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Subject: [Ma-Bay-Colony] Fw: [MAHistoryandGenealogy] Watertown - The Catalogue - Part IV
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 15:49:55 -0500


Forwarding this from another list... as Watertown was settled
1630.........
Cynthia
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Subject: [MAHistoryandGenealogy] Watertown - The Catalogue - Part IV


> Subject: The Catalogue - Part IV
> Source: Source: Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the
Early
> Settlers of
> Watertown, Massachusetts, Includes Waltham and Weston - by Henry Bond,
M.D.,
> Boston,
> 1860.
> The Catalogue
> Part IV
> p.1008
>
> John CUTTING, grantee of 4 lots in 1636 and 1637. Was he the John
Cutting,
> merchant, of
> Boston in 1655? (see Drake's History of Boston, p. 340.)
>
> Richard CUTTING (*) 1634 at Ipswich, (fr) 1690, died 1696 aged 73.
His name
> is not in the
> lists of proprietors or grantees previous to 1644.
>
> Robert DANIEL, (fr) 1638; died 1655; grantee of 5 lots and he
purchased the
> homestall, of
> 13 A. of Nicholas Jacobs, bounded north by Joseph Tainter (granted to
John
> Browne) and
> William Potter, east by John Bernard and Robert Lockwood, south and
west by
> Thomas Rogers.
>
> John DAVIS, of Watertown, 1642, not named among the proprietors. May
it not
> be a misnomer
> for Day, or Day for Davis?
>
> John DAY, his land is mentioned as a boundary line in 1642/4.
>
> Henry DENGAINE (Dingham), a grantee in the Great Dividends in July
1636, and
> in the Beaver
> Brook plowlands; an early grantee of Dedham; went to Roxbury, where he
died
> in 1645.
>
> *Rev. Richard DENTON, (?), came to Watertown 1634; next year went to
> Wethersfield. (see
> History Glastenbury, p. 31).
>
> Edward DIX, (*) 1630; Selectman; (fr) 1635; died 1660; a grantee of 8
lots.
> His homestall
> of 11 A. was bounded west by Common Street, north by B. Crispe, south
by T.
> Bartlett, east
> by H. Bright, Sr., and T. Hastings.
>
> John DOGGETT (*) 1630 (fr) 1631; grantee of 6 lots; his homestall, of
15 A.,
> was bounded
> north and west by the (Fresh) Pond and Nicholas Busby, south by
highway; east
> by W. Paine.
> It probably embraced the lot of Fresh Pond Hotel.
>
> Henry DOW, (*) 1637 (fr) 1638; grantee of a farm of 97 A.; purchased a
> homestall of 8 A.
> bounded east by School Street, west by T. Smith and E. Barron, north
by
> Thomas Boylston,
> south by W. Godfrey. He moved to Hampton about 1643; died 1659.
>
> Gov. Thomas DUDLEY, purchased the mill in Watertown in April 1640, and
his
> lands are
> mentioned as boundaries; but his name is not on the lists of
proprietors.
>
> John DWIGHT, (fr) 1638, was a grantee in the Great Dividends and in
the
> Beaver Brook
> plowlands, both of which he sold to D. Fiske; was an early settler of
Dedham;
> died 1658.
>
> John EATON, (*) probably 1630 (fr) 1636; a grantee in the Great
Dividends and
> Beaver Brook
> plowlands; was an early settler of Dedham; died 1653.
>
> William EATON, (*) 1637; proprietor 1644.
>
> John EDDY, (*) arrived at Plymouth Oct, 1630; Selectman. Of Watertown
as
> early as 1631 or
> 1632; (fr) 1634; died 1684; grantee of 11 lots and purchaser of 3
others
> before 1644. His
> homestall of 40 A. (of which 16 A were granted), was bounded south by
Mill
> Street, south
> west by Edward How, east by highway, north east by Martin Underwood,
west by
> Ed. How and
> J. Wincoll.
>
> Simon EIRE, (*) 1635 at London; Selectman; (fr) 1637; moved to Boston
in
> 1645; died 1658;
> was chirurgeon; grantee of 12 lots, amounting to 350 A., and he had
purchased
> 4 other lots
> before 1644, amounting to 46 A. One of these was his homestall, of 16
A.
> bought of Robert
> Seely, bounded north by Cambridge line, west by J. Lawrence
(afterwards
> Edmund White),
> south by John Day, east by Isaac Hart.
>
> Thomas EIRE, proprietor of 2 lots in 1644.
>
> Simon EIRE, Jr., proprietor of 5 lots in 1644.
>
> John ELLETT, of Watertown 1634; (*) probably 1630; grantee of 7 lots,

> amounting to 120 A.,
> his homestall of 8 A., bounded south by Orchard Street, north by
Nathaniel
> Bowman, east by
> Lawrence Waters, west by Thomas Wincoll.
>
> Robert FEAKE, (*) 1630; Selectman; (fr) 1631, died 1663; grantee of 9
lots;
> his homestall
> of 14 A. by estimation, was bounded south east by Bank Lane, north
west by R.
> Willington, north east by W. Bridges, south west by S. Stone. This
was
> bought by Thomas Bright, who
> sold it to Col. Rainborow.
>
> Henry FELCH, not a grantee; proprietor in 1642 of a homestall of 6 A.,
on the
> north side
> of Cambridge Street, opposite to Mount Auburn Cemetery, bounded south
by
> highway (Cambridge
> Street), west by W. Woolcot, north by J. Hayward, east by W. Eaton.
It was
> probably a part
> of the homestall of 10 A. granted to A. Ward.
>
> Daniel FINCH (*) 1630, (fr) 1631; went to Wethersfield
>
> John FINCH (*) 1630, a grantee in the Great Dividends and Beaver Brook
> plowlands; went to
> Wethersfield; died 1637.
>
> John FIRMIN, (*) 1630; (fr) 1631; died before 1653; a grantee of 8
lots, two
> of which
> were homestalls.
>
> David FISKE, Selectman; (fr) 1638; died 1661; a grantee of 1 lot, and
a
> purchaser of 6
> other lots before 1644. His homestall of 22 A., granted to John
Kingsburg
> was bounded
> north by Cambridge line and J. Coolidge, south by highway (Pond Road),
west
> by J. Coolidge,
> east by B. Bullard.
>
> Nathan FISKE, (fr) 1643; proprietor of 1 lot, 9A., in 1644; died 1676;
his
> homestall of
> 9 A, was the lot in the Town Plot granted to R. Feake, north side of
Sudbury
> Road, opposite
> to A. Browne.
>
> John FISKE, proprietor of 6 A., in 1644; died 1684.
>
> Thomas FLAGG (Fleg) of Watertown as early as 1641; died 1698;
proprietor of 2
> lots in 1644,
> one of which was the Great Dividend lot, of 20 A., granted to John
Rose; the
> other, a
> homestall of 6 A., bounded south by Main Street, west by E. How, north
by J.
> Bemis, east
> by R. Harrington.
>
> John FLEMMING, Selectman, of Watertown 1639, died 1657; not a grantee,
his
> homestall of 18 A. (?), was on the north side of Belmont Street, a
little
> distance west of Common Street.
>
> Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth
>
> To be continued - Part V - p. 1009
>
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