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Original Lot 74
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1815
The line of ownership began with Capt. Ozias Brainard, an early settler, who arrived here in ____ and died soon after in about 1822. He purchased Lot 74 in 1815 from Richard Lord.
1823
Upon his death, his 160 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)
1831
48 acres of the eastern part of Lot 74 were sold to Alexander Ingham (Ingraham). His wife Lydia, was sister to Ebenezer Fish and Moses Fish the owners of Lot 65, and to Abigail Fish, wife of Ebenezer Fish Jr., who was to eventually come to own this section.
1852
By 1852, the northwest corner was owned by Wesley and Elizabeth (Foster) Trowbridge. Elizabeth was the daughter of Daniel C. Foster. The middle north section was owned by Leonard Gurley Foster (son of Ebenezer Foster Jr.). The northeast corner was owned by Ebenezer Foster Jr. and his son George N. Foster. Then the southern half of Lot 74 was owned (from west to east) by:
- Leonard C. Pixley
- Edwin H. Foster (son of Ebenezer Foster Jr.)
- Foster & Gates (Edwin H. Foster and _____ Gates)
- Miriam Eldridge (daughter of Seth and Deliliah Brainard)
- Gates, Curtis, & Foster (_____ Gates, ______ Curtis, and Daniel Foster)
- Daniel Foster (brother of Ebenezer Foster Jr.)
