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to renew the ancient line between said eight mile and Titicut lands, upon which said Titicut lots were butted when first laid out, in order to bring it to record: because the Purchasers' ancient book of records before it came into our present Clerk's hands was in divers places defaced, broken and lost, so that the record of said line cannot be found.   Accordingly we did upon the 4th day of February, 1728-9, renew said ancient four mile line as followeth.   We took our departure from a heap of stones at a place called Wolf Trap Hill where Titicut way parts from Taunton road, which heap of stones was shewn us by Justice Edson and Dea. Fobes, being Proprietors on both sides, and avouched to be a station in the ancient four mile line, or line between said eight mile and two mile and known by them to be so for more than forty years past, it being the same line upon which we butted the said Titicut lands as above.   From said heap of stones we run West one degree, South forty-one rods to a great crotched white oak tree marked and numbered 4: thence West one degree, South 100 rods to a maple tree marked and numbered 4: thence West one degree, South 53 rods to a white oak sapling marked and numbered 4, near the little pond: thence West one degree, South one hundred and fifteen rods to a red oak tree marked and numbered 4 at the head of Leach's land: thence West one degree, South 53 rods to a horn pine tree marked and numbered 4, an ancient marked tree: thence West one degree, South 50 rods to a white pine stake standing by a black oak stump standing in Taunton Line marked and numbered 4.   Then we began again at the heap of stones first mentioned and run East one degree, North 85 rods to a maple tree marked and numbered 4: thence East one degree, North 73 rods to a white oak tree standing by the brook in the range of Samnel [sic] Leach's land marked and numbered 4 about a rod below a great rock in the brook: thence East one degree, North 83 rods to a rock between a white oak and walnut: thence East one degree, North to a swamp white oak tree marked and numbered 4 by Thomas Hayward's land: thence East one degree, North 121 rods to a white oak tree northward from Benja. Washburn's house marked and numbered 4: thence East one degree, North thirty-six rods to a red oak tree marked and numbered 4: thence East one degree, North 80 rods to a white oak tree marked

 

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