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The obscure little stream which to day lies between Scituate Harbor and Cohasset marks the line of two conflicting grants  the Plymouth Colony and the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In the early days of New England royal grants from the throne or patents from colonial councils in London were deemed necessary before settling in the wilderness. THE OBSCURE LITTLE STREAM WHICH TO DAY LIES BETWEEN SITUATE HARBOR AND COHASS IT MARKS THE LINE OF TWO CONFLICTING GRANTS THE PLYMOUTH COLONY AND THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY IN THE EARLY DAYS OF NEW ENGLAND ROYAL GRANTS FROM THE THRONE OR PATENTS FROM COLONIAL COUNCILS IN LONDON WERE DEEMED NECESSARY BEFORE SETTLING IN THE WILDERNESS
ods. 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? 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. While the marshes to the north were the cause of Cohasset being first visited, settled, and made into a township, yet the marshes to the south hold an even more vital historical interest. These southern marshes, bordering Bound Brook and stretching away to Bassing Beach, were visited by haymakers as were those to the north. But these haymakers did not come from the same township, nor were they under the same local government.  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 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 WHILE THE MARSHES TO THE NORTH WERE THE CAUSE OF COHASIT BEING FIRST VISITED SETTLED AND MADE INTO A TOWNSHIP YET THE MARSHES TO THE SOUTH HOLD AN EVEN MORE VITAL HISTORICAL INTEREST THESE SOUTHERN MARSHES BORDERING BOUND BROOK AND STRETCHING AWAY TO BASSING BEACH WERE VISITED BY HAY MAKERS AS WERE THOSE TO THE NORTH BUT THESE HAY MAKERS DID NOT COME FROM THE SAME TOWNSHIP NOR WERE THEY UNDER THE SAME LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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