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The history of King Philip's War

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INTRODUCTORY MEMOIR.<br />

wood for the Rev. Mr. Lee," to help make 42 cords; 18<br />

November [B. C. D. ii: 271], he fells 20 acres <strong>of</strong> land at<br />

Saconet, for £11, to William Pabodie.<br />

11 February, i68f [B. C. D. iii: 290], he buys <strong>of</strong>W. Pa-<br />

bodie and W. South worth <strong>of</strong> Saconet an 18-acre lot, for<br />

£13; 4 May \B. T. R. i: 72], he was ch<strong>of</strong>en the firft <strong>of</strong><br />

four Selectmen at Briftol; 8 May [Rev. Dr. SheparcPs<br />

Tzvo Difcourfcs, 10], he became one <strong>of</strong> the original<br />

eight members <strong>of</strong> the Firft Congregational Church in<br />

Briftol.<br />

23 January, i68-| [B. C. D. iii: 370], he buys <strong>of</strong> Seth<br />

Arnold <strong>of</strong> Duxbury, one-half <strong>of</strong> the 33 d lot in Pnnkateajl<br />

neck ; 19 February [Ibid, ii: 145], he exchanged with John<br />

Roufe <strong>of</strong> Marfhfield the 29 th lot (which was the fecond he<br />

originally drew) at Saconet for the 18 th (which adjoined<br />

the 19 th<br />

, the firft which he originally drew, and on which<br />

he had built his houfe there); 21 May 1688 [B. T. R. i:<br />

73], he was ch<strong>of</strong>en again the firft <strong>of</strong> four Selectmen at<br />

Briftol; 16 July \_B. C. D. i: 91], he buys for £100, a<br />

whole fhare <strong>of</strong> land in Little Compton, <strong>of</strong> Jonah Cook and<br />

J<strong>of</strong>eph Harding <strong>of</strong> Eaftham; 29 September [Ibid. 97], "for<br />

the love, goodwill and affeclion which I have and beare<br />

toward my loving friend and Brother-in-law James Bur-<br />

roughs <strong>of</strong> Briftol, Tailor, and Sarah, his now wife (being<br />

my lifter) " he gave his " home-lot " on the corner <strong>of</strong> Hope

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