The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American RevolutionStark, James Henry
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The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American Revolution
Stark, James Henry
American loyalists -- Massachusetts; Massachusetts -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783
The following list of estates belonging to Thomas Hutchinson situated
at, and near Boston, taken from him under the Conspiracy and
Confiscation Acts comprises nineteen parcels of land. The state
received for them £98,121, 4s or about $490,000. His mansion house on
the corner of Fleet and Hanover Streets brought £33,500. The Governor
owned other valuable real estate in Rhode Island and other parts of
Massachusetts, particularly in that part now the State of Maine. He was
probably the wealthiest person in the state of Massachusetts at the
commencement of the Revolutionary War. The author is indebted to the
late John T. Hassam, A. M., for the list of Confiscated Estates in
Suffolk County contained in this work, giving the name of the purchaser
at the sale, the Lib. and folio of the record and a brief description of
the confiscated estates. It was originally printed in the proceedings of
the Mass. His. Soc. for May, 1895.
LIST OF GOVERNOR HUTCHINSON'S CONFISCATED ESTATES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY AND
TO WHOM SOLD.
To Joseph Veasey, Dec. 27, 1779; Lib. 131, fol. 21; Land and
dwelling-house in Boston, Fish St. W., land purchased by Thomas
Stephenson N.; passageway E; heirs of William Graves S.
To Samuel Broome, July 24, 1780, Lib. 131, fol. 233; Land, 43 A. 2
qr. 34 r., in Milton, a back lane E., Mr. Ivers and Milton River
N., Stephen Badcock and a brook N.W.; lane to Stephen Badcock S.W.;
road to Milton meeting-house S.E.----Land, 33 A. 1 r., mansion
house and barn in Milton road to Braintree E., heirs of William
Badcock S.E. and S.W., road to Milton meeting-house N.W.----14 A. 3
qr. 3 r. in Milton, road to Braintree S.W., Robert Williams S.E.;
heirs of William Badcock N., Milton River N.E.----Woodland, 48 A. 1
qr. 9 r., in Milton, road by Moses Glover's N.W.; Braintree town
line S.E.; John Bois S.W.; John Sprague N.E.----Tillage land, 17 A.
2 qr. 27 r., and salt marsh, 16 A. 14 r. adjoining, in Dorchester,
lower road from Milton bridge to Dorchester meeting-house W.;
Hopestill Leeds N.E.; John Capen and others E.; Amariah Blake and
the river N., Ebenezer Swift, Daniel Vose and a creek S.----Salt
marsh, 2 A. 3 qr. 9 r., near the Hummucks in Dorchester, Levi
Rounsavel N.; Robert Swan and Madam Belcher S., the river
W.----Salt marsh, 7 A., in Dorchester, Billings Creek S. and W.;
Robert Spurr N.; Henry Leadbetter S.E. and E.----One undivided
third of 8 A. salt marsh in Dorchester, held in common with Timothy
Tucker and Joseph Tucker. Billings Creek S.; Nathan Ford
W.----Woodland, 33 1-2 A. 9 r. in Braintree.
To John Hotty. Aug 8, 1780, Lib. 131, 161, fol. 247; Land and
dwelling-house in Boston, Fish St. W., land purchased by Parsons
and Sargeant N.; passageways E. and S.
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