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lt)97.] TOWN RECORDS. 91
The Minister's House.
December 18, 1695. At the sayd meeting the
Towne did manifest and by vote did agree, that they
would build a house for the minister, with as much
speed as might be with convenicncy ; and the dimensions
of the sayd house are as followeth : two and fourty
foot in length, and two and twenty foot in breadth, and
two story high, or two lofts, and double chimneys ; and
a comely porch to syd house ; and a seller under one end
of the syd house ;
and stone the syd seller ; the sayed
house is allso to have a comly gett at each end of the
same ; and all to be decently finished upon the towne's
cost.
The Minister's Salary.*
At a towne meeting held in Norwalk October the 8th,
1697. At sayd meeting it was voted and agreed by the
towne that the eighty pounds sallary granted to Mr.
The Deed of the Lands granted to Mr. BucJcingham as his Settlement,
bears date April 7, 1699.
1. One homelot, 4 acres, bound E. by the land of Thos. Betts &
the common fence partly, W. The towns highway. N. The homelot
of Thos. Seamer. S. land & homelot of heirs of John Raymond,
senr.. Deed.—with the house which is now built.
2. Land in the field; swamp & upland 16 acres; one half to him
and his heirs forever ; the other half after his decease, to return to
the town.
3. Ten acres of upland lying in the woods ; lying near the
Towne over the North Brook so called.
4. Three score acres of land in the woods—bounded by marked
trees, adjoining part of the land of Saml, Hayes, and Ensign John
Beldin, above Chesnut Hill.
5. Salt marsh meadow, 2 Acres, bounded E. by the cove, & N.
& N.W. by the bank of upland. S. b}-- a fence and a small creek
near John Bouton's meadow.
5. Three Hundred pounds right in commonage.