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Historical Petersham deeds

• HF-ID: HF1868-01
• Category: Research Files
• Creator:
  • Raup, Hugh M.

• Date: 1763 to 1868
• Location: Petersham MA
• Media: Paper
• Contents:
  • Original historical documents. 1 oversized file folder.

• Keywords: petersham history
• Abstract:
  • A collection of historical deeds, a tax bill and a land plan. Some of the deeds are registered in the Worcester County Register of Deeds.
  
  
  • 1763 Deed – John Warden to Jonas Carruth, 78 acres in Petersham (registered in Worcester County Register of Deeds Book 48, page 538).
  
  
  • 1772 Deed - Jonah Clark to Jonas Carruth, a tract of land in the southerly part of Petersham.
  
  
  • 1779 Tax Bill to Jonas Carruth.
  
  
  • 1781 Deed – John Carruth to Jonas Carruth, 22 acres and eighty rods in the southerly part of Petersham (registered in Worcester County Register of Deeds Book 117, page 153).
  
  
  • 1797 Deed – Samuel Bullard to Jonas Carruth, 16 acres in the southerly part of Petersham.
  
  
  • 1798 Deed – John Whitaker to Jonas Carruth, 29 acres in the south part of Petersham (registered in Worcester County Register of Deeds Book 136, page 566).
  
  
  • 1834 Deed - Daniel Bacon and Charles Lee to Charles Lee and James W. Jenkins, Jr., 52 acres in southeasterly part of Petersham (registered in Worcester County Register of Deeds Book 306, page 36).
  
  
  • 1834 Deed – Micajah Reed to Horatio F. Henry, 90 acres in southeasterly part of Petersham (registered in Worcester County Register of Deeds Book 303, page 111).
  
  
  • 1834 Deed – Samuel Lee 2nd to Micajah Reed, mills and millyard and land in southeasterly part of Petersham (registered in Worcester County Register of Deeds Book 303, page 112).
  
  
  • 1834 Deed – Micajah Reed to Seth Holden, Charles Lee and Daniel Bacon, 52 acres in southeasterly part of Petersham (registered in Worcester County Register of Deeds Book 304, page 53).
  
  
  • 1841 Deed – Calvin Bliss to Jesse Rogers, 60 acres in west part of Petersham (registered in Worcester County Register of Deeds Book 380, page 444).
  
  
  • 1844 Deed – Elbridge G. Miles to James Jenkins, half of estate in Petersham (registered in Worcester County Register of Deeds Book 392, page 284).
  
  
  • 1853 Plan - Jonas Carruth Heirs to Fields Holden, 121 acres in Petersham.
  
  
  • 1868 Deed – Nathan Taylor to James W. Jenkins, 5 acres of sprout land in the southerly part of Petersham (registered in Worcester County Register of Deeds Book 766, page 246).

• Archives Location: Map Room, stack 5, drawer 13
• Access: Active
• Provenance: Given to H. M. Raup by M. Fiske, date unknown.