I02 FACTS RELATING TO GROTON, MASSACHUSETTS. 



had land granted to him in December, 1664; and since that time 



the family name has been not uncommon in the neighborhood. 



Samuel A. Green. 

 Groton, Mass. 



" The New England Historical and Genealogical Register " (LVII. 109, no) 

 for January, 1903. 



In Groton, 30th ult. Louisa, widow of Eleazer Green, 81. 

 " Boston Daily Advertiser," October 11, 1843. 



She was the youngest child of Jacob and Rebecca (Law- 

 rence) Blanchard, of Groton, where she was born on April 

 29, 1762. Her Christian name, however, was Lucy, and not 

 Louisa. On April 6, 1778, she was married to Mr. Green, 

 who had served in the army at different times during the 

 Revolution. In my very early boyhood I remember her 

 as living in the old Richardson tavern, after it had been 

 given up as a public house, when she was supported by a 

 small pension received from the Government for her hus- 

 band's services during the war. 



CULTIVATION OF HOPS. 



Eighty years ago Groton was the center of a large hop- 

 growing industry. At that period hops were raised very 

 generally by the farmers of the neighborhood, and they 

 formed an important item in the business of the town ; but 

 this condition of things is now wholly changed. An interest- 

 ing paper on the subject, written by Governor Boutwell, ap- 

 pears in Volume I of this work (p. 65). 



I am led to write these lines from the fact that fourteen 

 years ago a record- book came into my possession, which had 

 been kept by the Massachusetts Hop Company, an organiza- 

 tion that had its headquarters at Groton, though its life was 

 short. There may be a few persons now who will remember 

 such a Company. The records, herewith printed, show the 

 embers of an industry which at one time was important to 



