DIVIDING THE LAND. 



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came their two deputies of the General Court, Captain 

 Joshua Hobart with eighteen shares, and Ensign John 

 Thaxter with sixteen and a half shares. 



The least of all was the one solitary share of Clement 

 Bates * (Junior). 



They did not vote away all their shares on that day, 

 only 688>^, leaving eleven and one half shares to be given 

 to any that may have been overlooked or underestimated.! 



* According to the Hingham Genealogy there was no Clement (Junior) of the 

 Hingham Bates at that time. He might have been a nephew of Clement, Senior, 

 from Weymouth, living in Hingham, or possibly the Genealogy may be in error. 



t Shares granted January 17, 1669 : — 



