52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2015 WEEK 32: CALEB COBURN PT3

Continuing my search for the name of Caleb Coburn's wife in the Middlesex Deed index (grantor) 1800-1835 A-G file at FamilySearch:

The second, later land sale made by Caleb was to a M. B. Colburn who is named in the sale as Moses Broadstreet Colburn. This was not Caleb's brother, who had moved to New Brunswick in the late 18th century, but another relative. The land sale is on two pages and starts on the bottom right on this image:  

"Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-36164-13038-57?cc=2106411&wc=MC1M-PT5:361613501,364639201 : accessed 4 September 2015), Middlesex > Deeds 1810-1811 vol 188-190 > image 749 of 821; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.

It continues on the upper left hand side of this image:

"Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-36164-13137-59?cc=2106411&wc=MC1M-PT5:361613501,364639201 : accessed 4 September 2015), Middlesex > Deeds 1810-1811 vol 188-190 > image 750 of 821; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.

Examining the document I noticed that it had originally been drawn up on 6May 1803 but
was not filed at the county courthouse until nearly 8 years later. Was this a case of Caleb
selling the land to Moses B Coburn on condition he  be allowed to live there until his death?

And of course. I looked to see if Caleb's wife had signed off on the sale:

"Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-36164-13137-59?cc=2106411&wc=MC1M-PT5:361613501,364639201 : accessed 4 September 2015), Middlesex > Deeds 1810-1811 vol 188-190 > image 750 of 821; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.

So in 1803 Caleb's wife was named Martha, but in 1810 her name is Patty? While it's possible
they could be two different women, it's more likely they are the same person. "Patty" was
a nickname for Martha in colonial times, as readers Kat and Linda Shufflebean pointed out in
comments to the previous post.

There's another reason I believe Martha was the wife of Caleb Coburn and mother to Moses
Coburn. I'll discuss that in the next post of the series.

To be continued