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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." 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
comparison with the old maps and surveying figures, we find that many acres, now covered with the water of Little Harbor and lying within the sandbar at Pleasant Beach, are counted as old grazing-lands. These, with the sweep of what is now the "Glades," furnished abundant pasturage for neighboring cattle and brought the Hingham settlers quickly to Cohasset meadows. Thus it happens that the first history of Cohasset is the history of this common pasturage--"Commons," as it was known in the old histories. Although 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. ER BORDERS BY COMPARISON WITH THE OLD MAPS AND SURVEYING FIGURES WE FIND THAT MANY ACRES NOW COVERED WITH THE WATER OF A LITTLE HARBOUR AND LYING WITHIN THE SAND BAR AT PLEASANT BEACH ARE COUNTED AS OLD GRAZING LANDS THESE WITH THE SWEEP OF WHAT IS NOW THE GLADES FURNISH ABUNDANT PASTURAGE FOR NEIGHBORING CATTLE AND BROUGHT THE HINGHAM SETTLERS QUICKLY TO COHASSACK MEADOWS THUS IT HAPPENS THAT THE FIRST HISTORY OF COHASSACK IS THE HISTORY OF THIS COMMON PASTURAGE COMMENTS AS IT WAS KNOWN IN THE OLD HISTORIES 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
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