52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2016 WEEK 44: RICHARD LINTON OF LANCASTER MA.

As was mentioned in the last post in this series. Ann (Linton) Waters was the daughter
of my 9x great grandfather Richard Linton, another of my Lancaster, Ma. ancestors.

Here's what Henry Steadman Nourse wrote about him in The Early Records of Lancaster:
 
In September. 1645, Richard Linton deeded his house
and lot in Watertown to Robert Sanderson. About that
date, or perhaps earlier, he and his son-in-law. Lawrence
Waters, began life with their families upon the Nashaway,
having been induced by the first proprietors to undertake
the task of preparing the way for further settlement. He
died March 30, 1665. and by his will it would seem that
his wife Elizabeth outlived him. His house stood upon the
west side of the present street, somewhere between the
residences of Miss Levantia Bradley and Henry M. Lath-
am, but he owned the land along the opposite side of the
way for sixty rods, including the ground upon which the
public buildings stand. His daughter, Anne Waters, re-
ceived ten acres of this in trust for his grandson, Joseph
Waters. The other lands he left lo another grandson,
George Bennett, who being slain in the massacre August
22, 1675, Samuel Bennett, his son, succeeded to possession.
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 The Early Records of Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1643-1725  W. J. Coulter,  Lancaster, Ma. 1884



I've found the image of Richard Linton's will over at AmericanAncestors.org and will evetually
transcribe it.