The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Conn.

Notc-^These records appear to have been made some twenty years and more after the grants. They are generally without date, interspersed with other records from 1670 to 1690. Probably some original grants were never put on record 5 they are incidentally mentioned in the boundaries of other grants. The estimated quan- tity, and the boundaries are given ; but not the length of any of the boundaries. Over some of the records, another hand has in- serted the date 1652. The book is complete : the folios being num- bered from 1 onward. GRANTEES. Richajd Olmstead, 4 acres 1 rood. Bounded east by Common land, west by Town's High- way, north by Thomas Hale*s home-lot, south by Nathaniel Eli's home-lot. Thomas Fitch (purchased the lot laid out to Edward Church in 1655), 4 acres. Bounded east by Town Highway, west by Daniel Kellogg's home-lot, north by Nathaniel Richard's home-lot, south by Matthew Marvin, Sen.'s, home- lot. Nathaniel Eli (sold to Thomas Betts), 4 acres 2 roods. Bounded east by The Common, west by Town Highway, north by Richard Olmsted's home-lot, south by the other Highway, Samuel Hales (sold to Robert Stewart of Milford, in 1660), 4 acres. Bounded east by The " Commoninge," west by High- way, north by " The Commoninge," south by Ma- thias Sention's home-lot, John Piatt (in 1663), 4 acres 2 roods. Bounded east by Highway and Common land, west by Ephraim Lockwood's home-lot, north by Samuel Camfieid's lot, south by Thomas Filch, Jr,'s,'home-lot. Isacke More (sold to Mark Sention in 1660), 4 acres. Bounded east by Town Highway, west by " The Coafe [cove] bancke," north by George Abbott's home-lot. HOME-LOTS. 23 Richard Seamer (afterwards Ms son's, Thomas Sea- mer, by exchange). Bounded east by The Common, west by Town's Highway, north by Town's Highway, south by Rich- ard Webb's home-lot. John Bowten, 4 acres. Bounded east by Mr. Hanford's and John Ruscoe's home-lot, west by Highway, north by Highway, south by Thomas Lupton's home-lot. Matthew Marvin, Sen., 4 acres. Bounded east by Town's Highway, west by Daniel Kellogg's home-lot, north by Thomas Fitch's home- lot, south by Meeting-house yard and Matthew Mar- vin, Jr.'s, home-lot. Thomas Lupton, 4 acres. Bounded east by Richard Homes and Mark Sen- tion's home-lot, west by Mathias Sention's home-lot and Common, north by John Bowten's home-lot, south by George Abbott's lot. Jonathan Marshe, two parcels, 4 acres. The Greater — Bounded east by Highway, "the coafe bancke" of Norwalk River, north by the Commoninge, south by Thomas Ward's home-lot. The Less — Bounded east by Commonage, west by the aforesaid highway, north by Commonage, south by Commonage. Walter Haite, 4 acres. '^ "' '" Bounded east by Town Highway, west by "the Common by the bancke coafe" [cove], north by Ma- thias Sention's home-lot, south by George Abbott's home-lot. Nathaniel Richards, 4 acres 1 rood. Bounded east by Town Highway, west by Norwalk River " coafe bancke," north by Isacke More's home- lot, south by Thomas Fitch's home-lot. Matthias Sention, Sen., Bought of Mr. Steeile of Far- mington, who married the widow of Richard Seamer, 4 acres (granted in addition 1, April 6, 1661), 5 acres. Bounded east by Common land, west by Town's Highway, north by Samuel Hale's home-lot, now Robert Stewart's, south by Matthew Camfield's home-lot. 3SF0RWALK. Ralph Keeiler, 4 acres 1 rood. Bounded east by Common and Neck fence, west by Town Highway and Edward Nash's home-lot, north by Richard Webb's home-lot, south by Town High- way and Edward Nash's home-lot. Mr. Thomas Hanford, 4 acres. Bounded east by Town's Highway, west by John Bowten's home-lot, north by Town's Highway, south by John Ruscoe's home-lot. Nathaniel Campfield, 5 acres. Bounded east by Common, west by Town's High- way, north by Matthias Sention's home-lot, south by Richard Olmsted's, that was Thomas Hale's home- lot. Samuel Campfield (apparently in 1670), 4 acres. Bounded east by Brooke swamp of common ground^ west by Common Highway, north by Ralph Keeler's home-lot, now Thomas Betts', south by John Piatt's home-lot. Thomas Benedick, Sen. (recorded March 1, 1669-70^ having possessed it some years before), purchased of Mr. Hanford 1 acre 1 rood, of John Ruscoe 2 roods, of John Bowten 1 rood — 4 acres. Bounded east by Mr. Handford's and John Ruscoe's, west by John Bowten, north by Town Highway, south by Richard Homes. Samuel Haies (two parcels, the last a piece of salt meadow in the rear of the first), 5 acres. Bounded east (first) by Common Highway, west by "The bancke," north by Common land, south by Ralph Keeler's home-lot, that was Thomas Ward's. Salt meadow — Bounded east by Bank of Sd. home-lot, west by " Norwalke river coafe," north by " Coafe of sd river up to the bancke," south by " the creeke." John Gregorie, Sen. (4 acres granted, bought 4 acres of Stephen Beckwith), 8 acres. Bounded east by Town Highway, west by John Rai- mond's, north by Mr. Haies' lot and John Benedict's lot that was George Abbott's, south by Highway run- ny by " the coafe bancke," 'and John Gregorie, Jr.'s. John Gregorie, Jr., received from John Gregorie, Sen., of the above, 1 acre 2 roods. HOME-LOTS. 25 Richard Web, 4 acres. Bounded east by Common land adjoining the neck, west by Town Highway, north by Thomas Seamer's home-lot, south by John Raymond's home-lot that was Ralph Reeler's. Daniel Kellogg, 4 acres. Bounded east by Matthew Marvin, Jr.'s, Matthew Marvin, Sen.'s, and Thomas Filch, Sen.'s, home-lots, west by Joseph Fenn's home-lot and a bank of com- mon land, north partly by Nathaniel Richard's home-lot, and by the " coafe bancke," south by Town Highway. Matthew Marvin, Jr., 3 acres 2 roods. Bounded east by " Meeting-house greene," west by Daniel Kellogg's home-lot, north by Matthew Mar- vin, Sen.'s, home-lot, south by Town Highway. Christopher Comstock, January 27, 1661 (then of Fair- field, bought of Thomas Betts, " being then a plan- ter inhabiting in Norwaike," his ^' house, home-lot, &c., with haffe the land lying to the said house, laid out to said Betts, or belonging to the accommodation of Nathaniel Eli," folio 13), 4 acres. See " Nathaniel Eli," who sold this lot to Thomas Betts, which Thomas Betts, in 1661, sold to Christo- pher Comstock. Ephraim Lockwood, December 30, 1664 (folio 13) — bought the home-lot of Jonathan Marshe ; " For and in consideration of one mare and sucking colt," — *' his howse with the shelfes, dress boards, &c." also the yards, hovells, and tenn fruit trees growing upon the orchard ; and also the home-lot containing one acre more or less." For boundaries see Jonathan Marshe. Thomas Betts (bought Nathaniel Eli's home-lot ; sold half to Christopher Comstock ; also bought house and home-lot of Ralph Keeler — recorded about 1660), 4 acres. Bounded east by Common upland, west by Common Highway, north by John Keeier's home-lot, south by Samuel Campiield's home-lot. Thomas Ward, of Norwalk (September 1, 1665, sold NORWALK. to Ralph Keeler his " dwelling howse and howses, &c.," reserving *' the workshop for the abode of his wife, if she shall have occasion, till the 27th of Sept., 1666," said Ward reserving to himself "to takeaway at his pleasure, the locks upon the dwelling howse doares, and the younger nursery trees, and twoe boards lying upon the coller beames" — folio 2,). Boundaries not given save on the north, which is bounded by Jonathan Marshe. Thomas Benedict, Jr. (bought of Joseph Fenn, 1671, ^' now home-lot, lyinge by the side of the creeke or river called the Coafe"), 4 acres. Bounded east by Highway leading to the point, west by " Bancke of the coafe," north by Joseph Fenn's land adjoining to his home-lot, south by Cartway leading out of Daniel Kellogg's meadow. Richard Raimond ^inhabitant of Salem, in the juris- diction of Mattachusetts Bay, bought of Ralph Keel- er, October 20, 1662, '^ My howseing, contained at present in my home-lott, or cow yard," &c., " the howse, flores, doares, glasse windows, shelfes, or ought else necessarily fastened together"), 4 acres. Bounded east by John Gregorie's lot that was George Abbott's, west by Common land, north by John Bene- dict's that was George Abbott's, south by^" A High- way running to the sea bancke." Jakin Greggorie (in 1666, grant of home-lot upland and loe-land), 4 acres. Bounded east by Common upland, west by Common Highway, north by Common upland, south by Tho. Tayler's home-lot, John Piatt, of Norwalk (bought of Thomas Lupton, March 9, 1665, sold in 1674 to John Bowten), 4 acres. Bounded east by " Reere of Thomas Lupton's house- lot and Richard Homes's, west by Matthias Sention's land, north by John Bowten's land, south by George Abbott's land. John Crampton (" because he was a souldier in the late Indian war," 1679), 3 acres. Bounded east by Highway, west by Samuel Benedict's home-lot, north by Thomas Betts, Sen.'s, home-lot, south by James Miller's home-lot. HOME-LOTS. 27 Thomas Fitch, Jr. (May 20, 1671, bought of Samuel Camfield) home-lot, 5 acres. Bounded east by Upland of the common, west by Town Highway, north by Joseph Sention's lot, south by Richard Olmsted's. Samuel Smith (" sonne" to Matthew Marvin, Sen., hath given him by said Marvin, August 20, 1674, folio 61, " haffe my home-lot and halfe my orchard as it lyeth"). Joseph Ketchum, 6. Bounded east by Ephraim Lockwood and common land, west by Thomas Taylor's home-lot and common land, north by Highway, south by James Picket's land. Thomas Taylor (home-lot of upland and lowland, A.D. 1670), 4 acres. Bounded east by Common land, west by Common highway, north by Jakin Gregorie's; Robert Stewart (Jan. 22, 1674, bought the "200 pound lot granted to Richard Bushnell"). Bounded east by Lands of Samuel Camfield, west by Lands of Samuel Camfield, north by Lands of Samu- el Camfield, south by Common Highway. John Ruscoe (original grant, but recorded February 9, 1683), 4 acres. Bounded east by Town Highway, west by Lot for- merly Thomas Lupton's, north by Mr. Handford's home-lot, south by Richard Homes' home-lot.