Acton Memorial Library


Acton Memorial Library

Early Town Records of Acton, Massachusetts

File/page number: 074

1748 March 7
Town meeting (continued from previous page)
1747/8 February 20 Laying out of road way

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  parts of Said town beginning at a grey oak near the path that leads from the Rev mr Swifts to mr Barkers from Said oak to the meeting house voted on the affirmative also propounded whether the town will accept of a return of a way laid out by the Select men from Said Grey oak to the meeting house voted on the affirmative
6 it was propounded whether the town will discontinue a peace of the way that leads from mr Stephen Tarrs to Concord beginning at the Northerly side of a pond hole in the land of Samuel Hayward so through Said Haywards new field till it comes to the Lane at Timothy Brooks field and accept of a three rod way laid out by the Select men at white oak tree marked near Said pond hole so as the way now goes to a grey oak and from thence to the lane above Said voted on the affirmative
7 it was propounded whether the town will give mr David Brooks and mr Timothy Brooks Liberty to build a horse stable on the town lands at the westerly end of the meeting voted on the affirmative
8 it was propounded whether the town will accept of the men whose names the Select men have taken down to serve on the pette jury at the Inferior Courts as they shall be called for from time to time voted on the affirmative
9 it was propounded whether the town will agree to seat several persons that have come into town since the meeting house was seated and then it was propounded whether the Select men be Committe to seat those persons voted on the affirmative
10 it was propounded whether the swine shall run at large this present year voted on the affirmative and then the meeting was dismist

Acton February ye 20: 1747/8
Then we the Subscribers laid out a high way to accomodate the southwest part of Said town beginning at a grey oak near the path that leads from the Rev mr Swifts to mr Barkers through land of mr Benjamin Neals and others to a grey oak tree marked so running between the land of the Rev mr Swift and mr Cragin to a small walnut and then running to a grey oak tree then to a white oak and then to a white oak and then to a grey oak and then streight to the meeting house the same to be three rods wide and the markers are on the Northerly side of Said way and the Select men that laid out this way was
  Jonathan Hosmer
  Samuel Davies
  Phinehas Osgood

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