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Sept. 30, 1647. That part in Topsfield was released by
Topsfield to Benjamin Porter, May 2, 1687.
VI. CAPT. RICHARD DAVENPORT.
Granted Feb. 20, 1637, and Nov. 26, 1638; sold, with the Hathorne
farm, to John Putnam, John Hathorne, Richard Hutchinson, and Daniel
Rea, April 17, 1662.
VII. CAPT. WILLIAM HATHORNE.
Granted Feb. 17, 1637; sold with the above.
VIII. JOHN PUTNAM THE ELDER.
This comprises a grant of 100 acres to John Putnam, Jan. 20, 1641; 80
acres to Ralph Fogg, in 1636; 40 acres (formerly Richard Waterman's)
to Thomas Lothrop, Nov. 29, 1642; and 30 acres to Ann Scarlett, in
1636. The whole owned by James and Jonathan Putnam in 1692.
IX. DANIEL REA.
Granted to him in 1636; owned by his grandson, Daniel Rea, in 1692.
X. REV. HUGH PETERS.

Granted Nov. 12, 1638; laid out June 15, 1674, being then in the
possession of Capt. John Corwin; sold by Mrs. Margaret Corwin to
Henry Brown, May 22, 1693.
XI. CAPT. GEORGE CORWIN.
Granted Aug. 21, 1648; sold (including 30 acres formerly John
Bridgman's) to Job Swinnerton, Jr., and William Cantlebury, Jan. 18,
1661.
XII. RICHARD HUTCHINSON, JOHN THORNDIKE, AND MR.
FREEMAN.
Granted in 1636 and 1637; owned in 1692 by Joseph, son of Richard
Hutchinson, and by Sarah, wife of Joseph Whipple, daughter of John,
and grand-daughter of Richard Hutchinson.
XIII. SAMUEL SHARPE.
Granted Jan. 23, 1637; sold to John Porter, May 10, 1643; owned by
his son, Israel Porter, in 1692.
XIV. JOHN HOLGRAVE.
Granted Nov. 26, 1638; sold to Jeffry Massey and Nicholas Woodberry,
April 2, 1652; and to Joshua Rea, Jan. 1, 1657.
XV. WILLIAM ALFORD.
Granted in 1636; sold to Henry Herrick before 1653.
XVI. FRANCIS WESTON.
Granted in 1636; sold by John Pease to Richard Ingersoll and William
Haynes, in 1644.
XVII. ELIAS STILEMAN.
Granted in 1636; sold to Richard Hutchinson, June 1, 1648.

XVIII. ROBERT GOODELL.
504 acres laid out to him, Feb. 13, 1652: comprising 40 acres granted to
him "long since," and other parcels bought by him of the original
grantees; viz., Joseph Grafton, John Sanders, Henry Herrick, William
Bound, Robert Pease and his brother, Robert Cotta, William Walcott,
Edmund Marshall, Thomas Antrum, Michael Shaflin, Thomas Venner,
John Barber, Philemon Dickenson, and William Goose.
XIX. JOB SWINNERTON.
300 acres laid out, Jan. 5, 1697, to Job Swinnerton, Jr.; having been
owned by his father, by grant and purchase, as early as 1650.
XX. TOWNSEND BISHOP.
Granted Jan. 11, 1636; sold to Francis Nurse, April 29, 1678.
XXI. REV. SAMUEL SKELTON.
Granted by the General Court, July 3, 1632; sold to John Porter, March
8, 1649; owned by the heirs of John Porter in 1692.
XXII. JOHN WINTHROP, JR.
Granted June 25, 1638; sold by his daughter to John Green, Aug. 9,
1683.
XXIII. REV. EDWARD NORRIS.
Granted Jan. 21, 1640: sold to Elleanor Trusler, Aug. 7, 1654; to
Joseph Pope, July 18, 1664.
XXIV. ROBERT COLE.
Granted Dec. 21, 1635; sold to Emanuel Downing before July 16th,
1638; conveyed by him to John and Adam Winthrop, in trust for
himself and wife during their lives, and then for his son, George
Downing, July 23, 1644; leased to John Procter in 1666; occupied by

him and his son Benjamin in 1692.
XXV. COL. THOMAS REED.
Granted Feb. 16, 1636; sold to Daniel Epps, June 28, 1701, by Wait
Winthrop, as attorney to Samuel Reed, only son and heir of Thomas
Reed.
XXVI. JOHN HUMPHREY.
Granted by the General Court, Nov. 7, 1632, May 6, 1635, and March
12, 1638, 1,500 acres, part in Salem and part in Lynn; sold, on
execution, to Robert Saltonstall, Dec. 6, 1642, and by him sold to
Stephen Winthrop, June 7, 1645, whose daughters--Margaret Willie
and Judith Hancock--owned it in 1692: that part within the bounds of
Salem is given in the Map according to the report of a committee, July
11, 1695.
ORCHARD FARM.
Granted by the General Court to Gov. Endicott; owned by his
grandsons, John and Samuel, in 1692.
THE GOVERNOR'S PLAIN.
Granted to Gov. Endicott, Jan. 27, 1637, Dec. 23, 1639, and Feb. 5,
1644; including land granted under the name of "small lots."
JOHNSON'S PLAIN.
Granted to Francis Johnson, Jan. 23, 1637.
FARMS.
[The bounds of farms are indicated by dotted lines, except where they
coincide with the bounds of grants. The following are those given on
the Map.]
1st, Between grants No. XI. and VII., and extending north of the

Village bounds, and south as far as Andover Road,--about 500 acres;
bought by Thomas and Nathaniel Putnam of Philip Cromwell, Walter
Price and Thomas Cole, Jeffry Massey, John Reaves, Joseph and John
Gardner, and Giles Corey; owned, in 1692, by Edward Putnam,
Thomas Putnam, and John Putnam, Jr. This includes also 50 acres
granted to Nathaniel Putnam, Nov. 19, 1649.
2d, At