Old Homesteads of Groton, Massachusetts (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Old Homesteads of Groton, Massachusetts By a careful examination of the Indian Roll which has recently been published under the direction of Dr. Samuel A. Green, and also from a study of the first volume of the Proprietors' Records, together with my personal knowledge of the town, I have found what I believe to be the home estates of quite a large number of the men living in town within the first twenty-five years after its settlement, most of whom were original proprietors. The part of the Indian Roll from which I derived the most information is that relating to the laying out of the highways. This portion of the record is quite clear. The home estates of a few men living in town during the first half of the last century I have learned, for the most part, through Miss Elizabeth Farnsworth. She obtained the information from her grandmother Farnsworth, who was born at Groton in 1716, and lived in town most of her life. My purpose in giving the names by which many of the places were known in my boyhood, as well as the names of the present owners and occupants, is to give a clear idea to all, of the places designated. Timothy Allen was the sexton of the church during nearly, if not throughout, the entire period of the existence of the first meeting-house, which stood probably upon the high land between my father's barns and the road now called Hollis street. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.