Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

32 GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES.
Lieutenant James Lewis and is now owned by F. W. Crocker.
Tlie next lot now owned by Frederick Cobb, on the
east of the Lane (called Cobb's lane) was laid out to Nath'l
Bacon. The eastern boundary of this lot corresponding
with the eastern boundary of his house lot on the north side
of the highway. Richard Foxwell's lots were next east,
four acres lying on each side of the road. The Bacons
bought this land early. A part of that bought of Foxwell
on the north side is yet owned by them, and a part by the
Agricultural society. The Foxwell land on the south of the
road is now owned by Joseph H. Hallet and James Otis.
Next east of the Foxwell land on the south of the road, was
the great lot of Elder Henry Cobb containing sixty acres.
It extended to the range of fence a little west of the present
dwelling house of Joseph Cobb. Henry Taylor owned two
acres at the north east comer of this lot. Next east of Elder
Cobb's great lot was the farm of Joshua Lumbard extendinoto
the range on the east of the house of Amos Otis, deceased,
and bounded east by the great lot of Rev. John Lothrop.
Joshua Lumbert, when he removed to South Sea, sold this
lot. The front was owned by Schoolmaster Lewis, and the
rear by Robert Shelly, who sold -to Samuel Norman. Mr.
Lothrop's great lot contained 45 acres, and extended to the
range of fence between the houses of Daniel Downes and
Joshua Thayer. This lot was sold by the heirs of Mr.
Lothrop to John Scudder, and he sold his house and six
acres of land to Stephen Davis, and the remainder of the
land to the Bacons. On the north side of the road the lot
next east of Foxwell's was Nicholas Davis' ; this land extended
to the eastern boundary of the Dimmock farm, which
is the range of fence between the houses of Charles Sturo-is
and Solomon Hinckley. From this point, the Dimmock
land was bounded 115 rods on the south by the highway to
the turn in the road east of the house of William W. Stur-
gis. The Dimmocks sold some of their laud very early.
Nicholas Davis bought six acres at the west end and which
was a part of the tracts which his administrator sold to John
Bacon, but was afterwards transferred to his sister Mercy
and is now owned by her descendants Solomon Hinckley
and Lot N. Otis. Four acres on the east of the last named
lot were bought by Henry Taylor, and by him sold in 1659
to Nath'l Bacon. John Scudder bought six acres of the