1713-1755 Town Records Book 3 (typed transcription) (TC-53)

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Taken up By Jonathan Russell -of Lexington & Entred by ye Clerk 2tuary 13, 1720/21 a red & white stear Sopose to be corning in two years old with a half peny cut out of ye under side of ye right Ear Lexington Decernb 2: 1721 Ue the subscribers being appointed & sworn to the apprizall of a hefer taken up by John Come of Lexington: our opinion is that the worth of the heffer is thirty shilings her colter is part white & redd with a redd Spott onye nose ye neer Ear Cropped Gaming in two years old John Mason Joseph Estabrooke june Lexington December 2 1721 Taken up by Jonathan Russell of sd Lexington a brown heffer with a peac cut of her left ear sopose to be coming in three years old Lexington December 10,1722 Taken up & Strayed by Ben ja : tVellington of sd Lexington a Brown Stear Coming in two years old with a little white under the throat and a half peny cut out of the under side of the neer ear, which stear was priked by Thomas Cutler & amos Richardson both of Lexington being first Sworn at L 1 -s05 -d00 Lexington December 18: 1727 taken up Strayes By George munro e of * Lexingt on a small mare of ' a Black color Branded on ye Left Sho Canot be des- sind what ye Brand (5) August ye 17th 1714 We ye subscribers being Chose Committees by ye Towns of Cambridge and Lexington to settle and fix ye Line between ye sd Towns have have setled ye sd line as, followeth viz begining at the north- easterly at a Rock about 24 foot Easterly from ye Run of water or Bridge which is on the Souther- ly side of Samll. Whitmores house which was Francis Whitmores Hous Mentioned in ye General Courts order Dated March ye 20th: 1712 which Rock is in the highway about 5 foot on the North East side of the path leading to Concrod thence to a Double white Oake In Edward 'Ninshipps Land Markt. C.L. ilea-tke$ee from thence keep an Northeasterly Cource as ye Nedle hangs with out any alowance for the Varyation of two pine trees on the westerly side of Mount Pilbo ye line Runs between them one Markt: with C ye other Markt with F from thence To a Black Oak on ye Northerly Side of sd Pilbo Mlarked with C.L & from thence across Keedy Meadow to a black oak on ye top of an Hill with a broken top Marked C L thence above 10 rods to a Small Black oak Marked C.L & from thence to an old blac Oak a bout Too Rods Short of Voborn Line Markt 0 F So to Wobor Line - - - - - And from thence Rock forementioned unto a. Rock about five Rods Souther- ly from the sd Bridge with a heap of Stones on it and a Small VTaLnut tree on ye North side of sd Rocke and so to an old red oak In Deacon Small Coopers land Marked C. F and thence to a small Black oak Marked 0 L on a Southwest Cource as ye Nedle of the Compass hands without any allowance for its Variation: and thence to a nother Small