File:Thomas Kilham's 1696 Timber Grant.tif
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English: Wenham Town Clerk’s record of the 1696 timber grant to Thomas Kilham, providing lumber apparently for construction of his house. The town clerk's records from this period are available on microfilm at the Massachusetts State Archives. The grant to Kilham was made March 6, 1695/1696, and appears in the middle of the left-hand page:
Att a meeting of the Select men
March: the 6th 1695/6
Libertey granted to Lt Fiske to gitt Six pine Trees for board & Shingle & two hemlock Trees for planke.
To Samuel Fiske Taylor libertey to gitt Six Trees for board & pine Timber anuf to make three thousand of Shingles
To Thomas Kellum libertey to gitt pine timber anuff to make seven hundred of boards - - - ”
A transcription of the grant appears in Wenham Historical Society, Wenham Town Records, 1642–1706 (Salem, MA: Newcomb & Gauss, 1930), 130. |
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| Source | Wenham, Massachusetts Town Clerk |
| Author | Unknown author |
Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
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