1753 Survey Of Widow Abagail Bears' Land On The Hills Of Mount Moriah Stratford Connecticut

Land survey for the widow Abagail Bears on certain land on the Mount Moriah Hills bordered by land owned by the Curtiss’s and Halley surveyed by Daniel Porter and John Blacklach. February 13th, 1753. Near Stratford Connecticut.
Single sheet, toned with some light spotting, fold lines and normal period aging marks [see photos].

Reference: 206-160
Estimate: $50-$75
Measurements: 8.375 by 6.375 inches.

Additional information from: The History of the old town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport Connecticut. By Reverend Samuel Orcutt, Vol. 1. Published under the auspices of the Fairfield County Historical Society, 1893.

“Page 287. Local Names are mentioned in laying out highways in deeds of land, in wills, and divisions of land. “January 1691. Richard Blacklach hath a parcel of land in the woods at Ocquanquage, bounded on the south with the west sprain of the Farmill river…. etc.

In February 1691-2, Robert Bassett bought land on Turkey Hill at Coram; and the next June he had laid out 100 acres by way of division, lying in the woods on the east of the Paquannock river against Mount Moriah, bounded on the west with the sprain of Paquannock river that runs east of Rock-house Hill and a great plain on the east side of Paquannock river that lyeth southward the sprain of said river.”

Notes: Some tears, toning, and spotting. See images.

$50 - $75

8.375" x 0.001" x 6.375"

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