1679-03-04[Selectmen, March 4 1679]
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At a meeting of the Selectmen the 4 of the 1 mo. 1679 the Gentlemen Chosen by the Town
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the 5 of 9 mo. 1678 to Lay out Town highways and to take survey of bounds belonging to particular
persons and to make return to the Selectmen that the said highways & bounds might be recorded and
ratified for the avoiding of future trouble and inconvenience have made their return as followeth
Firstly The bounds of John Dodge’s land adjoining to the sawmill first a red oak by the
meadows side to a red Oak stump with stones about it southeasterly and so to a white Oak Southwest
which is Rice Edwards his bounds also Rice Edwards his bounds from the afore named white Oak
to a black stump with stones about it and westerly from that to a bound stone which is the bounds
of John Dodge’s land & so to Mr. Thorndike’s bounds at the head of William Hoar’s meadow
formally so-called.
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4 1 : 1679 The Land belonging to Paul Thorndike Lieut. formally called Emmeries is thus
bounded to wit at the northeast corner with a white Oak which likewise is the Southwest bounds of
Bushnell’s land and thence to a walnut tree standing on the east side of the swamp near Bald Hill and
from thence to a plump of maples standing in the northwest corner of the Cedar Swamp and thence
to a small maple standing by the southwest corner of Beaver Pond and thence as the meadow lyeth
to the first bounds this north side being bounded as the pond and meadow leth
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4: 1: 78 The land of Lt. Thorndike called Sawyer’s Plain is thus bounded first with a
Crotched red oak tree standing on the north side of the flaggy meadow by the Cedar Swamp and
thence it runneth to a red Oak stump standing between the Little Ridge and the Pine swamp on the
southeast corner of Sawyer’s Plain and thence to a little elm tree standing at the southwest corner of
Sawyer’s Plain by the swamp side over against Snake Hill & thence to another elm standing in the
edge of the swamp over against Livermore’s barn and thence to a white Oak standing on the north
side of the swamp before John Knight’s his door and so to the first bounds at Cedar Swamp.
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4: 1: 78 Richard Thissell’s and Richard Ober’s Corner bounds adjoining upon the common
beginning at a black Oak at the side of a great hill of rocks to the westward of Richard Thissell’s
house. Thissell’s next bounds northerly to a red Oak nextly to a white Oak easterly between Nicholas
Woodberry’s and Thissell nextly Woodberry’s line running easterly to a white Oak in a swamp and
from thence to a black Oak near to Anthony Bennett’s house and so far as the said Woodberry’s land
and the pond is the bounds.
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4: 1: 78 The land belonging unto Nehemiah Grover is thus bounded firstly with a white Oak
tree that is a bounds both of the land called Bushnell’s and the land called Emmeries now belonging
unto Lieut. Paul Thorndike and so easterly unto a white Oak standing upon a hill and from thence to
a walnut tree standing on the westward side of the swamp that runs from Bald Hill northward and
from thence to a red Oak which is the southeast bounds of Lieut. Thorndike’s land commonly called
Bushnell’s.
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4: 1: 78 The bounds of the lands of Zebulon and John Hill as followeth. Firstly a small ash
which is the bounds between Humphrey Woodberry and Zebulon & John Hill and so to a white Oak
stump at the southwest side of Snake Hill and from thence to a great white Oak tree northwest from
the said stump and so to a bounds South westward a great stone being in the corner of Humphrey
Woodberry’s fence and so to the first bounds.
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4: 1: 78 The bounds of the land of Humphrey Woodberry senior to the east one of Bald Hill
the two northernmost bounds are white oaks and the two southernmost bounds are red oaks. It is
to be understood its beginning is at one of the white oaks and so southwest to a red oak and so
southeast to a red oak and so northeast to a white Oak and so northwest to the first bounds.
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4: 1: 78 The bounds of Ensign Corning’s farm as followeth. First a white Oak at the
northeast side of Bald Hill and from thence to a white oak northerly and so unto a red Oak easterly
and so to another red oak southerly and from thence to the first bounds.
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4: 1: 78 The bounds of Ensign Corning’s land called supporters. First a white Oak which is
Hull’s bounds and so easterly to a red Oak standing by Farmer Dodge’s meadows side and from
thence northward to a maple and so westward to a bounds upon the line of said Corning’s farm.
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4: 1: 78 The bounds of the land of Edmund Grover as followeth. First with a stone which
stone is the bounds of the small farms commonly so-called and from thence North easterly to a black
Oak tree marked and from thence South only unto a white Oak marked and so unto the stone
aforesaid which lands is forty acres granted unto said Grover by the town of Salem.
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4: 1: 78 The bounds of John Stone, Robert Stone, Thomas Chubb and Edmund Gale as
followeth. Firstly with the stone mentioned in Edmund Grover’s bounds and so to a white Oak tree
standing near John Grover’s lot and so to the white Oak that is one of Edmund Grover’s bounds.
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4: 1: 78 at a meeting of the Selectmen it was ordered that all swine belonging to our town
from two months and upward be sufficiently yoked by the tenth of April and so kept until middle of
October ensuing and whoever shall neglect any thing contained in this order shall pay one shilling a
day for every swine not yoked according to the said order & that the said forfeiture shall be seized
and taken by the person appointed for that purpose for this present year.
At the same meeting of the Selectmen it was agreed upon that Joseph Harris should for this
present year execute the above said order about swine.
At the same meeting Edward Bishop senior and Robert Bradford were chosen to be way
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wardens for this year 1679:
At the same meeting of the Selectmen John Bennett & Jonathan Byles were chosen surveyors
of the fences for the present year and it is further ordered the general fences within our town shall be
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sufficiently set up by the 9 of April next ensuing.