The 1627 Division of Cattle

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1 The 1627 Division of Cattle 1. The first lot fell to Francis Cooke and his company joined to him, his wife Hester Cooke. 3. John Cooke 4. Jacob Cooke To this lot fell the least of the 4 black heifers 5. Jane Cooke came in the Jacob, and two she goats. 6. Hester Cooke 7. Mary Cooke 8. Moses Simonson 9. Philip Delano 10. Experience Mitchell 11. John Faunce 12. Joshua Pratt 13. Phineas Pratt 2. The second lot fell to Mr. Isaac Allerton and his company joined to him his wife Fear Allerton. 3. Bartholomew Allerton 4. Remember Allerton To this lot fell the Great Black cow came in the 5. Mary Allerton Anne to which they must keep the lesser of the two 6. Sarah Allerton steers, and two she goats. 7. Godbert Godbertson 8. Sarah Godbertson 9. Samuel Godbertson 10. Mary Priest 11. Sarah Priest 12. Edward Bumpass 13. John Crackston 3. The third lot fell to Capt. Standish and his company joined to him 2. his wife Barbara Standish 3. Charles Standish To this lot fell the Red Cow which belogeth to 4. Alexander Standish the poor of the Colony to which they must keep 5. John Standish her calf of this year being a bull for the Company. 6. Edward Winslow Also to this lot came two she goats. 7. Susanna Winslow 8. Edward Winslow 9. John Winslow 10. Resolved White 11. Peregrine White 12. Abraham Pierce 13. Thomas Clarke 998

2 4. The fourth lot fell to John Howland and his company joined to him 2. his wife Elizabeth Howland 3. John Howland Junior To this lot fell one of the 4 heifers came in the 4. Desire Howland Jacob called Raghorn. 5. William Wight 6. Thomas Morton Junior 7. John Alden 8. Priscilla Alden 9. Elizabeth Alden 10. Clement Briggs 11. Edward Doty 12. Edward Holman 13. John Alden 5. The fifth lot fell to Mr. William Brewster and his company joined to him. 2. Love Brewster 3. Wrestling Brewster To this lot fell one of the four heifers came in 4. Richard More the Jacob called the Blind Heifer and 2 she goats. 5. Henry Sampson 6. Jonathan Brewster 7. Lucretia Brewster 8. William Brewster 9. Mary Brewster 10. Thomas Prence 11. Patience Prence 12. Rebecca Prence 13. Humility Cooper 6. The sixth lot fell to John Shaw and his company joined 1. to him 2. John Adams To this lot fell the lesser of the black cows 3. Eleanor Adams came in the Anne which they must keep the biggest 4. James Adams of the 2 steers. And to this lot was two she goats. 5. John Winslow 6. Mary Winslow 7. William Bassett 8. Elizabeth Bassett 9. William Bassett Junior 10. Elizabeth Bassett Junior 11. Francis Sprague 12. Anna Sprague 13. Mercy Sprague 999

3 7. The seventh lot fell to Stephen Hopkins and his company joined to 2. him his wife Elizabeth Hopkins 3. Giles Hopkins To this lot fell a black weining calf to which 4. Caleb Hopkins was added the calf of this year to come of the 5. Deborah Hopkins black cow, which fell to John Shaw and his 6. Nicholas Snow company, which proving a bull they were to keep 7. Constance Snow it ungelt 5 years for common use and after to make 8. William Palmer their best of it. Nothing belongeth of these two, 9. Frances Palmer for the company of the first stock: but only half the 10. William Palmer Junior increase. 11. John Billington Senior To this lot there fell two she goats: which goats 12. Helen Billington they possess on the like terms which others do 13. Francis Billington their cattle. 8. The eighth lot fell to Samuel Fuller and his company joined to him his wife 2. Bridget Fuller 3. Samuel Fuller Junior To this lot fell a Red Heifer came of the cow 4. Peter Brown which belongeth to the poor of the colony and so is 5. Martha Brown of that consideration. (viz) these persons 6. Mary Brown nominated, to have half increase, the other half, 7. John Ford with the old stock, to remain for the use of the 8. Martha Ford poor. 9. Anthony Annable To this lot also two she goats. 10. Jane Annable 11. Sarah Annable 12. Hannah Annable 13. Thomas Morton Senior 13. Damaris Hopkins 9. The ninth lot fell to Richard Warren and his company joined with 2. him his wife Elizabeth Warren 3. Nathaniel Warren To this lot fell one of the 4 black heifers that 4. Joseph Warren came in the Jacob called the Smooth-horned 5. Mary Warren Heifer and two she goats. 6. Anna Warren 7. Sarah Warren 8. Elizabeth Warren 9. Abigail Warren 10. John Billington 11. George Soule 12. Mary Soule 13. Zachariah Soule 1000

4 10. The tenth lot fell to Francis Eaton and those joined with him his 2. wife Christian Eaton 3. Samuel Eaton To this lot fell an heifer of the last year called 4. Rachel Eaton the White-bellied Heifer and two she goats. 5. Stephen Tracey 6. Triphosa Tracey 7. Sarah Tracey 8. Rebecca Tracey 9. Ralph Wallen 10. Joyce Wallen 11. Sarah Morton 12. Edward Flood 12. Robert Hilton Bartlett 13. Thomas Prence 11. The eleventh lot fell to the Governor Mr. William Bradford and 2. those with him, to wit, his wife Alice Bradford and 3. William Bradford, junior To this lot fell an heifer of the last year 4. Mercy Bradford which was of the great white-back cow that 5. Joseph Rogers was brought over in the Anne, and two she 6. Thomas Cushman goats. 7. William Latham 8. Manasseh Kempton 9. Juliana Kempton 10. Nathaniel Morton 11. John Morton 12. Ephraim Morton 13. Patience Morton 12. The twelvth lot fell to John Jenny and his company joined to him, 2. his wife Sarah Jenny 3. Samuel Jenny To this lot fell the great white-backed cow 4. Abigail Jenny which was brought over with the first in the Anne, 5. Sarah Jenny to which cow the keeping of the bull was joined 6. Robert Hicks for these persons to provide for. Here also two she 7. Margaret Hicks goats. 8. Samuel Hicks 9. Ephraim Hicks 10. Lydia Hicks 11. Phoebe Hicks 12. Stephen Deane 13. Edward Bangs 1001

5 1627, May the 22. It was farther agreed at the same Court: That if any of the cattle should by accident miscarry or be lost or hurt: that the same should be taken knowledge of by indifferent men: and judged whether the loss came by the negligence or default of those betrusted and if they were found faulty, that then such should be forced to make satisfaction for the companies, as also their partners damage. 1002