Bartlett's Notes on Land

1658-1667
Concerning the initial land grants and management of the lands around the Worronoco River, called Streamfield and now Westfield, by the Town of Springfield. Includes detailed listing of "Homelots".

1667-1668
Listings and descriptions of land within grants around the Country Highway and Woronoco river. Land management discussions concerning neglected terms of grant, terms of grant renewal, fencing of boundaries and fields, liability of grant holders for neglect, and the search for a Minister.

1671-1719
Detailed listing of parcels of land by individual landowners. In particular mention is made of the Root and Taylor families, including Rev. Edward Taylor, Samuel Taylor (Westfield's First Blacksmith), and Deacon Samuel Root.

1668-1669
Concerns the selection and retention of a minister for the Worronoco area, and the series of efforts to the separation into its own Township.

Detailed listing of parcels of land by individual landowners, including methods of property transfers.

1667-1670, 1688, 1701
Land surveys and defining the bounds of Westfield, highway planning, re-division of land, and laying of meadow land.

1672, 1706, 1710
Divisions and granting of plow land and home lots.

1667, 1672, 1679, 1710
Detailed listing of parcels of land by individual landowners, including notes of property alienation (transfer to new holders).

1663, 1712
Detailed listing of parcels of land by individual landowners, including notes of possible dates of sale

Detailed listing of parcels of land by individual landowners, including notes of possible dates of sale, birth, and death.

Detailed listing of parcels of land by individual landowners, including methods of property transfers. Additionally includes Thomas Noble's instructions for the division of property to his wife and sons.

Detailed listing of parcels of land by individual landowners, including methods of property transfers and a land dispute by Minister Moses Fisk.