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The above house is located at 180 Main Street circa 1835.  It is the Alexander Grant house. 
 
11/4/1818       Suffolk County Deed: 38:34
Timothy Whiting of Medway, gentleman to Henry Cary of Boston, gentleman
..by the consideration of our Justices of our Supreme Judicial Court, held at Boston, to the sheriffs of our Counties of Suffolk and Norfolk
…..recovered judgment against Timothy Whiting of Medway, gentleman, for the sum of $4413.33 damages, and 36.53 cost of suit
….We commend you therefore …..that of the goods, chattels, or lands of the said Whiting, you cause to be paid and satisfied unto the said Cary.
 
11/4/1818         Norfolk County Deed: 57:117,118
Thomas Cary, Attorney at Law to Malachi Bullard of Medway, gentleman 9 acres pasture land in West Medway $387. Part of judgment against Timothy Whiting at the Supreme Judicial Court, Boston, 1810.
 
3/6/1827        Norfolk County Deed: 81:181
Malachi Bullard to Simeon Fuller 9.5 acres with dwelling house, barn, store, and shed
 
5/13/1833        Norfolk County Deed: 100:199
Simeon Fuller to Benjamin Ward
, farmer and his wife Nancy, who built a dwelling house (182 Main) there as shown in the mortgage document from the Norfolk Mutual Fire Insurance Company (1834).
 
12/16/1834    Norfolk Country Deed:  104:315R
Benjamin Ward to Alexander Grant, cordwainer 27 rods with west half of cellar hole east of Wards house lot.
 
12/16/1834     Norfolk Country Deed:  104:315L
Benjamin Ward to Willard Daniels, boot manufacturer 27 rods with east half of cellar hole.
 
01/27/1835     Norfolk Country Deed:  106:61
Alexander Grant to Willard Daniels “same tract conveyed to grantor by Ward…27 rods with the buildings thereon…to stake and stones directly opposite the center of the dwelling house now occupied by the grantor and grantee thence northerly through the center of the house”
 
11/25/1871    Norfolk Country Deed:  416:238
Willard Daniels to Leander S Daniels, bootmaker Tract of land with buildings thereon.  Willard sold the house to his son Leander who would inherit his fathers boot factory on Mechanic Street.

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The Benjamin Ward house circa 1834 is located at 182 Main St.  In 1833, Simeon Fuller sold 172 rods (1 acre+) to Benjamin Ward, farmer and his wife Nancy, who built a dwelling house (182 Main) there as shown in the mortgage document from the Norfolk Mutual Fire Insurance Company (1834).
 
11/4/1818       Suffolk County Deed: 38:34
Timothy Whiting of Medway, gentleman to Henry Cary of Boston, gentleman
.....by the consideration of our Justices of our Supreme Judicial Court, held at Boston,
to the sheriffs of our Counties of Suffolk and Norfolk
…..recovered judgment against Timothy Whiting of Medway, gentleman, for the sum of $4413.33 damages, and $36.53 cost of suit
….We commend you therefore …..that of the goods, chattels, or lands of the said Whiting, you cause to be paid and satisfied unto the said Cary.
 
11/4/1818       Norfolk County Deed: 57:117,118
Thomas Cary, Attorney at Law to Malachi Bullard of Medway, gentleman 9 acres pasture land in West Medway $387.
Part of judgment against Timothy Whiting at the Supreme Judicial Court, Boston, 1810.
3/6/1827       Norfolk County Deed: 81:181
Malachi Bullard to Simeon Fuller 9.5 acres with dwelling house, barn, store, and shed.
 
5/13/1833        Norfolk County Deed: 100:199
Simeon Fuller to Benjamin Ward, 1 acre and 12 rods. No building listed.
 
7-01-1834         Norfolk County Deed: 104:107
Mortgage; Benjamin Ward to Norfolk Mutual Fire Insurance Company. “½ acre with buildings thereon…estate on which I now reside”
 
7-01-1847         Norfolk County Deed: 174:97
Benjamin Ward bootmaker to George Blake blacksmith. $1600. ½ acre lot with dwelling house and outbuildings “…start at SE corner of Nathan Ponds house lot on Turnpike, run north on Ponds land to land of Partridge and Slocum, east by Partridge and Slocum’s land to Willard Daniels House lot, then south on Daniels land to Turnpike, then west on Turnpike to first mentioned…”
 
4/10/1850         Norfolk County Deed: 195:82
George Blake, blacksmith to Moses Thompson, yeoman $1400.  ½ acre with all the buildings thereon with Ponds lot to the west, and Williard Daniels to the east
 
4-22-1859         Norfolk County Deed: 277:70
Moses E Thompson Heirs to Albert E and Sarah J Bullard, 86 rods with buildings thereon $1500.
 

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184 Main Street the Simeon Clark House circa 1832.
 
11/4/1818      Suffolk County Deed: 38:34
Timothy Whiting of Medway, gentleman to Henry Cary of Boston, gentleman by the consideration of our Justices of our Supreme Judicial Court, held at Boston,
To the sheriffs of our Counties of Suffolk and Norfolk
…..recovered judgment against Timothy Whiting of Medway, gentleman, for the sum of $4413.33 damages, and 36.53 cost of suit
….We commend you therefore …..that of the goods, chattels, or lands of the said Whiting, you cause to be paid and satisfied unto the said Cary.
 
11/4/1818       Norfolk County Deed: 57:117,118
Thomas Cary, Attorney at Law to Malachi Bullard of Medway, gentleman 9 acres pasture land in West Medway $387. Part of judgment against Timothy Whiting at the Supreme Judicial Court, Boston, 1810
 
3/6/1827       Norfolk County Deed: 81:181
Malachi Bullard to Simeon Fuller 9.5 acres with dwelling house, barn, store, and shed
 
05/01/1832       Norfolk Country Deed: 100:148
Simeon Fuller, trader to Simeon Clark, cordwainer 80 rods.  “with a right and privilege to dig and lay lead pipe for the purpose of drawing water from the spring near the above described tract of land to the dwelling house which said Clark is about to build thereon”
 
04/28/1837      Norfolk County Deed: 116:27
Simeon Clark to Nathan C Pond, storekeeper 90 rods.  Small lot with a dwellinghouse.  Pond built a store west of his house 188 Main Street shown on (1858 map).
 
3-12-1860      Norfolk County Deed: 340:148
Nathan Pond to CH Deans.

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The Nathan C Pond house/store circa 1837 at 188 Main Street. 
 
11/4/1818      Suffolk County Deed: 38:34
Timothy Whiting of Medway, gentleman to Henry Cary of Boston, gentleman by the consideration of our Justices of our Supreme Judicial Court, held at Boston,
To the sheriffs of our Counties of Suffolk and Norfolk
…..recovered judgment against Timothy Whiting of Medway, gentleman, for the sum of $4413.33 damages, and 36.53 cost of suit
….We commend you therefore …..that of the goods, chattels, or lands of the said Whiting, you cause to be paid and satisfied unto the said Cary.
 
11/4/1818       Norfolk County Deed: 57:117,118
Thomas Cary, Attorney at Law to Malachi Bullard of Medway, gentleman 9 acres pasture land in West Medway $387. Part of judgment against Timothy Whiting at the Supreme Judicial Court, Boston, 1810
 
3/6/1827       Norfolk County Deed: 81:181
Malachi Bullard to Simeon Fuller 9.5 acres with dwelling house, barn, store, and shed
 
05/01/1832       Norfolk Country Deed: 100:148
Simeon Fuller, trader to Simeon Clark, cordwainer 80 rods.  “with a right and privilege to dig and lay lead pipe for the purpose of drawing water from the spring near the above described tract of land to the dwelling house which said Clark is about to build thereon”
 
04/28/1837      Norfolk County Deed: 116:27
Simeon Clark to Nathan C Pond, storekeeper 90 rods.  Small lot with a dwellinghouse.  Pond built a store west of his house 188 Main Street shown on (1858 map).

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190 Main Street Simeon Rockwood House circa 1836. 
 
07/14/1834    Norfolk County Deed:   108:281
Simon Fuller trader to Simeon Rockwood, cordwainer shoemaker)
52 rods. …with Fullers Tavern Barnyard to the west …with Fullers cartway to the east and Simeon Clarks house lot east of the cartway …reserving to Fuller and his heirs and assignees a right and privilege to lay down pipes to carry water from the spring in the above described premises, …same right to Simeon Clark….conveyed by deed of his house lot” $175.
 
08/19/1836    Norfolk County Deed:   112:152
Simeon Rockwood to Phillip S Sparrow, cordwainer $800. 26 rods.  “1/2 of my house lot”, west side of lot …on north side of Turnpike near Simeon Fullers Tavern Barnyard, …east to opposite center of house, then north through center of house to Fullers land, then west along Fullers land, hence south along Fullers barnyard to point first mentioned… includes westerly half of dwelling house, and whole of bedroom situated at the top of the stairs,….right to use ½ kitchen and ½ well.
…situated on the easterly half… reserving for myself the cellar on the west side, and right in common with Sparrow to pass through the front entry and stairs.
 
01/03/1837    Norfolk County Deed:   114:140
Simeon  Rockwood to Phillip S Sparrow, yeoman $600.  “1/2 of my house lot”, east side of lot.
 
05/02/1853    Norfolk County Deed:   250:120
Phillip S Sparrow to Lucius Pierce 52 rods with dwelling house $1700. West 5.5 rods from Simeon Fullers cartway.