History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts - citizen hylbom blog

488 HISTORY OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
HE town (if Weston was incorpo-
rated January 1, 171:J-13, by
an act of the General Court
ciittini^ off from the west end
of Watertown about one half of
its territory.
For nearly six years after its
settlement in 1630, the western
limits of Watertown remained
undefined, the town extending
indefinitely westward into the country and up the
north or left side of Cliarles Kiver. The first defi-
nite boundaries were arranged with the people of
Newtown in April, 1635 ; September 3, of the
same year, orders passed the General Court for tlie
settlement of tlie towns of Concord and Dedham,
adjoining Watertown upon the northwest and south-
west respectively. March 2, 1635 - 36, the western
limit was fixed by an order of the court declaring
that " the bounds of Watertown shall run eight
miles into the country from their meeting-house."
The grants to Concord and to Dedham were found
to overlap tlie grant to AVatertown, and " for the
final end of all differences between Watertown,
Concord, and Dedham," the court ordered, on the
Sth of June, 1638, "that Watertown eight miles
.-^h.dl be extended upon the line between tiiem
[U'atiTtown] and Cambridge, so fur as Concord
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