It’s still about the apples for Mary Rice in late 18th century Massachusetts. That’s fortunate because her insistence on keeping the fruit of her apples for the duration of her natural life left me with with a genealogical clue that did not require too much peeling. The apples are mentioned in two deeds recorded consecutively […]

The 1788 deed from Jonathan and Jamime Puffer and Matthias  and Mary Rice to Luke Brooks for eight acres in Stow, Massachusetts, was not one that I simply stumbled upon. I was trying to determine if the Mary Brown who married Matthias Rice in 1773 was the same one who was the widow of Ephraim Puffer […]

On 1 July 1788 Jonathan and Jamime Puffer, along with Matthias Rice and Mary Rice, deeded eight acres in Stow, Massachusetts, to Luke Brooks. Like most deeds during this time and place, a metes and bounds description of the property is included. There’s an interesting phrase after the description of the property’s location: Reserving to […]