f hi /063 CO":I'ELJ. UNR/ERSITY LIBRARIES ITHACA, N. E 14853 m [/ JOHN M OLIN L!Bt".RY All books are subject to recall after two weeks Olin/Kroch Library DATE DUE Cornell University Library ^^ The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924082451455 RECORDS OF PLYMOUTH COLONY. DEEDS, &c. VOL. I. 1620-1651. BOOK OF INDIAN RECORDS FOR THEIR LANDS. RECORDS COLONYOF THE OF NEW PLYMOUTH IN NEW ENGLAND, PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. EDITED BY DAVID PULSIFEE, CLERK IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH, iMBER OF THE NEW ENGLAND mSTORIC-GENEALOGIOAL SOCIETT, FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION, 00RHB8P0NDING MEMBER OP THE ESSEX IN8TITDTE, AND OF THE KHODB ISLAND, NEW YORK, CONNECTICUT, WISCONSIN AND IOWA HISTORICAL SOCIETIES. DEEDS, &c. VOL. I. 1620-1651. BOOK OF INDIAN RECORDS FOR THEIR LANDS. BOSTON: FROM THE PRESS OF WILLIAM WHITE, PRINTER TO THE . COMMONWEALTH. 186 1. /(. J?// -2-/, K r ,,5^ /(:?ao/r< INTRODUCTION. THIS volume contains a copy of tlie manuscript lettered "Plymouth Colony Eecords, Deeds, &c., Vol. I. 1627-1651," and of the "Book of Indian Records for their Lands," which is contained in the manu- script lettered "Plymouth Colony Records, — Ind. Deeds, — Teeas"*^ R«e©B»Sy Acc^^, Lists of Freemen," which Book of Indian Records, with the excep- tion of two pages, is in the handwriting of Nathaniel Morton and Samuel Sprague. The manuscript Book of Deeds, &c., which is the most ancient record of the first settlers of Plymouth, was begun by Governor Bradford, but the greater part of it is in the handwriting of Nathaniel Sowther and Na- thaniel Morton. A few pages are in the handwriting of Antony Thacher and Samuel Sprague. The book was paged by Secretary Morton, with the exception of thirty-two leaves at the beginning, and seven leaves at the end, which many years afterwards were paged by other persons. In the year 1716, John Cotton, Esq., made Indexes, or Tables, as he calls them, on some of the leaves left unpaged, and wrote on the first page of the record "Anno 1627 There are 2 Tables in this Book." (iii) IV INTKODUCTION. The date '' 1627," however, probably does not refer to the record on the same page, in Governor Bradford's handwriting, of the meersteads and garden plots laid out in 1620, or to the pages containing the record, mainly by the same hand, of the allotments of land in 1623. Those pages have every appearance of having been written in the years mentioned in the record. The date written by Mr. Cotton, " 1627," undoubtedly refers to the record of Deeds, agreeably to the Title, on the leaf preceding the first page, namely, " Plimouths great Book, of Deeds of Lands Enrolled: from An" 1627 to An° 1651:" A few deeds were also enrolled or recorded in this book of a date sub- sequent to 1651. In some instances Deeds and other Instruments were signed by the parties with their own hands on the record, fac-similes of several of which autographs will be found in their appropriate places. A fac-simile of the first page, as recorded by Governor Bradford, is also added. DAVID PULSIPEE. Boston, November 21, 1861. ; MARKS AND CONTRACTIONS. ~ A Dash. (or straight line) over a letter indicates the omission of the letter following the one marked. A Curved Line ~ indicates the omission of one or more letters next to the one marked. A Superior Letter indicates the omission of contiguous letters, either pre- ceding or folio-wing it. A Caret ^ indicates an omission in the original record. A Cross X indicates a lost or unintelligible Tvord. All doubtful words supplied included brackets, by the editor are between [ ]. Some redundancies in the original record are printed in Italics. Some interlineations, that occur in the original record, are put between parallels, || ||, Some words and paragraphs, which have been cancelled in the original record, are put between + J Several characters have special significations, namely : — @, — annum, anno, p, — per, par, pur, pear, — psuite, a, — an, am, — curia, curiam, pursuite ; appd, appeared ; a, — matrate, magistrate, pson, person ; pte, parte. t, — ber, — numb, number ; Kobt, p, — pro, — pporcon, proportion. proper. Robert. J, — c, — ci, ti, — accon, action. q,, — q,stion, question. CO, — tio, — jurisdiccbn, jurisdiction. ^, — escp, esc[uire. ere, cer, ads, acres clenS, f, — Apr, ApriL 6, — — ; clericus. s, — s, session ; sd, said. d, — dd, delivered. §, — ser, — svants, servants. e, — Trer, Treasurer. £, — ter, — neuJ, neuter ; secreS, sec- e, — committe, committee. retary. g, — glial, general j Georg, George. % — cap?, captain. h, — chr, charter. Q, — uer, — seQal, seueral ; goQ, gou- 1, — begig, beginig, beginning. ernor. }, — ire, letter. u, — abou, aboue, above. in, — mm, mn, — coffiittee, committee. ?, — ver, — se?al, several. fn, — recoindacbn, recommendation. t, — ver, verse, verses. fil, — mer, — forMy, formerly. w, — wn, when. y"', them y", then y', their i&, — month. y«, the ; ; ; y^, this y', that. n, — nn, — Pen, Penn ; ano, anno. ; vilibus n, — Dili, Domini. 3, — us, ue ; vilibj, ; annoqS, anno que. fi), — ner, — manii), manner. statut^, statutes. o, — on, — mentio, mention. ij — es, et, — o^ — mo, month. ^, &d, &c% — et csetera. ption, portion. vizj, — videlicet, namely. p, — par, por; pt, part ; full point. p, — pre, — psent, present. ./ — Et, E., EE'' Ecgni Eegirf. (v) CONTENTS. PAGE DEEDS, &c., 3 BOOK OF INDIAN EECOEDS FOR THEIR LANDS, .... 223 GENERAL INDEX, 245 (Tii) PLYMOUTH RECORDS DEEDS, &c, VOL. I. 1620-1651. [Fao-slmile of the first page of the original " FlimoutliB Great Book of Deeds," &e., in the handwriting of Gov. BraxJford.] ^/t -OJ errancies -6^o^<e- ^ ' PLYMOUTH EECORDS. [The manuscript volume entitled "Plimouths Great Book of Deeds of Lands Enrolled from An" 1627 to An" 1651," (a copy of which follows, ending on page 221 of this volume,) is divided into two parts. The first part, containing the allotments of land, &c., was written by Governor Bradford, excepting pages 11, SO—57, and part of page 30, which are in an unknown hand. The second part was written by the following named persons: Edward Winslow, pages 1 and 4. Nathaniel Sowther, 2, 16, 18, 19—82, 84—133, 136—153, 156—189, 194—214, 218, 220, parts of 134, 154, 190, and 192. Wil- Uam Bradford, 6—10, 83, 223, 224, 277—230, 382, 384, part of 134. Antony Thacher, 154, 191, 225, 237, 240, parts of 154, 234, and 236. Nathaniel Morton, 215, 216, 232, 241—368, parts of 190, 192, 234, and 371. 'WilUam Paddy, receipt on page 236. Samuel Sprague, 375—376. The greater part of the manuscript is written on one side only of the leaf. The folios of the blank pages are omitted in the margin of the printed copy. — D. P.] *The meersteads ^ garden plotes of [those] which came first layd out 1620. The north side The south side Peeter Brown John Goodman M"' W™ Brewster high way John Billington M"' Isaak AUerton Francies Cooke Edward Winslow (3) PLYMOUTH COLONY KECORDS. *The Falles of their grounds which came first ouer in the May-Floure, according as thier lotes were cast .1623. [of Eobart Cochman 1 the number ] M' William Brewster ... 6 akers to [each] William Bradford .... 3 one. Kichard Gardener 1 these lye on the Frances Cooke 2 South side of George Soule 1 the brooke to M' Isaak Alerton 7 the baywards. John Billington 3 Peter Browen 1 Samuell ffuUer 2 Joseph Eogers 2 these contains .29. akers. These lye one John Howland 4 the South side Steuen Hobkins .... 6 of the brook to Edward ^ 1 the woodward Edward ^ 1 opposite to the Gilbard Winslow 1 former. Samuell ffuller Juneor ... 3 these containe .16. akers besids Hobamaks ground which lyeth betwene Jo: Rowlands ^ Hobkinses. this .5. akers lyeth behind the forte William White 5 to the litle ponde. Edward Winslow 4 Eichard Warren [2] these lye one the John Goodman x north side of John Crackston x the towne nexte John Alden x adjoyning to Marie Chilton x their gardens *Cap1iin Myles Standish ... 2 which came in Francis Eaton 4 the Fortune. Henerie Samson 1 Humillitie Cooper .... 1 DIVISION OF LAND. *The fales of their grounds which came in the Fortune according as their This ship came Nov 1621. L'ojg were cast 1623. *6 these lye to the sea, These lye beyond the f [irst] brook eastward. to the wood we[st]ward. William Hilton 1 William Wright ^ "1 John Winslow .... 2 1 William Pitt I William Coner 1 Robart Hickes 1 John Adams 1 Thomas Prence 1 William Tench Steuen Dean {_ j 1 John Cannon j • • • • Moyses Simonson ^ ] • Philipe de la Noye J • • Edward Bompass 1 these folowing lye Clemente Brigges 1 beyonde the .2. brooke. James Steward 1 William Palmer 2 Jonathan Brewster 1 Hugh Static 1 Benet Morgan 1 "1 William Beale t j Thomas Flauell ' Thomas Cushman ' ^his son, ) J Austen Nicolas 1 Thomas Morton 1 Widow Poord 4 William Bassite 2 15. akers. 19. akers. *The fales of their grounds which came ouer in the shipe called the Anne 40 according as their^ were cast. 1623. Akers these to the sea eastward, akx. James Eande 1 Francis Spragge 3 these following lye beyond the brooke to Strawberie-hill. Edmond Flood 1 Edward Burcher 2 Christopher Connant .... 1 John Jenings 5 Francis Cooke 4 goodwife Flauell 1 Manasseh ^ John Fance ... 2 PLYMOUTH COLONY RECORDS. these but against the swampe & this goeth in w"" a corner by y' reed-ponde. ponde. George Morton & "\ AUice Bradford 1 g • Experience Michell • " • Robart Hickes his J ] / > • 4 Christian Penn 1 wife ^ children j • • • ' Thomas Morton Junior .