Bouton-Boughton Family

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. We may well believe that the reason why Rachel received no more was because she and her husband, Samuel Smith. Had already been provided for by Matthew; on Dec. 23, 1674, about four years before his death, he gave her 50_pounds worth of my comonage lot, halfe my home-lot, etc. (see Norwalk Land Records, folio 61; the volume has no index, and is badly out of binding.)