Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES. 23
Dolar Davis who sold it to Abraham Blish in 1657, who
afterwards sold it to the Bacons.
Mr. Bacon owned sixteen acres of land in the old Common
Field, a name still retained and eleven acres in the new
Common Field.* He also owned the house lot and land
now owned by Frederick Cobb, containing twelve acres,
"bounded northerly by the highway, westerly by the road
running into ye woods, 80 rods, easterly by Goodman Foxwell."
Also four acres bought of Henry Taylor, "bounded
southerly by ye highway, northerly by Mr. Dimmock's
marsh, easterly partly by Mr. Dimmock and partly by John
Scudder's upland, westerly by Nicolas Davis."
In addition to these lots he owned thirty-two acres of land
and meadow at Cotuit, meadows in the mill pond and at
Sand}^ Neck, and other tracts of land and rights in the commons.
Mr. Bacon was a tanner and currier. He had vats in the
low grounds near his house. As there were other tanneries
in town, it is probable that he worked at his trade in the
winter and was employed in the cultivation of his lands the
remainder of the year. During the latter part of his life,
his public duties absorbed a large part of his time.
He built his house in the year 1642. It was taken down
about thirty-five years ago and the old oak timber was as
sound and as hard as when cut from the forest. It was two
stories high, and built in the style then common. It was
about 22 feet in the front and 26 feet in the rear. The
lower story was divided into three rooms. The front room
was 16 feet square, low in the walls with a large summer
beam across the centre overhead. The bedroom floor was
elevated two feet above the other floors to give more height
to the cellar under it. The kitchen was very small. The
second story, which was very low in the wall, was divided
into three rooms corresponding in size with those in the
lower story. The chimney was of stone, few if. any bricks
had then been made in the Colony. The fire place in the
*The Old Commou Field extended from Blushes Point to the west
Waterintc place, bounded north by the harbor, and south by the mill
pond. The name is a free translation of the Indian name Mattakeese
which means ''old" or "worn out planting lands." The new Common
Field extended from the V\est Watering place to the bounds of
Yarmouth, bounded norib by the harbor, and south by the County
R nqd. an d included the Indian reservation.