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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. 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
nship 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? 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. HE 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 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
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