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One of the curious methods of land division was in the Beechwood district. The apportionment seems to have had the characteristics of ribbon cake. 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
hough Hingham was early divided up among the pioneers, the marshes were kept undivided for the use of the whole settlement. As a record of 1650 puts it: "It was ordered that any townsman shall have the liberty to put swine to Conohasset without yokes or rings, upon the town's common land." But the Massachusetts Bay Colony was hard-headed as well as pious, and several naïve hints creep into the early records of sharers of the Commons who were shrewdly eyeing the salt land of Cohasset. A real estate transfer of 1640 has this potential flavor: "Half the lot at Conehasset, if 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 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. ES ALTHOUGH HINGHAM WAS EARLY DIVIDED AMONG THE PIONEERS THE MARSHES WERE KEPT UNDIVIDED FOR THE USE OF THE WHOLE SETTLEMENT AS A RECORD OF SIXTEEN FIFTY PUTS IT IT WAS ORDERED THAT ANY TOWNSMAN SHALL HAVE LIBERTY TO PUT SWINE TO CAHAASSET WITHOUT YOKES OR RINGS UPON THE TOWN'S COMMON LAND BUT THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY WAS HARD HEADED AS WELL AS PIOUS AND SEVERAL NAIVE HINTS CREEP INTO THE EARLY RECORDS OF THE SHARES OF THE COMMONS WHO WERE SHREWDLY EYEING THE SALT LAND OF COHASSET A REAL ESTATE TRANSFER OF SIXTEEN FORTY HAS THIS POTENTIAL FLAVOR HALF THE LOT AT COHAASSET IF 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
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