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Where Barton street is now was a lot of four acres 

 conveyed by Robert Goodell to Francis Skerry, in 1653. 

 Francis Skerry left it to Henry Lunt, who conveyed it to 

 John Higginson, jr., in 1695. John Gardner conveyed 

 it to Lydia Barton, in 1811. By the depositions of 

 Nathaniel Felton and John Massey, recorded in our Reg- 

 istry, B. 11, L. 254, it appears that this was originally 

 two two-acre lots, on which lived Robert Goodell and 

 Peter Woolfe. 



Next north-east of this, and including where Osgood's 

 wharf is, was a lot of three and a half acres, which was 

 owned by Jeifry Massey, in 1653, and on which Capt. 

 Thomas Lothrop had previously lived, as appears by the 

 depositions of Samuel Ebourne, Nathaniel Felton and 

 John Massey (See Registry, B. 21, L. 251). John 

 Massey conveyed it to Philip Cromwell, in 1680. The 

 heirs of John Cromwell sold it to Benjamin Gerrish, in 

 1700, and his heirs to Samuel Carlton, in 1736. 



Next north-east was a lot of about four acres, which 

 extended nearly to where Osgood street is now. This 

 was owned by Gervais Garford, and is one of the few lots 

 in Salem which we can trace back to the original grant. 

 The town granted to him and his daughter, Mrs. Ann 

 Turland, Dec. 7, 1635, each "a two-acre lot upon the 

 north side of [Burley's] Cove," "both abutting upon 

 Michael Sallowes an4*James Smyth's lots, provided they 

 both build upon them and soe be ready to sell his 

 house in the towne." This language would seem to in- 

 dicate that the locality was at that time considered as 

 being "out of town." The lots of Sallowes and Smith 

 were, as already stated, on the other side of the ferry 

 lane, and north-east of Robbins lane. Garford sold his 

 lot, with three acres of marsh adjoining, to Henry Bar- 

 tholomew, in 1650, and he assigned it to John Browne, in 



