THE FIRST HOMES. 



i6- 



nd 



($2.50), and called by politeness "a horse," might have 

 carried its owner once a week to the Hingham settlement, 

 but its journey to the grave must have followed shortly 

 its young master. 



It maybe an abuse of the word "home" to call such 

 a bachelor den one of the first Cohasset homes. There 

 were no doubt better specimens contemporaneous with 

 this, whose owners did not happen to die at that time, and 

 so the detailed inventory of them escaped being perpetu- 

 ated in the probate records. 



Seven years later than this, Cornelius Canterbury died, 

 and his home was appraised as follows : — 



Nov. 23, 1683. £ s. d. 



Dwelling house and land at Cohassett . 

 I lot in first division upland 20^ i lot 



div. \2£ 



I lot* in 2nd division upland .... 



l\ acres of meadow at Cohassett 



12 Swine 8^ 2 beds & bedding 5,;^ . . 



1 chest & linen 335-. pewter, brass, tin & Earthen 



ware 255 



2 Frying pans 5^-. corn & provision 5^ . . . 

 4 chairs & wooden dishes 7^^. 2 guns 40^'. . 

 2 axes I spade 2 hoes 1 1^-. Leather & deer skins %s 



I bill hook & old iron 7^- 



I years time in an Indian servant .... 

 In barrels and lumber at Cohassett .... 

 I iron crow %s. i crosscut saw ds 



Total 190. 5. o. 



Here was the home of a cooper, the trade which most 

 of all characterized the Hingham settlers. He was so 

 industrious and thrifty that he had two dwellings, one at 

 the Hingham settlement and one in Cohasset. Just where 

 the latter was cannot be ascertained with certainty. 



Canterbury Street, that runs out of Hull Street at Lam- 



* Is this a mistake, or did he own two lots in the Second Division? 



