6 Highland Street circa 1851.
1851 Michael Welch house (bootmaker) and Patrick's brother
(4 Highland St)
6/17/1847 Norfolk County Deed: 174:97
Josiah
Bullard, stablekeeper to George Blake, blacksmith, 104 rods, 13 rods deep by 8 wide, no building listed “same land which
was conveyed by Amos Shumway to said Bullard by deed” “said piece of land being encloses with walls on all sides
except next to said road” $130.
4/15/1850 Norfolk County Deed: 199:25
George
Black, blacksmith to Liberty Rawson, bootmaker, 104 rods, no building listed “same as conveyed to George Blake by Josiah
Bullard by deed dated 6/17/1847” $150.
1/07/1851 Norfolk County Deed: 199:26
Liberty
Rawson, bootmaker To Michael Welch, bootmaker, 104 rods, no building listed “same as conveyed to George Blake by Josiah
Bullard by deed dated 6/17/1847 $160.
According to the 1850 Census, there were 7 people in the Michael Welch
household: Michael 29 years, Mary 27, and Ann 12, all born in Ireland. Also Patrick 26, Celia 25, and John 1 year
old, all born in Ireland. The seventh person was Mary A Glancy, 16 years old born in Nova Scotia.
The 1860 census lists 7 more boot makers from Ireland in the Michael Welch household.
10/21/1852 Norfolk County Deed: 213:170
Michael
Welch, bootmaker to Patrick Welch, bootmaker, “1/2 land conveyed by Liberty Rawson” “52 rods with ½ well
rights”, 13 rods deep by 4 wide “on which Patrick has erected a dwelling house” (4 Highland) “$80.75”
By 1863, John and Mary Tevlin owned 4 and 6 Highland.
In 1870, after Mary Tevlin died, her estate (6 Highland) was sold at auction to pay
her debts. The estate consisted of ½ acre with dwelling house and shop, bounded north by Nathaniel Cutler (Row House)
and south by Sally Hixon. (Probate 17899)
