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Having effected a division of land in Cohasset, families soon began to settle away from the mother town of Hingham, and after a prolonged period of government at arm's length, with all its attendant discomforts, the long, bitter struggle resolved itself into Cohasset's final separation from Hingham, and its development from a precinct into an independent township. HAVING EFFECTED A DIVISION OF LAND AND COHASIT FAMILIES SOON BEGAN TO SETTLE AWAY FROM THE MOTHER TOWN OF HINGHAM AND AFTER A PROLONGED PERIOD OF GOVERNMENT AT ARM'S LENGTH WITH ALL ITS ATTENDANT DISCOMFORTS THE LONG BITTER STRUGGLE RESOLVED ITSELF INTO COHASIS FINAL SEPARATION FROM HANGHAM AND ITS DEVELOPMENT FROM A PRECINCT INTO AN INDEPENDENT TOWNSHIP
ot, and half the commons which belong to said lot." And again, four years later, Henry Tuttle sold to John Fearing "what right he had to the Division of Conihassett Meadows." The first land to come under the measuring chain and wooden stake of surveyors was about the margin of Little Harbor about the middle of the seventeenth century. After that the rest of the township was not long in being parceled out. One of the curious methods of land division was in the Beechwood district. The apportionment seems to have had the characteristics of ribbon cake. Sections of differing desirability--to meet the demands of justice and natural conditions--were measured out in long strips, a mile long and twenty-five feet wide. Many an old stone wall marking this early grant is still to be seen in the woods. Could anything but the indomitable spirit of those English settlers and the strong feeling for land ownership have built walls of carted stone about enclosures a mile long and twenty-five feet wide?  ANY FALL BY LOT AND HALF THE COMMONS WHICH BELONG TO SAID LOT AND AGAIN FOUR YEARS LATER HENRY TUTTLE SOLD TO JOHN FEARING WHAT RIGHT HE HAD TO THE DIVISION OF CONAHASSET MEADOWS THE FIRST LAND TO COME UNDER THE MEASURING CHAIN AND WOODEN STAKE OF THE SURVEYORS WAS ABOUT THE MARGIN OF LITTLE HARBOR ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY AFTER THAT THE REST OF THE TOWNSHIP WAS NOT LONG IN BEING PARCELLED OUT ONE OF THE CURIOUS METHODS OF LAND DIVISION WAS IN THE BEECH WOOD DISTRICT THE APPORTIONMENT SEEMS TO HAVE HAD THE CHARACTERISTICS OF RIBBON CAKE SECTIONS OF DIFFERING DESIRABILITY TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF JUSTICE AND NATURAL CONDITIONS WERE MEASURED OUT IN LONG STRIPS A MILE LONG AND TWENTY FIVE FEET WIDE MANY AN OLD STONE WALL MARKING THIS EARLY GRANT IS STILL TO BE SEEN IN THE WOODS COULD ANYTHING BUT THE INDOMITABLE SPIRIT OF THOSE ENGLISH SETTLERS AND THE STRONG FEELING FOR LANDOWNERSHIP HAVE BUILT WALLS OF CARDED STONE ABOUT ENCLOSURES A MILE LONG AND TWENTY FIVE FEET WIDE
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