowe, Rich: Eu r ed, Hen: Phillippes, John Morse, John Bacheler, Nat: 
 Colberne, John Roper, Mar: Phillipps, Hen: Smith, Tho: Hastings, John 
 Frary, Robte Williams. 
 
 That w ch was agreed vpon y e last meeting was Read & confirmed. 
 
 John Frary [*& Robte Willms] enter teyned to haue y 1 Lott 
 J: Frary w ch John Dwyte layde downe vnto y e Towne w th all y e bene- 
 
 fits y r vnto y e same to be belonging [*to devide y e same be- 
 twixt them selues as they agre, we gmising at all tymes to give them further 
 accomodacons according to y* they shall seu r ally need in their Imploym* 8 & 
 as y e towne can well afoarde vnto them] 
 
 Thomas Hastings enterteyned agayne & subscribed. 
 
 27i: Hasting For y f some men suppose y l their Lotts layd out are not full 
 measure according to their graunt: We doe nowe order y* yf 
 errors in Lotts any man soe conceiveing conc r ning his owne Lott maye haue 
 Rectefyed the same measured agayne, & whatsoeu r shall therin be want- 
 
 ing shall haue it made good wher it may most convenient be. 
 Provided y 4 such pson agreeth w th the measurer for his paynes therin & twoe 
 of our Comittees to to vievve & Rectefy y e same: And also gvided y l none 
 shall in such case medle w th any other mans lott or other grownds at all the 
 pty him selfe Resting satisfyed 
 
 Wheras diu r se men haveing Lotts in y e smooth playne fall- 
 supply for ing shorte of Twelve acres in their lyne: ther is set out vnto 
 
 defects in Lotts them by our measurer & our Comittees soe much amongst y 8 
 Rocks as was adiudged fitt to make vp the valewe of 12 
 acres according to their seu r all wants, as by the Abuttalls & bownds m r ked 
 out appeth. All w ch we alowe of: And nowe order y 1 all others shalbe sup- 
 plyed in y e like case yf neede Requireth: And all to be exactly Recorded in 
 our Towne booke accordingly That w* grownd is granted vnto every man 
 may in quantety or quallety be made good vnto them 
 
 For as much as ther hath ben often & much agitacon w th 
 L. Generes pte Lambert Genere conc r neing y e purchase of his Eight pte of 
 ofjoo acres the 300. acres, but noe convenient agreem 1 ariseing out of 
 
 y e same, we doe nowe Relinquish vnto y e sayd Lambert all
 
 DEDHAM TOWN BE COEDS. 41 
 
 gposicons formerly made conc r neing y e same, soe y 1 it may henceforth Re- 
 mayne vnto himselfe w th out any more treateing w th him to any other purpose. 
 
 And for y* y e Reckonings conc r neing y e sayd purchased 
 to p 'feet ye Acc: Lands are not as yet pfected: we doe make choyce of m r 
 0/300 acres John Allen, m r Tymothy Dalton, m r Wheelocke, Edw: Alleyn, 
 
 Abr: Shawe, Ant: Fisher, & Elea: Lusher, to pfect y e same 
 wherby such as we yet stand engaged vnto may haue satisfaction made vnto 
 them forthw th 
 
 At the Request of m r Dudly desierous to confer vpon m r 
 m r Greene Greene 100: Acres of his gift land & desiering the towne to 
 
 confer vpon him soe much grownd fit for a seate of an house 
 as nere y e same as may be : we condescend to doe it, only Respit vntill we 
 can take viewe wher it may be & then give him knowledge accordingly 
 
 Wheras y e depth of the snowe & hardnes of y e weather hath 
 Swampes ben such y* mens Swampes could not be measured out, much 
 
 lesse could cleer them in pte as y e form r order did enioyne 
 Wherfore we nowe by gnerall consent agree y l liberty Resteth vnto every 
 man for y e pformance of y* first pte vntill May day next come 12: monthes 
 except some just cause may appe to y e contrary. y e penalty notw tu standing 
 soe that y* & y e second fourth pte be both fully cleered before y e sayd first 
 daye of Maye vpon y e penalty therin specefyed. gvided y 4 those 2: fourth pts 
 of ech mans Swampe w ch is next the Towne be soe first cleered. 
 
 That y e feild w ch is agreed to be fenced vpon y e East side of 
 East feild for y e litle Riu r may haue Tymber assigned by twoe of our Com- 
 Fenceing itties for the side fences \v ch may not conveniently be had 
 
 vpon y e side Lotts Provided y* care be had, to take it only 
 vpon such places as are likely to continewe waest: as also y* the best Tymber 
 be not waested for y e vse of fenceing. 
 
 Dedham The 6 th of y e 2 d Month 
 
 1638 Assembled whose names are herevnder written 
 
 m r John Allen, m r Tho: Carter, m r Tym: Dalton, m r Rafe Whelocke, 
 Edw: Alleyn, Abra: Shawe, Sam: Morse, John: Kingsbery, Phi: Dalton, Jos: 
 ICingsberye, John Dwite, Lamb Genere, Nic: Phillips, Raffe Shepherd, Jon: 
 Farebanke, Jo: Eaton, Fra: Austen, Dan: Morse, Jos: Morse, Jo: Gaye, Jo: 
 Huggens, Hen: Phillips, Mich: Metcalfe, Ferd: Adam, Ant: Fisher, Elea: 
 Lusher, Joh: Luson, Tho: Fisher, Nat: Colborne, Joh: Roper, Mar: Phillips, 
 Henry Smith, John Frarye 
 
 That w ch was agreed vpon y e last meeting was Reade & confirmed, some- 
 what being altered Robte Willms not comeing vnto vs.
 
 42 
 
 DEDHAM TOWN 11ECOEDS. 
 
 It is condescended y l Thomas Allcocke shall haue sixe acres 
 Tho: Alcocke 1 of vpland & sixe acres Medowe yf he shall vpon his viewe 
 
 accept of the same, not being nowe p r sent 
 
 Francis Chickering accepted vnto Tho: Cakebreads Lott yf 
 Fra: Chickering they agre for y e [cost] done ther. Otherwise to haue accom- 
 
 odacon els wher as y e Towne can aford, yf he like y* same 
 
 vpon his viewe. 
 
 Jonas Humfry accepted to haue a lott, yf he shall accept of 
 
 yon: Humfry y Lott w ch the Towne can lay out for him vpon his viewe of 
 
 y c same betwene this & soon after planting tyme. 
 
 Joseph Kingsbery & Nic: Phillips laying downe ech a pcell 
 Buriall place of grownd for a buriall place, are to haue good alowance of 
 
 grownd in some other place for y e same. As also y e [sayd] 
 Nicholas for a pcell of grownd layd downe by him at the Keye. 
 
 Thomas Bayes accepted to haue a convenient pcell of grownd 
 Tho: Bayes layd out for him wher it may be fownd fitting for him to 
 
 subsist by in his calleing. 
 
 Jeames Allin accepted to haue sixe acres layd out for him in 
 Je: Allen y* corner by Jeffery Myngey yf ther it may [be] fownd fitt 
 
 It is consented y* m r Carter maye haue pte of y 1 hill in the 
 m r Carter Hand form r ly layd out vnto John Kingsbery. And the sayd 
 
 John to haue for satisfaction other grownd Layd out vnto 
 him by 2: of our Comittees accordingly 
 
 Fac-simile of the original grant, showing handwriting and autograph of 
 Edward Alleyn.
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 43 
 
 It is by gen r all consent ordered y l such as are or shalbe taken 
 Lesse portions into our Towne haueing lesse portions of Land then form r ly 
 Townsmen graunted vnto other men shall enioy all priviliges, as other 
 
 Townesmen, & beare all charges according to their propor- 
 tions as others doe. 
 
 Ordered by gen r all consent y* all scathes done: by any 
 Swyne Swyne shalbe be satisfyed by y e owner thereof: In maner 
 
 following. The First Scath shalbe satisfyed to the full val- 
 ewe. The Second scath done by the same Swyne shalbe satisfyed to the full 
 doble valewe of y e damage done by them. The third scath shalbe satisfyed 
 by paying 3. tymes soe much the damage then done doth amount vnto. being 
 done by y e same Swyne. And y* all the sayd damages are to be payd vnto y 6 
 Towne, To be valewed by 3: Indifferent neighbours accordingly. This p r sent 
 order is to begin e to be in force y e 8 th day of y is month before w ch tyme eu r y 
 man is to m r ke his owne Swyne. 
 
 Further it is ordered conc r ning Swyne y* yf any man whose Swyne have 
 done scath shall Refuse to satisfy vnto y e Towne what is soe adiudged w th in 
 one month after demand made. The Towne shall haue power to cease vpon 
 y 6 Swyne for full satisfaction as aforesayd. wherfore yf any man haueing 
 Scath done shall conceale y e Swyne & not discover whose they weare: him- 
 selfe or any of his Famely knoweing y e same shall Receive noe satisfaction 
 for such scath done. And yf he hath Received y e same, he shall Repaye it 
 backe agayne yf it be gved y 4 he or his knewe the Swyne. 
 
 Wheras it is Required by y e Court y 1 a booke shold be made 
 A survey of all y e graunts of Lands done in Townes & other matters 
 
 of Lands necessary & the same to be deliu r ed into y e Court & a Coppy 
 
 therof to be kept in Towne & y* Coppyes may be deliu r ed 
 vnto y 6 possessors according to their seu r all Entryes at such Rates as the 
 Court hath ordered in y* behalfe. For w ch purpose we haue desiered Edward 
 Alleyn to take survey of all lands layd out & To drawe notes & a Booke 
 therof accordingly. We doe therfore w th gen r all consent order y 1 for his care 
 & paynes in y e sayd busines every Lott shall paye vnto him twoe shillings. 
 And y* for his assistance he may take what neighbours he shall please to 
 further him in y e same for y e pfecting of y e sayd booke. 
 
 Dedham The 30 th of y e 3 (1 Month 1638. 
 1638 Assembled whose names are herevnder written 
 m r John Allen, m r Tim: Dal ton, m r Tho: Carter, m* Rafe Whelocke, 
 Edw: Alleyn, Abr: Shawe, Sam: Morse, John Kingsbery, Mic: M.etcalfe, Ant 
 Fisher, John Luson, Tho: Fisher, John Frarye, John Haward, Phi: Dalton, 
 John Dwite, Lam: Genere, Jos: Kingsbery, Nic: Phillipps, John Gaye, Ra: 
 Shepherd, Jon: Farebanke, John Eaton, Dan: Morse, Jos: Morse, Fra:
 
 44 DEDHAM TOWN BECORDS. 
 
 Chickeringe, Tho: Wighte, Elea: Lusher, Robte Hinsdale, John Morse, John 
 Bacheler, John Rogers, John Huggens, Hen: Phillips, Nat: Colberne, John 
 Roper, Mart. Phillips, Hen: Smith, Tho: Baye. 
 
 That w ch was agreed vpon y e last meeteing was Reade and Confirmed. 
 
 Ordered y* m r Tymothy Dalton, Edw: Alleyn, Abr: Shawe, 
 Medowe Tho: Wight, Sam: Morse, John Haward & Jon: Farebanke 
 
 shall measure out those pcells of Medowe w ch adioyne to 
 mens Lotts. And to measure out soe much medowe in seu r all pcells as is al- 
 lotted vnto eu r y man according to their graunts made vnto them. As 
 also for soe many men more as may be thought fitting to be after- 
 ward enterteyned vnto vs. And this being done then to haue a 
 meeting to determine the same, yf by any meanes it possibly may be 
 pformed. otherwise to comit y e same vnto y e [Society] by Lot to be resolved 
 yf then it may be soe adiudged fitting 
 
 Also it is agreed y l some smale pcells of vpland adioyneing 
 Smale p 'cells of y e severall devisions of medowe shalbe anexed vnto y e same 
 vpland fo wher it may be conveniently layd to the same w th out 
 
 Medowes p r iudice vnto other devisions of vpland afterward to be layd 
 
 out. 
 
 Further it is agreed y l the aforesayd men shall set out some 
 Plowe grownd plowe grownd for such men as may make vse of y e same in 
 
 some shorte tyme convenient. 
 
 It is agreed by a gen r all consent y* M r John Oliuer shalbe gcured to 
 measure out the aforesayd medowes yf it may be 
 
 M r Timothy Dalton & Edw: Alleyn appoynted to attend the 
 Courte next gen r all Court for such busines as ther may befall cori- 
 
 c r neing our Towne. 
 
 Agreed y* a Rate shalbe made of & for all charges conc r ne- 
 Meetinghouse ing y e meeting house according to those Lands in gportion 
 Rate w ch eu r y man nowe hath graunted vnto him. And apoynted 
 
 to make sayd Rate are Ant: Fisher, Joseph Kingsbery, Mic: Metcalfe, Jo: 
 Luson, Edw: Alleyn, John Kingsbery, Samuell Morse. 
 
 Ordered by y e maior pte y* y e Mettinghouse shalbe sett vp 
 :2O-~ in y e place wher it nowe lyeth, or vpon some pte of y e waest 
 
 77.- grownd neer thervnto, as it was left for y* purpose. 
 
 Dedham The 6 th of y e 5: Month 1638 
 
 1638 Assembled whose names are vnder written 
 
 M r John Allen, m r Tim: Dalton, m r Tho: Carter, m r Rafe Whelock, 
 Edw: Alleyn, Abra: Shawe, Sam: Morse, John Kingsbery, Mich: Metcalfe, 
 Ant: Fisher, Mar: Phillips, Phi: Dalton, Jos: Kingsbery, Jo: Dwite, Jo: 
 Luson, Tho: Wight, Ele: Lusher, Tho: Fisher, Lam: Genere, Nic: Phillips,
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 45 
 
 Jo: Gaye, Ra: Shepherd, Jo: Bacheler, Jo: Frarye, Jos: Shawe, Jona: Fare- 
 banke, Jos: Morse, Joh: Rogers, Jo: Huggens, Jo: Ellis, Hen: Phillips, Ferd: 
 Adame, Robt Hinsdell, Nat: Colberne, Tho: Baye, Hen: Smith. 
 
 Willm Bullard & John Bullard accepted of the Towne to 
 Wm Bullard haue pte of those Lands formerly graunted vnto Edw: Alleyn 
 Jn Bnllard w th some convenient adicon of vpland to be anexed for their 
 
 inlargem 1 as it lyeth adioyneing vnto y e p r mises accordingly. 
 
 The Clapboarding of houses set at liberty vnto all men from 
 Clapbord this tyme forward. 
 
 It is condescended for loveing satisfaction vnto some neigh- 
 Meetinghouse bours on y e East side of y e litle Riu r y* y e Meetinghouse shall 
 
 stand vpon y e End of Jos: Kingsberies Lott, not w th standing 
 y 6 order made y e last meetinge. And therw th it is ordered y* satisfaction 
 shalbe made vnto y e sayd Joseph in some other Lande for y* acre of grownd 
 he hath [yeilded] to set y e Meetinghouse vpon. 
 
 It is ordered y l The Towne shall Indeavour by all meanes 
 Portions neere to contrive for y e accomodateing such as haue Lotts farre 
 
 distant from y e Meeteinghouse w th some portions of grownd 
 to set houses vpon neerer. 
 
 And thervpon it is condescended y* m r John Allen may pos- 
 Jn: Allen sesse y* pte of Rafe Shepheards lot soe purchased vnto him- 
 
 selfe in all or in pte at his pleasure for his neerer accomoda- 
 con to y e meetinghouse. 
 
 Dedham The 28 th of y c 5 th Month 1638 
 1638 Assembled whose names are vnder written. 
 
 m r John Allen, m r Tim: Dalton, m r Raffe Whelocke, Edw: Alleyn, Abra: 
 Shawe, Sam: Morse, Mich: Metcalfe, Ant: Fisher, Phi: Dalton, Jos: Kings- 
 bery, Jn: Luson, Jn: Dwite, Tho: Wight, Elea: Lusher, Tho: Fisher, Jn: 
 Frarye, Lam: Genere, Nic Phillips, Raf: Shepheard, Jn Gaye, Jon: Fare- 
 banke, Fra: Austen, Dan: Morse, Jos: Morse, Ferd: Adam, Hen: Smith, Jn: 
 Rogers, Jn: Huggens, Willm Bearstowe, Hen: Phillips, Jn: Morse, Nath: 
 Colberne, Jn: Roper, Tho: Baye. 
 
 This meeting was only for y e distribution of Medowes & pformed as 
 foloweth viz*. 
 
 Assigned vnto Jn Dwite 6 a crs : 2: 23: poles of medowe as it 
 MeJowe is measured out lying between the Riu r & the Hill in pte of 
 
 his owne Lott: And 6: acres at the lower end of the greate 
 medowe next y e River in pte of his grateficacon Lott. 
 
 Assigned vnto m r Timo: Dalton 6: acres of medowe as it was measured 
 out lying beneth streame betwene the Riu r & the hill. And also 6: acres more
 
 46 DEDHAM TOWN RECOEDS. 
 
 lying next y e same betwene the end of y 6 sayd hill & y e River northwest. 
 And alsoe graunted vnto him all y* hill y* lyeth betwen y e sayd Medowes to 
 runne w th a streight lyne over y e sayd hill from one corner vnto y e other of 
 y e sayd medowes. 
 
 Assigned vnto m r John Allin 12 a cs : 1: 8: pole of medowe as it lyeth next 
 y e River aboue [stream] 
 
 Assigned vnto Sam: Morse 8 a cres : 1: of medowe as it lyeth betwene 
 m r Jn: [Allin] & John Bachelers medowe vpon condicon y* Dan: Morse 
 shall haue y l medowe form[ r ly] graunted vnto him. 
 
 Thomas Fisher 8 a cr : 1: of medowe as it lyeth next Jn: Dwite betwene 
 y e River & the Hilles. 
 
 Anthony Fisher 7 a cr : : 20i K) . as it lyeth next Tho: Fisher. 
 
 Thomas Wight G a cr : : medowe as it lyeth next Ant: Fisher. 
 
 John Luson 6 a crs : : 30' 10 of medowe as it lyeth next Tho: Wight be- 
 sides 3. rods broade through y e same being 22. p: broade is 66. p. in all for 
 an high way. 
 
 John Fisher 6 a cr : 1 : 8 po . of Medowe as it lyeth next John Luson be- 
 sides y e high waye 3. rods broade lying betweene y e Riu r & y e same. 
 
 Raffe Shepheard, Lambert Genere, Jos: Kingsbery Jos: Shawe, & Nat: 
 Colberne are assigned to take y e 16 a cr : 3: 12 po : lying downe streame next 
 aboue y e [pond] & devide y e same betwixt them to make vp ther halfe Lotts. 
 Raffe Shepherd to have y e over plus towards satisfaction of y* he pted w th at 
 home. 
 
 Assigned y* Dan: Morse shall haue soe much of y e next medowe to y 1 
 was form'ly graunted vnto his Father, to make it vp 6: acres w th y* acre 
 & halfe at home. 
 
 Ordered y 1 those w ch Inhabit on y e East side of y e litle River shall haue 
 for y r Medowe next beneth y e greate pond. Eleaser Lusher to haue y e first 
 8: a,cres, 1. Roode. & 22: p to be reckoned vnto him for 6. acres 
 Robte Hinsdall 6:: : besides y e hill 
 John Frary 6: : : besides y e hill 
 
 Fred: Adam 6::: besides y 6 vpland 
 Mich: Metcalfe 6: : 
 Jon: Farebancke 6: : 5 
 
 Jo: Rogers "] 
 
 Wm Bearestowe 6: : 1 these 18 a cr : : 20i> is to be Devided 
 
 Fra: Chickering (, 6: :20 > amongst those sayd 5: men according to 
 
 Tho: Hastings 6: : I their pportions to make vp their halfe Lotts. 
 
 The Smiths Lot 
 
 John Dwite 6: : being pt of his grateficacon Lott as above specefyed. 
 
 Joh: Huggens 6: : & 96: pole allowed for y e waest Grownd. 
 
 Jos: Morse 6: : & 96: pole allowed for y e waest grownd.
 
 DEDHAM TOWN HECOBDS. 47 
 
 Job: Morse G: 
 
 Rich: Euered 6: 
 
 Joh: Colidge 6: 30 
 Jo: Roper G: 20 
 
 H: Smith 6: 
 
 g. 
 
 Ordered by gen r all consent y l those w ch haue not stover enough for y e 
 catle they nowe possesse, shalbe supplyed by y e appoyntm 1 of our 3: Com- 
 ittees or one of them. And then others to be supplyed as may be con- 
 veniently, pvided y l those w ch nowe haue y e worst shalbe in y e next devision 
 Recompenced accordingly in a Just and an orderly waye. 
 
 The 13 th : of y c month 
 
 Most of our Towne assembled in y e Morneing to take order 
 Blacke Smith about a Blacke Smith to be enterteyned. It was agreed by 
 
 diu r se men to lay downe c r teyne moneyes to buy coles to 
 further y e same, amounting vnto 3^: 11: 8. as by y e pticulers in a note here- 
 vnto anexed. the same money to be wrought out by y e Smith for y e sayd 
 seu r all men when he shalbe thervnto Required 
 
 That m r Carter is to haue soe much of Medoweto be p r sently 
 m r Carter layd out for him as may make vp y* he nowe hath to be 12: 
 
 Acres. 
 
 Abraham Shawe, Samuell Morse, & John Kingsbery assigned 
 Swyne to vie we scares done by Swyne. 
 
 Dedham The 28: of y e 6: Month Comonly Called August 
 1638 Assembled whose names are vnderwritten. 
 
 m r John Allen. m r Timo: Dalton, m r Tho: Carter, m r Raffe Whelocke, 
 Edw: Alleyn, Abra: Shawe, Sam: Morse, Mich: Metcalfe, Ant: Fisher, Jn: 
 Luson, Jn: Haward, Phil: Dalton, Jn Dwite, Lam: Genere, Nic: Phillips, 
 Raffe Shepheard, Jon: Farebanke, Jn Eaton, Fra: Austen, Jn: Rogers, Rich: 
 Euered, Jn: Frary, Eleas 1 ' Lusher, Robte Hinsdall, Ferd: Adam, Jn Roper, 
 Mart: Phillips, Hen: Smith, Fra: Chickering, Willm Bullard, Tho: Baye. 
 That w ch was agreed vpon y e last meeting was Read & Confirmed 
 
 It was agreed y* Edw: Kempe Blacksmith shalbe enterteyned 
 Ed: Kempe vnto the Smiths lott, to haue y e one halfe of y e same as it was 
 form r ly layd out together also w th one halfe of all y e depend- 
 ances thervnto belonging & certificate pduced. 
 
 Timothy Dwite enterteyned vnto his brother Jn: his gratefi- 
 Ti: Dwite cacon Lott to haue halfe an acre for situaoon of his house 
 
 next y e hether end of y* grownd w ch the wheelwrite had, & y e 
 Rest to be at the East end of his brothers Lott. His sertifficate gduced.
 
 48 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 John Hunting enterteyned to purchase John Coolidge his 
 yn: Hunting Lott & c r tifficate gduced. 
 
 M r Henry Deengayne enterteyned vnto 3 acres purchased of 
 H: Deengayne Abr: Shawe & to haue an Eight acre Lot layd out for him 
 
 some distance from y e towne w th other benefitts of our Towne 
 accordingly. 
 
 Henry Brocke enterteyned to purchase Joseph Shawe his 
 Henry Brocke Lott & c r tifficate pduced accordingly. 
 
 Agreed by gen r all consent [ ] shalbe by all good meanes 
 m r Phillips indeavor to obteyne m r Phillips to come vnto vs, for our 
 
 further compfort in what God may fee pleased to call him 
 vnto. M r John Allen m r Dalton m r Carter m r Whelocke & Edw: Alleyne 
 assigned to treat \v th him to y e same purpose. 
 
 Joseph Moyse Joyner Weeden brickstrieker, Rich Yongs 
 
 Jo: Moyse John Folger, & Tho: Leader gpownded to further con- 
 
 77/0: Leder sideracon. 
 
 John Haward & Nic. Phillips chosen to mowe gather vp and 
 Meetinghouse breng home thatch for y 6 Meetinghouse, & to take such 
 
 assistance vnto them at y e Townes charge as may be con- 
 venient for y 6 expedicon therof: together w th all maner of other Materialls 
 for y e same: & to put it out to thatching. 
 
 Dedham The 21 th of y e 7 th month. 
 1638 Assembled whose names are vnderwritten 
 
 M r John Allen, m r Timo: Dalton, m r Tho: Carter, m r Ra: Whelock, Edw: 
 Alleyn, Sam: Morse, John Kingsbery, Jn: Haward, Phi: Dalton, Jn Dwite, 
 Nic Phillips, Hen: Brocke, Jona: Farebanke, Jn Eaton, Dan: Morse, Jn 
 Rogers, Jn Huggens, W m Bearstowe, Hen: Phillipps, Ant: Fisher, Tho: 
 Wight, Jn Luson, Jn Bacheler, Mart: Phillips, Jn Frary, Willm Bullard, 
 Edw: Kempe, Jn Gaye, Fra: Chickering 
 
 Phil: Dalton & John Haward chosen to enquier of men Re- 
 men licenced ceived into our Towne according vnto a warrant Received 
 for that purpose whether men be licenced by y e state to sit 
 downe in y r Jurisdiction. 
 
 Jn Rogers and Jn Farebanke appoynted to goe vpon y e 
 Char: Riu r discou r y of Charles Riu r w th such men as shall by y 6 Courts 
 appoyntm 1 call them y 6 2 tl day of y 6 next weeke. 
 Jpseph Moyse Joyner & Tho: Leder form r ly ppownded to be 
 'Jo: Moyse considered are nowe accepted to haue ech of them 4: acres 
 Tho: Leder of Grownd vpon y e wigwam playne. And Weeden brick- 
 Strieker to haue 6 acres in y e same playne yf he please to 
 accept of y 6 same & sit downe w th vs.
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 49 
 
 Wheras diu r se abuses conc r neing y 6 taking of other mens 
 Boates botes & Canooes w th out licence of y* Owner, to y e danger 
 
 of many differences amongst vs w ch we desier to rectify ac- 
 cording to a Court order. [Now therfore] ordering y l whosoeu r shall hereafter 
 take any boate [contrary to the] peace w th out Licence of y e owner shall for 
 taking any such boate to vse as aforesayd, forfet Ten shillings. And for eu r y 
 Canooe [soe taken] shall forfet Five shillings vnto y 6 owner or owners 
 therof. And yf any shall faile to levye y 6 sayd sum or sums soe forfeited of y e 
 ptye offending w th in Thre monthes then y 6 sayd forfeits to be levyed by our 
 Collector for the vse of our Towne. 
 
 John Dwite & Jonathan Farebanke chosen to be head worke- 
 Cavnsey men for the Caunsye at y 6 litle River. And are to Judge of 
 
 y 6 valewe of eu r y mans dayly worke ther done & keep Just 
 account of y 6 same. 
 
 M r Robte Feke by m r Jn Allen manifesting his willingnes 
 M r Feeke to Resigne y 1 wholl lott form r ly graunted vnto him vnto y e 
 
 Townes furth r disposeing. the towne alloweing him such 
 Charges as he hath ben at conc r neing y e same. & also pvided y l he shall 
 haue an other Lott layd out for him when he shall come to Inhabit w th vs 
 all w ch we condescend vnto. 
 
 Abraham Shawe selleth vnto Mich 11 : Metcalfe & John Frary. 
 Ab: Shawe All his Swamp conteyning Power acres w th all the appurte- 
 nances thervnto belonging as it lyeth neer vnto the house 
 Lotts of y e sayd Mic 11 & John in our sayd towne of Dedham as by his bill 
 dated y e 10 th : of Octob r 1638. 
 
 Dedham The 23 th of Nouember. 1638 
 
 1638 Assembled whose names are vnder written viz 1 . 
 
 M r John Allen, M r Timo: Dalton, M r Tho: Carter, M r Ra: Whelocke, 
 Edw: Alleyn, Sam: Morse, John Kingsbery, John Haward, Phi: Dalton, Jos: 
 Kingsbery, John Dwite, John Hunting, Lamb: Genere, Will: Bullard, Tim: 
 Dwite, Nic: Phillips, Rafe Shepard, Henry Brocke, Jo: Eaton, Dan: Morse,. 
 Jos: Morse, Jn Rogers, Jn Huggens, Jn Ellis, Ric: Eu r ed, Hen: Phillips,. 
 Mic: Metcalfe, Ant: Fisher, Edw: Kempe, Jos: Moys, Tho: Wight, Elea: 
 Lusher, Robte Hinsdell, Jn: Luson, Jn Bacheler, Nat: Colberne, Jn: Roper.. 
 Mar: Phillips, Hen: Smith, Jn: Frary, Tho: Bayes, Jef: Mingey, Jea: Allen. 
 Tho: Leder 
 
 That w ch was agreed vpon y e 2. last meetings was Read &: confirmed 
 
 Wheras Tho: Fisher whoe vnd r tooke y 6 Meetinghouse dieth 
 
 Meetinghouse before it was finished. It is agreed by gen r all consent y 1 
 
 John Roper, Tho: Bayes, & Jos: Kingsbery, shall estimate 
 
 what was left vndone of y e agrem* made w th him: as also other works done
 
 50 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 by others interniscuously w th y e finishing therof w th in y e sayd house to be soe 
 distinguished y l y e Towne may beare y e one & y e wedowe beare y e other 
 accordingly. 
 
 John Kingsbery hath liberty to exchange a Ditch roome at 
 Clay Pitts y e south side of y 6 Clay pitts for soe much on y e 
 
 M r Robte Feke pffering to laye downe his wholl estate in 
 M r Feke our Towne, vpon condicon y l ther be payd vnto him y e sum 
 
 of Twenty Markes of English Money when y e sayd Lott & 
 farm form r ly granted vnto him shalbe disposed of vnto others by our Towne, 
 w ch is agreed by gen r all consent to be pformed accordingly. 
 
 Thomas Bayes to haue y l 6: acres more or lesse at it lyeth 
 Tho: Bayes by y e Smith w th 3: acres of medowe, wher it may afterward 
 
 be layd out for him w th out farther expectacon otherwise 
 then what y e towne may freely bestowe vpon him yf they se cause. 
 
 John Ellis to haue y* 7: acres w ch John Hay ward layeth 
 jFohn Ellis downe giveing vnto y e sayd John^Haward satisfaction for y l 
 
 Cost he hath ben at vpon y e same. 
 
 Granted vnto Giles Fuller & Thomas Ward to haue ech of 
 Giles Fuller them 3: acres to imgve & possesse for their owne vse & 
 Tho: Ward benefit soe long as they shall Remayne in towne gvided all- 
 
 wayes that they build none house vpon the same w th out further 
 licence of y e towne. And also y* yf they or ether of them shall depte y e towne, 
 shall laye his pte downe to y e townes vse being alowed for such cost as hath 
 ben bestowed vpon y 6 same'w th out alienating any pte of y e same vnto any 
 other w th out y e townes consent. 
 
 Granted vnto Nicholas Phillips that hill & pcell of grownd 
 Aic: Phillips w ch lyeth betweene y e high wave & Jonas Humfry w th y* 
 
 smale pcell of Medowe ther vnto adioyneing as it Rangeth 
 against y 6 South side of y e sayd hill. 
 
 Thomas Bartlet laying downe all his Right in y e towne vnto 
 Tho: Bartlet John Kingsbery for 22 s wherof 13: 4 d is for y e purchase 
 
 medowes w ch he is to possesse & the Rest to be payd him by 
 y e Towne, & soe y 6 Lott to Fall. 
 
 Wheras ther was an order made y 6 28 th of y e 9 th month 1637 
 Hogsparke for the erecting of an hoggs Parke by such as wold Joyne in 
 
 y e same in some place to be set out for y* purpose, And 
 others afterward y e like as by y* order appeth. And for y* y e same was not 
 begone by Reason of y 6 hard wynter Falling soe fast vpon vs. nowe therfor 
 we doe order y* y e same may be done in y e same maner as Form r ly is spece- 
 fyed for y* purpose by soe many as please to Joyne in y e same. 
 
 Edward Richards shomaker Trumble Cowp. & Richard 
 
 Barber ppownded to consideration against y e next meeting.
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECOEDS. 51 
 
 Joseph Shawe selleth vnto Henry Brocke his Lott w th all y* 
 for 2o: Rights thervnto belonging: And also his pte of the purchased 
 
 medowe therto belonging as appereth by a note vnder his 
 hand dated y e 8 th : September 1 638. 
 
 Abraham Shawe selleth vnto Ferdinando Adam one portion 
 for 8 of Grownd called an hill or Hand as it lyeth to his home lott 
 
 It sideth betweene y e Swampe of Henry Brock once Jos: 
 Shawes & y* Swampe y* once was Abr: Shawes nowe belonging to Mich 11 
 Metcalfe & John Frary together w th all y 6 woods wayes and Rights belong- 
 ing to y e sayd Hand. As appeth by his bill dated y e second day of Novem- 
 ber 1638. 
 
 Dedham The 25 th of y e 1. month. Comonly Called March. 
 1639 Assembled whose names are vnderwritten viz 1 
 M r John Allin, m r Timo: Dalton, m r Tho: Carter, m r Rafe Whelocke, 
 Edw: Alleyn, Sam: Morse, John Kingsbery, Phi: Dalton, Jos: Kingsbery, 
 John Dwite, John Hunting, Lam: Genere, Nic: Phillips, Henry Brocke, John 
 Luson, Eleaser Lusher, Robte Hinsdall, John Frary, Jona: Farebanke, John 
 Eaton, John Bacheler, Dan: Morse, John Morse, John Rogers, John Huggens, 
 Ric: Euered, Hen: Phillips, Raffe Shepheard, Mich: Metcalfe, Fer: Adam, Tho: 
 Wighte, Nat: Colberne, Jn: Roper, Mar: Phillips, Henry Smith, Fran: Chick- 
 ering, Willm Bullard, John Bullard, Edw: Kempe, Timo: Dwite, Tho: Ledor, 
 John Gaye. 
 
 That w ch was agreed vpon the last meeting was Read & Confirmed 
 
 [* Agreed y* Forty shillings shalbe allowed vnto y e wedowe 
 wed: Fisher of Tho: Fisher toward y* bargayne y* he tooke in building y e 
 Meetinghouse, w ch o r towne is to make good vnto her.] 
 J Ordered y l a Ditch shalbe made at a Comon Charge 
 Fenseditch through purchased medowe vnto y 6 East brooke. y 1 may both 
 
 be a pticon fence in y e same: as also may serue for a Course 
 vnto a water mill: yf it shalbe fownd fitting to set a mill vpon y e sayd brooke 
 by y e Judgem* of a workeman for y* purpose. 
 
 Ordered y 1 yf any man or men will vnd r take & erect a water 
 Mill Cornemill shall haue given vnto him soe much grownd as 
 
 was form r ly granted vnto Abraham Shawe for y* same end & 
 purpose w th such other benefitts & privelidges as he shold haue had in all 
 Respects accordingly, provided y 1 y 6 sayd Mill doth grinde Corne before y e 
 First of y e tenth month as it is Intended. 
 
 Wheras it was ordered form r ly y 1 those men y 1 come vnto vs 
 
 Smale Lots since y e Pequit warrs shold pay vnto our Towne ten shillings 
 
 p Lott for y 1 those y 1 weare heer had expended much y* 
 
 1 Origin of Mother Brook. [ED.
 
 52 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 waye. It is nowe agreed by gen r all consent y* all those y 1 are come vnto vs 
 & sit downe vpon lesser portions then halfe Lotts shall paye nothing towards 
 or conc r neing y e same. 
 
 Ordered for Swyne y* in case of scath done ther shalbe 
 Swine doble damages payd by y e owner of y e Swyne vnto y e ptie 
 
 grieved And yf they agree not betweene y m selves: Then y e 
 sayd scath is to be valewed by Thre Indifferent men, And satisfaction to be 
 made for every scath soe often as it is done w th in one month after y e dam- 
 ages be soe adiudged. 
 
 This order is to take effect y e first daye of y e next month And also it is 
 ordered y* eu r y Swyne shalbe Earem r ked. And yf any Swyne aboue twoe 
 monthes old be at any tyme fownd vnm r ked as aforesayd : shalbe forfeted to 
 be seased by any man of our towne for y e vse & benefit of our Towne ac- 
 cordingly. 
 
 Also It is ordered for Goates in like manner as it is aboue- 
 Goates sayd conc r ning Swyne in all Cases & Respects whatsoeu r . 
 
 Edward Alleyn John Kingsbery John Luson & John Dwite 
 Debts are deputed to take in all y e bills of such debts as are due 
 
 Rates from the Towne vnto any man. And they shall make a Rate 
 
 for to satisfy all such debts & other Charges: as are p r sently 
 necessary to be defrayed in or conc r neing our Towne. 
 
 Edward Alleyn, John Luson & Eleazer Lusher are deputed 
 
 Deputies to laye out grownds, appoynt tymber, and to pforme & doe 
 
 for Laying all other businesses as weare form r ly comitted vnto m r Dal- 
 
 out Lands &rc ton & Edw: Alleyn, & Abrah: Shawe, y e sayd Abraham being 
 
 dead & m r Dalton Removeing from vs. they or any twoe of 
 them to pforme any such acts accordingly. 
 
 John Pope enterteyned vnto a twelue acre Lott, pvided y* 
 John Pope he subscribeth to our orders & assureth vs of comeing to in- 
 habit w th vs before. 
 
 Richard Barber enterteyned to haue Fower Acres of grownd 
 R: Barber w th vs, as a townesman. 
 
 Wheras it was Form r ly desiered y* Edw: Alleyn shold ac~ 
 
 Survaye cording to a Court order make a Survey of all our Lands 
 
 both graunted & alienated in our Towne. We doe nowe by 
 
 gen r all consent Ratify y 6 same: Also ordering y* he shall haue for y e same 
 
 soe doeing viz 1 
 
 For every houselot graunted out Twoe shillings. 
 
 For every pcell of 12: acres & vnder further graunted Twelve pence. 
 
 And for all pcells aboue 12: acres after that Rate according to y e quan- 
 tetyes soe graunted. 
 
 And for y e Alienacon of eu r y pcell sixe pence.
 
 DEDHAM TOWN EECOEDS. 53 
 
 All to be payd from tyme to tyme by y e seu r all possessors thereof 
 And for eu r r other thing y l is necessary to be incerted into y e sayd sur- 
 vey as a Record for our Towne to be payd by y e same as shalbe Judged Fit 
 according to his paynes taken therein. Wherof y e Court Requireth a tran- 
 script by order aforesayd. 
 
 Dedham The 17 th : of y e 3: Month. Comonly called Maye. 
 
 1639 Assembled whose names are vnderwritten 
 
 m r John Allin, m r Tim: Dalton, m r Tho: Carter, m r Rafe Whelocke, Edw: 
 Alleyn, Sam: Morse, John Kingsbery, Phi: Dalton, Jos: Kingsbery, John 
 Dwite, Lam: Gen r e, Nic: Phillips, Rafe Shepheard, John Huntinge, Hen: 
 Brock e, Jon: Farebanke, John Eaton, Dan: Morse, John Huggens, Ferd: 
 Adam, Mich: Metcalfe, Ant: Fisher, Tho: Wight, Ele: Lusher, Robte Hins- 
 dell, John Luson, Daniell Fisher, John Morse, John Bacheler, Nath: Col- 
 berne, John Roper, Marten Phillips, Hen: Smith, John Frarye, Fra: Chick- 
 ering, Willm Bullard, Edw: Kempe, Tho: Ledor 
 
 That w ch was agreed vpon y e last meeting was Red & confirmed. 
 
 Ordered by gen r all consent y* y e Rate shalbe made vpon eu r y 
 Rate mans [ ] Lands according to y e acres y* are graunted 
 
 vnto them. And y l all Catle shalbe Rated according to their 
 somer feede And when y e Rate is made & money demanded for y e same, eu r y 
 man shall make payment therof w th in one month after demand soe made 
 therof. And for defect therof it is agreed by vote y* it shalbe Lawefull for 
 y e Collector to take distresse vpon y e goods of such ptie or pties as shalbe 
 defectiue after y e month soe limited be expired And shall make sale of such 
 distresse taken for satisfaction of y e sayd Rate. 
 
 Also it is agreed by gen r all consent y 1 yf any man shalbe de- 
 Metinghouse fectiue in payment to y e meetinghouse Rate after y e first daye 
 rate of y e next month y e Collector shall take distresse in like 
 
 mailer for satisfying y e same, [& Charges] therof in arrere 
 
 Wheras itt hath ben fownd [by long experience] y* y e 
 7 men for gen r all meeting of soe many men in one [ 
 
 towns affayres ] of y e Comon affayres therof, haue waested much 
 
 tyme to noe smale damage & busines [is] therby nothing 
 furthered. It is therfore nowe agreed by gen r all consent, y* these 7 men 
 h eervnd r named we doe make choice of & give them full power to contrive 
 execute & pforme all y e busines & affayres of this our wholl towne: to con- 
 tinewe vnto y e First of y e tenth Month next. 
 
 Edw: Alleyn, John Kingsbery, John Luson, Elea: Lusher, John Dwite, 
 Robte Hinsdall, John Bacheler
 
 54 DEDHAM TOWN li E CORDS. 
 
 Wheras Thomas Hastings hath sould vnto Edward Richards 
 Lot forfeited all y 1 his Lott Formerly graunted vnto him w th out Cosent of 
 
 y 6 Towne & Contrary vnto an order made y e 14 th September 
 1636 wherby y e sayd Lot is become forfated vnto y e Towne: The same is 
 Referred vnto y* aforesayd Seaven Comittees Chosen for y e Towne afayres 
 to be ordered as they shall thinke fitting. 
 
 Lambert Genere selleth to John Kingsbery his ptable 
 Alienacon Medowe graunted to him Joyntly w th other men for service 
 
 f or ty > done vnto y e towne in y 6 begining therof: his pte being twoe 
 
 Acres more or lesse as it lyeth by Philemon Dalton & trend- 
 eth vpon y e Riu r : to haue & possesse vnto him & to his heyers & Assignes 
 forever as appeth by a note vnd r his hand & scale dated the Fifteenth of the 
 4 th Month comonly called June 1639. 
 
 The 21 tb : of y 6 4 th Month 1639 
 
 All y* towne being called together about setting out mens potions of 
 Medowe. it was concluded as Followeth viz* 
 
 That those men whose names are heervnder written by y e 
 medowes Free Choyce of y e wholl Towne, shall appoynt & order vnto 
 
 p'fected eu r y man his pcell of Medowe w ch is yet vnlayed out. vnto 
 
 whose order y e Townsmen gen r ally pffesse y l they will firmely 
 stand fully satisfyed w th out Complayneing or disquiet howesoeu r the sayd 
 men shall order their sayd pcells of Medowe. And further that these men 
 shall haue full satisfation for ther labor & tyme expended therin. m r Edw: 
 Alleyn, John H award, Fra: Chickerin, Tho: Wight, Robt: Hinsdell. 
 
 And Further it is also ordered & Appoynted that Eleaser Lusher shall 
 [ ] out & measure [ ] sayd pcells. w th the 
 
 [helpe and assistance] of the aboue named men. 
 
 Dedham The 26 th of y e 4 th : Month. 1G39 
 
 Assembled whose names are vnder written deputed for ordering of 
 towne affayers 
 
 Edward Alleyn, John Kingsbery, John Luson, Eleaser Lusher, John 
 Dwite, Robte Hynsdell. 
 
 That w ch was agreed vpon y 6 last meetings was Red & confirmed. 
 
 Ordered y 1 whosoeu r shall heerafter Receive any Lott or 
 Alienacons other pcell of grownd lying w th in our towne in way of 
 
 to be certefyed Alienacon, by purchase or by exchange or by any other 
 meanes shall w th in one Month after any such acte done 
 make the same knowne both y* quantety & quallety therof vnto y e towne 
 booke to haue y 6 same entred vpon y e penalty of Ten shillings for eu r y
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 55 
 
 month soe neglected to be forfated & payd vnto y e towne. And y* such forfet 
 being made & not payd vnto y e Collector w th in 14: dayes after demand 
 made therof, then a distresse to be taken & sale made therof for satisfaction 
 of y e same. 
 
 Graunted vnto m r John Allin Pastor y* smale pcell of vpland 
 m r Jn Allin & Medowe w ch lyeth betwene y e sayd m r Allin & m r Tho: 
 
 Carter: vpon Condieon y l he shall give vnto Joseph Kings- 
 bery full satisfaction for y l pcell of grownd w ch the Towne had of y e sayd 
 Joseph for a seate for y e Meetinghouse accordingly . 
 
 Wheras m r Robte Feke hath form r ly agreed w th our Towne 
 Edw. Alleynes to Relinquish both his Lott & Farme vpon condicon y f our 
 engagem 1 for Towne shall payevnto him Twenty marks of English money. 
 20 m r kes at such tyme as y e sayd Lott & Farme shalbe graunted out 
 
 vnto some other man or otherwise disposed of by our sayd 
 towne. And in y e meane tyme the sayd Robte Requiring some one man to 
 stand ingaged for y e true pformance therof in his tyme limited, & he nomi- 
 nated Edw: Alleyn for y e same. Wherfore we doe nowe order y* the sayd 
 Lott &: Farme shall both stand firme in estate vnto y e sayd Edward AUeyn 
 & his Assignes for to secure y* his ingagement conc r neing y e same vntill y e 
 sayd twenty Marks be fully satisfyed accordingly. 
 
 Ordered y* whoesoeu r shall heerafter haue any Lott graunted 
 Lotts to be vnto him in our towne shall enter & build vpon the same 
 
 builte w th in twoe months after y e sayd graunte soe made: wherby 
 
 it may well appe y* he both Really prepareth & intendeth to 
 inhabite y e same, otherwise y e sayd graunt to become vtterly voyde vnto 
 such as fayle in y e pformance therof: Except vpon some weighty cause ther 
 be speciall licence graunted further to limit y e same. 
 
 Wheras Thomas Hastings hath made sale of his Lott con- 
 Lott seased trary to an order made form r ly in y l behalfe wherby it is be- 
 
 come forfeit vnto the Towne. It is nowe ordered y' the sayd 
 Lott shalbe seased vpon And Remayne in y e hands of y e Towne vntill the 
 sayd Tho: Hastings be spoaken w th conc r neing y e same, & then disposed of- 
 as ther shalbe Just cause. 
 
 Graunted vnto Samuell Morse twoe acres & one halfe more 
 Sam: Morse or lesse as it lyeth by his medowe in y e greate Hand. 
 
 Ordered y* noe man shall heerafter possesse twoe house Lotts 
 2. house Lotts or more then one at one & y e same tyme for any longer tyme 
 not to be possessed then G: monthes after y e daye of his purchase or atteyneing 
 
 vnto y e same by any other meanes whatsoeue r w th out spec- 
 iall licence had of y e Towne, or of such as are deputed for y 6 ordering of 
 Towne affayers. pvided allvvayes y* this Restraint shall not extend vnto Es- 
 tates by Marryage, Inheritance or other gifts or graunts in case of y e death 
 of any testator
 
 56 DEDHAM TOWN HE CORDS. 
 
 Dedham The 19 th of y e 5 th Month 1639. July 
 
 After y 6 lector y e 7 men appoynted for towne busines staying to con- 
 clude y l \v ch we had form r ly consulted of, agreed as Followeth viz* 
 
 Wheras m r John Allin the nowe pastor of our Congregacon hath for 
 much tyme past taken greate paynes both in exerciseing his gifts amongst vs: 
 & carefull in attending his sayd office since it pleased the Lord to call him 
 thervnto. As also hath ben at much expences in his dilligent & faithfull 
 .pmoteing y 6 good both of Church & Cornon wealth amongst vs y 6 wholl tyme 
 he hath ben \v t ' 1 vs. Which we acknoweledge we are bownd to shewe our- 
 selves thanktull for: by takeing care for that convenient meanes of Imploym* 
 & Impvem 1 of his stocke for his more compfortable subsistance in y e afore- 
 sayd office whervnto he is soe called. In w ch Respect we doe nowe graunte 
 vnto y e sayd m r John Allin our p r sent Pastor, & to his assignes for ever 
 Thirty Acres of Medowe lying beyond y e Rocks Westward: to begine at y 6 
 North Corner of y e sayd medowe & soe on both sides of y e brooke to measure 
 y e sayd medowe Southward vnto y e portion of 30: Acres compleate. Also we 
 doe graunte vnto m r John Allin our sayd Pastor & to his assignes for ever 
 One hundred & twentye Acres of Vpland: next adioyneing vnto the sayd 
 Medowe as may be most convenient to be anexed vnto the same: And to be 
 measured out in tyme convenient accordingly as he shall Require y e same to 
 be done. And also for his more peaceable & compfortable subsistence in y e 
 aforesayd office, we doe further graunt y* y 6 sayd Medowe & vpland shalbe 
 Free from payment of all Charges in or conc r neing our tow,ne during y 6 tyme 
 y l y e sayd m r John Allin shall Remayne in office amongst vs, & imploy y e same 
 himselfe or by some other to his vse & noe longer. 
 
 Nicholas Phillips alienateth & graunteth vnto m r John Allin Pastor & to 
 his heyers & assignes for ever both his dwelling house & y* wholl portion of 
 Land wher it stands conteyneing by account 12: acres more or lesse as it lyeth 
 betweene the Land of Joseph Kingsbery towards y 6 East & Lambert Genere 
 towards the west and abutteth vpon Charles Riu r towards y e North & y e 
 Swampe towards y e South together w th twoe acres of Swampe as it lyeth at 
 the South end of y e p r mises. And also all his Right & Clayme 
 vnto Power acres of Medowe, w ch are yet to be layde out by the towne as pte 
 of his 12: acres graunted vnto him accordingly as by his bill of sale vnd r his 
 hand & seale bearing date the First of August 1639 appeth. 
 
 John Huggen selleth vnto Jeames Herring all y* hisLott of twelve acres 
 & house builte vpon y e same w th twelve acres of Medowe & 4: acres of 
 Swampe together alsoe w tu all towne Rights priviliges & other inlargem 18 
 whatsoever belonging to y e sayd 12. acre Lot as by their bills Joyntly sub- 
 scribed appeth.
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 57 
 
 Dedham The 7 th of y e 6: th Month Called August. 
 
 Assembled whose names vnderwritten deputed for ordering of Towne 
 Affayres. 
 
 Ed\v: Alleyn, John Kingsbery, John Luson, Eleaser Lusher, John Dwite, 
 John Bacheler 
 
 That w ch was agreed vpon y 6 last meeting was Read & Confirmed. 
 
 Graunted vnto Richard Barber that pcell of grownd w ch lyeth 
 Ric: Barber betweene The Burying place & Henry Smith to be made vp 
 Fower Acres w th pte of ye Swampe ther. 
 
 Wheras ther was Formerly graunted vnto Edward Colver a 
 Edw: Colu r smale pcell of grownd by y e Comon Medowe vpon y e East side 
 
 of y e litle River & y e same gveing p r iudicall for y e towne & not 
 very comodious for y e sayd Edward wherfore he Relinquishing his interest 
 therin & layeing y e same downe to y e towne We graunte vnto him in liewe 
 therof twoe acres more or lesse as it lyeth by y e River pond vpon viewe to be 
 made by the Comittees & soe measured out accordingly pvided y* yf he de- 
 sier to put of y e sayd peece he shall lay y e same downe to y e towne agayne. 
 
 John Kingsbery & Eleaser Lusher vndertakeing to sett vp a 
 J>ownd pownd before y e next quarter Courte: we doe order y* they 
 
 shalbe fully payde for y e same by the Towne w th as much as 
 conveniently may be. 
 
 Wheras Edw: Alleyn, John Luson, & Eleaser Lusher are Ap- 
 Comittees poynted to laye out lands graunted & to pforme other busi- 
 
 wayes &*<? nes for y e towne &c r We doe for Farther explication of y 6 
 
 same trust comitted vnto them Nowe order y* they or any 
 twoe of them shall haue power to set out wayes wher neede Requireth ac- 
 cording to a former order & alsoe to make Recompence for y e same accord- 
 ing to y e same order to the full satisfaction of all pties conc r neing y e same. 
 And also to order all wood : tymber & grasse. And to pforme all other such 
 things for y e good of our towne not Repugnant vnto orders then in being as 
 is necessary thervnto. 
 
 For as much as Edw: Alleyn standeth ingaged vnto m r Robte 
 Edw: Alleyn Feke of Watertowne for y e paym t of 13: 6: 8 d & y e sayd Lott 
 grasse & farme ingaged vnto y e sayd Edward for his securetye 
 
 conc r ning y e sayd Ingagem*. It is consented y* y e sayd Edw: 
 Alleyn shall or may haue y e pp vse & benefitt of all the grasse vpon the 
 p r mises during y e wholl tyme of y e sayd Ingagem 1 . 
 
 Wheras ther was graunted vnto Timothy Dwite halfe an 
 Tim: Dwite acre of grownd by y e Comon Medowe to set an house vpon: 
 
 w ch becoming p r iudicall to y e Comon good: wherfore he lay- 
 ing downe y e same agayne vnto y e towne. we doe nowe graunte vnto him in
 
 58 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 liewe therof y l smale pcell of Medowe y l lyeth betwene the high waye & y e 
 litle Riu r as it Rangeth w th y e North side of John Dwites Lot accordingly. 
 
 Raffe Shepheard selleth vnto m r John Allin his heyers and 
 Dedham Assignes for ever the one halfe of his twelue acres of vpland 
 
 1639 lying betweene other halfe of y e sayd Raffe Shepheards twelve 
 
 acres towards the East & y e Waest towards y e west & Abut, 
 teth vpon y e Swampe towards y e South & y e Medowes next Charles River 
 towards y e North together w th all clayme or interest \v ch he had or might haue 
 had in y e Swampe or medowe at ether end For w ch he acknowledge himselfe 
 by y e sayd m r Allin & y e towne of Dedham to be fully satisfyed as by his 
 bill dated the 21 th of y e 6 th month appeth. 
 
 John Rogers selleth vnto Michaell Metcalfe Thre acres of 
 \ Medowe more or lesse as it lyeth betwene Willm Bearstow 
 
 towards y e North & Jonathan Farebanke towards y e South 
 & Abutts vpon Charles Riu r towards y e East & y 6 waest Medowe towards y e 
 West With all y e pffits thervnto belonging as appeth by his Deede dated the 
 21 th of y 6 6 th jnonth comonly called August 1639 
 
 Novem 22 1639 Granted to y e worpfu 11 M r Israeli Stoughton & to his 
 hiers for euer. one pcell of Land: as it lyeth next vnto the bounds betwixt 
 Dorchester & Dedham & adioyning vnto the Farme of y e said m r Stoughton 
 for the enlargement therof as followeth. 
 
 At the corner of the said bounds of Dedham vpon y e Lowe playne the 
 line ther being fourty & sixe Rodd the lyne lying at the head of the said 
 pcell south east Si North west: the said pcell to Runn towards the south 
 west vpon a square half a Mile & from y 6 North west Corner of y e said 
 square to runne vpon a line vnto y e Tenn Rodd turne in the bounds betwixt 
 Dorchester & Dedham. 
 
 For & in consideration wherof the said M r Stoughton condecendeth to 
 pay vnto y e said Town of Dedham yearly & euery year the sum of Fourty 
 shillings in Currant paye in two seuerall equall sums, viz 1 : the first paye to 
 be made vpon the first daye of June next ensueing & y e other paye to be 
 mad the first of Decemb r following: in full sattisfaction for all charges w* so 
 euer may or might be demanded in regard of charges concerning either y e 
 Town y e Church or y e Coinon wealth: vpon y e p r mises: & in case y 1 payment 
 be not yearly made as before said it shall be lawefull for y e said Town to 
 make a Reenter vpon y e p r mises if that the said Israeli or his sucessors 
 shall refuse to make payment as is aboue said 
 
 And further the said M r Stoughton in consideration of y e p r mises doth 
 grant vnto the said Town of Dedham one smale pcell of Land together w th 
 one litle pcell of meadow as it now lyeth within a Rayled neck of Land ad- 
 ioyning to Naponcet Riuervpon the North side therof next beneath the mill, 
 to haue & to posesse vnto the said Town & thier sucessors for euer: pvided
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RE COEDS. 59 
 
 alhvayes that it be empued to the vse of y e said Town in genrall or otherwise 
 if the said Town shall alienat the same mor then three years together: either 
 directly or indirectly contrary to the true intent of the said M r Stoughton. 
 then it shall be lawefull for the said Israeli Stoughton or his sucessors to 
 Reenter the p r mises 
 
 Dedham The 28 th September 1639 
 Assembled whose names are vnder written 
 
 Edward Alleyn, John Kingsberye, John Luson, Eleaser Lusher, John 
 Bacheler, Robte Hinsdell. 
 
 That w cu was agreed vpon y e last meeting was Red and confirmed. 
 
 Graunted vnto Thomas Ledor Fower acres of land to be 
 Tho: Ledor layd out by y e purchased medowe For y l his 4. Acres vpon 
 y e wigwam playne gveth not answerable to expectation. 
 
 M r Timothy Dalton desiering liberty to sell his Lott vnto 
 m' Dalton Parkes It is condescended y l he may soe doe. 
 
 Wheras y 6 Wor p11 m r Israeli Stoughton of Dorchester hath 
 m'' Stoughton diverse tymes manifested his desier of haueing a graunt from 
 our towne of some inlargem 1 of grownd next vnto his farme 
 to be anexed vnto the same vpon fayer pposicons to that purpose, vpon 
 w cu we jj W eying many argum ts to move vs thervnto: We doe graunt vnto y e 
 sayd m r Stoughton to Rune from y e pticon stake Northward by Dorchester 
 bownds 46: Rod Sc from thence westward halfe a myle vpon a lyne palell w th 
 y l our bownds next his farme &: from thence westward halfe a myle more to 
 meete our bownds in a poynt. the conditions to be agreed vpon afterward. 
 
 It is agreed by gen r all consent y l y e sayd M r Stoughton shalbe treated 
 w th conc r ning a pcell of grownd & tymber for our towne to build a ware- 
 house neer Dorchester mill. 
 
 Jeffery Mingey selleth vnto Frauncis Chickering all y* his Lott as it 
 lyeth betweene y* Swamp towards y e East & y 6 wedowe Fisher towards y e 
 west And abutts vpon y e sayd Swamp towards y e North & Jeames Allin 
 towards y e South \v th all y e Rights p r viliges & other benefitts thervnto be- 
 longing to haue & possesse y e same to him & his assignes for ever as by his 
 deede bearing date the 18. of y 6 8: th mo" 1639. 
 
 Dedham The 18 th October 1639 
 Assembled whose names are vnderwritten: 
 
 Edward Alleyn, John Kingsbery, John Luson, John ^Bacheler, John 
 Dwite, Eleaser Lusher, Robte Hinsdell. 
 
 That w ch was agreed vpon y e last meeting was Read and Confirmed.
 
 60 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 It is agreed y l m r Stoughton shalbe treated w th conc r neing y* 
 tn r Stoughton pcell of Land graunted vnto him y e last meeting, & y e condi- 
 
 cons therof & y l a pcell of land to build a storehouse vpon 
 & other conveniences at Dorchester Mill for y e benefit of our Towne to be 
 included amongst those conditions And y* Edw: Alleyn, John Kingsbery & 
 John Dwite are deputed to viewe y e Conveniency therof: & to drawe all 
 things to some heade towards a Conclusion. 
 
 Ordered y* M r Henry Deengaynes Lott shalbe p r sently meas- 
 nf Deengayne ured out. 
 
 It is Consented y 1 Thomas Jordane may buy of Fra: Chick- 
 TJw: Jordan ering y* Sixe acres w ch he purchased of Jeffery Myngey 
 
 w th the house built vpon y e same. 
 
 Ordered y l whoesoever of our Towne shall kill a wolfe w th in 
 wolues or neer our Towne shall haue payd vnto him Ten shillings 
 
 to be Raysed vpon the heade of eu r y beast y l is kept w tb in our 
 sayd Towne. 
 
 Wheras Willm Bearestowe & Willm Hudson haue felled 
 Trees felled many trees in our Towne neer vnto m r Stoughtons Farme 
 disorderly Contrary to an order made in y* behalfe. It is agreed that 
 
 they shalbe heard speake the second daye of y e next weeke 
 what they can saye for themselues & then all of vs to goe y e next daye, & 
 viewe what is done, & to take such order then as y e Case shall Require. 
 
 M r Raffe Wheelocke & John Kingsbery deputed to Joyne 
 Transcribe w th m r Edw: Alleyn in pvseing y e transescript of y e Survay 
 
 of the Lands graunted in our Towne w ch is to be deliu r ed 
 into y* Courte. And to subscribe their names thervnto as y e Court order 
 Requireth. 
 
 Dedham The 1. of November 1639 
 Assembled whose names are vnder written viz* 
 
 Edw: Alleyn, John Kingsbery, John Luson, John Dwite, John Bacheler, 
 Robte Hinsdell. 
 
 That w ch was agreed vpon y e last meeting was Reade & Confirmed. 
 
 The towne being Requested to staye it was ppownded con- 
 
 Bridge c r ning y e Foote bridge y* was form'ly agreed to be set at m r 
 
 Carters Lott whether nowe they weare willing to haue y 6 
 
 same set at John Batons Lott, w ch was by y e maior pte agreed to haue it 
 
 therset. 
 
 Ordered y l Thomas Wight may take Fower Foote of y 6 Waest 
 Tho: Wighte grownd all alongst the East End of his Lott to make a ditch 
 ther for a. Fence at the same End of his sayd lott
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 61 
 
 Graunted vnto Thomas Jordan One Acre of Swamp to be 
 Tho: Jordane layd out next his owne grovvnd. 
 
 Thomas Hastings apping to answer in his Case, and he ac- 
 Tho: Hastings knowldging his fault in making sale of his Lott w th out con- 
 sent of y e Towne Freely submitted vnto y e sensure of y e 
 Towne to stand to what they shall determyne in y e same. And for y fc 
 he (liveing at Watertowne) was misinformed y l y e purchaser was accepted 
 form r ly for a townesman, soe y l his faulte apped to vs to be Rather of mis- 
 take then of any willingnes. Wherfore we thinke fitting to Remitt y e wholl 
 penalty y 4 was Fallen vpon y e Lott by y e same fault Comitted. 
 
 Dedham The 15 th November 1639 being y e 9 th Month 
 1 639 Assembled whose names are vnderwritten 
 
 Edw: Alleyn, John Kingsbery, John Luson, John Bacheler, Eleazer 
 
 Lusher, Robte Hinsdell 
 
 That w ch was agreed vpon y e last meeting was Reade and Confirmed 
 
 John Luson & John Haward are apoynted to Assist Edw: 
 
 Boston Bownds Alleyn in setting out y e bownds betweene Boston and Ded- 
 ham whoe is to meete m r John Oliu r y e second Daye of y e 
 
 next weeke to pforme y 6 same. 
 
 Edward Alleyn, John Kingsbery Eleaser Lusher & Jn 
 
 *'" Stoughton Bacheler are assigned to set out the grownd graunted vnto 
 m r Stoughton &: to conclude all other busines betweene him 
 
 & our Towne vpon y e 5 th daye of y e next weeke. 
 
 And y l they or some of them to Joyne w th John Luson in 
 
 Edw: Richards giveing estate vnto Edw: Richards of y* Lott he bought of 
 Tho: Hastings, pvided y* he subscribe his name vnto y e 
 
 Towne booke before. 
 
 Dedham The 29. th November 1639 being y e 9 th Month 
 
 
 
 Assembled whose names are vnder written 
 
 Edw: Alleyn, John Kingsbery, John Luson, John Bacheler, Robte 
 Hinsdell. 
 
 That w ch was agreed vpon y 6 last meeting was Reade & Confirmed. 
 
 Robte Mason Requesting liberty to purchase Joseph Shawe 
 
 Robte Mason & John Shawe their Lott w ch was given them by their 
 
 Fathers last will & testam f : he was pmitted soe to doe. And 
 
 alsoe Lambert Genere his Eight pte of y e purchased 300: Acres of Medowe 
 
 & vpland.
 
 62 DEDHAM TOWN HE COEDS. 
 
 Michael Powell pmitted to purchase m r Daltons Lott in case 
 Powell y* Parkes doth not buye y* same according to former 
 
 licence given vnto him soe to doe. 
 
 Wheras by an order y 8 18 th October last it was agreed y l W m Bear- 
 stowe & W m Hudson shold be heard speake for themselves & y n all of vs 
 shold goe viewe what they had done in disord r ly felling of trees: And they 
 being heard, & y e trees by y e greatest number of vs soe viewed: And fynding 
 y 6 same disorderly done in a greate measure: yet seeing y 6 same was done by 
 misvnd r standing of some things & y e men pore & confessing their faulte. It 
 is ordered y* they shall loose only their labor & soe y 6 Rayles & posts w th y e 
 Resedue of y 6 trees whatsoeu 1 " soe felled shall Rest in y 6 power of y e towne to 
 be otherwise disposed of for y e best benefitt of y e towne accordingly. 
 
 Dedham The 31 th of y e 10 th Month 1639 Called December 
 Wheras y e wholl towne weare warned to meete together this Daye to make 
 Choyce of newe men for y e Ordering of the Towne affayers according vnto a 
 Courte Order in that behalf e. The greatest pte of y e Inhabiting townesmen 
 being assembled accordingly made Choyce as Followeth viz 1 
 
 M r Raffe Whelocke, John Kingsbery, John Luson, John Bacheler, John 
 H award, Eleaser Lusher, John Dwite, Robt Hinsdell 
 
 Wheras y e question was ppownded in y 6 Full assembly (to 
 Extent of avoyd all scruples heeraf ter) howe farre y 6 power of these 
 
 power men thus Chosen shold extend in ordering towne Affayers. 
 
 It was answered & thervpon gen r ally concluded that what- 
 soeu r power all y 6 wholl Company of Townsmen themselues soe met to- 
 gether had before any such Choyce was nowe made: The very same power is 
 nowe put into the same mens hands nowe Chosen to Remayne in full Force 
 for one wholl yeare from this p r sent daye. 
 
 Wheras Willm Bearestowe & Willm Hudson haue disorderly 
 Fynes felled many trees, for w ch it was ordered Considering their 
 
 pou r ty y 1 they shold only satisfy their forfett by loesing their 
 labor done vpon the sayd trees as by the sayd order appeth. And nowe they 
 further peticoning & acknowledging their fault & pleading pou r ty in y e p r sents 
 of the wholl assembly, the same men for towne affayers being agayne Chosen 
 & twoe more added vnto them: the most wherof being nowe p r sent & well 
 waying the p r mises doe in the p r sence of the wholl assembly Remit vnto them 
 all the Rayle & posts agayne. Provided y* they paye vnto the towne ech of 
 them Ten shillings when they shall Receive their first paye of m r 
 Stoughton. 
 
 Provided further & it is ordered y 1 yf any pson shall heerafter offend in 
 any kinde in y e breach of y 6 same order, & y 1 y e sayd pties soe heerafter 
 offending shall Instance in this pticuler example, therby pleade to haue
 
 DEDHAM TOWN ItECOBDS. 63 
 
 any mittigacon: It is nowe ordered that noe mittigacon shalbe vnto any such 
 pties for such offence but shall paye y e wholl penalty due to y 6 towne from 
 such offenders by y* afforesayd order in y* case made y e 31 th of y e 10 th 
 month 1636 
 
 Dedham The 3 of y e 12 th Month called February. 
 1639 Assembled whose Names are vnderwritten 
 
 M r Ralph Whelocke, John Kingsbery, John Luson, John Dwite, John 
 Haward, John Bacheler, Eleaser Lusher, Robte Hinsdell. 
 
 That w ch was agreed vpon y e last meeting was Read & Confirmed. 
 
 Wheras men haue ben form r ly deputed amongst other busi- 
 Apoyntm* nesses to set out & Appoynt trees for eu r y mans necessety 
 
 of trees as appeth by an order made y 6 28 th of y 6 Nynth Month 1637. 
 
 And y e same men not Recompenced fonn r ly for such their 
 paynes in any kynd whatsoeu r . We therfore as Justice Requireth Doe nowe 
 order y l whoesoeu r shall haue a tree of 12 Inches thicke at y e Carfe appoynted 
 vnto him shall paye 2 d vnto y e sayd Comittees for eu r y such tree vnto 18: 
 Inches thicke, &: from 18: Inches to 24. Inches, 4 d : And from 24. Inches 
 vpward vnto any scantling 6 d . And all trees lesse then 12. Inches to be 
 Reckoned 3. for 2. or 2: or 3: or more for one as maybe thought fitting. And 
 soe y* eu r y tree be m r ked by one of y e sayd Comittees & one of y e other 
 Concent thervnto. 
 
 Provided allwayes y* eu r y of y e sayd trees be felled w th in 30. dayes after 
 the m r keing, or els y e same appoyntm* to be voyd & y e same to be appoynted 
 vnto any other mans occasion. And y l satisfaction be made for y e appoyntm* 
 before y* any of y e same tymber be taken away w ch is limited to be w th in 6. 
 monthes after y e m r keing therof otherwise any other man may take & 
 possesse y e same & eu r y pte of y e sayd trees after y e sayd 6. monthes paying 
 the appoynters what is due vnto them. Also pvided y 1 it maye in some 
 sorte well appe y 4 such as Requier any trees: haue not of their owne such 
 trees as are sufficient for y* purpose & vse for w ch y 6 same are soe Required 
 That only such as haue apparent neede may be supplyed according to y* 
 former order as aforesayd. 
 
 Graunted that John Farebanke maye haue one Ceder tree 
 Jn Farebanke set out vnto him to dispose of wher he will: In consid r acon 
 Ceeder of some speciall service y* he hath done for y 6 towne: And 
 
 not y l this shold be a president for others to obteyne the 
 like w th out some speciall cause guiding thervnto.
 
 64 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 Dedham The 26 th of y e 12 th Month Called February 
 
 1639 Assembled whose names are vnderwritten 
 
 m r Ralph Wheelocke, John Kingsbery, John Hawarcl, John Dwite, John 
 Bacheler, Eleaser Lusher, Robte Hinsdell 
 
 Ordered y 1 every pson Inhabiting our Towne that possesse'th 
 Ladders an house wherin a fyer is kept shall before the first Day of 
 
 the third Month next gvide a strong & sufficient ladder 
 wherby the toppe of the Chimny maye conveniently be atteyned vnto in case 
 of Danger vpon y e penalty of Five shillings to be forfet & payd to y e towne 
 for Defect of y e same. 
 
 And every such pson shall continue to keepe such a ladder as aforesayd 
 in his owne possession neere vnto his sayd house to be in Redines at all 
 tymes: And y* every pson y* shall fayle in y 6 pformans heerof Contrary to 
 our true intent & meeneing heerin, shall forfeit the like sume of Five 
 shillings for every tyme y l he shalbe fownd Defectiue therin for y 6 space of 
 Fourteene Dayes after y e aforesayd first Daye of y e third Month next. And 
 also it is ordered that every pson y* shall heerafter build or possesse any 
 other house w th in our towne then nowe is in being shall w th in thirty Dayes 
 after y 6 fyer is made in y e Chimny therof pvide keepe & maynteyne such a 
 ladder in all cases & Condicons as aforesayd vpon the penalty of y e like sume 
 of five shillings to be payd to y 6 towne for every defect y 1 shalbe fownd for 
 y 6 space of foureteene dayes together from tyme to tyme after y 6 sayd daye. 
 
 And for y 6 certeyne pformance of this thing according to our true intent 
 heerein as a matter of much consequence as often we haue cause to take 
 notice of considering y e losse & dangers y* haue appered vnto vs: we therfore 
 further order that noe such ladder or ladders shalbe allowed to be sufficient 
 w th out the appbacon of such men as the towne shall from tyme to tyme 
 appoynt to take good viewe of y 6 same. And for wante of y e paym ts of such 
 forfeits soe made a distresse to be taken accordingly. 
 
 John Kingsbery is Choesen Collector for one wholl tyme viz* 
 Collector vntill the first Daye of the Eleaventh month next. 
 
 It is ordered by gen r all consent y 1 the Rate for towne 
 Rate Charges that is nowe to be made shalbe Raysed according 
 
 to y e estate of every man in our towne as in our best Judgm' 8 
 it maye visibly appe vnto vs. 
 
 Dedham The 23 th of y e First Month 1639 
 
 Assembled whose names are vnderwritten 
 
 M r Ralph Wheelocke, John Kingsbery, John Luson, John Haward, John 
 Dwite, John Bacheler, Eleazer Lusher, Robte Hinsdell. 
 
 That w ch was agreed vpon y 6 last meeting was Read & confirmed In y e 
 p r sence of y e inhabitants.
 
 DEDHAM TOWN EECOEDS. 65 
 
 For as much as it is well app r hended y* it wold gduce greate 
 Swyne benefit vnto our towne y* Swine might goe at liberty consid- 
 
 ering y l we haue an abowndence of waest grownd amongst 
 the Rocks and els wheare fit for y* purpose: but for this p r sent yeare canot 
 be well accomplished by fenceing. Wherfore we doe order that all grownd 
 y* shalbe planted after y e first of the Second month w c ' !l shalbe in y e yeare 
 1641 shalbe well and sufficiently Fenced agaynst Swyne that are well yoaked 
 & Ringed (as heerafter is specefyed) both agaynst high wayes & als.oe next 
 vnto any other waest or vnplanted grownds & the owner shall soe constantly 
 maynteyne y e same fence to be apgved to be sufficient by such men as the 
 towne shall depute to. viewe y e same in all tymes convenient accordingly. 
 And whoesoeu r shall not make his fence sufficient before the abouesayd Daye 
 to all intents & purposes as aforesayd shall forfet Sixe pence for every Rod 
 not soe done. And that eu r y pson not makeing & maynetyneing his fence 
 sufficient as aforesayd for y e space of Foure dayes after the sayd First of the 
 Second Month shall Forfet Sixe pence for every Rod or gappe soe often as 
 any pte of such fence be fownd vnsufficient the like space of foure dayes 
 from tyme to tyme accordingly, gvided allwayes y* in y e meane tyme of y e 
 same Defect he shall beare all damages y* doe fall out by y e same. 
 
 To w ch purpose we doe nowe order that ever Swyne that shalbe put out 
 at liberty shalbe well & sufficiently Ringed & also shalbe strongly yoaked. 
 Viz* That every yoake soe put on shalbe halfe soe long as the Swyne is: to 
 measure from the nostrills vnto the Tayle. And that the Keyes therof shalbe 
 as long aboue the crossing, as is the space befweene the Eye & the end of 
 the nostrills. And yf any Swyne shalbe fownd w th out such Rings or yoake as 
 aforesayd the owner therof shall forfet Sixe pence for every daye that it 'shall 
 soe Remayne after the sayd owner or putter out of y e same Swyne shall haue 
 knoweledge therof ^-& shall paye all Damages that shall happen by the 
 same. 
 
 Josua Fisher allowed to purchase pte of y e wedowe Fishers 
 Jos: Fisher Lott. 
 
 It is Condescended y l every pson maye at his pleasure make 
 Floerditch a Floare Ditch in the high waye next his Lott for Fenceing 
 
 the same soe y* he doth not exceede Kighteene Inches in 
 depth, gvided allwayes that every waye be mayneteyned in its full bredth 
 notw th standing such banke soe Raysed & made & w th out y e same banke ac- 
 cordingly. 
 
 Wheras we haue much Desiered that some Recompence shold haue ben 
 made for much care & paynes that Certeyne men haue long vnd r gone in set- 
 ting out Tymber vnto such of our Towne as vpon their neede haue Required 
 the same: that they might haue still continued that service for the good of 
 the Towne. But nothing as yet falling in convenient or sutable to that pur-
 
 66 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 pose It is therfore thought fit to disburthen them by deputing some others to 
 y* care & paynes in their Roomes. 
 
 Wherfore it is nowe ordered that Michell Metcalfe Fraunces 
 Woodrecus Chickering & Willm Bullard shall heerafter set out & 
 
 appoynt such tymber trees vnto such of our Towne as shall 
 haue neede therof by not haveing of their owne according to such orders 
 formerly made, or Rules y* nowe or heereafter shalbe given vnto them. Viz 1 
 That they haue not of their owne fit for y l purpose for w ch they Require the 
 same As y* order made the 28 th of y e 9 th month 1637 Intendenth. And y 1 
 one of the sayd appoynters doth marke every one of the sayd trees & 
 another consent thervnto. Also that yf the trees soe appoynted be not felled 
 w th in 30. dayes, then the appoyntm* to be voyde & the same maye be ap- 
 poynted for an other y* hath neede of such And the trees felled or whatsoever 
 is left of them at the end of 6. monthes after the appoynting therof shall be 
 in the hand of the Town agayne to be disposed by them as they shall iudg 
 conueanient and it shall hencforth be in the liberty of no man to take the 
 same except by a new grant from y e Town or such as shall be deputed therto 
 
 Dedham The 30 th of y e first Month 1 640 Called March 
 Assembled whose names are vnderwritten 
 
 - m r Ralph Whelocke, John Kingsbevy, John Luson, John Bacheler, John 
 Haward, Robte Hinsdell 
 
 That w ch was agreed vpon y e last meeting was Reade and Confirmed 
 
 John Kingsbery & John Bacheler Deputed to gather the 
 gath r rate Rate. 
 
 Daniell Fisher Chosen to be our measurer: only Reserveing 
 Measurer the Medowes & Swampes w ch shold haue ben done the last 
 
 yeare to be pfected by Eleaser Lusher. 
 
 Anthony Fisher, Tho: Wight, John Dwite^ Francis Chicker- 
 fynd wayes ing, m r Powell Fardinando Adam Willm Bullard & George 
 
 Bearestowe, Deputed to fynd out the high wayes betweene 
 Dedham & other townes according to the Court order. 
 
 Ant: Fisher, & Tho: Wight for Watertowne waye John Dwite, & George 
 Bearstowe, & y e Rest to agree & Joyne w th them for all y 6 other wayes. 
 
 Edward Kempes house appoynted to be y e storehouse for 
 Storehouse lost goods according to the Courte order. 
 
 Edward Alleyn gent Deputed to Register Birth, Burialls & 
 Register marriages in our towne, & make transcript therof to y e Court 
 
 according to y e order of Courte.
 
 DEDHAM TOWN BECOEDS. 67 
 
 Wheras by an order made the 11 th of y e 6: Month 1637. y f 
 Highwayes high wayes might be iayd out through any mans grownd & 
 
 Recompenced Recompence in land to be given for y e same &c r . It is nowe 
 
 ordered y l all such pcells of grownd as haue ben or heer- 
 after shalbe soe taken out of any mnns Lot for the sayd purpose, : Recom- 
 penced w th other grownd according to y e sayd order: All y 6 sayd Recom- 
 penceing grownd soe allowed ether for y e grownd soe taken or for any 
 fenceing to be done by y e ptye (yf any such be) shall become & Remayne 
 forever, as aptinate & pcell of y e sayd Lott & soe to be Reckoned w th out 
 further Charges, then y* w ch shold otherwise be imposed vpon y e same Lott, 
 yf nothing had ben taken from it or added vnto y e same. 
 
 Dedham The 17. A prill being y e 2 d : Month. 
 1640 Assembled whose names are vndenvritten. 
 
 m r Ralfe Wheelocke, John Luson, John Dwite, John Bacheler, John 
 Haward, Robte Hinsdell 
 
 That w ch was agreed vpon y e last meeting was Reade and Confirmed. 
 
 That Christofer Smith shalbe Received to the 5: acres y* 
 Xofer Smith forni r ly was graunted to Jonas Humfrey, w th that litle pcell 
 
 of Meedowe thervnto adioyneing, payeing vnto y e sayd Jonas 
 such pportion of Charges as y e same will amount vnto. 
 
 Edward Alleyn gent is Requested to measure ont such pcells 
 Measure p* cells as are allredye graunted what he can, w th assistance of some 
 p'fect Lotts of y e neere neighbours vntill a measurer be established. 
 
 John Luson being Requested also to assist what he maye in 
 pfecting of Lotts. 
 
 Edward Alleyn gent John Kingsbery, & Nathan Aldus are 
 fences p" 1 portion Deputed to pportion Fences, & to Regard y e same from tyme 
 
 to tyme to be kept sufficient. 
 High wayes And y* high wayes be set & kept sufficient. 
 
 And y* Ladders be made & kept sufficient according to order 
 Ladders in y* case pvided. 
 
 Dedham The 6: th of y e 3 d : Month called Maye. 
 1640 Assembled whose names are vnderwritten 
 
 m r Ralph Wheelock, John Kingsbery, John Haward, John Luson, John 
 Bacheler, Eleaser Lusher, Robte Hinsdell, In p r sens of our Pastor. 
 That \v ch was agreed vpon y e last meeting was Read & Confirmed. 
 
 Graunted vnto Edward Alleyn gent & to his assignes forever 
 
 Afarme Thre hundred acres of vpland, & Fiftye Acres of Medowe 
 
 grownd All to lye in or aboute that place called Bogastowe
 
 68 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 or not farre of from thence, wher the sayd Edward shall make Choyce before 
 any other doe make entrance therabouts of any lands whatsoeu r . 
 
 Dedham The 26 th of y e 3: Month Called Maye 
 
 1640 Assembled whose names are vnderwritten 
 
 m r Ralfe Wheelocke. John Kingsbery, John Luson, John Bacheler, John 
 Haward, Eleaser Lusher, Robte Hinsdell 
 
 That w ch was agreed vpon y 6 last meeting was Read & Confirmed. 
 
 It was by Inhabitants appoynted such are deputed to order 
 m r Cooke Towne affayres, & others also being Called together for 
 
 m r Smith advice therin. Vpon deliberation & good consideration as- 
 
 m r Bacon sented vnto & agreed vpon that the Towne of Dedham shall 
 
 enterteyne m r Samuell Cooke together w th his estate And 
 also m r Smith & m r Bacon all from Ireland & afford to them such accoirio- 
 daeons of vpland & medowe as their estates shall Requier, & as y* Towne 
 w th out Reall p r iudice to y* sayd Towne can afforde w th all such accomoda- 
 cons as their or any of their estates may competently Requier & Impve And 
 y* the same pvision of medowe & vpland shall principally lye in or about y l 
 place of medowe Comonly called Bogastowe medowe. Together also w th such 
 other vpland or house places or such other pcell or pcells as maye be sutable 
 to y 6 sayd psons, & y e p r sent condicon of y e sayd towne, w ch sayd pcells shall 
 lye iii y e sayd towne as may be most conveniently fownd for y e same vse of 
 building vpon. 
 
 Dedham The 23 th : of y e 4 th : Month called June. 
 1G40 Assembled whose names are vnder written 
 
 m r Ralfe Wheelocke, John Kingsbery, John Luson, John Haward, John 
 
 Dwite, John Bacheler, Elea: Lusher, Robte Hinsdell 
 
 That w ch was agreed vpon the last meeting was Reade & Confirmed. 
 
 That smale pcell of vpland adioyneing to the 2. acre medowe 
 
 Jn Kingsbery of John Kingsbery is Confirmed vnto him to belong vnta 
 the same. 
 Graunted vnto Henry Wilson & Samuell Bullen to haue that 
 
 H: Wilson pcell of Land w ch lyeth in y 6 Corner beneeth & next vnto- 
 
 S: Bullen m r DeEnganes Lott to be Devided betwixt them. Memo- 
 
 randum y l Henry Wilson is content to lay downe this grant 
 
 so he may be puided for els where: 
 
 Graunted to John Farebanke 6. acres at y e east end of his. 
 
 Jn n Farebacke Path" Lott.
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 69 
 
 Graunted y rt Michaell Metcalfe maye haue y* pte of swampe 
 M: Metcalfe y* lyeth next vnto y l Lott he purchased of John Morse. 
 
 Wheras m ri8 : Smith & m r Bacon being lately arived heer 
 mrs Smith from Ireland, haue ben in our towne & not only well appved 
 
 mris Bacon of, but also gen r ally desiered y l they might inhabitte w th vs: 
 
 And howesoeu r their housbands are not yet come, yet liberty 
 is graunted vnto them to purchase in our towne for an habitaeon: And such 
 other accoinodacons both of vpland & medowes to be given vnto them as 
 their stocks and estates shall Requier as appeth by a former order conc r ne- 
 ing y e same. 
 
 Graunted vnto "m* Samuell Cooke all y* 12. acre Lott y* was 
 m r S: Cooke Form r ly graunted vnto m r Robte Feke w th the 12. acres of 
 
 Medowe thervnto belongeing to haue vnto him & his assignes 
 for ever. 
 
 Dedham The 6 th of y e 5 th Month called July. 
 1640 Assembled whose names are vnder written 
 
 m r Ralfe Wheelocke, John Kingsbery, John Luson, John Haward, John 
 Bacheler, John Dwite, Eleaser Lusher, Robte Hinsdell 
 
 That w ch was agreed vpon y e last meeting was Reade & Confirmed. 
 
 Wheras ther is graunted vnto Samuell Cooke gent that 
 m r S: Cooke twelue acre Lott w ch late was* Robte Feks gent w th y 6 apur- 
 
 tenances And y 1 other lands are to be conferred vpon him 
 for further Imgvem* of his Stocke neer home besides that w ch lyeth farre 
 of. We therfore nowe for that purpose Doe further graunte vnto y e sayd m r 
 Samuell Cooke also. All that farme form r ly graunted vnto the afore named 
 m r Robte Feke Conteyneing one hundred & fifty acres at y e backe of y e 
 Rocks, lying Downe vnto Charles Riu r ; And one pcell of Medowe lying by 
 the same vntoy 6 sayd Riu r : as more at large is specefyed by an order made 
 the 11 th of y 6 7 th month 1637 
 
 Discharging y 1 20: m r kes \v ch was to be payd vnto the sayd Robte vpon 
 his Resigneing of y e sayd Lot & farme vnto y 6 towne for Charges he had ex- 
 pended vpon & aboute y e same. The sayd Farme to be set out in tyme Con- 
 venient by m r Ralph Wheelocke Jn Kingsbery John Luson Robte Hinsdell 
 & Eleaser Lusher or any 4: of them. 
 
 John Luson and Thomas Wight are ordered to haue that 
 Jn: Luson Swampe as it lyeth at y 6 west End of their Lotts to be de- 
 Tho: Wight vided betwixte them as they are agreed, for their twoe acre 
 Swampe Swampe enioyned them to haue by the first graunte, to be 
 
 cleered, as other men in y e like case.
 
 70 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 Graunted vnto Robte Hinsdell one pcell of vpland lying 
 Ro: Hinsdell vpon the backside of his Furthest pcell of medowe & betwixte 
 
 the sayd medowe & one pcell of Course medowe lying on the 
 other side therof. w ( ' h sayd pcell of vpland shalbe further viewed* by m r Ralph 
 Wheelocke, John Haward & John Dwite or any twoe of them whoe shall 
 fully Determyne y e extent & bownds therof according as to them shall appe 
 
 Convenient. 
 
 Graunted vnto m r Ralph Wheelocke one pcell of y l Deade 
 m r Wheelocke Swampe lying in the Rocks w ch pcell of Swampe shall be 
 
 taken in aloweance for twoe acres of his Swampe Due to him 
 vpon y* towne order pvided for y e Disposeing of Swampes. W ch sayd pcell 
 shalbe further viewed by m r Edward Alleyn &: John Luson & by them to be 
 limited & bownded as they shall see most convenient. 
 
 Graunted to John Haward one pcell of vpland to be anexed 
 Jn Haward vnto a pcell of medowe late by him purchased of John Ellis 
 
 w ch pcell shalbe viewed, by m r Wheelocke, John Kingsbery 
 & John Dwite, Robte Hinsdell &: by them limited & bownded as they shall 
 see fitt or any twoe of them. 
 
 Dedham The 27th of y e 5 th Month called July: 
 1640 Assembled whose names are vnder written 
 M r Ralph Wheelocke, John Kingsberye, John Luson, John Dwite, John 
 Haward, John Bacheler, Eleaser Lusher. 
 
 That w" 1 ' was agreed vp<n y 6 last meeting was Read & confirmed. 
 
 Ordered y l all those portions of Medowe w ch adioyne vnto 
 jFn Haward that pcell of vpland that John Haward adioyneth vnto as is 
 et als nenconed in an order y e last meeting: shall haue portions 
 
 \v th y e sayd John Haward of y e sayd vpland to be conven- 
 iently devided by those men appoynted to pforme y e same to y e aforesayd 
 John Haward as in y e aforesayd order is specefyed accordingly. 
 
 Ordered y l Samuell Morse John Dwite & Fra: Chickering 
 S. Morse shall haue such a portion of land beyond y e East brooke for 
 
 Jn: Dwite to Depasture their workeing Cattle to them & their heyres 
 Fr: Chickering for ever to be set out by Edward Alleyn Mich 11 Metcalfe John 
 Kingsbery Eleaser Lusher & Jn Haward before y e first of 
 October next or y e maior pte of them. 
 
 Dedham The 28 th of y e 7 th Month. Called Septemb r . 
 1G40 Assembled whose names are vnderwritten 
 
 m r Ralph Wheelocke, John Luson, John Haward, John Bacheler, 
 Eleazer Lusher. 
 
 That w'- h was agreed vpon the last meeting was Read & confirmed.
 
 DEDHA3I TOWN RECORDS. 71 
 
 John Dwite &: Robte Hinsdell Deputed to measure Frauncis 
 Viewe defects Chickerings Lot y l was Frauncis Austens, & viewe y 6 Defects 
 
 of y 6 same. And licence given him to keepe y e same in his 
 hands for Sixe monthes from this Daye, yf he caiiot other wayes Dispose of 
 y e same before that tyme, according to a former order. 
 
 Licence graunted to Peeter Woodward to purchase in our 
 P: Woodward towne &: soe become a Townes man: Provided y* he sub- 
 
 scribeth his name to y 6 Towne orders in y e booke. 
 
 Graunted to Thomas Eames that pcell of grownd form r ly 
 Tho: Eames graunted to Henry Wilson & Samuell Bullen next vnto m r 
 
 Deengaynes Lott in the greate Hand pvided that he subscrib- 
 eth to y e towne orders. 
 
 Wheras Edward Alleyn hath given vnto Henry Wilson a 
 H. Wilson smale pcell of land to sett an house vpon beyond y e Lott of 
 
 Willm Bullard towards the North. We doe graunt vnto the 
 sayd Henry Wilson more Sixe acres for planting grownd to lye beyond the 
 other portion of y e sayd Edward that lyeth beyond Vine brooke to be set out 
 by y e sayd Edward, m r \Vheelocke John Luson &: John Kingsbery or any 3. 
 of them. 
 
 Wheras Edward Alleyn hath graunted vnto Joseph Clarke 
 jfos: Clarke one acre of land next Vine Brooke towards y e North for set- 
 ting an house vpon: We Doe graunt vnto y 6 sayd Joseph one 
 acre of land to adioyne thervnto for to make vp an house Lott. And more 
 we doe graunt vnto y e sayd Joseph Clarke Sixe Acres of planting grownd, to 
 ly beyond Vine Brooke to be set out by y e aforesayd men y l are appoynted 
 to pforme for Henry Wilson pvided y l he subscribe to y e tow'ne orders. 
 
 Wheras m r Ralph Wheelocke hath form r ly graunted vnto 
 m r Whelockes Joseph Clarke twoe acres to plante vpon we doe nowe graunte 
 Recompence in Recompence therof Foure acres of grownd to lye beyond 
 
 Vine brooke, & to be set out by 3 of the aforesayd men. 
 
 Dedham The 22 th of October being y e 8 th Month. 
 
 1G40 Assembled whose names are vnderwritten 
 
 m r Ralph Wheelocke, John Kingsberye, John Haward, John Luson, 
 Eleazer Lusher, John Bacheler, Robt Hinsdell 
 
 Samuell Morse & John Dwite are Deputed to see y e Carte bridge, y e 
 Caunsey & y e High waye from the sayd bridge vnto Robte Hinsdells house 
 mended by the Townsmen & also a Foote bridge made over Milbrooke. 
 
 M r Wheelocke, John Luson, & Robte Hinsdell are appoynt- 
 Pastors ed to set out for m r Allin our Pastor one hundred & 
 
 Farme twentye Acres of vpland form r ly graunted vnto him for a 
 
 Farme.
 
 72 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 Dedham The 27 th October being y e 8 th Month. 
 
 1640 Assembled whose names are vnder written 
 
 m r Ralph Wheelocke, John Kingsbery, John Dwite, John Haward, 
 Eleazer Lusher, John Bacheler, Robte Hinsdell. 
 
 That \v ch was agreed vpon y e 2. last meetings was Reade and Confirmed. 
 Ordered y l m r John Allin our Pastor hath liberty to purchase 
 
 tri 1 ' Lower Land in our towne for m r Lower of & the sayd m r 
 
 Allin haueing nowe soe done, ther is graunted vnto him for 
 y e sayd M r Lower Twenty acres of planting grownd by his owne farme in 
 Exchange for Five acres more or lesse once pcell of Raffe Shepherds lott as 
 it lyeth w th in y 6 Towne vpon y e south side of the high Streete & west side of 
 y e sayd Lott, the same 5. acres to Remayne in the townes hands for their 
 
 occasions. 
 
 Ordered y l John Dwite & Eleazer Lusher shall assist Robert 
 
 Centres Hinsdell in setting out & measuring Lambert Genere his 
 
 vpland purchased vpland & the waye therby; & also to measure out 
 
 the Lotts of Jn. & Timothy Dwite, Edw: Richards & y e 2. 
 lotts of Frances Chickering to haue them Rectefyed. 
 
 John Kingsbery & John Dwite depteing y e Rest pceeded as Foil. viz 1 . 
 
 Gratnted vnto Ant: Fisher Fifteene acres of planting grownd 
 An: Fishers to lye vpon y e Southeast side of m r Allin our Pastor his 
 15. acres farme to be set out by m r Wheelocke Tho: Wight & Robte 
 
 J?: Wheelocke Hinsdell. Also Graunted vnto m r Ralph Wheelocke John 
 Jn" Luson Luson; & Thomas Wight, to each of them Fifteene acres all 
 
 Th: Wight to lye neer about our Pastors Farme & to be sett out & 
 
 measured by y e aboue named men accordingly. 
 
 Graunted to Samuell Bullen & Thwaits Strickland to each 
 S: Bullen of them Sixe acres of planting grownd to lye adioyning to 
 
 Th: Strickland Ant. Fishers 15: acres & to be set out & measured by the 
 
 abouesayd m r Wheelocke, Jn Luson & Tho: Wight accord- 
 ingly. 
 
 Dedham The 28 th of y e 9 th Month Called November 
 
 1640 Assembled whose names are vnderwritten 
 
 m r Ralph Wheelocke, John Kingsberye, John Luson, John, Dwite, John 
 Haward, John Bacheler, Robte Hinsdell. 
 
 Wheras Willm Bullard & John Eaton had taken the Foot- 
 Footebridge bridge over Charles Riu r to make set vp y e same, the sayd 
 Willm to haue Fifty shillings & the sayd John to haue Forty 
 shillings for effecting y e same. But for as much as y e the sayd worke pves to 
 be more then they or we did Expect Therfore we doe nowe vpon good infor- 
 macon of the same order y l the sayd Willm Bullard shall haue Thre pownds
 
 f 
 DEDIIAM TOWN RECORDS. 73 
 
 & Ten shillings : John Eaton Thre & Fifty shillings for y 6 pfecting of y* 
 sayd Bridge for their full satisfaction as is thought Fitting. 
 
 Graunted vnto Hugh Stacye twoe Acres as it lyeth between 
 Hugh Stacye the trayning place towards the North & the Lotts of Edward 
 
 Alleyn gent, Anto: Fisher & Tho:Wight towards y e South 
 y e Residue of that smale pcell of Swampe to be pte of y e sayd 2: Acres soe 
 graunted. Allwayes gvided y l he Relinquish that pcell form r ly graunted him 
 in y e greate Hand And also y 1 yf at any tyme heerafter he shall Resolue to 
 Depte w th these 2: acres nowe soe graunted or any pte of y 6 same, he shall 
 pmit the towne to haue the same agayne at such a price as 2: or 3. Indiffer- 
 ent men shall adiudge y e same to be worth yf they agree not betwixt them 
 selues accordingly. 
 
 P [ ] of vpland fit 
 
 ] granted to Robert 
 [ ] pcell of meddow to be layd 
 [ ] to lay out y l [ ] of Rob 1 Hinsdell 
 ] pcell of vpland lying at the lower 
 ] waye & the swamp lyeing there against 
 ] 2 acres of land to be layd out where [it] shall 
 ] playne vpon the great Hand which 2 acres 
 ] for halfe an acre of broken ground that he 
 ] Thomas Payne to further the Brickill : ] 
 
 [ ] grant was form r ly made to Hugh Stacy of a pcell of 
 [ ] pt of the ground formerly appoynted to ly for the training 
 ] he same being so granted that if the sd Hugh should pte 
 ] same the Towne should haue the first refusall vpon the 
 ] of 2 or 3 Indifferent men the sd Hugh being now to part 
 ] with the towne & the sd Hugh hath nominated and chosen m r 
 [ ]w: Alleyn & Samuell Morse to set such a value vpon the same 
 [ ]s they shall se to be indifferent & in case they agree not they 
 haue power to chose a 3 d man to be vmpier therein: ] 
 
 C 1 [ ] is Ordered that m r Edw: Alleyn: Jn Kingsbury & Jn Luson or any 2 
 [ ] them shall treate with Michael Bacon about satisfaction for a 
 [ ]igh way through his Lott vpon the smoth playne leading to the 
 place where the bridge is entended to be built. &: also they are [ ] to 
 view the sd way : & if they se cause to vary or alter it to some other pt of 
 the sd pcell or Lott they haue power so to do. Also to [tender] such satis- 
 faction for the sd high way and the fencing thereof as they shall se cause & 
 to setle the same as they shall se cause : If they can :] 
 
 1 The three paragraphs enclosed in brackets are all that can be deciphered of a 
 fragment of a leaf bound at the end of Vol. I., but evidently out of its proper place.
 
 74 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 Wheras Jonas Humphry had form r ly a twelue acre Lott 
 j^on: Humfry graunted vnto him, w ch afterward he Relinquished agayne 
 
 vnto y e towne, & to haue his Charges Disbursed vpon y e 
 same Repayd vnto him, wher fore it is nowe ordered that Xofer Smith whoe 
 hath pte of y e sayd Lott w th Tvvoe Cowes depasturing vpon y 8 Comon 
 medowe purchased therfore to paye vnto y e sayd Jonas 24 s : 10 d And the 
 towne to paye the Rest being 24 s . the wholl some being 2: 8: I0 d . 
 
 Graunted to John Dwite Twelue acres of planting grownd to 
 John Dwits make up his grateficacon Lott, pvided y l he taketh y e same 
 grateficacon adioyneing vnto m r Stoughtons Rayles, & y l he come not 
 
 vpon the East playn w ch yf he Refuseth then ther is graunted 
 vnto y e sayd John Nyne Acres at the End of y e home Lotts soe y* he extend 
 not vnto the sayd playne. 
 
 Dedham The 2 d : of f 10 th Month Called December 
 1640 Assembled whose names are vnder written 
 
 m r Ralph Wheelocke, John Dwite, John Luson, Eleazer Lusher, John 
 Bacheler, Robte Hinsdell. 
 
 John Kingsbery, John Haward, & John Bacheler or any twoe 
 Bricke of them are deputed to search for Bricke earth pvide a 
 
 place necessary to burne bricke vpon, & also to appoynt 
 wood sufficient for y e same all this in y 6 greate Hand wher conveniently 
 they maye be had to the satisfaction of the Brickemaker Thomas Eames. 
 And also y e sayd men deputed maye laye him out y 1 litle pcell of medowe 
 adioyneing to his home Lott, yf they shall thinke meete soe to doe. And 
 moreover to give satisfaction to Tho: Allcocke for any damage he maye sus- 
 teyne in digging or carying of the Bricke earth or any other waye concerne- 
 ing y e Bricke. 
 
 George Barber is accepted for a Townes man hath liberty 
 Geo: Barber to purchase wher he maye; condiconally that he subscribes 
 
 to the Towne booke. 
 
 Graunte vnto Jeames Jordan Sixe acres of grownd to lye next 
 ye; yorden beyond Jeames Allins Lott vpon the side of the Swampe as 
 
 Jeames Allin doth. 
 
 Graunted vnto Peter Woodward Twelue acres of land to lye 
 Pe: Woodward next vnto y* land last graunted vnto John Dwite to make vp 
 
 his grateficacon lott or neere therabouts. Eleazer Lusher 
 appoynted to assist y e measurer herin. 
 
 M r Wheelocke John Luson are appoynted to assist the 
 Assist measurer to Laye out Jeames Jordans Lott or ether of them.
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RE CORDS. 75 
 
 Dedham The 23 th : December being y e 10 th Month 
 1640 Assembled whose names are vnderwritten 
 
 m r Ralph Wheelocke, John Kingsberye, John Luson, John Haward, 
 Eleazer Lusher, John Dwite, John Bacheler, Robte Hinsdell. 
 
 That w ch was agreed vpon y e 2. last meetings was Reade & Confirmed 
 
 Graunted to Samuell Bullen Foure acres of grownd vpon the 
 S: Bullen East adioyneing vnto m r DeEngaynes Lott yf it may be con- 
 
 veniently ther had in y e Judgem 1 of those y f are men Deputed 
 to set out y e same Viz 1 Jn: Kingsbery & John Haward. gvided y* he Relin- 
 quish y e 6: acres formerly graunted vnto him els wheare. 
 
 Graunted vnto Robte Gowen Sixe acres to haue y e same 
 R: Gowen Layd out neere vnto John Dwites newe graunte 
 
 Edward Alleyn & fileazer Lusher are Deputed to assist Jn 
 Bricke Kingsbery & the other form r ly Deputed to fynd & sett out 
 
 Bricke Earth, & all other necessaryes conc r neing makeing of 
 Bricke &c r according to a former order made in y l behalfe. 
 
 The 29 day of the 10 th Month: 1640: 
 
 Assembled those whose names are vnder written: 
 
 M r John Alleyn Pasto r , Eld r Huntinge, Sam Morse, Mich Metcalfe, 
 Nathan Aldhouse, m r Ralph Wheelocke, John D wight, Fr: Chickringe, Robt 
 Mason, Tho: Wight, Johnathan Fairbanke, Jn Bullard, Jn Frary, Robt 
 Hinsdell, Joseph Kingsbury, Jn Gaye, Dan: Morse, Ric Euerard, Jn Morse, 
 Jn Ellis, Jn Eaton, Hen Phillips, Ric Barber, Willm Bullard, Jn Batcheler, 
 Ed Richards, Jn Roper, Jn Haward, Dan: Fisher, Jos Fisher, Twaits Strick- 
 land, Robt Gowen, Jos Morse, Eli Lusher, Tim: Dwight, John Luson : : 
 
 It is ordered that he that shalbe chosen hereafter to keepe 
 
 Recompence for the booke: shall in recompence of his paynes haue for euery 
 
 Keeping the grant entring six pence to be payd to him by the grantee: 
 
 Booke And for entring euery Towne order six pence to be payd him 
 
 by the Collecter. 
 
 Eliazer Lusher is Chosen to keepe the Towne booke for this next yeare 
 & to act in all causes as one of the 7 men: Chosen to Joyne with him M r Ed 
 Alleyn Sam Morse Tho Wight Nathan Aldhouse Michael Metcalfe & Franc 
 Chickringe: who are chosen to act in behalfe of y e Towne for one whole 
 yeare next ensuinge haueing the same power put into their hands y l their 
 p r desessors haue had. 
 
 John Kingsbury Willm Bullard & Robt Hinsdell chosen 
 Surveyers Surveyers for y e high wayes for the next yeare.
 
 76 
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 January 12: 1640 
 
 Assembled: M r Ed Alleyn, Sam: Morse, Mich Metcalfe, Tho Wight, 
 Nathan Aldus, Franc Chickring & Eliazer Lusher 
 
 Whereas by reason of y e weight & difficulty y l is found in 
 Measurer publike busynes & y 6 many discouragments that fall vpon 
 
 to be paid them that are imployed therein : it is therfore ordered that 
 
 whosoeuer hereafter shall haue any grant of Lands whatso- 
 euer within o r sd Towne & shall not within ten dayes after the same is layd 
 out & measured satisfie the measurer & keep of the booke: that his grant 
 shall be voide & fully in y e hand of y e Towne to be disposed of as they shall 
 se conuenient. 
 
 It is ordered y* these men whose names are vndenvritten 
 Fences shall take care for the next yeare followinge : for the due 
 
 gportion & sufficiency of fences & the due extent of high 
 wayes & to se y* ladders be guided acordinge to the order in y l case 
 puided 
 
 M r Edw: Alleyn) c Sam Morse ) .,, , 
 
 Tho Wight | for y smoth P Ia y ne: Nathan Aldus [ for ? midle P 1 ^ 6 
 John Kingsbury ) f ,. , John Dwite | f p Streete 
 
 John Hayward, f t( Eliazer Lusher \ t( 
 
 Austen Kalem is chosen measurer for to pforme all such worke as be- 
 longs to the measurer for or within our Towne: 
 
 Fac-simile of original grant, showing hand-writing and signature of Eleazer 
 Lusher.
 
 DEDHAM TOWN EECOEDS. 77 
 
 Assembled m r Edw Alleyn, Tho Wight, Nathan Aldus, 
 February Sam 11 Morse, Fran Chickering, Mich Metcalfe, and Eli 
 
 16: 1640 Lusher 
 
 It is ordered y l all fences y* are made of Rayles or pales 
 fences shalbe made vp to the heigth of four foote either against 
 
 high wayes or comon grounds or pticuler mens fences on 
 their deuisions: and such fences as ar made by dytching shall be left to the 
 Judgment of those men formerly deputed. 
 
 ft is ordered y* m r Edw Alleyn and John Kingsbury shall 
 Jn Hayward haue power to satisfy John Hayward in respect of any real 
 
 defect y* may appeare to be in the laying out of his house 
 lot: or that may fall therevnto by laying out of a high way thereby: & in case 
 John Haward shall so desire he may haue liberty to chuse any 2 other men 
 to joyne with them which four men shall haue full power to determine the 
 sd case dependinge betwene the sd Jo Hayward & the towne in respect of 
 the defects aforesaid. 
 
 February Assembled M r Edw Alleyn: Sam Morse: Na Aldus: Tho 
 
 22: 1640 Wight: Mi Metcalfe: Fran: Chickering & Eli Lusher. 
 
 Whereas vpon good consideration & rule of Court in was ordered y l no 
 grants of any lands what so euer should be made to any manner of pson y l 
 was engaged to any pson by way of seruice or any such relation & was not 
 frely at his owne disposinge yet forasmuch as it is now supposed y* some 
 young men y l haue grants of lands formerly made to them would be willing 
 to yeld themselues to seruice if their grants might remayne good to them- 
 selues 
 
 It is now ordered that any such psons y l haue any such 
 Scruants grants made to them may yet notwithstanding yeld them- 
 
 selues to y* seruice of any pson within our towne & yet their 
 grants shall remaine good to themselues their heyres or assignes: any order 
 formerly made to the contrary notwithstanding: guided allways y l y e sd 
 grantees shall pay such charges as shall rateably be imposed vpon the sd 
 lands. 
 
 Granted to M r Samuell Cooke gent: one pcell of woodland 
 m r Sam: Cooke as it now lyeth betwene one pcell of the like land formerly 
 granted to M r Ed Alleyn & y e way as it is now drawne 
 toward the Meddowes: 
 
 M r Ralph Wheelocke Jo Luson & Thomas Wight are appoynted to assist 
 the measurer in laying out thereof acljoyning Estward vpon the lot of Henry 
 Wilson & Joseph Clarke which is to be first layd out:
 
 78 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 March: 16: 1640: 
 
 Assembled M r Edw Alleyn, Sam Morse, Na Aldus, Tho Wight, Mich 
 Metcalfe, Fran: Chickering, & Eli Lusher. 
 
 Granted to Twaits Strickland 3 acres & a halfe of land lying 
 Twaits at the hethermost end of the South playne to be layd out to 
 
 Strickland him by the men y* shalbe deputed therevnto: it is to be layd 
 
 out vpon the East side of the high way as it is now drawne. 
 
 Granted to Anthony Fisher 6 ackres of plowing land to be 
 A: Fisher layd out accordinge to the discresion of men deputed there- 
 
 vnto it is to be layd out next Twaits Stricklands land on the 
 South playne: heading vpon the high way toward y* west & y e Swamp toward 
 the East allwayes guided y l he lay downe the former grant made to him of 
 land neere m r John Allins farme: 
 
 Granted to M r John Allin Pastour 9 acres of plowing ground 
 m'' Jn Allin vpon y e south playne in exchang for satisfaction for y 1 land 
 
 that he layd downe to Joseph Kingsbury vpon the midle 
 playne: being to be layd out to him by men deputed therevnto: to lye next 
 the land of Anthony Fisher: & in the same manner: Alwayes guided y l he 
 laye downe y l land that was granted formerly to him for y e same end. 
 
 Granted to Henry Chickeringe 6 acres of plowing land on 
 H: Chickering the south playne: to lye next to that pcell granted to M r John 
 
 Allin Pastour to be layd out by some men deputed there- 
 vnto: 
 
 Tho Wight ) are deputed to assist & direct the measurer in y e laying out 
 Eli Lusher ) of these former pcells according to the grants. 
 
 It is ordered that who so euer hereafter shall annoy any 
 high wayes high way or drawen way w th the bodies or tops of trees which 
 
 they felling shall suffer to lye more then 4 dayes after the 
 fall thereof euery such offender shall forfeit for euery tree so annoying the 
 said wayes the some of 5 shillings to be payd to the Collecter of our Towne 
 within ten dayes after he shall demand the same & who so euer shall suffer 
 any such annoyance to be made by any tree which he hath allready felled & 
 shall not within [14] dayes after the publication hereof remoue the same 
 annoyance shall also forfeit the like penalty to be payd as aforesaid. 
 
 [*It is ordered y l vpon euery 2 d : 4 th day of euery month there 
 repealed shalbe constantly a meeting of the 7 men to order Towne 
 
 meetings affaires: either at the Meeting house: or some place nere: 
 
 that so any pson that hath any busines with them may haue 
 recourse at time & place aforesaid.]
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 79 
 
 May 12 1641 
 
 Assembled: M r Edw Alleyn, Tho Wight, Na Aldus, Sam Morse, Eli 
 Lusher, Mich Metcalfe. 
 
 Whereas there was formerly granted to seuerall men diuers 
 Jn Hunting planting lotts vpon the Eastermost playne & now vpon 
 JV: Colbourne farther experience diuers of those lotts are not found fit for 
 H: Smith y l vse there is therefore now granted vnto John Huntinge 
 
 Eld r & Nathaniell Colbourne and to Henery Smith to haue 
 one planting lott nere or vpon the southermost playne: the lott of Henry 
 Smith to lye nere the lot of y e sd Jn Hunting & Nath Colbourne to be Idyd 
 out to them by the Towne. Alwayes guided y* they shall lay downe their 
 rights in those lots vpon y 6 East playne formerly layd out to them or their 
 predesesors: Each of these planting lots shall conteyne 12 acres of land mo r 
 or lese as itshalbe layd out to them by m r Ralph Wheelocke Henery Chick- 
 ering Thomas Wight &; Eliazer Lusher: 
 
 July 14 th 1641 
 
 Assembled: M r Edw Alleyn, Thomas Wight, Nath Aldus, Sam 11 Morse, 
 Michael Metcalfe, Franc Chickering, & Eli Lusher. 
 
 It is ordered y 1 Willm Bearestowe Daniell Fisher John Ellis 
 Towne bounds Nathaniell Colbourne Tim Dwight & Thomas Jorden shall 
 
 asist m r Jn Oliuer measurer in laying out the bounds of this 
 Towne compleate who together with M r Edward Alleyn are appoynted to 
 pforme the same 4 of these men are required to asist herein together y 6 one 
 halfe of y e time other 4 to doe the like the other halfe thereoff : 
 
 Michael Metcalfe Robert Hinsdell & Eliazer Lusher are 
 jfn Guile appoynted & enabled with power to lay out and determine 
 
 the extent of John Guyles Lott which he bought of John 
 Roper according as by their discresion they shall judge to be equall and sat- 
 isfactory. 
 
 It is Ordered y* Francis Chickeringe John Dwight Johnathan 
 wayes to Mill Fairbanke or any 3 of them shall search out appoynt deter- 
 mine and lay out a Cart way to our Water Mill for a common 
 leading way where euer they or any 3 of them shall by their discresion judg 
 most conuenient for the Towne as also such foote pathes as may most con- 
 ueniently be found nighest & best pasable or y 1 may be made passable: and 
 also the sd men or any 3 of them shall haue power to make such satisfaction 
 to any that shall haue damage as by their discresion they shall judg equall 
 and as the Towne in other the like cases doth giue. 
 
 Granted to John Kingsbury certaine land for an enlargment 
 Kingsbury by his swampe for a pasture to stay his Bullocks:
 
 80 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 Granted to John Hayward also a pcell of land to stay his 
 Jn Hayward working Bullocks both these parcells now granted are to be 
 
 layd out and fully determined at y e appoyntment & by the 
 direction of M r Edw Alleyn John Bacheler and John Eaton: these are to be 
 pformed w th in 3 monthes after y e date hereof 
 
 Granted to Jn Batcheler one smale pcell of land nere the 
 Jn Backeler clay pitts on the Hand: to be layd out by the direction of 
 
 M r Edw Alleyn: John Kingsbury & John Eaton: who are 
 also to lay out the high way leading from the clay pits to the common nere 
 John Hay wards 
 
 Sept 15 1641 
 
 Assembled M r Edw Alleyn: Sam 11 Morse, Michael Metcalfe, Thomas 
 Wight, Nathan Aldus and Eliazer Lusher 
 
 Granted to Jn Luson & Tho Wight one pcell of vpland 
 T/io Wight: being a smale playne lying vpon the top of a hill: nere or 
 about the south playne to be equally deuided betvvene them: 
 allwayes prouided y* y e land so layd out to them exceed not y e measure of 
 twelue acres: Henery Chickering M r Ralph Wheelocke are deputed to asist 
 & direct the measurer in laying out this grant: 
 
 Granted vnto John Dwight Francis Chickeringe Eliazer 
 Low: playne Lusher Johnathan Fairbanke Michael Powell Peter Wood- 
 ward Michael Metcalfe & John Frary that percell of the Low 
 playne (nere M r Stoughtons farme) that belongs to thisTowne to be deuided 
 amongst themselues as they or the major part of them shall agree to be layd 
 out by themselues or by whome soeuer they shall apoynt or imploy therein. 
 
 Octob r 25 1641 
 
 Assembled: M r Edw Alleyn: Sam 11 Morse Francis Chickering Thomas 
 Wight & Eliazer Lusher 
 
 For as much as certaine meddow formerly layd out to cer- 
 North taine men of our Towne as is now taken away by the 
 
 Meddow measuringe of the grant made formerly to the farmes cSc 
 
 being there is a certaine quantitie of Meddow nere Oake 
 hill yet vndisposed of it is therefore now promised that the sd pcell of Med- 
 dow shall not be granted to any man vntill these men be first Considered & 
 prouided for: 
 
 Novemb r 11 1641 
 
 Assembled : Sam 11 Morse Nathan Aldus Thomas Wight Fra: Chicker- 
 ing El Lusher 
 
 It is Ordered y l wheras Tho Eames hath made improuement 
 
 Tho: Eames vpon a pcell of the townes land for making Bricks the Towne 
 
 doth hereby promise y l he shall haue liberty still so to Doe
 
 DEDHAM TOWN EECOBDS. 81 
 
 & farther y l if the Towne shall se cause to take the sd pcell from him they 
 shall not so doe but vpon paying such satisfaction to the sd Thomas or his 
 heyres as shalbe then thought fit by two or 3 Indifferent workemen chosen by 
 the towne & y e sd Thomas Eames or his heyres: 
 
 Henery Aldridge is entertained vpon two acres of Tho 
 If: Aldridge Eames his lott Tho Eames is therfore granted to haue so 
 
 much layd to his lott out of y e wast thereby as shall make y e 
 remainder two acres & also to haue two acres layd out vpon y e plowing 
 playne vpon the Hand in satisfaction for y e 2 acres y l he pted withall to 
 Hen: Aldridge. 
 
 Whereas there was form r ly granted certaine land for a pasture 
 Bullocke for working Cattle vnto Samuell Morse, John Dwighl & 
 
 pasture Francis Chickeringe: to be layd out next Dorchester Bounds 
 
 It is now Ordered y l [*m r Edw Alleyn] Jo Kingsbury John 
 Haward: & Mich Metcalfe or any 3 of them shall haue full power to lay out 
 the same according to the said grant at their discresions Antho: Fisher seni 
 Nath Coaleburne ar ioyned to the other 3 men befor named any 3 of w ch 5 
 haue power to settle this grant. 
 
 Decemb r 8 th 1641 
 
 Assembled M r Edw Alleyn: Nathan Aldus Tho Wight Sam 11 Morse Eli 
 Lusher Francis Chickerey & Michael Metcalfe. 
 
 M r Ralph Wheelocke Michael Metcalfe & Nathan Aldus are 
 Collector hereby deputed to take the accounts of John Kingsbury 
 
 Collector within ten next after the date hereoff : 
 
 Whereas there was form r ly a grant made to m r Ralph Wheel- 
 m r Wheelocke ocke of 4 acres of land to be layd out beyond vine brooke & 
 
 now vpon further view it is questionable whether the sd pcell 
 wilbe found fit for his vse or not It is therefore now Ordered that Jn Kings- 
 bury Tho: Wight & Jn Bacheler shall assist the measurer & direct the sd 4 
 acres by their discresion either in y e foresd place or on the North side of 
 Charles Riuer as they shall judg most fit and conuenient. 
 
 Whereas diuers psons haue had form r ly certaine pcells of land 
 South playne granted them vpon the south playne & being now about to 
 
 fence in the same & being willing if it may be to spare tim- 
 ber & labour which is hopefull to be done by makeing fences through the 
 swamp the towne therefore in consideration hereof doth hereby giue liberty to 
 those psons that haue lands in the aforesd place to make vse of such vnder- 
 wood & rayles as they shall need in the swampe & to make such fences 
 from their sd pcells to the pond called the great pond as may be sufficient 
 for their vse. The swamp that they shall so enclose shall yet remaine in y e 
 hands of the towne notwithstanding to dispose of as they shall se cause
 
 82 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 Granted vnto Tho Eames M r Henery Deengaine John Ellis 
 Swampe and Austen Kalem: to each of them 2 acres of swampe lyinge 
 
 in y e end of the swampe next the meddow in the great Hand 
 & to Samuell Bullein 2 acres of swampe lying on the north End of the sd 
 Hand next the meddow there: 
 
 Decemb 28: 1641 
 
 Assembled M r Edw Alleyn Sam 11 Morse Michael Metcalfe Na: Aldus: 
 Era: Chickering: Tho: Wight and Eli: Lusher. 
 
 Whereas by vertue of an order in such cases guided by y e 
 m r Edw: Alleyn towne there haueing appeared an vnauoydable necesitie of a 
 high way through y e house lott of M r Edw: Alleyn: the 
 Towne haueing taken parcell of the sd lott for the vse of the towne for a 
 high way according to y e aforesaid order: wherby also the sd m r Edw Alleyn 
 is occasioned to stand charged with the makeing& maintaining of such fences 
 vpon both sides of the sd way through his Lott as may be sufficient to secure 
 the sd Lott: the Towne doth therefore in consideration of the premisses 
 grant to the sd m r Alleyn: such land in our Towne for satisfaction as shall 
 by our Comittees (together with m r Alleyn) herevnder named be thought 
 equall and just & both pties agree vpon according to the form 1 order the sd 
 land to be layd out vpon the north side of Charles Riu r ouer against or neere 
 the fearme formerly granted to m r Sam 11 [Cooke] 
 
 M r Ralph Wheelocke, John Kingsbury Thomas Wight or any 2 of them 
 are comittees for y e pformance hereof 
 
 Whereas there hath bin cleare proofe made y* the house 
 Fra: Chickering lotts of Francis Chickering & Edward Richards are defect- 
 Edw. Richards iue & also that Jn Dwight wants halfe a Lott which remaines 
 
 yet due to him. 
 
 It is therefore Ordered y* whereas the aforesd psons haue nominated 
 chosen John Kingsbury the Towne hath on & in behalfe of themselues 
 hath chosen [ ] Lusher for to view setle & determine satisfaction for 
 
 each of the [ ] as followeth: viz: for John Dwight on the swamp playne 
 
 for Francis Chickering on the wigwam playne for Ed Richards [ ] 
 
 against the East end of the lotts in y e est streete & in case the Comittees 
 shall not agree they shall haue power ioyntly to chose whome [ ] shall 
 
 please as vmpier to determine the same or any of the sd satisfactions: or in 
 case y* in any of [ ] places there shall not be found ground fit or 
 
 sufficient [ ] liberty & power to make satisfaction els where.
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 83 
 
 Dedham The 22 th of y e 12 th Month calld Fabvry 
 
 1641 Assembled whose names are vnd r written. 
 
 M r : Edward Alleyn: Nathan Alldus: Sam 11 Morse: Henry Chickring: John 
 Dwite: Thomas Wight: Fra: Chickring. 
 
 That w ch was agreed vpon y e last meeting was read & confirmed 
 
 Henry Smyth his house being lately burnte & looseing his Corne therby 
 Requesteth 2 pines for board to gayne Corne w th at y e Baye to w eh it is con- 
 descended: 
 
 Ord r d that y e note of debts shalbe deliu r ed to y e Collector that he may 
 gather w l can be gotten w th expedico for defraying of Charges necessary: 
 
 Graunted vnto John Eld r kin 3 acres of Land vpon y e East side of the 
 Milbrooke, next to y e Millpond: 
 
 Nathan Aldus & John Dwite, appoynted to Joyne w tu y e measurer in 
 setting out of y e same speedely: 
 
 
 
 The 28 th of y e 12 th Month 
 
 Assembled whose names are vnd r \vritten: Fra: Chickring M r Edw: 
 Alleyn, Nathan Aldus, Sam 11 : Morse, Henery Chickring, John Dwite, Thomas 
 Wight. 
 
 John Roper, being destitute of Corne, craveth licence to make sale of 
 some board w ch he hath ready sawne, for [ ] out of Towne: It is graunted soe 
 to doe, and to take more Timb r by y e wood Reeves to y e quantety of 1000 
 boards for y e same purpose: 
 
 John Fairbanke, desireth y e like for a smale quantety to y e same pur- 
 pose, and graunted him: 
 
 Dan: 11 Morse desireth Cead rs for boad for y 6 same case, to be set out by 
 y e Wood Reeves: If he hath not of his owne: 
 
 Ordered y l M r Edward Alleyn, Sam: 11 Morse & Nathan Aldus. 
 Hand Playne shall w th y e measurer set out the playne in y e great Hand 
 vnto such men as are named in a note Giueing vnto o r sayd 
 comittees full power to hold or to Alter any of y e sayd quantetys to more or 
 lesse acres as in their descretions they shall see fitt, according to y e quantety 
 of y e whole, that they shall ther finde: The portions y* ought to adioyne to y e 
 Medowes first to be set out by them: And y* y e sayd comittees shall apoint 
 a good pt of y e small yong trees at y e corner next y e pond for y e Comon 
 fence if they se [ ] to doe & apoynt y e same. 
 
 Dedham The 1 th of y e first Month: called March: 
 
 
 
 1641 Assembled whose names are vnd r written: 
 
 M r Edw: Alleyn, Nathan Aldus, Sam 11 Morse, Henery Chickring, 
 Thomas Wight, Jn Dwite: Fra: Chickring:
 
 84 DEDIIAM TOWN I? E COEDS. 
 
 That w cu was agreed vpon y e last meeting was read & confirmed: 
 John Bullard hath lib r ty to mowe y* pcell of Meddowe that is y e comon 
 Clay pitt, next to Ant: Fishers for this yeare: 
 
 Vpon complaynt by Henery: Chickring as a greevance con- 
 Fences cerning a fence not made, whereby he hath sustayned much 
 
 Damage, Wee appoint M r Edw: Alleyn: Jn: Kingsb r y and 
 Eleazar Lusher to viewe & ^portion y e same fence by whome to be made & 
 mayntained & all other fences in y e same field: 
 
 The sayd men or 2 of them, to viewe & set out & ord r all 
 Wayes high wayes & necessary footpathes in all y e Towne, y* all 
 
 may be recorded, And to appoint, Gates, Barres, or stiles 
 w th necessary stepps to be made by y e owners of y e fence for y e comfortable 
 passage ou r y 6 same, w tu Corne, Meale, or other burthens &c: accordingly: 
 
 Francis Chickring, Eleazar Lusher, are appoynted to viewe 
 Kemp Edward Kemps lott, as hee requesteth. 
 
 Graunted to Eld r Hunting one slipe of Land adioyning to his Lott to- 
 wards y e South: vpon y e South playne in quatety about halfe an acre, to be 
 set out by Henery Chickring and Tho: Wight: 
 
 Whereas form r ly Philemon Dolton being possesed of a 12 
 H Phillips Acre Lott, did graunt 2 Acres of y e same vnto Rowland 
 
 Clarke to haue it recompenced: as by a Towne ord r appeth 
 and after selleth the same Lott, to Nic Phillips who sells y e same also to 
 Henery Philips who now requireth satisfation for y e same 2 Acrs It is or- 
 dered y l Henery Chickring & Tho: \Vight shall set out soe much as shall 
 satisfy him for y e sayd 2 Acres vpon y e South Playne next vnto Nathani: 
 Colborne, if ther it may be had. 
 
 Whereas many Fences in o r Towne are neglected by Gaps in 
 Fences y e same, Barrs left downe, & otherwise insufficient, that mens 
 
 Corne nowe sowne & p r sently to be sowne; In the field can- 
 not be in saffety, as it ought to be: It is therefore now ordered y l eu r y man 
 haueing any defects in his fences as aboue sayd ; shall repayer & make y e 
 same sufficient before y e 20 th day of this p r sent month, and constantly mayne- 
 tayne y e same sufficient vpon those pentilties imposed by former orders, made 
 concerning sufficiency of fences, for y e saffety of Corne accordingly: And 
 men deputed to take care as aboue in their seu r all limitts, & may alsoe be 
 called els where to assist in difficult cases, Are viz 1 
 
 Jn: Kingsbery ) Jn: Dwite > f 
 
 Jn: Hayward, \ * Eleazar Lusher j 
 
 Sam 11 Morse > , . , M r Edw: Alleyn ) , 
 
 XT - .ij \ for midle playne ,-,,. , '. \ for y e smoth playn: 
 
 Naflian Aldus j ' HeneryChicknng ) y 3 
 
 And y e same men to take care of Ladders according to form 1 " orders in 
 y* behalfe.
 
 DEDHAM TOWN EE COEDS. 85 
 
 Dedham The 4 th of y e 2 rt Month Called Aprill. 
 1642 Assembled whose names are vnder written viz* 
 M r Edw: Alleyn, Henry Chickering, Nathan Aldus, Fran: Chickering, 
 Sam: Morse, John Dwite. 
 
 For as much as ther hath ben many Comp* Conserneing 
 Swine: Swyne of much Damage done the last yeare by them notw th 
 
 standing the strict order form r ly made for to p r vent such in- 
 conveniences as many men haue vndergone by reason of the neglect of Exe- 
 cucon of the aforesayd order made the 23: of the first month 1639. Ad- 
 mitting then more then an wholl yeares warneing for gviding Fences agaynst 
 y e same. All Swine being to be yoaked & Ringed as by the order appeth: 
 w ch nowe we inioyne to be sevearly Executed Sc the penalties therof. And 
 therfore doe further order that whoesoever of our towne from henceforth 
 shall see any Swyne vnyoaked or vnringed & not in the grownd of its owner, 
 nor followed w th a keep neer p r sent contrary to y e aforesayd order shall give 
 spedy knoweledge to the owner therof: or shall put the same Swine into the 
 pownde to be Regulated vpon the penalty of 6 a forfated for every Swyne, & 
 every tyme soe seen as is meete y* care may be had of eu r y mans saffety: 
 And the same to be leavyed by distresse for y e vse of the towne accordingly 
 w th out any del aye. 
 
 Dedham The 6 th of y e 3: Month. Called Maye 
 
 1642 Assembled whose names are vnderwritten 
 
 M r : Edw: Alleyn, Henry Chickering, Tho: Wighte, Nathan Aldus, Fran: 
 Chickering, Sam: Morse, John Dwite. 
 
 Henry Chickering & Tho: Wight form r ly deputed to set out 
 If: Phillips a pcell of Land for satisfaction of Hen: Phillips for 2 acres 
 form r ly graunted vnto Rowland Clarke by Philemon Dalton 
 w ch the towne pmised to make good vnto y e sayd Lott w ch the sayd Henry 
 nowe possesseth. They Returneing answer of their pformance & of his ac- 
 ceptance therof vpon the South playne: w ch we also apgve of both for y e 
 sayd 2: acres & also for his Interest in the waye layd through his Lott 
 towards the house of Dan Morse accordingly. 
 
 Graunted to Sam: Morse; Daniel Morse & to Rich: Ellis ech of them to 
 haue a pcell of vpland In y e greate Hand w tu in y e lyne ther what may be 
 conveniently ther had at y e discretion of those men deputed to lay out y e 
 same. 
 
 Wheras some yeares since it was by gen r all Court directed 
 
 Survey of y* a gen r all survaye of all graunts & alienacons of lands & 
 
 Lands houses Done in our towne shold be made & Record therof 
 
 kept & the same transcribed to the sayd Court. Whervpon 
 
 Edward Alleyn gent was Requested to pforme the same as appeth by a towne
 
 86 DEDHAM TOWN EECOBDS. 
 
 order made y e 28 of March 1639 vpon w ch he making a begining therin and 
 transcribed y 6 same to the Courte aforesayd for that tyme But by Reason of 
 many things Remayneing vnpfect: pceedings in the same weare Iterupted 
 vntill this p r sent: w ch we well apprehend not to be saffe for our posterety 
 nor answering y e Courts Coinand. Whervpon we agayne Requesting the 
 sayd Edw: Alleyn to make pceeding in y e same. To w ch he is Content to 
 make Indeavour therin: we gmiseing that all lands graunted & Alienated 
 shalbe made pfect And y l he shall haue y e same Alowance form r ly ordered 
 And may take his Kindman John Newton for to assist him in writeing of & 
 Concerneing y e same And further yf the sayd Jn Newton shall ingrosse what 
 was form r ly Transcribed in a booke for y 6 Towne he shall haue Convenient 
 aloweance for his paynes therin. 
 
 Dedham The 10 th of y 6 5 th Month Called Julye 
 1642 Assembled whose names are vnderwritten 
 
 M r Edw: Alleyn, Henry Chickering, Nathan Aldus, Sam: Morse, Fran: 
 Chickering, John Dwite, Tho: Wighte. 
 
 Willm Bearestowe complayneing of his 8: acre house lott: it 
 W. Bearstowe was viewed & fownd to be very Defectiue in the one halfe 
 
 of the same by a multitude of Stones. Wherfore we order & 
 graunte vnto the sayd Willm Eight acres of vpland betweene the Corners of 
 the greate Naponset Swampe about Southwest from our Towne. To be layd 
 out by men hereafter named. 
 
 \Vheras ther was an high waye beneath John Haywards Lott 
 John: Hayward"\-\z same is fownd inconvenient in diverse Respects. Ther- 
 
 fore we doe order y* an high waye in steade of the aforesayd 
 high waye shalbe layd out 2. Rods broade through the South end of the 
 Swampe of y e sayd John Hayward next vnto John Bachelers Swampe. & the 
 Former waye to be possessed by y e sayd John Hayward in liewe of y 8 p r sent 
 waye. 
 
 Wheras John Hunting our Elder, Jonathan Farebanke & 
 Jn Hunting John Frary had each of them appoynted to haue 6: acres of 
 jfn Fairbanke medowe for their second Devision to make vp 12: acres to 
 Jn Frary their Lotts But by Reason of some Interuption arising by 
 
 Challenge made of the same medowe to belonge vnto some 
 of the Farmes &c Wherfore we thinkeing it not fitting to hold them in sus- 
 pence any longer. Doe therfore nowe order & graunte vnto y 6 sayd three men 
 above named to haue ech of them Sixe acres in y e medowe neere vnto the 
 South side of Ballpate hill to be measured out vnto them seu r ally by our
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RE COEDS, 87 
 
 Measurer & others appoynted thervnto heervnder named for their full satis- 
 faction to make vp the 12: acres of medowe due vnto them 
 
 Francis Chickering 
 John Dwite 
 Tho: Wighte 
 pvided that they Relinquist the abouesayd graunts form r ly made vnto them. 
 
 For as much as John Ellis is in y e same Condicon as the 
 jfn Ellis aboue named men, for 2: acres appoynted him in y e sayd 
 
 Challenged medowes &c r We therfore nowe grante vnto him 
 twoe acres of medowe at Ballpate hill to lye next vnto the afore named mens 
 medowe to be measured out by the aboue deputed men. gvided that he Re- 
 linquisheth the former 2: acres soe apoynted vnto him. 
 
 John Dwite & Francis Chickering form r ly deputed to set 
 Swampe out the Smale pcells of Swampe next the North East Corn 1 " 
 
 of y 6 Wigwam playne to the adioyneing inhabitants. Edward 
 Alleyn is Chosen to Joyne w th them to assist in the same soe graunted vnto 
 them. 
 
 . Graunted vnto Thomas Wight Eight acres of Land vpon y e 
 T Wight hill & vally thervpon neere vnto South medowe. The hill 
 
 being Form r ly graunted vnto the sayd Thomas & John Luson, 
 whoe nowe both of them doe Relinquish y e former graunt made vnto them. 
 And the aforesayd Thomas Requesting an inlargem 1 it is granted vnto him 
 to Rune to y e Swampe at y e North end of the same hill vpon his form r lyne. 
 
 Edward Richards for defect in his house Lott hath graunted 
 E Richards nowe vnto him the other pte of y e hill & vally by the East 
 
 side of Tho: Wight: Conteyneing 8 acres more or lesse to 
 Rune also to the Swampe as y e sayd Thomas doth at y e North end of the 
 sayd Hill. 
 
 Graunted vnto Robte Gowen Sixe acres of vpland neere vnto 
 R: Gowen the South medowe & nexte vnto the West side of Thomas 
 
 Wight ther: gvided y* he Relinquish all other graunts made 
 vnto him form r ly. 
 
 Graunted vnto Beniamyne Smith Sixe acres of vpland neere 
 Ben Smith vnto the South medowe to adioyne vnto Robert Gowen 
 
 yf- ther it maye be had. 
 
 Graunted vnto George Barber Sixe acres of vpland nere vnto 
 G Barber the South Medowe & next vnto Ben: Smith yf ther it maye 
 
 be had. 
 
 Graunted vnto Josua Fisher Sixe acres of vpland nere vnto 
 y Fisher the South Medowe & nexte vnto George Barber yf ther it 
 
 may be had. 
 
 M r Wheelocke, Hen: Chickering, John Luson, Deputed to assist & direct 
 the measurer in laying out all the form r graunted pcells And yf they fynd that
 
 gg DEDHAM TOWN ItECOQDS. 
 
 ther the severall pcells can not be layd out in that order w ch is described 
 then we give them or any twoe of the sayd thre soe named full power 
 to order & laye out ther or therabouts what is soe graunted according to 
 their discretions soe neere as they can to make a feild of them together, or 
 otherwise as they may best contriue. 
 
 Graunted to John Thurston all y l pcell of Land w ch lyeth 
 Jn Thurston betweene Jeames Jordan, & the high waye leading vnto y e 
 South playne, & also soe much of the Swampe adioyneing 
 vnto y e p r mises next towards y e south playne as may be thought fitt & carye 
 a fence on thnt side conveniently streight. Allwayes Reserved vnto y* towne 
 a Carte waye from the aforsayd high waye by the bottome of y e p r mises vnto 
 the Corner betwene y e 2. Swamps wher Tymber hath ben gotten. 
 
 Henry Chickering & Tho: Wight to set out y e same & E Alleyn to Joyne 
 \v th them in y e same doeing. 
 
 Graunted to Henry Chickering all those pcells of Course medowe 
 Conteyneing Sixe acres more or lesse as they lye aboue y* pcell of medowe 
 form r ly graunted vnto m r Phillips. To be set out by 
 
 Graunted y l Jn Ellis may haue 2. Ceader trees to make board & sell y e 
 same out of towne to atteyne vnto appell. 
 
 Whereas the Towne according to their vsuall Custome did 
 Ell Lusher make Choise of M r Edward Alleyn gent to keepe the Towne 
 booke and to act in towne afaires with the other 6 men then 
 chosen: And for as much as it hath pleased god to take away the sd M r 
 Alleyn by death the towne being assembled the 28 th of October 1642 did 
 nominate & by their voate chuse & appoynt Eleazer Lusher to succeed in 
 the place & trust in which the sd M r Alleyn was interressed to sd Eli Lusher 
 so to stand in y* seruice trust & power vntill y l terme be accomplished 
 whereunto m r Alleyn aforsd was deputed. 
 
 [ u Md: That whereas the town hath formerly according to thier vsuall Custom 
 as allso according to the order of Court in y* Case guided mad Choice 
 of 7 men for the regulating of the planting & prudentiall affayers of 
 the Town and to that end hath allso mad Choice of Edward Alleyn: 
 gent: to keepe the Town Book and to ayd the other G men in the for- 
 mer seruice as may by that act of the Town recorded mor playnely 
 appear and that for as much as it hath pleased God to take away by 
 death the said m r Edward Alleyn:. the town in consideration of the 
 p r mises being mett together vpon the 28 day of October 1 642 did 
 
 1 A leaf fastened at the beginning of Vol. L, of the original Records. On the 
 reverse of the leaf is the following note: 
 
 M d . This leaf was found in John Bullard, Esq.'s Garret, Sept. 5, 1850. 
 
 J. H. Cobb, Town Clerk. 
 
 [ED.]
 
 DEDHAM TOWN EECOEDS. 89 
 
 nominat and by thier voate chuse & appoint Eleazer Lusher to suc- 
 ceed in the place & trust wherin the said M r Alleyn was by that fore- 
 said Choice of the Town interressed: the said Eleazer Lusher so to 
 stand in that seruice trust & power vntill that tearme be accomplished 
 whervnto m r Alleyn aforesd was so deputed. 
 
 together w th other the inhabbitants of the town then assembled.] 
 
 Nouember 4: 1642: 
 
 Assembled: whose names are vnder written 
 
 Henery Chickering, Samuell: Morse, Nathan Aldus, John Dwight, 
 Thomas Wight, Eliazer Lusher. 
 
 Wheras John Gaye hath parted with some of his house lott 
 Jn Gaye: for a high way for the vse of the Towne as also hath bin at 
 
 charge in fencing against the sd high way which according 
 to order of the Towne ought to be satisfied for: It is therefore ordered that 
 the sd Jn Gaye shall haue satisfaction tendered to him by the men here 
 vnder named which satisfaction shalbe in land in or vpon a certaine smale 
 playne lyinge southwest from M r Cookes farme & nere the same: it is to be 
 directed and assigned to him by & at the discression of Henery Chickeringe 
 & Thomas Wight 
 
 Granted vnto John Gaye 3 acres of vpland to lye adioyninge 
 Jn Gaye to to the aforesd grant to be layd out to him by the direc- 
 
 tion of the men assigned to lay out the former grant: 
 Granted to Josuah Fisher 6 acres of vpland to be layd out to 
 Jos Fisher him vpon the foresaid playne nere m r Cookes farme 
 
 Granted vnto Beniamen Smith 6 acres of vpland to be layd 
 Ben Smith out to him on the foresaid playne 
 
 prouided that these 2 last grantees lay downe all other right 
 by former grants of land vpon or neare the south hill. 
 
 These grants are to be layd out by the direction and assignm* of the 
 men form r ly deputed to direct John Gayes grant. 
 
 Granted vnto Daniell Fisher 6 acres of vpland to be layd 
 Dan: Fisher out vpon the foresd playne at the direction of those men 
 
 form r ly deputed to lay out the former grants there.
 
 90 DEDIIAM TOWN RECOBDS. 
 
 Nouemb r 19 1642 
 
 Assembled those whose names are vnderwritten 
 
 Henry Chickering, Sam 11 Morse, Nathan Aldus, Franc: Chickeringe, 
 Thomas Wight, John Dwight, Eliazer Lusher. 
 
 Wheras there was an order vpon good consideration made 
 Timber for the orderly improuement of timber vpon the common 
 
 ground of the towne wherein timber for sale out of towne or 
 for any that are not admitted townesmen is restrayned. Yet now vpon good 
 reason moueing therunto it is ordered that the 7 men which are chosen for 
 y e ordering of towne affaires shall vpon the request of any Inhabitant of y e 
 Towne being made in a publique towne meetinge, haue power to depute 
 some one or more of themselues to assigne vnto them such supply of timber 
 from the towne as shall by y e sd 7 men be judged conuenient: 
 
 Nouember 25 1642 
 
 Assembled those whose names are vnderwritten 
 
 Henry Chickering, Sam 11 Morse, Nathan Aldus, Tho: Wight, John 
 Dwight, Eliazer Lusher. 
 
 Wheras Anthony Fisher hath purchased 4 acres of vpland of M r Ralph 
 Wheelocke which was granted the sd M r Wheelocke in recompence for his 
 depting with 2 acres of his home lott: according to an order of the towne in y l 
 case puided & y e sd Anthony hath declared his desire to haue it layd out to 
 him 
 
 There is therefore granted to the sd Anthony Fisher 4 acres 
 A: Fisher of vpland to be layd out to him or his assignes by the men 
 
 formly deputed to lay out the grants vpon that playne which 
 sd pcell shalbe layd out vpon the Northerly side of the pcell which is layd 
 out vnto Daniell Fisher & next therevnto: allwayes puided that he shall lay 
 downe all right or clayme to any grants form r ly made to him for satisfaction 
 of this his purchace & y l he take this foresd pcell in full contentment for the 
 same: 
 
 Wheras Joseph Kingsbury haueing formerly receiued some 
 Jos: Kingsbury damage in regard of his accomodation of meddow & other 
 things of that nature as also y l he offers to lay downe 2 
 acres of his meddow nere or against the Comon meddow allready layd out 
 to him There is therefore in consideration of the premisses granted to the 
 sd Joseph Kingsbury 2 acres of meddow being part of a pcell of meddow 
 nere to the hill called bald pate hill: southerly from the parcell of meddow 
 formerly Layd out to Eld r Huntinge: Allwayes guided that it being layd out 
 according to the grant he take it for full satisfaction for all the sd prejudice 
 or cause of complaynt & lay downe the 2 acres aforesd.
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 91 
 
 John Dwight & Francis Chickeringe are deputed to direct in laying out 
 this grant: 
 
 Robert Weares is Admitted to the purchace of Thomas 
 R: Weares Eames his house lott and 3 acres of land. 
 
 Thomas Fuller is admitted to the purchace of Martin 
 T: Fuller Phillips his Lott: 
 
 December 30 1642 
 
 Assembled: whose names are vnder written 
 
 Henery Chickeringe, Nathan Aldus, Thomas Wight, Fran: Chickering, 
 & Eliazer Lusher. 
 
 Granted vnto William Bullard 4 acres of vpland to be layd 
 W: Bullard out vpon the playne where John Gaye Daniell Fisher and 
 other of their neighbours haue grants of land form r ly made 
 to them. 
 
 Granted to John Bullard 3 acres of vpland to be layd out to him vpon 
 the same playne where \Villm Bullard hath his grant. 
 
 Henry Chickering & Thomas Wight are deputed to direct in the laying 
 out these 2 parcells 
 
 Whereas the Towne hath formerly granted a pcell of land called South 
 hill to be deuided vnto Thomas Wight Robert Gowinge Edward Richards 
 & Georg Barber & for as much as a smale pcell lying nere thereunto falleth 
 conueniently within the compase of the most fit place of setting their fence 
 there is therefore granted to the sd grantees formefly named liberty to take 
 in the sd smale pcell of vpland within their fence: to haue it to themselues & 
 their heyres for euer: this grant to be appoynted & directed by the discresion 
 of John Luson & Henry Chickeringe 
 
 Whereas there hath bin formerly a grant of a certaine pcell of the low 
 playne nere M r Stoughtons rayles made to diuers of y e Inhabitants of east 
 streete as by the sd grant more playnely doth appeare and for as much as 
 the sd pcell cannot conuenient be fenced in without liberty of enclosing some 
 of the waest land of the towne: There is therefore granted to the posessors 
 of the aforesd pcell of the Low playne so much of the common ground of 
 the towne as may most nesesarily be needfull for the directing of their fence 
 about the former grant. 
 
 The said addition of land to ly common to the sd grantees and their 
 heyres for euer 
 
 The place where the sd fence shall stand according to the intent of this 
 grant shall be appoynted & directed at and by the discression of Nathan Al- 
 dus & Henry Phillips.
 
 92 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 Dedham The 2 day of y e 11 th Month called January: 
 
 1642 Assembled those whose names are vnderwritten 
 
 M r Jn Allin M r Ralph Wheelocke Hen: Chickeringe John Lewson An- 
 thony Fisher John Gay Thomas Wight: Daniell Fisher John Thurston Willm 
 Bullard John Bullard John Hayward: John Bacheler John Eaton Austen 
 Kalem Thomas Payne Sam lu Bullein: Chris: Smith Tho Allcocke: Henry Al- 
 dridge Joseph Kingsbury Robt Mason Eld Jo Huntinge Nath: Colbourne 
 Hen: Phillips Nathan Aldus Daniell Morse John Morse Hen: Smith: John 
 Roper Georg Barber: Tho: Leader Lambert Genere: Tim Dwight Jn Dwight 
 Edw Kempe Tho: Bayes Edw: Richards: Francis Chickering Willm Beare- 
 stowe Johnathan Fairbanke Mich Powell Mich Metcalfe John Frary Eli 
 Lusher Robte Hinsdell Fetter Woodward Richard Euerard John Guile: 
 Georg Bearestowe Nathaniell Whiteinge: 
 
 Whereas it was the desire of the Inhabitants of this Towne that there 
 should be a suruey taken of all such lands nere our towne: as were fit for 
 improuem 1 with the plough & that the 7 men then to be Chosen should dis- 
 pose of them by a generall diuident by those generall rules then ppounded & 
 agreed on: viz: the number of psons is on considerable rule in deuision: yet 
 not y e only rule and it was concluded y* seruants should be referred to mens 
 estates. 2: According to mens estates: 3 According to mens Ranke & Qual- 
 litie and desert and vsefullnes either in Church or Comon Weale: 4 that 
 men of vsefull trades & may haue materialls to improue the same be encour- 
 aged by haue land as nere home as may be conuenient and that husbandmen 
 that haue abilities to improue more then others be considered in this 
 deuision 
 
 Also it was with an vnanimous consent concluded that some portion of 
 land in this entended deuision should be set a part for publique vse: viz for 
 the Towne the Church & A fre Schoole viz: 40 acres at the least or 60 acres 
 at the most. 
 
 Also that some land should be deuided to those lotts in o r towne that 
 are without present Inhabitants: & y 1 more should be reserued in the Townes 
 hand to bestowe vpon them as the Towne shall thinke good. 
 
 Also it was Concluded that those that haue allready had free grants of 
 Land besides their house lotts those fre grants shall be accounted as part of 
 their diuident which they are now to receiue. 
 
 And wheras Eliazer Lusher hath bin more then ordinarily imployed in 
 publique seruice in Towne affaires to his great damage & lose of time it was 
 therefore the mind of the Towne declared by voate that the 7 men now to 
 be chosen should make him some recompence in this deuision of lands. 
 
 And it was the desire & request of the Towne: that our Reuerend Pas- 
 tour & o r Reuerend Elder: and John Kingsbury should aduise with the 7 
 men in this deuision of lands
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 93 
 
 Michael Powell is Chosen to keepe the Towne booke for this yeare next 
 ensuing: and to Write the Record & Transcript: and to act in all Towne 
 affaires as one of the 7 men: & there is Chosen to Joyne with him Henery 
 Chickering: John Dwight, Thomas Wight, Eliazer Lusher: Francis Chicker- 
 ing and Peter Woodward: who haue the same power that their predecesors 
 haue had to order the planting & prudentiall affaires of the Towne & to dis- 
 pose of lands by a generall diuident. 
 
 John Hayward is Chosen Collector for the Towne for this next yeare. 
 
 Thomas Wight 
 
 Nathaniell Colborne \- are chosen Wood reues for this next yeare. 
 
 Henry Phillips 
 
 i! m E * * n I are chosen Surueyo rs for y e high wayes for 
 
 Edward Kempe this next vea r 
 
 Daniel Fisher 
 
 John Newton, 
 - Robert Crosman |>are Admitted Townsmen. 
 
 Henry Glouer 
 
 Also it was ordered at this generall meeting that what grants of land 
 haue bin formerly made and are not yet layd out that they shalbe layd out 
 that Justice may be first satisfied. 
 
 The 18 day of 11 Month 1642 
 
 Assembled: Henery Chickeringe John Dwight Thomas Wight Eliazer 
 Lusher: Fra: Chickering Peter Woodward and Michael Powell. 
 
 It is Ordered that John Dwight Francis Chickering & Michael Powell 
 shall haue power to lay out swampe formerly granted to the Inhabitants of 
 the East streete: as they shall se conuenient according to an order in that 
 case prouided 
 
 The 30 th of the 11 Month 1642 
 
 Assembled: Hen: Chickering Jn Dwight Tho: Wight Eli Lusher Fra: 
 Chickering Peter Woodward & Mich Powell 
 
 Granted to Georg Bearstowe a pcell or pcells of Swampe to 
 G: Bearstow be layd out to his eight acre Lott proportionable to other 
 
 like lotts according to a former grant to them .to be layd out 
 by John Dwight Francis Chickering Mich Powell 
 
 Granted to Richard Ellis 6 acres of vpland lying westward 
 E Richard Ellis of Joseph Morses Meddowe on y e South side of Charles 
 
 Riuer. 
 
 Granted to Daniell Morse a pcell of vpland lying nere the 
 D. Morse sd 6 acres granted to Rich Ellis: so it exceed not the quan- 
 
 titie of 6 acres: prouided that these 2 grantees relinquish 
 their former grants of land vpon the Hand
 
 94 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 M r Ralph Wheelocke Thomas Wight & Willm Bullard are 
 Jos: Morse deputed to lay out these 2 former grants: and a parcell of 
 
 land formerly granted to Joseph Morse there: adjoyning to 
 his meaddow. 
 
 M r Ralph Wheelocke Jn Hayward & Nathan Aldus & Elia- 
 Rate zer Lusher are deputed to make a Rate for charges about y e 
 
 meting house and other charges annexed thereuntoe. 
 
 The 6 of the 12 month 1642 
 
 Assembled Henery Chickering Eli Lusher Fra: Chickering Thomas 
 Wight John Dwight Peter Woodward & Michael Powell 
 
 Whereas M r Edward Alleyn was deputed to write the record of the 
 Towne & the transcript & to imploy m r John Newton his kinsman in the 
 worke the Towne promising to giue him satisfaction therefore We haue now 
 agreed with m r Jn Newton for & in the behalfe of m r Edward Alleyn & him- 
 selfe and doe allow him for writing allready done 23 s 4 d and for the purchace 
 of y e booke of Record for the vse of the Towne 6 s 8 (l &: for another paper 
 booke & 5 orders due to m r Alleyn for entring them 3 s 6 d 
 
 Eliazer Lusher hath liberty granted him to purchace that grant of land 
 which the Towne hath formerly made & conferred vpon Gyles Fuller and 
 Thomas Ward lying vpon the wigwam playne & farther that the Towne doth 
 hereby declare that if the sd Eliazer shall so purchace the same that then they 
 doe hereby confirme & allow the same for a good & sufficient assurance of 
 y l parcell of sixe acres formerly posessed by the sd Thomas & Gyles vnto the 
 sd Eliazer Lusher & his heyres for euer 
 
 Granted to these 5 Lots hereafter named 2 acres of land to each lott 
 vpon the great playne. viz to Fardinando Adams Lot: to James Herrings lot 
 to Francis Austens lot to Robt Masons lot & to Shepherds lot 
 
 It is ordered that the remainder of Jn Elderkins grant shalbe layd out 
 to the purchacers of it vpon the great playne. 
 
 And that 30 acres formerly promised to m r Timothy Dalton shall be 
 layd out to Michael Powell 10 acres of it vpon the great playne and part of 
 it vpon the north end of the wigwam playne & the rest of it nere m r Parkers 
 cr m r Tings farme where the sd Michael please. 
 
 Granted to the Towne of Dedham for euer 40 acres of vpland fit for 
 improuement w th the plough: part vpon a smale playne betwene the great 
 playne & Charles Riuer: and the rest where it may conueniently be found: 
 yet with this resolution that if it may conueniently be found to add more 
 thervnto: 
 
 Granted to these psons whose names are vnder written of vpland ground 
 fit for improuement with the plough as followeth
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 95 
 
 To: John Kingsbury: 4 acres 13 
 
 To: John Hayward: 4 acres 3 roodes 
 
 To: Jn Batcheler: 2 acres: 1 roode 37 
 
 To: Mich Bacon 4 acres 3 roodes: 5 
 
 To Tho: Alcocke 1 acre 3 roodes: 38 
 
 To Robte Weare: 3 roodes. 51 
 
 To Tho: Payne: 1 acre 2 roodes. 34 
 
 To Austin Kalem 1 acre 2 roodes 50 
 
 To Jn Ellis 2 acres 31 
 
 To Jn Eaton: 5 acres 26 
 
 To Tho Eames 1 acre 1 roode 48 
 
 To m r Sam Cooke: 8 acres 2 roodes 39 
 
 To Willm Bullard 2 acres 49 
 
 To Jn Bullard acre: 
 
 John Gaye: 3 acres 3 roodes 36 
 
 Thomas Wight 3 acres 3 roodes 4 
 
 Anthony Fisher 4 acres 42 
 
 Twaits Strickland 3 roodes 32 
 
 Henery Chickering: 8 acres 1 roode 53 
 
 John Thurston: 4 acres 2 roodes 15 
 
 Elizabeth Fisher 3 acres 1 roode 59 
 
 Robert Gowen: 3 roodes: 28 
 
 Thomas Jorden: 2 acres: 2 roodes 7 
 
 James Jorden: 1 acre 3 roodes 20 
 
 James Allin: 4 acres 43 
 
 John Newton ) 
 
 Edward Alleyn > 
 
 Edward Culuer 3 acres 1 roode 24 
 
 Robte Mason 6 acres 2 roodes 40 
 
 M r Jn Allin: pasto r : 23: acres 58 
 
 Joseph Kingsbury: 4 acres 2 roodes 27 
 
 Henry Brocke 5 acres 2 roodes 41 
 
 Nathaniell Colbourne 4 acres 3 roodes 55 
 
 Henry Phillips 3 acres 2 roodes 14 
 
 Nathan Aldus 6 acres 2 roodes 45 
 
 Samuell Morse 6 acres 3 roodes 16 
 
 John Morse 4 acres 2 roodes 60 
 
 Joseph Morse 4 acres 61 
 
 Richard Ellis 3 roodes 25 
 
 John Hunting Eld r 14 acres: 3 roodes 6 
 
 John Roper 5 acres 1 roode 
 
 Henry Smith 4 acres 2 roodes 54 
 
 Richard Barber 1 acre 2 roodes 11 
 
 4 acres 1 roode 12
 
 96 
 
 DEDHAM TOWN EECOIWS. 
 
 .Liainueri vjeiieiy: 
 Thomas Ledor 
 Timothy D wight 
 John Dwight 
 Nathaniell Whiteing 
 Edward Kempe 
 Thomas Bayes 
 Edward Richards 
 Francis Chickering 
 Willm Bearstow 
 Georg Bearstow 
 Johnathan Fairbanke 
 John Fairbanke 
 Michael Powell 
 Michael Metcalf 
 Henry Wilson 
 John Frary 
 Eliazer Lusher 
 Peter Woodward 
 Richard Euerard 
 John Guyle 
 Fardinando Adams 
 James Herringe 
 Samuell Bullein 
 61 Daniell Morse: 
 
 3 acres 3 roodes 56 
 2 acres 1 roode 57 
 
 1 acre 2 roodes 9 
 3 acres 1 roode 
 2 acres 2 roodes 35 
 4 acres: 3 roodes 29 
 14 acres 1 roode 21 
 8 acres 1 roode 19 
 1 acre 2 roodes 47 
 2 acres 2 roodes 
 
 Q -i rr p~ OQ 
 
 4 acres 1 roode 30 
 
 1 acre 2 roodes 44 
 4 acres 2 roodes 2 
 13 acres 2 roodes 33 
 4 acres 1 roode 49 
 7 acres 2 roodes 1 
 
 Q rnnrlf^ 1 
 
 2 acres 3 
 2 acres 8 
 
 18 
 
 Michael Powell is deputed to Register the Births, Burialls and Mar- 
 iages in o r Towne: according to the Order of Court in y* case prouided. 
 
 The 22 day of the 12 month called February 1642 
 
 Assembled: Henery Chickering Eliazer Lusher: Fran: Chickeringe 
 Thomas: Wight: : John Dwight: Michael Powell 
 
 Christopher Smith hath liberty granted him to take such trees in the 
 high way neare his house lott for fencing his house lott: as may supply his 
 present necesitie. 
 
 M r Henry Deengaine is contented to haue his 8 acres of Meaddow for- 
 merly granted to him 4 acres of it in Rosemary meddow & the other 4 acres 
 nere his house lott on the Hand Jn Kingsbury & M Powell deputed to lay 
 it out 
 
 John Bacheler John Eaton and Austin Kalem are deputed to lay out 
 land formerly granted to John Haward: according to y e grant made to him 
 
 Granted to Edward Culuer one smale pcell of vpland & swampe: nere 
 his house lott: to be layd out by Henry Chickering & Thomas Wight.
 
 DEDHAM TOWN EECORDS. 97 
 
 Granted to Austin Kalem 2 acres of meddow lately layd downe by 
 Joseph Kingsbury: on the east side of the Hand 
 
 Granted to John Plimpton 2 acres of vpland vpon y e Hand: or more if it 
 shalbe thought fit to be layd out by Na: Aldus Sam 11 Morse and Michael 
 Powell. 
 
 Granted to Robert Crosman 2 acres of vpland lying on the 
 
 Crosman Hand playne if it may conueniently be found to be layd out 
 
 by those formerly deputed to lay out Jn Plimptons grant. 
 
 Henry Chickeringe William Bullard and Michael Powell are 
 
 M r Wheelocke are deputed to lay out land formerly granted to M r Ralph 
 
 Wheelocke according to the grant: 
 
 These men whose names are vnder written are deputed to view setle & 
 proportion fences to looke to the due extent of high wayes and that ladder^ 
 be guided according to the order in that case prouided. 
 
 i7 j j -D- ^ r for the East streete. 
 
 Edward Richards ) 
 
 Daniell Morse ) f , 
 
 Nath Colbourne 
 
 John Luson ) f ,, ,, , 
 
 Willm Bullard j for the smoth playne 
 
 the Hand 
 
 The 6- day of the 1 month cald March: 1643 
 
 Assembled Henery Chickering Thomas Wight Peter Woodward Eliazer 
 Lusher Fran: Chickering Michael Powell 
 
 John Bacheler John Eaton, and Austin Kalem are deputed to 
 Jn Kingsbury lay out land vpon the Hand granted to "John Kingsbury for 
 
 a pasture to stay his Bullocks, according to the grant 
 Michael Powell is deputed to joyne with Samuell Morse & Nathan 
 Aldus to finish the grants on the Hand playne 
 
 Granted to Henry Glouer 3 acres of vpland nere John 
 Hen: Glouer Guyles lott on the Easterly playne: vpon this condition y f he 
 shall expect no more land from the Towne by virtue of this 
 grant & that he set his hand to the booke. 
 
 Robert Hinsdell & Peter Woodward are deputed to lay out this grant 
 according to their discression. 
 
 The 2 day of the 3 Month: 1643 
 
 Assembled: Henry Chickering Thomas Wight John Dwight Fran: 
 Chickering Peter Woodward Michael Powell
 
 98 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 Granted to John Haward 4 acres 3 roodes of vpland vpon 
 Jn n Haward the Hand: nere his house lott as it is marked & dooled out 
 
 allready 
 
 Granted to Edward Kemp in satisfaction for his defect in 
 E Kempe his house lott: 2 acres 3 roodes: in pt vpon the norwest end 
 
 of the Low playne & the rest of it vpon the swamp playne: 
 and three acres one roode vpon the sd swamp playne vpon free grant: John 
 Dwight & Peter Woodward ar to asist the measurer in laying out this graunt 
 
 Josuah Kent is admitted Townsman & hath libertie to pur- 
 Jos: Kent chace Edward Culuers Lott: w th a resolution to confer more 
 
 land vpon him as the towne shall see fittinge 
 
 Thomas Eames hath a parcell of land granted as an addition 
 T: Eames to his Lott which was formerly reserued for a high way to 
 
 the swampe 
 
 Granted to John Roper o acres 1 roode of land vpon West- 
 Jn Roper hill next Jn Bullards Lott. Jn Luson & Will Bullard are 
 
 deputed to asist the measurer in laying it out 
 
 It is ordered that Thomas Payne and all that are enclosed by the sd 
 fence in the Hand nere the Brick Kill: shall digg a dytch from the Creeke 
 allready diged to the vpland to fence their corne & medowe: & if the Towne 
 hereafter shall se cause to dig a Creeke to come vp w th a boate from the 
 riuer to the brick kill the Towne shall make the sd parties y l dig the dich 
 such satisfaction as shall by Indifferent me be Judged that y e sd dich shall 
 farther the digging the Creeke 
 
 The 3 of Octob r 1643 
 
 Assembled: Eli Lusher Tho: Wight Franc: Chickering Peter Woodward: 
 Michael Powell: 
 
 Granted to Robert Croseman four acres of vpland on the 
 Crosman East end of the great playne next the Lot of Richard Ever- 
 
 ard if it may conueniently there be had. 
 Granted to Josuah Fisher a parcell of vpland on the great 
 Jos: Fisher playne betwene Land layd out to m r John Allin and certaine 
 other lots layd out on the Northest of the sd playne 
 
 The 18 of the 10 month: 1643 
 
 Assembled Henery Chickeringe: John Dwight Tho: Wight Francis 
 Chickeringe Peter Woodward: Mich Powell 
 
 Granted to Joseph Morse three acres of vpland vpon the 
 Jos: Morse, great playne next his Lot already layd out there: which land 
 is granted him to make him satisfaction for want of measure 
 in his meadow.
 
 DEDHAM TOWN BECOBDS. 99 
 
 Granted to Austen Kalem ten acres of vpland vpon the great 
 A Kalem playne to be layd out next the fore said lot granted to Joseph 
 
 Morse: which land is granted to make him full satisfaction 
 for his house Lot & some mistake about his diuident 
 
 Henry Chickeringe is deputed to asist the measurer in laying out these 
 two parcells 
 
 Granted to Austen Kalem a smale parcell of vpland nere his meadow 
 vpon y e Hand to be layd out by Jn Kingsbury & John Dwight 
 
 Granted to John Thurston a smale parcell of meadow be- 
 J: Thurston twene M r Cookes f arme & the Wigwam to be layd out by 
 
 Tho Wight & Willm Bullard 
 
 Granted to Nathaniell Cqlbourne two acres of medow in a 
 N: Colbourne meadow lyinge southward of bald pate meadow adioyninge 
 
 to y 6 meadow formerly granted to Joseph Kingsbury: Jn 
 Dwight & Franc Chickeringe are deputed to asist y e measurer in laying out 
 this grant: : which land is granted to make vp his meadow 12 acres 
 
 Granted to Joseph Clarke a smale parcell of vpland adioyn- 
 J: Clarke inge to his sixe acre lot 
 
 Granted to Timothy Dwight four acres of Land to be layd 
 T: Dwight out on y e great playne next the Land granted to Austen 
 
 Kalem: Hen: Chickering is deputed to assist in laying out 
 this graunt: 
 
 Wheras John Luson Sc Thomas Wight haue fenced in a par- 
 y. Luson cell of Meadow of eight acres: which meadow is yet in y e 
 
 T. Wight hands of the Towne it is ordered that the sd Jn Luson & 
 
 Tho: Wight shall haue the benifit of the sd meadow: till the 
 sd charg of fencing be payd: viz: that they shall pay 12 d an acre for it for y e 
 yeare last past: & two shillings an acre for time to come till they are fully 
 satisfyed 
 
 Wheras there is a parcell of meadow in the hands of the towne in Rocke 
 meadow which lyeth within the fence now to be set vp there: it is ordered 
 that Tho: Wight fencing in the sd pcell of meadow w th in the generall fence: 
 shall haue the benifit of the sd meadow: for the two yeares next ensuinge: 
 
 The 27 th of the 10 th month 1643 
 
 Assembled: Hen: Chickering: John Dwight: Tho: Wight: Eli: Lusher 
 Peter Woodward: Francis Chickeringe: Mich Powell 
 
 Granted to Henry Chickeringe four acres of land vpon the 
 H: Chickeringe great playne to be layd out next the 4 acres granted to Tim: 
 Dwight which land is granted partly to make him satisfac- 
 tion: for some mistake & want of his due pportion in his Lot already layd out 
 on y e sd playne
 
 100 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 Wheras the high way already layd out through the house Lot of Josuah 
 Fisher is found to be too strait being but two rod wide and he is contented 
 to lay downe so much of his sd house Lot as may enlarg the high way to be 
 three rods wide: in Consideration thereof the towne doth grant him a parcell 
 of land to be added to his sixe acre Lot vpon west hill: as it shalbe layd out 
 & determined by Henry Chickeringe and Thomas Wight: 
 
 Granted to Josuah Kent a smale pcell of land lying betwene 
 
 Jos: Kent the Land of M r John Allin past 1 : and John Luson in Rocke 
 
 feild: And also there is granted more to him sixe acres of 
 
 vpland where it may be found conueinent: -these two pcells of land to be 
 
 layd out by John Luson and Thomas Wight where they shall thinke meete 
 
 John Bullard granteth to William Bullard & to his heyres or assignes for 
 euer a conuenient Cart way for carts & Catle through his planting lot downe 
 to the meadowes of the sd William adioyninge therevnto: 
 
 The first day of the 11 month 1643 
 
 Assembled those whose names are vnder written 
 
 M r Jn Allin: Jn Hunting M r Ralph Wheelocke Willm Bullard Jn Bul- 
 lard, Dan: Fisher, Jn Luson: Tho Wight: Hen Chickeringe Jn Thurston 
 Jos: Fisher Jam: Jorden: Edward Coluer Jn Newton Robt Mason: Rich: 
 Barber Geo. Barber Jos Morse Jn Morse Dan: Morse Jos KingsburyHen: 
 Brocke: Nath Aldus Nathanell Colbourne Hen: Phillips Jn Bacheler: Jn 
 Eaton: Tho Alcocke Jn Haward Austin Kalem: Chris Smith: Mich Bacon: 
 Jn Ellis Tim: Dwight Jn Dwight Edw Kemp: Franc. Chickering Michael 
 Powell Jn Frarey Eli Lusher Robt Hinsdell: Peter Woodward Richard 
 Euerard. 
 
 Michael Powell 1 : is Chosen to keepe the Towne Booke for .the yeare next 
 ensuing & to write the Record & Transcript: and to act in all towne affaires 
 as one of the seauen men: And there is Chosen to Joyne with him John 
 Dwight John Haward Nathan Aldus William Bullard Peter Woodward & 
 Timothy Dwight: Who are to act in the planting prudentiall affaires of the 
 Towne & haue the same power that their predecessors haue had: excepting 
 the deuiding of land by a generall diuident 
 
 John Kingsbury: Robert Hinsdell & Daniell Fisher are Chosen Suruey- 
 ers for the high wayes for the next yeare 
 
 Henry Phillips & Nathaniell Colbourne: are chosen Wood reeues. 
 
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 1 Fac-simile of Record, to show handwriting of Michael Powell.
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 101 
 
 Wheras it hath bin the Costome of this Towne to Chusse a Collector: 
 It is now ordered that the Constables for the time being shall performe that 
 office of Collector 
 
 Wheras the Purchast Meadow & land in our towne hath bin hetherto 
 vnimproued and litle or no profit hath risen to the purchacers of it It is now 
 ordred that John Kingsbury & Samuell Morse shall ioyne with the 7 men 
 now Chosen to cleare out mens proprieties therein: And to contriue some 
 way how it may be improued: and to returne what they haue don in it to the 
 towne by the first of the 1 month next 
 
 The 8 of the 11 month 1643 
 
 Assembled Nathan Aldus: Jn Haward: Jn Dwight Peter Woodward: 
 Willm Bullard: Tim: Dwight and Michael Powell 
 
 Thomas Herring is admitted a Townsman 
 
 1 Whereas M r Edw Alleyn Jn Luson & Jn Kingsbury were deputed to 
 treat with Michael Bacon concerning the high way through his Lot: & to 
 tender him satisfaction: & wheras it hath pleased god to take away M r Alleyn 
 by death: It is now ordered that John Haward shall ioyne with Jn Luson & 
 Jn Kingsbury to acomplish the sd worke spedily: 
 
 Wheras there is an order formerly made that some men 
 Fences should be deputed yearely to proportion & looke to fences 
 
 & to the extent of high wayes: & y* Ladders be guided 
 according to that order And wheras many men whose lots lay in a generall 
 feild & so enclosed by a generall fence, now come Jo fence their lots in 
 pticuler: wherby some difference may arise concerning what quantitie of 
 fence euery man shall make that shall so fence in his lott in pticuler It is 
 now ordred that the men hereafter named shall view & gportion fences: & 
 looke to the extent of high wayes & that Ladders be guided according to 
 that order And farther that they shall haue power to setle & determine what 
 quantitie of fencing euery man shall make & mayntaine that from a generall 
 feild shall fence in .his lot in pticuler 
 
 these men are chosen for the whole towne 
 
 John Kingsbury: Eli: Lusher Tho: Wight & Nath: Colbourne 
 
 The 20 th of the 12 month 1643 
 
 Assembled: Nath: Aldus Jn Haward: Jn Dwight: Willm Bullard: Pet: 
 Woodward & Mich: Powell 
 
 There is libertie granted to the possesors of land in the 
 
 South playne south playne to run their fence where it may be most con- 
 
 uenient for the shorting of the sd fence betwene the sd 
 
 1 See last paragraph in brackets on page 73.
 
 102 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 playne & John Thurstons Land: and what quantitie of land they shall so en- 
 close betwene the high way & the Swamp shall yet remaine in the townes 
 hand 
 
 M r Jn Allin Past 1 hath libertie granted to take in some 
 M 1 ' J: Allin vpland for the conueniencie of his fence in Rock meadow: 
 prouided y* he leaue out so much of the land belonging to 
 his farme there in some other place 
 
 Also there is granted to him a parcell of land nere the great playne 
 vpon exchange for so much layd downe out of his farme nere rock meadow: 
 this to be viewed by Jn Haward &: Mich Powell & they are to asist the 
 measurer in laying it out 
 
 Hen: Chickering & Tho: Wight haue libertie granted to take in some 
 vpland for y e conueniency of their fence in Rocke Meadow 
 
 Willm Btillard & Mi: Powell deputed to view it: and also Certaine pcells 
 of Meadow granted to Hen: Chickering: nere thereto 
 
 Jn Bullard hath Libtie granted to mow one load of hay in a meadow 
 nere Rosemary Meadow 
 
 The 17 th of the 3 month 1644 
 
 Assembled: Nath: Aldus John: Dwight Willm Bullard Tim: Dwight 
 Michael Powell 
 
 Granted to the military Company of this towne and to their 
 Millitary succesors for euer: a pcell of land cont. two acres more as it 
 
 Company lyeth on on the west r ly end of the trayning ground to be 
 
 layd out by the sd Company: 
 
 Granted to Robert Crosman a parcell of swamp lyeing be- 
 R: Crosman t vene his land in old mill feild and Charles Riuer so far as 
 
 his lot ranges against the riuer 
 
 Granted to Thomas Jorden a parcell of vpland lyeing betwene 
 T: Jorden the south playne and y 6 swanipe & land granted to John 
 
 Thurston as it shall be thought conuenierit by Henry Chick- 
 eringe Thomas Wight and Michael Powell 
 
 The 29 of the 8 month 1644 
 
 Assembled: Nath: Aldus John: Haward: Joh: Dwight Willm Bullard 
 Tim: Dwight: Mich Powell 
 
 Wheras Michael Bacon hath parted with some of his plant- 
 Cart Bridge inge Lot on the South side of Charles River for a common 
 
 high way viz from the Trayning ground to the Cart Bridge 
 ouer Charles Riu r three Rods broad and may be ocasioned more charge of 
 fencing thereby the Towne doth grant vnto him for full satisfaction for the
 
 DEDHAM TOWN EECOEDS. 103 
 
 same and it is fully assented vnto on both sides as followeth That the sd 
 Michael shall haue & enioy to him & his assignes for euer all that parcell of 
 vpland y e remainder of a ten acree lot vpon the Hand and a parcell of 
 meadow: lying on the east side of it Also a pcell of vpland as it lyeth from 
 y 6 sd ten acre lot dovvne to Charles Riuer: Reseruing for the vse of the towne 
 for euer a high way three Rods broad throw all the sd two pcells of vpland 
 where the Towne shall think most conuenient: Always guided y l the sd 
 Michael shall haue all the wood & timber: growinge or y l shall grow vpon 
 the sd high way 
 
 And it is agreed betwene them y l if the towne shall se cause to desire a 
 fence to be set vp to fence y e high way from y 6 land of Michael Bacon: in his 
 planting feild abouesd the sd Michael is to prouide y e fencing stuffe ready 
 & y 6 towne is to be at the Charg of the Carrage of it & y e sd Michael is to 
 set it vp at his owne prop charge and to maintaine it at his owne Charge for 
 euer And in the meane while he is to prouide a gate or gates to secure his 
 corne & to maintaine them 
 
 This grant aforesd is in full satisfaction for his land or fencinge or for 
 any trees y 1 hereto fore haue bin felled vpon any of the premyses 
 
 The sd Michael Bacon is to enioy the sd land w th out paying any Rates 
 for it for euer 
 
 Granted vnto Michael Metcalfe senio r : one acre of land 
 M: Metcalfe vpon the North end of the wigwam playne 
 
 Granted to Jonathan Fairbanke two acres of land nere y e 
 y. Farbank same place 
 
 Granted to John Dwight a smale pcell of land about half an acre lying 
 at the south end of his Lot vpon the great playne 
 
 Granted to Joseph Clarke and Hen: Wilson to each three 
 y Clarke acres of vpland lying in West feild next John Ropers Lot: 
 
 ff. Wilson to be layd out by Tho: Wight & Willm Bullard 
 
 Granted to Nathaniell Whiteinge an enlargm 4 of land adjoyn- 
 Whiteinge ing to his house Lot at y e mill as it shalbe thought fit by Pet 
 
 Woodward & Michael Powell: 
 
 Granted to Robert Crosman two acres of land next his land 
 Crosman in old mill feild: to be layd out by Jn Kingsbury and Willm 
 
 Bullard: which sd land is granted in satisfaction for two 
 acres of land layd downe by him vpon the Hand playne 
 
 Granted to John Eaton a smal pcell of vpland lying betwene 
 y Eaton his land vpon the Hand playne & y e swamp of Sam 11 Bullen: 
 
 to make the line strait betwene them. John Haward is depu- 
 ted to set it out 
 
 John Kingsbury Eli: Lusher Jn Dwight Tho Wight are deputed to 
 lay-out a high way from y e Hand to the great playne.
 
 104 DEDHAM TOWN HE CORDS. 
 
 The 6 of the 10 month 1644 
 
 Assemb: Jn Dwight Pet: Woodward Nath: Aldus Mich Powell 
 Whereas Tho: Leader hath felled Pynes contrary to an order in y l case it 
 is therefore ordered that he shall pay vnto the Towne one hundred & a half 
 of good pine board to be deliuered at y e meeting house y e next springe 
 
 Granted to Peter Woodward 6 acres more or lesse of vpland lying at the 
 south end of Robt Hinsdells Land westward of Charles riuenwhich is granted 
 in exchange of 6 acres: granted him nere m r Stoughtons rayles: Jn Haward 
 & Willm Bullard deputed to lay it out 
 
 Henry Aldridge is amerced 2 s for felling hoope poles contrary to order 
 Granted to Eld r Hunting seaddar & pine for 2000 board 
 
 The 16 th of the 10 month 1644 
 
 Assembled: John Haward John Dwight Nath Aldus Willm Bullard & 
 Mich Powell 
 
 Granted vnto Austen Kalem certaine small pcells of Meadow lying be- 
 yond the great playne so they exceed not the quantitie of 4 acres: to be layd 
 out by John Haward & Michael Powell 
 
 Granted to Franc: Chickering a small parcell of vpland lying on the 
 south end of his lot on the great playne 
 
 Wheras there was notice giuen to all that possesed land on the great 
 playne to meete to consider some orderly way of fencing it: the sd land holders 
 comitting the care of it to vs & we consideringe y* those y l haue equall ben- 
 ifit should be at an equall charge -according to euery mans gportion it Is 
 therfore Ordred that that fencinge stuffe that growes next the east side & all 
 other sides shall be felled & imployed by those y* posesse land next y 1 there 
 may be as litle charge in cariag of it as may be: & for as much as some may 
 be necesitated to goe farther of then others: it is therfore ordered y* euery 
 man shall beare his due proportion in Cariag of the sd fencing stuffe. 
 
 & y e next second day euery shall haue libertie to fell stuffe for the sd 
 fence 
 
 1644 At a meeting the first day of the Eleuenth Month 
 
 Assembled those whose names are vnder written 
 with other the Inhabitants of this Towne: 
 
 M r Jn Allin past 1 Jn Huntinge, Eld r : Hen: Chickering Tho Wight Jn 
 Thu[ ] Anthony Fisher Jos Fisher Dan: Fisher Jn Luson: m r Ralph 
 
 Wheeloc[ ] Jn Gaye: Willih Bullard Jn Bullard Robt Crosman Hen 
 Wilson Jn N[ ] Edw: Coluer Hen Smith-: Nath Colborne: Nath: Aldus 
 
 Hen Phillip[ ] Sam 11 Morse: Dan Morse Jn Morse: Jos Kingsbury Jn 
 Dwite Lamb: G[ ] Edw Kemp: Edw Richards Tho Leader Geo Bears- 
 
 towe: Jonath Fairba[ ] Mich Powell Mich Metcalfe: Juno r Jn Metcalfe
 
 DEDHAM TOWN EEGOBDS. 105 
 
 Jn Frary: Eli' Lusher: R[ ] Hinsdell: Pet Woodward: Jn Guyle Rich 
 
 Euered Robt Gowinge & ce : 
 
 The sd Inhabitants takeing into Consideration the great necesitie of 
 prouiding some meanes for the Education of the youth in o r sd Towne did 
 with an vnaninous consent declare by voate their willingnes to promote that 
 worke promising to put too their hands to prouide maintenance for a Free 
 Schoole in our said Towne 
 
 And farther did resolue & consent testefying it by voate to rayse the 
 some of Twenty pounds p annu: towards the maintaining of a Schoole m r to 
 keep a free Schoole in our sd Towne 
 
 And also did resolue & consent to betrust the sd 20. p annu: & cer- 
 taine lands in o r Towne formerly set a part for publique vse: into the hand 
 of Feofees to be presently Chosen by themselues to imploy the sd 2Q and 
 the land aforesd to be improued for the vse of the said Schoole: that as the 
 profits shall arise from y e sd land euery man may be proportionably abated 
 of his some of the sd 20 aforesaid freely to be giuen to y e vse aforesaid 
 And y* y e said Feofees shall haue power to make a Rate for the nesesary 
 charg of improuing the sd land: they glueing account thereof to the Towne 
 or to those whome they should depute 
 
 John Hunting Eld r Eliazer Lusher Francis Chickeringe John Dwight & 
 Michael Powell are Chosen Feofees and betrusted in the behalfe of the 
 Schoole as afore said 
 
 Michael Powell is Chosen to keepe the Towne Booke and to be one of 
 the 7 men for the year next ensuing this is also Chosen Eliazer Lusher 
 Francis Chickeringe: John Haward Robert Hinsdell: Joseph Kingsbury and 
 Henry Phillips which haue y e same power comitted vnto them that the 7 men 
 heretofore haue had 
 
 Peter Woodward 1 
 
 John Gaye > Chosen Surueyers for y e yeare ensuinge 
 
 Daniell Morse ) 
 
 are Chosen Woodreeues 
 Samuell Judsun 
 
 Robert Onyon , ... , r~ 
 
 Samuell Mills > are admitted T nsmen 
 
 Ralph Daye 
 
 The 13th of y e 11 month 1644 
 
 Assembled: John Haward Eliazer Lusher Robt Hensdell Jos: Kings- 
 bury Hen: Phillips & Michael Powell 
 
 John Haward Robert Hensdell & Joseph Kingsbury are deputed to view 
 a high way desired in y e Hand & to treat w th the men whome it concernes 
 about it: & to returne answere to the 7 men
 
 106 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 Wheres Nathan Aldus was formerly promised some meadow in Consid- 
 eration of wood felled vpon his land in the Hand: It is now farther prom- 
 ised y l when meadowes are disposed of he shalbe considered: 
 
 Henry Aldridge & Samuell Bullen are pmised to be considered for some 
 vpland & meadow & John Eaton for some meadow as soone as may be con- 
 uenient 
 
 Eli. Lusher: chosen by Josua Fisher & Mich Powell deputed by y e towne 
 to setle y e bounds of Josua Fishers lot amongst y 6 rocks which he purchaced 
 of Eliz Fisher: & to dispose of certaine parcells of Swamp nere Tho Jordens 
 Lot as thay shall se meete 
 
 Tho: Eames hath granted vnto him a small parcell of vpland vpon the 
 Hand: vpon Condition y* he build a house vpon it betwene this & the first of 
 y 6 3 month next: John Haward & Hen: Phillips are deputed to set it out: 
 
 Tho: Eames hath grantd to hi.m the wood growing vpon a pcell of 
 Swamp: cont. 4 acres more or lesse as it lyeth Northward of the Land granted 
 to m r Grene: which grant is granted him for so long as he shall burne bricks 
 at y 6 kill nere therevntoo & no longer 
 
 Robert Hensdell & Michael Powell deputed to assist the measurer to 
 lay out Swamp: 
 
 Mich Powell is deputed to view a pcell of vpland which Joseph Clarke 
 desireth to haue to shorten his fence nere his meadow & to returne answere 
 to the 7 men. 
 
 John Dwight Hen Phillips & Joshua Fisher are deputed to determine 
 where the Fence shalbe set about y 6 great playne 
 
 PA Record declareing the pportion of Fence that is about the Great 
 playne wherin is exp r ssed how much fence euery ppriator ther is to make 
 & mayntayne for euer as allso the order & place wher the said fence lye in 
 the pticular pcells: being ^portioned to 2 Rodd & 12 foote to each Acre: be- 
 ing done & pformed by the ppryators or the major pt of them in pt & the 
 remaynder setled by such men as wer deputed therto. begining at the end 
 Fence at the south east corner & so gceeding toward the west & coming 
 round about vntill it com to the same place wher it began 
 Rodd: V 2 Footc 
 
 Rich: Euered 
 Joh: Fraery 
 Ferd: Adam 
 
 23 
 
 18 
 4 
 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 15 
 
 Joh: Kingsbery 
 Hen Phillips 
 Sam: Morse 
 
 6 
 4 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 13 
 14 
 12 
 
 Tho: Wight 
 Mich: Bacon 
 
 15 
 5 
 
 * 
 
 
 
 
 15 
 
 Mich: Metcalf 
 Dan: Morse 
 
 11 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 Eld r Hunting 
 Nath Coaleburn 
 Christo Smith 
 Joh: Newton 
 
 25 
 9 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13 
 7 
 3 
 
 Will Bearstoe 
 Ralph Daye 
 Fra: Chickering 
 Edw: Kempe 
 
 14 
 5 
 25 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7 
 12 
 8 
 1 
 
 'That which is enclosed in brackets is from a leaf bound at the end of Volume 1.
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECOBDS. 
 
 107 
 
 Nath Coaleburn 800 
 
 Hen: Smith 800 
 
 Hen: Chickering 22 
 
 M r Allen 12 
 
 Robt: Wares 600 
 
 Pet: Woodward 900 
 
 Will Bullard 400 
 
 Nath Aldus 12 
 
 Hen: Willson 200 
 
 Joh: Kingsbery 5 12 
 
 Anth: Fisher 905 
 
 Hen: Brock 12 
 
 Robt Mason 28 
 
 M r Allen 75 11 
 
 side fence begin 
 Ferdina: Adams 
 Antho: Fisher 
 Hen: Brock 
 Joh Kingsbery 
 Hen Willson 
 Robt Wares 
 Nath Aldus 
 Willm Bullard 
 Nath Coaleburn 
 Eld r Hunting 
 Hen Chickering 
 Hen Smith 
 Mich Metcalf 
 Lamb: Genry 
 Dan: Morse 
 Fran: Chickering 
 
 m d that Joh Kingsbery & Franc: Chickering ar apointed to make and 
 mayntayne for euer the gate at the North East end of the great playne for 
 w ch ther is to each of them abated 5 rodd of fence w ch did belong to them 
 mor then in this pportion is setled vpon them 
 
 Allso Lambert Genery is to make & mayntaine for euer a gate at the 
 north west end of the playne for and in stead of that fence belonging to the 
 pcell last granted to him: besids that 2 rodd set formerly thervpon 
 
 concluded by voate that this settlement as is aboue exp r ssed shall stand 
 firme except any materiall & aparent errour may apeare w ch shall be 
 rectified 
 
 and allso that wheras som men haue not so much Fence settled vpon 
 
 Joh: Dwight 
 
 27 
 
 7 
 
 Rich Ellice 
 
 6 
 
 13 
 
 Joh: Eaton 
 
 9 
 
 4 
 
 Josep Kingsbery 
 
 6 
 
 10 
 
 Edw Richards 
 
 12 
 
 14 
 
 M r Powell 
 
 22 
 
 10 
 
 Joh: Ellice 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 Elea: Lusher 
 
 30 
 
 5 
 
 Tho: Payne 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 Tho: Wight 
 
 24 
 
 3 
 
 Joh: Batchelor 
 
 15 
 
 10 
 
 M r Cooke 
 
 29 
 
 i 
 
 [end] fence 
 
 end heere 
 
 
 Joh: Eaton 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 Eleaz Lusher 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 Edw Kemp 
 
 7 
 
 4 
 
 Joh Ellice 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 Mich: Bacon 
 
 15 
 
 12 
 
 Tho: Wight 
 
 14 
 
 9 
 
 Joh: Dwight 
 
 30 
 
 5 
 
 Sam Judson 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 Christo: Smith 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 Josep Kingsbery 
 
 8 
 
 6 
 
 end Fence begin 
 
 Joh: Bacon 
 
 23 
 
 
 
 Aust Kalem 
 
 28 
 
 12 
 
 Josep: Morse 
 
 41 
 
 6 
 
 Elizab: Fisher 
 
 10 
 
 6 
 
 M r Allen 
 
 47 
 
 4 
 
 Tymo Dwight 
 
 7 
 
 4 
 
 Joh Dwight 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 * 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 
 16 
 
 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 
 

 
 108 DEDHAM TOWN BECOEDS. 
 
 them as thier land according to this gportion should beare: it is agreed that 
 they shall buy them them selues free of that fence for euer at the price of 3 s 
 the Rodd: and that the price that shall arise from thence shall be employed 
 for the paym* of such debts as ar due to any men for publike charge or worke 
 about the said playne allways pvided that w* can be found to be iust to be 
 payed from any pticulars pson be gathered & to be payed toward the said 
 charges. & the residue left to be accounted for to the company or thier 
 assignes] 
 
 ' The 4 of y e 12 month 1644 
 
 Assembled Eli Lusher Franc Chickeringe Jn Haward Jos Kingsbury 
 Hen Phillips Robert Hensdell and Michael Powell 
 
 The Inhabitants of this towne declared their mind by voa'te y* the remain- 
 der of y e Training ground be improued by y e Feofees for y e vse of the Fre 
 Schole in the sd towne and that the Swamp to be layd out to y e Inhabitants 
 of y e Smoth playn y e Hand & the midle playne be disposed of acording to 
 mens grants & Scituations: those y* liue farthest of to haue y 8 Swamp that 
 lyeth nearest 
 
 And y 1 the pcell of woodland now to be deuided be proportioned accord- 
 ing to the number of persons & mens estates 
 
 Granted to the Feofees for y e free Schoole in Dedham for the vse of the 
 sd Schoole a percell of the Training ground so much as shalbe set out to 
 them by the Towne which said pcell is granted from this present day vnto the 
 last day of the Eight month which shalbe in y e yeare 1650 
 
 Hen: Chickeringe Eli Lusher & Hen Phillips deputed to set out the sd 
 parcell of land aboue said 
 
 Whereas it appearesthat Anthony Fisher Daniell Fisher Thomas Wight 
 & John Luson are wanting in full measure of their Meadow in their 6 acres 
 of the last deuision: there is now granted vnto them so much as it shall 
 appeare they want in measure In a meadow nere Rosemary meadow where 
 it shalbe found conuenient by John Haward & Michael Powell who are de- 
 puted to asist the measurer in laying it out 
 
 Robert Crosman hath libertie granted him to build an house vpon a 
 small pcell of land he purchaced of Hen: Brocke nere the meeting house not- 
 withstanding a former order to the Contrary 
 
 Samuell Judson hath granted him 4 acres of land vpon the Hand playne 
 nere Tho. Eames last grant: Sam 11 Morse Nath: Aldus & M: Powell are to 
 asist in laying it out 
 
 Granted to Nathan Aldus: libertie to mowe the grase in a parcell of 
 Meadow lying Southward of Richard Euereds meadow in Rosemary Meadow: 
 for the next yeare And being there hath bin some meadow promised him 
 hereto fore vpon some considerations: therefore if it shall appeare that the
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RE COEDS. 
 
 109 
 
 said parcell of meadow be not formerly granted to any body: We doe now 
 grant vnto the said Nathan the said pcell for euer if it exceed not two acres: 
 or if it doe we grant him 2 acres of it which is in full satisfaction for all 
 former promises of medow 
 
 Samuell Bullen hath granted to him 2 acres of land vpon the great 
 playne at the end of Joseph Morses Lott 
 
 Wheras John Morse his Meadow y e 6 acres of the second deuision proues 
 very bad in consideration whereof the towne doth grant vnto him two acres 
 of meadow: in Liew of 2 acres of the said 6 acres which he is content to lay 
 downe to the towne: which said 2 acres the towne doth grant him in a mead' 
 ow Called Rosemary Meadow next below the meadow formerly granted to 
 m r Samuell Cooke: John Kingsbury & Anthony Fisher are deputed to asist 
 y e measurer in layinge it out. 
 
 Lots Woodlands granted to diuers men as followeth 
 
 1 Joshua Fisher 
 
 2 Tho: Eames 
 
 3 Joseph Clarke 
 
 4 James Jordon 
 
 5 John Newton 
 
 6 Tho Wight 
 
 7 Tho Leader 
 
 8 Nath Whiteinge 
 
 9 Joseph Kingsbury 
 
 10 M r Sam 11 Cooke 
 
 11 John Roper 
 
 12 Hen: Wilson 
 
 13 John Dwight 
 
 14 Ben: Smith 
 
 15 Rich Euered 
 
 16 Hen: Aldridge 
 
 17 Rich Ellice 
 
 18 Mich Powell 
 
 19 Tim Dwight 
 
 20 Hen Brocke 
 
 21 Tho: Alcocke 
 
 22 Mich Bacon 
 
 23 Austin Kilham 
 
 24 John Ellice 
 
 25 M r John Allin 
 
 26 m r Hen Deengaine 
 
 27 Willm Bullard 
 28 
 
 5 acres 
 
 1 acre & a half & half a rood 
 
 3 acres 3 roodes 
 
 1 acres 1 roode 
 
 5 acres & a halfe 
 
 8 acres 20 rod 
 
 3 acres & half a roode 
 
 4 acres 60 rod 
 
 6 acres & & roode 
 6 acres \ & 20 rod 
 
 4 acres 
 3 acres 
 
 9 acres & a halfe 
 1 acre 
 
 6 acres 3 roods 
 3 acres 
 
 1 acre 20 rod 
 
 7 acres 20 rod 
 3 acres 
 
 5 acres 
 
 3 acres 3 roods 20 rod 
 7 acres 1 roode 
 
 6 acres 60 rod 
 
 2 acres & a halfe 
 14 acres 20 rod 
 
 1 acre 1 roode 
 6 acres 20 rod 
 
 Mich Metcalf senio r 8 acres 20 rod
 
 110 
 
 * 
 
 DEDHAM TOWN HECOKDS. 
 
 29 Daniell Fisher 
 
 30 Sam 11 Morse 
 
 31 Robt: Gowinge 
 
 32 John Lrson 
 
 33 John Kingsbury 
 
 34 Pet: Woodward 
 
 35 Geo: Bearstowe 
 
 36 John Bacheler 
 
 37 John Morse 
 
 38 Eli: Lusher 
 
 39 Eliz Fisher 
 
 40 Robt: Hensdell 
 
 41 Hen: Smith 
 
 42 John Eaton 
 
 43 Willm Bearstowe 
 
 44 Robt Onyon 
 
 45 John Fairbanke 
 
 46 Tho Fuller 
 
 47 Twaits Strickland 
 
 48 John Thurston 
 
 49 Mich Metcalf Juno 1 
 
 50 Lamb: Genere 
 
 51 -Franc: Chickeringe 
 
 52 John Plimption 
 
 53 John Gaye 
 
 54 Jonath Fairbanke 
 
 55 Edw. Coluer 
 
 56 Hen Chickering 
 
 57 John Bullard 
 
 58 John Guild 
 
 59 Edw: Richards 
 
 60 Robt Ware 
 
 61 Jos: Morse 
 
 62 Tho Jorden 
 
 63 John Frary 
 
 64 Ant: Fisher 
 
 65 Edw: Kempe 
 
 66 John H award 
 
 67 Dan: Morse 
 
 68 m r Wheelocke 
 
 69 Hen Glouer 
 
 70 Fard: Adams 
 
 71 Chris: Smith 
 
 4 acres 60 rod 
 
 3 acres 3 roodes 
 1 acre \ 
 
 5 acres 1 roode 
 8 acres 20 rod 
 5 acres 
 
 1 acre 
 7 acres 
 
 4 acres 3 roods 
 
 5 acres 
 
 2 acres 3 roods 
 5 acres 3 roods 
 
 4 acres 
 7 acres 
 
 3 acres 
 
 1 acres 1 roode 
 
 2 acres \ 
 
 2 acres 30 rod 
 
 1 acre 
 
 4 acres 3 roods 
 
 2 acres 1 rod 
 
 5 acres \ 
 12 acres 
 
 1 acre \ 
 
 5 acres 3 roods \ 
 
 6 acres 1 rood 
 
 2 acres \ & \ a rood 
 
 7 acres 3 roods \ 
 
 3 acres \ & \ rood 
 1 acre 
 
 5 acres 
 
 1 acre 3 roods 
 
 4 acres \ 
 
 2 acres 20 rod 
 
 7 acres 1 rood 
 
 8 acres & rood 
 
 3 acres \ 
 
 8 acres 20 rod 
 
 6 acres 
 
 7 acres 
 
 1 acre 
 
 2 acres 
 
 1 acre & rood
 
 DEDHAM TOWN EECOEDS. HI 
 
 72 
 
 Robt. Crosman 
 
 1 acre 
 
 * 
 
 Nath: Colbourne 
 
 5 acres 3 roods 
 
 74 
 
 Nath Aldus 
 
 5 acres \ & \ ro< 
 
 75 
 
 Sam 11 Bullen 
 
 2 acres ^ 
 
 76 
 
 Tho Payne 
 
 3 acres 1 rood 
 
 77 
 
 Geo: Barber 
 
 3 acres 
 
 78 
 
 Jam: Allin 
 
 3 acres \ 
 
 79 
 
 Tho Bayes 
 
 2 acres ^ 20 rod 
 
 80 
 
 John Hunting Eld r 
 
 7 acres 20 rod 
 
 81 
 
 Hen: Phillips 
 
 3 acres 
 
 82 
 
 Tho Herringe 
 
 2 acres 3 roods 
 
 83 
 
 Robt: Mason 
 
 5 acres: 
 
 At a meetinge y e first day of the 11 month 1645 
 
 Assembled the Inhabitants of this towne 
 
 Chosen to act in Towne affaires for the yeare next followinge Henry 
 Chickeringe: Eliazer Lusher John Haward John Dwight Anthony Fisher Ed- 
 ward Richards and Michael Powell: who is chosen to keepe y 6 towne Booke 
 for the yeare followinge 
 
 The propriators of the purchast meadow & vpland haue ioyntly asented 
 for y e better improuement of the same that the said meadow be deuided into 
 4 parts according to the number of propriators in each part: & haue cast lots: 
 where each part shall be: & the propriators in the Hand are to begin next 
 the litle Bridge: & so measure northward so much as falls to their propor- 
 tion: & the midle playne is to be next: the East streete next: & the Smbth 
 playne most northwards: & it is agreed y l what is wantinge of the said pur- 
 chace land shalbe made vp in vpland where it may be found conuenient for 
 each deuision: 
 
 3: 12 month 1645 
 
 It is ordred y* henceforth the Cunstable or any other y* 
 JZate shalbe deputed to gather a rate in our towne: shall stand 
 
 charged with the whole some in the said rate & shall not 
 haue power to abate any man or set off any former debts: but if any shall re- 
 fuse to pay: they y* gather y e said rate shall refer them to the 7 men 
 for y e lyme beinge who shall haue power to abate or set of as they se fitt: 
 And also euery man deputed to collect any rate in o r Towne shall giue ac- 
 count of the said rate to the 7 men or to those whome they shall depute 
 when they shall require it after y e said rate is appoynted to be gathered: & if 
 any such shall neclect or refuse to giue account of any rate being therevnto 
 required shall pay to the vse of the towne as the 7 men shall thinke meete
 
 112 DEDHAM TOWN EECOEDS. 
 
 gvided alhvayes that such accounts be called for w th in 3 moneths after such 
 Rate be to be gathered 
 
 Samuell Milles hath granted to him a pcell of vpland next the land 
 granted to Joseph Clarke & Henry Wilson nere Westfeild if it may there be 
 found conuenient so it exceed not 3 acres Tho Wight & Willm Bullard de- 
 puted to asist in laying it out when they haue layd out y e land formerly 
 granted there 
 
 Sam 11 Milles hath libtie to cut 400 lengthes of hoope poles on the com- 
 mon: & is to pay 2 s to the towne 
 
 Granted to Edward Coluer a small pcell of land nere his house as it 
 shalbe layd out by Eli: Lusher: vpon condition that if he shall depart y* 
 towne it shall returne into y e townes dispose agajne as formerly 
 
 a This grant is confirmed to Ralph Daye and his hiers for euer 
 
 It is Ordred that for this p r sent yea r euery man both those y l haue Carts 
 & laborers shall worke 4 dayes in y e high wayes when & where the surueyors 
 shall appoynt & that y 6 surueyors shall haue no power to dispence w th any 
 man for lesse tyme. but if any shall refuse or neglect those said 4 dayes 
 worke he shalbe refered to the seauen men to doe in the case as they shall se 
 fife 
 
 The 7 of the 10 month 1646 
 
 Assembled Hen: Chickring Eli: Lusher Ant: Fisher John Dwight John 
 Haward Edw: Richards & Mich Powell 
 
 John Dwight and Peter Woodward deputed to treat with Georg Bear- 
 stoe about a parcell of his house lot to dig clay in: & with Jonathan Fair- 
 banke about a way therunto:: & to tender satisfaction to them for y e same: 
 & to make a full agrement as they shall se meete 
 
 The 10 mo: 26. 1646 
 
 Assembled Henry Chickering: Joh: Dwight Antho: Fisher Ed: Richards 
 & Eleazer Lusher 
 
 Eleazer Lusher is requested to take care of y e Town Booke & to enter 
 therin what is to be recorded, in the absence of m r Powell 
 
 Georg Bearstow granteth to the Town of Dedham. that pcell 
 George Bearstow of his house Lott that lyeth at j^west end therof: wher Clay 
 Claye ground is accustomed to be digged: viz 1 : from the Little Riuer or 
 Creeke at the end of his said Lott all the breadth therof so 
 farr East ward as Clay is to be found, together w th sufficient space for a 
 Convenient Cart passage from y e said pcell to the Streete which waye or 
 Cart passage shall lye next the South side Lyne of his said Lott which fore- 
 said pcell is & shall remaine free to the Inhabitants of y e said Town of Ded- 
 
 'This line seems to have been added later, being in a different hand-writing.
 
 DEDHAM TOWN EECOBDS. 113 
 
 ham: to digge & carry a way Claye w th Free Egresse & Regresse with w* so 
 euer Carts. Teames. or w* so euer else shall be necessary for y e Casting or 
 carying a way of Clay as afore said so long as the said Inhabitants shall &: 
 will find & make vse of clay in the said pcell & afterward to remayne to the 
 free &: peaceable posession of y e said George & his hiers for eufer pvided 
 allways y l the said Inhabitants doe make &: mayntaine such a fence as shall 
 be requesite in the south Lyne of the said Lott or pcell therof from that 
 place wher a ditch is began to be made vnto the little Riuer or Creeke 
 befor specified 
 
 For & in consideration wherof the Town of Dedham aforesaid granteth 
 to y e said George Bearstow & to his hiers for euer 4 acres of Swampe 
 together w th all woode & Timber, ther vpon. either standing or felled. w ch 
 swampe is to be apointed or set out to the said George at the discretion of 
 John Dwight & Peter Woodward 
 
 Deputed to laye out that pcell of Land neer adioyning to the 
 great great Playne: for the pasturing of Cattell in time of worke 
 
 Playne ther according to a former grante Antho: Fisher: Joh Dwight 
 
 Tho Wight: Austen Kalem Edward Richards 
 
 Alowed to Ralph Daye. for beating the Drum at the meetinghouse for 
 the time past 20 s . to be payd in Ceader board at 4 s p. cent 
 
 11 month. 1 day At a genrall Meeting of the Whole Town. 
 1646 assembled 
 
 M r Joh Allen. Pastor, Henry Chickering, Joh Kingsbery, Antho: Fisher, 
 Joh: Luson, Mich Metcalf. seni, Jonath: Fayerbanke, Joh Dwight, Fran: 
 Chickering, Sam: Morse, Nath Aldus, Elea: Lusher, Tho: Wight, m r Ralph 
 Wheelock, Willm Bullard, Joh Gaye, Eld r Joh Hunting, Joseph Kingsbery 
 Nath: Coalburn, Robt Hinsdell, Timo. Dwight, Pet: Woodward, Joh: Fraery: 
 Rich: Euered, Ed: Kempe, Tho Leader, Ed: Richards, Robt Mason, Dan, 
 Fisher, Hen: Phillips, Josh: Fisher, Lam: Chinery, Joh Fayerbank, Rich: 
 Ellice, Joh: Hayward, Joh Plimpton, Christo: Smith, Geor: Barber, Hen: 
 Smith, Josep: Morse, Robt Gowen, Joh Thurston, Tho: Jordan, Josh: Kent, 
 Joh: Bullard, Josep: Clark, Hen: Wilson, Thw: Strickland, Ben: Smith, Robt 
 Onion, Sam: Mills, Dan: Morse, Geor: Bearstoe, Joh: Batchelor, Mich Bacon, 
 Robt Grossman, Joh: Eaton, Tho. Payne, Tho: Fuller, Joh Moyse, Sam: Jud- 
 son, Robt Weare, Sam: Bulleyn, Austen Kalem, Jam: Allen, Joh: Ellice, 
 Mich. Metcalf, Ralph Daye, Joh Guilde, Robt Fuller 
 
 It was taken into consideration by the Inhabitants aboue named that 
 the Meeting house being yet vnfinished was not a supplye to the congrega- 
 tion & therfor by joynt consent: It is now ordered that the said Meeting 
 house shall be forthwith Compleatly Finished w th as much expedition as may 
 be. And that the Charge therof shall be raised by a Rate, which Rate shall
 
 114 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 be asessed vpon Estats onely. and shall be distinct from the former Rate 
 mad for the building of that new pt therof. not respecting the same but shall 
 be for the Compleat finishing therof in what sum so euer the former Rate 
 fall short. 
 
 Eleazer Lusher is Chosen to keepe the Town Booke for the year follow- 
 ing & to act in the affayres of y e Town equall with the other 6 men now to 
 be chosen 
 
 Henry Chickering: Joh Dwight: Tho Wight Fra: Chickering Joh Kings- 
 berye: Antho. Fisher ar Chosen to act in Town affayers for y e ensueing year 
 haueing the same power thier p r decessors had. 
 
 Eleazer Lusher is Chosen to attend at the Shire Town concerning y e 
 Country Rate: according to order of Court. 
 
 Jonath: Fayerbank ^ 
 
 Sam: Morse ;- ar Chosen surveyers for the ensueing yeare 
 
 Joh Eaton ) 
 
 Willm Bullard > ,., 
 
 Peter Woodward \ ar Chosen ^dreeues 
 
 Ordered that the way leading to the Great Playne shall be taken care of 
 to be made & kept in repayer by y e surveyers for the time being from year 
 to year 
 
 Lambert Genry hath liberty to sell his Land beyond y e mill Creeke to 
 Tyler of Roxberye 
 
 Ordered that all Meadowe that is known in our Town fitt for emproue- 
 ment shall in y e first fitt optunitie be surveyed. & the quantitie ther of taken 
 & answer returned to the Town in a genrall Meeting, that so it may be layed 
 out in pticular gprietyes 
 
 Ordered that the one halfe of that yearly Rent of 40" p afifi that arise 
 from the Land of our Town in m r8 Stoughtons hand, for all the time past: 
 shall be allowed to the Church & the vse ther of 
 
 John Kingsbery. John Dwight. Eleazer Lusher. & George Barber: ar 
 deputed to view the Swampe on the south side of the Middle Playne. as allso the 
 vpland on both sids of the said swampe as it may be in fittness for a Cart 
 waye ther. & to treat with y 6 ppriators on both sids. & to return answer to 
 the Town in genrall 
 
 Richard Wheeler and John Farington ar admitted Townsemen. 
 
 Graunted to Richard Wheeler John Farington 2 acres of vpland to be 
 layd out at the discretion Peter Woodward Robt Hinsdell & Richard Euered. 
 beyond the house Lott of the said Richard Euered. & betwixt the high way 
 & y* Swampe ther 
 
 The case depending betwixt the Town: Joseph Kingsbery Joshua Fisher: 
 & Lambert Chinnery concerning a waye is referred to the determination of 
 M r Ralph Wheelock Chosen by the Town 
 
 Michaell Metcalfe by Jos. Fisher
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 115 
 
 a (John Dwight perhaps Kingsburys man) 
 John Fraery by La: Chinnery 
 
 John Gaye by ioynt consent of all y 6 pties 
 
 Eleazer Lusher is Chosen to keepe the Regester & drawe the transcript 
 according to order of Court 
 
 11 Mon: 8: 
 
 1646 Assembled 
 
 Hen Chickering. Joh Kingsbery Antho: Fisher Fran Chickering: Tho 
 Wight: Joh Dwight & Elea Lusher 
 
 Agreed w th Joh Thurston to make the seats in y e Meeting- 
 Meetinghouse house: all that shall be placed in the new house & on the 
 seats East side of the midle Alley in the old house he to finde 
 
 all the worke about them, carriag excepted. and to haue tim- 
 ber for that vse of the Towne. & to receaue of y 6 Town for the said worke 
 13; 10 s : to be payed 5 in Ceader boarde at 4 s p cent. 2<> s in Indian Corn 
 at 3 s p bushell. the rest in wheat at 4 s p bushell. all to be deliuered in Town. 
 M d that y e 5 men: viz*: M r Ralph Wheelock. Michall Metcalfe: Joh 
 Dwight Joh: Fraery & Joh Gaye: being indifferently & Mutually chosen by 
 the Town. Joseph Kingsbury: Lambert Chinery. Joshua Fisher doe order 
 <Sc determin that the high waye lying betwixt Joseph Kingsbury & Joshua 
 Fisher. Leading down to y e Landing place, shall lye as it did befor and as it 
 was first layed out by m r Edward Alleyn & Abraham Shawe. and to y e end 
 that all former grieuances may be forgotten & future may be p r uented. the 
 abouesaid Lambert Chinery doth freely & voluntariely pmise to set vp & 
 mayntayne for euer fifteen rodds of sufficient Fence. In like maner as before 
 said Joshua Fisher, pmise to set vp & mayntayn for euer fiue Rodd of y 6 like 
 sufficient fence. w ch 5 rodd of fencing stuffe Joseph Kingsbery is to fetch 
 from y e place wher it is p r pared. & lay it wher it is to be set vp. that is to 
 saye. at y e vpper end of y e high waye betwixt Joseph Kingsbery his Lott & 
 the high waye against the house of Joshua Fisher Allso Lambert Chinery is 
 to set vp his 15 rodd adioyning to y e said Joshua Fishers. w ch 20 rodd is to 
 be set vp befor y e first daye of y e 2 month, this agreem 1 made y* 11 of y 6 11 
 month 1646 
 
 mr Ralph Wheelock Joseph: Kingsbery 
 
 Mich Metcalf Lambert Chinery 
 
 Joh. Fraery Joshua Fisher 
 
 Joh. Dwight 
 Joh. Gaye 
 
 1 Interlined in another hand.
 
 116 DEDHAM TOWN RE COEDS. 
 
 11 mo 13 
 
 1646 Assembled: Joh. Kingsbery: Hen Chickering Tho Wight Antho 
 
 Fisher Joh Dwight. Fra Chickering & Eleazer Lusher 
 
 The Accounts of that pt of y e Meetinghouse Rate that was comitted to 
 Peter Woodward ar taken in 
 
 Joh Kingsbery. Fran Chickering Tho: Wight Joshua Fisher ar deputed 
 to take in y e bills of mens Rateable estats 
 
 3 mo 17 1647 
 
 Assembled Hen. Chickering: John Kingsbery: Antho Fisher Jo: Dwight. 
 Francis Chickering: Tho Wight & Eleazer Lusher 
 
 Daniell Fisher granteth to the Town & to the vse ther of for euer. the 
 greater pt of the ponde neer his house together w th 2 smale pcells of vpland 
 adioyning therto on the east and west sids ther of. reserueing to himself and 
 to his hiers for euer all the trees groweing vpon the said peels of vpland 
 
 For and in consideration wherof. the Town granteth to the said Daniell 
 and his hiers for euer such a pcell of vpland as may be equall sattisfaction 
 for the same w ch said pcell for satisfaction, shall be layed out for him or his 
 hiers when the said Daniell shall find such a pcell as the Town and he shall 
 think conueanient or else when som other Land granted by the Town shall 
 be layed out and if it shall so fall out that the town & the said Daniell or his 
 hiers cannot then agree in the p r mises the case shall be determined by 2 in- 
 different men being mutually chosen by both pties. in whose arbitrement 
 both pties pmise to stand satisfied. 
 
 10 mo 29 
 
 1647 Assembled: Joh. Kingsbery: Antho. Fisher: Jo. Dwight Tho 
 Wight. Francis Chickering. and El: Lusher. 
 
 Ordered that Sam: Morse Jonath Fayerbanke and Joh: Eaton 
 Surveyers or any 2 of them, being formerly Chosen Surveyers for the 
 
 year 1647 ar heerby enabled and authorised to call in such 
 of the Inhabitants of this town as ar yet behind in thier high way worke. to 
 pforme the same, at such time and place, as the said men shall apoint or 
 compound with them to thier satisfaction 
 
 Wheras by long experience it apeare. that diuers of the Inhabitan ts of 
 the Town, haue bene found slack in the pformance of thier high way worke. 
 to the great discouragement of the surveyours as allso of such as ar more 
 forward therin. and the neglect of the due reparations of the wayes in our 
 Town, it is therfor ordered that the surveyers for the time being, shall yearely 
 apoint 6 dayes for the high waye worke. of which 6 dayes euery inhabitant 
 shall pform 4 dayes worke. according to the surveyers appointment the last 
 of w ch sixe dayes shall be befor the 20 th of the 7 th month called September.
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 117 
 
 and whosoeuer of the said Inhabitants shall not haue pformed 4 dayes 
 worke befor the last of the 6 dayes be past, so appointed by the surveyers. 
 shall compound for that his neglect w th the selectmen for the time being, to 
 w ch end the surveyers shall, from year, to year, bring a true bill of the worke 
 of each pticular Inhabitant vnto the said select men. \v th in fourteen dayes 
 after the last of the sixe dayes afore said. 
 
 Granted to Thomas Wight and his hiers for euer one pcell 
 Tho Wight of Swampe conteyning by estemation twoo Acres or vpward. 
 
 as it lyeth devided from the like pcell of John Luson & 
 abuteth vpon the same toward the North. & vpon one pcell of the vpland of 
 the said Tho: Wight. & vpon the Comon ground of the Town, on all other 
 sids. 
 
 Granted to John Luson : to his hiers for euer. one pcell of 
 jfoh Luson Swampe 
 
 Granted to John Batchelor and his hiers for euer. one smale 
 Joh Batchelor pcell of vpland being pt of the Comon ground Lying at the 
 south end of pt of his house Lott: w ch pcell he desired to set a barne vpon. 
 this to be layd out to him by John Kingsbery & Fra: Chickering. 
 
 11 Mo: 3 At a genrall Meeting of the Inhabitants 
 1647 11 mo: called January 3 1647 
 
 Wheras by former order, all Fences made of Rayles or pales 
 
 Fences height wer appointed to be mad sufficient, to the height of 4 foote: 
 
 yet vpon experience it is now found that lesse then so much 
 
 is sufficient. It is now therfor Ordered by genrall consent that all Fences w* 
 
 so euer being made of pales or Rayles or to be heerafter made shall be made 
 
 6 maynteyned sufficient to the height of 3 foote and an halfe: and shall be 
 allowed of at that height as sufficient in respect of height 
 
 Wheras we find vpon experience: the vsefullnes of mayn- 
 Ladders tayning Ladders at and against euery dwelling house, accord- 
 
 ing to an Order in that case pvided. It is therfor now 
 ordered by genrall consent that such of the Inhabitants of our Town as shall 
 be heere after from year to year Chosen to the care office. & trust of Wood- 
 reeues. shall from time to time take care of the due & full execution of that 
 order concerning Ladders, aforesaid, and allso shall take care of the suffi- 
 cienqy of Fences w th in our Town, according to such orders in our Town as 
 are allready made, or shall heerafter be found needfull to be made therin. 
 Eleazer Lusher is Chosen to keepe the Town Booke 
 
 7 men Joh: Kingsbery: Fra: Chickering: Tymo: Dwight Joh: 
 Chosen Dwight: Tho: Wight: Will Bullard ar all Joyntly. by 
 
 genrall consent. Chosen: to order the prudentiall affayers of 
 our Town for the yeare next ensueing.
 
 118 DEDHAM TOWN EECOEDS. 
 
 Surveyours: Peter Woodward \ for the year next ensueing. to whose 
 Nath: Coalburn Vcare the breache in the Riuer is left 
 Joh: Kingsbery ) to be repayered. 
 
 Wood reeues: Joh. Gaye: Joh. Eaton ^ for the yeare next 
 
 Josep: Kingsbery: Jonath: Fayerbanke j ensueing 
 
 Granted to Joh: Gay a high waye. to his Madowe adioyning 
 Joh: Gaye vpon the west side of Charles Riuer. w ch said waye is layd 
 out thorough one pcell of the vpland of Daniell Morse, by 
 Tho Wight and Sam 1 Morse, being thervnto deputed by the Town 
 
 12 mo: 8 Assembled 
 
 1647 Joh: Kingsbery: Tho: Wight: Joh: Dwight: Fra: Chickering: 
 Willm Bullard: Tymo: Dwight El. Lusher. 
 
 Wheras we finde by experience, that many Fences in our 
 Fences Towne ar oft found very defectiue. and an occasion of much 
 
 to viewe damage and offence, notwithstanding, all the former orders 
 
 in that case gvided. it is therfor now ordered, that for the 
 p r uenting of such inconueaniencies in time to com. that those men that ar 
 yearely deputed to the care & trust of viewing Fences, shall yearelie som 
 time betwixt the tenth and eightenth daye: of the first moneth viewe all the 
 Fences, in our Town, in or about all our home Lotts that lye next any high 
 waye or Comon ground, and w* deffects so euer they shall find, in the said 
 Fences, they shall giue present notice therof to the owner of the fence wherin 
 the defect is found who shall w th in seuen dayes. after such warning suffi- 
 ciently make or repayer the same or else for default therof. shall paye to the 
 vse of the Town into the Constables hand, the sum of sixe pence in currant 
 Countreye paye for euery such defect to w ch end the said viewers of fences 
 shall giue the constable notice therof pticularlye: who shall be charged w th 
 the said penaltye. to Leuye the same or else to paye the same out of his own 
 purse, and the said viewers of Fences shall keepe a true bill of all such pen- 
 alties or forfietures. so made w ch bill at the end of thier year they shall deliuer 
 to the select men for the time being, who by those bills, shall call the Con- 
 stables to account, for all such forfieturs. the former order wherby viewers 
 of fences ar required to attend that worke w n so euer they ar called therto. is 
 still in force 
 
 For the encouragement of all that ar not yet pvided of sufficient Lad- 
 Ladder ders required by the order of the Town, in that case ap- 
 
 pieces pointed it is now further ordered that it shall be in the liber- 
 
 tye of euery Townesman to take a piece for a Ladder or for 
 Ladders sufficient for his own vse, in any pt of the comon ground of our 
 Town so that it be not sell to any man w'so euer
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 119 
 
 12 mo 8 1647 
 
 Assemb: John Kingsbery: Job. Dwight: Tho: Wight: Fra: Chickering: 
 Willm Bullard: Tym: Dwight & El. Lusher 
 
 For as much as we know our selues bound to wait vpon God 
 Mynes in a dilligent vse of all meanes w ch he affoards vs. for the 
 
 carrying on of his worke amongst vs. so far by his blessing 
 began: and allso for our own subsistance and support. And seing allso that 
 amongst other things w th which God blessed his people Israeli, he exp r sseth 
 diuers Mettalls for thier encouragment Dut. 8. 9 & 33. 25: And seing that 
 allreadye amongst our selues plentye of Iron and som Leade is discouered. 
 it apeare to vs. that he hath afforded vs allso a Land furnished w th such 
 blessings. And further allso considering the barrennes of a great pt of our 
 Town, doth both giue vs in pticular hopes therof. and allso p r sseth vs to 
 seeke out all meanes of our support 
 
 In consideration wherof. we haue thought it our dutie to giue such en- 
 couragm 1 as we iudge meete to all that doe at any time endeauour the dis- 
 couery of any mettalls. or other Minerals, amongst vs. and for the better em- 
 puement of such an helpe for the Cofnon good of all our Town, we doe make 
 this grant following 
 
 We doe giue and Grant to euery Inhabitant amongt vs. that is admitted 
 a Townesman. and to his hiers & assignes for euer All such Mine or Mines 
 of any sort of Mettall or other Mineralls w l so euer. (Iron mine onely excepted 
 vntill the date of the Countreys grant be expired), that he or they shall really 
 discouer and find out by them selues or any way or meanes. by them gcured- 
 or at thier Charge, in any pt of our Towne. being out of the ppriety of any man 
 together allso w th such conveniencie of Land, to be layd out to them, as may 
 be needfull for building, pasturing of Cattell. or other needfull occasions 
 being such as the said worke shall really require, and the place is founde 
 capeable of. Allso we doe further grant vnto the Grantees afore said Liberty 
 to take such sufficient woode. Tymber. or stones as shall be found needfull 
 for the empvem* of y e sd mine or mines, so that the sd wood or timber be 
 not cutt w th in one myle of any house Lott in our Town now in being, yet. re- 
 serveing to the Town, and the vse therof. such oakeing timber trees as the 
 select men, for the time being, shall reasonably se cause to marke out 
 
 gvided allwayes. & Granted w th these condicions. viz* that the sd grantee, 
 or grantees, thier hiers and assignes. shall yearely paye into the Comon treas- 
 ury of y e Town, the Tenth pt of all such pffitts as shall cleerely arise of the 
 sd mine or mines thus Granted, after such grantee or grantees shall haue re- 
 ceaued in agayne. such charges as they haue formerly disbursed vpon the sd 
 worke pvided that it be one mile from the Town or vpward: but if it be lesse 
 then one mile from any house lott now in being, then they shall paye the 
 eight pt of the cleere proffits as be fore said: And allso that such grantees.
 
 120 DEDHAM TOWN HECOBDS. 
 
 doe- really endeauour the empvem 1 therof w th in the space of 3 yeares next 
 after such discouery is made except the select men se cause to grant longer 
 time 
 
 gvided allso that no such grantee aforesaid shall bring in any ptner. or 
 purchaser to haue share in the p r mises. that is no Townesman \v th vs. 
 so long as any one that is of the Town will buye. or take of his hand any 
 such mine or pt therof. vpon such tearmes as the sd stranger will really doe. 
 gvided allso further, that no such grantee, or purchaser shall at any time 
 bring in amongst vs any such ptner. purchaser, or Constant workeman. as is 
 not for his holiest ik peaceable conuersation. agved of by the select men for 
 the time being. w ch last condicion if they shall breake. euery such one shall 
 forfiet his liberty of takeing woode. before heere in granted. 
 
 And for the p r uenting of such mistakes, or offences, as may heere after 
 arise, about the discouery or rinding of such Mines or Minerals, or the further 
 empvem* therof. we doe further order & declare, that who so euer of our 
 Towne. heereafter. being a Townesman as before sd. shall first giue notice to 
 2 of the select men. for the time being, wherof the keeper of the booke is to 
 be one of any such mine as before sd. that he hath by any meanes discouered. 
 & so discribe the place, as they may vnderstand that no other hath allready 
 giuen notice therof. then the sd discouerer. shall haue the pprietie of that so 
 exp r ssed. reserved to himself the space of sixe monthes. in w ch time none 
 shall haue libertie to p r uent him. while himself or his assignes. make further 
 pfe. of w 1 he shall fully finde & emgue by vertue of this former grante 
 
 And further allso. if any shall, discouer a mine, very neere another that 
 is allready found out. so that ther is iust question, whether it be not another 
 pt of the same, in that no naturall bound, that must necessariely disioyne. 
 or difference of Mettall. resolue the doubt, then it shall be accounted as one. 
 & the same Mine, and all ready apppriate. by the former grant, to the former 
 posessor 
 
 And allso if 2 seuerall & distinct Mines be found so neere together that 
 any question arise, concerning the Land. Timber or wood, to accomadate 
 the same, according to the former grant and that the ppriators of the sd 
 Mines cannot therm agree it shall then be in the libertie & power of each of 
 the sd ppriators. or grantees: to chuse one indifferent man & the select men 
 to chuse another in the behalf of the Town & the major pt of the men so 
 chosen shall fully, determin & end the sd case. 
 
 Wheras vpon experience we finde that many Fences in our 
 this order Town, ar oft found very deffectiue. and an occasion of much 
 
 for Fences dammage. and offence. notw th standing all the former orders 
 
 was entrd in that Case pvided. it is therfor. further ordered, that for 
 
 befor the p r uenting further inconueaniences. those men that ar 
 
 yearely deputed to the viewing of Fences, shall euery yeare: 
 som time betwixt the 10 th . daye. & the 18 th daye of the first moneth view all
 
 DEDHAM TOWN EE 'COEDS. 121 
 
 the fences of our home Lotts. w th in our Town, that lye next any high waye 
 or Comon ground. & w l deffects so euer they shall find therin they shall giue 
 notice therof to the owner of the fence, forthwith, who shall w tb in 7 dayes 
 after such warning is giuen. sufficiently make or repayer the same or else 
 shall paye. to the vse of town, into the Constables hand, the sume of six 
 pence, in Currant Countrey paye. for euery such defect, not amended as be- 
 forsd to w ch end the sd viewers of fences shall giue the Constable notice 
 therof. who shall be charged w th the sd penaltie. to leuye the same, or else to 
 paye the same out of his own purse. & the sd viewers of Fences shall keepe 
 a true bill of all such penalties or forfietures. so made. w ch bill at the end of 
 thier yeare they shall deliuer to the select men for the time being who by 
 those bills shall call the Constables to account, for all such forfietures. the. 
 former order wherin viewers of Fences, ar required to goe to view any Fence 
 when they ar therto called, remayne allso in full force 
 
 5 mo 7: after Lectur 
 
 Assem: Joh Kingsbery: Tho Wight: Fra Chickering: El: Lusher. 
 
 Wheras Thomas Jordan hath layed down to the vse of the Town for a 
 high waye some pt of his home Lott. ther is. in recompence. & full satisfac- 
 tion for the same & all things concerning it. Granted to the sd Thomas & 
 his hiers for euer. 4 acres of Meadowe. to be layed out to him. in som one of 
 the neerest pcells of Bogerstow meadowe. at the direction of Tho: Wight 
 
 7 mo 4 Assemb. Joh Kingsbery: Joh Dwight: Tho Wight: Willm 
 Bullard: Tymo Dwight: Fra Chickeringe. & Elea: Lusher. 
 
 Granted to the Irayned Company of this Town. & the officers therof. & 
 to thier successors for euer. the free vse. of all that pcell of Land. Comonly 
 called the Trayning ground, allways gvided that the sd trayned Company, or 
 the officers ther of. shall not at any time heere after agpriate the sd pcell. or 
 any pt therof. or emgve 'the same to any other vse. then for the vse of pub- 
 like excercise of the sd Company. w th out the Consent of the select men of 
 the Town, for the time being first attayned: neither shall it be in the libertie 
 or power o the select men heerafter at any time to dispose of the sd pcell or 
 any pt therof. in any Case: w tu out the Consent of the sd trayned Company. 
 & the officers ther of. first had. &: manefest 
 
 Granted to Lambert Genery and to his heirs for euer that 
 Lamb: pcell of Land lying on the great playne, that is hetherto 
 
 Genery vndisposed of. conteyning 3 or 4 acres mor or lesse. as it 
 
 lyeth next beyond that pcell formerly granted to M r Cooke 
 not yet layed out. & westward from the same all ways gvided that the sd 
 Lambert lay down all clayme. title, or right to 6 acres formerly granted to 
 him in that place called the planting field
 
 122 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 8 mo 19. Assemb: Job: Kingsbery Joh Dwight. Tho Wight & Elear 
 
 Lusher. 
 
 Wheras woolues are now of late becom greatly noysom to 
 wolues our Cattell. to the great p r iudice & damag of the Town, it is 
 
 therfor ordered, for the better encouragm 1 of any that shall 
 heereafter bring the head of any wolf. & publikely p r sent the same at the 
 meetinghouse, shall for his paynes in killing that wolfe haue payed to him by 
 the hands of the Constable tenn shillings in Countrey paye. besids that ten 
 shillings due to him from the Countrey. and shall allso haue such asistance 
 from the Town, for the attayning of that tenn shillings from the Countrey. as 
 the Case shall necessarilye require, allways pvided that it be made apeer 
 that the sd woolf be killed w th in our towne 
 
 9 mo 20 Assemb. Joh Kingsbery: Joh Dwight: Tho Wight: Fra Chick- 
 
 ering: Willm Bullard: Tymo Dwight & Elea: Lusher. 
 Foras much as it apear. that notw th standing. the order formerly made 
 for the directing , the Inhabitants & surveyors: in the high way worke. and 
 that the surveyors haue allso attended, the trust comitted to them, yet diuers 
 of the Inhabitants of the Town, haue neglected that seruice of high way 
 worke. to the damage of the Town the discouragem* of the surveyors & euill 
 example to others: It is therfore ordered, that such of the said Inhabitants. 
 as ar at this p r sent time behind in thier high waye worke aforesd. shall paye 
 for those thier neglects for euery daye. 2 s . vnto the Constable for the vse of 
 the Town, in Merchantible Corne at the Currant price, except the sd psons 
 can compound w th the surveyors, for the time being, to thier satisfaction, who 
 shall not accept of lesse then 8 houres for one day worke. sufficiently empved. 
 in the high way work at thier apointm 1 . or if the surueyors shall put out any 
 pt of high way worke by the piece or lumpe. they shall not compound w" 1 
 any pson to the damage of the Town, or at a more easie way then as be- 
 foresd. allwayes pvided that the surveyors shall not call any to doe thier 
 worke for thier neglect but such & for so many dayes. as they shall receaue 
 in a List, from y e select men. from which they shall not haue liberty to vary, 
 but by the consent of the select men vpon further information: And for the 
 neglect of Teames they ar allso heerby enioyned. to paye to the Constable 
 for euery days neglect of 4 bullocks, one man & a cart. 6: s . For the dayes 
 neglect of 2 bullocks one man: & a cart. 4 s . to be payd in such paym* as is 
 before exp r ssed. or if they compound, it shall be according to the rule before 
 exp r ssed. 
 
 Assemb: Joh Dwight: Tho: Wight: Fra: Chickering: Tymo Dwight 
 and Eleazer Lusher 
 
 10 mo. 12 da: 
 
 Wheras the Town formerly vpon som reasons moueing them thervnto.
 
 DEDHAM TOWN SECOUDS. 123 
 
 did pmise m r Dalton som Lands ouer & besids his house Lott and y e appur- 
 tenances therof. & that the said m r Dalton sold his Lott & all his Town 
 Rights to m r Powell, late of this Towne. vpon w ch consideration the Town 
 doth heerby Grante to the said m r Michaell Powell. & to his hiers for euer. 
 one pcell of vpland conteining 20 Acres. w ch together w th tenn Acres formerly 
 granted to the said Michaell Powell, vpon y e Great playne: is full satisfaction 
 for that former pmise made to m r Dalton. no more to be expected: in any 
 respect therof. w ch said pcell of twentie Acres, is to be layed out vpon the 
 North side of Charles Riuer neere about that place wheras passage is vsually 
 made ouer the said Riuer w th Canooes & it is to be layed out at discretion. & 
 by y e direction of Joh Kingsbery & Joh: Haward 
 
 Granted to Richard Ellice libertie to fell &: take for his owne vse vpon 
 the Common Land of the Towne such timber as he shall from time to time 
 stand in neede of for the vse of his trade & allso he hath heereby libertie 
 Granted to him. to let his timber so felled, lye the space of one whole yeare 
 after it is felled, pvided. that he marke euery such tree w Ul y* 2 first letters of 
 his name, that it may be allwayes knowen whose it is 
 
 Granted to Richard Ellice & his hiers for euer one pcell of shruffie 
 meadowe. lying at the north west corner of his former grant of vpland. Con- 
 teyning by estimation lesse then one Acre, and abutteth vpon the Land of 
 Robt Crosseman toward the west. <Sc vpon Charles Riuer towards the north 
 
 10 mo 19 Assemb: Joh: Kingsbery: Fra: Chickering: Joh: Dwight: : 
 Tho: Wight: Will Bullard: Tymo Dwight & El. Lusher 
 
 Granted to Joh. Thurston & his hiers for euer. 2 Acres of swampe as it 
 lyeth in that swampe adioyning to the southermost of his grant of vplande. 
 that lyeth toward the south playne gate, this to be layed out to him by y e 
 direction of Hen. Chickering & Tho Wight 
 
 1648 At a Genrall Meeting of the Towne 
 
 It is by genrall consent resolued to chuse 3 men for the ending of smale 
 Cases, according to the Court in that case pvided 
 
 It is ordered that all such men as shall heereafter. by the select men for 
 the time being, shall be chosen, ordered, or deputed, to doe any such ser- 
 uice. as concerne the Town in Genrall. shall be reasonable satisfied for thier 
 paynes therin. at the Townes charge 
 
 Joshua Fisher senio r ) 
 
 Tho: Battell: > ar admitted Townesmen 
 
 Tho. Bancroft ) 
 
 A schoole house & a watchouse. is resolued to be built this next yeare 
 the care wherof is left to the select men 
 
 The choice of select men as followeth
 
 124 DEDHAM TOWN RE COEDS. 
 
 Eleazer Lusher is chosen to keepe y e Towne Booke &: to be one of y e 
 select men 
 
 Henry Chickering: Thomas Wight J af chosen f d 
 
 John Kmgsbery: Joshua: Fisher: U for fa ^ ensueing 
 
 John: Dwight: Francis Chickering 
 
 Eleazer Lusher ) ar cnosen f or tne en di n g o f smale cases according 
 Henry^Chickenng ^ h Qrder of e Court 
 
 John Kmgsbery ) 
 
 Nathaniell Coaleburne: Daniell Fisher. & John Haward ar chosen sur- 
 veyers 
 
 Joh:Gaye John. Eaton | ar chosen woo dre eu es 
 
 Josep. Kmgsbery: John. Fraery } 
 
 Eleazer Lusher, is discharged of his high waye worke for the yeare next 
 ensueing. in regard of his many occasions for the publike 
 
 [*It is ordered that the Land now intended to be layed out shall be first 
 surveyed at the Townes charge & layed out by the rules of psons & estates. 
 each pson of the Towne w* soeuer. to receaue so much as eight pound estate] 
 
 The disorderly feeding of Fields & meadowes lying in pprietie the select 
 men now chosen ar desired to take care to p r uent 
 
 Ordered that the Land now to be layed out in a genrall deuedent shall 
 be first surveyed at the Townes charge. & deuided vnto psons & estates each 
 pson in the Town w* so euer. being an inhabitant shall receaue as much as 
 eight pound estate 
 
 11 mo 15 d Assemb. Hen Chickering: Joh. Kingsbery: Joh: Dwight: Tho: 
 48 Wight: Fra Chickering: Lieft. Fisher: & El. Lusher. 
 
 Granted vnto James Allen one pcell of swampe not exceeding 2 Acres 
 to be layed out neere the swampe formerly Granted to Henry Smith, at y e 
 direction of Joh. Dwight & Fra: Chickering 
 
 Granted to George Fairebanke free libertie to fell and take for his own 
 vse vpon the Comon Land of the Towne such timber as he shall from time 
 to time neede for his trade pvided. that he neither sell nor trade a waye any 
 such timber, vnwrought into vessels. & he hath allso libertie heereby to let 
 his timber so felled, lye the space of one whole yeare it being sufficiently 
 marked w th som knowen marke 
 
 Granted to serg*. George Fairebanke. one smale pcell of Land, as it lye 
 against the side of his own yard, for an enlargem 1 to set a Barne vpon it to 
 be layed out to him by the direction of Joh. Dwight & El. Lusher. 
 
 Wheras the disorderly feeding of pprieties is both a wrong & an offence, 
 to the ppriators as well in Meadowes as allso in Corne fields that ar posessed 
 & Impved by many owners, it is therfor. for y e p r uenting of y e grieeuances 
 aforesaid: ordered. That euery gpriator w* so euer: that hold or Impue any 
 Land in corne field or fields in our Towne. shall yearely & euery yeare. take
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECOEDS. 125 
 
 in all his corne. w* sort so sort it be of out of all such fields, before the 12 th 
 of the eight moneth vpon penaltie of beareing all damages w* so euer may by 
 neglect ther of before w ch said daye. no man w* so euer shall haue Libertie 
 to put his cattell of any sort to feed in any such fielde vpon such penaltie as 
 the Court hath all ready apointed. but after y e said 12 daye of the eight 
 moneth. it shall be free for all gpriators. to feed thier cattell in such fields 
 vvher themselues posesse lands, as owners, or vpon rent. And no man w fc so 
 euer shall put his cattell to feed in any Field, wher himself is no posessor. 
 vpon pennaltie of forfieture of 5 s for euery such offence 
 
 Neither shall any keeper of any hearde of Cattell. w* so euer. put the 
 heard by him so kept, or any pt therof. into any Corne Field, to keepe them 
 ther to feede. though the corne be all out vpon penaltye of payeing 5 s for 
 euery offence against this order, neither shall he suffer them wittingly or wil- 
 linglye. to continnue ther. if thorough deffect of the fence, they goe in of 
 themselues. vpon the like penaltie as before said, or if ther be any damage 
 done in corne the keeper by whose default it is. shall paye the damage be- 
 sides the penaltie aforesaide. all w ch pennalties shall be payed to whom 
 so euer the greater part of the gpriators of the field, shall apoint. to receaue 
 the same vpon demaunde 
 
 Vpon the demaund made by Daniell Fisher, of sattisfaction for the def- 
 fect of measure in his twelue acres of meadowe. due to him vpon his first 
 grant we therfor in the consideration therof. doe now Grant to the said 
 Daniell. & his hiers for euer. 3 acres & 3 roodes. of meadowe. to be layed 
 out to him. or his assignes in such a place in Rosemary meadowe as the said 
 Daniell shall chuse: that is at p r sent free from all engagem*. gvided. that he 
 take it in full satisfaction for y e Clayme by him made to the high waye by 
 Charles Riuer. in y e Broade Meadow 
 
 And for as much as vpon further consideration its adiudged gbable that 
 the foresaid quantitie of meadow cannot be found in one place together we 
 therfore doe further order heerein. that the said pcell shall be layed out at y e 
 direction of Eleazer Lusher & Joshua Fisher who ar desired to take care so 
 to laye it out. as it may giue satisfaction to the said Daniell so fare as they 
 conceaue reasonable 
 
 12 of y e 8 th mo 1649 Assemb: Hen Chickering: Tfio. Wight: Joh. 
 Dwight: Joh Kingsbery, Fra: Chickering: Lieft: Fisher & Elea: Lusher 
 
 Granted vnto Thomas Payne. & to his hiers for euer. 2 acres of swampe. 
 to be layed out in the Cofnon swampe. neere y e south playne at y e direction 
 of Thomas Wight 
 
 John Dwight. & Lieft, Fisher ar Deputed to treate & conclude w th Lam- 
 bert Genery. for that smale parcell of his Land in his Lott wher Clay is to 
 be had for Bricke. & to returne answer to the select men
 
 126 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 who returne answer that the said Lambert doe freely giue it to the 
 Towne 
 
 1 of y e 11 mo: 1649 
 
 At a genrall meeting of the Towne 
 
 TU' 5f Wa ! d 1 ar requested & appointed to search out a place for y e 
 Joh: Thurston t f d f d J d 
 
 Geo. Barber ) * 
 
 It is ordered that a platt shall be taken of y e bounds & lines of y 6 whole 
 Towne and that it be made Capeable of a distinct platt of euery gprietie 
 Michaell Metcalf senio r > ar apointed to take in y e accounts of y e select men. 
 Ensign. Phillips > in such things as concerne the Towne for y e yeare 
 
 Serg 1 Fisher ) last past: 
 
 Elea: Lusher 
 
 Lieft: Fisher I ar chosen and authorised to laye out the Grant made from 
 Ensig: Phillips J> this Towne to y 6 village. & to accomplish the same before 
 Joh Dwight the middle of y e 2 month next 
 
 Dan: Fisher 
 
 Those 3 men Chosen the last yeare to end smale cases, according to the 
 Court order, ar againe chosen for the same worke for y e yeare next following 
 
 The select men Chosen as followeth 
 
 Eleazer Lusher is chosen to keepe the Booke & allso to be one of y e se- 
 lectmen for y e year next ensueing 
 
 John. Kingsbery: Lieft Fisher ) ar allso chosen & haue y e same power 
 Henry: Chickering: Serg 1 Fisher > put into thier hands y* thier p r deces- 
 John: Dwight: Tymo: Dwight ) sors haue vsually had 
 
 John Luson ) 
 
 Hen Smyth > ar chosen surveyors 
 John: Morse ) 
 Willm Bullard 
 Joh Thurston 
 
 George Barber > ar chosen woodreeues 
 Joh: Fraery 
 
 vpon consideration of the motion made & y 6 voate passed, for the glue- 
 ing account to y e men deputed to audit the same, it is adiudged most meet & 
 to informe them of the manner of our disbursem 18 by the Constable and 
 referr them to his accounts 
 
 The 2 orders made the 31 of Decemb r 1636 concerning felling trees ar 
 heerby repealed as allso one orded made 16 of march 1640. concerning 
 monethly meetings of y e select men is heereby repealed. 
 
 For as much as vpon experience it apeare. that som orders made in y 6 
 former yeares in y 6 beginning of our Towne ar not at p r sent vsefull for y 6 
 p r sent state therof. amongst w ch . 2 orders, restrayneing the felling of trees, ar 
 therfore heere aboue. repealed
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 127 
 
 It is therfor (for the p r uenting disorderly & wasteful! felling of trees, 
 either for woode or timber) now ordered that it shall hence forth be in the 
 Libertie. of any man that is admitted a Townesman heere w th vs. to fell any 
 such fire woode as he shall for his owne vse stand in need of from time, to 
 time, allwayes gvided that no oake trees be felled, but such as ar granted to 
 such psons. according to y e order of the Towne. &: that case gvided. and for 
 euery offence comitted against y e true meaning, of this order, as is aboue ex- 
 p r ssed. the offender shall paye vnto y e vse of the Towne such a pennaltie as 
 shall be by the select men for the time being adiudged meete. so that no fine 
 exceed 5 s for the felling of any one tree 
 
 Lieft: Fisher is deputed. Sc vndertaketh to take & make a true platt of 
 y 6 out most Lines of the Towne 
 
 Granted vnto Ralph Daye free libertie to make vse of w* Clay so euer 
 he shall need for the vse of makeing Bricke in that parcell of Land late 
 Lambert Generies & by him granted to the Towne to that end. allwayes 
 gvided. that he secure the same by fence, from all hazard of damage, that 
 may be by reason of the Clay pitts. Allso we doe heereby. grant to the said 
 Ralph or his assignes libertie to fell & carry a way. (for the vse aforesaid), 
 such wood vpon the Comon ground of the Towne from time to time as he 
 ne'edeth 
 
 7. of 11 mo 1649 Assembled at this meeteing last aboue mentioned the 
 select men heere after named 
 
 Henry. Chickering, John: Dwight, Lieft: Fisher, Tymo: Dwight, Daniell: 
 Fisher &: Eleazer: Lusher 
 
 21 of 12 mo 1649 Hen: Chickering: Joh: Kingsbery: John: Dwight: 
 Lieft: Fisher: Serg 1 : Fisher: Tymo: Dwight & Eleaz: Lusher 
 
 Granted to Thomas Payne. to his heyers for euer a supplye of swampe 
 in that swampe formerly granted, to vse of burning Bricke if that grante so 
 made hinder not this p r sent grante. Joh Haward. Lieft Fisher ar to laye it out 
 
 Granted to Lieft Fisher: and to his heyers for euer. Tenn Acres of 
 vpland to be layed out to him by the asistance and direction of Peter Wood- 
 ward and Nathaniell Coaleburne. vpon the place called the planting fielde in 
 full satisfaction for his right in the purchased vplands being one Cowe pas- 
 tureing and one halfe. as allso in sattisfaction for his right that is or maye be 
 in the next deuident of vpland. yet to be layed out p vided that if vpon the 
 laying out of that deuedent it shall apeare that. 4 Acres according to his 
 gportion is more then will com to his pt that he then shall sattisfie som 
 other man for so much as the said Lieft haue too much we accounting that 
 sixe Acres of this grant may be equally allowed for his right in the purchased 
 Lands 
 
 John Bullard. and Henry Wilson, makeing request for supplye of mead- 
 owe ther is there vpon granted vnto the said John & Henry the free vse of
 
 128 DEDHAM TOWN KECOEDS. 
 
 the meadow, called the Church meadowe for the space of seauen yeares next 
 ensueing. equally to deuide the same betwixt them, vpon this condition, that, 
 they sufficiently stubb & cleere the same, allwayes gvided. that if the Town 
 can other wise supply them w th meadowe: it shall be in the libertie of the 
 Towne. to call it out of thier hands vpon alloweing them such recompence 
 for thier cleereing the same as shall be Judged they haue deserued mor then 
 the time they haue had the meadow, haue equally sattisfied for and further 
 allso they ar enioyned by the entery of the said meadowe to mayntaine the 
 fence belonging therto. & leaue the same In due repayre when so euer they 
 shall leaue the meadowe 
 
 Eleazer Lusher, is deputed in behalfe of the Towne of Dedham to asist 
 in laying out the Farme granted to M r Edward Aleyne deceased w ch is to 
 be layd out at Bogastow. now called Medfield 
 
 15 of 4 mo 1G50 Assemb: Hen Chickering: Joh Kingsbery: Joh: 
 Dwight: Lieft Fisher, Serg 4 : Fisher & Elea: Lusher 
 
 John Dwight: Lieft Josh: Fisher & Serg* Daniell Fisher ar deputed to 
 treat w th such of Cambridg men. as shall be by that Towne appointed and 
 authorised to treat in refference to the sale of those Lands late in the pos- 
 ession of Dedham. or any pt of the same, now being desired to be purchased 
 againe by the Inhabitants of Dedham. and vpon the tender of such gposi- 
 tions as they Judg reasoneable. to returne answer to the select men. that the 
 Towne may doe therein as they shall Judg meete 
 
 17 of 3 mo 1G50 Assemb: John Kingsbery: Hen: Chickering: Lieft: 
 Fisher: Tymo: Dwight: Serg 1 . Fisher & Elea. Lusher 
 
 Vpon the demand of Joseph Kingsbery. made for the right he haue re- 
 mayning due to him. in respect of his disbursement in the purchased Lands, 
 at the beginjng of the Towne. ther is therfor granted to the said Joseph and 
 his heyers for euer. foure Acres of vpland. if it be to be had on the north 
 east side of M r Greenes Farme 
 
 Vpon the request of Thomas Payne, ther is granted to the said Thomas 
 and his heyers for euer: one smale pcell of vpland. lyeing adioyning to one 
 pcell of the meadowe of the said Thomas, for the streightening of his Fence 
 there, this is to be appointed & layed out to him by the direction of John 
 Kingsbery 
 
 27 of 4 mo 1650 Assemb: John Kingsbery, Hen: Chickering, Lieft: 
 Fisher, Joh: Dwight, Serg* Fisher, & Eleaz: Lusher 
 
 The Rate for the purchasing of Ammunition according to the order of 
 the Court made this day at the rate of penny farthing p 
 
 Deputed, the men heereafter named, to treate w th Cambridg men about 
 the purchase of half that Tract of Land that was formerly in the posession
 
 DEDHAM TOWN EECORDS. 129 
 
 of Dedham and that they at thier discretion should in the best manner they can 
 get the knowledg of w* the price is like to be. and if they se vrgent reason 
 they may offer fifty pounds or vpward. not exceeding sixtie . except the 
 select men first see reason to consent therto. they ar allso to endeavour to 
 cleere vp: & put an end to all reckonings, at p r sent betwixt Cambridg and 
 Dedham. 
 
 men deputed therto John D wight, Lieft: Fisher, 
 Serg 1 Fisher 
 
 Deputed the men heereafter named to treat with Roxbery men about the 
 purchase of som pt of the Land in thier Town Bounds, that lye next our 
 Towne. and returne answer to the select men. they ar Authorised to con- 
 clude if they can. & they see iust reason so to doe. so that they exceed not 
 the price of sixtie pounds for one thousand acres Francis Checkering: John 
 Dwight. Lieft Fisher & Elea Lusher 
 
 Granted vnto Joshua Fisher senior and to his heyers for euer sixe Acres 
 of vpland to be layed out to him vpon that place called the planting fielde at 
 the direction of Henry Chickering, Peter Woodward 
 
 Granted vnto Joshua Kent and to his heyers for euer sixe Acres of vp- 
 land to be layed out to him vpon the planting field at the direction of Henry 
 Chickering, Nathaniell Coaleburne 
 
 31 of 6 mo: 1650 Assem: Joh: Kingsbery, Hen: Chickering, Lieft: 
 Fisher, Joh. Dwight, Serg 1 Fisher, Corporall Dwight & Elea Lusher. 
 
 The Countrey Rate this daye made 
 
 Vpon the request of John Littlfield. it is consented vnto. that libertie 
 shall be allowed him. to hyer or purchase som habitation in our Town to 
 dwell in. so long as his behauiour and carriag be honest industrious and 
 peaceable 
 
 21 of 7 mo: 1650 Assemb: Hen: Chickering, Joh. Dwight, Lieft Fisher. 
 Serg* Fisher, Tymo: Dwight, & Elea. Lusher 
 
 Deputed to treat w th Roxbery men. and to conclude w th them about the 
 setling of the waye yet vnsetled: & about the purchaseing of the Land in 
 thier Towne that haue beene in pposall. Francis Chickering, Lieft: Fisher, 
 Joh Dwight, Elea Lusher 
 
 Granted vnto Joseph Kingsbery and to his heyers for euer sixe Acres of 
 Lande. to be layed out vpon the planting Fielde. next to Joshua Kent 
 
 [*Granted vnto Joshua Fisher senior and to his heyers for euer sixe Acres 
 of Land, to be layed out vpon the planting Fielde next to Joseph 
 Kingsberye.] 
 
 Granted to Robert Fuller and to his heyers for euer foure Acres of Land-
 
 130 DEDHAM TOWN ItECORDS. 
 
 to be layed out for his deuident. vpon the planting P'ield next to Joshua 
 Fisher senior 
 
 Henry Chickering ) ar deputed to se these grants 
 
 Nathaniell: Coaleburne ) layed out 
 
 For as much as the satisfieing of the motion about the Accomadation of 
 the village, to be erected for the Indians at Natick is a matter of great 
 concernment, in many respects, it is thought meete. to nominate & depute 
 the men whose names ar vnder written, to take a carefull and speciall viewe 
 of the Lands in gposition to that end. who ar allso desired to make returne 
 of thier app r hensions therein to the select men. & to the Towne 
 
 Eleazer Lusher, Lieft: Fisher, Joh. Dwight, Fra: Chickering, Antho: 
 Fisher, seni, Joh: Haward, Serg*: Fisher, Ensign Philips, Joh: Gaye, Tho 
 Wight, Tymo Dwight 
 
 12 of 10 th mo: 1650 Assemb: Henry Chickering. Joh: Kingsbery. Lieft: 
 Fisher, Joh: Dwight, Tymo: Dwight, Serg 1 : Fisher, & Elea. Lusher 
 
 Lieft: Fisher. & Eleazer Lusher ar- deputed, in the behalf of the Towne 
 to .examine the accounts of the debt due from the Towne to M r Haynes or 
 in case they cannot be both p r sent then either of them. & any one of the 
 select men. besides for that time being, who shall determine the account, as 
 they shall see Just, and they allso to compound for the sattisfaction of that 
 debt, that then shall appeare due as they shall se most conueanient 
 
 Whereas som doubtfullnes remayne about the setling of the southerly 
 bounds w th in the Rocks of the house Lotts of Henry Chickering and Antho 
 Fisher senio: the Town therfor doe tender them a refference & nominat and 
 authorise John Kingsbery & Daniell Fisher in the behalf of the Towne. who 
 together w th such other twoo men by the said Henry and Anthony Chosen 
 shall haue full power to settle those bounds according to the grants 
 
 Granted to Thomas Bancroft : to his heyers for euer one pcell of vp- 
 land to be layed out to him by the direction of William Bullard & Serg 1 
 Fisher neere the land of Richard Ellice towards the place called the old Mille 
 this pcell not exceeding three Acres pvided. that he empve the same, or the 
 most pt therof. before the end of foure yeares next, otherwise it shall returne. 
 again e to the Towne 
 
 17 of 10 th mo 1650 Assemb John Kingsbery, Hen: Chickering, Joh: 
 Dwight, Lieft Fisher, Serg* Fisher, Corporall Dwight & Eleazer Lusher 
 
 The arbitrators Chosen by the Towne & by Henry Chickering & 
 Anthony Fisher senior for the setling the southerly Bounds of the house 
 Lotts of the said Henry & Anthony, make thier returne. & subscribe all 
 thier names therto. w ch settlment of thiers is confirmed by the Towne as fol- 
 loweth
 
 DEDHAM TOWN HE COEDS. 131 
 
 We whose names ar heere mentioned namely John Kingsbery and 
 Daniell Fisher, being chosen by the Towne of Dedham & William Bullard and 
 John Gaye. chosen by Henry Chickering and Anthony Fisher senior being de- 
 puted, and Authorised, to issue a case depending as yet vnpfect. concerning 
 the south limit of the Lotts of the fore named men. we doe now declare settle 
 & determine. these head lotts as followeth. Anthony Fishers marke next Thomas 
 Wight, to be at twoo white oakes. standing together, being marked, directing to 
 Thomas Wights line. &: so from thence towards the Lott of Henry Chicker- 
 ing to a maple aboue his lyne by a swamps side And the Line of the Lott of 
 Henry Chickering. we settle and determine the bounds to be. according as 
 his Fence there is now sett down. In wittnes that this is all our minds and 
 resolutions we haue heere vnto set all our hands this p r sent daye. being the 
 16 th of y e 10 th mo 1650 
 
 Joh: Kingsbery: Will Bullard 
 
 Dan: Fisher: Joh: Gaye 
 
 Granted vnto Thomas Bancroft liberty, to remoue his Fence that so he 
 may haue such an enlargement on the back side of his Barne as maye neces- 
 sary for the setting of a Leantoe against the said barne. this enlargm 1 to be 
 such as shall be according to the direction of William Bullard & Eleazer 
 Lusher 
 
 pvided that the said Thomas doe alowe so much land on the other side 
 of the way right against the foresaid place as may continue the wave ther at 
 the due breadthe: & allso doe so much worke there in the waye. as the fore- 
 named men shall Judg needfull to make the waye conueanient for passag 
 there 
 
 20 of y 6 10 th mo 1650 Assemb: Henry: Chickering: John: Kingsbery: 
 John: Dwight: Lieft Fisher: Tymo: Dwight: Daniell: Fisher: & Elea: Lusher 
 
 The Accounts of John Morse late Constable for the twoo Towne Rates 
 by him gathered, ar this day taken 
 
 Granted, to M r John Allen pastor. & to his heyers for euer one pcell of 
 that swampe neere the middle playne. conteyning one acre and one half or 
 there about, in exchang for the like pcell that he lay downe in the same 
 swampe. neere thervnto. this is to be layd out by estimeation at the direction 
 of Lieft Fisher and John Dwight. they to take care to p r serue a waye there 
 if they se cause 
 
 [*The Accounts of John Morse Late Constable, of that Rate made the 
 10 th of y e 12 mo 1648: wherby was Levied of the Towne the sume of 
 13 s 4 d 
 
 Disbursements as followeth: 
 
 For Scales weights & measurs. together w th ) Q o QA 
 
 the siezeing sealing and Ironing of y e measures )
 
 132 DEDHAM TOWN 11ECOEDS. 
 
 Allowed y e Constable for his disbursements for \ 00 ^ ^ 
 
 his charges in his 2 yeares seruice \ 
 
 For the paym 1 of diuers debts due from the Towne ) 
 
 to seuerall men as apeare vpon the examination of \- 08 08 11 
 
 thier accounts ) 
 
 For the Fence betwixt the high waye & James Aliens Lott 01 OS 00 
 
 To Joh Thurston for worke about the schoole house 11 00 03 
 
 For y e paym* of other debts due from the Towne 00 19 10 
 
 more discounted out of this Rate vpon old debt 00 16 02 
 
 more p d for mending the Carte Bridge 00 02 04 
 
 more p d of old debt 00 04 00 
 
 27 01 02 
 
 Remayne of this Rate aboue this account due to the Towne 06 12 01 
 
 out of this Rate ar debts yet to be payed. 
 
 To M r Cooke of Cambridg by the assignm 1 of M r Haynes 01 04 00 
 
 To the Treasurer for the Court Orders 00 11 08 
 
 besides seuerall other debts that ar yet to be cleered vp. 
 
 The Accounts of Joh: Morse late Constable concerning the Rate made 
 
 for & concerning the hunting of Wolues. wherby was Levied the suiiiie of" 
 5 6 8 o rt : dated y e 4 th of y e 9 th mo 1 648 
 Disbursem* 8 
 
 p d to an Indian for killing a wolfe 00 10 00 
 
 for 3 wolues killing in Towne 02 10 00 
 
 To Geo: Bearstoe for charge & time ) 01 10 00 
 
 expended about the hounds } 
 
 more discounted out of this Rate 00 00 04 
 
 04 10 04 
 
 Remayne due to the ) , r 
 
 Town of this Rate f 
 
 1 of y e 1 1 1650 At a genrall Meeteing of the Towne 
 
 It is ordered by Genrall consent, the select men that shalbe this daye 
 chosen shall take care that such defects as ar in the Towne Bookes or any 
 of them, be corrected and that such Tables. According to y e Alphabet be an- 
 exed to them as they shall iudge meete. for the better findeing of what so- 
 euer is recorded in them 
 
 William Auery ) 
 
 John Aldus > ar admitted Townsemen 
 
 John Mason )
 
 I 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 133 
 
 It is now ordered, that whereas it apeare that seuerall peels of Land 
 that wer granted formerly by the Towne to sundry psons. many of 
 which grants ar not yet recorded: All such grants wherof good euedence 
 may apeare. shall be yet entered. w oh grants so now entered shall now be 
 good assurance, vnto the Grantee & his heyers for euer 
 
 The men heere after named, being formerly deputed to treate w th 
 Roxbery men about the purchase of som of Roxbery Lands in ^position ar 
 still intrusted with the same, and ar heereby further Authorised, in the be- 
 halfe of y e Towne. to conclude a firme Contract with whomesoeuer of Rox- 
 bery shall be enabled with the like power, vnto whose act or Contract, the 
 Towne heereby engage to stand and make it good: 
 
 Joh Dwight, Fra: Chickering, Lieft Fisher, Elea: Lusher 
 
 It is by the Towne of Dedham. consented vnto. and. Ordered, that all 
 the power, right, or p r uelidg of Towne Gouerment. that hath hetherto. or yet 
 is remayning in the Townshipe of Dedham or any thier Trustees or assignes 
 wherby they haue & did act. in and on the behalf of y e Towne of Meadfield 
 shall be heerby wholey & Totaly transmitted. & deliuerd in to the hands. 
 power. & disposeing of the Townshipe in Genrall of Meadfield. & the select 
 men there of. and to thier successors for euer: And doe allso further agree 
 w th those of Meadfield that ar p r sent that such care as is neccessary be 
 taken, that due & seasonable payment be made, of that debt due from Med- 
 field to this Towne. vpon reasonable demaund there of made, and further 
 gmise as much forbeareance there of as the publike occasions, of y e Towne 
 of Dedh may admitt of 
 
 The case in ^position concerning Dorchester bounds, is left to the care 
 and discretion of y e select men for y e yeare ensueing. to doe therein as to 
 thier Judgement shall seeme best for the good of y e Towne of Dedham. 
 
 Vpon the motion made demanding of the Towne that the vpland due 
 to seuerall Inhabitants vpon the disbursments for the purchased Lands 
 should be layed out to them to whome the same may apeare to belong. It is 
 now Ordered that the same be forth w th referred to the Arbittrement of these 
 4 men heere. vnder named to issue settle and determine w* so euer is neces- 
 sary for the resolution of this case & in case these 4 or any 3 of them can- 
 not agree, then it shall be in thier power to chuse one man more to be a fifth 
 man. to helpe to cast the said case 
 
 pvided that it shall not be in thier power to grante settle or laye out the 
 same, in any of those places intended at p r sent to be layed out in the next 
 deuident 
 
 - chosen by yMowne 
 
 Ueft^Tsher } chosen b ? ? BP riators 
 
 The care of gvideing for the suiner feede of the drye hearde is comitted
 
 134 DEDHAM TOWS' RECORDS. 
 
 to the men whose names ar heerevnder written who are desired to enforme 
 themselues of w l so euer is needfull in that case for the due & seasonable 
 gvision of all things necessary in that case, and to act accordinglye 
 
 Nathaniell: Coaleburne, William: Bullard. Francis Chickering. 
 
 Those men whose last deuision of Swampe is nowe taken away by Cam- 
 bridg consent to wayt for w* supplye may be attayned by the purchase of 
 Roxbery Lands, where the Towne pmise to make thier supplye. if ther it 
 may be had other wise to take further care for thier sattisfaction in due 
 time 
 
 Vpon consideration that the Transcript for som time past hath bene 
 neglected. It is therfore for the pfecting thereof now ordered, that Eleazer 
 Lusher shall be heereby Deputed to that worke for the yeare ensueing to 
 pfect the same in w l so euer is yet vndone therein. & so to carrye on that 
 seruice to the end of the yeare ensueing. who shall haue for his paines 
 therein w* so euer the select men shall agree w tu him for 
 
 The supplye of Meadowe. to those men whose Meadow is now within 
 Cambridge is left to the select men. to doe therein as they can agree w th those 
 men. 
 
 Samuell Milles makeing request for one pcell of Meadowe. his motion 
 is left to the discretion of y e select men. to doe therein as they shall judge 
 meete. 
 
 Seuerall complaints being made of the insufficient pformance of the 
 worke of y c Mille Nathaniell Whiteing the Miller being p r sent & tendering a 
 refference to issue the grieuances. by twoo men to be chosen by the Towne. 
 & twoo by himselfe. The towne accepting thereof make choice as followeth 
 
 Eleazer Lusher ) , p 
 
 ii st i< r chosen by y e lowne 
 
 Nathaniell Coaluurne j. ' * 
 
 J 1 ^ hosen by Nath Whiteing 
 
 Geo: r 
 
 Elections Eleazer: Lusher } ar chosen to end smale cases accord- 
 
 Henry: Chickering > ing to the order of Court in that case 
 
 John: Kingsberye ) gvided 
 
 Eleazer Lusher is chosen to keepe the Towne Booke ] ar authorised to 
 
 Joh: Kingsbery: Daniell Fisher I act in y e behalf of 
 
 Joh: Dwight: Nathaniell Coalburne ( the Towne as thier 
 
 Lieft: Fisher: Francis Chickering J p r decessprs were 
 
 Joh: Kingsbery is discharged, of watching for his own pson for the yeare 
 ensueing 
 
 Joh: Gave J Jonath: Fayerbanke: 1 
 
 Tho: Fuller V- Surveyors: Josep: Kingsbery: I Woodreeues 
 Rich Euered ) Willm: Bullard: f 
 
 Joh: H award: 
 
 the request of Edward Hawes. concerning one pcell of Meadowe is left 
 to the care of the select men
 
 J)EDHAM TOWN RECOEDS. 135 
 
 At a Genrall Towne Meeteing 1651. 
 
 The question concerning the Right of Heyers. or purchasers, to all the 
 Towne p r uelidges. and right of voateing in all cases w th other Townesmen is 
 reff erred to y e Select men now to be chosen, that they may p r pare and ripen 
 the answer, and comencl it to the townes Resolution 
 
 Tymo: D\vight Ju: Ralph: Freeman } 
 
 Andr: Duein Joh Rice > ar admitted Townesmen 
 
 Josep: Ellice Danll Ponde ) 
 
 It is resolued that a Schoole for y e education of youth in our Towne 
 shall be continued & mayntayned for the whole tearme of Seauen yeares 
 next, and that the settled mayntenance or wages of the Schoole m r shall be 
 20^ p anii at y e leaste 
 
 A Towne stocke shall be raysecl. to y e sume of 20^". at y e least 
 
 Elections 
 
 Eleazer Lusher Joh: Kingsberey 
 
 is chosen to keepe Joh Dwight 
 
 the Towne Booke. Serg 1 Danll Fisher ^ ar chosen select men 
 Lieft Joshua Fisher Peter Woodward 
 Fra: Chickering 
 
 It is agreed that the Meetinghouse shall be couered \v th shingle 
 
 The care concerning the drye heard is reffered to the select men for y e 
 yeare ensueing 
 
 Antho: Fisher Ju: ) Joh Morse ] 
 
 Josep: Kingsberey > Surveyors: Tho: Fuller ! UT , 
 
 Andr: Uuein ) ( Nath Coaleburn f 
 
 Mich: Metcalf Ju J 
 
 The Accounts of y e Select men for y e yeare paste ar allowed of by y 1 ' 
 Towne 1G51 
 
 John Dwight. Francis Chickering. Lieft Fisher and Serg 1 Fisher being 
 deputed by the Towne to Joyne w th such of Watertown as should be in the 
 like manner deputed by that Towne to laye out the Lyne that is not yet 
 pfected betwixt the Townes aforenamed, who meeteing vpon the place with 
 Srg 1 Joh: Shearman and Srg* Richard Bieers did accordingly settle & deter- 
 mine the said Line, begining at p[ticion] pointe and so the same is to runne 
 from thence streight west, somthing enclineing towards the south so fare as 
 the said twoo Towne bounds lye together there 
 
 about y e 14 of y e 3. mo: 1651 
 
 Lieft Fisher Joh Dwight & Francis Chickering. being deputed to meete 
 \v th such men of Roxbery as wer in the like manner by that Towne deputed, 
 to Runne the Line, betwixt the Twoo Townes afore saide accordingly mett
 
 136 DEDHAM TOWN JIECORDS. 
 
 vpon the Bounds aforesaid w th Surveyer Genrall Johnson Serg* Crofts & 
 John Ruggles. did together conclude & settle the said Line, begining at the 
 Lott somtimes Lambert Generies at a marked oake vpon the toppe of a 
 Ridge there, and so layed out that Line streight from thence to a farme 
 somtimes the Land of M r Samll Greene and from thence vpon a north east- 
 erly lyne ad\oyneing to the said Farme. takeing Two seuerall Angles therby 
 & so concluding that Line at Cambrdg Bounds 
 
 y e 30 of y e 2 mo 1652 
 
 Lieft Fisher. Frances Chickering and Srg* Fisher being deputed to 
 meete w th such of Dorchester as should be in the like manner deputed by 
 that Towne. did accordingly meete w th Srg 1 Clarke & Srg 1 Sumner vpon the 
 Lowe playne according to apointment. who vpon treatie & discourse vpon 
 the selling the Bounds could not agree, and therevpon concluded nothing 
 but left the same as they founde it 28 of 2 mo 1652 
 
 This shall certifie whomso euer it may concerne. that we the Inhabitants 
 of Dedham have chosen and Authorised our beloued bretheren. Lieft 4 Joshua 
 Fisher and Serg* Dnniell Fisher to treat and conclude w tu the much Honourd 
 Genrall Court now Assembled at Boston, or any Towne. pson. or psons. for 
 and on the behalfe of o r said Towne of Dedham. in any case, concerning the 
 Accomadation of Naticke and the Indians the Inhabitants there, as allso the 
 accepting & receaueing any Lands if any be tendered in exchange or any 
 other thing that is necessary to be considered there in. according to thier 
 best discretion 20 of 8 mo 1652 
 
 3 of 11 mo 1652 
 
 At a generall meeteing of the Towne 
 
 The acts and Accounts of the Select men for the yeare last past being 
 giuen in to the Towne ar by voate alowed of and accepted 
 
 The question being pposed whether the foote Bridge vnto the Hand 
 should be built againe or not.. The answer by voate passed negatiue 
 
 The quest: concerning the Schoole being kept onely in winter being 
 pposed for Resolution : the answer is That the select men that shall be this 
 daye chosen, shall attend to gcure a fitt schoole m r . at the begining of the 
 sumer and if it gue difficult or not to be attayned: they may gpose the case 
 to the Towne for further resolution: 
 
 The case in question, concerning the Title that Dedham may yet haue 
 to Foule meadowe. and any other Lands now accounted to belong to Dor- 
 chester, is referred to the three men heere vnder named, who haue full
 
 DEDHAM TOWN EECOEDS. 137 
 
 power to treat and conclude the case, with whomso euer may be by Dor- 
 chester like wise empowered, either by Arbitration, composition or any other 
 peaceable waye. as they by thier discretions shall judge most meete. and in 
 case it shall not Issue w th out suite in Lawe. they ar desired to returne the 
 case to the Towne 
 
 Lieft. Josh. Fisher, Fra: Chickering, Serg* Dan: Fisher 
 
 [ J The Coppie of the agreem 1 concluded vpon betwixt the Townes of 
 Dedham and Dorchester by the Comitte of each towne viz 1 
 
 Whereas ther hath bene some difference betwene the Towne of Dor- 
 chester, and the Towne of Dedham. concerning som Land neere the Line be- 
 twene the said Townes. now both Townes. being willing of peace and loue 
 to continue and that each might enjoye thier true right, haue chosen Three 
 men of each Towne whose names are heere vnto subscribed to whome they 
 haue giuen full power to conferre and determin the matter in difference, 
 now we whose names are subscribed heerevnto doe agree as Followeth: first 
 that the Line vpon the Lowe playne. that begin at the heape of Stones and 
 so runne towards Mother brooke to a marked Maple neere the brooke shall 
 be carried on vpon the Same streight Line towards Charles Riuer so fare as 
 Dorchester bounds goe. And the Line from the aforesaid heape of Stones, 
 into the Countrie to runne as formerly, both which Lines are the true bounds 
 betwene Dorchester and Dedham: 
 
 Secondly. \i is agreed that those psons of Dedham that boyght some 
 gprieties in the Foule Meadowe shall haue the Title of the Lande remayne 
 sure to them and thier Assignes for euer: notwithstanding any gvisoe in any 
 deed formerly made and further what Commons is in the abouesaid Foule 
 Meadowe. shall be the pprietie of the Towne of Dedham. but still to be and 
 remayne. within the Towneship of Dorchester To all which p r mices we haue 
 heere to set our hands, in the behalfe and power of both Townes. this 27 of 
 y e 10 th . mo. 1653: 
 
 John: Glouer 
 Humphrey: Atherton 
 Thomas: Jons 
 Wm: Clarke 
 Frances: Chickering 
 Daniell: Fisher 
 Joshua: Fisher ] 
 
 The former deputation and power giuen to Lieft Fisher and Serg* 
 Daniell Fisher in regard of settling the case concerning Naticke & the 
 Indians ther is renewed and confirmed 
 
 It is agreed that Libertie is giuen to builde another Mille w th in our 
 Towne. & it is left to the discretion of the Select men now to be chosen for 
 
 1 Copied from a leaf now bound in Vol. 4.
 
 138 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 the yeare next ensueing to conclude w tu whom they se cause to pforme the 
 same. 
 
 It is agreed and Resolued by voate that the? one halfe of the charge 
 occasioned by building the bridge intended to be made ouer Charles Riuer 
 at the place where passage is vsually made w th Canooes or ther abouts shall 
 be borne by such as shall haue Land in gprietie this next yeare ensueing 
 wherby they may be occasioned to make vse of the said bridge, and the 
 other halfe of the charge ariseing by makeing the said passage and the 
 mayntaining thereof, shall be borne at the publike charge of the Tovvne by 
 the comon Rule of Rateing. as other publike wayes are 
 
 Libertie is granted to cutt a Creeke or ditch thorough any Comon land 
 of the Tovvne which shall be occasioned by the cutting the same thorough 
 the broade meadowe from Riuer to Riuer: 
 
 Lieft: Fisher & Thomas Fuller 1 ar deputed to survey the length of the 
 water course thorough the Broade meadow aforesaid. & the manner of the 
 ground thorough which the same is to be cutt & the height of the water in 
 the Lower Riuer. & make return to them concerned therein when they ar 
 met together about that occasion 
 
 The select men ar desired to issue the case depending concerning the 
 barrell of poulder deliuered to Ensign Phillips 
 
 Eleazer Lusher is chosen to keepe the Towne booke & to be one of the 
 Select men for the yeare ensueing 
 
 Lieft. Fisher Fra Chickering ^ 
 
 Joh. Kingsbery Joh. Dwight > are chosen select men 
 
 Dan: Fisher Pet: Woodward ) 
 
 Joh Gaye ^ 
 
 Antho. Fisher Ju > are chosen Surveyors 
 
 Tho. Fuller ) 
 
 Jonath. Fayrbanke sen ] 
 
 Antho. Fisher sen , 
 
 T , TT >are chosen woodreeues 
 
 Jon. Jtlawara 
 
 Joh. Morse J 
 
 Mich: Metcalfe sen is chosen according to C ourt order to take in the 
 voluntarie subscriptions referring to the Colledge 
 
 Isaac Bullard ^ 
 
 Cornell: Fisher > are admitted Townesmen 
 
 Joh Partridge ) 
 
 Deac. Chickering J 
 
 Antho. Fisher sen > 
 
 Joh Gaye ) are chosen to joyne w th the 4 select men to 
 
 giue instruction to. Lieft Fisher 
 
 Fra Chickering 
 
 Danll. Fisher 
 
 'The Select men's Book includes John Haward as one of this committee.
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 139 
 
 At a generall meeteing of the Towne y e 2 of y e 11 mo 1653 
 
 the accounts of the Select men being read in publike wer accepted & 
 passed 
 
 the rectifieing and equaling of the publike worke in the Mille creeke & 
 the meeting house is comitted to the Select men this daye to be chosen 
 
 Elea. Lusher is desired to drawe vp. what he shall judge further needfull 
 for the Legall assureance of Foule Meadowe. to be according to the agreem 1 
 betwixt Dorchester & Dedham men deputed ther vnto 
 
 [*Eleazer Lusher is chosen to keepe the booke and to be one of the Se- 
 lect men for the yeare ensueing 
 
 the other Select men chosen are 
 
 Lieft Fisher Fra: Chickering 
 
 Joh: Kingsbery Joh: Dwight 
 
 Dan: Fisher Pet. Woodward 
 
 Joh Gaye ) are h Jonath Fayrbanke sen 1 
 
 Antho: Fisher Ju >- ^ , Antho: Fisher sen I are chosen 
 
 Tho: Fuller ) k Joh Haward ( woodreeues ] 
 
 Joh. Morse J 
 
 Eleazer Lusher is chosen to be one of the Select men for the yeare en- 
 sueing and to keepe the booke: and the other select men now so chosen are 
 
 Fra: Chickering Serg*: Fisher 
 
 Lieft: Fisher Joh: Gaye 
 
 Joh: Kingsbery Joh: Dwight 
 
 Tho: Battely ) Hen Wight 1 
 
 Tho: Fuller }- Surveyors Ed Richards 
 
 XT 4-u r- i u . w j _j V woodreeues 
 
 Nath: Coaleburn ) Pet: Woodward 
 
 Joh: Haward 
 
 James Thorpe ) , ... , ^ 
 
 James Draper f are admitted Townesmen 
 
 At a generall meeteing of the Towne y e 1 of y e 11: 1654 
 The acts and accounts of the Select men are read and accepted & 
 allowed by the Towne 
 
 Joh Houghton ^ 
 
 Jonath: Fayerbanke Ju. > are admitted Townesmen 
 
 James Vales ) 
 
 Ejections as followeth 
 
 Eleazer Lusher is chosen to be one of the Select men and to keepe the 
 booke the other Select men now chosen are 
 Lieft: Fisher Pet: Woodward 
 
 Fra: Chickering Joh: Haward 
 
 Joh: Kingsbery Nath: Coaleburne
 
 140 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 Elea: Lusher "1 
 
 Hen: Chickering > Commissioners Michaell Mettcalfe ] 
 
 Joh: Kingsbery ) Ensign Phillips 
 
 Joh:Gaye ) Joh: Eaton fwoodreeues 
 
 Josep: Kingsbery /- Surveyers Antho: Fisher sen 
 
 Rich: Euered 
 
 At a generall meeteing of the Towne y e 1 of y e 11: 1655 
 
 Ellice Woode ") 
 
 Samll: Fisher > are admitted Townsemen 
 
 Benja: Bullard ) 
 
 Elections as followeth 
 Select men. 
 
 Eleazer Lusher is chosen to be one of the Select men for the yeare 
 
 ensueing. and to keepe the booke. the other select men now chosen 
 
 are 
 
 Fra: Chickering Joh: Kingsbery 
 
 Lieft: Fisher Serg* Fisher 
 
 Pet: Woodward Joh: Dwight 
 
 Nath: Coaleburne ] Jonath: Fayerbanke sen "] 
 
 Toh: Eaton > Surveyors Joh: Gaye 
 
 Mich: Mettcalfe J Joh: Haward 
 
 Josep: Kingsbery 
 
 At a genarall meeting of the Towne the 5 of the 11 m 1656 
 
 The acts of the Select men in the yeare last past being read are by 
 voate allowed and accepted 
 
 The Towne by voate giue a calle to Mich Meatcalfe to keep Schoole in 
 our Towne and leaue it to the next Select men to agree with him therein 
 
 The Towne by voate resolue that the Swampe neere Meatfield shall be 
 desposed of in propriatie 
 
 Granted to Daniell Morse two Seders to make Clabbord out in the 
 aboue mentioned Swampe 
 
 Agreed that those that haue felled trees allready in that swampe shall 
 be called to account to make satisfaction according to Justice 
 
 Itt is ordered that the Swampe aboue mentioned shall bee disposed of by 
 pteculur grante to each Towneseman according to the ordinarie rules by 
 which Lands haue been devided provided that no other part thereof be layed 
 out but only such as shall be vsefull for Ceder timber shall be judged 
 meete to be in propriatie by the men heere after deputed to order the same 
 in that repect to whose Judgment in this case the Towne promise to submitt 
 
 Nath: Coalburne Sergt Fisher & Joshua Fisher are deputed im- 
 powered therin 
 
 Libertie is granted to John Thurston of meatfild to set the fence about
 
 DEDHA1I TOWN EECOBDS. 141 
 
 the meadowe that he bought in our towne of Joshua Fisher and Ralph Dave 
 so as is necessarie to shorten that fence the pprietie of the Land so enclosed 
 yett remaineing pper to this Towne but the feed to be his while it is so 
 enclosed 
 
 Joshua Fisher 1 is chosen to be one of the Select men for the yeare en- 
 sueng and to keepe the towne booke the rest of the Select men nowe chosen 
 are Capt Eleazer Lusher: Ensigne Fran: Chickering: Jo Haward Fetter 
 woodward John Dwight Sergt Daniell Fisher 
 
 Nath: Coalburne ) , 
 
 John Bacon \ Surveyers J, hn ^ftfiSi, \ woodreeues 
 
 Robt Ware ) Edward Richards 
 
 Antho: Fisher Sen J 
 
 The Inhabatance of Dedham doe heerby renewe the former power giuin 
 to any Commettie as in the 28 of the 8 m 1651 so now to Issue the cause 
 dependinge betwen Naticke and our towne of Dedham is left to the -men 
 heere after named Capt Eleazer Lusher Dea: Henry Chickeringe Ensi Fran: 
 Chickeringe Sergt Daniell Fisher and Joshua Fisher 
 
 Thomas Metcalfe is admitted a Townesman 
 
 Att a Generall metting of the Inhabatance the 23 of the 11 m 1656 
 
 Granted that the Comon rights of the Towne Concering feedinge and 
 Devidents heerafter to be granted be settled and by some standinge: rule: be 
 ^portioned to the p r sent Inhabitance being Townesmen to them and thier 
 heyers for ever by the rule of persons and estats as lands haue ben formerly 
 Devided 
 
 Itt beinge pposed to the Inhabatance to chuse a Commitie to settell the 
 aboue mentioned grant 
 
 The Inhabatance by voate Commeted the Care & power of orderinge 
 the aboue mentioned grant to the Select men for the time beinge 
 
 Granted to the widdowe Morse of Meatfild to take in sume smale par- 
 cell of vpland within the fence for the straytning of the lines to fence in the 
 meadowe bought by Joseph Morse of Serg* Avery neere Stope river 
 
 Itt beinge pposed to the Inhabatance the 6 of the 12 m 1656 by the 
 Select men whether thos that are removed out in towne & yett haue 
 hovses &. lands in the towne whether thay shall recaiue Comon rights for 
 
 * 
 
 (J 
 
 'Fac-simile of Record, to show handwriting of Joshua Fisher.
 
 142 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 ther hovses & lands beinge in in towne it is Answered by the voat of the In- 
 habatance thay shall 
 
 21y whether thay shall recaiue Coition rights for such catle as thay haue 
 in Towne it is answerd by the voat of the Inhabatance thay shall not 
 
 The returne of the Commetie the 20 of the 12 mo 
 
 Whereas the Inhabitants of the Towne haueing generally had former 
 notice were met the 23 of the 11 m 1656 and ther bythiervoate then 
 passed declared and acted thier resolution that all the Comon rights of the 
 towne both of Comon feedinge for the home heards of cattell and all 
 devisions of lands should be devided to the p r sent Inhabitants by grants 
 made to them being Townesmen & their heyres and assignes for ever by the 
 rules of persons and estats as lands had been formerly devided and that this 
 should be a standing rule for all Comon towne rights heerafter to be granted: 
 and for further explication of thier mind therein did by voate allso resolue 
 vpon the questan that such men as haue hovses or Lands in towne shall 
 recaiue cofnon rights accordinge to the pportion of thier estates though them 
 selues Hue att p r sent out of towne and for the effecting heereof Cometted the 
 care trust and power necessary there vnto into the hands of the Select men 
 for the time being: who there vpon haue accordingly made the followeing 
 devisio n and grants to the persons heere after named alloweinge each person 
 as much as to 8 estate and to estates being valued as formerly in devisions 
 of lands and to towne and Cuntrie rates the whole account beinge putt to 
 gether to every 18^ one Cowe or oxe or 5 sheepe with thier increase for one 
 yeare or 5 goates the whole number of Cowe Comons aforesaid being thus 
 granted being 477 and all brokin sumes or fractions that reach not to one 
 Cowe Comon is ^portioned to so many sheepe or goats as it will amount 
 vnto and the rule of devison of Lands to be heereafter granted is ^portioned 
 to 532 acres according to which pportion & rule each devision is to be made 
 heereafter. be the devident more or lesse 
 
 Where vpon is Granted to the men whose names are heere vnder written 
 and to thier assignes for ever To 
 
 The sumes of Cowe Sheep Devident: parts Kodes 
 
 mens estats Comons comous acres of acres 
 
 261 M r JohAllin 14 3 16 28 
 
 149 19 Elder John Hunting 83 9 28 
 
 165 19 Cap* Eliazer Lusher 9 1 10 16 
 
 141 15 Deac: Hery Chickering 83 9 36 
 
 69 4 Deac Nathan Aldis 34 4 4 
 
 117 Mich: Metcalfe 62 7 32 
 
 117 3 Anthony Fisher: Sen: 63 7 | 28 
 
 185 10 John Kingsbury 10 1 11 36
 
 DEDHAM TOWN EE COEDS. * 143 
 
 110 6 John Luson 6' 1 6 38 
 
 143 9 John Haward 80 9 00 
 
 220 John Dwight 12 1 13 J 36 
 
 309 16 Ensigne Chickering 17 4 20 G 
 
 51 Henry Phillips 24 3 24 
 
 216 10 Joshua Fisher 12 13 \ 
 
 108 2 Jonath: Fayrbank Sen 60 6 
 
 182 9 Fetter Woodward 10 1 11 \ 36 
 
 168 12 Joseph Kingsbury 9 2 10 12 
 
 31 Will Bullard 14 204 
 
 151 4 John Eaton 82 9 J 32 
 185 Rich: Evered 10 1 11 J 38 
 213 19 Nath: Coalburne 11 1 12 | 16 
 
 40 18 Robt Mason 22 2 34 
 203 12 John Gave 11 2 12 f- 12 
 -24 10 Henry Smith 12 1 12 
 139 Sergt [Dan 1 ] Fisher 82 9 J 82 
 139 3 Sergt Fayrbanck 74 8 4 
 110 19 Sergt Avery 616 36 
 225 4 Edward Richards 12 2 13 32 
 
 57 15 Lambert Generey 31 3 16 
 
 165 4 Christo: Smith 91 10 J 16 
 161 19 Nath: Whitting 90 10 20 
 126 6 Theo: Frarey 70 7 20 
 
 96 12 John Fayrbanck 52 6 \ 12 
 
 197 10 Samlljudson 11 12 \ 20 
 
 108 11 Tho Hering 606 
 
 152 Rich: Wheeler 82 9 36 
 
 166 5 John Furington 9 1 10 16 
 104 JohnAldis 546 4 
 
 167 7 Tho: Fuller 91 10 16 
 
 109 13 Tho Paine 606 
 126 15 Robt Ware 707 20 
 
 95 10 Antho: Fisher: Ju: 52 6012 
 
 70 10 Thwayts Strickland 40 4^0 
 
 125 8 Robt Fuller 707 20 
 
 41 8 Thomas Metcalfe 222 32 
 76 14 Nath Fisher 41 4 \ 36 
 
 136 8 Tho Batle 738 4 
 
 84 10 Thojurdin 43 5 28 
 
 91 19 John Guild 51 5 12 
 
 94 6 Andrew Duin 5 1 5 416
 
 144 DEDHAM TOWN EECOEDS. 
 
 89 10 Samll Milles 50 5 i 20 
 
 9 10 Anthony Hubard 03 1 28 
 
 84 10 John Mason 43 4 % 32 
 
 96 1 Ralph Day 52 6 12 
 
 118 10 Henry Wilson 63 7 28 
 
 136 7 John Bacon 73 8^8 
 
 110 12 Edward Hawes 61 6 f 36 
 
 74 2 Joshua Kent 41 4 36 
 
 80 6 Rich Elice 42 4 f 32 
 
 55 10 RobtOnyen 30 3 J 20 
 
 171 I Tino Dwight 93 10 f 8 
 
 29 19 Joseph Elice 13 1 | 8 
 
 42 Ralph Freeman 22 2 J 32 
 
 41 John Rice 21 2 i 36 
 80 DaniellPond 42 4 f 32 
 
 128 4 Henry Wight 71 8 16 
 
 76 4 Cornelias Fisher 41 4 $ 36 
 
 68 10 Jonathan Fayrbank Ju 34 4^4 
 
 42 16 James Vales 22 2 32 
 12 5 John Houghton 03 $ 28 
 91 19 James Draper 50 5 20 
 21 James Thorpe 11 1 -J 16 
 96 6 Isack Bullard 52 6 012 
 33 10 Benja Bullard 14 204 
 20 15 Samll Fisher 11 1 \ 16 
 
 3 6 John Nevton 01 36 
 
 9 Tho Wight 03 28 
 
 10 Nath Bullard 03 28 
 
 5 Tho Fisher 01 36 
 
 Vpon the complant of sume of the Inhabitance About the Comons be 
 ^portioned sume pertekuler persons bein straytned Richard Elice and 
 Anthony Fisher Daniell Fisher & Joshua Fisher bein chosin by the persons 
 greved & the select men to atend & heare the grevences of divers persons 
 greved & to propose what might be done to the issueng ther of accordingly 
 appointed a time when many did appeare & subcribed to this ingagment 
 
 We whose names heerevnder written hauinge greuences in respect of 
 baing straytned by the rules giuinge to the Select men for the pportionenge 
 of Devidents &-stenting of Comons: hauinge declared our grevences vntothe 
 two men chosin by the Select men & thos two chosin by the parties greued 
 doe heereby ingage our selues to sitt downe as sattisfyed with thos things 
 that shall be agreed vpon by thos four men viz Sergt Fisher Anthony Fisher 
 Juner Richard Elice & Joshua Fisher to be propounded to the Towne in case
 
 DEDHAM TOWN HE CORDS. 145 
 
 the tovvne grant thos ^positions we ingage our selues to rest sattisfyed with- 
 out makinge any further questan about the last act consering comons. In 
 wittnes wherof we haue heere vnto sett our hands this 10 of the 1 m 165G-7 
 
 Anthony Fisher Sen: Lambert Genarey, Robt Mason, Samll Milles, John 
 Houghton, Nath: Fisher, Andrew Duin, John Mason, Tho: Paine, Benjamin 
 Bullard, Joseph Elice, James Thorpe, Michell Metcalfe, Chisto Smith, Antho 
 Fisher Juner, Richard Elice, John Bacon, Samll Fisher, Daniel 
 
 Itt is Agreed to propose -to the Towne that there be granted 25 cowe 
 comons more to be aded to thos allreddy granted to be setled vpon such per- 
 sons as are straytned by the rules of gportion that wear giueng to the Select 
 men for to devid & gportion comons by: as also the rights of Devident as is 
 {^portioned to Cowe Comons Agreed that this gposition & thes folloinge be 
 p r posed by vs to the Towne for ther concurance as witnes our hands this 10 
 of the 1 m 1656-7 
 
 Daniell Fisher, Antho Fisher, Rich Elice, Joshua Fisher. 
 
 This aboue mentioned gposition is granted by the towne only Sergt 
 Fayrbancke desent by his voat 
 
 21y Thomas Paine request that he may haue libertie to keep his stoke 
 of goats for two or three yeare: over & aboue his cowe comons vpon the 
 comon land: this is granted: 
 
 3 Decon Chickeringe desire he may haue comon rights for the person 
 of his sone as persons are acounted in the proportioneng of comon rights 
 this is granted by voat 
 
 4 That the woodlands aboute the Towne shall lye as thay doe in com- 
 on till the Towne see case to alter them; this is granted by voat 
 
 Itt is agreed in refference to the afore mentioned gpositiones that if a 
 towne metinge be caled the aboue mentioned ppositiones shall only be gposed 
 for the Townes Concurance and that men be then chosin to setle thos 
 comons in case the Towne grant them vnto such persons as are greved be- 
 ing straytned by the former actt of the Towne: Subcribed by vs 
 
 Daniell Fisher, Antho Fisher, Rich Elice, Joshua Fisher 
 
 The former ^positions beinge Granted the men heerafter named are 
 chosin by the Towne to setle the Comons that are granted by the persons 
 greued 
 
 Antho Fisher: Juner, Richard Elice, Joshua Fisher 
 
 Granted to the persons heerafter named sume additions of comons <Sc 
 according to there proportion of addition of comons so is ther addition of 
 Devidents 
 
 ^memorand the whole Devisions with the two additions in the propor- 
 tion of the Devident is 578 acres ] 
 
 'Written in margin of Record.
 
 146 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 Cow Comons Shep Comons 
 
 To Antho Fisher Sen: 2 sheep comons 2 
 
 To Lambt Genery 1 Cowe Comon 4 sheep eomon 1 4 
 
 Robt mason 3 sheep Comons 3 
 
 Jo Houghton 2 Cowe Comons 2 sheep Comons 2 2 
 
 Eld Hunting 2 
 
 Nath Fisher 1 4 
 
 Benjamin Bullard 1 
 
 Isack Bullard for his father 1 1 
 
 James Thorpe 1 4 
 
 Joseph Elice 2 2 
 
 Sam Fisher 4 
 
 John Luson 4 
 
 James Vales 3 
 
 Ralph Freeman 3 
 
 Tho Metcalfe 3 
 
 Decon Aldis 1 1 
 
 Jo Aldis 1 
 
 Cornell Fisher 4 
 
 Rich Elice 3 
 
 Antho Fisher Juner 4 
 
 Jonathan Fayrbancke Sen 1 
 
 Anthony Hubard 2 2 
 
 Henry Smith 1 3 
 
 Subcribed by vs beinge chosin by the Towne to setle the 25 comons 
 vpon such persons as were straytned by the rules formerly ^portioned by to 
 thes men aboue named we granted additiones as to ther names appeare 
 
 Anthony Fisher Juner, Richard Elice, Joshua Fisher 
 
 Att a Generall mettinge of the Inhabatance of the Towne of 
 Dedham the 4 of the 11 m 1657 
 
 Vpon a motion from diuers aboute the towne meadowe to know what 
 prophett came to the Towne by it it is left to the next Select men to be 
 chosin to inquire into & to doe what is right betwene the Towne & thos that 
 haue or shall make improument therof 
 
 Conserninge the Grant of John Dwight vpon the Northsid of the Mill 
 pond the Towne beinge not sattisfyed with it doe declare thay would haue 
 the case Issued by way of refference or else by law consering the title of it; 
 the Towne cometting the case to be managed on ther behalfe to the men 
 heerafter named: Michell Mertcalfe Fran: Chickering Richard Elice 
 
 In refference to the proposition aboute the Iron workes the Towne re-
 
 DEDHA1I TOWN RECORDS. 147 
 
 solue to make further triall whether there be provibibillitie of settinge vp an 
 Iron worke in our Towne and to that end haue chosin the men heerafter 
 named to make inquirie a bout the charge of such a worke and also what 
 other things may be needfull to be done for the attaininge of the townes end 
 & so to make there returne to the Towne by the first oppertunity the men 
 chosin are Capt Lusher Ensigne Chickeringe & Joshua Fisher or any two of 
 them 
 
 vpon the questan of the power of the Select mens power it is Answered 
 by the voate of the Inhabitance that the same power that thay formerly haue 
 had shall be from time to time continued ther former power beinge nowe 
 read over 
 
 In refference to the proposition about the saw mill the Towne leue the 
 answer till further considaration 
 
 The Towne declare them selues that thay will haue the mettinge hovse 
 lathed vpon the studs & so dabed whitted over workman like the care of 
 gettinge this done att the Towne charge is left to the Select men now to be 
 chosin 
 
 The Towne doe giue Michell Mertcalfe a call to keep the schoole the 
 yeare insuinge & leue it to the next select men to agree with him for 20 the 
 yeare 
 
 Capt Lusher & Joshua Fisher are deputed to drawe vp an Instrument 
 &: p r sent to the Inhabitance for Subcription about the Comons forthwith 
 which is done & p r sented 
 
 The Elections Joshua Fisher is chosin to keep the towne books for the 
 yere insuinge & to be one of the Select men the rest of the Select men are 
 Capt Lusher Elder Huntinge Ensigne Chickering Jonath Farb Jo: Haward 
 Joseph Kingsbury: & invested with the same power that the Select men for- 
 merly had: 
 
 Rich: Elice f Thomas Fuller 
 
 Surveyers Tho: Fuller John Furington 
 
 T^U -o 4 woodreues < v,, i r>- t, j 
 
 Tho Battele | Edward Richards 
 
 [ Anthony Fisher Sen. 
 
 The Towne declare by voat that in case the Indians & the Towne doe 
 not com to composition a bout the land that the Indians make improument 
 of att Naticke with in three months after the datt heerof that then there shall 
 be a generall deuident layd out to the vse of the towne accordinge to the 
 rules allready p r posed 4 of the 11 m 1657 
 
 The Isue of the case dependinge betwene Naticke and our Towne is 
 left to thes men heereafter named to Isue accordinge to former derections 
 from the Towne Ensigne Chickeringe: Sergt Fisher and Joshua Fisher 
 
 Itt is Agreed that there shall be but 3 days worke required from the 
 Inhabatance for the yeare insuinge to worke in the highways:
 
 148 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 At a generall meeteinge of the Towne 3: 11. 1658: 
 
 The towne declare thier minde to haue the case about the Iron worke 
 psecuted further to see what encouragem 1 the towne may haue to set vp an 
 Iron worke. & the care heereof is left to the men heereafter named 
 
 Capt Lusher, Serg* Averey, Antho Fisher Jun, & Joshua Fisher 
 
 Concerning the ordering of the assembly in the meeteinge house its left to 
 our reuer* Elder. & the Select men now to be chosen for the yeare ensueing 
 
 Vpon a motion of Anthony Fisher Ju: for to buye the land that M rs 
 Stoughton rent the answer is they will not sell it 
 
 Its agreed that Henery Willson shall paye to the Towne Twentie shil- 
 lings for his former vse of the town meadow 
 
 Its agreed that Ralph Daye shall paye Twentie shillings for the vse of 
 the Towne meadow formerly to the yeare 1657 
 
 It is agreed that Robert Onion shall haue his high waye worke set of: 
 from yeare to year for his Seruice in Ringing the Bell forenoone and after- 
 noone those dayes that are appointed for workeing in the high wayes 
 
 John Rice haue his defects in high waye worke remitted in the years: 57: 58 
 
 It is voated that the 2000 Acres granted to the Indians at Naticke shall 
 be layed out at the westerly bounds of our Towne on the north side of 
 Charles Riuer by the descretion of the men heere after named 
 
 Cap* Lusher, Serg 1 : Fisher, Joshua: Fisher 
 
 Further power is giuen to the Comittee. to jssue the case depending be- 
 twixt the Indians at Natick & our Towne pvided they doe not hinder 'the 
 Town in layeing out a deuident 
 
 In refference to the setting vp of a Sawe Mille it is left to the men 
 heereafter named to agree & conclude on the Townes behalf e with such 
 psons as shall p r sent them selues for the setting vp of a Sawe Mille & to giue 
 them such encouragem ts . as they shall Judge meete these three men are 
 chosen by the Towne & if any of the three apeere to pties. then the Elder is 
 to be one of three & the first three are Serg 1 . Fisher, Nath Coaleburne, Pet: 
 Woodward 
 
 Robt Wares his motion about an exchange of Land in the Hand playne. 
 its left to the next Select men that are now to be chosen to be further con- 
 sidered. & to act as they shall see cause 
 
 Elections as followeth 
 
 Eleazer Lusher is chosen to keepe the Town bookes & to be one of the 
 select men. & further Select men chosen as followeth 
 Eleder Hunting Joh Haward Ensi. Fisher 
 
 Lieft: Fisher Pet Woodward Nath Coaleburne 
 
 Edw. Richards ~) Isaac Bullard 
 
 Joh Aldus [ Surveyors: Joh: Farington , woo dreeue 
 
 Rob. Wares ) Andr Duein 
 
 Tymo D wight
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 149 
 
 Michaell Metcalfe is by voate called to keepe the Schoole againe 
 another yeare. & its left to the select men to agree with him for that seruice 
 for 20^ 
 
 It is ordered that 3 dayes worke shall be pformed in the high wayes this 
 yeare 1659 
 
 END OF VOLUME ONE.
 
 150 -DEDHAM TOWN EECORDS. 
 
 PART SECOND. 
 
 
 
 SELECTMEN'S BOOK. 
 
 [First fourteen pages missing. ,] 
 
 [ ] they shall deliuer to [ ] for the time being who by those bills shall 
 call the Constables to account for all such forfieters. the former order mad 
 wherin the viewers of Fences, to viewe fences when they ar called, is yet in 
 full force 
 
 all accounts that concern the 2 first Rats for the meeting house being 
 taken in & put together ther remayn due to the Town 3 10 [ 
 
 debts due yet from y e Town that arise to seuerall men for the [ ] of 
 y e meeting house 3 [ ] 
 
 12 mo 8 47 Assembled Joh Kingsbery, [ ], Tho Wight, Fra 
 
 Ch[ ], Will Bullard, Tymo Dwight, El. Lusher. 
 
 things to be considered 1 the former order about viewing Fences 2 
 concerning hunting wolues 3 concerning Robt Crossemans satisfaction 
 4 the Constables Rate to be accounted for 5 the ^positions about minerals 
 
 the former order concerning viewing fences confirmed as it is ther 
 drawen 
 
 Som liberty granted to Eleazer Lusher to cut ceadars in the comon 
 swamp at the [ ] of his Lott of swamp to the valew of [ 
 
 that motion concerning minerals refered to [ ] meeting 
 
 Robt Crosseman [ ] 
 
 high [waye lay]ed out by Tho [ ] Sam. Morse being thervnto deputed 
 by the Town, leading thorough one pcell of vpland of Daniell Morse to one 
 pcell of the meadow of Joh Gaye adioyning vpon the west side of Charles 
 Riuer 
 
 12 mo 18 47 Assemb: Joh. Dwight: Tho Wight. Tym: Dwight & El: 
 Lusher 
 
 Resolued. to ppose to the Town, to know thir minde about the raising 
 that tenn for the recompence of the Huntsman, whether therein they will 
 exempt bullocks 4 yeare old & vpward. & horses & mares aboue that age. & 
 how the same [ ] asessed. whether by the head [ ] the equall valua- 
 tion of [ ] beast according to a generall [ ] & so raise the sum by y e 
 pound [&] who shall make this rate 
 
 after Lectur these being pposed: all was left to the 7 men
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 351 
 
 12 mo 18 47 Job Dwight & Francis Chickering giue notice of thier 
 hopes of a myne neer certayn ponds, about 13 miles from the towne. so 
 clayming the p r velidge of the town grant it is in or neer the south Lyne 
 
 12 mo 18 47 [ ] giue notice of his expectation of a myne on the 
 north side of Charles Riuer. neer a sp[ ] ouer against m r Cookes Farm or 
 ther about 
 
 12 mo 29 47 Assembled. Joh Kingsbery Joh Dwight Fra Chickering 
 Tho Wight Willm Bullard Tymoth Dwight & Ele Lusher 
 
 the Rate for the Charge of hunting wolues to be made 
 
 the passag of the water out of Christopher Smith his meadow: to make 
 the water course 4 foote wide & a sufficient cart passag ouer it. is left to the 
 care of Joh Kingsbery 
 
 4 mo: 16 48 Assemb. Joh Kingsbery Joh Dwight. Fra Chickering 
 Tho Wight & El: Lusher 
 
 The Grant of y e trayned Company 
 
 the Consent to the p r sent disposeall [ ] 
 
 the Grant to Lamb Genery 
 
 Deputed to laye out the breadth of the high way by the broad meadowe 
 Joh Kingsbery. Tho Wight. Joh Dwight & El: Lusher 
 
 Dan: Fishers meadow abuttm 1 next the riuer to be cleered 
 
 ] 23 48 Assemb: Joh Kingsbery Joh Dwight Fra Chickering 
 Tho Wight Will Bullard Tymo Dwight & El Lusher 
 
 Rich Wheeler. & J jh Farington. haueing bought Will Bearstows grant 
 of 8 acres request an adition therto from the town 
 
 Bro Woodward & br: Gaye. Con cables brings thier accounts of the 
 Town Rate for y e meeting house (".urge the Rate 317 1 
 
 Disbursed. In p rs 
 
 to John Morse at the assignin 1 of Robt Crosseman 1 19 4 
 
 to Tho Wight 010 8 ob 1 
 
 to Ed Kemp 10 ob 
 
 in Robt Goweings hand 4 
 
 [in] El. Lushers hand, of Aust Kalems rate 11 ob 
 
 ] Crosseman from Jonath Fayrbank 1 6 ob 
 
 ] Tho Wight 3 
 
 3 3 9 
 
 [*remayn yet to be accounted for 13 8 
 
 p cl heerof by Peter Woodward 8 
 
 mor apeer pd by y m ] 
 
 a motion made about the building a Schoole house, another about a bell 
 to purchase 
 
 1 Ob. abbreviation for obolus, meaning a half penny or two farthings; q. for 
 quadrans was used for one farthing, and obq. for three farthings.
 
 152 
 
 DEDHAM. TOWN ItECORDS. 
 
 5 mo 7: after Lectur p r sent Joh Kingsbery: Fra Chickering Tho: 
 Wight. El. Lusher 
 
 [XXX Grant to Thos. Jordan, as on page 121. ] 
 
 1648: 7 mo 4 Assembled. Joh Kingsbery. Joh Dwight Tho Wight 
 Wilhn Bullard Tymo Dwight Eleazer Lusher Fra Chickering 
 
 The Countrey Rate 
 M r 'Allen Pastor 
 Elder Hunting 
 Effea Lusher 
 Robt Mason 
 Josep Kingsbery 
 Thwai Strickland 
 Sam Foster 
 Lamb Genery 
 Joshua Fisher Seni 
 Joseph Fisher Jun 
 Nath Coalburne 
 Hen Brock 
 Hen Philips 
 Nath Aldus 
 Dan Morse 
 Antho: Fisher Jun 
 Sam Morse 
 Joh Morse 
 Geo. Barber 
 Robt Onion 
 Hen Smith 
 Robt Gowing 
 Tho Bancroft 
 Ralph Daye 
 Joh Guilde 
 Rich Euered 
 Pet Woodward 
 Robt Fuller 
 Rich. Wheeler 
 Joh. Frarey 
 Mich Metcalf Seni 
 Mich Metcalf Juni 
 Mich Powell 
 Joh Fayerbanke 
 Jonath. Fayerbanke 
 Geo Bearstoe 
 
 016 1 
 
 Fra Chickering 
 
 16 
 
 6 9 
 
 Ed Richards 
 
 018 1 
 
 0_13 4 
 
 Joh. Plimpton 
 
 0_ 3 8 
 
 013 6 
 
 Joh. Metcalf 
 
 0-3-H 
 
 0_ 9 
 
 Ed Kempe 
 
 9 3 
 
 5 9 
 
 Joh Dwight 
 
 1 010 
 
 0_ 3 8 
 
 Tymo Dwight 
 
 7 9 
 
 9 8 
 
 Geo Fayerbanke 
 
 7 2 
 
 211 
 
 Tho Hering 
 
 510 
 
 7 9 
 
 Nath Whiteing 
 
 043 
 
 811 
 
 Rich Elice 
 
 0_ 210 
 
 5 5 
 
 Joh Kingsbery 
 
 013 9 
 
 0_14 8 
 
 Joh Batchelor 
 
 511 
 
 0-7-[] 
 
 Joh Haward 
 
 01010 
 
 0-6-[] 
 
 Sam Judson 
 
 5 1 
 
 0-5-[] 
 
 Robt Ware 
 
 5 9 
 
 0-3-[] 
 
 Sam Bulleyn 
 
 045 
 
 4 7 
 
 Aust Kalem 
 
 4 5 
 
 0_ 611 
 
 Tho Alcock 
 
 1 7 
 
 3 5 
 
 Tho Payne 
 
 310 
 
 0_ 5 
 
 Tho Fuller 
 
 047 
 
 0_ 4 3 
 
 Joh Ellice 
 
 0_ 5 
 
 3 5 
 
 Joh Eaton 
 
 8 2 
 
 0_ 311 
 
 Christo Smith 
 
 0_ 310 
 
 0_ 3 6 
 
 Mich Bacon 
 
 0_ 3 5 
 
 3 
 
 Antho. Hubbert 
 
 0_ 4 
 
 01311 
 
 Joh Damant 
 
 2 6 
 
 040 
 
 Joh Bacon 
 
 0_ 410 
 
 013 1 
 
 Joh Kalem 
 
 311 
 
 01410 
 
 And Duein 
 
 4 3 
 
 811 
 
 M rs Deengaine 
 
 
 3 9 
 
 Jam Allen 
 
 3 5 
 
 5 6 
 
 Jam Jordan 
 
 2 8 
 
 4 5 
 
 Tho Jordan 
 
 0_ 5 2 
 
 0_ 8 4 
 
 Hen Glouer 
 
 3 1 
 
 310 
 
 Ed Hawes 
 
 0_ 311
 
 DEDHAM TOWN EECOEDS. 158 
 
 Joh Thurston 5 4 Will Bullard 012 7 
 
 Hen Chickering 8 6 Robt Crosseman 3 2 
 
 An tho Fisher -Seni 0178 Joh Bullard 0410 
 
 Tho Wight 1 2 1 Hen Willson 4 3 
 
 Joh Luson 098 [ ] Clarke 7 6 
 
 Tho Battaile 2 9 Robt Fames 2 6 
 
 Dan. Fisher 9 The Mill 210 
 
 Nath Stearnes 210 Joh Genery 2 6 
 
 M r Wheelock 510 Eliza: Fisher 6 
 
 Joh Gaye 6 8 
 
 19 of 8 48 Assembled. Joh Kingsbery Joh Dwight Tho Wight Elea: 
 Lusher 
 
 that 10 s asessed vpon the houses that was abated by y e eight pt abated 
 is left in the Constables hand for the Townes vse as an ouerplusse and so 
 the Rate not altered 
 
 The seuerall Rates of the Townes in Suff. 
 
 Dorchester Rate 56 60 
 
 Boston 125100 
 
 Roxbery 35 6 7 
 
 Dedham 30 96 
 
 Brayntree 24 99 
 
 Weymouth 22196 
 
 Hingham & Hull apeere not 294 13 4 
 
 Elea Lusher is desired to speake Cap* Atherton concerning the Laying 
 out the Farme giuen by M r Dudley 
 
 Fra Chickering & Tymo Dwight ar requested to viewe that place for di- 
 rection in measuring som time the weeke next following 
 
 Joh Dwight & Tymo Dwight ar desired to asist the measurer in the lay- 
 ing it out. w u Cap* Atherton & Roxbery men shall be p r sent together w th 
 Eleazer Lusher 
 
 The valuation of the houses in Dedham as they wer estimated for the 
 Country Rate 1648 
 
 houses 
 
 M r Allen 4536 Nath. Coaleburn 2018 
 
 Eld r Hunting 814 Hen. Brock 2016 
 
 Elea Lusher 3030 Nath. Aldus 2016 
 
 Robt. Mason 1420 Hen: Philips 2828 
 
 Josep Kingsbery 18 15 Antho Fisher Juni 10 8 
 
 Lamb. Genery 7 6 Sam Morse 10 8 
 
 Joshua Fisher 40 36 Geo Barber 20 9 
 
 Thwai: Strickland 10 8 Robt Onion 4
 
 154 
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 Hen Smith 
 Robt Goweing 
 Ralph Daye 
 Joh Guilde 
 Rich Euered 
 Pet Woodward 
 Robt Fuller 
 Robt Hinsdell 
 Rich Wheeler } 
 Joh Fraery 
 Mich. Metcalf sen 
 Mich. Metcalf Ju 
 Mich. Powell 
 Joh Fayerbank 
 Jonat Fayerbank 
 Geo Bearstoe 
 Fra Chickering 
 Ed Richards 
 Joh Plimpton 
 Joh Metcalf 
 Ed Kempe 
 Joh Dwight 
 Geo Fayerbanke 
 Tho Leader 
 Tho Herring 
 Tymo Dwight 
 Nath. Whiteing 
 Joh. Kingsbery 
 Joh Batchelor 
 Joh H award 
 Sam Judson 
 Hen Aldridg 
 Robt Ware 
 
 7 6 
 4 
 4 5 
 
 M rs Deengayne 
 Sam Bulleyn 
 Aust Kalem 
 
 4 
 
 Tho. Alcock 
 
 4 6: 10 
 2823 
 
 Tho. Payne 
 Tho: Fuller 
 
 4 5 
 1613 
 
 [ ]h Elice 
 [ ] Eaton 
 Christo Smith 
 
 1210 
 
 Mich. Bacon 
 
 2520 
 8 
 16 13 
 4 
 
 Joh. Bacon 
 James Allen 
 Tho Jordan 
 Ed Hawes 
 
 2823 
 
 Joh Thurston 
 Hen. Chickerin 
 
 3024 
 
 Antho. Fisher seni 
 
 1311 
 5 
 
 8 7 
 
 Tho Wight 
 Joh: Luson 
 Dan: Fisher 
 
 15 5 
 
 M r Wheelocke 
 
 33 
 4 
 
 Joh. Gaye 
 Willm Bullard 
 
 1G 
 
 Joh: Bullard 
 Hen: Wilson 
 
 1412 
 4 3 
 
 Josep. Clarke 
 Dan. Morse 
 
 1815 
 
 The. Mille 
 
 3 
 
 Ed Allen 
 
 2420 
 
 Thwai Strickland 
 
 all houses 10 
 
 Rich Wheeler 
 
 3 
 5 4 
 
 Joshua Kent 
 
 6 5 
 6 
 6 5 
 
 5 G 
 
 5 4 
 
 6 5 
 10 8 13 
 
 4 
 
 812 
 
 2 
 
 5 4 
 
 2 
 
 1412 
 3224 
 2823 
 2G 21 
 3024 
 2520 
 1210 
 
 G 3 
 2520 
 
 5 4 
 
 G 5 
 
 5 4 
 
 20' 
 
 3428 
 
 3 5 
 2 
 
 [XXX Order concerning wolves, as on page 122. ] 
 
 it is allso further ordered that the Rate formerly made for 
 voate the raysing of tenn for the paying the hunts man in killing 
 
 woolues shall be forth w th be put in to the Constables hand 
 who is heerby required speediely to gather the one half therof. that so he 
 may haue in his hand to paye for the killing of woolues according to the 
 former order
 
 DEDHAM TOWN EECOEDS. 155 
 
 8 of y e 9 mo 48. Assemb: Job. Kingsbery Joh. Dwight Tho. Wight 
 Tymo Dwight & El. Lusher Fra Chickering 
 
 Tho Wight is deputed to treat w th Ed Hawes about the doe- 
 voa/e ing such daubing worke as is needfull about the meeting 
 
 house. & vpon viewe to put that worke (if he can, to him to 
 doe in conueanient time. & to see him p d out of the Townes account, or in 
 case Ed Hawes canot be attaynd. then to pcure som such other workeman 
 to pforme the same as the case require w th all possible speed 
 
 a warrant to be mad wherby the Constable shall leauye of Theop Cushion 
 10 s 2 d for the meeting house rate. Tho Makepiece 1 3. for that Rate allso. & 
 Tho Makepiece & Joh Bearstoe 10 s for fine 
 
 y e 20 of 9 mo 48 Assembled. Joh. Kingsbery Joh Dwight Tho. Wight 
 Fra: Chickering Will Bullard Tymo Dwight & El: Lusher 
 
 [XXX Order concerning high way work, as on page 122. ] 
 
 the names of such as ar behind in the high [ ] 
 
 7 s. d. 
 
 Lamb Genery 020 Joh Plimpton to pay to El 
 
 Robt. Goweing 040 Lusher 030 
 
 Antho Hubert 040 Joh Fayerbanke 050 
 
 Robt Wares 030 Hen Chickering 080 
 
 Sam Bulleyn 030 Antho Fisher senio G 
 
 Sam. Judson 040 Ed Hawes 030 
 
 Tho Alcock 030 Joh. Gaye 040 
 
 Joh. Elice 010 Joh. Bullard 020 
 
 Robt: Fuller 1 Hen Wilson 020 
 
 Joh Fraery 020 Ralph Daye set of 05 
 
 Joh Fayerbanke 050 Antho Fisher Juni 
 
 Ed Richards 070 
 
 to ppose at Genrall meeting 
 
 the choice of 3 men for smale cases 
 
 1 that a Feoffee for the schoole be chosen 
 
 2 by w* rule men may be deputed to town seruice by y e select men w th 
 out wrong to any 
 
 3 that care be taken about a drye hearde 
 
 4 that som order be made to p r uent disorderly feeding comon fields. & 
 foule meadowe 
 
 5 schoole house to be built & a watchouse 
 
 6 whether the reseruing of Land for sundry publikevses be still thought 
 to conduce to the publike good of the Town: viz. the schoole 'Land &c 
 
 7 that its considerible whether it may not conduce to the publike good 
 
 i "M r Thomas Makepeace, because of his novile disposition, was informed wee 
 were weary of him vnlessehee reforme." March 13, 1038-9, Mass. Col. Rec. Vol. I., 
 page 252.
 
 156 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 of the town [*after all engagem ts of Land be satisfied] that all [*other] vp- 
 land fitt for empuem 1 w tb in a conueanient distance be layd out in a genrall 
 deuident by rules of genrall pportion reserving land [ ] satisfie former 
 engagem ts 
 
 Assembled: 10: mo 12 da/ Joh Dwight. Fra Chickering Tho: Wight. 
 Tymo Dwight & Eleazer Lusher 
 
 m r Wheelocks motion for aduice answerd 
 
 [XXX Three orders relating to Mr. Dalton and Richard Ellis, as on 
 page 122. ] 
 
 Eleazer Lusher is appointed to publish the body of Lawes vpon som 
 Lectur dayes next, as the season and optunitie shall admitt 
 
 10 mo 19. Assemb. Joh Kingsbery Joh Dwight Fra Chickering Tho: 
 Wight Willm Bullard: Tymo Dwight & Elea Lusher 
 
 A motion mad for the abateing the rent of the town meadow to John 
 Bullard to 3 s 4 d and mayntayn the fence that belong therto. leaueing the 
 fence in the same state he tooke it consented to. 
 
 Ed Hawes requesteth one smale pcell of meadow the vse therof is 
 granted to him till a genrall deuident be made 
 
 Joseph Kingsbery make a motion for the vpland due to him by his right 
 of y 6 purchased Lands 
 
 [XXX Grant to Thurston, as on page 123. ] 
 
 [*Reckoned w th Eleazer Lusher & the Town vndertake to paye the 
 Countrey Rate 13 s 4 d & then remayn due to him at this daye 1 s 8 d 
 
 the Land shall be surveyd at the Towns Charge. & be deuided by the 
 rule of psons & estates: all psons to be valued at 8 the pson. & to receaue 
 as much as 8 estate 
 
 Recead by Eleazer Lusher from Tho Wight 1 bushell. . India 
 
 due to Eleazer Lusher 
 
 for writeing the Town Rate 010 
 
 for one daye at laying out Farme 018 
 
 one daye in Dorchester bounds 018 
 
 one daye viewe & help to measur the deuident 01 ] 
 
 At a genrall meeting of the town 1648: 11 mo 1 
 
 [XXX Eecord of the meeting, as on page 123. ] 
 
 resolued to send out a drye heard & the care & trust therof & power to 
 gvide & couenant for the same is comitted to Antho Fisher sen, Tho Wight, 
 Josep Kingsbery, Hen Philips, Joh Dwight, Pet Woodward 
 
 [X X X] 
 
 11 mo 15 48 Assemb: Hen Chickering Joh. Kingsbery. Joh Dwight. 
 Tho. Wight. Fra Chickering. Joshu. Fisher & Elea: Lusher 
 
 A schoole house to be built as followeth. together w th a watch house
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 157 
 
 the length 18 foote being 14 foote beside the chimney, the widenes 15 
 foote. the studd 9 foote betwixt Joynts. one floore of Joyce: 2 conuenient 
 windowes in the lower roome : one in the chamber, the plancher layed. the 
 floore planked, the stayers made, the sides boarded, featheredged & rabbited, 
 the doores made & hanged 
 
 the watch house, to be a leanto set at the back of the chimney sixe foote 
 wide, the length therof 2 foote & one half mor then the house is wide, so 
 placed that the end ther of may extend past the corner of the house so that 
 the watch may haue an aspect 4 seuerall wayes. & open windowes therin 
 suitable to a watch house & couered w th board, vp to those windowes. & vpon 
 the roofe. & a mandle tree hewen & fitted for the Chimney 
 
 a motion by our pastor about a way to his meadow thorough the mead- 
 of of m r Joh. Newton to be layd out consented vnto 
 
 Hen Chickering Tho Wight & El. Lusher ar desired to viewe the same 
 & return answer to the select men 
 
 [XXX Grant and order, as on page 124. ] 
 
 12 mo 5 48 Assemb. Hen Chickering Joh Kingsbery. Joh D wight 
 Fra Chickering. Tho Wight Josh: Fisher: & Elea. Lusher 
 
 Joseph Clark & Hen: Wilson tender thier Rent 10 s in wheat for the 
 Meadow assigned to be p d to Lieft Fisher in pt of the debt due to him from 
 the towne 
 
 granted to Joh Kingsbery ceader timber in the comon swamp to sup" 
 plye him in his finishing his house 
 
 & to Hen Wilson timber ther for 800 boards to sell 
 
 Will Bullard makeing demand of satisfaction for the way leading into 
 the woods betwixt his Lott & John Bullards Lott. & vpon sc[ ] his title to 
 that satisfaction, he is satisfied that ther was none due to him for the same 
 
 Foule meadow not to be Rated to this Towne 
 
 [XXX Grant to Daniel Fisher, as on page 125. ] 
 
 11 of 12 mo 1648 Assemb: Hen Chickering Joh Kingsbery. Joh 
 Dwight Tho Wight Josh: Fisher & Eleaz: Lusher. Fra Chickering 
 
 The Rate made for & towards the Charges of the Towne about a 
 schoolehouse &: watchehouse building paying for the Drum beating, the 
 Charges at the genrall meeting, the purchase of weights & measurs & the 
 fines sessed by. the Court as followeth. asessed at 2 d p 
 
 as allso for the charge of surveying & laying out the genrall deuidence 
 
 Deputed to view &: help in laying out the genrall deuident Joh Dwight. 
 Fra Chickering. Tho. Wight: Elea: Lusher, one of these 4 to be allwayes 
 p r sent allso Tymo. Dwight: Dan: Fisher Pet Woodward: Tho. Fuller or other 
 wise in case such men as ar last named or any of them be not to be attayned. 
 it shall be in the liberty of the other of the select men first named to gcure 
 those they se fitt. all to be allowed out of this p r sent Rate 1 s 8 d the daye
 
 158 
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 the Town Rate 
 
 s 
 
 d 
 
 
 M r Allen 1 
 
 8 
 
 5 
 
 
 Eld Hunting 
 
 8 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 Elea Lusher 
 
 15 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 Ralph Daye 
 
 2 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 Jose. Kingsbery 
 
 12 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 Robt Mason 
 
 11 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 Tho Bancroft 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 Lamb Genery 
 
 10 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 Josh. Fisher sen 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 Josh. Fisher Ju 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hen. Brocke 
 
 8 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 Nath. Coaleburne 
 
 12 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 Nath. Aldus 
 
 11 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 Hen Philips 
 
 13 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 Anth. Fisher Ju 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 Joh: Morse 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 
 Sam Morse 
 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 Thwa: Strickland 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 
 Geo. Barber 
 
 8 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 Robt Onion 
 
 1 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 Hen. Smith 
 
 6 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 Jam. Jordan 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 Joh. Bacon 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 Joh Guild 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 Rich Euered 
 
 6 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 Pet Woodward 
 
 17 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 Rich. Wheeler 
 
 7 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 Joh. Farington 
 
 10 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 Robt Fuller 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 
 
 Joh. Fraery 
 
 15 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 Mich Mettcalfe sen 
 
 12 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 Mich Metcalf Ju 
 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 M r Powell 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 Rich. Ellice 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 Joh. Fayerbank 
 
 4 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 Jonath. Fayerbank 
 
 13 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 Fra Chickering 
 
 19 
 
 4 
 
 [] 
 
 Ed Richards 
 
 12 
 
 [ 1 
 
 M 
 
 Joh Plimpton 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 Joh. Mettcalfe 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 Joh. Dwight 
 
 1 
 
 11 
 
 9 
 
 Geo. Fayerbanke 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 Tymo Dwight 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 [ Rest of this page 
 
 is torn off.] 
 
 Tho Herring 
 Nath. Whiteing 
 Joh. Kingsbery 
 Joh Haward 
 Joh. Eaton 
 Sam Judson 
 Robt Wares 
 Joh. Kalem 
 Tho. Payne 
 Tho. Alcock 
 Joh Ellice 
 Tho. Fu-ller 
 Christo. Smith 
 Mich Bacon 
 And Duein 
 Anth Hubbert 
 Dan: Morse 
 Ed Allen 
 Joh Bullard 
 Jos. Clarke 
 Hen Willson 
 Will Bullard 
 Robt Crosseman 
 Joh. Gaye 
 M r Wheelock 
 Dan Fisher 
 Joh Luson 
 Tho Wight 
 Antho Fisher sen 
 Hen Chickering 
 Ed Hawes 
 Tho Jordan 
 Hen Glouer 
 Jam. Allen 
 Tho Battaile 
 Nath Stearnes 
 Wide Fisher 
 Joh. Thurston 
 Joh. Newton 
 The Mill 
 M rs Deengaine 
 Ferd. Adam 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 17 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 14 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 11 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 
 15 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 11 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 '11 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 18 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 G 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 totall 
 
 33 13
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 159 
 
 Fra Chickering and Job: Dwight giue notice of thier expectation of a 
 mine neer certain ponds, about 13 miles from the town, therby clayning the 
 p r uelidg of the town order: its in or neer the south line 2 of y e 3 mo 1649 
 
 20 of 2 mo: 1649 
 
 M r John Allen Pastor and Eleazer Lusher giue notice of thier discouery 
 of a mine of mettall or other minerall whervnfo they lay clayme to them 
 thier hiers executors or assignes for euer by vertue of the order of the Town 
 in that case gvided w ch lyeth betwixt Charles Riuer towards the south and 
 the high Rocke neer the Great Playne towards the north, and in or neer 
 about a smale stoney valley being encompased on the south, north and west 
 sids with Rockey hills the east end of the sd valley opening towards a stoney 
 brooke therby 
 
 notice heereof giuen to the men whose names ar subscribed being of the 
 select men Joh: | K Kingsbery Joshua Fisher 
 
 Lieft Joshua Fisher and Sergeant Daniell Fisher giue notice of thier 
 expectation of a Mine of Mettall clayming the benefit of the Town order to 
 them and thier hiers. Lying on the north side of Charles Riuer and on the 
 west side of a brooke that runnes in to the said Riuer ouer against the Farme 
 late m r Cookes, and on the south side of the great Playne 1 of 3 mo: 1649 
 
 Anthony Fisher senio: &: Robt Crosseman giue notice of thier discouery 
 of a mine of Mettall. Claymeing the p r uelidg of y e Town order to them thier 
 hiers and assignes. Lying aboue. or westerly of the place wher Naponcet 
 Riuer deuide. part being on ihe south side of the greatest streame of the said 
 Riuer. <Sc in pt betwixt the deuision of the said streames. lying in seuerall 
 places therabout. 26 of 3. mo. 1649 
 
 Assembled 4 mo. 8. 1649 Henry Chickering. Joh Kingsbery Joh 
 Dwight: Fra Chickering & Elea: Lusher 
 
 ppositiones considerable 
 
 Joseph Kingsbery his satisfaction in Land 
 
 the fines for neglect of high waye worke to be called for from the 
 constable 
 
 those who ar entrusted to view fences, to be called to pform thier duties 
 
 George Bearstoe his bill to be considered 
 
 the stocks to be mended 
 
 [*the Hand field fence to be ^portioned] 
 
 Cambridge Line to be new marked 
 
 Joseph Kingsbery is to haue tendered to him a grant of 4 
 
 voate acres of vpland. adioyning to m r Greenes Farme or else 
 
 wher in pt of that Land due to him by vertue of his 5 rights 
 
 in the purchased Lands, or else if he chuse to tarry for the whole sattisfac-
 
 160 
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 tion vntill the Land that gply the purchased Lands be measured and that 
 
 all in the like interest be satisfied w th him 
 
 Fra Chickering is deputed to call vpon the constable in the 
 
 voate name of the select men. for the sums asessed vpon the In- 
 
 habitants- for y* neglected thier high way worke 
 the Constable is assigned to paye vnto George Bearstoe or 
 
 voate his assignes out of the Town Rate l 10 s 
 
 Hen Chickering is requested to speake to Joh Thurston to 
 
 voate streighten the stocks so much as is needfull 
 
 Eleazer Lusher & Daniell Fisher ar requested to meet w th Cambridge 
 
 men to search the Record in respect of the lyne betwixt Cambridg & Ded- 
 
 ham & then to apoint a time for to meet vpon that line to make a full issue 
 
 of the case depending ther about 
 
 Assemb: 6 mo 30 Joh. Kingsbery: Hen: Chickering Tho. Wight. Joh 
 Dwight Fra: Chickering. Lieft Fisher Flea: Lusher 
 to make the countrey Rate 
 
 the Countrey Rate 1649 
 
 M r Joh Allen 
 Joh: Hunting Eld: 
 Elea: Lusher 
 Robt: Mason 
 Ralph Daye 
 Josep: Kingsbery 
 Lamb: Genry 
 Joshua Fisher sen: 
 Josh: Fisher Juni: 
 Hen Brocke 
 Nath. Coaleburne 
 Nath. Aldus 
 Hen: Phillips 
 Anth. Fisher Jun 
 Sam: Morse 
 Thwaits Strickland 
 Geo. Barber 
 Robt Onion 
 Hen Smith 
 Tho Battelye 
 Robt Grossman 
 Jam Jordan 
 Joh Bacon 
 Rich Wheeler 
 
 17 11 Joh Guilde 036 
 
 046 Rich. Euered 049 
 
 10 19 Pet Woodward 10 6 
 
 13 2 Robt Fuller 046 
 
 035 Joh. Farington 077 
 
 Joh: Fraery 14 5 
 
 Mich: Metcalf sen 0811 
 
 Mich. Metcalf Ju 056 
 
 Joh. Morse 411 
 
 Rich. Ellice 033 
 
 Jonath. Fairbanke 091 
 
 Joh. Fairebanke 3 11 
 
 Fra Chickering 19 7 
 
 Ed: Richards 089 
 
 Joh. Plimpton 3 7 
 
 Joh: Metcalf 043 
 
 Joh. Dwight 152 
 
 Geo: Fayerbanke 058 
 
 Tymo. Dwight 088 
 
 Tho Herring 064 
 
 Nath. Whiteing 074 
 
 Joh. Damant 026 
 
 Joh. Leader 026 
 
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 DEDHAM TOWN EECOEDS. 
 
 161 
 
 Joh. Kingsbery 
 Joh: Kalem 
 Joh. H award 
 Joh. Eaton 
 And Duein 
 Joh. Ellice 
 Tho: Fuller 
 Tho. Payne 
 Tho Alcocke 
 Sam. Judson 
 Robt Wares 
 Antho Hubbert 
 Sam: Mills 
 Christo. Smith 
 Dan: Morse 
 Josep: Clarke 
 Hen. Wilson 
 Joh: Bullard 
 Will Bullard 
 Joh. Gaye 
 M r Wheelock 
 Dan: Fisher 
 
 
 
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 Joh. Luson 
 Tho Wight 
 Antho Fisher sen 
 Hen. Chickering 
 Joh. Thurston 
 Tho. Jordan 
 Hen Glouer 
 James Allen 
 Nath. Stearnes 
 Ed: Hawes 
 Eliza. Fisher vid. 
 Tho. Bancroft 
 Tho. Makepiece 
 Joh. Parker 
 Tho Fisher 
 Sam Bulleyn 
 Ferd: Adams 
 M rs Deengaine 
 Tho Ellice 
 Joshua Kent 
 Theop: Cushion 
 Tho: Prentice 
 
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 12 of 8 mo: 49 Assemb Hen Chickering Tho Wight: Fra Chickering Joh. 
 Dwight: Lieft: Fisher &: Eleaz: Lusher: &: Joh. Kingsbery 
 [XXX Grant to Thomas Payne, as on paye 12'). ] 
 
 for as much as by occasion: the dayes of working in the high 
 voate wayes ar not yet all pformed. its therfor ordered that notw th - 
 
 standing the former order limitting the surveyers to accom- 
 plish thier dayes of worke. befor the 20 th of the 7 moneth. yet for this p r sent 
 yeare they ar allowed & ordered to appoint 2 dayes w th in 10 dayes after this 
 p r sent day. for y e pforming of that worke that is needfull yet to be done in 
 the high wayes 
 
 Joh. Dwight is appointed to take care of this worke. if the surveyers be 
 absent 
 
 Elea. Lusher is requested to doe w l he may. to gvide a 
 voate workeman to build a watchouse 
 
 The Countrey Rate is to be rectified & set at the due sum 
 voate that is to be pd to the Countreye. by Lieft: Fisher & Elea: 
 
 Lusher 
 
 John Kingsbery & Tho Wight ar deputed to view Charles 
 voate Riuer to see whether the Indians wares be a hinderance to 
 
 the waters passag or not & Andrew Duein.
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 19 d of 10 mo. 49 Assembled Hen Chickering: Job. Kingsbery Job. 
 Dwight: Lieft: Fisher Tho: Wight. Fra Chickering & Eleazer: Lusher 
 
 the charge about the drye heard house & yard is vndertaken to sattisfie 
 by pticular psons 
 
 1. the vse therof by this Town, is to be gposed at the Genrall meeting 
 to doe as the Town shall se cause 
 
 2 to be pposed that the meeting house be allowed for the vse of a 
 watchouse vntill the Town can pvide an house built for that end. or take 
 other order therin its alowed so by voate 
 
 3 that the gpriators in the Broad mead: may Joyne together for the en- 
 closeing the whole mead: and fitt it for further empvem 1 as cause & optunitie 
 may apeere these to meet at the house of Eleaser Lusher 6 day fortnight 
 
 4 whether the mead that is yet Coirion in the town shall be deuided by 
 rules of gportion. or granted to supplye those men that ar in most want 
 
 this left as it is 
 
 5 that Care be taken that the young hound doggs be in time taught to 
 hunt 
 
 this left to y e select men now to be chosen 
 
 to be then Chosen select men: 3 men for smale cases, surveyers. wood- 
 reeues 
 
 [X X X Order relating to Clay, as on page 125. ] 
 
 the names of such as ar behind in thier high worke. together w th the 
 sum due for the same 
 
 Jos: Clarke 040 
 
 Hen: Willson 060 
 
 Ralph Daye set off 050 
 Robt [*Mason] to fetch 3 
 
 loads of fence for Joh 
 
 Bacon [*9] 
 
 Nath Stearnes 40 
 
 Tho Battelle 020 
 
 [*Josep: Kingsbery] [*1] 
 
 Lamb. Genery 10 
 
 Robt Crosseman 40 
 
 Thw Strickland 010 
 
 Joh. Damat pd Lieft 34 
 
 Edw Richards [2] 6 
 
 550 
 to gpose 
 
 1 that an order be made that no Land or houses in Town be sold to 
 any that is no Townesman. except the purchaser be apued of by y e Towne 
 
 2 that a platt of y 6 Town be taken & the Town booke Corrected 
 
 3 that men be deputed to laye out the grante made to y e village 
 
 Rich: Ellice 
 [*Mich: Metcalf sen] 
 Mich: Metcalf Ju 
 Joh: Fraery 
 Tho Bancroft 
 Joh: Farington 
 Rich: Euered 
 Joh: Guild 
 Joh: Kalem 
 Rich. Wheeler 
 Antho Hubbert 
 Robt Wares 
 Sam Judson 
 
 
 
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 DEDHAM TOWN BECOEDS. 163 
 
 1 of y 6 11 th mo. 1649 At a genrall meeteing of the Towne. 
 
 vpon a motion about building a newe Mill a complaint being made of 
 the insufficient pformance of the p r sent mill, ther wer deputed to treat w th 
 Bro: Whiteing the p r sent Miller, about the reforming that wronge. these men 
 Henry Chickering, Joh: Thurston, Geo: Barber 
 
 [XXX Other votes at this meeting, on page 126. ] 
 
 7 of 11: 49 Assemb. Hen Chickering: Joh Dwight: Tymo: Dwight: 
 Lieft: Fisher, Serg* Fisher & Eleazer Lusher 
 
 [XXX Other orders, as recorded on page 126. ] 
 
 Lieft Fisher vndertakeing to take a true platt of the Lynes of the Towne 
 John Dwight. or when he cannot his sonne Tymothie together w th Serg* 
 Daniell Fisher vpon request consent to help therin 
 
 [X X X ] 
 
 21 of 12 mo 49 Asemb: Hen Chickering, Joh Dwight, Serg* Fisher, 
 Joh Kingsbery, Lieft Fisher, Tymo Dwight &: El Lusher 
 
 a motion of Tho Payne for suply in that swampe formerly granted for 
 buring bricke consented to if y e grante so mad hinder it not 
 
 to Ro Fullers desire of a pcell of Land by the lowe playne. its thought 
 reasonable & br: Fraries motion to the contrary is desired to be fayerly 
 diswaded 
 
 Hen. Willson & Tho Bancroft ar discharged of that 12 s due to the Town 
 for thier deffect in high way worke vpon condicion that they pforme 2 suffi- 
 cient dayes worke w th 6 cattell & a cart & a man in fetching fencing stuffe at 
 y e Towns apointm* for the encloseing the high way thorough Joh. Bacons 
 Lott 
 
 [XXX Grants, etc., as on page 127. ] 
 
 15 4 50 Assemb. Hen Chickering, Joh Kingsbery, Joh Dwight, Lieft 
 Fisher, Serg* Fisher, El. Lusher 
 
 Bro Lusons motion not consented vnto: except he fence his own Land 
 leaueing the way free & open 
 
 Lieft Fisher & Serg 1 Fisher ar deputed to treat w th such men 
 
 t'oate as ar Chosen by Eld: Froast about the purchase of his Farme 
 
 and vpon ^position of the tearmes therof to take time to 
 
 giue him a full answer, that the Town may take notice therof & resolue as 
 
 they se cause 
 
 [XXX Vote concerning treaty with Cambridge men, as on page 128.] 
 
 [ One whole leaf missing. ] 
 
 [ ] 11 mo 1650 Assemb. Joh Kingsbery, Joh: Dwight, Lieft: Fisher, 
 Fra Chickering, Serg 1 Fisher, Nath Coaleburn & Elea. Lusher
 
 164 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 It is agreed that a quieere of paper be taken vpon the 
 voate Townes account for the vse of y e select men for publike 
 
 occasions 
 
 For the better ordering of our meeting [ ] the select men aboue 
 named doe [ ] agree & engage our selues to attend the time of meeteings 
 that shall from time to time be orderly apointed. and freely each of vs for 
 our pticular pmise so to attend, both in timely apearance [ ] due staying 
 till those meeteings shall be dissolued. or in case that any shall fayle in 
 either of these pticulars. we shall tender the reasons of our actions in that 
 case to be Judged by the major pt of y 6 select men which if they alowe not 
 we each of vs for our selues doe engage to submitt to pforme w l so euer 
 censure or penaltie shall be by them imposed vpon any of ourselues 
 
 allwayes gvided that no censure or penaltie exceed 2 s 6 d 
 
 Deputed to treate w th Dorchester men about the Land in ^position 
 adioyning to the Mill Creeke & vpon the search of the Court Records if they 
 se cause so to doe. or the vse of any other meanes for light in the cause to 
 conclude w* euer is or may be needefull for the attayning the said Land to 
 the vse & posession of our Towne according to the best discretion of the 
 men heere vnder named Eleazer Lusher, Lieft: Fisher, Serg* Dan Fisher 
 
 wheras it apeere that [ ] a waye yet found to cert[ ] of Meadowe 
 that lye neere [ ] Lands in the posession of Sam [ ] its therfor. for 
 the supplye of th[ ] want, the men heere vnder named ar deputed & au- 
 thorised to [search] for a conueanient Cart waye and if no other can be 
 found, but that w ch lye thorough the Land of Sam Mills then they ar to com- 
 pound w th him or in case he agree not they shall tender him the liberty of 
 the choice of 2 men together w th whome. they may conclud both for the waye 
 & the sattisfaction for the same Joh Kingsbery. Joh Dwight 
 
 a bill giuen to Joh Thurston [ ] of Joh Morse in full the sum of 0-7-0 
 
 Lieft Fisher is deputed to treate w th Joshua Kente & conclude w th him 
 for the beateing the Drufhe: he is desired to put the Deacons in minde to put 
 the worke that James Allen now [ ] into the hands of the said Joshua 
 [ ] he may carefully attend the shutting the meeteing house doores & the 
 keepeing out of the doggs. & further we apoint the said Joshua to be the 
 graue maker for the occasions of y* Towne in genrall. and the keeper of the 
 pound according to the order of y e Court 
 
 Eleaz. Lusher is requested to compose & enter a table to the booke of 
 Records 
 
 [ ] mo 15 1650 Assemb. John Kingsbery, John Dwight, Lieft: 
 Fisher, Fra: Chickering, Serg 1 Fisher, & Elea: Lusher. Nath Coalburne cam 
 late 
 
 Leift Fisher, Elea Lusher make their returne concerning M r Haynes 
 acco[ ] w ch is accepted
 
 DEDHAM TOWN EECOMDS. 165 
 
 Fra: Chickering p r sents an act of in r Joh. Oliuer. concerning pt of Dor- 
 chester Line 
 
 Elea. Lusher is desired to write to such of Boston as haue giuen encour- 
 agem* concerning a bell, for the publike vse of y e Towne that they may be 
 still mindefull therof & know that we expect an answer 
 
 Lieft Fisher is requested to gcure whom he may best, to keep, out doggs 
 from makeing disturbance in y e meeting house 
 
 for y e Correcting the Towne Bookes its concluded as followeth 
 
 1 that the Couen* shall be transcribed & those names ther vnto sub- 
 scribed to be anexed to the same 
 
 2: order about publike charges to be equally borne to be considered 
 
 3 order to keepe water free from gpritie transcribed 
 
 4. that 12 Acr Mead be gran to 12 Acr vpland 
 
 5. that the Town in a genrall meeting & not y e select men shall admitt 
 Townesmen to be considered transcribed 
 
 6. about due apearance at Town Meeteings to be considered 
 
 [*Br. Day coming, the reckoning being made, it apeere that ther femayn 
 due to him 1 4 
 
 where vpon a Bill is giuen him to receaue of Robt Hinsdell 1 
 
 w th this condicion that if Br Wight can make gfe of his bill, that then so 
 much as is so gued. shall be sattisfied to the Town by sd Br Daye: due to 
 him still 4 d ] 
 
 Ralph Day is agreed w th all to beate [ ] for th [ ] 
 
 Granted to Ralph Daye & to his heyers for euer. 4 Acres of vpland. to 
 be layed out to him vpon the Planting. Field at the discretion of Henry 
 Chickering, Natha: Coaleburne 
 
 John Ellice coming together w th Lambert Genery. the said Lambert De- 
 clareing that thier coming was to demaund sattisfactio for one pcell of Mead- 
 owe, formerly granted to Jo. Ellice the Towne. by y e select men. gmise & 
 tender to sattisfie the grante. made to the said John & in conueanient season 
 to giue him posession therof 
 
 return to the booke 
 
 7: the grant of 4 Acr swampe to a 12 Acr Lott to be entred into the 
 booke of recorde 
 
 8. the buriall place gra: to be entered in the Booke of record 
 
 9. less portions. Town semen, transcribed 
 
 10. order concerning swine to considered 
 
 [*11 order concerning the survey of Lands to be considered] 
 
 12 order concerning the choice of select men to be transcribed 
 
 13 order to Certifie Alienat. to be transcribed after it be corected 
 
 14 M r Stoughtons Couen* to be recorded 
 
 15. extent of select mens power transcribed 
 
 16. Ladders the ordered to be contracted & transcribed
 
 166 DEDHAM TOWN RECOBDS. 
 
 17. Woodreeues. an order necessary therin to be drawn. 
 18 Booke keepeing recompence transcribed 
 
 19: anoying high wayes w th trees, order transcribed, penaltie to pay ac- 
 cording to the assignm 1 of y e selectmen 
 
 20. that vpland be anexed to mead: adioyning transcribed 
 [* R. Hinsdells account 
 
 Anno: 48. for y e year 100 
 
 50: due 180 
 
 51 due 200 
 
 480 
 [ ]d by Joh Dwight [3] 13 4 ] 
 
 20 of 11: 1650 Assemb. Joh. Kingsbery, Joh Dwight, Fra. Chickering, 
 Lieft. Fisher, Sergt. Fisher, Elea: Lusher, Nath Coalburne cam late 
 
 the notes concerning the great Playne ar deliuered to Fra. Chickering 
 and John Dwight for the settling of the fence there, they being chosen by y e 
 gpriators. 
 
 Eleazer Lusher for late apeareing this daye is fined 4 
 
 Elea. Lusher p r sents the Table drawen to the Booke of record. w ch is 
 accepted 
 
 vpon the motion of Joseph Kingsbery concerning the supplye of the vp- 
 land due for the purchased Lands, its agreed to tender him these 3 pposi- 
 tions. that he might take his choice in w ch he please gvided that he giue in 
 his resolution before our next meeteing 
 
 1 that ha may hold his grant mad of Land vpon the planting field 
 
 2 that he may haue the money repayed that he disbursed 
 voate for those 4 rights he did purchase. & so much more lent him 
 
 for so long time as he haue beene out of this disbursed for 
 those rights 
 
 3. he may leaue it to the resolution of the Arbitrators who onely haue 
 power to supplye these wants 
 
 Lieft Fisher is deputed to take care to tender these ^positions "&: bring 
 his answer 
 
 Ed Hawes makeing motion concerning the pcell of Meadowe. is taken 
 into consideration to be resolued at the next meeteing 
 
 Robt Hinsdell coming to make vp M" Stoughtons account for 4 yeares 
 1647: 1 yeare is acknowledged to be due 2 
 
 48 in the hand of Joh Dwight 10 
 
 yet to be cleered for that yeare 1- 
 
 [*49 to Nath Aldus & Ralp Day each 10 
 
 50 to Ralp: Daye [ ] [ ] ]
 
 DEDHAM TOWN It E COEDS. 167 
 
 for w ch Debt yet behind Br. Hinsdell engage to sattisfie 4 8 
 
 480 
 
 22 of 11 mo 1650 Job: Kingsbery, Fra: Chickering, Lieft: Fisher, Job. 
 Dwight, Serg': Fisher, Nath. Coaleburne, & Eleaz: Lusher 
 
 Lieft Fisher return answer from Joseph Kingsery that he accept not 
 either of the former of y 6 2 ^positions, but will waite the Issue of the act of 
 y 6 4 arbitrators, to doe therein as he se cause to accept thier act in his case 
 or not 
 
 grants not yet recorded 
 
 M r Ed Allen: 2 acr vpland 
 
 Mary Morse her Meadow to be considered in respect of m r Aliens title, 
 how it passed 
 
 vpon consideration of the motion of Josep. Kingsbery. concerning his 
 disbursments of paye for y e 4 rights in y e purchased Lands at the request of 
 y e Towne it is agreed to aduise & desire him to rest sattisfied in expectatio 
 of the issue of the act of y e 4 Arbitrators w ch if it shall fall out well we hope he 
 will take sattisfaction in. if it gue otherwise then we desire it should, we con- 
 ceaue it requesite. care be taken that be in no sort wronged in this case 
 
 resolued by voate that this answer be returned to Jos. Kingsbery. by 
 Nath Coaleburne 
 
 [*the Deacons coming to cleere the reckoning betwixt the Church & y e 
 Towne concerning m r Stoughtons reckoning vpon cleere accounts it a peere. 
 that they receaued 20 s of that pay from her to the Towne before the end of 
 the yeare 1646, w ch is agreed to be left in thier hands vntill the select men 
 in the behalf of y e Town, se furtiier reason to call for it. w ch if they doe. the 
 Deacons gmise to make payem 1 of and as for w* so euer therof they haue re- 
 ceaued since theyar to pay to the Towne vpon reasonable damand the sum 
 to be payed is 2^00] 
 
 grants to be yet entered 
 1 m r Alleyns 2 acr. smooth Playne 
 
 2. purchased Lands: to be recorded an Alien atio 
 
 3. grat. La gener: Ph. Dalton. Shephard Jos Morse 
 
 4. mary morse her mead, pass fro. m r Alleyn. howe. & her Fathers title 
 to her. howe 
 
 5. m r Feeks farme 
 
 6. Ralph Shephard. want 10 Acr. \ mead, entreing 
 
 7. the 18 Acres deuide amongst 3. not cleere 
 
 8. Joh Dwight 6. acr Mead, to enter 
 
 9. moyese his gra, wig playne. to enter 
 
 1 0. Bayes 6 acr gra 3 of mead to enter 
 
 11. N. Philips 1 hill 1 pcell of mead to enter
 
 168 DEDHAM TOWN HE CORDS. 
 
 12. Joh. Kingsbery fro. Genery: to enter 
 
 13. Sam. Morse. 2 ar \ vpland. to enter 
 
 14. Ja herring, fro: huggin to enter 
 
 15. Timo Dvvigh pcell mead, to enter 
 
 16. Mch. Metcalf 3: acr fro Jo Rogers, to enter 
 
 17. Tho. Jord. 1 acr swampe. to enter 
 
 18. M r Ed Alleyns farme at medfield to enter 
 
 19. Joh. Kingsb. 1 pcell vpland to mead, to enter 
 
 20. Mich Metcalf. 1 pcell swampe. to enter 
 
 21. m r Cookc 12 acr gra:.to enter. 2 acr playn to enter 
 
 22. Jo Luson 2 Acr swamp Tho Wight 2 acr 
 
 23. m r Wheelock dead swamp to enter 
 
 24. Joh Haward. 1 pcell vpland. to enter 
 
 25. m r Wheelock. 4 acr gra: to enter to be enterd w th refer to Anth: 
 Fisher page 25 
 
 26. m r Wheelock. 15. acr. gra. to enter 7 
 
 27. m r Cookes woodland to enter 
 
 28. Joh Guild fro: Jo. Rop. to enter 
 
 29. Tho Eanes 2 acr II playne. to enter 
 
 4 acres m r Wheelocks gra. Alien to Anth Fisher seni. to consider 
 
 30. m r Deengaifi Sam bulleyn &c. to enter 
 
 31 grants to Tymo Dwight Fra chickering &c to enter 
 
 32. Joh Haward pcell gra: to enter 
 
 33. Joh Eaton satisfie for brick ground, to enter 
 
 34. Willm Bearsto. 8 acr gra: to enter 
 
 35. Geor. Bearsto pcell swampe to enter 
 
 36. shepheards Lott 2 acr gr playn. to enter 
 
 37. m r Deeng. 8 acr mead, to enter 
 
 38. Aust Kalem 2. acr mead to enter 
 
 39. Josh Fisher 1 pcell. great playne. to enter 
 
 40. Joh Thurston 1 pcell mead to enter 
 
 41. Josh Kent 2 pcells gra. to enter 
 
 42. m r Joh Allen exch at farme. to enter 
 
 43. m r Joh Allin gra. pcell exchange at gre playne. to enter 
 
 44. Hen Chicke to short fence rock med. to enter 
 
 45. millitarie comp: 2 acr gra. to enter 
 
 46. Grossman, to consider & Dan. Morse 
 [*47. Joh Dwight J acr gra: to consder] 
 
 48. Josep Clarke gra 3 acr. to enter 
 
 49. Hen Willson. 3 acr gra. to enter 
 
 50. Nath. Whiteing enlargem 4 to enter 
 
 51. Ro. Crossem 2 acr gra. to enter 
 
 52. Joh. Eaton smale pcell. to enter
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 169 
 
 53. Great playne waye deputation to enter 
 
 54. Pet Woodward 6 acre grat. to enter 
 
 55. Aust Kalem gra: not exceed 4 acr: to enter 
 
 56. Eames smale peel vpland. to enter 
 
 57. Judso. 4 Acr gra. to enter 
 
 58. Joh morse 2 Acr mead gra. to enter 
 
 59. Antho. Fisher. Wight. Luson. gra to enter 
 
 60. Clay groud gra to enter 
 
 61. Geo. Bearsto swamp, excha. gra to enter 
 
 62. Josep Kingsb. Lieft way refference. to consider 
 
 63. Dan. Fisher, pond to Town, to be entered 
 
 64. Wight. 2 acr swamp, gra. to enter 
 
 65. J luson 2 acr swamp gra. to enter 
 [*66. J batchelor smale pcell to consider] 
 
 67. Jo gaye high waye to enter 
 
 68. Compa: Millita: gra free vse to enter 
 
 69. Genery pcell great Playn. to enter 
 70 Da. Fisher. 3 acr f gra. to enter 
 
 71. Dan morse 4 acr gra. to enter 
 
 72. Robt Crossem. 4 acr. gra to enter 
 
 26: for y e p r uenting of a negligent leaueing downe of Rayles 
 mate or leaueing gates vnderset and open wherby damage haue 
 
 bene oft times done in seuerall respects. 
 
 It is ordered that who so euer heere after, betwixt the 20 th daye of y 
 first Month, and the 12 day of y e 8. mo: from yeare to yeare. shall offend in 
 either of y e cases aboue said shall for euery such offence, that is either for 
 takeing down & leaueing rayles or any rayle down in the fence of any field 
 or Lott wher corne or other cropp. is groweing shall forfiet to the pson whose 
 the fence is the sum. of sixe pence, if no scath be done therby and the like 
 sum for vndersetting any such gate & leaueing it vnderset open but if scath 
 be done therby he shall allso pay &: sattisfie the full value of the damage to 
 the pson or psons so therby wronged, gvided all wayes. the offence be lawe- 
 fully gued 
 
 25 of 11 mo: 1650 Assemb. John Kingsbery, Joh: Dwight, Fra. Chick- 
 ering, Lieft: Fisher, Sergt: Fisher, Natha: Coalburne & Eleaz. Lusher 
 
 Eleazer Lusher is deputed to enter the orders that ar agreed 
 voafe vpon. haueing Libertie to alter such words or phrases as may 
 
 tend to giue the sence in more pjp words or more full: or mor 
 cleere: gvided the sence be in no sort changed 
 
 its agreed that the order made at y e Genrall meeteing 1 of 
 voate 11 mo. 1650: requireing the correcting of y e town booke. to 
 
 be entered first of all in the new booke of orders.
 
 170 DEDHAM TOWN EECOItDS. 
 
 Joh Dwight is requested to buye a booke fitt for the enter- 
 voate ing of y e orders in to. in his first optunitie. at y e townes 
 
 charge 
 
 [* A bill giuen to Antho Fisher Juni to receaue 2 s G fl of John Morse for 
 his days Journey to Cap 1 Kayne & m r Jaxton] 
 
 Bro Luson. his motion about fencing the mead belong to the Town, is 
 answered: that he may let it stand & the Towne will alowe w* is equall 
 
 it is agreed to alowe Eleazer Lusher for the makeing & entering the 
 the table in the booke of recorde 0-12 S -0 
 
 Joseph Kingsbery making a motion about the waye to his Meadow 
 thorough Natha Aldus to be considered 
 
 [*It is agreed that the recompence for entering Alienations shall be for 
 each Alienation 0-0-6.] 
 
 John Haward: John Eaton. & Thomas Fuller ar requested and deputed 
 to take care for the repayering of the foote Bridge, so much as may be. to be 
 set of in high way worke. and the rest vpon the Townes charge, in equall 
 sattisfaction 
 
 John Gave & Richard Euered ar requested & deputed to take care of 
 the repayering the Bridge ouerthe little Riuer neere the house of John Dwight. 
 and that Bridge ouer the Mille Creeke. to be done by high waye worke 
 
 in search of the court booke we finde that the order the coppie wherof 
 is entered in our new towne booke is verbatum in the court booke dated 8 of 
 y 6 7 mo: 1636. order 295 1 
 
 further: at a Genrall Courte its ordered that Mount Wollastone is to be 
 bounded by the blue hills. & the rest is to be to Dorchester, to goe to the 
 bounds of plimouth 1637: order. 367 1 
 
 at a genrall court 1638. y e 17 of y e 3 mo: order 386 1 the return of m r 
 Alleyn. m r Collicot. & m r Oliver is entered, acording to the paper brought by 
 bro: Chickering 
 
 4 of y e 12: 1650 searched out by Dan. Fisher: El. Lusher 
 
 1650 7 of y e 12 mo Assemb: Joh. Kingsbery, Joh. Dwight, Fra Chick- 
 ering, Lieft: Fisher, Serg* Fisher, Nath Coalburne & Elea: Lusher 
 
 A Letter shall be sent to the select men of Dorchester, in- 
 voate treating, a resolution from them the line betwixt thier towne 
 
 vs. that is now layed out to hagins brooke. 
 
 vpon information concerning a bell, its agreed to send word to the select 
 men of Boston to resolue them that we doe conclude a bargaine for the bell 
 & engage paym*. according therevnto 
 
 Eleazer Lusher is deputed to goe to Boston, to conclude for 
 voate this bell, whose bargaine & couenant therein with the select 
 
 men of Boston the Towne engage, to pforme 
 
 1 Mass. Col. Rec., Vol. I, pp. 179-217-231J
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 171 
 
 a bill giuen to Joseph Kingsbery to receaue of Job. Morse 3 4 for 2 
 dayes seeking out the place for y e grant at Boggastowe 
 
 an order to be drawen vp that may settle the charge of rates ariseing 
 vpon Lands & cattell vpon the posessors 
 
 10 of 12 mo 1650 Assemb. Joh Dwight, Lieft Fisher, Dan: Fisher, Fra 
 Chickering, Nath Coaleburne, Elea Lusher 
 
 t Elea. Lusher sell to Joh Fraery 2 acres vpland. 2 of swampe lying 
 together abutting east street east brooke in y e swampe west Pet. Woodward 
 south Joh Fraery north 
 
 f Tymo Dwight 6 acres meadowe gra: in broade mead, abutting Charles 
 Riuer east. Hen Phillips north Ed. Kempe. south, high way west 
 
 t Tymo Dwight. 2 acres swampe gra: abutting wigwam playne north 
 east Turkey Hand southwest Joh Dwight south east, being a tryangle w th y e 
 point west vpon y e wast land 
 
 t Tymo Dwight 4 Acres gr playne gra: abutting high way south, wast 
 Land north. Aust Kalem east Hen Chickering west 
 
 t Rich Euered. 6 Acres mead. Rosemary mead. Abutting mr Allen 
 south, wast mead, north, wast vp land, east & west 
 
 t Rich Euered. swampe 4 acres, gra: abutting. Rich Euered vpland. 
 east Ja. Allen swampe west Elder Hunting north. Joh Morse soth 
 
 t Rich Euered 2 Acres swampe abutting Rich Euered vpland. easte 
 wigwa plane west. Michael Mettcalfe. north, wast swampe south 
 
 t Joh Fraery 4 Acre swampe gra abutting vpon George Bestoe west 
 Elea Lusher east, wigwam playne north. Antho Fisher south 
 
 t Pet Woodward 6 acres vpland gra abutting high way west, wast land 
 east & south Robt. Fuller North 
 
 Pet Woodward 4 Acr swampe abutting 
 
 t Serg 1 Fayerbanke \ an acre vpland. gra abutt. high way south, pur- 
 chased lands north & east: mead, west 
 
 t Robt. Hinsdell. 2 acres swampe his home lott. abutting east, brooke 
 in swampe west Elea. Lusher north. Michaell Metcalfe south 
 
 t Elea. Lusher 1 acre swampe. gra. abutting his home lott east, brooke 
 in y e swampe west Joh Fraery. north. Robt. Hinsdell south 
 
 t Elea. Lusher 3 acres swampe. gra: abutting vpon Joh Fraery west. 
 Tho. hering east wigwam playene. north, wast swampe south. 
 
 t Tho. Hering 2 acres of swampe. gra. abutting. Elea. Lusher west. 
 Edw. Richards east. Jam. Allen, south, wigwam playne north 
 
 t Tho Hering 2 acres gra: swampe Abutting Hand west, vpland east. 
 Nath Coalburne north. Ed Richards south 
 
 The paragraphs marked (t) are checked in the original, evidently to indicate that 
 they have been entered elsewhere.
 
 172 DEDHAM TOWN RECOBDS. 
 
 t Tho Hering 2 acres mead. gra. Abutting mill creeke north, his home 
 lott south, high way west, his home lott east 
 
 t Tho Hering 4 acres mead. gra. Abutts Riuer north. Robt Hinsdell 
 west Pet Woodward, south waste land, east 
 
 t Josep Kingsbery. 6 acre. mead. gra. abutt Riuer east, wast land 
 west. Nath Coalburn north. Ferd Addams south 
 
 t Hen Smith 3 acres swampe exchange for high way at course swampe 
 gra. Abutt Elder east waste land west M r Cooke Ed Richards Tho Herring 
 each of them in pt north Ja. Allen south 
 
 t Jos. Kingsbery 4 acres swampe gra Abutt great ponde east, wast 
 land west Dan Fisher south Hen Brock north 
 
 t Nath Coaleburne 4 Acres swampe gra Abutts Tho Herring south 
 Hen Philips north, an Hand. west, wast vpland east. 
 
 t Tho Bayes 2 acres swampe gra Abutts little pond south west, Robt 
 Hinsdell south east. Ed. Kemp north west Hand north east 
 
 t Lamb. Genery. 2 acres swampe gra. Abutt Hen Philips south wast 
 swampe north Geor Bearstow west vpland waste east 
 
 Hen: Brock 4 acres mead Broad Mead gra Abutt 
 
 t Hen Brock 2 Acres mead gra. abutts Riuer east, being a tryangle. 
 Austen Kalem west. Joh Haward. North 
 
 t Nath Coaleburne 2 Acres mead gra Abutts Aust Kalem easte. Riuer 
 south wast land north 
 
 t Ro. Mason 2 Acres swampe gra. Abutt wigwam playne north Hand 
 south & east Lieft west 
 
 t Joh Morse 4 Acres mead gra: Abutts Riuer east, waste Land west 
 Hen Smith south wast Mead North 
 
 Robt Mason 6 acres Mead, fro La Genery the pcell next belowe de- 
 scribed 
 
 t Lamb Genry 6 acres, mead gra. abutts. an hill in y 6 mead south waste 
 Mead north Joh Haward easte. waste Land west 
 
 t Lamb Genery 4 Acres gra. Abutt. Riuer east. & north. Ralph Shep- 
 heard south Jland playne. west 
 
 t Tho Bayes 3 acre meadow, gra Abutts Joh Ellice west, mich Bacon 
 east, high waye south. Ed Kemp. Ed. Richards, north 
 
 t Lieft Fisher 2 Acres swampe gra: Abutts Tho Bayes Jland Ro Mason 
 each in pt east. m r Cooke west, wigwam playne north wast swampe west 
 
 t Gra: to Lieft Fisher in sattisfaction for land layed downe for en- 
 largem* to the high waye one pcell of woodland abutt high way east, wast 
 Land south. Ed Hawes west Josh. Fisher aforesd north as it is at p r sent 
 marked vpon sundery trees, the lyne varied accordingly
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 173 
 
 11 of y e 12 1650 Assemb Fra. Chickering, Joh Dwight, Lieft Fisher, 
 Serg* Fisher, Nath Coaleburne, & Elea: Lusher, Joh Kingsbery 
 
 t Willm Bullard 2 acres swamp gra: Abutts Jose Morse & little Riuer 
 north, ponde south. Jose Morse easte. high way from pound west. 
 
 f Will. Bullard 2 acres swampe gra: Abutts Turkey Hand east, south 
 playne west Joh Bacon North. Joh Gaye south 
 
 t Will. Bullard 4 acres mead gra: Abutting vpon Joh Gaye north, wast 
 vpland: & mead on all other pts 
 
 t Joh. Gaye 3 acres ^ mead grat Abutts. Will Bullard south. & y e wast 
 vpland & mead all pts else 
 
 t Joh. Gaye 1 acre mead gra: Abutt. his home lott west Riuer east. m r 
 Ed Alleyne north waste land south 
 
 t Joh Gaye 2 acres swampe gra Abutts Turkey Jland & William Bull 
 each, in pt north m r Wheelock south: south playne west Tymo. Dwight 
 east. 
 
 t Joh Gaye 2. acres swampe gra: Abutts m r Allen east. Joh. morse west 
 a brooke in y e swampe south, vpland north 
 
 t Ed. Richards 1 acre mead gra: Abutting home lott east, little riuer 
 west. Fra Chickering south, smiths Lott north 
 
 t Ed Richard 6 acres mead gra. Abutt m r Dalton. north. Hen Smith 
 south Riuer east, waste land west 
 
 t Ed. Richard 5 acres mead. gra. Abutts Riuer. east, wast land west. 
 Fra Chickering south Ed Kempe north 
 
 t Ed Richards 2 acres swampe gra. abutts Tho Herring west. -m r Cooke 
 east wigwam playne north, wast swampe south 
 
 t Ed Richards 2 Acre swampe. gra. abutts mich metcalfe south west. 
 Tho Herring noreast: wast land: north west vpland southeast 
 
 t Hen Chickering 2 acres swampe gra. abutts Anth. Fisher north, wast 
 swampe south, wast vpland west. Joh Fraery. east 
 
 t m r Allen pastor 2 acre swampe gra: abutts vpland west, waste swampe 
 east Tho Fisher south, wast vpland north 
 
 t Tho Fisher 2 Acre swampe gra. Abutts his home lott west, wast 
 swampe easte M r Allen past north, wast swampe south 
 
 t Rich Barber. 1 acre ^ swamp gra. Abutts Rich Barber east wast 
 swampe west. Hen Smith south, wast swampe north 
 
 t Joh Luson. f acre mead gra. Rosemary mead abutts Tho Wight north 
 west, the wast vpland south east vpon waste mead, wast vpland. north east 
 & south west 
 
 t Tho Wight mead gra Rosemary meadow Abutts. Joh Luson. south 
 east, waste vpland all other pts 
 
 t Joh Luson 2 acres swampe gra. Abutts south playne west Tymo Dwight 
 east. Tho Wight south. Dan Fisher north
 
 174 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 t Job Luson 3 acre | mead, south mead gra. Abutts Antho Fisher north 
 west Tho Wight north east, wast vpland all other pts 
 
 t Tho. Wight 3 acres mead, south mead abutts Joh Luson. south west, 
 brooke in y e mead north west, wast vpland all other pts 
 
 t Antho. Fisher 3 acres. | mead south mead, abutts wast vpland north 
 west & north, brooke in y e mead, south & south east. w th a point stretching 
 west to a m r ked white oake 
 
 t Dan Fisher 3 acres f mead, south mead. Abutts. brooke in y e mead, 
 north & norwest Joh Luson. south east wast vpland all other pts 
 
 t Jose Clarke 1 pcell vpland gra Abutt Josep Clark east. Hen Wilson 
 south. & the wast vpland north & west 
 
 f m r Wheelock 6 acres mead Broad mead gra. abutts. high way south, 
 wast mead north. m r Cooke. east. Ralph Shepheard west 
 
 t m r Wheelock 6 acres mead gra Abutts y e Riuer. north. m r Wheelocks 
 vpland south Joseph Morse west. Church mead, east 
 
 t M r Wheelock 1 pcell of vpland. gra. Abutts m r Wheelocks mead, north, 
 waste vpland south Church. Lands, east, wast lands west 
 
 t m r Wheelock 2 acres swampe gra: Abutts Joh Gay swamp north. m r 
 Cooke south, south playne west. Joh. Dwight east 
 
 t Tho. Wight 2 acres swampe gra: Abutts Antho Fisher south. Joh 
 Luson north: south playne west. Geo. Bearstoe east 
 
 t Tho. Jordan 4 acres mead at Bogastowe in one of the neerest places 
 
 t Martin Phillips. 2 Acre swampe gra. abutts Tho. Alcock east. Joh 
 eaton west, high way south: in a trayangle w th y e point vpon a marked pine 
 north 
 
 t Tho. Fuller 2 acres swampe gra abutts. Turkey Jland. east, south 
 playne west. Joh Ellice north. Mich Bacon & Turkey Jland each south 
 
 t Joh. Batchelor 8 acres Mead Broad mead gra. abutts Joh. Rop east. 
 Joh Haward & swampe each in pt west, hill in y 6 meadow south. Fra. Chick- 
 ering Joh eaton each in pt north 
 
 t Joh Dwight 5 acres Broad. Mead, gra: Abutts. Dan Fisher, south, in 
 pt m r Cooke south in pt. high way north. Hen Brock west wast vpland east 
 
 t Hen Brock 4 acres Broad mead, gra abutts Joh Dwights east. Elea: 
 Lusher west, high way north. m r wheelock south 
 
 t Joh Morse 2 acres mead Rose mary mead gra. abutts: brooke north 
 east. Antho Fisher north west, wast vpland & meadow all pt ellse 
 
 t Antho Fisher f mead gra. Rosemary mead gra. abutts brooke north- 
 east Joh morse south east, wast lands all pts else 
 
 t Antho. Fisher 2 acres swampe. gra. Abutts south playne west. y e pond 
 east. Dan Fisher north Joh Batchelor south 
 
 t Antho Fisher. 2 acres swampe gra: abutts. south playne west Joh 
 Fraery east Tho. Wight north. Hen Chickering south
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 175 
 
 t m r Cooke 2 acres swampe gra: Abutts Dan Fisher: south. m r wheelock 
 north south playne west Joh Dwight east 
 
 t m r Cooke 2 acres, swampe gra abutt Lieft Fisher east. Edw. Richards 
 west wigwam playne north, wast swampe south 
 
 t Joh Ellice 7 acres Broad Mead gra abutts high way. south. Tho 
 Bayes east, waste mead west. Joh. morse Jos morse Elder Rich. Euered each, 
 in pt north 
 
 t Joh. Ellice 2 acres swampe. gra. abutts south playne west. Turkey 
 Jland east Tho Fuller south. Joh eaton north 
 
 t Joh Ellice. 2 acres swampe gra. abutts Tho Allcock. south west. Aust 
 Kalem north east. M r Deengane north west, high way. south east 
 
 t Joh Eaton 2 acres % swampe gra abutts Tho Fuller, east: Tho Payne 
 west Joh Batchelor north. Aust Kalem in pt high waye in pt. south 
 
 t Joh Eaton 2 acres swampe gra. abutts south playne west. Turkey 
 Jland east Joh. Ellice south. Joh Haward north 
 
 t Joh Eaton 4 acres mead gra. abutts high way. north wast mead. west. 
 Joh Batchelor in pt wast land in pt. south Fra Chickering east 
 
 t Joh Rop 6 acres mead. gra. abutts wast land next the river, south an 
 hill north. Ralph Shepherds east Joh Batchelor west 
 
 t Ralph Shepheard G. acres gra. abutts Joh Rop west. m r Wheelock 
 east waest next riuer south. Elea. Lusher north 
 
 t Elea. Lusher 6 acres mead gra. abutts Ralph Shepheard south, high 
 way north Fra. Chickering in pt. an hill in pt west. Hen. Brock east 
 
 t Joh Haward. 1 pcell vpland:gra. abutts swampe east, waste land west. 
 Jland playn north being a trayangle the point stretching south vpon Joh 
 Haward 
 
 t Joh Haward. 6 acres mead. gra. abutts Jland playne east. m r Carter 
 west high way south. Robt hinsdell. Joh Frary. Ferd. Adams, each in pt 
 north 
 
 t Joh Haward 6 acres mead gra. abutts high way south. Joh Batchelor. 
 martin philips, each in pt north, the hill east Larrib. Genery wast land each 
 in pt. west 
 
 t Joh Haward. 3 acres swampe gra. abutt house lott south wast land 
 north m r Deengaine north east in a trayangle the point stretching south west 
 vpon the waste land 
 
 t Joh Haward 1 acre swampe gra: abutts Joh Eaton south. m r Deen- 
 gaine north south playne west turkey Jland east 
 
 t M r Deengaine 1 acre swampe gra. abutts Joh Haward south Joh 
 Batchelor north south playne west turkey Hand east 
 
 t Joh Batchelor 2 acres, swampe abutts M r Deengane south Antho 
 Fisher north south playne west turkey Jland east 
 
 t Chr. Smith 2 acres mead gra. abutts a long ridge west. y e ponde east 
 Hen Brock south, waste swampe. north
 
 176 DEDHAM TOWN EE COEDS. 
 
 t Hen Brock 2 acres gra. swampe. abutts Christo Smith north. Jos 
 Kingsbery south a long ridge wesjt y e pond easte 
 
 t henry philips 2 acres swampe. gra. abutts Joh. Eaton east. Mich Bacon 
 west, waste vpland north & south 
 
 t Tho Alcock 2 acres swampe gra abutts. Tho Fuller south Joh Ellice 
 north, high way east: a trayangle the point to a pine west 
 
 t Robt Ware 2 acres, gra: vpland abutts Tho Alcock. south, high waye. 
 all other pts 
 
 t Dan Fisher swamp 2 acres gra. abutts Jose. Kingsbery North. Antho 
 Fisher south great pond east, wast land west 
 
 t Dan Fisher 2 ac swampe gr abutt M r Cooke nor Joh Luson south. 
 Geo Bearsto east south playne west 
 
 Joh Haward is deputed to Joyne w tn Joh Kingsbery. in 
 voate asisting the measurer in laying out. the grant made to M r 
 
 Deengaine of 8 acres of meadow according to the grante 
 Granted vnto Joh Kingsbery and his heyers for euer. 1 acre. 
 voate \ and 10 pole of meadowe. to be layed out in rosemary 
 
 Meadowe. at the direction of Lieft Fisher & Joh Haward. 
 this grant is to make a full supply of all defects in his meadowe due to him 
 in that meadow w ch he bought of Tho Wight it being wanting in measure 
 
 t Fra Chickering 6 acres mead, gra, abutt Joh Eaton west. Elea. lusher 
 in pt an hill in pt east, high way north. Joh Batchelor & Joh Rop. each in pt 
 south 
 
 t Ed Kempe 5 acres gra. vpland. vpon y e swampe playne. abutting vpon 
 John Dwight northwest, waste vpland all other pts 
 
 Tho. Fisher 4 acres, at Rosemary mead this grante to be entered, as it 
 is abutted in Liefts deed to Joh Bacon 
 
 23. of 12 mo 1650 Assemb. Joh. Kingsbery, Fra Chickering, Lieft 
 Fisher, Joh. Dwight, Serg* Fisher, Nath. Coalburne & Eleazer Lusher 
 
 vpon the consideration of som questions concerning will. 
 voate Bearstoes parcell of Mead of 3 acres, being pt of the 18 
 
 acres left for seuerall psons to whom it was granted its 
 agreed that Robert Ware shall be aduised to rest quiet heerein vntill ther be 
 further reasons to question will Bearstow. and allso that the 18. acres shall 
 be carefully measured, and then taken into further consideration 
 
 Fra Chickering & Robert Ware Joh Haward ar requested & deputed to 
 asist the Measurer in the measuring there of 
 
 vpon som question concerning the enlargem 1 of John Gayes. 
 voate in the rocks: it is agreed that Joh Luson & Eleazer Lusher 
 
 who wer then deputed to laye out Lands shall view the that 
 pcell and if they can call to minde how the lyne ther in question was layed
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 177 
 
 out. to resolue the same, according therto. other wise to take knowledg of Br 
 Gayes motion concerning water. & returne answer to the select men 
 
 Joh Dwight. & Fra Chickering. ar deputed to asist & direct 
 voate in laying out the 8 acres granted to Will Bearstoe and take 
 
 notice of that vpland by south Meadow desired by Antho: 
 Fisher & returne information to the select men 
 
 vpon the motion of Nathaniell whiteing in concernm 1 to a floate or sluce 
 to p r uent daifiag by floods. Joh. Kingsbery & Lieft Fisher ar requested and 
 deputed to resolue vpon viewe wher the said floate or sluce is most conueaint 
 to be made 
 
 the 2 men heere vnder named ar deputed to treate and con- 
 voate elude w th Carpenters, whom so euer they can finde to be fitt 
 
 & willing to put in 2 windowes in the back side of the Meet- 
 ing house. & make such necessary pvision for hanging vp the bell as shall be 
 needfull for the vse of y e Towne. Lieft Fisher, Elea. Lusher 
 
 for the p r uention of difficulties & mistakes in makeing & gathering of 
 rates in our Towne. in or concerning lands or cattell that ar out of y e poses- 
 sion of the owners and ar posessed & emgved by any such as haue them 
 vpon hyer or rent by the yeare or other wise. It is ordered that all Towne 
 Rates shall be asessed &: leuied from time to time, in all cases as aforesaid, 
 vpon the p r sent posessor of houses. Lands & Cattell in our Towne 
 
 for the p r uention of questions or mistakes in or concerning the recom- 
 pence for entering and writeing such things as concerne either the Towne in 
 genrall or such pticulars therein as may concerne to the Towne to take care 
 for by way of publike order. It is ordered that who so euer from time to 
 time shall keepe our Towne Booke shall haue for the entering each Towne 
 Order to be pd by the Towne 6 d . & for each grante pd by y e grantee 6. for 
 euery ali. for one pcell 6. and if more then one pcell be put into one coppie 
 or alienation. & be distinctly exp r ssed by the seuerall abuttments therof shall 
 haue for the first of these pcells 6 d . as before said, and for euery other pcell 
 put into the same alien. & coppie shall be payd l d be they more or fewer be 
 pd by the p r sent posessor & the transcript shall be allso drawen according 
 to Court order for the payment [ ] exp r ssed. not expecting more 
 
 for y e p r uention of y e waste of Tymber by any Jnhabitant that shall haue 
 grante of Timber for his suplye. according to the order in y l case gvided ]\ 
 is ordered that who so euer shall suffer any timber so granted to lye vnem- 
 gued. more then sixe monethes except by speciall order or new grante after 
 the same is felled, shall thereby forfiet the same to the Towne againe. who 
 may dispose there of as they or any whome they shall depute therevnto, and 
 it shall not be in y e liberty of any Inhabitant to make vse thereof w th out the 
 consent or alowance of the Towne or thier trustees in that case 
 
 t mich Bacon 2 acres swampe turkey Jland easte. waste Land weste 
 Tho Fuller north will Bullard south
 
 178 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 t mich metcalf sen. 2 Acr swamp Abutt waste vpland south east. Rob 
 Hinsdell south weste. Ed Richards north west, wast swampe northeaste 
 
 t .gra to Joh Rogers. 4 acres mead abuts Cha riuer east, waste Lands 
 west. Edward Kempe south, a trayangle the point stretch north 
 
 t this is sold by Jo Dwight to Joh Metcalfe deed to make 
 
 t gra. Nicho philips 2 acr swampe abutts. nath Colbofi south. Lam Gen- 
 ery north, wast land easte. Geo. Bearsto west 
 
 the grante of that swampe. now Mich metcalfes was granted to phel. 
 Dal ton 
 
 t Joh morse sell Henry Smith 4 acres mead as page .57.14 
 
 for m r Alin 
 
 Tho Battell sell 1 acr swamp abutts Hen Smith south m r Allin north. 
 Tho battell east, wast swampe weste 
 
 fro Sam Foster. 6 acr vpland great plaine abutts. Ed Richards east. M r 
 Allin west high waye north, wast land south 
 
 gra. to Edward Kempe 
 
 t Joh Thurston sell Joh Fayerbanke those 2 grants to Joh Rogers as 
 page 7 10 and 10 page. 6 section, and 1 acre of swampe that was Geo 
 Bearstoes abutts littl riuer Joh Rogers mead aboue said on all other pts 
 Jonath Fayerbanke south 
 
 t John Thurston sell Jonath Fayerbanke that 6 acres vpland as page 4. 
 sect 4 
 
 t Joseph morse sell Rich Ellice 2 acres vpland. abuts high way east 
 swampe west. Geo. Barber north Joseph morse south 
 
 t Joh Thurston sell Rich Ellice that 6 acres page 7. sect 4 and that acre 
 of meadow betwixt the same & the little Riuer 
 
 t Ensign sell serg Fayerbanke acre mead abutts. Ensign e north little 
 riuer west & south, serg* Fayer easte and south 
 
 Serg 1 Barber a coppie of the grante page 30 sect 8 
 
 t Dan Morse sell Josh Fisher sen 5 acr being as page 34. sect 6 
 being that his owne grant & 2 acres of michaell mettcalfes adioyneing the 
 whole pcell at p r sent abutts Tho wight, east Ro ware west 
 
 t Joh metcalf e sell dan Morse 2 acres y* mich metcalfs Lott next Dan 
 morse, abutts as page 34.5 
 
 t gra Daniell Morse 6 acr. in Rosemary Mead abutts Lieft east wast 
 Land west, waste vpland south, brooke north 
 
 t and one other pcell of meadowe ther abutts Lieft in pt Dan morse in 
 pt south east wast Land all other pts 
 
 t both these ar sold by Dan morse to Andrew Duein deed to make 
 
 t Ed Richards sell Joshua Fisher seni 5 acres mead, as page 58 13 
 deed to make 
 
 t henry Glouer sell Robt Fuller 6 acres vpland. as it lyeth Abutting
 
 DEDHA1L TOWN RECORDS. 179 
 
 Job Guild in pt. wast Land in pt. east. Joh Guild north pet woodward south, 
 deed to make 
 
 f Ed. Richards sell Hen Glouer that 9 acres as page 30:6. deed to 
 make 
 
 bill to make fro. Hen. Glouer to Ed Richards for y e paym* for this pur- 
 chas. whole price 10 payd 3 wheat. 1 Rye befor 25 of y e 10 mo. 
 next, but befor that in Fenceing. 2 befor the end of y e 3 month next in 
 moweing 1 at a weekes warning this next haye time & in Corn before 24. 
 of y e 4 month next 1 . and more 2 wheat befor. or about 29 of y e 7 mo 
 1652 
 
 t Jose: morse sell Tho payne. 2 acres his pt in that mead, as page 49.1. 
 to be abutted by Tho. pains direction nath Aldus east trayangle pointe west. 
 Riuer south waste Land north, deede 
 
 t Granted to Joseph Morse 3 acr great playne : in sattisfaction for 1 acr 
 J mead abutts Josep. morse east, waste Land west, the wast Land, north, 
 high way south 
 
 t Gra. to Samll. morse 1 acr. gr playne in sattisfaction for 1 acre, he 
 wanted in his former deuidt abutts Joseph morse east, wast Land, west & 
 north highwaye. south 
 
 t Gra to Joh Fayerbanke sixe acre abutts waste Land east & south 
 Jonath Fairbank south geo. Beasto north. 23. of 4. mo 1640: onely to enter 
 
 t Nath Colburne sell Eld Hunting 3 acr vpland abutts Joh Aldus east, 
 high way leading to y e pond west Sa. morse in part Geo. Barber in pt south. 
 & nath Colburn in pt: Hen philips in pt north 
 
 m rd . that Eld Hunting is to mayntay that fence betwixt himselfe & this 
 2 acres aboue said deed to make 
 
 15 of y e 1 mo 1651 Assemb: Joh Kingsbery, Fra. Chickering, Joh. 
 Dwight, Lieft. Fisher, Serg 1 Fisher, Nath Colburne & Elea: Lusher 
 
 t Granted vnto Willm. Auery Liberty to set his shoppe. in 
 voate the high waye in the East Street, the west side thereof to 
 
 stand in the p r sent Line of his fence next his house guided 
 that he lay downe so much land vpon the East side of the said waye as the 
 same is streightened by his said shope. at such time as the Towne shall re- 
 quire the same and allso gvided that whensoeuer the said shopp shall be no 
 longer vsed for a smithes shopp by the said Y/illiam at any time heereafter. 
 then it shall be remoued out of the high way if the Town shall require the 
 same 
 
 Joh. Dwight. Fra Chickering and Serg 1 Daniell Fisher ar de- 
 voate puted to meet w th Watertown men. to renewe the markes of 
 
 the Line betwixt watertown and Dedham according to the 
 order of Courte
 
 180 DEDHAM TOWN KECOBDS. 
 
 Granted vnto Hen philips 1 acre of vpl. & 1 acr. swa. w ch is 
 voate due to vpon his right of an 8 acre Loti. w eh is to be layed out 
 
 to him together w th his purchased Lands by the men. chosen 
 ther vnto 
 
 Peter Woodward, in the behalfe of y e East Street. Nath. 
 voate Fisher in the behalfe of the middle and smooth playne. & 
 
 Antho Hubbert in the behalfe of y e Jland ar deputed to 
 burne the Comon grounds so much as is needefull. to haue for each daye 
 spent therein, the abatem* of a daye worke of a man in the high waye worke 
 this next sumer 
 
 Whereas the hous Lott of Henery Chickering being in it 
 voate selfe so deffectiue. that according to the grante made to 
 
 other house Lotts in the same nature, ther is enlargem* 
 allowed in to the Rocks for wood and timber, and that vpon the exact laye- 
 ing out of the same in reduceing the same to its true grante it falls out y 1 he 
 haue much lesse woode and timber for his aloweance then other his neigh- 
 bours therby ther is therfor granted vnto the said Henery and to his heyers 
 for euer that woode and Timber that stands within such a Line as may be 
 drawen streight from the southeast corner of the wood land of Anthony 
 P'isher that lyes adioyneing to his house Lott. vnto the southeast end or 
 corner of the Rayles of the said Henery next Ed Hawes 
 
 Lieft Fisher & Serg. Fisher ar deputed to laye out that Line 
 
 t Eld Hunting sell N Colburne 3 acr: vpland. abuttsnath. Colburn east, 
 the high way to the pond west. Robt Croseman north Hen phillips in pt 
 nath Colburne in pt south, deed to make 
 
 t Geo. Barber sell Eld 1 Roode vpland. abutts thwaits Strickland east 
 y e high way to pond west & south. Geo Barber north deed to make 
 
 t Tho Jordan: Tho. Herring & Nath whiteing Joyntely sell nath Coal- 
 burne sixe Acres great playne. abutts waste land south, high waye north. Eld 
 Hunting easte Christo Smith weste. as page 33 sect 7-8-9- no deed, but 
 coppie & enter 
 
 t m r powell sell Tho wight 20 Acres vpland abutts Ch. Riuer south the 
 high way. north the waste Land, easte & weste. coppie & enter 
 
 the grante heereof to be first to be entered to m r powell 
 
 t Samuel Morse sell Tho Wight 2 Acres mead Abutts Ch. Riuer south 
 waste Land north the Land of Tho. wight easte. and closeth in a point be- 
 twixt Ch Riuer & the waste Land towards the weste deed to make 
 
 Samll Mills hyer 8 Acres of Joh. Dwight abutts Joh. Dwight east. 
 Antho hubert west high way north, wast land south, for 6 yeares according 
 as betwixt Jo. Dwight & Jo. Mason 
 
 Hen Willson hyer 7 acres of Joh Dwight. for 6 yeares. abutts El. 
 Lusher: west. Dan morse easte &c as Joh Mason 
 
 Christo Smith hyer 3 acr. of Joh Dwight for 6 years, abutting Joh
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 181 
 
 Dwight east & west, high waye north, wast Land south as Joh masons these 
 3 couen ts to make 
 
 t Tymo. Dwight sell Joh Dwight 2 acr great playne. abutts Joh Dwight 
 east m r Allin. west: high way south wast land north and 9 Acres swampe 
 playen 
 
 & 2 Acres lande abutts Geo. Bersto. east Tho. Herring west, mill creek, 
 north. Fra Chick, in pt will Auerey in pt south 
 
 & on pcell mead, abutts high way easte little Riuer west Geo. Fayerb. 
 north tryangle forme the point stretche south deed to conteyn all these 
 
 t Nath Fisher sell Dan. Pond. 2 acres vpl abutts Thw. Strickland easte: 
 Nath Fisher west, high Way to pond north swamp, south 
 
 & 2 acrs swampe. abutts Thwa Strickland east. Nath Fisher west the 
 forsed pcell north, waste swampe south deed to make 
 
 m rd the 2 acrs vpland. is to mayntaye fence rond. about: & nath Fisher 
 is to haue the refussall. if Dan. pond sell 
 
 bill fro. Dan pond to Na Fisher. 8 4 p r sent paye. 3 mor 1 month 
 after 29: 7. mo. next 1 more befor y e end of 7. mo. 1652 
 
 Joh Thurston sell Antho Fisher Jun. 4 Acr. mead at Foule meadowe 
 abutts. the Riuer weste. high waye in the mead easte. Lieft.'north. Tho. 
 wight south 
 
 m rd that Joh Thurston pmise and binde himselfe in a sum to Antho 
 Fisher Ju: that if he the said Antho. doe paye & sattisfie 2 10 s to Edward 
 Richards. Anno 53 according to the bargaine betwixt the said Joh. & Edward 
 that then the said John shall [ ] the said Antho such a [ ] of 3 
 
 Acres of Foule mead now in the hand of y e said Edward as himselfe re- 
 ceaued or shall receae of Edward Kempe 
 
 Granted vnto Michaell Bacon 2 Acres Swampe abutts y e Causey waye 
 leading to great Playne west Robt Ware south. & south east. Thomas Payne 
 east Sam Judson North this to enter. & Coppie to drawe for Ro: Ware 
 
 Tho Eames sell Robt Ware 3 acres, vpland Jland playne abutts Tho 
 Alcock. east, wast Land north high way. south. Sam Bulleyne west this 
 Alien: to record & copie to drawe for Ro ware 
 
 Deed to make to Robert Ware of that pcell mead, as page 57 sect 12 
 
 deed to make for Joh Dwight fro Tymo Dwight for 4 Acres mead at 
 Foule mead to haue Lieft 8 deed to Tymo. Dwight 
 
 t deed to make fro. for Tho Herring Tymo Dwight one house Lott 6 
 acres more or lesse vpland & all houses &c. abutts mill Creeke East. Joh. 
 Dwight & Rich El lice. west. Tho. Hering north Joh Dwight south, reserue- 
 ing a Cart waye foreuer to Joh Dwight & his heyers adioyueing to y e East 
 end of the house Lott of y e said John together w th the purchased Lands & 
 woodeland & w* so euer other Lands Tymo Dwight haue now in Dedham vn- 
 sold to be dated July. 1. 51 
 
 Bill to make to Tymo: Dwight fro Tho Herring 16 10 s to be payd: 6.
 
 182 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 y e 10 of y e 9 mo 1651: merchantible Corne in dedham at y e Currant 
 price there to the sattisf action of Tymo afforesaid. & y e other 10^. vpon y e 
 10 of y e 9 mo: 1652 in the like paye as y e former 
 
 30 of y 6 6 mo 1651 Assemb: Joh. Kingsbery, Joh. Dwight, Fra: Chick- 
 ering, Lieft: Fisher, Serg* Fisher, Nath: Coalburne, & Eleazer Lusher 
 
 y e Countrey Rate made 
 
 quest, whether broken Land lyeing yet vnfenced shall paye Countrey 
 Rates, voated that it must paye 
 
 quest: who ar y e men that ar exempted from y e Countrey Rate by y e 
 polle. in regard of sicknes. lamenes &c. resolued as followeth 
 
 Mich. Metcalfe seni, Joh. Kingsberey, Josh. Fisher seni, Sam: Morse, 
 Rich Euered, Jonath Fayerbank, Nath. Aldus, Lamb. Genery, Joh. Eaton, 
 Hen: Chickeren, Jam: Jordan, Ed Hawes, Christo: Smyth, Henerey Brock 
 
 A motion made by seuerall Inhabitants for y e hasteing the Layeing out 
 of the generall deuident formerly Intended 
 
 1 of y 7 mo 1651 Assemb: Joh: Kingsberey, Joh: Dwight, Fra: Chick- 
 ering. Lieft: Fisher, Serg* Fisher, Nath. Coaleburn. & Eleazer Lusher 
 
 y e Countrey Rate finished 
 
 the Rate of Dedh for Countrey Charges is 39; 18 s psons in Dedham 
 that paye to y e Rate. 80: the value of houses 730^. Reserued at home 
 15 s ll d 
 
 Br Dwight is requested to treat & conclude w th a workeman for y e 
 shingling y e schoolehouse 
 
 Serg* Fisher & Eleazer Lusher ar' requested to treate & conclude w th a 
 workeman or workemen for y e building of a chimney in y e schoole house 
 
 vpon consideration that more Land then is yet taken into the p r sent 
 measure may be fittfor empuem 1 in the deuident next to be layed out. these 
 men vndernamed ar therfor deputed to asist the measurer in searching viewe- 
 ing & measureing w l Land they shall finde & Judge fitt for y l vse. Joh: 
 Dwight: Nath. Coalburne Joh. H award: Andr. Dewein together w th Lieft: 
 Fisher 
 
 & Serg* Fisher in case Nath Coaleburne cannot attend it 
 
 20 of 7. 1651 Assemb: Joh. Kingsberey, Fra Chickering, Joh: Dwight, 
 Lieft: Fisher, Nath: Coaleburne, & Elea: Lusher 
 
 mett to newe make the Countrey Rate after y e Shire meeteing 
 Whereas the shire Comissioners did determine & settle our Towne Rate 
 for Countrey charges should be abated by exempting all that Land that was 
 broken this p r sent yeare. & som thing in y* valuation of houses, it is therfor
 
 DEDHAM TOWN HE CORDS. 
 
 183 
 
 resolued to make that abatem* by takeing out of this p r sent Rate all the said 
 nevve broken Land. & to drawe a new valuation of houses, to ease the owners 
 for time to com. & so to gather the whole Rate as it is in all other respects. 
 & to [ ] the ouer plusse for Town charges 
 
 m rd that the Countrey Rate 1651 doth gather of y e Towne 42 6 d 
 where of 39^" being due to y e Countrey ther remayne ouer plusse due to the 
 Towne in that Rate 3 6 
 
 Br. Kingsberey is desired to treate w th Tho: Fuller concerning the 
 worke of a gager to know whether he haue any considerable reason to refuse 
 that worke. if he be chosen thereto. & returne answer to y e select men 
 
 Granted vnto Thomas Jordan & to his heyers for euer one pcell of 
 swampe as it lyeth adioyning vnto the house Lott of y e said Thomas, not ex- 
 ceeding 3 acres by estimation to be layecl out at the discretion of Lieft 
 Fisher & Daniell 'Fisher 
 
 The Rates of Joshua Fisher senior. Nathan Aldus & Lieft Fisher, in y e 
 Countrey Rate being in y e ouer plusse: is assigned vnto Lieft Fisher Sum 
 -1-12-9 
 
 an order to be drawen to restrayne the taking away cannooes. w th out y e 
 owners Leaue pennaltie of 2 s to y e owner 
 
 an order to be drawen to restrayne anoying high waves, or drawen 
 wayes. in the Towne or in y e woodes but to cleere the said wayes forth 
 w th before the feller goe from the said tree, vpon penalties of 1 s for euery tree 
 to be pd to y e first informer to y e select men 
 
 [*Serg l Fisher fined I 8 6 d for not seasonable apearance at meeting this 
 daye] 
 
 A valuation of 
 M r Joh. Allin 
 
 houses taken 16.31 
 
 
 
 31 A &S! ni> - Ralph Daye 
 
 07 
 
 07 
 
 00 
 
 
 
 Eld Hunting 
 
 12 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 15 Joh. Guilde 
 
 04 
 
 04 
 
 00 
 
 10 
 
 Elea: 
 
 Lusher 
 
 26 
 
 23 
 
 00 
 
 Rich. Euered 
 
 09 
 
 09 
 
 00 
 
 15 
 
 Robt 
 
 Mason 
 
 17 
 
 15 
 
 00 
 
 Rich. Wheeler 
 
 06 
 
 05 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 Josep: Kingsberey 
 
 13 
 
 16 
 
 00 
 
 Pet: Woodward 
 
 20 
 
 22 
 
 00 
 
 
 Lamb 
 
 : Genery 
 
 05 
 
 04 
 
 10 
 
 Robt Fuller 
 
 07 
 
 07 
 
 00 
 
 10 
 
 Lieft: 
 
 Fisher 
 
 31 
 
 27 
 
 00 
 
 Joh: Farington 
 
 16 
 
 20 
 
 00 
 
 
 Thwa 
 
 : Strickland 
 
 07 
 
 06 
 
 00 
 
 Joh. Fraerey 
 
 09 
 
 08 
 
 00 
 
 6 
 
 Nath. 
 
 Coaleburne 
 
 16 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 15 Mich: Metcalfe sen 
 
 17 
 
 15 
 
 00 
 
 
 Hen. 
 
 Brock 
 
 14 
 
 
 
 Mich: Metcalf Ju 
 
 03 
 
 
 
 
 Nath: 
 
 Aldus 
 
 14 
 
 10 
 
 
 Jonath. Fayerbanke 
 
 20 
 
 17 
 
 
 
 Hen. 
 
 Phillips 
 
 26 
 
 20 
 
 00 
 
 Joh. Fayerbanke 
 
 04 
 
 08 
 
 00 
 
 
 Antho: Fisher Ju 
 
 11 
 
 10 
 
 00 
 
 Fra. Chickering 
 
 23 
 
 20 
 
 00 
 
 
 Sam: 
 
 Morse 
 
 07 
 
 08 
 
 00 
 
 Will Auerey 
 
 16 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 
 
 Nath: 
 
 Fisher 
 
 12 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 Joh. Metcalfe 
 
 06 
 
 05 
 
 10 
 
 6 
 
 Robt 
 
 Onion 
 
 04 
 
 03 
 
 
 Rich. Ellice 
 
 05 
 
 05 
 
 00 
 
 
 Hen. 
 
 Smyth 
 
 08 
 
 07 
 
 00 
 
 Joh Dwight 
 
 26 
 
 23 
 
 00 
 
 20
 
 184 
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 08 10 00 
 
 18 14 00 
 
 04 01 00 
 
 05 06 00 
 04 
 
 18 fj 00 
 
 02 02 00 
 
 15 15 00 
 
 02 
 
 50 100 
 
 16 14 00 
 
 2 03 00 
 
 3 02 00 
 3 
 
 4 
 2 
 5 
 1 
 
 For as much as diuers men that haue Canoes for thier necessary vse and 
 occasions, haue complayned of great wrong done to them by seuerall psons 
 by takeing away thier said Canoes w th out thier Leaue or knowledg. which 
 haue bene much to the trouble & damage of y e sayd owners, therfor. in con- 
 sideratio & for y e p r uention thereof. It is ordered that if any pson w* so euer 
 shall after the daye of the publication heere of. take awaye or Remoue any 
 Canoe or Canoes w th in our Towne from the place wher the owner or his as- 
 signes haue from time to time fastened or left the same. w th out leaue or con- 
 sent from the owner thereof or his assignes first had & attayned shall for 
 euerey such offence forfiet to the owner therof or his assignes the sume of 
 one shilling or if the said Canoe be so taken away or Remoued that the 
 owner is disapointed of the vse thereof the space of one whole daye or more 
 then the pson or psons that did remoue the same shall paye to the owner or 
 thier assignes double the damage w^o euer may be made apeere. to be re- 
 couered in both cases aforesaid by legall gceedings as other debts in case 
 the same be not payed quietly other wise 
 
 It is ordered that if any pson w th in our Town, w^o euer shall, after the 
 publication heere of. encumber Anoye or Interrupt any high waye or drawen 
 Waye. in our Town, or in the woods, by felling trees or any tree crosse the 
 
 Geo: Fayerbanke 
 
 [04 
 
 06 
 
 00 
 
 Joh: Gaye 
 
 Tho: Hering 
 
 'l4 
 
 12 
 
 10 15 
 
 Will Bullard 
 
 Nath. Whiteing 
 
 12 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Sam Mills 
 
 Joh: Kingsberey 
 
 18 
 
 16 
 
 00 
 
 Hen. Wilson 
 
 Joh: Haward 
 
 17 
 
 15 
 
 00 16 
 
 Tho. Bancroft 
 
 Sam: Judson 
 
 09 
 
 08 
 
 00 12 
 
 Ed. Richards 
 
 Robt. Ware 
 
 04 
 
 04 
 
 00 .8 
 
 Josh. Kent 
 
 M rs Deengaine 
 
 04 
 
 
 
 Joh Aldus 
 
 Tho Payne 
 
 05 
 
 07 
 
 10 
 
 The Mille 
 
 Tho Fuller 
 
 04 
 
 03 
 
 10 
 
 Robt Crosseman 
 
 Joh. Eaton 
 
 10 
 
 12 
 
 00 
 
 Joh Plimpton 
 
 Christo Smyth 
 
 04 
 
 06 
 
 00 
 
 Lambert ginery 
 
 Joh. Bacon 
 
 16 
 
 14 
 
 00 
 
 Joh Morse 
 
 James Allen 
 
 02 
 
 
 
 The Mill 
 
 Tho Jordan 
 
 09 
 
 08 
 
 00 
 
 Tymo Dwight 
 
 Ed: Hawes 
 
 04 
 
 03 
 
 10 
 
 Antho: Hubert 
 
 Tho Battell 
 
 18 
 
 16 
 
 00 
 
 Cor Fisher 
 
 Hen Chickering 
 
 23 
 
 20 
 
 00 
 
 James Draper 
 
 Antho: Fisher seni 
 
 20 
 
 17 
 
 10 
 
 Joh Houghton 
 
 Tho. Wight 
 
 19 
 
 17 
 
 00 
 
 Ralph Freman 
 
 John. Luson 
 
 21 
 
 16 
 
 10 
 
 Tho: Meatcalfe 
 
 Dani: Fisher 
 
 17 
 
 15 
 
 00 
 
 Joh. Littlefield 
 
 m r Wheelock 
 
 09 
 
 07 
 
 00 

 
 DEDHAM TOWN EECOBDS. 185 
 
 same, either by the Body or topp. or any pt thereof & shall not forth with 
 before he or they depart from the same, fully & sufficiently, take the $ame 
 awaye & cleere the said way. he shall paye & sattisfie for euery such tree so 
 felled to the Anoyeance of any such waye as aforesd the sume of 2 shil- 
 lings to him or them that shall first giue information there of to y e select 
 men of our Towne for y e time being or any twoo of them and if the pson that 
 haue so felled the sayd trees shall not vpon demand of the said 2 s p tree by 
 the Informer forth with remoue the said tree or trees as before said, then the 
 said pson so felling those trees shall for euerey weeke that they lye vncleered 
 out of the waye. paye to the Towne & y e vse thereof. 5 8 p tree in to the hand 
 of y e Constable for the time being 
 
 t deed to make to Anthoney Hubbert from Joh Kalem of that pcell 
 page 39. 8. Edwa. Richards East Tho Bancroft west 
 
 t deed to make from Fra Chicker to Ed Kempe of 5 acres on y e great 
 playne abutts Fra Chickering. east Joh Dwight west, high way north, wast 
 land south 
 
 17 of y 6 9 mo 1651. Assemb Joh Kingsberey, Joh Dwight, Fra Chick- 
 ering, Lieft: Fisher, Serg* Fisher, Nath Coaleburne & Elea: Lusher 
 
 Granted to Edward Kempe & his heyers foreuer Three Acres of Mead- 
 owe in Broade Mead: Abutting Charles Riuer East: waste Meadow west. Ed 
 Richards south & Tymo. Dwight North 
 
 & Three Acres mead Abutts Charles Riuer East, the waste vpland west 
 Joh Rogers North. Will Bearstow south 
 
 Joh Dwight is requested to certifie Joh: Ellice that we cannot forbeare 
 any pt of the paymt now due from Medfield. but in regard of that meadowe 
 due to him from y 6 Towne that the Towne will doe w l is. & may apeere to be 
 iuste therein wn he shall com & demand the same: it being in conueanient 
 time 
 
 The Account of y e Surveyors as followeth: 
 
 :psons yet behinde in thier highwaye worke 
 
 1651 
 
 s d 
 
 Joh Guilde 020 Joh: Metcalfe 010 
 
 Rich Wheeler 000 Nath Whiteing assigned 
 
 Pet. Woodward to Jo Dwight 040 
 
 Joh. Farrington bushell wheat as- Joh. Aldus 020 
 
 signed to Jo Dwight Sam Morse 020 
 
 Robt Fuller 080 Thwa Strickland 010 
 
 Joh: Fraery 020 Robt. Mason 020 
 
 Mich Metcalf Ju 040 Joh. Mason 080 
 
 Jona. Fayerbanke 090 Josep Kingsbery 060 
 
 Fra: Chickering 060 James Jordan 020
 
 186 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 Tho. Jordan 040 Tho. Bancroft 060 
 
 Hen Glouer 040 Job. Bullard 040 
 
 Tho. Battell 050 Edw: Richards 060 
 
 Tho: Wight Joh H award 030 
 
 Joh Luson 080 Antho: Hubbert 000 
 
 M r Wheelock 040 Tho. Payne 000 
 
 Hen Wilson 080 
 
 [*Serg t Fisher vndertake to pay 4 s for Joh Bullard] 
 
 4 of y e 10 Mo: 1651 Assemb Fra: Chickering, Joh. Dwight, Lieft: 
 Fisher, Serg*. Fisher. Nath Coaleburn & Elea: Lusher 
 
 [*Eleazer Lusher is requested to referr those grants, in y e Record, that 
 ar entered vnbutteled to those enterics y* ar abutted to p r uent questions & 
 mistakes in time to com 
 
 Elea: Lusher p r sent his accounts by Bill the Sum 2 19 9 
 
 that Bill vpon examination was alowed & passed by voate 
 he had receaued 9 2 
 
 Remayn due to him from y e Town 2 10 7 
 
 Fra Chickering Tender his Bill of accounts the Sume 11 s 3 d vpon exam- 
 ination it was allowed of & passed by voate 1 1 3 
 Joh: Dwight Tender his bill of accounts Sum 1^. 14 s . 4 d . vpon examina- 
 tion of y e pticulars it was allowed of & passed by voate l 14 s 4 d 
 Serg 1 Daniell Fisher p r sent his Bill. Sum 1 13 6. alowed vpon exam- 
 ination & passed by voate 1 13 6 
 Reed vpon this account by y e said Daniell. from Danll Morse 18 s . & 
 from Joseph Morse 5 s . the sum of receits 1 3 
 
 Remayn due still 10 6 
 
 Tho: Fullers account p r sented sum 9 s allowed & passed by voate 9 8 
 Antho Fisher senio: his account p r sented and alowed of & passed by 
 voate 5 s reed, heereof from Joh Bullard 1 
 
 Remayn due still 4 0] 
 
 t James Alin sell to Joh. Morse 3 acres vpland on south playne Abutt: 
 as page 56. sect 3: deed to make to Joh. Morse 
 
 20 of y e 10 th mo. 1651. 
 
 m rd that Lieft Fisher & Eleazer Lusher in the behalfe of y e Town being 
 ther vnto deputed agree w th Daniell Ponde Carp tr as foloweth. the sd Daniell 
 doth vndertake to frame & set vp 2 windowes vpon the back side of y e meet- 
 inghouse at y e direction of y e Towne. of each side of y e officers seate one. 
 that shall be like in all respects to those girth windowes in y e newe meeting 
 house so fare as the places ar capeable of. & allso frame & setVp a sufficient
 
 DEDHAM TOWN EECOEDS. 187 
 
 frame vpon the north end of y e meeting house for y e hanging of y e Bell and 
 doe all y e Carpenters worke therevnto necessary, the shingling of the pent- 
 house oner y e Bell excepted. & to make & set vp one conueanient & sufficient 
 payer of flewe boards at the said end of y e meeting house, the Towne vnder- 
 takeing onely all the necessary cariage of the timber therevnto necessary. & 
 guide the boards for y 6 flew boards 
 
 this frame for y e hanging y e Bell is to be made according to y e forme & 
 gportion then betwixt y e pties exp r sed. all this worke is to be done w th y e first 
 optune & fitt season 
 
 For & in Consideration whereof the said Joshua & Eleazer in the be- 
 halfe of y e Town engag to sattisfie to the sd Daniell the sume of 3^" & in 
 case the sd Daniell when the worke be done shall ap r hend he loose by the 
 worke & shall make it reasonably apeere he is to haue Ten shillings more, 
 the whole to be p a . halfe in wheat & halfe in Jndian corne. the Jndian when 
 the sd Daniell shall demaund vpon reaso[ ] warning & the wheat when 
 the worke is done 
 
 vnto which Couenant as is all ready expressed on the other side of this 
 Leafe the pties engaged subscribe thier names 
 
 Eleazer Lusher, Joshua Fisher in y e behalfe of y e Towne 
 
 Daniel Pond in y e behalfe of himselfe 
 
 Robt Onion sell Nath Coaleburn 5 Acres 2 acres one halfe meadow in y e 
 purchased mead, abutts Nah Coalebor north. Robt Onion is to in form the 
 other abuttm ts . & 2 acres vpland yet to be layd out 
 
 [*26 of y e 10 th mo. 1651. Robt Hinsdels account in refference to m rs 
 Stoughtons Anuall Rent 
 
 Anno 1647: due for y e whole yeare 2 
 
 1648: due for y e half yeare 1 
 
 1650: due 1 80 
 
 1651 due 2 00 
 
 6 80 
 
 heere of p d by Joh Dwight 2134 
 
 Assigned to receaue of Joh. Plimpton wheate 1 
 
 of Antho: Fisher Juni: 5 bushels Indian Corne 15 
 
 4_ 84 
 Joseph Morse assigned to pay 2
 
 188 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 18 of y e 10 mo 1651 Assemb Joh Kingsbury, Joh Dwight, Fra. Chick- 
 ering, Lieft: Fisher, Serg* Fisher, Nath: Coalburne 
 
 Joshua Fisher is deputed to take a note of w l is passed vpon this daye 
 by y e select men 
 
 It is agreed to gpound the supply of fireing at y e Generall meeting 
 
 It is agreed that Francis Chickering shall take 40 s of Joseph Morse. w ch 
 is due to y e Towne: from m rs Stoughton for y e yeare 1651 
 
 Fra: Chickering doe engage to pay 5 12 s due to Boston for y e Bell. 1 
 and to deliuer the Cp ts Bill to the Capt wherein he is engaged for y e Towne 
 5^12 8 
 
 It is agreed that Cap* Lusher, Joh. Dwight & Joshua Fisher or any Twoo 
 of them ar apointed to take in y e Carpenters account that did groundcell the 
 Meetinghouse to see w* is due to him when he shalt p r sent his account 
 
 [*Reckoned w th Joshua Fisher & ther is due from the Town to him 2- 
 16-10] 
 
 Reced. of Robt Hinsdell by Joh Dwight 2^-13 8 -4 d -w ch was due to y e 
 Town from m rs Stoughton. w ch John Dwight haue sattisfied to y e Towne in 
 Corn, to y e Carpenter and by a Bill w ch he p r sented. w ch was examined & 
 alowed by the select men so ther remaynes due still from Robt Hinsdell to 
 the Towne 1-14-8 of that which was due from m rs Stoughton. Anno 1650 
 
 1 See previous records relating to this bell on pp. 165, 170, 177, 187. 
 
 It seems pretty clear that this was one of the six bells given to Boston by Capt. 
 Thomas Cromwell in his will dated Aug. 26, 1649 and proved two months later. He 
 seems to have taken a liking to Boston. His will contains this bequest: 
 
 " I giue my six bells being in the Custody of Henry Walton vnto the towne of Bos- 
 ton." The Eecords of Boston show that "The 9 th mo., 1650. At a Generall towne 
 meting upon warning, it was agreed that the Bells Capt. Crumwell gave the Towne 
 should be by the Select men disposed of to the Best Advantage, and the produce Laid 
 out for one Bell for a Clocke." Boston Rec. Com. 2 d Report, page 102. Another of 
 Cromwell's bells may have gone to Castle Island, 1655. See Memorial History of Bos- 
 ton, I, 509. 
 
 Capt. Thomas Cromwell was one of the earliest of the famous buccaneers. In 1646 
 he was in command of three fast-sailing brigantines under commission of High-admiral 
 (Earl of) "Warwick, and having captured in the West Indies several richly laden Spanish 
 vessels was driven by a gale about the middle of May into Plymouth harbor. " He had 
 abord his vessels aboute 80. lustie men, (but very unruly,) who, after they came ashore, 
 did so distemper them selues with drinke as they became like madd-nien ; and though 
 some of them were punished & imprisoned, yet could they hardly be restrained ; yet in 
 y e ende they became more moderate & orderly. They continued here aboute a month 
 or 6. weeks, and then went to y e Massachusets." Bradford's Plymouth IV Mass, 
 Hist. Soc. Coll., Hi, 441. After a short stay in Boston, he set forth on another voyage 
 to the West Indies, was gone about three years, and returned to Massachusetts with 
 many rich prizes, and " ther dyed the same somere, having gott a fall from his horse, in 
 which fall he fell on his rapeir hilts, and so brused his body as he shortly after dyed 
 therof." Two chapters are devoted to this bold Buccaneer by Jane G. Austin in Betty 
 Alden, one of her stories of the Pilgrims.
 
 DEDHAM TOWN EECOEDS. 189 
 
 It is agreed that the Grante of enlargement in y e Rocks made to John 
 Gaye & Layed out by y e Cap* & John Luson. shall be entered in the Town 
 booke according to the grante 
 
 Joh. Gaye. Serg* Fisher & Joshua Fisher, ar apointed to newe marke the 
 Line at the west end of John Newtons Lott. according to the grante that the 
 Towne may know thier owne Land 
 
 [*Nath Coaleburn is assigned to receaue of Joseph Clarke. 15 s w ch is 
 due to the Towne from Meadfield. in pt of paye for that 4 bushels of wheate 
 w ch the said Nathaneell did lende to y e Town to pay for the Bell 
 
 Remayn due to Mathaneell Coaleburn one bushell of wheate & 5 s that 
 he payed to Edward Hawes] 
 
 30 of y e 10 tu . 1651 Assemb. Joh: Kingsbery, Joh: Dwight, Lieft: Fisher, 
 Serg*: Fisher, Nath: Coaleburn & Elea. Lusher 
 
 whereas Thomas Wight haue bene deputed to laye out to 
 voate Thomas Jordan that 4 Acres of Meadowe Granted to the 
 
 said Thomas at Bogastowe & that the same is not yet done 
 It is now ordered that those men that wer formerly deputed to lay out the 
 Line betwixt Meadfield & dedh they or any 3 of them ar deputed to appoint 
 the layeing out of that grante. & Thomas wight is discharged 
 
 [*Joh Morse p r sent his accounts in refference to that 7^"-8 s -3 d due the 
 last yeare. as allso for accounts due to the Town by seuerall defects in high- 
 way worke w ch the sd John was assigned to gather 1649. remayn still due of 
 those accounts-18 s -Totall.-8-6-3 
 
 Reed heereof by the Town 6 2 8 
 
 Remayn still due from John Morse to y e Town 2 3 7 
 
 In this account of John Morse he haue p d to Serg* Daniell Fisher 
 
 0100 
 
 Remayne still due to Serg* Fisher 6 
 
 Reed more of John Morse his account 100 Ceader boarde 4 
 Remayn still due from Joh Morse vpon y e Ballancing the accounts 
 
 1197 
 
 1197 
 The Deacons coming to cleere thier accounts ther apeare to be in thier 
 
 hands yet due to y e Town 2 
 
 this 2 the Deacons ar assigned to pay to Eleazer Lusher 2 
 Assigned to be p d more to Eleazer Lusher by bill out of 
 
 Meadfield Rate by the glouer of Boston 9 
 
 remayn due to Elea. Lusher 1 7 
 
 y e Deacons vndertake to paye that 20 s to Joh Kingsberey at the Towns 
 
 assignm* w ch Joh Dwight stand Debtor to the Town in as is entered before 
 
 in this booke 1
 
 190 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 Joh Dvvight is discharged thereof 
 
 Discounted w th Joh Morse in regard of 2 s 6 d lost in y e Countrey Rate 
 by Robt Eames & 5 s 3 d by y 6 Treasurers account 7 9] 
 
 Remayn due in Totall from Joh Morse 1 11 10 
 
 Granted vnto Eleazer Lusher & to his heyers for euer that 
 vot pcell of Swamp \v ch was layed down to the Town by m r John 
 
 Allen Pastor conteyneing one Acre & one halfe or there 
 about lyeing adioyneing to that house Lott somtimes Ralph Shepheards. or 
 neer there vnto 
 
 Granted vnto Nath: Coaleburne & to his heyers for euer one 
 vote: pcell of vpland conteyneing halfe an Acre more or lesse as it 
 
 lyeth adioyneing to that Land somtimes Lambert Generys & 
 the mill Creeke. Reserueing such a passage thorough the same in all respects 
 as shall be needfull for the vse of those that ar gpriators in the purchased 
 meadowe there. Joh Dwight & Lieft Fisher ar deputed to lay it out 
 
 Sergt Daniell Fisher is deputed to call the Rolle of the Townsemens 
 names, at y e Genrall Meeting 
 
 A Bill of the names of those Townsemen that ar to be called at the gen- 
 rail Town meeteing 
 
 M r Allen Pastor, Eld r Joh: Hunting, M r Ralph Wheelock, Captaine 
 Lusher, Deacon Hen: Checkering, Deaco Nath Aldus, Joh: Kingsberey, 
 Mich. Metcalf. senio, Josh: Fisher senio, Samll Morse, Joh: Luson, Hen: 
 Brock, Antho Fisher seni, Joh Dwight, Joh: Haward, Fra: Checkering, Tho. 
 Wight, Lieft Josh: Fisher, Ensign Hen. Phillips, Jonath. Fayerbank, Peter 
 Woodward, Joh Fraerey, Joseph Kingsberey, Willm Bullard, Joh. Eaton, 
 Rich. Euered, Nath: Coaleburne, Robt Mason, Joh. Gaye, Henry Smyth, 
 Serg 1 . Dan: Fisher, Serg* George Fayerbank, Joh: Morse, Edw: Richards, 
 Willm Auerey, Lamb: Generey, Christo: Smyth, James Jordan, Nath. White- 
 ing, Mich: Metcalf Juni, Joh: Fayerbank, Samll Judson, Tho: Hering, Rich. 
 Wheeler, Joh. Farington, Joh. Aldus, Tho: Fuller, Tho: Payne, Robt Ware, 
 Antho: Fisher Junio, Thwa: Strickland, Robt Fuller, Nath. Fisher, Tho. 
 Batteley, Tho Jordan, Joh Metcalfe, Joh. Guilde, Andrew Duein, Antho: 
 Hubert, Joh. Mason, Joh. Plimpton, Ralph Daye, Hen. Willson, Tho: Ban- 
 croft, Joh. Bacon, Edw. Hawes, Henry Glouer, Josh. Kent, Rich. Ellice, 
 Robt Onion, Samll Milles, Timo. Dwight, [*Andr Duein] Josep. Ellice, Ralp 
 Freeman, Joh. Rice, Dan: Ponde, Hen Wight, Cornll Fisher, [*Robert 
 Grossman], Jonath Farba: Ju, Ja. Vales, Joh Houghton, Ja Draper, Ja 
 Thorpe, Jsa. Bullard 
 
 Considerations to be gposed at the genrall Meeteing 
 1. consideration w l supply of firewood may be safe for y e Town, 
 whether to lay out wood Lotts. or giue larger Libertie of felling wood
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 191 
 
 2. that the time of Couen* in y e schoole keepeing. being expired, w* 
 may be the resolution of y e Town therein. 
 
 3. w* may be done for the supply of swampe to those Inhabitants 
 whose deuision lay in that w ch Cambridg now posesse & those whose Lotts. 
 being drawen & the Rate being the rule of thier gportion is lost allso 
 
 4. whether no meanes can be found to p r uent damage by horses. &c: in 
 y e Great playne most especially. & other cornon fields allso 
 
 5. w l the select men may doe. wn they cannot attayne paye suitable to 
 defray the necessary charges of y e Town 
 
 6. a Motion about y 6 drye heard 
 
 7. whether the Meetinghouse shall be couered w th shingle or not 
 
 8. whether we shall call for pay from Meadfield or how much & when 
 
 9. whether it be not Just & reasonable to allow the select men thier diet 
 vpon the Just occasions of the Townes seruice in Town meeting Dayes & 
 allso allow equall recompence for the time our Deputies shall expend in y e 
 countrey seruice heere after 
 
 Accounts to be p r sented at y e genrall Meeting 
 
 Reed from Meadfield in pt of y e 20 demanded from thence 10^ 1 
 
 from M rs Stoughton 9 8 
 
 fro Joh Morse 6 15 7 
 
 Reed by an ouerplusse in y e Countrey Rate 3 6 
 
 29 5 1 
 
 Disbursm ts . for y e Bell & the cariage of y e corne for y e paym* 6 
 
 for building the schoole house chimney 3 
 
 to m r Haynes 1 4 
 
 for Boarde. nayles schoole house &c: 1 8 
 to Lieft Fisher for measuering & seuerall Journeyes at 
 
 y e Townes apointm* 2 14 7 
 
 charges at y e last genrall meeting 1 2 [ ] 
 more for diet for y 6 select men & for the Arbitrators chosen 
 to settle the purchased Lands & about the question con- 
 cerning y e mille & the constable in makeing the Countrey 
 Rate, and other disbursements for the Towne as apeere 
 
 by his bill 3 4 8 
 ]*To Eleazer Lusher for composeing & entering the table 
 in the booke of Record. & new draweing & entering the 
 Towne orders. & for seuerall Journeyes at the Townes 
 
 assignm 1 2 19 9 
 To Serg* Dan: Fisher for diuers dayes Journeyes & other 
 
 occasions of attending at y e townes assignm 1 1 13 6] 
 To Joh Dwight for seuerall Journeyes: draweing timber & 
 
 disbursem 18 for y e towne 1 14 4
 
 To Fra Chickering for nayles & Journeys 16 3 
 
 Besicls these. p d to seuerall other men for Journeyes. & other 
 publike occasions we haue allowed, as vpon thier Bills to 
 vs haue apeered Just & reasonable 
 
 vncertaine sume 25 12 9 
 
 [*m rd that Ralph Daye owe mor in y 6 Countrey Rate then 
 
 is therin assessed 1 4] 
 
 seuerall other Accounts by Reckoning will be due to seuerall men who 
 haueing notice of our meeteing yet not apeereing it must be left to the care 
 of y e next men chosen 
 
 [*whereas ther remayne tenn shillings yet due to Joh. Kingsberey for 
 that wheat he lent y e towne the Constable is assigned to sattisfie him that 
 Tenn shillings out of y e ouerplusse of the Countrey Rate] 
 
 Due to Willm Auerey for nayles for y e Schoole house as apeere by his 
 Bill: 0173 
 
 Joh. Plimpton is assigned to pay to Lieft Fisher for Robt 
 Hinsdell 1 00 
 
 Th waits Strickland & Nath: Fisher ar assigned to pay that 
 1 16 s that is in thier hand from meadfield Rate vnto Lieft 
 Fisher 1160 
 
 all these assignm ts to Lieft Fisher being p' 1 . he is debtor to 
 y Town 0100 
 
 more questions to pposed 
 
 10. whether succession in Lands by purchase make the purchasers to be 
 Townsemen or not 
 
 1 1. w* way the questions by Meadfield men in refference to the charge 
 of purchaseing Amunition for a Town stock shall be issued 
 
 At a Genrall Meeteing 1651 y 6 first of the eleuenth mo: called Januarie 
 
 The question concerning the right of heyers or purchasers to 
 voafc all Town p r uelidges. & Right of voateing in all cases 
 
 together w th other Townsemen is referred to y e Selectmen 
 now to be chosen, that they may p r pare & ripen the answer & cofhend it to 
 the Townes resolution 
 
 Tymo: Dwight, Andr: Duein, Josep. Ellice, Ralph. Freeman, John: Rice, 
 Dan: Ponde ar admitted Townesmen 
 
 It is resolued not to deuide woodland into gpriaties for fire- 
 voate wood, and the care of ordering the cutting of firewood is left 
 
 to y e select men for y e yeare ensueing 
 
 Its Resolued that a Schoole for the education of youth shall 
 voate be continued & mayntayned in our Towne
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 193 
 
 its resolued that som settled way of the maintenance of the 
 voate Schoole shall be agreed vpon. 
 
 its ordered that 20" a yeare at the least shall be the settled 
 voate recompence of the school em r for 7 yeares next ensueing 
 
 the 5 men heerevnder named ar chosen to ripen this case of rayseing 
 20; p an for the schoolem r . and gpose thier thoughts to y e Towne Elder Joh. 
 Hunting, Fra: Chickering, Joh Dwight, Lieft Fisher, Nath Coaleburne 
 
 the satisfaction of those men that ar disapointed of swampe in Cam- 
 bridg swampe is left to y e care of y e selectmen for y e yeare ensueing to be 
 made either in vpland in the next deuident or in swampe as they can best 
 agree w th the psons and can best make supplye 
 
 the damage done by horses & other vnruely cattell in Comon Fields is 
 left to be recouered in a due course of Lawe 
 
 It is resolued to raise a Town stock of 20^ by that paym* due from 
 Meadfield & so to vphold this stock by suppies in our Towne. from lime to 
 time, the publike stock to be raised this yeare 
 
 the care of a drye heard is left to the select men for y e yeare ensueing 
 
 the meeteinghouse shall be couered \v th shingle 
 
 its concluded that meadfield can make no iust clayVne to any pt of the 
 stock of Aiiiuniton 
 
 its ordered that the select mens dyet vpon the Town meeteing dayes 
 shall be payed for by the Town from time to time heereafter 
 
 Its ordered that those that shalbe heerafter chosen deputies for the gen- 
 rail court shall be alowed for thier time, the sum & the manner is left to the 
 select men to resolue & settle 
 
 Elections. 
 ( Eleazer Lusher is chosen to keepe the booke 
 
 Lieft Fisher, Fra Chickering, Joh. Kingsbery, Jon. Dwight. Serg* 
 ( Fisher, Pet. Woodward, ar chosen select men for the yeare ensuring 
 
 Antho. Fisher Ju, Joseph Kingsbery, Andr Duein, Surveyors 
 
 Joh Morse, Tho: Fuller, Nath. Coaleburne, Mich. Metcalf Ju, Woodreeues 
 
 The Accounts of y e Select men for the yeare last past ar alowed of by 
 the Towne 
 
 5 of y e 11: mo. 1651 Assemb: Joh Kingsberey, Lieft. Fisher. Fra. Chick- 
 ering, Joh. Dwight, Serg 1 . Fisher, & Eleazer Lusher 
 
 vpon examination of y e Surveyers Bill for y e yeare 1650. ther apeere yet 
 to be due to the Towne for defect of the high way worke of that yeare from 
 the psons heere vnder named as followeth 
 
 Robt Mason 068 Sergt Barber 050 
 
 Lamb Generey [ ] Robt Onion 016 
 
 Deacon Aldus 038 Josep. Clarke 038
 
 194 DEDHAM TOWN EECOKDS. 
 
 M r Wheelock 038 Edw Richards 034 
 
 Tho. Bately 038 Job Haward 050 
 
 Joh. Fraerey [ ] [ ] Sam: Judson 018 
 
 Mich: Metcalfe senjor 1 8 Joh. Bacon 018 
 
 3 10 
 
 A bill to be drawen to send to Joh Bullard to demand 10 s for y e vse of 
 halfe the Meadowe called the Church Meadow one yeare he haueing 
 pformecl. none of y e condicions wherevpon he entered the said meadowe 
 
 Joh. Dwight, Fra: Chickering & Elea. Lusher ar Deputed to 
 
 Toafe: settle the way leading vnto the wigwam playne & thorough the 
 
 same vnto the swampe as pticular ppryaties may necessarily 
 
 require. & to sattisfie for the land laved out for y e waye by land vpon the 
 
 said playne. as they shall iudge equall & most conueanient 
 
 Granted vnto John Rice and to his heyers for euer. one pcell of vpland 
 lyeing neere the ponde. as it shall be layed out to him by the direction of 
 Serg* Fisher & Eleazer Lusher 
 
 6. of y e 11 mo. 1651. Assemb. Joh. Kingsberey, Joh. Dwight, Fra: Chick- 
 ering, Lieft: Fisher, Pet Woodward, Serg 1 Fisher & Elea: Lusher 
 
 20; p an for y e schoole for y e schoole 
 
 The rule of rayseing 20^" p aiin this day considered and resolued 
 
 Elnathan Dunkely & Matthewe Edwards being sumoned apeerethis daye 
 befor y 6 select men 
 
 Robt Mason & Joh. Mason for former defect in thier high way worke 
 vndertake to paye in shingling y e meeteinghouse when the Town call for it 
 
 0168 
 
 Antho: Fisher Juni. being assigned by Robt Hinsdell to pay vpon his 
 account for m r Stoughtons Rent. 15" he vndertakes to paye it & is assigned 
 to paye this 15 s & 9 s mor for gdin Rockwood of Meadfield w ch is to pay for 
 him. to Ralph Daye. 14 9 
 
 12 of y e 11 mo. 1651 Assemb: Joh Dwight, Lieft Fisher, Pet: Wood- 
 ward, Serg 1 Fisher, Joh. Kingsberey, & Elea: Lusher 
 
 Tho. Payne, coming to cleere vp that he haue pformed 3 daye worke in 
 the high waye the last yeare. its resolued that if he can make it apeere to the 
 Surveyers. that they may testifie it to any of y e Select men. that then except 
 he heare from y e select men further demaund of worke he shall take himselfe 
 discharged therof 
 
 Nath Whiteing is to paye for not apearing at the generall Towne 
 Meeteing 016 
 
 assigned to pay it to Joh Dwight 
 
 Joh Haward is assigned to paye to Lieft Fisher for defect in high way 
 worke 0130
 
 DEDHAM TOWN HECORDS. 195 
 
 Henry Smyth is assigned to pay out of Meadfield Rate vnto Tho: Bat- 
 teley in pt for shingling y e Schoolehouse 1 18 7 
 
 vpon information that our Bretheren of Meadfield haue declared them- 
 selues grieued that our Town haue haue resolued to call for 20^ from thence. 
 & that they haue declared a purpose not to paye till it be cleered whether 
 any be oweing to Dedh or not its therfor concluded to write a letter to send 
 to the Inhabitants & Select men of Meadfield to desire a loueing treatie w th 
 som of them such as the Towne or select men shall send. Eleazer Lusher is 
 desired to drawe vp this letter 
 
 Samll Judson is assigned to paye to Lieft Fisher for his defect in high 
 waye worke 1650 1 8 
 
 Lieft Fisher is deputed together w th Nathan Aldus & Joseph Kingsbery 
 to agree about a Leading waye to the Meadow of Joseph Kingsbery thorough 
 the vpland of Nathan Aldus: & to return answer to y e Select men 
 
 Joseph Kingsberey inform that Lambert Generey hath taken shingle 
 Timber & oakeing Timber. w th out leaue from the Towne. its resolued that 
 Br Generey shall be called to the next Town meeteing. by warneing by Lieft 
 Fisher 
 
 Tho. Batteley haueing taken building S: shingle timber w th out Leaue. its 
 to be considered of heereafter. he answers he thought building Timber had 
 bene at libertie in comon 
 
 Elnathan Dunckley is according to y e Court order in that case provided, 
 placed in seruice for one whole yeare next ensueing to dwell w th Anthoney 
 Fisher senior, and the said Anthoney Fisher doth couenant & agree to pay 
 to the said Elnathan or his assignes the sum of 9^ for y e yeares seruice. vizt 
 < 2.. 5 s each quarter of y e yeare 
 
 John Bullard is assigned to paye to Joh: Dwight that debt due to the 
 Towne by his rate in Meadfield & that due for the yeares rent for the mead- 
 owe, the whole 1 
 
 Joseph Clarke is assigned to paye to Danll Ponde 12 s due from him selfe 
 in pt for defect in high waye worke. & in pt from meadfield Rate 12 
 
 13 of 11. 1651 Assemb. Joh: Dwight, Lieft Fisher, Pet: Woodward, 
 Serg*. Fisher, & Elea: Lusher, Joh: Kingsbery 
 
 Whereas it apeare vpon experience that such firewood as 
 voate hath hetherto bene alowed to be made vse of as in comon 
 
 libertie to each of our Inhabitants is now much spent and 
 therefor for y e more conueanient supply of the Towne more libertie is found 
 necessarie. and that allso such care be taken to p r serue such oake trees as at 
 p r sent ar: or hereafter ar like to be vsefull timber for supply of building 
 fenceing &c: 
 
 It is therfor ordered, that it shall be henceforth in y e libertie of euerey
 
 196 DEDHAM TOWN BECOBDS. 
 
 Inhabitant in our Towne. from time to time, to take, fell & carry away any 
 such firewood of the comon Land of the Towne as he or they shall neede 
 from time for his own burning 
 
 gvided all wayes that they be such as by reason of the rottennes 
 crookednes or other defect ar vnfitt for timber but if any man shall fell any 
 such oake tree, or young oake stand or plant, as in a reasonable ap r hension 
 & Judgm 1 . may apeere by this order, is truely & really intended to be p r serued 
 & that is not burnt at the bottom or stubb. or very crooked or defective as 
 aboue said, shall forfiet 2 s . 6 d . for euery such tree so felled contrary to the 
 true intent of this order except they haue leaue fre wood, the offence to be 
 Judged of by thee woodreeues. the forfiet or penaltie to be the one halfe due 
 to the informer & the other halfe to y e towne. and any order or clause or 
 pvisoe in any former order to the contrary, is heereby repealed 
 
 gvided allso that if any Inhabitant shall fell firewood & suffer it to lye 
 vncutt or vnsett vp 14 dayes after it be felled it shall be in the libertie of any 
 other Inhabitant to take it & cary it away 
 
 17 of y e 11 mo 1651. Assemb. Joh Kingsberey, Joh. Dwight, Fra: 
 Chickering, Lieft Fisher, Pet. Woodward, Serg* Fisher & Elea: Lusher 
 
 We conceaue it safe that all such Inhabitants in our Towne from time 
 to time, as doe not subscribe to y e Towne Booke and thereby declare his en- 
 gagement to subiect to y e gouerm 1 of y e Towne & beare pportionable charges 
 therein &c: according to the Couenant whervnto we haue genrally subscribed 
 shall be debarred all Libertie of cutting firewood or hearding Cattell in y e 
 Comon Land of y e Towne. except such as shall by inheritance posesse any 
 one house Lott all ready built whose p r decessors haue formerly subscribed 
 pvided that the libertie & power of y e Towne exp r ssed in y e 2 Article of y e 
 Couenant be not heereby p r iudiced but remayne in full force 
 
 pvided allso that the select men for y e time being shall haue power to 
 alowe libertie. to make vse of the Comon p r uelidges before exp r ssed to any 
 Inhabitant vntill he haue an optunitie to subscribe & is by the Towne ad- 
 mitted there vnto 
 
 vpon y e motion from y e Selectmen of Dorchester desireing a meeteing 
 to consider a way to take wolues Lieft Fisher & Elea: Lusher ar deputed to 
 attend therevpon 
 
 Joh. Fraerey is allowed 6 s for that charge he was occasioned to be at 
 concerning the woman & childeren that cam thorough the Towne & stayed 
 diuers dayes in the Towne at his house he being Constable: & went to Sea- 
 conque. this 6 s is discounted in his defect of high way worke 1050 
 
 Agreed w th Lieft Fisher, that he shall shingle the meetinghouse and doe 
 all the worke & beare all the charge thereof that is the takeing of of the old 
 couereing & make the spares feite & set them on. lay on the board shingle &
 
 DEDH AIL TOWN RECORDS. 197 
 
 flewe boards at one end <Sc one pyramedy at y e south end and shingle the 
 penthouse ouer the Bell the Town onely to beare the charge of all ihe Iron 
 nayles therein necessary and all this to be pformed sufficiently before y e 24 
 of y e 4 mo: next. 1652 
 
 for all which he is to receaue of the Towne in such paye as by Rate will 
 arise, the sum of 15 
 
 30 of 11 1G51 Assemb. Joh. Kingsbery. Joh: Dwight, Fra: Chickering, 
 Lieft Fisher, Pet: Woodward, Danll Fisher &: Eleazer. Lusher 
 
 in answer to our former letter to Meadfield S'g 1 Geo: Barber : Serg* 
 Hen: Adams ar sent by the Towne of -Meadfield to treate. 
 
 the grieuances of Meadfield ar 
 
 1 that the voate of grant of y e 3 pt of y e meadow ptly by sale pt by 
 gift is so altered that those y* would giue thier pts now cannot 
 
 2 that ther is not so much loue from Dedh as they expected apeere in 
 demanding 20^" at this time 
 
 3 in that it is demanded for y e raysing a towne stock, it being gmised to 
 be for borne as long as the occasions of Dedh could admitt 
 
 vnto all w ch pticulars this answer is giuen 
 
 1 the Town of Dedh will make good any regular voate passed to that end. 
 & to that end desire that in the first conueanient time: consideration may be 
 had to giue a full issue therein wherein if it cannot be . satisfactorily com- 
 posed betwixt our Bretheren of meadfield & our selues we shall yeld to a free 
 & indifferent refference. &: engage to make thier conclusion good 
 
 2 we shall willingly attend w l reasons and desires of forbeareance may 
 by OUT Bretheren of meadfield be gposed. &: p r sent them to our Town & 
 gmote them to attayne forbeareance in thier behalfe. so fare as the weight of 
 thier reasons may extend 
 
 3 this 20^" is reffered to the vse of a Town stock rather then for p r sent 
 vse meerely out of respect to meadfield to ease them both in matter & time 
 of paym* 
 
 w th w ch answers the foresaid Bretheren declare them selues in the name 
 of the Town of meadfield. to rest sattisfied. 
 
 3 of 12 51: Assemb. Joh. Kingsbery, Joh. Dwight, Fra: Chickering, 
 Lieft: Fisher, Pet: Woodward, Serg 1 . Fisher, & Elea: Lusher 
 
 Antho: Fisher Ju., Joh Fayerbanke, Rich. Ellice, Jonath. 
 voate Fayerbank ar by the Towne deputed to attend vpon the 
 
 worke of takeing wolues & ar apointed to receaue tenn shil- 
 lings for each wolfe they shall kill, aboue w* the Court order doe apoint & 
 pvide. gvided that the said wolues may be made apeare to be killed w th in 3 
 miles of the meetinghouse of Dorchester Roxbery. Dedham or Braintree
 
 198 
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 the Town Rate 
 
 M r Joh. Allen 
 Eld Joh Hunting 
 Elea: Lusher 
 Deac. Checkering 
 Deac Aldus 
 Joh Kingsbery 
 Mich Metcalf seni 
 Josh. Fisher seni 
 Sam Morse 
 Joh. Luson 
 Hen. Brocke 
 Antho. Fisher seni 
 Joh Dwight 
 Fra. Chickering 
 Joh H award 
 Tho. Wight 
 Lieft Fisher 
 Ens. Philips 
 Jonath Fayerbanke 
 Pet. Woodward 
 Joh. Fraery 
 Josep. Kingsbery 
 Willm JJullard 
 Joh. Eaton 
 Rich Euered 
 Nath Coaleburn 
 Robt Mason 
 Joh. Gaye 
 Hen. Smyth 
 Serg 1 Fisher 
 Serg* Fayerbanke 
 Joh. Morse 
 Edward Richards 
 Willm Auery 
 Lamb. Genery 
 Christo. Smyth 
 Jam. Jordan 
 
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 It is agreed that the charge of pvideing a habitation for 
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 00 01 10 
 
 00 09 04 
 
 00 01 07 
 
 00 00 04 
 
 00 01 03 
 
 00 01 01 
 
 00 03 04 
 35_0400 
 
 the heards man. 
 publike charges
 
 DEDHAH TOWN EECOEDS. 199 
 
 
 
 thereabout as ar of the like publike concernm*. shall be defrayed & borne by 
 the Towne Rate 
 
 Antho Fisher seni. Ensign Phillips and John Gaye ar appointed and de- 
 puted to take care for and pforme all such things as ar yet necessary for the 
 furthering of the drye heard viz 1 to gvide & agree w th a heardsman and make 
 som habitation for the heards man. & fence in a conueanient yarde for the 
 heard, the charge wherof is to be borne by the Town as is before gvided 
 
 Tho. Battely is appointed to pay 8 s to the vse of y e Towne for that breach 
 of order in felling ceader & oake timber w th out Leaue from y e Town or y e 
 woodreeues 
 
 1C of y e 12 51 Assemb. Joh. Kingsbery, Joh. Dwight, Lieft. Fisher, 
 Pet: Woodward, Serg* Fisher, & Elea. Lusher, Fra: Chickering 
 
 Fra: Chickerg is fined one quart of saick for late coining this 
 voate daye 
 
 meadtield giuing notice that they haue chosen 3 men to attend our 
 Towne for resolution of y e sum of debt yet behinde due to this Towne: its 
 taken into consideration 
 
 Resolued that all the Inhabitants of this Towne shall haue notice giuen 
 them forth \v th before the next Lecture daye that they may then attend to de- 
 clare w l day they will meet to Resolue w th meadtield men or \v l way they 
 shall chuse to Issue that case 
 
 The State of y e question 
 
 1 we conclude that the first voate of the Towne in puting the question, 
 who would giue thier ptof y e 3 part of y e meadowe to Meadfield is direcly null 
 by reason the voat of the Town declareing that they would not giue thier pt 
 was equall in number and power, whence we resolue. no man is bound to 
 giue his pt or any pt thereof by vertue of that voate 
 
 2 we conceaue that the voate of the Town being the onely voate in force 
 was that Meadfield should haue that Land ptly by gift. & ptly by sale, the 
 Town is therby engaged as a Town to giue som pt (lesse or more) of that 
 100 w ch was the price of the meadowe in question 
 
 3 we conceaue it yet to be in the libertie of any Inhabitant of our 
 Towne. to giue w* he please to Meadfield (guided it be out of his own es- 
 tate) wherein we ar vnwilling any man should be hindered* 
 
 4 we conceaue vpon all the p r mises being considered that if the Town 
 should demand & receaue of Meadfield 6Q in 3 yeares next ensueing. or 
 50^" to be payed in merchantible paym 1 w th in the space of one whole yeare 
 next, the Town of Dedh shall at full make good any Regular voate passed in 
 this case & shewe our Loveing respect to our Br l of Meadfield 
 
 5 we conceaue it necessary that the Town should resolue & declare 
 whether they will Joyntly attend at some day apointed to answer such as
 
 200 DEDHAM TOWN KECORD& 
 
 shall be sent from Meadfield or leaue it to som pticular psons whom they 
 shall entrust & Authorise there vnto 
 
 Granted to Francis Chickering and his heyers for euer 12 Acres of vp- 
 land w ch he accepts in full satisfaction for that 6 acres of meadowe wherof 
 he was disposessed by Cambridge bounds, this 12 acres is to be layed out 
 vpon that playne wher Jonath Fayerbanke haue Land layed out at the direc- 
 tion of Lieft Fisher, Joh. Dwight, Pet. Woodward 
 
 Lieft Fisher is deputed to asist in the reneweing the Lines & marks of 
 the swampe of Tho: Batteley & Eleaz. Lusher, according to the grants 
 
 Lieft Fisher is deputed to treat and conclude w th som workeman for y e 
 repayring the p^unue 
 
 the Clerke of y e writts is requested to newe drawe the Regester & place 
 each pticular in the yeare whervnto the same gply belonge. for w cl1 he is to 
 receaue of y e Town 2 s 6 d y e daye for the whole time he is in y e pformance 
 there of 
 
 26 of y e 12 mo. 1651. Assemb: Joh: Kingsbery, Joh. Dwight, Fra: Chick- 
 ering, Lieft: Fisher, Pet: Woodward, Serg 1 : Fisher, & Elea: Lusher 
 
 Ed Coluer gmise to passe that pcell beyond Serg* Danll Fisher (that 
 was somtimes vpon purchase, posessed by Jos. Kent) to Danll Fisher afore- 
 said & subscribe a deed thereof to him. & Josh: Kent allso consent therto & 
 pmise to subscribe the said deed as wittnes 
 
 Elea. Lusher vndertakes to doe \v l is yet more to be done to compleat 
 the hanging of the bell & the mending the hanging of y e 3 doores & help one 
 day about the hanging the bell higher 
 
 [*A Bill is deliuered to Lieft Fisher to receaue 2Q" of the Constables 
 out of the p r sent Town Rate] 
 
 the Inhabitants of Meadfield haueing chosen 3 of thier freemen to attend 
 a treatie w th y e Select men of Dedham. for the resolueing w* was necessary 
 concerning the debt due from Meadfield to Dedh [*Twoo of] the said 3 men 
 apeereing [*and engageing themselues that thier Town shall confirme w* so 
 euer themselues shall conclud w th our selues in the case p r mised] that case is 
 taken into consideration 
 
 The psons sent ar Robt Hinsdell, Hen: Adams, Geo: Barber w th whome 
 it is concluded vpon thier earnest request in consideration of thier many and 
 great Charges lyeing vpon thier Towne and other like considerations, that 
 they shall paye or cause to payed to our Town or thier Assignes the whole 
 & full summ of fiftie poundes besids the first Twentie. that is to saye Twentie 
 pounds w th in the space of one whole yeare next after this daye and Thirtye 
 pounds more within the space of Twoo years after this p r sent daye. & both 
 these sums ar pmised to be payed in such paym* as much as may be. as may 
 suite our Towns occasion so oQ. of y e 100^ is remitted
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 201 
 
 which payments being made as before saide the Towne of Meadfield is 
 fully and for euer discharged of that 100 agreed to be p d to Dedham from 
 thence for the third pt of the Meadowe w ch was granted being intended by 
 som to be freely giuen & by others, to be sold 
 
 Its ordered that euery deputie who euer shall henceforth be chosen to 
 attend the seruice of y e Genrall Courte shall haue 3 for that seruice. gvided 
 that he attend the whole seruice of the Court so that another be not occa- 
 sioned to be chosen to supplye his deffect in any pt of that yeare. to be p d 
 out of the Towne Rate 
 
 Deputed to burne the woods for y e Hand Tho: Fuller, for y e East street 
 Rich: Ellice and Mich: Metcalf Ju, for y e midle & smooth playnes Joh. Rice 
 Ed. Hawes 
 
 Joh. Dwight. Lieft Fisher. Ensign Phillips and Serg* Fisher, ar deputed 
 and Authorised, to ioyne w th Elea: Lusher, to settle and laye out the grant 
 of a Farme at or neere Bogastowe. made to m r Ed Aleyn by the Towne of 
 Dedh as by the Record in that Towne book may more fully apeare. w ch grante 
 is to be layed out. as to y e major pt of those men aboue named shall apeare 
 most meete 
 
 Willm Bullard is assigned to pay to Danll Ponde 2 bushels of wheat 
 out of his Town Rate 
 
 Fra: Chickering & Serg* Fisher ar deputed to take care to call in pay & 
 satisfie the Carpenter of Boston, they to take 20 s 7 d of Joh Morse, of old 
 debt 
 
 Granted to Rich. Wheeler one parcell of vpland. being about 1 acre 
 more or lesse as it lyeth vpon the south & west side of his house Lott a high 
 way to the swampe reserued 
 
 Joh Kingsbery, Lieft Fisher, Joh Haward, Joh Gaye, or any 3 of them 
 ar deputed and authorised to laye out a waye as shall apeere to them most fitt 
 and necessary that 'may leade from this Towne toward Sudbury the dry 
 hearde place or Rosemary meadowes 
 
 Granted to Francis Chickering and his heyers libertie to take in so much 
 of the waste Land as shall be necessary for the shorteing. or streighteing his 
 fence at the Rock meadowe 
 
 Lieft Fisher is chosen, deputed and Authorised to keepe the pounde. to 
 receaue detayne. and deliuer all cattell impounded according to y e Lawe in 
 that case gvided 
 
 17 of 3 mo: 1652 Assemb. Fra: Chickering, Lieft Fisher, Pet: Wood- 
 ward, Serg*. Fisher, & Elea: Lusher 
 
 Granted vnto Antho: Fisher senio: 4 Acres of vpland as pt of his deui- 
 dent in the next deuident now forth w th to be layed out gvided that his gpor- 
 tion com to so much: if not then so much is to be abated in the deuident due
 
 202 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 to Daniell Fisher according to gportion. this is to be laved out vpon the north 
 side of the great playne. at the discretion of Lieft Fisher & Josep. Kingsbery. 
 Sergean 1 Daniell Fisher demanding satisfac for the pt of the ponde by 
 him layed down to the vse of the Tovvne. vpon Composition and 2 Indifferent 
 men according to that agreem* being to resolue the quantitie. Joseph Kings- 
 bery is chosen in the behalfe of the Towne & Lieft Fisher is chosen by Dan. 
 Fisher to laye out the same according to what they shall Judge equall at the 
 north side of the great playne 
 
 Tho Bancroft is abated 9' 1 . in y e Town rate, it being so much mistaken 
 Concerning the Schoole. these ^positions ar to be tendered to the con- 
 sideration of the Towne for the mayntayning therof for 7 yeares 
 
 1 that all such Inhabitants in our Towne as haue Male childeren or ser- 
 uants in thier families betwixt the age of 4. and 14 yeares. shall paye for each 
 such to the Schoolem r . for the time being or to his vse at his assignment in 
 Towne in Currant payement the sume of 5 s yearely gvided that such children 
 be then liueing and abideing in our Towne 
 
 2 And w* so euer these sumes fall short of the sume of Twentie 
 shall be raised by waye of Rateing vpon estates, according to the vsuall 
 manner 
 
 3 that these sumes shall be payed in 2 equall suiTies at the end of each 
 half yeare for the space of 7 yeares next ensueing. 
 
 to be pposed whether the Town require that girls should be taught in 
 this Schoole or not: 
 
 Lieft Fisher & Serg* Fisher ar deputed to take in the accounts of the 
 Meadfield Rate of Henery Smith, that w* so euer is yet due from thence may 
 be called for Town vse 
 
 Bills sent to the Constable to paye out of the Towne Rate 
 
 [*To Antho: Fisher seni 3 9 6 
 
 Joh. Gaye 1 66 
 
 Ens. Philips 0190 
 
 to them that killed one wolfe 1 10 
 
 7_ 5_o 
 more 
 
 to be p' 1 to Danll Ponde 3 00 
 
 to the Carpenter of Boston 3 100] 
 
 Lieft Fisher & Fra: Chickering vpon request vndertake to pcure nayles 
 for y e meeteinghouse vse 
 
 John H award: Serg 1 Fisher & Henry Wight ar deputed in the behalfe of 
 our Towne to asist in the layeing out of the waye to Sudbury the first daye 
 of y e 4 mo: or w* day else shall be agreed vpon by them that shall be con- 
 cerned ther in 
 
 John Dwight. Fra: Chickering & Serg 1 Fisher ar deputed to Joyne w th
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 203 
 
 such men of Roxbury. Cambridg & Watertowne as shall be apointed to laye 
 out the waye betwixt watertown. & Dedham 
 
 Pet: Woodward. Rich Euered. & Rich Wheeler ar deputed to Joyne w th 
 such as ar concerned therein, to laye out the waye from Dedham to Brayntree 
 
 vpon the Request of Joh. Gave. Libertie is granted to him to enclose 
 and emgue the Land left for a waye to the Lott som times Granted to m r Ed- 
 ward Alleyne gvided that if w th in the tearme of seauen yeares the said Lott 
 be built & dwelt vpon at that vpper end that then vpon demaunde made by 
 the select men for the time being a conueanient passage to the said Lott be 
 then layed out neere there about agayne. wher the Town shall require it this 
 way is that w ch passe by Joh Gayes Barne doore. & to be enclosed the breadth 
 of his own house Lott if he se cause and no further 
 
 3 of y e 7 mo: 1652 Assemb. Joh. Kingsbery, Joh. Dwight, Fra: Chick- 
 ering, Lieft: Fisher, Pet: Woodward, Serg* Fisher, & Elea: Lusher 
 
 Rich. Euerd & Ed Richards Constables thier account. Disbursed by 
 them out of y e Town Rate of 35: 4 s as followeth, by bill from y e selectmen 
 pd to ther Carpenter of Boston 7 6 to Dan Pond by W Bullard 100 
 to them that killed the wolfe 1 10 to the treasurer for the) 
 to ens. Phillips 060 Court orders 1650 ) 068 
 
 to Joh. Gaye 1 6 6 to Serg 1 Fisher 2 12 
 
 to Elea. Lusher 18 6 more discounted by mistake 1 8 
 
 to Anth Fisher sen 396 
 
 to Leift Fisher 20 33 1 6 
 
 to treas: for Country orders 10 4 more to HenryChickerng2 s ) 
 to Joh Kingsbery. being bor- more to Henry Phillips 10 s ) ^ 
 
 rowed 10 s 
 
 to the vse of y 6 Town by Na 34: 2-0 
 
 Coaleburne 12 
 
 Joseph Kingsbery & Antho: Fisher Jun being Surveyors, thier account: 
 psons deffectiue in thier high way worke. 1652 
 
 s 
 
 Ralph. Daye 8 Nath. Whiteing 2 
 
 Robt Crosseman Tho. Jordan 
 
 Josh. Kent Ralph Freeman 
 
 Hen Smyth 4 Robt Onion 2 
 
 Micha: Metcalfe Robert Fuller 4 
 
 Tho. Hering 4 Antho: Hubbert payed 4 s 8 
 
 the Surveyors vndertake to call these to doe worke in the high worke ac- 
 cording to order. & giue account to the select men vpon demande 
 
 m nl that in the Countrey Rate remayne due to y e Town 5
 
 204 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 27 of y e 10. 1652 Assemb. Joh. Kingsberye, Job. Dwight, Lieft: Fisher, 
 Fra. Chickering, Pet. Woodward, Serg* Fisher, & Elea: Lusher 
 
 Nath Coaleburne coming & demanding sattisfaction for that meadowe at 
 Balepate that he is disposessed of. its agreed that it be Reffered to 2 men. 
 chosen one by the Towne and another chosen by the said Nathaneell to 
 whose determination the Towne & he gmise to stand satisfied 
 
 Joh Dwight chosen by the Towne 
 
 Serg* Fisher chosen by Nath. Coaleburne 
 
 this meadow to be allowed in sattisfaction is to be layed out neere 
 Meadfield 
 
 Joh Partridg com to demande 5 s disbursed by him for board for the 
 heardhouse & 2 s for 1 daye for burning the ground w ch account is alowed of 
 & paym* praised 7 
 
 A full discharge is this day giuen to John Morse of all accounts debts & 
 reckonings formerly depending betwixt the Towne & himselfe wherein he 
 haue bene any way debter to the Towne 
 
 vpon the request of John Dwight for sattisfaction for the 
 
 vott swamp belongine to Tho: Ledors lott that was takin away by 
 
 Cambridge it is granted that he shall be sattisfyed vpon the 
 
 swamp plaine as it shall be layed out by Jonath: Fayrb: sen & Fetter Wod- 
 
 ward 
 
 vpon the request of Fran: Chickring for sattisfaction of the 
 
 vott swamp du to hime that was takin a way by Cambridge it is 
 
 granted that he shall bee sattisfyed for the same vpon the 
 
 plaine called will Bastows plaine his sattisfaction to be left to the descretion 
 
 of Fetter Woodward & Joshua Fisher 
 
 28 of y e 10 mo 1652 Assemb. Lieft Fisher, Fra. Chickering, Joh Dwight, 
 Pet. Woodward, Serg* Fisher, & Elea: Lusher, Joh Kingsbery 
 
 being mett to make the Towne Rate 
 
 t Deed to make fro Tho Wight to Hen Wight of 2 acres on smooth 
 playne abutts Antho Fisher sen east Tho Wight west & north the high way 
 south 
 
 t & of y e pcell 30. 5. . . and of 6 acres 20 pole great playne: abutts Eli 
 Lusher east Tho Wight West highway north waste Land south. 
 
 t Deed to make fro Tho Wight to Joh Wight of 3 acrs 60 pole great 
 plaine. abutts Hen Wight east Joh eaton west high way north, waste Land 
 south 
 
 t Deed to make fro Hen Brock to Robt Crosseman of 2 acr vpland 
 more or lesse. abutts Na. Colburne southeast, high street north, high way 
 leading to y e pond. west, lyeing trayanglewise the point stretching east 
 
 t Deed to make fro Ro. Crossem to Josh Kent half acre vpland more
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 205 
 
 or lesse. abutts Na. Coalburne south east, high street north Ro Crossem 
 west, trayanglewise y e point stretching east 
 
 t Deed to make to Joh Aldus of that pcell page 71.6. fro Hen Glouer 
 Deed to make fro Tho Bancroft to Hen Wilson of 4 Act mead page 
 32.5 and 3 Acr mead 58. 7. and that 3 acr vpl. 52. 1 and 6 acr vpland 
 187. and that 32. 7. and that vpland 59. 13. 
 
 The Towne Rate at l tl y e [ ] com to 17^23 
 
 Sam: Judson 
 
 Tho. Herring 
 
 Rich Wheeler 
 
 Joh. Farrington 
 
 Joh. Aldus 
 
 Tho. Fuller 
 
 Tho. Payne 
 
 Robt Ware 
 
 Antho. Fisher Ju 
 
 Josh Fisher seni 
 
 Thwai Strickland 
 
 Robt Fuller 
 
 Nath. Fisher 
 
 Tho: Battaille 
 
 Tho Jordan 
 
 Joh. Guilde 
 
 Andr. Duein 
 
 Antho Hubert 
 
 Joh. Mason 
 
 Ralph. Dave 
 
 Hen Wilson 
 
 Hen. Wight 
 
 Joh. Bacon 
 
 Isaac. Bullard 
 
 Edw. Hawes 
 
 Josh Kent 
 
 Robert Onyon 
 
 Sam. Milles 
 
 Robt Crosseman 
 
 Dan: Ponde 
 
 Rich Ellice 
 
 Ralp. Freeman 
 
 Cornelius Fisher 
 
 Vid. Maplehead 
 
 Joh. Metcalf 
 
 m r Joh. Allen 
 
 00 
 
 14 
 
 11 
 
 Eld r Joh Hunting 
 
 00 
 
 06 
 
 06 
 
 Elea: Lusher 
 
 00 
 
 09 
 
 09 
 
 Deac. Hen Chickering 
 
 00 
 
 09 
 
 01 
 
 Deac. Nath Aldus 
 
 00 
 
 03 
 
 11 
 
 Joh Kingsbery 
 
 00 
 
 09 
 
 03 
 
 Mich Metcalfe sen 
 
 00 
 
 06 
 
 08 
 
 Sam: Morse 
 
 00 
 
 01 
 
 10 
 
 Joh: Luson 
 
 00 
 
 05 
 
 09 
 
 Anth: Fisher sen 
 
 00 
 
 09 
 
 10 
 
 Joh. Dwight 
 
 00 
 
 14 
 
 06 
 
 Fra: Chickering 
 
 00 
 
 08 
 
 01 
 
 Joh. Haward 
 
 00 
 
 06 
 
 06 
 
 Lieft Josh Fisher 
 
 00 
 
 08 
 
 00 
 
 Ens: Hen. Phillips 
 
 00 
 
 07 
 
 10 
 
 Jonath Fayerbanke 
 
 00 
 
 06 
 
 09 
 
 Pet. Woodward 
 
 00 
 
 08 
 
 04 
 
 Joh. Fraerey 
 
 00 
 
 06 
 
 03 
 
 Josep. Kingsberey 
 
 00 
 
 08 
 
 00 
 
 Joh. Eaton 
 
 00 
 
 05 
 
 08 
 
 Rich. Euered 
 
 00 
 
 06 
 
 09 
 
 Nath. Coaleburne 
 
 00 
 
 07 
 
 00 
 
 Robt Mason 
 
 
 
 
 Joh. Gaye 
 
 00 
 
 05 
 
 10 
 
 Hen. Smyth 
 
 00 
 
 03 
 
 09 
 
 Srg* Dan: Fisher 
 
 00 
 
 06 
 
 02 
 
 Srg* Geo Fayerbanke 
 
 00 
 
 01 
 
 09 
 
 Joh. Morse 
 
 00 
 
 03 
 
 01 
 
 Edw. Richards 
 
 00 
 
 07 
 
 02 
 
 Willm Auerey 
 
 00 
 
 03 
 
 06 
 
 Lamb: Generey 
 
 00 
 
 03 
 
 03 
 
 Christo Smyth 
 
 00 
 
 03 
 
 09 
 
 Jam Jordan 
 
 
 
 
 Nath. Whiteing 
 
 00 
 
 06 
 
 00 
 
 Mich. Metcalfe Ju 
 
 00 
 
 03 
 
 02 
 
 Joh. Fayerbanke 
 
 00 
 
 01 
 
 06 
 
 00 
 
 05 
 
 03 
 
 00 
 
 05 
 
 00 
 
 00 
 
 04 
 
 05 
 
 00 
 
 06 
 
 01 
 
 00 
 
 04 
 
 01 
 
 00 
 
 05 
 
 01, 
 
 00 
 
 02 
 
 10 
 
 00 
 
 04 
 
 
 
 00 
 
 03 
 
 
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 03 
 
 03 
 
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 06 
 
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 11 
 
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 11 
 
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 02 
 
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 09 
 
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 04 
 
 07 
 
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 05 
 
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 04
 
 206 DEDHAM TOWN EE CORDS. 
 
 Brother Generey being called to make answer for takeing Timber con- 
 trary to towne order, he apeereing is respited till the select men call for him 
 this to be informed to the select men the next yeare 
 Lieft Fisher & Serg* Fisher ar deputed to joyne w th Eleazer Lusher to 
 resolue w* ought to be transcribed out of the daye booke into the booke of 
 Recorde 
 
 [*Ralph Daye p r sents a bill of 3 s 4 for makeing the chimney stocke at 
 the heard house] 
 
 the Rate heere aboue written is deliuered to Richard Euered Constable 
 p d to Ensigne Phillips out of the Rates for Towne charges 18 s 2 d be- 
 ing 10 8 4 d . out of the first Rate & 7 s 10 d out.of the last Rate, so remayne 
 due to him for his charge about the drye heard house & yard 10 d onely 
 
 more 6 was payd out of the first Rate so both the whole Rates ar dis- 
 counted w th him 
 
 vpon reckoning w th John Dwight we finde due to him 13 6 for w ch a 
 bill is giuen him to receaue the same of the constable out of the last Rate 
 
 Eleazer Lusher p r senting a bill of account whereby the Towne was in- 
 debted to him the sum of 4 13 7 
 Willm Auereys bill being by the Constable p r sented of 1 1 8 
 and another bill from the Secretary, of 1 5 4 
 and another for killing 4 wolues. of 4 
 and Frances Chickering p r sents a bill of 1 19 4 
 and Joh. Dwight p r sents a bill of 0136 
 and Joh. Kingsbery p r sents a bill of 1 2 4 
 a bill to the Constable heerof. deliuered to Jo Kingsb: 
 all these bills are allowed of by the select men according as 
 
 they wer p r sented 
 
 Ulo9 
 
 14_15_9 
 
 _ [*Due from Thomas Battell vpon agrem 1 for meadowe of the Townes this 
 yeare 10 s 
 
 Thomas Battelly is assigned to pay that 18 s due from him to the Towne 
 into the hand of Richard Euered Constable] 
 
 Reckoned w th Rich Euered Constable 30 of y 6 10. mo. 1652 and vpon 
 account remayne due to the Towne out of the 35 4 s Rate 
 
 \ 9 s 6 d 
 
 more p d 7 6 
 
 remayne due still 1 2 
 
 m rf> Stoughtons Rent demanded 
 
 Br. Woodward is desired to make damaunde of Joseph Morse of the Rent 
 due to the Towne fro m rs Stoughton for y e yeare 1652 2^ 
 
 [*a bill deliuered to Joh Gaye to receaue of the Constable 6 s 0]
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 207 
 
 The Accounts of the Rate made y e 3 of y e 12. mo. 1651: whereby was 
 Leuied the sume of 35^ 2 s 4 d 
 
 Disbursem* 8 
 vnto the Carpenter of Boston in remaynder of payeingfor the 
 
 groundcelling the meetinghouse 00 07 06 
 
 It for the killing one wolfe 011000 
 It to Ensig: Phillips in pt of his charge about the heard 
 
 house 000600 
 
 It. to Joh. Gaye for charge about the heard house 01 <06 06 
 It. to Elea. Lusher for hanging the bell, writeing & seuerall 
 
 Journeys at the Townes asignm* 00 18 06 
 It to Antho Fisher sen: for charges about the heard yard & 
 
 house &c. 030906 
 It to Lieft Fisher, for couering the Meeteinghouse. nayles 
 
 & other charges 200000 
 
 It to the Treasurer for Countrey orders 00 10 04 
 
 It. to Joh. Kingsbery. being by him lent to the Towne 00 10 00 
 [*a bill heereof to the Constable deliuered to him] 
 
 It. by Nath. Coaleburne for the Townes vse 00 12 00 
 
 It to Danll Ponde for worke at the meeteinghouse 01 00 00 
 
 It to the Treasurer for more court orders 00 06 08 
 It. to Serg* Fisher in pt for the carp tr & for seuerall Jour- 
 
 neyes vpon the Townes assignm* 02 02 00 
 
 It to Hen. Chickering being due 000200 
 
 It more to Ens. Phillips for charge about y e heard yard 00 10 04 
 
 3402 [ ] 
 remayne of this Rate 01 00 [ ] 
 
 Debts due at p r sent from the Towne as followeth 
 
 Inp r m s to Joh Dwight for seuerall Journeyes &c: 00 13 06 
 
 It. to Elea: Lusher for the deputies Alowance & for seuerall 
 
 Journeyes & writeing 03 15 01 
 
 It. to Willm Auerey for nayles and other worke 01 01 08 
 
 It for Court orders due to the Treasurer 01 05 04 
 
 It for the killing 4 wolues 040000 
 
 It to Francis Chickering for nayles &c: 01 19 04 
 
 It to Joh Kingsbery lent to the Towne for the purchaseing 
 
 & carying corne for brick . 01 02 02 
 
 a bill heere of to the constable deliuered to him 
 It. to Josh. Fisher sen for Irons about the bell & som about 
 
 the schoole house 01 4 2
 
 208 -DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 It to Antho Fisher sen for helping to take a plott of the riuer 00 02 00 
 
 15 1 3 
 besides som other debts the accounts where of ar not yet p r sented 
 
 [XXX General Meeting of 3: 11: 1652, as recorded on page 130. ] 
 
 6. of y e 11. 1.652. Assemb: Lieft Fisher, Joh. Dwight, Fra. Chickering, 
 Pet: Woodward, Serg* Fisher, & Elea. Lusher 
 
 the Case respecting the Ens. motions concerning the poulder. taken into 
 consideration. 
 
 its answered thus that the Ensigne not auouching and signing his bill, 
 doth disable all men except him selfe to gather vp the acpount & though we be 
 vnwilling to put the ensign to so meane an employm 1 yet we conceaue we 
 haue no other way at all. but that he must gather it or else it must be lost 
 and therfor we aduise that he will vse the best meanes & all lawefull meanes 
 that he can to gather all the bill and then wn that is done if he please to 
 make returne of the state of the case to the select men. they shall be ready 
 to take it into further consideration: and giue w* content to the said Ens: 
 as they shall conceaue they may giue a good reason of 
 
 Hen. Chickering Antho Fisher sen & John Gaye this daye p r sent them- 
 selues according to the choice & deputation of the Towne to Joyne w th the 
 select men to consider & resolue of Instructions meet to be giuen to those 3 
 bretheren chosen & Authorised to attend the case depending betwixt vs & 
 Dorchester doe w th them agree as followeth viz 4 : 
 
 1 in case Dorchester men shall consent to a loveing & free treatie be- 
 twixt them selues & you: you shall to them & in our name & behalfe declare 
 & so fare as you may. & according to your best abillatie make cleerely apeere 
 to them, the right & title our Town had granted them by the genrall Court 
 the coppies of which you shall haue p r sent at hand to make vse of as occa- 
 sion may require. 
 
 2 such obiections as shall be by them made you shall answer according 
 to the nature of the foresaid grants. & the iust reasons of our Towne in re- 
 gard of our need. & thier sufficient supplye w th out that land 
 
 In case they shall not send any answer or send a refusall of such a 
 treatie 
 
 1 you shall vse the best meanes you can to attayne the knowledg of the 
 time & place of the meeteing of the select men there, at w l time and place 
 you shall attend & desire audience, which being attayned you shall doe as 
 before said, wherein you shall doe as much as in you lye vpon the cleereing 
 of our Title to attayne the w th draweing of thier clayme of any Title there 
 namely in the Lands in question
 
 DEDHA3I TOWN RECORDS. 209 
 
 2 in case you cannot attayne the whole then you may offer composition 
 [*so that Foule Meadowes & such other necessarie Lands adjacient. may 
 be disclaimed by them &: left to vs the Towne of Dedh as our Right ] accord- 
 ing to your best discretion for the best good of our Towne in whole or in pt 
 
 3 in case neither of these issue as aforsd but they sattisfie you that the 
 title is truely & legally thiers then you shall forbeare makeing further 
 claime there of 
 
 4. in case none of the former issues shall succeed, you shall offer them a 
 refference to Arbitration to such men & so many men chosen for on the 
 behalfe of each Town as you shall see & judg meet & safe to whose arbitra- 
 tion you shall & may engage the towne. 
 
 Lastly in all these treaties, adgetations & conclusions, you shall by all 
 your care and dilligence waue &: auoide so much as in you lye. all occasions 
 w* so euer may tend to ^vocation or breach of peace & shall from time to 
 time as occasion is offered p r sent them w th the loveing respect our Town in 
 genrall beare towards them 
 
 in all these cases p r mised you shall doe according to these instructions 
 or vse your best skill and abillatie to attayne the end the Towne aymes at. 
 not goeing directly contrary to any of them 
 
 It is agreed w th Robt Crosseman & granted to him libertie to erect a 
 water mill vpon Charles Riuer at the place where a mill was formerly began 
 to be built and a gmise is allso made to him of such Land adjacient as may 
 conueaniently Accomodate the building &: supplye of the mill aforesd gvid.il 
 alwayes that the mill be fully p r pared in all respects to grinde sufficiently be- 
 for the 29 th daye of y e 7. month next, or in case the mill aforesd be not by 
 that time p r pared as afore said then all Lands so granted as aforesaid shall 
 be returned to the towne againe otherwise to remaine to the sd Robt & his 
 heyers for euer 
 
 10 of 11 mo 1652 Assemb. Joh. Kingsbery, Lieft Fisher, Joh. Dwight, 
 Fra: Chickering, Serg*. Fisher, Pet. Woodward. & Elea: Lusher 
 
 Robt Crosseman hath Libertie to accept or refuse the building of a mill 
 according to the grante to him made, vntill Lectur day comseuennight 
 
 Joh Kingsbery & Joh. Dwight ar at the request of Ens Phillips deputed 
 to attend the heareing of those his priuate reasons that cause him to decline 
 the gathering of the poulder bill <Sc and to returne to the other select men 
 thier Judgm 1 in the case vpon those his Reasons 
 
 Joh Fraerey who was Constable 1650 p r sents the account of the Rate 
 made that yeare for the purchaseing of Amunition y e sum of the Rate 
 22131 
 
 that whole Rate of 22 13 1 is assigned to be p d by the said Con- 
 stable to Lieft Fisher, whose bill of Receit thereof by the sd Lieft shall be 
 the discharge of the sd constable
 
 210 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 A warrant is deliuered to Joh Fraery to leuie that Rate 
 
 Job. Morse vpon request from y e Select men vndertakes. to gather in the 
 bill of debt for poulder p r sented by the Ensigne for which he is pmised 
 equall satisfaction for that his paynes. the bill is to be assigned to him by 
 such as by the court order is authorised therto Ens: Phillips onely engage- 
 ing to take to himselfe the accounts of such as shall not vpon demaund ac- 
 knowledge the bill, or refuse to make due pay[ ] all the sums so gathered 
 ar assig[ ] to be payed to Ens Phillips who engages to pcure the Towne 
 an other Barrell of Merchantible poulder for the same paye for the price of 
 eight pounde 
 
 Joh. Gaye & Tho: Fuller ar deputed to order. & require highway worke 
 for the layeing a newe floore of clifts wher need is sufficientlye vpon the 
 great Cart Bridge, in due season 
 
 Antho Fisher Ju: Rich. Ellice <Sc Elea: Lusher ar deputed vpon viewe to 
 resolue of som fitt waye to repayer the Cart Bridge neere Joh. Dwights: &: the 
 worke is left to be effected by the guideance of the said Antho & Richard 
 according to the former agreem 1 of all the three abouesaid. this to be pformed 
 by high waye worke as much as may be 
 
 Joh Morse haue a bill deliuered to him of the assignm 1 of the poulder 
 bill, at 2 s p Ib in y e name of y e selectmen: 
 
 84 Ib poulder by bill. 
 
 21. of 11. 1652. Assemb. Joh. Kingsbery, Joh. Dwight, Lieft. Fisher, 
 Fra: Chickering, Pet: Woodward, Serg*. Fisher, & Elea: Lusher 
 
 Robt Crosseman lay down that grant of libertie made to him to build a 
 water mill at or about the place called the old mille 
 
 Lieft Fisher. Joh Gaye & Serg 1 Fisher ar deputed to Joyne w th such of 
 meadfield as shall be like wise by that Town deputed to lay out a cart way 
 from Dedham to Medfield 
 
 28. of 11. 1652 Assemb. Joh. Kingsberey, Fra: Chickering, Lieft. Fisher, 
 Joh: Dwight, Pet: Woodward, Serg*. Fisher, Elea: Lusher 
 
 ^positions about the buyeing the mill 
 
 the things tendered to be sold as followeth 
 
 the mill itselfe. the mill house, the burze bought to make a new mill- 
 stone, the pulleyes & Rope and all other the Appurttenances to the said mill 
 belonging, what so euer 
 
 Item the dwelling house, the Barne. the Land as well vpland as mead- 
 owe and the Appurttenances. Fences, and empuem ts there vpon w* euer. 
 except the young apple trees, all the lands, houses town Rights &c: that ar 
 the pp estate of Nathaneell Whiteing lyeing & being in Dedh 
 
 the price of all the p r mises is 250
 
 DEDHAM TOWX RECORDS. 
 
 211 
 
 the time of paym ts . at the cleliuery of the foresaid p r mises 
 baing demanded, by the Towne. being not before midsumer next 100 
 that time twelue month 100 
 
 that time 2 yeare after the 1 paym r 50 
 
 matter of paym* 
 
 the one halfe being 20^ in money the rest in wheate 
 the other [*halfe] in Jndian corne & Rye in equall portions 
 or in merchantible Cattell at price Currant 
 all deliuered in Dedham at the assignm 1 of Natha Whiteing 
 Libertie is granted to Thomas Wight to take timber in the bounds of 
 Dedham for the fenceing in one pcell of Meadowe Lyeing in Meadfielcl w ch 
 meadowe was formerly granted to Thomas Jordan & purchased of him by 
 Thomas Wight aforesaid 
 
 Joh. Dwight. Lieft Fisher & Fra: Chickering, ar deputed to take care 
 for the pcureing a heards man & gvideing a yard for the drye heard and all 
 such things that shall be necessarie there in 
 
 7 of y e 1 m 1652 Assemb. Joh. fvingsbery, Lieft. Josh. Fisher, Joh. 
 Dwight, Fra: Chickering, Pet: Woodward, Serg* Danll Fisher, Elea: Lusher 
 
 to consider ^portioning deuident 
 
 quest 1 whether such psons as ar entered townesmen in other Townes 
 & there vpon take Town p r uelidges tiier. be not therby disengaged in any 
 such Town as from whence they remoue 
 
 2 whether the Inhabitants of meadfield being by genrall consent exempt 
 fro takeing deuident heere by reason of thier accomadation ther. riseing 
 from Dedh be exempt from this deuident though thier psons be yet resident 
 heere at p r sent. & pt of thier estats but yet entered townsemen at Meadfielcl 
 & act thier Town power & take Town p r uelidges there 
 
 y e 7 of y e 1. Mo. 1652 
 
 The deuision of the deuident of 500 Acres to the Inhabitants vpon the 
 rule of psons & estats ; 
 
 M r Joh Allen 27 17 
 
 Eld Joh: Hunting 25 8 
 
 Elea. Lusher 24 11 
 
 Deac Hen: Chickering 58 12 
 Deac Nath Aldus 
 
 Joh. Kingsberey 
 
 44 4 
 
 1 28 Mich. Metcalfe sen 14 9 34 
 
 1 5 Joh. Luson 7 1 28 
 
 2 11 Antho: Fisher sen 50 10 2 
 22 Joh. Dwight 5 15 1 5 
 2 00 Fra. Chickering 36 16 1 28 
 
 7 Oil 
 
 38 12 05 Joh. Haward
 
 212 
 
 DEDHAM TOWS HE CORDS. 
 
 Lieft. Josh: Fisher 
 
 49 
 
 15 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 Ens. Hen. Phillips 
 
 52 
 
 12 
 
 1 
 
 5 
 
 Jonath. Fayerbanke sen 
 
 43 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 Pet. Woodward 
 
 46 
 
 11 
 
 3 
 
 28 
 
 Joh. Fraery 
 
 51 
 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 28 
 
 Josep. Kingsbery 
 
 54 
 
 12 
 
 1 
 
 16 
 
 Joh. Eaton 
 
 35 
 
 8 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 Rich. Euered 
 
 
 10 
 
 1 
 
 16 
 
 Nath. Coaleburne 
 
 28 
 
 11 
 
 3 
 
 17 
 
 Robt Mason 
 
 21 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 22 
 
 Joh. Gaye 
 
 
 10 
 
 1 
 
 28 
 
 Hen: Smyth 
 
 61 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 22 
 
 Sergt Danll Fisher 
 
 41 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 34 
 
 Serg* Geo: Fayerbanke 
 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 28 
 
 Joh. Morse 
 
 53 
 
 8 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 Edw. Richards 
 
 6 
 
 10 
 
 3 
 
 32 
 
 Will Averey 
 
 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 18 
 
 Lamb. Genery 
 
 26 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 Christo Smyth 
 
 23 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 34 
 
 Jam. Jordan 
 
 47 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 22 
 
 Nath Whiteing 
 
 19 
 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 28 
 
 Mich. Metcalfe Ju 
 
 16 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
 28 
 
 Joh. Fayerbanke 
 
 20 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 18 
 
 Samll Judson 
 
 42 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 Tho. Hering 
 
 10 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 22 
 
 Rich Wheeler 
 
 29 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 Joh. Farington 
 
 30 
 
 8 
 
 3 
 
 28 
 
 Joh. Aldus 
 
 60 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 11 
 
 Tho. Fuller 
 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 17 
 
 Tho. Payne 
 
 62 
 
 6 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 Robt Ware 
 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 Antho, Fisher Ju 
 
 13 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 Thwa. Strickland 
 Robt Fuller 
 Nath. Fisher 
 Tho. Battelle 
 Tho. Jordan 
 Joh. Guilde 
 Andr. Duein 
 [*Antho. Fisher ] 
 Antho Hubert 
 Joh. Mason 
 Ralph. Daye 
 Hen: Willson 
 Hen. Wight 
 Joh. Bacon 
 William Bullard 
 Edw Hawes 
 Josh. Kent 
 Robt Onion 
 Samll Mills 
 Robt. Crosseman 
 Danll Ponde 
 Rich. Ellice 
 Ralfe Freeman 
 Cornell Fisher 
 Video. Maplehead 
 Joh. Rice 
 Joh. Partridge 
 M rs Deengaine 
 Joh. Newton 
 Tho. Wight 
 Samll & Tho. Fisher 
 Tymo. D wight 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 
 
 34 
 
 3 
 
 7 
 
 2 
 
 11 
 
 48 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 11 
 
 1 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 23 
 
 57 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 39 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 34 
 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 
 
 45 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 22 
 
 34 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 16 
 
 63 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 18 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 22 
 
 22 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 17 
 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 22 
 
 31 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 32 
 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 
 7 
 
 2 
 
 22 
 
 37 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 4 
 
 2 
 
 22 
 
 9 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 33 
 
 15 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 59 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 11 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 11 
 
 40 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 33 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 34 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 17 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 22 
 
 55 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 5 
 
 11 of y e 1 mo 1652. 53. Assemb. Joh. Kingsberye, Joh. Dwight, Lieft. 
 Fisher, Fra: Chickering, Pet Woodward, Serg 1 Fisher, & Eleaz. Lusher 
 
 for the settling of the forme & scituation of each pticular Lott in the 
 seuerall tracts of land now to be layed out. its agreed and before any lotts ar 
 drawen it is ordered that this order be obserued in the layeing out the same, 
 that is heere after declared 
 
 its ordered that any man that shall at any time after the draweing the 
 Lotts finde out any place to take any pt of his deuident: (pvided it be not in 
 a place of such p r iudice that the select men shall not alowe of it.) shall haue
 
 DEDHAM TOWN HE COEDS. 213 
 
 liberty so to doe. & he shall take the remaynder wherso euer his Lott shall 
 cast his deuision gvided allso that this place so chosen be measured befor 
 any pt of the deuident be measured in pticular deuision 
 
 a bill of 1 4 s 2 d ob 1 is giuen to Josh: Fisher seni to receaue of Mead- 
 field Constable 
 
 the lotts in this deuident ar this daye drawen. by the seuerall Inhabi- 
 tants after Lecture 
 
 18 of y e 1 mo Assemb Joh Kingsbery, Fra. Chickering, Lieft. Fisher, 
 Joh. Dwight, Serg 1 Fisher, & Elea: Lusher, Pet. Woodward 
 
 agreed w th Jacob Farrow to keep the Schoole to begin 28 of 1 mo. 1G53 
 to haue 2Q p aii to be payed in towne paye being merchantible at the end 
 of each halfe yeare the one halfe of the said sume he vndertakes to teach, to 
 read English & the Accidence & to write & the knowledg & art of Arithme- 
 ticke & the rules & practice therof: this to be gposed to the towne 
 
 Its agreed that the Towne Amunition should be layed vp in a place to 
 be made safe for it in the Roofe of the new Meetinghouse ouer the east 
 gallerie 
 
 Granted to Edw Richards that smale pcell of Land formerly reserued 
 for other vse as it abutts vpon his own Land east & north. & the way leading 
 in to the woods, towards the southwest 
 
 The aboue written agreem* w tu a schoole m r was this daye gposed to the 
 towne after Lecture & consented vnto 
 
 a bill giuen to Tho Fuller to receaue of y e Constable 7 s . 
 
 a bill giuen to John Partridg to receaue of the Constable 7 s : 
 
 a bill giuen to Robt Crosseman to receaue 20 s of y e Constable 20 s . 
 
 29 of 6 mo: 1653 Assemb Joh Kingsberie. Joh. Dwight, Lieft Fisher, 
 Fra Chickering, Pet. Woodward, Srg 1 Fisher, & Elea: Lusher 
 the Countrey Rate made 
 
 m r Joh. Allin 274 Joh. Haward 138 
 
 Eld Joh. Hunting 016 7 Fra Chickering 211 8 
 
 Elea. Lusher 1 9 9 Lieft. Jo. Fisher 1 9 10 
 
 Dea. Hen Chickering 1 8 10 Tho. Wight 034 
 
 Dea: Nath. Aldus 013 4 Ens. Hen Phillips 110 4 
 
 Joh Kingsbery 1 17 2 Jonath: Fayerbanke sen 1 3 10 
 
 Mich metcafe sen 131 Pet Woodward 178 
 
 Joh. Luson 174 Josep: Kingsbery 113 
 
 Antho. Fisher sen 1 11 3 Joh: Eaton 19 1 
 
 Joh. Dwight 1 12 6 Rich: Euered 153 
 
 1 See Note, page 151.
 
 214 
 
 DEDHAM TOWN ItECOHDS. 
 
 Nath. Coaleburn 
 
 Robt Mason 
 
 Joh: Gaye 
 
 Serg* Dan: Fisher 
 
 Serg 1 Geo: Fayerbanke 
 
 Serg 1 Willm Avery 
 
 Serg* Nath. Stearnes 
 
 Joh Morse 
 
 Edw: Richards 
 
 Lamb: Generic 
 
 Christo. Smyth 
 
 Jam: Jordan 
 
 Nath Whiteing 
 
 Mich. Metcalfe Ju 
 
 Joh: Fayerbanke 
 
 Samll Judson 
 
 Tho: Hering 
 
 Rich. Wheeler 
 
 Hen Wight 
 
 Tho. Battell 
 
 Joh. Farington 
 
 Joh. Aldus 
 
 Tho Fuller 
 
 Tho. Payne 
 
 Robt Ware 
 
 Antho. Fisher Ju 
 
 Thwa: Strickland 
 
 Robt Fuller 
 
 Nath. Fisher 
 
 Tho: Jordan 
 
 Joh. Guilde 
 
 Andr: Duein 
 
 Joh. Mason 
 
 Antho: Hubert 
 
 Jonath. Fayerbatik Ju 
 
 10 G Ralp: Daye 10 2 
 050 Hen Willson 012 4 
 
 015 3 Joh. Bacon 14 6 
 
 016 7 Edw. Hawes 053 
 13 6 Josh. Kent 068 
 16 10 Rich: Ellice 
 
 8 10 Robt Onion 6 10 
 
 11 4 Samll. Mills 15 11 
 
 1 3 2 Jam. Thorpe 5 10 
 068 Theo. Fraery 14 4 
 16 11 Hen. Smyth 036 
 
 10 Jam. Draper 
 
 1 1 11 Rich. Hartely 
 11 [ ] Joh Hough ton 
 
 8 [ ] Samll Dane 
 
 1 1 [ ] Joh. Littlefield 
 1 1 8 Joh. Rice 
 
 19 08 Joh. Kent 
 150 Ralp. Freeman 
 139 Elnath. Dunckely 
 
 1 210 Willm Bullard 
 0-14 Joh Newton 
 100 Isaac Bullard 
 
 11 3 DanllPonde 
 
 12 5 Josh. Fisher sen 10 
 
 1C 5 Rich Hartely ( 
 
 10 10 Jam Draper j 
 
 12 8 Rich Ellice 7 
 
 011 G Tymo Dwight 13 
 12 5 Joh. Fraery 
 084 Math Edwards 
 
 17 3 Tho Saluadge 
 
 18 2 Joh Generic 
 
 070 Jonas Fayerbanke 
 
 052 Christo: Webb 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 
 13 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 13 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 14 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 11 
 10 
 1 2 
 5 
 5 
 5 
 5 
 5 
 
 5 of 7 mo 1653 Assemb. Joh Kingsbery, Joh. Dwight, Lief't: Fisher, 
 Pet: Woodward, Serg*: Fisher, & Eleaz: Lusher 
 
 Rich Euered Constable p r sent to giue account of Towne Rates one 
 made 17 of 10 mo. 1652. the sume ll. 2 s . 3 d . 
 
 a bill of < 2. 3 s deliuered to Fra Chickering 
 
 vpon the Request and motion of Jacob. Farrow its consented vnto that 
 himselfe or his Brother shall attend the keepeing the Schoole according to
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 215 
 
 the Couen* formerly made w th the said Jacob & the Couen* to remaine in 
 force as its 
 
 leaue is granted to Jacob Farrow to fell 2 or 3 oakes for his vse vpon 
 the Comon Lands of the Town 
 
 [*vpon the Constables account of the Rate aforesaid he p r senting bills 
 of Disbursm ts &c ther remayne due of that Rate 2 12 4] 
 
 p d to Serg* Danll Fisher for his own. & Nathaneell Fishers Ralp: 
 Dayes Rates the sum of l 14 s . sixten shillings & 6 d p d in boarde. & 17 s * 6. 
 p d by bill deliuered to the Constable. p d \ 14 s 
 
 this paym* is for seuerall dayes worke of them all being reckoned 
 amounting to that sum of. l 14 
 
 [*this was reckoned befor the account last from the constables] 
 
 Granted vnto Willm Averey & his heyers for euer one pcell of Meadowe 
 conteyning about 4 or 5 acres, abutting vpon and adjoyneing vnto Stopp. 
 Riuer neere Meadfield in pt vpon Nath Coalburns Meadowe & vpon 
 Meadfield Line & the wast vpland 
 
 a bill deliuered to Joh Gaye to receaue of the constable G 
 
 p d Lieft. Fisher out of the Town Rate of 1723 1610 
 
 [*Remaine due of the last Town Rate 3 2 5 
 
 after all the accounts made aboue said] 
 
 IGof y e 7. mo 1653 Assemb: Joh Kingsbery, Joh Dwight, Fra: Chick- 
 ering, Lieft Fisher, Pet: Vv'oodward, Serg 1 Fisher, & Elea. Lusher 
 
 The men heere vnder named ar deputed vpon viewe to settle the line of 
 an enlargem 1 vpon the west side of Ensign Phillips his Farme not exceeding 
 20 Acres and make report of that thier act to the select men: who shall settle 
 the Title of that Land to the Ensig vpon what account they shall Judg. meete 
 & equall Lieft Fisher, Serg 4 Fisher 
 
 Whereas Lambert Generey did formerly giue one smale pcell of Land in 
 his Lott beyond the Mill Creeke for the vse of the Towne in publike the 
 Towne vpon experience findeing that it is not like to be vsefull doe disclaime 
 and giue vp all that right & Title that the Towne haue there vnto. seing the 
 clay is not vsefull as was expected 
 
 to be pposed after the Lecture this day to the Towne that whereas it is 
 ap r hended needfull that the meeteinghouse should be better enclosed by 
 daubeing the walles, and that workemen fitt to accomplish the same vpon 
 our experience ar hard to attayne and paye to thier content is scarce at 
 p r sent: its therfor thought meet if a better way cannot by the Towne be 
 gposed. that the Towne should com joyntely together to doe that worke a 
 true account to be kept what euery man doe. that equall alloweance may be 
 made accordingly. 
 
 the Account of the Surveyors taken those whose names ar vnder- 
 written ar behind in thier worke as followeth
 
 216 
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 Ralph Daye 4 dayes Dea Aldus | Joh Smyth 
 Jam Thorpe 4 Ens. Phillips 1 Fra Chickering 
 Lieft Fisher 2 Cornell. Fisher 2 
 The Schoole Rate 24 of 7 mo. 1653 
 M r Joh Allen 010 7 Joh. Farington 8 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 1 
 
 Eld Joh. Hunting 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 11 
 
 
 Joh. Aldus 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 3 
 
 
 Elea. Lusher 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 11 
 
 ob 1 
 
 Tho. Fuller 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 ob 
 
 Deac Hen. Chickering 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 8 
 
 ob 
 
 Tho. Payne 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 7 
 
 
 Deac Nath Aldus 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 
 Robt Ware 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 10 
 
 ob 
 
 Joh Kingsberie 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 ob 
 
 Antho. Fisher Ju 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 6 
 
 ob 
 
 Joh Luson 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 
 Robt Fuller 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 11 
 
 ob 
 
 Mich: Metcalfe sen 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 ob 
 
 Nath. Fisher 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 7 
 
 ob 
 
 Antho: Fisher sen 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 4 
 
 
 Tho. Jordan 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 10 
 
 ob 
 
 Joh. Dwight 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
 ob 
 
 Joh. Guilde 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 10 
 
 
 Joh Haward 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 8 
 
 
 Andr. Duein 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 10 
 
 
 Fra Chickering 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 8 
 
 
 Joh. Mason 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 3 
 
 ob 
 
 Lieft Josh Fisher 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 Ralp. Daye 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 ob 
 
 Ens. Hen Phillips 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 8 
 
 
 Hen. Wilson 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 10 
 
 
 Tho. Wight 
 
 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 Joh. Bacon 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 10 
 
 ob 
 
 Johath: Fayerba: 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 ob 
 
 Tymo. Dwight 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 ob 
 
 Pet. Woodward 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 
 Theop: Fraerie 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 4 
 
 
 Josep. Kingsbery 
 
 
 
 19 
 
 1 
 
 
 Will Bullard 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 ob 
 
 Joh. Eaton 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 ob 
 
 Isaac Bullard 
 
 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 
 Rich Euered 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 10 
 
 
 Samll Milles 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 9 
 
 
 Nath. Coaleburn 
 
 
 
 13 
 
 10 
 
 ob 
 
 Rich. Ellice 
 
 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 
 Serg* Dan: Fisher 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 
 
 Edw. Hawes 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 
 Sergt Geo: Fayerba: 
 
 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 ob 
 
 Danll Ponde 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 Serg* Will Avery 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 8 
 
 ob 
 
 Robt Onion 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 ob 
 
 Serg 1 Nath. Stearnes 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 Jam: Thorpe 
 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 ob 
 
 Joh. Morse 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 7 
 
 
 Ric. Hartley | 
 
 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 
 Edw. Richards 
 
 
 
 14 
 
 6 
 
 ob 
 
 Ja: Draper ) 
 
 
 
 
 
 Joh Gaye 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 7 
 
 
 Joh. Newton 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 Lamb. Generic 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 8 
 
 
 Ralp: Freeman 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 ob 
 
 Christo. Smyth 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 9 
 
 
 Joh Fraery 
 
 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 ob 
 
 Nath Whiteing 
 
 
 
 14 
 
 3 
 
 
 Hen. Smyth 
 
 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 ob 
 
 Mich. Metcalf Ju 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 ob 
 
 Josh. Kent 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 Joh. Fayerbank 
 
 
 
 15 
 
 10 
 
 ob 
 
 Thwa Strickland 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 5 
 
 ob 
 
 Samll Judson 
 
 
 
 12 
 
 9 
 
 ob 
 
 Antho. Hubert 
 
 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 
 Tho. Hering 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 11 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 T i 
 
 
 
 Rich. Wheeler 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 19 
 
 5 
 
 7 
 
 
 Hen Wight 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 9 
 
 [*12] 
 
 Tho. Battell 
 
 o 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 ob 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 ob 
 
 1 See Note, page 151.
 
 DEDHAM TOWN EECOEDS. 217 
 
 this sume com short of the schoole m rs due payem* 19 s 5 d which we 
 Judge may be payd out of the ouerplusse of the Countrey Rate 
 
 m rd that Tho. Fullers Rate was abated 6 s 2 d . being mistaken so much 
 
 29 of y e 10. 1653 Assemb: Joh. Kingsberie, Joh. Dwight, Lieft: Fisher, 
 Fra: Chickering, Serg*. Fisher, & Elea. Lusher, Pet. Woodward 
 
 Granted to Ralph Freeman and to his heyers for euer one pcell of vp- 
 land conteyneing about 2 acres which is to be layed out at the discretion of 
 Peter Woodward & Richard Euered beyond the south end of the east streete. 
 betwixt the drawen waye there & the swampe gvided that if the said Ralph 
 Freeman doe not build & in habit vpon the said pcell w th in the space of one 
 whole yeare after this daye: then this p r sent grant shall be voide & one of 
 none effect, gvide allso that if the said Ralph his heyers or assignes shall 
 purpose to sell the said pcell w th in the space of 7 yeares after the grante. 
 then the said pcell & the appurtenances therof shall first be tendered to the 
 Towne or the Select men therof for the time being at such a price as another 
 would realy giue which if the said select men refuse it shall be at libertie to 
 sell to any other 
 
 [*A bill giuen to Joh Dwight of \ 11 s 3 d being due for diuers Jour- 
 neyes & otherwise 
 
 A bill giuen to Eleazer Lusher of l 5 8 8 d for worke about the Amu- 
 nition place & diuers Journeys for the Towne 16 s 10 d . due of the last year 
 2 of this debt is assigned to be p d from Joseph morse: rest due 2 s 6 d ] 
 A bill giuen to Thomas Herring of 6 s 8 d for his pt in the killing of a 
 woolfe 
 
 A bill giuen to Isaac Bullard of 20 s for killing one wolfe to be payed 
 by the Constable 
 
 Josh. Kent a bill of 2 s for one daye worke for the Towne 
 p d by the Constable to Joh Kingsberie in debt from the Towne to him 6 s 
 remayne due from Joh Kingsberie to the Towne 4 d 
 
 Fra Chickering p r sents a bill of 4 2 s . whereof 3" is due for his dep- 
 uties, aloweance the other for nayles & Journeyes. and other disbursem ts . this 
 bill is allowed 
 
 the ace* of that Twentie pounds, due from Meadfield y e 26 of y e 
 12 mo: 1652 
 
 Rec d by Lieft Fisher 10 8 s 4 d 
 
 reed by Pet. Woodward 4 2 
 
 in board to the Towne 1 5 
 
 p d for killing of woolues w tb in Dedham Bounds 1 13 4 
 
 p d to Josh Fisher seni for Iron worke for the bell &c 1 4 2 
 p d to Danll Ponde for work about the meeteing house 12 
 p d to Dan. Fisher for worke 5 [] 
 
 9 s 10 d
 
 218 DEDHAM TOWN HE COEDS. 
 
 A bill giuen to Joh Dwight of 1 10 s 3 d due for diuers Journeyes &: 
 11 bushels of Lime brought to Towne & for money disbursed 
 
 A bill giuen to Ensigne Phillips of 5 s due for 2 Journeyes to Meadfield 
 A Bill giuen to Fra Chickering of \ 6 3 to receaue of y e Constable 
 out of the 17 2 s 3 d in pt of paym 1 of the 4 2 s rate due to him 
 
 Disbursed by Pet Woodward out of that w ch he receaued of Meadfield 
 for Court orders 1100 
 
 for glasse for the meeteinghouse 1 
 
 for the payeing of seuerall workemen in the Townes worke 1 10 
 rest due. 2 s this 2 s is assigned to be p d to Richard Ellice 
 [*due to Daniell Fisher for 2 Journies to Dorchester 5 0] 
 
 whereas Thomas Battelie was apointed to paye 10 s for the rent of the 
 meadowe that he did mowe the yeare 1652 w ch was the Townes and at p r sent 
 it apeere that the grasse was nothing so good as it was then judged we doe 
 now. abate 5 s to him w ch is to be set of in the next yeares high waye worke: 
 of which bills ther remayne in all yet vnpayed more then is yet in hand 
 to paye w th all the sume of 4 18 6 
 
 m rd that the publike worke at the mille Creeke & the meeteing house be 
 pposed to be comitted 
 
 Lieft Fisher his account 
 
 he receaud of medfield Rate 10 8 4 
 
 in nayles from meadfield former paye 2 
 
 in wheat for debt [*for] the Townes [*medowe] 7 6 
 
 vpon a bill of highway worke of old account 9 
 
 13 410 
 
 disburse for the Town as apeere by his bill 12 13 9 
 
 remaine due from him to the Towne 11 1 
 
 At a generall meeteing of the Towne 2 of y e 11 1653 
 
 [XXX Record of the Meeting, as page 139.J 
 
 Lieft Fisher Fra. Chickering & Danll Fisher ar further entrusted & 
 empowered to make a finall settling of that case respecting foule meadowe. 
 
 the disposeall of the comon in foule meadow at reasonable rates accord- 
 ing to the goodnes of the meadowe for the supplye of them that ar in most 
 want, is left to the descretion of the select men this day to be chosen 
 
 the whole case concerning Natick is still left to the 5 men last deputed 
 therevnto. according to the first deputation giuen to Lieft Fisher & Sergent 
 Fisher haueing the same power then giuen to those '2 men 
 
 the bridges ouer Charles Riuer before in adgetation ar resolued to be 
 both forborne building for this p r sent yeare 
 
 [XXX Elections, as page 139.] 
 
 Elea Lusher, Deac Chickering, Joh Kingsbery, Comissioners
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 219 
 
 * 
 
 11 mo 3 53 
 
 the returne of them that measured the length of the great playne Fence 
 
 from gate to gate on the south side is 27 score rodd 
 
 on the north side 24 score rodd & 4 rodd & 6 foote 
 
 Joh Gaye desire his deuident to be layed out in a place on the north 
 side of Charles Riuer neere Naticke. vpon the south side of a playne there 
 that abutts vpon the Riuer towards the East, south. & west & a swampe 
 towards the north, he desire his pt should lye. w th in the elbowe or turne of 
 the Riuer by a smale swampie place by the Riuer side. & so to haue his pcell 
 runne east & west by. or on both sides of a long hill. ther. or there abouts 9 
 of y e pt mo: !653. 
 
 Andrew Duein desire his deuident should lye on the fore said playne. & 
 John Haward desire his deuident may lye there also if it be there to be had. 
 9 of y e 1 mo. 1 653 
 
 Henry Chicering hath sold his deuident to Hen. Wight, acknowledged 
 by himself 
 
 Tho. Battell Rich Ellice & Ralp Daye chuse pt of thier deuedent ouer 
 against Rock meadowe on the left hand of meadfield waye adioyneing to y 6 
 pastors Farme or neere therto 7 of y e 1 st mo 53-54: Tho Battell desire som 
 ther vpon the grant of Ed Hawes. and mor 1 acre by the side of Rocke 
 Field on the south side, neere Ralp Dayes Lande 
 
 Ralp Daye & Rich Ellice desire to take all thier pts in the fore named 
 place if they may 
 
 Rich Euered desires his deuident & the remaynder of his purchased land 
 at the southerly end of south playne as it abutts vpon that brooke that runnes 
 into south meadowe. or if not all there, then w* he may w th conueaniencie 15 
 of 1 st mo 53-54 
 
 Tho Battell: desires his deudent beyond strawbery hill being pt of his 
 own Jonath Fayerbanks Dan. Pondes Joh Rices. 
 
 Joh Luson desires to haue his layed out there. & allso Cor: Fisher 
 
 Deed to make fro my selfe to Robt Ware 2 acre mead, abutts Charles 
 Riuer east vpland west Ro. Ware north M rs Deengan south 
 
 a grant to make entery of to Joh Ellice of a pcell of meadowe 3 acres, 
 neere medfield bounds w th such conueaniencie of vpland as may be needfull 
 to shorten the fence abutts wast vpland round about a smale brooke runing 
 thorough it 
 
 A Band to make from Daniell Antho. Natha: & Cornell: Fisher to thier 
 mother to paye tenn . p ami: at 2 10 s the quarter of the yeare in paym* to 
 her iust content, dureing her naturall life, after thier Fathers decease 
 
 1 Whereas the Towne haue hetherto bene content to leaue the common 
 
 1 This paragraph is written on the same page as the preceding, but with the book 
 reversed.
 
 220 
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 fe[ ] at libertie to all Townesmen which we conceaue may in time gue 
 inconueanient in seuerall respects &c: its therfore gposed to consideration 
 for the settling of euery mans libertie & right in comon feed that for as much 
 as to our obseruation it apeers that the cattell at p r sent in Towne are com- 
 petently sufficient for the comon feed therein or very neere there vnto that it 
 is necessary to corn to som equall waye of stinting or limitting euery mans 
 number of cattell to be kept in comon feede according to p r sent rules, being 
 the same that lands in generall deuident are deuided by & no inhabitant in 
 our Towne to haue libertie vpon any p r tence heere after to put more cattell 
 to comon. feede then according to the same ^portion vpon penaltie and allso 
 for the more full settling of comon rights that all deuidents in lands be deuided 
 & layed out according to the p r sent rules as mens estats shall be at p r sent 
 founde and by no other what changes so euer may come heereafter
 
 DON GLEASON HILL, ESQ., 
 DEAR SIR: 
 
 In accordance with your suggestion I herewith submit a list of the original 
 papers from which the autograph signatures were reproduced, which appear on pages 
 221 225 of the third volume of Dedham Eecords, just published by the Town and 
 edited by you. 
 
 Thomas Alcock, from the Compact in Medfield Records, furnished by James Hewins ; 
 John Aldis, administrator's bond on the estate of Deacon Nathan Aldis, April, 
 1676; Edward Alleyn, page 42 of the third volume of Dedham Records; John Allin, 
 page XI, of the Introduction to the second volume of Dedham Records ; William Avery, 
 will of John Dwight, June 16, ' 1658; John Bacon, inventory of Serg. Ralph Day's 
 estate, Jan. 10, 1677-78 ; George Barbor, will of John Frairy, of Medfield, March 27, 
 1670; Thomas Battelle, inventory of Mary Lusher' s estate, Feb. 4, 1672-73; Isaac Bui- 
 lard, same as John Aldis, above; Francis Checkering, inventor}" of the estate of John 
 Morse, of Boston, June 9, 1657 ; Henry Checkering, page 89 of third volume of Dedham 
 Records; Nathaniel Colburn, inventory of Dea. Aldis, April, 1676; James Draper, 
 petition of Nath 1 Colburn, and others, May 7, 1662, Mass. Archives, Vol. CXII, p. 142 ; 
 Timothy Dwight, inventory of John Pepper's estate, March 22, 1669-70; John Eaton, 
 inventory of Michael Bacon's estate, April 20, 1649; Richard Ellis, administrator's 
 bond on the estate of Joseph Ellis, Aug. 2, 1672 ; James Fales, same as James Draper, 
 above; John Farrinyton, in private hands : Jonathan Fairbanks, petition of the Ded- 
 ham Selectmen, Aug. 30, 1658, Mass. Archives, Vol. CXI, p. 29; Anthony Fisher 
 will of Nathaniel Fisher, Jan. 26, 1660-61 ; Cornelius Fisher, same as James Draper, 
 above: Daniel Fisher, will of Michael Bacon, April 14, 1648; Samuel Fisher, same as 
 James Draper, above ; Thomas Fuller, inventory of Samuel Judson's estate, July 24, 
 1657; John Gay, inventory of John Kingsbury's estate, Oct. 9,1660; John Guild, his 
 will. Oct. 3, 1682; John Howard, same as Thomas Fuller, above; Edward Hccs, same 
 as John Farrington, above; Thomas Herring, will of Joseph Kingsbury, Sen r , May 22, 
 1675; Robert Hinsdell, inventory of estate of John Wight, of Medfield, Oct. 3, 1653; 
 Ezekiel Holliman, furnished by Edward Field, Record Commissioner of Providence, 
 R. I.; John Huntting, same as Jonathan Fairbanks, above; Samuel Judson, his will, 
 June 7, 1657; Joseph Kingsbury, same as Jonathan Fairbanks, above; Robert Mason, 
 same as Thomas Alcock, above; Michael Metcalf, in the DEDHAM HISTORICAL 
 REGISTER, Vol. Ill, p. 142 ; Thomas Metcalf, administrator's bond on the estate of 
 Robert Onion, Jan. 30, 1673 ; John Morse, same as Richard Ellis, above ; John Par- 
 tridge, from an old document; Thomas Payne, same as John Farrington, above; 
 Henry Phillips, will of Richard Barbor, May 27, 1644; John Plympton, same as 
 Thomas Alcock, above; Daniel Pond, account book of the First Parish of Dedham, 
 May 21, 1687, p. 28 ; Nathaniel Stearns, same as Timothy Dwight, above ; James 
 Thorpe, same as James Draper, above; John Thurston, sen'r, same as John Farring- 
 ton, above; Robert Ware, same ; Ralph Wheelock, same as Thomas Alcock, above; 
 Henry Wight, same as Thomas Herring, above; Peter Woodward, inventory of 
 Anthony Fisher, of Dorchester, April 7, 1670. 
 
 These signatures all appeared to be original. 
 
 Yours very truly, 
 
 JULIUS H. TUTTLE. 
 
 Dedhain, Jan. 2, 1893.
 
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 INDEX OF NAMES. 
 
 ADAMS Ferdinanclo, 3, 32, 38, 39, 40, 41, 
 4.-., 40. 47, 51, 53, 66, 94, 96, 106, 107, 110, 
 158, 161, 172, 175; Henry, 197, 200. 
 
 ALDIS and ALDUS John, 3, 132, 143,146, 
 148, 179, 184, 185, 190, 198, 205, 212, 214, 
 216, 221; Xa than (see Deacon), 3, 67, 75, 
 
 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 89, 
 90, 91, 92, 94, 95, 97, 100, 101, 102, 104, 
 
 106, 107, 108, 109, 111, 113, 142, 152, 153, 
 158, 160, 166, 170, 179, 182, 183, 190, 195, 
 205, 211, 213, 216; Deacon, 146, 193, 198, 
 216. 
 
 ALDRIDGE Henry, 81, 92, 104, 106, 109, 
 
 154. 
 ALCOCKE Thomas, 3, 42, 74, 92, 95, 
 
 100, 109, 152, 154, 155, 158, 161, 174, 175, 
 
 176, 181, 221; Mr., 23. 
 
 ALLEX and ALLIX Ed., 154, 158, 167; 
 James, 3, 42,49, 59,74,76, 95, 111, 113, 124, 
 132, 152, 154, 158, 161, 164, 171, 172, 184, 
 186; John, 3, 32, 35, 38. 39. 40, 41, 43, 44, 
 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 53, 55, 56, 58, 67, 71, 
 72, 75, 78, 92, 95, 98, 100, 102, 104, 107, 
 109, 113, 131, 142, 152, 153, 157, 158, 159, 
 160, 168. 173, 183, 190, 198, 205, 211, 213, 
 216, 221; Mr., 171, 173, 178, 181. 
 
 ALLEYX Edward, 3, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 
 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36, 38, 40, 41, 
 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 
 57, 59, 60, 61, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 73, 75, 70, 
 
 77, 78, 79, 80. 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 
 89, 94, 95. 101, 115, 128, 154, 168, 173, 
 201, 203, 221; Mr., 167, 170. 
 
 ATHERTOX Humphrey, 137; Capt.,153. 
 AUSTEN Francis, 3, 20, 21. 22, 26, 27, 28, 
 
 L'li. 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 38, 41/45, 47, 71, 94; 
 
 Jane G., 188. 
 AVER Y William, 3, 132, 141, 143, 148, 
 
 179, 181, 183, 190, 192, 198, 205, 206, 207, 
 
 212, 214, 215, 216, 221. 
 
 BACHELER John, 3, 33, 35, 40, 44, 45, 46, 
 48, 49, 51, 53. 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66, 
 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 80, 81. 86, 92, 
 95, 96. 97, 100, 107, 110, 113, 117, 152, 154, 
 169, 174, 175, 170. 
 
 BACOX John, 19, 107, 141, 144, 145. 152, 
 154, 158, 100, 162. 163, 173. 176, 184, 
 190, 194, 198, 205, 212, 214, 216, 221; 
 Michael, 3, 73, 95, 100, 101. 102, 103, 106, 
 
 107. 109, 113. 152, 154, 158, 172, 174, 176, 
 
 177. 181; Mr., 68; Mrs., 69. 
 
 BAXCROFT Thomas, 123, 130, 131, 152, 
 158, 161, 162, 163, 184, 185. ISO, 190, 198, 
 202, 205. 
 
 BARBER George (see Sergeant}, 3. 74, 87, 
 
 91, 92, 100, 111, 113, 114, 120. 134. 152, 
 153, 158, 160, 163, 178, 179, 180, 197, 200, 
 221; Richard, 3, 50, 52, 57. 75, 95, 100, 
 173; Sergeant, 178, 193. 
 
 BARTLET Thomas, 3, 20, 22, 23, 25, 27, 
 28, 36, 50. 
 
 BATTELEY, BATTLE and BATTELLE 
 Thomas, 123, 139, 143, 147, 153, 158, 160, 
 162, 178, 184, 186, 190, 194, 195, 198, 199, 
 200, 205, 200, 212, 214, 216, 218. 219, 221. 
 
 BATES Thomas, 3, 42, 44, 45, 47, 49. 50, 
 
 92, 96, 111, 167, 172, 175. 
 BEARSTOE and BEARSTOWE George, 
 
 3, 34, 66, 92, 93. 90, 104, 110, 112, 113, 
 132, 152, 154, 159, 160, 108, 169, 171, 172, 
 
 174, 176, 178, 179, 181; Job., 155; Wil- 
 liam. 3, 21, 22, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 
 33, 34, 33, 40, 45, 46, 48, 58, 60, 62, 
 79, 86, 92, 96, 106, 110, 151, 168, 176, 177, 
 185. 
 
 BIERRS Richard, 135. 
 BRADSTREET Mr., l. 
 BROCKE Henry, 3, 48, 49, 51, 53, 95, 100, 
 107, 108, 109, 152, 153, 158, 160, 172, 174, 
 
 175, 176, 182, 183, 190, 198, 204. 
 BULLARD Benjamin, 3, 140,144,145,140; 
 
 Isaac, 3, 1:38, 144, 146, 148, 190. 205, 214, 
 216, 217, 221; John, 3, 45, 51, 75, $4, 88, 
 91, 92, 95, 98, 100, 102, 104, 110, 113, 127, 
 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158. 101, 186, 194, 
 195; Nathaniel, 144; William, 3, 45, 47, 
 48, 49, 51,53, 66,71,72,75, 91, 92, 94, 95, 97, 
 98. 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 1<>4, 107, 109, 
 112, 113, 114, 117, 118, 119, 121, 122, 123, 
 126,130,131,134,143, 150, 151. 152. 153, 154, 
 155, 156, 157, 158, 161, 173, 177, 184, 190, 
 198, 201, 203, 212, 214, 216. 
 BULLEX Samuel. 3, 08, 71. 72. 75, 82. 92, 
 96. 103, 106. 109, 111, 113, 152, 154, 155, 
 161, 168, 181. 
 
 CAKEBREAU Thomas. 3, 30, 32, 42. 
 CARTER Thomas, 3, 29, 31, 32, 35, 40, 
 
 41, 43, 44, 47, 48, 49, 51, 53, 55; Mr., 36. 
 
 42, 47, 48, 60, 175. 
 CHEXERY (see Genert/.} 
 CHICKERIXG Francis (see Ensign*), 3, 
 
 42, 44, 46, 47, 48, 51, 53, 54, 59, 00, '00, 70,
 
 228 
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 71, 72, 75, 70, "H, ^8, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 
 So. 86, 87, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97, 98, 99, 
 100, 104, 103, 106, 107, 108, 110, 113, 
 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 121, 122, 123, 
 124, 123, 129, 130, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 
 138, 139, 140, 141, 146, 150, 151, 152, 153, 
 154, 135, 150. 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 
 163, 104, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 
 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 179, 181, 182, 183, 
 185, 186, 188, 190, 192, 193, 194, 196, 197, 
 198, 199, 200. 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 
 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 
 216, 217, 218, 221; Henry (see Deacon), 
 78, 79, 80, .'"!. 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 
 92. 93, 04, 95. 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 102, 104, 
 107,108,110,111,112,113, 114, 115, 116, 123, 
 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 133, 
 134, 140, 141, 142, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 
 15*, 150, 160, 161, 162, 163, 165, 168, 171, 
 173, 174, 180, 182, 184, 190, 203, 205, 207, 
 2<>s 211. 213, 216, 219; Deacon, 138,145, 
 198, 218; Ensign, 143, 147; , 170. 
 
 CLARKE Joseph. 3, 71, 77, 99, 103, 106, 
 109, 112, 113, 153, 154, 157, 158, 161, 162, 
 168, 174, 189, 193, 195; Rowland, 34, 38, 
 
 84, 85; William, 137; Sergeant, 136; , 
 
 153. 
 
 COBB J. H., 88. 
 
 COALEBTTBNE and CoLBURN Xathan- 
 iel, 3, 34, 40, 41, 44. 45, 46, 49, 51, 53, 79, 
 ,sl. S4. 92, 93, 95. 97, 99, 100, 101, 104, 105, 
 I ()., 107. Hi, 113. 118, 124, 127, 129, 130, 
 134, 135, 139, 140, 141, 143, 148, 152, 15:',, 
 158, 160, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 169, 170, 
 171, 17'2, 173, 170, 178, 179, 180, 182, 183, 
 L86, isc,, 187, 188, 189, 190, 193, 198, 203, 
 -04, 2ii:., 207, 212, 214, 215, 216, 221. 
 
 COLLICOT Mr., 170. 
 
 COLVEB Edward, 3, 37, 57, 95, 96, 98, 
 
 100, 104, 110, 112, 200. 
 COOKE Samuel, os, 69, 77, 82, 95, 109; 
 
 Mr., S9, 99, 107, 121. 132, 151, 159, 168, 
 
 172,173, 174, 175. 176. 
 COOLIDGE John, 3. 20, 21, 22, 23. 25, 26, 
 
 27. 32, 33, 40, 47, 48. 
 
 CKOFTS Scry', 130. 
 
 CROMWELL Capt. Thomas, 188. 
 
 CROSSM AX Robert, 3, 93, 97, 98, 102, 
 103, 104, 108, 111, 113. 123, 150, 151. 153, 
 158, 159, 160, 162, 168, 169, 180, 184, 190, 
 198, 203, 204, 205, 209, 210, 212, 213. 
 
 CUSHION Theop., 155, 161. 
 
 DALTON Philemon, 3, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 
 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 38, 39, 40, 
 41, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 51, 53, 54, S4, 86, 
 167, 178; Timothy, 3, 32, 35, 36, 38, 40, 
 41, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 51, 53, 59, 94; 
 Mr., 32, 36, 48, 52, 02, 123, 156, 173. 
 
 DAMANT John, 152, 160, 162. 
 
 1) AXE Samuel, 214. 
 
 DAN FORTH Mr., 23. 
 
 DATE Balph, 105, 100, 112, 11.3, 127, ui, 
 
 144, 148, 152, 154, 155, 158, 160, 162, 165, 
 
 166, 183, 190, 192, 194, 198, 203, 205, 206, 
 212, 214, 215. 216, 219. 
 
 DEENGAYNE Henry, 3, 48, 60, 68,71,75, 
 82, 96, 109, 168, 175, 176; Mrs., 152, 154, 
 158, 161, 184. 212, 219. 
 
 DEWING and DUEIN Andrew, 3, 135, 
 
 143, 145, 148, 152, 158, 161, 178, 182. 190, 
 192, 193, 198, 205, 212, 214, 216, 219. 
 
 DRAPER James, 3, 139, 144, 184, 190, 
 
 214, 216, 221. 
 
 DUDLEY Samuel, 26; Mr., 41, 153. 
 
 DUNKLEY Elnathan, 194, 195, 214. 
 
 DWIGHT John, 3, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 
 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 
 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52.53, 
 54, 57, 5S, 59, 00, 02, 63, (54, 0(5, 67, 68,69, 
 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 76, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 
 85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97, 
 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 
 107, 109, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 
 118,119,121,122,123,124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 
 129, 130, 131, 133, 134, 135, 138, 139, 140, 
 141,143,146,150,151,152,153, 154, 155, 156, 
 157, 15*. 159, 160, 161, 162,. 163, 164, 166, 
 
 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 173, 174, 175, 176, 
 
 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 185, 186, 
 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 193, 194, 195, 196, 
 197, 198, 199, 200, 201. 202, 203, 204, 205, 
 206. 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 
 
 215, 216, 217. 218; Timothy (see Cor- 
 poraZ).3,47, 49,51, 57. 72, 75, 79, 92, 90, 99, 
 100, 101, 102, 107, 109, 113, 117, 118, 119, 
 121, 122, 123, 120. 127. 12*. 129, 130, 131, 
 135,144,148,150.151,152, 153. 154,155,156, 
 157, 158, K50, 1(53, 168, 171, 173, 181, 182, 
 184, 185, 190, 192, 212, 214, 216, 221; Cor- 
 poral, 129, 130. 
 
 EAMES Robert, 153, 190; Thomas, 3, 71, 
 74, 80, 81, 82, 91, 95, 98, 106, 108, 109, 
 
 168, 181; , 169. 
 
 EATON John, 3, 31, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, 43, 
 48, 49, 51, 53. 60. 72. 73, 75, 80, 92, 93, 95, 
 96, 97. 100, 103, 106, 107, 110, 113, 114, 
 116, 118, 124, 140, 143, 152, 154, 158, 161, 
 168, 170, 174, 175, 170. IS2, 184, 190, 198, 
 204, 205, 212, 213, 216, 221; , 154. 
 
 EDWARDS Matthew, 194, 214. 
 
 ELDERKIN John, 3, 83, 94. 
 
 ELLICE and ELLIS John, 3. 20, 27, 33, 
 45, 49, 50, 70, 75, 79, 82, 87, 88, 95, 100, 
 107, 109, 113, 152. 155, 15S. 1(51. 165, 172, 
 174, 175, 176, 185, 219; Joseph, 3. 135, 
 
 144. 145, 140. 190, 192, 198; Richard, 3, 
 18, 19. S3, 93. 95, 107, 109, 113, 123, 130, 
 144, 145, 146, 147. 152, 156, 158, 160, 162, 
 
 178, 181, 183, 190, 197, 198, 201, 205, 210, 
 212, 214, 216, 218, 219, 221; Tho., 161, 198; 
 , 154. 
 
 EVERETT Richard, 3, 20, 22, 25, 27, 40, 
 47, 49, 51. 75, 92, 96, 98, 100, 105, 106, 108, 
 109, 113, 114, 134, 140, 143, 152, 154, 158, 
 160. 162, 170, 171, 175, 182, 183, 190, 198, 
 203,205,206.212,213, 214, 216, 217, 219,-^St.
 
 INDEX OF NAMES. 
 
 229 
 
 FAIRBAXK and FAY ERBAXKE George, 
 (see Sergeant}, 3, 124, 152, 154, 158, 160, 
 181, 184, 190, 205, 212, 214, 216; John. 3, 
 63, 68, 83, 96, 110, 113, 143, 152, 154, 155, 
 158, 160, 178, 179, 183, 190, 197, 198, 205, 
 
 212, 214, 216; Jonas, 160; Jonathan, 3, 
 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 38, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 
 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 53, 58, 75, 79, 80, 86, 92, 
 96, 103, 104, 110. 112, 113, 114, 116, 118, 
 134, 138, 139. 140, 143, 144, 14(i, 147, 151, 
 
 152, 154, 158, 100, 178, 179, 182, 183, 185, 
 190, 197, 198, 200, 204, 205, 212, 213, 214, 
 216, 219, 223; Sergeant, 143, 145, 171, 
 178, 198. 
 
 PALES (see Vales). 
 
 FARRINGTOX John, 114, 141, 143, 146, 
 
 148, 151, 158, 160, 162, 183, 185, 190, 198, 
 
 205, 212, 214, 216, 223. 
 FARROW Jacob, 213, 214, 215. 
 FEKE Robert, 3, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 35, 49, 
 
 50, 55, 57, 69, 167. 
 FISHER Anthony, 3, 32, 35, 38, 40, 
 
 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48. 49, 53, 66, 72, 73, 
 
 76, 78, 81, 84, 90, 92, 95, 104, 107, 108, 
 
 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 130, 
 131, 135, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 
 145, 146, 147, 148, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 
 158, 159, 160, 161, 168, 169, 170, 171, 173, 
 
 174, 175, 176, 177, 180, 181, 183, 184, 186, 
 
 187, 190, 193, 194, 195, 197, 198, 199, 201, 
 202, 203, 204, 205, 207, 208, 210, 211, 212, 
 
 213, 214, 216, 219, 223; Cornelius, 3, 138, 
 144, 146, 184, 190, 205, 212, 216, 219, 223; 
 
 -Daniel (see Sergeant),53, 66, 75, 79,89,90, 
 91, 92, 93, 100, 104, 108, 110, 113, 116, 
 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 130, 131, 134, 135, 
 
 136, 137, 138, 139, 141, 143, 144, 145, 151, 
 
 153, 154, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 163, 164, 
 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 179, 
 183, 184, 186, 189, 190, 191, 197, 200, 202, 
 205, 211, 212, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218. 219, 
 223; Elizabeth (see Widow), 95, 106, 107, 
 
 110, 153, 161; John, 3, 32, 46; Joseph, 
 152; Joshua (see Lieut.), 3, 38, 65, 75, 
 87, 89, 98, 100. 104, 106, 109, 113, 114, 115, 
 116, 123, 124, 125, 128, 129, 130, 135, 136, 
 
 137, 140, 141, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 
 152, 153, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 168, 172, 
 178,182,183,187,188, 189, 190, 198, 204, 205, 
 207, 211, 212, 213, 214, 216, 217; Nathan- 
 iel, 143, 145, 146, 180, 181, 183, 190, 192, 
 198, 205, 212, 214, 215, 216, 219; Samuel, 
 3, 140, 144. 145, 146, 212, 223; Thomas, 
 3, 32, 33, 38, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 49, 51, 
 144. 101, 173, no, 212; Ensign, 148; 
 Lieut, (see Joshua), 124, 125, 126, 127, 
 128, 129, 130, 131, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 
 
 138, 139, 140, 148, 157, 160, 161, 162, 163, 
 164, 105, 166, 167, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 
 
 175, 170, 177, 179, 180, 182, 183, 185, 186, 
 
 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 
 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 206, 
 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 
 216, 217, 218; Serg 1 (see Daniel), 126, 127, 
 128, 129, 130, 135, 136, 139, 140, 143, 144, 
 
 147, 148, 163, 164, 166, 167, 169, 170, 173, 
 176, 179, 180, 182, 183, 185, 186, 188, 189, 
 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 
 202, 203, 204, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 212, 
 213, 214, 215, 217, 218; Widow,59, 65, 158. 
 
 FOLGER John, 48. 
 
 FOSTER Samuel, 152, 178. 
 
 FRARY John, 3, 37, 40, 41, 43, 45, 46, 47, 
 48, 49, 51, 53, 75, SO, 86, 92, 96, 100, 105, 
 106, 110, 113, 115, 124, 126, 152, 154, 
 155, 158, 160, 162, 163, 171, 173, 174, 175, 
 183, 185, 190, 194, 196, 198, 205, 209, 210, 
 212, 214, 216; Theo. 143, 214, 216. 
 
 FREEMAX Ralph, 3, 135, 144, 146, 184, 
 190, 192, 198, 203, 205, 212, 214, 216, 217. 
 
 FROST Elder, 163. 
 
 FULLER Giles, 50, 94; Robert, 113, 129, 
 143, 152, 154, 155, 158, 160, 163, 171, 178, 
 183, 185, 190, 198, 203, 205. 212. 214, 216; 
 Thomas, 3, 91, 110, 113, 134, 135, 138, 
 139, 141, 143, 147, 152, 154, 157, 158, 161, 
 170, 174, 175, 176, 177, 183, 184, 186, 190, 
 193, 198, 201, 205, 210, 212, 213, 214, 216, 
 217, 223. 
 
 GAYE John, 3, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 28, 29, 
 30, 31, 32, 35, 38, 40, 41, 43, 45, 48, 51, 75, 
 89, 91, 92, 95, 104, 105, 110, 113, 115, 118, 
 124, 130, 131, 133, 134, 138, 139, 140, 143, 
 150, 151, 153, 154, 155, 158, 161, 169, 170, 
 173, 174, 176, 177, 184, 189, 190, 198, 199. 
 201, 202, 203, 205, 206, 207, 208, 210, 212, 
 214, 215, 216, 219, 223. 
 
 GENERE, GENERY and CHENERY 
 John, 153, 214; Lambert, 3, 20, 21, 22, 
 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 38, 40, 
 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 51, 53, 54, 56, 61, 
 72, 92, 96, 104, 107, 110, 113, 114, 115, 
 121, 125, 127, 136, 143, 145, 146, 151, 152, 
 153, 155, 158, 160, 162, 165, 167, 168, 169, 
 172, 175, 178, 182, 183, 184, 190, 193, 195, 
 198, 205, 206, 212, 214, 215, 216. 
 
 GLOVER Henry, 3, 93, 97, 110, 152, 158, 
 
 161, 178, 179, 186, 190, 198, 205; John, 
 137. 
 
 GOWEN and GOWIXG Robert, 3, 75, 87, 
 91, 95, 105, 110, 113, 151, 152. 154, 155. 
 
 GREEXE Samuel, 136; Mr., 41, 106, 128. 
 159. 
 
 GUILD and GUILE John, 3, 79, 92, 96, 
 97, 105, 110, 113, 143, 152, 154, 158, 160, 
 
 162, 168, 179, 183, 185, 190, 198, 205, 212, 
 214, 216, 223. 
 
 HARTLEY Rich. 214, 216. 
 
 HASTINGS Thomas, 3, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 
 26, 27, 31, 40, 46, 54, 55, 61. 
 
 HAWARD and HAYWARD John, 3, 22, 
 23, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31, 32, 35, 36, 38, 40, 43, 
 44, 47, 48, 49, 50, 54, 61, 62, 63, 64, G6, 67, 
 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 70, 77, 80, 81, 84, 
 86. 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 98, 100, 101, 102, 
 103, 104, 105, 106, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113, 
 123, 124, 126, 127, 130, 134, 138, 139, 140,
 
 230 
 
 DEDHAM TOWN EECOliDS. 
 
 141, 143, 147, 148, 152, 154, 158, 161, 168, 
 170, 172, 174, 175, 170, 182, 184, ISO, 190, 
 194, 198, 201, 202, 205, 211, 213, 216, 219, 
 223. 
 
 H AWES Edward, 134, 144, 152, 154, 155, 
 150, 158, 101, 100, 172, 180, 182, 184, 189, 
 190, 198, 201, 205, 212, 214, 210, 219, 223. 
 
 HAYNES Mr., 23, 29, 130, 132, 104, 191. 
 
 HERRING James, 3, 50, 94, 96, 168; 
 Thomas, 3, 101. Ill, 143, 152, 154, 158, 
 160, 171, 172, 173, 180, 181, 184, 190, 198, 
 203, 205, 212, 214, 216, 217, 223. 
 
 HINSDELL Robert, 3, 32, 33, 35, 38, 40, 
 44,45,46,47, 49, 51, 53, 54, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 
 64, 60, 07, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 79, 
 92, 97, 100, 104, 105, 106, 108, 110, 113, 
 114, 154, 165, 166, 1(57, 171, 172, 175, 178, 
 187, 188, 192, 194. 200, 223. 
 
 HOLLIMAN Ezechiell, 3, 21, 22, 23, 25, 
 26, 27, 28, 32, 223. 
 
 HOUGHTON John, 3, 139, 144, 145, 146, 
 
 184, 190, 214. 
 
 HUBBERT and HUBARD Anthony, 144, 
 146, 152, 155, 158, 161, 162, 180, 184, 
 
 185, 186, 190, 198, 203, 205. 212, 214, 216. 
 HUDSON William, 60, 62. 
 HUGGIN John, 3, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 
 
 28, 29, 38, 40, 41, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 51, 53, 
 
 56, 168. 
 HUMFREY and HUMPHREY Jonas, 3, 
 
 42, 50, 07, 74. 
 HUNTING John, 3, 48, 49, 51, 53, 75, 79, 
 
 84, 86, 90, 92, 95, 100, 104, 105, 106, 107, 
 
 111, 113, 142, 140, 147, 148, 152. 153, 158, 
 
 100. 171, 172, 179, 180, 183, 190, 193, 198, 
 
 205, 211, 213, 216, 223. 
 
 JAXTOX Mr., 170. 
 
 JOHNSON Surveyor General, 136. 
 
 JONS Thomas, 137. 
 
 JORDAN James, 3, 74, 88, 95, 100, 102, 
 
 109, 152. 158, 160, 182, 185, 190, 198, 205, 
 212, 214; Thomas, 3, 60, 61, 79, 95, 106, 
 
 110, 113, 121, 143, 152, 154, 158, 161, 168, 
 174, 180, 183, 184, 186, 189, 190, 198, 203, 
 205, 211, 212, 214, 216, 
 
 JUDSON Samuel, 105, 107, 108, 113, 143, 
 152, 154, 155, 158, 161, 162, 169, 181, 184, 
 190, 194, 195, 198, 205, 212, 214, 216, 223. 
 
 Austen, 3, 76, 82, 92. 95, 98, 97, 
 9!), 100, 104, 107, 109, 113, 151, 152. 154, 
 168, 169, 171, 172, 175; John, 152, 158, 
 161, 162, 185. 
 
 KAYNE Capt, 170. 
 
 KEMPE Edward, 3, 47, 48, 49. 51, 53, 66, 
 84, 92, 93, 96, 98, 100, 104, 106, 107, 110, 
 113, 151, 152, 154, 171, 172, 173, 176, 178, 
 181, 185. 
 
 KENT John, 214; Joshua, 98, 100, 113, 
 129, 144, 154, 101, 104, 108. 184, 190, 198, 
 200, 203. 201, 205, 212, 214. 216, 217. 
 
 KiNGsnuRY Henry, 23; John, 3, 20, 21, 
 22. 25. 26, 27, 29, 31, 32, 35, 36, 41, 42, 43, 
 44,47,48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 51, 57, 59, 60, 61, 
 
 62, 03, 04, 00, (57, OS, 09, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 
 7.-), 70, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 92, 95. 90, 97, 
 99, 100, 101, 103, 100, 107, 109, 110, 113, 
 
 114, 115, 110, 117, 118, 119, 121, 122, 123, 
 124, 125, 120, 127. 128. 129. 130, 131. 134, 
 135, 138, 139, 140, 142, 150, 151, 152, 153, 
 154, 155, 150, 157, 158, 159, 100, 101, 102, 
 1H3, 104, 166, 107, 108, 1(59, 170, 173, 176, 
 
 177, 179, 182, 184, 185, 188, 189, 190, 192, 
 193,194,195,196,197, 198, 199, 200,201, 203, 
 204,205.200,207,209, 210, 211. 212, 213, 214, 
 215, 216, 217, 218; J_oseph, 3, 32, 33, 35, 
 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 437447n>, 40, 49, 51, :,:), 
 55, 5(5, 75, 78, 90, 92. 95, 97, 99, 100, 104, 
 105, 107, 108, 109, 113, 114, 115, 118, 124, 
 128, 129, 134, 135, 140, 143, 147, 152, 153, 
 150, 158, 159, 100, 102, 160. 107, 109, 170, 
 171, 172, 176, 183, 185, 190, 193, 195, 198, 
 202, 203, 205, 212, 213, 210, 225. 
 
 LEADER John, 100; Thomas, 3, 48, 49, 
 51, 53, 59, 92, 90, 104. 109, 113, 154, 204. 
 
 LITTLEFIELD John, 129, 184, 214. 
 
 LOWER Mr.. 72. 
 
 LUSHER Eleazer. 3, 32, 35, 30,37,38, 40, 
 41, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 51, 52.53, 54, 57, 59, 
 61, 62, 63. 64, 60, 67, 68, 09, 70, 71, 72, 74, 
 75, 70, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 88, 89, 90, 
 91, 92, 93, 94, 9(5, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 103, 
 105, 103, 107, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 
 
 115, 116, 117, 118, 119. 121, 122. 123, 124, 
 125,126,127,128.129, 130, 131, 133, 134, 135, 
 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 147, 148, 150, 151, 
 152, 153, 155, 15(5, 157, 158, 159, 1(50, 161, 
 162, 163, 164, 1(55, 1(50, 1(57, 109, 170, 171, 
 173, 174, 175, 170, 177, 179, 180, 182, 183, 
 
 185, 18(5, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 193, 194, 
 195, 190, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 203, 204, 
 205, 200, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 
 214, 215, 210, 217. 218. 
 
 LUSON John, 3, 32, 35. 38, 40, 41,43,44,45, 
 46,47,48,49, 51, 52. 5:5, 51. 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 
 03, 04, 0(5, 07, (58, 09, 70, 71. 72, 73, 74. 75, 
 77, 80, 87, 91, 92,97. 98,99,100,101,104,108, 
 110, 113, 117, 120, 143, 14(5, 153. 154, 158, 
 161, 163, 168, 169, 170, 173, 174, 176, 184, 
 
 186, 189, 190, 198, 205, 211, 213, 216, 219. 
 
 MAKEPIECE Tho.. 155, 1(51. 
 
 MAPLEIIEAD Widow, 205, 212. 
 
 MASON John, 3, 132, 144, 145, 180, 181, 
 185, 190, 194, 198, 205. 212, 214, 216; 
 Robert, 61, 75,92,94,95. 100, 107, 111, 113, 
 143, 145,- 146, 152, 153, 158, 160, 1(52, 172, 
 183, 185, 190. 1!>:5. 1!)4, 198. 205, 2 12, 2 14, 225. 
 
 METCALK John, 104, 152. 154. 158, 160, 
 
 178, 183, 185, 190, 198, 205; Michael, 3," 
 :!2. 35, 3S 40, 41, 4:!, 44, 45, 40, 47, 49, 51, 
 53, 5s, (J'i, <!'., 70, 75, 70, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 
 82, 92, 9(5, 103, 104. 10:5. 107, 109, 110, 
 113, 114, 115, 120, 135, m 140, 142. 145, 
 140, 147, 14!, 152. 154, 158. 100, 102, His, 
 171, 17:!. 178. 182, 183, 185, 190, 193, 194, 198, 
 201, 203, 205, 211. 212, 213, 214, 21(5, 225; 
 Thomas, :}, 141, 143, 14(5, 184. 225.
 
 INDEX OF NAMES. 
 
 231 
 
 MILLS Samuel, 3, 105, 112, 113, 134, 144, 
 145, 101, 1(J4, ISO, 184, 190, 11)3, 205, 212, 
 214, 210. 
 
 MORSE and MoTSE Daniel, 3, 20, 22, 23, 
 28, 21), 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 38, 40, 41, 4:1, 45, 
 40, 48, 49, 51, 5:}, 75, S3, So, 92, 93, .)li, ( .7, 
 100, 104; 105, 100, 107, 110, 113, 118, 140, 
 150, 152, 154, 158, 101, 108, 109, 178, 180, 
 18(5; John, 3, 32, 33, 35, 38, 39, 40, 44, 45, 
 47. 51, 53, 09, 75, 92, !)5. 100, 104, 109, 
 110, 113, 120, 131, 132, 135, 138, 139, 151, 
 152, 158, 100, 104, 109, 170, 171, 172, 173, 
 174,175,178,184,186, 189, 190, 191, 193, 198, 
 201, 204, 205, 210, 212, 214. 21(5, 225; Jo- 
 seph, 3, 20, 29, 30, 31, 33, 35, 38, 40,41,43, 
 45, 4(5, 48, 49, 75, 93, 94. 95, 98, 99, 100, 
 107, 109, 110, 113, 141, 167, 173, 174, 175, 
 178, 179, 186., 187, 188, 200, 217; Mary, 
 107; Samuel, 3, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 
 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 38, 39, 40, 41, 4:5, 44, 
 45, 40, 47, 48, 49, 51, 53, 55, 70, 71, 73, 75, 
 70, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 89, 
 90, 95, 97, 101, 104, 100, 108, 110, 113, 114, 
 
 110, 118, 150, 152, 153, 158, 160, 168, 179, 
 180, 182, 183, 185, 190, 193, 205; Widow, 
 141; , 167. 
 
 MYNGEY Jeffery, 3, 34, 42, 49, 59, 60. 
 
 NEWTON John, 86, 93, 94, 95, 100, 104, 
 100, 109, 144. 157, 158, 189, 212, 214, 210. 
 
 OLIVER John, 44, 61, 79, 165, 170. 
 ONION Robert, 3, 105, 110, 113, 144, 148, 
 
 152, 153, 158, 160, 183, 187, 190, 193, 198, 
 
 203, 205, 212, 214, 216. 
 
 PARKER John, 161; Mr., 94. 
 
 PARKES , 59, 62. 
 
 PARTRIDGE John, 3, 138, 204, 212, 213, 
 
 225. 
 
 PAYNE Thomas, 3, 73, 92, 95, 98, 107, 
 
 111, 113, 125, 127, 128, 143, 145, 152, 154, 
 158, 161, 163, 175, 179, 181, 184, 186, 190, 
 194, 198, 205, 212, 214, 21(5, 225. 
 
 PHILLIPS Henry (see Ensign), 3, 32, 33, 
 35, 38, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 48, 49. 51, 75, 84, 
 85, 91, 92, 93, 95, 100, 104, 105, 106, 108, 
 111, 113, 143, 152, 153, 150, 158, 160, 171, 
 172, 176, 179, 180, 183, 190, 203, 205, 208, 
 . 212, 213, 216, 225; Martin, 3, 33, 35, 38, 
 40, 41, 44, 47, 48, 49, 51, 53, 91, 174, 175; 
 Nicholas, 3, 20, 21, 22. 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 
 32, 33, 34, 35, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 
 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53. 84, 167, 178; Ensign 
 (see Henry), 120, 130, 138, 140, 198, 199, 
 201, 202, 203, 200, 207, 208, 209, 210, 215, 
 216, 218; Mr., 48, 88. 
 
 PLIMPTON John, 3, 97, 110, 113, 152, 
 154, 155, 158, 160, 184, 187, 190, 192, 198, 
 225. 
 
 POND Daniel, 3, 135, 144, 181, 186, 187, 
 190, 192, 195, 198, 201, 202, 203, 205, 207, 
 212, 214, 216, 217, 219, 225. 
 
 POPE John, 52. 
 
 POWELL Michael, 3, 62, 66, 80, 92, 93, 
 
 94, 90. 97, 98, 91). 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 
 105, 106, 107, 103, 109, 111, 112, 123, 152, 
 
 154, 158, 180. 
 
 PRENTICE Tho., 161. 
 PRUDDEN Peter, 33; Mr., 35. 
 
 RICE John, 3, 135, 144, 148, 190, 192, 194, 
 201, 212, 214, 219. 
 
 RICHARDS Edward, 3, 50, 54, 61, 72, 75, 
 82, 87, 91. 92, 96, 97, 104, 107, 110, 111, 
 112, 113, 139, 141, 143, 147, 148, 152, 154, 
 
 155, 158, 160, 162, 171, 172, 173, 175, 178, 
 179, 181, 184, 185, 186, 190, 194, 198, 203, 
 205, 212, 213, 214, 216. 
 
 ROCKWOOD , 194. 
 
 ROGERS John, 3. 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29,30, 
 
 31, 32, 35, 38, 40, 44. 45, 40, 47, 48, 49, 51, 
 58, 168, 178, 185. 
 
 ROPER John, 3, 33, 35, 38, 40, 41, 44. 45, 
 47, 49, 51, 53, 75, 83, 92, 95, 98, 103, 109, 
 
 108, 174, 175, 176. 
 RUGGLES John, 130. 
 
 SALTJADGE Tho., 214. 
 
 SHAWE Abraham, 3, 20, 21. 22, 23, 25, 
 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 3!i, 38, 40, 41, 
 43, 44, 45, 47. 48, 49, 51, 52, 115; John, 61; 
 Joseph, 3, 21, 22, 26, 28, 30, 31,. 32, 35, 
 38, 40, 45, 46, 48, 51, 61; Mr., 35. 
 
 SHEPARD Ralph, 3, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 
 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 
 4-5, 40, 47, -10, 51. 53, 58, 72, 94, 167, 168, 
 172, 174, 175, 190. 
 
 SHERMAN John, 135. 
 
 SMITH and SMYTH Benjamin, 3, 87, 89, 
 
 109, 113; Christopher, 3, 67, 74, 92, 96, 
 100, 106, 107, 110, 113, 143, 145, 151, 152, 
 154, 158, 161, 175, 176, 180, 182, 184, 190, 
 198, 205, 212, 214, 216; Henry, 3, 34, 37, 
 38, 40, 41, 44, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 57, 79, 83, 
 92, 95, 104, 107, 110, 113, 124, 126, 143, 
 146, 152, 154, 158, 160, 172, 173, 178, 183, 
 190, 195, 198, 202, 203, 205, 212, 214, 216; 
 John, 216; Mr., 68; Mrs., 69. 
 
 STACEY Hugh, 3, 73. 
 
 STEARNES Nathaniel, 153, 158, 161, 162, 
 
 214, 216, 225. 
 STOUGHTON Israel, 58, 59, 60, 61, 74, 80, 
 
 91, 104, 165, 167, 194; Mrs., 114, 148, 
 
 166; 187, 188. 191, 206. 
 STRICKLAND Th waits, 3, 72, 75, 78, 95, 
 
 110, 113, 143, 152, 153, 154, 158, 160, 
 162, 180, 181, 183, 185. 190, 192, 198, 205, 
 212, 214. 216. 
 
 SUMNER Sergeant, 136. 
 
 THORP James, 3, 139, 144, 145, 146, 190, 
 
 214, 216, 225. 
 THURSTON John. 3, 88, 92, 95, 99, 100, 
 
 102, 104, 110, 113, 115, 123, 126, 132, 140, 
 
 153, 154, 156, 158, 160, 161, 163, 164, 168, 
 
 178, 181, 225. 
 TING Mr., 94. 
 
 TRUMBLE , 50. 
 
 TYLER , 114.
 
 232 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 VALES and TALES James, 3, 139, 144, 45, 46, 48, 49, 51, 53, 54, 60, 6G, 69, 72, 
 
 146, 190, 221. 73,75,76,77,78,79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 80, S(>, 
 
 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 
 
 WALTON Henry, iss. 99.100,101,102, 103, 104, ioe, 107, 108, 109, 
 
 WARD Thomas, 50, 94. 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 121, 
 
 WARE Robert, 3, 91, 95, 107, 110, 113, 122, 123, 124, 125, 130, 131, 144, 150, 151, 
 
 141, 143, 148, 152, 154, 155, 158, 161, 162, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 16J, 161, 
 
 176, 178, 181, 184, 190, 198, 205, 212, 214, 162, 168, 173, 174, 176, 178, 180, 181, 
 216, 219, 225. 184, 186, 189, 190, 198, 204, 211, 212, 213, 
 
 WARWICK Earl of, 188. 216; , 165, 169. 
 
 WEBB Christo., 214. WILLIAMS Robert, 37, 40, 41. 
 
 WEEDED ,48. WILSON Henry, 68, 71, 76, 77, 96, 103, 
 
 WHEELER Richard, 114. 143, 151, 152, 104, 107, 109, 112, 113, 127, 144, 148. 153, 
 
 154, 158, 160, 162, 183, 185, 190, 198, 201, 154. 155, 157, 158, 161, 162, 163, 168, 174, 
 
 203, 205, 212, 214, 216. 180, 184, 186, 190, 198, 205, 212, 214, 216. 
 
 WHEELOCK Ralph, 3, 32, 34, 35, 38, 40, WIXTHROP John, 23. 
 
 41, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 51, 53, 60, 62, 63, WOODE Ellice, 3, 140. 
 
 64, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 77, WOODWARD Peter, 3, 71, 74, 80, 92, 93, 
 
 79, 80, 81, 82, 87, 90, 92, 94, 97, 100, 104, 94, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 103, 104, 105, 
 
 110, 113, 114, 115, 153, 154. 156, 158, 161, 107, 110, 112, 113, 114, 116, 118, 127, 129, 
 
 168, 173, 174, 175, 184, 186, 190, 194. 225. 135, 138. 139, 140, 141, 143, 148, 151, 152, 
 
 WHITING Nathaniel, 3, 92, 96, 103, 154, 156, 157, 158, 160, 169, 171, 172, 180, 
 
 109, 134, 143, 152, 154, 158, 160. 163. 168, 183, 185, 190, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 
 
 177, 180, 184, 185, 190, 194. 198, 203. 205, 199, 200, 201, 203, 204, 205, 206, 208, 209, 
 210, 211, 212, 214. 216. 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 
 
 WHIT3IORE Robt., 27. 225. 
 WIGHT Henry, 139. 144. 190. 202, 204, 
 
 205, 212, 214. 216, 219. 225; John, YOXGS Richard, 48. 
 
 204; Thomas, 3, 32, 35, 38, 39, 40, 44, 
 
 eg, 
 ITS?
 
 INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 
 
 AMMUNITION 31, 128, 138, 102, 193, 208, CARTS 8, 112, 113, 103; Cart Ways (see 
 
 209, 210, 213, 217. Ways.) 
 
 ARBITRATION 2, 11, 77, 116, 120, 133, CATTLE 10, 11, 16, 27, 47, 53. 70. 74, 81, 
 
 134, 137, 144, IOC), 167, 191, 202, 204, 119, 122, 124. 126. 142, 198, 198, 211; Dry 
 
 209. Herd, 19, 126, 133, 135 155, 156, 162, 191, 
 
 AUTOGRAPHS 42, 76, 89, 100, 141, 221, 193, 198, 199, 211; Home Herd, 19, 
 
 223, 225. Stover for, 47. 
 
 CAUSEWAY 35, 49, 71, 181. 
 
 BALDPATE Hill, 86, 87, 90; Meadow, CHARGES Public or Country, 1, 2, 4, 
 
 99, 204. 22. 43, 165 (see also Rates). 
 
 BARREN HILLS 29. CHARLES RIVEH 1, 2. 22, 35, 36. 48, 56, 
 
 BAY (Boston?) 9S. 58, 69. 72, 81, 82, 93. 94. 1"2, 103, 104, 118, 
 
 BELFRY 187.197; Bell, 148. 151, 165, 170, 123, 125, 137. 1:58, 148, 150, 151, 159, 161, 
 
 177, 187, 188, 189, 191, 197, 200, 207, 217. 171, 178, 180, 185, 209, 218, 219. 
 
 BIKDS 19. CHILDREN 16. 202. 
 
 BIRTHS, Reg. of 00, 96. CHIMNEY STOCK 206. 
 
 BLACKSMITH 47. CHURCH 24, 56, 92, 167; Lands, 92, 114, 
 
 BLUE HlLLS-170. 128, 174, 194. 
 
 BOARDS, for Apparel 88; for Corn, S3; CLAI BOARDS 25, 30, 32, 30, 45, 140. 
 
 for Pay, 113, 115. 215. CLAY 112. 113, 125, 127,162,215; Ground, 
 
 BOATS 49. 98; Boating Place, 29. 112. 169; Pits, 35, 50, 80, 84, 127. 
 
 BOGASTOW 67, 68, 121, 128, 171. 174-, CLERK (.see Town}; of the Trained 
 
 189. 201. Band, 30; of the Writs, 200. 
 
 BOSTON 22, 61. 136, 153, 165, 170, 188, 189, CLIFF- The, 21. 
 
 201, 203, 207. C LIFTS 210. 
 
 BOUNDARY LINE 12. 79. 126; Boston, COLLECTOR 23, 25, 26, 31, 34, 36, 49,53, 
 
 61; Dorchester, 58, 59, 81, 133, 136, 137, 55, 64, 75, 78, 81, 83, 93, 101. 
 
 139, 156, 164, 165, 170, 208; Cambridge, COMMISSIONERS 140, 218. 
 
 128, 136, 159, 160, 200, 204: Med field, COMMON 80, 112, 218. 
 
 189, 219; Roxbury, 23, 135; \Vaterto\vn, COMMONS 144, 145, 146, 147; Com Land, 
 
 30, 135, 179. 7, 9, 15, 16, 77, 90, 91, 117, 118, 121, 123, 
 
 BRAINTREE 153, 197, 203. 124, 125, 145, 150, 155, 157. 162, 180, 193, 
 
 BRICK 74, 75. 80, 106, 125. 127, 163. 207; 196, 215; Com. Rights, 141, 142, 144, 
 
 Ground, 168; Kill, 73, 98, 106; Maker, 145. 
 
 74, 106; Strieker, 48. CONCORD 2. 
 
 BRIDGE 21, 73; At the Canoes, 138; CONSTABLE 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 15, 18, 101, 111, 
 
 Footbridge, 30, 60, 71, 72, 73, 136, 170; 118, 121, 122, 126, 131, 132, 150, 151, 153, 
 
 Little Bridge, 111; Little River, 23, 154, 155, 159, 160, 185, 192, 196, 200, 202, 
 
 35, 170; Mill Cretk, 170, (see also Cart 203, 206, 207, 209, 210, 213, 214, 215, 217, 
 
 Bridge). 218. 
 
 BROAD MEADOW 125, 138, 151, 162, 171, CONTENTMENT 1, 20, 21. 
 
 172, 174, 175, 185. CORN 11, 12, 83, 84, 115, 122, 124, 125, 
 
 BUILDING 15, 24, 33, 34, 55. 109, 182. 188, 207; fields, 5, 11, 124, 125; 
 
 BURIAL PLACE 42, 57, 165. mill, 27, 28, 29, 51; for Bell, 191; for 
 
 Fines, 8; for Pay, 8, 179; for voting, 18. 
 
 CAMBRIDGE 128, 129, 132, 134, 136, 159, COURSE Meadow, 70, 88; Swamp, 172. 
 
 160, 163, 191, 193, 200, 203, 204. COURT Quarter, 57; (see also General 
 
 CANOES 12, 37, 49, 123, 133, 183. 184. Court.) 
 
 CARPENTERS-39, 124, 177, 180, 187, 188, COVENANT 2, 4, 16, 20, 165, 196; 
 
 201, 202. 203, 207. Breaker, 20. 
 
 CART BRIDGE 71, 102, 132, 210. Cow Common, 142, 145, 146; pasturing, 
 
 127.
 
 234 
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 CREEK 98, 138. 
 CROPS 12, 169. 
 
 DEACONS 164, 167, 189. 
 
 DEAD SWAMP 168. 
 
 DEATHS Reg. of, 66, 96. 
 
 DEBTS-7, 52, 132, 201. 
 
 DEED 58, 178, 179, 180, 181. 
 
 DEPUTIES AND GENERAL COURT 15, 
 
 16. 30, 44, 191, 193, 201. 
 DISTRESS 4, 7, 8, 53, 55, 85. 
 DITCH 50, 51, 60, 65, 98, 138, 151. 
 DIVIDEND 5, 13, 92, 93, 99, 100, 124, 127, 
 
 130. 133, 140, 141, 142, 144, 145, 147, 148, 
 
 156, 157, 162, 182, 193, 201, 211. 
 DIVISION OF LAND 142. 
 DOGS 162, 164, 165; Hounds, 132, 102. 
 DORCHESTER 58, 59, 60, 81, 133, 136, 
 
 137, 139, 153, 156, 164, 165, 170, 196, 197, 
 
 208, 218. 
 DRAAVN WAY 14, 78, 183, 184, 217; (see 
 
 Highway.) 
 DRUMS-Beating, 30, 113, 157, 164. 
 
 EAR MARKS 52. 
 
 EAST BROOK 51, 70. 
 
 EAST PLAIN 33, 74, 79, 97. 
 
 EAST STREET -13, 18, 76, 82, 84, 91, 93, 
 
 97, 111, 171, 179, 180, 201, 217. 
 EDUCATION 15, 16, 105, 135. 
 
 FALLS l, 26. 
 
 FARM Alleyn, 67, 128, 168, 201; Allin, 
 71, 72, 102, 219; Cooke, 69, 82, 151, 159; 
 Dudley, 153; Feke, 21, 35, 50, 55, 69, 
 167; Frost, 163; Greene, 159; Haynes, 
 23; Lower, 72; Parker, 94; Phillips, 
 215; Stoughton, 59; Tyng, 94. 
 
 FARMS Granting of, 5, 80, 156. 
 
 FEEDING OF CATTLE 11, 16, 124, 133, 
 141, 155, 219, 220. 
 
 FEES 75, 196; for Poundage, 6; Swine 
 Keeper, 19; Town Clerk, 13, 177. 
 
 FENCES 5, 9, 11, 12, 17, 19, 28, 37, 41, 65, 
 67, 76, 77, 81, 82, 84, 96, 97, 101, 104, 106, 
 107, 108, 115, 117, 118, 120, 125, 150, 159, 
 169; Viewers and Viewing, 5, 6, 9, 19, 
 97, 118, 150. 
 
 FEOFFEES 105, 108, 155. 
 
 FINES 4-9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17-20, 25-28, 30, 
 31, 36. 61-65, 78, 85, 125, 127, 157, 159, 
 164, 166, 183, 184, 185, 194, 196, 199. 
 
 FIRE 7, 19, 64; Firewood, 12, 15, 16, 127, 
 190, 192, 195, 196. 
 
 FISHING FREE 4, 20. 
 
 FLUE BOARDS 187, 197. 
 
 FOOT-PATHS 34, 79, 84. 
 
 FOWL MEADOW 136, 137, 139, 155, 157, 
 181, 209, 218. 
 
 ham Plantation, 2; Confirmation of 
 Grant, 22, 170. 
 
 GENT 67, 69, 73, 77, 88. 
 
 GIRLS 202. 
 
 GLASS 218. 
 
 GOATS-52. 142, 145. 
 
 GRANT to Town, 112, 116; to Village, 
 126; Grants, 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12. 13, 14, 
 16, 20, 21, 24, 28, 36, 40, 42, 43, 47, 52. 55, 
 69, 77, 85, 86, 92, 93, 97, 109. 110, 111, 119, 
 125, 126, 127, 133. 140. 142, 162. 1(57, 186, 
 211; Relinquished, 87, 93. 
 
 GRASS 57, 108. 
 
 GRATIFICATION LOT 33, 34, 37, 45, 46, 
 47, 74. 
 
 GRAVE DIGGER 164. 
 
 GREAT ISLAND 28, 35, 55, 71, 73, 74, 82, 
 83, 85. 
 
 GREAT MEADOW 45. 
 
 GREAT PLAIN 13, 76, 94, 98, 99, 102, 
 103, 104, 108, 107, 113, 114, 121. 123, 159, 
 166, 16S, 169, 171, 178, 179, 180, 181, 185, 
 191, 202, 204, 219. 
 
 GREAT POND 4(5, 81, 172, 176. 
 
 GREAT RIVER 36. 
 
 HARVARD COLLEGE 138. 
 
 HAY 102. 
 
 HElRS-Rights, 135, 192. 
 
 HERD House, 204, 20(5, 207; Keeper, 11, 
 125; Yard, 207; Herdsman, 19, 198, 199, 
 211; Place, 201. 
 
 HIGH STREET 72, 204, 205. 
 
 HIGHWAYS 6, 9, 14, 36, 37, 46, 58, 66, 67, 
 71, 73. 76, 77, 78, 80, 82, 86, 88, 89, 96, 97, 
 98. 100, 101, 102, 103, 105, 112, 114, 115, 
 118, 121, 125, 150, 151, 163, 166, 169, 171- 
 
 176, 179, 180, 181, 183, 184, 185. 201, 204; 
 Surveyors, 8, 9, 13, 75, 112, 116, 122,161, 
 162, 185; Work. 8, 13, 23, 112, 116, 122, 
 124, 147, 148, 149, 155, 159-163, 170, ISO, 
 189, 193-196, 203, 210, 218. 
 
 HlLLS 21, 35, 45, 46, 50, 51, 87. 
 
 HlNGHAM 153. 
 
 HOGS Park, 50; Yard, 28. 
 
 HOME LOTS 9, 51, 74, 90, 121, 171, 173. 
 
 HOOP POLES 104, 112. 
 
 HORSES 17, 150, 191, 193; Horseway, :',4. 
 
 HOUSES-6, 7, 17, 19, 25, 33, 34, 38, 39, 41, 
 45, 47, 50, 56, 57, 60, 64, 71, 83, 106, 108, 
 112, 116, 117, 141, 142, 153, 157, 162. 170, 
 
 177, 196; Valuation, 153, 154, 182, 183; 
 House Lots, 5, 10, 16, 21, 33, 35, 39, 45, 
 52, 55, 68, 71, 77, 82, 86, 87, 89, 91, 92, 96, 
 98, 99, 100, 103, 112, 114, 117, 119, 123, 
 130, 180, 181, 183, 190, 201, 203. 
 
 HUGGINS BROOK 170. 
 
 HULL 153, 
 
 HUNTING 150, 162; Huntsman, 150, 154. 
 
 H USBANDM AN 92. 
 
 GATES 12, 84, 107, 169; South Plain, INDEX TO RECORDS 132. 164, 166,170. 
 
 123. INDIAN CORN 19, 115, 156. 
 
 GAUGER 183. INDIANS 31; at Natick, 130, 136, 137, 
 
 GENERAL COURT Petition to, 1; Ded- 141, 147, 148; Weirs, 161.
 
 INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 
 
 235 
 
 INFORMER 15, 17, 183, 185, 196. 
 
 IRELAND 68, 69. 
 
 IRON MINE 9, 10, 119; Work, 146, 147, 
 
 148. 
 ISLAND 13, 31. 37, 42, 76. 80, 81, 84, 93, 
 
 96, 97. 98. 9! i, 103, 105, 106, 108, 111, 136, 
 
 172, 180, 201. 
 ISLAND FIELD 159. 
 ISLAND PLAIN 97, 103, 108, 148, 168, 
 
 172, 175, 181. 
 
 JOINER 48. 
 
 KEY The, 4-2. 
 
 LABORERS 10, 112, 120, 155, 161, 200, 218. 
 
 LADDERS 6, 7, 19, 64, 67, 76, 84, 97, 101, 
 117, 118, 165. 
 
 LANDING PLACE 115. 
 
 LAWS Body of. 156. 
 
 LEAD 119. 
 
 LEANTO 131, 157. 
 
 LECTURE 56, 150, 152, 156, 199, 209, 213, 
 215. 
 
 LICENSE 25, 48, 49, 50, 55, 71, 83. 
 
 LIME 218. 
 
 LITTLE BRIDGE 13, 111. 
 
 LITTLE BROOK 35. 
 
 LITTLE POND 172. 
 
 LITTLE RIVER 23, 27, 31. 35, 36, 41, 45, 
 46, 49, 57, 5S, 112, 113, 170, 173. 178, 181. 
 
 LOTS 2, 4, 5, 12, 16, 20-24, 26, 33, 34, 36, 
 40, 43, 45, 51, 54, 55. 61, 67, 72, 79, 92, 93, 
 212, 213; 8-Acre Lots. 21, 23, 26, 31, 93, 
 180; 12- Ac re Lots. 23, 26, 30, 31, 165; 
 Alienation of, 7, 13, 24, 50, 52, 54, 85, 
 162, 165, 170, 177; Forfeited, 54, 55; Im- 
 provement of. 33; Returned, 31, 32, 37, 
 49, 50, 55, 57, 58. 
 
 Low PLAIN 58, 80, 91, 98, 136, 137, 163. 
 
 MAGISTRATES to end small Cases,123, 
 126, 134. 155. 162. 
 
 MARRIAGES Reg. of, 66, 96. 
 
 MEADOW 5, 11, 13. 21, 44, 46, 54, 146, 
 148, 156, 170, 206, 218. 
 
 MEAL 84. 
 
 MEASURER 28, 36, 40, 43, 44, 66, 108. 
 
 MEASURES 131, 157. 
 
 MEDFIELD 12, 13, 128.133, 140, 141, 168, 
 is:,, 189. 191-195, 197, 199, 200, 201, 204, 
 210, 211, 213, 215, 217, 218, 219. 
 
 MEETING HOUSK 18, 19, 26, 29, 38, 39, 
 44. 45. 48, 49, 51, 53, 55, 78. 94, 104, 108, 
 113, 115, 116, 122, 135, 139. 147, 148, 150, 
 151, 155, 162, 164, 165. 177, 186, 187, 188, 
 191, 193, 194, 196, 197, 202. 207. 213, 215, 
 217, 218; Deacons' Seat, 186; Seats, 115. 
 
 METALS-9. 119, 159. 
 
 MIDDLE PLAIN 13, 18. 33, 76, 78, 84, 97, 
 108, 111, 114, 131, 180, 201. 
 
 MILITARY Company, 102, 121, 151, 168, 
 169; Exercises, 1. 
 
 MILL 28, 29, 51,. 58, 79, 103, 130, 134, 137, 
 
 153, 154, 158, 163, 177, 184, 209, 210; 
 
 Dorchester, 58, 59, 60; Miller, 134, 163. 
 MILL BROOK.or CREEK 71, 83, 114, 139, 
 
 164, 170, 172, 181, 190, 215, 218. 
 MlLLPOND 83, 146. 
 MINE 9, 10, 11, 119, 120, 151, 159; Min- 
 
 erals, 9, 119, 120, 150, 159. 
 MONEY 151; English, 31; Marks, 50,55, 
 
 69; Corn for, 8, 211; Rye for, 179, 211; 
 
 Wheat for, 157, 211. 
 MOTHER BROOK 51, 137; (see also Mitt 
 
 Brook.) 
 MOUNT WOLLASTON, 170. 
 
 , 130, 136, 137, 141, 147, 148, 218, 
 
 219. 
 
 NEPONSET RIVER 58, 159; Xeponset 
 
 Swamp, 86. 
 NEWTOWN SWAMP 34. 
 
 OAK HILL 80. 
 
 OBOLUS 151, 213, 216. 
 
 OLD MILL 130, 210; Field, 102, 103. 
 
 ORDERS 4-19, 126, 169, 170. 
 
 OXEN 19, 81, 142, 163. 
 
 PALES 5, 28, 77, 117. 
 
 PAPER 164. 
 
 PASTOR 45, 56, 67, 71, 72, 78, 92, 102, 131, 
 
 157, 159, 190. 
 
 PASTURE 27, 79. 81, 97, 113. 
 PENTHOUSE 197. 
 PEQUOT WARS 51. 
 PETITION 1, 22. 
 PITS, THE 39. 
 PLAINS-37, 73, 89, 91, 219. 
 PLANCHER 157. 
 PLANTING FIELD 121, 127, 129, 130, 
 
 165, 166; Ground, 71, 72, 74, 79; Lot, 
 
 100, 102, 103. 
 PLAT of the River, 208; of the Town, 
 
 126, 127, 162, 163. 
 
 PLOWING Ground, 44, 78, 92; Plain, 81. 
 PLYMOUTH 170, 188. 
 PONDS 34, 46, 116, 175, ISO; Free, 4, 20. 
 POUND 57, 86, 164, 173, 200, 201. 
 POWDER (see Ammunition.) 
 PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING for "suc- 
 
 cess at y e Courte Gen r all," 22. 
 PROPRIETORS 106, 111, 125, 126, 133, 142, 
 
 144, 166, 192. 
 
 PRUDENTIAL AFFAIRS 88, 93, 100. 
 PUHLIC SERVICE 155. 
 PURCHASED LANDS 13, 26, 27, 40, 41, 
 
 50, 51. 59, 61, 101, 111, 127, 128, 133, 134, 
 
 156, 159, 160, 166, 167, 171, ISO, 181, 187, 
 
 190, 191, 192, 219. 
 PURCHASER'S RIGHTS 135, 166. 
 PYRAMEDY 197. 
 
 QUADRANS 151. 
 
 RAILS 5, 12, 17, 2.s, 77. 117, 169. 
 RANK -92.
 
 236 
 
 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 RATES -2. 5, 7, 8, 10, 19, 23, 24, 52, 53, 56, 
 (U 6(5, 103. 111. 114, 131. 132. 153, 156, 
 157, 158, 160, 171, 177, 191. 197, 198, 199, 
 200, 202, 203, 207. 214; Abatement of, 7, 
 111, 153; for Ammunition, 128, 209; 
 for Constable. 150; Country Kate, 7, 
 114, 142, 152, 153, 156, 160, 161, 182, 183, 
 190, 191, 192, 203, 213, 217; for Debts, 52; 
 for Huntsmen, 150; for Meeting- 
 house, 44, 53, 94, 113. 116, 150, 151; for 
 School, 16, 105, 216; for School-house, 
 157; for Suffolk Co., 153; for Surveys, 
 43; for Watch-house, 157; for Ways, 
 138; for Wolves, 132, 151, 154. 
 
 RECOMPENSE GROUND 67, 71, 84, 85, 
 90, 121. 
 
 RECORDS Approval. 23, et seq. 
 
 RECORD BOOK 85. 94, 206. 
 
 REGISTER OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, 
 AND DEATHS 66, 96, 200. 
 
 RKMOVAL OF TOWNSMEN 18, 141. 
 
 REPRESENTATIVES (see Deputies.) 
 
 RIVER POND 57. 
 
 RIVERS Free, 4, 20. 
 
 ROCK FIELD loo, 219. 
 
 ROCK MEADOW 99, 102, 168, 201, 219. 
 
 ROCKS The, 28, 35, 40, 56, 65, 69, 70, 106, 
 180, 189. 
 
 ROLL CALL 190. 
 
 ROSEMARY MEADOW 96, 102, 108, 109, 
 125, 171, 173, 174, 176, 178, 201. 
 
 ROXBURY 23, 114, 129, 133, 134, 135, 153, 
 197, 20:5. 
 
 RULE for dividing lands, 142; of Per- 
 sons and Estates, 141, 142, 156, 211. 
 
 SACK fined a quart of, 199. 
 
 SAW MILL 147, 148. 
 
 SCALES 131. 
 
 SCANTLING 25, 39, 63. 
 
 SCHOOL 15, 16, 92, 105, 103, 135, 136, 155, 
 
 192, 202, 213; Feoffees, 105, 108, 155; 
 
 House, 123, 132, 151, 156, 157, 182, 191, 
 
 192, 195, 207; Lands, 92, 105, 108, 155; 
 
 Master, 15, 16, 105, 135, 136, 140, 147, 
 
 149, 193, 194, 202, 213, 214, 217; Rate, 16; 
 Studies, 213. 
 
 SEEKONK 196. 
 
 SELECTMEN 4-12,15-19, 53, 62, 78, 88, 92, 
 101, 123, 126, 183, 188, 191, 194, 195, 200, 
 203, 206, 218; Selectmen's Day-Book, 
 
 150, 206; Diet, 15. 191, 193. 
 SERGEANT AT ARMS 29, 30. 
 SERVANTS 16, 20, 23, 77, 92, 195, 202. 
 SHEEP 31, 142; Commons 146. 
 SHINGLES 135, 182, 191, 193, 195, 196, 197. 
 SHIRE Commissioners, 182; Meeting, 
 
 182; Town, 114. 
 SHOEMAKER 50. 
 SHOP 179. 
 SINGLE MEN 21. 
 SLUICE 177. 
 
 SMALL CASES (see Magistrates.) 
 SMITH The, 38, 47, 50. 
 
 SMOOTH PLAIN 21, 29, 40, 73, 76, 84, 97, 
 
 108, 111, 167, 180, 201, 204. 
 SNOW 38, 41. 
 SOCIETY l, 2, 20, 22, 23. 
 SOUTH HILL 89, 91. 
 SOUTH MEADOW 87, 174, 177, 219. 
 SOUTH PLAIN 78, 79, 80, 81, 84, 85, 88, 
 
 101, 102, 123, 125, 173, 174, 175, 176, 186, 
 
 219. 
 
 SPARS, 196. 
 
 STOCKS The, 159. 160. 
 STOP RIVER 141, 215. 
 STORE- HOUSE 60, 66; (see Warehouse) 
 STOUGHTON'S RAILS 74, 104. 
 STRANGERS 2, 10, 196. 
 STRAWBERRY HILL 219. 
 SUDBURY 201, 202. 
 SUFFOLK Co. RATES 153. 
 SURVEYS 43, 60, 85, 92, 124, 156, 157, 165; 
 
 Surveyors, 52, 53, 54, 57; Surveying, 
 
 13, 157. 
 
 SWAMP PLAIN 82, 98, 176, 181, 204. 
 SWAMPS 4, 22, 26, 29, 30, 31, 33, 36, 41, 
 
 93, 125, 150, 165. 
 SWINE 6, 17, 18, 28, 31, 37, 43, 47, 50, 52, 
 
 65, 85, 165. 
 
 TAXES (see Rates). 
 
 TEAMS 9, 113. 122. 
 
 TEN ROD TURN 58. 
 
 THATCH FOR MEETINGHOUSE 48. 
 
 TIMBER 6, 10, 14, 15, 17, 25, 28, 36, 37, 
 38, 39, 41, 57, 63, 65, 66, 83, 90, 119, 123, 
 124, 127, 157, 177, 180, 187, 195, 199, 211; 
 Cedar 63, 88, 104, 113, 115, 140, 150, 
 189, 199; Oak 10, 12, 38, 39, 195, 199, 
 215; Pine 26, 36, 37, 38, 39, 83, 104, 
 113. 
 
 TITLE TO LAND IN DORCHESTER 136. 
 
 TOWN Clerk, 10, 75, 93, 100, 105, 111, 
 112, 114, 115, 124, 126; Grant, 94; Land, 
 92, 105: Meadow. 146, 148, 170; Meet- 
 ings and Attendance at, 4, 5, 15. 30, 
 145, 165, 166, 183; Stock, 135; Service, 
 155; Townsmen, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 16, 18, 
 20, 23, 24, 32, 43, 52, 71, 90, 120, 127, 135, 
 141, 142, 162, 165, 192, 211, 220; List of 
 Townsmen, 190. 
 
 TRADES 92, 123, 124. 
 
 TRAINED Band, 30; Company, 121; 
 Training Ground, 73, 102, 108, 121. 
 
 TREASURER 132, 190, 203, 207; (See also 
 Collector.) 
 
 TREES 14, 15, 25, 26, 29, 36, 60, 62, &3, 66, 
 78, 96, 126, 127, 140, 184, 196; Cedar, 63, 
 88, 150; Oak, 12, 15, 39, 119, 195; Pine, 
 26, 39, 62, 104. 
 
 TURKEY ISLAND 171, 173, 174, 175, 177. 
 
 UPLAND 5, 13, 29, 56, 94, 127, 133, 166. 
 
 VILLAGE GRANTS 126, 162. 
 VINE BROOK, 71, 81. 
 VOTERS List of, 190; Voting, Wheat 
 and Indian Corn, 18; Right of, 135.
 
 INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 
 
 237 
 
 WAGES 115, 157. 
 
 WARDS TO BE SET 29, 31. 
 
 WAREHOUSE 59; (See Storehouse.) 
 
 WARRANT Concerning License, 48; 
 by Selectmen, 4, 6, 7, 8, 18, 155. 
 
 WATCH 29, 31; Watchmen, 134; Watch- 
 house, 123, 155, 156, 157, 101, 102. 
 
 WATER MILLS 29, 51, 79. 
 
 WATERS FREE 4, 20, 165. 
 
 WATERTOWN 23, 29, 30, 57, 61, 66, 135, 
 179, 203. 
 
 WAYS 51, 57, 85, 112, 114, 131, 138, 157, 
 
 163, 164, 169, 170, 194, 201, 202, 203, 213; 
 Cartways, 34, 79, 88, 100, 112, 114, 151, 
 
 164, 181, 210; Leading, 79, 195. 
 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 131, 157. 
 WEIRS Indian, 161. 
 
 WEST FIELD- 103, 112. 
 
 WEST HILL 98. 100. 
 
 WEYMOUTH 153. 
 
 WHEAT 115; for Bell, 189; and Corn, 
 
 18, 115, 187; as Money, 157. 179, 189, 
 
 211, 218; for Highway Work, 185; for 
 
 Town Kate, 201. 
 WHEELBARROW 22. 
 WHEELWRIGHT 37, 47. 
 WIGWAM PLAiN-33, 34,38, 48, 59, 82,87, 
 
 94, 99, 103, 167, 171, 172, 173, 175. 194. 
 WILL BEARSTOW'S PLAIN 204. 
 WOLVES 60, 122, 132, 150, 151, 154, 196, 
 
 197, 202, 206, 207, 217. 
 WoOD-10. 11, 12, 15, 57, 120, 127, 183; 
 
 Woodlands, 109, 145, 181; Woodreeves, 
 
 5, 9, 14, 15, 17, 19, 66, 83, 117, 162, 166, 199. 
 WOODY HILL 21. 
 
 DEDHAM HISTORICAL SOCIETY BUILDING.
 
 238 DEDHAM TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 CORRECTIONS. 
 
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 Volumes Previously Published. 
 
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 The Eecords of Births, Marriages and Deaths, and Intentions of Marriage, in 
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