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RING SWAMP
November 29, 1727, there was a meeting of the proprietors of the Second Division, which included "Ring Swamp," when that tract was divided into north and south parts; and these laid out, the north part into eighteen, and the south into twelve lots, which are severally described. The descriptions, however, being in part unintelligible now, are of little interest, except in a few allusions. The "burying-place" and the "ten rod road" are familiar. "The malt-house quarter acre and a way 1 rd. wide from the road to the malt-house ground" are mentioned. This ground was probably an enlargement of the original half a quarter of an acre, granted to Ephraim Marston fifteen years earlier. Probably the fort had been removed, as no mention of it is made in this division of the Ring.
The "school-house acre which is 10 rds. wide on the road, running 16 rds. south, of uniform width," is named. Also, a "common ground behind ye meeting-house." This ground has, in modern times, been now and then claimed by the abutters. "Two acres for ye ram pasture," were situated opposite Mr. Isaac Emery's.
September 29, 1746, it was voted, "that the selectmen should meet at Ensign Leavitt's on the first Tuesday in November, to sell the ram pasture to the highest bidder." Thomas Rand bought it; and two years later, it was voted, to give him £5 old tenor on account of its falling short in measure.
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