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Original Lot 74
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The line of ownership began with Capt. Ozias Brainard, an early settler, who arrived here in ____ and died soon after in about 1822.
His 60 acres of property were carved up into six long (north to south) lots, each going to one of his daughters. From west to east they were:
- 47 acres - to Rebecca and Mariam Brainard
- 16 acres - to Elizabeth Brainard (wife of Moses Fish)
- 23 acres - to Delila Brainard
- 23 acres - also to Elizabeth and Moses Fish
- 23 acres - to Jemima Brainard (wife of Abel Abel)
- 26 acres - to Anna Brainard (wife of Asahel Matthews)