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HISTORY
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B I L L EEIC A,
MASSACHUSETTS,
AYITH
A GENEALOGICAL REGISTER,
BY
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THE REV. HENRY A. HAZEN, A. M.,
MEMBER OF THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC,
GENEALOGICAI, SOCIETY.
BOSTON :
A. WILLIAMS AND CO.
'^\A ^ojjuei] Boohstoiie.
1883.
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Copyright by Hunry A. Hazen, 1882.
Harden & Rowell, Lowell, Printers.
INTRODUCTION,
Aiilli^torical 3Iemoir of BilJerica. i)uh\iii]wd by John Farmer, in the
year ISK!, was, perhaps, thn earliest history of a Massachusetts town in-
tlcpendently printed and publi-ihed. It is a pamphlet of 36 pages, printed
at Amlierst, X. H. Its intrinsic excellence and the subsequent fame of its
author have given it celebrity as a rare treasure of local history, and it
has recently been reprinted.
The need of a fuller history has l>cen felt. and. as early as 1869, the
town appointed the Conunittee under whose auspices this volume has been
l)re])ared. This Committee consisted of (iardniM- Parker. Esq.. Dudley
Foster, the [Ion. Thomas Talbot, and the IJev. Christo])her C. Hussey. For
some years this Conunittee failed to secui-e any arrangcMuent for the prose-
cution of the work. In 1S77. uuich to his own surj)rise, a fifth member was
added to this Conunittee. Had he foreseen some of the consequences, he
Avould have hesitated to accept the honor; but, with a hearty interest in the
o))ject proposed. h(» was not unwiUing to aid, if he could, in its furtherance.
The steps by whicli the result has been reached are not of consequence to
the public ; but the result is that he must accej)t the responsibility of the
volume here offered to the town and the public, and. dro])])ing tiie third
person, will add a few explanator}' words.
Xo single vohnne can so fully and adequately describe the life of a
town, that there will not remain ample materials for other volumes, which
may have equal reason for their being. This is true of Billerica. The rec-
ords alone would furnish voluuies, which should be printed; and. beyond
these sources, are exhaustless stoi'es of meniorj^ and tradition, fact and
fancj^ which would enrich the pages of a recorder who could glean dili-
gentlj'- and sift judiciously. Xot a native, or long a resident,' of the town,
I have done my work at some disadvantage in this direction, and many
will seek here for details which thej^ will not find. My aim has been to
go back to the beginning, to lift the veil from a past m hich lias been al-
most forgotten, and to trace the foundations on which the modern siq)er-
structure is reared. Tlie later history, for the last hundred years, is more
accessible and familiar, and 1 have not intended to traverse it with much
detail. The limitations of this volume would not allow similar and ade-
quate fulness in both the earlier and later periods, and it has seemed to me
iv. INTRODUCTION.
due to the fathers, that our lirst ott'ort be to recover and record the story of
their i>loughhig and seed-sowing, of wliich our modern life, since ITOO, is
only the fruit.
I have drawn the materials for these pages chiefly from the records,
and from other original and hitherto unpublished sources. With more
time to explore and digest the very copious material, I could have satisfied
my own ideal much more fully; but the opportunity is wanting, and such
as it is, I submit the volume to the use and charitable. judgment of that
lar^e and increasing number who are intei*ested in our local New England
history and genealogy.
The separate paging of the Genealogical Register is due to the fact that
it was first completed and printed, and the families being arranged alpha-
betically, the paging is in that part not important. If the question arises
^^ by any family, now resident in town, is not recorded in the Register, the
answer is, that the I'ecord was not furnished. At two town meetings, and
on other occasions, citizens were invited to furnish their family record for
this use, and none which were furnished are omitted.
For encouragement and aid in tlie work, thanks are due to friends more
nuraei'ous than I can mention. Many, not named, are not forgotten, if I
refer to a few, whom it Avere unpardonable to omit. The kindness and co-
operation of each member of the Historical Committee have been constant
and unstinted, and I record it here most gratefully ; while to Mr. Foster
and his good wife (whose recent death makes their pleasant home deso-
late) , I am specially indebted for the lists of town officers, and for the use-
ful alphabetical copy, made by thein, of the Baptisms found in the records
of the First Church. Mr. Franklin .Taquith copied the inscriptions in the
South BurjMng Ground, and those in the Old Corner Burj'ing Ground were
as kindly copied by Mrs. Holt. Mr. Jaquith also prepared with great care
the list of soldiers from Billerlca in the late war. Dr. C. E. Hosmer ren-
dered important aid in preparing the Map of Ancient Billerica. The use of
valuable surveys and papers has been generously granted by Mrs. Samuel
Sage, Mr. Leander Crosbj% Mr. Merton Simonds, of Bedford, Peter E.
Vose, Esq., of Dennysville, Me., and the Rev. Henry M. Dexter, D. D.,
of New Bedford. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Cutler, of Bedford, have most kindly
given me every opportunity to use the invaluable Lane Papers in their pos-
session. The Hon. Samuel A. Green, M. D., Mayor of Boston, has not
only given free access to the library of the Massachusetts Historical So-
ciety, but, by constant and valuable suggestions, aided me very materiallj'^ ;
and Mr. John Ward Dean, of the New England Historic, Genealogical So-
ciety, has been not less helpful. The Congregational Library, rich in local
INTRODUCTION. V.
history and genealogy, has been always at mj^ service, while to IMiss Mary
E. Stone, its assistant lil)rarian, especial thanks are due, for invaluable aid,
most cheerfully rendered, in reading proof of nian^y of these pages. In n)y
researches among the Massachusetts Archives in the Secretarj' of State's
office, the aid of Dr. Edward Strong has been of great service ; and thanks
are due to Mr. David Pulsifer, of the same office. Others, who should be
named in the same spirit, are, Mrs. Bennett and Mr. W. W. AVarren, Dr.
Augustus Whiting, of Charlestown, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Faulkner, Mr. C.
H. Hill, Mr. E. J. Hill and Dr. F. V. Noj^es ; and the volume might have
an appropriate dedication to the memory of Cai)t. Charles A. Kanlett, to
whose historic interest much was due in the inception of the enterjti-ise.
In closing, I may be permitted to record the satisfaction which I have
found in the researches and labors which this work has involved. My
experience in such inquiries was limited ; if it had been greater I should
scarcely have consented to accept the responsibility *of the undertaking.
But it is only the truth to say, that it has largely been a labor of love, giv-
ing its own constant reward. I have learned to honor the founders of this
town, and the generations which have builded upon their foundations. If
this volume shall aid to any extent in setting their work and memory in
clearer light, and securing a more just appreciation of their toils and sac-
rifices, I shall be content. At the same time I have more faith in the as-
surance that the former days were not better than these, but that there has
been substantial progress. The candid and careful student of the ancient
records can reach no other conclusion. The golden age is not in the past.
HEXRY A. IIAZEX.
AuBURNDALE, 1 Dec. 1882.
COINTENTS.
CHAPTER I. — Early Grants — Shawsiiin.
Grants to Govs. Winthrop and Dudley. 3, 4; "'The Two Brothers," 4; to
otlicrs and to Mrs, Winthrop, 5; Cambridge. 6-9; Dudley farm sold*
10; Grants from Cambridge, 12-4; petition of Shawshin, 16-8; named
liillciica, and extended west of Concord river. 19; Cambridge, agree-
niciit and separation. 20-2.
CHAT. 11.— F1K8T Settleh.s — Locations and KELATiONSiiirs.
The ••Farm" and the ••Township," 23-5; settlers from Cambridge, Wol)urn
anil Braintree, 26-9.
CHAP. III. — Land Distribution.
•■Farm" and •"Township" agreement, 31-2; early diyisionsi of land, 34-9;
Cliurch farm. 40; College farm. 41; farms of Champnej' and others,
41; ••Naticott" grant to Billeriea; its sale to Brenton, 42-4; John
Cromwell. 45; Cand)ridge ''Great Deed,'' 46; grant of 4000 acres, 47;
sold to Parker. 48.
CHAP. IV.— The Stouy as tolu in the Records.
Account of the •■Kecord" volumes, 51-3; Rights, acre-lots. 54; rating, 55;
house for minister. 57 ; first town otticers, 59 ; instructions to Select-
men. 61 ; Maj. VVillard, letter from, 62; the common herd. 63; killing
â– wolves, 65 ; yoking swine, 60 ; shade trees and buiying place, 67 ; Cam-
bridge titles, 68 ; sale of mill-lot, 68 ; town charges, 1663. 69.
CHAP. V. — Boundaries.
Andover. 73-5; Concord, controversy, 76-81; Woburn, 82-6.
CHAP. VI. — Roads and Bridges.
Early ways, 87; road'to Woburn. 88; Ctmcord, 89; Andover, 90; Wamesit,
91; East road, 92; Lexington. 94; Charnestaffe lane, 95; West St.. 96;
treble-cove and rangewa3\ 97; bridges. 97-101.
CHAP. VII. — The Indians and Wamesit.
Wamesit reservation, 103; chiefs, 104; John Eliot; Gookin's narrative, 105;
Philip's war, 109 ; garrisons. 109; Chelmsford assailed, 114; Groton,
petition, 115; soldiers from Billeriea, 117; the Christian Indians; their
wrongs, 117; alarm at Billeriea; the reported massacre, 119; hard-
ships, 121 ; Kennebec expedition, 122.
CONTENTS, Vll.
CHAP. VIII. — Indian and Military.
Indian deeds, 123; sale, of Wamesit, 124; the Winthrops seek lo recover,
125; military company, 125; Canada expedition; Dunstable assailed; Lt.
Wilson at Cocheco, 126; Billerica's first massacre, 127; second massa-
cre, 129 ; Mrs. Toothaker, 130 ; militai-y life and trials, 132 ; Hunt's gar-
rison, 134 ; Col. John Lane, 135 ; Queen Anne's war, 136 ; soldiers from
Billerica, 137 ; Dunstable attacked, 140 ; Lovewell's expedition, 141 ;
Louisburg, 142 ; service on Connecticut river, 143 ; sad day for Biller-
ica, 143 ; Josiah Crosby, 144 ; French and Indian war, 145 ; soldiers
from Billerica, 147 ; the French neutrals, 151.
CHAP. IX. — Religious History.
Mr. Miller. Mr. Whiting. 153 ; meeting-house, 154 ; Danf orth and the Chelms-
ford church, 15G; difficulties of church organization, 159; at last ef-
fected, 160 ; the first pastor, 163 ; covenant, 163 ; half-waj' covenant,
164 ; minister's rate, 165 ; arrears. 166 ; repairs and neAV meeting-house,
168 ; seats, 169 ; Mr. Whiting's character. 170 ; frees his slave, 170 ; col-
league, 172; his death, 174; Mr. Euggles' ministry. 174; third meet-
ing-house, 175; pew ground and seats. 176; bell, 177; list of sittings,
178 ; Mr. Chandler settled, 181 ; death of Mr. Ruggles, 182 ; brief and
troubled pastorate of Mr. Chandler, 183.
CHAP. X. — Gleanings from Records.
Testimonial of loyalty, 185; fat ox for Mr. Davie, 186; basis of rates
changed, 187; Crosby's public house, 188; aid to the poor; tything-
men, 189 ; oath of fidelitj^ 191 ; subscription for Harvard College, 192 ;
early tax lists. &c.. 193; mill swamp drowned, 195; entertainments at
public house, 196 ; witchcraft ; Mrs. Carrier, 196 ; receipts and expen-
ses of town, 1714, 201 ; tax Usts, 1733 and 1755, 203.
CHAP. XI. —Land Distribution.
List of rights, 1685, 208 ; other claims, 209 ; extensive divisions, 210 ; grant-
ees, 213; west side, 214; ministry lot; sale of land to Capt. Reed. 215.
CHAP. Xn. — Dismemberment.
Wamesit ''Purchase," 217; Bedford, 218; Tewksbury, 220; Wilmington,
222 ; Carlisle, 223.
CHAP. XIII. — The Revolution.
Resolutions, 1768, 226; non-importation, 227; resolutions, 1773, 227; Bos-
ton port bill ; the toAvn's response, 229 ; will not use British goods, 231 ;
militia. 232 ; committee of inspection ; minute men, 233 ; Ditson tan-ed
and feathered, 234 ; the 19th of April, 235 ; committee of correspond-
ence, inspection and safety, 237 ; Bunker Hill ; independence, 238 ; calls
for troops, 239 ; inflation of the currency, 240 ; aid for soldiers, 241 ;
list of soldiers, 243 ; tax-list, 1776, 247.
viil. CONTENTS.
rilAr. XIV. — Education.
Catochising. 252; Joseph Toinpson, schoolmaster, 25.S; others, 254; squad-
rons. 2r»r>; school-houses; school-danies, 25G; Peinbertou Academy,
Billcrica Academy. 257; Howe school, 258; Boy's school, 2.59.
CHAP. XV. — Religious History.
Henry Cumings settled, 2G0; ''recollections'' of him, 2G1; new meeting-
liouse, and pew-list. 263; the pastor's theological position, 2G4; extract
trom sermons. 2G5 ; colleague settled; death of Dr. Cumings. 2GG; Mr.
Wliit man's ministry ; disturbing elements ; town ceases to rapport, 267 ;
his resignation. 2GS ; successors. 2G9 ; First Baptist Chun h, 269 ; pas-
tors; Congregational Church, 270; other churches, 272.
CHAP. XVI. — Canal, Turnpike and Railroads.
Middlesex Canal, 273; stages; Boston & Lowell Railroad, 275; the ''Nar-
row Gauge," 276.
CHAP. XVn. — Mills — Manufactures.
Early mills, 278; grant to Osgood; its history, 279 ; contest with towns
above, on Concord river ; Faulkner's mills, 280 ; Talbot's mills ; Hill's
machine shop ; Patten's manufactory, 281 ; Jaquith's glue factory, 282.
CHAP. XVHI. — Billerica in the Rebellion.
Raising troops, 283; monument, 284; record of soldiers, 285.
CHAP. XIX. — The Mother-Town op Billericay.
Description. 293; historic items, 295; meaning of name, 29G.
CHAP. XX. — Miscellaneous and Final.
Billerica graduates; lawyers and physicians, 302; town officers, 304; post-
masters, 307; population, 309 : census. 310; voting list, 1880, 312; li-
braries, 315; celebrations; Indian names, 316; surroundings and scen-
ery, 317.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
I'OI.'TIJAIT OF 'I'lIOMAS TALIiOT Front is|)i«'C('.
Mat of Ancucnt Rii.lkhioa ]). 1(»
(jAKiiisox JIoi .SE. Fn'iiclrr' ill
Howe Hciiool '2'u
FJovs" Hcirooi.. M. C. MnciiEij 2r)S
First Chuhch and Coai.mox â– 2(\:i
P.ArxiST Chuhch 'ifi!)
('ox(;he(;ati«)NA[. CnuKCir 271
lUi'TisT Chuijcii, Xoktii Hili,ki;ica 272
KAir.KNEU Mii.i 27!)
Taluot Mi\A 280
Soldiers Monujient 2S4
UiLi.ERiCAY. Ex<;.. Main Street 2!)4
Parish (HrRcn 29S
liENXFyrr Library .{IT)
IJESIDEXCE and rOUTRAIT OF MrS. ISeXXETT 10
I'ORTRAIT OF liKV. IIeXRV C'lMIX(iS. I). D .'i:!
Daxforth GAin!isf»x IIolse ;^4
I'oRTRAiT OF Francis Fafi.kxer 52
HESIDEXCE of IjI TIH.R W. FAILKXEK" r)2
I'ORTRAIT of IIOX. JOSIAII P'REXCH <•()
Ilii.i. Garrison Holsk (i^
IfESIDEXCE OF ("IIARI.ES H. IIU.1 72
.lAQl'ITH IIO.AIESTEAl>S 7()
•K DKTxs Homestead 80
Kesidexce of Thomas Tai.bot 14(1
HUFUS K, l^NDERHIEl l-")2
Portrait of Dea. Saaiiee Whitixc; 1;")!>
HISTOEY or BILLERICA.
CHAPTER I.
EARLY GRANTS SHAWSHIN.
The Pilgrims came to Plymouth in the yesiV 1G20. Dover and
Portsmouth were occupied in 1623. Then five j^ears passed, and
Endecott, with the first Puritan company, arrived at Naumkeak
and laid the foundations of Salem. In 1629 the charter of Mass-
achusetts was granted by King Charles, and other settlers occupied
Weymouth, Mi shawum (or Chai-lestown) , and Saugust (or Lynn).
The arrivals in 1630 were more numerous, fourteen 'sail' and fifteen
hundred passengers, with Winthrop and Dudley- among them. Some
of the Charlestown people moved across the Charles river to Shaw-
mut, or Trimountain, where, for some years, a solitary- Episcopal
clergyman named Blackstoue had been living a hermit life, and thus
Boston was born. Mattapau (or Dorchester), Roxbury, Watertown
and Meadford were occupied the same A^ear. Connecticut was
chartered in 1631, and Newtown was occupied with the intention
of fortifying and making it the chief town of the colony. Governor
Wintlnop and Assistant-Governor Dudley began to build there,
but Winthrop and some others becoming dissatisfied or convinced
that it was an error to leave Boston, returned, and the early rivalry
between Caml^ridge and Boston resulted in favor of the latter town.
The year 1633 was memorable for the coming of John Cotton, the
eminent divine and friend of Cromwell, who brought the name of
his own English Boston, and gave it new fame b}' supplanting the
T'ldian name Shawmut. Thomas Hooker and his compau}- also
arrived that year and settled in Newtown ; but after three years,
nding that they had not room enough, removed to Hartford.
Agawam (or Ipswich) and Hingham were also settled. With 1635,
Newbury was occupied, and the first plantations were made inland,
2 HISTORY OF BILLEKICA.
at Miisketaqnifl (Concord), and Springfield; and there followed
Dedhain, in ICuMj ; Sudburv, in 1G37; Enou (or Wenham) , Glouces-
ter iind Kowlev, in 1(531); Salisbnrv, Lynn Village (Reading),
W()l)urn and Braintree, in 1G40; Pentucket (Haverhill), and
Nantasket (Hull), in 1G41 ; Topslield, in 1642; Bradford and
Coehicliawick (Andover), in 1(J43 ; and Nashawa}' (Lancaster),
and Maiden, in 1 048. In twenty years the Massachusetts Colony
had i)Ianted thirty-one towns, not including Dover, Portsmouth,
Hampton and Exeter, now in New Hampshire, but then in her
jurisdiction. Tlie Plymouth Colony in 1648 numbered seven towns;
Connecticut, fifteen ; Rhode Island, four ; and in Maine there were
three : York, Saco and Wells. In all New England there were
sixty-four towns at this time.
The d'.'sire of the earl^' colonists for ample room in their settle-
ments was natural. They came from a country where landed pos-
sessions were largely the basis of wealth and rank. They were
laj'ing foundations here and looking to the future with large views
and large faith, and the opportunity naturally awakened t'le purpose
to endow their children with acres enough upon which to build a
prosperous future. So with Boston on one side, and Watertown on
the other, Hooker and his company felt themselves straightened in
Newtown, and removed to the inviting meadows of the Connecticut ;
and Charlestown, Lynn and Ipswich were soon seeking for room to
expand. Reading and Woburn grew up the children of these
parent towns, and Billerica drew her first life from Cambridge, which
Newtown had become with the planting of Harvard College there.
The first pulsation of the life of Billerica ma}' be found in a
record of the General Court, "â– 1635-6, 3 March. The Goun'', Dep-
uty Gonn', and John Winthrop, Sen"', Esq"', or any two of them,
are intreated to vewe Shaweshin and soe to informe the next Genall
Court whither or noe it may not be a fitt place for a plantacon."
Concord had been occupied the previous year, and the vicinity
would naturall}' receive new attention. This governor was Mr.
John Haynes who removed in October of the same 3'ear with
Mr. Hooker's company to Hartford, and became the first governor
of Connecticut Mr. John Winthrop was the eminent first governor
of Massachusetts. The removal of Mr. Ilavnes may have interfered
with his exploring Shawshin ; and there is no evidence that the next
General Court received the information desired. But we may infer
that Mr. AVinthrop did not personally neglect it, and we soon find
him receiving nn important grant here.
EARLY GRANTS SHAWSHIN. 3
About this time the name of Shawshiu is heard iu England.
Mathew Cradock Avas the first governor of the Massachusetts
company, and invested his wealth very freely for the promotion
of the colony. He was the founder of Medford, and Wiiithrop
succeeded him iu office when the colony was sufflcientl}' developed
to need a resident governor. In a letter to Governor Winthrop,
bearing date 1636, Sept. 13, he adds a postscript, afterwards
cancelled, as follows : ^
'â– Sir: I have a purpose to apply myself to tyllidge & increasing
my stock of Cattel, & having had recourse to a plase caled Shawe
Shynn, where 1 hear none comes but myselfe, I desire your ffauour,
when tlie Court Slialbee moved in my belialfe, that I may have 2000
Acres there allotted to me where I shall find it most convenient ffor
mee. I know the orders made heere in Courte allowe me maney
thousand acres more than I intend to demand or looke after. This
my suite 1 liope will give oftenee to none, & when I shall putt up
a tenement & a dame, as I have herewith given order thereabout, I
hope in a short time others will ffoUowe, if on(!e a good minister be
plased there, and I am persuaded the more English Corne is eherised
the better it will be for the whole plantacion. I once more take my
leave & Rest."
''Yours. MATHEW CRADOCK."
For some reason Mr. Cradock did not pursue the matter, and
the settlement of Shawsbin was perhaps delayed by this failure.
Possibh' Cambridge was already on the outlook for the grant subse-
quentl}' made to that town. A 3ear passed and the Court moves
again in August, 1637. *'Cap' Jeanison & Leif Willi: Spencer
were appointed to veivve Shawsbin & to consider whether it be fit
for a plantation." Still no report ; but three months later, 2 Novem-
ber, the Court makes. a large grant of land which fell within the
bounds and bore important relations to the settlement of Shawsbin.
"The Deput}-, M' Dudley, hath a thousand acres granted him
wheare it ma}' not piudice an}' plantation granted, nor any plantation
to bee granted w"'out limiting to time of irapv'." "The Goveruo'^
M*^ John AVinthrope, Senior, hath graunted him a thousand acres
of land upon the same tearms as M"" Dudley hath his." This
grant was enlarged and located 1638, May '201, as follows : —
"It was ordered by this p'sent Coart that John Winthrope,
Esq'', the p''sent Governo"", shall have 1200 acres of land whereof
1000 was formerly granted him, & Thomas Dudley, Esq', the
Deputy Governo% his 1000 acres granted to him by a former Courte,
I Winthrop Papers In Massachusetts Historical Society Collections. Fourth Series.
Volume 6, page 121.
4 FIISTOHY OF BILLEKICA.
])otli ot tln'in nhoiit (I miU'S from Concord, northwards; the said
Govenio'' to have his 1200 acres on the sontherly side of two great
stones standing neare together, close by the ryver-side that comes
fro Concord, & the Deputie Governo' to have his thousand acres on
the northerly side of the said two great stones (yv"^ stones were
lately named the Two Brothers) . The Deputie Governo' is to run a
line easterly from the said stones so that hee may take in a meadowe
on the other side of a hill, & so to extend his thousand acres as fan-
northerly as hee will, & as the thousand acres will heare, & the
Governo' to io^'UJ in the said line runing Easterh', & to extend his
lot as farr Southerly as his twelve hundred acres Avill beare, w"^''
2200 acres are by this Court established to the said p''ties, gener-
ally-, «& their severall heires."
Governor Winthrop has left us in his journal' an account of the
location of these farms, too graphic to be omitted. These two
eminent men came up to view the proposed. location from Concord,
and "going down the river about four miles, they made choice of a
place for one thousand acres for each of them. They offered each
other the lirst choice, but because the deputy's was first granted,
and himself had store of land alread}, the governor yielded him
the first choice. So, at the place where the deputy's land was to
begin there were two great stones which they called the Two
Brothers in remembrance that the}' were brothers by their children's
marriage, and did so brotherl}- agree, and for that a little creek near
those stones was to part their lands. At the Court in the 4th month
after, two hundred acres were added to the governor's part." This
sentence fixes the date of this memorable visit, in January, 1 03 7-8.
The Two Brothers were better landmarks than the 'trees' so often
used in designating boundaries, and still lie on the East bank of the
Concord river, a short distance South of the Bedford line. They
must be the earliest landmark in Billerica.^ A 3'ear later (1039,
June 0) the Court "granted to John Winthrope, Esq., the p'sent
(iovernor, a p'cell of meadow containing about sixetie acres, more
or lesse, by estimation, l^'ing within a mile or two of his farme,
beneath Concord, towards the Southeast of the said farme, to have
to him & his heirs, p' vided that it lye not w"'in the bounds of anj-
towne formerly granted." Mr. Dudley's farm was also increased to
1500 acres by the addition of his share of a grant to Roxbury.
This was 400 acres which were "made" 500 by the Court.
- Winthroji's Journal, Volume 1, page 2iyi.
» In the early part of this history, until the period of separation of Bedford, Tewksbury
and Carlisle, I use the name as the fathers did, including the ancient hounds of the town.