Identifier: historyofconnect01lhev (find matches)
Title: History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: L.H. Everts & Co
Subjects: Connecticut River Valley -- History Franklin County (Mass.) -- History Hampshire County (Mass.) -- History Hampden County (Mass.) -- History
Publisher: Philadelphia : Louis H. Everts
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: UMass Amherst Libraries

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is valuable history of Hadley, makes thefollowing general remarks: The home-lots of John Hawks and Philip Kussell, and all south of tbem»were gi-anted by Hadley. Those above or noi th of them were granted by Hat-field, of which some were forfeited and given to itthers. Hatfield regrauted the lots of Goodwin, Benton, and Bull. BIr. .^thert^m,the first minister, lived on the Goodwin lot, as did his successor, Mr. Uhauncey.Barnabas Hinsdale married the widow of Stephen T.iylor and lived in herhouse. Thomas Meekins, Sr., removed from the street and lived near his null. Jolin Colem.an, about 1678, changed his residence and lived on the Bentonlot, and Samuel Belden resided on Colemans first lot. No one lived on the lotassigned to Thomas Bull for many yeai^. The greater part of the lots were of 8 acres; some were only 4. Those onthe east side were short in the upi>er part, the 4-acre lots being 16 rods wide.The length of the street on the west side was 340 rods, estimated from the inter-
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HISTORY OP HAMPSHIRE COUNTY. 387 section of the liighwaj to Noi-tliaraptou to the north end. The street formerlyextended farther south than now, sigainst the home-lots of Cowles and Fellows. The owning of meadow-lands in small parcels rendered the fencing of thewhole in one enclosure a matter of importance, and the town of Hadley, as af-terward that of Hatfield, early made it a matter of official care. Great Iansett and Little Pausett were fenced in 1662, from the Connecticutat the lower end round to the Connecticut east of the village. In 1GG9 the fence of Little Pausett was ordered to be made with ditch, posts,and tAVO or three rails on the same. Numerous provisions appear in the town records of Hatfield with regard tofencing, as well as the time when cattle could he turned in to feed in commonafter gathering crops. In 1669 the citizens of Hadley presented to the GeneralCourt a protest against imports or customs duties. This wassigned by twenty-eight from the west side, including mo

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