176 HISTORY OF COHASSET. 



Chairs 15 J', pewter 34^. 6^^. Brass 42 i-. Iron jQ s. d. 



& Earthenware & Glass 93 j 9. 04. 06 



Woodenware 18^-. tubs &c 27J. bd. brls of 



Cider 5 9^-. Cupboard 4^'. chests 27 j. . 6. 11. 06 



Tables I 8j. 2 spinning wheels 8j. books 15^. 2. i. o 



Tools, horse & timber chains, steelyards, barrel 



of gun &c 8. 7. 6 



Saddle & bridle 255-. bags 2S. 6d. Cartwheels 



40^'. looking glass 15^ 4. 2. 6 



3 Cows 3 Calves ;C2>2> 2 Cattle jQS> 2 Swine 



70i-. Provisions in house ;^5 .... 49. 10. o 

 Home lands ^1200 Second pt of 3rd Div. 



;^i20 1320. o. o 



Lands in the Second Division 45. o. o 



Will proved Mch 9, 1736. 1484. 17. o 



Appraisers Joshua Bates 



John Jacobs 

 Benjamin Lincoln. 



One can hardly suppress a comment upon so interesting 

 an inventory. The "books" on the list may have given 

 the first literary inspiration of that crippled son, and so 

 may deserve perpetual honor ; for this is the only instance 

 noted where books found a place in the early inventories. 



The "two spinning wheels" shared in the prevailing 

 energy of that household, and must have been set whizzing 

 many a day while the daughters of Aaron Pratt held the 

 rolls of wool to the spindle, making yarn from the fleeces 

 of Cohasset sheep to clothe Cohasset farmers. 



It is doubtful if any other household accomplished so 

 much of the ordinary business of living as did this family 

 near the summit of South Main Street. 



Another family of smaller proportions (only twelve chil- 

 dren), but of great vigor, is yet to be mentioned, that of 

 Ibrook Tower, the progenitor of scores of the present 

 inhabitants of the town. 



